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Scene 1 - Outside

Impresario:
  The West and East were waging war...
  Draco, the West's great hero,
  thinks of his love, Maria.
  Is she safe? Is she waiting?

Draco:
  Oh Maria!
  Oh Maria!
  Please, hear my voice!
  How I long to be with you!

Scene 2 - The Tower

Narrator:
  The forces of the West fell, 
  and Maria's castle was taken.
  Prince Ralse, of the East, 
  took her hand by force,
  but she never stopped yearning for Draco...

Maria:
  Oh my hero, so far away now.
  Will I ever see your smile?
  Love goes away, like night into day.
  It's just a fading dream.
  I'm the darkness, you're the stars.
  Our love is brighter than the sun.
  For eternity, for me there can be,
  Only you, my chosen one...
  Must I forget you? Our solemn promise?
  Will autumn take the place of spring?
  What shall I do? I'm lost without you.
  Speak to me once more!

***  Maria ascends the stairs to Draco...

Draco:
  Come, Maria, follow my lead.

***  Draco and Maria dance, he vanishes, leaving a bouquet of flowers.
***  Maria picks up the flowers and climbs the stairs to the balcony...

Maria:
  We must part now, my life goes on.
  but my heart won't give you up.
  Ere I walk away, let me hear you say.
  I meant as much to you....
  So gently, you touched my heart.
  I will be forever yours.
  Come what may, I won't age a day,
  I'll wait for you, always...

***  Maria raises the flowers to the stars and throws them off the balcony.

Chancellor:
  Prince Ralse is looking for a dancing partner.   Leave the past behind.
  Our kingdom is adopting the spirit of the east.

Scene 3 - The Dance Hall

***  Maria is dancing with Prince Ralse
***  Soldier comes rushing in...

Soldier:
  The survivors of the West attack!

Ralse:
  Impossible!

Enemy Soldier:
  Attack!

***  Soldiers from both sides attack each other...
***  Draco rides out on a Chocobo and the battle stops.

Draco:
  Wait!
  Maria!

Maria:
  Draco, I've waited so long.  I knew you'd come.

Ralse:
  Maria will finally have to become my queen!
  For the rest of my life I'll keep you near...
  It's a duel!

***  Ralse and Draco start fighting.
***  Meanwhile, Locke and friends meet up with Ultros in the rafters of the
     Opera hall.  They all drop to the stage below, interrupting the show.

Impresario:
  Disaster!
  If the two heroes are flattened, the opera is over!
  Then who will win the girl?!

Locke:
  Neither Draco nor Ralse will save Celes!
  I, Locke, the world's premiere adventurer, will save her!

Impresario:
  Aya...  What awful acting!

Ultros:
  Silence!  You are in the presence of octopus royalty!
  A lowborn thug like you could never defeat me!

Impresario:
  Hmm..  Might as well make the most of this...  Music!!

***  Locke and friends battle Ultros center stage...

Ultros (defeated):
  What an unlucky day!  Adios!

Setzer:
  Just a darn minute!
  What a performance!!

Impresario:
  Setzer!

Setzer:
  I'm a man of my word, music man!

Celes:
  That's him... ?!

Impresario:
  What a reversal!  Thinking she's Locke's new queen,
  Maria is instead nabbed by Setzer!
  What fate lies in store for her?  Stay tuned for part 2!

***  The curtains close...