Silver Lining
By GoldenGoddess
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Author's Note: Lordy lord, what is wrong with me?! I have been writing fics with no plot, now I suddenly have one! For some reason, people (who?!) like my serious work more than my humor (big surprise there). So here I go, hurling myself into another story, so that maybe my stupid muses will go away! Might I add that I have no idea where this is going, so don't bother me about it!
Annie's Note: This is a game that few have played, but it's a very great game! If anyone wants, I'll upload a chapter explaining about the game. The star was Cornet Espoire, your average love struck teenager out to get the prince. The game is called Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Because at the oddest times the characters start to sing. O_o Anyway, the evil witch Marjoly kidnaps the prince at a party thingy. Cornet and her faithful, talking, flying puppet Kururu go on a quest to save him! 'Cause he's a wussy for getting captured in the first place! ^-^ Did I mention that all the main characters are blonde? Weird. Cornet's a bit of a fighter, too! Though I don't think a horn is a weapon....
Disclaimer: I do not own anything that Atlus made, so don't sue me. If you do, you'll get about twenty birds, a fat dog, some clothes, some books, my diary, seventy cents, my cd player, my movies, my Tenchi toys and posters......
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Chapter One: Cornet Espoire-Marl
As always, it was a sunny day in Marl's kingdom. The weather was perfect (as always), the clouds were white and fluffy (as always), all was peaceful (as always).
Queen Cornet chased after her youngest daughter, Cherie, as the one-year old tottered down the stairs.
"Honey, you're not supposed to leave mommy's sight!" cried Cornet. She ran after her, only to watch Cherie stumble into the kitchen. She quickly pursued, losing sight of her daughter in the crowd of cooks. "Darn it, no one's going to eat that much food!"
"AAAHHH!!!"
Cornet followed the yell. One of the cooks held up baby Cherie. Peeking into the huge vat the cook had been making soup in, she spied something black and hairy. "Oh...." Cornet giggled, then looked at the chef. "Is that your toupee, sir?"
"Why, YES IT IS!!!" fumed the chef. "And she has knocked it into the soup!"
"Then perhaps you should make another batch," said the queen solemnly. She took back her child and calmly left the kitchen. As soon as she got out of hearing, the young queen burst into fits of laughter. Cherie giggled along with her mother, and they returned to the garden.
Five years ago, Cornet had been a sixteen-year old living in the tiny town of Orange. Now she was twenty-one and co-ruler of the land of Marls. She had beaten Marjoly and her minions, the Ancient Weapon, and had saved the prince! This was her happily ever after, to live out her days in a gorgeous castle, servants to do her work, ruler of all. And most importantly, to be married to her handsome Prince Ferdinand, or rather, King Ferdinand now that his mother had let him take over. It was perfect. If only she had Kururu....
"Mommy!"
'Maybe I do have her,' thought Cornet as her eldest daughter, Kururu, ran to her.
"Mommy! Guess how old I am!"
"Two?"
"No!"
"Um... three?"
"No, not three, mommy!" said the little girl.
"Then how old are you?" asked Cornet, a big smile on her face.
"I'm five!" Kururu held up her hand,"Five!"
"How silly of mommy to forget!" Cornet pulled her child into her lap.
"How silly of mommy to forget that she should be preparing for that special dinner tonight,"said a man's voice. Cornet looked up at her husband and her smile widened.
"Hello, Ferdinand,"she whispered. She had never quite gotten over that feeling that washed over her every time he came near. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen with his golden hair, green eyes, wide shoulders.... she could go on forever about his good looks. But there was something else, the way he held her, how she could see in his eyes he loved her. He was just so perfect-
"Cornet?" asked Ferdinand. "Uh... Cornet?"
She blushed, "Oops, sorry."
He grinned,"Aren't you supposed to be getting ready for dinner?"
"Oh, are my clothes that old," she glanced down at herself, "they looked fine to me."
"No no," he laughed."The king and queen of those frog people are visiting. We are trying to get them to sign a peace treaty, remember?"
"Huh? Oh, right, peace treaty!" Cornet blushed again.
There was an awkward silence for a while, before Ferdinand said, "So, are you going to get dressed?"
"Right!" she leapt up, almost dropping her daughters, who had fallen asleep in her lap. "I don't know what's wrong with me today!"
"Nothing," the king gently kissed her. "There's never anything wrong with you." He turned and walked back to the castle.
Cornet giddily followed, trying to catch up, but Ferdinand's long strides and the fact that she carried Kururu and Cherie let him get there first. She hurried into the castle but he was nowhere in sight. "Darn," she muttered. "I bet he does that on purpose!"
"Highness! Highness!" called Sharte, her most faithful servant. Sharte had once been a puppet, but after her and her sister's dream was fulfilled, they had become humans.
"Sharte! Listen, can you get these two dressed?" gasped Cornet. Sharte took the princesses from Cornet. "And can you get the others ones ready?"
"Already done, Cornet,"said Sharte. Harmony and Ferdinand II peered out from behind her skirts.
"Mommy, I don't wanna wear this!" whined Harmony. "It's itchy and too tight!" The four-year old tugged at the hem of her green dress. It was made of silk, with pearls sewn on the waist, collar, and sleeves. Elaborate designs done in silver made Cornet's eyes hurt just looking at them.
"It's only for tonight," she said, shaking her head to clear it. She glanced at her three-year old son. "You don't have any problem with your clothes, do you Ferdinand?"
He slowly examined his attire, which was a miniature version of what his father had worn when he was a prince, then back at his mother. Down at his clothes, then at his mother. Down at his clothes, then at his mother. Down, clothes, up, mother. He solemnly met her happy green eyes with his. "No."
She didn't no whether to sigh or to laugh, so she did neither and turned back to Sharte. "Thanks for taking care of them."
"No trouble at all,"said the former puppet. "Now go get ready, the dinner is in an hour."
Cornet nodded and rushed up the stairs to her room.