CHAPTER ONE: Princess Garnet and Princess Sarah
'Violent wind... the crashing sea... a small wooden boat... a woman willing to give her life to save me... me, a young child barely over the age of six... a harsh blow to the head... blackness... pain... what does it mean? Why do I keep having this dream? What does it mean?' the sixteen year old princess asked herself as she looked out of her window and down at her people of Alexandria. Her dark brown hair was held back and out of her face with a beautiful merald and silver tiara while the wind cooled her prespiring face. That dream had frightened her.. but why? It was just a dream, after all...
As the princess sighed a tired and melancholy sigh, graceful and light foot steps along with the light sound of fabric ruffling came from outside her door. "Sister? Sister, have you awakened from your afternoon nap yet? May I enter?" a voice as beautiful as a song came from behind the princess's chamber door. The princess looked back at her door and smiled.
"Yes, sister, you may come in." After her words the door opened and a young blonde woman entered. "What is it you need, Garnet?" she asked kindly.
"Sarah... is it so strange that your older sister wishes to grant you a happy birthday?" Princess Garnet asked as she came to the center of the room and smiled gently while examining Sarah's dress. "You slept in your dress again!" Garnet said.
"I only fell asleep on the chair... my dress isn't that wrinkled..." Sarah said and compared her emerald and white dress to that of Garnet's Topaz and white one. Both of the dresses where the same style, just different colors.
"Well... at least allow me to straighten your hair, Sister," Garnet said as she gestured towards the vanity. Sarah nodded and walked over to her comfortable seat in front of a grand mirror then retrieved a golden brush. She removed her emerald and silver head piece along with the bow to let her fine hair fall to its full length. Garnet moved behind her and picked up the brush the lightly begun to stroke her hair free of the light frizziness and tangles that Sarah's short nap had created. "Are you excited about the play?" Garnet asked.
"Oh yes I am very excited!" Sarah said when Garnet began to put Sarah's hair back into the bow and then put the tiara back on. "I have been looking forward to this since your birthday."
"Hmm," Garnet smiled and nodded her head when she put the brush down. "I know you have... 'tis all you have been speaking of!" Garnet ran her fingers through her blonde hair that is as long as Sarah's and studied herself in the mirror. When her blue eyes met Garnet's brown ones, they both smiled and laughed. "Let us go meet mother, Sarah, she wishes us to be at our seats early." Garnet said and then took her leave of her sister's room to go to her own, which is just across the hall. 'Mother has been acting strangely, lately...' Garnet thought as she glided to her room, then shut the door securely behind her. 'I do hope Uncle Cid will listen to me... I just do hope that I do not get caught... my training is not a waste..' Garnet went to her walk in closet and retreved a light blue cloak with white outlining the bottom, the end of the hood and the ends of the sleves. She laid it out on her bed along with a knee-lenght light blue dress. Tonight, before the performance ends, she will be aboard the Tantalus ship and heading to Lindblum! 'I'm dreadfully sorry, Sarah... mother... Kuja.'
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"I hate to do this to everyone... but ever since that man has been prowling around the castle, Mother and Garnet have been acting strangely... well, Mother mostly... she has been... distant.. and Garnet has become all too curious with that man. What is going on, I do not know.. but I know that Regent Cid will help me..." Sarah rehearsed in front of her mirror as to what she would say to anyone who would try to stop her from escaping the castle and that is quite possibly the same thing she would say to the theatre troupe she was going to stow away with.
After Sarah was done getting ready for her escape, she hastily left her room to go to the balcony where she and her family would watch the performance... but she wanted to retrieve a book from the library before she departed... a good one on magic and summons would be apporperiate, she thought. When Sarah walked inside the library, no one else was in there... 'Convenient.' She thought as she made her way towards the right section... but when she got there...
"Kuja... you know something is wrong with my mother... tell me, please..." Garnet pleaded with the oddly dressed man. He had his back turned to the princess as she tried to convince him to talk.
"..." Kuja did not answer and kept his back to her.
"So this is it then...? This is how much you care about me... keeping your back to me? Does the past four months mean nothing to you?" The blonde princess asked, hurt. At this, Kuja turned to face her with a surprisingly gentle smile and moved close enough to her so he could touch her cheek They both locked eyes in a loving, yet questioning stare. "Does this have something to do with Garland?" Garnet asked and Kuja's expression darkened as he glared into Garnet's blue eyes... but he wasn't glaring at her. Frightened but determined, Garnet tried to touch Kuja's cheeks with one of her gloved hands, but he caught it with his other hand. He dropped the hand that was carressing Garnet's cheek.
"I am afraid I cannot reveal the plot to this complex story quite yet, Princess... but do not worry your little heart; what is to come is to come and shall not be altered. Relax and watch the show, Princess," Kuja said and allowed his expression to soften into a mysterious smile.
"Kuja... so your leaving, then?"
"Only for a short while, Princess, but I shall be back with time enough for the climax of this story," Kuja replied.
"But... I need to know..." Garnet said, but was adburptly hushed when she was pulled towards him. Though he kept his grip on her hand and he locked his other arm around the waist of the dress, Kuja and Garnet never looked away or blinked as they stared into each other's eyes. That is... until Kuja leaned down to kiss Garnet.
From her hiding spot behind a book shelf, Sarah gasped and put one hand over her mouth to stop the sound. Her eyes went wide with shock at this.. her sister, Princess Garnet, was having an affair with the mysterious man! What is going on? As quietly as she could, Princess Sarah snuck to the stairs and out of the library....
At the faint sounds of foot steps, Kuja opened his eyes slightly just in time to see the whisp of Sarah's dress disappear up the stairs. As the two lovers parted their kiss, Kuja smirked down at Garnet, who was shorter than him by at least 6 inches. "It seems that we have ourselves a spy..." he said.
"Wha-what did you say...?" Garnet asked, shocked and terrified... if her mother found out, who knows what will happen! "Who?"
"Your sister." Kuja said simply, enjoying this show. Garnet blushed and looked away from Kuja and stared at the stairs.
"I am sorry... but I fear I must take my leave... I will see you again, Kuja," Garnet said and smiled at him before turning to leave.
"All too soon, my Princess."
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A/N: How do you like so far? While waiting for my files from my other computer to work, I decided to write down and type this idea I've had for quite awhile. Tell me if I should continue though I will no matter what!
R&R!
-Fujin
'Violent wind... the crashing sea... a small wooden boat... a woman willing to give her life to save me... me, a young child barely over the age of six... a harsh blow to the head... blackness... pain... what does it mean? Why do I keep having this dream? What does it mean?' the sixteen year old princess asked herself as she looked out of her window and down at her people of Alexandria. Her dark brown hair was held back and out of her face with a beautiful merald and silver tiara while the wind cooled her prespiring face. That dream had frightened her.. but why? It was just a dream, after all...
As the princess sighed a tired and melancholy sigh, graceful and light foot steps along with the light sound of fabric ruffling came from outside her door. "Sister? Sister, have you awakened from your afternoon nap yet? May I enter?" a voice as beautiful as a song came from behind the princess's chamber door. The princess looked back at her door and smiled.
"Yes, sister, you may come in." After her words the door opened and a young blonde woman entered. "What is it you need, Garnet?" she asked kindly.
"Sarah... is it so strange that your older sister wishes to grant you a happy birthday?" Princess Garnet asked as she came to the center of the room and smiled gently while examining Sarah's dress. "You slept in your dress again!" Garnet said.
"I only fell asleep on the chair... my dress isn't that wrinkled..." Sarah said and compared her emerald and white dress to that of Garnet's Topaz and white one. Both of the dresses where the same style, just different colors.
"Well... at least allow me to straighten your hair, Sister," Garnet said as she gestured towards the vanity. Sarah nodded and walked over to her comfortable seat in front of a grand mirror then retrieved a golden brush. She removed her emerald and silver head piece along with the bow to let her fine hair fall to its full length. Garnet moved behind her and picked up the brush the lightly begun to stroke her hair free of the light frizziness and tangles that Sarah's short nap had created. "Are you excited about the play?" Garnet asked.
"Oh yes I am very excited!" Sarah said when Garnet began to put Sarah's hair back into the bow and then put the tiara back on. "I have been looking forward to this since your birthday."
"Hmm," Garnet smiled and nodded her head when she put the brush down. "I know you have... 'tis all you have been speaking of!" Garnet ran her fingers through her blonde hair that is as long as Sarah's and studied herself in the mirror. When her blue eyes met Garnet's brown ones, they both smiled and laughed. "Let us go meet mother, Sarah, she wishes us to be at our seats early." Garnet said and then took her leave of her sister's room to go to her own, which is just across the hall. 'Mother has been acting strangely, lately...' Garnet thought as she glided to her room, then shut the door securely behind her. 'I do hope Uncle Cid will listen to me... I just do hope that I do not get caught... my training is not a waste..' Garnet went to her walk in closet and retreved a light blue cloak with white outlining the bottom, the end of the hood and the ends of the sleves. She laid it out on her bed along with a knee-lenght light blue dress. Tonight, before the performance ends, she will be aboard the Tantalus ship and heading to Lindblum! 'I'm dreadfully sorry, Sarah... mother... Kuja.'
~
"I hate to do this to everyone... but ever since that man has been prowling around the castle, Mother and Garnet have been acting strangely... well, Mother mostly... she has been... distant.. and Garnet has become all too curious with that man. What is going on, I do not know.. but I know that Regent Cid will help me..." Sarah rehearsed in front of her mirror as to what she would say to anyone who would try to stop her from escaping the castle and that is quite possibly the same thing she would say to the theatre troupe she was going to stow away with.
After Sarah was done getting ready for her escape, she hastily left her room to go to the balcony where she and her family would watch the performance... but she wanted to retrieve a book from the library before she departed... a good one on magic and summons would be apporperiate, she thought. When Sarah walked inside the library, no one else was in there... 'Convenient.' She thought as she made her way towards the right section... but when she got there...
"Kuja... you know something is wrong with my mother... tell me, please..." Garnet pleaded with the oddly dressed man. He had his back turned to the princess as she tried to convince him to talk.
"..." Kuja did not answer and kept his back to her.
"So this is it then...? This is how much you care about me... keeping your back to me? Does the past four months mean nothing to you?" The blonde princess asked, hurt. At this, Kuja turned to face her with a surprisingly gentle smile and moved close enough to her so he could touch her cheek They both locked eyes in a loving, yet questioning stare. "Does this have something to do with Garland?" Garnet asked and Kuja's expression darkened as he glared into Garnet's blue eyes... but he wasn't glaring at her. Frightened but determined, Garnet tried to touch Kuja's cheeks with one of her gloved hands, but he caught it with his other hand. He dropped the hand that was carressing Garnet's cheek.
"I am afraid I cannot reveal the plot to this complex story quite yet, Princess... but do not worry your little heart; what is to come is to come and shall not be altered. Relax and watch the show, Princess," Kuja said and allowed his expression to soften into a mysterious smile.
"Kuja... so your leaving, then?"
"Only for a short while, Princess, but I shall be back with time enough for the climax of this story," Kuja replied.
"But... I need to know..." Garnet said, but was adburptly hushed when she was pulled towards him. Though he kept his grip on her hand and he locked his other arm around the waist of the dress, Kuja and Garnet never looked away or blinked as they stared into each other's eyes. That is... until Kuja leaned down to kiss Garnet.
From her hiding spot behind a book shelf, Sarah gasped and put one hand over her mouth to stop the sound. Her eyes went wide with shock at this.. her sister, Princess Garnet, was having an affair with the mysterious man! What is going on? As quietly as she could, Princess Sarah snuck to the stairs and out of the library....
At the faint sounds of foot steps, Kuja opened his eyes slightly just in time to see the whisp of Sarah's dress disappear up the stairs. As the two lovers parted their kiss, Kuja smirked down at Garnet, who was shorter than him by at least 6 inches. "It seems that we have ourselves a spy..." he said.
"Wha-what did you say...?" Garnet asked, shocked and terrified... if her mother found out, who knows what will happen! "Who?"
"Your sister." Kuja said simply, enjoying this show. Garnet blushed and looked away from Kuja and stared at the stairs.
"I am sorry... but I fear I must take my leave... I will see you again, Kuja," Garnet said and smiled at him before turning to leave.
"All too soon, my Princess."
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A/N: How do you like so far? While waiting for my files from my other computer to work, I decided to write down and type this idea I've had for quite awhile. Tell me if I should continue though I will no matter what!
R&R!
-Fujin