Train Ride 2
Sitting back in her seat, Garnet was breathing heavily. The Black Waltz #3 had just been defeated by Steiner, Marcus, and herself. It had been her first battle without Zidane by her side. At first, she was worried, but as soon as Marcus attacked first, her courage grew. She came out here on her own to prove she was no longer the naïve child she had been when she left the castle.
Now he was defeated and the three continued their trip to Treno. When Marcus had asked her about Zidane, she felt a sad feeling enveloped her…
"We…separated at Lindblum." She replied
Marcus scoffed. "So, you ditched him as soon as you could, huh?"
She whipped around to face the scavenger. "No! It's not like that! He was treating me like a baby! I don't care about him!" She shouted in her sudden anger. How dare he think he knew what she felt or assume she felt a certain way?
"Yeah, sure, whatever. I don't know anything." He had replied, and turned his gaze back to the window.
She sighed and took her seat again. It wasn't like that at all…was it?
Why, oh, why did he have to keep coming up in conversations or in her mind?
He was just a simple boy! She had to think about other things, like her mother and Burmecia. If she didn't get home soon, her mother would keep attacking the king and destroy one of their allies! She couldn't allow that.
Knowing Zidane, he probably jumped up and rallied everyone together to come to her "rescue".
"He had better be careful then." Garnet whispered to herself. "Who knows what he'll run into out there."
"You're worried about him, Pri- I mean, Lady Dagger?"
Garnet turned and saw Steiner had taken a seat besides her. How could she have not noticed it? There she went again, thinking about Zidane. Get a hold of yourself!
"Lady Dagger?" Steiner repeated.
"Huh? Pardon me?" She asked, blinking away her thoughts of the boy with the monkey tail.
"You were thinking about him. Why worry about him? He was a part of the gang that kidnapped you!" Steiner admonished.
"I…I asked Zidane to kidnap me." She admitted.
"You what!? Why?"
"I knew even then something was wrong with mother. I needed to leave the castle and ask. I couldn't get past the guards, so I knew I'd need outside help. When Zidane came, I asked him, but I didn't exactly make it easy for him." Upon saying this, Garnet smiled. She remembered their little "chase" after she had leapt backwards off the castle wall down onto the top of the play tent.
She had to admit, she was shocked when he grabbed the second string of flags and dove down gallantly after her. But it had been his mission, that was why he'd done it, wasn't it? He didn't care for her.
"I'm not thinking about him." She told Steiner after a while. "He means nothing to me."
Or maybe… he means everything…