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Queen Dagger: Sorry sorry! I had left my notebook containing this chapter in my locker, and I got it back from cleaning my locker just last week. SORRY!

Garnet had not noticed that she was still wearing her formal dress until she was already in the small rowboat heading towards the town square of Alexandria.

Garnet needed to cool down and calm her anger. And a Wednesday visit to her town seemed to be the perfect solution. She didn't have time to get changed into proper and conferrable clothing.

"HEY!" Shouted a voice behind her that came in the direction of the shore. It had come from Zidane. "Hey! Wait! Stop! I want to talk to you!"

"Well guess what?!"Garnet shot back. "I don't WANT to talk to YOU!"

"Aw, come on Garnet, please?"

NO! Garnet shouted in reply.
"Alright, if that's the way it's gotta be..."

Zidane began to take off his shoes.

Garnet paled when she realized what he was preparing to do.

"Don't you dare!" She shrieked.

Zidane smiled at her, while he took off his socks.

"I'm warning you!" She shouted to him again.

But the young blonde man had no intention of listening to the princess, and swan dived into the blue waters of the lake.

"That dummy better know how to swim." Muttered the guardswoman as she continued to row.

Zidane did know how to swim-quite well in fact. He resurfaced five seconds later, his blonde hair matted down upon his face. He began to breaststroke his way towards the boat. Garnet shrieked when she realized how fast he was going-he was already almost halfway towards where the boat was.

"Can't you row faster?!" She asked the woman, sounding ruder than she had intended to.

The woman picked up in her speed of rowing, however it was not much faster.

Zidane was beginning to near closer and closer.

Nervously, Garnet glanced towards the direction of where they were heading. There was still quite a distance to go, and Garnet knew for sure that they wouldn't be capable of reaching it without having Zidane catching up to them.

Then, feelong as if she had no other choice, Garnet stood up, took off her heels, and before the woman could stop her, Garnet plunged into the waters with her shoes in her hands.

PRINCESS! The woman screamed.

It was actually warm, to Garnet's surprise. It wasn't too deep either just above her chest.

'I should swim here more often.' She thought to herself.

Her wine red dress floated around her. She was then pained to realize that she had probably ruined it.

With a sad sigh, she began to dog-paddle towards land.

She felt her dress continue to go up and reveal what she wore underneath. Her first urge would be to immediately pull it back down, but she knew that if she swam while holding it down, she wouldn't ever be capable of out swimming Zidane. Still, it didn't prevent her from blushing at the thought of Zidane getting an eyeful.

"Princess! Cried the guardswoman. Please come back here!"■

But Garnet did not listen to her plea, and continued to stroke on forward.

Before she knew it, she was able to stand, and run the rest of the distance towards the shore.

Her feet soon touched the castle ground and she continued to sprint, except at a much faster pace.

"Hey wait! No! Come on! Please wait!" Zidane pleaded in the far background.

But Garnet ignored him, and continued to run.

She ran past trees and started to get closer towards the town square entrance. She happened to turn around and noticed that even though he was not at all close, she was still in perfect range of Zidane. This encouraged her to run even faster, and soon reached the town square.

It was busy and bustling-as usual. A lot of women were either shopping or gossiping among friends. Three little girls were playing jump-rope-as they did almost every day.

Garnet ran past the wandering crowds and headed towards the alley near the side-dock.
A couple of people gave her shocked looks towards her wet dress, but she paid no heed to them.

She had one plan: to get to the store where Eiko worked. It belonged to a woman named Madame Rose, whom specialized in selling magical items such as herbs, candles, and crystals(a couple of wands too.) It was were Eiko worked four days a week, five hours a day, for a quite certifiable pay. Because it was Wednesday in about the early afternoon, Garnet knew that to her luck, Eiko would be there.

Nestled between two big buildings, the shop was quite small, and was often missed by people.

When she finally reached it, she flung the door open and literally flew inside. Eiko shrieked from the sudden entrance. Thankfully there were no customers inside.

"Douse the light!" Ordered Garnet.
"What? But..." Said Eiko, in confusion.
"DO IT! PLEASE!" Garnet cried.

Eiko didn't hesitate. She blew out the fire of a big white candle.

Madame Rose had installed a candle system where if the king candle was blown out, all of the other mini ones would go out as well.

Thankfully, such an event occurred when Eiko blew out the large candle, and the room was immediately covered in complete darkness.

Garnet hid in a dark corner, eyeing the outside of the shop window.

She had ducked just in time, for just then Zidane's blonde head appeared.

He looked around, his expression confused yet determined at the same time.

He continued to look for where the princess had gone, and Garnet held her breath nervously when his eyes met upon Eiko's dark shop. He did not notice Garnet or Eiko.

Zidane then must have come to the conclusion that Garnet had escaped, for he sighed and headed back towards where he came.

Garnet sighed with relief. She stayed rooted to the spot however, and continued to kneel low.

All was dark and silent for a while, until a big candle came back on, and the other minature candles slowly followed.

The entire room was then lit in an orange glow as it originally was.

"O.k..." Said Eiko, crossing her arms. "You better talk. Why were you hiding, and who was that blonde hottie back there?"

Garnet gulped. She didn't have any intention of telling Eiko the ill news.

Queen Dagger: Short I know, but don't worry! I'll continue very soon!"

Teddy Bear: "Yeah Chapter 8's almost finished-it's quite long!"

Queen Dagger: "Yeah and the good news is, is that I think I finally know where I'll have this story go. All I can say is, there is going to be a lot of infatuations, tears, lies, a couple of insults, one fight, secret admirers, and one particular event that I have a feeling that you guys will hate me for if I put it in, but I feel like I have to put it in so yeah."

Teddy Bear: "Does it involve on of the characters?"

Queen Dagger: "Obviously." --

Teddy Bear: "Can you tell me who it is?"

Queen Dagger: "Nope, sorry. No scoops. It's all going to be surprises."

Teddy Bear: "GRRRR!!!!!!!!!"

Queen Dagger: "See you guys soon:D

Next Chappie may be called, "An Early Rehearsal", not yet sure though.