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"But it's twenty minutes to the play" Eiko said, throwing her arms into her
air. Her father wasn't about to tolerate her whiny tone. He pushed his
chair out and stood up. Lady Hilde was already standing and took young
Eiko's had in her own.
"Alright, lets go Eiko." The Regant said. Eiko took her fathers hand with her free hand and lead them eagerly to the elevator to take them to the airship dock. They were there way to Alexandria to see a play that started it all.
Return to Me
Chapter 5: Beatrix's Farewell
Beatrix had been alone in her room for quiet some time. She was making the biggest decision of her life. She held the handle of her sword "Save the Queen" in her hand. The beautiful design f the blade shown off the sunlight the beamed through the window. She set the sword onto the table in front of her. Her hand remained on its handle as it slid down it, her fingers feeling the engraved patterns.
Beatrix sigh heavily, her left hand reached up and pulled the gray eyepatch from over her left eye. The eye was shut, looking as if it was sown or swollen shut. Her fingers grazed the area in which an eye used to be settled. She remembered how tender to the touch it was when she first got the patch, but now there was no feeling left in it.
Her eye was gone, but there was small scar tissue around it. Only she knew how her eye was lost. A lot of people didn't even know if she actually lost an eye, many thought she was just wearing the patch for show. It was a birth defect she was born with. Her eye was under developed and her parent's were forced to have it removed. Beatrix's memory was filled with thoughts about her eye. She never thought about it much, but it was a painful time in her life, to learn to live with only one eye.
There was a knock at the door and Beatrix quickly slid the patch back over her scar tissued eye. Steiner prepared the royal chamber seats for the play. Garnet would be in the Queen's seat this time. He left the area to find the Pluto Knights.
It was quiet when he passed Beatrix's chamber. The door was open a crack, so he peaked inside. Beatrix wasn't there, glancing at the large clock on her wall Steiner scurried away. The play was due to start in only half an hour. Beatrix found the young Queen already dressed and brushing her hair. Beatrix reached down and picked up one of the many hair pieces, Garnet looked up at Beatrix puzzled.
"This one Your Majesty, it was the one you wore the night you first met him, almost three long years ago." Beatrix said, with a short smile coming to her lips. Garnet didn't say anything she leaned forward letting the General place the piece on the bottom of her hair. She smiled as she heard the sound of the two sides clasping, and Beatrix dropping her hair onto her back.
"You're leaving aren't you?" Garnet asked, turning from her mirror to the female General. Beatrix looked down slightly and then to her Queen. There was nothing anyone could from Garnet, being so young and a Queen made her wise. Beatrix only hopped that they both were making the right decisions.
"Yes Your Majesty. Captain Steiner is more than able to serve you alone now. Please do not ask me to stay. We both no with the acts I have committed against your mother while she was Queen, I am no longer welcome here by the people of Alexandria." Beatrix said with a large amount of shame in her voice. She seemed to be so sad now that she had changed her ways from a ruthless killer to a human being.
"Please don't be formal with me. If you want to go then please by all means I can't stop you. "Garnet said calmly. Looking up at the General who served her mother so well. Garnet was a strong fighter now and the best summoner around. The only one whom matched wits and ability with her was Eiko whom now lived in Lindblum.
Beatrix left the young Queen's side and went back to her room to find it still vacated. A bag was sitting on the table next to her sword, a bag she had packed before going to see Garnet. She wanted Steiner to burst into the room and force her to stay. That's all that was keeping her lingering in the castle, the thought that Steiner might want her to stay here.
Beatrix slung the bag over her shoulder and looked down at the sword she once called her own. She lifted the it up by the handle and held it up. Turning it slightly so she could see the sharpness of the blade reflect the light onto her face, she smiled for the first time in a long while.
"Well old friend. I guess its time to say good-bye. Everyone has to go sometime and it was only a matter of time before I had to fly away. Don't worry, You'll be in good hands." Dropping the sword to her side, Beatrix left the room she once slept in. Stopping at the door to Steiners chambers, she leaned the sword against the door and walked away.
"Alright, lets go Eiko." The Regant said. Eiko took her fathers hand with her free hand and lead them eagerly to the elevator to take them to the airship dock. They were there way to Alexandria to see a play that started it all.
Return to Me
Chapter 5: Beatrix's Farewell
Beatrix had been alone in her room for quiet some time. She was making the biggest decision of her life. She held the handle of her sword "Save the Queen" in her hand. The beautiful design f the blade shown off the sunlight the beamed through the window. She set the sword onto the table in front of her. Her hand remained on its handle as it slid down it, her fingers feeling the engraved patterns.
Beatrix sigh heavily, her left hand reached up and pulled the gray eyepatch from over her left eye. The eye was shut, looking as if it was sown or swollen shut. Her fingers grazed the area in which an eye used to be settled. She remembered how tender to the touch it was when she first got the patch, but now there was no feeling left in it.
Her eye was gone, but there was small scar tissue around it. Only she knew how her eye was lost. A lot of people didn't even know if she actually lost an eye, many thought she was just wearing the patch for show. It was a birth defect she was born with. Her eye was under developed and her parent's were forced to have it removed. Beatrix's memory was filled with thoughts about her eye. She never thought about it much, but it was a painful time in her life, to learn to live with only one eye.
There was a knock at the door and Beatrix quickly slid the patch back over her scar tissued eye. Steiner prepared the royal chamber seats for the play. Garnet would be in the Queen's seat this time. He left the area to find the Pluto Knights.
It was quiet when he passed Beatrix's chamber. The door was open a crack, so he peaked inside. Beatrix wasn't there, glancing at the large clock on her wall Steiner scurried away. The play was due to start in only half an hour. Beatrix found the young Queen already dressed and brushing her hair. Beatrix reached down and picked up one of the many hair pieces, Garnet looked up at Beatrix puzzled.
"This one Your Majesty, it was the one you wore the night you first met him, almost three long years ago." Beatrix said, with a short smile coming to her lips. Garnet didn't say anything she leaned forward letting the General place the piece on the bottom of her hair. She smiled as she heard the sound of the two sides clasping, and Beatrix dropping her hair onto her back.
"You're leaving aren't you?" Garnet asked, turning from her mirror to the female General. Beatrix looked down slightly and then to her Queen. There was nothing anyone could from Garnet, being so young and a Queen made her wise. Beatrix only hopped that they both were making the right decisions.
"Yes Your Majesty. Captain Steiner is more than able to serve you alone now. Please do not ask me to stay. We both no with the acts I have committed against your mother while she was Queen, I am no longer welcome here by the people of Alexandria." Beatrix said with a large amount of shame in her voice. She seemed to be so sad now that she had changed her ways from a ruthless killer to a human being.
"Please don't be formal with me. If you want to go then please by all means I can't stop you. "Garnet said calmly. Looking up at the General who served her mother so well. Garnet was a strong fighter now and the best summoner around. The only one whom matched wits and ability with her was Eiko whom now lived in Lindblum.
Beatrix left the young Queen's side and went back to her room to find it still vacated. A bag was sitting on the table next to her sword, a bag she had packed before going to see Garnet. She wanted Steiner to burst into the room and force her to stay. That's all that was keeping her lingering in the castle, the thought that Steiner might want her to stay here.
Beatrix slung the bag over her shoulder and looked down at the sword she once called her own. She lifted the it up by the handle and held it up. Turning it slightly so she could see the sharpness of the blade reflect the light onto her face, she smiled for the first time in a long while.
"Well old friend. I guess its time to say good-bye. Everyone has to go sometime and it was only a matter of time before I had to fly away. Don't worry, You'll be in good hands." Dropping the sword to her side, Beatrix left the room she once slept in. Stopping at the door to Steiners chambers, she leaned the sword against the door and walked away.