Garnet's Hope
Princess Garnet the
horse was sitting quietly in her room, thinking about how differently her
mother, Queen Brahine the cow had been acting as of late. Garnet had a plan. She was going to escape from Alexandria and go to the castle
Linblum to seek her uncle's help. But
first she had to wait for her friend, Zidane the monkey to arrive. After he came, he asked why she wanted to
see him. She said
"I want to leave
Alexandria, you're going to help me steal an airship and go to Linblum."
"What!"
said Zidane. "That's crazy! We'll be killed before we can even get to an
airship!"
"You
seem to forget that I am the Princess of Alexandria, I can get us there, don't
worry" Garnet replied. Zidane was still
apprehensive about the idea but he said "you know I'd do anything to help you,
even this." This conversation was
overheard by the Garnet's personal guard, Steiner the bear. He ran into the room.
"Princess,
you can't be serious about doing this!"
he said.
"Listen
Steiner, you can either help Zidane and I, or can cover for us, it's your
choice" Garnet replied. Steiner looked
at Zidane and said
"I
don't trust this young hooligan, I shall come with you to make sure he doesn't
do anything to you". After that, they
were off. As Garnet had said to Zidane, they were able to get to the airships
with no problem. However, one of the
guards had waited until they were in the ship and ran to the Queen.
"My
Queen!" The guard said "Princess Garnet
has been kidnapped an taken hostage in an airship!"
"What!"
said Brahine "That puts all my plans in jeopardy. Ready the cannons."
"Excuse
me?" the guard said "You run a great risk of hurting the Princess".
"How
dare you question me! I said ready the
cannons, so do it!" With that the guard
ran to give the orders. On the ship,
the three were on a course to Linblum when Steiner heard five loud bangs. He ran to the back of the airship and saw
five cannonballs approaching the airship fast.
"Princess,
Zidane, get down!" A few seconds later
the airship was hit hard with four cannonballs, one missed. The airship fell to the ground, but not
before the three made a great distance between themselves and the castle. After sleeping in the forest, the three made
their way to a village a few miles away from the crash site. After walking around the village for a while,
they came across an airship.
"Steiner"
said Garnet "Go see where that ship is going, if it's going to Lindblum, ask if
we can get a ride, I still want to walk around some more with Zidane". Steiner agreed.
"Where
is this ship going?" Steiner asked the captain.
"Alexandria"
he replied. Steiner began to think
about something. He thought about why
the Queen ordered the strike on the ship when she knew that Garnet was on it. He figured there must be a good reason
behind the Queens actions and figured Garnet should return to Alexandria.
"May
my friends and I have a ride?"
"Sure"
the captain said. Steiner then caught
up with the two.
"Is
it going to Lindblum?" Asked Garnet
"Yes
it is." Replied Steiner. With that said, the three went to the
airship and were on their way to Alexandria, of course Garnet and Zidane didn't
know that. However after awhile Zidane
noticed that they were going the wrong way, and that is was the same way they
had gone to get away from Alexandria.
"He's
taking us back to Alexandria!" Zidane
yelled pointing at Stiener.
"What?" Said Garnet.
"I'm
taking you home Princess, the Queen must have had a good reason for attacking
us"
"Listen" said Garnet "I think I know why my mother
is doing what she is doing". "It is
said in Alexandrian law that when the Queen turns 50 and the Princess turns 18,
the Princess has the right to claim herself as Queen. My mother wants to stay in power. She is plotting something against me."
"Inconceivable!"
exclaimed Steiner.
"Have
a look at that and say that again."
Zidane was pointing off in the distance to the Royal Alexandrian
airship.
"My
mother is coming!" Said Garnet with
fear in her voice.
"Now
we will get the proper explanation."
Said Steiner. About 15 minutes
later the Queen and several of her guards boarded the ship.
"Tisk,
Tisk, Tisk." Said the Queen "Kidnapping the Princess, I'd expect this from a
commoner like you, but not from you Steiner."
Everyone was looking confused. "You two know the punishment for
kidnapping the Princess. Death. Guards!"
Said the Queen. Two Guards
walked up to Steiner and Zidane, drew their swords and cut them down.
"Mother!"
Garnet said as she fell to her knees crying.
"Why did you do that?" Brahine
walked up to her and kneeled down next to her.
"I
know they didn't kidnap you. You
honestly think you can overtake the throne?
This is going to hurt you more than it's going to hurt me."
"Ahhhh!" Garnet screamed as she looked down and saw
a dagger in her chest. She collapsed
and died.
"Make
sure the ship is never found." Said
Brahine as she boarded her ship, and then headed back to Alexandria.
The meaning
Only you know what's best for you.