Spirits of the Past
By : Mira Elizabeth
Buzz Lightyear and co. are the property of Disney/Pixar. All other characters in this piece are mine. Thanks.
Author's note: Sorry bout the short little chapter, but for now chapters may continue to be smaller. I may lump them together later, so we'll see. Enjoy!!!
UNDERNEATH RUYA'S SURFACE, DEEP WITHIN THE SPIRITS' CAVERNOUS HOME:
He ran through the twisted corridors, some naturally formed and some that had been dug out, until he came to his destination. Arlac looked up from the paper he was reading at the other Spirit, who was trying to catch his breath. He put the paper down on the small table next to him and leaned back in his chair.
"So what's happening, Juri?" He asked. "What are those idiots up to now?"
"Terrin's convinced the princess to help him. She's supposed to make contact for him with her father and convince him to come here for negotiations. Both Terrin and Yanari think a face to face meeting is the best way to handle this."
"This is getting better and better. So Terrin has made an alliance with the princess…" Arlac smiled. "I always said he had no taste."
The Spirit's face suddenly turned serious. "When is she supposed to attempt contact?"
"Sometime within the hour. If all goes well, they want to have the meeting tomorrow." Juri said.
"That doesn't give us much time." Arlac stood, picking the paper up off the table. He torn a small portion of it off and handed it to the other Spirit. "If anything happens to me, these are the exact coordinates for the Tangean royal palace. Make sure it is destroyed. Spread the word to everyone and tell them to be ready to attack when I say so. Got it."
"Yeah." Juri folded the tiny scrap of paper and slipped it into his pocket. He looked at Arlac, a slight hint of doubt in his eyes. "I hope you know what you're doing."
He turned and started to leave, but stopped. He looked back over his shoulder at Arlac.
"What about Princess Mira? What do you want us to do about her?"
"Nothing." Arlac said, a smile creeping over his features. "I will get that honor, so leave her to me."
"…and then he decided he wanted to be a ranger. XR pretended his parts catalog was the Tangean book of rules and said that Fop didn't have to marry me if he no longer wanted to. Father and Fop believed him and so ended my forced, but short engagement." Mira said with a smile. She and Terrin were sitting together, trying to eat some dinner before they attempted contact with her homeworld. But they had been doing more talking than eating.
Terrin laughed. "You mean to tell me that you Royals have so many rules that you can't even tell which ones are real and which ones are made up?"
She nodded. "Yeah, one of my people's many quirks. They're so focused on being the most intelligent, elegant, and proper bunch of people in the galaxy. I have to admit that I kind of think it's funny when life and the universe pokes fun at them. But trust me, things will be different when I am Queen. Father's a good king. He loves our people, loves Tangea, and would do anything for them. But I think he's afraid of change. How life is now is how it was when his parents ruled and so on."
Mira sighed. "But I fully intend to shake things up a bit. Tangea needs to change and I guess it will be me that will lead it.
The Spirit leaned in close to her, taking her bowl from her and putting both hers and his own down on the ground. She smiled. "Yeah well, I'm sure that you are very practiced at shaking things up, aren't you."
"Yeah and you know what…" The princess moved her face closer to his, her smile broadening.
"What?"
"I'm getting even more practice now." She whispered, their faces drawing closer to one another. Their lips touched and he gathered her up into his arms, holding her close as their kiss deepened.
Behind them, from the corridor entrance, Yanari watched them. She shook her head and frowned as one thought came to mind.
'This is going to complicate things.'
"Well, you're moving quickly." Yanari said, standing in front of Terrin. She had watched Mira leave to go wash her hands and face before approaching her brother.
Terrin looked up at her.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"With Mira. Terrin, you know…" She started, but he held up a hand to stop her.
"Don't even start. I know what you are going to say. I know it's been quick, Yanari, but I really do care for her and I've never felt this strongly about someone before. I wish it had happened under better circumstances, but I can't help it. So please let me enjoy it while I can because who knows what will happen."
Yanari sighed. She knew there was no arguing with him. "All right, but please be careful. I don't want this to get in the way of what we need to do."
"Don't worry, it won't. Mira is just as committed to making our situation end peacefully as I am. We wouldn't let anything stand in the way of that."
"Good." Yanari smiled. "Now let's get Mira and make contact with the planet."