Chapter 2 – Impure Thoughts
"Well since you'd like me to explain I'll tell you the truth plain and simple. actually…lets just say I was having feminine problems, and sometimes I can get quite irritable." Queen Garnet
It was hard enough getting to the hideout undetected and mobbed by the citizens of Lindblum, but now he had to get out undetected also. Zidane was of course a master of disguise, and always loved a new challenge. Zidane had slipped off his royal garments and threw on some raggedy clothes Baku still had kept from a couple years ago. His hair was incredibly noticeable so he needed a hat of some sort, he pulled Cinna's collectors edition Deguerro Jones hat from the hook and took off. Zidane walked fast and efficiently to the trolly leading out of the theater district, eyes darting back and forth for any potential citizens who may blow his cover. He nodded to the trolly worker and slipped inside undetected. As he sat in the seat of the trolly, he felt the unmistakable warmth of a giant smile. He slowly cocked his eyes to the left and saw a young girl with a gigantic smile on her face, looking directly at him.
1 Of all the years I've done this, never have I been caught by a little kid. Nah she's just a happy kid…that's all.
But the idea still lingered in his mind as the big smile was distracting him.
2 What could that kid possibly be smiling at?
As minutes past, the girl got closer and closer, and Zidane realized she was not looking at his face, but she sunk to almost sitting on the ground, where she was eyelevel with his wrist….
3 Shit
He knew he forgot to cover something up, and that was the wedding gift he received from Dr. Trot. A hand crafted gold and silver wrist band accompanied by small sapphire, ruby, and emerald stones on top. It was priceless, and for a little girl it was the holy grail. She inched closer and closer, now only about 3 feet away from him. Zidane attempted discreetly to pretend like he was fixing his hat, but as soon as he moved it…
"Waaaaaaaaaa!!!" bellowed the little child.
Zidane quickly put his hand back to keep the child as quiet possible, not wanting the girls parents to come and investigate.
The ride to the castle was quick and when the announcement was made that they had arrived, he quickly put his index finger on the girl's lips motioning her to stay quiet and patted her on the head. He reached into his pocket pulled out a gil and handed it to the little girl, she seemed to appreciate it…appreciate the golden color in the coin that is, but anyhow she seemed occupied enough to let Zidane quickly slide out of the Trolly.
Zidane entered the castle and made his way to the transport tunnel. The tunnel was newly built for people to easily go from Lindblum to Alexandria or vice versa. He entered the oval like pod that would be transporting him, buckling himself up and closing the glass pull down up above him he signaled to the transporting engineer to send him off.
***
Garnet's thirst had overwhelmed her, she had had nothing to drink since last night before she fell asleep and decided to call out to her servant for a glass of water.
"Cleaves would you bring me a glass of water?" stated the princess nonchalantly.
No answer.
"Cleaves…"
But cleaves is always close enough for him to hear me, oh well I guess I'll have to make my way to the kitchen.
It was then that she realized she had not put on her royal garments yet. She quickly put on the uncomfortable and heavy dress she wears everyday and proceeded out the door.
It has been long since she had to get her own glass of water, but somehow it felt good and self assuring that she wasn't too snobby and could do things on her own without depending on others. She walked down the stairs to the kitchen and saw that the kitchen crew was working hard as usual for her…delayed morning breakfast. As she walked in she saw that the crew all of a sudden was working faster and harder, as if she was there boss or something. Which she was, but she was always satisfied with the delicious culinary delights she was presented with every meal of her day. She shook it off and walked over to the sink, pulled out a glass from up above and filler her cup. She took a sip and she could feel the cold liquid run through her throat and for a moment she was very happy…until she realized the kitchen crew was eyeing her with twisted faces of bewildering amusement. She blushed and quickly walked out of the kitchen chuckling to herself. She had just remembered that she was supposed to be at the Round Table which was conveniently right across the hallway of the kitchen, she walked over to the room and opened the door with her left hand, with the glass of water in the other. She suddenly stopped and observed the puzzled looks on the committee's faces.
"I'm very sorry my throat was a bit parched and I desperately needed a glass of water" Garnet said with a weary voice.
The stern look on Head Noble Quincy 's face was a very bad sign, the last time he had such a stern look on his face, he had executed 2 Alexandrian citizens without her permission.
"Your majesty I have been talking to the head nobles and officials of Treno and they seem to have complaints about your attitude at the Annual Joint Dinner Party held last week, you seem to have come across as a loner or stuck up rich girl as I've heard from many" replied Quincy was a stern confidence in his tone.
Garnet had heard enough, of all the problems this world can face, she's confronted with a personal problem.
This is ridiculous, I was sent down here early in the morning to hear about how a bunch of old people don't like my attitude…it wasn't my fault anyways
"Well since you'd like me to explain I'll tell you the truth plain and simple. actually…lets just say I was having feminine problems, and sometimes I can get quite irritable."
Satisfied with her answer, she glanced around the room waiting for a response.
"With all due respect your majesty, your duty as a queen does not allow you to be respectful whenever you feel like it" Quincy boldly stated
What is happening here? I've never been treated like this in my life! Why couldn't they just ask me to apologize? I just feel like I've been mocked and humiliated!
Garnet glanced around the room once more before she quickly walked back to her room in a frenzy of emotions, both mad and hurt. She wanted to see Zidane, she wanted to hug him and kiss him and tell him how she was hurt. But he had been gone for almost 4 hours now, and once again she was in her room by herself. But she did indeed have time to think.
I have to get these ridiculous thoughts out of my head, I can't do anything like that, I would betray my whole kingdom…I can't…
"Well since you'd like me to explain I'll tell you the truth plain and simple. actually…lets just say I was having feminine problems, and sometimes I can get quite irritable." Queen Garnet
It was hard enough getting to the hideout undetected and mobbed by the citizens of Lindblum, but now he had to get out undetected also. Zidane was of course a master of disguise, and always loved a new challenge. Zidane had slipped off his royal garments and threw on some raggedy clothes Baku still had kept from a couple years ago. His hair was incredibly noticeable so he needed a hat of some sort, he pulled Cinna's collectors edition Deguerro Jones hat from the hook and took off. Zidane walked fast and efficiently to the trolly leading out of the theater district, eyes darting back and forth for any potential citizens who may blow his cover. He nodded to the trolly worker and slipped inside undetected. As he sat in the seat of the trolly, he felt the unmistakable warmth of a giant smile. He slowly cocked his eyes to the left and saw a young girl with a gigantic smile on her face, looking directly at him.
1 Of all the years I've done this, never have I been caught by a little kid. Nah she's just a happy kid…that's all.
But the idea still lingered in his mind as the big smile was distracting him.
2 What could that kid possibly be smiling at?
As minutes past, the girl got closer and closer, and Zidane realized she was not looking at his face, but she sunk to almost sitting on the ground, where she was eyelevel with his wrist….
3 Shit
He knew he forgot to cover something up, and that was the wedding gift he received from Dr. Trot. A hand crafted gold and silver wrist band accompanied by small sapphire, ruby, and emerald stones on top. It was priceless, and for a little girl it was the holy grail. She inched closer and closer, now only about 3 feet away from him. Zidane attempted discreetly to pretend like he was fixing his hat, but as soon as he moved it…
"Waaaaaaaaaa!!!" bellowed the little child.
Zidane quickly put his hand back to keep the child as quiet possible, not wanting the girls parents to come and investigate.
The ride to the castle was quick and when the announcement was made that they had arrived, he quickly put his index finger on the girl's lips motioning her to stay quiet and patted her on the head. He reached into his pocket pulled out a gil and handed it to the little girl, she seemed to appreciate it…appreciate the golden color in the coin that is, but anyhow she seemed occupied enough to let Zidane quickly slide out of the Trolly.
Zidane entered the castle and made his way to the transport tunnel. The tunnel was newly built for people to easily go from Lindblum to Alexandria or vice versa. He entered the oval like pod that would be transporting him, buckling himself up and closing the glass pull down up above him he signaled to the transporting engineer to send him off.
***
Garnet's thirst had overwhelmed her, she had had nothing to drink since last night before she fell asleep and decided to call out to her servant for a glass of water.
"Cleaves would you bring me a glass of water?" stated the princess nonchalantly.
No answer.
"Cleaves…"
But cleaves is always close enough for him to hear me, oh well I guess I'll have to make my way to the kitchen.
It was then that she realized she had not put on her royal garments yet. She quickly put on the uncomfortable and heavy dress she wears everyday and proceeded out the door.
It has been long since she had to get her own glass of water, but somehow it felt good and self assuring that she wasn't too snobby and could do things on her own without depending on others. She walked down the stairs to the kitchen and saw that the kitchen crew was working hard as usual for her…delayed morning breakfast. As she walked in she saw that the crew all of a sudden was working faster and harder, as if she was there boss or something. Which she was, but she was always satisfied with the delicious culinary delights she was presented with every meal of her day. She shook it off and walked over to the sink, pulled out a glass from up above and filler her cup. She took a sip and she could feel the cold liquid run through her throat and for a moment she was very happy…until she realized the kitchen crew was eyeing her with twisted faces of bewildering amusement. She blushed and quickly walked out of the kitchen chuckling to herself. She had just remembered that she was supposed to be at the Round Table which was conveniently right across the hallway of the kitchen, she walked over to the room and opened the door with her left hand, with the glass of water in the other. She suddenly stopped and observed the puzzled looks on the committee's faces.
"I'm very sorry my throat was a bit parched and I desperately needed a glass of water" Garnet said with a weary voice.
The stern look on Head Noble Quincy 's face was a very bad sign, the last time he had such a stern look on his face, he had executed 2 Alexandrian citizens without her permission.
"Your majesty I have been talking to the head nobles and officials of Treno and they seem to have complaints about your attitude at the Annual Joint Dinner Party held last week, you seem to have come across as a loner or stuck up rich girl as I've heard from many" replied Quincy was a stern confidence in his tone.
Garnet had heard enough, of all the problems this world can face, she's confronted with a personal problem.
This is ridiculous, I was sent down here early in the morning to hear about how a bunch of old people don't like my attitude…it wasn't my fault anyways
"Well since you'd like me to explain I'll tell you the truth plain and simple. actually…lets just say I was having feminine problems, and sometimes I can get quite irritable."
Satisfied with her answer, she glanced around the room waiting for a response.
"With all due respect your majesty, your duty as a queen does not allow you to be respectful whenever you feel like it" Quincy boldly stated
What is happening here? I've never been treated like this in my life! Why couldn't they just ask me to apologize? I just feel like I've been mocked and humiliated!
Garnet glanced around the room once more before she quickly walked back to her room in a frenzy of emotions, both mad and hurt. She wanted to see Zidane, she wanted to hug him and kiss him and tell him how she was hurt. But he had been gone for almost 4 hours now, and once again she was in her room by herself. But she did indeed have time to think.
I have to get these ridiculous thoughts out of my head, I can't do anything like that, I would betray my whole kingdom…I can't…