Inigo Montoya was never a dreamer. He was content with his life with his father in Spain, simple though it was. Then his father was cruelly killed when Inigo was eleven. His world fell apart that day. Now he lived for one thing—hunt down the six-fingered man and take revenge on his beloved father. It consumed his daydreams. It was what he spent ten years training for.
But when he had spent only eight years in jumping and dashing around, learning every fencing technique known to the wizards, practicing fighting on every type of terrain, squeezing rocks, and getting by with only four hours of sleep a night, he began to train his mind. At this point, he began to have a new dream. The main character in his dream was a girl with long, wavy, dark hair and sharp black eyes. She stood in the doorway of a house, waiting for him. Inigo could offer her no meal but scraps for dinner, and he only had a hayloft for a bed, but the girl was happy with what he gave her. They ate the scraps as if they were feasting on fat-trimmed roast that rich people ate and slept in the hay as if it were a feather bed. Inigo always slept with his arms wrapped around the girl. And then the dream ended, and he woke up.
There came a day when the very girl from his dreams came to where he was staying. She pretended to belittle him at first, but soon she invited him to sneak inside a castle and attend the ball in secret with her. Incredibly, this girl turned out to be the Countess Giulietta of Italy. She was beautiful, wise, tender, and kind; she loved Inigo, and Inigo loved her.
But he also needed to get revenge on his father's death. He could not be distracted from his task until the six-fingered man was dead. When he had that peace, then he could marry Giulietta. He told her as much, and she promised to wait for him.
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Years later, Giulietta was informed, "There is a Spaniard here to see you."
It was her beloved Inigo. "Giulietta," he began, "my late father Domingo finally has his revenge. It was served so cold, Rugen probably thought it came from a freezer. (This was after freezers, but in most parts of the world, they were called iceboxes.) Throughout the years that it took, your face has never left my dreams. Your long dark hair and dazzling black eyes are my reward for revenge. I would be asking what comes next now that I'm not in the revenge business, but I have you. My friend Westley brought his bride to America, but our destination will be Mexico."
Well, that was their destination, and they technically did go there, but the region of Mexico where they settled eventually became part of the United States (this was after Mexico, but before New Mexico). But that time was still a long way off, long after Inigo and Giulietta had a son, who in time got married and had four daughters, the youngest of whom was named Josefina.
A/N: With the surname in common, I had to do this. I had the Josefina doll when I was little.
I fully intended to write a serious romance when I started out, but it devolved into humor toward the end. :)
