Disclaimer: I don't own Magic Knight Rayearth, which, as far as I know belongs to Clamp.

A/N:  This poem is the Magic knights taking to Clef shortly after they have returned to Cephiro for the second time.  I hope you enjoy it.

The Magic Knights to Guru Clef

We fallowed our hearts,

They lead us to destruction,

We thought we would be heroes,

We were wrong,

Although we granted a most wanted wish,

It was for death.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But we slew her.

Recalling the early times,

We laughed and joked,

All was a game,

Until danger came,

But even after the first dangers past,

We were still playing a game.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But slew her.

Our friendship grew strong

In the little time we were together

We made new friends,

But it was us three

To carry out this mission

And save a dying nation.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But slew her.

We journeyed on, through

Cephiro's Treacherous landscape,

Dangers came and past

We started to doubt our games

At last.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But we slew her.

We gained new strength

Our hearts grew stronger,

We were ready for the fight,

We found the princess' jailer,

We slew him,

But the princess was jailed not by Zagato,

But her heart.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But we slew her.

A forbidden love,

A heart reserved for her nation,

Her country, torn

Between true love which we are all entitled,

And what she had sworn to only love,

Her country.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But slew her.

Her prayers kept the country's peace,

All were free,

Except for she,

Her heart cried out

For Zagato gone,

She wanted her country to have peace,

She wanted Zagato,

She could not have both.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But we slew her.

She attacked us in her hearts anguish,

Caused by her torn heart,

She begged for death,

We gave it.

Princess Emeraude,

An enslaved heart set free through death.

We wanted to be heroes,

We wanted to return home,

We wanted to rescue a princess,

But we slew her.

We ask you to let us fight Once more,

We know the dangers,

This is a game no more,

Let us fight for what Princess Emeraude

Gave her life for.

Our hearts have matured,

We are ready to make up for what we've done.