..::"Just to let you know, every weapon is used different, it depends on the person using it. I for one never saw any one use those, they are very rare and you should feel lucky" he commented watching her every move in wonder. She smiled and she pulled her Gates in a swift X motion to her sides that it sent out a blast of energy, throwing Zidane back a few steps. "Uh, I think you have the hang of it. Now I need to tell you how your gonna help us steal the princess." He smiled as she looked at him, very confused::..

Zidane explained the plan they had of how to kidnap the princess. He told how they would put on the play "I Want To Be Your Canary". They would put the princess asleep, and how they would disguise as knights, but Mina didn't understand where she fit in.

"Your job is to go in to the castle while Blank and I do the fight scene. When you go in you must get two Pluto knight's uniforms for us, and a female solder uniform for you. Got it?" Zidane asked her while they sat I the chairs around the candle.

"Yeah, if your acting than I guess that means I have to help." She looked at him for an answer.

"You have to help get the princess with me and Blank, so be ready to run, or even fight, with guards."

"Ok I got it, so I need to bring my gates?"

"Yup! We are almost there so get ready."

Mina sat and watched every one set up while they got ready to land by the castle. Earlier she got to meet Ruby and could tell that they would be fast friends. Ruby acted likes a brat towards the guys sometimes, but on the inside, she was very nice. She hated to fight and pushed all her skills into acting. Mina couldn't help but envy her; she could make so many friends. She sat thinking about her job when suddenly a figure covered in white caught her eye. She looked over to see a person in a white robe with the hood up looking down at the stage. The sleeves covered her arms and hands, and the rob went down to the knees. Red triangles bordered the openings.

"Would you look at that, a white mage robe. Fascinating." Marcus said walking by her. Mina watched as the robed figure turned and left the balcony it was standing on and went inside the castle. Mina suddenly got a feeling like she was being watched and turned to see a man in armor walking towards her. She got up from her sitting position at the edge of the stage and turned towards him.

"Hello miss, I am Captain Adelbert Steiner of the Pluto Knights. I wish you and your fellow actors good luck in the performance tonight. Let's hope it is very good so the queen may enjoy it." The knight said with a bow. Mina noticed all of the rust on his armor but kept a straight face.

"Yes, I believe she will enjoy it very much. It has been nice to meet you and thanks for the good luck but I must go. Good day." Mina said cheerfully and turned to leave. The knight just looked after her and suddenly noticed the horn on her head; he turned and left to go find his knights. Mina could tell that the mage person was very important, and that they would meet again. She looked around and suddenly saw a shining coin. 'Today must be my lucky day' She thought, but right as she reached for it a rat boy grabbed it and ran, and followed was a boy with a big hat and a black face. She sighed and turned for the ship.

Marcus ran up to King Leo and prepared for battle. "Free Cornelia at once!" He yelled at the king. Suddenly Zidane, Cinna and Blank appeared at his side.

"We have come to help. There was no way we would let you do this alone." Zidane yelled so the crowd on spectators could hear him clearly.

"No! This is my battle, leave this to me." Marcus yelled back.

"Marcus, he killed my brother, I must fight!" Cinna said as they charged into battle. They got rid of the guards easily and used special effects to keep the crowd at the edge of their seats. The battle ended with the defeat of King Leo, and the king fled to safety. Zidane followed him, but was blocked by Blank.

"Move out of my way!" Zidane yelled.

"Never! If Princess Cornelia married Prince Schneider, than peace will come." Blank scouted back. They fought and Mina took that as a sign to start into the castle. She easily found the guards and pulled them into a room to knock them out. She slipped on her suit. The gloves were huge on her, and she had on a tight leotard thing. The upper half that covered her breast was metal, and the lower half was a dark green. Her boots look big but fit perfectly. The helmet was a big metal ball with a hole at her face, and a light silver bar made it so you couldn't see her eyes. She had a shield in her right hand and connected her gates in her sword belt. When Zidane and Blank entered the room, they jumped into fighting positions. When they saw her hair, they thought to ask, "Mina?"

"Yeah, it is me. Get the suits on and let's go!" She walked past them and waited outside so they could change. When they stepped out, they were in regular knight uniforms. Blank looked over to her side pockets and gasped.

"You gave her the Gates? Are you sure that's smart Zidane?" Mina smiled and walked up to him.

"You want me to show you how I use them?" She asked icily, and he just shuddered.

They walked around for a moment, and Blank left to go give the drugged tea to the queen. Mina and Zidane just sat outside and starred at the solders. Mina suddenly got a tugging feeling from her horn and turned towards a large staircase.

"Um, Zidane," She said tugging at his armor, "Let's go up the steps."

"Yeah, good idea. I princess could be there." He mumbled as the walked side by side up the curved staircase. When they reached the top, he added, "Let me go first we never know what could be up there." He walked up to a large set of wooden doors, and jumped as the doorknob wiggled to life. He bumped into Mina and she fell on her behind, she glared daggers at him but he ignored her. He kept staring at the door as it swung open and the girl in the white mage cloak ran out and bumped into him, causing him to fall over right next to Mina. "I am so sorry." The girl said and Mina looked right into her eyes.

"Have we meet?" Mina whispered but the girl just turned and ran down the steps.

"That was the Princess!" Zidane yelled jumping to his feet, than pulling Mina up to hers.

"You go follow her, and I'll go to the ship and wait for you two!" She responded pushing him towards the stairs, "Good luck"

Zidane just smiled and ran down the stairs. Mina walked over to the other side of the hall and looked down to see Zidane running after the princess. After backing up a few steps, she ran and jumped off to land on the ground floor with a slam. She got he balance and turned to slam right into Blank.

"Where is Zidane?" Blank questioned her, fear evident in his voice.

"He went after the runaway princess, why?" Mina responded.

"We got to go," He grabbed her wrist and started to pull her towards the room with their close, "They found out about our plan." He pulled her into the room and shoved he towards the pile in the corner.

"Do they know about Tantalus? Are they gonna arrest them?" She asked worried as she picked up the pile.

"They didn't connect the two, but we need to get back to the safety of the Prima Vista, now." He whispered as he peered out the door and to the hall.

"Lets just go, and if we get caught, run, I mean we are in disguise right. We can just say we are looking for the." She was cut off when he put his hand on her mouth.

"Don't talk beyond this point unless I signal you to, trust me you will know." He pulled her out into the hall and they ran outside and towards the Prima Vista.

"Nice job, what happened?" Mina asked when they got inside a room in the ship.

"Lets just say one of the jesters got hungry and drank from it before the queen did, and they found out that I was a fake when he fell to the floor in a deep sleep." He chuckled dryly as he came out of the little room that separated him from her. He had on his original close but instead of the metal plate he had on a belt that covered his eyes . "How could you see through those metal and belt things?" Mina asked as she started to walk into the room to change. Blank tossed his armor he stole onto a couch and turned towards her.

"It's magic" He winked and she just laughed and went to change.

Zidane stopped when he reached the top of the endless tower. Standing at the edge was the princess, smiling, and her back turned towards the ground. She took a step back and fell as he ran and looked over the edge. He grabbed a rope that was nearby and jumped after her. They both landed on a sail of the Prima Vista and she ran into a room, bumping into Ruby.

"Oh my, Yo'r tha' little princess!" Ruby yelled, and Zidane walked in.

"Keep it down, A knight might come." He mumbled. She just bumped past Ruby and ran down the stairs that were at the other side of the room. Zidane followed and bumped into her at the bottom of the stairs. She pulled down her hood to reveal her true self.

"I, Princess Garnet Til Alexandros the 17th was wondering if you would assist me by kidnapping me? I want to make it short so can you?" She smiled. Zidane studied her for a moment. She had the blue eyes, long black hair held back in a clip and was the same age as the princess, but she wanted to be kidnapped! That surprised him, and he still was able to say, "Yea, sure."

"Well than lets." She paused as she was pulled into the room where Zidane had fought Baku earlier.

"Go?" He finished for her as she looked around the room. The door suddenly burst open behind them and Blank, Cinna, and Mina ran into the room. Blank and Cinna stopped when they saw the princess but Mina just brushed past her and stopped right in front of Zidane.

"That rusty guard." Mina started to complain. "You mean Steiner?" Garnet corrected her.

"Who cares his name."

"Rusty? That's good!" Zidane suddenly laughed aloud.

"You better listen." Blank sighed and Zidane stopped laughing.

"As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, Rusty is on his way with a guard. Blank already said he would go and fake as a guard to stall time. We just need to hide you until the play." Mina whispered as she turned to the princess, "When I first saw you on the balcony, I could just tell you were very important. I am Mina Slovaks, I always wanted to meet a princess!" Garnet smiled and shook Mina's hand.

"You have never seen a prince or princess?" Garnet asked curiosity. Blank had slipped out of the room some time ago and Zidane was about to fall asleep. Cinna just gripped his hammer and watched the doors.

"Well you see princess, I am from a different world, or so I think." Mina simply stated. Garnet gasped and Zidane and Cinna both looked over to the silver haired girl.

"Oh really, from your horn I thought you were from Maiden Sari."

"Where? No. I am from a planet called Earth, and a country called the United States of America. We don't have Royalty but we have a president. People really make the choices." Mina turned to notice how everyone was staring at her, "What?" A huge banging sound came from the door and they all looked around and ran to the other side of the room.

"Open up, we need to search for the princess!" They smiled as they heard Blanks voice, and right as they ran into a different room the door slammed off its joints.

"Stop!"

"It is Steiner! Keep running!" Garnet yelled. Mina let out a cry as they got at a dead end.

"Don't worry, Zidane you get on number two with the princess, Mina take number four to the roof, and watch for and air attacks! I'll get number one!" Cinna yelled.

"Gotcha!" Mina smiled as she jumped on the number four. The roof slid away and the four circles flew up through the circle into darkness.

"Open up!" It was Steiner and the door flew open.

"Go now!" Cinna yelled as they both jumped on the numbers and flew upwards. Then Steiner and the knight with him jumped on the number three and flew upwards.

As they got to the top Zidane and Garnet found themselves on the stage.

"Cornelia!" Marcus yelled and Garnet jumped back into Zidane.

"Just act, trust me, you'll do fine." Zidane said and Garnet acted her best and she fell dead right as Steiner came to the stage.

"Nooooooo!"

Vivi Orunitia ran up the side of the stage and away from the guards. He was a black mage, and his whole face is covered in darkness from his overly big hat. His bright yellow eyes are the only things that shine under the hat. His baggy pants a striped white and sea green, and a blue old jacket with big white gloves cover the rest of his body. Small red shoes finish his old outfit.

"Stay away or I will shoot!" He yelled as he summoned a fireball to throw them. He slowly backed up and turned to run, but tripped and fell, throwing the fireball at princess Garnet. It hit her hood, the cloak caught on fire, and she jumped up tearing the hood off. The whole crowd gasped as they looked at the princess, and the queen was very angry.

"Princess, I must ask we leave immediately!" Steiner yelled.

"Zidane!" Mina yelled after witnessing the whole thing, "We need to leave or the queen will blow up the ship right hear and now!" He nodded and they pushed off the docks and in the air. Cannons were being fired everywhere and suddenly when they got out of range, they fired a huge missile. Mina was holding on for dear life on the roof and suddenly she fell and was heading straight towards the stage. She waited for the impact but it never came, instead she landed in a pair of warm, strong arms. Zidane looked over to see that Mina had fell, but could not make it in time. He stared at her as someone ran out and caught her. It was the knight.



I am so sorry if I am off and am not using any of the games dialogue. My first disk is broken or something and it won't start a new game so I can't do anything. I hope you are enjoying it so far, and warning. I just can't stand to have one new character! Sorry it took so long to put up, I am really trying to make the chapters longer. :P Love ya all!!