Disclaimer: I don't own anything about FF9, only my character Ariana.
Author's Note: Enjoy and REVIEW!!
Ariana followed them into an adjacent room, where they stood around Baku waiting for him to speak.
"Here's the plan!" He shouted. "Tantalus, the infamous band of daring thieves (that's us), is headin' to the Kingdom of Alexandria... Our mission: to kidnap the heir to the throne, Princess Garnet!"
Ariana gasped excitedly. Zidane looked at her and put his finger to his lips to shush her. Baku began giving out instructions as to who had what part in the scheme.
"Hey, you!" He pointed his finger straight at her, and she looked at him.
"Yea?"
"You will be here, helping Blank and Zidane with the oglops. While Cinna, Marcus, and Ruby are out there on stage, you will help them distract the audience and kidnap the princess. Are we clear?"
"Crystal!" she replied enthusiastically. "So does this mean that I'm a member of Tantalus?"
Baku nodded, and said "Alright, let's get going!"
"Yay!" she shouted.
The group departed, and she was left alone with Zidane and Blank.
"Ariana, this is what I want you to do. Blank's takin' care of the oglops, and.."
"What's an oglop?" she interrupted.
The two guys looked at each other, and Blank smiled and said, "They're slimy bugs."
"Eeww!!!" she screeched, as he grabbed a bag full of oglops off the shelf.
"Ok, anyways. When Blank is doing that, I need you to come with me to kidnap the princess. Can you do that?" Zidane asked her.
"Well...yeah."
"Ok!"
She followed them to the stage, and looked around at all the people waiting for the play to begin. Ariana watched as Cinna, Marcus, Blank, and Zidane practiced their lines. Soon they went on stage, and she saw Zidane and Blank perform a magnificently choreographed sword fight.
After they came off stage, she congratulated them, "Wow! Impressive!" Zidane smiled, and grabbed her arm. They ran toward the castle, and Ariana looked up in time to see the Princess and the Queen watching the play. The Princess looked sad from here, but she wasn't sure. Soon, she found herself being led into a room inside the great hall of the castle. She turned around as the guys beat two guards and slipped into their armor.
They complained about how smelly or badly-fitting the armor was, but kept it on anyways. Zidane tapped her on her shoulder, signaling that she could turn back around. "Come on," he said. The three of them left the room, and went up a set of stairs. At the top Zidane met a girl wearing a hooded robe. She saw him circle the girl, and ask her something, but she pushed him away and ran down the stairs, knocking both Ariana and Blank over, too.
Blank stood up and yelled, "Who the heck was that!?"
"That was Princess Garnet! Hurry!" Zidane shouted.
Ariana immediately got up. She had tumbled over backwards and landed on her butt at the bottom of the stairs. She rubbed her backside, and started to run towards the girl.
They chased the princess up to one of the castle's towers, and the hooded girl climbed on top of the edge. Ariana watched her smile at Zidane, and she suddenly let herself fall backwards off the ledge. Ariana screamed, and looked over to see that the girl had grabbed some sort of rope and was swinging down. Zidane and Ariana both jumped onto the rope at the same time, and she had to grab his leg to hold herself up.
"Hey!" he shouted to her and shook his leg loose. "Quit!"
"Sorry!" She yelled up to him, and got a better grip on the rope. Beneath her she noticed that they weren't the only ones on the rope. A large armored man, had been holding onto another rope, but suddenly smashed into the side of the tower. *ouch* Ariana cringed, and held on tighter. The Princess landed on the theatre ship and knocked over a bunch of musicians as she ran. Ariana and Zidane fell on top of each other, and she quickly got up sheepishly.
"Sorry again," she muttered, looking at the floor.
"That's okay," he said, rubbing his head. "Come on, before she gets away."
Once again they took off, and ran into a room where a girl with a weird accent was yelling. She saw them and immediately ran to Zidane. "Hey, Zidane! Did you see the way she hit me!?
This cowgirl's wilder than a buckin' bronco!"
"Just let me talk to her, Ruby! We'll talk later!" he replied.
Ariana and Zidane ran down a pair of stairs, leaving the blue haired girl fuming upstairs. Ariana found herself in the same room she had first seen on the ship, with the candle in the center of the room. The hooded girl was there, and Zidane grabbed her arm.
"Do you work on this ship?" the Princess asked him.
He nodded and she threw back her hood. "I'm sure you already knew that I was Princess Garnet Til Alexandros the 17th."
"Woah, what a name!" Ariana exclaimed.
The princess smiled, and said "I wish to be kidnapped, as soon as possible. Will you do that for me?"
Zidane grabbed her hand, and said, "Yes. I will hereby be your official kidnapper."
They heard a voice yell, "Princess?" And Garnet threw her hood back on. "Hide me! They've come for me!"
"Follow me!" Zidane went into the next room, and Ariana saw Cinna waiting there. Quickly they jumped into an escape hatch he'd had ready for them. Again, they heard someone yelling "Princess!!" over and over again.
Together they ran through the bottom of the ship, and ran into a room, only to come face to face with the heavily armored man that had crashed into the tower.
"Steiner!" The princess yelled. "Let us go!"
Author's Note: Enjoy and REVIEW!!
Ariana followed them into an adjacent room, where they stood around Baku waiting for him to speak.
"Here's the plan!" He shouted. "Tantalus, the infamous band of daring thieves (that's us), is headin' to the Kingdom of Alexandria... Our mission: to kidnap the heir to the throne, Princess Garnet!"
Ariana gasped excitedly. Zidane looked at her and put his finger to his lips to shush her. Baku began giving out instructions as to who had what part in the scheme.
"Hey, you!" He pointed his finger straight at her, and she looked at him.
"Yea?"
"You will be here, helping Blank and Zidane with the oglops. While Cinna, Marcus, and Ruby are out there on stage, you will help them distract the audience and kidnap the princess. Are we clear?"
"Crystal!" she replied enthusiastically. "So does this mean that I'm a member of Tantalus?"
Baku nodded, and said "Alright, let's get going!"
"Yay!" she shouted.
The group departed, and she was left alone with Zidane and Blank.
"Ariana, this is what I want you to do. Blank's takin' care of the oglops, and.."
"What's an oglop?" she interrupted.
The two guys looked at each other, and Blank smiled and said, "They're slimy bugs."
"Eeww!!!" she screeched, as he grabbed a bag full of oglops off the shelf.
"Ok, anyways. When Blank is doing that, I need you to come with me to kidnap the princess. Can you do that?" Zidane asked her.
"Well...yeah."
"Ok!"
She followed them to the stage, and looked around at all the people waiting for the play to begin. Ariana watched as Cinna, Marcus, Blank, and Zidane practiced their lines. Soon they went on stage, and she saw Zidane and Blank perform a magnificently choreographed sword fight.
After they came off stage, she congratulated them, "Wow! Impressive!" Zidane smiled, and grabbed her arm. They ran toward the castle, and Ariana looked up in time to see the Princess and the Queen watching the play. The Princess looked sad from here, but she wasn't sure. Soon, she found herself being led into a room inside the great hall of the castle. She turned around as the guys beat two guards and slipped into their armor.
They complained about how smelly or badly-fitting the armor was, but kept it on anyways. Zidane tapped her on her shoulder, signaling that she could turn back around. "Come on," he said. The three of them left the room, and went up a set of stairs. At the top Zidane met a girl wearing a hooded robe. She saw him circle the girl, and ask her something, but she pushed him away and ran down the stairs, knocking both Ariana and Blank over, too.
Blank stood up and yelled, "Who the heck was that!?"
"That was Princess Garnet! Hurry!" Zidane shouted.
Ariana immediately got up. She had tumbled over backwards and landed on her butt at the bottom of the stairs. She rubbed her backside, and started to run towards the girl.
They chased the princess up to one of the castle's towers, and the hooded girl climbed on top of the edge. Ariana watched her smile at Zidane, and she suddenly let herself fall backwards off the ledge. Ariana screamed, and looked over to see that the girl had grabbed some sort of rope and was swinging down. Zidane and Ariana both jumped onto the rope at the same time, and she had to grab his leg to hold herself up.
"Hey!" he shouted to her and shook his leg loose. "Quit!"
"Sorry!" She yelled up to him, and got a better grip on the rope. Beneath her she noticed that they weren't the only ones on the rope. A large armored man, had been holding onto another rope, but suddenly smashed into the side of the tower. *ouch* Ariana cringed, and held on tighter. The Princess landed on the theatre ship and knocked over a bunch of musicians as she ran. Ariana and Zidane fell on top of each other, and she quickly got up sheepishly.
"Sorry again," she muttered, looking at the floor.
"That's okay," he said, rubbing his head. "Come on, before she gets away."
Once again they took off, and ran into a room where a girl with a weird accent was yelling. She saw them and immediately ran to Zidane. "Hey, Zidane! Did you see the way she hit me!?
This cowgirl's wilder than a buckin' bronco!"
"Just let me talk to her, Ruby! We'll talk later!" he replied.
Ariana and Zidane ran down a pair of stairs, leaving the blue haired girl fuming upstairs. Ariana found herself in the same room she had first seen on the ship, with the candle in the center of the room. The hooded girl was there, and Zidane grabbed her arm.
"Do you work on this ship?" the Princess asked him.
He nodded and she threw back her hood. "I'm sure you already knew that I was Princess Garnet Til Alexandros the 17th."
"Woah, what a name!" Ariana exclaimed.
The princess smiled, and said "I wish to be kidnapped, as soon as possible. Will you do that for me?"
Zidane grabbed her hand, and said, "Yes. I will hereby be your official kidnapper."
They heard a voice yell, "Princess?" And Garnet threw her hood back on. "Hide me! They've come for me!"
"Follow me!" Zidane went into the next room, and Ariana saw Cinna waiting there. Quickly they jumped into an escape hatch he'd had ready for them. Again, they heard someone yelling "Princess!!" over and over again.
Together they ran through the bottom of the ship, and ran into a room, only to come face to face with the heavily armored man that had crashed into the tower.
"Steiner!" The princess yelled. "Let us go!"