"Yo guys, this is really boring. Couldn't we just fly the ship around a bit?" said Murfy, looking extremely bored.
"Rai told us to stay here. Besides, they could come back at any moment." said Rayman.
"Yea, but... I don't think they'll be back anytime soon, and they probably won't come back this way. So we could just pick them up in this... Burmecia, and they'll never know." said Murfy with a mischievous grin.
"Well... okay." said Rayman. Then Rayman piloted the Gummi up, into the sky, and they flew around for a while, until Murfy complained that was boring too. "Hey Globox, hit that button over there." instructed Rayman.
"This one?"
"Yeah, that's the one."
Globox pressed the button, and suddenly the ship started to go as fast as a jet at top speed. "WAAHHH!!!!!" cried Globox, but Rayman and Murfy were having the time of their lives. Eventually, it stopped, and they were going normal speed again. "Hey Rayman, what's this little gas tank, with the little 'E', and the arrow?" asked Globox.
"What?"
"Well, it has a little gas tank, and a 'E', and a arrow, and the arrow's on the 'E'." said Globox.
"Do you mean the... gas sign... that..." Rayman gulped. "Tells how much... gas is left?" Rayman barely squeaked out those last words.
Suddely, the ship stopped moving. Well, forwards anyway. It plummeted down, down, down, until it hit the ground, and skidded to a stop, hitting a tree. "POOF!" went the air-bags.
"Great! Just great! Now Rai's going to kill us!" cried Rayman, pushing away the air-bag, unbuckling himself, and jumping out of the car. The others jumped out, and Rayman was about to say more, when they heard something.
"Wow...! That cable car will take us to the summit. We're almost there, Steiner. Alexandria is just beyond the summit, right? I managed it without Zidane's help...!" said a female voice.
"You never needed him to begin with, Princess." said a male voice, apparently Steiner.
Rayman and his companions steeped out of the bushes, and in front of them was a small station for a cable car, and two people closest to them.
One was a girl, the Princess, who had black hair, red shoes and gloves, a orange full-body suit, and a long-sleeved white shirt underneath that. She also had a necklace, and brown eyes.
The other, Steiner, was a grey-eyed knight in full body armor with a long grey feather in his hat, and a big sword on his back.
"More ruffians! Ignore them Princess! They are too lowly to talk with y..." started Steiner.
"Steiner! I'm Dagger!" said Dagger (the Princess).
"Uh... hi. We, uh, are kinda lost, and we were wondering if you could help us. Hey, wait. Did you say your name was Dagger? Zidane said something about a Dagger person..." said Rayman.
"Zidane said something about me!? What'd he say!?" said Dagger excitedly.
"Well, he said he thought you might've gone through Gizamaluke Grotto. Looks likt he was wrong." answered Rayman.
"Oh. I never remember seeing you. Are you in Tantalus?" asked Dagger.
"Tantalus? No, we just met Zidane." said Rayman.
"Well, sure you can come with us." said Dagger.
"Dagger, I don't think..." started Steiner.
"Be quiet Steiner."
Steiner shut up.
"All aboard!" cried a conductor from the cable car.
"We'd better get on." said Dagger.
They ran up to the cable car, and went in. A lady came running up. "Wait! Wait for me!" cried the lady. She panted a bit. "I made it! Thank you for your kind words earlier." she said to Steiner.
"No, I thank you." said Steiner.
The lady looked a bit puzzled, but then they all sat down as the conductor cried, "Now departing!" and the cable car took off.
"Phew... I feel more relaxed now. And so do they apparently." said Dagger, looking over at Rayman, Globox, and Murfy, who were already fast asleep.
"That is understandable. Our journey from Lindblum was very tough. But... I still don't approve of those ruffians. But anyway... it was your white magic that helped me through the battles against all those monsters... your fortitude that got us past the obnoxious moogles in Chocobo's Forest... and finally, your idea to use gysahl pickles to get past the South Gate guards! I am throughly impressed by your intelligence and courage, Princess Garnet!" exclaimed Steiner.
"Steiner, you can't call me that." reminded Garnet.
"My apologies. I'm just not used to..."
"It's okay. I made lots of mistakes when Zidane taught me how to talk like this." said Garnet.
"That peasant had no manners whatsoever! Although... he did have some wit for a bumpkin, but... The way he spoke to you was simply unacceptable! I say good riddance." said Steiner.
"Oh, Steiner..." said Garnet.