Disclaimer: This is going to be a LONG fic, so the disclaimer will remain the same for the whole thing. I do NOT own FFIX or any of its characters.

A/N: yes, I'm getting lazy with my disclaimers, but this is going to be a long fic, it can't be any other way, so if you really like my disclaimers, then just pretend they're at the top of each chapter =P also, a warning to those of you who don't like long chapters; this is a VERY long chapter! If you don't like long chapters, you can a.) Get over it, or b.) Don't read it. The choice is yours! Oh, and plz review!
           

  ****Jade's P.O.V.****

  I had never really liked Dagger, she was too… how do I put this? Princess-y I guess. {Look! I made a new word!} But since I couldn't exactly say, "Let's forget about the plan and get outta here!" I decided to play along… for now at least. Though I was a bit hesitant at first I followed Blank and Zidane up the carpeted stairs to the balcony area where little miss princess would be making her entrance any second. We reached the top of the stairs and still, the Princess was a no- show. 
 "Great, where's the Princess?" I asked impatiently, "She's late."
Blank and Zidane turned around to face me, " Waddya mean? She's watchin' the play! C'mon!" Blank yelled.
 (Or maybe…) the thought suddenly hit me, (we're early! Oh no! I rushed things too much!)
 "Wait!" I called out as they continued to the Royal Chambers.
 "What now!?" I could tell Blank was getting impatient, " Weren't you the one that wanted to get this over with!?"
 For a second I didn't know what to say, then excuses came pouring into my head.
 "Umm, yes…" I replied weakly, "but I'm feeling a bit…ugh." I fell over backwards pretending to have fainted. Thank God I'm a good actress! Zidane came rushing over to see if I was all right, when that stupid Princess showed up and ran into Zidane and I.
 "I-I'm terribly sorry," she apologized, " umm, may I pass?"
I wasn't exactly happy about being run into and… I happen to have a nasty temper- even though I was supposed to be fainted.
 "Geez! Don't you ever watch where you're going!?"
She seemed quite taken back by my outburst, and who could blame her? I am pretty scary when I'm mad. O.o
 "How dare you speak to me like that!?" hmm… didn't expect a retort like that from her…
 "Hmph," no one talked to me like that. "Just because you're a Princess, you think everyone has to be nice to you! Well you know what sister!? They won't!  They just won't!"
 She was about to say something more when Zidane interrupted, "Whoa…wait a minute, you're Princess Garnet!?"
 "I…I must go!" and with that, she darted off. Zidane and Blank sat there a while before actually understanding what had just happened and then gave chase.
 "How did you know that was Princess Garnet?" Blank asked as we followed her.
 "Uhh… lucky guess?" ^_^"
 "Uh-huh…"
Luckily, we reached the bottom of the tower the Princess had ascended, so I couldn't be interrogated anymore.
 "Alright," Zidane started, "I'm goin' after the princess; you guys stay here and make sure no one follows!"
 "No way!" I interjected, "I'm goin' with you!"
Zidane sighed, "I don't have time to argue, come on…but hurry!"
I nodded before continuing up the stairs. Apparently, Alexandria Castle is known for its stairs or something, because there sure were a lot of them! Finally we reached the top and began a circular chase around the tower after Garnet. After running in circles until my legs almost fell off, she finally decided to jump off the tower.
 "Finally." I sighed, then remembering that Rusty was in the other tower; I turned my head in that direction. Sure enough, the old tin-man was going completely ballistic. I couldn't help but burst out laughing until Zidane tugged my arm.
 "C'mon!" he shouted handing me one of the ropes hanging off the tower.
 "Oh yea…" I wasn't exactly happy about plummeting off a several stories high building, holding nothing but a carnival banner, but it worked for the Princess, so it'd work for me too. Holding my breath and shutting my eyes, I jumped when Zidane gave the signal. A few seconds later and we had landed on the Prima Vista and jumped down to where the Tantalus band was playing.
 "I wonder where the Princess-"
 "Zidane watch out-!" But, it was too late; the Princess fell out of nowhere and landed on Zidane. Without even an 'I'm sorry' she took off running again and, noting she had taken the wrong way, turned around and ran into us again knocking over a few of the band players as well.
 "…Zidane?"
 "Huh…? Oh, I'm fine…" He stood up and looked to the door the Princess had taken.
 "Man!" I complained, "She's a royal pain in the-"
 "Save it for later." Zidane interrupted.
We were again following Garnet, and walked in the room just as Ruby was having her little fit about being run into.
 After a lot of Ruby's complaining, we finally continued down to the room I started out in, where Garnet had met a dead end.
 "What's your deal!?" I shouted, "First, you run into me and Zidane, pull your 'How dare you talk to me like that' bit, lead us on a wild chase where I almost get killed jumping off a tower, you run into us again… AND FOR WHAT!? Because you wanna leave the castle!?"

 Both Zidane and Garnet were staring blankly at me, apparently shocked at my outburst.
 "H-how could you know I was leaving the castle?"
Uh-oh, I'd gotten myself into trouble again.
 "Uhh, umm… well, isn't it obvious? I mean, you did after all leave the castle and come aboard our ship. Anyone could tell you're escaping."
 Yes! Finally a good excuse for my knowledge of the game! But she was apparently through talking with me, because her next question was directed towards Zidane.
 "You work on this Theater Ship?"
He simply nodded.
 "Then, there is a favor I wish to ask of you… I need to be kidnapped, right away!" I was standing in the background mocking the Princess by mouthing her words as she said them while making stupid faces. Unfortunately, Steiner's mindless shouting of, "Princess," interrupted my fun.
 "Please," she continued, "They've come for me."
 "I see, so that's what's going on."
Before Zidane could go into the whole 'Alright then your highness, I shall hereby do my best to kidnap you' thing, Steiner pounded on the door again giving me a great excuse to hurry things along.
 "Look," I started, " the old tin-man's gonna bust through that door if we don't hurry!"
The door to the meeting room burst open and Cinna came running out. I had little patience with 'Her Highness' when she screamed, but did my best not to yell at her again.
 "Geez, can you stop screaming? It's just Cinna." I was finished talking to her for now and turned to Cinna, "Hey, you have that trap door thing right?"
Cinna nodded and led us into the meeting room.
 "Open!" the table flew back, "Sesa-"
 "Wait!" I shouted.
 "What now?"
 "…I wanna say it…"
Cinna looked at me funny, then nodded.
 "Sesame!"
I couldn't help but clap my hands together when the trap door flew open; it was an old habit of mine whenever I was excited.
 "Wow, this is so cool! I need one of these in my room!"
My joy was interrupted by Steiner's banging on the door.
 "Let's go."
One at a time, we jumped down through the trap door and onto the Prima Vista's engine.
Knowing Zidane would compliment Garnet for being athletic; I tried to show off by pulling a few balance stunts while jumping down.
 I landed almost as a gymnast would with my toe pointed and my hands in the air, "Ta-da!"
 ^_^" "That's very…erm…nice." Zidane managed to say, "But we don't exactly have all the time in the world for tricks, we'd better keep moving."

A/N: Ok, not the best place to end it, but this chapter could go on for the rest of eternity if I didn't pick a spot. Now, review!