Sailor without a crown:
It was the second day in what was turning out to be a "character slander" free-for-all in the court. Kimi's family had, in one form or another, all made an appearance in court during that time. Not all had given testimony against her though.
Although her younger brother, Endymion, had sat to watch on some occasions, he hadn't taken the stand. Her council had informed her that he refused to stand on the grounds that he didn't know her well enough. The queen of earth wasn't apparently happy about this, but it seemed like Endymion was sticking to his decision, which Kimi found slightly surprising. She had never really thought of him as a rebel, but now... maybe there was hope for him yet.
Her mother had wanted the royal family to stand united against Kimi, and it seemed that most of them were bending to her wishes. It hurt her to see everyone making rash character accusations against her. It wasn't like she really cared about what they thought, but it was the fact that they passed judgement against her without ever knowing HER. Jassar, her second youngest sister (amethyst now being the youngest in her eyes), had given an emotional show to the court just that morning. That was all it was though, a show. Jassar had called her a "rebellious juggernaut" saying she always tried to disrupt palace life. Kimi actually found a bit of humour in this statement, because although she was the rebellious one when they were younger, Jassar was the one always "disrupting" palace life because of her accident proneness.
That afternoon was finally her mothers turn to take the stand. It wasn't something Kimi was looking forward too. She hadn't laid her eyes on the queen since the night her sister was still born. As the minuets ticked down towards the time of the court gathering Kimi felt all her feelings about that night and subsequent event's intensify, and could only hope she could keep her cool enough to reframe for verbally attacking her mother as soon as she saw her.
Kimi watched the clock as she sat in the court room waiting, counting down the minuets to when her mother would appear. She gave a glance to the back of the court as she was sure she had heard a large group of people approaching the court room doors, but it seamed they had stop. She pondered on this for a few seconds till she looked up to the clock and noticed the time being 2:58pm. 'Bloody royal family and there prompt dramatic entrances' she thought letting out a slightly exasperated sigh, 'it's not like anyone would say anything if they were early or late for once in there lives!'
Watching the seconds tick down, Kimi couldn't help but start a count down under her breath "ten... nine... eight... seven... six... five... four... three... two... one..." BANG!
'Right on time' Kimi thought as her mother made her grand entrance, flanked on either side by the royal usurers. Everyone had turned round to watch the queen entrance, all bowing, all except Kimi of course. She just continued to stand, looking forward and timing the procession as it went down the aisle. She had a theory that, the more important a person thought they were, the longer it took them to walk down the 10 meter stretch to the stand. She had therefore taken it upon herself to time them as a sort of "hobby" during the proceedings. 'Gosh, we have a new winner' she thought in mock surprise as her mother reached the stand after taking a full 20 seconds more than anyone else.
As her mother was sworn in, Kimi took her first good look at her mother. She was what most would conceder a pretty woman. Her hair was jet black, which was normal for most member of the royal family, except for a distant cousin on her father's side, and Kimi of course. Her eyes were a piercingly bright blue and she was dressed in elaborate clothes which put every other court's member's outfits to shame. 'Stuck up charlatan' Kimi thought before realising her mother was about to start.
The queen surveyed the court before starting, "Gaza nefastus crystallinus terra vita vigor" The queen said in a calm yet commanding voice which echoed in the hushed courtroom, "Those words warned and commanded any of those who entered the chamber of the Amethyst crystal, and yet she took no heed. She has always acted in an extremely un-royal manner, disobeying rules set down by the family. Her behaviour is one I would never have expected of a royal daughter of earth, and it shames me that I ever gave birth to such a child. So I will take this opportunity to state that from this point on, she is no longer considered my child, no longer a princess of Earth. She has disgraced us all, and will be allowed to no more!" With this the Queen got up and made here way over to her seat in the benches. All royal statements, except of course Kimi's, were above condemnation, therefore no cross examination took place.
As Kimi sat letting what had happened sink in a spark of realisation entered Kim's mind. It was perfect; the only loophole that existed, which before had been unusable, had just been presented to her on a silver platter. She leant over to her defence attorney, as hopeless as he was, and said she wanted to submit an ending, confessing statement to the court. To say the attorney was shocked by her request was an understatement, but he went along with it. Kimi suspected he was being bribed by the other side to lose the case, which is why he never put up any objection. He probably thought she was going to confess and willingly lose the case... what an idiot. She didn't really care however; if she played her card's right, she could soon be on her way out of here, thanks to her soon-to-be ex-mother.
She was called up and the whole court room seemed to hold its breath. 'Well', thought Kimi taking the stand for what she hoped would be the last time, 'Time to drop the bomb shell'. She entered the docks and gave her mother a shadow of a smirk before her final questioning began.
"You, Kimberly Elisa Helena ('god why do they always have to use my full name' Kimi thought slightly annoyed) Camadil stand charged of breaking one of the most sacred royal law's. That you did, of your own free will, remove the sacred life giving Amethyst crystal from its temple, and then placed it inside another. These charges are considered as treasonous towards your royal family and hold the punishment of death for all those evolved." The judge said reading from a list of offences in front of him. "I believe you have a final statement you wish to make?"
"I do you're honour" Kimi replied almost tonelessly.
"Very well please present it to the court" The judge said invitingly.
"First I would like to take this time to accept, in front of these witnesses, the disownment of myself from the royal family" She said, pausing to allow the scattered confusion within the court to desist before continuing. "I willingly renounce all titles and privileges that went with my position in the family. I am just plain Kimi from this day forth, a simple citizen of earth. I wish to humbly thank her Hines the queen for giving me this opportunity, thank you my queen." She bowed towards her mother, in what was for her at least, a dramatic act before continuing again.
"As a simple citizen of earth I admit to the court that I saved my sister's life using the amethyst crystal. However I put it to you that under the law, and as I have not yet been charged, I cannot be punished as a royal." To say she was enjoying the look on her parent's faces would be an understatement; it was taking all the control she had to keep a straight face.
"Therefore I would like to enquire on what grounds you now wish to charge and keep me imprisoned on." She had finished so she just stood there as the rest of the court seemed to fall into disarray, having just recovered from the shock of what she had just said. The rest didn't really matter to her, she had done it, and there was nothing they could do about it!
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It was 12 hours since her statement, and her subsequent realise by the court, and she was back on earth, her home. A soft breeze swept through her hair which had already started to regain it's colour from exposure to the warm sun. She was stood a few meters away the royal palace gates, a smirk on her face from what she had accomplished. She was free of her family, there rules, there was just one last thing she had to do.
In her hands Kimi held her tiara, the last symbol of royalty. She glanced down at it for what would be her last time before throwing it to the ground, smashing it into thousands of pieces. With a rush of light her bows of Royalty disappeared leaving her looking less like the royal she had been, and more like the simple citizen of earth she now was. She looked down at the remains of her tiara and said "I am now a scout of the earth, not the bloody royals". She then vowed to herself she would help whoever needed helping, save who needed saving, no matter what others deemed right. She would always fight her hardest, never be pushed around… and find her sister.
AN: The illustrious court show down has finally been posted so I can now give you "Sailor with out a crown" in its entirety! Don't you just love loop holes?
P.S please review, I get disheartend without them!