Mashu: "We're back!"
Lord Cynic: "Yes…"
Mashu: "Rather than make this a separate one-shot, we decided to put it in with this collection and rename and re-summarise it. Aren't we clever?"
Lord Cynic: "Yes…"
Mashu: "Cynic?"
Lord Cynic: "Yes…"
Mashu: "Something's wrong with him…"
Mashu: "We don't own anything."
Lord Cynic: "Yes…"
Mashu: "Cynic!"
Hero
Garet always wanted to play the hero. Ever since he was very young, it was his dream to go out into the world and fight monsters. He imagined himself in a suit of armour, riding a white steed and slaying dragons and whatnot. He imagined himself being hailed a champion of the world, and saving the damsel in distress. Then, when he finally lived the dream, maybe his elder sister Kay wouldn't threaten to kill him every time he trampled on her flowerbed (he still maintained it was an accident).
He never knew, however, that his dreams would actually come to fruition – even with the price that he had to pay for it.
When Jenna and Kraden were kidnapped, it was then that Garet knew his time had come. Even as the Sol Sanctum began crumbling under his and Isaac's feet, he knew what he had to do. Of course, Isaac would be the leader in their epic adventure, since he had more common sense, caution and leadership qualities. However, that didn't stop Garet from grasping the opportunity to realise his dream. He would become a hero, for real.
He would go out into the world, cutting through forests, trekking (and sometimes crawling) through deserts, losing his lunch on the vast ocean. He would fight monsters of all shapes and sizes, including two massive dragons (with more than one head) and many devious foes, both human and otherwise. While not riding a white steed, he would travel across boats, both on the sea and in the air. He didn't have a suit of armour, but his Mars Djinni acted as a protective suit of sorts. By the end, he, along with Isaac, Jenna, Felix (who was among Jenna and Kraden's original captors), and their newfound friends, were to be hailed champions who saved the world.
He would save his damsel in distress from aforementioned dragons, even if she could put up as good (or better) a fight herself. When everything was said and done, he and Jenna would find love in each other, like Isaac and Mia had before them (although that episode had to be seen to be believed). He would tolerate and withstand Felix's brotherly overprotective habits and Kay's warnings against 'defiling' Jenna's innocence. He would survive his father's talks about "birds and bees", amidst horrifying blushes and awkward moments.
Because, really, Jenna was far more dangerous than Felix, Kay and Garet's father combined. But as a hero, Garet would rise up to the challenge, slay the dragons of Jenna's fiery wrath (and not Jenna herself as Ivan and Sheba had tried to suggest), claim her love and ride with her aboard a white steed (Isaac and Mia dressed up in a costume for Mars knows what reason) into the sunset.
When the time came that he finally tamed the wild brunette beast, he would definitely be crowned a hero of his time.
The End
Mashu: "I doubt anyone's reading this, but I want an opinion. I'm wondering whether to do a Mudshipping or an Isaac/Kay (is there a shipping for this?) first. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Mudshipper for life, but I want to do some experimenting. I'll be doing both, so no one can escape the inevitable, but I wanna know which one to start writing before the other. Um… yeah. Bye bye!"
Lord Cynic: "Yes…"