"Gotta hold on easy as I let you go"
The king stood on his balcony overlooking his palace yard.
"Gonna tell you how much I love you, though you think you already know"
He smiled as he heard a small, but energetic voice calling to her caretaker
"I remember I thought you looked like an angel wrapped in pink so soft and warm"
As his daughter, the princess, came from around one of the towers in the courtyard with her canine caretaker huffing and puffing to keep up.
"You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born"
'Come on Edward, I want to explore outside.' She called. He nearly called to her from his elevated view, but he could see the smile on her face.
He knew she was already strong, the castle guards worked hard to make even the forest just outside the castle walls safe for the princess to play
in.
"You beautiful baby from the outside in"
He watched her run out the gates, the guards smiling as she ran past, and offered her caretaker encouragement to keep up with her.
"Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again"
'Hime-sama!' Edward called, trying to get her to slow down. Edward was always worried about the princess, that's why he had stayed her caretaker,
even when she had started to show an energy that he just couldn't keep up with.
"Go on, take on this whole world"
His hands tightened into fists as he heard her cry out, but even before he had two fists, guards were already pouring out of the guardhouse.
"But to me you know you'll always be"
A few minutes later, she came back in, surrounded by guards and followed by Edward. And the first thing she did, was to look up to him.
"My little girl"
And he responded the only way he could to her, to his little princess. He smiled. Her face brightened and she immediately regained her spirit,
calling to Edward to chase her around the courtyard
"When you were in trouble that crooked little smile, could melt my heart of stone"
It wasn't long, though, before he couldn't stand at his balcony and watch her.
"Now look at you, I've turned around and you've almost grown"
She stood at his bedside with tears in her eyes. 'Are you okay otousan?'
"Sometimes you're asleep I whisper "I love you." in the moonlight at your door"
He knows she can see how weak he's gotten, so he doesn't answer her question, instead, 'I love you princess.'
"As I walk away, I hear you say, 'Daddy love you more"
She grabbed his hand and fell to her knees, 'I love you too Daddy.' She answered, resting her head against his hand and letting herself cry.
"You're beautiful baby from the outside in"
In his weakened state, he couldn't do much to stop her from crying, but he could try.
"Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again"
'Princess,' He waited until she had looked at him before continuing, 'You might need to leave the castle. Go see the oracle, then go and leave
this land.'
"Go on, take on this whole world"
After the king passed away, the woman he had married began to make outrageous demands and Snow knew she needed to follow her father's commands.
"But to me you know you'll always be"
She told Edward and packed up a few supplies before the fled the castle, heading for the oracle her father had directed her to.
"My little girl"
In the courtyard, once more, she looked up to the balcony where the king used to stand, where he would watch her playing.
"Someday, some boy'll come and ask me for your hand"
Years passed, she and Edward were running from the Chess most of the time, but eventually, she encountered Ginta. Together with him and Jack, she
fought along with MAR, to fight for MAR Heaven's safety.
"But I won't say "yes" to him unless I know"
And through the adventures she shared with Ginta, she knew, even as a fourteen year-old girl, that she was in love.
"He's the half that makes you whole, he has a poet's soul, and the heart of a man's man"
When Ginta defeated Phantom, ended the War Game and saved MAR Heaven, she tried to tell him exactly how she felt about him, but wasn't able to.
"I know he'll say that he's in love"
She turned to someone who could help, her father. Ginta had called MAR a world full of magic and wondrous things, and there were things he still
didn't know.
"But between you and me"
Her ring allowed her to speak with her father, and she quickly explained to her father all that had happened, trying to rush the story through to
when Phantom was defeated.
"He won't be good enough"
Her father wasn't fooled though, he knew the problem, and it only took one question to confirm it.
"You're beautiful baby from the outside in"
Snow felt like she had returned to the child that used to play under her father's gaze in the courtyard as the king watched her for a moment.
"Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again"
When it came time for him to respond though, the king knelt before his daughter and smiled at her.
"Go on, take on this whole world"
'How about the full story.' He teased her.
"But to me you know you'll always be"
Snow found herself crying, like the last time she had spoken to her father before his death. She tried to stop the tears, she was stronger now,
they had defeated the enemy that had terrorized their lands and she was speaking to her father. She should be happy
"My little girl"
The king pulled her into a hug and held her while she cried, and he was reminded of the last time they had spoken as well. 'I love you, my little
girl. I wish I could meet your young man.'
This idea came up when speaking to 'Ginta'. I was trying to explain to him that it was a different type of affection I held for his girlfriend,
but I don't think the point came across. So later that night, I happened to listen to a music video of this song, and the images began flowing,
the only reason it was delayed a little was actually finding the lyrics, my usual lyrics site was having issues, and I went to sleep not feeling
completely happy with the outcome, so I rewrote the ending this morning, and now it gets posted.
It doesn't exactly correspond with the lyrics, but I think I followed them as well as can be expected, just a little off. Still expresses my
feelings, so I take it as a success.