Hey Hey! I know it's been a long time, but really, I've been swamped. Things are better for now, so hopefull another update soon! Anywho, here is the famed Vizzini scene! I hope I did OK in adapting Amy to it. It was fun.

Spunky

Vizzini: Let me put it this way: Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons!
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Through a set of amplified looking glass, Amy swore loudly. "Inconceivable!" A small figure was getting closer and closer in the distance.

She kneeled down, and seemed to be pulled in concentration. Serenity was bound to her by a rope, unable to escape.

Blue water rose from the ground, encasing Amy. Serenity could feel tiny droplets on her skin. When the sensation stopped, she felt the rope being tugged.

"Come along, Princess. We must prepare afternoon tea."

He huffed and puffed his way up the steep side of the hill. The sun was beating down on his neck and the grass was slippery under his feet. But he kept running.

"Last…time…wear….tuxedo!" He gasped between breaths, a thin trickle of sweat running down his face.

The hill crested, revealing a beautiful landscape of more hills, trees, and an enormous castle in the not so far distant. Tuxedo Mask shielded his eyes against the affronting rays and looked at the castle. It seemed calm and peaceful, unyielding to the world, yet still a formidable opponent.

"Ahem." Something cleared its voice to the left of Tuxedo Mask. He glanced quickly, quirking an eyebrow at the sight.

An exasperated woman with blue hair, dressed in the similar uniform as his other two opponents (only in blue…duh!) was sitting on a rock, tapping her finger impatiently against her arm. Before her was a flattened tree trunk, low to the ground with two glasses and a pitcher sitting on it. And next to the woman was Princess Serenity…blindfolded, sitting quietly with her hands tied in her lap.

The Masked man made a start at the Princess, but Amy quickly raised a knife to her throat. Tuxedo Mask stopped instantly, and the two stared at each other for a moment.

"Continue on, please, if you wish her dead!" Amy stuck the knife a little harder into Serenity's throat, causing the young girl to whimper.

Tuxedo Mask froze where he was. "Let me explain…" He began cautiously.

"Explain what? I know what you want. You have come to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen!" Amy twisted the knife a bit.

"Perhaps, some arrangement can be made. A match, methinks?"

That caught Amy's attention. "A match? Hardly. I cannot compete with you physically, and you cannot come close to my brains."

"What, you are that smart?" He asked quizzically, crossing his arms.

"Lemme put it this way. Have you ever met a stupid Mercurian? Well, consider me their Queen!"

Tuxedo Mask slowly made his way to the table, before sitting on a rock across from Amy. "Alright, then I challenge you to a battle of wits."

Amy dropped the knife. "Serious? For the Princess? To the death!?" Amy's voice grew in excitement.

Tuxedo Mask nodded, a coy smile playing on his lips.

"I accept!"

"Good, good. Pour the wine, my good lady."

"Water." Amy corrected.

"Excuse me?" Tuxedo Mask lifted an eyebrow.

"It's…." Amy poured from the pitcher into the glasses. "Water. Wine is for drunks and Jupitarians. We drink water."

"Fine, fine, whatever." Tuxedo Mask reached into his breast pocket and drew out a small vial. He opened it a bit and offered it to Amy. "Smell, but do not touch."

Amy took the vial and sniffed. "I smell nothing."

"This is Metallica poison." Tuxedo Mask started, taking the vial back. "It is odorless, tasteless, but possesses some of the darkest crystal energy known. It will disappear instantly in liquid, and is the most deadly substance known in the universe."

He took the two glasses and turned around. Amy attempted to peer over his broad shoulders, but found his actions hidden from view.

He turned around again, and placed a glass in front of each of them.

"Alright, tell me, which cup did I put the poison in? Our mental match has begun, our battle of the brains, war of the wits, cranium crusade, our…

"Oh, shut it!" Amy covered her ears with her hands, snarling. "I only just escaped those other two and their awful word games."

Tuxedo Mask smiled. "Fine. Our…intellectual interim has started. It ends when you drink, and find out who is right, and who is dead."

"Excellent." A malevolent tint sparkled in Amy's eyes. You could tell that her entire life had been for a moment like this- where her life depended solely on her brains and nothing else.

"Now, this is going to be easy, I will barely even have to think about it. All I have to do is figure out whether you are the sort of man to keep the poison close to him or further away. A clever man would give it to himself, knowing that only an idiot would drink what was placed in front of her. But I am clearly not a great fool…" Amy hauntingly fluffed the back of her blue hair. "So I can surely not choose the water in front of me. You of course know I am not a fool, being Mercurian; you must have thought that, so I can also clearly not choose the water in front of me!"

'Mercurians.' Tuxedo Mask thought exasperatingly. 'Always trying to show off their genius.' "So, you have made your decision then!"

Amy laughed a shrill little titter than sent the birds flapping out of the trees. "Not even close, buddy! Metallica poison hails from the Negaverse. Everyone knows that the Negaverse is full of liars and murderers! Such evil are cowards and would never risk harm to themselves so easily. So I can clearly not choose the water in front of you. However, you don't look like a murderer, but more like an Earthman, who are known for their deceitfulness and stupidity, so I can clearly not chose the water in front of me."

Tuxedo Mask rested his chin on his open palm, giving Amy a cryptic look. "Truly, madam, you have a dizzying intellect."

Amy excitedly bounced. "Wait til I really get going! Now, where was I?"

"Earthmen."

"Yes! Earthmen! However stupid, you seem to know the universe well and therefore not as ignorant as you seem. Therefore, I can clearly not choose the water in front of you."

Tuxedo Mask leaned backwards, resting on the warm rock behind him. "You are stalling now."

Amy looked a trifle mad. Her hand formed in a fist, and she yelled, "You'd like to think that wouldn't you! You have beaten my Jupitarian, which means you are exceptionally strong, so I can clearly not chose the water in front of me. You have also bested my Plutonian, which means you have studied defense, and in that studying, you must have learned the importance of keeping your distance! So I can clearly not choose the water in front of me! But, alas, you are forgetting the one important thing that tells me where the poison is!"

"Oh yes, and what's that?" Tuxedo Mask asked, clearly amused by the tiny girl's fervor.

"Oh, hmm? Oh, never mind. Heh heh." Amy laughed to herself a bit, like she knew some great secret.

"Quit procrastinating and get on with it." Tuxedo Mask sat full upright, careful to not reveal an ounce of emotion for Amy to pick up on.

"Fine." Amy peered at the water glasses. She seemed to be in deep thought for a moment. "You drink from…holy Goddess! It that…?." Amy was pointing behind him, eyebrows knitted in surprise.

"What?" Tuxedo Mask turned his head away to the horizon behind him, only to see nothing but clear skies and rolling green hills. Unbeknownst, Amy was quietly switching her glass and his.

"Oh, nothing….just a little rabbit or something….Anywho, you drink from yours, and me from mine."

"Alright." Tuxedo Mask lifted his glass, and Amy's hers. She gave a little cheers to the masked man before both took the liquid to their lips and drank deep. They both returned the glasses to the tabletop.

Tuxedo Mask, a satisfied look on his face. "You guessed wrong."

Amy's mouth split into a wide grin as she gleefully shouted, "You only think that! I switched the glasses behind you! You fool, I cannot believe you would think I would chose wrong! I am a frickin Mercurian! I am a genius! And water is my thing! I can tell when water is being changed! Every extra little bubble, little vapor, I can tell! For Goddess sake, I can blow mist from my hands! Never ever go in against a Mercurian with a bet in water, when death is on the line!" Amy laughed maniaclly, closing her eyes and throwing her head back. Until…

Thud. Amy fell over mid laugh, completely motionless and soundless.

Swiftly, Tuxedo Mask was at the Princess's side. He noticed her quivering as he untied her blindfold and restraints.

Her majestic blue eyes opened to reveal a few errant tears. She looked into the face of her rescuer (captor? She did not know), but only found white cloth looking back at her. The man was staring at her, hands over hers as the ropes fell away.

"Who are you?" Serenity asked bravely, but with a hint of fear in her voice.

Tuxedo Mask stood up straight and looked down at the shaking girl. "I am no one to trifle with. That is all you'll ever need know."

He grabbed her hand and assisted Serenity into a standing position. She briefly went to brush off her skirt ('A lost cause', She amusedly noticed) and took note of Amy, laying a few feet away, still unmotionless.

"Is….is she dead?"

Tuxedo Mask let out a noise Serenity could swear was a snort. "Hardly. It is merely a strong sleeping drought. But I had the feeling she would not agree to my terms unless death was the wager. Mercurians are into the dramatics, you know."

She smiled at the kindness the man held in his voice. "And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned." Serenity remarked in amazement, returning her gaze to the man.

Tuxedo Mask took her arm and began to pull the Princess away from the table. "They were both poisoned."

Serenity looked questionly at him.

"What, you think I was stupid enough to actually take a drink?" He laughed, and turned away.

It was then Serenity noticed that the glass that was his on the table was still completely full.

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Under a great tree, a crouched figure was brushing the ground with his fingertips.

Prince Diamond stood and straightened out his back. His horse and crew were behind him, waiting in bated breath for instruction.

Diamond's eyes flaired. "Someone has beaten a Jupitarian. There will be great suffering on behalf of the Earth if Serenity dies."

He marched to his horse and mounted. He rode further into the hills ahead.

I have decided capes are way hot and every guy should wear them.