Chapter 2: Beginnings (Part 2)
"What are you doing, Garfield?" Sinestro's voice rang out the room which startled the green boy.
"Sinestro?!" Garfield yelped in shock at being caught by the scariest man that he ever met in his life. "What are you doing here?! Are you going to stop me?" He asked the head Lantern.
The Korugarian man's face stayed neutral before he turned his back. "Return Torkar'i's body to her people. She is a member of the royal family."
Garfield stood shocked as the man who he feared allowed him to return Torkar'i's body to her home planet "You really mean it?"
"Go on before the Guardians learns that you and her body's missing." Sinestro told the young boy as he turn his back "Now go and prove that you're not afraid, Garfield Mark Logan of Earth."
Garfield smiled at the respond as he's now not afraid of Sinestro. Well, maybe a little.
"Thank you, Sinestro!" Garfield replied happily as his new sense of bravery came up as he brings Torkar'i's body back to Tamaran 'I will show how brave I am. Just you wait and see, I'm going to be one of the best Green Lanterns in the entire universe!' he thought as he pass through the Milky Way as he goes on to the vega system.
"Is that it?" Garfield questions as he saw the planet before him as his ring led him to the planet "It has to be it, the ring said so." he states as he flew towards it with Torkar'i's body in his arms.
"Halt!" A Tamaranean soldier yelled at the Green Lantern. "Who goes there! State your business!"
"M-My name is Garfield Logan the Green Lantern from Earth, and I come to bring home the body of the Green Lantern from Tamaran, Torkar'i." Garfield answered before he found himself at spear point. "Whoa! What's the problem here?!" He franticly asked.
"You do not belong." A soldier informed in anger. "We will take the body-"
"NO! I WILL TAKE THE BODY! I GAVE MY WORD!" Garfield roared as he claws extended. "You will either let me pass or you will fa-" He added before he got knocked out by one of the soldiers.
"Take the prisoner to the Palace's cells and give his ring to the Emperor." The Captain ordered his men after knocking the boy out.
"Ugh." Garfield groans as he opens his eyes as he wince his head "My head." he muttered as his blurry vision became clear as he notice a red haired girl with orange skin, green eyes, and wears a purple dress "Um, excuse me." he began as he walks closer to the bars of his cell.
The girl goes "Eep!" as she hides behind a large plant at the corridors of the prison.
"I-it's okay, I'm not going to hurt you!" Garfield reassured her "Can you at least tell me where am I?"
"Gorfka ka fra bufurak na?" the red haired girl said in Tamaranean.
"I-I don't understand a word you're saying." Garfield replied to the girl as she tilt her head questionably as if she doesn't understand either.
"Torka ra murka." The girl told the boy before she stepped towards the bars, but the boy stayed where he was.
"I wish I had my ring. It would just transla-" Garfield commented before he was cut off by a pair of firm but soft lips on his own. 'What the hell is going on!?' He thought in confusion before he found himself returning the kiss just before she pulled away. "Why'd you pull away?"
"Can you understand me now?" The girl questioned which threw the prisoner through a loop.
"You speak English?" Garfield dumbly asked the girl.
"Yes I am now." The girl replied as she smiled happily that she can understand the boy, as she then grew close to him "What is your name? Where did you come from? What is your favorite color? And Will you be my friend?" she asked him rapidly.
'I think she had too much sugar today.' Garfield thought as he answered "My name is Garfield Mark Logan, I'm from planet Earth, my favorite color is obviously green, and yes?"
"Glorious!" The girl exclaimed as her arms reach through the bars as she hugs him "My first friend and his name is Garfield!"
"Can't...breath." Garfield told her as she release him "Thanks. What do they call you?"
"My name is Princess Koriand'r, 2nd in line of the throne as Grand Empress of Tamaran." she replied.
"Right, I'm just going to call you Kori." Garfield told as he realized something "Wait, did you just say that you're a princess?"
Before she can reply, they heard a yell "GERTKI AWKTR FITU PRIKARU, BARKU SRARU!" A older girl with onyx colored hair and purple eyes stood at the halls and snarled at Kori.
"Cirta, Sraru!" Kori yelled back in Tamaranean before turning back to her new friend. "I will see you later, Friend Garfield!"
"Bye...Kori." Garfield yelled back before he slank back to the opposite wall. "Typical. I do a good deed and then something bad happens to me."
Three hours has passed as Garfield slump inside his cell as he stares at the bars "If only I can just go through the bars." he said as he just realize something as he hits himself on the forehead "Stupid! All I gotta do is to change into a fly and get out of here!" he said as he shift into a fly as he flies out of his cell as he makes his escape 'Garfield, you are a genius.' he thought as he was gone.
As he flew around the palace, he tries to find the ring somewhere around so he can make it back to Oa. He then sense someone coming as he looks around and saw a large Tamaranean man with a large red beard and a scar across his eye as he and the rest of the royal guards escort Torkar'i's body forward.
'Torkar'i.' Garfield thought as he spots Kori with the onyx haired girl and a red haired boy with her follows along the casket of Torkar'i 'Sinestro mentioned that Torkar'i is part of a royal family. Wonder what kind of royal family is she from?' he thought as he spots his ring being held by one of the guards 'My ring!'
Garfield flew over as he follows them to two large doors as they open. The green fly then landed onto the ring as the unsuspecting guards enters the throne room as Garfield's thousand eyes witness two people on the large chairs. It was quite obvious to him that they're the Grand Emperor and Empress of the throne.
"Galfore, state the events that transpire." the Grand Emperor speaks which Garfield understood.
'Whoa, I can understand them now? So even in this form, the ring can work on me.' Garfield thought as he hid underneath the ring 'Now let's see what're these guys are gonna say?'
"We found a child Green Lantern flying onto Tamaran as he held the body of Torkar'i in his arms. He demanded that we pass so he could bring her body here, but the Captain knock him unconscious, and then we placed him in the cells while we took the ring from his and prepared your sister's body for her burrial." Galfore informs the Emperor.
'Whoa, Torkar'i was the Emperor's sister!?' Garfield thought as he turned to see Kori starring at him. 'Crud.'
'What is that?' Kori thought to herself as she pondered on if she should get a closer look. 'It is green! That is Friend Garfield's favorite color!'
"Did this young Lantern kill my sister?" The Emperor asked his second in command.
"We do not know, your majesty." Galfore replied. "Guards, send for the child Lantern! He will tell us everything that he knows!"
The green fly then flew with the ring as it shifts into his basic form as he snatch the ring and turns into a Green Lantern once more "Actually, I would like to explain it myself." He asked sheepishly.
"Friend Garfield!" Kori exclaims as the guards prepares their weapons and aims it towards Garfield.
"It's the prisoner!" Galfore shouts as he raise his sword to strike Garfield. Noticing the sword, Garfield defends himself as his ring manifested into a sword as well.
"Stop! Can I at least tell you my side of the story?" Garfield told as he guards were about to charge towards him.
"Halt!" The Grand Emperor orders his men as they stopped "Let the boy speak."
"Thank you, your majesty." Garfield replied with a grateful sigh. "My name is Garfield Mark Logan and I am from the planet Earth. I first met Torkar'i just minutes after my parents died and when she fell from the sky she actually crashed into their w-watery tomb." He informed as a tear formed in his eye. "She gave me this ring and asked me to bring her body back to Tamaran, her home planet. The Guardians forbid me from doing so because of the treaty, but I gave that woman my word to do just that. So I stole her body and brought her here. Now I admit that I was out of line with the guards, but they were stopping me from doing what I swore I would do."
Everybody ponders on on the child's words, while Kori mostly thought how her new friend was able to be that small creature that she saw before and now the child that she knew.
'How could Friend Garfield do such a thing?' Kori asked herself.
'Green Lantern, interesting.' Blackfire thought as she looks at the boy.
"Earth, you say?" The Empress speaks as Galfore inform her and her husband that Earth is the blue water planet "So you must be one of those Earthlings. But how did you escaped our prison corridors?" She inquires.
"Well, I am the only human on Earth to change into any types of species of animals." Garfield then demonstrates by changing into many types of animals which are unfamiliar to the Tamaraneans, except for the squirrel one which was from a different species.
"Incredible. You are similar to those extinct Martians." The Emperor comments as he stroke his beard.
"Martians are real!?" Garfield replied in shock. "Wait...extinct? As in all dead?" He inquired.
"Yes. Nobody knows what happend to them." The Emperor informed.
'His parents are dead!?' Kori thought to herself, horrified and what she heard.
"Kori, did you call this Lantern 'friend?'" The Empress asked her dughter.
"Yes, mother." Kori answered.
"How did you figure out his name when he just got his ring back?" The Empress inquired.
"I preformed the lip technique." Kori informed her mother.
"WHAT!?" The Emperor Roared as his eyes flashed a deep green, while his wife smiled coyly at his daughter and the boy who was blushing.
"Was that you first time having another's lips on yours, Garfield?" The Empress asked which caused the woman to slightly laugh.
"Yes, your majesty." Garfield answered in a very nervous tone as the Emperor scarred him.
"BOY, LEAVE NOW OR YOU SHALL END UP WITH YOUR HEAD ON A PLATTER!" The Grand Emperor yelled which Garfield did as he was told as he flew out of the glassless window and flew out of Tamaran.
"You know, I kind of like this boy." The Empress states as the Emperor huff.
"No one kisses my daughters before betroth." The Grand Emperor muttered as he sits on his throne as his wife chuckled.
Garfield flew as fast as he can as he flew back to Oa where he enters the planet 'Man that guy was scary. But at least I've made it before everyone notice.' He thought.
"Garfield!" Kilowag calls out as Garfield flinched as he saw him flying towards him.
"H-Hey, Killy." Garfield yelled back as he hoped that he wouldn't mention that nobody could find him.
"Don't you Killy me, boy! Now just where were you!?" Kilowog demanded as before he landed in front of the child. "Nobody could find you, and you're supposed to start your training with me, ring slinging 101."
"Let's do it!" Garfield shouted in excitment before he was launched back by a blast of energy.
"Heads up." Kilowog muttered to himself as he rolled his eyes.
Unbeknown to the two Lanterns the Guardians and Sinestro were watching the two.
"He disobeyed us and took Torkar'i's body back to Tamaran!" A Guardian stated in outrage.
"But we don't have an intergalactic incident on our hands." Another Guardian spoke up.
Sinestro then speaks up in defense "I was the one who told Garfield to return Torkar'i's body back to Tamaran. If you need someone to blame, I will take young Garfield's actions my responsibility."
The Guardians murmur to each other as they try to figure what to do with Sinestro and Garfield's actions.
"Well then, he is young and inexperience. We will turn a blind eye for Garfield's actions, for now." One Guardian told "As for you Sinestro, you will be on 2 week probation and will have to work patrol shifts at the darkon system. Understood?"
Sinestro would normally be outrage by this. The darkon system is basically traffic control and meter maid job, but he kept his feelings aside as he stayed neutral
"I accept my punishment. I will be at my quarters if you needed me." He said as he flies out of the sanctum.
The End