Part Three

By Figgy

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        “MAKE WAY FOR THE WHITE KNIGHT!” A trumpet blared and Ruby did flips through the air. Wufei caught her and held her before she could attack the trumpet blower with her tiny fists. Heero had mounted his horse once again and Hilde handed him his white helmet. He put it on and a servant nearby handed him a javelin.

         “You’re not really going through with this, are you?” Hilde asked, disbelief showing in her eyes as he tested the javelin’s weight.

         “No… But I doubt this people will even list---.” He stopped talking and his eyes widened under the helmet. Sitting in a throne with a small crown on her head was Relena. She spoke to the boy sitting next to her and Heero easily recognized Quatre.

         Hilde followed his gaze and also spotted them. “HEY! It’s Rel and Qu-boy!” The others turned and looked. Foxy raised an eyebrow.

         “That is Princess Relena and Prince Quatre.”

         “So, at least we’ve found them… But now what?” Wufei shrugged and Ruby yelled at him, “STOP DOING THAT! I AM ON YOUR CURSED SHOULDER! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THROWN INTO THE AIR!?!”

         “Sorry…”

         Heero wasn’t listening, his mind was racing. Relena really WAS the princess that he was supposed to be fighting for… Fighting for… Somebody else wanted to marry HIS Relena! He scanned the area, but saw no Black Knight.

         He wasn’t the only one to notice the Black Knight’s absence. The crowd was beginning to get restless when a noise was heard.

         “AH! NICE HORSIE! GOOD HORSIE! WHOA BOY!” A black stallion stampeded into the arena, a guy wearing black armor clung on for dear life and miraculously was not thrown off. Heero’s eyes narrowed, ‘the Black Knight… That oaf wants to marry Relena?!’ The guy straightened and fixed his helmet, which was falling at a weird angle and looked up. His eyes locked on Heero and Heero mouthed four words before charging forward. “I will kill you.”

 

         Duo gasped for air, cursing the horse under him. “Evil creature. Evil!” He looked around and spotted the White Knight. “I don’t wanna fight this dude! Especially for some princess babe.” He glanced around and his eyes fell on the royal family. He gaped, “Quatre and Relena!?”

         A gasp went through the crowd and he turned and nearly screamed. The White Knight was coming straight at him! He slammed his boots into the horse and it reared up and the other knight was forced to bring his horse to a stop. Duo’s evil horse fell back to its front hooves and he grabbed the javelin hooked to the saddle. The other knight was staring at him with cold cobalt blue eyes that spelled out only one thing for Duo, a very painful death. “But I don’t wanna FIGHT!” He yelled as the knight came forward again. His evil horse had a mind of its own and also raced forward, the two missed each other with their javelins and he heard the White Knight curse.

         He turned back around and his eyes widened as the other knight started to come toward him again, “Ah!”

 

         Quatre shook his head no at the wine the servant was offering him and focused on the scene before him. The two knights were staring at each other, after having tried to knock each other off four times without any luck they’d come to a stalemate for a few seconds at least. Somebody hiccuped next to him and he turned to stare at Relena. Unlike him she’d been accepting the wine.

         She giggled as she gulped down a glass, “You know –hic- this isn’t –hic- so bad! Here! –hic- Have some –hic- wine!” He stared at her in shock as she giggled some more, then suddenly jumped up.

         “COME ON ALREADY! FIGHT! DIE! DIE DIE DIE! ANARCHY!” She hiccuped some more and he yanked her back into her seat. The whole place turned and started to mutter, sending her strange looks. The two knights also turned to stare at her. The Black Knight yanked off his helmet and threw it on the ground. “I’ve had enough! She’s drunk and wants us to die! I AIN’T FIGHTING ANYMORE!”

         Quatre felt his mouth drop open, “Duo?”

         The other knight also gaped and removed his helmet. Quatre nearly yelled, “Heero?!”

         “You’re the White Knight! You nearly killed me!” Duo yelled, Heero just shrugged, and from her throne Relena giggled some more.

         “Heero’s sexy in armor, doncha think?” Relena gave Heero a big wink and waved her fingers at him. “Oh, Heero! Heero! My little tin man!” She collapsed in giggles and hiccups and the three boys all sweatdropped.

         “WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY HAVE YOU TWO STOPPED FIGHTING? WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY DAUGHTER?” King Fredrick bellowed and Relena raised her head, “Oh shove it you buffoon!” He stared at her in shock and turmoil broke loose.

         “YOU UNGRATEFUL WENCH!”

         “DUO!” Hilde ran forward and people began to point and yell something about the Fey. Ruby and the others followed her as the girl clobbered Duo with a hug, then started to complain about the armor hurting when she hugged him.

         Wufei and Ruby ran toward Quatre and he jumped over the royal box’s side to stand next to them. He helped Relena over, then punched a guard in the stomach. Fighting broke out all around them. Some guards were yelling about treason, while some shouted about the prince and princess being kidnapped. The group didn’t care. They dodged kicks and blows sent their way, returned some kicks and blows, and jumped out of the way of swords. Quatre pushed Relena at Heero, who pulled her up on his horse.

         “We’ve gotta get out of here!” Quatre yelled and spotted a soldier nearby on a horse. He yanked the guy off and mounted.

         “AH!” A girl nearby screamed and leapt onto the horse with him. “This is what I get for hanging around that firefly! Move princie move!” He glanced over his shoulder to see a girl with fox ears urging him on. He kicked the horse and they sped off after Heero.

         Hilde mounted Duo’s evil black horse, “Come on Duo! We gotta move it!”

         “There ain’t no way I’m getting on that THING!”

         She glared at him, “Don’t be stupid!”

         He crossed his arms, “No way.”

         “Fine, then.” She lightly kicked the horse and it sprinted off. Duo gaped and started to run after her, “I didn’t mean it! COME BACK!”

         She pulled the horse to a stop and helped Duo scramble up, “I knew you’d come!” Duo swore the horse laughed evilly as they started after the others.

         “AH! I AM GOING TO BE KILLED!” Ruby screeched as a sword nearly swatted her. A glow surrounded her, then transferred to a soldier nearby. A bee nest suddenly appeared above him and fell on his head. He yelped in pain and ran off.     “Ha ha! See, I bring good luck!”

         Wufei knocked another guard out and turned toward her. His dragon tail tripped two guards and Ruby stared at it.
        “WUFEI!”

         “What?”

         “Change into a dragon and fly us out!”

         “I CAN’T CHANGE INTO A DRAGON!”

         “JUST TRY!” She yelled right back and he muttered something under his breath that sounded frighteningly like ‘crazy woman’. He closed his eyes and focused, totally not believing anything would happen.

         Ruby started to scream and he opened his eyes. She was staring at him in terror, which was slowly fading. “What?” He asked irritably.

         She grinned, “Come on lizard boy, let’s fly!” She fluttered upward and he stared down in surprise. He was a very large dragon. “AH!”

         “STOP SHOUTING AND START FLAPPING!” She commanded and he slowly followed after her.

         Trowa grabbed a horse running by and calmed it, then swung himself up. He looked around and spotted Jewel. He put out a hand to her, “Come on!”

         She stared up at him in surprise, “What are you doing?”

         “Taking your advice. Now come on!” She looked away, “I can’t… I must wait for death…”

         He nearly growled, “You talk about how the others are bound here and to escape when you can, but you won’t even follow your own advice! Here’s your chance, take it.”

         She looked back at him and he saw worry play in her eyes. Somebody grabbed her chain and yanked her back and Trowa’s eyes widened. Yalen wrapped the chain around her neck and started to pull. “No one will even know it was me.” He laughed, then fell forward, letting go of the chain. Jewel lifted her head and saw a knife jammed in his back and Trowa, still on his horse, lowered his arm.

         A small smile played on her face, “My chance…” She grabbed the hand he offered this time and mounted behind him. Her arms tightened around him as they sped off and a rare smile was also on his face.

 

         Relena covered Heero’s eyes with her hands and giggled, “Guess who!”

         He groaned, “Not now, Relena!” She giggled harder and hiccuped and he pried away her hands. He could smell the sweet wine on her breath and wondered just how many glasses she’d drank. He scanned their surroundings and saw they were in the small port right next to the castle. He glanced over his shoulder and spotted the others, minus Wufei and Ruby, and a couple of guards chasing after them.

         “YOO-HOO! HILDE! HEERO WON’T PLAY WITH ME!” Relena wailed at Hilde and Duo who were beside them. Duo started to laugh then stopped suddenly, as the horse seemed to buck ever so slightly. He tightened his hold on Hilde.

         “Ow! I gotta breathe Duo!”

         “Never though I’d be riding off with the prince! Lucky me!” Foxy grinned mischievously and wrapped her arms around Quatre. He turned a slight shade of red as she blew in his ear.

         “Miss, could you please…uh… not do that?”

         She laughed, “But it’s fun!”

         Quatre sweatdropped, “Uh, really… I-uh…” He couldn’t stand it anymore. He stopped the horse and jumped off once they were actually in the port town. “You can keep the horse!” He ran after the others and Foxy pouted, “Drat… Where’s that firefly? She has to be behind this bit of bad luck!”

 

         Dorothy Catalonia stared at the town they were porting in. She sighed. She still wore that black garb and took off the black hat and fanned herself with it. A salty wind blew her hair around some and she smiled slightly. “Bloody bet, bloody ship, bloody crew, bloody me… AND BLOODY THE WORD BLOODY! ARGH!” She yelled and the crew around her turned and stared.

         Her shoulders slumped forward slightly as she remembered the cursed bet. She had found more about it and more about the Dorothy she was suppose to be playing. The Dorothy here was a Piratess that was known and feared by most, loved by men, and hated by women. She was known for taming men and bringing them to their knees. She was a goddess to some… And she’d made a bet with a man named Daniel, Captain of the Nighthawk… According to the bet she had to kidnap the Crown Prince and make him her newest conquest. If she lost she would be forced to become Captain Daniel’s newest scullery maid. If she won, then she’d have a prince to answer her every beck and call and Daniel’s ship.

         “I don’t want some prince…” She muttered angrily. Dorothy would’ve called the whole bet off, but she’d started to pay attention and realized something that made her pale and shudder. If the crew started to believe that she’d lost her edge or was an imposter, they might decided to toss her overboard… Or Daniel might. And even though she could handle herself in a sword fight, there were just too many of them and only one of her. She’s originally planned to reach land and sneak away, but they followed her everywhere! “Argh…”

         “Captain, there’s some kind of commotion happening on land!” A crewmember yelled out to her and she shielded her eyes from the sun and looked. A lot of people were racing into town on horses, and some soldier dudes were chasing them.  Two of the people were wearing armor. She blinked and looked up as she saw some people pointing. “OH MY GOD!” A very large dragon was circling the port. Somebody handed her ‘scope and she peered through it and gasped. “It’s them! The others!” She ran toward the plank that connected the ship and dock.

         “IT’S THE PRINCE!” One of her crew shouted and followed her. Two ran past her and grabbed a blond boy who was running. He fought them but they were too strong and they dragged him forward. He looked up at her and shock played on both their faces.

         “DOROTHY?”

         “QUATRE?!”  

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters!