Hey everyone! My name's Sanasings and I'm very excited to share my first fanfiction ever with y'all! I've watched the Secret of Moonacre multiple times and every single time I do, I think to myself "Maybe I just have an awful memory and Robin and Maria actually do get together at the end of this" or "I'm sure this time it'll be different, it just has to be." (it doesn't have to be logical as long as I wish it hard enough, right?)
Anyways, I have finally decided to write my own version of the tale with a couple twists:
1. I aged up Maria by about 3 years, putting her at 16 (Robin is 17).
2. This story will be told from Robin's POV (because he's arguably the best character in the movie XP)
3. As long as everything goes according to plan, our favorite couple should actually end up together by the end of this (Don't mind me as I sit in the corner crossing my fingers as I type this and praying for their perfect ending)
This will start from the beginning of the movie, include at least one of the deleted scenes, and go on a little bit after where the movie left off.
I hope everyone enjoys reading it as much as I enjoy writing it.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any rights to this movie or the fantastic characters that come along with it (if I did, I wouldn't have to write this right now)
The blue sky contradicted the event below defiantly. Looking up, I couldn't miss the faint outline of the moon as it peaked down at the procession sympathetically. I followed silently behind the black carriage and small group walking solemnly beside it, being sure to keep my distance and stay behind the trees whenever possible. Seeing the bunch stop in front of rectangular hole in the ground, I stepped beneath a small structure with a better vantage point. I listened indifferently to the sermon, and instead focused most of my attention on the newly orphaned teenage girl.
"Lord, we commit the body of your son, Corona George Herbert Merryweather, to the ground," the priest began.
"There she is," I thought. "the last moon princess."
"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust..."
I noticed the woman standing next to her send her a worried side glance, but she didn't look up from the sleek black casket that had been placed in the ground before them. She may as well have been carved from stone with how much she was moving.
"in the sure and handsome hope of resurrection to eternal life."
I wasn't the only one watching her as she dropped one of the two dethorned red roses she'd been holding into the hole. It landed with a definitive and almost unnaturally loud thud, assuring everyone that the Merryweather truly was gone. She then walked to the grave beside it and gently placed the second rose on its tombstone as the priest continued his speech.
"What the Lord giveth he also taketh away."
The girl raised her head from the rose to the tombstone's engraving before the sound of a bird brought it in my direction. I refused to flinch as her gaze unexpectedly landed on me, and continued leaning against a pillar with my arms crossed.
"Support us oh lord, all day long through this troublesome life."
I kept a stoic expression and examined her face. She was young. She couldn't have been older than 16, and already she had lost both of her parents. Her red hair lay in a messy braid over her left shoulder. They were black ribbons weaved throughout it to match her long-sleeved black dress. Her brown eyes struck a small cord in me. They were a swirling mix of grief, loneliness, and maturity beyond her years. If it weren't for the fact she was a Merryweather, I might have held some sympathy for her.
"Sometimes life just deals us a bad hand," I thought as she turned back to rejoin the others. I repositioned myself behind the polar, so by the time she looked again, I was gone.
"Until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes. The busy world is hatched. The fever of life is over."
The priest's last words were followed by a moment of silence before the sound of dirt hitting metal was all that was heard. I looked back at the scene in time to see the Moon Princess leaving, her governess not far behind. All that was left was to follow them back home and search for the moon pearls.
"Time to get the boys." my trademark smirk appeared on my face as I left my hiding spot.
And there it is, first chapter done. Remember to R and R/Follow and Favorite. Every writer loves feedback (Heck, I even welcome constructive criticism, if I hear it from you I'll know how I can improve later).
See y'all next chapter,
Sana