Disclaimer: I so not own Pokemon or any of the characters.
I'm in a fairy tale mood and wanted to write this for a while now. I'm only going to focus on five shippings (Specialshipping, OldRivalshipping, Mangaquestshipping, SoulSilvershipping, and Agencyshipping) and they will all get their own chapter.
This might not get updated for a while since I'm working on The Muses right now but wanted to at least get this started.
Sometimes Blue hated her job. She set her wand in her sleeve as she flew above Wonderland to find the source of her frustration. Being fairy guardian to the Grim Boys she had the duty of making them happy and though she loved them they could be extremely difficult at times and this was one of them. Every other fairy refused to be their fairy guardian but Blue was only too happy to take the job. At the time she was glad to bring happiness to those forgotten or unloved in fairy tales but she was at her wits end with them. It didn't help that Wonderland was demanding a task of her impossible of the time given to her.
How was she to have all five Grim Boys fall in love in only a year? It was hard enough to make someone fall in love naturally but to do so in a year might be beyond her. But then again Wonderland did whatever Wonderland wanted to.
She knew that she had to find someone for her Grim Boys though or they would sink deeper into their darkness. God help them if that would ever happen. The seas will rage without the Pirate Captain. Creatures would run wild without the Hunter. Stories would lose their passion without Bravery. The wolf would turn innocence into fear if he lost his sanity. And that all paled in comparison to what the Mad Hatter would do. All of them were tied to Wonderland.
She heard them before she spotted them around the Mad Hatter's table having tea. They all cheered loudly for their success in avoiding their fairy guardian. She laughed at that silently to herself before quietly floating down to sit upon the Pirate Captain's wide brim hat and pushing it down over his face. All five men stared at her in both fear and shock as she moved to the Pirate Captain's shoulder. He muttered something beneath his breath but didn't flick her off knowing that she would only pester him more if he did so. She ignored his frustration and addressed the other men. "What do we have here boys?"
"Tea?" The Hunter asked nervously and held out a cup to her, hoping that she would forgive him if he gave her his winning smile. He was by far the kindest out of her boys but by God his oblivious nature would be the death of her matchmaking. "What brings you to our party?"
"The wind," The Mad Hatter started with his rambles and Blue half listened to him. He had so many thoughts running through his mind that they blended together and he found he couldn't hold onto a thought for longer than a moment. "The wind brings our little fairy to us and she carried with her our times and with that time comes our past. From east of the moon they sleep and then wake later west of the sun to find their future lies asleep-"
"That's enough!" The Wolf sighed heavily and knocked his fist on the table. The tea set shook and moved away from him in random direction only to crash into each other to create a pile of shards. "Just tell us why you have come to see us, sister. I am tired of running so let's just finish with your game."
"The Moon shall travel between worlds tomorrow." Blue told them and the five men all stiffened in reaction. "And Wonderland has decided that it is time to find your mates so it shall bring a Lady to Wonderland. I expect you all to treat her kindly when she arrives."
Everyone was shocked in quiet except for Bravery who laughed. "The last girl fled Wonderland before her year was finished! What makes you think that she shall be different? Doesn't matter to me anyways, a new companion shall be fun and all I wish is for her to have passion."
"For Wonderland's sake I hope that she is different from the others." Blue muttered.
"Bah!" Bravery laughed and slammed his hand on the table as he stood. "What does Wonderland know? This place of up is down and down is up messed with our lives long enough. I'm going to the human world for a drink."
Blue sent him a sympathetic look. The man gave them a bitterly happy smile before walking off to the human world where he would most likely drink himself into a stupor again. It had become a tradition for him since he Beauty had fallen in love with the Beast. Blue didn't disapprove of the match but she wished that Bravery wouldn't cling to that hope when his mate arrives.
White waved bye to her final customer before closing the door in relief. Throwing her shoes off, she went to the little toadstool shaped chair and collapsed. When she first started her Mad Hatter's Tea Shop she didn't expect it to be so busy. She rubbed her feet as she looked over her sunny little tea shop decorated to look like the Mad Hatter's own tea party. It was a mess now of course by the group of kids that decided to have their own birthday party at their table but White didn't mind remembering the smiles on their faces.
She had always loved the theater and after seeing the one scene of Alice and Mad Hatter's tea party she was inspired to make her own little bakery around the theme. It was a success though still in its earliest stages.
She looked up at the chimes of bells and saw Lyra exiting with a basket over her arm. Lyra helped with the bakery deliveries and had been a great friend to her for a long time. Lyra smiled as she pulled on her small cape that White insisted she wore to fit her fairy tale theme. "This is my last run."
White looked outside worried, "it's getting pretty dark."
"Don't worry," Lyra said. "It's on my way home anyways so it's no trouble. I'll call you when I get home."
White nodded in agreement even as Lyra had already excited. White sighed and looked over the mess. She knew that she would have to clean but wished that she could rest her feet for a few moments more. Forcing herself to stand, she moved to gather the plates and cups to place them in the sink. Something caught her eyes though and she looked up at the sky from her sink window. The moon was so bright but beyond that there was another moon, almost transparent and seemed to be on a path to colliding with the clear moon. She raised her brow at that and placed her finger over the glass and followed the moon's trail until it covers the unmoving one.
She gasped when they seemed to glow brighter and she closed her eyes in reaction. She took a step back, stunned but found that her foot had no footing and fell into a darkness.
Lyra was tempted to take one of the delicious smelling cookies but told herself that they were for the customer and her hunger would have to wait until she returned home. She came to the crossroad and waited for the light to turn green impatiently. All she wanted was to deliver the basket to the elderly woman quickly so she could return home and curl up with a good book.
As she waited, a rabbit stopped in front of her and titled its head up at her. Lyra stared at it confusingly since they didn't usually run by her in the city let alone stop to stare at her. Its silver eyes were so adorable she couldn't help but kneel down to pet the small creature. It leaned into her and Lyra smiled softly. She thought of returning it to the park since it was dangerous for it in the city. "Shall I take you home little one?"
The little creature nodded and she gasped when it suddenly grew in size until it towered over her. She stepped back to scream but she was speechless as she felt herself being lifted onto its back. She grabbed onto the rabbit's fur in reaction even as it leaped into the sky.
"Put me down!" She couldn't fathom that she was in the position where she was screaming at a giant rabbit flying through the sky. A small ball of sparks flew in front of her and Lyra gasped at the sight of a little woman with dragonfly wings. She must be dreaming! She merely slept in, she tried to rationalize with herself.
"This is no dream but do not worry, I shall bring you to someone that will protect you." She smiled but Lyra felt herself begin to panic when she blew something into her face and felt herself growing sleepier. "Everything is going to be just fine. Now sleep."
Crystal read the final passage of The Light Princess before placing the collection of fairy tales back into its place on the shelves. She stayed at the library late tonight because she wanted to finish shelving the books tonight and to sneak a little reading of the books that just came in. She wasn't an avid reader like her sister but she did read from time to time and this month was the one where her selections were to arrive.
She moved to continue to shelves the books when the heard the doors burst open behind her. Who could be visiting the library at this hour? It was almost midnight for God sake! She turned and saw a man stumble until he fell into a chair, successfully knocking books from the shelves in his path. She sighed heavily seeing from his glazed tawny eyes that he was drunk.
She moved to his side, intent on calling him a cab to return him home. When she reached his side, she brushed his hair from his face and wondered at why he was staring at her so. A lazy grin spread across his face and began to laugh. "Must your beauty follow me wherever I go damn woman?"
"What-" she gasped when he ran his hand over the table and roses grow from it. The flowers moved to completely cover the table before they parted to frame the table to reveal a mirror, though it wasn't her reflection that looked back at her but another woman dancing with the drunken man she saw beside her.
What was this man? He suddenly asked her, "Return to Wonderland with me, my love."
She gasped when he stood suddenly and grasped her arms. His eyes were still gazed over but there was something in the golden sparks in his eyes. She pushed against him and he grunted when she kneed him in the groin. He released her quickly and when she tried to catch herself on the table but felt her hand going through the mirror.
The Hunter leaned back in his chair and raised a brow at the council that sat in front of him. His duty in wonderland was to kill any creature in Wonderland that would break the structure of their land. Wonderland was chaos but a darker chaos would not be tolerated. He hadn't been called to duty in a long while but the forest was his territory and he couldn't let anyone threaten it.
"Her power grows too strong," one council member told him. "We cannot wait for her to reveal herself any longer to see if she is a threat. We can sense her power and it is too dangerous for any one person to hold! You must kill her."
"I shall take the job."
As stated before, Blue could hate her job at times and they seem to be determined to give her a headache today. She flew quickly to the fairy glen. She had just left the Grim Boys several hours ago and yet one seemed to find himself in trouble in that time! She reached the fairy glen and transformed back into her full height as she landed. She spotted the Pirate Captain immediately and he refused to meet her eyes when she came forward. Other fairies were around him and she ignored their complaints that this was the fifth time he attacked.
"What have you done now?" She groaned as she went to untie him. He rubbed his wrists when he was freed and turned a glare to the other fairies.
"Pesky woman, what do you think I was doing?" He asked. "I was looking for that damn fairy! How else am I to find that damn Peter Pan and run my cutlass through him?"
"I will never let you put a hand on my boys?" The fairy in question flew in front of him with her hands on her hips. "If you do I will pull all of your insides out!"
"And you will never touch my men!" Blue defended the Pirate Captain who stared at her in confusion. Why did she always defend him when he no doubt drove her crazy with his quest of vengeance? "And you know that Pan deserves more than what he threatens to do after what he did to Daisy! Even so, you don't want to do anything to make me angry. Unlike you, my threats aren't empty."
The Pirate Captain grinned when the little fairy backed away but him grin disappeared when she turned her glare to him. "Now for you."
I don't want to reveal who is who but I guess you can guess which guy is which fairy tale. It was hard to find secondary male characters in fairy tales. I didn't want to use Princes for them since I find them incredibly boring. I wanted to do all the shippings but didn't want to stretch myself too much.