Inspired by: the Cinderella 3 movie trailer, when she says "I'm not going let you get away with this!" She looked SO MUCH like Roxas that moment, that it ain't funny.
Just so you know, I've NEVER played any Kingdom Hearts games, but I've seen so many videos, and read so many fanfics, that I basically know the whole thing. So...yeah, probably lots of occ-ness.
Oh yeah, an obi is a ribbon. And a kimono is a kind of dress.
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First Night: Roxy-ella
"Axel...oh Axeeeel...where are yooooou?"
It was night time in the castle that never was. And poor Demyx had eaten 45 packets of sugar for dinner. (Marluxia forgotten to go groccery shopping.) Naturally, he was sleepless.
"Axeeel...Rooooxaaas...where is everyone?"
On and on the blonde wandered. That is, until he reached his own bedroom.
"Huh? There's noises comnig from inside..."
Curious, Demyx turned the door handle...
...and walked into a DDR competition.
"Circle square triangle circle...oh, hey Demy. Can't talk now, Roxas is leading."
"...Axel, why are you in my room?"
"Heh heh, funny story. You see-"
"Never mind."
"So we can stay? (mutters) triangle circle..."
"Well, maybe after you're done you can help me get to sleep. Pwetty pwease? (puppy eyes)."
"Of course! (mutters) Circle square x..."
53 Humilating defeats, courtesy of Roxas later...
"(chuckle) Dude, just give up. Roxas beat you, hands down."
"Actually, I beat him with my hands and feet tied down."
"But I can't give up! I almost beat him last round!"
"Look, you can play again, after you help me. C'mon..." Demyx jumped into his bed, staring at Axel expectedly.
"(sigh) Fine...what do you want me and Roxas to do for you?"
"I dunno...read me a story?"
Axel sighed again. "But I don't know any stories."
"Then make one up. Please, I'm so tired, but I can't sleep..."
"Well..." Axel paused. He looked around the room, trying to think of a story. His eyes halted on his best friend, who was currently cleaning up after their DDR competition.
A malicious smirk made it's way to his face.
"I know the perfect story."
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Once upon a time, in a land called Twilight town, there lived a cute little boy named Roxyella. He had golden hair and blue eyes. He was so kind and emo, that even the Heartless were his friends.
Each morning, the Shadow Heartless woke him up from his strange dreams with their mute voices.
"...(Silent singing.)"
"(Yawns) Oh...it was just a dream. Thanks for waking me up Heartless."
"(Nods Politely.)"
Roxyella lived with his cruel stepmother, Yuna. His real mother, Cloud Str- I mean, Cloudia Strife died at childbirth. His lonely father, Sephiroth, had raised his child lovingly. However, he felt that his emo son needed a motherly figure in his life, so he remarried. However, he died from an extremely rare disease called Stickittothemanitis, and left Roxyella all alone.
Besides Yuna, Roxyella also lived with his two stepsisters, Paine and Rikku. They treated him like a slave.
Roxyella had to do all the cooking and sewing and washing and scrubbing and rinsing and drying and buying and sellling and darning and walking and talking and writing and reading and singing and cartwheeling and- you get the picture.
They treated him like a servant, and never did any work.
"Roxyella! Get my blonde dye!"
"Yes Rikku."
However, the disadvantage for the evil family, was that Roxyella couldn't do housework for the life of him properly. He always happened to set things on fire.
"Here's your dye Rikku."
"...Why's it on fire?"
"...Hey look, a distraction!"
"(Claps hands happily) Oh where!?"
"(Runs.)"
One day, a royal messanger came to the house. His name was Demyxion (remember that), and he brought a letter from the king!
Yuna snatched the letter out of his hands, and slammed the door in his face.
"King Reno is giving a Royal Ball for Prince Axel that night." The summoner read. "Everyone is invited."
"That means I can go!" Roxyella happily exclaimed, eavesdropping from his dishburni-I mean, dishwashing.
His stepsisters laughed.
"Imagine Roxyella dancing with the Prince!" Rikku cackled.
"He'd probably set him on fire!" snorted Paine.
"Or worse, convert him to emo-ism!" added Yuna.
The three girls fell to the ground with a fit of laughter.
"But the letter says everyone is invited." Roxyella insisted.
"So it does," Yuna agreed, wiping tears of laughter from her eyes. "You may go if you get all your work done. and if you find something to wear. Other than the rags we lent you."
"Oh thank you!" Roxyella quickly ran up to his room.
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"Hmmm..." Demyx scrunched his face up in concentration. "Roxyella reminds me of someone."
Roxas rolled his eyes, and began to get up. "This story is boring. I'm going to bed."
Panic flashed through Axel's eyes. "Wait, don't go! You're my inspiration!"
Demyx cocked his head. "Inspiration? Hmm..." Realization began to dawn upon the guitarist. "Ohhh...Roxyella equals Roxas!" He grinned towards the redhead. "Nice wordplay."
Axel shrugged of the compliment, his attention back on the Keyblade whielder.
"Stay?"
Roxas sighed half-heartedly, a small smile formed on his face. "Oh well. Nothing better to do. Continue."
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"Oh thank you!" Roxyella quickly ran up to his room. Shutting the door behind him softly, he pulled out an ancient trunk from below his bed. In it was a stunning black kimono. However, it was rather plain looking.
"This was my mother's dress," he told the Heartless. "Isn't it lovely!"
The Heartless had never seen him so happy.
A thin Heartless that Roxyella had named Kairi thought Roxyella would be the prettiest boy at the ball. Keep in mind, that Kairi THOUGHT this. She doesn't have a voice, you see. A psychic Heartless named Namine agreed. Silently.
"Hmmm..." Roxyella scrtinized the kimono. "It just needs a bit of decoration...maybe a cute obi..."
He took out his sewing basket. And just as he picked up a sewing needle...
...it caught on fire. Alarmed, Roxyella threw it away from himself. Unfortunately, it landed right. On. The. Kimono.
"ARGH!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Just then, his stepmother yelled, "Roxyella!" Roxyella let out a groan, and headed downstairs. All the Heartless in his room (silently) followed him.
"Roxyella, bur-I mean, wash the floors." Yuna ordered.
"But I bur-I mean, washed them yesterday!" Roxyella protested.
"Well, bur- I mean, wash them again!" snapped the cruel summoner. "And dust the drapes and clean the windows and finish the sewing."
Back at the room, the Heartless felt sorry for Roxyella.
"Roxyella, do this! Roxyella, do that!" Kairi thought these words, but mimicked the corresponding actions. "Roxyella will never have time to fix his kimono. Then Yuna won't let him go the ball."
"Poor Roxyella." Namine thought. Silently.
One of the mice, Aerith, had an idea.
"Why don't we fix the kimono for Roxyella? We can do it!" She thought this out extremely hard, so that Namine could pick her thought up. Namine did, and wrote it out on the floor with a piece of chalk. All the Heartless agreed to help.
The Heartless decided to split into two groups. The ones actually doing the work by repairing the charred kimono, and the ones who were ordered into wandering around aimlessly to look for a cute obi. Kairi and Namine were the latter.
"Hmmm...where do you think we would most likely find an obi?" Kairi asked. (Silently.)
Being psychic, Namine mentally replied, "Probably in Paine and Rikku's room."
The two Heartless began their way there.
Meanwhile, Roxyella was washing the floor on his hands and knees. A strand of hair escaped from his white bandana. He growled, and tried to blow it off. The air from the blow ignited Roxas's domestic pyro tendencies. And...
"Dang! Not again!"
Back to the Heartless...
Rikku and Paine were busy getting ready for the ball.
"This obi is so old," complained Rikku. "Like totally." Paine emo-lly agreed. They threw it out their room without a second glance, and right into the Heartless hands. Err, claws.
"Pretty, pretty!" Namine silently excalimed.
The two creeped back to Roxyella's room. Inside, everyone was busy.
The Heartless measured...
...and cut...
and sewed.
Soon, it was time for the Royal Ball.
"Why Roxyella," Yuna sneered. "You're not ready. What a dear old shame." She motioned towards Paine and Rikku. Come along now, the gummi ship is waiting."
Roxyella slowly climbed the stairs to his room. On his way he tried to cheer himself up.
"Oh well, it's just a Royal Ball. It'll probably be dull and boring and..." Roxyella sighed dreamily. "Absolutely wonderful!"
But his kimono was ruined. He couldn't go.
Roxyella opened the door to his room.
"SURPRISE!" silently shouted the joyous Heartless.
Roxyella thought he was daydreaming. His kimono was beautiful! The Heartless had fixed it, and had added a beautiful red and white flower design. The obi was red, and looked like it was made of the purest silk.
"Oh thank you!" Roxyella sweetly told his dark friends. He put on his kimono and hurried downstairs. He caught his family, just on their way out.
"Isn't my kimono lovely? May I go to the Ball with you?" Roxyella asked, his eyes sparkling.
Paine and Rikku gasped in dismay. "Mother she can't!"
"Well we did have an agreement," began Yuna.
At that moment, the two sisters recognize their obi.
"That's ours!" They wailed, and tore at Roxyella's gown. His poor kimono was left in rags, just like his other clothes. With a final hmph, the evil trio headed to the Ball.
As soon as they left, Roxyella ran into the garden where he often burne- I mean, hosed the daffodils. Sobbing, he knelt at a stone bench, trying to remember all of his hopes. But he didn't think any of them would come true! His Heartless friends watched him miserably. They had never seen him so sad.
"There's nothing left to believe in! Nothing!"
He didn't notice all the glowing lights that danced and twinkled around him.
But Namine and Kairi did. They could hardly believe their eyes. The lights slowly turned into an innocent-looking brown haired boy, wielding a sword. That looked like a key.
Roxyella took a moment from his crying to glare at the boy. "Can't you see I'm bawling here? And what's wrong with your sword? I bet it's awful hard to clean."
The boy just ignored Roxyella's comments, and patted his head. "Don't worry love. It's me, you're Fairy Godcousin, Sora! And I'm here to save you!" He struck a heroic pose. "Everything you need is right here in the garden where you regularly bur- I mean, hose down the daffodils! Ready?"
Roxas shrugged. "Worth a shot. But if this is a scam, expect pepper spray."
Sora shivered. "Anyway..."
He waved his keyblade. Bibbidi bobbidi boo! Four nameless Heartless became four black horses.
Bibbidi bobbidi boo! A pumpkin turned into a cozy gummi ship.
Bibbidi bobbidi boo! Namine became a blonde-haired pilot, and Kairi became a grinning co-pilot.
"Yay! I can talk!"
Namine nodded silently. Bewildered, Kairi turned to her friend.
"Why don't you talk?"
Out of nowhere, Namine produced a notebook and began writing with a piece of coal. She then showed her work to Kairi.
"I'm mute." Kairi read outloud. Sympathic, she patted Namine. "I feel for ya."
Meanwhile, Sora was very pleased.
"Hop in, my dear. We can't waste time." he urged.
"Don't you think my kimono," Roxyella began.
Sora gasped. "Oh my Kingdom Hearts! You can't go like that!"
Bibbidi bobbidi boo!
Suddenly, Roxyella was wearing the beautiful kimono, fixed once again. And on his feet he wore glass slippers.
"Umm...not to sound ungrateful or anything, but won't these be a tad bit uncomfortable?"
Sora grinned sheepishly. "Sorry."
Bibbidi bobbidi boo!
The glass slippers were replaced with a comfy pair of sneakers.
"Yay! Thanks cuz!"
Sora smiled. "No problem. However," His face turned grave. "Like all dreams, my magic will end. At midnight the spell will be broken, and everything I poofed up will catch on fire."
". . ."
"It runs in the family."
"Oh."
Roxyella promised to be home before midnight. Off he rode to Castle Oblivion, King Reno's home!
Speaking of King Reno, he was quite unhappy. You see, the whole reason off the ball was to find a friend for his son Prince Axel. And so far, it didn't look like the unsocial boy had found anyone worthy of being deemed his personal BFF. Reno sighed. His son was rather an enigma.
Reno's bodyguard, Rude, noticed his Royal Highness looked worried.
"Finding a BFF at first sight only happens in fairy tales." He reminded the redhead.
Reno just sighed.
At that moment however, Roxyella made his entrance. Instantly, the party hushed. Everyone stared at the doorway in amazement. The Prince looked up from his book, interestedly. Who was the mysterious stranger? Boldly, Roxyella walked towards the Prince, who was standing by the punch bowl .
"Excuse me, but...
...how does your hair stand up like that?"
The onlookers mentally sweatdropped. They carried on with their activities.
But not Axel. He put his book down on the punch table, and grinned.
"I guess it's in my blood. You should see my dad."
"Really? Wow..."
As the two chatted amiably, they were watched by the all girl trio.
"Do we know her?" Paine asked.
"The Prince seems to." Rikku said jealously.
"There is something familiar about her." stated Yuna suspiciously.
However, the group wasn't heard by the happy duo, who for the first time in their lives, were enjoying the company of someone else.
"So, have you ever burned anything before?"
"Oh yeah, loads of times! Why just today, I-"
The smiling blonde was interupted by the start of a new song from the Dj.
"Ladies, this one is dedicated to you!" hollered the Dj.
"We got the refugees,"
"No fighting!"
"We got the refugees,"
"No fighting! Shakira, Shakira!"
Axel brightened and grinned brilliantly. "I love this song!" Turning towards his soon to be BFF, he extended his hand out formally.
"Care to dance?"
Roxyellas's smile had never been wider.
"I'm on tonight, and my hips don't lie, and I'm starting to feel it's right!"
The two danced, (if that's what you can call jumping a lot really fast), the night away.
When the dance ended, the two walked into the garden.
"You know, I've never had so much fun in my life!" the redhead sighed in happiness.
"Me too."
For a while, the two sat there in enjoyment.
Suddenly, the clock struck midnight.
"Uh oh."
"Hmm?" Axel turned towards the boy.
"Look, it's been great and all, but I've really got to go!"
He bolted towards the exit.
"Wait! I don't even know your name!" called the Prince. But Roxyella couldn't wait.
As he fled, he left one of his sneakers. (Must've been untied.)
The Prince stood there, motionless for a while. Then he went running in, shoe in hand, determined to find out his mystery friend's identity.
Axel handed the shoe to Rude.
"Find the boy whose foot fits this slipper. I will meet him again!" the Prince said.
The bodyguard only nodded, knowing what it felt like to lose a friend.
Meanwhile, halfway to home, Roxyella's clothes had burned up, leaving him wearing rags. The coach was in flames, Kari and Namine were Heartless once again, and his hair was on fire.
All he had left was one sneaker.
The next day...
Rude and his army of guards searched the entire kingdom for the boy whose foot would fit the shoe. So far, all the boy's feet were either too small or too big. soon, everyone knew that the Prince planned to make the boy his new BFF.
Everyone including the Stepmother.
"GIRLS!" screeched the summoner. "Put on the pants and wigs I got for you!"
Obidiently, the pair began putting on the short blond wigs and dark kimonos.
Rolling his eyes at their antics, Roxyella started his way up to his room. Once there, he began to daydream. Once Axel remembered him, maybe Axel would take him away from here! Maybe Axel would let him live at his castle, where they could fool around all day...
During his ponderings, Yuna secretively made his way to Roxyella's room. Looking around, she quickly locked Roxas's door.
"Hey what'cha doin'?
"EEK!"
Yuna jumped, almost falling down the stairs. She turned around to glare at her daughter.
"Rikku!"
"Sorry mother...but why'd you lock Roxyella?"
"Well...he has blonde short hair and petit feet. The slipper might fit on him...I don't want to take any chances. Now go brush your wig! They'll be here any moment!"
"Gotcha!"
Inside his room, Roxyella, tired of daydreaming, tried to open his door. Realizing the worst, he began frantically banging it with his fist.
"Hey! Stepmom, this isn't funny! I mean it!"
Several futile minutes later, Roxyella gave up. Tears began to well up in his one-of-a-kind blue eyes. Now'd he'd never meet the Prince!
Namine and Kairi felt like they would cry too. They had never seen Roxyella so sad in his whole li- scratch that, they had, but this incident came to a close second.
"Hmm...what to do..." Suddenly, Namine had a brilliant idea. So brilliant, that if her idea was a light bulb, it'd make a dang good substitute for the sun.
Taking out a random notebook, and a piece of coal, she began to write.
Perked up by the Heartless's unusual behavior, Roxyella watched Namine curiously.
Finally done, Namine politely handed her notebook to Roxyella.
"Why don't you try cleaning the door's lock with a rag?," read the blonde outloud. "Well okay Namine, but I don't see what good that'll do?"
So with a rag in hand, Roxyella began cleaning. But as soon as the rag touched the lock, the lock melted into goo.
"...WOOHOO! Go domestic pyro tendencies!"
And just in time too. Because Rude and Demyxion, (part time guard part time sneaker holder) had arrived, and were trying the sneaker on the girls.
Rikku tried on the shoe. Her foot was much too big!
Paine was next. Her toes wouldn't even fit in the slipper!
"Are there any other boys in the house?" asked the bald man boredly.
"Heh heh..no one else. "
They were about to leave, when...
Roxyella came down the stairs!
Well actually, he fell. He tripped on a Heartless.
"Oof! Wait, don't go!"
Rude glared at the sheepish summoner, and motioned to Demyxion to bring the sneaker to Roxyella.
Yuna however, furious that Roxyella might be the Prince's BFF, pulled out her staff from behind her back, and INCONSPICUOUSLY tripped Demyxion. And the sneaker...
landed in the fireplace.
An ackward silence followed.
"Y'know, I think my sneaker is the same size as that charred one."
"Really Demyxion?"
"Yeah. It was a size 6, right Rude?"
"Yep."
"Okay." Demyxion struggled to take of his sneaker. (Which looked like an exact replica as Roxyella's sneaker.) When it was finally off, he handed it cheerfully to Roxyella.
"Here ya go!" Then in a quiet voice, he whispered "Good luck, by the way."
"It's ok." the blonde grinned confidently. "I don't need it."
Why? Well, the shoe fit, of course.
Axel met Roxyella the next day again. The two hit it off again, chatting and laughing wherever possible. When the Prince found out who Roxyella lived with, he immidietely invited the boy to live with him. And to top it off, Axel made a decree that the evil trio would not be allowed to hire anyone to clean their joint.
Ouch.
King Reno decided to become a doctor, and found the cure for Geostigma.
Demyxion took on another job. As a plumber.
Sora decided to exchange his Keyblade for a wand. MUCH easier to clean, believe me.
Rude married, and had 6 children. And yes, they were bald.
The Heartless got a job at the castle waking up the castle's residents.
"(Silent singing.)"
They put the castle's roosters out of business.
As for Axel and Roxyella?
They lived happily ever after.
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"Well? Pretty good, eh?"
Roxas however, could not respond, because he was snoring.
And so was Demyx. Fast asleep.
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