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A/N: The idea of doing a newsie-like Romeo and Juliet came to me while we were taking notes on Shakespeare in English (I know, it has been done). There are few characters from the actual movie in this story because it's only loosely based on it. It could probably stand alone as its own, but it's way better with newsies involved in the mix, don't you think?! Most of the names are actual names as opposed to the fun nicknames; they're mostly English or French or along those lines, hehe! One is Shakespearian. And this prologue has been tweaked a bit, but most of it is from the actual play. Anyway, read and review! Hope you like it!!
Prologue
Two territorial lands, both alike in dignity and pride,
On the streets of New York in which these two reside.
A broken alliance, once bound with trust,
Resulting in consequences of feats unjust.
From forth the fatal lives of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do, with their death, bury their obligatory strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the persistence of their rulers' rage,
Which, exception of their followers' end, never would be done.