Sleeping Handsome

A/N This is a fairy-tale based on Gundam Seed Destiny anime.

Main theme: A kiss of true love can wake up from a deep dreaming.

I don't own Gundam Seed/Destiny and its characters.

English is not my native language, so please be gentle ^_^

Chapter 1

Once upon a time there was a Kingdom named Zaft. A brave, valiant and very honest King ruled that country. He and his wife had two children: a son and a daughter. The Prince inherited his father's brevity, nobleness and a strong feeling of justice. His name was Shinn. He loved his little sister and was a decent big brother who cared about her behavior.

One day, there was a ball that had place to happen because of Prince's 18th birthday. Lots of different guests from different parts of the Kingdom and from other Kingdoms were invited. Prince Shinn tried to pay his attention to every one in the palace. He was in high mood and danced a lot. After some time he asked a young woman in her early 30s for a dance. She accepted his offer with great pleasure. It is needless to say that Prince was very handsome. He had so beautiful eyes of the colour of young red grape's wine, which were framed with thick and long eyelashes. As black as a raven's wing was his hair. He was tall and broad in shoulders. Every princess could fell in love with him. And they did! But not only princesses were dreaming about Prince Shinn, young widows and just simple female servants wished to be close to him.

But the Prince didn't know about it. He had never experienced any deep feelings for anyone. That's why he was a little selfish.

The lady, who the Prince danced with, became obsessed with him. She was burning inside with unbearable wish to be with him no matter what other people would say. It was a dishonored wish that she wanted to come true.

One day she was passing by a fabulous lake of Zaft, which was famous for its pure waters. Then, she noticed someone in the lake and ordered to stop the carriage. She looked carefully and understood that the person in the lake was the Prince Shinn himself. He finished his swimming and went out of the water only in his under-pants. He approached a tree, took his clothes that consisted of a light shining hauberk, a belt with precious stones, a sword and high boots, and put them on. The drops of water that stayed on his skin were sparkling under the sun rays. The lady couldn't do anything but stare at him from her secret shelter.

The Prince didn't notice her. After the last glance at the lake he jumped on the horse's back and rid to the royal palace.

After what she had seen the lady decided to make her dream come true. She went to the famous wizard of that country and pleaded him to help her conquering the Prince's heart. The wizard, whose name was as common as Jibril, smirked and made a lip-gloss for her. He said that if she wanted the Prince to be hers so badly, she should put that lip-gloss on her lips and kiss the Prince. And then he would be hers for eternity.

The lady thanked the man and went home to fulfill every wizard's word.

For some time she carefully stalked the Prince to know his habits better. She learned that Prince Shinn was keen on riding horse in the evenings. So, the lady found the certain time for her plan. When Prince was riding his white horse in one of the beautiful summer evenings, the lady pretended that she had been robbed and asked him for help, because she didn't know where she was.

Prince Shinn understood her situation and agreed. He took her on his horse's back and sat her in front of him. After that she hugged him forcefully and pressed her lips to his. Prince was shocked by the lady's action. The rein fell from his hands as his eyes felt heavy suddenly. The next moment he closed his eyes and fell on her unconscious. The lady panicked. She didn't know what to do. She tried to wake him up but it was no use. Prince fell asleep and nothing could help him to regain consciousness.

She cried. She didn't want that to happen. She carefully took him form the horse and laid his body down on the soft green grass. He looked gorgeous in his sleep. But he was almost dead, though, the beauty of his face and the tanned skin stayed the same. His chest was moving up and down so slowly that one could say that he was not breathing.

She looked at his handsome face with sorrow and kissed his full lips again but nothing happened.

And than a familiar voice could be heard.

"It's no use, dear. He will not awake".

The lady turned her head to see Jibril the wizard. He was smiling mysteriously.

"Tell me how can I wake him up?"

The wizard smirked.

"Only a kiss of a true love can make him open his eyes".

"I tried but nothing happened".

"Are you sure that your kiss was filled with true and pure love? You were obsessed with him and there were only passion and lust in your heart. This young man can't be awakened by such perverted thoughts of yours".

The lady was getting angry. She stood up and approached the wizard, wishing to bit him up.

"I asked you to make him mine! What have you done?" she shouted at his face.

"I did what you asked me to. He is yours for the whole eternity. You may do what you want to him".

"It's not what I wished!!!"

"You are a hopeless woman! Now look what you have done! You're older than him for almost 15 years. Now, after your stupid dreams, the King has lost his heir and the Asuka dynasty can disappear! But I owe you. You've done a great work for me. Sayonara!"

With that he turned to leave.

"Wait! What should I do now? How should I live?"

"You may have him. I will tell the King that his son has been killed by a wild bear".

She cried in despair.

The wizard left the place and did as he said. The King and the Queen were almost devoured with misery and sorrow. Their only son was dead and nothing could bring him to live. But they had a daughter left and they wished their little princess to be happy. So one day she married Jibril, the man who tried to save the Prince from the bear. As evidence, he gave Prince's family-ring to the King.

What comes to the lady, after that incident she died from sorrow very soon. She understood that she was pathetic and killed Prince's happiness along with the whole country. So, she couldn't live her life with that sin in her soul and one day she closed her eyes forever.

As for Jibril, he was on the 7th heaven from happiness. He erased The Prince from his way to become the next powerful King of Zaft.

150 years had passed. The Queen Mayu died long ago. She didn't have children, so the only ruler of the country was Jibril. As we all know he was a wizard and he knew how to make his life longer.

When he began drinking a magic potion it made his appearance look like he was not elder than 25 but then it wasn't enough for him. While he managed to keep a young appearance, he could keep his age a secret. In order to protect his throne, he needed to live in different generations. Jibril married princesses and noble women but they didn't have his children as he was futile. But he was a sly man and spread a rumor that his wife had born a baby-boy but passed away while doing so. (Oh, and he was the one who helped his poor wifes to die only to keep his secret)

So, after some time he announced himself as an heir and became a king again. But now he was getting older with every year because after 150 years of drinking the magic potion Jibril's body got used to it and it didn't bring an awaited result anymore. Now he looked like a 50 years old man but he felt that his health was getting worse with every year.

His main dream was to create a potion that would make a person look young and give him an eternal life. That idea came to him when he found a recipe in one of his old wizard books. There was one problem—the components for the potion were very rare and hard to find. To create the potion he needed to make a chemical formula in sharp proportions.

One day he was wandering through the forest searching for some plants for his potion. His black cat was walking next to him when suddenly it rushed ahead and vanished between two tall trees. Jibril was surprised and disappointed at the same time. He loved his cat and couldn't let it go away so easily. So, he ran towards the trees (it was hard to do, remember, he was a very old person…his real age was 175 years) and suddenly found himself in a cave. Jibril looked around. He heard the sound of falling water and went straight ahead. The next thing he saw was an exit covered with water that came from above. He approached it and went through the falling water. When he opened his eyes at the other side of the waterfall he was shocked of what he saw…

Our world.

"Lunamaria! You are reading again!"A blond young man said with irritation in his voice. "What is it for this time?"

The girl didn't reply, she showed him the face of the book and turned the next page, never leaving her eyes from letters.

""Sleeping Beauty"??? Luna, you're 20 already. Stop reading stupid fairy-tales!"

She nodded automatically and continued to read.

"You are hopeless, really?"the boy exhaled after rolling his eyes. "Anyway, the colonel asked you to his office. I think you are going to have another mission against that Jibril guy".

She closed the book with a bang.

"I hate him!" was her reply.

"Who? The colonel or…"

"Jibril, of course! We have been fighting against him for almost 1,5 year and there is still no result. People are suffering from his unlimited power. I wonder who made him a Chairman".

"Not me, be sure. But I wonder too. He is like an alien, who conquered our country. Our division is sure that he is the main reason why this political war broke out. But we have no evidence. Anyway, you should go to the colonel's".

"Thank you, Rei".

"You are welcome" He smiled. "Tell me, what is it so interesting in this book?" The guy pointed at the book in her hands.

"I love this story. When I was little, I've always dreamed about a Prince who would rescue me from dragon and wake me up with a gentle kiss. That's why I adore this book so much".

"I see…well, sleeping beauty, let's go to the colonel La Fraga until he fired you and me for coming late".

And they both went out of the tent.

OooooO

As it has been expected, she indeed has been sent for a new mission. The meaning of her task was to collect as much information as possible from the native drawers in the mountains. And what surprised her the most, she had to do it not as a soldier but as a tourist. Well, colonel La Fraga was famous for his 'own vision of stars'. But a fact remained a fact: this is her mission and she has to proceed immediately.

The drawlers told her later that something strange was happening. They saw some people coming from the top of the mountains. The drawlers also told her that the trains brought some huge boxes and those people put those boxes in the cargo cars and wend back to the mountains.

The next day after visiting a small town, Luna rented a mountain moped and proceeded to search for any kind of human vestige. Unfortunately, she didn't know where to begin, so all she decided was to keep on searching. During this action she found a waterfall. It wasn't big but it was a real and very beautiful and refreshing waterfall. Luna didn't differ from any other girl. She had a great sense of curiosity. Remembering all the movies she had watched, there was usually some kind of cave behind the falling water. And now, thanks for all curiosity she had in her; the girl began to explore the place that attracted her mind so much.

In fairy-tales, you will always find what you were searching for. In real life it happens very seldom, but Lunamaria believed in fairy-tales and wanted to find what she knew she wanted to find.

The waterfall really had a secret cave. This fact delighted her mood. She carefully, not to get too wet, entered the dark cave and made several steps inside, but to her great surprise, she was standing among tall trees after doing so. Her senses thrilled a little, but being a soldier, she collected herself together and continued to observe the territory.

It was a forest, she mentally noted; very clean and beautiful forest. Thankfully, it wasn't too big, so she made her way straight ahead, hoping to find something unusual. After wandering for some time she saw a silhouette of a palace-like building on the top of the hill. It looked medieval. Lunamaria was very surprised. She hadn't seen medieval castles since her childhood when she went to visit an ancient castle with her parents in France. It is needed to say that the girl liked everything connected to the times of knights, beautiful ladies and of course brave and loyal princes. But, unfortunately for her, she was born at the era of high technological progress and this fact made her upset. She couldn't stand all those dangerous weapons that took away millions of lives because of someone's profit. And what about those poor children whose parents had been killed during those savage terroristic acts at the time of which she had place to live her life?

Luna had very kind heart and sometimes it didn't work out the way she felt. Being a soldier, you have to follow all the orders you have been given even if your point of view is much different than your boss's. This fact was the worst thing in her military career. She decided to become a soldier after her father's disappearing. She lounged to continue the dream of his life—to protect innocent people and give them a happy life without wars and dictators. A strong sense of justice was the most distinguishing feature of Hawke family. Her father, who was a general and organized special military force that struggled against political dictators, always taught her to protect people even if they were not on your side. He always said:

"There is no other thing that could be more precious than human's life"

It was the motto of her life and she tried her very best not break it. She hated wars and the people who had straight relations with their beginnings. Two weeks ago she went to visit her mother. While driving a car to their family estate, she turned on the radio. There was a song with meaningful lyrics that caught the girl's attention.

Listen to the rain, widow

Listen to the rain

Teardrops of the killed

Seeking their widows

Listen to the wind, orphan

Listen to the wind

The killed are calling their babies

Oh, merciful sovereigns

All your good intentions

Tell me, are they worth

A baby's cry?

Oh, what do they do?

Lord, what do they do?

Is their justice worth

A harmless child's blood?

Every word in the lyrics described all the awful things that could happen during the war. Luna understood that the song could have voiced all her life, everything that she wanted to live for. To protect humans' lives—it was the main intention of her will and mind. All she wanted was to make that political war end. And she had to do it no matter what, even if it could cost her own life.

While she was caring those thoughts in her mind, she didn't notice that she was now standing at the bottom of a hill on the top of which she saw a castle. She looked back and understood that she was standing in the moat (fosse) that was used to separate the castle's walls from the forest.

"There is no way I go back before observing this mysterious place"

With those thoughts she started to climb the grassy surface until reaching her main goal—the huge castle's gates that were opened for her great surprise.

She looked around carefully. An unbearable sense of danger started to tease her inside. She hated this feeling. Her hand moved to her back-bag as for insurance. And as she was searching for something in her bag, a very loud roar shook the ground suddenly. The sound was as loud as an approaching helicopter's. Than the weather suddenly changed from warm and sunny to very windy and there was a feeling like the sun decided to hide itself from the coming danger.

Lunamaria felt like it couldn't be the weather's fault. She heard that unbearable roar-sound again from which the hair on her skin stood on end. Feeling like the danger is coming she looked up and saw the thing she was sure she would never be able to see in her life.

Right above her there was a huge and very ugly lizard-like red dragon with dropping saliva from its opened jaws. Its snake-like eyes were looking at her and it was ready to attack her with its clawed paws and tail any moment.

Luna, in her shocked state, grabbed the first object that she could grope for in her bag and looked at her hand immediately. She was holding a hand-grenade. Without any other back thought she ripped the pin off and threw the grenade at the opened jaws of the monster right at the time when it wanted to clench its fangs into her.

The dragon devoured a little object and roared again. Meanwhile, Luna took her little pistol, which was hidden under her light-pink coloured summer dress, out of a rubber of her white stockings and started to shoot at the disgusting animal trying to destroy its eyes.

After little amount of time she heard a loud sound of explosion and thanks for some miracle, she avoided all the bloody drops and entrails that now could be found everywhere. The only thing that got a little dirty was her white snickers. The dragon's head lay some meters away in the pool of its own blood. The scenery was disgusting and it made the girl sick. The smell was so stinking that Luna tried to summon all her will not to vomit. Leaving this place as quickly as it possible, she headed to the main gates and entered the castle.

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A/N end of the first chapter. Thank you for reading. Please read and review.

The song is "Listen to the rain" by Plazma (it's a Russian band that sings in English) The song is really great, so try to find it on youtube ^_^