Disclaimer: I do not own Sofia The First, I also do not own 'Story of Evil'
A/N: Hello everybody! This is NerdsinaTree again. Quick apology for this super long author's note. So if any of you read my 'Pillow' oneshot, you may have recalled me mentioning a longer Cedfia fic I was working on. Well this, is NOT it. Lol. I'm actually waiting for the fourth season of STF to finish before I start posting that story, as I want it to be as up to date as possible. Although, if rumors are correct, this may be the final season of STF anyway. Ah, why did I get into this fandom so late in the game! Oh well, hopefully I can at least help fuel your obsession long after this series has ended. Lol.
Anyway, while I'm waiting for Season Four to finish, I decided to start posting this other story instead. Simply because it's an AU and doesn't really follow along with the rest of the series anyways. As mentioned in the description this is an adaptation of vocaloid composer MOTHY's 'Story of Evil'. According to TV Tropes, such fic is called a fusion fic, I guess. This is one of my favorite stories, and I thought. 'Hey, I want to do a Sofia The First version of this'. Just cause I'm the type of demented individual who would think such a thing...yeah...
For those of you who don't know what SoE is and want to know exactly what you're getting into. Here is a list of the songs from the series I based this story around. Warning, spoilers abound. So if you're not into that you may want to refrain.
'Daughter of Evil' (I prefer the cover by Asami Shimoda to listen to while working on this adaption), 'Servant of Evil' (again prefer Asami Shimoda's cover), 'Daughter of White' 'The Wooden Girl Thousand Year Wiegenlied' and 'Regret Message'. As well as some vague references to 'Handbeat Clocktower' and 'Blink'
Now, if you decided to check those songs out or already knew about this series. Keep in mind that things won't go exactly how they do in the original series. After all this is an adaptation. But I hope you enjoy it nonetheless. Also be aware that there is major character death, hence the tragedy tag, so if you don't think you can commit to that you may want to bail out now. You have been warned. Though I promise the ending will at least be bittersweet.
Anyways, enough rambling. Please enjoy.
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Now, shall we start!
Sofia swept the floor of the empty shoe shop, a heavy sigh escaping from her lips. A mixed feeling of longing and guilt swept over her. Glancing out the window, she could see the other children and their parents excitedly getting ready for the event today.
She cast a forlorn look at the activities, knowing that she would not able to participate in them. Though she tried not to show how upset she was she couldn't help her feeling of disappointment. After all, she had really been looking forward to this day.
A few weeks back King Roland II had announced that the celebration of the royal twins, Princess Amber and Prince Jame's twelfth birthday would be a public affair. All the children in Dunwiddie had been invited to attend. Of course Sofia had intended to go to the party with her mother. But those plans fell by the wayside when Miranda caught a cold a few days ago.
Having finished cleaning the floor Sofia put the broom away, and sat down at their table. With her mother sick, she had practically been running the shop herself. Which she honestly didn't mind at all. It was just that today she would have much rather gone to the party.
She shook her head, trying to will her disappointment away. A task which was pretty hard for a nine year old. She sighed, perhaps she was being selfish. After all her mother always did so much for her, why should she be upset about missing a party because she was sick and needed a little help.
Miranda walked in the room and saw her young daughter sitting at the table. She approached with a smile until she noticed the girls sad countenance. "Sofia, what's wrong?" she asked.
Sofia looked up startled, "Nothing. " she lied, quickly plastering on a fake smile. Miranda was not convinced, "Sofia?" she pressed firmly.
"Well...It's just...I was really looking forward to going to the party for Princess Amber and Prince James" she confessed casting her eyes on the ground. From her periphery she could see her mother kneeling down; feeling her fingers on her chin as she lifted her head up to meet her eyes. Miranda gave her a gentle, amused smile.
"Well, you should be getting ready then." She told her daughter with a little laugh.
Sofia's eyes widened at her mothers words, "But mom, I can't just leave you alone here while you're sick!"
"It's alright Sofia." Miranda assured her, brushing her daughters hair back with one hand and placing the other on her shoulder. "I may not be feeling up to going to a big party, but I'm well enough to be by myself for a few hours. Besides, the King declared today a holiday for the celebration. So you don't have to worry about me running the shop by myself."
Sofia still looked unsure, until Miranda took her hands in her own. Looking up she saw her mothers reassuring smile.
"You've been working so hard these past few days. Running the shop by yourself, and I know how much you've been looking forward to this." Miranda pointed out.
"But.." Sofia began, But was silenced by a gentle finger to her lips.
"No buts, now you go have fun with your friends " her mother insisted, putting her foot down.
Knowing she couldn't argue any further Sofia gave her mother a small smile, and embraced her in a hug. "Thanks Mom."
"You'd better hurry and get ready" Miranda advised. Sofia didn't need to be told twice this time. The young girl quickly rushed up to her room to prepare.
After putting on the best dress she had (purple of course) brushing her hair, and kissing her mother farewell she rushed outside to meet up with Ruby and Jade. She soon found them gathered by a modest looking carriage.
"Ruby! Jade!" Sofia called out, waving when she spotted her friends.
"Sofia! " they shouted in unison, rushing over to hug her.
"I thought you were going to stay home." Ruby said having released her from her embrace.
"I was, but mom says she feels well enough to be by herself. And she wanted me to go have a good time." Sofia explained.
"That's great Sofia!" Jade exclaimed. "I'm glad, it wouldn't have been as much fun without you." Ruby nodded in agreement, and the girl's performed their signature handshake. Delighted to be in each other's company.
Soon Sofia and her friends, as well as Ruby and Jades parents, were all settled in the carriage and headed on their way to the castle.
When they arrived, Sofia stare in awe at the vast courtyard. Lavishly decorated from top to bottom with balloons, streamers, and other birthday themed ornaments. It was certainly more grandiose than the birthday parties at the village, and Jade could throw a mean party when the fancy struck her.
The trio of friends exited the carriage and began making their way through the crowd of children. Eager to see the King and the royal twins.
At the top of the steps of the castle Amber and James, listened as their father began to welcome the village children and their parents to the celebration with a speech. Amber huffed concealing her face with a fan before whispering to James.
"Why did we agree to this again?" she questioned under her breath.
James raised an eyebrow at her and grimaced slightly. But lacking a fan of his own to whisper with, and not wanting to make a scene he shrugged it off. Amber stared coldly at the villagers below her, recalling the conversation that led to this moment.
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Roland ll sat with his children in the royal dining room. As the family was enjoying their breakfast he thought it was a good time to turn the discussion to that of their upcoming birthday celebration.
"Amber, James I have an announcement! Well, more of a suggestion actually, to make your birthday extra special this year." Roland said.
Amber immediately perked up, "Oh daddy, I'm glad you brought it up! Because I have a few suggestions as well. " she declared excitedly pulling out a scroll of paper that stretched across the table. James gave his sister a quizzical look before rolling his eyes and continuing his eating.
Roland chuckled at his daughters enthusiasm, "Well Amber, I'm sure we'll be able to use your ideas. Because I was thinking that this year, for your birthday, we should invite the village children to attend."
"What!" Amber shouted in dismay.
"Brilliant!" James said between a mouthful of pancakes. Amber shot him a pointed look before turning to her father with pleading eyes. "Daddy..."
Roland held up a hand to silence his daughter. "Now I'm not saying you have to Amber. But it would be a kind gesture to the village children."
"But don't we already have the villagers ball for them." Amber argued.
"I think it sounds fun." James mentioned ignoring Ambers argument, taking another bite of pancakes.
Amber however huffed, "It's bad enough I have to share my birthday with James! Now you want me to share it with everyone in the village!"
"Come on, Amber. It's not like we're giving away any of the twenty new tiaras your getting to them" James teased.
Amber glared at him and then turned back to her father pouting "But this is supposed to be my special day!"
"Ouch Amber, twin right here." James said dryly, raising his hand.
Roland put a hand to his chin in thought "Alright, how about this. Why don't we have a larger party for the children in the village. And then later we can have smaller party. For just the three of us. "
"Brilliant! Two parties in one day. Boom goes the cannon!" James agreed pumping his fist in the air.
Amber pondered that suggestion for a moment before finally relenting "Oh, fine. But I want to pick out the cake for the private celebration. And I want an equal share in deciding the party games." she demanded.
Roland chuckled, "Alright Amber "
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So that was how inviting the village children to the royal twins birthday was decided. In all honesty Amber was beginning to fully regret the decision. Especially since extenuating circumstances prevented Hildegarde and Clio from attending.
"Now to open up our festivities, Our Royal Sorcerer Cedric will perform a magic show." Roland announced, having finished his opening speech.
Sofia and her friends watched as a man with strange colored hair and a purple robe pointed his wand towards the sky crying out an incantation. Immediately a dark cloud hovered over them, and a down pour of rain started.
Roland sighed exasperated turning to his Sorcerer "Cedric, I said you should open with flowers not showers"
"S..s..sorry, you're majesty. I' ll get it right this time" he chuckled nervously aiming his wand at the sky again.
"Mohit Flora!" he cried. In an instant the sky cleared, and the rain was replaced by a deluge of pink rose petals descending from the sky.
"Oh!" Sofia sighed, mesmerized by the sight before her. She watched with increasing awe as the sorcerer performed spell after spell. Producing multicolored bubbles, fireworks, and sparkling snow. Never before had she seen magic...real magic...and it absolutely amazed her.
When the show ended the children were invited to start playing the party games, which they did eagerly. Roland, who was a bit concerned over the magical rain mishap at the beginning of the show, was relieved to see that the village children didn't seem to the mind the fact that they were now half drenched. Besides, it was a warm day, so they were sure to dry soon.
Amber remained at the top of the steps. Fan in hand as she looked down both figuratively and literally at the guests before her.
"Hey Amber!" James called. She looked to see her twin who had been playing happily with the other children running up the steps to greet her.
"Aren't you gonna go play some games? What about that pin the jewel on the tiara game you kept insisting on?" he suggested.
The elder twin looked in the direction of the said game, where a villager in a purple dress was attempting to place the jewel in the correct spot. Her two friends spinning her and giggling along side her. The Enchancian princess sneered slightly at the scene.
"I don't think so". She said coldly.
"Suit yourself," James said with a shrug. "But you're missing all the fun." with that he took off to join the other children again.
It was now Jades turn to try her hand at the game. Ruby and Sofia giggled as they both turned the blue clad girl around until she was sufficiently dizzy. Stumbling around Jade made her way over to the board. She lifted up her blindfold and the three fell into a fit of giggles when they saw that Jade had placed the jewel right on the figures nose.
"Look! Look! Look!" Ruby pointed excitedly, "It's prince James!"
"Prince James!?" Jade gasped, looking in the direction her friend had indicated. The two girls swooned when they spotted the younger royal twin among the crowd.
"Should we go over and talk to him?" Ruby asked
"Oh, I don't know." Jade asked trying to sound demure.
"Come on, you know you want to." Ruby teased.
"Speak for yourself." Jade countered nudging her friend, both girls fell into another set of giggles.
While her friends were teasing each other about wanting to introduce themselves to the prince, a movement caught Sofia's eyes. That of a purple robe disappearing behind a wall. Her eyes lit up when she recognized it for being that of the Royal Sorcerer.
"You guys go on ahead." Sofia said with a wave to her friends, "I'll be right back." She then hurried off in the direction she had seen the sorcerer go.
Cedric stood behind his tower away from the celebration. Tapping his wand to his hand in frustration. Of course the thing had decided to go awry on him during a big celebration. A groaned escaped his throat, Roland would never let him live this down. 'Unable to perform a simple flower spell for something as trivial as a children's birthday party.' That's certainly what the King must have thought of him. Never mind the fact that he had done the other spells perfectly!
"Hi!" A high pitched voice sounded behind him.
Cedric yelped in surprise, as a stream of magic shot out of his wand and into the sky. There was the sound of tweeting, and a flurry of feathers as a flock of birds materialized in the sky. They hovered in the air a bit, before flying off into the distance.
The sorcerer grumbled in displeasure, before turning around to see the cause of his near heart attack. A little girl in a purple dress, one of the village children no doubt.
"Sorry." the child apologized quickly, obviously aware of the fright she had given him. Cedric gave the girl a pointed look and then turned to leave.
"Mr. Ceedric!" she called out.
He cringed at the mispronunciation of his name. "It's Cedric." he insisted, turning back to face her.
"My names Sofia." she introduced herself.
"I didn't ask." he deadpanned arms folded. The girl however ignored, or didn't notice that quip. Because she continued to stare up adoringly at him.
"I've never met a sorcerer before. I really enjoyed your magic show. Especially when you made all those rose petals. It was amazing!" she clapped her hands together smiling sweetly at him.
Cedric however sneered at the compliment "If by amazing you mean a complete waste of my talents! I should be off slaying dragons, but instead I'm here performing measly parlor tricks for a birthday party!" he ranted.
The girl cocked her head slightly confused by his comment. She had thought the 'tricks' (as he disdainfully called them), he had done were wonderful.
"Sofia!" another voice shouted.
The girl turned at her name to seeing her friends waving and beckoning for her to join them. "Coming!" she called back before turning to face the sorcerer again.
"Well, It was nice meeting you Mr. Ceedric." she smiled sincerely before hurrying to catch up with her friends.
"Cedric!" he called after her annoyed, though the girl was already out of earshot. "Merlin's Mushrooms " he muttered, shaking his head and walking away.
The celebration continued for a few more hours. Sofia and her friends had a blast as they played more party games, ate chocolate cake, and mingled with the other children. At last a red hue started to tint the sky, as the sun was starting its descent.
"Your majesty," Baileywick approached the King, pocket watch in hand "I believe it's time we started wrapping things up."
"Alright then, " Roland said "I'll leave it to you to assure the children get home safely."
"Yes, your majesty" Baileywick said, leaving to make sure all the children were accounted for and with their guardians.
Roland turned to the twins, "It looks like it's almost time for our little family party then. "
"Finally!" Amber sighed in exasperation, having never left her spot at the top of the steps. She turned on heel retiring to the castle. Her brother cocked an eyebrow at her, shook his head, then went off to help Baileywick.
When they returned home Sofia excitedly told her mother about her time at the party. Miranda listened attentively to her daughter go on about the decorations, food, and games. But the girls favorite part seemed to be meeting the royal sorcerer.
As for the twins their second party was rather small. At least by Royal family standards. It certainly wasn't as extravagant as the first party much to Amber's displeasure. But that couldn't be helped as most expenses had been spent on the larger party. They did however at least reserve their gifts for this party, and the princess approved of that. Plus she finally got to have her strawberry cake. It all probably would have made up for the rest of the day, if James hadn't insisted on singing their twin song. Honestly! She had hoped he would forget this year.
Having retired for the night, Amber entered her room to find a small red box topped with a blue ribbon sitting on her bed. Another present.
Delighted, the girl grabbed the package and sat down on her mattress. Seeing that it was from James, she opened it to find a beautiful locket with a portrait of the two of them nestled inside.
She allowed a small smile to creep on her lips, as she admired the gift in her hand. As annoying as she often found him, James did always give her the most thoughtful gifts. She closed her eyes as she clutched the locket gently to her chest. Perhaps it wasn't such a bad birthday after all.
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A/N: Not much going on in this chapter. Really it's more of a prologue to establish how things are different since Sofia didn't become a princess. The next chapter will be more plot engaged. Also keep in mind that while I'm focusing on this story for now, once season four finishes I will be putting most of my endeavors into my original fic while only updating this one periodically. Until I finish that one, then I'll focus on this again. Just so that you are aware, there will be a wait between chapter updates for a while. Anyway, thank you for reading. And I promise next chapter will be more story and less me rambling.