I know this has been done many times, but this is different. This is taking fairy tales and adding the characters in, but I will be having different stories and also do things from different POVs. This is a little test, so the whole story won't be here, but if you like it, i will add more stories that are full. Please review. I don't mind constructive criticism. But NO FLAMERS!
The Twelve Dancing Princesses:
Once upon a time, long long ago (Ik, cheesy beginning, don't judge me!) there was a handsome young nomad, who traveled across many lands and many kingdoms all over the world. One day he was eating at a small bar, when he heard about the fujioka kingdom.
"I have heard that the king has a reward for whoever can find out where his daughters go at night." A man said at a nearby table. The young traveler smiled, he was very interested in the reward. Perhaps he could settle down and begin a family if he won it.
The traveler left the bar quickly and began up the mountain to the other side, where he would find the fujioka kingdom. On his way up, he passed a tall mysterious man, in a dark cloak. Being a good natured fellow, he greeted the strange person.
"Wonderful day for traveling, isn't it?" He asks. The dark man smiled, looking up at the sky.
"Yes, it is beautiful." He answers wistfully.
"Are you going to the land behind the mountain?" He asks.
"Yes, I will try to find out what is happening to the kings lovely daughters." He answers. The stranger takes out a simple brown cloak and hands it to the traveler.
"Take this with you, it will help you." Then, he left, continuing down the mountain. The traveler was perplexed, wondering what the man could have meant. But he put the cloak into his bag carefully and continued up the track.
Soon, our young hero arrived at the palace, he knocked on the door. A servant answered, quickly letting him in.
"Take a seat, the king will be here shortly." She says, motioning towards some chairs. He sits down, looking around the marvelous room. He admires all the beautiful architecture and tapestries, hung on the walls. The king walked in wearing a long dress robe, with his servant close behind. The traveler wasn't surprised for he knew that the fujioka king was a cross-dresser.
"Welcome!'' The king says. holding out his hand.
"Oh! King Ranka." He answer, bowing.
"May I know your name?" He asks.
"My name is Tamaki." He answers, shaking the kings hand. (I wonder if you saw that coming.)
"So, Tamaki, you are here to investigate my daughters and their strange behaviors." The king asks. Tamaki nods.
"Yes. I heard of your daughters on my travels. What is the problem exactly?" The king puts his arm around him, leading him to a large room with many beds.
"I think my daughters are sneaking out at night. In the morning I always find their shoes, worn to the sole. Every time someone comes they always say that the girls never left, but how can this be if their shoes are so worn." Explained the king.
"So what can I do?" Tamaki asks.
"I need you to keep an eye on them. If you find out where they are going in three days, you may anything you want." *Of course he didn't mean that literally but the point was that he could choose his prize.
"I will try my best to find out what is happening." Tamaki swore.
"Good luck, Tamaki." The king says, waving and walked out of the room.
Soon, the princesses enter the room.
"Welcome to our humble home!" They greeted in unison. Tamaki knelt in front of them.
"I am humble to you, my princesses." He says, kissing the hand of the one closest. She blushes and a couple others giggle. The eldest comes up to him.
"What is your name, stranger?" She asks. Tamaki takes her hand and stands.
"My name is Suoh, Tamaki Suoh." He says with a low bow.
"Well, Tamaki, can we get you any food? You look famished!" She offers.
"I will have food, if you wish it, my cherry blossom." He says kissing her hand, and looking up at her with his iressistable violet eyes. To his surprise, the princess remained unfazed.
"But what may I call you, my princess?" He asks, sitting back down in the chair.
"My name is Haruhi Fujioka, eldest daughter of Ranka Fujioka." She announces.
"What a beautiful name you have." Tamaki muses, curling a stray blond lock around his finger.
"We shall go fetch you some food and wine." Haruhi says, leaving the room with her sisters following closely. Tamaki decided to investigate the room, to see if he could find an answer to the worn shoes. He looks at all the beds and sees that there is a pair of slippers at each bed. He picked one up, examining the bottom. Where could they have been doing to get such worn soles? He thought. While he was mulling it over, he hears the many patters of the princesses' feet on the marble floor. He places the shoe back neatly and sits back in the chair. He hears the footsteps stop.
"Remember to keep refilling his drink, if you don't he won't fall asleep entirely. We can't leave if he is still awake." He heard Haruhi whisper. Fall asleep? What could they be doing that needed so much cover? He thinks. The girls come back in with plates of delicious food, and silver cups filled with wine.
"My! What a feast!" He exclaimed, for being a traveler, he didn't normally eat such finery.
"I do hope the food suits your taste." Haruhi says.
"I'm sure I will enjoy this marvelous food." He answers with a large smile. Haruhi gives a small smile in return. *though he never does notice.
That night was very merry. Tamaki ate twice as much a usual, for he was a traveler and didn't usually have such a meal. But whenever someone filled his wine glass, he threw the wine into a potted plant. After everyone was satisfied, Tamaki pretended to fall asleep.
Once the princesses saw that he had dozed off, they put on their new dancing shoes and pushed aside the youngest girl's bed, revealing a trap door.
"Hurry girls!" Haruhi hissed. They all followed, the youngest closing the door behind her. Once Tamaki heard the hollow thump of the door, he sprang up, pulling out the cloak given to him by the strange man. He looks in the mirror and realizes that he is invisible.
"So he was right about the cloak helping me." He says, recalling the stranger's words.
Tamaki pulls open the trap door and begins his descent, down the stone staircase. He continues down following the girls at a close distance.
Soon, they get to the bottom where Tamaki finds groves of golden trees. He stares in awe at the marvelous trees and he takes a piece off a nearby tree, Snap! and puts the branch into his pocket.
The youngest sister hears a faint noise and turns around, searching for the cause. Dispite his invisibility, Tamaki hides behind a tree.
"Haruhi, I think there is someone following us!" She says.
"Oh, honey. Calm down, you're just paranoid." Haruhi answers. Honey turns and they all continue down the grove of trees. Tamaki comes out of hiding and follows again, but at a further distance. All of a sudden, Tamaki realizes the trees have changed from gold, to diamonds. Once again, he is amazed at the rare trees. Once again, he snaps off a piece. And once again, Honey noticed and turned.
"There it is again! Someone is following us!" Honey insists.
"I swear Honey! No one could have followed us." Haruhi yells back.
They keep going on the trail. Tamaki begins following them, once again from a further distance than before.
They come to another grove of trees, this time they're made out of rubies. Tamaki admires their deep red color and again, snaps off a branch.
"Okay! Now I am positive that there is someone trailing us!" Honey screams running up to the front. Haruhi sighs.
"Look Honey, there isn't anyone there. See, just the trees. No one is there." Haruhi says pointing to the path behind them. Honey nods, more at ease.
"Besides we're almost there." She says smiling. They all continue walking. Tamaki stays at a safe distance. Another sound and they will deffinetly know something is going on. He thinks.
The girls finally get to a small moonlit beach. There, they find a a row of twelve boats, in each one there sits a handsome man. They greet their princess and the girls get into the boats. Tamaki gets into the last boat, careful not to move too quickly. They all start rowing towards the small island.
As they row, Honey begins to notice her boat lagging behind the others.
"Why are we going so slow?" Honey asks.
"I don't know. The boat feels very heavy." Her prince answers. When Tamaki heard this he stayed very quiet, so not to call any attention.
When they finally got to the island, everyone got out and walked up to the large castle. On the inside, there were many men and women in elaborate dresses and suits made from very expensive fabrics. The princesses and their princes went spinning onto the dance floor, leaving Tamaki to roam around. He walked over to the food table, and looked at all the beautiful silverwear and dishwear. He admired them so much he slipped a fork into his pocket.
Soon, the night was over and the princes, princesses and Tamaki went back across to the other side of the lake. Tamaki ran up ahead, through the groves, up the stairs and finally in his chair, throwing the cloak off and putting it back into this bag.
When the princesses walked in, they looked over and saw that Tamaki was asleep. They pushed the bed back in place, taking off their now worn out shoes and placing them back at the foot of their bed and going to sleep.