FOREWORD: Welcome to One too Many Crossovers. This is a little Prelude Stage, setting out for what's gonna come next, yadda yadda yadda, you know what I mean. This is a mix of parody/romance/humour and maybe action/adventure {haven't decided yet} so, hopefully, it'll be to everyone's liking. Please don't try to bite my head off, though.
DISCLAIMERS: I have never wanted to own DNAngel, 'cause even if I did, it would never happen [not to mention it would just be about crazy sword wielding maniacs killing stuff and all]. Also, Cinderella doesn't belong to me either, otherwise who knows what could have happened!
RATING: G at the moment, it's relatively safe, so... if it should come, I might have to move the rating up a bit. Who knows now, and who really cares?
Other:
() Daisuke
(()) Dark
:: Satoshi
:::: Krad
{} my rambling comments. You don't have to read them if you don't want to.
Now let's just get this show on the road!
Prelude Stage: It Wasn't Supposed to be this Way! (aka 'Magic really turns the World Upside-down, doesn't it...')
The sky was, as usual, clear and sunny, and just a WEE bit too cheerful, which really tried a particular Phantom Thief's patience, and, for one thing, Dark was never the type of person to wait, and, well, he wasn't going to wait now, so...
That was how the story started {and I don't mean by just being a chaotic day for the little redhead who's the host of this guy}.
((Lemme outta here.))
(You know I can't, Dark,) whined Daisuke, as Dark repeated the same message for the tenth time, (we're not only at school, but I'm with all my friends, so if you decide to take over now...)
((Who cares!)) cut in the Thief impatiently, ((Just say you need to go to the bathroom or something. Or... I could always take over your body and pretend to be you or something...))
(You can't!) thought the redhead, horrified, (I won't let you do that again! Please, Dark...) his voice {head voice, whatever. Mind} turned back to normal as he continued, (we have a job tonight anyway, so you can have your fun then.)
((So you say, Daisuke, so you say,)) Dark settled back into the corner of his host's mind, ((wake me up is something interesting happens.))
(Okay...)
It was, of course, another school day, as normal as any other day, although the class had suddenly seemed eager to do another play after the 'Ice and Snow' story, and for some reason or another, they had decided on...
"Oi, Daisuke! Pay a bit more attention, will ya?!" demanded his best friend Takeshi, catching him off guard as he threw a book at his head.
"Saehara!" yelled the redhead indignantly, rubbing his forehead where the book had hit him, "You didn't have to do that!"
"That's right! That was uncalled for!" agreed Riku, frowning at the other boy.
The class was sitting outside on the lawn, since it was such a peaceful day, and the book Takeshi had thrown was what they were supposed to be studying. Of course, it wasn't really studying, but since it was still schoolwork...
"'Oh, Cinderella, I feel so sorry for you!'"
"... was that directed to me?" Daisuke raised an eyebrow, while his best friend sniggered, "It wasn't like I asked for the girl's part...{here we're referring to the Ice and Snow story, not Cinderella}"
"But you did make a good heroine, Niwa-kun," Risa said, looking over her copy of the Cinderella story, "but maybe this time..."
"Yeah, boy guy and girl characters," cut in Riku, smiling kindly, "so maybe you won't have to do anything that bad... heh..."
"..." (That was so embarrassing though...) thought the redhead, (that's the last time I want to play a girl's part...)
"If Dark-san was the prince!" Risa was saying, "Then I'd love to be Cinderella-!"
"... why do you always have to drag him into the conversation, Risa?" sighed her older twin, "Can't we have ONE conversation that's Dark-free?"
Daisuke set himself back, reading over the EXTREMELY old fairytale story, and wondered why they were doing it in the first place. Of course, there were reasons for such a story, but he didn't know it.
Not until that night, anyway.
---
The night was eerily silent and still as Dark made his way through the security-filled museum, not being noticed by a single person, except, of course, a particular blue-haired boy with glasses {aka Hiwatari Satoshi}...
... or the homicidal blonde.
"Krad..."
"Welcome back, Dark," Krad said smoothly, as he began to form energy into the palm of his hand, "although this may be your last night..."
"Whatever," the Thief jumped out of the way as the energy shot out at him, and prepared for his own attack, while Daisuke yelled at him from the back of his mind.
(Dark! We don't have time to do this!)
((Just be quiet, Daisuke. He just tried to kill us, not to mention he's hurt you before...))
(But Krad... and Hiwatari-kun...)
((Just stay out of this for once.))
Shutting the redhead's voice out of his head, Dark began to focus on his own spells, while trying to stop himself from being blasted into a wall.
Meanwhile, in Krad's head...
:Stop it! I can handle that thief without your help.:
::So you say, Satoshi-sama, but this has taken too long. With one blow, and then he'll be gone, if I do it...::
:Krad!:
At first, the blonde thought Satoshi was trying to let his guard down, but, turning slightly, he noticed that THAT wasn't the reason.
The art piece, Angel's Wing {um... it's just a fancy shaped art piece like a wing. Golden, as well...}, was beginning to glow faintly; pure waves of energy flowing through the room.
(... what's going on? Dark?) Daisuke asked.
((This energy is...)) Dark stopped trying to form the energy, ((pure evil energy, or something...))
:What is this...:
::An ill omen. For the Angel's Wing to activate like this... it could only mean...::
The world suddenly seemed to shatter like glass, sucking them into an unknown portal that flashed random colours and different forms of energy. As they were forcefully dragged in, a voice - that they couldn't identify as male or female - spoke to them softly, voice echoing.
"A fairy tale... that's what they always thought... but maybe you can change our destiny. Somehow..."
"Daisuke-kun! Hiwatari-kun! Dark! Krad!"
Another voice cut in, jerking the two out of an unknown trance, "Akane?" they asked in unison.
"Yeah!" answered the voice of their classmate, "But this is bad! You're being pulled into another dimension!"
"You're telling ME that?!" bellowed the Thief indignantly, "What the hell are we supposed to do now?!"
"Go with the story!"
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!"
"Celes worked out the pull of dimensions!" explained Akane patiently, "And you're going into a STORY! So just go with the flow!"
"Actually..." cut in the soft voice of Celes, "you might have to do it your own way. With you in their places... just take care and don't worry. Once the story is finished, then you should be sent back..."
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST TELL US WITHOUT THE USELESS STUFF?!"
(Um... maybe you should calm down, Dark.)
"We'll do whatever we can from our side," Akane's voice seemed fairly worried, "but just remember that it's a story and anything is possible!"
"... take care..." whispered Celes, her voice fading away weakly as the world seemed to open up to the two. Before they knew it, everything went black.
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"Why did this have to happen now?" muttered Akane in annoyance as the connection broke off abruptly. She was of average height, with her hair down up in a long plait that fell past her shoulder blades.
"We have to be patient now," Celes, who was actually shorter than her friend, gave a consoling look into the vortex that they'd been using to communicate, "but since the time dimension is different... no time will pass in this world than in that world, so we should..."
"Go there, got it," finished Akane smoothly, "I'm on it. Oh, by the way..." she blinked thoughtfully, "which story were they pulled into, anyway? I mean, what's the reason behind this sudden distortion..."
"During the battle, Krad must have activated the Angel Wing's power," the other girl explained, "and remember that the magic it holds allows the spirit of fantasy stories stretch far and wide, and sometimes they want a happy ending, but this one is a bit strange..."
"Could you just tell me which story they were sucked into?"
"Cinderella."
---- And so the tale began... ----
Well, things ended up changing, because the first part was, well, supposed to be just my random notes. After checking the guidelines, I was forced to change it, so here it is! Hopefully everything will be okay...
Akane and Celes are from The Flames of Time, but you don't have to read that story {it's incomplete anyway} to know them, since they won't be playing a major role in this story.
I'm open to suggestions, always have and always will. I don't think there's been a story like this before, but if there is... I didn't steal it! This came from the top of my head, so, if they seem similar... coincidence. You can point it out if you want to, but please don't bit my head off in the process.
Now you can go to Stage 1...