A/N: Hey ya'll! This stems from an interesting idea Jadeysports proposed in an IM convo. yesterday, and I thought it was just too good to miss out on! (Such a little moocher am I...) So. Here I am. And here it is. And here you are, reading it. ((I hope.))
Enjoi!
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It was a bright and sunny day in Cephiro (yeah, yeah, isn't it always?). The three Magic Knights, Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji, were departing for Earth after the usual once-a-week Sunday picnic with their friends in the palace. How disgustingly sweet.
As the red kinght, Hikaru, bid goodbye to Pharl Presea and Caldina, she turned to hug her ((cough)) "special friend" Cail Lantis around the neck, ignoring, per usual, the blue-haired pixie fuming and making cutthroat gestures in the background. Unfortunately she forgot about CLAMP's cruel height humour, and had to settle for embracing him around-the-waist. Fortunately, the Cail bent over obligingly to return the hug, a rarely-displayed smile on his face. Meanwhile, Umi was attempting to get SOME kind of romantic reaction from her beau, Ascot, without him turning bright red and going into a stammer. Today, no such luck as when she hugged him as a parting gesture, he went stiff-as-a-board and threatened to fall over backwards. Noting this, Dal Lafarga left Caldina's side ((a gesture almost as rare as Lantis smiling)) to go support him, if need be ((and it definitely looked as if it would)).
Meanwhile, long-time sweethearts Fuu and Prince Ferio were exchanging formal goodbyes. "Formal", for them, meaning holding hands and flirting mercilessly until the last possible moment, and Ferio taking his time "politely" kissing the back of her hand. At last, all romanticism ended either willingly or by Guru Clef threatening to total the room if "this silly nonsense is not ended!!", the Magic Knights clasped hands, the traditional gesture which would return them back to Tokyo Tower and Earth in general. As they left, Cephirans and annoying pixies alike shielded their eyes from the usual blinding flash of light, and moments later all trace of the girls had vanished. Hypocritically, Clef sighed, an arm around Presea's waist (the pharl in question not minding in the least). "One more week until we see them again," his voice echoed around the chamber...
And out the window...
And into the ears of a horrible beast. One SO powerful, SO cunning, that all of Cephiro quaked before its mighty shadow. A monster the likes had never been seen by Cephiran eyes before. One whose grace and agility surpassing ALL others, one SO formidable even the pillar, in the event that Cephiro would ever HAVE another pillar, would even be no match for it! One--
One who should not narrate their own stories?
Eeep! M-miss Authoress-sama...I-I didn't k-know you w-were here...MY, how embaressing! Why, I--
Cut the formailities. My, my, MY...look at the size of that description! You don't have any ego at all, do you?
W-well, you see...I-I was just building up the dramatic tension, for, uh...uh, for future plot development, of course!!
Uh-HUH. Tell ya what...why don't I narrate the story now?
Awwwwwww.... ((slinks away))
Ohhh, he'll be okay. NOW then. Upon hearing the unwitting Guru's declaration, the beast grinned to itself. What a perfect time to act! It hadn't fed for so long, and NOW...now that PLENTY of almost-untouched food was available...why, it was nearly too good to be true.
And it had a whole week to act.
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A/N: Yaaay, a finished chappie!! Sorry this first chapter was so short...the next one'll be longer, promise. OOOOH, what SUSPENSE!! What THRILL!! HOW can we BARELY WAIT until the NEXT chapter is POSTED?! WHY is the AUTHORESS CAPITALIZING random LETTERS?! And how do we KNOW THEY'RE RANDOM, anyway?! Well, send in lots and lots of lovely reviews to the authoress, and the magical update fairy will come visit your computer while you're asleep! Isn't it MAGICAL?
JA!