.:: Last Lullaby ::.
Notes: This is a fairytale I have to write for my Honors English class, it's actually pretty fun. I've gotta finish my rough draft by Tuesday though, the day after tomorrow -.-;; So far I'm at around 8 pages typed with the spaces between each row (It's my rough draft after all). It's going to be ItaAsu, of course, with Asuka playing the princess. I'm pretty happy about how it's turning out, and I decided to post it on here, since it does involve Itachi (Later chapters. This is only the first!). Yeah though, once he gets in here, Itachi is gonna have a major role in how this all goes. Also, this chapter might be a little dull, since I'm cutting it off before the slaughter, so I'll probably have two chapters up tonight! (I actually just added the song thingys for the fanfic -.-;; )
Listened To While Writing:
"Tonight and the Rest of my Life" - Nina Gordon
"Things I'll Never Say" - Avril Lavigne
"Not Gonna Get Us" - t.A.T.u
"Show Me Love" - t.A.T.u
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk
"There's a good reason these tables are numbered honey, you just haven't thought of it yet" - Panic! At the Disco (Jenova, that was a long title)
"Popular" - Kristen Chenoweth
Disclaimer: I do not own Itachi Uchiha, even though he isn't in this chapter. I do own Asuka though. (It's not like anyone would want to make ItaAsu fanfics besides me -.-;; )
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Do you remember me?
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side
Or will you forget me
I'm dying, praying, bleeding, and screaming
Am I too lost to be saved
Am I too lost
My God, my tourniquet
Return me to salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Return me to salvation
"Tourniquet" - Evanescence
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She saw her reflection in that mirror. The long blonde hair that cascaded down her shoulders, the hazel eyes that were staring right back at her with curiosity, and the fair, pale skin that covered her body. It was she, but the crystal was broken. Jagged pieces of clear glass scattered the floor, and touching them was like frostbite. They were frozen, but why? Looking up quickly, Asuka saw the image of herself suddenly change. It was not reflecting her outward appearance anymore, but her inward. Destroyed. Unstable. The glass cracked some more, while tiny shards escaped, almost hitting the princess standing before the wicked thing. The reflection started to scream, and she realized what was going to happen. Asuka didn't want to look at herself any longer, she didn't want to see what she had become. The image of the princess was crying out in pain, however it was mute. It didn't matter if you could hear her shouts, the terrified and hurt expression on her face said it all. She was dying, slowly and painfully. Every second felt like a million years, and Asuka could swear she felt that pain when she watched the image. She wanted to look away, she truly did. Something wouldn't let her though. A powerful force kept her there, not allowing her to even look in a different direction. Asuka winced, she didn't want to cry. This was too much though. It was indescribable what suffering her reflection was going through. She couldn't hold it in any longer. Asuka opened her mouth and let out a blood-chilling scream. Her eyes were wide in terror at the situation she was in. This was insane. The tears fell like rain, making a soft noise as they hit the floor. Dropping to her knees, Asuka put her hands to her head, clutching on with such force, it was as if she thought she would die if she let go. Everything was shaking, and her vision was blurred as Asuka trembled. The mirror, oh how she hated that thing. How she hated her reflection. Then, everything stood still. Her duplicate dropped, twitching slightly, before lying there still. Dead. Asuka couldn't breathe for a moment, the air was gone. Her hands slid from her head to her throat, making it look like she was strangling herself. Eyes near closed, she took one last look at the broken mirror, and what she saw made her gasp. Her sister, Aki, stood there smirking. Aki had been dead for a year though, and there she was, in all her undead glory. After that, everything faded out into a blur.
"Farewell sister…" was the last thing Asuka heard, before she herself, dropped to the floor.
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Opening her eyes promptly, she put a hand to her neck, to feel her pulse race. Asukawas in her bedroom, she must have just have just had a bad dream. Sitting still for amoment, she let everything calm down. She let her brain process what she had justimagined. Time silently moved on, only allowing the small tick of a clock, movingsecond to second. Finally having understood it was a nightmare, she squinted her eyes. Curling up into a ball, she felt her hazel orbs water up with tears. I'm sorry Aki… she thought, hoping that her message would reach the deceased. After all, it was Asuka's faultthat Aki had died.
It was always her fault.
Hours seemed to pass by as the young princess sat there on her luxurious bed, curledinto a ball out of defense. Trying to protect herself from people, protect herself from theworld. Protect herself from pain. She was terrified, truly. Nightmares had been invadingher sleep for weeks now, and no matter what type of 'magic' or 'cure' she tried, theywouldn't go away. Most of the time they were horrid, involving someone she knewdealing with a various form of pain or torture. Once though, back when the nightmaresequence started, she had a dream where a man had come in. He had saved her, but shecouldn't see his face clearly. It was as if a heavy fog had fallen over him like a blanket.Ever since then, they had gotten more scary. He never came back though. The man hadforgotten her.
Turning her head in a slight notion, she peeked out from her guarded defense, to seethe clock on the wall to her left. 9:45... Asuka read. Time to get up.
Rolling out of bed unwillingly, she wiped the wet tears from her eyes in haste whileshe made her way to her vanity. The princess wasn't obsessed with how she looked, butshe did want to look nice at least. After all, Asuka was Feiya royalty.
Snatching up a brush that had been laid out on the right corner, Asuka took her time inrunning it's bristles through her hair. She was still shaken up about last night, and hereyes certainly showed it. They looked deprived of sleep, and it was obvious to see thatshe had been crying due to the red coloring that had entered. Horrible…today was the daythat Veriban royalty was coming over to discuss some things with her mother and fathertoo.
What bloody perfect timing.
Asuka changed into a long, green silk gown before adding the finishing touches to herappearance. Another boring lunch meeting that she supposed to attend. She really didn'tdo anything though, her parents only wanted Asuka to sit and look pretty for the guests.Thinking about her supposed purpose for going made the tips of her lips inch downwardin a frowning motion. This was going to be so dull, but it's not like she had a choice onwhether she went or not. Hopefully the Veriban king and queen wouldn't be bringingtheir son, Vincent. He was just like his father. Only interested in money and power.However, going would at least be better than having another one of her dreams. That wasan upside at least.
Stepping into her jade slip-on shoes, Asuka opened the giant doors that could lead inor out of her room. Smoothing down any possible wrinkles in her dress, the gold trim onthe fabric shone in the light. In the hallway, she held her head high. Asuka wanted to beable to prove to herself and others that she made a good heir. Being a good princessmeant you had to swallow all self-doubt, insecurities, or weakness to be strong anddetermined for your people. That's what Aki had been like.
Asuka would never be able to measure up to her, even if she did achieve the throne.
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Notes: Sorry, I cut it off kinda short -.-;; I have a lot more written, but I didn't want to stuff it all into this one chapter. Anyways, I've been sick and I don't want to proof-read 'cause I'm not good at it, so if you see a tiny mistake or weird way of saying things, please excuse me -.-;; Well review if you'd like, they always make me happy No flames though, please (Although I've never gotten one).
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