A/N): Hello! I hope you enjoy this tale. It was a fun romp to write. As always please forgive typos and grammar miscues D.
A Scarlet Speedster's Fairy Tale
By Dethwalker
"Tell me a story." The little girl pleaded.
"Do you want the one about Goldilocks?" the man asked.
"No."
"How about the Three Billy Goats Gruff" He inquired
""Nope."
"Snow White and the Seven Lab Rats?"
"Na-Uh"
"Well which one do you want?"
"Tell me the one about the Snow Queen and the Orphan Boy"
"But Honey, I told you that one last night."
"Don't care, I wanna hear it again." The child pleaded.
'It was a dark and stormy night…." The father teased
"No,No, No… It was a long time ago…. All Fairy tales start that way"
"Ok sweetheart. It was a long time ago, in a place called the Kingdom of Stars; there lived a beautiful Snow Queen. She had long Auburn hair and the fairest skin in all the land.."
"Just like me daddy?"
"Just like you sweetheart. She was a great healer and she would care for all her subjects. To help her Rule she had two people that she trusted the most. First there was a kindly Advisor, who built a enormous machine, that he hoped would help all mankind…"
What was his name?"
"Oh, let's call him Lord Harrison. He was a great and wise man. The other was the court jester Ramon, who besides making her laugh, made wonderful inventions. That both delighted and helped the Beautiful Snow Queen. She was in love with a great and brave knight, Sir Raymond. Sir Raymond had his own wizard Lord Martin…..""
"And there was the Little Orphan Boy…." The child interrupted.
"Are you telling this story or am i?" The father chided gently.
"No Daddy go ahead."
"Ok, there was also a poor Orphan Boy, who had been taken in by the kindly Sheriff Joseph and his lovely daughter the Lady of the Flowers. The little Orphan boy was secretly in love with her. But she was promised to a brave knight named Sir Edward.
Now the Kingdom of Stars was a peaceful place and everyone was happy. Until, under the cover of a terrible storm there came and Evil Sorcerer who wanted to destroy the kingdom….."
"What was his name" the child asked.
"Honey, he was so evil and mean that his parents just called him Fvil Sorcerer…
An adult famine laugh interrupted the story? "Did you want to take over?" the man asked in mock irritation.
"No dear, you tell it much better than I do," the woman standing at the doorway said.
"No one knows why the Evil Sorcerer hated the people in the kingdom. But there is no question that he hated them all. The first thing he did was to cast a spell so that he looked and sounded like Lord Harrison. He put the real lord Harrison into an enchanted sleep and hid him away where no one could find him. Then from atop the highest tower of the palace he began to cast great enchantments. Sir Raymond and Lord Martin were turned into a fiery red dragon, which made the Queen very sad."
"What about the little Orphan Boy?"
"Well at the time he was working with the Sheriff. The Evil Enchantment did work the way the sorcerer intended, the boys shoes became magical and he could run great distances and run very fast. Instead of doing bad things the boy tried to use the magic shoes to help people.. That brought him to the attention of Ramon and the Sow Queen, and they joined forces with the boy to try to save the kingdom. The fought and captured an Air Elemental who could control the weather, A giant who could cause a poisonous fog to rise out of the ground and a Sprite who could pop from place to place. With the help of the Snow Queen and Ramon the Boy with the magic shoes was able yo capture them and put them in a magical dungeon, so they couldn't escape.
Now, the Snow Queen had been so very upset about Sir Raymond becoming a Red Dragon, that she was very sad. But while she helped to fight the Evil Enchantments, that had appeared in the kingdom, she began to feel much better and she and the Orphan Boy became very close friends.
A big bully, who had tormented the boy when he was young, got enchanted and became a Steel Giant. The Giant captured the Lady of the Flowers because she was so pretty. This mad the Orphan Boy…"
"What was his name?" The girl inquired.
"Who? The Steel Giant? His name was…."
"No, the Orphan Boy. You have never told me his name."
"He was an Orphan so he didn't have parents to name him."
"Barry…." Cane the disapproving response from the woman I the doorway.
"Everybody gots to have a name" the young girl responded.
"I think she's got you there." The woman smirked.
"Well honey…. Um…. The Snow Queen gave him a name that he secretly loved. She called him Hero." The man said in triumph.
"Nice Save." The Woman remarked.
"Thank you. Where was i?"
"The Steel Giant, Daddy" the girl reminded him.
"Right… So Hero went to fight the Giant. Hero's magic shoes made him very fast, but they did not make him strong, so when they first fought, The Giant defeated Hero. So, Hero went back to Ramon and the Queen and they made a plan. If Hero ran fast enough and hit the Steel Giant just right, then the Giant would fall. So Hero ran as fast as he could and hit the Giant as hard as he could. That punch broke the spell long enough so the Lady of Flowers could clean his Clock…."
"Barry.." came the disapproving response from the door.
"Daddy… Why?" said the confused child.
"She knocked the Giant out, Honey
Now the Evil Sorcerer was pretending to be Lord Harrison and he had to appear to help as well, but he secretly was very angry and plotted to kill Hero. He cast another evil enchantment which caused two Djinn to appear…."
"What's a gin Daddy?"
"It's an evil genie Honey. One had the power of Ice and the other the power of Fire. They captured the Snow Queen so that Hero would have to face them. Hero, Ramon and Sheriff Joseph got together and made a plan. While Hero fought the Djinn, Ramon and the Sheriff would search for the Snow Queen.. Hero sped around the two Djinn while they angrily threw their spells of fire and ice. Hero finally made them mad enough that they lost their tempers and threw spells ar each other and knocked each other out. Meanwhile Ramon and Sheriff Joseph had found the Snow Queen and rescued her from the magical bindings that kept her imprisoned..
It had finally become apparent that something was wrong with Lord Harrison. The Sheriff, Ramon, Hero and the Snow Queen realized that someone had taken the place of their friend. So they set out to undo all the evil that had been done to the kingdom. First they broke the spell on Sir Raymond and Lord Martin. They were both ashamed and decided that they would go on a quest to try and prove to themselves that they were still worthy to be with the Snow Queen.
With that spell broken, the Evil Sorcerer revealed himself. He told Hero that all these evil enchantments were all really directed at him. For some reason that no one knows, the Sorcerer hated young Hero. He also reviled that he, the Evil Sorcerer had killed Hero's parents. The Evil Sorcerer tried to bargain with Hero. He would help Hero cast an enchantment to allow Hero to go back and save his parents from their fate, If Hero and the Queen would allow him to escape.
The Sorcerer cast the spell and Hero ran faster than he had ever run before and sure enough he ran all the way back to the night his parents died. When he got there he realized that this was really a trap. If he saved his parents he would never meet the Snow Queen and he would never live with the Sheriff, who he loved like a father. He never would become friends with Ramon. He just couldn't sacrifice all that to save his parents. So he ran back to where the Evil Sorcerer was trying to escape. They fought each other, but Hero was still not strong enough to stop the Sorcerer alone. It was then Sir Edward launched himself into the battle and stepped in front of the spell ment to kill hero. It was Sir Edward's sacrifice that broke the Evil Sorcerer's power and….."
"Your Audience of one. has fallen asleep." Caitlin interrupted.
Barry smiled down at the cherubic face and gently tucked her in.
"She always falls asleep right about there." He observed.
"Magic Shoes, really? You couldn't come up with anything better?" His Snow Queen quipped.
"What? You want me to explain the Speed Force to a five year old?"
"It would put her to sleep faster."
"I am trying to be the cool entertaining dad, not the boring one."
"So. what about Hero and the Snow Queen?" Caitlin asked as they headed toward their bedroom.
"Well that is a whole other story." Barry Replied
"Well if it is good enough," she said with a sultry stare "You might just get lucky tonight"
"Ok… It was a dark and stormy night….."
" , no…. It was a long time ago….. All fairy tales start out , a long time ago….." She mimicked their daughter.
"Alright, ok…. It was a long time ago…"
A/N): This was intended to be a one shot but near the end I thought I might have Caitlin tell the tale from her perspective. Let me know if you would be interested in my continuing the tales.