Pixie Ducks

Rating: K+ (PG)

Pairings: Liquidator/Bushroot, Quackerjack/Megavolt
Warnings: Slash
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the original show idea. I did make up this story and I'm the one to write it, but it is non-profit.
Summary: When fights arise between two kingdoms, an arranged marriage is proposed to ensure the peace.

Other Info: AU

Chapter One

The two kingdoms had lived in peace for many a year. Each kingdom had its own diverse population of fairies. The Kingdom Ja-Ang resided by the river. The river ran into the forest that was nestled by the Kingdom Lycium. They shared the border opposite the river and forest respectively. Residents from either kingdom were allowed to cross the border easily.

One day, fights started to spring up around both kingdoms. No one was sure what caused the fights, but the people from both kingdoms were starting to feel animosity towards the other kingdom. The fights had continued on for a week before the royal families decided something must be done…

...

Prince Bushroot of the Kingdom Lycium was in his garden. He wore the symbol of his kingdom on his short sleeved tunic and wore a gold and green circular clasp above the symbol to show that he was of royalty. As a plant duck, he had leaf like wings that, along with the other exposed green part of his body, absorbed sunlight as he worked in the garden.

His purple head petals fell into his face. He brushed them away casually and moved out of his crouched position to sit on his legs. "Some water would be nice…" he mused to himself.

The leafy limb of a nearby tree bent and handed the prince a cup of water.

"Ah. Thank you." The prince took the cup and the branch went back to its normal position. As a fairy, Prince Bushroot had control over a small realm of magic. His was a telepathic communication with plants. In this way, he could bid the non-sentient plants to do his bidding, though he tried to be polite to them about it, or he could talk to other plant fairies through a mind link. Most plant fairies had this ability, and the ones that didn't have the ability still knew about it so it was only strange to the various other types of fairies.

The prince finished his water and the branch took the cup from him to set it on the table. The plant duck picked up his trowel again and went back to work on the garden.

"Prince Bushroot?"

"Ack!" He dropped the trowel and jumped up quickly. He turned and saw that it was only family's advisor. "You startled me."

"My apologies, Prince." The advisor bowed his head, "But you need to come to the council chamber as soon as possible. And please try to look presentable."

"What?" Prince Bushroot looked down at the dirt on his trousers and hands. "Right." He quickly brushed off the dirt and followed the advisor to the council chamber. "What's going on?"

"You are aware of the fighting going on between the kingdoms, correct?"

"Of course. Everyone is aware of it."

"Well we may have come up with a solution to stop the fights."

"Oh? That's good."

"It is." The advisor opened the doors to the council chamber and let the prince in.

"Ah, there he is, our son," the king of Lycium said.

Prince Bushroot made his way over to his parents. He noticed three fairies, canines made of water, sitting across from them. From the symbol on their clothes and their clasps, he realized that they were the royal family of the Kingdom Ja-Ang.

"Bushroot, this is the king and queen of Ja-Ang and their son, Prince Liquidator."

"Nice to meet you." Bushroot bowed slightly. He took a seat and waited to hear the proposition to stop the fights.

"As we all know," the king of Ja-Ang started, "The recent fighting is taking toll on the people of our kingdoms. For whatever reason the fights are starting, there is now tension between our people that we must correct before things go to far."

"It's been suggested," Bushroot's father said, "That we have an arranged marriage between our children."

Prince Bushroot looked up at his father and then at Prince Liquidator. Prince Liquidator looked upset at the proposed solution.

"So I have to marry Prince Bushroot?" he asked. He didn't want to believe that was true, but when he was told it was true, he chose what he thought was the appropriate response. "No! I don't want to."

"…Excuse us for a moment." The king of Ja-Ang got up with the queen following. The king dragged his son out of the seat and into the corner of the room to talk some sense into him.

The watery prince glared at his parents. "You can't just make me marry someone like that."

"Liquidator," the queen said, "It's for the good of our people. With tensions as high as they are, we need to show that their can still be happiness between our people. And what better way than with the union of the two kingdom's princes?"

"But I just met the guy!" Liquidator argued, "How can I be happy with marrying someone I don't even know?"

"Well you're just going to have to grin and bear it," the queen of Ja-Ang insisted, "Honestly, we don't all get what we want in life."

"I still think I should get a choice in this."

"You do have a choice. You can either marry Prince Bushroot, or we can disown you and you can live on the streets. Or perhaps with that bizarre friend of yours?"

Liquidator gasped and looked at his mother fearfully. "You wouldn't!"

"She would," the king of Ja-Ang said, "Son, you are better off marrying the plant fairy. You two should make a good match since you're water, after all."

"…What does that have anything to do with this?"

"Oh you…" The queen of Ja-Ang pulled on her son's ear. "You've been skipping your tutoring sessions, haven't you? Of all the common knowledge to not know, especially since it applies to our allies…"

The royal family of Lycium watched from their seats.

"She's forceful, isn't she?" Prince Bushroot commented awkwardly.

"We can be just as bad to you," his mother told him. "I'm just glad that we don't have to. It's nice to know that you're mature enough to know that it's important for you to marry Prince Liquidator."

"Uh… Yeah…" Prince Bushroot actually just didn't want to complain for fear of what might happen if he did. He hoped for the life of him that there would be some way to end the fighting so that he wouldn't have to marry someone he didn't love.

The royal family of Ja-Ang returned and took their seats again. Prince Liquidator pouted a little and sighed when he saw his parents giving him a look. "Fine, I'll go through with the marriage."

"Very well then," the king of Lycium nodded.

"Let's arrange the wedding for a week from now," his wife said, "This way we can give the two some time to get to know each other."

"Oh, that is a good idea." The queen of Ja-Ang nodded. "They can meet at the border of our kingdoms tomorrow morning. Understood?" She looked at her son again and he nodded.

"Right, sure." Prince Liquidator looked at Prince Bushroot. "Tomorrow."

The plant prince watched as the watery prince slipped through the door after his parents. He sighed. There was nothing to do but wait until tomorrow.