Hello and thank you for checking out my first ever Rocky Horror fan fic! I actually have another I previously started but have not uploaded yet because it is not finished. However, this one kept picking at me and demanded to be written so this one goes first! I hope you enjoy and please feed the author with a review!
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This takes place after Frank has been killed (or has he? Hmmmm). Janet, Brad and Dr Scott are gone and our favorite sibling couple (boy that's odd to write lol) are on their way back to their home planet, via the castle-ship (or are they? Suddenly I feel like our beloved criminologist…..where's your neck?! Lol)
Magenta paced nervously in the Zen room. The room hardly calmed her at all but she had entered it hoping that it would settle her nerves. Once her beloved brother realized that the ship was not on course for Transsexual he would demand answers. She was hoping that they would be at their destination before he realized. Then she wouldn't have to answer those questions by herself. Since they would be landing only two planets away from Transsexual there was a very good possibility he wouldn't notice until just before they landed. But she was nervous nevertheless.
She once again went over her mental check list to make sure everything was in place. She and Riff Raff had fished Frank and Rocky out of the pool and laid them out on the stage next to Columbia. Columbia worried her a great deal. The stun gun she had switched Riff Raff's laser out for was designed to stun beings from the Transylvanian galaxy, not earthlings. Neither she nor the Queen anticipated that Riff Raff would shoot a human. Hopefully she could explain to the Queen that it had been an accident, which Riff Raff had merely reacted to being startled. Magenta knew that where they were heading they may be able to help Columbia but she wasn't sure how the Queen was going to react to her bringing a human to their world. But over the years the annoying, tap dancing, pink haired girl had grown on Magenta. She couldn't just leave her to die if there was a chance that she could be revived. And if she could be revived, Magenta knew that Columbia would have a much better life on the planet that they were heading to as opposed to Earth.
Magenta nervously rubbed her hands together and looked around. They would be arriving at the planet of Pansexual very soon. She needed to get ready, then disappear until they landed. Then she would need to get off the ship and get to the Queen as fast as possible. The queen would explain it all to Riff Raff, explain why she did what she did. Magenta desperately hoped that Riff Raff would truly listen to the Queen and forgive her. The hardest part of doing this all was betraying her brother. But had she not, then Riff Raff would have been as good as dead. She just hoped that their relationship would survive. With a deep sigh, Magenta went off to change to get ready to meet then Queen. Her Transsexual hair style and attire would not do for a meeting with the Queen of Pansexual.
Riff Raff realized that the ship was drawing closer and closer to the planet of Pansexual. He squinted at the monitor while trying to figure out what was going on. Where they caught in a tractor beam? He flipped open the control panel to see that the destination was set for the planet Pansexual. With rising dread he tried to change the coordinates. Nothing, the panel refused to response. He felt his face color with anger.
"Maaaaaaaagggggggeeeeeeeennnnnnntttttttaaaaaaa!" He screamed as loud as he possibly could. She didn't answer him, but he wasn't expecting her too. He whirled away from the control panel and started searching the castle for his sister.
Magenta flinched when she heard Riff Raff scream for her. She tried to slow her breathing. They should be landing any moment now, then she could slip out the side door and rush off to meet the Queen. The Queen had assured her that there would be a guard there to meet her and that no matter what they would not hurt Riff Raff. Magenta felt the ship gently settle on the landing pad. She took a deep breath. Now or never, she thought to herself. She rushed from her hiding spot and straight out the side door. There stood the royal guard.
The head guardsmen bowed and said "We are here to take you to her royal highness. Please come with us."
Without a single glance backwards, Magenta quickly left with the guard.
Magenta entered the royal chambers. There upon the throne sat the lovely Queen Xara. Magenta rushed forward and knelt in front of the Queen. She heard the Queen chuckle and walk towards her. She felt a light touch on her shoulder. Magenta looked up into the Queen's beautiful laughing green blue eyes.
"Really, Magenta? When have I ever demanded such formalities on my planet?" And with that the Queen drew Magenta into her warm embrace.
Magenta was surrounded by the queen's wonderful scent of lilacs and honey. She melted into the queen's soft, warm embrace relaxing against the light silk of the Queen's gown.
It was at that moment an enraged Riff Raff burst through the doors of the royal chamber. Queen Xara took one look at his face and shoved Magenta behind her.
"Queen Xara! I should have known that you would have something to do with my sister betraying me!" He shrieked in his ear splitting way.
"Riff Raff it's not at all what you think. You need to calm down and allow myself and Magenta to explain what is going on and why. Guards, return to their ship and fetch the prince. Take him sick bay where he can be monitored until he awakes. You know what to do with his creation."
"Wait!" Magenta cried to the guards as they turned to leave.
The Queen turned to Magenta while still keeping an eye on Riff Raff. "Wait? For what?"
"There is an injured human on the ship as well." Magenta began.
"Why would you bring an injured human here?" Xara asked her eyes narrowing slightly.
"Riff Raff shot her."
The Queen swung her full attention to Riff Raff. "You shot a human?" She asked, her eyes wide in disbelief.
Before Riff Raff had a chance to answer Magenta rushed to say, "It was an accident. The human startled Riff Raff. It was merely a reflex."
The Queen studied Magenta for a moment. "He shot her with the gun I supplied you?"
"Yes."
The Queen closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. "O.K. Guards retrieve the human as well and take her to sick bay. Remember she is a human and much more fragile than the beings in our galaxy, handle her carefully and gently. Understood?"
"Yes, my Queen." The head guardsmen answered then led the guards out of the room.
Xara turned her attention back to Riff Raff. "Now, Riff Raff are you calm enough to sit and talk with your sister and me?"
Riff Raff tuned his back on both of them. "I don't even want to look at her right now, much less talk to her." He growled.
Magenta gasped and lowered her head. Xara slipped her arm around Magenta.
"It will be alright, darling." She whispered to Magenta. "Go freshen up, get something to eat and drink. Let me talk to your brother. I am sure that he will listen to reason and maybe even a bit better if you were elsewhere. It will be ok. I promise." Magenta gave a little sniffle and nodded. Xara kissed her on the cheek and sent her on her way.
Once they were alone Xara spoke to Riff Raff's back. "Come sit with me Riff Raff and let me explain. Some of it is going to be hard for you to hear and a lot of it you are not going to like, but you will understand why Magenta did what she did. I know you are upset and I know that you are incredibly pissed that Frank is not dead."
Riff Raff kept his back turned to the queen. "I will NOT talk or listen. I have nothing to say nor do I wish to hear anything you have to say."
Xara cocked an eye brow in his direction. "So be it." She hissed. "Then I will just put you on a ship to Transsexual and your sister can just remain here with me."
Riff Raff turned and glared at Xara his hands opening and closing in anger.
"Yeah, thought that would get your attention. Now would you like to have nice civilized conversation or would you prefer to keep behaving like a spoil Transsexual brat?"
"We can talk." Riff Raff ground out through clenched teeth.
"Wonderful! Follow me." Xara led him to a balcony off the royal chambers. There they sat at a small table. A maid scurried over to serve them some wine.
"Thanks love." Xara said smiling warmly at the maid after she served them the wine.
"Of course my Queen. Is there anything else you need?"
"Just privacy." Xara replied with a small smile.
Without another word the maid left.
"I have a story for you Riff Raff. One that will probably shock and confound you. But it is a true story nevertheless and one that I am not looking forward to telling you, yet the story must be told. And telling you will be a whole lot easier than telling Frank." Xara said with a sad shake of her head.
"Fine." Riff Raff said. "I'm ready to listen." Though his tone betrayed his words.
"The Old Queen of Transsexual has lost her mind. No, don't look at me like that. I mean she has really lost it. As you know I have spies on your planet, just as your planet has spies here. You know how these things work." Riff Raff nodded. "Well, one of my spies learned of a most troubling plan. Because Frank somewhat went off the rails of what he was supposed to be doing-"
"Somewhat?!" Riff Raff scoffed.
"O.K." Xara said throwing her hands up in mock surrender. "Really went off the rails. Well, you know what you were told to do by the Old Queen. Do whatever you needed to do to get back home and you were strongly encouraged by the Old Queen to kill Frank. Didn't that seem odd to you that she would want you to kill her only son or were your thoughts so clouded by hate to see that? Anyway," Xara continued not giving Riff Raff a chance to answer. "Frank wasn't the only one being set up. So were you. My spies uncovered an awful plot constructed by none other than the Old Queen's advisor Lordy Lord. I am sure as you well know that if Frank were dead, then Lordy Lord would inherit the throne. And as you also know there is no love loss between you and Lordy Lord. Once you had successfully killed Frank and retuned to your home planet, you would have been tried for assassinating the prince and would have been executed."
Riff Raff stared at Xara stunned. After a few moments he gave himself a little shake and asked "Why didn't Magenta tell me any of this?"
"That is my fault so please don't blame her. The less people that knew the better. One small foul up could have put you, Magenta and Frank in very grave danger. Please don't be angry with her. She only did what I asked of her."
"And what exactly was that?" Riff Raff bit out.
"To go along with everything but to switch your ray gun with a Transylvanian stun gun that I sent her. And then to program the ship to come here and lock it down so the coordinates could not be changed. That is all."
Riff Raff took a deep drink of his wine, trying to digest Xara's words. "Now what?" he asked after a few moments.
"Well, I think it would be best if you, Magenta, Frank and well, this human if she survives stayed here. It's too dangerous to return to your home planet. At least right now."
In a fit of rage Riff Raff jumped up from the table and stomped his way over to the railing of the balcony. "This has been your plan all along, hasn't it?" He shouted, his back once again to the Queen. "To get her here!"
"What? Oh Riff Raff, no!" Xara leapt to her feet and quickly went to Riff Raff's side. She reached out her hand and gently turned him to face her. Tears had gathered in his eyes. "Oh Riff Raff…..no. It's not what you think. I know that through the years Magenta and I have been lovers on and off, just like Frank and I have been lovers as well, but Riff Raff…..Magenta loves you. I mean really loves you. With every ounce of her being. You always have been and always will be number one in her life. And think of it Riff Raff! Here on this planet you two can live in the light. No more keeping your relationship in the dark. Here you can live and love as you please."
"Why? How?"
"Oh Riff Raff" Xara chuckled. "You spent far too much time being jealous of me and not enough time learning about the planet Pansexual. Because most Pansexuals are so, well sexual we have evolved for population control. Each Pansexual can only have one child. One, that is all. So no one on this planet has a sibling. Therefore a relationship such as yours and Magenta's is not frowned upon here. We cannot judge such a relationship. So you and she are free to live here as who you really are."
Riff Raff milled over this information for a moment. "I would like to see my sister now." He said.
"Your calm? You're not angry anymore?" Xara asked searching his face.
"I am calm and no, I am no longer angry. I understand what she did and why she did it. I would like to speak to her."
"Alright. Let's go find her." Xara said turning to leave. Riff Raff reached out and gently grasped her elbow, stopping her. He quickly released her.
"I didn't mean to shoot the human. It really was an accident." His eyes pleading with her to believe him.
Xara smiled at him. "I have known you and Magenta for a very long time. There have been very few occasions that I have found you to be cruel, very few occasions. I do believe that it was an accident. Now, let's go find your sister."
Riff Raff let out the breath he had been holding, nodded and followed the Queen from the room.
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