Shotarella
Summary: Once upon a time in a land far far away lived a lonely prince and a pretty young girl who lived with her two evil step-mother and step-sisters. This is not their story. Oz Vessalius and his two step sisters are invited to a ball. Cinderella/PH parody!
Chapter 2- A Plan
Oz had cooled off on the ride into town and had the carriage driver let them off down town telling him to come back in a couple hours. He then took the girl to a restaurant and ordered them a treat... Well Alyss got a treat and Alice got meat." The three of them sat at the table silently, the only sound was of Alice eating. Oz was too busy thinking about what he was going to do with that damned woman, he couldn't really throw her out because he didn't want the two girls to leave him alone in the manor house but he couldn't stand how she would go to the extent of ripping up a royal document just to make Alyss miserable.
"Alyss, Alice...How about we go shopping for dresses for you two to wear at the ball." Oz says calmly causing the girls to look up at him curiously.
"I-I can't go... Mother tore up my invitation." Alyss says softly causing Oz to roll his eyes.
"If you're with me then they cannot deny you entrance to the ball. I mean If they do I'll tell Jack and he'll go out and let you in his self. He is that much of a gentle man. He won't let a pretty girl like you sit outside of the castle while your families inside. Besides Jack knows me far too well not to realize I would be bringing a guest! You'll be my guest but we can't tell your mom." Oz says with a wink before looking at Alice.
"And Alice, if you don't tell your mother that I'm sneaking Alyss to the party I will take you to that all you can eat barbeque in the next town." He says causing Alice's face to light up.
"Count me in!" Alice says without even thinking of the consequences of lying to her mother and Oz grins. "But what's a ball?" Alice says confusedly and Oz laughs as they stand to leave.
"It's a party where you dance, but I can't go! I don't have an invitation! It'd be rude, improper. I just won't go, Oniisama!" Alyss says covering her eyes trying not to cry. Oz frowned before pa
"Oz-sama?" A woman's voice says with a light fluttery tone to her voice and Oz looked up to see a blonde woman that looked around the same age his body looked but she was about twenty-three. Her name was Sharon Rainsworth, one of the Dukedoms, next to the Vessalius household.
"Sharon-chan, good afternoon, here for tea time?" Oz says smiling up at the girl as she giggled.
"Yes, Break is ordering our tea and cakes as we speak, would you like to join us?" Sharon says softly smiling politely as Oz shook his head.
"Thank you but we have some shopping to do." Oz says with a light hearted laugh but Alyss grabbed his arm.
"No we don't! Oz-niisama please let's go back before mother is angry at your lie." She says laying her head onto Oz's shoulder.
"Aw... What's wrong with the young lady?" Break says amusedly as Oz looks up at the Rainsworth servant.
"Mom apparently tore up her invitation, so leave her alone you bastard clown." Alice says coldly watching Break with annoyance and Oz laughs.
"It's nothing we're not used to." Oz says patting Alyss's head before smiling at Sharon. "But we're taking her no matter what. No woman left behind." He says happily as Sharon stares at them with the look of opportunity.
"Right, that is true." Sharon says happily hugging Alyss tightly. "We'll make sure you have the time of your life." She says excitedly as Alyss pulls away with a nervous look.
"N-No that is alright, um... Oz-niisama, neesan lets go the carriage will be waiting won't it?" She says hiding behind Alice and Oz sighs.
"Yeah... We'll see you at the party, Sharon-chan." Oz says cheerfully as Alyss pulled him and Alice out of the shop.
"Why are you dragging us around?" Alice shouts pulling her arm away and Oz only smiled at them.
"It's normal for me... You know." Oz says with a small laugh causing Alice to smack him up the head.
"Shut up! Let's go home, I want to go now." Alice says with a small scowl as he walked toward the carriage that had pulled up to them. The driver helped her in before helping Alyss in as well. Oz then got in his self with an annoyed look because he had to go back where that woman was waiting but it was his house and he had to deal with it.
'I'll just tell her I spoke to Ojisan myself and he'll deal with it personally when they go to the ball.' Oz thought with a small smirk as he watched Alice and Alyss argue about something that he had missed in their conversation and laughed softly. "You two shouldn't fight... It's very unlady- like." Oz says softly resting his head in his right hand causing the two to look at him.
"It's none of your business you stupid manservant." Alice shouts as Alyss frowns at him.
"He's right though..." Alyss says calmly turning to look out the window with a small frown on her face and Alice scowls.
"So how the hell are we going to get Alyss a dress for the ball since we know mother will notice if we have a dress bought for her." Alice says with a casual look on her face and Oz chuckled at her.
"I have a plan but first we need to make sure that your mom has not done anything to my invitation. That is our first step and then we will start that step." Oz says calmly and Alyss looks at him in a slight panic.
"I've already said that it was completely alright for me to stay home! Please don't put yourself into troubling situations for me." Alyss says with a worried look and Oz shook his head.
"No can do! I'm tired of your mother bullying you two just to make herself feel better about herself!" Oz says leaning backwards against the seat crossing his legs. "Just leave it to me as long as your mother did nothing to my invitation. It'll go smoothly." He says with a bright smiling as the girls sigh knowing that would be too easy if she hadn't destroyed it. Once they got back to the manor Alice went to the kitchen, Alyss went to her room and Oz sat down into the library to finish up the final touches to his plan, the dress. He rested his head onto the top of his hands thinking what he could do without that blasted woman noticing. 'I've got three options... go buy one and have the chance that bitch would find it and destroy it; ask Sharon-chan and have her go all fangirlly; or make one. I have no clue how to make one though so that's out... hmm.' Oz thought leaning back against the chair he was sitting in.
"Bocchan..." Kate's voice calls from the entrance causing Oz to look over his shoulder at her.
"Yes? What is it Miss Kate?" Oz says softly with a curious look in his eyes as Miss Kate approached him.
"I do not believe that what madam did to the young lady was appropriate but I cannot speak out against her." Kate says softly as she places her hand onto the table beside Oz. "You have been my master far longer than her, so this is where my loyalty stands." She says softly before bowing and leaving Oz sitting at the table with a surprised look before smiling.
"Yeah... Thank you, Miss Kate." Oz whispers smiling as he put his hand onto the invitation Miss Kate had set onto the table. He then thought of his mother and jumped up with a great idea. 'Mom had put a trunk of dresses up in the attic. Maybe they're will be a nice one that would fit Alyss.' Oz thought with a slight grin before he pranced out of the room to inform Alyss of his new idea, hiding his invitation in his jacket pocket, knowing he would hide it in a special place where no one would find it.
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"So it's all done?" Jack Vessalius asked sitting on the railing of his balcony, staring out into the night sky. Behind him Gilbert stood with a scowl placed on his lips at he looked at his master.
"Yes, your majesty... All of the messengers have returned today." Gilbert says with a small bow and Jack let out a small sigh.
"This is great... my father's going to get what he wants and I have to choose one girl out of thousands. The only way I could do that would be to fall in love at first sight which that would never happen." Jack says with a small sigh as he looked back at Gilbert with sad eyes.
"It is what the King wishes and even his son is not allowed to disobey his wishes." Gilbert says calmly knowing his master wanted Gilbert to do something about the ball but he could not.
"Gilbert-kun needs to be a human for once and think about this logically. How could I pick one girl from thousands?" Jack says placing his hand to his chest dramatically. "Mean isn't it a kings duty to love all his people equally? How could I choose one to love more than the rest?" Jack asks with a small pout and Gilbert sighs.
'The only reason you're against this is because of that strange peasant girl you met in town that one day.' Gilbert thought silently listening to his master continue to complain.
"I'm not like you Gilbert who is lucky enough to be in love with his best friend! I don't have that sort of leisure... I actually have to search for my love." Jack says causing Gilbert's face to go red in embarrassment and turn to the side in a panic.
"I-I-I have no idea what you are talking a-a-about, your majesty." Gilbert says fidgeting with his hand, something he always does when he gets nervous around the overly teasing prince and his cousin.
"Really... You always seem to be running to my cousin's house when I give you a day off. I thought there was something going on between the two of you; of course he does have three sisters... Could one of them be your target?" Jack says in a curious way and Gilbert gave him a small glare.
"Absolutely not, Ada is like my little sister and the other two are despicable, I can't stand to even look at them, they treat poor Oz like dirt just like their wretched mother." Gilbert says harshly causing Jack to burst out laughing.
"Ah... The feelings are revealed to me with that statement Gilbert-kun." Jack says with another laugh before looking back out toward his kingdom. "I just wish I didn't have to do something like this so soon... I wish I had just a little more time to think about the type of woman I want by my side." He whispered softly before Gilbert stepped forward and bowed.
"There are many wonderful women coming to the party... They all will surely fit your tastes, your majesty." Gilbert says softly causing Jack to smile sadly.
"We'll have to see... Maybe we'll both get lucky and our feelings of love will be granted that night." Jack says softly and Gilbert lowered his head.
"It'd take a lot more than a fairy tale ending to make that happen for me sir... but I am sure you will find the right one." He says softly as he bowed again and turned to leave.
"What makes you say that? I think my cousin would gladly accept your invitation to such relations. After all you're the one who saved him from his self..." Jack calls into the room as Gilbert reached the door. Gilbert lowered his head at the memory of that incident before excusing himself for the night.
'Oz would never accept something like that... It's immoral to him.' He thought walking down the dim hallway toward the servant area.