Two chapters in one night? What can I say? I'm addicted.
I must apologize for my short chapters. I promise, they'll get longer. And I promise there will be dialogue. It'll be dialogue provided by Remy LeBeau, which means it's gonna be rather...interesting. But it'll exist. And hopefully you'll like it. Enjoy and thank you for the lovely reviews.
Oh. Btw: Indigo-Night-Wisp, I am indeed a girl. Just wanted to clear that up for you.
Chapter Two: In A Land Not So Far Away
Once 'pon a time, in a land not so far away—Louisiana, to be specific—there was a girl named Roguearella. Actually, her name was Rogue but her family wasn' very bright and called her that. They thought they were bein' funny but it was stupid. Roguearella is a stupid name. Can we agree on that, Amy? We can?
That's good. I think I'm goin' to like you, girl.
Anyway, Rogue used to have a nice family. But then one day, her mama got very sick and she passed on. It was a sad time in Roguey's life. Her papa thought that what she needed was a mama to make her feel better. So he married the first woman who struck his fancy. She had pretty red hair and dark blue skin.
What? What do you mean her skin is a weird color? In case you haven't noticed, the person who's tellin' you the story 'bout a girl wit' white streaks in her hair has black and red eyes. And we've only just begun. 'Member what I said 'bout acceptin' things wit'out question? This is one of those times. And it's only gettin' weirder from here.
I'm distracted again. You little snots—I mean kids—need to stop distractin' Remy. How's he s'posed to tell you a story if he's always gettin' distracted? Amy, do you 'member what I was sayin'? You do? Oh. Yes. Thank you, Amy.
Roguearella's papa married this blue skinned woman. Her name was Mystique. Mystique also had two daughters. So when Rogue's papa married Mystique, Rogue got two new sisters. Now, some of you may like havin' a little brother or sister. Some of you may want a little brother or sister. But Rogue did not like her new sisters very much. That's cause her siblin's weren't so very nice. But, if it makes y'all feel better, Rogue's step sisters looked normal.
The oldest sister was a goody-good red head who was very pretty. We're gonna call this red head sister Jean. The other sister, she won' so bad. She was jus' a little spoiled and more than jus' a little annoyin'. She was…perky. Wait. What?
What do you mean you don' understand what perky is? What kinda kids are you? You want me to 'splain perky? Damn—I mean dang—I don' know if I can. Um…
Have you ever had a lotta sugary foods and treats and all that fun stuff? You have? Of course you have. You're kids. Well, you know how after you eat all that sugary stuff, you have a lot of energy? Perky means it's like you have that sorta energy all the time wit'out havin' to eat all that sugar. We good now? Good.
The perky girl, she had brown hair. And her name is Kitty. Yes, like the cat. But don' let her hear you sayin' that. She don' much care for people meowin' at her. If you meow at her, she might punch you. And if you like me, you don' care for bein' punched very much.
But back to Roguearella.
She had a brand new family. A papa, a new mamma, and two new sisters. She wasn' very happy but she had her papa so she figured she could deal wit' her new situation. But Rogue wasn' very lucky.
You see kiddos, Rogue's papa also got very sick. Not long after that, he…took a nap. A very, very, very long nap that he wasn' goin' to wake up from. It broke little Roguey's heart. Plus, now she was stuck wit' her new family.
Don't be sad kids. Jus' 'cause it's sad now don' mean there ain't a happy endin' waitin' for her. That's somethin' else you should 'member: no matter how bad things get, a happy endin' is waitin' for you.
Don' ask questions and wait for your happy endin's. I sure do hope you can 'member that. Like I said, your 'tention spans ain't particularly long so I ain't gettin' my hopes up. But good luck. Back to the story.
There was one other thing 'bout Roguearella that made her sad. See, Rogue had a special power. But her powers stopped her from bein' able to touch people. 'Cause if Rogue touched another person, she could hurt them real bad. And since Rogue was a nice girl, she didn' want that to happen. So she wore gloves to make sure that she could touch people wit'out hurtin' them. But Roguearella missed bein' able to touch people.
What? Oh. Well, she tried to control her powers. But it wasn' very easy for her. She never stopped tryin'. But it wasn' easy and she hadn' succeeded yet. But she never stopped tryin'.
'Member how Remy said that Rogue's new family wasn' very nice? Well the reason I said that was because even though they lived in her house, they made her work as their own maid. Poor Roguey. She had to cook and clean and wash their clothes. But the worst part 'bout her new life was the cookin' part. Not 'cause she hated cookin'. It was one of the few things Rogue enjoyed doin'. Problem was, Rogue couldn' cook if her or anyone else's life depended on it.
When Rogue made dinner, don' feel bad for her. Feel bad for those who have to eat it.
How do I know? Jus'…trust Remy.
Rogue would have to do all the work Mystique told her to do. Then when she was done wit' that, she would have to go and brush all of Jean's red hair and listen to her step sister go on and on and on 'bout borin' stuff no one cared about. And after that, Kitty would make her go to the local market and go shoppin' wit' her. Rogue didn' like shoppin' or listenin' to Kitty talk the whole time, or carryin' all the bags.
At the end of the day, Rogue would drag her tired body upstairs and—
What? No.
You can't literally drag yourself anywhere. It's jus' an expression. It means that she was very tired and had trouble stayin' awake 'fore she got to her bed. Geez. How old are y'all? Five? Six? Remy sure do hope he won't this dumb when he was that old.
But that's okay. You're young. It ain't your fault you ain't the brightest. Remy is sure you'll be bright as a bulb one day. It's ju' right now, you're 'bout a two watt. But that's okay. It'll get better.
'Specially wit' you, Amy. Remy got faith in you, kid.
There y'all go again. Distractin' poor Remy.
After a long day of actin' like the family's slave, Roguey went upstairs to her room. In there, in a special box she kept tucked away, there was a pair of gloves. They were very pretty. White as snow and soft as silk. They used to belong to her mama. Her papa gave them to Rogue right before he took his very long nap.
These gloves were very special to Rogue. Even though she always had to wear gloves to make sure she didn' hurt others, Rogue never wore these. Partly 'cause she didn' wanna dirty them up. But also 'cause she wanted to be able to control her powers the day she wore them. Why?
Rogue wanted to wear them 'cause she wanted to. Not 'cause she had to.
So every night, Rogue would go into her room, pull out the gloves, and try 'til she was worn out to control her powers. She concentrated as hard as she could but never seemed to be able to get the hang of it. But she never stopped tryin'.
'Member that too. Don' ask too many questions, there's always a happy endin' waiti' for you, and don' stop tryin'.
Woo-wee. We buildin' a pretty long list, ain't we?
Hey now, why y'all lookin' so glum? What do you mean the story is sad? Well it has to be sad. If it was happy the whole way through, there would be no point in tellin' it, now would there? You gotta be patient, kiddies. But Remy promise, the happiness is right 'round the corner. But we gotta take our time gettin' to it. And we gotta set up the plot.
You don' know what a plot is? You know what? Don' worry 'bout it. All you need to know is that Remy jus' can't dive right into the story. He's gotta set everythin' up first. But if it makes you feel any better, we all done settin' up Roguey's part of the story. Now we gotta set up the next part.
Yes, there is another part.
Well maybe in the Disney version, there was only one part. But this ain't the Disney version. This is the Remy version. And in the Remy version, the handsome prince Rogue falls in love wit' has a story to be told, too.
And trust Remy, you definitely gonna wanna hear that part of the story.