Snow White and the Seven Cursed?!
Shadow Knight
Chapter 4: Changing Faces
Disclaimer: None for me.
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NOTE: Don't know what compelled me to write more on this, but ah well. I felt like it. So, I hope you like it. And for those of you who've been reading for a while, I'm sorry. -_- Been really thinking about continuing this one or not.
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Away from the merry crew who resided in the house on the seven hills, we find the evil, the cruel, and ugl- I mean beautiful! step-mother Hinako waiting in the courtyard of the castle, clicking her foot angrily on the cement ground.
As she stood there in her elegant gowns, she mumbled something under her breath about "damn narrators," and "unreliable idiots."
Digging her brightly polished nails tightly in her palms, she crossed her chest. "That fool is 3 hours late. It couldn't take _that_ long to kill the little brat."
Suddenly her attention was diverted when a heavy clumping noise came from the edge of the forest. Her eyes narrowed as she watched the clumsy knight approach, his hair slightly disheveled, but in good condition. "What took you so long?" she hissed at him.
Kuno flinched slightly from the lashing of her tongue. "I had some, er. . . difficulties."
"And what were they, pray tell? Never mind," she suddenly interrupted him, "I don't want to know. Well, do you have any _proof_ you killed Akan- I mean the evil twin?"
His lips suddenly dropped at her question. He smiled crookedly and began to scratch his head lightly. "Well," he babbled, "You see. . . eh. . . um. . . ah. . .hmm. ."
"GET ON WITH IT!"
"Idon'texactlyrememberifIkilledherornot," he breathed out quickly.
Queen Hinako's face grew blank for a moment. "Would you care to repeat that?"
"Idon'texactlyrememberifIkilledherornot," he repeated quickly once again and added, "But can I still marry the innocent Akane?"
Thinking about his rushed words for a moment she finally was able to discern them. A dark shadow grew over her face. "You're not sure if you killed her or not?"
Kuno gulped, "Eh. . well. . . . yes."
"YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT SURE IF YOU ACTUALLY KILLED A PERSON OR NOT?!" She screamed.
"Yes, why do I have to keep repeating myself to you, geeze," he mumbled as if it was all her fault.
Hinako reached out to the knight with tense fingers, ready to wring his neck. Luckily she was able to calm herself back into her queenly demeanor. Breathing in sharply she tried to ignore the stupidity of the knight who watched her with a questioning glance.
"Are you. . . alright? You look kind of angry for some reason."
Biting her tongue, Queen Hinako smiled and watched him coolly. "Sir Knight Kuno. . . have you _anything_ to show that you even met up with the evil twin? If you do, please show me now."
For a moment Kuno stared into space, trying to think if he had anything. Seconds soon passed into minutes and Hinako was quickly growing angry again.
"KUNO!"
"What?" he asked casually, confused by her sudden outburst.
"Do you have anything?"
"Hmm. . . Yes! I do. Here you are," he replied, pulling out a small basket from his sword handle, "I believe this was the evil twin's manipulative tool for. . . . . doing evil deeds! Oh. . . a scary and seductive one she was. But I did not let her evils over come me! Bwahahahaha!"
As the knight continued to laugh hysterically, Queen Hinako simply plucked the basket from his hand. Studying it, she sighed in regret at her poor choice in the assassin.
Stupid AND annoying.
"Well Kuno, you may go."
"W. . Wait! You promised me the fair, tigress Akane!" he shouted after her retreating back.
"Eh. . . I did didn't I? Well, she actually . . hmm. . she went off looking for you after you left, declaring her love for you. . yeah. . hmm. .So you better go find her!"
Kuno's jaw was slack as he heard the queen's words. "Really?!"
"Really, really," she grinned slyly in return.
"Don't worry, my lovely blossom of the desert sands, your brave Kuno is coming to rescue you!" Kuno galloped away back into the woods he had come from.
Queen Hinako watched him retreat with a bemused smile stretched on her lips. With a sigh she walked into the castle, casting aside the basket. "Well," she muttered to herself, "At least she's gone. And the idiot too."
. . . . . . And ensue with evil cackling laugh.
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Meanwhile, back over the seven hills, into the small house where our band of merry men (and women of course!) resided, Akane slowly grew accustomed to the seven inhabitants of the house.
When she had the courage to ask, she inquired about the funny names she found carved on the bed ends when being toured around the house.
"Oh," replied Ryoga who seemed a constant companion by her side now, "Those were nicknames given to us by this really odd fellow who made our beds for us. But they were free so we took them."
"I see. But who's who?" She asked.
"Well, I'm called 'Bashful,' Taro is 'Grumpy,' Shampoo is 'Happy,' Mousse is 'Sleepy,' Herb is 'Sneezy,' Genma is 'Doc', and for some reason, Ranma is 'Dopey.' I never really figured out why the old guy called him that."
Akane nodded and was led through the rest of the house, noting different things. For instance, none of them truly seemed like children. For, they didn't act like them at all. They all seemed older. Almost as if. . . they were her age. Well, except for Genma who seemed even more mature. . . or was it immature? She wasn't sure sometimes. . . .
-kane! Hey Akane, are you listening?"
Shaken out of her thoughts, Akane was brought back to reality as she heard a voice shouting at her. Looking down she saw Taro looking at her somewhat angrily, thumping his foot against the wooden floorboards. "I'm sorry," she mumbled apologetically, "What were you saying?"
"I said you're gonna have to earn you keep living here! We do, and so do you."
"Well, what should I do?" she asked.
"You can clean this house," Herb mumbled, casting a distasteful glance about the room.
"And you can wash our clothes," added Shampoo with a cattish grin.
"Okay. . . ," Akane replied, cautiously, "is that all?"
"Well," started Genma, "Can you cook?"
Akane gave a wavering smile. "Um. . . sure."
"Wonderful. We have some potatoes near the hearth, so you can make some soup," Genma added with a drooling smile as he thought of the food, cooked by royalty no less.
"Yeah. . . um. . why don't you guys go and wash up. . and I'll start. . I guess. ."
The group looked nervously about at each other. Akane noticed their glances and smiled. "By the way you guys act, you almost seem afraid of water!"
The all began laughing fretfully at her comment.
But no one moved.
"Come on guys," she laughed, "You guys have got to be clean at the table. You all know that."
No one else laughed.
"Oh come on," she started as she grabbed a mug containing a small amount of water and tossed it at them lightly water, "Scared of a little water?"
The water she cast just happened to hit the group. As little as it was, it was able to affect them immediately. They suddenly changed, their forms blurring oddly. Akane's eyes widened as she watched.
Four of them stood upright while the others had suddenly disappeared. But there was something strange. . . . instead two boys, there were two girls in the place of Ranma and Herb! Genma was a . . . giant panda and Taro was a. . . . monster?!
"What the heck is going on here?!" She yelled, back away from the cursed group of misfits.
"Well you see," explained the red-head girl, with an embarrassed blush on her cheeks, "We're all. . . we're. . . eh. . . . ."
"Cursed," stated the ivory haired girl with a slight huff.
'Exactly' read the sign in the Panda's hand.
"Cursed?" repeated Akane dubiously, "How?"
"We all happened to fall into these springs that turn you into the form that last drowned there," explained the crimson haired girl.
"It's activated by cold water and we turn back to normal with hot water," stated the female version of Herb, brushing off the small beads of water.
"Okay. . . ," Akane mumbled watching a small black pig scurry at her feet as a cat chased a duck around the room, hissing. The monster glared at her with narrowed eyes that strangely reminded her of Taro.
"Me and Herb change into a female version of ourselves, Taro changes into. . . that. . , and Ryoga into that little pig at your feet, Mousse into that duck, and Shampoo into that cat chasing the duck. Any questions?" Ranma asked sweetly.
"Eh. . no."
"Good. . . then let's get some water boiling and get dinner started."
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PHEWY! Another chap. I really wasn't sure if I wanted to continue this story or not for awhile, so sorry for the long delay in updates. I'm still not sure, but we'll see.
Oh! And if you are wondering why Ranma seems to be a bit out of character (usual jerk and machoness), then the answer will be revealed later on about something that happened to him earlier later on in the chaps.
Sorry again that this chapter sucked. But I had to get the cursed part out of the way too. And really wanted to get this chapter done so. . . it's not the best. I really doubt I'm continuing this, but who knows.
Anywho, THANK YOU all who reviewed or just read or did both. :P
Until the next update,
Ciao. ^_~
Next Chapter!: AKANE COOKS DINNER! AGH! And Hinako finds out Akane isn't dead (like she didn't know already).
Shadow Knight
Chapter 4: Changing Faces
Disclaimer: None for me.
~
NOTE: Don't know what compelled me to write more on this, but ah well. I felt like it. So, I hope you like it. And for those of you who've been reading for a while, I'm sorry. -_- Been really thinking about continuing this one or not.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Away from the merry crew who resided in the house on the seven hills, we find the evil, the cruel, and ugl- I mean beautiful! step-mother Hinako waiting in the courtyard of the castle, clicking her foot angrily on the cement ground.
As she stood there in her elegant gowns, she mumbled something under her breath about "damn narrators," and "unreliable idiots."
Digging her brightly polished nails tightly in her palms, she crossed her chest. "That fool is 3 hours late. It couldn't take _that_ long to kill the little brat."
Suddenly her attention was diverted when a heavy clumping noise came from the edge of the forest. Her eyes narrowed as she watched the clumsy knight approach, his hair slightly disheveled, but in good condition. "What took you so long?" she hissed at him.
Kuno flinched slightly from the lashing of her tongue. "I had some, er. . . difficulties."
"And what were they, pray tell? Never mind," she suddenly interrupted him, "I don't want to know. Well, do you have any _proof_ you killed Akan- I mean the evil twin?"
His lips suddenly dropped at her question. He smiled crookedly and began to scratch his head lightly. "Well," he babbled, "You see. . . eh. . . um. . . ah. . .hmm. ."
"GET ON WITH IT!"
"Idon'texactlyrememberifIkilledherornot," he breathed out quickly.
Queen Hinako's face grew blank for a moment. "Would you care to repeat that?"
"Idon'texactlyrememberifIkilledherornot," he repeated quickly once again and added, "But can I still marry the innocent Akane?"
Thinking about his rushed words for a moment she finally was able to discern them. A dark shadow grew over her face. "You're not sure if you killed her or not?"
Kuno gulped, "Eh. . well. . . . yes."
"YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT SURE IF YOU ACTUALLY KILLED A PERSON OR NOT?!" She screamed.
"Yes, why do I have to keep repeating myself to you, geeze," he mumbled as if it was all her fault.
Hinako reached out to the knight with tense fingers, ready to wring his neck. Luckily she was able to calm herself back into her queenly demeanor. Breathing in sharply she tried to ignore the stupidity of the knight who watched her with a questioning glance.
"Are you. . . alright? You look kind of angry for some reason."
Biting her tongue, Queen Hinako smiled and watched him coolly. "Sir Knight Kuno. . . have you _anything_ to show that you even met up with the evil twin? If you do, please show me now."
For a moment Kuno stared into space, trying to think if he had anything. Seconds soon passed into minutes and Hinako was quickly growing angry again.
"KUNO!"
"What?" he asked casually, confused by her sudden outburst.
"Do you have anything?"
"Hmm. . . Yes! I do. Here you are," he replied, pulling out a small basket from his sword handle, "I believe this was the evil twin's manipulative tool for. . . . . doing evil deeds! Oh. . . a scary and seductive one she was. But I did not let her evils over come me! Bwahahahaha!"
As the knight continued to laugh hysterically, Queen Hinako simply plucked the basket from his hand. Studying it, she sighed in regret at her poor choice in the assassin.
Stupid AND annoying.
"Well Kuno, you may go."
"W. . Wait! You promised me the fair, tigress Akane!" he shouted after her retreating back.
"Eh. . . I did didn't I? Well, she actually . . hmm. . she went off looking for you after you left, declaring her love for you. . yeah. . hmm. .So you better go find her!"
Kuno's jaw was slack as he heard the queen's words. "Really?!"
"Really, really," she grinned slyly in return.
"Don't worry, my lovely blossom of the desert sands, your brave Kuno is coming to rescue you!" Kuno galloped away back into the woods he had come from.
Queen Hinako watched him retreat with a bemused smile stretched on her lips. With a sigh she walked into the castle, casting aside the basket. "Well," she muttered to herself, "At least she's gone. And the idiot too."
. . . . . . And ensue with evil cackling laugh.
~*~*~*~*~*
Meanwhile, back over the seven hills, into the small house where our band of merry men (and women of course!) resided, Akane slowly grew accustomed to the seven inhabitants of the house.
When she had the courage to ask, she inquired about the funny names she found carved on the bed ends when being toured around the house.
"Oh," replied Ryoga who seemed a constant companion by her side now, "Those were nicknames given to us by this really odd fellow who made our beds for us. But they were free so we took them."
"I see. But who's who?" She asked.
"Well, I'm called 'Bashful,' Taro is 'Grumpy,' Shampoo is 'Happy,' Mousse is 'Sleepy,' Herb is 'Sneezy,' Genma is 'Doc', and for some reason, Ranma is 'Dopey.' I never really figured out why the old guy called him that."
Akane nodded and was led through the rest of the house, noting different things. For instance, none of them truly seemed like children. For, they didn't act like them at all. They all seemed older. Almost as if. . . they were her age. Well, except for Genma who seemed even more mature. . . or was it immature? She wasn't sure sometimes. . . .
-kane! Hey Akane, are you listening?"
Shaken out of her thoughts, Akane was brought back to reality as she heard a voice shouting at her. Looking down she saw Taro looking at her somewhat angrily, thumping his foot against the wooden floorboards. "I'm sorry," she mumbled apologetically, "What were you saying?"
"I said you're gonna have to earn you keep living here! We do, and so do you."
"Well, what should I do?" she asked.
"You can clean this house," Herb mumbled, casting a distasteful glance about the room.
"And you can wash our clothes," added Shampoo with a cattish grin.
"Okay. . . ," Akane replied, cautiously, "is that all?"
"Well," started Genma, "Can you cook?"
Akane gave a wavering smile. "Um. . . sure."
"Wonderful. We have some potatoes near the hearth, so you can make some soup," Genma added with a drooling smile as he thought of the food, cooked by royalty no less.
"Yeah. . . um. . why don't you guys go and wash up. . and I'll start. . I guess. ."
The group looked nervously about at each other. Akane noticed their glances and smiled. "By the way you guys act, you almost seem afraid of water!"
The all began laughing fretfully at her comment.
But no one moved.
"Come on guys," she laughed, "You guys have got to be clean at the table. You all know that."
No one else laughed.
"Oh come on," she started as she grabbed a mug containing a small amount of water and tossed it at them lightly water, "Scared of a little water?"
The water she cast just happened to hit the group. As little as it was, it was able to affect them immediately. They suddenly changed, their forms blurring oddly. Akane's eyes widened as she watched.
Four of them stood upright while the others had suddenly disappeared. But there was something strange. . . . instead two boys, there were two girls in the place of Ranma and Herb! Genma was a . . . giant panda and Taro was a. . . . monster?!
"What the heck is going on here?!" She yelled, back away from the cursed group of misfits.
"Well you see," explained the red-head girl, with an embarrassed blush on her cheeks, "We're all. . . we're. . . eh. . . . ."
"Cursed," stated the ivory haired girl with a slight huff.
'Exactly' read the sign in the Panda's hand.
"Cursed?" repeated Akane dubiously, "How?"
"We all happened to fall into these springs that turn you into the form that last drowned there," explained the crimson haired girl.
"It's activated by cold water and we turn back to normal with hot water," stated the female version of Herb, brushing off the small beads of water.
"Okay. . . ," Akane mumbled watching a small black pig scurry at her feet as a cat chased a duck around the room, hissing. The monster glared at her with narrowed eyes that strangely reminded her of Taro.
"Me and Herb change into a female version of ourselves, Taro changes into. . . that. . , and Ryoga into that little pig at your feet, Mousse into that duck, and Shampoo into that cat chasing the duck. Any questions?" Ranma asked sweetly.
"Eh. . no."
"Good. . . then let's get some water boiling and get dinner started."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
PHEWY! Another chap. I really wasn't sure if I wanted to continue this story or not for awhile, so sorry for the long delay in updates. I'm still not sure, but we'll see.
Oh! And if you are wondering why Ranma seems to be a bit out of character (usual jerk and machoness), then the answer will be revealed later on about something that happened to him earlier later on in the chaps.
Sorry again that this chapter sucked. But I had to get the cursed part out of the way too. And really wanted to get this chapter done so. . . it's not the best. I really doubt I'm continuing this, but who knows.
Anywho, THANK YOU all who reviewed or just read or did both. :P
Until the next update,
Ciao. ^_~
Next Chapter!: AKANE COOKS DINNER! AGH! And Hinako finds out Akane isn't dead (like she didn't know already).