I'm skipping over Number Ten for now, because I had a burst of inspiration concerning Marluxia's story.
He was in the garden when the princess was born.
She was born in the wintertime, when the snow lilies were in bloom. Her skin was the same pale shade of ivory as their petals.
There was much celebration in the kingdom that day, offsetting the biting cold of the season. Aulimar had several drinks at the tavern with the other servants as they discussed the plans being made for the party that would formally introduce the little princess to the world.
He was in the garden when the witch came.
The flowers were just beginning to blossom, opening their petals to reveal their treasures when she came gliding by. Her trail left death in her wake as the petals dropped and decayed, disenegrating before they could even touch the ground.
She did not spare so much as a glance in his direction, and for that he was greatful. She was like foxglove, coldly beautiful, but brimming with poison. A dangerous breed.
He was in the garden when the princess returned.
Her slender figure exuded beauty and grace with each step. Her golden hair fell just so over her forehead, sheilding her clouded eyes, her sad expression. She had been both blessed and cursed by magic, and had grown into a rose. Beauty untouched, lest the brave suitor prick his finger.
He was asleep when the shadows came.
The kingdom fell to a strange bout of sleeping sickness as kings and peasants alike left the waking world for their dreams. He slumbered under the cherry blossoms as the shadows spread like ink on a blank page, slipping in for an easy kill.
They grew like weeds, unwanted guests in the garden he had treasured in life, ripping beauty from the world in the same way they ripped hearts from the living. Yet Marluxia could no longer bring himself to care.
He was on the fringe of existance when his garden died. . .
I really like writing for Marluxia. He's an intresting character with several interpretations.
The world is Sleeping Beauty if you haven't seen the movie.
And I own nothing Disney of Kingdom Hearts related. - SilverInkblot