Hello! My name is cherry. This fic is an alternate reality kinda thing…actually not really, it just doesn't really follow the storyline of gundam wing. So don't freak out if something is completely different form in the show, cuz that's what it's supposed to be…different.
Character summaries:
Elise: is Quatre's 15 year old cousin who is staying with him for the summer. She has long black-blue hair to the middle of her back, which she usually wears in for braids, two falling down her front. She has dark violet eyes, and is basically Quatre's opposite in looks.
Quatre: still the same as always, except that he and the other gundam boys are 21 and are basically not fighting (peace-time) Is living at one of his many estates on the ocean front.
Duo: still has the braid. Is hanging out at his old orphanage as the "protector" he helps out the nuns with the "hard manly stuff" like chopping wood. But usually ends up playing with the kids instead of working.
Wufei: Is living with Sally and has taken classes to tone down his sexist remarks. The classes failed, but sally holding a gun to his head everytime he spoke and asking him "if he felt lucky today" made him into a woman loving man…not in the sexual sense…that's why he's got sally.
Heero: No he didn't end up with Relena *cheers from the crowd* He's been hanging out with Trowa at the circus, and has mastered the tight rope.
Trowa: still at the circus. Still silent. Still has no name. 'nuff said.
Relena: Died in a terrible bloody painful accident where a hippo fell on top of her at the zoo. One person showed up to her funeral. It was Heero with his gun. Just making sure she was dead.
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The Stars in Heaven
"I've read this one too! Why can't he get any more books?!" Elise slammed down the thick dusty novel she was leafing through. She stepped off the ladder she was standing on and looked around her. She was in her favorite room of Quatre's summer mansion, the library. The walls were covered in books of every subject and a fireplace crackled on the opposite wall. Elise ran her fingers along the sturdy oak panels as she made her way to the door. She had only been there for a couple of weeks, staying with her cousin Quatre for the summer, and she had already claimed the library as her domain. She spent most of her time in there, and even took her meals there on occasion. She loved the smell of books, and the library was so peaceful.
"Ahem, uh, miss Elise? Your cousin has requested your presence." Starting from her daydream Elise looked up at the door. A butler stood there, awaiting her command.
"Oh, Quatre wants me? Hmm…I wonder what for…oh well I guess I better go see what he wants the time." Elise walked over towards the door and followed the butler to Quatre's sitting room. Quatre's mansion was huge. The walls reached up into the sky and the oak staircases went on forever. Paintings of ancient relatives adorned the walls of the corridors. The butler left Elise at the sturdy oak door that led to Quatre's sitting room. She knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Ellie? Is that you? Come in." She heard Quatre's voice come from inside. She pushed open the door to reveal Quatre sitting in his favorite chair by the fireplace.
"What do you want now?" Ellie replied in a fake annoyed tone.
"Oh shut up, I just wanted to see how you were doing."
"this is strange…Quatre has never interrupted my musings to see how I was doing." Ellie thought to herself. She needed to get to the bottom of this.
"Why cousin, I didn't know you were so considerate! I'm doing wonderfully here at your gorgeous home." Ellie said with a sarcastic curtsy. "now what the hell do you really want?" She stood back up smirking.
"Well, you've only been here for a couple of weeks, and you've basically met my staff and some noble's who have stopped by. You've seen me sit and read or write, or think. Did you ever wonder what I do for fun and who with?"
"uh…"Ellie really didn't know, she just always thought her Cousin liked to drink tea a lot with old important people. "uh…play croquet with rich people while drinking tea?" she shrugged. "I dunno, what do you do for fun?"
Quatre shook his head. "you think I LIKE to hang out with those nobles? They're old and they smell funny. No I have actual real friends my own age. We've been through a lot together. I haven't seen them in a long time, and when I found out that they had come to visit, I couldn't pass up a chance to introduce you to them. When they last saw you, you were a 4 year old watching me leave to fight for the colonies."
Ellie was shocked "YOU HAVE FRIENDS?! Hell musta frozen over cuz that's physically impossible…in fact, I was wondering why my feet were so cold all the time."
Quatre threw a pillow at his laughing cousin. "shut up, tomorrow night I'm planning on having a ball in they're honor, every noble from around is coming to honor the gundam pilots. I wanted to tell you, that I've sent for a dress maker to come here this afternoon, to make you a gown for tomorrow night."
"Wow Quatre, you're going all out for this, must be important…I gues that means no laxatives in the soup again huh?" Ellie said with an evil smirk.
"no no that wo-WHAT?! AGAIN?!?! When did you put laxatives in the soup before?!"
"hehehe…not telling…mwahahaha" Ellie got up a walked towards the door. "Is that all most gracious master?" She said with another sarcastic curtsy.
"Shut up and go away." Quatre slumped back into his chair. She shut the door and pranced back up to her room. The dress maker was waiting for her with an impatient look on her face, and a long tape measurer in her hand.
"Stand up straight! Arms out! Legs together!" the lady said in a sharp tone. Ellie did what she was told and soon the measurements were taken.
"You'll have it by tomorrow morning. Good bye." The lady picked up her bag and left the room. Ellie plopped down on her bed. "I wonder what these "friends" of Quatre's are like…" She shrugged and picked up one of her favorite books that was on the nightstand and began to read.
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"Miss Elise? Your dress is here." Elise woke up to the sound of her maid's voice. Sitting up and stretching, she noticed a large white box on a nearby chair.
"is that it?" Ellie said pointing to the box.
"Why yes it is miss Elise! Oh please try it on! You're sure to look gorgeous!" Ellie smiled at her cute maid. She stood and walked over to the box. Lifting the lid she gasped at the sight she saw. The gown was beautiful. It was a deep violet, the same colour as her eyes. She pulled the dress out of the box and twirled it around.
"oh try it on miss Elise! Try it on!" the maid urged with an excited look. Elise undressed and slid into the sleek gown. It was sleeveless, and hung off her shoulders. The bodice was a dark velvet, intricately beaded with silver pearls and diamonds. The dress flowed out from her hips and twirled around her ankles. The colour made her eyes shine and her hair glow. She twirled around twice.
"You look like an angel miss Elise. You're beautiful!" Elise blushed. She'd never been called beautiful before.
"I should take it off now," Elise said quietly. "I don't want to wreck it" She slid out of the gown and into her regular clothes. Placing the gown back into the box, she fingered one of the pearls on the bodice. "It's gorgeous. I can't wait for tonight." With that she skipped off to her favorite place, the library.
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