CCS - A Cinderella Story
By: Sunel
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, or Cinderella.
*** Night of the ball, Continued ***
Tomoyo smiled. "Now, if you would really like to attend the ball, simply do as I say. Now, be a good boy, and fetch me the best pumpkin in your garden," she said, waving him away.
He did as he was told, wondering how the pumpkin could help him in his cause. Tomoyo jumped down from the tree and scooped out the insides of the pumpkin, leaving nothing but the rind. With the touch of her wand, the pumpkin transformed into a fine coach right before his eyes, gilded all in gold and silver (A/N: Did guys travel in coaches too??).
He stared at it in disbelief. "Wow. This is great!! But... don't we need a coachman?" Syaoran asked.
Tomoyo nodded. "I think I know someone who can help us." She whistled loudly, and tapped the empty space before her. A man materialized before her, tall and magnificent. His silver hair was long and fell down his back, his white wings looming over them. His light eyes looked at Tomoyo and Syaoran questioningly.
"Yue, thank you for coming!" Tomoyo exclaimed happily.
"Why did you call me, Fairy Princess?" he asked.
"Well, I was in need of a magnificent coachman - and so of course I thought of you," Tomoyo said, giving him a wink.
Yue rolled his eyes. "All right, Tomoyo, but you owe me."
"Great! Now we'll need six white mice!" Tomoyo said, shooing him away.
So he found her six mice, wondering how these could possibly help him in his cause. Tomoyo smiled at the tiny creatures. With a tap of her wand, they transformed into six footmen right before his eyes, each dressed in gold and silver.
"Hmm... but we're going to need horses," she said, tapping her chin. "Find me six more mice, if you please," she said.
Syaoran searched as hard as he could, but only found five. He brought them back to her. "This was all I could find, Tomoyo," he said, showing her.
She tapped them, and they transformed into beautiful white horses. "Now, for the sixth 'horse'," she said. She whistled once more, and tapped the empty space before her. A large, sleeping lion-like creature materialized in front of her.
"Keroberos!" she shouted at the creature, who awoke in a startle.
"Tomoyo?!" he asked incredulously. Noticing the boy, he gave him a frown. "Why did you call me here?" he asked.
"Syaoran here needs another horse," she said, smiling sweetly.
"Tomoyo!! You're not going to really make me one of his horses, are you?!" he asked.
"Oh, please, Keroberos? Yue's helping too," she said, pleadingly.
Yue nodded. "I'm the coachman."
"He gets to be a coachman, and I have to be a horse?! Life is so unfair," he grumbled, getting into place.
"Thank you!" Tomoyo exclaimed, hugging the creature.
"He's not going to remember this in any of his future lives, right?" Kero asked questioningly.
"No," Tomoyo said, shaking her head.
"Future lives?" Syaoran asked.
Tomoyo laughed. "Don't worry about that. Now all you need is new clothes! That's the fun part," she said, winking.
She walked up to him and tapped him softly on the shoulder. His old rags disappeared, and he was clothed in a handsome red suit, lined in gold. On his finger was a beautiful glass ring.
"Oh, my, you look quite handsome, I must admit!" she said, giving him a smile. "Now, be off, dear Syaoran, but remember this, and remember it well. You must be back by midnight, because the spell will wear off, and you'll be back in your rags and such."
Syaoran nodded. "Oh, fairy Godmother, I don't think I could begin to thank you enough!" he said, smiling gratefully.
"Now, now, enough of that," she said smiling. "Be off, and remember, be back my midnight!"
*** At the Ball ***
When Syaoran entered the ballroom, all eyes were on him. The people stopped dancing, and the violins ceased to play. The people whispered amongst themselves. Who was the handsome stranger? His careless auburn hair only added to the effect, and his deep brown eyes were fixed on the Princess as he approached her.
Princess Sakura (A/N: Surprise!! Or not...) was seated between her father, King Fujitaka, and her mother, Princess Nadeshiko. Her brother, Prince Touya, sat next to their father. She stared at him in surprise as he walked towards her. Her mother smiled at her gaze, and nudged her softly. "Go on, Sakura, dance with him. He's quite handsome."
Eriol, Yamazaki, and their mother stared in shock. Who was the newcomer? Surely they had to do something, before the Princess chose him.
Syaoran approached her and held out his hand, aware of all the eyes on them. "Princess... will you honor me with a dance?" he asked.
She nodded, speechless. She nearly tripped over her long, flowing pink dress, and cursed inside her head. 'Damn Tomoyo and her elegant dresses,' she thought, taking his hand.
Syaoran smiled, amused by her clumsiness, and took her out onto the dance floor. The entire night, the Princess didn't dance or talk to anyone else but the newcomer, despite Eriol and Yamazaki's desperate tries to cut in while dancing with each other (A/N: amusing image, no?).
"Who - who are you?" Sakura asked, looking at him in wonder.
"That's not important, Princess. I don't mean to offend you, but what is your name?" he asked, peering into her emerald green eyes.
She smiled shyly. How strange and yet gratifying it was to meet someone who didn't know her. "Sakura," she answered.
Syaoran smiled. 'Cherry blossom? It must be luck,' he thought. "It's a beautiful name," he commented, dipping her.
Suddenly, he heard the clock tower ring its bell, announcing midnight. He kissed her hand and ran off, apologizing. "I'm sorry, Princess, I must be going!" he shouted.
The Princess ran after him. "Wait! I didn't even get your name!" She was faster than he'd thought, and managed to catch up with him at the stairs. She grabbed his outstretched hand, but he managed to get away. "Wait!" she shouted.
"I'm sorry, Princess!" she heard him shout from down the road. She looked at her hand, and found that she had taken off his ring, a beautiful thing made of pure glass, and shone with the beauty of the moonlight.
As he ran, Syaoran's clothes transformed back into his old rags, and the coach disappeared, leaving a pumpkin in the middle of the road. The footmen and horses disappeared, transforming back into rats and scurrying every which way. Only Yue and Keroberos remained.
"Keroberos, can you take me home as fast as you can?" he asked, looking at the creature's wings.
Keroberos groaned. "Why am I always doing the dirty work?! Why can't Yue carry you home?! He's got wings too!" Kero shouted unhappily.
Yue raised an eyebrow. "How do you expect me to carry him home, have him jump on my back?"
Kero grumbled. "Fine, get on my back." They flew off, right as Sakura's knights came running down the street, looking for the mysterious foreigner.
"Well, he's nowhere to be seen," said a knight, kicking the pumpkin.
"Let's go back," another one grumbled.
*** Back at the Castle ***
"I'll marry no one but him, father!" Sakura cried out, her emerald eyes glittering in plea.
The queen stroked her daughter's hair. "Then him it shall be."
Sakura opened her hand, and held it out. "He left behind his ring. Whoever it fits, must be him," she said.
Tomoyo walked into the room, and glanced into her hand. Sakura turned to her. "Tomoyo, you missed quite a ball!"
Tomoyo laughed. "No, Sakura, I recorded it."
Sakura looked at her, confused. "How?"
"Magical means, of course," Tomoyo answered, laughing. "Now, what's with the ring?" she asked, knowing quite well.
"I fell in love, Tomoyo... and this ring belongs to him. If only he had given me his name," she said sadly. "As my fairy, surely there must be something you can do?" she asked hopefully.
Tomoyo stifled a giggle. She could make things easy... but where was the fun in that? Anyhow, the ring was magical, and wouldn't fit anyone but Syaoran. "I think you'll be ok, Sakura."
"Send out your knights, Sakura, and go with them. Visit everyone and have them try the ring on," her mother suggested.
"All this trouble for some gaki? You're hopeless, kaijou," her brother said, messing up her hair.
Sakura glared at him. "Quiet, brother. As if you'd understand."
Yukito walked up to him. "Leave young Sakura alone, Touya," he said smiling. Yukito's magical form, Yue, was Touya's protector.
Kero flew downstairs. "I'm hungry!!" he shouted. His magical form was the protector of the Princess. "Sakura, I want pudding!" he moaned.
Sakura frowned. "What were you doing all day? You should've come to the ball!"
Kero flashed Tomoyo an annoyed glance. "I was busy with other things. Pudding, please?!"
"Ask the cook, she'll give you some."
Kero flew off. "Yay, pudding!!!!"
Sakura glanced at the ring. "I'll find you, mark my words."
*** Back at the House ***
The boys and their mother walked in, looking annoyed and tired. Syaoran had just finished doing his chores, and was lying down in front of the fireplace. He stood up and took off their coats.
"How was the ball?" he asked mildly.
"It was okay," Eriol said simply.
"Gah! This Prince from a foreign land took the Princess' attention away from us. Still, it was a nice ball. I'm sure you'd love to have been there," Yamazaki said teasingly.
"Oh, yeah, definitely," Syaoran answered, chuckling.
"What's so funny?!" his stepmother asked, looking at him angrily. Obviously she was much more upset about what had happened then her sons.
"Nothing," he muttered, looking away.
The next morning, Syaoran heard a loud knock on the door. Yamazaki stared at him expectantly. "Well, open it pig!" he shouted.
Syaoran rolled his eyes and opened the door. A knight stood in front of him, and behind him sitting inside a pink coach, was the lovely Princess. Syaoran gasped. What could she want?
"Move out of the way, stable boy," the knight grumbled.
He heard a shout from the Princess. "Mind your manners, knight!"
His stepmother walked to the door. "What's going on?" she asked.
"We have orders from the Princess that every man is to try this ring on. Whoever it fits will be her groom," the knight explained.
"Oh!" she squealed delightfully. "Please, come in!" she said.
The Princess looked at her two sons. She remembered them quite distinctively, and was sure they weren't who she was looking for. Still, she watched as they struggled to put the ring on.
"That's strange... It doesn't fit on any of my fingers," Yamazaki said glumly.
"Let me try!" Eriol said, taking the ring from him. The ring only went onto the tip of his index finger. "It... kinda fits," he said, showing the Princess.
Sakura laughed nervously. "Well, we need for it to fit perfectly - on the ring finger," she said. She looked around. "Is there not anyone else in this household who can try on the ring?" she asked.
"No!" their mother answered sharply.
Sakura gave her a questioning look. "I was certain I saw another boy - the one who opened the door for us," she said.
"Oh, uh, that would be my stepson. He is but a disgrace, surely he cannot be the one you're looking for."
Sakura shook her head. "It matters not. Everyone is to try on the ring."
"I see, well... Cinder!" she called out loudly.
Syaoran's heart skipped a beat. The moment of truth. He quickly washed his face, ridding it of all the dirt and ash, and straightened out his clothes. He walked into the room and looked at the Princess.
Sakura took the ring from his stepmother. He looked surprisingly familiar, despite his rags. "Please... will you try this ring on for me?" she asked.
"But of course, Princess... Sakura," he said, whispering her name softly. He held out his hand and let her slip it on - it fit perfectly, as if it was made only for him.
Sakura gasped. "It fits..." she said, softly. "You're my Prince," she said, hugging him warmly.
Syaoran was only taken back for a moment before he returned her embrace. "Syaoran. That's my name."
Eriol, Yamazaki, his stepmother, and the knights all stared in shock. This was the boy the Princess was looking for?! Suddenly Tomoyo came running into the room. "Sorry I'm late Sakura!" she said, giving Syaoran a wink. "But it seems like you found your Prince!"
Sakura nodded. "Syaoran," she said, looking at him happily.
Tomoyo winked at him again, and with a tap of her wand, he was back to looking as he did the night before. Everyone stared in shock.
"You're the stranger?!" Yamazaki asked, looking at him incredulously.
"Well, well, who would've thought?" Eriol asked, smiling at his stepbrother.
A tear fell down his stepmother's eyes. "Ah, there goes my chance to live as grand as loyalty," she said sadly.
Syaoran gave her a funny look, and smiled. "You can all live with me, if it's okay with my Princess," he said, smiling at her.
Sakura nodded. "But of course."
They looked at him in surprise. "Really?"
Syaoran nodded. "You're family, after all."
Tomoyo giggled. She held some strange device in her hand that was pointed towards them. Sakura stared at her.
"Tomoyo, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Recording this, of course!"
Syaoran and Sakura were married a week later, and lived happily ever after in their kingdom. Eriol and Tomoyo became quite close, and eventually got married as well. Yamazaki fell for one of Sakura's handmaiden's, a young girl by the name of Chiharu, and they got married eventually as well.
The End
---- Tis the end, the end! What'd you think?! Plz review ^.- Gah... I love fairy tales... *blissful sigh*
By: Sunel
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, or Cinderella.
*** Night of the ball, Continued ***
Tomoyo smiled. "Now, if you would really like to attend the ball, simply do as I say. Now, be a good boy, and fetch me the best pumpkin in your garden," she said, waving him away.
He did as he was told, wondering how the pumpkin could help him in his cause. Tomoyo jumped down from the tree and scooped out the insides of the pumpkin, leaving nothing but the rind. With the touch of her wand, the pumpkin transformed into a fine coach right before his eyes, gilded all in gold and silver (A/N: Did guys travel in coaches too??).
He stared at it in disbelief. "Wow. This is great!! But... don't we need a coachman?" Syaoran asked.
Tomoyo nodded. "I think I know someone who can help us." She whistled loudly, and tapped the empty space before her. A man materialized before her, tall and magnificent. His silver hair was long and fell down his back, his white wings looming over them. His light eyes looked at Tomoyo and Syaoran questioningly.
"Yue, thank you for coming!" Tomoyo exclaimed happily.
"Why did you call me, Fairy Princess?" he asked.
"Well, I was in need of a magnificent coachman - and so of course I thought of you," Tomoyo said, giving him a wink.
Yue rolled his eyes. "All right, Tomoyo, but you owe me."
"Great! Now we'll need six white mice!" Tomoyo said, shooing him away.
So he found her six mice, wondering how these could possibly help him in his cause. Tomoyo smiled at the tiny creatures. With a tap of her wand, they transformed into six footmen right before his eyes, each dressed in gold and silver.
"Hmm... but we're going to need horses," she said, tapping her chin. "Find me six more mice, if you please," she said.
Syaoran searched as hard as he could, but only found five. He brought them back to her. "This was all I could find, Tomoyo," he said, showing her.
She tapped them, and they transformed into beautiful white horses. "Now, for the sixth 'horse'," she said. She whistled once more, and tapped the empty space before her. A large, sleeping lion-like creature materialized in front of her.
"Keroberos!" she shouted at the creature, who awoke in a startle.
"Tomoyo?!" he asked incredulously. Noticing the boy, he gave him a frown. "Why did you call me here?" he asked.
"Syaoran here needs another horse," she said, smiling sweetly.
"Tomoyo!! You're not going to really make me one of his horses, are you?!" he asked.
"Oh, please, Keroberos? Yue's helping too," she said, pleadingly.
Yue nodded. "I'm the coachman."
"He gets to be a coachman, and I have to be a horse?! Life is so unfair," he grumbled, getting into place.
"Thank you!" Tomoyo exclaimed, hugging the creature.
"He's not going to remember this in any of his future lives, right?" Kero asked questioningly.
"No," Tomoyo said, shaking her head.
"Future lives?" Syaoran asked.
Tomoyo laughed. "Don't worry about that. Now all you need is new clothes! That's the fun part," she said, winking.
She walked up to him and tapped him softly on the shoulder. His old rags disappeared, and he was clothed in a handsome red suit, lined in gold. On his finger was a beautiful glass ring.
"Oh, my, you look quite handsome, I must admit!" she said, giving him a smile. "Now, be off, dear Syaoran, but remember this, and remember it well. You must be back by midnight, because the spell will wear off, and you'll be back in your rags and such."
Syaoran nodded. "Oh, fairy Godmother, I don't think I could begin to thank you enough!" he said, smiling gratefully.
"Now, now, enough of that," she said smiling. "Be off, and remember, be back my midnight!"
*** At the Ball ***
When Syaoran entered the ballroom, all eyes were on him. The people stopped dancing, and the violins ceased to play. The people whispered amongst themselves. Who was the handsome stranger? His careless auburn hair only added to the effect, and his deep brown eyes were fixed on the Princess as he approached her.
Princess Sakura (A/N: Surprise!! Or not...) was seated between her father, King Fujitaka, and her mother, Princess Nadeshiko. Her brother, Prince Touya, sat next to their father. She stared at him in surprise as he walked towards her. Her mother smiled at her gaze, and nudged her softly. "Go on, Sakura, dance with him. He's quite handsome."
Eriol, Yamazaki, and their mother stared in shock. Who was the newcomer? Surely they had to do something, before the Princess chose him.
Syaoran approached her and held out his hand, aware of all the eyes on them. "Princess... will you honor me with a dance?" he asked.
She nodded, speechless. She nearly tripped over her long, flowing pink dress, and cursed inside her head. 'Damn Tomoyo and her elegant dresses,' she thought, taking his hand.
Syaoran smiled, amused by her clumsiness, and took her out onto the dance floor. The entire night, the Princess didn't dance or talk to anyone else but the newcomer, despite Eriol and Yamazaki's desperate tries to cut in while dancing with each other (A/N: amusing image, no?).
"Who - who are you?" Sakura asked, looking at him in wonder.
"That's not important, Princess. I don't mean to offend you, but what is your name?" he asked, peering into her emerald green eyes.
She smiled shyly. How strange and yet gratifying it was to meet someone who didn't know her. "Sakura," she answered.
Syaoran smiled. 'Cherry blossom? It must be luck,' he thought. "It's a beautiful name," he commented, dipping her.
Suddenly, he heard the clock tower ring its bell, announcing midnight. He kissed her hand and ran off, apologizing. "I'm sorry, Princess, I must be going!" he shouted.
The Princess ran after him. "Wait! I didn't even get your name!" She was faster than he'd thought, and managed to catch up with him at the stairs. She grabbed his outstretched hand, but he managed to get away. "Wait!" she shouted.
"I'm sorry, Princess!" she heard him shout from down the road. She looked at her hand, and found that she had taken off his ring, a beautiful thing made of pure glass, and shone with the beauty of the moonlight.
As he ran, Syaoran's clothes transformed back into his old rags, and the coach disappeared, leaving a pumpkin in the middle of the road. The footmen and horses disappeared, transforming back into rats and scurrying every which way. Only Yue and Keroberos remained.
"Keroberos, can you take me home as fast as you can?" he asked, looking at the creature's wings.
Keroberos groaned. "Why am I always doing the dirty work?! Why can't Yue carry you home?! He's got wings too!" Kero shouted unhappily.
Yue raised an eyebrow. "How do you expect me to carry him home, have him jump on my back?"
Kero grumbled. "Fine, get on my back." They flew off, right as Sakura's knights came running down the street, looking for the mysterious foreigner.
"Well, he's nowhere to be seen," said a knight, kicking the pumpkin.
"Let's go back," another one grumbled.
*** Back at the Castle ***
"I'll marry no one but him, father!" Sakura cried out, her emerald eyes glittering in plea.
The queen stroked her daughter's hair. "Then him it shall be."
Sakura opened her hand, and held it out. "He left behind his ring. Whoever it fits, must be him," she said.
Tomoyo walked into the room, and glanced into her hand. Sakura turned to her. "Tomoyo, you missed quite a ball!"
Tomoyo laughed. "No, Sakura, I recorded it."
Sakura looked at her, confused. "How?"
"Magical means, of course," Tomoyo answered, laughing. "Now, what's with the ring?" she asked, knowing quite well.
"I fell in love, Tomoyo... and this ring belongs to him. If only he had given me his name," she said sadly. "As my fairy, surely there must be something you can do?" she asked hopefully.
Tomoyo stifled a giggle. She could make things easy... but where was the fun in that? Anyhow, the ring was magical, and wouldn't fit anyone but Syaoran. "I think you'll be ok, Sakura."
"Send out your knights, Sakura, and go with them. Visit everyone and have them try the ring on," her mother suggested.
"All this trouble for some gaki? You're hopeless, kaijou," her brother said, messing up her hair.
Sakura glared at him. "Quiet, brother. As if you'd understand."
Yukito walked up to him. "Leave young Sakura alone, Touya," he said smiling. Yukito's magical form, Yue, was Touya's protector.
Kero flew downstairs. "I'm hungry!!" he shouted. His magical form was the protector of the Princess. "Sakura, I want pudding!" he moaned.
Sakura frowned. "What were you doing all day? You should've come to the ball!"
Kero flashed Tomoyo an annoyed glance. "I was busy with other things. Pudding, please?!"
"Ask the cook, she'll give you some."
Kero flew off. "Yay, pudding!!!!"
Sakura glanced at the ring. "I'll find you, mark my words."
*** Back at the House ***
The boys and their mother walked in, looking annoyed and tired. Syaoran had just finished doing his chores, and was lying down in front of the fireplace. He stood up and took off their coats.
"How was the ball?" he asked mildly.
"It was okay," Eriol said simply.
"Gah! This Prince from a foreign land took the Princess' attention away from us. Still, it was a nice ball. I'm sure you'd love to have been there," Yamazaki said teasingly.
"Oh, yeah, definitely," Syaoran answered, chuckling.
"What's so funny?!" his stepmother asked, looking at him angrily. Obviously she was much more upset about what had happened then her sons.
"Nothing," he muttered, looking away.
The next morning, Syaoran heard a loud knock on the door. Yamazaki stared at him expectantly. "Well, open it pig!" he shouted.
Syaoran rolled his eyes and opened the door. A knight stood in front of him, and behind him sitting inside a pink coach, was the lovely Princess. Syaoran gasped. What could she want?
"Move out of the way, stable boy," the knight grumbled.
He heard a shout from the Princess. "Mind your manners, knight!"
His stepmother walked to the door. "What's going on?" she asked.
"We have orders from the Princess that every man is to try this ring on. Whoever it fits will be her groom," the knight explained.
"Oh!" she squealed delightfully. "Please, come in!" she said.
The Princess looked at her two sons. She remembered them quite distinctively, and was sure they weren't who she was looking for. Still, she watched as they struggled to put the ring on.
"That's strange... It doesn't fit on any of my fingers," Yamazaki said glumly.
"Let me try!" Eriol said, taking the ring from him. The ring only went onto the tip of his index finger. "It... kinda fits," he said, showing the Princess.
Sakura laughed nervously. "Well, we need for it to fit perfectly - on the ring finger," she said. She looked around. "Is there not anyone else in this household who can try on the ring?" she asked.
"No!" their mother answered sharply.
Sakura gave her a questioning look. "I was certain I saw another boy - the one who opened the door for us," she said.
"Oh, uh, that would be my stepson. He is but a disgrace, surely he cannot be the one you're looking for."
Sakura shook her head. "It matters not. Everyone is to try on the ring."
"I see, well... Cinder!" she called out loudly.
Syaoran's heart skipped a beat. The moment of truth. He quickly washed his face, ridding it of all the dirt and ash, and straightened out his clothes. He walked into the room and looked at the Princess.
Sakura took the ring from his stepmother. He looked surprisingly familiar, despite his rags. "Please... will you try this ring on for me?" she asked.
"But of course, Princess... Sakura," he said, whispering her name softly. He held out his hand and let her slip it on - it fit perfectly, as if it was made only for him.
Sakura gasped. "It fits..." she said, softly. "You're my Prince," she said, hugging him warmly.
Syaoran was only taken back for a moment before he returned her embrace. "Syaoran. That's my name."
Eriol, Yamazaki, his stepmother, and the knights all stared in shock. This was the boy the Princess was looking for?! Suddenly Tomoyo came running into the room. "Sorry I'm late Sakura!" she said, giving Syaoran a wink. "But it seems like you found your Prince!"
Sakura nodded. "Syaoran," she said, looking at him happily.
Tomoyo winked at him again, and with a tap of her wand, he was back to looking as he did the night before. Everyone stared in shock.
"You're the stranger?!" Yamazaki asked, looking at him incredulously.
"Well, well, who would've thought?" Eriol asked, smiling at his stepbrother.
A tear fell down his stepmother's eyes. "Ah, there goes my chance to live as grand as loyalty," she said sadly.
Syaoran gave her a funny look, and smiled. "You can all live with me, if it's okay with my Princess," he said, smiling at her.
Sakura nodded. "But of course."
They looked at him in surprise. "Really?"
Syaoran nodded. "You're family, after all."
Tomoyo giggled. She held some strange device in her hand that was pointed towards them. Sakura stared at her.
"Tomoyo, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Recording this, of course!"
Syaoran and Sakura were married a week later, and lived happily ever after in their kingdom. Eriol and Tomoyo became quite close, and eventually got married as well. Yamazaki fell for one of Sakura's handmaiden's, a young girl by the name of Chiharu, and they got married eventually as well.
The End
---- Tis the end, the end! What'd you think?! Plz review ^.- Gah... I love fairy tales... *blissful sigh*