FOREWORD: I think the people who read this may think I'm a loony, but I'm a very HAPPY loony. Now, that's all I can really say.
NOTES: The first and last bits are in some void or another, where Akane and Celes comment on the story. So if you don't wanna read it, you don't have to, since it won't affect anything.
DISCLAIMERS: I don't own DNAngel, nor Cinderella, 'cause if I did, then they'd all be blowing up monsters or something. I'm going to do that soon, eventually. Whatever.
IN THE LAST STAGE: Evil carrots and evil rain… oh, and Krad and Satoshi come into the picture. … uh, yeah, that's about it. Read on, if you dare…
Other:
(-) Daisuke
((-)) Dark
- a time space and switching over to different places and characters.
my own rambling opinions. If it annoys you, then just don't read it. Okay, there won't be as many, since I'm getting confused myself.
Italics are used when Dark and Daisuke – and now Krad and Satoshi - are talking outside the lines of the story. So it shouldn't be too confusing to work out what's going on, hopefully… If you do get confused, just tell me and I'll fix it up.
: Satoshi thoughts
: Krad's thoughts
COMMENTS: What CAN I say? Shoot me? (19/02/05) Oh, and I'm not in a good mood today. Don't know why though...
Stage 6: More then just a Fairytale…
"I say we do a spell that allows into that world. What do you think?"
"No, that will never work."
"You always say that it never works. How do you know?"
"I just do."
"… RIGHT…"
"Are you trying to be sarcastic?"
"Was it that obvious?"
"…"
The silence was more than anyone in the void could take, but there really wasn't any way of them to help the others.
-Begin Stage 6-
When he looked back at the room, he noticed that it was now full of wet footprints and such and he sighed.
((What, I thought you would have been used to it by now.))
(There are some things in life that you never get used to, Dark,) explained Daisuke, (And this is one of them. The other is wearing a dress and living here with the stepfamily in the first place.)
((And that's why I told you to run away. Duh!))
"Kyu!"
The redhead looked up, "Is something the matter With?"
"Kyu! Kyu! Kyu! Kyu!"
((I think he's hungry.))
"Kyu!"
(I think you're right.) Daisuke smiled slightly and took the rabbit-thingy into the kitchen/dining area where he then dug out something for them to eat. Besides, it would still be a couple of hours until the rest of the family returned home so they might as well do something like relax for a while.
((Hey, you know what? That guy was WEIRD.)) Dark decided to point out to start a conversation – any conversation would do at this point.
(Which guy?) came the suspicious question.
((Oh, they were both weird, but the one with the glasses and the creepy look was weirder!))
(Dark, you shouldn't be so rude about another person, and besides, it was your fault for saying such stupid things.)
((Hey! I never say stupid things!))
(How about the carrots?)
((You leave that out of it.))
(Are you sure you don't have a mental problem? I think the stealing and over-inflated ego has made your brain disappear.)
((How could you say that about ME! You're the one wearing a dress!))
(And I was forced into that in the first place! No one forced you to dream about carrots!)
((That's what you think…))
(That's your excuse for everything, Dark.)
((That's it. I'm taking a vow of silence until you apologise!))
Daisuke fell silent, rather than replying, wondering how long it would be until Dark got tired of being silent and began to talk again. Finishing his food and leaving With in the dining area, the redhead got up and tramped back into the hallway where the water was.
"And now to clean this up…"
(…)
((…))
(…)
((Hey, if we go to sleep, will we fall on the floor while the story continues?))
(I don't want to think about that.)
((Come on. It won't hurt anyone.))
(Except me.)
((Don't be such a spoilsport, Daisuke. You know it'll be fun to watch.))
(What, me falling on the ground like I'm having a fit or something?)
((Yeah! That's exactly the point!))
(Dark, do you even know what sarcasm is?)
((…))
-
The girl mused over the room, sneaking around and opening draws out of curiosity. There wasn't much to see, but she had a feeling that something would pop out to her sooner or later, and she could take it, blah blah blah. She sweat dropped at the thought – her life really was weird; and not just because people thought of her as weird because of her wings. Oh well, life was life.
She pushed some clothes out of the way and continued to search through… whatever she was searching through. At least the rain was ceasing out of existence. She was too wet for her own good and she didn't even have an umbrella.
Straining her hair to get it as dry as possible, the girl continued to look around. When she couldn't find anything of use – save some really nice pictures, but she couldn't carry those around – she was about to give up on the search until she practically tripped over some sort of special storage that she hadn't noticed before. Curiously, she opened it.
"… Wowie…"
-
((Can I take over now?))
(No.)
((Pretty pleaaaaase!))
(Dark, do you have to continuously whine about these kind of things?)
((Because I'm Dark and you're not?))
Daisuke raised an eyebrow at the answer and shrugged. "But you were already out just a few minutes ago? Why now?"
((Because,)) drawled out Dark, already aware that he was winning the argument, ((You don't trust me to take over your body when you're asleep and I never get any control during the day since you can't trust me to what I say to those old ugly hags, and then I get really bored and begin to sing off-key in your head and then you get a headache and then you can't do you're work and then you get in trouble-))
(Okay already! I get the picture!) Daisuke yelled desperately, knowing that Dark was capable of holding a reason that went on for hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours… (Just don't do anything stupid this time, PLEASE!)
((Hey, I'm the only one in this house, unless you count With. Okay, don't count him. It's a party of one now.)) Dark smirking winningly as he took over happily. The redhead was just too kind to him, and he was the one who started the trouble in the first place.
Unless you counted the time when With was pretending to be Daisuke for a while and had said some of the stupidest things around… they had been forced into licking themselves in the house for a week.
Since all the chores were done – yes, Daisuke had managed to make dinner or something during that time as well – the Phantom Thief found himself bored to the core and staring at the walls as he passed down and up corridors to reached the redhead's room. And that was situated on the highest floor – since Daisuke liked it like that, and so did Dark – and the stepmother couldn't make them move since there was a padlock on the door that only the two could open; key or not.
As he passed by the stepsister's bedrooms, he was wondering if trashing it would make any difference to what they looked like now, but wasn't able to come to a conclusion since he practically ran into someone else who had been running down the stairs.
"Hey, watch it!" she shrieked in surprise. Having recovered quickly – and Daisuke was wondering what was going on now and hadn't recovered yet – Dark grabbed her by the scruff of her shirt collar. "What do you think you're doing! That's no way to treat a lady, you know!"
"And what do you think your doing in here anyway?" he asked back, not letting go but leaving enough space so she could continue breathing. She glared at him and tried to get away, but that only meant that she got choked so she stopped trying and pouted.
"Why should I tell you?" she asked.
"Because I live here."
"Well, it's none of your business."
Dark sighed and tried a different tactic, "So, what's your name then?"
"Me? I'm Patty. Who are you then?" she asked as politely as she could, obviously hoping that he would drop his guard soon.
"Dark."
"Man, what a stupid name to have… hey, that sounds familiar to me though…" she began to think it over and he let go of her collar, waiting to see what would happen. As soon as she saw that he didn't have a hold of her, Patty bolted.
"I'm not staying around here!"
"Sure, see if I care," muttered Dark coolly, holding up something, "since I already got back what you took."
She stopped and felt her pockets and then scowled at Dark, forgetting that she was supposed to run away, whether or not she had the jewel thingy she'd taken from Daisuke's room. "How'd the hell did you know?"
"Well, if you want my full title, I'm the Great Phantom Thief Dark Mousy," he smirked as he watched her face changed from surprised to doubtful, and then to something similar to pure admiration.
"I've heard all about you, you know!" she exclaimed, her attitude changed completely. "You're, like, the best thief around! But I bet I can do better than you…" she smiled sweetly, "I'm a phantom thief too, you know, except I don't just steal pretty pieces of artwork to get people's attention."
"Hey, is that an insult to my standards!" demanded Dark.
Patty shrugged, "I can't say that much, really, but since I just steal from the rich and greedy people and all, let's just say I'm a different sort of thief…"
"And you're so good that you fail to notice people in the house," he scoffed lightly, "And are you saying that this family is greedy now?" ((I mean, I know the ugly stepsisters and stepmother is, but the rest of us…))
"Well, I don't really know," she fell back into thought as Dark replaced the stolen item into his pocket. "Guess it was just my woman's intuition. I mean, I have a feeling that the majority of the people who live here are as greedy as most, so yeah. That's all I can say."
"Well, close enough."
"So, what are you doing here anyway?"
"Well, getting away from the rain, for one thing," she began, "And to see what I could get from here, you know?"
"… Right…" he nodded, still trying to understand, ((She's… weird.))
(I would have to say that the two of you have quite a lot in common,) commented Daisuke lightly, finally deciding to talk rather than just sit there like he didn't exist, (And why do you steal things anyway? Is it only to get attention?)
((Hey, are you questioning what I do now?)) Dark demanded.
(Well, yeah.)
((… I don't need to answer that question. I steal stuff and the world knows it, that's all that matters.))
(Right, Dark, right…)
((Come on, give me a break already. We've been fine living together for this long, so why question my existence now? And my standards in life. I'M the one who doesn't even have a proper body anymore, you know.))
(Yeah, but that doesn't mean you can abuse it and do things that might end up putting us in jail.)
((Hey, I'm a thief. I can't be put into jail!))
(Um… that's the whole point the police are after you. Because you ARE a thief. And that's classified as 'bad', you know.)
((Dammit, Dai-chan, stop trying to confuse me.))
"Oi, Mr. Phantom Thief dude," Patty waved a hand over his face, "HELLO? CAN. YOU. HEAR. ME?" she got no response and she pouted, hands on hips for effect, "NOW what's going on?"
Because Dark was arguing with the someone within, the young girl – okay, she was about thirteen, but that was still young – was considering if she should just leave or steal what Dark had taken back and THEN leave, but was interrupted when a white bunny thing bounced down the hallway happily, making strange sounds. She stared at it.
"Wait… is that…" she spluttered, pointing at the steadily approaching bunny, "What is that… I mean… a… a…"
(No. what I'm trying to say is-) started Daisuke patiently, but Dark never heard the end of that sentence since Patty screamed.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER! WHY HERE, OF ALL PLACES!"
(…)
((O… kay… this is now officially insane. Where the hell did that girl come from, anyway?))
(I don't know.)
((Is this even supposed to happen in the actual story!))
(Well, if it was the story, then we wouldn't even be in it, Dark.)
((Hey, I'm just trying to get my point across here.))
(I know, I know, but this is getting a bit tiring.)
((Like I said, why don't you just fall asleep and then see what happens?))
(And I said I wasn't going to do that.)
"Kyu! Kyu!"
-
"So I have to find this particular person?" asked the blonde – Krad – as the crumbling of the walls finally came to a halt. For the time being, anyway. "Why is it that you haven't caught him until now… your Highness?"
"Because the security here is… very delicate and… out of date," the King muttered in reply, wondering if he was allowed to swear: he was the KING, after all, so he was allowed to do that kind of stuff… right? He wasn't too sure anymore. "And it would not be such a problem if it wasn't so frequent."
"I see…" Krad looked around at the dank room, "So… do you want me to bring the thief here or… do I dispose of them?"
"… Whatever you think will be best for the people." He was then thinking about how he was going to get the money to repair the castle again. Servants were robbing it from the core out and he really needed that changed… okay, he was slipping away from the subject again. "We will, of course, reward you for your efforts."
"We can speak about that later," he bowed again, not wanting to spend another minute in the room, "I think I should get started soon."
"Very well." The King allowed him to leave and then collapsed back on his seat, still thinking over how to get the money. He could always try another one of those tax things… but the village would probably go haywire again with the whole mob deal, and he didn't want to see that happen.
Again.
…
Man, that was scary, the last time they did that. He really didn't want to get caught in between a mess like that.
It was just… horrible. With the fire and the yelling and the pitchforks and the fire… oh wait, he'd already thought of that.
Just as he was about to get back to the actual subject of thought, someone else entered the room, followed by another, with a look of pure indignation and frustration on their features.
The first one was a maid – of sorts – and the other was none other than the King's youngest child.
"Daddy! She said really mean things about me! I want her fired!" yelled the girl, who was only six years old. The maid – who was much older – shrugged as he raised an eyebrow in her direction.
"I think she was having another nightmare, Your Highness."
"I see…" he frowned and then just waved a hand, "Stop being a nuisance, Terra, you're making too much noise." His daughter pouted at that.
"You shouldn't be so rude!" she yelled back and flounced off. The maid sighed and then followed behind her.
So then the silence was finally renewed, only to be broken by a girl swinging down on a window ledge close by the King's head. "Hey, what's going on now, dad? What was Terra screaming about this time?"
"You don't need to know that," he muttered back, "And how many times have I told you to act more like a princess?"
The girl inclined her head, "But this is the easiest way around the castle, father, and with stairways collapsing again, we need an alternative."
"And that doesn't include swinging around to our doom. Now get down here, Mirei." the girl did as she was told and brushed grime away from her tunic top, which was already dark coloured so it didn't make any difference. "And you may be the next heir to the throne, so please stop endangering your life."
"But daa—d," Mirei whined, "You said that brother was going to take over, not me! I like being the second in command, even if we are practically the same age."
"Only by ten minutes," he muttered, "What would your mother say?"
"'Leave our daughter alone'?"
"Very funny. Anyway, your brother doesn't seem very interested with taking over the throne, so you may be the one forced to take his place."
"Or Terra," she suggested, laughing under her breath.
"Be respectful," her father said, and she fell silent, "Anyway, your brother will soon be coming home, so I was thinking about throwing a party for him."
"Yeah, maybe that will convince him to take the throne," Mirei suggested innocently. "And why are you telling me this, father? Shouldn't you be telling whosisname?"
"Mirei…"
Laughing, the girl jumped out of her father's reach and proceeded on leaving the room. "I'm sure he'll love your consideration, dad!"
"…"
Okay, what was he going to do now?
:What. The. Hell.:
…
:I going to have to kill Dark when I get the chance… this is all his fault.:
Silence.
:He is going to die…:
-
"Whoa! Chill out! That isn't a monster!" yelled Dark, trying to find a way to pacify the screaming girl, who was now going slightly hysterical, "Okay, With is a kind of strange creature, but he won't hurt you!"
"How the hell am I supposed to know that!" Patty screeched. She was currently holding a chair over her head and threatening With with it, "I know a monster when I see one!"
Dark rubbed the back of his head, confused, "What's with you and monsters? I mean, where did you come from? I haven't seen anyone with bat wings before? Is it a Halloween costume?"
"No, you moron! KYA!" momentarily letting her guard down, Patty was 'attacked' by the bunny, who just ended up sitting on her head 'kyu'-ing happily. The violet-haired boy raised his eyebrows.
"See? He won't hurt you."
"Guh…"
"Anyway, back to what I was saying…"
"Actually, you were spacing out before I started going crazy," she pointed out.
"…"
(She has a point, you know.) Daisuke agreed.
((Quiet, you.))
"Anyway," Dark ploughed on, "do you have any reason to being here now?"
"Eh, I just hate the people I meet, since they make fun of my wings," Patty muttered, "I mean, who cares?"
"I think they're pretty cool, actually," he commented lightly, "Even if you can't get rid of them when you want to."
"So yeah. You seem to be someone reasonable. Can I stay over?"
"WHAT!"
Patty smiled, "Only for a few days. I'm not supposed to be here anyway, so why not?"
Dark frowned at her, "Well, for one thing we have a bunch of really ugly and really stupid ladies living in this house and my host has to wear a dress and he hates that and I don't think they'll like you."
"Host?"
((Can I?))
(What! But why!)
((It's just easier this way.))
"Yeah, host," the boy said, while the redhead inside of him began to scream at him, mainly about jail, "Why don't you think no one have ever caught me? 'Cause I don't even have my own body anymore."
"Oh…" Patty suddenly looked sympathetic, "Sucks to be you, huh?"
"Yep. Anyway, my host is a real nice guy, so I'm sure you two will get along fine. But that still leaves the really ugly old hags…" Just as the words left his mouth, they heard the door unlock and slowly open, "And there're now here. I think you better leave now."
"Hey! I've got an idea!" she yelled, running up the stairs to the only other exit for the time being, "Catch you later!"
Once she was out of sight, Dark sweat dropped. ((She was just… weird.))
(I guess. But what was with the wings?)
((Who knows. Oh well, guess you'll just have to wear a dress again.))
(Ugh…)
"Kyu!"
Once he was finished changing, Daisuke took over and hopped down the stairs to meet the rest of the family, who just ended up ignoring him. Grumbling, they tramped into the living room and stayed there, allowing the redhead more spare time.
It wasn't long before the doorbell rang and the stepmother yelled at him to open the door, which the redhead did. He was surprised to see Patty at the entrance, wearing a cloak.
"Hi."
"Uh… hi," the redhead muttered. Then added in a whisper, "What are you doing here?"
She blinked, "Huh?"
"I'm Dark's host. Daisuke."
"Oh! You're cute!" she said happily, "Anyway, here's what I was planning to do."
"What?"
"SHUT THE DOOR! YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE COLD IN!"
"I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS! WHAT'S GOING ON!"
Ignoring Daisuke's whispered warnings, Patty entered the living room and bowed in front of them, "Hi! I'm the new maid!" This was greeted by silence as everyone in the room stared at her, as if not sure of what they had just heard.
The stepmother was the first to recover. Coughing importantly, she stood up, "I see… so you'll be working here?"
"And living here," she added.
"Right. Payment?"
"None is required."
"Oh, right. You're that one I hired ten years ago. Fine, whatever. Go fix dinner or something. Boy, you go as well."
Once they were in the kitchen, Daisuke stared at her in disbelief, "Where did that come from?"
Patty shrugged, "Seeing as we're both stuck here, we might as well make the most of it, Daisuke."
"Huh?"
(Wait… what's going on?)
((The spell's finally cracked and we can go home?))
(I don't know…)
"Hey! You! Daisuke!"
"Huh! Patty!"
"Yup! It's me!"
"Wait… why are you here?"
((That's what I want to know.))
"Like I said, we're stuck here."
"You… managed to…"
"Yup!"
((What the... -omitted due to language-))
(DARK! DON'T SWEAR!)
"But where are we?"
"Well, it's a long story…"
-
Back at the crumbling castle a carriage arrived and some people jumped out of it, watching as the castle swayed under the pressure of the blowing winds.
"They really need to do something about this building," one of them muttered.
"But it's still home, sir."
"And it's still falling apart."
Some soldiers caught sight of them as they began to make their way into the building and alerted the King immediately. As people gathered to welcome them back, one of them muttered an excuse and slipped away.
Up, up, up the stairs… so many stairs. How they managed to live through it, he would never really know. Man, it was really painful and now he remembered why he had left in the first place. After a long walk up the winding stairs, he finally reached a door and knocked on it.
"Yes?" came the muffled reply.
He opened the door, "Mirei?"
She looked up at the call of her name and immediately paled when she saw who it was. Leaping off her bed, she began to jump around before hugging him. "You're back! You're back! That means I don't have to take over!
Welcome back, Satoshi!"
:…:
-End Stage 6-
"What… what's going on? Why is this happening?" Akane watched the scenarios in disbelief. "This can't be…
"This can't be happening… why is it now…"
Celes looked up, "… Something is happening… something that isn't supposed to happen is happening…"
- Something very weird is going on. What are they going to do about it? What CAN they do? What is Krad planning to do? So many questions, not enough answers. Oh well. -
And there we have it. I really don't know what I'm doing, so yeah. But did you notice that Patty spoke within the confinements of the fairytale world? That does mean something, but I'm not saying anymore. And... yeah, more strange stuff to come, cause that's when the title REALLY gets it's meaning! XD Yup, it's true!
Oh, and I know everyone was acting a bit weird, so don't point it out. So that's all for now!
- Reviewer talkback: (I was doing it and then the stupid interenet got rid of the windows! Now I have to do it again! Sorry!)
-Staryday: Insanity makes my head go 'boom'. Yeah, and the randomness was just that. I think I'm going more and more insane with each passing day. And with Daisuke bangind his head... I can't remember why I did that anymore. Hm... I really can't remember... Anyway, I'll try my best to update again soon but I can't really make that promise. (Stupid school... with PE in the way, I have NO TIME!)
-Hakudoshi-chan: Hm... I'll try my best, shall I?
-SpinningAvia: Yup, you're the reason I kinda continued. I don't hate the story... it's more of a 'thing'... I don't know. Hope you liked this chapter!
-Basiliskwings: Well, I've never been good at pairings anyway, so it won't be that detailed. Yeah, Satoshi's the prince, but there's his twin sister and that younger one as well. Krad's also hanging around and being evil as well. It's bound to mean somehting in the end. (hint hint)
-Kitedragon: Thanks! When you mean the thoughts, you mean my comments, the way I'm writing it with my thoughts in the middle or the character's thoughts themselves? I kinda got tired of writing my own comments, so that's over and done with, so... yeah. Sorry for any confusion. Your ideas might help as well, and I think what I'm going to do with it is going to ruin it in the end anyway. If you can call it that. I've never been that good at humor, but I try. The last speech I did was considered high brow. I wonder what that's supposed to mean...
Anyway, thanks to everyone who read this as well as reviewed! You make me feel so special! Now... what to do next... (cackles evilly.)