KC- ok I am back with a new chapter in this one it's the night of the ball
Wiz- this is not KC story D.N.Angel does not belong to her and we will also like to thank Iarrod because she is the only one who said anything about Krad's Costume so we going with her idea with a twist.
Riku - Cinderella
Risa – Stepsister
Keiji – stepfather
Boy – a young boy Riku remembers
Freedert – Fairy Godmother
Towa No Shirube – Fairy Guide mother
Riku was up early on the day of the masquerade ball she had done a full day work in 5 ½ hours and still was not done on top of more work she had to work on the carriage and get all the white horse as white as possible which was four but it was hard since when she got them all done they ran through mud.
"There now please stay clean"
"Riku, Where are you I can't find my earring it's the white one I am going as Cinderella and need to look as beautiful as ever and I can only do that in all white"
"It's on you dresser on the right in a box and inside another box with a ribbon on it"
"What's it doing in there?"
"Riku"
Riku turns around and see her stepfather
"Yes sir?"
"When you get done with horse iron my pants for the ball and find my cufflinks"
"Yes sir"
Later
Ok so Riku has done everything she has been told to do and Risa and Keiji are pouting that she gets to go so Riku is up stairs getting ready.
"I finally get to go a ball"
Riku was brushing out her hair which did not take long she then went over to the wardrobe and pulled out her dress. But what she was not her dress what she saw gown that was shredded as if it someone cut the dress with a pair of scissors.
Riku was heartbroken as she looked over the damage it could not be repair not for tonight not for any night.
Riku walked down the stairs back to her stepsister and stepfather.
"Riku what's keeping you if we are to get on time we must leave now"
"I will no be attending"
"Why not?"
"Well my dress I had planed on wearing has been ruin"
"Well that's a shame I well since you finished all your work you may do whatever you want"
"Daddy are we leaving yet?"
"Yes my angel"
"Good night Riku"
(They left)
Riku ran through the house to the back into the hidden garden to the fountain and sat there crying. That's when she remember once when she was young
Flashback
Once when Riku was young she was playing with Risa in a meadow when she got lost
"Risa look at these flowers aren't they pretty?"
"Yeah Riku I'll be right back I going to show mommy and daddy"
"Ok I'll wait right here"
"All right I'll be back soon"
Riku was waiting in the meadow and heard something running around she turned around and saw a fox chasing a rabbit. Riku went after it and followed it in to the forest mindlessly, the fox injured the rabbit by the time Riku caught up with it and she scared it away.
"Poor bunny your foot hurt"
Riku ripped a piece of her shirt and wrapped up its foot
"Wiz, Wiz"
A boy came in view look out of tired and as if he was just in a fight he was dressed in a cloak with a pin holding it together he also was wearing dark blue pants and a whit shirt that could be scene well.
"O, Wiz I see you made a friend, thank you for finding him"
"It's Riku and your welcome. He is cute his name is Wiz?"
"Yeah sorry if he caused you any trouble"
"No I was just… o know where the meadow I am lost"
"Um… I know the why around here, let me just go and get my horse"
"So where do live?"
"O, I live around the hill in the town"
"Really I never scene you around"
"Well I don't get out much"
"Ok so you know where's this meadow is right?"
"Yeah I sneak out every now and then and explore with Wiz"
"So where did you find Wiz"
"The same why you did a fox was chasing him, ok where at the end of forest and the begging of the meadow"
"We are thank you so much"
"Hey wait I want to give you this as a thank you fro helping Wiz"
The young boy started to take off the pin that held his cloak together and took a chain out of his pocket and stringed the pin through the chain and gave it to Riku
"It's called the Agate Links"
"Wow it's so pretty"
The pin or now newly a necklace look liked a small sword up near the top it had a semi-transparent crystallized quartz inside that was surrounded by a grayish white that first part the second part was where the chain was held from. The same white separated it from the first part then it had the same red gem as the first part and from that same gem came two angels like wings that folded in and out.
(KC – I tried to make it look like the one from the book but I added the part where the wings can go into its actual go into itself.)
"My mom said to give it to someone who I was grateful to and also so you can remember me"
"Thanks I'll take really good care of it"
"She also said that you can make a wish with the right crystal that this is the key it but I don't know where that crystal is"
"That's ok it's still pretty, and I'll still make a wish with it, thank you for your help"
Riku ran back to her parents and Risa they where all very worried and relived she was ok
End of Flash back
"I never got that kids name but why am I think about him?" (Pulls out the Agate links)
"With the right crystal, well I don't know where the crystal is but I hope it will grant my wish"
Riku was at the fountain she making her wish with the Agate links in her hand. When it stared to glow the fountain also started to glow and Riku looked in her hand and saw this then looked at the fountain all of the sudden the Agate links wings opened up.
Riku held it and walked around the fountain and saw a hole that had an engraving of some girl praying Riku put the Agate links inside the hole and to her surprise it fit and she then she turned it as she turned it the fountain opened up and a crystal came out.
The Agate links came out of the hole and turned into a sword cutting the crystal open to reveal a girl curled up.
"You did it you found me inside this crystal you have brought me back to life"
"Who are you?"
The girl that was in front of Riku was about 16 she had blond hair and blue eyes and she wore a long sleeve blouse, a red skirt, and a somewhat coat covering tied with two bows at the front.
"I am Freedert a part of The Second Hand Of Time, I have heard your wish and you will go to the ball tonight. Get me that painting of the white coach and two horses, and that statue of the bird on the wall and your shredded dress."
"What?"
"Do you want to go to the ball or not? Go get the items"
"What? ...o yes right away"
Riku came back with all the items and Freedert blow into the air and snow covered the painting and the snow turned into a storm and in an instant the carriage and horses came to life. She then turned to the bird statue and also made it come to life.
"This is the Towa No Shirube she can find anything and will be your guide for the rest of the night after I leave"
"O please call me To-To, Towa No Shirube sounds so old"
The statue look as a young girl she had dark green blue eyes, silver hair, and pinkish purple nails. She had a dark blue shirt with long sleeves that at the waist puffed out like a skirt and wore dark blue shorts underneath she had boots that went to her thigh and everything is trimmed with white she also wore a dark blue choker.
"Wow your pretty you have a boyfriend?"
"To-To this not the time so let me see your dress"
Riku gave the dress to Freedert she looked over once then started to blow the snow on it. When it was done it was all white the dress looked like it was wrapped around her but it was held with chain and mirror like a halter top. There was also a wrap to it was white and at the end it was sheared, next to it was a head ornament when put on it would have two mirrors on the side and from the mirrors hung a chain that at the end hung two tear like crystals.
"This is the costume of Toki No Byoushin the controller of time. She is also a piece of art know as the seconded hand of time. You have been give a seconded chance and till midnight your wish will be granted."
"Thank you Freedret"
"No thank you, you have reunited me with my love for tonight"
"Your love?"
"Yes, Elliot, he was trapped in the Agates links and you found me and brought us back together for one more night, so that's why I thank you"
With that Elliot appeared next her and they left
"Well how do like that, so come Riku we need to get you to the ball there's no time to waste we must go come on come on."
KC- Sorry it took so long to update my dad surprised us with family trips this week and I kept getting home late.
Wiz- thanks for the reviews and keep reviewing this fic and tell me if you would like KC to put a small preview for the next chapter.
