Double Jinx
By: CrescentLight
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own CCS...
Well, this story is like the prologue thing of a big project I'm working on, so please read this and review for me! Thanx!
Chapter 1. The Maids' Story
It was a sunny day in the kingdom and the market was filled with noises. A girl dressed in purple hummed happily as she placed a piece of tofu carefully in the basket she was holding. "Now let see...what else? ...Seems I got them all!" She smiled, but seconds later it disappeared as another girl about the same age crashed into her, sending her basket flying, performing a graceful arc in the air.
"No!" The girl screamed as all of its content spilled out of the basket, "Who are you?" She pointed her finger at the other girl, shouting angrily.
"I'm so sorry," The other girl said, bowing, then when she looked up, surprise was clearly shown in her blue eyes," Ayame! Is that you?"
"Suzame?" The finger fell to her side as Ayame gasped," What are you doing here?"
Soon, the shopping basket laid forgotten on the empty road as the two friends seated themselves at a local teahouse.
"So what have you been doing?" Suzame asked, smoothing a wrinkle out of her green cloak.
"Nothing, I've been working as a maid in the palace since the little princess was born and the curse was cast."
"Oh, I've heard about that. Tell me more about it!" The blue-eyed girl leaned forward eagerly.
"Well, you know when the little princess was born, everyone in the kingdom was really happy and the King and Queen decided to hold a ball for her. All the fairies in the land were invited, but one was late for the celebration," She took a sip of her green tea, "And the party started without her. Now you know how much the fairies hates being left out of the crowd. So she was furious and told everyone that the princess will be cursed."
"So what was the curse?" Suzame asked, taking a bite of her cake.
"It was something about learning to accept. Horrible woman, I tell you," Ayame sighed," I mean, Princess Sakura was an angel. She got her father's brown hair and her mom's emerald eyes. How could that fairy do that?" She slammed her fist on the table, then sighed again and looked up," So Suzame, what's up with you?"
"Like you, I also got a maid job at the Li palace."
"You did? How's the job going?"
"It's okay, the Lis got a kid named Syaoran, he's a year older than Princess Sakura, I think, and he's the sweetest thing you've ever seen in your life."
"So is our princess!" Ayame replied, defiantly.
"I know, just let me finish talking," She paused, giving her friend a dirty look," But to every gift, there's a catch. As for Syaoran, well, he's got no friends, literally. We serve him, but that's it. The kid's lonely; I could see it in his brown eyes. I wish there's something I could do to help." She sighed wistfully, clearly worried about her master.
"I'm sure he would be surrounded by friends soon." Ayame reached over the table and patted her friend's hand.
"I hope so," Suzame smiled, then stood up," I'm sorry, Ayame, but I have to go now to prepare the dinner."
"Yeah, me too."
Soon, the two maids scurried back to their respective kingdom, each wondering when they'll meet again.
So how was it? This is the first chapter and I got the whole maids-telling-story thing from this Chinese book called 'Hong Lou Meng'(really famous). Read and review, please and thank you!