Midnight: Hey guys I'm back! I'm feeling very ambitious today so I'm going to write and post a whole bunch of chapters on both of my stories! First I'm going to start with My Cinderella story.

Cookies: YAY! I love Cinderella! (Goes into full blown stalker mode)

Sour: Everybody grab your creeper repelent! Stalker Cookies is on the loose! (pulls a can of *Creeper Repelent* out of her bag and tries to spray cookies, Cookies dodges and Sour accidentally sprays Midnight in the face.)

Midnight: What is this stuff? Is it water or something?

Sour: No, it's creeper repelent, that's why it's not working on you! It only works on creepers Cough, cough, cookies, cough, cough, cough! See! (sprays Cookies in the face)

Cookies: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT BURNS! I'M MELTING!

Midnight and Sour: You have to review if you want to save Cookies!

Cookies: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HELP ME! REVIEW! WE DON'T OWN GHOST HUNT BY THE WAY!

Flashback

Then I heard another familiar voice, this one chilling, not shrill and annoying "What a mess...You must be punished Mai."

End of Flashback

I flinched. I know whatever punishment I'm faced with will not be pleasant. Normally when I 'make a big mess' I am punished by being hit. When it's not so bad I am locked away in my room for a whole day, no food and water. I decided to get it over with. I walked quickly over to the parlor (Porch, boot room, shoe room, entrance, whatever you want to call it).

I'm almost there. I nearly start shaking, I'm so afraid of what could happen. But I won't give Luella the satisfaction of seeing me like that. I won't show fear in front of her. I will never know why Luella and Masako hate me. I have never done anything to them, I've only followed their orders. I don't really care about the fortune either. They can have everything of mine, but I won't let them have my spirit, I decide as I walk through the door into the parlor.

(A/N The story is going to be different than Cinderella but it will kind of keep to the story line. Not much but if you pay attention it's there. I hope I'm not disapointing any of you. Please just keep reading the story anyway. It will get better I promise.)

The first thing I notice is Luella and Masako's identical glares. They both look so alike, it's scary. They both have lustrous black hair, but Luellas is long and Masakos is short. They both have eyes as grey as a stormy sky. They aren't tall, but not short either. They're very beautiful. Sometimes I think that they think that beauty makes up for being mean.

"Um...You called for me?" I asked. What a stupid question! Why would I even ask that?

Masako spitefully replies "Any idiot would know when they are being called." She smirks at me. I can almost feel steam coming out of my ears I am so angry.

Luella stops her before she can say anything else. She gestures at me and says sharply "Come along, to the post. I expect you need to learn a lesson since you haven't before." I just go pale and follow her. Along the way she barks out orders to the other servants. They are to get the whipping post ready and bring someone to whip me.

We never used to have a whipping post until my father died. I know that we never would have until Luella came along. I really miss my father and I know that I would miss my mother if I had known her.

I keep walking, straight to the courtyard. To a lot of pain and sorrow. I'll be sad, because my friends will be sad. I'll feel pain because that's what Luella wants me to feel. I look down as we get closer to the post. I don't want to see the terrible sight. I look at the grass that should be green but is brown. I look at the flowers that should be blooming, but there are only weeds.

When we get there I am tied to the pole 'for my own safety'. I am to recieve 10 lashes.

(A/N I know I'm mean to poor Mai. But I promise something good comes out of this! I can't tell you yet though or I would be giving the whole story away!)

LASH 1 - I imagine I am somewhere else far away, being treated kindly.

LASH 2 - I count in my head trying to ignore it.

LASH 3 - I accidentally whimper.

LASH 4 - I let a few tears escape.

LASH 5 - I cry out.

LASH 6 - I scream.

LASH 7 - My friends are watching, worry and sadness etched on their faces.

LASH 8 - I start to feel dizzy.

LASH 9 - I feel a lot of blood running down my back.

LASH 10 - I nearly black out.

Finally they let me go. I walk over to my friends. John grabs my hand and says "I know someone who can help. Here I'll carry you, I don't think you should be walking right now."

He lifts me up and fire races through my back. I whimper and black out.

John's POV

I'm almost finished. Then I'll get to go home or talk with Mai. Speaking of Mai I hope she's alright. I heard gossip a few minutes ago that she is to recieve a punishment. This punishment is supposed to be unusually harsh and cruel. Suddenly a scream comes from the court yard. I race out.

What I see makes me want to cry. Mai is tied to the whipping post, being whipped like so many ill-mannered servants before her. She is usually so strong, no matter what she was punished with she never complained, cried or screamed. Now she was reduced to a shaking, screaming mess of herself. They let her go and she wobbles over this way. I grab her hand and tell her "I know someone who can help. Here I'll carry you, I don't think you should be walking right now."

I lift her up easily, she's just so light. She lets out a small whimper and goes unconscious. I start walking when I hear little voices yelling "Wait up! We wanna help Mai too!"

I look down, it's the mice. The talking mice to be specific. I lift them up and put them in my pocket. I start walking towards the castle. My friends prince Naru and his advisor Lin live there. Naru will help her, he has to if he doesn't Mai won't get treated and die.

I decide since we're so far away I should find something to get us there faster. (Light bulb moment) I know, I'll get a horse from the stables! I think triumphantly. I race over to the stables and grab a horse. I get on carefully, I don't want to hurt Mai. I sit down on the saddle and keep one hand on the reins the other on Mai. Away to the castle we go.

After about 15-20 minutes of riding, we arrived at the castle. They let me in because I am friends with the prince. I hopped off of the horse and headed over to the castle doors Mai still in my arms. (He's carrying her bridal style! how cute!)

Naru's POV

I was in my chambers reading a book when a servant came in.

"John is here sir, and he brought a girl with him." He knows that I don't want to marry anyone for a long time. Gene died and no one can ever replace him.

I say icily "Tell him to leave and that if he ever tries to get me to marry someone again, I shall never see him again."

"Sir," the man starts, "That's not why he's here. The girl with him is incredibly beautiful, but that's not why he brought her. She's injured and if she doesn't get help soon she could die. He also said to tell you that this girl is his friend."

"Alright let them in."

The servant does as he's told. I walk over to greet John and stop in my tracks. In his arms is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. She has flowing brown hair, she's not super tall, but not tiny. She looks so fragile in his arms.

The thing that makes me angry is the blood. She seems to be injured badly. I feel my temper rise and I snap at a nearby maid "Get the doctor quickly!"

She runs off in fear and surprise to get the doctor. John beckons me closer and says "follow me."

John leaves instructions for the doctor to follow and we end up at a strange cabin. He lays the girl down on her stomach, that's when I see the real damage. She had 10 whip lashes on her back. For some strange reason I was furious. I didn't even know the girl and I already cared for her.

If I'm not careful I'll just get hurt again. Just like with Gene. He was my identical twin. We were opposites, but as they say opposites attract. He was my best friend and he always knew what I was thinking. I always tried to protect him with my powers but in the end it wasn't enough. He died a year ago and his body wasn't found.

I was interupted by a familiar voice saying "Can we come out now?"

"Lord Takigawa, is that you?" I asked. John suddenly pulled 3 mice out of his pocket. One of them looked at me and laughed, "What do you think, Oh mighty Naru the Narrcissist?"

Yep definately lord Takigawa. "How did you get to be turned into a mouse?" I questioned icily.

The female mouse said "We can't say exactly. But I can tell you we have a curse put upon us. That girl had to get herself into trouble and us being stupid tried to help."

"Lady Ayako? What do you mean? You went missing a year ago when my brother died!" I exclaimed.

The third mouse said simply " Dearest Prince Naru, you know us all. But we can't confirm your suspicions because of the curse. I can tell you one thing that the witch left out of the curse though. The witch killed your brother and this girl meddled and tried to help even though she didn't know him. That's why she's this way now. Her memory of that has been erased though. The witch travelled through time to mess with things and it's too confusing to explain. We couldn't explain it anyway, even if we didn't have a curse on us."

"I know who you all are now." He pointed at the first mouse and said "You are lord Takigawa,You," He continued gesturing at the female mouse," are lady Ayako."

"What about me?" Whined the last mouse.

"You are the old jester, Yasuhara." I said simply. That's when the doctor bustled into the room and kicked everybody (Except Mai) out. The doctor was finally done about an hour later. But before I rushed in to tell the girl about everything, Lord Takigawa warned me "If you tell anyone or somebody doesn't find out on their own all of us involved die."

Midnight: I forgot to thank the R&Rers! Thanks R&Rers!

Cookies: Happy Birthday to You! Happy- (Cut off by Sour, who isn't in a good mood)

Sour: SERIOUSLY SHUT UP! PLZ R&R TO SAVE COOKIES! SHE IS NOW GOING INSANE!