AN: I was going to write this earlier, but I figured I should actually watch Sleeping Beauty so I remembered all of it. Then, on Thursday I was sick, so voila, I watched it!
Cast list:
Sleeping Beauty-Sora
Prince-Riku
Maleficent-Sephiroth
Flora-Pence
Fauna-Olette
Merryweather-Hayner
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Once upon a time a young baby boy was born. His parents chose to name him Sora because he screamed so much it made their ears sore. A celebration was held in his honour when he was just a little baby.
The announcement was made that when Sora was old enough he would be married to Prince Riku, joining the kingdoms together. Riku was quite young at the time, and obviously didn't understand the significance of that.
A burst of light from above and a melodic tooting from the trumpets let everyone know that Hayner, Pence and Olette the fairies were there.
Pence approached the King and recited, "Your son's birth is a joyous occasion indeed. We shall each grant the child one gift."
The King nodded, and the fairies proceeded to admire the baby.
Once again, Pence spoke, "Oh dear child, I grant you the gift of beauty. None shall rival your looks, and you shall be admired by all."
A wave of his wand and a shower of pink sparkles covered Sora, seeping into his skin.
Olette approached baby Sora, declaring, "My gift shall be the gift of song. Your voice will be lovelier than any man or woman in the kingdom, as well as any bird in the sky."
A wave of her wand and a shower of sparkles, green this time, covered Sora, gently vanishing on his pale skin.
Hayner began to approach Sora when a large howl could be heard. Fierce winds blew through the great hall and the lamps went out. Sephiroth walked into the hall, scowling as he came.
"A party and I wasn't invited?" Sephiroth asked.
"You aren't wanted," Hayner replied, glaring daggers at Sephiroth.
"How rude," Sephiroth smirked, "If I wasn't invited I'll just leave. But to show there are no hard feelings over this, I too shall give the child a gift."
"No that's fine," Olette said quickly.
"Silence!" Sephiroth roared, "If I want to give the child a gift, a gift the child shall have! Sora will indeed grow up beautiful and with a voice many would cherish but be warned. On his sixteenth birthday he will prick his finger on a spinning wheel and die!"
"No!" Hayner, Pence and Olette cried out in unison.
Sephiroth cackled and stormed out of the castle, leaving everyone in his wake trembling.
"Hayner you still have your gift," Olette said weakly, "Just do your best."
Hayner approached Sora, waved his wand and said, "On your 16th birthday if your finger gets pricked, instead of death you'll just slumber until true loves kiss wakes you."
The King, still fearful for his only son, burned all the spinning wheels throughout the kingdom.
Hayner, Pence and Olette departed gracefully to discuss the situation.
"I've got it!" Pence exclaimed, whispering, "We will take the baby and no one in the kingdom will know where. We'll dress as peasants and live in the woods."
Olette nodded, but Hayner seemed worried.
"What will the king and queen think of all this?" Hayner asked.
When no one could answer him, they all went off to see the King and Queen. Although neither were fond of the idea, they eventually agreed, for the safety of Sora.
That night, Hayner, Pence and Olette snuck out of the castle with Sora (whom they called Aurora) to find the small cottage where they would stay and live like peasants.
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"I can't believe Sora is turning 16 today," Olette sighed sentimentally.
"Speaking of which, we still have to make a cake and a cape and a hat for him," Pence pointed out.
"We'll have to get him out of the house so we can work," Hayner decided.
Sora walked in the room, grinning from ear to ear, "Nice day today."
"Fabulous day," Olette agreed, "Then again birthdays always are."
"Even if it is your birthday could you go pick some berries for us?" Hayner asked.
"Oh yes, lots and lots of berries!" Olette agreed.
Sora giggled and nodded, grabbing a basket on his way to the door.
He walked into the woods as he always would, skipping on his way. Once he was out of sight, Hayner immediately went for their wands.
"No magic!" Pence exclaimed, "I'll be making this cape and hat by hand, and Olette will be making the cake."
Hayner groaned, and allowed them to pin the fabric against his body. Olette got to work making her cake, clearly not bothered by the fact that she'd never done any baking before.
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Sora sighed as he walked through the bushes, remembering a dream he had the previous night. A doting Prince had come after him and the two had fallen in love.
Without knowing, Sora began to sing to the song from his dream, "I know you I've walked with you once upon a dream."
Once more, birds and squirrels alike were drawn to his beautiful voice. Nearby in the forest, Prince Riku heard his singing as well.
"Do you hear that boy?" Riku asked his horse, follow that voice.
With that the horse was off, racing off on the way to find Sora. When they reached the clearing where Sora was singing and dancing around Riku dismounted his horse. He quietly walked into the clearing, and at just the right moment he joined Sora in a dance.
"I know you, I've walked with you once upon a dream," Riku sang out, this guy did look an awful lot like the person in his dream the previous night.
"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers," Sora said, leaping away from Riku.
"We can't be strangers if we've met before," Riku smiled, before sighing on the confused look on Sora's face and adding, "Once upon a dream, remember?"
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Back in their cottage, the fairies first attempts hadn't worked so well. Olettes cake was oozing all over the table while Pence's hat looked more like a bonnet and the cape managed to wrap all around Hayner's body, ignoring what a cape should do.
Hayner pulled off the disgusting garments and grabbed their wands, "We're going to do this right."
"Hold on!" Pence said, shutting the windows, doors, and shoving a rag into the crack on the wall, "We can't be seen."
Each grabbing their wands, the 3 set to work. Pence easily made a beautiful hat and cape out of red material while Olette made a cake anyone could be proud of. Hayner set to work, cleaning up the mess they had made earlier.
Hayner eyed the clothes, "Red? Make it blue!" and with a swish of his wand the clothes were blue.
This incited a full on wand war between Hayner and Pence. Unbeknownst to them, Sephiroth now knew where they were.
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Sora and Riku had been standing there for nearly an hour when Sora gasped, "I really must go!"
"When will I see you again?" Riku called after him.
"Tonight!" Sora called over his shoulder, running down the path with his half full basket of berries, "Come to the cottage down this path!"
Sora was home within minutes, but was surprised when the lights were off. He looked around before noticing the beautiful cake sitting on the table, and the luxurious, blue hat and cape sitting on the chair beside it.
Hayner, Pence and Olette came downstairs smiling, "Surprise!"
"Thanks you guys!" Sora exclaimed, hugging all of them, "This is the perfect day. Beautiful presents and I found the love of my life."
"You can't be in love!" Hayner cried out.
"You're going to be married to Prince Riku," Pence explained.
"To do that I'd have to be a Prince as well," Sora sighed, "Not to mention I want to marry... well I don't actually know his name, but he's really amazing! We met once upon a dream..."
"You are a Prince," Olette smiled, "Prince Sora. We're taking you home tonight."
"I can't go!" Sora insisted, "I have to meet him here!"
"I'm sorry dear," Olette said meekly, patting his back.
Sora cried as he packed any of the possessions he came to love so he could return home. He put on the beautiful cape and hat they had made him before heading back downstairs.
That night Sora left for the castle with Hayner, Pence and Olette. By the time they were out of sight, Sephiroth showed up. He waited in the cabin, hoping they would come back. Imagine his surprise when he saw Prince Riku riding up over the hill. He knocked vigorously at the door, hoping he was at the right cabin.
Sephiroth opened the door and quickly captured the unaware and unsuspecting Prince.
"This will be fun," Sephiroth grinned evilly.
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Sephiroth shut Riku up in a dungeon at his lair. He then left, showing up at the castle just before the fairies and Sora arrived.
Hayner, Pence and Olette led Sora to his room in the tallest tower, where he promptly shut himself in. Deciding giving him some privacy and alone time wasn't a bad idea, the fairies waited outside.
Sora looked up to find a spinning wheel that hadn't been then before.
"Touch the needle," Sephiroth's voice encouraged, putting Sora in a trance.
Sora reached his hand out as the fairies barged in.
"No!" Hayner cried out, but it was too late.
Sora's finger touched the needle and he fell to the floor in an ageless slumber.
"Everyone will be heartbroken," Olette whispered, close to tears.
"Not if they don't know," Hayner whispered, "We'll put the rest of the Kingdom into a similar sleep until Sora awakens. We have to find his so called dream boy."
The fairies agreed and went to work, using their magic to lull everyone into a peaceful sleep. Finally they were in the throne room, waving their wands over the royal persons still seated there.
As one of the Kings fell off to sleep he muttered, "Riku wants to marry that boy he met, once upon... a... dream..."
"It was Riku who Sora fell in love with!" Olette gasped excitedly, "We have to find him!"
"Where is he though?" Pence asked, "He's not in the castle..."
"To the cottage!" Hayner exclaimed, and with that, the fairies were soon at the cottage.
Inside they found a royal pin Riku would wear on his cape and whispered in unison, "Sephiroth."
They flew as fast as their wings would carry them toward Sephiroth's lair. The fairies used their small size (a quick wave of their wands and they were as small as mice) to sneak into the lair unnoticed, quickly finding their way into the dungeon.
Freeing Prince Riku was no real challenge for the fairies, but as they escaped, Sephiroth saw them. They managed to run far enough away, although Sephiroth promptly cast a spell to surround the castle in thorns.
Stopping for a moment to rest, Hayner handed Riku a keyblade the three of them had conjured up only mere moments ago.
"This sword will help good triumph over evil," Pence explained, "Cut through the vines now surrounding the castle and get inside. In the highest room, in the tallest tower lays the boy you met earlier today."
"His name is Prince Sora," Olette added.
"He's the guy you have to marry anyways," Hayner interrupted, "Since your birth. Good thing you love him."
"Kiss him once you're there," Pence added, "To wake him from his slumber, as well as the rest of the townsfolk."
Riku nodded, leading the way on his valiant steed. Once arriving at the tangle of thorns that now surrounded the castle, he drew his keyblade, promptly slashing away as he made his way through slowly. Sephiroth saw he was making progress, and went down to stop him, if he ever managed to reach the other side. Riku's determination and strength easily outmatched that of the tangle of vines and he was soon through, his new keyblade helping him immensely.
Sephiroth cackled, turning into a griffin. The beast was large, and as Riku slashed at him, he dodged every attack.
"Evil must die under the reign of the keyblade," Hayner exclaimed, "Evil shall die while good survives!"
Riku lunged one final time at Sephiroth, striking him through his heart. He fell to the ground, bleeding, and died. The thorns vanished as Riku raced up the tower stairs.
At the top he found the brunette from earlier that day lying on a bed, roses in his hands. He leaned down and lightly kissed his lips.
Sora's eyes fluttered open, smiling, "You came for me."
"Of course I did Sora," Riku grinned, sitting next to Sora, "I'm Riku by the way."
"You're-" Sora gasped.
"Yes, we are getting married," Riku grinned, pulling Sora in for a hug, "Is that a problem?"
"Nope," Sora smiled happily, "I think that will be just fine."
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AN: Hehe, odd place to end it on, but it's cute, right? Anyways, that ends my trilogy of fairy tales, I hope you enjoyed them! Thanks for reading, review?
