MAGICAL GIRL LYRICAL CINDERELLA
CHARTER 02
Everyone was excited. Today, TSAB officers and visitors were gathered inside the main hall to watch and participate in Lost Property Riot Force 6's stage play based on Cinderella. They could not wait, and the waiting was killing. Indeed it was, since the hall was already packed and people were fighting for the best spot.
Then they saw Shamal walking into the stage. She approached a lone seat at the right edge of the stage and sat on it. After a couple of coughs, she took the microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Lost Property Riot Force 6's stage play. I, Doctor Shamal, will be your narrator throughout this play. So please take a seat and enjoy this presentation."
Reactions she had from the audience prompted her to say: "don't ask why I'm wearing this," she said, referring to her Eruru cosplay outfit. Audience nodded and pretended nothing ever happened.
The cue of "The Egg and You" took place. For a while everyone was enjoying the jazz music before Shamal began the narration.
"Once upon a time, in the land named Mid-Childa, there was a girl named Cinderella. She lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters, who were jealous of her natural charm and her warm heart. She was frequently forced to do heavy labours, while the family went to indulge in their party-going affairs."
Shamal giggled. "For your information, we decided to keep Cinderella's introduction on hold. It's a surprise, so we don't want to spoil it." Here, she winked and caused 30 percent of male audience to swoon at her moe-ness. Their female colleagues glared at them and elbowed them in envy. Shamal sighed at the response and suddenly squealed when Shamisen grabbed her tail. "Iyaa! Shamisen, stop touching my tail! AH!"
Male audience nose-bled. Female audience growled in jealousy and proceeded to bash them with pillows. "It wasn't our fault! Shamisen did it!" The said cat innocently meowed and leapt onto Shamal's lap to be patted on the head.
The background music faded. Just like what Shamal said earlier, the step family came in, dressed up flamboyantly. First, it was Fate. "This is Fate Testarossa, the head of Cinderella's step-family." Fate stepped forward and bowed to the audience. Then it was Nanoha's and Hayate's turns. "I'd like to introduce you to Cinderella's stepsisters, Nanoha Testarossa and Hayate Testarossa." The two girls bowed respectfully and in full manners to the audience.
Hayate giggled as she stood up. "I designed these dresses," she said in her usual moe face. "It so suits this stage play! Ah, I wish I could design more costumes…" she sighed and childishly cupped her cheeks.
Nanoha sighed. "It didn't go exactly as we had planned earlier…"
"What do you mean…" an audience suddenly asked.
Nanoha pointed to the ceiling. "Well, it happened half an hour ago…"
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// 30 minutes before stage play… //
"WHAT????"
"Yes, it has been confirmed," Fate said as to assure the shock-treated Nanoha and Yuuno. "I had tried reasoning with the Author, but he said his decision was absolute."
"What are the changes he has made?" Yuuno asked.
"Ettou…" Fate checked and rechecked the list. She did it again and again. "Let me see… ah, who cares? I'll just show the edited list to you." And she did, as she pinned the list on the notice board and let everyone look at it.
CASTS (EDITED)
Chrono Haraoun as Cinderella Haraoun
Fate Testarossa as Herself a.k.a. the Stepmother
Takamachi Nanoha as Nanoha Testarossa a.k.a. Stepsister #1
Yagami Hayate as Hayate Testarossa a.k.a. Stepsister #2
Subaru Nakajima as Little Friend #1
Teana Lanster as Little Friend #2
Erio Mondial as Little Friend #3
Reinforce Zwei (Full size mode) as Little Friend #4
Vita as Little Friend #5
Yuuno Scrya as Prince Yuuno
Zafira as King Zafira
Arf as Queen Arf
Caro Ru Lushe as Fairy Godmother Caro
Friedrich as Fairy Godmother's Assistant
Signum as Royal Postman
Ginga Nakajima as Royal Announcer
NARRATOR
Shamal
Shamisen
Caro blinked. "Fairy Godmother? I thought Miss Hayate's supposed to take the role," she uttered before she giggled. "But this might look fun." Friedrich squealed in agreement with its master.
"So I'm going to be the little friend," Erio nodded, "along with Subaru, Teana, Reinforce Zwei and Vita. I see."
"NOT AGAIN!!!!!" Vita was heard screaming from behind the curtain.
Nanoha looked at Chrono's role. She inexplicably laughed and proceeded to the floor. Even Fate, who was acting calm, could not contain her feeling and laughed as well. "Chrono as Cinderella? That means we get to see him cross-dressing AGAIN!" both of them spoke at the same time.
Hayate checked the list. She was disappointed for not being the fairy godmother, yet she later grinned at the prospect of becoming the stepsister. "Just as planned!"
"What did you plan, Miss Hayate?" Erio asked in confusion.
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"That's what exactly happened," Nanoha sighed. "I wish I could tell Lone Wolf-san how important it is to be his own self and not taking care of everybody else…"
"Is she alright?" one audience asked.
"I believe she's talking about the impossibility to satisfy everybody's need," his friend answered. "It sucks, isn't it?"
"But anyway," Nanoha continued and turned to the stage. "Cinderella! Come over here!"
Grumbling and stomping on the floor was Chrono, dressed up as a housemaid, complete with wig and apron. His presence, and his role as the main character, caused a major shockwave of "what the hell?!!!!" among male audience, and surges of squeals of admiration from female audience. Chaos took over when volleys of boos and meows and cheers filled the entire hall due to Chrono's appearance.
The only person whose reaction was neutral was Admiral Letti. She stared at her colleague, corrected her eyeglasses and nodded. "So, Admiral Haraoun really likes cross-dressing. Now wonder why Lindy boasted about it on the phone yesterday."
Chrono stopped. He glared at the audience, growled in absolute dismay and tramped the floor many times. "Stop having many ideas about this, OKAY?" he demanded and glared at Admiral Letti. "And Admiral, don't even start!"
Admiral Letti simply shrugged. "Sure, if you wish."
"ARGH! First it's Stepmother, then Cinderella! What are the directors up to!???" Chrono screamed. "This is an outrage!"
Shamal: "oh, stop complaining, Chrono. You wanted to be the hero, so you got what you asked."
"True, true," audience replied.
Shamal: "See? Even the audience agreed with me."
"But not as a CROSS-DRESSER!" Chrono screamed.
"I say, dear chap, Admiral Haraoun does look perfect in that housemaid dress, don't you think?" a British gentleman asked and corrected his eyepiece.
"I quite understand your preference, sir, but I do believe he's just cross-dressing as a girl," his fellow spoke and made correction to his bowtie.
"Great Scott!" the third Englishman cried out.
"NOT YOU TOO?????" Chrono cried out.
"Cinderella…"
"YIKES!" Quickly he approached the awaiting Aces. With a fake, forced smile, he greeted the girls. "Why, hello there, Mom, Sis, what can I do for you?" he asked.
A devious grin carved upon the Aces' face. Fate approached Chrono and gave him a rather threatening pat on the shoulder. "Why, hello there indeed," she spoke and cackled. She glared at her adoptive brother long enough to make him gulp in fear. "So, have you done all the housework?"
"Y-y-y-yes, mother, I have!" Chrono replied. "Everything! The dishes, the clothes, the floor, I've done everything! Don't worry!"
Nanoha proceeded to approach a makeshift window. She swiped its edge with her finger. She lifted it back and noticed a speck of dust. "Cinderella…" she uttered and showed Chrono the dirt. "I see what you just did."
Shamal: "oh, yes. I forgot to mention that one of the stepsisters, Nanoha, is also very critic. She will do anything to look for an excuse to further worsen Cinderella's day. Even if it's just a speck of dust."
"But Sister! I have cleaned each corner of the window! Honest!" Chrono insisted.
Nanoha batted an eyebrow. "Oh, then what about this?"
Chrono was stricken in horror. "But, Sister, I swear! I've cleaned EVERYTHING inside this house!"
"Little Sister Cinderella…"
Chrono turned around. There, he was greeted with a scene of absolute horror as Hayate grinned in her moe-ness, her hands holding a pair of Gothic suit. "Don't forget to wear this tomorrow, okay?" she asked.
"What's wrong with you, sister?" Chrono snapped. "Yesterday you ordered me to wear the miko dress--"
Male audience gaped. Chrono cross-dressing as a miko girl? They roared in disapproval and banged their head on the chair. "Get the image out of our mental!!!!" they screamed.
"And look, I'm now wearing housemaid uniform!" Chrono continued.
Female audience -- or rather, fan girls -- sighed in awe, and melted moments afterwards. "Chrosuke… DAISUKI!"
Hayate simply laughed. "Because this is what I'm best at."
Chrono palmed his face. "God, please kill me…!"
Shamal: "poor Chr-- I mean, Cinderella. Look at her; she was bullied by her stepsister, dominated by her Queen Control stepmother, and yet nobody wanted to stand up for her."
"Meow."
"I know, Shamisen, I know," she spoke and scratched Shamisen on the chin. "I wonder who will be her sword and shield, then."
"I don't need your sympathy, Shamal!" Chrono cried out.
"Remember, Cinderella," Fate spoke and proceeded to pull Chrono by his collar, "look after our house until we come home tonight. And don't ever fall asleep again, or I'll lock you up in the underground chamber."
"And besides," she added before her smile turned vengeful, "revenge is sweet."
Chrono choked. He let go off the hands that strangled him and gasped for air. "Yes, Mother… I will do whatever you asked." Then he mumbled under his breath. "Damn it, Fate, you don't have to go this far…"
"Because you were the one who dominated me with those tentacle monsters…" Fate retorted. "Oniichan baaka…"
"Did Officer Fate just say tentacles?" an audience asked. "We need concrete proof! Show us!"
Sure enough, the ultra-high-resolution widescreen came down from the ceiling. Everyone looked up and was treated with flashback of "Sleeping Lyrical, Charter 06: Surprise!"
And they were shocked at what they saw.
// FLASHBACK STARTS HERE LOL //
Handclaps took over. Fate and the audience looked at the source of the sound. It was Phoenix Wright, and he was clapping his hands with a smug of confidence on his face. "Very impressive," he uttered and left the table. "I must say, I'm very much impressed by your… performance, Princess Fate of Mid-Childa."
"Who are you?" Fate demanded.
Phoenix Wright laughed. "I? Who am I?" His laugh turned demonic, as he palmed his face and trembled in eagerness. "I have waited for this very precise moment, dear princess," he uttered as a glow of dark aura was emitted from his body and surrounded the stage. "Have you forgotten who I am?"
"No, I didn't remember anything about you," Fate retorted.
Phoenix's laugh grew maniac. He clenched his hand and forcibly pulled the skin off his face. "Alas, Princess Fate!" he shouted as he revealed his true identity. "For I have come to put an end of your life!"
"OHNOES! It's the Evil Witch Chrono Haraoun! So he was disguising as Phoenix Wright after all!"
While fan boys burned their eyes and fan girls squealed over Gothic Lolita Chrono ("Damn you, Mom; you won't get away from this," Chrono cursed), Fate immediately opened battle stance and aimed her Flying V at him. "You're the evil witch everyone's talking of!" she cried out.
"Why, yes I am," Chrono spoke in arrogant manner. "What's the matter? Can no longer wait to be cursed by the Device?" So saying he snapped his fingers and seconds later cables came out of the floor and began strangling Fate. "Boo-hoo for you, Princess Fate. Your father isn't here to help you. What a pity."
Fate writhed in distress and struggled to undo the cables that tightly wrapped her body. She could not move because the cables were refusing to let go off her. Unknown to her, the suggestive whimpers she made (along with the blush that was tinting her sweating face) caused all boys and men to bleed their nose. Chrono, especially, had to cover his bleeding nose at the dirty thought of Fate dominated by tentacle monsters.
// FLASHBACK ENDS HERE LOL //
Once again, male audience nosebled. Once again, their female counterparts bashed them with pillows. Once again, male audience shouted "we didn't mean to! It was the production crews! Honest!"
Chrono had a heart seizure. His face became paler than white. He cringed, collapsed onto the floor and crawled towards Fate. "Fate… you must listen to me…" he begged. "Please… for the better of your brother…"
Fate turned away. "Never."
"Tentacles? On Officer Testarossa? THIS IS MADNESS!" his friend screamed. "Audience! Prepare your Devices! Tonight we dine in HELL!" Immediately his fellows stood up, activated their Devices and pointed to Chrono. "Admiral Chrono! You shall pay for hurting our Princess! Onwards, my brethren!"
"HOWL! HOWL! HOWL!" the people shouted.
Chrono's face became even whiter. "Now the staffs are against me, too?????"
Nanoha blinked. "I thought Yuuno-kun's supposed to do that," she spoke.
"Now, now, Nanoha-chan, I'm sure Yuuno's thinking of something right now," Hayate assured. "What do you say?"
Nanoha looked at the Kansai girl. Then at Chrono who was dodging variety of projectiles thrown by the audience. Somehow she had a devious streak of confidence glinting in her eyes. "I see."
"Nanoha, what are you trying to do?!" Chrono demanded.
Nanoha stuck out her tongue. "Not telling you!"
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"Poor Cinderella. What would become of her? What really happened to her past that lead to her current condition? Why exactly were her stepmother and stepsisters acting cold toward her?"
"Meow."
"Yes, Shamisen," Shamal replied and affectionately patted the cat's head. "I, too, want to know why Chrono's cross-dressing again."
"Shamal, you are NOT even helping!" Chrono shouted and dodged the angry audience's spear. "Hey! You aren't supposed to throw weapons to the actors! That's against the law!"
"All we care is to see you die, Evil Witch Chrono!" audience replied and tossed more projectiles at Chrono.
Fate made a victorious pose. "Yosh."
"And that ends our first part of this exclusive presentation. We hope you are enjoyed with our presentation so far, but wait! We still have more! So don't leave the open day, and stay tuned for…"
MAGICAL GIRL LYRICAL CINDERELLA
A Lost Property Riot Force 6 presentation and it's mean to be a parody. Don't blame us; we just do whatever we're told.
The audience clapped. There was a standing ovation as they stood up and shouted their approval and support to Lost Property Riot Force 6 and their efforts. Admiral Letti nodded in approval and corrected her eyeglasses, saying: "I see if I can up their salary for this month."
Then she glared at Chrono. "Hmm… cross-dressing Chrono…" Her eyeglasses sparkled. "I got it."
"ADMIRAL LETTI! NOT EVEN YOU??????"
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// backstage… //
"I heard you were quite famous for your role as the King, Yuuno," Carim spoke as she and Yuuno were preparing the dress for the stage play's second part.
"Oh, you must be referring to Sleeping Lyrical," Yuuno answered. "Did you watch the video?"
"Yes, I have," Carim replied. "I was very impressed by the excellent act you delivered. Perhaps you should open a theatre class for the recruits."
Yuuno bashfully laughed. "It's nothing, Carim-san," he answered. "Besides, I've wanted to learn more on Sparta and their culture. Heh, I wish I could actually meet them face to face."
Carim giggled. "Ah, don't worry. I'm sure you'll have the opportunity. You'll just have to wait."
Yuuno stared at the woman. "Carim-san, you were concerned of my interest toward cultural study?"
"Actually, I was wondering if you could cosplay as King Leonidas again," Carim answered and made a moe-looking smile. "Can you do it during the stage play? I'll prepare your soldiers, too."
Yuuno gulped. "Carim-san, that's not what I'm talking about…"