Fairytale Story Time with Zero and Yuuki
Zero: Hello everyone… huh? You're surprised I'm the one greeting you? Well, it's because I don't have any role in this fairytale we have today and I am very happy of it.
Yuuki: Zero!! Why did you leave me behind!? I was just talking to onii-sama and you suddenly walked away.
Zero: I don't care, the audience is already waiting…
Yuuki: Wow, I think this is the first time you cared about the audience or the show.
Zero: I'm just happy because I'm not in the fairytale we're showing them today.
Yuuki: Oh… really…
-Kaname walks in-
Kaname: Yuuki, it's time to start the show.
Yuuki: Yes, onii-sama! Zero, keep the backstage in order, okay?
-Zero ignores Yuuki-
Kaname: Ignore him Yuuki, let us begin our show
Yuuki: Zero…
Hansel and Gretel
Characters:
Kaname Kuran – Hansel
Yuuki – Gretel
Evil stepmother – Ruka Souen
Father – Senri Shiki
Witch – Seiren
Long ago, a poor woodcutter lived on the outskirts of a large forest along with his family. He had two young children called Kaname and Yuuki. The children's loving mother had died, and the stepmother did not like children.
"Why in the world am I the father!?" Shiki complained.
"Don't look at me… I just came here because it was Kaname-sama's orders" Ruka said.
"Kaname-sama's? He also asked me to join this play… damn it…" Shiki said.
"Before I get mad at the both of you, please just go along with the show" Kaname interrupted.
"Y-yes, Kaname-sama!" Ruka and Shiki said while trembling.
When hard times came and even the rich had little, the woodcutter's family had nothing at all. At last the woodcutter said, "How can we possibly manage to feed our poor children when there isn't even enough for ourselves?"
Stepmother Ruka answered, "Well, we must take the children into the woods and leave them there to take care of themselves. That way maybe we will all have a chance. Otherwise, all four of us will starve."
Kaname heard his parents talking. When he told Yuuki what he had heard, she cried. "How can we manage alone in the woods, brother?" Yuuki wept.
"Hush, Yuuki," said Kaname. "We'll think of something."
"I would just kill those useless parents if I had to… making Yuuki cry is unforgivable" Kaname thought.
"Onii-sama, calm down, this is a play and please don't kill anyone here" Yuuki told him.
That night Kaname waited until his parents were asleep. Then he crept carefully out of the house and filled his pockets with white stones.
The next morning the parents woke up the children and told them they had to come with them deep into the forest to gather wood. Stepmother Ruka handed them each a small piece of bread to nibble on, and off they went. Kaname lagged behind, dropping stones on the ground from time to time.
When the family was deep in the forest, woodcutter Shiki started a fire to keep the children warm throughout the night.
"Eat your bread and then lie down by the warm fire," said stepmother Ruka. "Your father and I will be back soon, after we have finished cutting wood."
Kaname and Yuuki were so tired that they fell fast asleep after they ate. When they awoke, they were alone in the dark.
"How will we ever get out of this forest?" cried Yuuki. But Kaname told her that when the moon came up, they would find their way home. Sure enough, the bright moon shining on the white stones pointed them toward the path back home.
The tired children reached their cottage at daybreak. Their father was very happy to see them. "Oh! I am glad that the both of you are safe!" Shiki hugged the both of them with warm arms.
"Don't you dare hug me with those hands that abandoned me and Yuuki in the forest. How dare you call yourself a father… Rima would never want her children to have a father like you" Kaname said.
"Please, Kaname-sama, don't do this…" Shiki begged.
"Onii-sama, what are you doing!? Don't glare at our father like that!" Yuuki pinched Kaname's shoulder.
"Ouch!... alright, alright…" Kaname stood up and made a disgusted face while hugging Shiki.
He had sold the firewood for a good price, so for a while there was enough to eat. But hard times soon came again. Early one morning, the children were again lead into the forest with only a crust of bread.
"Don't worry, Yuuki" said Kaname. "I have left a trail of breadcrumbs so we can find our way back."
Kaname and Yuuki slept until the moon rose and then set out to find the trail. But alas, the hungry birds of the forest had eaten up every crumb. The poor children were truly lost.
"I can easily kill this birds…" Kaname thought, glaring at the birds that were eating the bread crumbs.
"My my… what a sadistic person, if you continue glaring like that then the audience would really get scared" Zero said aloud, trying to make Kaname notice.
"What did you just say?" Kaname glared at Zero with a cold face.
"Nothing…" Zero walked away and hid in the curtains in the backstage.
Kaname and Yuuki walked all night and all the next day. When they awoke from sleep the third day, they were almost too weak to walk anymore.
Yuuki looked up and saw a beautiful white bird sitting on a branch. The bird sang to the children, and then it flew on ahead.
The children followed the white bird to an amazing little house made of gingerbread and candt. The hungry children broke off a piece of the house and began to eat. Their mouths were full of food when they heard a sweet gentle voice that said, "Nibble, nibble, like a mouse. Who is nibbling at my house?"
The door opened and a young woman bobbled out. She came along slowly because she couldn't see very well.
The children were very frightened, but the young woman said, "You poor hungry children. Come in and I will give you better food."
"Um, are you the owner of this house?" Kaname asked.
"Yes, I am the owner of this house" The woman said.
"What's your name?" asked Yuuki.
"You can call me Seiren" Seiren said.
Seiren gave Kaname and Yuuki a large meal of pancakes and apples and milk. Then the kind Seiren put them to sleep in soft beds under warm covers. They slept wonderfully, never guessing that Seiren who seemed so nice was really wicked. She had built her house of cakes and candies to attract children so she could eat them!
"That's weird… I thought the woman should be old… why is the description of the woman young?" Yuuki asked.
"I don't want to be called old…" Seiren answered.
"Why?" Yuuki asked.
"Because… because…." Seiren didn't want to tell and kept quiet.
"Vampires look young but they already lived for… years" Kaname smiled.
"Ah… so now I understand why Seiren can't answer….Sorry Seiren, I didn't know you were that old and you wanted to keep it a secret" Yuuki said.
"W-w-what are you talking about!? I'm not that o-o-old!" Seiren exclaimed.
The next morning, Seiren dragged Kaname to a wooden cage and locked him in. Then she woke up Yuuki. "Fetch some water and make dumpling" she told the girl. "Fatten up your brother for me to eat!"
Yuuki began to cry. The wicked Seiren ignored Yuuki's tears and made her cook and clean all day long.
Every morning, Seiren told Kaname to hold out his finger so she could feel how fast he was growing. But Kaname knew that Seiren could not see well, so he held out an old bone for her to feel. This made her believe Kaname was still too thin to eat.
After four weeks, Kaname didn't seem to be any fatter. But Seiren decided to eat him anyway and Yuuki as well.
She told the girl to climb into the big oven to see if it was hot enough to bake bread. But Yuuki, who knew better than to get into the oven, said she didn't know how.
"Foolish girl" said Seiren. She leaned into the oven to show Yuuki how to get into the oven. Yuuki knew just what to do. She gave Seiren a big shove that sent her all the way into the back of the oven. Then Yuuki shut the oven door and ran to free Kaname.
"Kaname, we're saved! The mean woman is dead!" cried Yuuki. She unlocked Kaname's cage, and they hugged each other and danced around the room.
The two children stuffed their pockets with jewels they found in boxes in the house. When they left, they took food with them.
After hours of walking, Kaname and Yuuki came to a wide lake. Yuuki called to a white swan, who agreed to take the children across. Across the lake, Kaname and Yuuki soon found the path for home. When they saw their own house and their father Shiki, they began to run.
The woodcutter laughed and cried with joy to see his children again. He had been very sad since his evil wife had made him leave them in the forest. After his wife died, he searched for the children day and night.
The jewels would buy food for the rest of their days. Their worries were over, and the family lived happily ever after.
The END.
"Uhh… what happened to the evil mother?" Yuuki asked.
"I don't know either…" Shiki replied.
"That was a weird… the wife died after four weeks… that doesn't make sense" Kaname thought.
"Maybe my character was killed by the father…" Ruka said.
"There could be something hidden in this story…" Shiki said.
"Would the four of you stop talking about that? We're still on air and the curtains are still open" Zero interrupted.
"Oh, sorry Zero" Yuuki apologized.
"Not your fault" Zero said.
Kaname grabbed Yuuki's hand away from Zero "Don't you dare touch her" Kaname said.
"I didn't even touch her… how stupid" Zero walks away.
"Wait! Zero! I'm going back to the academy with you!" Yuuki grabbed Zero's arm and let loose Kaname's hand.