I'm updating everybody! I'm actually updating! *faints from amazement*
Robin: *Pokes Flare* Um…I think she's dead…
Other Titans: *rejoice*
Random Kid: YESSSSSSS! I thought she'd never die! *Eats cookie labelled 'Flare's cookie, mits OFF!'*
Gopher: Here be the next chapter of A Cinderella Rewrite! Yar! Flare owns nothing but a cookie! Yar!
Random Kid: *Finishes cookie* Not anymore she don't! *grins*
**I 3 TT**
"And you're running, and you're running, and you're running, and you're tripping and you're falling and you've fallen…" Flare said, following Starfire's movements with a camera. "Wait, you're not meant to fall over…CUT!"
Starfire got up, rubbing her head. "Please, must there be so many of the roots of trees?"
"It's a forest, what do you think?" Flare sighed.
"But I did not journey to the ball through a wood…"
"Well…it's more dramatic this way…" she replied, choosing her words carefully. "Anywho, take two! Starfire, back in place! And…roll the camera!"
Again, Starfire began running through a conveniently placed forest that happened to be outside the studio. The camera followed her progress, over every root and under every branch. However, as before, she fell over.
"CUT! Gah! Why do you keep falling over?"
"Perhaps it is because I am wearing only one slipper of glass?"
"…Perhaps…" Flare said slowly. "But you've still got to do the scene in one shoe! You lost one at the ball, remember?"
"But if I retreated to retake the slipper…"
"Nope! It is vital you lose the slipper." She shook her head, stressing the word 'vital'. "Otherwise the story…wouldn't quite be Cinderella!"
"You know, she's got a point…" Beast Boy piped up from the side.
"See! Even he agrees with me!" Flare yelped, thrusting her arms in his direction. Ignoring Beast Boy's look of deep concentration as he tried to work out if this as a compliment or insult, she motioned for the scene to start again. "Take three!"
Luckily, the scene went much more smoothly this time. Starfire successfully managed to get to the other side of the forest without falling over.
"Okay, good! Now we need to do that scene where you turn back into scullery maid." Flare said thoughtfully, tapping her chin. "How to do it…I've got it!" she snapped her fingers with excitement, making the Titans flinch. What far-fetched plan had she thought up this time? "Now, Starfire, I'm gonna start the camera again and all you have to do…is jump into that bush." She pointed to some poor, unsuspecting bush. Starfire turned her large eyes to it, then stared back at Flare.
"I am to…jump into a bush?"
"That's right! Now! I'm going to roll the camera in three…two…" she held up one finger and mouthed the word one and pressed the record button. Starfire was in primed position to jump into the bush…and did nothing. Flare frowned. The camera rolled.
The other Titans were looking on with confusion. Starfire was still unmoving, her eyes never leaving the bush. Flare watched, looking thoroughly bemused, no doubt wondering why Starfire was staring at the bush rather than jumping into it. A minute ticked by, and still nothing happened. The expecting silence was soon broken.
"Erm…Star? You gonna jump or what?" Flare asked, frowning as she stopped the camera.
Starfire straightened up and looked at her, tilting her head slightly. "I was awaiting your que…"
"I gave you your cue. Go when I start recording…"
"Indeed, you said three and two…and so I was waiting for you to say the one, so that I may jump."
The girl sighed and face palmed. "I did say one…just without sound…"
Still, the alien was confused. "What was the purpose of this?"
"Well…it's what you're meant to do…beside, that dude from Monsters inc did it." She waved it off, as if this was reason enough. "Let's try again. Take two! Aaaaaaaaaand…we're rolling." She pressed another button and Starfire kicked off from the ground. She soared the few feet between her and the bush before swooping down amongst the leaves and twigs. Flare blinked as she soundlessly stopped the camera.
Starfire, however, sat up, quite cheerfully, and beamed. "Was that satisfactory?"
Flare was still gaping. "…Um…lovely…Now…go forth and change back into scullery Cinders." She pointed dramatically at the studio. Starfire floated back to the citrus coloured building, brushing twigs and leaves from her hair and person. "Goooood…now…Robin! Beast Boy! I need you!"
Both boys shrunk down behind their fellow crime-fighting pals, but couldn't get out of it when Cyborg pushed them forwards. They stumbled forwards, and looked up at Flare with terrified eyes.
"What'choo givin' me those looks for?" Flare arched an eyebrow, then dropped it. "Beast Boy, turn into a horse."
Beast Boy stared at her weirdly. "Um…what?"
"Turn into a horse." She repeated, not picking up on his bafflement.
"…Okay…" Beast Boy transformed into a green stallion with a darker green mane and tail. The girl then grinned and looked at Robin.
"Soo…Robbie…you able to horse ride?"
Robin's eyes/mask narrowed suspiciously. "Why do you want to know?"
However, Flare just pointed at Beast Boy. "Get on the horse."
"What? No!"
"Do it…"
"I'm not horse riding my team mate." Robin said flatly, folding his arms across his chest.
"Robin…GET ON THE DARN HORSE OR YOU'LL BE SORRY!"
"I'm not afraid of you."
"But are you afraid of dynamite?" A wide, crazed grin was etched on Flare's face. Her eyes were too wide and danced with a dangerous fire.
Robin paused. "…You have dynamite?"
The grin widened. "20 sticks."
Robin paled and quickly mounted the green horse. "Um…now what?"
"Now…we wait." Flare replied, sitting down on the ground. She sat and she sat, staring blankly ahead. Kid Flash walked up to her and waved a hand in front of her face, but she didn't react. He frowned and waved it harder, soon followed by Hot Spot and Cyborg, but still nothing. They eventually got bored and stopped, deciding that conversing with their fellow titans would be far more interesting.
It wasn't until Starfire returned, dressed in her tan rags again, that Flare moved. "Ahh…she has returned…" she commented, looking up. "Now we can get on with the scene! Starfire! Back in the bush!"
Starfire blinked and looked at the bush, about to say something but was cut off when Flare spoke again.
"And don't even think about arguing! HA HA!" she gave a short, crazed laugh as Starfire walked to the bush and climbed back into it. She was soon completely hidden by the leaves.
Robin watched all of this with curiosity. "Um, can we hurry up? This is painful."
"Yeah." Beast Boy agreed. Well…he would've…if he could talk…instead he just sort of neighed.
"Okay! Okay! Hold you horses!" Flare said defensively, then chuckled at her own little joke. "Heheh…d'ya see what I did there? 'Cause he's a horse…hold your horses…heheheh…eh…" she deadpanned when all she received were blank looks. "Tough crowd…anywho…Beast Boy, ride past that bush. Starfire! When they've done that, peek your head out of the bush and watch after them. Okay?"
Beast Boy nodded. Flare pressed a button on the camera. The horse galloped past the bush, with Robin holding on for dear life. However, Starfire never emerged.
"Yo! Star! Up up up!" Flare commanded. Still, nothing happened. She sighed and went over after yelling 'CUT!' very loudly. She peeked into the bush and frowned. "Hey! Where'd you go? Did you turn into that hole? What'cha do that for?" rambled she.
Robin jumped off of Beast Boy and hurried over. He looked down and, sure enough, there was a hole being covered by the bush. "Star!"
"…You don't suppose she fell down that hole, do you?" she asked thoughtfully.
Robin deadpanned. "Well duh."
Flare frowned again and carried on staring at the hole. "You know, this really doesn't make any sense…if she jumped into that bush before, then why didn't she fall down then?"
"Who cares! We need to find her!" Robin exclaimed.
"Alright, alright, calm down, lover boy."
The boy ignored this comment and pulled out a bat-torch from his belt and used it to light up the whole. Unfortunately, the batteries where dead; so, he opened the torch and took out the batteries, then pulled some new ones from another pouch on his belt and slotted them in. The torch lit up. Flare stared with wide eyes.
"What else have you got in there?" she asked with interest. She was ignored as Robin put the torch away and started to climb down the whole. "HEY! WAIT! WE NEED YOU FOR FILMING! Can't you just get a bat-megaphone and tell her to fly up again?"
But it was too late as Robin had already descended into the darkness. Flare sighed.
"And now we wait." She said, sitting down by the edge of the hole. And there she sat, and will sit forever more, until the end of time. Or until Robin and Starfire return…whichever comes first.
**I 3 TT**
Robin soon got to the bottom of the hole and looked around. It was dark…very dark…but from what he could see he gathered he was in a small hollow cavern. "Star?" he called, taking out his Bat-torch again. He shined it around the cave, but there was no sign of the alien girl. "Star?"
A voice moaned from nearby. Robin span around, as it had come from somewhere behind him, and saw a flash of purple.
"Star!" he quickly ran over. Starfire was lying on the floor, only just waking up from her faint. She sat up and he embraced her. He soon felt her arms curl around him as well. For a moment they stayed like that, until Robin realised the others were waiting for them. He cleared his throat and pulled away slightly. "We should get back…"
Both stood. Starfire seemed disappointed, but nodded her consent. "Indeed. Hold onto my hand."
Robin did so without hesitation and Starfire flew upwards to the entrance. They were both bathed in sunlight as they returned to where the others were debating on pushing Flare down the hole as well.
"Friends!" Starfire chimed, landing on the ground near them. Flare looked up with a soft smile.
"Ah…you have returned…just like I knew you would…"
After a short explanation of events from Starfire to the rest of the Titans, Flare insisted they got on with filming.
"We've already wasted 10 minutes because of this hole thing! Let's get this scene over!" was her reasoning as she pushed Robin away from Starfire and toward Beast Boy. "Beast Boy! Why be yee not a horse? Be a horse! Starfire, back in the bush! Only this time please don't fall down the hole."
The Titans got back into position, Robin on Beast Boy, who was in horse form. Starfire climbed into the bush, but took care not to fall back into the hole. "Take TWO!" Flare yelled as she pressed the record button.
Once more, Beast Boy rode past the bush; Robin awkwardly tried to keep his balance. When they had gone past, Starfire's head emerged from amongst the foliage and watched them gallop off into the distance.
"And…cut! Very nice! Now, let's get back to the studio!" Flare decided, trudging back through the forest with the camera in one hand, and the stand on her shoulder.
The titans sighed and followed. The work was no where near over.
When back inside, Flare set the camera back up again. "Okay…Starfire, all you've got to do is run in through that door and sit down on the bed. Then notice the glass slipper and be all 'yay! I'm so happy! Thank you Magical fairy!' and yeah. Okay?"
Starfire nodded uncertainly. "Okay…"
Flare nodded then frowned. "Wait…where's the glass slipper?"
"I put it to the away as my current costume had no need of the slipper." Starfire replied innocently.
Flare sighed. "Go get it."
Starfire walked off to recover the slipper. Flare rubbed her temple. "Ach…anywho…Hotspot! Beast Boy! You learnt your lines for your next bit?"
"…Next bit?" Beast Boy blinked.
"Yeah…you know…that bit where you tell the king that you lost the mystery girl and he tries to chop you into pieces with a sword…"
He paled. "…dude…not cool."
"Aww…" Flare pouted. "But it's one of my favourite bits! It's so funny!"
"For you maybe!"
"Hey! This sounds pretty cool, actually." Hot Spot piped up. He was holding a plastic sword, swinging this way and that, pretending to spar with an invisible enemy.
"Come on, dude! Whose side are you on?" Beast Boy asked.
"I'm on my own side."
"GUYS! Calm down! Let's just run through the script. Hot Spot's sitting at his desk…doing something. Then Beast Boy comes in and says…?"
"…Hi?" Beast Boy guessed.
Flare sighed and shook her head. "No…how would he address the king?"
"Um…hi…Kingy?"
Flare groaned and tugged at her hair. "No…think again."
"…Hello Kingy!"
"NO! He says, 'Greetings Sire'! Doi!"
Beast Boy chuckled sheepishly. "Heheh…I knew that…"
Flare narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Sure…now, Hotspot, what do you then say?"
"Have you got news about that girl then? Who is she? Where does she live? Has he proposed to her yet? When's the marriage? When will I get grandchildren!" Hotspot reeled off.
Flare nodded her approval. "Very good." She patted his head. Beast Boy crossed his arms.
"Show off…" he mumbled.
Flare rolled her eyes. "Then…what do you say?"
"Um…I say…I say…Um…she got away?" Beast Boy guessed.
"Yup! Well done! Hotspot?"
"Ah! Excellent! So, when did you say the wedding was?"
"…Um…um…um…BLUEBERRY PIE!"
Flare stared. "Um…what?"
"I'm hungry!" Beast Boy whined.
Flare frowned and looked at her watch. "Hmm…time for a snack, methinks."
Upon hearing this, the titans grew excited at the thought of food. They started chattering excitedly among themselves.
"Finally!" Cyborg exclaimed. "I'm starving! Let's get pizza!"
"Pizza? What's wrong with crackers?" Flare asked. "Crackers are immense!"
The Titans stared at her with horror. She returned this but with a more confused expression.
"We have cheese and tomatoes as well!" she added, as if this would persuade them. "It's like pizza but better for you!"
"We don't need healthier food. We're not fat or anything." Cyborg pointed out.
Flare pouted. "But Pizza's all greasy and nasty! Beside, how're you going to get pizza?"
"…Go to the pizza parlour?" Hotspot guessed.
"But I'm not letting you out of the studio." She grinned.
"Well…we'll order some in!" Beast Boy suggested.
"I won't let anyone open the door to the delivery person." The sly grin grew bigger.
"Well…we'll make it ourselves!" Kid Flash cried. He really needed some pizza.
"No! Just be content with what you have!" Flare said.
The argument went on for quite a while…and eventually ended with Flare winning. This was mainly due to her threatening them with her twenty sticks of dynamite.
Starfire returned to the room soon after, a glass slipper in hand. Flare took it off her and left it by the set so that the titans could have a rest and be fed and watered.
"QUIT WATERING US!" Cyborg boomed as Flare sprayed them with water from a hose.
All of the titans were complained as they got soaked. Jericho looked thoroughly annoyed. He lifted his arm and a ton of water dripped off his sleeve. He gave a silent sigh as he endured the liquid.
"Ugh, I'm wet…" Kole mumbled.
"Duh." Bumble bee said, rolling her eyes.
"I could hex that hose and make it blow up in your face…" Jinx murmured thoughtfully.
"Please do…" Hotspot whimpered. Having fire powers made him very wary around so much water…especially when it was being blasted at him by a mad person.
Flare tapped her chin thoughtfully then turned the tap off. "Fine…anyway, now that you're watered we can get on with the play!"
The Titans got up, grumbling about being wet and cold. Beast Boy turned into a dog and shook himself out, dampening the others' moods even more.
It took about twenty minutes to get everyone dry again, thanks to super powerful hand dryers in the bathrooms. When they were crisp and messy-haired, pushed them back into the filming rooms. She carelessly tossed the glass slipper to where she thought Starfire was as she went to the camera. However, upon seeing Starfire not where she had thrown the shoe, she turned around with horror.
"THE SLIPPER!" she yelled, pointing at the glinting object as he descended toward the ground. She leapt off of the ground and threw herself toward it, landing on her stomach. She skidded forward and managed to catch the slipper just before it hit the ground. She stood up and held it up in triumph. "VICTORY!"
The titans watched as she danced on the spot then smashed it on the ground. A second later the girl realised what she had done and gasped dramatically. "NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE! What have I done?"
"Um…you have shattered the slipper of glass?" said Starfire as she walking over to the distraught person.
"I've ruined the whole play! I've destroyed it! Doomed it! All of that hard work…all of it…WASTED!"
The titans were growing excited. Was their torture over? Were they finally to be free of her? Could they go back to their towers and eat pizza and play video games to their hearts' content?
But alas…no…
"Hey! I found another slipper!" Kole exclaimed, holding up another glass slipper.
"…WE ARE SAVED!" Flare exclaimed, jumping up and running over to her.
"KOLE!" the others roared in annoyance. Freedom…it had been so close…and yet so far…
But Kole was saved from her friends' rage as Flare was starting the scene again. "Starfire! Put the slipper on! Remember what I told you to do before? We're doing that. Whenever you're ready."
She pressed the button and Starfire ran on stage, a little awkwardly because of only having one slipper on. She sat down on the small bed and sighed, then noticed the slipper on her foot and took it off. "Oh! I am much the happy! I am most grateful of fairy of magic!"
Flare stopped the tape, deciding that it would do. "That'll do." She said. Before turning to Beast Boy and Hotspot with a huge grin on her face. "Now…the turn is yours, gentlemen…"
Gulp
**I 3 TT**
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand finish! Yeah, this was sort of random…I dunno what I was thinking when I made her fall down that hole...and sorry about the puns in that, I thought it would be funny…I probably thought wrong…¬_¬
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OH! WAIT! FIRST! I still have a problem with the poll. IF YOU PUT 'OTHER' THEN PLEASE TELL ME WHAT FILM YOU MEANT! PLEASE!
…That is all.