Disclaimer: I do not own characters they belong to Square enix. I don't own Cinderella II, it belongs to disney. I only own this version of this awesome story.
As said before this is for my good friend on DA and I just wished to put it up here. Thank you and enjoy.

Dreams Can Come True

Story 1 part II

"The king would absolutely be furious if he found his prince- consort dressed as a kitchen boy." Luxord said slowly as he looked over his book. Roxas was on the other hand not so comfortable. He bite his lip harshly as his garments were tightened to fit him just right.

He absolutely did not like these clothes. It was like a pole was on his spine forcing him to stand just right. He couldn't slouch at all. Not as if he did on a regular basis but now there was no way he possibly could.

He turned around as Hayner and Cloud continued to dress him, facing Luxord now. He sighed as he looked at the shoes that Cloud was presenting him. They were tight leather boots that most defiantly looked too small for his feet.

"Do I have to wear these all the time?" He asked with a voice that almost screamed for the help. He just wanted to get out of this tight itchy outfit and get into one of his own, like the one he wore to the ball.

"Of course not, sir. You need something much more formal for dinner." Hayner answered as he finished buttoning up Rox's top jacket. Cloud came closer and set the boots upon the floor. Roxas's hand was taken by Hayner before the prince sighed and slid his feet into, like he assumed and found out he was correct, really tight boots. He hissed as he got both feet in and almost fell over for they were so tight he wasn't focusing on his balance.

By the end of it all one would never guess that he was ever a worker, and to top it all off they slicked his hair back so that it lay flat against his head. This only making Rox look so much younger and more formal, even though to him, he thought he looked ridiculous.

The four of them then moved to another part of the castle, to a room that seemed as if not regularly used and had a really weird wall paper around it. Roxas wasn't really caring about though. What he was wondering was why the room was so dark. He then saw that all the curtains were closed so he smiled and headed over to them. It was a beautiful day, why were they closed?

He reached out to them and barely got them open before Luxord snapped them shut all the way again. He glared down at the young prince, who had coward back.

"Your majesty, these curtains are never ever opened." He said with a calm tone, even though Rox could tell his eyes said different.

"Especially never by royalty." Cloud added, but he did seem calm about and was kinder about correcting Roxas. The new prince much rather had Cloud teaching him then having Luxord. Actually to correct that, he didn't want any of these guys. He only wanted…

"You're highness, it is most defiantly is not done to have outside light to come inside, do you understand?" Luxord barked, seeing that Roxas wasn't paying attention. Riku glared at the guy from the top of the curtains rod. He wanted to beat up Luxord for daring to talk to Roxas like that, yet Sora held him back and shook his head. Reminding Riku that he was a mouse, not a man.

"Dukes and counts sit by the king, unless there is a marquis present." Cloud explained slowly as Roxas and him walked down the room of the main dinning. The room was to have the invited guest sit.

"But couldn't it be best to have people sit where ever they wanted." Roxas asked but Cloud only shook his head.

"No, sire, you must never above all circumstances sit a duke above a marquis. Nor below a baron."

"Now, which color is correct, your highness. Cream or ecru?" Hayner asked who had a maid standing beside him who was holding up two napkins that Roxas swore was the same color. What was the difference really?

"Ugh…ecru."

"No! It's cream!" Luxord corrected with a role of his eyes. Roxas looked down at the ground and sighed. He really didn't get the difference.

"So little time, so much to learn." The blonde added before escorting the new prince to the kitchen.

Once inside the room Roxas noticed that there were platters set out that had steam coming from them and it did smell so good.

"Now at the banquet, the menu will be the best of the best. Having the finest roast beef, freshest French onion soup, Tarragon mashed potatoes, freshly baked baguettes, then there are the finest truffles in all the kingdom. And finally for dessert, Norwegian stewed prunes." Roxas nearly gagged as he saw the lid lifted for the prunes.

"For dessert?" He asked, nearly not believing it. How could those possibly be for dessert?

"Of course, the king demands them. The one tradition that is never broken, and besides I like them." Luxord for the first time smiled, but Rox kinda wished he didn't. It was one of those scary smiles, the ones that go 'I'm in charge and listen to me or else' kinda of smiles. And the prince was now not happy at all. This Luxord was defiantly not someone he wanted around him. He tried to see the good in him, tried to get him to be less demanding but it was failing. Miserably.

The men then finally moved outdoors and this made Roxas smile for the first time in a very long time. He loved how the sun felt and even in the tight outfit, he had never been so happy to be outdoors.

The men were walking to the main gates and Luxord sighed slightly.

"Prince Roxas, whenever you are outdoors you are to come here and pause for a moment to wave to the people."

"And remember, wave to nobility but bow to royalty." Cloud added as they were drawing nearer and nearer to the iron gate. Roxas was confident now, being outdoors and finally giving a rule that he could easily follow.

"Now this is something I can't ruin." He said with a wider smile before turning to the gate, his hand already waving slightly.

"Roxas!"

"Roxas over here."

"Hey Roxas!"

The blonde immediately brightened even more for he knew those voices. He looked over to the gate and was right. All his village friends were there and he couldn't believe it.

"My friends." He said and even though it was hard he still ran to the gate.

"Hey everyone! Oh man it's great to see all of you, wait just hold on." Rox then turned to the guard tower and smiled even more.

"Please, open the gate." He called and the guard immediately waved back, signaling that he would do the chore. But before the gate even opened Luxord shouted for it to stay close before turning on Roxas.

"My prince, these gates are only opened for royalty. No one else. Commoners are not allowed in the palace, it will never be done." He stated flatly, even glaring at the crowed near the iron. He then gave a wave of his hand, shooing the people away before walking back to the castles doors.

Roxas was now anger and most defiantly sad. How could they? He grabbed the bars of the gate, just as his friends were walking away. He felt as if he was going to cry. He felt, and he never felt this in his entire life, but he now felt caged.

He turned to walk back slowly to the castle even though he didn't want to. He felt alone, so alone in there. When he married Axel, he never thought he would have to feel this alone.

The last lesson of the day was that he was to learn the dance of the ball. He had been at it for hours and no matter how he did it, Luxord just wasn't impressed. Rox had to walk and balance a book on his head, sorry correction, books.

"At least you must learn to dance with grace and pose." Luxord said with a role of his eyes for the umpteenth time.

"I'll get it, I promise. I just need to try it some more." Rox said shakily as he desperately tried to balance the books on his head. Riku and Sora sighed as they watched. They wanted to help their friend but it would be bad if mice all the sudden ran to the new prince's side.

The band itself was getting tired. The dance was really slow so they had to play slow, and the tune was even putting some of the players to sleep. But Rox, he kept going, even though it was a little fast.

"No, no, your highness. Slower. Stand straighter." Luxord said as he watched Cloud lead Roxas around the room. Hayner came closer to the younger blondes side before holding a wand type object under Rox's chin, to help him stand straighter.

"Now who sits next to the count." Hayner then asked as a servant came to his side holding a scroll of names.

"The duke."

"The marquise." Luxord corrected before Cloud spoke.

"Highness, eggshell or sand?"

"Eggshell." Roxas said as he stopped moving for another servant came up to him holding napkins again.

"No, it's sand." Luxord added and Roxas backed up for more people were surrounding him.

"Silver or gold?"

"For what."

"Sit or stand?"

"I don't know!" Roxas said as he held his hands up near him and continued to back up.

"Broiled or Baked?"

"Duke or count?"

"Salmon or Roast Beef."

"Pekoe or Darjeeling?"

"Watch out for the chair!"

"Your Highness!"

CRASH!! The entire room gasped as they heard the noise. Roxas had backed up so much that he had gone straight into a chair before falling flat on the floor. The books scattered at his feet, the chair knocked over and all the servants stood before him with their looks of concern.

Luxord though only rolled his eyes before pinching his nose.

"Your majesty, this dance is best done on one's feet." He said calmly but Rox had had it. He glared back at the taller blonde for once.

He saw that Hayner had offered him a hand but he ignored it as he got to his feet. He closed the book that had been left in his hand and forced it into Cloud's chest before walking to the door. He was done. He had had enough.

He was just out the door before he heard.

"This is a complete and utter disaster." He slammed the door shut and ran. Just ran and ran and didn't stop until he was in his room. He feel onto his mattress and bursts into nothing but sobs and tons of tears.

He hated it here. Absolutely hated it here. He was so alone it wasn't even funny. Sure he had the mice, but people wise no one. It hurt so much to think about it. He would have never became prince if he knew this was the life he was going to live.

Dare he say it but he missed his old life. Back when he was a kitchen boy and sure he had to put up with his step family but at least they didn't lock him up…okay they did but that was only once. Other times he was let outside and was able to see his friends.

He wanted Axel. No, he desperately wanted Axel. He wanted to be in his lover's arms again. He wanted his redhead to hold him and comfort him, tell him everything was going to be okay. He wanted Axel back. But now he only cried more, realizing that Axel would be gone for another day.

To be Continued...

Disclaimer(just a reminder): I do not own characters they belong to Square enix. I don't own Cinderella II, it belongs to disney. I only own this version of this awesome story.
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Finally! I finally got the next part up! I'm sorry its so short!!
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