Chapter 2 Family:
Orihime knocked one more time on the door and waited. Still no one answered so she decided to go in.
"Hello? May I come in?" She walked in slowly and the animals followed behind her. They all silently creeped into the house. As she looked around she noticed that there were seven little chairs by the table.
"There must be seven little blue men!" She said. The cottage was very untidy, there were dirty dishes and cobwebs everywhere. She started talking to all the animals as they explored. She noted how dusty and disarrayed everything was.
"You think their mother would-" She gasped "maybe they have no mother..." The animals nodded sadly.
"Then they're orphans... That's too bad! I know! We'll clean the house and surprise them! Then maybe, they'll let me stay!" She assigned the animals to different chores while she swept. She began to sing and they all went to work. The birds tweeted along to her tune and with some squirrels they cleaned the dishes. Deer, bunnies, and other squirrels helped to dust the place. They made little mistakes, but Orihime helped them. Outside, raccoons were washing the clothes while the birds dried them. They all worked hard while Orihime sung along.
The people who actually lived in the home were in a mine nearby. The ones who were mining were singing, listening to their voices echo around. The one they called Sleepy took the jewels over to Doc. Doc checked for the real jewels while the dwarf nicknamed Chappy collected fake ones. When the clock announced it was 5:00, lead by Doc the dwarfs began to leave. They left the mines singing with their pickaxes over their shoulders, making their way home.
Heigh-ho Heigh-ho it's home from work we go *whistle*...
Orihime made her way up the stairs, the animals trailed behind. On top of the stairs was one door and inside of it was a bedroom.
"Aw! What adorable little beds! And look, they've got their names carved on them! Doc, Happy, Whiny, Chappy.. What funny names for blue men!" On the opposing side of the room were three more beds.
"Grumpy, Lustful, and Sleepy..." she smiled, "I'm a little sleepy myself." She yawned and stretched, and the animals yawned along with her. She slowly draped herself horizontally across the three beds, instantly falling asleep. Four of the birds took a blanket and covered her. The animals began to sleep with her when their ears picked up. The sound of the miners singing could be heard faintly. The animals quickly got up and went to the window. They saw the dwarfs were returning home. They all dashed out of the cottage and went to the forest to watch. The dwarfs were singing and whistling until Doc, at the front of the line, stopped abruptly.
"Look!" The dwarfs all ran into each other, but stopped.
"The lights are in lit in the house!" They all looked at each other and snuck behind a tree. One by one their heads popped up.
"The door is open!"
"Chimney's smoking!"
"Something's in there!"
"Maybe a ghost!"
"Or a goblin!"
"A demon!"
"Or a dragon!" Grumpy spoke up this time,
"Something's evil in there I just know it."
"Let's sneak up on it," Doc said "Follow me." Silently they all creeped behind Doc. They slowly stuck their heads in the door. When there was nothing to be seen, they gently walked in, in a single file line. As they looked about they began to make remarks about how clean the place was. Three birds had been watching from inside the house decided to try and scare them. And it worked.
"It's coming from upstairs! One of us has to go up there and chase it down." They all looked at Whiny.
"What?! Why do I have to do iiiit?!"
"Because you have good running skills," Doc handed him a candle, "There's nothing to be nervous about."
"But what if it's a big scary monsteeeer?!"
"Come on, we're all right behind you." Whiny slowly made his way up the stairs, shaking in the process. He opened the door very quietly and peeked his head around. He continued to make his way into the room. Beneath the sheets Orihime was moving and groaning in her sleep. But to Whiny it looked like a ghost or a monster. He swiftly ran out of the room and into the other dwarfs. They all ran outside and hid behind the tree.
"Did you see it?!"
How big was it?"
"Was it a dragon?"
"Has it got horns?"
"Was it breathing fire?"
"What was it doing?"
"It was sleeping!" Whiny said.
"A monster asleep in our bed!" Doc said.
"Let's attack it while it's asleep!" Grumpy suggested. They all agreed. They got their pickaxes and bats and made their way into the house. They got to the room and they took each step carefully and slowly. Orihime was once again moving and groaning in her sleep. They all gasped and whispered among themselves. They decided to kill it quickly. They once again slung over their weapons and started to move towards the bed. When they reached the figure they all raised their weapons in the air in anticipation. Doc swiftly removed the blanket and they were all prepared to swing until they saw what the "monster" was.
"What is it?"
"It's a girl!"
"She's really pretty."
"Valley of the goddesses!" Lustful made a charge at the figure, but got slapped down by Happy.
"What do you think you're doing pervert?!"
"She's probably a witch or something!" said Grumpy.
"Shhh.. You'll wake her up!"
"I don't care if she wakes up! It's our house!" Orihime of course then began to wake up. She stretched out her arms and yawn and all the dwarfs ran and hid by the bed. All their heads popped up and she gasped.
"You're not little blue men! You're just normal little people!" She giggled. "You sure have interesting nicknames!" Doc pushed up his glasses.
"Those are just our nicknames. My names Uryu, but you can call me Doc. This is Kon, who we call... *ahem* Lustful. This is Sado, but we call him Sleepy, We call Keigo here Whiny-"
"That's such a terrible nickname! Why would you call me that?!" He said as he waved his arms and cried. Uryu simply looked annoyed. Another voice spoke up.
"My name's Tatsuki, but I'm called Happy." She beamed
"I don't know why we call you that you're not even Happy..." Whiny was effeciently silenced by Tatsuki's fist. "This here is Rukia, but you can call her Chappy"
"And last but not least, this here is Jinta, but we call him-"
"Oooh ooh I know! You call him Grumpy!"
"That's right. Now who are you and what are you doing here?" He demanded.
"Oh how silly of me! I'm Inoue Orihime!"
"Orihime?! The princess?"
"Yes!" She nodded her head enthusiastically.
"Well, we're honored to have you here princess."
"No we're not! She needs to go!"
"Oh please don't make me leave! She'll lock me in the dungeon!"
"Who?!"
"The queen!"
"I'm warning ya! If the queen finds her here, she'll terrorize us all!"
"Oh, but she doesn't know I'm here!"
"She knows everything! She's full of black magic."
"She'll never find me here! And if you let me stay I'll cook and clean for you!"
"I think we should let her stay..."
"Fine." And with that they all went downstairs and Orihime served them dinner.
"What is thiiiis~~?!" Whiny said
"This is gross..." commented Grumpy. Orihime put a finger to her mouth.
"Mouu~ you don't like it?" Her bottom lip began to quiver.
"Umm.. Orihime, maybe you should try making it without the bean paste..." Happy offered.
"And the wasabi." Chappy added. "You think that'll make it better?" Orihime looked doubtful.
"Yes." They all said in unison.
"Ok... you guys have a weird taste..."
"You're the one with the weird taste." Grumpy grumbled. Orihime happily went back to making normal soup and this time when the dwarfs tried it, they all loved it.
"Wow, Orihime this is really good!"
"You think so? I'm glad you like it!"
"Can I have some more?"
"Yeah, me too."
"Me too!" Soon everyone was asking for more, the noise getting loud.
"Ok! Ok! I'll make more!" Orihime said with a big smile. She started laughing and they all joined her. She finally felt at home.
She really looks happy, Renji thought to himself sadly. He had been watching the scene from the window the whole time. This is going to be harder than I thought. She's really innocent, I don't know why I have to do this. I can't do this! This is wrong! But who knows what the queen will do to my family... I'm really going to hate myself for killing the princess...
Mouuu~~~~ I was supposed to upload this earlier, but I was busy :( Well here's chapter 2! If you watch the Disney Movie, you'll see I copied the beginning exactly hahaha. I'm not sure when I'll update next, maybe in a few days or so. But please favorite, follow, and review! I really really really appreciate it! Even if it's harsh criticism :P