Disclaimer: I do not own Sofia The First, I also do not own 'Story of Evil'

A/N: Hello everybody! This is NerdsinaTree again. Quick apology for this super long author's note. So if any of you read my 'Pillow' oneshot, you may have recalled me mentioning a longer Cedfia fic I was working on. Well this, is NOT it. Lol. I'm actually waiting for the fourth season of STF to finish before I start posting that story, as I want it to be as up to date as possible. Although, if rumors are correct, this may be the final season of STF anyway. Ah, why did I get into this fandom so late in the game! Oh well, hopefully I can at least help fuel your obsession long after this series has ended. Lol.

Anyway, while I'm waiting for Season Four to finish, I decided to start posting this other story instead. Simply because it's an AU and doesn't really follow along with the rest of the series anyways. As mentioned in the description this is an adaptation of vocaloid composer MOTHY's 'Story of Evil'. According to TV Tropes, such fic is called a fusion fic, I guess. This is one of my favorite stories, and I thought. 'Hey, I want to do a Sofia The First version of this'. Just cause I'm the type of demented individual who would think such a thing...yeah...

For those of you who don't know what SoE is and want to know exactly what you're getting into. Here is a list of the songs from the series I based this story around. Warning, spoilers abound. So if you're not into that you may want to refrain.

'Daughter of Evil' (I prefer the cover by Asami Shimoda to listen to while working on this adaption), 'Servant of Evil' (again prefer Asami Shimoda's cover), 'Daughter of White' 'The Wooden Girl Thousand Year Wiegenlied' and 'Regret Message'. As well as some vague references to 'Handbeat Clocktower' and 'Blink'

Now, if you decided to check those songs out or already knew about this series. Keep in mind that things won't go exactly how they do in the original series. After all this is an adaptation. But I hope you enjoy it nonetheless. Also be aware that there is major character death, hence the tragedy tag, so if you don't think you can commit to that you may want to bail out now. You have been warned. Though I promise the ending will at least be bittersweet.

Anyways, enough rambling. Please enjoy.

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Now, shall we start!

A heavy sigh escaped from Sofia's lips as she swept the floor of the empty shoe shop. Mixed feelings of longing and guilt coming over her as she did so. Glancing out the window, she was able see the other children and their parents excitedly getting ready for the event.

She cast a rather forlorn look at the activities, knowing that she would not able to participate in them. Though she tried not to show it, she just couldn't help her feeling of disappointment. After all, she had really been looking forward to this day.

Not long ago, King Roland II had announced that the celebration of the royal twins, Princess Amber and Prince James, birthday would be a public affair; and all the children in Dunwiddie had been invited to attend. Of course, Sofia had intended to go to the party with her mother; but those plans fell by the wayside when Miranda caught a cold a few days before.

Having finished cleaning the floor Sofia put the broom away, and sat down at their table. With her mother sick, she had practically been running the shop herself. Which she honestly didn't mind at all. It was just that today she would have much rather gone to the party.

She shook her head, trying to will away the letdown. A task which was rather difficult for a nine year old. Perhaps she was being selfish, she thought with a sigh. After all her mother always did so much for her, why should she be upset about missing a party because she was sick and needed a little extra help.

Miranda, still dressed in her nightgown and robe, walked into the room to see her young daughter sitting at the table. She approached with a smile until she noticed the girls sad countenance. "Sofia, what's wrong?" she asked.

Sofia looked up startled, "Nothing." she lied, quickly plastering on a fake smile.

Miranda wasn't fooled, "Sofia?" she pressed.

The girl sighed. "Well...It's just...I was really looking forward to going to the party for Princess Amber and Prince James." she confessed casting her eyes on the ground. From her periphery she could see her mother kneeling down; feeling her fingers on her chin as she lifted her head up to meet her eyes. Miranda greeting her with a gentle, amused smile.

"Well, you should probably be getting ready for then." She told her daughter with a little laugh.

Sofia's eyes widened at her mothers words, "But mom, I can't just leave you alone here while you're sick!"

"It's alright Sofia." Miranda assured her, brushing her daughters hair back with one hand and placing the other on her shoulder. "I may not be feeling up to going to a big party, but I'm well enough to be by myself for a few hours. Besides, King Roland said today would be a holiday for the celebration. So you don't have to worry about me running the shop by myself."

Sofia still felt unsure, until she felt Miranda wrap her hands around her own. Her mother giving her a reassuring smile.

"You've been working so hard these past few days. Running the shop by yourself, and I know how much you've been wanting to go to this party." Miranda pointed out.

"But" Sofia began, before being silenced by a gentle finger to her lips.

"No 'buts', now you go have fun with your friends." her mother insisted.

Knowing she couldn't argue any further Sofia gave her mother a small smile, and embraced her in a hug. "Thanks Mom."

"You'd better hurry and get ready." Miranda advised.

The young girl didn't need to be told twice this time, quickly she rushed up to her room to prepare.

After putting on the best dress she had (purple of course), brushing her hair, and kissing her mother goodbye, she rushed outside to meet up with her best friends. Who she found gathered by Jade's family carriage.

"Ruby! Jade!" she called out, waving energetically.

"Sofia!" they shouted in unison, rushing over to hug her.

"I thought you were going to stay home." Ruby said after releasing her.

"I was, but my mom says she's feeling better. Though not enough to go to a party," she explained. "But she said I could go with you guys."

"That's great Sofia!" Jade exclaimed. "It wouldn't have been as much fun without you."

Ruby nodded eagerly in agreement, "Handclap!" she urged.

"Like three birdies in a nest, three friends are the very best. Like three berriess on a vine, three friends always make it fine. One. Two. Three. Is how we're meant to be!"

The trio ended in a chorus of giggles. Delighted to be in each other's company.

Soon they, as well as Ruby and Jades parents, were all settled in the carriage and headed on their way to the castle.

When they arrived, Sofia stare in awe at the vast courtyard. Lavishly decorated from top to bottom with balloons, streamers, and other birthday themed ornaments. It was certainly more grandiose than any of the birthday parties she had ever seen at their village, and Jade could throw a mean soirée when the fancy struck her.

The friends exited the carriage and began making their way through the crowd of children. Eager to see the King and the royal twins.

At the top of the castle steps, Amber and James listened as their father began to welcome the village children and their parents to the celebration with a speech. Amber huffed concealing her face with a fan before whispering to James.

"Why did we agree to this again?" she hissed.

James raised an eyebrow at her, grimacing slightly. But lacking a fan of his own to whisper with, and not wanting to make a scene he shrugged it off.

His sister stared coldly at the villagers below her, recalling the conversation that had led to this moment.

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Roland ll sat with his children in the royal dining room. As the family was enjoying their breakfast he thought it was a good time to turn the discussion to that of their upcoming birthday celebration.

"Amber, James, I have an announcement! Well, more of a suggestion actually, to make your birthday extra special this year." he began.

The prin immediately perked up, "Oh daddy, I'm so glad you brought it up! Because I have a few ideas for my party as well." she declared excitedly, pulling out a scroll of paper that stretched across the table. James gave his sister a quizzical look before rolling his eyes and continuing to devour his breakfast.

Roland chuckled at his daughters enthusiasm, "Well Amber, I'm sure we'll be able to put them to good use. Because I was thinking that this year, for your birthday, we should invite the children in the village."

"What!" the girl shouted in dismay.

"Brilliant!" James said between a mouthful of pancakes. Amber shot him a pointed look before turning to her father with pleading eyes. "Daddy..."

Roland held up a hand to silence his daughter. "Now I'm not saying you have to Amber. But it would be a kind gesture to the village children."

"But don't we already have the villagers ball for them." Amber argued.

"I think it sounds fun." James mentioned ignoring Ambers argument, taking another bite of eggs.

Amber huffed, "It's bad enough I have to share my birthday with James! Now you want me to share it with everyone in the village!"

"Come on, Amber. It's not like we're giving any of the twenty new tiaras I'm sure your getting away." James teased.

Amber gave him a deathly glare, before turning to her father with a pout. "But this is supposed to be my special day!"

"Ouch Amber, twin right here." James said dryly, raising his hand.

Roland put a hand to his chin in thought "Alright, how about this. Why don't we have a larger celebration for the children in the village. And then in the evening we can have smaller one. For just the three of us. "

"Brilliant! Two parties in one day. Boom goes the cannon!" James agreed pumping his fist in the air.

Amber pondered that suggestion for a while, before finally relenting "Oh, fine. But I want to pick out the cake for the private celebration and I want to pick out at least half of the party games for the big one without James input." she demanded.

Roland chuckled, "Alright."

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So that was how inviting the village children to the royal twins birthday was decided. In all honesty Amber was beginning to fully regret the decision. Especially since extenuating circumstances prevented Hildegarde and Clio from attending.

"Now to open up our festivities, Our Royal Sorcerer Cedric will perform a magic show." Roland announced, having finished his opening speech.

Sofia and her friends watched as a man with strange colored hair and a purple robe pointed his wand towards the sky crying out an incantation. Immediately a dark cloud hovered over them, and a down pour of rain started.

Roland sighed in exasperation, turning to the Sorcerer "Cedric, I said you should open with flowers not showers"

"Apologies, you're majesty. I'm still breaking in my new wand." he chuckled nervously, tapping the instrument against his palm.

"Mohit Flora!" he cried, aiming his wand at the sky once more. In an instant, the rain was replaced by a deluge of pink rose petals descending from the now clear heavens.

"Oh!" Sofia sighed, mesmerized by the sight before her. She watched with increasing awe as the sorcerer performed spell after spell. Producing multicolored bubbles, fireworks, and sparkling snow. She had never seen magic, real magic before. And it enthralled her.

When the show ended the children were invited to start the rest of the activities, which they did eagerly. Roland, who was a bit concerned over the magical rain mishap at the beginning of the show, was relieved to see that the village children didn't seem to the mind the fact that they were now half drenched. Besides, it was a warm day, so they were sure to dry soon.

Amber remained at the top of the steps. Fan in hand as she looked down both figuratively, and literally at the guests before her.

"Hey Amber!" James called. She looked to see her twin, who had been playing happily with the other children, running up the steps to greet her.

"Aren't you gonna go play some games? What about that 'pin the jewel on the tiara' you kept insisting on?" he suggested.

The elder twin looked in the direction of the said game, where a villager in a purple dress was attempting to place the jewel in the correct spot. Her two friends spinning her and giggling along side her. The Enchancian princess sneered slightly at the scene.

"I don't think so." She said coldly.

"Suit yourself," James said with a shrug. "But you're missing all the fun." with that he took off to join the other children again.

It was now Jade's turn to try. Ruby and Sofia giggling as they both turned the blue clad girl around until she was sufficiently dizzy. Stumbling around Jade made her way over to the board and placed a blue gem upon it. She lifted up her blindfold and the three fell into a fit of laughter when they saw that she had placed the jewel right on the pictures nose.

"Look! Look! Look!" Ruby pointed excitedly, "It's prince James!"

"Prince James!?" Jade gasped, looking in the direction her friend had indicated. The two girls swooned when they spotted the younger royal twin among the crowd.

"Should we go over and talk to him?" Ruby asked

"Oh, I don't know." Jade asked trying to sound demure.

"Come on, you know you want to." Ruby teased.

"Speak for yourself." Jade countered nudging her friend, both girls falling into another set of sniggers.

While her friends were teasing each other about wanting to introduce themselves to the prince, something else caught Sofia's eyes. That of a purple robe disappearing behind a wall. Her eyes lit up when she recognized it for being that of the Royal Sorcerer.

"You guys go on ahead," Sofia said with a wave to her friends, "I'll be right back." Hurrying off in the direction she had seen the man go.

Cedric stood behind his tower away from the celebration. Tapping his wand to his hand in frustration. Of course the thing had decided to go awry on him during a big party! A groaned escaped his throat, Roland would never let him live this down. Unable to perform a simple flower spell for something as trivial as a children's birthday party. That's certainly what the King must think of him. Never mind the fact that he had perform the other spells perfectly.

"Hi!" A high pitched voice sounded behind him.

Cedric yelped in surprise, as a stream of magic shot out of his wand and into the air. There was the sound of tweeting, and a flurry of feathers, as a flock of birds materialized in the sky. They hovered for just a moment, before flying off into the distance.

The sorcerer grumbled in displeasure, before turning around to see the cause of his near heart attack. A little girl in a purple dress. One of the village children no doubt.

"Sorry." the child apologized quickly, obviously aware of the fright she had given him. The man gave the girl a rather pointed look, then turned to leave.

"Mr. Ceedric!" she called out.

He cringed at the mispronunciation of his name. "It's Cedric." he insisted, turning back to face her.

"My names Sofia." she introduced herself.

"I didn't ask." he deadpanned, arms folded. The girl however either ignored, or didn't notice, his quip. As she continued to stare up adoringly at him.

"I've never met a sorcerer before. I really enjoyed your magic show. The trick with the rose petals was ah-mazing!"

Cedric sneered at the compliment however, "If by ah-mazing, you mean a complete waste of my talents. Then yes, thank you very much! I should be off slaying dragons! Battling ogres! But Nooo! Roland has me here performing measly parlor tricks for a birthday party!" he ranted.

The girl cocked her head, confused by his apparent dismay. She had thought the tricks, as he had disdainfully called them, were wonderful.

"Sofia!" another voice shouted.

The girl looked over to see her friends waving and beckoning for her to join them. "Coming!" she called back before turning to face the sorcerer again.

"Well, It was nice meeting you Mr. Ceedric." she smiled sincerely before hurrying to catch up with her friends.

"Cedric!" he called after her annoyed, though the girl was already out of earshot. "Merlin's Mushrooms." he muttered, shaking his head and walking away.

The celebration continued for a few more hours. Sofia and her friends had a blast as they played more party games, ate chocolate cake, and mingled with the other children. At last a pink hue started to color the sky, as the sun began its descent below the horizon.

"Your majesty," Baileywick approached the King, pocket watch in hand." I believe it's time we started wrapping things up."

"Alright then," Roland said "I'll leave it to you to assure the children and their families all get home safely."

"Yes, your majesty." the steward agreed, leaving to make sure all the children were accounted for and with their guardians.

Roland turned to the twins, "It looks like it's almost time for our little family party then "

"Finally!" Amber sighed in exasperation, having never left her spot at the top of the steps. She turned on heel retiring to the castle. Her brother cocked an eyebrow at her, shook his head, then went off to help Baileywick.

When they returned home Sofia excitedly told her mother about her time at the party. Miranda listened attentively to her daughter go on about the decorations, food, and games. But the girls favorite part seemed to be meeting the royal sorcerer.

As for the twins their second party was rather small, at least by Royal family standards. It certainly wasn't as extravagant as the first event, much to Amber's displeasure. But that couldn't be helped as most expenses had been spent on the larger celebration. They did however at least reserve their gifts for this party, and the princess approved of that. Plus she finally got to have her strawberry cake! It all probably would have made up for the rest of the day, if James hadn't insisted on singing their twin song. Honestly! She had hoped he would forget this year.

Having retired for the night, Amber entered her room to find a small red box wrapped with a blue ribbon sitting on her bed. Another present.

Delighted, the girl grabbed the package and sat down on her mattress. Seeing that it was from James, she opened it to find a beautiful locket with a portrait of the two of them nestled inside.

She allowed a small smile to creep on her lips, as she admired the gift in her hand. As annoying as she often found him, James did always give her the most thoughtful gifts. She closed her eyes as she clutched the locket gently to her chest. Perhaps it wasn't such a bad birthday after all.

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A/N: Not much going on in this chapter. Really it's more of a prologue to establish how things are different since Sofia didn't become a princess. The next chapter will be more plot engaged. Also keep in mind that while I'm focusing on this story for now, once season four finishes I will be putting most of my endeavors into my original fic while only updating this one periodically. Until I finish that one, then I'll focus on this again. Just so that you are aware, there will be a wait between chapter updates for a while. Anyway, thank you for reading. And I promise next chapter will be more story and less me rambling.