Yes, I am writing a 'cute' story. Oyako. Much. (Yay! ^_^)

I know I have a lot, but this is a Christmas-ish story. It'll be done by Christmas. I'm planning on this being three (short) chapters.

Merry Christmas!

For my baby sister, who I love very much. n.n

Disclaimer: I do not own ToS or anything else.

Fairy Tales

"Mmmoooommmmyyyyyyyy!!!!" Lloyd cried.

It was a small room in the basement of the Inn, the current home of the Aurions. The family never stayed in one place more than a month or

two, due to the Father's urging and their own safety. Currently they had been here about two weeks and they only had one bedroom. The l

arge bed was occupied by the parents of the little boy sleeping in the smaller one.

"Ugh.." Kratos groaned. "Anna...your son's calling you..."

"MY son?" the woman growled in her pillow. "Why can't you go to him mister high and mighty angel?!"

The woman slammed the pillow over her head, never one to take losing sleep well. Kratos sighed and pulled himself out of bed, reluctantly

walking over to his son's bedside.

"What is it, Lloyd?" he sighed.

"I don' wan you! I wan' Mommy!" Lloyd cried, wiping his eyes.

"Mommy's very tired." Kratos said. "What's wrong-?'

"I WANT MOMMY!" Lloyd shouted.

Kratos flinched, his already better-than-normal hearing being bombarded by his son's crying.

"Anna!" Kratos snapped. "Your son wants you!"

"MY son?!" Anna snarled, sitting up. "He's your son too you know!"

"MOOOOMMMMMMYYYYY!!!!" Lloyd cried louder.

"Anna! Please!" Kratos said, panicking.

"Gah...Men," Anna muttered, getting out of bed, "Can't leave them to do anything....What's wrong, Lloydie?"

"Mommy! I had a bad dweam!" Lloyd cried, holding his arms out to his mother. "It was scawy!"

"Oh...shh shh shh..." Anna sat next to him, hugging her two-year-old. "It's okay...it's all

okay now...just a dream..."

"It was awful!" Lloyd cried, hugging her back. "I-! I-! I had a dweam, and Daddy was in it an-!"

"Me?" Kratos asked.

"Uh-huh!" Lloyd sniffed. "An-! An-! You had wingys!"

Kratos paled, Anna went wide-eyed and then forced herself to say something.

"Wingys...?" Anna asked.

"Uh-huh! An' he was fightin' me! An' then he put the sword up an' he almost killed me!"

Lloyd wailed.

"Oh Lloydie..." Anna cooed, "That would never happen. Daddy loves you very much."

"..." Kratos sat down on the bedside, stroking Lloyd's hair, "Of course that would never happen, Lloyd. I love you and your mother- and

Mommy, very much. I'd never do anything to hurt you."

"R...really...?" Lloyd sniffed.

Kratos smiled softly. "Really."

"....Daddy? You tell me a bedtime stowy?" Lloyd said suddenly.

Kratos blinked.

"A story...? It's late, Lloyd, you should try to get some sleep-"

Lloyd's eyes began to tear up and his lip quivered. Kratos flinched and Anna made a sympathetic 'aw' sound.

"Come on, Kratos." Anna said. "Tell him a story."

"But...but I..." Kratos paled.

"Pppllleeasseee?" Anna and Lloyd gave identical puppy-dog eyes.

"...Well.....all right." Kratos sighed. "....Once upon a time there was a....a..."

"You're bad at this." Anna huffed. "Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named...Anna!"

The family found themselves in an old medieval castle, Anna dressed like a princess.

"What the-?" Kratos gasped. "How did-?! What is this-?!"

"We're using our imaginations, Kratos." Anna said.

"Imagina...ton?" Lloyd asked his mother, who was holding him.

"That's right, Lloydie!" Anna smiled. "With imagination, you can go anywhere, be anyone, and do anything!"

"Wha-?" Kratos stared at his spouse. "Imagination can't do this! It's illogical! Mental abilities can't change your surroundings!"

"What's Daddy talkin' about?" Lloyd asked.

"Oh, he's just not good at using his imagination. He's a stiff," Anna said.

"Hmph,"

"Anyway!" Anna smiled. "Once apon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Anna! Unfortunately, the beautiful princess was locked in a

tower, very far away from her home!"

The castle suddenly turned into a tall tower, Kratos gaped.

"What the-? How are you doing this?!" the seraph gaped at his wife.

"I told you Kratos, it's imagination." Anna said.

"Daddy's not good at it." Lloyd said.

"No, he isn't, is he?" Anna pondered. "We'll just have to get him in the story too!"

"Wha-?"

"To save her, from far far away was the handsome prince, Kratos!" Anna grinned.

Kratos was suddenly on a path in the middle of the woods wearing shining armor, a cape and a small gold crown.

"What in the name of-?" he gaped. "A cape? What am I? Yuan?"

Ahem, as I was saying Anna's voice said. The handsome Prince set off to save the beautiful princess!

"..." Kratos crossed his arms. "This is ridiculous..."

I SAID, THE HANDSOME PRINCE SET OFF TO SAVE THE PRINCESS!!

Kratos flinched, "...Very well then..."

Accompanied by his trusty steed, Noishe!

Noishe appeared beside Kratos, he gave a confused whine and then looked around.

Hm...nah, protozoan's aren't good steeds....let's make him a horse.

Noishe turned into a horse, both Kratos and Noishe gasping in shock.

What 'bout an elephant, mommy?! Lloyd's voice came. Or a dolphin?! Or a TURTLE?!

No Lloyd, a horse is fine. Maybe next time.

Awwwwww....

Anyway, the handsome prince mounted his steed and set off!

"..."

SET OFF!!

Kratos flinched and mounted Noishe, "Sorry about this, old friend..."

Noishe whined, well, actually it sounded like a neigh. Noishe began to trot off, Kratos still questioning his sanity.

The handsome prince rode off until he came to a...uh....bridge! With a giant troll!

Kratos and Noishe came to the bridge and a huge troll was blocking the way.

Kratos chuckled.

"That's it?" he asked.

A woman troll! In a really crabby mood that nags alot!

"..." Kratos swore. "That might be a problem."

"You can't get past this bridge! It's MY bridge! Mine!" the troll nagged. "Doesn't anyone respect that?!"

"Listen, ma'am." Kratos stated calmly. "I just need to cross the bridge quick, then I'll be out of your way."

"Why ya need to cross the bridge? Huh? You in a hurry or something? Huh?"

"Not particularly." Kratos stated. "It's just that I'm more afraid of my wife than I am you."

I heard that.

"You wanna pass? Well know what? You're not the only one that wants to pass! Lots of people want to pass! But-"

Kratos tuned the rest of it out and simply rode past her while she was busy nagging to no one.

Well...that was quick. Ahem, after passing the nagging troll, the handsome prince came across a burning building!

"..."

With people inside it screaming for help! So the handsome prince leapt in to the rescue!

"Anna, this is all a figment of your imagination, why should I do anything?"

Daddy's mean.... Lloyd sniffled.

"..." Kratos sighed. "All right all right...."

The handsome prince leapt into the burning building and rescued a baby, his mother, and about five cranky old people!

Kratos did so only to have the baby throw up on him and the old people say 'in my day, we saved people faster!'

"I was alive before 'your day'." Kratos snapped. "Now who's child is this?"

"My baby!" the mother said. "Oh thank you so much!"

"You're welcome." Kratos stated.

"You're my hero!" the woman kissed his cheek.

"..." Kratos gaped.

H-hey! WHAT THE HECK?! Then a nineteen ton safe fell out of the sky and hit the flirty woman!

A safe fell out of the sky and was about to crush the woman when Lloyd said something.

Mommy! Don' hurt the lady! She's gotta baby! You's mean!

Grr...oh fine then. Then the safe exploded-

Mommy!

...Into a bunch of flowers, there, happy?

The safe turned into flowers and gently showered onto the ground. Kratos cast tidal wave to stop the fire before riding off once again on

Noishe. Kratos kept going until him came to the castle.

"So this is the castle?" Kratos looked up at it.

The castle was surrounded by a moat!

"..." Kratos looked unfazed.

With crocodiles and sharks!

"..."

In a moat of LAVA!

"Crocodiles and sharks can't live in lava." Kratos pointed out.

Then they's LAVA crocodiles and sharks!

That's right, Lloydie! What a smart little boy!

Hee hee!

Kratos sighed "So what do you want me to do?"

Ahem, the handsome prince made his way across the rickety rope bridge when the rope snapped!

"I'm already on the other side." Kratos stated, the bridge falling into the lava.

You're no fun! Where's the action?! Where's the suspense?!

"The only way any of this could be suspenseful is if I was protecting someone from mortal peril, which I always am."

Then all of a sudden, he found-!

"What? A dragon? A demon?" Kratos said nonchalantly.

Even worse! The living-dead laundry!

Kratos sighed and drew his sword, slightly agitated as hoards of old laundry crawled toward him moaning for his brains.

"This is r-"

Suddenly, Kratos found himself sitting back in bed with Anna, their young son sleeping soundly in Anna's lap.

"Aw...he's sound asleep," Anna smiled softly, "sure conked out fast."

"..."

Kratos felt a small smile come to his lips as he watched Lloyd's steady breathing, the child's hands clinging tightly to his mother's night-gown.

The woman kissed his forehead before looking up at her spouse.

"He can sleep with us tonight, right?" she asked.

"...Very well," Kratos said simply.

The couple looked down at their offspring a moment more.

"...You know it's December, right?" she asked.

"What of it?" Kratos asked.

"...Christmas, you dork," she said, smiling slightly, "...I wanted to make this special, for Lloyd..."

"Anna-"

"Last year we could barely do anything for him," she sighed, "I know we couldn't because we...well, circumstances, but I really want to do it all

for him this year!"

"...We're living in the basement of an inn,"

"So?" she smiled. "C'mon, Kratos...let's at least celebrate it this year."

"..." Kratos sighed.

"...We're doing it," Anna said sternly, "or else next time I'll make you get attacked by tomatoes."

Kratos visibly flinched. Anna, smirking now that she knew she had won, laid back down beside her baby boy.

"...Very well," Kratos sighed.

If it made his family happy...he really couldn't think of an excuse not to.

I WAS going to make Anna tell the story of the Nutcracker, because I just watched The Nuttiest Nutcracker...where the Prince was voiced

by Cam Clarke (Kratos' voice)... I was going to have Kratos-Nutcracker, Anna-Marie and etc...n.n' but I decided this was more to my

liking. It wasn't very Christmasy yet, but it will be... Christmas doesn't feel like Christmas until it's around the corner, anyway. :D

Hope you liked it, Kai-kai! n.n