OKIES, just got back from watching the new episode of Zatch Bell and...Um... yeah...
This has got to be the strangest story I've ever written (Actually I don't really recall writing a strange story, so i'm just gonna stay this is my first weird one.)
I just had the random thought one day of what would happen if you put the Zatch Bell characters into the story of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty. So... I decided to make a story on it, now that I'm done with The Days of the Week. So, I do hope you enjoy this!
FULL SUMMARY: When you take the Zatch Bell characters and put them into Walt Disney's story of Sleeping Beauty… And let's not forget that a few of them will be aware of the fact that something terribly weird is going on.
WARNING: There will be some MAJOR OOC'ness with some characters in this story, so PLEASE do not flame. I'm just doing this for the heck of it and to make it funny... Yeah...
And i want to thank Blood of the Wolf for helping me out with some of the bugs I had in this story! THANKS:-)
Now let's just get on with this, okay?
Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell or Sleeping Beauty, okay? SO NO FLAMES!
Oh... and a last note, who can guess, knowing me, who the prince and princess are? (evil smirk)
Sleeping Beauty
Chapter 1
The Four Gifts
In a far away land long ago lived a king and his fair queen. Many years had they longed for a child and finally their wish was granted. A daughter was born, and they named her Sherry. A great holiday was announced throughout the kingdom, so that all of high or low estate may pay high homage to the infant princess. And here is where our story begins…
Many people of all sizes, shapes and colors were gathering up to the castle. There were the rich dressed in their fancy outfits and knights riding atop horses, and many more.
They were all shouting out cheers and cries and singing on this merry day. There were many shouts of "Hail to the King!" or "Hail to the Queen!" and "Hail to the Princess Sherry!" Let's not forget that a lot of other kind, thoughtful things were included in their cries, but that's not where the story's taking place.
Thus, on this great and joyous day did the entire kingdom celebrate the long awaited birth. And the people kept singing as they marched up the pathway up to the tall castle beyond the grounds. Inside the castle in the thrown room, people were also gathering there.
There were many different colored banners of all sizes and shapes hanging from the walls and the ceiling. People were gathered here and there just chatting, and up on the throne were the king and queen, along with the baby Princess Sherry.
"And now the royal highnesses… King Zeon and Prince Brago!" a man with a scroll called out the two names off of the parchment as two other beings entered the room.
A chibi Brago suddenly appeared in the room and he looked around. What the hell…? What was this foreign place? He glanced down and noticed that his normal black fuzzy attire was not present, but instead he was wearing a strange, colorful outfit that was very strange looking. And what was he doing wearing an orange cape? And before Brago could think about any more criticism for his outfit, he realized that his hair was gelled! …AND HE WAS A CHIBI! He pulled his hair in frustration.
"Brago, would you stop messing up your hair?" asked the smaller being beside him. The darker being looked down only to find someone with skin almost as pale as his, and had white hair with strange purple eyes that contained many different swirls. He was dressed in somewhat of a king's attire, and Brago looked closely at his face. Two lines were visible coming down from his eyes, and he looked somewhat like that pesky little mamodo he and Sherry had fought a while ago.
His eyes then widened in shock as he stared down at the other. "You're a mamodo!" he exclaimed.
The smaller one just looked at him confused. "What's a mamodo? Now if you don't mind, let's get going already." With that, he started to head up the pathway up to where the king and queen were. Brago watched with a bemused look and hesitantly followed.
What the hell was going on…? And where was he?
Zeon walked up to where the king was, and that's when Brago realized just who the king and queen were. In the king's seat was Sherry's butler, Jii, while the other seemed not so familiar, but Brago recognized the woman as Sherry's mother from a picture he had seen of her.
"Ah, King Zeon, glad you could come!" said the old man happily. Zeon walked up and shook hands with the other king.
Fondly had these monarchs dreamed one day their kingdoms to unite. Thus today would they announce that Prince Brago, son of King Kiyo, and the King's child would be betrothed. And so to her his gift he brought, and looked, unknowing, on his future bride.
Zeon turned his head around to face Brago. "Aren't you going to give Princess Sherry her gift?"
Brago just stared. Princess what?
"What are you talking about?" asked the mamodo, and the other just shook his head. He pointed to Brago's hands.
"What you are holding. Now just walk up to the crib and set it down."
Brago looked down and now noticed that he was holding onto a golden box. When did that get there…? He growled and stared at Zeon. "Why should I?"
"Just do it!"
"Hn," Brago walked up gruffly and set down the golden box next tothe crib. He looked down into the crib and noticed how strangely the baby inside looked like Sherry…
…Wait… If everybody was making such a fuss over a princess named Sherry, then that means…
He looked down at the baby, who was currently asleep. But there was a golden patch upon her head that was the same blonde color that the Sherry he knew had. The mamodo gaped in shock. Sherry had turned into an infant!
He looked around, suspecting that there would be a mamodo in the room besides him and this… Zeon person, but there wasn't anybody there.
Suddenly, people off to the side began blowing through golden horns with banners attached to them, and a light entered the room out of nowhere. Brago watched with a dull look while everyone watched with excitement as three beings materialized into the room from the light and landed on the floor.
The dark mamodo's eyes widened as he saw who one of the beings were. It was Zatch Bell, the mamodo of the red book that looked an awful lot like Zeon. And… why did Zatch have glittery blue wings?
He looked over at the other two, and saw that they also had glittery wings as well, except that one was pink while the other was green. The one with pink wings also had a pink dress and pink hair along with matching pink eyes. She looked around with a large smile, while Zatch just looked at her oddly.
"Kolulu?" Zatch asked dumbly. He pointed a finger at her and gaped. "Why aren't you in the mamodo world? Did you get sent back?"
Kolulu just looked at him oddly. "Mamodo world?" she inquired. "What's that?"
Zatch gave a horrified look. "Oh no! You have amnesia too! Why did this have to happen?" Tears began streaming down the blonde boy's eyes as he buried his face into his hands.
"Zatch, are you alright?"
The blonde mamodo looked up to see Tia wearing a green dress and had green wings on her back. "Tia!" he cried. "Why are you wearing green? And where's Megumi?"
Tia tilted her head to the side. "What are you talking about? I always wear green. And who is this Megumi you speak of?"
More tears streamed down Zatch's face. "No! You lost your memories too!" he wailed. "Did that other guy who looks like me steal your memory?" Looking around, Zatch spotted Brago, along with two other people he didn't recognize and… somebody who looked like him! That was the one! "You!" he cried, pointing over to Zeon.
Zeon just looked over at Zatch with a puzzled look and pointed to himself. "Me?"
"Yes you! COME HERE!" As fast as he could Zatch ran over – no, flew over to where Zeon was and grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt. "Why'd you take me and my friends' memories!" he shouted angrily. More tears trickled down his face as he began to cry with frustration.
"What are you talking about? I've never seen you before in my life!" Zeon said angrily, pushing the mamodo aside. "And look at what you've done to my shirt! Don't you know that fairies aren't supposed to grab kings like that?"
At this statement, Zatch looked at him perplexed. "Fairy? Where's a fairy? I don't see one anywhere." He began to turn his head this way and that while everybody else stared strangely at the mamodo.
"You're the fairy, idiot!" Tia said angrily as she fluttered over to where Zatch was and hit him on the head. The other gave a cry of pain and clamped his hands to his head.
"Now why'd you go in and do that?"
"Because you're acting like an idiot!"
"Would you all shut up?" asked Brago finally, he was getting fairly annoyed from all this bickering. Everyone stared at him bewildered. "Now, would somebody mind telling me where the hell I am?"
"Hey, I know you!" said Zatch, now pointing over to Brago. "You're that mamodo that came to battle Kiyo and me!" He gave an immature giggle and clapped his hands together. Then he looked around with another puzzled look. "Say… where are we anyway?"
"You're in King Jii's castle of course!" said Zeon. "Goodness, are you all that stupid?"
"Probably…" muttered Brago.
Kolulu, now looking around the place looked over to where the baby in the crib lay. "Oh the little darling!" she cried, fluttering off to where the infant lay. She peered down at the baby and smiled. "Isn't she precious?"
Brago stared at the scene horrified. He had never seen something as odd as this in his entire life…
"Prince Brago, may I ask what is wrong?"
The mamodo turned around to see a boy with brown hair and eyes looking at him. He was also dressed up nicely, but not as much as a few of the people there. That's when he realized just who this person was.
"You're the owner of the red book, aren't you?" he asked, eyeing him suspiciously. If there was an owner of a book around here, then the spell book shouldn't be too far off…
"Kiyo!" cried Zatch. He flew over to where Kiyo stood while the other just stared strangely at the boy.
"Who are you?" Kiyo asked, titling his head to the side.
Zatch was more puzzled than Kiyo, but then another thought penetrated into his mind. "Oh no don't tell me you lost your memories, too!"
"What are you talking about?" Kiyo asked. "I am Prince Brago's royal servant, and I am always trusted by him but right now he seems to be in a bad mood." He said this as Brago began to glare at him.
But the dark mamodo said nothing. If this human wanted to be a lowly servant, then that was fine with him…
Brago's attention was then drawn to something else as he saw the others now beginning to speak. He watched with little interest as they began to babble something about wishes.
"Now, each of us will bless the child with a single gift." said Tia to Jii. "No more and no less. It will only be one." Tia looked down at the small infant in the crib and smiled. "Little Princess, my gift shall be the gift of—"
"Make it fruit!" cried somebody from the sidelines. Everybody turned their heads around only to see Suzy wearing a strange green dress with pictures of fruit on it. "Make the gift fruit! Fruit with a lot of smiley faces!"
"Suzy?" Zatch stared wide-eyed as Suzy began to hop up and down, still chanting about fruit. "What's Suzy doing here?"
Tia only shook her head as the other continued to babble. "No, my gift shall be the gift of beauty!" And with a wave of her magic wand – which now just appeared in her hand – a glittery sparkle was seen and it landed on the baby in the crib.
Kolulu smiled and floated over to where the baby was. "I shall grant a wish as well! Mine will be—"
"FRUIT!" screamed Suzy. Everyone in the room gave more odd looks as she continued to cry about the fruit wishes.
"—Song." Kolulu waved her own wand which now just appeared and the same glittery stuff appeared and landed on the princess.
"Mistress Zatch, it is your turn." said the queen. Zatch Bell just looked from side to side and then gave another odd look.
"Mistress?" he echoed. "Is there another me around here? One that's a girl?"
"They're referring to you, idiot." said Tia quietly as she frowned.
"But I'm not a girl…"
"Just grant the gift for Princess Sherry already!"
"Alright…" With a shrug, Zatch went over to where the infant lay. Although he had no idea how to do any sort of spell besides his Zaker attack, he gave a wave of his wand. But before he could do anything at all, a large gust of wind broke through the room. All the merry talking stopped, the banners fluttered through the breeze and the doors opened up. Lightning flashed across the area and thunder was heard, but there was no rain.
Brago looked around, half expecting a mamodo and their book owner to be there. But all he saw was a sudden blast of green smoke rise from the floor, and there suddenly stood Zophise and Koko.
His eyes widened in shock. That's who he and Sherry were looking for! He was about to charge after them, but saw that the possessed Koko did not have Zophise's spell book with her.
"What the bloody hell is going on?" Brago muttered.
Zophise stood, still being the shortest out of Koko and him, wearing a black dress that went out a few feet past his standing point. It had purple lining on the sides, and had long sleeves. He was also wearing a strange black hat instead of the original one he used to wear that was white. His orange hair though, however, still remained how it normally was. Koko was the same, except that her outfit was more run down looking and all scratched up.
"Well, quite a glittering assemblage." Zophise said aloud as he glanced around the room. Everybody was staring at him in fear, shock, and horror.
"It's Zophise!" said Kolulu.
"What's she doing here?" asked Tia.
Brago slapped himself on the head while he heard the other make that comment. Didn't they know anything…?
"I AM NOT A GIRL!" shouted Zophise angrily.
"Sure look like one…" muttered Tia. She crossed her arms and frowned.
"Didn't you know that Lord Zophise is a male?" asked Koko in a monotonous voice. Everyone shrugged, and Zophise continued to speak.
"Now, I really feel unhappy about not receiving an invitation." said Zophise as he crossed his arms. He drummed his fingers on his shoulders with a rhythm.
"You weren't wanted!" said Kolulu. Zatch just looked around with a confused look, for he had no idea who this Zophise person was. Apparently he wasn't that popular…
"Not wanted…?" The other mamodo gave a chuckle and shook his head. "Well in that case I'll be on my way…"
Before Zophise could leave, however, the queen stood up and tilted her head to the side. "And you're not offended your Excellency?" Brago looked over to the woman and put on a confused look. Didn't Sherry tell him stories that her mother was very mean? Then how come she was being polite right here?
On the other hand, Zophise just chuckled again and shook his head. "Why no, your majesty. And to show that I am not, I shall also bestow a gift upon the Princess!"
Tia and Kolulu then ran up to where the princess's crib lay and blocked it with their hands out open. They looked over at Zatch who was still over in the corner and glared at him. He stood for a minute without realizing what was going on, and when he did a few seconds later he scurried over to the crib and shielded it as well, but didn't quite know why.
The other mamodo just gave an eerie laugh and raised his hands in the air. "Listen well, all of you! The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. But, before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die!"
The queen put her hands to her face in shock. "Oh no!" And then ran over to where the baby in the crib lay, picked her up, and held her in her arms protectively. Zophise started to cackle like a madman. A flash of lightning split through the room and Koko and Zophise were gone. The wicked mamodo's laughs could be heard slowly fading away.
Brago clutched his teeth together and clenched his hands. How dare Zophise say something like that! Sherry was NOT going to die!
Tia looked up to where the king and queen were, and slowly flew over to where they stood. "Do not despair, Zatch still has a gift to give!"
"I do?" Zatch asked, and Tia shot him a look. "Oh! Yes, I have a gift!" he said quickly so he wouldn't have to be hit on the head again.
"Can you take away this curse Zophise has put upon our child?" asked the queen. Zatch Bell continued to stand silently when he saw that Tia was glaring at him again. He shrugged and the red head sighed.
"Zatch cannot undo the curse, but he can help!"
"I don't know how to do a spell!"
"Then I'll do it since you're too lazy!" Tia hit Zatch atop the head again and looked around. "Hey, even if I already gave a gift there's still going to be three of them so why not?" Tia cleared her throat and waved her wand in the air and spoke her spell (Suzy in the background began to scream about fruit again). "Little Princess, if this wicked spell is to be done and your finger be pricked by a spindle, let there be a ray of hope. My gift, not in death but in sleep, and let you be awakened by true love's kiss that shall break the spell."
Tia waved her wand again, and the gift was granted. Brago just rolled his eyes at the babbling that was going on. Where was some alligator to eat…?
Everyone was reassured that everything would be alright. Zeon and Brago returned to a castle that was not too far off and the dark mamodo ran away for a bit to look for some real food to eat, while Zeon sent some of his men to look for him. Tia, Kolulu, and Zatch Bell went off to talk.
But King Jii, still fearful of his daughter's life, declared that all spinning wheels in the kingdom that day be burned.
So it was done.
Yeah... there's chapter one. Hope you liked it! And PLEASE don't flame! I'll take constructive criticism (and you better do that ONLY if you have something negative to say)
I'll try to update soon, but considering that I have school, homework and whatnot going on, it takes away some of my time. (sigh) At least I have better teachers this year... Well, anywho, i'm just gonna get this over with. Hope you liked the first chapter! I'm signing off! BYE!
Twilight Memories is now signingoff.