I surprised myself, I didn't think I would finish this story so early. This is the thrid of my dimented fairy tales. If you have never read any of my others one well then you might find it a bit weird. It starts and ends with dialouge chats and the occational little side comments during the actual story itself. This is the longest one I've done yet. It's based of off Cinderella and the movie Ever After.
Chatting in the Green Room
Relm: And here we all are at Relm's Demented Fairy Tale number 3!
Lina: Okay what original works of art are you gonna disgrace now?
Relm: -_- And since when do I disgrace anything?
Everyone except Relm: ...
Relm: Alright fine then everyone, be mean! I don't have to do this thing anyway! (Runs over to her dressing room and slams the door.)
Amelia: Yeah! No more of these stupid fairy tales!
Zelgadis: But what are we going to do know?
Lina: How about we go out for pizza? I'm starving!
Xellos: Okay, but who do we get out of here?
Sylphiel: I think you take the door on the left down that hallway. (Says as she points)
Lina: Okay lets go then!
(Everyone walks over to the door and opens it.)
(Various shouts from people outside yelling out questions as they try to rush the Slayers gang to get into the studio)
(Slayers cast shove people back out and retreat inside the studio.)
Gourry: Gee that was close!
Lina: Man that was crazy out there! Who were those people anyway?
Zelgadis: I think those where Relm's fans...
Xellos: It doesn't look like we are getting out of here till we get another fairy tale done.
Amelia: But Miss Relm is refusing to do anymore!
Lina: No we don't! We can just wait until nightfall and sneak out when they aren't there.
Death: (comes over to them with a clipboard and a head set.) That wont work.
Filia: What's up with you?
Death: Oh Relm's hired me as a stage crew worker. I run security.
Amelia: Why can't we leave at night Mr. Death?
Death: (points over to a computer monitor) This is the studio's security computer system. Look at the screen and you can see the security camera's video recording of the past two days. As you can see the fans have camped outside the studio. They even are on different time zones so there is practically always someone there. You wont be able to leave without getting caught.
Lina: Well we could just use magic to get out then!
Death: That wont work either. Relm was very concerned about security of the station and put a magic barrier. You can use magic but not to get in or out of the building.
Lina: So you are telling me that we can't leave at all?!
Death: Not unless you do a fairy tale and quick.
Lina: Lets go! (Runs over to Relm's dressing room dragging everyone with her.) Relm! We need to get that fairy tale started!
Relm: Why none of you guys seem to care.
Lina: We do now!
Relm: Why?
Death: Because the fans aren't going to let them out otherwise.
(Lina bops him on the head.) Ouch!
Lina: You weren't supposed to tell her that!
Everyone except Lina: (sweatdrop)
Relm: Apologize and I just might work on it.
Everyone except Relm: ...
Relm: I'm waiting...
Death: I'm sorry Relm.
Relm: Um, that was nice of you Death, but you didn't do anything. But thank you!
Death: ^-^
(Weird glances are exchanged among the group and everyone except Death gathers around in a circle whispering.)
Zelgadis: Don't most brothers and sister not get along?
Lina: Yeah and Death is her little brother too. Man they have a freaky relationship.
Gourry: But aren't they both just really freaky to start off with?
(Relm and Death both here all this and sprout sweatdrops.)
Death: Would you guys just knock it off! Anyway, Relm please do the fic? It's not fair to make everyone else suffer just because of what Lina and the others said.
Relm: (coming out of her room) Yeah I guess you are right. Okay then everyone back to the set!
Carbunkle: (after watching this whole scene) There's just no stopping her. God have mercy on their souls.
(Suddenly a large oversized garden gnome goes flying and smacks Carbunkle to the ground flat like a pancake.)
Relm: ^-^
Zelgadis: What are you smiling at?
Relm: Huh? Oh nothing. Okay now where did I put my cast list?
Xellos: You lost it?
Relm: -_- Do I look like Death here?
Death: Hey!
Relm: Sorry Death I couldn't resist. No I think it's somewhere in conference room.
Amelia: Where is your stuff normally in?
Relm: My blue binder. (Looks on the table in the conference room) Oh there it is!
Naga: (Looking at the size of the binder) Whoa! How much stuff do you have in there anyway?
Relm: Anything I've written down that has to deal with either one of my websites. (At this current time I have two.)
Zelgadis: Wait a minute; you mean to say that all your fic ideas are in there?
Relm: Aside from the ones I have stored in my head.
(Lina and Zel look at each. They both had plans forming in their heads.)
Relm: Oh no you don't! Neither of you are going to get your hands on this binder! I already had a scare with the last one! My mother threw it out!
(Zel and Lina sit and sulk.)
Filia: Did you get it back?
Relm: Yeah but we had to fishing around in a recycling bin. I'm just lucky she didn't throw it in the trash.
Amelia: So Miss Relm what is this fairy tale about this time? You promised me I'd get a good part this time.
Relm: Yes I know Amelia. Okay the fairy tale I have chosen this time is "Cinderella".
Zelgadis: Hasn't that one be done already?
Relm: (Waves her hands in the air) Why would it matter?
Lina: Wouldn't you be copying?
Relm: That would be the case only if I was copying the whole concept and casting.
Zelgadis: So it's going to have a different casting?
Relm: Yup.
Zelgadis: But every one of the Cinderella stories you have read has had Lina and me as the main characters.
Relm: Your point?
Zelgadis: If you are going with a different cast, then you aren't going to make Lina and I the main characters! (suddenly Zel turns chibi with large tears coming from his eyes.)
Relm: Does that bother you?
Zelgadis: ... (silently sulks in the corner. Why he would care so much is beyond me.)
Sylphiel: Who's this one going to be about?
Relm: I'll get to that. First I must say what I have changed the title to. It's now called Sylpherella.
Sylphiel: O.o You mean...?
Relm: Yup it's about you Sylphiel! Okay here is the cast list:
Sylpherella (Cinderella): Sylphiel
Fairy Godmother: Lina
Evil Stepsister #1: Martina
Evil Stepsister #2: Naga
Evil Stepmother: Luna
King: Xellos
Prince: Gourry
Royal Advisor: Zelgadis
Coachman: Zangulus
Zelgadis: Royal advisor?
Relm: (shrugs) Hey why not?
(Relm: Oh yeah, Zel is back to normal now.)
Amelia: Miss Relm you said I was in this!
Relm: Yeah, yeah I know. You are the narrator.
Amelia: WHAT?! But you said I had a good part!
Relm: That's right a good part. You aren't evil in this one.
Amelia: But I didn't think you meant it like that!
Relm: Well that's not my fault you misunderstood me. And come on you have had 2 major parts already!
Amelia: L
Relm: Don't worry the next fairy tale I going to do you are going to have a good part. And I mean a nice large non-evil part.
Amelia: ^_^
Relm: Alright that's it everyone get to your places! I want to start this thing now!
Lina: Why the rush?
Relm: For crying out loud we are already at 4 pages and I haven't even got to the damn story yet! I swear these keep getting longer and longer!
Lina: When did we start the story on the other two?
Relm: Both of them I started the actual story on it's second page. Aggggggghhhhhhh! Just shut up and get a move on! And would someone move that damned spaceship prop from off the set! We're doing Cinderella here not Star Wars!
Sylpherella
Amelia: (Grumbles) Once upon a time in a far away land lived a good-natured nobleman and his baby daughter Sylpherella. The two of them very happy but still the nobleman was still a little lonely. His wife had died giving birth to his daughter long ago. The nobleman for a long time didn't even think about dating someone else. That is till he met Countess Luna. He was drawn to her and before everyone knew it they were married. Sylpherella was overjoyed; she was finally going to have a full family for once. Countess Luna and her two daughters were coming to live with Sylpherella and her father. When that day came Sylpherella was all happy and anxious to meet her new stepmother and stepsisters. Her stepmother and stepsisters weren't as thrilled as Sylpherella was. First was Countess Luna to step out of the carriage, she was cold and didn't say a word to Sylpherella. Then came Martina. She gave a small snicker and made fun of the way Sylpherella was dressed. The last was Naga. She came out with a roaring laugh and pointed at Sylpherella and made her trip. Naga made it look like Sylpherella had slipped and when Sylpherella got up from out of the mud she only apologized to her father and remained nice and polite.
For the most part things were okay, though Martina, Luna and Naga were unhappy and they were never able to take it out on little Sylpherella like they wanted to. Sylpherella's father was always there to and wouldn't let anything bad happen to his little girl. But that all changed the day that Sylpherella's father got sick. He was in bed for weeks until he finally died. Little Sylpherella was in terrible grief but Luna, Martina and Naga didn't care. Without him around they could do whatever they wanted. Including turning Sylpherella into their personal slave.
Many years latter.
"Sylpherella! Where's my breakfast?! Sylpherella you silly girl where are you?!" Countess Luna screamed for her stepdaughter.
"Sylpherella where is my clothes?!" Martina screamed as well.
"OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHH! You silly twit where's my wine?!" (Just guess who said that.)
"Coming!" Sylpherella yelled back to them in a weak and tired voice. She hadn't gotten a good night's sleep the previous night and she had been woken up early for chores. Sylpherella tried her best to juggle the many things in her arms and she went up the five flights of stairs. Martina's room was first and in she went.
"Martina here's your clothes." Sylpherella placed the neatly ironed and beautiful dress on a chair for Martina to see.
"What is this?!" Martina seethed pointing at the blue dress Sylpherella had brought up.
"The dress that you had asked me to iron."
"No it isn't! I asked you to iron the baby blue dress not the sky blue one! Can't you ever get anything right you imbecile?! Grr... now I'm going to have to wait while you go get the right one ironed!" Martina yelled at her throwing the dress in her face.
"I'm sorry Martina. This wont happen again." Sylpherella bowed her head to her stepsister as she stepped back into the hallway.
"Well it better not! Or you are going to be in deep trouble!" Martina slammed the door on Sylpherella. Naga's room was next.
"Naga here is you wine."
"WINE!" Naga grabbed the bottle from Sylpherella's hands very sharply and almost cased Sylpherella to lose her balance. Naga chugged the whole bottle in a couple of gulps. When she finished it she got angry and threw the bottle at the wall right next to Sylpherella almost hitting her. "You only brought one?! OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! You think that Naga the white serpent can only be satisfied with only ONE BOTTLE?! Wench! Get me some more!"
"Yes Naga." Sylpherella lowered her head and left Naga's room. The last one was stepmother Luna.
"Stepmother here is your breakfast." Sylpherella said in a small timid voice as she handed the breakfast tray to Luna. Luna glared at her little stepdaughter with cold eyes and glanced at the food suspiciously. She took one forkful of the food and spat it out coughing rather loudly.
"WHAT IS THIS?! ARE YOU TRYING TO POISON ME?!"
"No Stepmother I -- "
"GET OUT AND MAKE ME FOOD THAT IS AT LEAST EDIBLE!" Luna screamed at her and Sylpherella rushed out. Now doesn't this seem a bit harsh? Perhaps maybe the three women are just having bad days. Well in fact they aren't. This is a very typical day at the household. It's always the same thing. Sylpherella would come up with what each requested and each would find something to complain about. The thing they complained about the most was Sylpherella's cooking, which was rather odd too Sylpherella was a prized cook. But why would the sweet and soft-spoken Sylpherella take this day in and day out? (Lina: Yeah would she? If it were me I'd fry their asses to kingdom come!
Relm: Couldn't resist making a comment huh? Besides I wouldn't say anything if I were you.
Lina: And why the hell not?! I wouldn't take that sort of crap from no one.
Luna: And what are you doing?
Lina: Eeep! (backs away with nervous laughter rubbing the back of her neck and sprints off.)
Relm:...) The reason of course is that on her father's deathbed he had asked her to get along with her stepmother and stepsisters. She promised him and kept that very same promise to this very day.
Meanwhile in a kingdom not to far away... (Zelgadis: You've seen the Disney version of this one haven't you.
Relm: Yeah so? And what are you implying?! Hell if I was making it like the movie I'd have little talking mice in it. Do you want to be a mouse?
Xellos: Oh I think that would be rather interesting!
Relm: You would...
Gourry: Am I supposed to be here?
Relm: Yes now would the three of you shut up and get back to the scene!)
A king sat at a table near the main court wondering what do with his son, the heir prince. Now there was nothing really wrong with Prince Gourry, but it was just that he wasn't as bright as most people tend to be. Which was bad because King Xellos whom did not look his age was starting to go tired of being a king and wanted his son to take over. Not being smart was the problem with ruling; it was the fact that in order to rule, Prince Gourry needed a Queen. Now let see Gourry was a tall gentleman with long blond hair, blue eyes and a pleasant smile. Sounds like your picture perfect stereotype prince right? Well remember he's not too bright plus his memory is not to be desired. (Lina: (snort) That's putting it mildly.
Relm: Come on Gourry isn't that bad. (Everyone minus Gourry looks at her with shocked expressions) Oh you guys are just mean. Poor Gourry.
Gourry: Huh? I'm poor? I thought I was playing a prince in this. (Everyone looks back at Relm)
Relm: Nevermind...) Basically Gourry irritated every woman that was brought before him as a possible fiancé. King Xellos was getting desperate.
"Oh Zelgadis what am I to do? Every woman that Gourry has met has left swearing never to come back again!" King Xellos asked his royal advisor Zelgadis whom himself did not look his age. (Zelgadis: How old am I supposed to be in this story?
Relm: Your immortal in this one.
Zelgadis: Huh? Why?
Relm: Not going to explain so don't bother asking.)
"Well Xellos Prince Gourry has annoyed all the noblewoman brought before him, perhaps you should look elsewhere. Like perhaps a woman who isn't a noblewoman."
(Relm: -_- You aren't sticking to the script.
Zelgadis: There's no way I'm going to call that fruitcake 'Your Highness' so don't bother trying.
Relm: (shakes head) I've got to stop putting them with roles close together...)
"Why Zelgadis an ordinary lady? That's a wonderful idea! Even if a girl hates his guts she would still marry him for the money!" King Xellos said with a large smile. Everyone within hearing distance sweatdroped including the plants.
"Um, ah sure. Do you wish me to set up some sort of ball or gathering to invite all the single young woman around to the castle?"
"Yes organize a ball for day after tomorrow."
Zelgadis facefaults. "Day after tomorrow?! You want me to organize a ball for day after TOMORROW?!"
"Why do you think that I should have it tomorrow instead?" King Xellos rubbed his chin in thought.
"NO! Fine day after tomorrow it is then." Zelgadis went off grumbling while King Xellos went off to see his son. The funny thing about King Xellos and Prince Gourry is that they didn't look alike in the least bit. Prince Gourry was taller then his father and had blue eyes and blond hair instead of King Xellos' purple hair and eyes. Some even questioned whether or not Prince Gourry was even his son. Of course when people said that King Xellos would just say that he looked like his late mother whom died when Prince Gourry was young, Queen Filia.
(Filia: WHHHHAAAAAATTTTTT???!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!?!?!?!
Relm: What you don't think that you and Gourry seem to resemble each other enough to be related?
Filia: THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!!!!!!!
Xellos: What's the matter Filia-dear? You don't want to be my queen?
Filia: DIE!)
King Xellos stumbled a bit while he walked almost as if he had been hit over the head with something. Prince Gourry was in the garden practicing his swords fighting.
"Ah Gourry how are you doing today?"
"Not too bad, I'm hungry though." Thus his stomach grumbled in agreement.
"Not surprised you usually are. I've come over here to tell you that we having a ball in your honor day after tomorrow."
"A ball? Like a tennis ball?"
"No like a night of dancing and dining."
"Oh one of those! Why?"
"To find you a fiancé. So when you are there make sure you pick a nice woman to be the future Queen." King Xellos said with a smile at his son.
"What's a fiancé? Is that some sort of sausage?" King Xellos' eyes twitched but he did manage to keep his smile.
"No Gourry, a fiancé is a woman that you get engaged to marry. Basically a future wife."
"Oh. Okay."
"Great then we'll just get everything set up and you can get yourself a fiancé at the ball." King Xellos smiled patting his son on the back.
"Um, Dad, what's a fiancé again?"
General facefault.
Later on that day...
One of King Xellos' messengers came to the door of Sylpherella's home with the invitation to the ball. The man knocked and waited patiently while Sylpherella came to answer the door.
"Yes?"
"Oh hello Miss. I've been instructed to give out all these invitations to every household in the city inviting the all the single woman to the ball at the kingdom that is going to be held the day after tomorrow.. King Xellos is trying to find a fiancé for his son Prince Gourry."
"Oh my! I'll be sure to give this to my stepmother. Thank you." Sylpherella took the message and graciously bowed to the messenger.
"Why a pretty and polite girl like yourself would have a good chance of being chosen. Well goodbye Miss." The messenger lowered his hat to Sylpherella and left. Sylpherella just closed the doors with a dreamy sigh.
"Me marrying the Prince?"
"No you won't." Luna said sharply. Sylpherella turned her head to see her stepmother and stepsisters.
"And why couldn't I?" Sylpherella dared to ask.
"Because you wont be going."
"Why not?"
"Because you have far too many chores and you wont be going if you don't complete them. That and you don't have a dress to wear. So Martina, Naga I think we should go look to see what you both shall be wearing to the ball." The three left while Sylpherella slumped to the floor on the verge of tears.
"Oh and I really wanted to go to the ball too. Oh what am I saying? If I want to go I just need to work extra hard on the chores and get them done in time! But wait I need a dress. I guess I could make one, but will I have enough time?" Sylpherella mused as she went in search of the house for materials.
The next two days were hectic for a lot of people. So it was trying to find nice things to wear, other like in the castle were sweating over decorations and food while in Sylpherella's case it was getting a dress and doing chores in time. But somehow Sylpherella managed and got all her chores done at an alarmingly fast rate while she managed to get a very nice dress that she found in the attic. It had been her mothers when she was about Sylpherella's age and it fit beautifully on her. (Zelgadis: So instead of going completely on the Disney version you steal some ideas from the movie Ever After.
Relm: I didn't steal any ideas, I merely borrowed them.) But of course Luna wasn't going to let Sylpherella go at any cost, so she just kept piling on more and more chores for Sylpherella to do. But when the time came to leave for the ball there wasn't a thing left that Luna could have Sylpherella do. So she came out in her mothers beautiful dress Luna, Martina and Naga scowled. Though Luna had gotten specially made dresses that were extremely expensive for both Martina and Naga, Sylpherella's dress looked much more beautiful then either of them. Luna was afraid that if Sylpherella went to the ball she might steal away the chances of Naga or Martina marrying the prince. But she couldn't think of any way to keep her away from the ball. That is until she thought of something.
"Sylpherella get me some wine, I want something to drink before we leave. Make sure you bring the whole bottle." Naga was going to say something about the wine until Luna nudged her daughter in the ribs and told her to be quite. Once Sylpherella had brought the wine, Luna 'accidentally' spilled it all over Sylpherella's mother's beautiful dress.
"Oh I'm sorry Sylpherella. I guess you can't go with such a large stain on your dress now can you? Unless you have another dress that we don't know about. Come along girls." Luna led her daughters out and Sylpherella collapsed on the floor crying.
"What am I going to do? I wanted to go the ball so badly..." Sylpherella cried still on the floor. Perhaps if she had looked up she would have saw a red ball of light appear in the room before her.
"Child what is the matter?" Sylpherella brought her head up and saw through her teary eyes a woman who looked younger then her with long red hair and eyes with a wand, wings and a very interesting red outfit.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Lina, your fairy godmother." Lina said with doing a little curtsy.
"But aren't you a bit too young to be a fairy godmother?"
Lina falters. "Yes I don't look my age okay? Do you want my help or not?"
"Oh yes I would. But just how old are you?"
"I'm immortal. I'm at least two hundred years, I can't remember because I stop keeping track. Okay so you want to go to this ball and meet the prince right?"
"Yes."
"Only you are out a dress and a ride. Alright I can help first of all I need a pumpkin." Lina went walking by and by some odd coincidence there was one right near her outside.
(Relm: Am I the only one who thinks it's a bit odd that a pumpkin just happens to be very close by? Oh well nevermind back to the story.) "Now what am I supposed to say?" Lina consults her fairy godmother handbook guide and scowls at what she reads. "Bippidy boppidy bo? What sort of spell is that?!" Lina says but it works and the pumpkin becomes a nice little coach. "Now for the horses..." Lina spotted two little mice and again used the handbook and made them into two white horses. "And at last the coachman..." And at last she spots a small lizard. So she turns it into a man. "So what's your name?"
"I'm Zangulus... I think."
"Oh well you've got coach duty tonight. And now for the dress. I think white would suit you nicely." Lina mused and suddenly Sylpherella's dressed changed into a sparkly white dress embedded with diamonds. Her hair was done up with diamond berets and pins. Her shoes were sparkly and clear because they were made of glass. Sylpherella looked at herself with glee, she loved it and she looked nice too.
"Thank you so much this is wonderful. It's like a dream come true!" Sylpherella said with a twirl.
"Well it will be only a dream if you don't listen to me closely. Okay Sylpherella when you go to the ball you have to be back by midnight. Because at midnight the spell will end and everything will return back to normal. Alright?"
"Okay. Thanks for everything!" Sylpherella runs off to the carriage while Lina herself got herself ready to attend the ball. Unlike most fairy godmothers Lina made sure everything went well by going to the place herself. Besides beats waiting around doing nothing.
While at the ball Prince Gourry was bored out of his mind. After he ate everything he could he was being forced to dance with people that he didn't even like. Some were pretty others just rich. But mostly everyone that Prince Gourry met had evil like personalities and just wanted wealth and power. He didn't like that, he wanted to marry a woman who wanted to be with him for him and not for his status. He did complain to his father about this but King Xellos just told him that it doesn't matter and that he should just pick whomever he thought was prettiest. The one he thought was the prettiest for obvious reasons was passed out drunk in a corner. He didn't want to be there until a certain raven haired, green eyed woman caught his eyes as she walked in. She seemed a bit lost and Prince Gourry ducked out of sight to get closer to her. He wasn't sure what it was about her but there was something about her eyes that were different then everyone else at the ball, they had a sort of pure innocent likeness to them.
"Hello Miss are you here for the ball?"
"Um yes, only I'm not sure where exactly were I'm supposed to go." Sylpherella was a bit panicky and afraid that her stepmother and stepsisters would see her. But then she looked into the man's brilliant blue eyes. She literally melted under his gaze. Forget the prince I want him.
"Oh come with me, I can show you." Prince Gourry took her by the arm and lead her to the dance floor.
The two of them danced and danced without changing partners. The more time Sylpherella spent with Prince Gourry the more and more she liked him. He was sweet and kind and just a little dumb but in a cute way. Sylpherella before she had come to the ball wanted nothing more then to meet the prince, but now she didn't even care in the slightest. She was having a fantastic time with a man she didn't even know. And it was much to her surprise when Prince Gourry revealed himself as the very same prince that the ball was in honor off.
"So you really are Prince Gourry?" Sylpherella blushed and averted her gaze. They had stopped a dance or two ago for a little break.
He smiled at her and blushed a bit himself. "Well yeah I am. I'm supposed to pick out a future wife from these women but I hadn't found one that appealed to me, until now." Prince Gourry flashed her another honest smile as he lead her back to the dance floor again. Sylpherella felt like she was living in a dream. But this was no dream, she really was dancing with the crown prince and everyone was watching, including her stepmother and stepsisters.
"Who does that little girl think she is monopolizing Prince Gourry's attention like that?!" Martina fumed. Though they could clearly see Prince Gourry and Sylpherella dancing, neither Martina nor Naga recognized Sylpherella. Of course when Martina's angry she has the tendency not to think straight and Naga herself was far too drunk to notice anything going on around her. But Luna could clearly see whom the heir prince was dancing with and she knew exactly who it was. The vein in Luna's head was literately popping out.
Meanwhile Sylpherella's fairy godmother Lina was also at the ball eating her fill of food. Of course all the annoying stuck up woman complaining about Sylpherella being with Prince Gourry so long that they were driving her nuts.
"Oh wont they all just shut up?!"
"Who?" An ivory cloaked man came up behind the young looking fairy godmother.
"Well hello Zelgadis long time no see. Still working the royal advisor deal?"
"Yeah, you still a fairy godmother?"
"Yup. Wanna dance?"
"As long as you can keep up." Zelgadis linked arms with her and they went to the dance floor. (Zelgadis: Um is there really any point to this little scene?
Relm: (shrugs) Nah. If you don't want dance her I can put her with someone else.
Zelgadis: ... I'm going to go back to dancing now.
Relm: Okay you do that.)
Prince Gourry had never had so much fun dancing with anyone ever before in his life. But then he had never really liked the people he had been partnered with before. The more time he spent with Sylpherella the more sure he was that Sylpherella was the one that he wanted to marry. And for the first time in his life he was having trouble trying to ask someone a question. He kept trying to figure out a way ask her but every time he either chickened out or figured that it wasn't a good way to do it. But finally he decided to just blurt it out. The bad part was that at this time Sylpherella looked at the time. It was nearly midnight!
"Sylpherella I have something to ask -- "
"I'm so very sorry Prince Gourry I have to leave!" Sylpherella rushed out the door and Prince Gourry followed her as fast as he could but all the other women in the room had decided that this time was the best to try and talk to Prince Gourry. Sylpherella ran out in such a hurry that she lost one of her shoes on the steps. She was going to go back and get it when she saw Prince Gourry finally get out the door. So instead she ran with only one shoe on and rushed home. Prince Gourry stopped his running, she was gone and he had no idea where she was.
"I didn't get to know her name. Hey what's this?" Prince Gourry looked down at the glass slipper that lay on the main steps. "It must have fallen off her in the rush. But why did she leave like that?" Prince Gourry mused and went back into the ball.
Sylpherella on the other had just managed to get in home in time before the spell ended. Sylpherella was grateful for the evening but she still a bit saddened. She realized that she might never see Prince Gourry ever again. So to bed she went and fell asleep immediately.
The next day Prince Gourry sat in side the court steps holding onto the little glass slipper that Sylpherella had left him.
"Gourry what is that?" King Xellos said with a smile as he sat down next to his son.
"This is the shoe of the woman I was dancing with last night."
"Oh that pretty one with the green eyes and black hair that was in the white dress? Oh is she the one you have chosen?"
"Yes or she would have been if I had asked her before she rushed off in such a hurry. She dropped the shoe in the hurry and now it's the only thing I have to remember her by. I don't even know her name."
"Are you sure that she didn't tell you it and you just forgot what it was?" Prince Gourry was very silent for a moment thinking very hard. And then he came to a realization.
"You know you could be right about that." Prince Gourry said with a smile. General facefaults all around.
"But still how about we try this. Why don't you and Zelgadis go from house to house into the city and see all the single women. And then get them to try on the glass slipper and if the shoe fits then you'll have found her." King Xellos said with a smile.
"So all I need to do is find the girl that the shoe fits and I've found her?"
"Yup. Is that alright with you?"
"Yes!"
"Okay I'll just get someone to tell Zelgadis then."
Meanwhile Zelgadis was laying in his bed having a very nice dream that was interrupted by the knocking on his door. He grumbled as he got up to answer it. He was tired and had a bit of a hangover from the night before.
"What do you want?" Zelgadis grumbled to the servant outside his door.
"Um I've got and order from the king. He's instructed me to tell you that you are going to go with Prince Gourry to all the houses in the city to see if you can find the person who fits the glass slipper that the women whom the Prince wishes to marry had dropped the night before."
Zelgadis just groaned and slammed the door on the servant.
"That's a dumb idea. There could be tones of girls in the city who have the same foot size as that girl Prince Gourry was dancing with. Of course leave it up to Xellos to think of something ridiculous like that." Zelgadis sat on his bed rubbing his head.
"Looks like you need some help then."
Zelgadis looked up to see that Lina had appeared in his room. "Why do you know where the girl lives?"
"I sure do. She's the charge that I helped for the ball last night. So here's the address." Lina smiled giving him a piece of paper with something written on it. He looked at her suspiciously.
"It isn't like you to help someone like this unless you are getting something out of it. So what's the catch?"
"Well you'll just have to owe me for something later on." A mischievous grin played on her lips as she blew him a kiss and disappeared into thin air.
Sylpherella did her chores that morning with a very sad and uncaring expression. She was depressed from last night and nothing around her seemed to change her mood. Not even when her stepmother or stepsisters yelled at her for something. She just didn't care. Luna, Martina and Naga sat in the living room waiting for Sylpherella to bring their afternoon tea. Meanwhile Martina and Naga were gossiping about something when Sylpherella just got to the entrance to the room.
"You know what I heard, Prince Gourry was so gone on that girl he was dancing with last night that he's going to be going from house to house to find a the girl whom the glass slipper fits that she had dropped after she rushed out last night."
"Really, that girl gets all the luck!" Naga was going to say something more until they heard a loud crash outside the door. What they found was Sylpherella and that she had dropped their tea. Martina and Naga just yelled at her for it but Luna just glared at her with an idea coming to mind. So instead of getting Sylpherella to get them some more tea Luna asked her to go up to the attic to get something. Sylpherella went not knowing that Luna was following her close behind. Once Sylpherella was in the attic Luna slammed the door and locked it making it unable for Sylpherella to escape.
Prince Gourry and Zelgadis got to the house that Lina had instructed them to go to.
"Well this better be the place because I really don't feel like visiting ever house." Zelgadis grumbled as he knocked on the door. Luna came to the door.
"Hello, please come in." Luna ushered the two men into the room where Martina and Naga were.
Zelgadis just looked at the two girls suspiciously. Neither girl was the girl Prince Gourry had been dancing with that night. Maybe Lina gave me the wrong address. No she wouldn't do that. Something is not right here. "So is this every single women living in this household."
"Yes Sir it is."
"Are you certain Madame? Because if you are lying then that might have some serious consequences if you were keeping someone secret." Zelgadis gave her a deadly look while Luna returned it.
"No believe me we three are the only ones living in this home."
"Very well then. Prince Gourry try the slipper on them."
Prince Gourry frowned but did so. He himself didn't recognize either girls to be the person he was dancing with last night but he didn't say anything. He figured that he might have forgotten what the women looked like.
First he tried the slipper on Martina but her feet where too big. But that didn't stop Martina from trying to force the shoe on her foot. It didn't work though on next to Naga. Like Martina, Naga's foot was too large. Too large in fact that when Naga tried to force the shoe on her that it sprung off and fell to the floor with a big crash as it broke into several pieces.
"Oh no the shoe is broken! Zelgadis what are we going to do?" Zelgadis was going to say something but just then Sylpherella came running down the stairs with the matching glass slipper in hand. She was followed by Lina whom was swinging a key on a string around her finger.
"Prince Gourry don't you worry her is that women you were dancing with, her name is Sylpherella and she lives in this house with Luna her stepmother and her stepsister Martina and Naga." Lina said with a grin winking at Zelgadis whom smiled back. Then he turned to Luna.
"So you were lying."
"No I wasn't. Sylpherella is only a servant here not a person!"
"She's your stepdaughter not a servant, and even if she was only a servant that counts as a person. For lying you and your daughters as going to be punished." Three guards came out of nowhere and took Luna, Martina and Naga away. "So Prince Gourry do we need to try the other glass slipper on Miss Sylpherella?" He himself already knew that it was the right girl but he'd figure that he'd humor Prince Gourry.
"No we don't. It her there's no doubt in my mind." Prince Gourry smiled as he stood before Sylpherella and stood on one knee and pulled out a velvet box with a ring in it.
"Sylpherella will you marry me?" Sylpherella smiled and giggled in delight as she jumped into his arms barely whispering out the word yes to him.
Sylpherella was brought before King Xellos with Prince Gourry at her side while Zelgadis and Lina were sitting off to the side watching them.
"Say Zel what if they like each other now but when they get married they realize that they don't like or love each other? What then?"
"Well the two of them are going to be engaged for a long time before they get married. If the two of them realize this was just a mistake they could just cancel the wedding and Prince Gourry could just find a new fiancé. And if they find out after they get married then they could just get a divorce."
"Then I guess everything works out fine. But what about Luna, Martina and Naga? What do you do to them?"
"Since they made Sylpherella's life such a living hell by treating her like a servant, I decided it might be fitting if they themselves get to act as servants for a little while." The two of them laughed while three normally papered women were cursing up a storm.
THE END
(Off stage)
Relm: Egad fourteen pages! Man this is the longest one yet...
Amelia: Look on the bright side at least it's finished. Now about the next fairy tale --
Relm: Don't you even dare start bugging me for information about it!
Lina: Why not? Shouldn't we be entitled to know something about it?
Zelgadis: Is there a reason why you don't want to tell us?
Relm: Leave me alone.
Carbunkle: Mwhahahahahahahaha!
Relm: Shut up Carbunkle (WHAP!)
Carbunkle: @_#? Ooooh look at all the little floating stars...