Fairytale AU Meme [Open]

[firesealed]

Pick one of my characters and I'll toss a disney/fairytale au scenario at you! I've got some rough descriptions of their roles below. You can start, or you can just give their name in a top-level and I’ll write something up. These can be shippy or not, although given the descriptions I’ll probably tend towards that way unless you tell me you don’t want that

Alec: Damsel in distress, suicidal, who thinks this whole thing is stupid and this story can be ended if anyone at any point just solves the problem of the ‘princess’ for good

Annabel: Necromancer, who tries to find love by bringing hers back from the dead

Dominic: Knight, who’s pretty sure that he’s supposed to slay the ‘dragon’ but might end up falling in love with him/her instead

I-No: The evil witch, finds delight in other people’s suffering

Ivy: The persecuted heroine, who badly wants to believe in love but doesn’t really believe that it can trump the facts of life

Kai: Prince charming, careful and earnest, hugely romantic who thinks that life’s course can be changed by love

Ky: Either the hero, earnest but not very good at people, or the damsel in distress who’s going to apologize for having to be rescued

Rose: Ghost girl, who will accept a coat in exchange for being able to touch and feel for a while

Sol: The dragon, why are you waking him up from his nap just to rescue a princess? He doesn’t have time for this crap.

Valentine: The evil king whose goal in all of this is power and also just seeing the ordinary people scramble

Comments

[tothealtar]

But it can be everyone's kidnap reality! "Tonight would be fine. I just have to write a note for my dad, so he doesn't worry." Because that's how kidnapping works, right?

[dangerouslyinlove]

"Ok." Ryoji... has no idea how kidnapping works, and Kai's thought about this a lot so he probably knows more. And people not worrying sounds like a good thing! (And really Kai doesn't know where Ryoji's cave is so it's not like he'll be able to leave directions.)

[tothealtar]

"Where, um, should we meet, once it's dark?" Kai doesn't know how large of a space Ryoji will require.

[dangerouslyinlove]

"Um..." The little dragon tilts his head, thinking, "Where can you get to?" If there's like an astronomy tower or anywhere were he could actually land that would be nice...

[tothealtar]

"All sorts of places." They should all...be visible from the sky. "But not outside of the palace grounds." Because that's helpful.

[dangerouslyinlove]

"Is there a roof or something you can get on? Mostly I just need a place to land. Isn't there a flat tower or something people go up on?" He only knows that because he tried to see what they were doing once and then there was magic being thrown at him and he didn't like it.

[tothealtar]

"Oh. Yes, I can get to the observatory. That would work. Do you need me to pick up supplies or anything?"

[dangerouslyinlove]

"Just stuff you would need, I guess." Kai probably wants to bring some of his own people food. Ryoji doesn't have a lot.

[tothealtar]

That probably means luxuries. It almost certainly means that, right? And maybe Kai should grab a pillow or something. Caves are hard. But food is everywhere.

"Alright. An hour after sunset, or something like that?"

[dangerouslyinlove]

They are both so bad at this.

Ryoji will nod, flying back up to perch on the window. "Ok! I'll come and get you then!" This will be fun!

[tothealtar]

Kai wrote a very careful letter to his father, explaining why he thinks this is necessary without saying where he's going or even mentioning dragons.

And then he goes to the tower with just a pillow and some paper and a pen. (This is totally a sleepover.)

[dangerouslyinlove]

(It will be the best sleepover.)

Ryoji will come to the tower a few minutes after sundown- he is considerably larger now, though still not huge as most dragons. He's the same shape as he was before, at least, sleek and black with those bright blue eyes as he lands on the Tower. "Ready?"

[tothealtar]

Now he looks like he can hold Kai, and Kai finds himself feeling a little intimidated for a moment. He stands where he is, before he regains himself.

"Yeah."

[dangerouslyinlove]

He still has all the mannerisms of the dorky little dragon if that helps?

Ryoji hums, regarding Kai for a moment. "Should I carry you or do you want to get on my back and hold on?"

[tothealtar]

That does help a lot, besides, this is how it needed to work.

"On your back, if you can carry my things?"

[dangerouslyinlove]

"Ok!" He'll crouch down so Kai can climb up on his back. The scales around his neck can be held on to, but for the most part he's very streamlined.

[tothealtar]

Kai takes up a careful position, and if he's partly terrified that he's going to fall off he's also really excited.

[dangerouslyinlove]

Ryoji will be exceptionally careful as he takes Kai's things and then lifts up into the air, his powerful wings beating around the boy on his back. He'll soar off towards the mountains, giving Kai a much better view than he would have ever had from his window.

[tothealtar]

"Wow." The wind tears Kai's words away from him, but he's consumed in watching what's around and below them regardless of whether or not the dragon can hear his awe.

[dangerouslyinlove]

The dragon thinks he hears something, but he can't really respond like this anyway. They're in the air for a little bit, but soon enough Ryoji's swooping down into the mountains, landing outside of a cave. "Here we are!" he says, sinking down to let Kai slide off.

The front cavern is pretty big (it's where a dragon lives, it has to be), and there are a couple passages that look like they probably go to some other caves. It's dark, but it looks like there's quite a collection of candles and such over in one of the corners.

[tothealtar]

That's okay, Kai will probably say a lot more.

"This is really neat," Kai says, sliding off of Ryoji's back in order to investigate. It all looks very romantic and just like it should in the stories, minus the old skeletons. But Kai's quite fine with those not being present.

[dangerouslyinlove]

There's a bunch of books next to where the candles are, and many of them are in different languages. Other than that, this first room is pretty bare- there's more stuff in the back caves- except for what appears to be a stuffed animal in the corner.

"Thanks!" he says cheerfully, putting Kai's stuff down in a bare spot before going to settle in his corner with the teddy bear. He won't stop Kai from exploring.

[tothealtar]

Kai watches for a moment, and he can feel a frown overtaking his face. Maybe he should have thought this through a little more.

"Err? How old are you?"

[dangerouslyinlove]

Probably. don't hate his hoard!

Ryoji looks up, thinking about this. "....113? About? I think." If Kai knows anything about dragons, then he'll know that Ryoji is the rough equivilant of a teenager. Even if he doesn't, it should be pretty clear that he's not an adult dragon.

[tothealtar]

"One hundred and thirteen!" Okay. Maybe he's pretty old. Maybe there's something else wrong. "Do you have any...children?"

Maybe Kai should know more about dragons.