As the story goes....

[fai]

Their story goes as such, the Prince saves the Princess and they both make it through with the power of love and hope, but that's the drowned Disney version, then there is the originals, where everything isn't all fun and games but most of time you end up with a happy ending then, there's those who ended up with the sad little endings, but that isn't the point of this this beginning, this is to tell you of the stories of this unfortunate group and how some achieved happiness and how others did not, this is to show how the the stories went truly. And as the story goes...

[fai]

Once upon a time, there was a queen by the name of Nyx, and she had twelve beautiful sons, all of whom stayed in one huge room with twelve beds, but when they went to bed, the doors locked tight and guards placed at their doors, but when they awoke in the morning the princes' shoes were worn out, as if they danced the whole night through, but no one could figure out how it had happened or where they had been.

The queen made it known to all of her kingdom Tulsa, that whoever could solve this mystery would be able to wed one of his darling princes, and be queen after her death, but if they tried and failed after three nights, they would be put to death.

Soon a king's daughter came, looking to figure out the mystery, she was entertained and was put in a room with the princes' and was to keep watch throughout the night, to see where they went and danced. But the king’s daughter soon fell asleep; and when she awoke in the morning she found that the prince had all been dancing, for their shoes were quite worn out. The same thing happened the second and third night: so the queen ordered her dead. After her came several others; but they had all the same luck, and all lost their lives in the same manner.

One day, a young dancer came to the castle, her name was Red, she was a flourishing girl, with the beauty of the stars and a personality as fiery as the sun. She had come to this castle unknowing of the quest but upon knocking on the door, the butler was quick to assume.

"Your here to figure out the mystery of the princes'?" The butler asked young Red, her blue eyes sparkled in curiosity and she shook her head in reply. "Mystery of the princes? What is that?" Red questioned, she had never in her life heard of this tale, but it appealed to her interest.

"Well, in this castle there are 12 princes' who vowed to never marry, until someone could figure out their mystery and marry the prince of her choice." The butler answered, looking at the fiery young dancer, there was something about her that told him, she might be the one. "That's interesting, may I try?" Red was always one to go after those who were unattainable, and these princes, were top market, she also liked a challenge, and this was the biggest one yet. "If you feel up to it, I won't stop you, but there is a condition to this game, you only have three nights and if you cannot figure it out by the end, your end will come as a consequence." The butler informed moving to the side for the girl to walk in.

"I don't care, challenges are fun."

Red had lied, she knew of the princes' story and not only that she had a plan. One time on her walks she had met an old lady who had informed her of the dancing princes' and a tip on how to defeat them, Red laughed when she thought of it. 'Only take care not to drink any of the wine which one of the princesses will bring to you in the evening; and as soon as she leaves you pretend to be fast asleep.' The old lady's voice rang through her head and she pulled out the gift she had been given, a cloak which as the lady explained could be used to make her invisible, she was to use it to follow the princes in the night and that was her plan, she would not fail.

*******************************

"Why hello." A voice called out behind Red, turning her head, she saw one of the princes' the eldest one by the name of Kalona. "Hello to you sire." Red said winking at him, Kalona chuckled and leaned forward, mumbling in her ear. "You sure you wanna do this?" Red smirked and nodded, her lips formed a smirk. "Here's your wine, mistress." Kalona said, licking his lips, giving her the drink before getting up and leaving the room, his movements flowing and almost teasing to Red.

Red didn't drink the wine but threw it into a plant where it smoked and Red rose an eyebrow, she assumed it was some sort of sleeping draught so that the princes' didn't have to worry about her as they went out to dance. When night came, Red curled under her covers and pretended to be in a sleep, and when the brothers came, poking and prodding her, the felt she was out cold but the youngest brother had suspicions.

"Are you sure brother, that she is truly asleep?" He asked, his voice quivering, he was scared obviously that they would be discovered and if it hadn't been for Red pretending to be comatose she would've laughed. "Of course not! I gave her the drug, now stop be such a babbling fool and come on." Kalona hissed, as they all left the room.

Throwing the covers off and pulling her invisibility cloak on, following quickly and quietly after the group, she was proud that she was a dancer, she could take light steps and not even make a sound so that the boys would remained un-alerted by her presence. They moved into their bedroom, and clapped a trap door opening under their crest which lay on the floor, they moved down the steps the trap door had revealed when Red accidentally stepped on the wing of the youngest brother. "Someone stepped on my wing!" He yelled, before Kalona burst out laughing, disbelieving of his brother. "It was your own foot, you idiot." Kalona mocked, hurrying down the stairs.

When they reached lower down, Red noticed the place was a beautiful palace with branches of gold and silver, leaves of jewels and cloth, they were mystical and Red broke one off as proof of this place, a snapping sound resounding but only the youngest heard. "Brother, I heard something!" He once again yelled, but Kalona laughed at him once more, moving his hand to tell him no. "It was just our darling princesses, calling us." He smirked finally reaching the bottom.

There was beautiful castle, with 12 princesses waiting there, all those who had tried before to complete this test but failed. They danced, mystically and beautifully, but Red kept her eyes on Kalona, his movements were fluid and the fact he had wings only made him seem angelic, his feet moved quickly around the dance floor as he unknowingly danced with Red and his princess, she was sure that this one, Kalona would be hers once she proved this to the queen.

*******************************

It was hours before Red and the princes' returned to their rooms and when morn came, this continued each night, the princes' always swearing to return to this place where their princes waited, and when the third night had passed and the day of judgment came, Red stood up before the queen.

"Have you found where my sons go at night?" Nyx asked, her voice desperate, but looking at Kalona he was smirking he thought she didn't know, insolent boy. "Yes, the castle beneath the ground." Red said proudly before everyone looked at her in disbelief, but she presented the branch to Nyx and gasps filled the air as Nyx smirked.

Nyx called her sons before her, asking them for the truth and with Red's proof they could not deny it, the admitted to their secret and Red smiled, Kalona was to be hers. "Which of my sons would you want?" Nyx asked, presenting her sons. Red walked over to Kalona and brushed her fingers against his skin. "I want the one of great beauty and he who is the most beautiful dancer. The eldest, Kalona, is my choice."

*******************************

[fai]

One upon a time, there was three little fails-though one of them wasn't a fail, just stuck with two-and they were gonna leave their homes and move out to Tulsa to make a life for themselves. Before they left their friend-Miyuki-gave them one piece of advice, "Have a good life, I hope you don't die." And with her blessing they set off.

Now these little fails, were probably the most failing fails in the history of fails, there was Justin, whom everyone had nicknamed the Flailer, there was Squall, who had no real nickname but because of his twin Leon, no one really knew who the hell he was some of the time. Then there was Leon, he was the loner of the three, he also was the most intelligent of the three, so when everyone decided to build their homes he greatly hoped, that his brother and friend would be alright.

Another thing about these fails was that they were extremely lazy, so Justin, being the most lazy, had decided to build his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do, and Squall being the second laziest built his house out of sticks, it was slightly stronger than the straw house but not really. Then Leon, being not as lazy and so much more smart built his out of bricks, because, one; it was sturdy, two; because it was harder to burn and three; because unlike the two idiots he had come to Tulsa with, he wasn't an idiot.

One day, a little "wolf" named Kalona, who loved killing little fails, came by Justin's house and called in. "Little Failure, Little Failure, let me in." Justin though was scared of Kalona and shook his head inside, before answering. "Not by a hair of my..... Chinny, chin, chin!"

"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll, use this bat on your house to break it down!" Kalona called, taking his bat and swinging it, but Justin gave him the same answer to Kalona, and he took his bat and broke the house down before beating Justin to a pulp and walking away.

Kalona then came up to Squall's house and called to him, what he said before. "Little Failure, Little Failure, let my hot godly self in!" Squall scoffed and looked away, before Kalona yelled to him once more. "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll, use this bat on your house to break it in!" Squall looked and bit his lip, wondering what his companion; Justin would say in a situation like so. "Not by a hair on my... Kitty cat cat." He said, blinking at the end, staring at his cat Booger.

So, Kalona broke down the house and beat Squall to death before leaving and coming up to a brick house where Leon stayed. "Let me in!" Kalona yelled, but Leon stuck his head out the window and replied. "No fucking way, you creeper." Leon pulled his head back inside before closing the window. "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll, use this bat on your house to break it down!" So Kalona tried, and failed his bat breaking in half, and from the inside of the house Kalona was mocked by Leon and he got pissed.

He climbed inside the house through the back window, where Leon stood there with a gun, "Fuck off." There he gunned down Kalona and threw him out the window before inviting Miyuki over. "Well good job, your not the stupid one."

*******************************