Quatre's Quest (The modern twisted version of "The Little Mermaid")
Featuring:
Quatre: The llittle Merman
Trowa: The lucky "prince"
Heero: The morbid brother of Quatre
Duo: The mischievous brother of Quatre
Relena: The Heero-chasing sister of Quatre
Dorothy: The violent sister of Quatre
Hilde: Sister of Quatre
Mr. Winner: As father of the six children and ruler of the Sea
Rasid: Quatre's guardian crab
Lady Une: Evil(er) Sea Witch Lady Une
Once upon a time, well, actually two years ago. Anyway, once upon a time, there was(and still is) the great city Adromeda, that existed fathoms below the Adriatic Sea. This city was(and still is) ruled by the great sea king, King Winner. King Winner had six children, three boys, three girls. The oldest, Prince Heero, had a rather morbid attitude (?Always trying to blow himself up? Hmm . . . The King should be worried). the second child was Princess Relena, she was the most peaceful of the six children. She'd never harm anything, not even a Jelly Fish. She also has a rather odd relationship with Prince Heero (I would be worried about this too). The third oldest was Prince Duo. He was the friendliset out of the six. Always light-hearted. The fourth daughter was Princess Dorothy. She was the most dangerous of the six children. She always stands up for herself, doesn't take anybody's crap. The fifth daughter is Princess Hilde. She's the King's favorite child. Hilde is a very understanding mermaid, always there when you need a tail to lean on. And then, last but not least, is the sixth child, Prince Quatre. He's the dreamer. Always dreaming about what it would be like to be human. Quatre also has a crab, called Rasid. Rasid is Quatre's guardian. He makes sure Quatre doesn't get in trouble.
Well, anyway, King Winner had a rule that all the mermaids and mermen had to be 15 years old to be able to go to the surface, just to be safe. Well, one after the other, the Winner children turned 15 and went to explore the surface. Since all the Winner children were all older the each other by one year of age, Quatre, only 10 years old when Heero first went to the surface, had to wait 5 years before he could go to the surface. Well, Quatre couldn't wait that long. So one day, when everyone in the kingdom was too busy to watch Quatre, he snuck up to the surface, just this once, for a peek, of course, Rasid tried to talk him out of it. But what could he do? Quatre (with a sulking Rasid) swam to a nearby harbor where they watched many human load and unload big wooden floating things. When all of the sudden, a big black limousine drove on to the dock. Quatre was scared. He and Rasid hid under the dock while they waited for the limo to leave. Quatre, scared at first, then became fascinated. He peeked out from under the dock and saw three humans. A man with two children. The girl looked to be about 15 years old, while the boy, looked about 11 years old, one year older than Quatre. The human boy, who stood by the black limo was the most curious looking human Quatre had ever seen. He wore star-dotted green baggy pants, rather large brown shoes, and half a clown mask on the right side of his face. His has short brown hair with very long and spiked bangs.
Quatre was very curious. "Do all humans dress like that?" Quatre wondered aloud. Then all of a sudden, a sharp wind tore the mask right off the young human's face. The human (actually!) yelled, "Hey, my mask!" Quatre saw the mask blow into the water, and land next to him. Quatre picked up the mask and turned it around and round in his hands to examine it. Then the human came up to Quatre and said, "Excuse me merman, thats my mask, can I have it back?" Quatre, scared to death, stiffly offered the mask back to the human. The human took the mask, then smiled at Quatre. He asked, "I can't keep calling you merman, that's impolite,what's your name?" Quatre now more relaxed, smiled back, and answered, "My name is Quatre Raberba Winner. And I can't call you human, what's yours?" The human smiled again and said, "My name is Trowa Barton." Just as they were getting aquainted, Trowa's father called Trowa back to the limo. Reluctantly, the two boys said goodbye, both made a silent vow to never forget each other and to meet again.
Years went by,(actually exactly 5 years passed) and neither Quatre,now 15, or Trowa, now 16, forgot about each other. Quatre's need to be human also grew. Until one day, he couldn't bear it anymore, he had to become a human! Quatre sought out the magic of the infamous Sea Witch, Lady Une. Lady Une, who'd always dispised King Winner, took the chance to destroy the King through Prince Quatre. "Ah, Prince Quatre. What brings you to my humble abode?" Crooned Lady Une. Quatre, a little unsure of the situation, quickly explained to Lady Une his desire to become human. Lady Une licked her lips, and said, "Why, would you want to be human, Prince Quatre?" The aquatic life is so much more peaceful."
Quatre, angered that Lady Une should question him, a prince! Retorted, "Do not question my choice. Can you do it?"
"<Why you little brat, how dare you talk to me in that tone of voice!> Of course I can do it." said Lady Une. "But I must warn you, you can only be human for three days and two nights. If you want the spelll to be permanent, you must have a human fall in love with you.
Quatre thought about this, "Does gender matter?"
Lady Une looked surprised, "Gender of the human?" Quatre nodded in response. Lady Une gave Quatre a weird look, "Um. . .I. . . don't . . think . so." Quatre looked excited,"So the human can be a guy?" Lady Une, still looking at Quatre oddly answers, "Sure, why not. heh heh." Lady Une laughs uncomfortably. "Ahem, Anyway, when the sun sets at the end of the third day, and a human hasn't fallen in love with you, you automatically turn back into a merman, and you become my slave.
Quatre thought about it, then asked, "How will you know when the human falls in love with you?"
Lady Une laughed and said, "You don't! You'll just have to wait for three days and two nights. If after that period of time passes, and you're still human, then that human is in love with you. Either that, or the human will tell you that she, or he loves you. So do we have an agreement?" Quatre, a little uncertain, then thinks of Trowa, and agrees. Lady Une laughs, "Good! Let's get started, shall we?" Lady Une then begins to prepare the potion to turn Quatre into a human. "Hmm. . . . .Let's see. . . y times the square root of mx, divide by the fraction of b. . .carried over by 7. . ." Lady Une mumbles to herself.
Quatre sits there quietly, wondering what Lady Une is doing. Quatre asked, "Um, Lady Une, I didn't know you could do all this math."
Lady Une, interrupted by Quatre, stops her calculations. "Hey, what are you implying?" Asks Lady Une.
Quatre, startle by Lady Une's tone of voice, answers back , uneasily. "Um, nothing, just wondering, heh heh." Lady Une was a little angered, "Hey, just because I'm Evil, doesn't mean I'm stupid. Now, DON'T INTERRUPT ME AGAIN!!!"
Once the potion was done, Quatre swam to the seaside estate of Trowa's mansion, and drank the potion. Quatre, after drinking the potion, felt a sharp pain in his tail, like someone running a knife down the middle, splitting it in half. The pain was tremendous, Quatre fainted from it. When Quatre awoke, the pain was still there, but not a sharp. Then, an illusion of Lady Une appear in front of Quatre. Quatre was outraged, "Lady Une, why did the process hurt so much!"
Lady Une was a little taken back, cheerfully, "Well, aren't we a little unappreciative. Besides, nothing is perfect. Although, I could have warned you . . . Oh well, life goes on! Enjoy! Ha ha ha! Oh one more thing, here." Lady Une threw a bunch of clothing at Quatre.
Quatre looked at the clothing, and asked, "What am I suppose to do with this?"
"You're suppose to wear it you idiot!! You can't walk around on land naked, people'll think you're crazy." Answered Lady Une, exasperated.
Quatre struggled into the clothing, and with that Lady Une disappeared.
Quatre then remembered something, "Lady Une, wait!"
Lady Une, a little annoyed appeared again, "What is it! This is getting awfully tedious."
Quatre looked at Lady Une, "Well, aren't you going to like going to take my voice away or something?"
Lady Une looked at Quatre, "No. Why would I do that?"
"I don't know, just asking. Okay, bye!"
Lady Une watched Quatre walk away. "That is one weird kid. If I didn't know any better, I should be worried." Lady Une then disappeared (again).
Quatre walked into the city, and saw the most amazing things, far greater than that of what his siblings had seen. As Quatre was walking along, he realized he was a little hungery. But what can he do? He had no money. Just then, he bumped into a boy.
"Oh, excuse me." Said Quatre. Then Quatre saw the boy for the first time. The boy had short brown hair with a very long and spiked bang. "Trowa! You're Trowa!" cried Quatre happily.
The boy turned around and looked at Quatre. "Do I know you?"
Quatre realized that Trowa may not remember or recognize him, said, "Well, no, but I saw your face on a . . . uh. . . Newspaper, and I've always wanted to meet you."
Trowa was a little embarrassed from all the attention. "Well, thank you. You know, you remind of someone I met long ago. His name was Quatre." Trowa had this look on his face that told Quatre Trowa still remembered him, quite fondly too.
"Really, what did you think of this 'person'?" Asked Quatre.
Trowa looked a little embarressed. "That's not something I want to share. Anyway, what's your name?"
Quatre was just about to answer when Lady Une's voice screeched in his head, "You can't tell Trowa your really name, otherwise your plan to be human will be ruined, and the potion will wear off immediately!" Quatre stuttered and said, "Uh, my name? It's uh. . .Katoru."
Trowa smiled at Quatre (now Katoru), and said, "Well Katoru, I think we're going to have a beautiful friendship. Are you hungery? We can go to my house and get something to eat."
Quatre was so happy, for one thing he was ravenous, and for another thing, he gets to spend time with Trowa. "Um Trowa, can I crash at your house for a while? I don't have a place to stay." Trowa agreed, and said that Quatre could crash in the room next to his own.
That night, the two boys basically bonded. They were very much alike, had a lot in common. They talked late into the night, but eventually, they went to their seperate rooms. As Quatre layed in bed, he thought about all the great things that happened, and about Trowa. From that moment on, Quatre's love for Trowa grew.
On the second day, the two boys grew closer together, and their bond grew stronger. They were inseperable. This worried Lady Une, who watched Quatre's stay on land every step of the way. "Damn it!" Cried Lady Une. "Don't tell me that human Trowa is actually falling for Quatre!? Or should I say, Katoru." Lady Une swam back and forth on the ocean floor. "I can't let Quatre get that human, or my plans will be ruined! Hmm . . . What to do, what to do. . . . I've got it!" Exclaimed Lady Une suddenly. "I'll infiltrate that human's dreams tonight,make that human believe that Quatre is hte only person for him. And Quatre won't be able to marry that human, because the human Quatre is now Katoru, that's different from the merman Quatre! Hahahahah!" Lady Une then swam back into her cave to prepare the the night, the second and last night of Quatre's stay on land.
That night when everyone, including Quatre(Katoru) and Trowa, was asleep, Lady Une entered Trowa's dreams. She whispered in Trowa's ear that human Katoru is not Merman Quatre. "You shouldn't love anyone except Quatre. Forget Katoru, he's just a human.
As night quickly turned to day, Lady Une made her exit. That day, the third and final day of Quatre's stay on land, Trowa basically ignored Katoru(Quatre). Quatre was hurt very deeply. While they were on a balcony, over looking the sea, Quarte tried to talk to Trowa, but Trowa just brushed Katoru(Quatre) off. "Trowa, what's wrong, why won't you talk to me?" Asked Katoru.
"Leave me alone, you're not my Quatre! I love only Quatre, not you!" Trowa pushed Katoru aside.
Quatre was frantic by now, not even thinking straight, he burst out, "But I am Quatre! Quatre Raberba Winner."
Trowa stared at Quatre in amazement. "How did you know that name?"
Quatre smiled." Remember when we first met?" Quatre bowed and held out one hand. "And I can't call you Human, what's your name?"
Before Trowa could answer, Quatre fell to his knees, groaning in pain. All of the sudden, Quatre's legs disappeared, and instead, a pair of fins replaced it. Lady Une, suddenly burst in through the balcony doors. "Hahahah, You fell for it, you pathetic Human!" Lady Une screeched at Trowa, then threw Trowa to the other side of the balcony Then, as Lady Une grabbed Quatre, she screamed, "You're mine Prince Quatre! Hahahaha!" Then Lady Une dragged Quatre off the balcony and fell into the ocean below.
Trowa, who recovered from Lady Une's blow, ran to the edge of the balcony just in time to see Quatre being dragged away. "Quatre! Shit!!"
Trowa had to think fast, he grabbed his (very expensive) diving equipment, and prepared to go after Quatre. As Trowa swam to bottom of the sea, Lady Une had already trapped Quatre inside the mirror of her compact. "I finally have you Prince Quatre, now my plans of taking over Andomeda is almost conplete."
Quatre stared at Lady Une with hate-filled eyes. "Is that why you helped me? So you can trick me into becoming your slave, then hold me for ransom?"
Lady Une looked at Quatre and laughed. "Uh duh! Why else did you think I helped you? Personal pleasure, um I don't think so!" Scoffed Lady Une.
Just then, Trowa swam up. "Sea witch, let Quatre go!"
Lady Une looked hurt. "Oh don't call me 'Sea witch,' that's such a harsh name. Call me Lady Une."
"Look out Trowa, don't under-estimate Lady Une, she's ver powerful!" Quatre called out from with in the open compact. "Lady Une's holding me for ransom, she's going to take over Andromeda!"
Trowa saw Quatre trapped in the compact, and looked daggers at Lady Une. "Lady Une, you're never going to satiate your greed. You're just too greedy."
Lady Une looked offended. "Well sure, it may seem that way if you look at everything on my 'To Conquer' list . But right now, I just want to rule Andromeda tyranically, what's wrong with that? Besides, I don't look at conquering Andromeda as being greedy. I think of it as an ambition that must be fulfilled."
Trowa looked bored. "Yes, Lady Une, you just keep telling yourself that. But either way, you have to let Quatre go."
Lady Une was now furious. "No! I came too far to just give up! And you know what, i think I'll trap you in one of my mirrors just fo the fun of it. " And with that, she attacked Trowa. Lady Une threw big pieces of sharp crystals at Trowa. "If any of these crystals touch you, you'll be trapped inside one of my mirrors. Hahahaha"
Trowa took out the laser gun he brought with him. "And if any of the laser shots hit you, Lady Une, you'll be in a lot of pain." Trowa took aim, and fire at Lady Une. The first few shots missed Lady Une, but finally, one lucky shot struck Lady Une square in the chest. Lady Une screamed and fell. Trow then aimed at the compact. "Hang on Quatre, I'll get you out in a sec."
Lady Une, injured fatally, crawled to a sitting position. "Go ahead Human, Idare you to break the compact." She said, her voice barely audible.
Quatre saw what Trowa was about to do. "Don't do it Trowa, if you break the compact, the mirror will be shattered, and I'll still be trapped in the broken pieces. Beside, if you break the mirror, you'll get seven years bad luck."
Trowa stopped. "Hmm. . You're right Quatre, I don't want the bad luck. . . Okay!"
Lady Une, wtih her last ounce of strength, threw one last ice crystal at Trowa.
"Look out Trowa! Behind you!" Yelled Quatre.
Trowa turned and saw the crystal coming towards him. He grabbed one of Lady Une's mirrors and held it in front of him to reflect the crystal. The crystal bounced off the mirror and returned back to Lady Une. Lady Une was struck by her own crystal and ended up getting trapped in th mirror herself. "NOooo!" Screamed Lady Une as was being sucked into her own mirror.
Lady Une's capture released everything thathad been trapped the Sea witch's power, including Quatre. As Quatre and Trowa swam towards each other. They embraced and then kissed each other.
Then Trowa pulled away. "Please Quatre, stay with me."
Quatre looked downa at his fish tail. "I can't Trowa, I'm a merman, you're a human. How could we possibly stay together?" Then Quatre thought of a solution. "How about we go see my Father, he has the power to turn me into a human. But I can't guarentee that he'll do it."
Trowa sighed. "Well, we'll have to try."
Quatre and Trowa swam to the underwater city of Andromeda. There, they met the King, beg for the King tolet Quatre be human.
"Why would you want to be human, Quatre?" Asked King Winner.
Quatre pushed Trowa forward. "This is why. I'm in love with this human. His name is Trowa Barton."
King Winner looked at Trowa. "A human boy? Well, this is something new. And does this human return your affections, Quatre?"
Quatre looked at Trowa. "I don't know, does he?"
Trowa swam towards King Winner. "Your Majesty, I will be honored if you will let me marry Quatre."
Quatre was very happy, he looked towards his Father, giving him a look of anxiousness. King Winner sighed. "Well, if you really want to Quatre. . . Sure, why not."
Quatre, Trowa, King Winner, and the rest of his children swam to the surface, close to the shore. Once there, King Winner used his power to turn Quatre into a human (with clothing on).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Two weeks later* ^_- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the ship of Quatre and Trowa's wedding ship, there was laughter and joy. The cute couple had just finished the marriage ceremony and are enjoying the wedding party.
In the sea, the Winner family celebrate around the ship:
Heero: "Relena, get off of me! Stop! We're related! You're my sister."
Relena: "C'mon Heero, the Egyptians married their siblings, why can't we? Besides,it's perfect, Quatre just finnished his wedding, we can have ours. Oh yeah, good luck Quatre. C"mon Heero!
Heero: "I don't want to marry you! Um. . Good luck Quatre. Ahhhh! GET AWAY RELENA!!"
Duo: "Hey Quatre, nice wedding! Wish you two love birds luck!"
Dorothy: "Listen to me you Human, if you ever harm my brother, I will hurt you!"
Hilde: "Good luck Quatre."
Rasid: "My little Quatre's all grown up!" (Sobbing)
King Winner: "Good luck Quatre, we'll visit soon."
As the Winner family swam away, Quatre and Trowa retire to their wedding tent for the night (*Hint. Hint*).
Meanwhile; at the bottom of the sea, Lady Une, still trapped in her mirror, mumbles to herself. "Damn it! Now what am I suppose to do? Oh well, at least I still have a chance to get out of this mirror, it hasn't broken." Just then, an underwater ocean current swept by, knocking the mirror of the rock it was sitting on, shattering it.
"I stand corrected. " Said Lady Une. "Great, now I'm trapped forever. Damn! I knew I shouldn't have used the mirrors!"
THE END
These are some of Trowa and Quatre Wedding/after-Wedding Pictures.
AREN'T THEY JUST THE CUTEST!
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