CinderJak(Jak x Ratchet)

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-"i-I'm sorry, I have to go" Jak said pulling away from Ratchet, starting to leave.

-"Wait, why's that?" Ratchet asked trying to get to him.

Jak stopped in his tracks, looking at the clock and back at Ratchet, pulling him into a short yet passionate kiss, his hands on the shorter's waist, but he quickly pulled away and ran back into the ballroom.

Ratchet found himself dumbfounded at the sudden action but he regained his composure and went after the blond man.

Jak found Daxter dancing with the blonde girl who approached him earlier, but as much as he wanted Daxter to be happy, he thought that the guests weren't going to receive an ottsel so kindly.

-"Daxter, we have to go" Jak spoke grabbing Daxter by the arm.

Daxter was startled, but he nodded and looked back at the girl.

-"Call me" Daxter briefly said as he pulled away and ran out with Jak, noticing Ratchet try to go after them.

The duo ran out of the castle, Daxter catching up and getting to the carriage first, Jak had a bit of trouble because of his heels, but he suddenly tripped. Daxter came to help him up, but he noticed one of his glass slippers kinda slipped off, Jak was about to get it, but he saw Ratchet going out.

-"h-Hey! Wait!" the lombax called out, but Jak decided to book it, leaving the shoe behind and running to the carriage, immediately taking off once the duo was inside.

Ratchet was unable to catch up, but he noticed the shoe that was left behind, picking it up and examining it, he immediately connected it to the runaway male.

Jak let out a relieved sigh, glad that his dress didn't turn back into his ruined suit infront of the prince, but that time was already coming, starting to feel a bit claustrophobic in the carriage and coming to the realization that it was transforming back into a pumpkin.

-"JaaaaaAAAAAKKK" Daxter cried as he suddenly felt weird, his ottsel tail and ears reappeared, and with a small glittery cloud, he was turned back into an ottsel.

Jak knew that if they stayed inside they'd most likely suffocate before the carriage could transform back completely, so he grabbed Daxter and put him on his shoulder. Going out from an opening and climbing to the front, seeing the driver had transformed back into a mouse, so he let Daxter grab him before quickly thinking of what to do next.

-"Hold on you two, I'm gonna jump" Jak warned, not making Daxter any calmer.

-"You're gonna WHAT?!" Daxter panicked, but still held onto Jak, the mouse doing so too.

-"Trust me on this!" Jak glanced at the horses in front, and before they knew it, they landed on the back of one of the horses.

Jak adjusted himself on the horse's back watching his dress turn back into the suit he had before, but for some reason, the remaining glass shoe didn't disappear. But looking back, he noticed the carriage completely become a pumpkin, a very trampled pumpkin, all Jak could do was hold the bridge of his nose and look back infront of them.

Once they finally got back home, Jak got down from the horse, looking back at where they came from.

-"...Son of a Quark...Praxis is gonna kill me"

Soon the ball was over, Jak changed back to his rags, put the remaining glass slipper under his bed and decided to kill off some time by cleaning the fire place. Daxter simply went to rest, he was a bit tired from the time spent with this girl.

Jak's step family arrived home catching Jak in the process of cleaning the fireplace, the blond male looked at them with a tired expression.

-"Well, won't you look at yourself, all covered in cinders, we might as well call you CinderJak" Praxis said with an evil smirk, making Jak scoff and go back to cleaning, Ashelin sighed and looked away from her father, heading to her room.

Ratchet on the other hand, had to dance with some of the other guests, but none of them striked him like Jak did, and when the ball was over, he knew he had to tell the Duke.

-"Quark! I think I decided who...who'll be my spouse" the lombax said catching the attention of the green suited man.

-"Really? Who is it? Who is it?!" the Duke asked excitedly.

But then Ratchet realized....he didn't hear his name.

-"The-...well, I forgot to ask for his name, but the blond, tan skinned man with the pretty red gown" Ratchet looked down, feeling dumb for not having asked said man's name before he ran off.

-"You mean Jak? The guy I introduced you to?" Rivet intervened as she came out of her room, changed into her night gown.

-"Yeah, him! He went running off when it turned 12am but...he left this" Ratchet pointed out pulling out the glass slipper.

-"Oh, well we will do our best to find him!" Quark spoke excitedly, happy that Ratchet had finally found the one.

Days went by, but unfortunately, no news from the guards, they didn't seem to have found the mystery person.

The lombax was starting to lose hope, sitting on his bed and holding the heeled shoe in his hands, but under further inspection, he saw that the shoe size could just fit him if he just squeezed a bit...somehow.

Curiosity got the best of him, so he decided to try it on, taking off his own shoe and attempting to try it on, but before he could put any bit of his foot in it, the shoe suddenly shrunk in size, small sparkles briefly appearing around it, this definitely was weird, so he thought he might experiment a bit with this.

-"Clank? Can you come here for a second?" Ratchet turned to his buddy, who was browsing the Prince's wardrobe for anything he could use for the day, but turning his head hearing Ratchet.

-"Sure, Ratchet" Clank said approaching the other, sitting on the bed as Ratchet stood up and knelt infront of the robot, attempting to try the shoe on Clank.

To both of their surprise, the shoe grew to be too big for Clank, it was impressive how this simple glass shoe would do this, but they weren't sure why.

The two looked at eachother in silence.

-"Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pal?"

-"I very likely am"