Ayame (OHSHC)

An Unexpected Fairy Godmother

Picture: Charlotte (The Fairy Godmother)

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"Everyone better have their bags packed, or I swear to God I'm putting you all on my ass whooping list!" Haruhi yells at us as we rush around the mansion trying to pack all of our belongings before she bursts a vein, "Drugged up or lucid, we're all leaving tonight."

"Yes 'mam!" The twins salute as they run past her to their room, arms overflowing with clothes and electronics.

I sigh as I finish zipping up my suitcase, I can't believe we've been here for five days, It just flew by so fast. But I guess with the dance tomorrow- WAIT?!

"Haruhi, oh my god is the dance really tomorrow?!" I cry as I fling myself out of my room and look at Haruhi who was still standing in the middle of the hall.

She takes one look at my frazzled face and rolls her eyes as she smirks at me, "Why, what did you forget to do? You know how Kyoya gets- I'd hate to be on the end of that conversation."

I frown, well that's unlikely to happen considering Kyoya has been avoiding me ever since that night we danced together. Sighing I rub a hand over my face and put aside unnecessary thoughts.

"I forgot to get a dress," I groan as I bang my head against my door frame," isn't that the first thing girls usually get?!"

"Shit, I forgot to get one too! Okay we can do this, we have five hours before we have to be at the airport," Haruhi frantically looks at her watch before she grabs my hand and pulls me down the stairs and towards the front door.

"Wait, I'm still in my pajamas," I try to tell her as she pushes me into the limo," I need to change at least."

"There's no time woman! Rolando," she screams at our driver, "step on it!"

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Another store another bust, Haruhi and I have gone in and out of dress shops for the past three hours with no luck. The attendees would take one look at us in our pajamas and sneer.

"Haruhi I think we should just give up," I sigh as we exit our seventh store," we have two hours left and I don't think we're going to find anything."

"Yeah maybe your right, I don't know I guess I just really wanted to go to this dance, you know?" She looks away from me and wrings her hands, "Since this is the first dance that I get to go as me and not dressed as a boy being forced to entertain spoiled, rich girls."

I bite my lip as we start to pass an alley, she knows how I feel about 'spoiled' and 'rich' being used together.

"You know what," I turn to her and grab her hands, "let's go to one more store! You deserve to have one night to feel like a princess!"

"A princess you say," a croaky voice speaks up from the dark ally beside us, "come with me and I'll make sure you both become princesses."

"Um who are you?" I ask unnerved as an old lady hobbles out of the shadows and holds out her hand to us.

"Just call me your fairy godmother."

I look her up and down; her face is full of wrinkles, and a colorful shawl drapes across her hunched shoulders, but there's a kindness in her eyes that intrigues me.

"I say we go for it," I whisper to Haruhi, which causes her to turn to me with a horrified look on her face.

"You have to be kidding me," Haruhi quietly shouts at me," what if she's a murder? Think about your child woman!"

"I'm going to do it," I shrug before I turn and give the older woman my biggest smile," Lead the way old lady."

"Right this way dear," she beams and then hobbles down the dark alley.