Fanfiction: LazyTown - True Love's Kiss, Part 4
Title: True Love's Kiss
Author: Serena-chan ( hourglass244)
Fandom: LazyTown
Pairing(s): Sportacus/Stephanie (SportaSteph)
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: All it takes is true love's kiss.
A/N: I don't have any excuse for this...
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Previous Parts: Part One ~ Part Two ~ Part Three
Sportacus knew his mouth was open, but no sound emerged. When the mayor said he needed to talk, he'd certainly never expected to learn something like this!
"I-It's an honor to meet you both," he managed, getting up and bowing low at the waist.
"Sit down," Maria said. "It's not like I'm a queen anymore."
Sportacus sat, his brain finally catching up. "That means that Stephanie is - "
"Princess and heir to the throne of Galdramaður," Harald finished for him. "But it's like my wife says, we're only royalty in name now. We were forced to flee the country some time ago. Stephanie was born four years later so she's never even been there, although we've been telling her stories about it her whole life."
"And you?" the hero looked at LazyTown's mayor. "Are you from Galdramaður as well?"
"Born and raised," Milford smiled. "But that was a long time ago."
"The reason we're telling you all this," Maria said gently, "is because we need your help with something. Actually, it's Stephanie that needs your help. You see, just because we've had to abandon our country doesn't mean we've abandoned all our old customs, and this particular custom can be traced back a thousand years. The king at the time had only one heir, a daughter, who had reached marrying age. She had many suitors, but the king was very worried because back then Galdramaður was the center of all magical practices for the entire world. Whomever married her would become a very powerful man, and he feared that many of her suitors were simply after power. He turned the problem over to his head wizard, and this was created."
Maria pulled out a gold box covered in ornate carvings. Taking out a key, she started to unlock it before pausing and shooting a look at her husband.
"Oh, right." Harald moved off the sofa and away from the box.
Once the box was open, she turned it so Sportacus could gaze inside at the glowing golden powder. As an elf, he could feel the raw, powerful magic behind it, coupled with the weight of hundreds of years.
"What is it?" he breathed.
"This dust, when sprinkled on a member of the royal family, puts them into a deep sleep, and they can only be awakened by a kiss from their soul mate. It ensures that all marriages that take place within the family are entered into for love, not power, and the tradition has carried through to this day."
"Let me see if I've got this straight," Sportacus said. "You want to use this to put Stephanie to sleep?"
"Actually, we already have," Harald said, giving the other man a piercing stare. "Now all we need is the person who will wake her up. Any idea who that might be?"
Anger and distress shot in equal measures through Sportacus, though he tried his best not to let either show on his face. The thought of Stephanie laying upstairs in a magically-induced sleep, unable to refuse while various men kissed her, made his blood boil. Eventually, someone would awaken her, and... He couldn't even finish the thought. He'd always known that someday someone would take Stephanie away from him. She'd fall in love, get married, and have a family, and he wanted those things for her, truly. She deserved all that and more. He just thought he'd have more time.
"Harald, stop torturing him," Maria said. She moved to sit next to the hero, gently taking one of his hands in hers from where he had been gripping the seat of the chair so hard that the fabric was in danger of tearing. "Sportacus, Stephanie and I talked before she went to sleep, and I believe that the one person who can awaken her is you."
"Me?" He couldn't bring himself to believe it, let alone hope... "No, it can't be. Stephanie deserves so much better than me. She deserves someone her own age who can devote every second of every day to her, not someone who's always rushing off to save someone."
"Nonetheless," Maria insisted gently, "I believe it is you that Stephanie loves. You do love her, don't you?"
"I - " He'd never let himself admit it, not even in his own head. It was his deepest, darkest secret, and now, to say it out loud and to Stephanie's parents and uncle no less?
"Excuse me." He pulled his hand away from Maria's. "I-I think I need a moment to myself."
After he'd gone, Maria turned to the others and said wryly, "Well, that actually went better than I expected it to."
"It certainly went better than when mother told you Harald had been put to sleep," Milford said. "You actually stamped your foot like a child and said, 'I don't want everyone in the kingdom to know I'm in love with him!'"
Harald burst out laughing. "You love me, and you know it," he teased.
"Against all my better judgment," Maria grumbled.
**********
Sportacus exited the Meanswell residence and took a few deep breaths of air to try and calm the rising panic in his chest. He'd been so ashamed of himself this past year as his feelings for Stephanie had been changing into something more than friendly. He'd convinced himself that if Stephanie or anyone else found out they'd be shocked and repulsed by him. After all, he was great deal older than her by human standards, and some might find the fact that he'd known her since she was a little girl even more troubling.
Now, her own parents were not only saying it was okay to love her but wanted him to prove it by kissing her and waking her up. He knew he should be overjoyed, but at the moment he just felt overwhelmed. And what if his kiss didn't work? What then? He didn't think he could recover from a blow like that, not after getting his hopes raised like this.
No, he thought to himself. I have to try. I have to know.
No matter what the results were, Stephanie needed him. He couldn't just leave her there asleep forever. He was supposed to be a hero! Instead he was out here acting like a coward.
Squaring his shoulders, he turned around and made his way back inside.
Part Five
Author: Serena-chan ( hourglass244)
Fandom: LazyTown
Pairing(s): Sportacus/Stephanie (SportaSteph)
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: All it takes is true love's kiss.
A/N: I don't have any excuse for this...
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Previous Parts: Part One ~ Part Two ~ Part Three
Sportacus knew his mouth was open, but no sound emerged. When the mayor said he needed to talk, he'd certainly never expected to learn something like this!
"I-It's an honor to meet you both," he managed, getting up and bowing low at the waist.
"Sit down," Maria said. "It's not like I'm a queen anymore."
Sportacus sat, his brain finally catching up. "That means that Stephanie is - "
"Princess and heir to the throne of Galdramaður," Harald finished for him. "But it's like my wife says, we're only royalty in name now. We were forced to flee the country some time ago. Stephanie was born four years later so she's never even been there, although we've been telling her stories about it her whole life."
"And you?" the hero looked at LazyTown's mayor. "Are you from Galdramaður as well?"
"Born and raised," Milford smiled. "But that was a long time ago."
"The reason we're telling you all this," Maria said gently, "is because we need your help with something. Actually, it's Stephanie that needs your help. You see, just because we've had to abandon our country doesn't mean we've abandoned all our old customs, and this particular custom can be traced back a thousand years. The king at the time had only one heir, a daughter, who had reached marrying age. She had many suitors, but the king was very worried because back then Galdramaður was the center of all magical practices for the entire world. Whomever married her would become a very powerful man, and he feared that many of her suitors were simply after power. He turned the problem over to his head wizard, and this was created."
Maria pulled out a gold box covered in ornate carvings. Taking out a key, she started to unlock it before pausing and shooting a look at her husband.
"Oh, right." Harald moved off the sofa and away from the box.
Once the box was open, she turned it so Sportacus could gaze inside at the glowing golden powder. As an elf, he could feel the raw, powerful magic behind it, coupled with the weight of hundreds of years.
"What is it?" he breathed.
"This dust, when sprinkled on a member of the royal family, puts them into a deep sleep, and they can only be awakened by a kiss from their soul mate. It ensures that all marriages that take place within the family are entered into for love, not power, and the tradition has carried through to this day."
"Let me see if I've got this straight," Sportacus said. "You want to use this to put Stephanie to sleep?"
"Actually, we already have," Harald said, giving the other man a piercing stare. "Now all we need is the person who will wake her up. Any idea who that might be?"
Anger and distress shot in equal measures through Sportacus, though he tried his best not to let either show on his face. The thought of Stephanie laying upstairs in a magically-induced sleep, unable to refuse while various men kissed her, made his blood boil. Eventually, someone would awaken her, and... He couldn't even finish the thought. He'd always known that someday someone would take Stephanie away from him. She'd fall in love, get married, and have a family, and he wanted those things for her, truly. She deserved all that and more. He just thought he'd have more time.
"Harald, stop torturing him," Maria said. She moved to sit next to the hero, gently taking one of his hands in hers from where he had been gripping the seat of the chair so hard that the fabric was in danger of tearing. "Sportacus, Stephanie and I talked before she went to sleep, and I believe that the one person who can awaken her is you."
"Me?" He couldn't bring himself to believe it, let alone hope... "No, it can't be. Stephanie deserves so much better than me. She deserves someone her own age who can devote every second of every day to her, not someone who's always rushing off to save someone."
"Nonetheless," Maria insisted gently, "I believe it is you that Stephanie loves. You do love her, don't you?"
"I - " He'd never let himself admit it, not even in his own head. It was his deepest, darkest secret, and now, to say it out loud and to Stephanie's parents and uncle no less?
"Excuse me." He pulled his hand away from Maria's. "I-I think I need a moment to myself."
After he'd gone, Maria turned to the others and said wryly, "Well, that actually went better than I expected it to."
"It certainly went better than when mother told you Harald had been put to sleep," Milford said. "You actually stamped your foot like a child and said, 'I don't want everyone in the kingdom to know I'm in love with him!'"
Harald burst out laughing. "You love me, and you know it," he teased.
"Against all my better judgment," Maria grumbled.
**********
Sportacus exited the Meanswell residence and took a few deep breaths of air to try and calm the rising panic in his chest. He'd been so ashamed of himself this past year as his feelings for Stephanie had been changing into something more than friendly. He'd convinced himself that if Stephanie or anyone else found out they'd be shocked and repulsed by him. After all, he was great deal older than her by human standards, and some might find the fact that he'd known her since she was a little girl even more troubling.
Now, her own parents were not only saying it was okay to love her but wanted him to prove it by kissing her and waking her up. He knew he should be overjoyed, but at the moment he just felt overwhelmed. And what if his kiss didn't work? What then? He didn't think he could recover from a blow like that, not after getting his hopes raised like this.
No, he thought to himself. I have to try. I have to know.
No matter what the results were, Stephanie needed him. He couldn't just leave her there asleep forever. He was supposed to be a hero! Instead he was out here acting like a coward.
Squaring his shoulders, he turned around and made his way back inside.
Part Five