Hello everyone!

I'm back and I have a new fic with me! Alright, let me explain this one a bit before we enter its universe. Okay?

Okay, I have recently fallen in love with Prideshipping and was intrigued with Scandalshipping. Prideshipping was so much fun to read I mean, I was laughing and then the videos they had on it on Youtube were great! So while I was reading one story where it was a fairy tale, I thought: there needs to be more fairy tales like this… Then I noticed which story plot I had yet to read and, believe me, I was reading things back from 2009. The one I hadn't seen was something Cinderella based. Then I thought: I did one of those for Pokemon…

The difference between this fic and my Pokemon one is this: My muse for this one is from the movie 'Ever After' (The one with Derw Berrymore) and 'A Cinderella Story' (Hillary Duff and Chad Michael Murray were in that one) If you haven't seen either of these films, that's fine. I'm not going to base my fic exactly on both movies. There are going to be things I'll change. Another thing is that unlike my Pokemon one, I want this one to be my serious fic with a dash there and a pinch here of comedy rather than pure comedy with a bit of seriousness.

With all of that being said,

Enjoy the prologue~!

Prologue: An Ending at the Beginning

The clouds were dark and pregnant with the water that was soon to pour down. It was rather fitting, thought the young man as he was facing the sky. All he had wanted was for someone to love him for who he was and just when he found someone…this happened. The young man was dressed in an elaborate costume that seemed to make him look something of a butterfly… A broken butterfly, he thought bitterly. His breath was becoming hoarse but that was fine. As long as he wasn't found by the love of his life, then things were going to be fine.

"NO!"

The young man sent his glare up at the sky with a look that said that fate just had to want to be a bitch like that didn't it? His crimson eyes hazily gazed upon the ice blue eyes of the one he loved most. He saw how those eyes that had enthralled him so much were wide in the horror they were seeing. He inwardly snorted, he must have been a sight to see, sprawled out on the castle grounds with a large wound on his side that was bleeding effortlessly. The crimson eyed man on the floor, ironically, looked rather at peace with himself. It was as if he had already accepted the fact that he was dying long before the man staring at the sight had even registered the idea. The blue-eyed man knelt next to the other and gathered the other into his arms. Now here comes the drama…thought the bleeding one as he ran a hand though his tri-coloured hair for the last time.

"A-Atem," The man holding him croaked, "You can't leave like this!"

Atem smiled lightly in response, "It's great that I at least get to tell you good bye…Seth."

Seth's heart broke more than it was before. Everything was going to well! Why of all things, did this crap have to happen to them?! He wanted to scream at the sky that now gave birth to the fallen rain. He gazed at the love of his life and how serene he looked at the moment. Seth bit his lip and held his breath to prevent himself from actually showing how he was feeling. He knew that Atem wouldn't want him to break down over this.

"Don't you dare even talk like that you fool!" Seth exclaimed while shaking his head, "Once I get you to the healer, you'll be alright. Then we can be together just as we planned…as we promised each other."

Atem shook his head, "Don't you dare kid yourself. You know better than anyone else that I'm not going to be alright. Oh don't look that sad. We might not have had our happy ending in this life but we are going to get it in the next life, that I promise you that with everything that I am and more."

Atem was right and Seth knew that but the chestnut haired man refused to believe that. He knew he was kidding himself but he had the right to be stubborn and he was going to refuse that his lover was dying in front of him even if it killed him! As much as he didn't want to admit it, those words his love spoke gave him hope but then his logic and doubt began to cloud his mind. Were they really going to have a second chance? Was that even possible for that to happen? His dear Atem sounded so confidant in this little ray of light that even this pessimistic man was slowly getting some sort of faith in this idea that they were going to meet and fall in love all over again in the next life. It was a miracle that they fell in love the first time around imagining how it was going to be a second time was practically impossible. Even if they were born again, who was to say that they were even going to fall in love again? Surely they weren't going to be the same way as they were at this moment in time. Sensing Seth's doubt, Atem squeezed his hand had tight as he could. It was difficult, his eye sight was beginning to blur.

He made sure to focus on those blue orbs, "You have to have faith Seth! I love you dearly. With that in mind I have faith that our love is strong enough to withstand this temporary setback, don't you?"

"Yes, I believe. I love you dearly as well and I can't wait for us to meet again in this next life of ours," Seth replied softly.

As if that was the only thing that had held him back, Atem shuddered and slowly let out the breath that was going to be his last. Those crimson orbs lost their light and were soon hidden by the eyelids while his body went limp in his lover's arms. Upon the realization that the man he was holding was no longer among the living, Seth cried out a mighty cry of anguish and clutched the body that was only getting colder.

"We better meet again Atem," He said as he gave the other a kiss on the cheek, "So I can kill you for doing this to me…after I kiss you again, naturally."

He knew that his dear had been alive to hear him say that, the other would have laughed and said something back to him. The rain was falling harder now but he didn't care, he was busy trying to get up and getting him and the body of his love out of the pouring rain.

Elsewhere, within eyesight of the entire private moment, three figures laughed. Finally Atem was dead and gone and things were going to change for them. For the better, they thought.

A little aways from the palace, a figure of a man was attempting to wash his hands and his dagger of the blood that was on it. He had been obsessed with obtaining Atem as something to own. He never thought that he would actually kill the other male. He cried softly and prayed to whatever gods that were hearing him to at least give him a second chance to make it up to them.

In yet another part, two figures were crying in despair in each other's arms. Their dear friend Atem didn't get the happy ending that he deserved more than anyone else. They also prayed to the heavens to give their dear friend, or perhaps all of them, a second chance to get everything right.

Little did they know that someone was listening to all of what was going on. This majestic person was going to grant them all the chance for a second chance at life to get everything right. But his magic was only able to grant them all one more chance, even the three that were celebrating Atem's death. If they messed this one up, then there wasn't going to be another change like this ever again.

Life was a gift and they needed to use the precious time they were going to have in the next life, more wisely than they all did this time…

Soo….what did you think? LET ME KNOW BY REVIEWING!

I do have most of chapter one written and depending how many reviews I get depends on how early you'll be seeing it next week. So please review~ I dearly appreciate it!

So the title of this prologue is kind of play on a name of a song. If you know the name of the song and the band, let me know. And I'll either give you a cameo in the fic or…a cookie. Whichever you choose!

With love,

SanguisRubeus