MAGICAL GIRL LYRICAL CINDERELLA
CHARTER 01

"Kyon-kun! Mitte! Mitte!"

The little girl known to the world only by the moniker Imotou lifted Raising Heart into the air. With her trademark giggle she began her transformation and switched attire to an all-white Barrier Jacket, complete with ribbons armbands and boots. Then, she summoned a Mid-Childan magic symbol underneath her feet; a pair of magenta-coloured wings materialized on both sides of the Device Core's encasing, and the red crystal itself glowed many times before a word appeared on it.

--"Standby Ready."--

Imotou giggled. "Ikuyo, Raising Heart."

--"Alright."--

Several magical loops appeared in front of the staff, and a globe of concentrated energy began to form.

Imotou giggled again. "Starlight…"

She swung Raising Heart forward.

"BREAKER!"

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Chrono woke up. Sweats the size of beads drenched from his face, dampened his night suit, and wetted the blanket. His wanting to sleep was killed because of the strange, if not deliriously cute, nightmare. He wiped his face off sweats and noted a speck of blood on his sleeve. "Shit! I bled my nose…!" He treated the injury and looked at the clock, only to find himself being pulled back to bed.

"Honey, wake up, or you'll late for work…"

He turned left. It was Amy, his wife, and she was soundly sleeping while tightening her arms about his body. He looked up, closed his eyes and sighed in relief. "Thank God I'm alright…"

"…nyoro?"

"Or maybe not."

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// the following day, TSAB headquarters //

"Good morning, Admiral Haraoun."

Chrono did not answer. His body was too tired, his eyes were too worn out, and he was too convoluted to reply to his subordinates. His only response was a hoarse-sounding "good morning" as he headed to the meeting room. The sleepless night he had to endure for the past eight hour was a punishment too much, and he could not help cursing the Macrocosm Order of the Universe for putting such nightmare upon him. He mumbled in low voice and spoke in unknown languages, causing people around him to watch him weirdly.

He entered the meeting room and was greeted by the sight of Lost Property Riot Force 6 gathering around the table. "Good morning, everyone…" weakly he spoke.

Fate was the first to notice his arrival. "Ah, ohayou gozaimasu…" Chrono simply walked past her and headed to the table, leaving her in bafflement. "Oniichan?"

Chrono stopped. "Fate…" His body trembled uncontrollably, and he lunged back at Fate, hands grabbing her shoulders. "Good morning, Fate-chan! Your voice is the singing bell of morning whispers! Your smile is the secret treasure of the hidden forest!" he declared. "My adoptive sister! You are my saviour!"

"Oniichan… are you alright?" Fate asked.

Chrono stooped his head. "I'm not… I had this weird dream last night…" He trembled again and broke into manly cries. "A girl I didn't know called me Kyon and used Starlight Breaker! Blasphemy! This is madness!"

Fate became perplexed. "What are you talking about, oniichan?"

"Fate-chan, the meeting's about to start," Nanoha called.

Fate left Chrono and approached the table. Chrono was left in total blank, and it took only a couple of seconds before he regained his sense. "Hey! HEY! A meeting? Why wasn't I told of this? What's the meaning of all this?"

"You already stated the obvious," Vita retorted.

"I think it's because of the… dream he had last night," Signum added.

"I understand your feeling, Chrono," Zafira philosophically spoke and folded his arms. "The hardship every man has to endure in nightly basis. I can see that."

"I WASN'T ASKING FOR YOUR OPINION, MORON!" Chrono screamed.

"Didn't you get the message yesterday, Chrono-kun?" Yuuno asked. "We're going to have a meeting for stage play for tomorrow's Open Day."

Chrono's eyes stormed wide. "A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a stage play??????" He screamed, like how Darth Vader screamed his broken heart over Padme's death. "It cannot be! I thought we were done with Sleeping Lyrical! TEH HORROR!!!!!"

"What happened to him?" Nakajima Subaru asked and pointed to Chrono who ran around the meeting room and rolled on the floor.

Subaru's sister Ginga shrugged. "I have no idea."

"Mou, Chrono-kun, the meeting hasn't started yet," Nanoha mumbled and distributed meeting minutes to Riot Force 6 members. "Whatever. Shall I begin?"

"Let me help with the slideshow!" Reinforce Zwei volunteered and approached the LCD projector.

"Thanks, Rein-chan." Nanoha coughed and began the meeting. "As Yuuno-kun has stated earlier, we're going to organize a stage play for tomorrow's TSAB Open Day." She paused and scratched the back of her head. "Well, actually, we received a letter of request from our Author fellow asking us to do a sequel to Sleeping Lyrical."

Caro lifted her hand. "Excise me for intercepting, but a sequel?"

"Yes, a sequel." At Nanoha's cue Reinforce Zwei started the slideshow, and photos of Riot Force 6's previous stage play were displayed on the screen. Everyone watched in interest, and the stage play's former crews cackled at the old memories.

Well, except for Chrono when a picture of him wearing Gothic Lolita dress came up. "NOT THAT FREAKING PICTURE!!!!!" he screamed and cringed of heart seizure.

The Nakajima Sisters and Teana Lanster backed away from Chrono. "Admiral… you like to cross-dress as a Loli-Goth…" the latter gasped.

"Private Lanster! I can explain!" Chrono cried out.

A picture came next. This time it showed the scene where Evil Witch Chrono dominated Princess Fate of Mid-Childa with AMF tentacle monster. This time, too, Fate gave her adoptive brother a good-hitting slap on his face. "Just because you're now an Admiral doesn't mean I have to pay you my utmost respect," Fate spoke and slapped him again. "Hentai! Oniichan baaka!"

Yet another picture came out. This time, it was King Yuuno and his 300 soldiers in Spartan battle suits, marching forward as they edged hordes of fan people to the cliff. King Yuuno was later heard screaming "THIS IS MID-CHILDA!!!" as he kicked Evil Witch Chrono off the stage with Cantona Kick.

Yuuno grinned. "The spirits of the Spartans will live on…" he uttered.

Caro ignored the commotion and continued asking Nanoha: "so you were the hero of Sleeping Lyrical!" (At the same time, photo of Princess Nanoha of Earth owning Evil Witch Chrono with "Yesterday" took place). "Why wasn't I told of this? I've wanted to see the stage play since I came here!"

"Unfortunately, Caro, your time hadn't come yet," Nanoha continued. "So while we're at it," she spoke, ignoring the Internet Argument among Chrono and the girls, "I'll just continue with what we're going to do on the open day. Yuuno-kun?"

"Ah, yes. Certainly." He took the proposal paper and read it out. "Ettou… our stage play is going to be based on Cinderella. Our version of Cinderella will be undergoing strict alterations and modifications to meet up the bureau's requirements, but we're asked to be as creative as we can throughout the stage play."

Erio nodded. "Cinderella. That sounds cool."

Nanoha chuckled. "I had previously talked with the Author--"

Erio lifted his hand. "Excuse me, but who's the Author? Is he a friend of yours, Ma'am?"

Nanoha giggled. So did Yuuno, Hayate and the Wolkenritter. "You don't want to know who he really is," Shamal told the red-haired boy.

Erio looked at her. "Why is it, Doctor?"

Shamal could not tell. The explicitly embarrassing experience of having to cosplay as the fluffy squeaking dog-girl of Utawarerumono was still vivid inside her memory box, and she frantically shivered at the thought of having her tail grabbed and mischievously played.

"Iyaa! Stop touching my tail!"

Erio blinked. He turned to Caro, pointed back to Shamal and said: "I wonder what really happened to Doctor in that time." Caro just shrugged to answer "don't know."

"Anyway," Nanoha spoke and clapped hands to get the team's attention. "Let's see what the Author has prepared for us."

The slide switched, and all but the crippled Chrono looked at the screen. All of them were at loss of words at what they were seeing.

Ultra Director
Lone Wolf NEO

Director
Lindy Haraoun

Scriptwriter
Lindy Haraoun

Casts
Takamachi Nanoha as Takamachi Cinderella
Chrono Haraoun as Chrono Haraoun a.k.a. the Stepmother
Nakajima Subaru as Subaru Haraoun a.k.a. Stepsister #1
Nakajima Ginga as Ginga Haraoun a.k.a. Stepsister #2
Vita as Little Friend #1
Shamal as Little Friend #2
Signum as Little Friend #3
Friedrich as Little Friend #4
Shamisen as Little Friend #5
Yuuno Scrya as Prince Yuuno
Zafira as King Zafira
Arf as Queen Arf
Yagami Hayate as Fairy Godmother Hayate
Reinforce Zwei as Fairy Godmother's Assistant
Teana Lanster as Royal Postman
Fate Testarossa as Royal Announcer

Narrator
Caro Ru Lushe
Erio Mondial

Nanoha and Yuuno were speechless. They were surprised for the pairing in the stage play, and blushed at the thought of having to "comply" with the scriptwriter's will. While Nanoha suppressing the blood rush in her face, Yuuno simply corrected his eyeglasses and pretended nothing happened between them.

"Say, Erio," Caro whispered, "do you think Miss Nanoha & Mister Yuuno are having something between them?"

Erio looked at them, and then back at Caro. "I'd like to know, too."

Subaru and Ginga stared at each other. They laughed and high-fived.

"What? I get the minor character? This sucks," Teana growled.

"What is Shamisen doing in the list?" Fate asked.

Vita, Shamal and Signum were speechless. "What are Lone Wolf and Lindy thinking of again this time?" Shamal sighed.

"I wish I don't want to know," Signum replied.

"Little friend? I'm not a Dwarf!" Vita yelled.

Zafira cried manly tears. "HIKARI! NI! NAREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed and made a victorious pose. "Onwards! To the Festival!"

Arf batted an eyebrow. "Queen again… hmm?"

Hayate laughed. So devious the laughter was the Wolkenritter immediately backed away from their Meister in absolute fear. "Yes… I've been waiting for this very moment…" she cackled with a glint of arrogance coming from her eyes. "Just as planned…"

As predicted, Chrono screamed blasphemy and slammed the table. "OBJECTION!" he shouted and pointed to Nanoha. "Why every time everyone's looking for a baddie, they always end up choosing me? And why must I cross-dress again?!"

"Because nobody ever likes you in the first place," Vita retorted.

"And besides," Signum continued and pointed to a mask held in Chrono's hand. "What's up with that mask?"

Chrono quickly hid the mask. "You didn't see anything!" he reminded. "You! Didn't! See! ANYTHING!"

Signum batted an eyebrow. "Oh really?"

"YA RLY!" Chrono replied.

"NO WAI!" Friedrich suddenly squeaked.

Signum, Chrono and Vita stared at Friedrich. Caro slapped the little dragon on the head and said: "bad Friedrich. No biscuit for you." Friedrich growled in disappointment and hid its face underneath its wings in shame.

Just then the telephone rang. Fate fetched the phone and answered the call. "Hello? Is Lost Property Riot Force 6 on the phone?" a voice that belonged to Lindy asked.

"Okaasan!" Fate excitedly replied.

"Ara, Fate-chan," Lindy answered. "Can you link to the PA system? I'd like to speak with all of you."

"Haii. Please wait for a moment."

Fate connected the telephone to the loudspeaker. There was a bit of disorder and static on the line before Lindy continued. "Good day, Lost Property Riot Force 6. This is Lindy Haraoun speaking. How are you doing?"

"We're doing fine, Ma'am!" Subaru replied.

"Hello, Lindy-san!" Nanoha, Yuuno and Hayate spoke.

"Nanoha-chan, Hayate-chan, Yuuno-kun, you sound cheerful today," Lindy uttered. "Are you prepared for the stage play?"

"Yes, we all are!" Riot Force 6 replied.

"Mother, both you and I are going to have serious talk right now!" Chrono demanded.

"Oh, Chrono, get over it," Lindy mocked. "It's not that Mommy doesn't know you stole the mask from Graham's vault yesterday."

Chrono was stricken. His face became paler than white. His stature was so severely weakened he almost shattered into pieces and crumbled to the floor.

"Guilty as charged," Vita spoke.

"His reaction seems to further emphasize it," Signum added.

Shamal just nodded.

"I pity you, Chrono," Zafira calmly spoke.

A few seconds later a peculiar-sounding giggle was heard on the loudspeaker. Everybody was startled because the voice belonged to Imotou!

"Okaasan! Mitte! Mitte!"

"Ara, Imotou-chan. What do you want to show Mommy today?"

Imotou was heard in her trademark giggle. "I've learned a new trick! Do you want to see?"

Chrono gasped. "New trick? MASAKA!"

"A new trick? Cool. Can you show Mommy?"

Imotou giggled. "Starlight…"

Chrono's eyes stormed wide. "She's going to do it! Mother, stop her!"

"BREAKER!"

Chrono nosebled. So did Yuuno, Arf and Zafira. Erio proceeded to nosebleed before Caro jealously elbowed him. The rest of Riot Force 6 simply blushed in awe due to the "5000 moegaton of sheer kawaii bomb," as Hayate spoke.

And that left Reinforce Zwei asking: "hey! Did I miss something?"

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Please see: in case readers don't get the Imotou/Lindy dialogue, it's based on a series of conversations on the anime forum the Author is in, where the forum members are discussing on a crossover picture of Imotou cosplaying as Nanoha in Barrier Jacket, complete with Raising Heart.