Some assistance by: Evil Twin
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( scene opens to a dark, dank basement. You see a huddled figure by the wall. It strikes a match and in the light, you see its NEMBLEWHISKA. )
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( whispered ) Welcome to the second edition of The Story Hour. I have taken precautions to be sure my Evil Twin doesnt show up. Watch OUT, youre gonna sit on that rat!!!
READER: EW! I came here for a story, not the plague!
NEMBLEWHISKA: At least SHE'LL never find me here. After that CindeRumpelteazer disaster, I was on medication for weeks. The doctor says one day, maybe I wont twitch every time I hear the word, " slipper." Anyway, the story you will hear today is Sleeping Beauty. The cast is: Victoria as our heroine; Mistofelees as the Charming and Handsome Prince, and some other Jellicles. ( opens book ) Once upon a time?( shrieks and throws the book across the room ) NO!!!! NOT YOU!!!
READER: What?!? Whats your damage? ( picks up the book and looks in. EVIL TWIN is on the first page, waving ) Oh, its you.
EVIL TWIN: Hi, Nemble! I heard you were doing another stupid story, so I HAD to come help. Wow, are you able to do that on cue?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( entire right side of her face is twitching uncontrollably ) GET OUT NOW!!! I DONT NEED THIS KIND OF AGGRAVATION!!! How did you find me?!?
EVIL TWIN: ( shrugs ) I found this book in your room. So I jumped in it.
NEMBLEWHISKA: What were you doing in MY room without permission?
EVIL TWIN: To get that Ricky Martin CD you borrowed. By the way, I still have your Spice Girls CD. Want it back?
NEMBLEWHISKA: SHUSH! OK, I guess I can make an exception for that. But, GET OUTTA THE BOOK NOW!!!
EVIL TWIN: Cant. Not till you tell the story. Are you getting a cramp in your eyelid from that?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( right eye is still twitching, but the rest has calmed down ) Fine, stay here. See if I care. Once upon a time, there was a good king and queen that ruled over a peaceful kingdom. They had all they wanted, but for one thing.
EVIL TWIN: Im betting they want a kitten.
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( making a heroic effort to ignore EVIL TWIN ) When Queen Jennanydots would see children playing in the park, she felt sad.
EVIL TWIN: I bet Skimbleshanks is the king. Theyre one of her favorite couples.
NEMBLEWHISKA: SHUT UP!!! Yes, he is the king. Gotta problem with that?
EVIL TWIN: Why dont you let ME narrate the story.( clears throat ) When King Skimbleshanks saw families walking the streets, he was also sad. So he sent a royal decree. NO FAMILIES ALLOWED! Within a week, the kittens were all gone, and Queen Jennyanydots was no longer reminded of her barreness. So they were both happy THE END.
NEMBLEWHISKA: THATS NOT HOW IT GOES!!! But, yeah Skimble was sad too. So they both rejoiced when they found out Jennyanydots was preg?lt;/P>
EVIL TWIN: Dont say pregnant. Say ?with kitten ?Its more correct.
NEMBLEWHISKA: FINE!!! She was with kitten. When the little one was born, they threw a celebration and invited all the Jellicle faeries. There were twelve of them. The queen had the table set with the finest gold plates and jeweled goblets, but she forgot the um, Ginger Faerie,
Macavity was coming. So, there were only eleven of these beautiful place settings. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WISH TO SHARE, MISS EVIL!!!!
EVIL TWIN: ( has been laughing since the line, Ginger Faerie ) Oh, Nemble, you crack me up!
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( muscle in her cheek starts twitching ) So Macavity had to eat off china and sip from crystal. It angered him. When they were finished eating, the faeries went to bestow their gifts on the Princess Victoria.
CASSANDRA: She shall be the best dancer in the land.
BOMBALURINA: She will be lovely all her days.
JEMIMA: She will have a beautiful singing voice.
DEMETER: She will?lt;/P>
EVIL TWIN: You better give her the gift of not being paranoid.
DEMETER: What?
EVIL TWIN: Cmon, it reflects your personality! I can believe the first three gifts reflect the givers but if you give her something like being lucky in love, it just wouldnt suit you.
DEMETER: Youre right. ( waves wand ) I give her the gift of not being paranoid.
( NEMBLEWHISKA does not look like shes going to explode. She smiles. )
EVIL TWIN: Wow, I think that medication is a bit too strong. You dont mind that I just screwed up your story? Vicky has a gift she wasnt supposed to get!
NEMBLEWHISKA: Thats what YOU think. I knew you would try something like that, so I planned the story around the fact that Victoria cant get paranoid.
EVIL TWIN: Curses! Foiled again! Okay, faeries give Victoria some really off-the-wall gifts! Maybe we can still trip her up.
ETCETERA: Is it my turn now?
NEMBLEWHISKA: No, in a little bit youll have your turn. Be patient.
JELLYLORUM: She will be an excellent cook.
EVIL TWIN: Okay, I can work with that. Maybe she cooks her own tail while drunk or something.
ETCETERA: Is it my turn now?
POUNCIVAL: No, its MY turn. She will be able to hawk a hairball fifty feet.
NEMBLEWHISKA: NO!!! A PRINCESS WOULDNT WANT THAT GIFT!!! TAKE IT BACK!
POUNCIVAL: Thats what you get for making me a faerie in this story. HAHAHA! (attempts to storm away angrily, but his wings keep him hovering off the ground )
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( has almost reached the boiling point ) FINE, YOURE A LOUSY FAERIE ANYWAY!!! I SAW YOU FLYING AND YOU STINK!!!!!
ETCETERA: Is it my turn yet?
NEMBLEWHISKA: NO.
EXOTICA: People will actually notice shes there.
( no one responds )
EXOTICA: Bloody Heck! Im fading into the wall again!
ETCETERA: Is it my turn?lt;/P>
NEMBLEWHISKA: NO!!! SHUT UP, YOU ANNOYING LITTLE KITTEN!!!
( ETCETERA begins to cry )
JENNYANYDOTS: Really, Nemblewhiska, was that nessesary?
NEMBLEWHISKA: YES!!! SHE PUSHED ME TO IT!!!
RUMPELTEAZER: Its MY turn now! She will be the best thief in the land.
EVIL TWIN: ALL RIGHT!!! I can really mess up the story now.
NEMBLEWHISKA: RUMPELTEAZER?!? You arent supposed to be in this fic! Not after what happened with Cinedudududududuh. Ha ha. Pardon me. ( clears throat ) After what happened with CinduCindoohooFOR CRYIN?OUT LOUD! WHATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!? ISNT IT BAD ENOUGH YOU GAVE ME A COMPLEX, NOW YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO TORMENT ME?!? ARRRRRRRRGH!
RUMPELTEAZER: Does tha?mean?lt;/P>
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( roars and breathes fire at poor RUMPELTEAZER, who runs out of the room ) DOES ANYONE ELSE FROM CINDERUMPELTEAZER HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME?!? NO?! GOOD!!!( sweetly ) Its your turn now, Etcetera.
ETCETERA: ( uncertainly ) Are you sure? I can go last if you want.
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( eyes narrow and begin to glitter ominously ) I want you to go now, Etcetera.
ETCETERA: Fine, Ill go now! ( thinks hard ) The Rum Tum Tugger will think shes pretty.
NEMBLEWHISKA: Thats all right, the Rum Tum Tugger isnt in this story anyway.
ETCETERA: WHAT! Evil Twin, get back here! ( EVIL TWIN, who had started to sneak away when NEMBLEWHISKA said, ?thats all right,?sighs and comes back )
ETCETERA: YOU promised me Tugger would be in this fic! Thats the only way you got me here!
EVIL TWIN: ( grins maliciously ) I lied.
ETCETERA: Im leaving!
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( rubbing temples ) Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean. OK. ( breathes deeply ) Im better now. It was time for the Spotted Faerie, Tantomile, to give her gift, when Macavity decided to take his revenge.
EVIL TWIN: Take it where? On a walk?
MACAVITY: That doesnt sound like something Id get mad at. Maybe Jellylorum would be mad about the wrong tableware, but I just wanted the food.
NEMBLEWHISKA: THATS NOT THE POINT!!!!! THE OTHER FAERIES GOT HONORED ABOVE YOU!!! ( stops talking and starts popping tranquilizers like theyre peanuts ) My nerves are shredded.
MACAVITY: Come to think of it, I AM mad!!!
NEMBLEWHISKA: At Jennyanydots & Skimbleshanks?
MACAVITY: NO! AT YOU!!!!
NEMBLEWHISKA: The faster you curse Victoria, the sooner you get out of this story.
MACAVITY: Oh. In that case, * censored censored censored censored *
NEMBLEWHISKA: NOT THAT KIND OF CURSE!!! That was absolutely disgusting, by the way! You eat with that mouth?
MACAVITY: Yep. All right, gotta curse Victoria. I suppose I am to say, " She shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die " or something, and Tantomile says, " She will not die, she will fall asleep until a handsome tom kisses her." Isnt that it? Isnt it?!?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( pouts ) Maybe.
MACAVITY: Fine. She will prick her finger on the whatever of the thingamajig and die.
EVIL TWIN: Thingamajig, huh? Sounds real deadly.
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( tranqs have started to take effect ) Tantomile? Your turn.
TANTOMILE: ( was peacefully dozing; jerks awake at her name. ) I forgot, what do I say?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( languidly waves hand upwards ) Look up there.
TANTOMILE: ( reads paragraph ) Oh, I see. Is a thingamajig sharp?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( playfully ) Maaaaaaaybe!
EVIL TWIN: ( slips a caffiene pill in NEMBLEWHISKAS drink ) I liked her better when she was postal.
TANTOMILE: She will not die, she will only fall asleep. There, how was that, Nemble?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( appears to be fascinated by her own fingers ) Lookit how they move!
TANTOMILE: Yeah, wonderful, did you even hear me? Hello?
NEMBLEWHISKA: Is it me youre looking for?/ And I wonder where you are/ I wonder what to do/ Are you somewhere feeling lonely/ Or is someone loving you?/ I can see it in your eyes/ You havent got a clue/ Um, what I want to say is/ I love you. Or something like that. What a great song. ( falls asleep )
TANTOMILE: What do we do now?
EVIL TWIN: WE do nothing. I am going out there by myself to wake her up. ( she jumps out of the book and lands by NEMBLEWHISKA. EVIL TWIN slaps her a little and yells,) WAKE UP!!!!!!
NEMBLEWHISKA: Ma, I don wanna go to school. Oh its you. Is the story over?
EVIL TWIN: ( worriedly ) No, have a drink of water.
NEMBLEWHISKA: Okey-dokey! ( takes sip and EVIL TWIN snickers ) Whats so funny?
EVIL TWIN: Ill tell you later. Get back to the story now. Tantomile just undid the curse type thing. ( jumps in book )
NEMBLEWHISKA: All right, LETS GET READY TO RUUUUUUUMMMBLE!!! Victoria grew up lovely. She was a great cook, a graceful dancer and she had perfect manners. Well, except for?( teenaged VICTORIA is seen hawking up a hairball )
PLATO: That was one of your better ones, Vicky! Fifty feet!
NEMBLEWHISKA: To make sure she wouldnt touch the fatal spinning wheel?lt;/P>
EVIL TWIN: Thingamajig.
NEMBLEWHISKA: What?
EVIL TWIN: Its a thingamajig that will kill her, not a spinning wheel.
NEMBLEWHISKA: Well, what the hecks a thingamajig?!? ( starts bouncing her leg nervously ) How are they supposed to destroy all the thingamajigs in the land IF THEY DONT FREAKIN?KNOW WHAT THEY ARE?!?
EVIL TWIN: I have a picture of a thingamajig. Here, see? ( unfolds paper, but only NEMBLEWHISKA can see it ) See, that goes there and that weird lookin?thing attaches there, and its a thingamajig!
NEMBLEWHISKA: OkIseenow, whatwasinthatwater?
EVIL TWIN: Youre better off not knowing.
NEMBLEWHISKA: Now that I know what a thingamajig is, the King issued a royal decree that all thingamajigs were to be destroyed, or else! So the Princess was safe from the thingamajigs. WowIcanfeelmyinsideswhirring! Onedaythekingandqueenwenttovisita
neighboringkingdomandleftVictoriaathome.
EVIL TWIN: I hope I didnt make her OD on those things.
VICTORIA: Daddy and Mummy left me all alone. Whatever shall I do?
EVIL TWIN: THROW A RAVE!!!
VICTORIA: No, I think Id rather explore the castle awhile.
NEMBLEWHISKA: Atta, girl, Vicky! Dont listen to that b?lt;/P>
EVIL TWIN: ( clamps hand over NEMBLEWHISKAs mouth ) Rhymes with witch. I thought you wanted this G-rated. YEEEEEEEOOOOOWWW!!! You BIT me, you cannibal!
NEMBLEWHISKA: Aw, does the Evil Twin have a widdle owie? Serves you right! Princess Victoria began to explore the castle. She went into a tower and found an old woman spinning no, sewing, ah heck, what do you use a thingamajig for, anyway?
EVIL TWIN: How should I know? This is YOUR story.
NEMBLEWHISKA: But YOU made it up!
EVIL TWIN: Actually, I printed that picture off the Internet. I dont know what it is. Didnt you notice there are no sharp edges on it?
NEMBLEWHISKA: HOW IS SHE SUPPOSED TO PRICK HER FINGER ON IT?!? ANSWER ME THAT, GENIUS!!!
EVIL TWIN: Hows about you let the characters tell the story, huh?
NEMBLEWHISKA: Hmmm, odd idea, but it might work. Guys, go ahead.
VICTORIA: What is that thing, maam?
GRIZABELLA: Its a thingamajig.
VICTORIA: Whats it for?
GRIZABELLA: I have no idea. Hey, arent I dead?
VICTORIA: I think you are, but I have to prick my finger on that thing and fall asleep.
GRIZABELLA: Good luck! This piece of junk has no sharp edges anywhere. Believe me, Ive looked.
VICTORIA: Could you help me out here? That part right there MIGHT work. Here, take my hand and push that at it.
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( is running laps around the room ) This is REALLY stupid. That did NOT sound like Sleeping Beauty one bit!
VICTORIA: Yes! My finger is pricked. Oh. Blood. Im bleeding. Theres blood on my finger.
GRIZABELLA: Is something wrong, dear?
VICTORIA: No, I just dont like the sight of blood? faints )
NEMBLEWHISKA: Ok. Shes asleep. GET THE HANDSOME PRINCE OUT THERE TO KISS HER!!!
EVIL TWIN: Isnt she supposed to be asleep for like, a hundred years or something?
NEMBLEWHISKA: Wehavenotimeforthat!!!! CARPE DIEM!!!
EVILTWIN: Watch your language!
NEMBLEWHISKA: English, whats yours?
GRIZABELLA: We dont need a handsome prince! I can wake her up easy! ( throws cold water on VICTORIAS face ) Hmm, it didnt work.
NEMBLEWHISKA: Of course it didnt work, its a curse! Go away! We dont need you in the story now!
GRIZABELLA: Well! Ive never been spoken to like that in my life! Im leaving!
NEMBLEWHISKA: Good. The prince in the neighboring kingdom, Mistofelees, heard of what had befallen the princess. Now, he didnt care for Victoria that much, but he knew she could hawk a hairball a good long way, and he thought if he helped her, she would show him her secret.
EVIL TWIN: Hey, even I couldnt screw that up! You good! You tha girl! Wow, how are you doing that?!?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( is crawling on the ceiling ) Im not sure. WHERE IS THE DARN STUPID PRINCE!!!
EVIL TWIN: You only wrote him in three seconds ago! And you made him the Fairy Godmother last story. How do you know hes coming at all?
NEMBLEWHISKA: BECAUSE I SAID SO, THATS WHY!!! Oh, look, here he comes!
MISTOFELEES: ( scowling )What do I have to do to get out of this story?
EVIL TWIN: How did you get him here?
NEMBLEWHISKA: Oh just a little note explaining my need and a little something extra ( tucks envelope labeled, " MISTOFELEES PHOTOS: CINDERUMPELTEAZER " out of sight in her pocket ) Well, get on with it!! Kiss her, you twit!
EVIL TWIN: If looks could kill, Nemble, you would be dead and buried.
VICTORIA: ( munching popcorn. the kind with butter and salt. )Or maybe cremated.
NEMBLEWHISKA: You said it, VicVICTORIA!!!!! WHY ARENT YOU SLEEPING?!?
VICTORIA: ( shrugs ) I put a Band-Aid on. It wasnt that bad.
EVIL TWIN: That means the storys over! YAY!
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( is so mad she can barely speak ) But, kiss sleeping faerie?thingamajig Mistofelees Tantomile Band-Aid?lt;/P>
EVIL TWIN: You want me to kiss the sleeping faerie thingamajig and Mistofelees and Tantomile need a Band-Aid?
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( passes out )
VICTORIA: ( to MISTOFELEES ) You are really cute. Kiss me, you fool!
EVIL TWIN: Cats cant?lt;/P>
VICTORIA & MISTOFELEES: SHUT UP!!! ( MISTOFELEES throws a lightning bolt at EVIL TWIN, which blows her out the tower window. They then kiss. )
RUM TUM TUGGER: Hey, all you ladies out there I get to tell you its
THE END
ETCETERA: TUGGER!!!! I knew you were here!! ( squeals happily ) Sing a song for me, Tuggy!!! ( rushes to hug him )
NEMBLEWHISKA: ( comes to ) Is the story over?
RUM TUM TUGGER: AUUUUGH!!!!
NEMBLEWHISKA: I thought you liked her gushing all over you.
RUM TUM TUGGER: I do.
NEMBLEWHISKA: Then why did you scream?
RUM TUM TUGGER: What?!? Im singing!!!
NEMBLEWHISKA: Oh! ( blushes ) In that case, ( pulls red curtain shut )
THE END
Authors notes: Hi, everyone! Howya doin? I hope you liked the story, and even if you didnt, I hope you laughed at parts of it! I wasnt exactly going for great, beautiful, insightful writing with this story, I was just going for some laughs. Pwetty pwease rate this story? See yall next fic!