Hansel and Gretel

Pairing: DBSK OT5 brotherhood

Genre:  crack

Rating: G

Length:  One-shot

Seriously... What was I thinking while writing this?

Once upon a time, deep in the forest, there lived an old woodcutter who goes by the name of Lee SooMan. Old Sooman had a beautiful wife named Han Chosun. Together they had five lovely children and they named them Jaejoong, Yunho, Yoochun, Junsu and Changmin.

Jaejoong was the prettiest one of all. He was not so smart but he inherited their mother's perfect skin and eyes. Yunho was a lively child. He loved to dance and recite rhymes. Yoochun had a beautiful smile and everyone loved him. He also plays the flute really well. Junsu is the angelic one. His voice can melt anyone's heart and his laugh is a joy to hear. The youngest Changmin was born real smart. He is the most mature among the five. He doesn’t speak much but when he does, it always had some sense in it. The five are the joy and pride of their parents. They would all sing and dance together to Chosun and Old Sooman's delight. The family was very happy. But one day, everything changed.

Sooman met another woman named Ilbon. He left Chosun and took his five sons with him to live with his new wife. Ilbon looked like the perfect mother for Jaejoong, Yunho, Yoochun, Junsu and Changmin. She was rich and beautiful. She looked like a porcelain doll dressed in silk robes, with which she clothed the children with too. Soon enough although with great difficulty, they became like a real family. Ilbon fed and dressed the children well. She taught them the way they should talk and how to conduct themselves. They would still sing and dance together half heartedly the way Ilbon wanted them. They missed their real mother Chosun so much so they would alternately live in Chosun's house and ilbon's place. This went on for a few years until one day Ilbon said "You shall not go back to Chosun anymore for you are now my own. You shall not sing her songs but mine."

Chosun was very saddened for she was not able to see her beloved children. She was growing old and her memory was failing, she can barely remember her children. Until one day her children returned to her after a year and seven moons. Jaejoong, the oldest, knocked on her door. She opened it but she didn’t seem to recognize who they were anymore. Her eyesight was failing and they have grown too much. But as soon as they hugged Chosun, she immediately knew that they were hers.

The mother and her children were reunited once more. There was a feast in Chosun's humble abode. They sang and they danced. They laughed merrily. Changmin, the youngest one, even cried because of happiness and longing for their mother. Everyone was joyful. Then suddenly there was a loud knock on Chosun's door. It was Ilbon. Their happiness was short lived, for Ilbon took the children away with her and left Chosun alone again.

The children continued to live with Sooman and Ilbon until one day, the couple couldn't support all the children anymore. They began to get tired of the five. Ilbon's wealth is not enough  to bring them all up. Sooman said, "We can not keep all of them anymore. Tomorrow, I will bring three of them to the woods and leave them there. Hopefully it will solve the problem." and they turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Little did they know, Yunho heard what they were talking about and told his brothers. He was the favorite of Old Sooman so he was not afraid for himself but for his brothers who would be lost in the woods. The children were very scared. Jaejoong said "Let's just all run away" . Changmin just looked at his hyungs and shook his head. Yoochun began to cry. Junsu was also in tears for he knew that he has always been a good child. None of them deserved it.

The next morning Old Sooman got up early and called his sons. "Yunhoya~ go to our neighbor Ara and help her dig the ground and plant rapunzel lettuce. Jaejoongie, bring this letter to your mother Chosun. Be back before night fall. The rest of you follow me. We will go into the woods and gather berries"

So Yunho and Jaejoong reluctantly went to do their father's bidding while the three younger boys followed Old Sooman into the woods. Yoochun was silently crying saying "We should have just ran away like Jaejoong hyung said." Junsu comforted him as Changmin trailed behind.

Deep in the woods, Old Sooman was nowhere to be found. The children started crying harder. Changmin being a smart kid did not want to go into the woods unprepared. As soon as his hyungs slept last night, he was able to sneak out and gather red pebbles. He dropped a single red pebble every few steps so as to make a trail to find their way back home. He told the two other boys "Hyungs, let us follow the red pebbles I dropped on the way so that we can find our way home."

The children did as the youngest said and in no time they were back in their parents' home. Ilbon and Sooman were not pleased. When they found out about what Changmin did they changed their plans. "Changmin is too smart. You can't trick him. Just lose Jaejoong instead. He looks like Chosun too much and he is too dumb." Ilbon said. Again, Yunho heard this and once again told his brothers.  They  tried to go out and gather red pebbles but the door was locked. The next day Sooman called his children again and said "Yunhoya~ feed our horse Poseidon. Changmin will accompany you from the ranch to the meadows. And the three of you come with me. We will all go to the woods." Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu were scared. On their way to the woods, Yoochun stopped crying. Instead, he dropped gingerbread crumbs so that they may find their way back.

They followed their father into the woods and they found themselves alone in the dark forest. They tried to look for the ginger bread crumbs that Yoochun dropped but to their horror, the crumbs were all eaten by wild chickens. The boys cried and cried. Jaejoong, being the oldest stood up and said "Do not worry my brothers. For as long as we are together, we will be alright. Let us always keep the faith." so they all walked, and walked and walked till they were all tired. Then they saw a house. Not just any ordinary house, a ginger bread house. The roof was covered with icing, the fences were candy canes and the tiles were laced with chocolate. They were all very hungry so they started eating the house.

"The windows taste like coconuts" Junsu said in delight. Jaejoong licked the candy canes while Yoochun munched on the walls that were made of his favorite gingerbread. "I wish Changmin was here though. He would be very happy. The door tastes like bacon." said Yoochun in a sad tone. "I miss Yunho too." sighed Jaejoong while breaking of a piece from the fence. They were all surprised when the door suddenly opened and a small woman came out and said "Why are you eating my house?!"  The boys were startled and tried to run but they were held by a strong magic and they were dragged inside the house. With a loud thud, the three boys all became unconscious.

When they opened their eyes they the two younger boys were inside a big cage while Jaejoong was tied onto a chair. The small woman was looking at them poking them all with a stick. "Who are you?" asked Junsu in his small voice. "I am BoA. The witch of the west. And you ate my house. Now I'm going to EAT YOU UP!Hihihihi~ You." she looked at Jaejoong "The one who looks like a girl. Go help me cook dinner for these kids. I will fatten them up before I roast them." Junsu squealed in fear. Yoochun eyed him. "Don't let her see your butt. She will think you are fat enough."

For forty days and forty nights, Jaejoong helped BoA feed the boys. BoA had very poor eyesight so every night she would ask Junsu and Yoochun to hold out their fingers so that she could feel if they were fat enough. Yoochun who missed Changmin so bad thought "What would Changmin do?" and a bright idea came upon him. Every time BoA would ask them to hold out their fingers, they would hold out a chicken bone instead. They get fatter each day but BoA would always feel the skinny chicken bone.

Tired of feeding and waiting for the boys to get fat BoA said one night. "Fat enough or not I'm not waiting anymore. I will cook you and EAT YOU UP. Ahihihihihi~" the small witch laughed. "And you girly. Gather woods and make the oven hot enough to roast these two."

Jaejoong couldn't help but do as BoA said. He gathered a lot of wood and started to make a fire to cook his poor brothers. He remembered his other two brothers left with Old Sooman. What are they doing now?  He heard BoA's voice. "Now step into the oven and see if it is hot enough." But Jaejoong wasn’t paying attention.  "How do I do that?" he mused. BoA was irked at the pretty boy "Aishhh… " she hissed. "You only have a pretty face but you don’t have a brain. This is how you do it." BoA steps into the oven but Jaejoong is still not paying attention. He was busy twirling his hair thinking about Yunho and Changmin back home.

Meanwhile in Old Sooman's house,  Changmin woke Yunho up in his sleep and opened the door. What could they be up to?

Back in the gingerbread house, "Hyung! Close the door on her!" shouted the two boys who were still in the cage. But Jaejoong was just startled that he tripped. He fell back on his behind and hit his head on the door of the oven which shuts it close. "NooooOOOO!" BoA screamed from the inside the oven but no one dare opened it. Junsu and Yoochun rejoiced. "Hyung open the cage for us." Junsu said. "Huh? Ok." said Jaejoong.

The three boys got out of BoA's house and ran out as fast as they could. Where are they going? I don't know. Will they go back home and reunite with their brothers? I hope so. Will Changmin and Yunho run away too and find their lost brothers? We are not sure.

Lets just hope the five of them find their way back to their real home. Together. Maybe one day we can hear them sing and dance again as they once did. Let's just keep the faith.

Hansel and Gretel by firemoth_007 or Mayi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.