Yay! My first Princess and the Frog story! I really should be working on my OTHER stories, but I will get to them eventually. What can I say about the movie...perhaps I can say...IT'S INCREDIBLY AMAZING! One of my favorite movies! I hope ya'll enjoy this story =D. I own nothing but Belle.
Summary: Tiana and Annabelle are best friends since birth, closer than sisters one can say. They both work hard to get their resturant but what happens when they turn into frogs along with a handsome yet stuck up Prince? Basically the same plot but with my own character Annabelle.
Chapter 1: Best Friends
David Parker took long strides as he paced frantically around the waiting room of the Doctor's, his wife had gone into labor an hour ago and he was growing worried and impatient. He wanted to be there for her, but was held back forcefully by the doctor and his assistants. David leaned against the wall and took in a deep breath, he had hoped she was okay, for he wouldn't know what he would do if he lost her.
"David, calm down." A dark skin man said, he had a warm smile and was tall and broad, David looked up at the man.
"I'm worried James. I'm more nervous than you were when Eudora was in labor with Tiana." He explained, a woman sitting on one of the benches near the two men chuckled slightly, cradling a little bundle of joy.
"We all remember THAT." The woman spoke, she was the wife of James, Eudora. James smiled playfully and placed a hand on David's shoulder as a way to calm him down. As a reaction David let out another nervous sigh, in a sense, he was a nervous wreck. Silence fell upon the three as a soft cry came from the door David was once pacing in front of. He let out an exaggerated gasp and came away from the wall, tripping his way over to the door. The door swung open and the doctor stepped out, cleaning his hands off with a clean towel. His gaze shifted up to the jittery and painic stricken man in font of him and took his sweet time before saying anything.
"Come in, come in." The doctor finally spoke standing aside. As soon as he had, David nodded rapidly and rushed into the room, spotting his wife laying on the hospital bed, holding a small child with it's eyes closed. James, Eudora, and baby Tiana were right at David's side, smiling down at the new child who had just entered her new life. Emily, the proud mother, moved the blanket from the child's face as she slowly opened her eyes. Tiana giggled happily at this as she met eyes with the new born, who cooed happily. Emily held her baby tightly and closed her eyes in happiness. David bent down on his knees by his wife's side and gently stroked the baby's head.
"Congratulations." James announced happily, wrapping his arm around Eudora's shoulders and pulling her close as the 4 month old Tiana giggled happily once more.
"What are ya'll gonna name the baby?" Eudora asked, lifting Tiana's head up so she could get a better look at the child. Emily and David glanced at each other, then down at the baby, for they bother knew the perfect name.
"Annabelle." They both spoke, David stood up and asked with his hands if he could take Tiana from Eudora, who nodded. He brought Tiana down to Annabelle's level and the two locked eyes. Tiana bent forward slightly and her hand touched Annabelle's, who once again cooed happily at Tiana. Emily couldn't help but giggle slightly at this.
"I believe that Tiana and Annabelle are going to be very close friends."
6 years later
6 year old, Charlotte, Tiana, and Annabelle all sat in the rich girl's room, listening intently to Tiana's mother read from their favorite book, 'The Frog Prince'. Charlotte's room was filled with objects of mostly purple and pink, as if a princess had lived there. With many dolls, dresses and princess dolls, it was just to Charlotte's liking.
"And just at that moment, the ugly little frog looked up with his sad round eyes." She read in a cartoon voice to please the children, pulling the thread trough a needle for a dress she was making for Charlotte. "Then pleaded, 'Oh please dear princess, only a kiss from you can break this terrible spell, that was inflicted on me by a wicked witch'." She said, which made Charlotte gasp in shock and happiness. Charlotte was dressed in a very poofy pink dress, she had short blond hair with blue eyes and a top her head was a pointy pink princess hat.
"Here comes ma favorite part." Charlotte exclaimed in a whisper to Belle and Tiana as she cuddled her white cat closer, who let out a 'meow' in annoyance. Eudora flipped the page as she continued.
"And the beautiful princess was so moved by her desperate plea." She tied a pink ribbon around a manikin and tied it into a bow. "That she stooped down, picked up the slippery creature, leaned forward, raised him to her lips." She read, portraying the actions as she read from the book. Charlotte nodded and leaned forward, cuddling her cat even more. Tiana however shook her head rapidly in disgust, while Belle sat there and listened, intrigued as always.
"Then KISSED that little frog." Eudora exclaimed leaning forward for emphasis. Charlotte let out an 'aww' as she swooned happily. While Tiana gagged in disgust over dramatically, Belle however smirked at her friends' reactions.
"Then." She started once more, flipping the page. "The frog was transformed into a handsome prince. They were married and lived, happily, ever, after. The end." She finished, snipping the final adjustments to the bow. Charlotte cheered in pure joy and fell over on her back due to the weight of her dress, she just giggled happily at the fact.
"Read it again! Read it again!" Charlotte chanted excitedly as she was helped back up on her feet by Eudora.
"Sorry Charlotte, it's time for us to be headin' home." Eudora replied, tying the pink bow around Charlotte's waist to complete her dress. She inspected it with over, excited as she spun around happily.
"Say goodnight Tiana and Annabelle." Eudora ordered gently, gathering up her supplies. Tiana, who was sitting on her knees straightened up, crossed her arms and shook her head.
"There is no way, in this whole wide world, I will ever, ever, ever, I mean NEVER, kiss a frog!" She stated, wagging her finger as she did, then let out a loud 'yuck' at the end to prove her point. Tiana had dark skin and hair to match, with red lips, and brown eyes. She was wearing a plain green collared dress, her hair was up in high pigtails, and she was wearing a golden play crown on her head.
"Is that so?" Charlotte asked slyly, her hands folded behind her back as she eyed Tiana, something obviously up her sleeve. Just at that moment, she pulled out poorly done frog mask and placed it on her cat's head.
"Well here's your prince charmin' Tia!" She exclaimed playfully, picking up the cat and stuffing it in Tiana's face.
"Come on! Kiss it!" Charlotte ordered, pushing it in her face more, Tiana pushed it back in the same manor.
"No!" She replied, but Charlotte stuffed it in her face once more.
"Kiss it!" She told her again more playfully, yet sternly.
"Stop it!" Tiana said, a giggle forming her throat. Charlotte repeatedly shoved it in Tiana's face chanting 'kiss it, kiss it, kiss it!'.
"I won't, I won't, I won't!" She exclaimed, this time pushing Charlotte over on her back once more, Belle leaned against a wall, chuckling at her two best friends. Belle was a cute little child with a round face, fair skin, fiery red choppy shoulder length hair, and sparkling blue ocean eyes. She was wearing a dress similar to Tiana's, but it was a light blue, and her hair was in a low ponytail.
"Would you kiss a frog Belle?" Charlotte asked as she steadied back on her feet and turned to her. She raised an eyebrow at this and let out a somewhat shrug.
"I don't know. Probably not, frogs are icky." She answered, coming away from the wall, she looked over to Tiana who nodded her head in agreement.
"I would do it! I would kiss a frog! I would kiss a hundred frogs if I could marry a prince and be a princess." Charlotte explained, getting a far off dreamy look in her eyes, Belle giggled at this briefly and said quietly.
"I'd like to see that." She told mainly herself, but Tiana giggled for she had heard. At this, Charlotte squeezed the cat into a hug and kissed it, however as a reaction it screeched in fear and sprung up out of her grasp and clawed to the ceiling. All three little girls burst out into laughter at this, literally rolling on the floor.
"You girls stop tormenting that poor kitty." Eudora ordered with slight sternness as she climbed onto her step ladder and pried the cat from the ceiling that it clung to.
"Poor little thing." She stated, placing the cat safely back on the floor and pulling off the frog mask from it. The cat looked around cautiously and clawed to the floor for safety, then slithered off before anything worse happened to it. Just at that moment, Eli La'Bouf walked into the room cheerfully and looked around.
"Evenin Eudora." He greeted in a friendly tone, Charlotte scurried over to him and persented herself.
"Daddy! Daddy! Look at my new dress!" She exclaimed happily spinning around for him. "Isn't it pretty?" She asked him, now swaying her dress slightly. He chuckled at this and bent down to pick her up.
"Well look at you." He stated, resting her up against him as he made his way over to Eudora.
"Well I'd expect nothin' less from the finest seamstress in New Orleans." He complemented, stopping in front of Eudora who had just finished getting her stuff together.
"Oooooh, I want that dress!" Charlotte ordered, pointing to the dress the princess was wearing in the story read to them.
"Ah now sugar plum-." Eli started, but was cut off as Charlotte yanked on his mustache. "I want that one! Please, please, please!" She pleaded, yanking on his mustache more, he grunted at this and looked to Eudora, who was chuckling slightly.
"Uh, Eudora. You suppose you could whip somethin' up like that?" He asked, she nodded and motioned to all the other previous dresses she had made Charlotte.
"Anything for my best customer." She stated, this made Charlotte cheer with glee as Eudora walked over to Tiana and Belle, who now had their coats on.
"Come along girls. Tiana, your daddy should be home from work by now." She added, each girl grabbing one of Eudora's hands. They both just loved cooking with James whenever they had the chance. Not looking back, they heard Eli say something about being a pushover, then heard the yipping from a puppy. They headed out of the estate and walked to the street, just as the trolley had arrived. Eudora helped the two young girls on as they headed to the back and took their seats, taking turns staring at the window as the trolley rolled by all sorts of big and wonderful houses. They traveled more outward of the city of New Orleans to run down shacks of a home, which is where Tiana's family and Belle's family lived in. The bell of the trolley rang as it finally pulled to a stop. The doors swung open and Tiana and Belle happily and excitedly skipped out hand in hand as Eudora followed after them. They made their way into Tiana's house to see James at the stove with a huge gumbo pot and boiling water. And Belle's uncle seated at the table reading a newspaper. Belle's parent's had both passed away when Belle was even younger than her current age, so she was sent to live with her uncle, who she loved dearly. But it was James who she felt was a true father to her. Tiana and Belle both ran up to James and gave him a hug to the legs. He chuckled at this and patted the girls on their heads.
"Hello girls." He greeted happily, pulling up two stools so the two friends could stand on and help with the gumbo. They scurried onto them and immediantly began their work. After a few minutes the smell lingered through the air of the house and James took a good long inhale.
"Mmm, gumbo smells good girls." He complimented, walking up to the stove and looking over the young girl's shoulders.
"We think it's done daddy." Tiana replied, stirring the gumbo around as Belle nodded in agreement. He nodded and took the spoon from Tiana, which was now full.
"Are you sure?" He asked, Tiana nodded and let out a 'mmhmm.'
"Absolutely positive?" He asked once more, Belle nodded in satisfaction at a job well done.
"Yes." She replied for both her and Tiana, he smiled a bit at this and brought the spoon close to his mouth slowly.
"Okay, I'm about to put this spoon in myyyy-" But he was cut off.
"Wait!" The two girls shouted simultaneously, Belle snatched the spoon from James and handed some Tabasco sauce to Tiana. She nodded and took it, placing a couple of hits in the gumbo. Belle reached the spoon in a scooped up a spoon full but took a small sip. Her face twisted in thought but after a while she nodded to Tiana, who smiled as they both exclaimed.
"Done." James chuckled and took the spoon once more, eating whatever was left on the spoon. At first his face looked confused and perhaps disappointed, which made both girls frown in worry.
"What?" Tiana asked, James rubbed his chin at this, looking to the ground.
"Well...sweetheart...this is the..." He started, then smiled and picked up Tiana happily.
"Best gumbo I've ever tasted!" He complimented happily, Belle smiled warmly at this as James scooped her up as well. Both girls looked at each other and giggled with satisfaction.
"Edward our little girls have a gift." James exclaimed happily, Edward, Belle's uncle, put his paper down on the table and nodded in agreement with a smile.
"I could of told ya that." Eudora stated knowingly, he chuckled more and nodded towards the gumbo.
"A gift like this just gotta be shared." He stated happily, Belle and Tiana slid out of Jame's grasp and plopped on the ground. Then the two grabbed hands excitedly and rushed to the door, they both pushed it open and Tiana shouted to their little village.
"Hey everyone, we made gumbo!" Everyone then started gathering around exclaiming in excitement as each got a bowl. They then settled on the front porch and ate Belle and Tiana's gumbo, which was delicious. Belle looked around, for she was the only one with white skin, her uncle was even a dark skinned man. But Belle didn't care. She didn't care if she looked different, or lived in a small house and wasn't very rich. This was her family, and she was home. Later that night, considering Belle and Tiana were neighbors, Belle was spending the night at Tiana's and they were both seated on her bed. James sat next to Tiana and Belle was placed next to her.
"Ya know the thing about good food. It brings folks together from all walks of life." He explained, the girls listened intently as he placed a hand on his chest.
"It warms them right up and, puts little smiles on their faces." He continued, picking up a paper by his side, then showed the girls.
"And, and when I open up my own restaurant. I tell ya people are gonna line up, from miles around. Just to get a taste of my food." He told them, Tiana and Belle looked at each other and said simultaneously.
"OUR food." They exclaimed, indicating the three of them, James chuckled at this and nodded.
"That's right girls." He told them, taking out a marker and writing something down on the paper. "Our food." He then showed them what he had written. They gasped and each girl held one side of the paper. In the top corner was written 'Tiana and Belle's place'. They both pulled each other into a hug which made them hug the paper as well. When they broke from the hug, Tiana spotted something that made her gasp in excitement. Belle looked up too and had noticed what made Tiana gasp.
"Daddy look!" Tiana stated, crawling over to the window, Belle right by her side.
"Where you goin'?" He asked, turning around to face them, they rested on the window sill and stared up at the bright shinning evening star.
"Charlotte's fairytale book says. If you make a wish on the evening star, it's sure to come true." Tiana explained to her parents, and Belle nodded in agreement to this. Eudora and James came up to the sides of the kids, Eudora next to Tiana and James next to Belle.
"Well you two wish on that star sweetheart." Eudora said, pulling Tiana in a hug to her, Belle smiled at this.
"That's right you wish, and you dream, with all your little hearts." James added, making Belle look up at him. He looked to her quickly, smiling then brought his attention to both of them.
"But you remember girls. That old star can only take you part of the way." He told them, gesturing to the star making both girls look up, then bring their gaze back to James.
"You gotta put in some hard work of your own, and then, well then you can do anything you set your mind to." He told them, encouragingly, caressing Belle's face slightly who took it in gratefully.
"Just promise me one thing girls." With this, Eudora had gotten off the bed and was standing next to James, placing her hands on his shoulders. He looked up to her and gently grabbed her hand, then looked back at the girls.
"That you'll never, ever, loose sight of what's really important. Okay?" He asked, at first, the girls were hesitant. But then they nodded reluctantly with a smile. James then gave both Tiana and Belle a kiss on the forehead as they laid down next to each other and had the covers pulled over them.
"See you in the mornin babycakes." Eudora whispered, placing another kiss on the foreheads of Tiana and Belle.
"Get some sleep." James suggested as Eudora turned out the lamp. And with that, the two left the room, shutting the door behind them. At first, it was silent between the two, they waited a few moments before they were sure Tiana's parents were gone. Once they were positive, they sat up and Tiana scurried over to the table and snatched up the paper, since she was closest. They both crawled over on their knees and looked up at the night sky, specifically on the evening star. They now both had one hand on either side of the paper. They looked at each other, back at the paper, then up to the star. They then closed their eyes and took in a deep breath.
"Please, please, please." They wished in a whisper, snuggling up close to each other. Then, something next to them caught their attention, it was a frog sitting on the windowsill, minding it's own business. The two sat silent, just watching the slimy creature. Just then, the frog croaked, breaking the strange silence and Tiana let out a piercing scream. She scurried off her bed and rushed to the door. Belle, surprised by her action, grabbed their dream restaurant paper and hurried after Tiana. Both ran out of the room slamming the door behind them.
Wow, gotta admit, that was a long first chapter. I hope ya'll enjoyed and I hope you guys like Belle too ^^. I promise it will get more interesting as we go on. So, yeah, feel free to review cause it makes me smile =). Thankies!