Okay, this is my first fanfiction here and the first time I've written something like this. Before this I made my stories on Youtube. And this is my first try writing Fairy Tail as well! Sorry for the spelling - and grammatical errors, English isn't my first language but I'll try my best to make it understandable.

Anyway, this is the first Chapter, and it's not that good, I hate to write first chapters. It's somehow difficult x.x

And this story has nothing to do with the Anime/Manga! Well, the characters I will use are not that different, so it has something to do with the anime (And no, Gajeel is not really the friendly one here, at least not in the beginning). And why do I write with this couple? Well, I LOVE them!

The idea of the story came first with some old fairy tales I had read to my little cousin, and now she wants a frog to kiss her... Ah well, little kids xD


Chapter 1: The Beginning of Everything

There was once a wonderful princess who owned everything a princess could wish for. She had beauty, wealth, an affectionate father, and a caring mother. She lived in a splendid castle and played every day in the garden which surrounded it. Her Name was Levy McGarden.

Levy was a nice, friendly princess, but she had only one single mistake: She was a little too proud. Levy's father warned her often that her pride will teach her a lesson someday.
"You are probably right," she said happily, however, she hardly took to heart his warning and ran out to go play in the garden.

One day it so happened that she decided to play in the Rose Garden on the south side of the castle. There she liked to play particularly because the mossy floor bounced below her feet with every step, and because an old well was in the middle of the lawn. Whenever she became hot, she dropped the bucket down into the well, and moved it out from deep below the cool, clear water in order to wet her face.

One day she saw something sparkling in the grass. She bent down and then lifted a small silver apple, just big enough that it fit in her hand perfectly. It shone wonderfully in the sun. She threw the apple into the air and caught it to her pleasure. She, however, threw the apple so high that she lost it in the splendid sunshine, but soon she heard a splash from the well.

She ran to the well, and stared down into the dark depths of the well, but there was no apple to be seen. But she was not a person who would give up fast.

Carefully Levy lowered the bucket down into the water, and pulled it up again, with water filled to the edge. Full of hope, Levy peered inside and cheered with joy when she saw something shiny on the bottom of the bucket. Quickly she emptied the bucket. But, there was no silver apple which lay before her, there was a dazzling toad. His green legs stretched broadly in the grass, and his toes clung to the mossy ground. The princess felt repelled by the warty skin and the broadly grinning toad mouth.

"Ugh," she cried, clutching her eyes and turning her head away.

"Please don't turn away from me," said a voice, and when the princess blinked again through her fingers, she saw that it was actually the toad who had spoken.

"Why not?" she wanted to know why he had said that.

"You are ugly, you don't deserve my attention."

The toad sadly looked at her. "Maybe I could help you," he said.

The princess laughed abusively. "What can you do for me?"

"I could get the silver apple for you," the toad said.

"It lies on the bottom of the well. If you put me in the bucket and let it down into the well, I can get it for you."

"But, then I'd have to touch your disgusting skin," Levy said.

"Do you want the apple or not?" asked the toad. There the princess thought of the wonderful silver apple and said: "I want the apple. But, I must close my eyes."

"Well, if this is your wish", said the toad a little bit roughly.

"And after you have gotten my silver apple, are we done with each other?" asked Levy.

The toad bowed his head to the side. "As a gratitude for my help," he said, "I require only one thing."

"And this would be?" The princess was surprised. What could she do to the toad for a favor?

"As soon as you have the apple in your hand again, you must kiss me."

The princess could hardly suppress her disgust, but her desire for the apple was so big that she finally consented. So she closed her eyes, disgustedly took the toad between her fingers, and dropped him rudely in the bucket. Then she lowered him into the well.

"I got it!" cried the toad from the bottom of the well, and Levy pulled the bucket's chain slowly up again. But while the frog got closer bit by bit, she regretted the hasty promise she made and dropped him back in the well. After a great amount of banging, the bucket shot into the depths, and hit the water, splashing loudly. The princess didn't pay attention to the yelling of the toad and ran back to the castle.

That night a terrible storm raged with torrential rain. The next morning the princess went, as usual, to the rose garden, but when saw the well, she stopped, amazed, because the water flowed over the edge and the toad was sitting in the grass with the silver apple between his feet.

"The rain has lifted me from the well," he said. "It's too bad that you couldn't hold onto the bucket yesterday."

Levy now recognized the good-natured being of the toad, and regretted bitterly how she had treated the animal.

"Would you like to have the silver apple?" the toad asked.

"Yes, but", she said "I must first do something for you."

She bent down and kissed the toad gently on the cheek. And, when she opened her eyes the toad had disappeared, and at his place stood a handsome prince.

"Nice to meet you, Miss. My name is Gajeel. Gajeel Redfox." He said while looking down at her with a smirk on his face.


And the first Chapter is done!

Tell me what you think so far, it would make me happy to know if I should write more or not. (:

Till next time then.

And thanks to Octocatt for the Beta. ^-^