Alanna and the Frogs

Important Author's Note:

Disclaimer: Do I really need one? Just in case, I do not own anything. Zip, nada, nothin', zero. All I do is write these using the characters, settings, etc. of the extremely talented Tamora Pierce.

Okay. So first off I would like to apologize for the extremely long delays there have been in both this story, and Rules of the Ball, between updates. I have had a very busy year, but I will try to update as much as possible from now on. I would also like to give a huge thank-you to all my wonderful reviewers out there. Cyber cookies for all of you! Now, I have gotten many reviews saying that you would like me to continue with this story, and I have given it some thought, and have decided that I will. However, I am having a hard time deciding on what to do next, so it would be greatly appreciated if you could send in any ideas you might have on what you'd like to happen. I have also decided to put the story into a new format, as you see here, in hopes of making it a bit easier to understand. I will be splitting it into three different stories: Part I : Chapters 1-3 Part II : Chapters 4-9 and Part III : Any new chapters I write. I hope this will make it easier to follow, and that this note will clear up any confusion this might have caused. I have also tried to organize the paragraphs better so the story is easier to read. I will also include at the end of each section responses to the reviews. Thanks again, Kate the Tigeress.

Now, here's the story.

Alanna and the Frogs

Disclaimer: These characters belong to Tamora Pierce A/N : Humor, with a little B/R. This is my first fic, so no flames ! It's just a short one, PG-13 to be safe.

Chapter 1. Alanna, the Frogs and Gary

She couldn't believe it ! Raoul had ridden off somewhere with the Third Company of the Own yesterday, and had just left her and Gary there having to deal with the ambassadors, and if they didn't they'd all be in trouble with Jon. She wondered if she really was to old to put a frog in his bed. Well maybe if she got a lot of frogs. Hmm . Maybe she could get Gary to help. She went off to find him.

"You know that really isn't such a bad idea," said Gary " after all, I really can't think of anything better. Well, I can, but we don't want to hurt him." "Yes, but we'll be needing a lot of frogs. I know! We can ask Daine to talk to the frogs. Maybe some of them will want to help, or maybe they'll just do it for Daine, it would save us catching them at least."

Daine was able to find enough frogs to fill two large bags and made sure the frogs would move if they noticed someone moving so Raoul would not hurt them if he rolled over. Then Gary and Alanna planned their revenge. They found they could climb up and enter through the windows. Raoul was a sound sleeper so they would wait until about 10:00 and climb into his room and release the frogs, then climb back out and come back in the morning to "see if he slept well" It was the perfect plan, even if it was a bit childish.

A/N : So how did you like the first chapter? Review! And yes, you guessed it, Alanna and Gary are in for a bigger surprise then they planned...