SJ: -Leaps in- DA DA DA DAHHHH! –Cue flashy entrance, etc., etc.-

Roy: -Walks in, dragging Samus along- C'mon Sammy, you look pretty! Don't you want everybody to see your pretty…ness? –Grins-

Samus: -Glares daggers- I'm wearing a freakin' dress. I want my suit back.

Marth: -Sulks in- And I'm wearing this pathetic frog suit!

Roy: Aww…no worries! At least since I'm taking over as SJ's muse, nobody will be able to see you!

Samus/Marth: …

Summary: Kiss the frog, get a prince, and do a good deed. That was what Samus thought. She never expected for the prince to insist on marrying her…or getting dragged into a journey that involved befriending the sorceress Zelda, proving herself to Mom and Dad (AKA the Queen and King), and getting dragged into an upcoming war between the two kingdoms, Altea and Brinstar. Oh, and the whole time limit of 30 days before the cure for the spell wore out and the spell came back permanently wasn't expected either, but what can you expect from fairytales? Happily ever after?

Couples: (SamusMarth; PeachRoy; ZeldaLink) ((couples are unlikely to change.))

Rating: T for swearing, just to be safe.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story. I do not even own the plot. I'm only expressing my 'imagination'…-Kicks at the ground, and mutters- …sadly…

Enjoy!

Day 1

The Challenge! (Of Frog-Catching…?)

I hate frogs. I truly do.

Before, I liked them. Hell, maybe even loved them! (They were a good way to scare Peach and her little gang off, screaming.) They were cute little buggers…even though they did live in a swamp, and they did snap up flies and mosquitoes and what not with their tongues.

But now I hate them.

Yeah. Just like that.

Don't get me wrong, I have a reason for not liking or rather hating them, but… well, it's just complicated, okay?

Yes, hating a frog is complicated. Good job, Samus.

Okay, okay. I'll rephrase it.

I hate frogs that have spells casted on them from a sorceress. Especially the ones that you have to kiss in order for them to turn back to their stupid selves.

There, I said it.

…You're still confused, aren't you?

Fine. The only way to explain this is to go back to the very beginning of probably the worst day of my life—today. Then I'm going to go drown myself in the swamp. Quite a deal if you ask me.

It started when Peach challenged me to a 'frog-catching contest' and we were down in the swamp (with me with a net shoved in my hands somehow)…

"…and once you capture the frog, you give it to me. Got it?"

Nods all around. Except for me…the one with the brain.

"How is this a contest," I ask, shooting a dark look at the pink-clad girl, "if we have to give all the frogs we catch to you anyway?"

"Oh Sammy, Sammy, Sammy…" the form of evil, Peach Toadstool herself, sighs and shakes her head before looking at me with the look a teacher would give a child who didn't understand a simple question. She finally giggles and waves her hand dismissively. "You're so silly! I never said anything about a contest!"

My dark look turns into a glare. "Yes, you did. You told me that this was a frog-catching contest, and that the winner got a prize." I ignore the snickers from the minions, and add curtly, "A big prize."

Peach fakes a surprised look. "Did I now? Oh, I'm so sorry, Sammy, but you must've heard me wrong. Although…" she sneaks a look at her minions, sharing a secret smile, before back at me, "…there is a big prize at the end. A very big, and special prize."

That's better—sort of. But I don't drop my glare, still feeling suspicious.

"What kind of 'special' are you talking about?" I ask.

"Like, really special," one of Peach's minions speaks up, looking excited. "A prize so special it's, like, unbelievable!"

"Like, unbelievable," echo the other minions, nodding their heads.

"And all you need to do is, like, catch a special frog and, like, give it a special kiss and then it will—" the first minion tries to continue but fails with the fact that Peach suddenly appears beside her, quicker than I can blink.

"—Jump away and never return again!" Peach finishes off, clamping a hand over the minion's mouth quickly, smiling tightly. She grins, but only ends up looking nervous about something, and she tries to laugh it off, shoving the minion away with a slight growl.

She turns back to me, rubbing the back of her head, giggling shakily, "It's…it's a silly thing, actually, Sammy! Y-You don't have to be here! I mean, you'd rather be back at home, maybe playing with your little sword with your brother, or helping out at the village, or…or…or…"

"No, no," I reassure her, patting her on the shoulder and suddenly liking the whole idea of hunting frogs now, the picture of the 'special prize' in my mind, "I'll stick around…maybe catch a few dozen frogs or so. It's alright."

She stares at me. "B-But…" I catch her glaring furiously at her minions, and grin, tapping her lightly on the head with my net.

"You shouldn't be looking at them, Peachy-dear," I say, shooting her an ever-so-innocent smirk, "since you're the one who dragged me down here."

"Q-Quiet!" she snaps, slapping my net away with a growl, her fists shaking. I spot her minions exchanging looks, but Peach manages to calm herself down enough to grit out, "Fine! Stay here! See if we care if you do! C'mon girls!"

"'Kay!" the minions chorus, walking after her as she stomps off to a certain part of the swamp. The first minion, the one who had spoken before, stops, and looks at me, almost hesitantly.

"Remember to, like, kiss them when you catch them," she says, and before I can ask why, she runs off to catch up to the others.

I'm left alone, standing in front of the swamp in all its wonderful, stinky, sticky glory.

Kiss them? I wonder, turning to go the other way than where the gang of pinkies had gone. Why…would I do something like that?

I pause in thought, and sigh, beginning to drag my feet along towards the first part of the swamp that I'm going to begin my frog catching.

…Then again, why would I waste my breath on catching frogs?

SJ: …And so ends the first chapter!

Roy: –Blinks- Wow. That was quick. You shortened the chapters, didn't you?

-Shifty eyes- Noooo…I just…simplified them! Yeah, that's it! –Nod, nod-

Roy: -Blink, blink-…COOL! -Grins-

-Phew- ...-Sweatdrops-

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