Disclaimer: Do not use this product while sleeping. Doing so may cause nausea, headache, extreme case of giggles, and—wait, what? I'm doing a disclaimer on a fanfiction? Oh. Well then, I do not own Animal Crossing. But you probably shouldn't read this while sleeping anyway.

Author's Note: I seriously did not expect a reply so soon! [blushes happily] ^/^ Thank you so much to Grasspaw (do you by any chance get your name from the Warriors series? I love those books...^ ^). I'm so grateful. I only wish I had a little more to give, but I'm afraid there isn't much left...[laughs] I hope I don't disappoint!

Anyway, onto the epilogue!

Not Just a Pretty Face

::Epilogue: Family Reunion::

The bell tinkled as two cats stepped into the fortune-teller's shop a week later. Naturally the two were very happy when the curse had mysteriously broken, but there were questions to be answered.

"Miss Katrina?" Rover said to the tiger-cat, who was reading a magazine lazily at her desk. He padded closer to the desk, then stepped aside to reveal Blanca, and Katrina gasped. "Blanca is back," Rover stated unnecessarily.

"At last!" Katrina said, sighing. "I thought I would have to interfere if it didn't happen soon."

Rover and Blanca exchanged a glance. "What?" they both exploded at the same time.

Katrina smiled wryly. "I am sorry it took so long, Blanca," she said sincerely. "But it was necessary, you know."

"Um, I don't understand," Blanca said.

"Actually, that's the reason we're here," Rover clarified. "We want to know why the curse suddenly broke."

"My dear Blanca," exclaimed Katrina, "Don't you remember my curse? 'Until the flaws one can embrace, live without your pretty face!' If the curse broke—"

"But I didn't accept my flaws," Blanca interrupted, confused. "I was still focused on my appearance. I was terrified that Rover wouldn't like me unless I was beautiful. I thought that no one would like me unless I was beautiful."

Katrina waggled an index finger. "Ah, that was your fear, was it not? But you are misunderstanding my curse. Did the curse say 'Until the flaws you can embrace?' No. It said 'Until the flaws one can embrace.' Someone else..." her eyes wandered over to Rover, "...must have learned to love you, vanity and all."

Rover blushed down to his toes. "Um..."

Katrina laughed. "Ya-ha-ha! Blanca, I suppose this means your fortune from so long ago has come true as well!"

Blanca looked down, blushing, but smiling. Rover looked between the two. "What? Why? What did it say?"

Blanca blushed redder and shook her head. Katrina winked at him. "Maybe she'll tell you another time, dear."

The white cat stepped toward the front desk. "Katrina, I just wanted to say...I'm sorry. I was arrogant, and vain. I was so offended by what you told me, and angry about what you had done to me, that I didn't take the time to really think about what you had told me then. But..." she glanced at Rover. "I understand now."

Katrina's gaze softened and she took Blanca's paws in her own as she walked to the front of her desk. "I know my method was drastic, but I hope you understand why I did what I did. I sincerely hope you will forgive me."

Blanca smiled. "I forgive you, sister."

The two hugged, and Rover watched, feeling all fuzzy inside. Then suddenly he shook himself and his eyes grew very wide.

"SISTER?"

-}-{-}-{-

"So you and Katrina are... sisters?" Rover asked, dumbfounded.

Blanca nodded, skimming the water in the fountain with her tail absentmindedly. The two of them sat on the edge of the circular fountain like they had a week before, the stone goddess Serena at their backs. "Yeah," she responded quietly.

"So...guess you two don't get along that well usually?" Rover asked curiously.

Blanca smiled. "We tend to disagree on things. We're, like, opposites, if you couldn't tell."

Rover smiled back. "I could. So...how did this all happen?"

Blanca thought a moment, looking up at the sky. "When Katrina opened that fortune-telling stand, I kept asking to have my fortune read, but she kept saying that it isn't a good idea to do readings for family. But after a couple years she caved. She warned me, that time, that I probably wouldn't like what my fortune would say, but... I wanted it read anyway. So she read it, and just like she predicted, I didn't like it too much. I got mad, and Katrina..." she laughed softly. "She's always had a bit of a temper. That's my big sister for you."

Rover watched her skip another Bell across the water in the fountain before he asked, "So... what did your fortune say?"

She blushed and looked at her knees as she dangled them over the edge of the fountain, swinging them back and forth. "'You will fall in love with one who cares naught for your appearance,'" she recited quietly. "I thought that meant someone who didn't find me attractive, so I got a little upset about that." She smiled wryly.

Rover nodded like he understood, and then his eyes widened. "Wait— 'fall in love with'?" He grinned stupidly at her and blushed. "Gee..."

She was blushing furiously, but shoved him playfully. "Doesn't mean it's happened yet," she grumbled, smiling.

"But it will, right?" he persisted, scooting closer to her.

"Not necessarily," she said casually, taking his paw in her own. "Maybe it's not talking about you. Maybe it's someone else." She smirked playfully.

"Hey, come on; that's mean," he protested, nudging her with his shoulder, but he smiled.

"All right; I'm sorry," she said, laughing slightly. "As an apology, I'll let you kiss me." She leaned forward and closed her eyes.

Rover's heart did a drum solo in his chest as he leaned forward...

His mistake was closing his eyes. For a cat, he had terrible balance.

"Wh-WHOA!" he yelled as he tumbled backward into the fountain, pulling Blanca along with him.

They surfaced, their fur clinging to their skin and soaking wet. "Rover!" Blanca complained, spitting a small spout of water.

"Sorry," he mumbled in embarrassment.

She looked at him for a moment, and burst out laughing.

"What?" He asked defensively.

"Nothing. You just... you look like a drowned rat!" she replied, cracking up.

He was about to say something like "Me?" but she must have decided drowned rats were okay, because she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him anyway.

And Rover decided that being a drowned rat felt pretty darn good.

~*~*~THE END.~*~*~


Author's Note: Well? How was it? ^ ^ I really hope you enjoyed it. Please tell me what you liked, what you didn't, anything. I'm happy to read reviews! ^_^ Thanks again to Grasspaw for making me feel like my story would be read if I were to finish posting it. ^ ^ I hope, if you all enjoyed this story, that you will like the future stories that I will soon put up here. I have a couple more written. This one, actually, was intended to be a One-shot like the others, but I just kept writing and writing and...well, here we are. [laughs] It's probably the best one, so that's why I wanted to post it first. But I hope I can write many more fanfictions for Animal Crossing, because the fandom is seriously lacking in good character-based stories! However, there are a few really great ones, and I would definitely recommend checking out the ones that interest you if you like Animal Crossing. I saved a couple in my Favorites if you want some reccomendations. ^ ^

This Author's Note is long! [laughs] But thank you so much for reading. Love to all! [heart]

~Meganium

EDIT: Since I can't post more than one reply per chapter on my own story (which I think is a little wonky, by the way), I have to respond to reviews directly here! Your reviews have been very kind, and many thanks are in order. I'll try to update this whenever I get a review. =)

To Luckycharms2841: I'm so glad you enjoyed the story! And Blanca's always been a favorite character of mine too. She's so mysterious. I always wondered what happened to her face...XD Thanks so much for the review!

To RainbowofSmiles16: I was very touched. Reviews for every chapter! I certainly did not expect something as wonderful as that! =D Thank you also for reading my other story! ^ ^ And yes, I have drawn the face mentioned in the story on Blanca's face. XD It took a while, too, because I am a perfectionist (hence why I go through my stories until there are NO TYPOS AT ALL. LOL). Once again, thank you for your kind reviews!

To Animalcrossinglover: Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm flattered that you think this is one of the best Animal Crossing stories! 8D Be sure to check out some of the ones in my favorites...they're really good as well ;)

To Amber: Thanks so much for reading! I'm very glad you liked it! :) I'm honored that my story was the first Animal Crossing story you read, and I hope you'll enjoy many more to come! Thanks for the compliment as well-I'm sure there are AC fics out there that are even better than mine, LOL ;D

To Emo Spider Senses: Aww, you read AND liked both? I'm so touched! 8'} Glad my fic could answer your unanswered question of how Blanca ended up with no face. XD I'm so glad you liked it, and thank you for reading!

To Happymystery12: Aw! I'm so glad you liked it, and thank you so much for the Fave! 8'D

To Boolia: Aww, thank you so much! Though nothing is perfect, I'm glad you see my story as such ;D And I'm not sure he is either, but it's the closest, I think. I mean, not all dals have spots. XD I'm a dog fancier, so I watch a lot of shows and have this ginormous encyclopedia of dog breeds, but I think it's just cute to think of him as a Dalmation. ;) Iunno. Also, I saw someone else refer to him as one, so I did too. XD
Wow! 5 paws! 8D I wonder-is that on a scale of 5 or 10? XD Sure hope it's the former!
Thanks so much for reading! ^_^

Again, thanks so much to everyone who reviews and/or reads and love to all!

~Meganium