Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed and I don't own a bunch of the faeries in my story, they're Brian Froud's. Poop on him… yeah, story of my life.

ChArMeD-101: Glad you like the Frog Queen… not much luck with her though, well, you'll see if you read on! I've also changed her around a bit from the way Froud explained her in Good Faeries, Bad Faeries. Just in case you've read it and disagree.

princesscatie21: Someone's gonna die!!!! AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!! (I mean in the story! Not you! lol) They'll die in the next chapter, after reading this, can you guess who its gonna be??

"Imagination is intelligence having fun." --- Anonymous

Chapter 8 The Tongue Tangler

"That's the Frog Queen," Whispered Angras, "She's very possibly one of the most moody good faery in the realm. Besides the gnomes of course… the only person she'll listen to is Queen Brighid… I hope Lucina didn't lose her Majesty's seal…"

A short while later, Prue had begun to wake up, and Rose was speaking with her Majesty, the Frog Queen; who looked irritated at… well… everything.

The Frog Queen called for a translator in her guttural language and a small-looking frog faery hop-skipped over to her and bowed low to his liege.

He spoke to Rose after a short conference with the Queen, "My name's a bit hard for you to pronounce, being in Amphybic and all, so just call me Norb," He said his name with a croak sound. "Her Majesty the Queen would like to know why you are trespassing in her marshes."

"Well we, that is my group and I, were sent by Her Excellency, Queen Brighid the Bright to retrieve a certain sacred sword and mask from the Dark Queen and her minion bogeys. Also, erm, I thought the Frog Queen was supposed to be visiting the gnomes in their Wood." Rose replied politely, which was a bit tough, considering they had almost killed Prue, a very loved member of the very odd party.

"Ah, yes, well, she decided she wanted to come home early. Big fight with the Chief Gnome. Quite violent, it wasn't very pleasant at all." Norb flinched at the memory, and translated what Rose had said to the Queen.

After a quick tête-à-tête with Her Highness, Norb turned his attention back to Rose.

"The Queen was feeling decidedly generous and has invited you and your companions to lunch, as we have ruined yours, and also a balm to ease the faeries muscles. After being healed my such a powerful angel, I'm sure she'll be feeling a bit sore right now." And with that, the frog faery motioned for them to follow him, Prue being carried by Angras since she hadn't fully recovered from her incident.

After a short while of walking, (which was a hop much like a frog's for those of the froggish influence) the Charmed Ones began to notice that the scenery around them began to grow larger, or that they were growing smaller… it was difficult to tell, and by the time they reached the Frog Faery village, the troupe was about the size of small insects in relation to the plant and insect life around them.

After taking a look around, Paige noticed that this city also seemed slightly… off. She could see giant mushrooms ranged around the place, with what looked like windows and doors and gardens added to them. If it weren't for the frogs and Frog Faeries hopping about, calling to each other in Amphybese and watching their young tadpoles swimming in the giant mud puddles, (hey, it was a marsh) then she would have thought she was in Smurf Central. Also, the change in her size and the irate tone the Frog Queen had taken with Rose worked to make her feel uneasy. She had a very strong feeling in her gut that she and her sisters should leave, now, and by the look on Prue's face, she had the same idea.

The Frog Queen croaked out a word, and frog and frog-faery cooks in crisp, white chef outfits, complete with hat, came out with large platters of something that looked suspiciously like flies, mosquitoes and other yucky insects. The feast had started.

There seemed to be one other guest at the so-called table. (they were supposed to toss the "food" and catch it with their tounges. Some of the "food" was still alive, so you'd catch them as they tried to fly off.) It just sat there, smirking at the charmed ones. It was grey-green, all over, with hair that shocked in a number of different directions. It was skinny and long, all knees and elbows and its wings looked especially flimsy. At first, Paige was annoyed at its rude behavior, then got distracted trying to pretend like she'd eaten some particularly oily French Flies and forgot all about the little pisky.

Toward the end of lunch, Norb came over to explain a daily ritual to the group.

"At the end of every mealtime, the Queen requires all the beings at the table to stand up and compliment her or give her a gift. Since you don't have a gift to give her, I would suggest a VERY flattering remark. Something along the lines of how gorgeous her hair is, or how long her legs are, or how graceful she is, something like that."

Now Paige looked over to that pisky she had noticed smirking earlier. And saw that now, it had replaced its smirk for a wide grin and a twinkle in its shady eyes.

Everyone had gone their turn without mishap, with the special guests of the night trying extra hard to be extra nice, until Phoebe's turn came.

By then the pisky's wide grin turned into bellows and peals of laughter, which could hardly be heard over the uproar caused by what Phoebe had said.

"Your Imperial Highness the Queen," Phoebe started off like everyone else. "You are the fattest toad I have ever seen, you're hair is disgusting and greasy and your skin is covered in warts." Phoebe continued with a horrified expression on her face, as though she was also surprised at hearing what came out of her mouth. It looked like she was trying to close her mouth and shut up, but her lips and tongue didn't appear to want to cooperate. "Your title shouldn't be Frog Queen, but Toad Queen, because you resemble a toad, and you jump like you're tripping on hot coals." Phoebe finished, trying to shut her mouth with her hands.

Frog guards shouted something in Amphybese, and pointed directly at Phoebe, and seconds later, she was seized by the closest mercenaries in the Queen's Army, and hauled off by her hair…

Heh heh… thought I'd just leave it at that for tonight! Enjoy my cliffhanger!!!! *evil grin*