OK, I'm going to have to ask you reviewers a question. I was watching a House of Mouse episode and thought Tiana and Naveen first experiencing the craziness of the House would be hysterical but…I feel like that would be going too close to hypocrisy after declaring cheap-quels to be uncannon. Thoughts? Opinions?
Anyway, here's the next chapter. I won't be officially adding Rapunzel and Flynn until their movie actually comes out (So…it'll be months), but I'm sure the girls would have gotten the word that they're coming.
This one is a tad shorter than past ones, just a warning.
"GIRLS!" Came a jubilant scream. The voice resonated through the halls, making some of the princesses jump. A bubbly blonde burst through the door, her bun threatening to escape its holder.
"What is it, Ella?" asked Ariel, about to comb through her hair with a fork before Aurora stopped her.
"We are going to have a NEW PRINCESS!" Cinderella squealed, throwing up her hands in glee. Immediately, the room was filled with a ruckus of excited whispers and giggles. Everyone had something to say on the matter.
"I wonder if she'll be more like us or the older princesses." Tiana said.
"I'm not sure if they can get away with a girl like the older princesses in this day and age." Belle replied.
"Oh, I can't wait to meet her!" Snow White sang, doing a little dance through the room. She plopped back down in her seat, still smiling from ear to ear.
"What's her name?" Jasmine asked Cinderella, who had to catch her breath to answer.
"Rapunzel."
"Rapunzel? Am I always going to be the only one with a normal name in here?" Tiana snarked, rolling her eyes slightly.
"There's Ella." Mulan pointed out. "Or Cindy, whatever you want to call her."
"Yes, but she usually goes by Cinderella." Pocahontas said. "Which is a bit odd, given the fact it was a derogatory nickname given to her by her evil stepsisters. It's like Belle's father going by Crazy Old Man." She looked up to see Belle glaring at her, a furious look on her face. "…I apologize, that was a horrible statement."
"Oh, and hear this!" Cinderella said over the voices. "She will have 70 feet long hair!"
"Oooh!"
"How bizarre!"
"How strange!"
"But…I'm supposed to be the one with the most unrealistically and impractically long hair!" Pocahontas cried out it sadness, her eyes drooping.
"It's okay, Poca." Belle said, putting her arm around the downfallen girl.
"It's odd that we had such a lack of new princesses for years, and then all of a sudden Tiana and Repunzel start showing up." Jasmine said.
"I wonder what happened in between those years." Mulan said. Behind her, the pearly white door swung open and servants flooded in, filling their tea cups.
"I'm still not used to this." Tiana said as one servant poured her tea, another serving her little cakes on a plate, and yet one more folding her napkin and placing it on the table. "I feel like I'm practically one of these guys…its strange being served like royalty."
"But, aren't you royalty now?" Pocahontas asked.
"Yeah," Tiana replied, thanking the servants. From their look of surprise, she could tell they don't get that a lot. "But I didn't used to be."
"You're not going to give us another hour long lecture on 'working hard for your dreams' again, are you?" Mulan groaned under her breath, but Tiana still heard.
"Don't worry, Naveen filled me in that they aren't everyone's point of interest." She said sarcastically, raising her eyebrow when the other princesses gave a sigh of relief.
"Well, we're all royalty now, correct?" Belle said.
"Uh huh." Tiana piped.
"Indeed." Pocahontas said.
"Last time I checked." Jasmine laughed.
Mulan showed great interest in her tea cup.
"Will Rapunzel be blood royalty, or marriage royalty?" Belle asked Cinderella, who was conversing with the other princesses.
"Blood, I think." Cinderella said, giggling. "I hear her prince will be a thief."
Aurora spat out her tea on Snow White. "A thief?"
"Indeed. So she must be blood, because how would a non-princess get into the Disney Princesses?" Cindy laughed. "The idea is preposterous!"
"A non-princess in the Disney Princesses." Jasmine snorted. "Yeah, right."
"I mean, it's in our name!" Tiana chuckled.
"Yes, how silly." Mulan mumbled, grumbling. Her eyes still didn't leave her teacup.
"How could we possibly have a non-princess in the Disney Princesses?" Ariel exclaimed, trying not to explode into giggles. "We'd have to change our name to Disney Girls, or something like that."
The room exploded into roaring laughter.
"It's like the Disney Fairies having someone who isn't a fairy!" Aurora said, laughing in-between words. "The idea is ridiculous!"
"THAT'S IT!" Came a sudden shout from the end of the room. All of the princesses jumped, immediately turning toward it. Mulan stood there, her fists clenched.
"Ridiculous, is it?" She snapped, "Well guess what, dear, it's true!"
"It is!?" The princesses gasped, Mulan rolling her eyes.
"I am not a princess!" she continued, "My father was in the military, and my…uh…love interest, I guess, is a general!"
Silence filled the room as the others stared at her, a few with their mouths hanging open in shock.
"Well, this is awkward." Tiana said.
"I apologize if we said anything that offended you." Cinderella said, "Did we?"
"Oh, not at all. I just exploded in anger to help my own health." Mulan snarked, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"What medical problem do you have that is fixed by yelling?" Snow White questioned, her head tipped in confusion. The others slowly turned their heads to look at her. "What?"
"Anyway, you better not kick me out." Mulan glared at them, squinting her eyes. "Especially after I saved all of you from the Heartless."
"Oh no, Mulan!" Cinderella cried, rushing over to the girl, "We wouldn't dream of kicking you out!"
"Of course not!"
"That would be cruel!"
"We ain't like that!"
"Well, that's a relief." Mulan sighed, sitting down. "I just hope the men would react the same way if Shang told them we aren't royalty."
"I'm sure they would." Ariel said.
"And we'd whoop their butts if they don't." Tiana added, crossing her arms. The rest gave out a word of approval of this statement. Mulan smiled, taking her seat back with her friends.
"I wonder what the princes will think of Rapunzel's prince being a thief." Jasmine said.
"I think some of them will be okay with it…" Belle replied, "Others…not so much."
"Look at how they reacted just to Naveen having been with other women!" Tiana laughed.
"He has?" Came a shout from behind her.