Short and Sweet

by fourthage

A collection of drabbles mostly written for challenges. Recently updated with a Hinata drabble.

6. Fairytales

Title: Fairytales
Challenge: Animals
Words: 196
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Once upon a time, there was a snake, a slug, and a frog. The frog loved the slug and the slug loved the snake and the snake, well, he loved himself.

It ended badly, as such things do.

The snake shed his skin and left. The slug ran away to pour salt on herself. The frog stayed, but burned his memories.

Time moved on, as time does.

And once upon a little later, there was a snake, a slug, and a frog. The slug loved the snake and the snake loved the past and the frog, well, he loved them both.

They met their predecessors and things went badly, but not as they always do.

Because the slug was also a flower, so she grew as she poured knowledge on herself. Because the frog was also a fox and his fire cleansed as well as destroyed. Because the snake, and he was a snake, was distracted by the love of the slug and the frog, so when he shed his skin he missed a tiny piece by his heart.

It started badly, but it will end happily. Because this is a story, and that's what stories do.