Yuuki: Hello Everyone! It's me again!
Zero: Ah… yo!
Yuuki: Zero! You really don't know how to greet people do you!?
Zero: I don't even like this show! And why should I always be the prince!?
Yuuki: Because!... because… -blush-
Zero: What are you blushing about? You idiot…
-walks away-
Yuuki: Z-Zero!! Uhh… anyways, let's start our next story!
Zero: Para para!! Damn…
Yuuki: Wait for me! Zero!!
The Frog Prince
Characters:
Youngest princess – Yuuki
Frog Prince – Zero
King – Kaname-senpai
Once upon a time there lived a good and wise King. He had seven beautiful daughters and he loved them all very much.
One sunny afternoon the youngest princess named Yuuki had nothing much to do, so she went for a walk in the woods. She sat down beside a stream and began to play with her favorite toy, a little golden ball. She threw it high into the air. She loved to see the way it sparkled in the sunlight.
But she threw it too high and fell into the stream with a splash. Princess Yuuki leaned over the water's edge as far as she dared; trying to get it back, but it was hopeless. She started crying.
"I would give anything in the world to have my darling ball back again" Princess Yuuki said aloud.
Just then a frog poked his head out of the water.
"CROAK! I can get your ball back" he said. "All I want in return is the promise that I can eat from your plate and sleep on your bed, and that in the morning you will give me a kiss"
"Oh, how very silly this frog is" thought Princess Yuuki. "What use is a promise to him? He will never be able to leave this stream."
So, feeling very pleased that it would cost her so little to get her ball back, she said, "If you bring me back my golden ball I will promise all you ask."
The frog dived down into the stream and after a while came up with the ball in his mouth and dropped it on the ground. The princess was thrilled. She picked up the ball and ran home, forgetting all about the frog and the promise she had made.
That evening the king held a party for his seven daughters. He had invited seven charming princes to keep them company. They had just sat down to eat when there was a gentle knock at the door, and a soft voice called the king's youngest daughter. Princess Yuuki ran to the door and opened it. There, to her horror, sat the frog.
Princess Yuuki felt terribly frightened. She shut the door quickly and went back to her chair.
"What's the matter, my sweet? Asked king Kaname. "You look pale."
So the princess told him what the frog had said. Everybody thought it was very funny. Everybody, that is, except king Kaname, who was very cross.
"You made a foolish promise" said king Kaname, "and now you must keep it." King Kaname asked the frog to come and sit on the table next to the princess's plate. The frog thanked the king and began to eat.
The whole party watched with disgust as princess Yuuki shared her food with the frog. At the end of the meal the frog said he was tired and ready for bed. Princess Yuuki could not bring herself to touch him, so she carried the frog upstairs on her empty plate and put him down in the corner of her room.
"You can sleep here" said princess Yuuki.
"No" said the frog. "I must sleep on your bed as you promised."
So the princess put the frog on her pillow and cried herself to sleep. In the morning nothing would make her kiss the frog. He didn't seem to mind. He hopped away into the palace grounds.
"Thank goodness that's over. I will never see that ugly frog again" said princess Yuuki.
BUT SHE WAS WRONG.
"CRROAAKK!!"
That night the frog came back, and again he ate from the princess's plate and slept on her pillow. In the morning he waited to be kissed, but the princess couldn't bring herself to do it. The frog seemed to be growing uglier by the minute.
On the third night the frog was back again. For the third time he ate from the princess's plate and lay on her pillow. But tonight as he lay there the frog told a story of such magic and enchantment that the princess fell into a deep and peaceful sleep, in which she dreamed that she had married a prince as handsome as the moon and as bright as the stars.
In the next morning when she woke, princess Yuuki decided to get the kiss over and done with. The frog tilted his head for the kiss. Princess Yuuki, who thought this was the most disgusting medicine, kissed the frog. And suddenly -- the frog was gone, and the prince from her dreams stood before her.
"Oh! What happened?" cried princess Yuuki.
The prince bowed. "I was put under a spell by a wicked witch" he said. "Nothing could break it but a kiss from a princess. I had almost given up hope until you lost your golden ball."
"What's your name?" asked princess Yuuki.
"My name is Zero, prince Zero" answered the prince.
Princess Yuuki could not believe her good fortune at having found such a handsome prince.
"All I wish for now is that you will promise to marry me, and I will love you forever" said prince Zero.
"This is a promise that I will easily keep" said princess Yuuki.
The king was overjoyed when he heard the good news. "I know you will be very happy together and I will give you both my blessings" he said, hugging her daughter.
The next day Prince Zero and Princess Yuuki were married. A very grand carriage with eight fine horses took them back to the prince's palace, and they lived there happily for a great many years.
The End.
Yuuki: That's all for now! Thank you everyone.
Zero: Thanks…
Yuuki: Zero… why are you always cold when you're with me?
Zero: Why are you asking that all of a sudden?
Yuuki: Is it because you hate me that much?
Zero: Not really… anyways, let's go back to the academy already.
Yuuki: Yeah… -sigh-