Hey, everyone! I know, the first story wasn't all that great…I think I copied more than mangled…Oh well! Next story will start now!

Fairy Tale Two: "The Frog Prince"

Pairing: CloudxLeon

Once upon a time, it was a very sunny day in the land of Radiant Garden. The prince of this kingdom, who was named Leon, decided to go for a walk in the woods.

'Because that's the only real peace and quite I'll ever get' was his thoughts.

And how true that was…

Lately, day in and out, he had to meet with many different princesses (though he kept saying over and over again that he wasn't interested) and had to go to every single ball held in his honor (he didn't want to be honored) and he had to learn all political stuff that all kings do (even though they can easily get servants for that). And there was just so much that poor Leon could take.

After a very long (and quite enjoyable, for it was quiet was a few birds chirping) walk, Prince Leon got tired. He came upon a cool lagoon, and decided to sit beside it. Though, being active for a few days, no matter how irritating it makes you, you needed to move.

So, to keep himself busy, Leon pulled out a golden ball with a lion etched into it, and started to toss it in the air and catch it.

Though he would never admit it out loud, this was his favorite toy out of everything he had. It was something that he had received from his mother on his eighth birthday, before she passed away. He smiled softly, still playing with his golden ball.

Leon kept on tossing the ball higher, and higher into the air, always catching it on its way down. Finally, he tossed it so high, that when he tried to catch it when it came down; it bounced out of his hands!

Leon freaked.

He tried to grab his golden toy before it feel in the lagoon, but he was a few seconds to slow, and it rolled into the clear water with a soft splash.

Now Leon looked grief stricken. That had been the only thing left he had of his mother's, and now it was gone. Gone to become a play thing for the fishes in the lagoon.

Leon silently shook with quiet sobs. "T-that was the only t-thing l-left of my mother's! W-what am I suppose to cherish the most now?!" he sobbed silently. The more Leon thought of his mother, and the smile she wore when she gave him his present, the more Leon cried. Hey, he may be the "Ice-Prince" of Radiant Garden, but Ice-Prince's need to cry, too!

Leon kept on crying, until he suddenly heard a voice speak to him;

"Hey, are you alright?" asked the voice "You're crying pretty loudly…"

Leon lifted his head and looked around the Lagoon. He was sure he was all alone out here, so he knew he shouldn't see anyone.

'I'm hearing things…' thought Leon.

Then he heard the voice speak again;

"Hey, are you gonna answer me or what?" it asked.

Leon looked around again, but he did not see anything but a frog sitting on the bank of the lagoon.

'Who the hell is talking to me?' thought Leon 'I know very well that frogs can't…'

His thoughts were interrupted when he actually saw the frog speak to him again.

"Really, it's rude to not answer someone when they ask you a question" the frog said.

Leon stared.

The frog stared back.

Leon shook his head, and stated "I'm going crazy"

"Your not going crazy" the frog replied "I really can talk"

Leon looked a little shocked.

"But, how…?" Leon began to ask.

"It is a very long story that I wish not to repeat" the Frog replied.

Leon nodded in understanding. He had a few things he wishes not to repeat, as well.

"Now, what was it you were crying so loudly?" asked the frog again.

Leon hesitated for a second, and really who wouldn't? He was talking to a frickin frog, (with nice aquamarine eyes) for goodness sake!

He finally answered "I lost the golden ball my mother gave me when I was eight" he started "It was the only thing I had left of her."

The frog nodded in understanding.

"I could get your ball back, if you wished" he replied to Leon.

Leon looked at the frog, surprised.

"You can?" asked Leon "Even after being so rude to you?"

"Sure" replied the frog "If you don't me asking for something in return"

Leon shook his head "I do not mind" he stated "I could give anything you wish for. My ruby ring, my emerald crafted pin, just please get my golden ball back!"

The frog chuckled "I do not have use for any jewels or pins" he replied "I ask that I be your friend, and live with you for a while. I wish to eat with you, from your silver or golden plate, and to sleep beside you in your bed at night. If you promise all of this, I will get your golden ball back for you."

Leon was a little shocked that a mere lagoon frog wanted all of that, and not some flies to eat, but nodded nonetheless.

'Maybe he just being silly' thought Leon 'I mean, whoever heard of a frog eating of f GOLDEN plates and sleeping in beds?'

"Fine, as long as you can retrieve my golden ball, I shall become your friend, you may come live with me, eat off of my GOLDEN plates, and sleep beside me in bed."

The frog nodded in approval "Alright, I'll be back in a few!"

And with that, the frog jumped into the clear lagoon. A few minutes later, he resurfaced, and hopped towards Leon, and opened his mouth. The golden ball rolled towards Leon.

"My ball!" Leon cried happily. He picked up his golden ball with the etched in lion, and went running off without even saying thank you to the frog.

The frog was shocked, and quickly tried to hop after the Prince.

"Hey, wait for me!" he said frantically "You promised you would take me with you!"

Leon started to disappear "And I'm too small to keep up!" the frog yelled. "Wait!"

But Prince Leon did not hear the frog telling him to wait. Instead, he ran home, and quickly forgot about the frog with the aquamarine eyes.

The next day, after meeting with yet another princess who he was not interested with (for the love of God, he said this for at least twenty times) Leon and his father, King Laguna, and the rest of his servants, sat down to eat dinner.

Laguna was trying to ask Leon many questions, such as:

"Why won't you ever choose a princess?"

"Why do you hate all the balls held in your honor?"

And Leon's personal favorite, "When did you even start to like men?"

After each one with his answer, and a tired sigh, they started to hear a soft flip-flap noise. At first, they all thought they were hearing things, until they heard knocking, and a voice at the palace door:

Open the door, Prince dear,

Your true friend is waiting here.

Remember the promise you made to me,

By the clear blue lagoon?

Leon froze.

'He…wasn't kidding when he asked me all that…' was his thought.

He got up, and went to the door, hoping that he was totally, and completely wrong, but as he opened the door, he saw the same frog from the lagoon, sitting on his doorstep. He blushed in embarrassment, and slammed the door closed.

When he returned to his seat, his father looked at him curiously.

"Who was that, Squall?" asked Laguna "Was it Seifer again, trying to get into your pants?" he smirked.

'That would be a blessing than having to deal with this shit' thought Leon.

"First off, my name is Leon now" he said "And second, it was no one…it was just Yuffie…"

That wasn't really a complete lie. Yuffie would, for some strange and unknown reason, sometimes knock on there door, say wired things, and then make a mad dash outta there.

However, unluckily for Leon, the knock came again, and soon after, the voice spoke again;

Open the door, Prince dear,

Your true friend is waiting here.

Remember the promise you made to me,

By the clear blue lagoon?

Laguna looked at his son questionably.

Leon sighed, and then told the truth to his father.

"Okay, actually, when I went to walk in the woods yesterday, I had lost my golden ball in the lagoon. Then suddenly, this frog came and said he would get it back as long as I let him live here for awhile and be his friend, so I did. But I seriously didn't think he meant it, and now…" Leon trailed off.

The knocking and voice came again, and Leon couldn't take it anymore! He tried to clasp his hands over his ears to try and not hear the Frog, but his father looked at him sternly.

"Let him in Squall" said Laguna.

"But, dad I…" Leon tried to say something, but Laguna cut him off.

"No buts" he stated "You gave your promise to this frog, and now you're going to keep it! Go and let him in."

Leon sighed, dejectedly, and replied to Laguna "Yes, father…" And he went to open the door.

The frog hopped through the door, and waited for Leon to lead him to the dining room. Leon sighed again, and walked back to his father and servants, the frog happily leaping behind him.

Splish-splash

Splish-splash

Splish-splash

'That sound is getting very annoying very quickly' thought Leon.

When he reached the dining hall, Leon sat down to eat his meal in peace, but before he could completely lift his GOLDEN fork to his mouth, the frog called to him;

"Lift me up beside you. I want to eat, too."

Leon pretended not to hear, like this was all a sick twisted dream, and he would wake up any minute now…sadly, it was not a dream, and sadly, he would not wake up.

"Go on, lift him up. You did promise him, after all" said Laguna.

Leon sighed for the umpteenth time today, and replied "Yes, father."

Leon bent down, hesitated for a few seconds, and picked the frog up.

'Ewwww, frog germs' thought Leon.

He set the frog beside him…and quickly wiped his hand on his pants.

Leon was about to eat again, but then the frog asked "Would you mind pushing your plate closer, so we both can eat together?"

Leon visibly twitched, and did as the frog asked.

Needless to say, Leon was far from happy.

The frog tasted everything on Leon's plate, and enjoyed the meal very much. Leon lost his appetite a long time ago…

After the meal with his father and servants, the frog spoke again.

"I'm tired…please take me to your room, and let me sleep with you in your golden bed…" said the frog.

Leon's nerves were very shot right now, and was about to say no…but Laguna gave him a look that could match the devil's himself.

Leon sighed, AGAIN, and replied: "Very well…please come with me."

Leon hesitantly picked up the frog again, and climbed up the many stairwells to his room. When they entered Leon's room, he walked to a corner, and set the frog down, changed into his silk pajamas, and climbed into bed.

The frog quickly hopped to him.

"I'm tired" he said "and I wish to sleep in a comfortable bed like you!"

Leon groaned, and put a pillow over his head. He hopped for the two to happen.

Either, A: He would be able to suffocate himself, thereby being free of the frog, and all the other crap he hade to put with;

Or, B: The frog would just go back to the goddamned corner.

Apparently, fate decided that it would not give in to either option, and created another just for herself.

"If you don't lift me up onto your bed right now" said the frog, with what looked to be a smirk on his lips "I'll go and tell your father!"

Leon groaned again, and removed the pillow off his head.

He leaned over the edge of his bed, and picked the frog up, getting even more frog germs on him, and placed him on the pillow.

The frog snuggled in the pillow for a bit, and finally drifted off into sleep. A few minutes later, Leon drifted off as well.

When the sun rose the next morning, the frog awoke. He hopped out of bed, and out of Prince Leon's bedroom, down the steps, and through the door. All day, during Leon's normal squabbling of princess's meeting him, and so on, the frog did not return. Leon was relieved that he had to deal with one less annoying thing.

However, when dinner time rolled around, Leon looked around his entire castle for the frog. He was nowhere to be seen.

'Good' thought Leon 'Now I won't have to worry about that annoying frog!'

But, when the sun set, and it became dark out, Leon was getting ready for bed; suddenly, a knock came from his door, and he went to answer it.

He groaned when he saw the frog.

But, he picked up the frog, and laid him on the pillow without another thought. And there, the frog lay all night, Leon following his sleep a few minutes later.

When the sun arose the next morning, the frog left the castle again.

'Good' thought Leon 'Now hopefully, I'll never see that blasted frog again!'

Though, secretly, Leon did not hate the frog as much as he had at first. Though, he would rather be eaten alive first before he admitted that he worried about the frog when he was gone, and felt sorry for the creature.

The frog did not appear at all for the rest of the day, nor did he show up at the dinner table when dinner rolled around. But that night, just when Leon was about to slip into bed, the frog knocked on his door.

He quickly went to open the door, picked the frog up, and laid him on the pillow. The frog and Leon both fell asleep at the same time.

The next morning, when Leon awoke, the frog was not on his pillow. Leon looked sadly at this spot, until he heard a voice handsome voice from the foot of his bed;

"Are you alright, Prince Leon" asked the voice "Why are you so said?"

Leon sat up in his bed, and looked towards the foot of his bed.

Standing there, was a blonde prince, with fine white clothing, and was smiling at Leon. But what really got Leon where the eyes. Dear god, the eyes were gorgeous!

"W-who are you" asked Leon, a little shaken up "And…where is the frog?"

"I am the frog" replied the Prince "My name is Cloud Strife."

Cloud began to tell Leon that a wicked sorcerer named Xemnas, had put a spell on him and changed him into the frog Leon once knew. He had sworn that Cloud would remain in this form forever, unless a princess or prince took him from the lagoon and let him sleep on his or her pillow for three nights.

"And thanks to you, Prince Leon, the sorcerer's cruel spell has been broken" said Cloud.

Cloud walked towards Leon's side of the bed, and knelt in front of him.

"And I wish to have your hand in marriage" said Cloud "And to take you with me to my kingdom. I promise that I will always love you. Please, marry me, and I will do all I can to make you happy."

Leon, for the first time in a long time, smiled genially at Cloud, and leaned in and gave him a soft and passionate kiss.

He pulled away, and said to Cloud:

"Very well" stated Leon "I will marry you, my frog prince."

When the happy couple told Leon Father what had happened, Laguna whooped for joy! He didn't care at this point if his son was gay or not, he just wanted Leon to be married already! He had insisted that Leon and Cloud celebrated there marriage that very day.

After there wedding had ended, Leon and Cloud set out for Cloud's kingdom. And as he had promised, Cloud always loved Leon and treated him kindly. So the two of them lived happily ever after.

The End

Huh….this one didn't turn out as long as the last one…oh well, Hope you enjoyed anyway!

I think Laguna would make a nice King! :D

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