Fairy Tale: The Princess and the Frog
Rated: K
Cast: Nami, Nojiko, Bellemere, and Chopper
A/N: This may be a bit confusing, but the story takes place in Cocoyashi, and Nami and Chopper are supposedly 5-6, Nojiko being a few years older. Chopper is not a doctor yet. Arlong not included. Ya dig?
Once Upon a Timeā¦
Nami strode between mikan bushes, gazing over the ripest of the citric fruit. She picked a large and juicy mikan and continued her walk a bout, tossing the fruit into the air and catching it.
She was only allowed to walk to the pond near Bellemere's house, Nojiko, being a much older than Nami, could go much farther than she could.
When Nami had reached the pond, she sat by it and started peeling the mikan.
While trying to get nail into the peel, it slipped out of Nami's hands and rolled away under a bush.
"Ah man, I wasted the best mikan," Nami groaned.
She stood up to go retrieve her snack, but a small upright deer came out from behind the bushes shyly, holding the mikan between his hooves.
"Hey that's mine! Give it back," Nami yelled at Chopper.
He gulped and looked down at his feet, "I was just picking it up for you."
Nami jumped back in surprise, "It talks!"
Chopper dropped the mikan in surprise as well, and lurched behind the bushes again, "Don't hurt me!"
Nami bent down to pick up the fruit, "I wasn't going to, it's just you're a weirdo," Nami pointed out bluntly.
Chopper scuffed his hoof in the dirt and said quietly, "Is it okay if I have that orange?"
Nami scowled, "It's a mikan, and why should I give you it?"
"Because I'm hungry," He said slowly.
Nami frowned and looked at the dirty mikan in her hands. She walked over to Chopper and dropped it on his head playfully, "I guess, we have a lot more back at home."
Chopper smiled and ate the mikan quickly, peel and all.
"So what are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be with a herd or something?" Nami asked, looking around for said herd.
"I'm not normal enough to be in a herd," Chopper said sullenly.
"What about people then? Do you have a family?" Nami asked.
Chopper sniffed, "No," He looked into Nami's eyes, "Can I be in your family?"
"What makes you think we could keep you? We can barely afford to live ourselves," Nami answered.
Chopper sniffled.
Nami groaned, "Aright, alright, don't cry 'kay? I'll have to ask Bellemere-san," Nami permitted.
Chopper wiggled with excitement, "This doesn't make me happy at all! Not at all!"
"You look happy," Nami giggled. She took Chopper's hoof and led him back to the little cottage, where Bellemere was preparing lunch.
"Bellemere-san, is it okay if we have a guest for lunch?" Nami asked, walking inside with a nervous Chopper in tow.
"Who's our guest?" Bellemere asked, stirring a pot of vegetable stew.
"This little guy, he said he doesn't belong anywhere, isn't that terrible?" Nami pushed Chopper forward.
Bellemere looked over her shoulder down at the little reindeer, who whimpered at the unwanted attention.
Bellemere smiled, "You're a little cutie, aren't you," She patted his head. "He can stay as long as he wants," She allowed, returning to her cooking.
Chopper gasped and looked at Nami, who gave him a thumbs up.
At the dining table, lunch was as normal as if a talking reindeer wasn't sitting and eating with them.
Nojiko looked bewildered when she first noticed Chopper, but dismissed his strangeness politely.
After lunch Nami and Nojiko went outside to pick mikans that were ripe for harvesting. Chopper stayed inside and helped clean the dirty dishes.
After the chores he poked around the small house curiously. Once the house had been mapped out in his head, Chopper found himself rather bored.
"Hey Chopper, do you have nothing to do?" Bellemere asked, noticing Chopper laying on the ground and staring up at the ceiling.
"No, do you want me to clean something?" Chopper offered.
"No, but how about you come here into the kitchen, I got something for you that might be fun," Bellemere motioned for him to follow her.
Chopper trotted into the kitchen and sat at the table expectantly. Bellemere paced a small paperback book on the table and a box of crayons.
"Go ahead and look through the coloring book, and after you color it, I'll put it on the fridge here. This is Nojiko's favorite thing to do, and it almost seems like she erupts with pride when I put her pictures on the fridge," Bellemere chuckled.
Chopper looked through the pictures in the book and chose a picture of a kid dressed as a doctor, taking care of a little dog.
When Chopper finished his art, he held it toward Bellemere giddily.
"That's real nice Chopper, do want to be a doctor or a vet one day?" Bellemere grinned and hung it on the fridge with a mikan magnet.
"I don't really know what a doctor does, but I would love to help sick people," Chopper smiled.
That night Bellemere set up a pillow and blanket on the only small couch they had. But in the middle of the night Chopper walked into Nami and Nojiko's bedroom.
Nami stirred awake and sat up in her bed, "Chopper? What are you doing in here?"
Chopper jumped at the sound of her voice and looked at her guiltily, "I heard a coyote outside so I came into here."
Nami sighed, "Here, we can share a bed tonight."
"Really? I can just sleep on the floor," Chopper insisted.
"I mean it, come sleep in my bed," Nami patted the open spot next to her.
Chopper hopped up onto the bed and tucked himself under the comforter, "Thank you, for everything."
"Who ever said this was free? You now owe my family two thousand beli," Nami grinned evilly.
"What? I can't afford that!" Chopper squeaked.
"I'm just kidding, good night Chopper," Nami giggled. Chopper heaved a sigh of relief and nestled into his pillow.
"Goodnight."
The End.
A/N: I know the main "frog is supposed to turn into a handsome prince" thing, but I felt half and half on the subject. On one side, Chopper should always be the cute reindeer we all know and love, the other, It would be cool to write about Chopper becoming human. So I chose to write and alternate ending!"
"I'm just kidding, good night Chopper," Nami giggled. Chopper heaved a sigh of relief and nestled into his pillow.
When the sun slowly crept above the horizon, Chopper's eyes blinked awake. He left Nami's bed, making sure he didn't bother her awake again, and walked back to the living room.
His stomach growled, and just outside the front window was rows of mikan trees. Chopper walked outside and looked for a ripe fruit. Just as he picked one, someone grabbed him by the scruff of his borrowed shirt.
"Bellemere!" Chopper held his hands up in surrender.
"Dirty thief, I haven't seen your face around this town," Bellemere hissed.
"What are you talking about! It's me, Chopper!" Chopper's arms flailed. Then he saw it, his hands, not hoofs. His feet, not hoofs. His stomach, belly button, the human nose, the human hair, in a messy long brunette.
"What happened to me?" Chopper screamed.
Bellemere set Chopper down and gave him a strange look, "That's really you Chopper?"
"I don't even know," He said, looking at his hands in shock.
Bellemere grinned, "I guess you truly belong with us now, Chopper, I am an adoptive mother after all."
"But how did I-"
"You must have gone through a metamorphosis. Don't ask me how it works, but our love, Nami's acceptance, it changed you."
"So now, I can really be a member of the family?" Chopper smiled at Bellemere.
"You already were," Bellemere hugged him.
The End. Again! Reviews are appreciated as always!
