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When the sun went down it got dark pretty fast so Zebra Donkey thinking Frida really was scared of the dark went to look for her.

"Frida?" Zebra Donkey asked as he entered the mill. "Frida, where are you?"

But there was no answer instead there was creaking and scratching noises that were making him nervous. Suddenly something fell off of a shelf and crashed down. When it stood up in the shadows it frightened him into screaming.

"Ahhh!"

"No! No! No!" It said.

"Help!"

"Shhh!" It said.

"Manny! Manny!"

"Zebra Donkey ! Shush!"

"What did you do with the princess?"

"Zebra Donkey I am the princess." She said. "It's me in this body."

"Oh my God! You ate the princess!" He gasped. "Can hear me?" He called to her stomach. "Keep breathing! I'll get you out of there! Manny! Mann-"

Frida clapped his mouth shut.

"This is me." She said.

He took good long look at her. It was a woman with fangs, claws, blue fur, blue cat ears, and a blue tail. She was frightening but beautiful and her eyes despite looking very similar to a cats, were very familiar. Zebra Donkey realized it was her but she didn't look the same at all.

"Frida? What happened to you? You're uh...well...different."

"I'm ugly! Okay?!"

"Well yeah sort of, was it something you ate? Cause I told Manny those rats were a bad idea."

"No! I've been this way for as long as I can remember." She sighed. "By night one way by day another this shall be the norm, until you find true love's first kiss. Then take love's true form."

"What does that mean?"

"It's a curse. When I was little girl a witch cursed me. During the day I'm a human but every night when the sunsets I become this." She looked at her reflection in water. "This horrible, ugly, beast!"

She smacked her reflection.

"When the people from my kingdom found out what I was they were afraid of me. They thought I was a monster and they threatened to revolt against my parents unless they had me killed but they could never do that so I was placed in a tower to await the day my true love would rescue me. That's why I have to marry Sergio, tomorrow! Before the sun sets and he sees me! Like this!"

She buried her face in her furry hands and started to cry.

"Alright, alright, calm down." Zebra Donkey said. "You're not that ugly and you only look like this at night. Manny's ugly twenty four seven."

"But I'm a princess and this not what a real princess looks like. No one could ever love me if they knew I looked like this."

"Princess, how about you don't marry Sergio."

"I have to. Only true love's kiss can break the spell and until that spell is broken I can't ever go home. I can't go anywhere because the whole world will be afraid and disgusted by me. They'll think I'm a monster."

"But you know you're kind of a cat creature. And Manny...well you got a lot in common."

Outside Manny had picked a flower for Frida and had decided to tell her how he felt. But not being the romantic type he was nervous and decided to practice.

"Frida...Frist of all how's it going? Good? Great! So I saw this flower and thought of you because it's pretty...I don't really like it but I thought you might like it cause you're pretty but I like you anyway and I...uh...I'm in trouble."

He was a nervous wreck but after thinking it over he decided to confess.

"You can do this, just go in there and tell her. She may scream and runaway but...Come on I'm not that ugly? Am I?"

A mirror hanging outside shattered when he looked into it.

"Oh! Who asked you?!" He said breaking it more by punching it.

He walked up to the door and took a deep breath.

"Okay...here we go."

He was just about to knock when his extremely good hearing caught hold of the two of them talking.

"Who could love a creature so hideous and ugly?" He heard Frida say. "I mean look at me, do you really think anyone could ever care for this beast? Zebra Donkey I have to marry my true love. That's just the way it has to be."

Manny assumed that she was talking about him so he was greatly heartbroken by this. Just when he finally thought someone could care about him he finds out that it was all just a lie and that he would always be monstet in other people's eyes. Hurt, he threw down the flower and ran away.

"It's the only way to break the curse." She told Zebra Donkey.

"Well, you at least have to tell Manny the truth."

"No! You can't breathe a word! No one must ever know."

"What's the point of being able to talk if you gotta keep secrets?"

"You can't tell him! He wouldn't understand."

"You're kidding right? Come on Frida you know that's not true. The guy's been tortured and persecuted for what he is ever since he was a kid and you don't he'd understand how you feel? I know you're scared of the world juding you but he's lived with it for years. Believe me he'd understand in fact he'd probably understand it better than anyone else."

"I...No! No I can't! Not now! Promise you won't tell! Promise!"

"Alright I won't tell him. But you should." He went outside. "Before this is over I'm gonna need a whole lot of serious threaby. Look at my eye twitching!"

Frida looked outside, hoping that Manny hadn't of heard them. She didn't see him but she did see the flower he had left. All night she neevously pondered weather or not she should tell him. She had feared the world's judgement of her since she was twelve, after all she wasn't all human and she wasn't all hybrid. In her mind she was a freak of nature. But Manny didn't see her like that but what if that was because he didn't know the truth?

"I tell him." She said plucking the petals. "I tell him not, I tell him, I tell him not."

He didn't know the truth but he did know what it was like to have the world judge you. To be alone all the time. To not have any friends or family. To want someone to love and accept them. He would understand. He would. She just dropped the flower and ran to the door.

"I tell him!" She cried. "Manny! Manny! There's something I wanna-"

But the sun was rising, it was morning. When the sunlight entered the world a mist surrounded her body and she turned back into a human. Manny arrived seconds later looking angry.

"Manny." She said. "There's something I need to tell you."

"Don't bother! I heard the whole thing last night!" He snapped.

"You heard all that?"

"Every word! Especially the who could love a creature so hideous and ugly part! And frankly I didn't like that part at all!"

"Well it does!"

"What? What do you mean? I thought you'd understand, I thought it wouldn't matter to you."

"Wait! Manny, I think you misunderstood it. Please let me explain-"

"I don't want to hear it! I don't like people like you! So there!"

Now it was her turn to be hurt. She couldn't believe it. He thought she was a freak just like everyone else. She was heartbroken. To make matters worse Lord Sergio and his men arrived.

"Princess Frida." He said when he caught sight of her.

"As promised." Manny grunted.

"Here you go tigre! The deed to your land. Now leave before I change my mind." Sergio said.

Manny snatched the deed and started stomp off.

"Forgive me Princess, for startling you but I have never seen such a radiant Beauty. I am Lord Sergio."

"Lord Sergio? Oh no, forgive me. I was just saying a SHORT! She said surprised by the size of her fiance. Manny was right he was definitely not the knight or prince she had in mind. "Farewell."

"Oh that is so sweet. You don't have to waist good manners on him. It's not like it has feelings."

"Alright what did I miss?" Zebra Donkey said waking up.

"Princess Frida." Sergio said. "I ask your hand in marriage. Will you be the perfect bride for the perfect groom?"

She looked back at Manny secretly hoping he would say something. But he didn't. She wasn't sure about this. Part of her really doubted this guy was her true love but another part reminded her that this may be her only chance to break the curse.

"Lord Sergio, I accept." She said reluctantly.

"Excellent! I'll start the plans! For tomorrow we wed!"

"No!" She cried.

Manny looked back secretly hoping she had changed her mind.

"I mean...why wait? Let's get married today before sunset." She said.

"Oh, anxious are we? You're right! The sooner the better! There's so much to do."

Frida left with Sergio and his men while Manny headed back home.

"Manny what are you doing? You're letting her get away." Zebra Donkey said.

"Yeah so what?"

"Manny there's something about her you don't know. Look, I talked to her last night-"

"I know you talked to her last night! You're great pals aren't ya?! Now why don't you just follow her home?!"

"But-"

"Listen! We are not friends! We were never friends! I live alone! Me! Nobody else! Especially useless, pathetic, annoying, talking, animals!"

He then angrily walked off leaving Zebra Donkey hurt.