Chapter 8: The Elf-frog-prince

A/N: The last of the pairings :P Lol it's been a while and this chapter is kind of short. I'm not too familiar with the frog and the princess but i tried it anyway. Thanks for all the lovely reviews (: Next chapter would be the epilogue :p and if ever I think of a random story with a fairy tale involved I'll add it as a bonus chapter. Enjoy!

Fairy Tale: Princess and the Frog

Pairing: Elfman x Evergreen

Elfman woke up near a pond and willow trees. There was even an old fountain with an angel monument covered in vines. It said:

'A kiss for a kiss. True love has no form'.

Elfman just stared at it. But he shrugged it off. It was finally his story that happened and he was somewhat happy about it. Last time he thought the story was about him and Ever, but once he met up with his princess, it surely was not Evergreen. He kept wandering the forest grounds, waiting until something happens. He had no idea what fairy tale this was, who was in it, and what he was supposed to do. All he really wanted to do was get home and do some training. All this love and mushy fairy tale business had made him soft. Not to say that men cannot enjoy the pleasures of finding true love, but there has been six too many tales for his limit.

After pacing around, he had found himself back at the fountain. Realizing he was no good at direction, he lay down at the edge of the fountain. If he couldn't find Evergreen, he'd just wait for her to find him.

His eyes started to drift asleep and since he had no other good reason to stay awake, he had let himself sleep away. Once he was deep in sleep, a shimmering and glowing fairy appeared. The wings were translucent but the body of said fairy had been far from what the ideal beauty of a fairy should be.

"OY! ELFMAN WAKE UP?! What are you doing sleeping away for?" This angry fairy waved his wand and more pixie dust sprinkled around.

Elfman shot up immediately at the voice but once his eyes found the glittery being, his laughter howled throughout the forest.

"Gajeel, only a good man can be a fairy like you." Elfman had to shut his mouth with his hand to stop himself from laughing.

Gajeel glared at the over-sized take-over mage. An ominous dark aura started to swirl around his wings and tutu. He really had no other choice in the matter, he was forced to be the fairy in this tail. A low snarl escaped his thin lips.

"You dare mock me!" He gritted his teeth.

Elfman looked at the angered fairy and stared wide eyed at his wand. It started to glow and it was pointed directly at him. All of a sudden he was shot with fairy magic and everything grew bigger. The bench he was sitting on now became a platform way above the ground. The fountain water started to look like a huge pond, and the tree leaves stretched from head to toe. He blinked twice and saw Gajeel stand right next to him. Now they were the same size.

"EH?! WHAT DID YOU DO?! Ribbit." Elfman croaked.

After hearing his own sound, his hand gripped his throat trying to find where that noise came from. Then he noticed his hands were not man hands but those of a frog. His fingers are now webbed and green.

With a cocky smirk, Gajeel proudly folded his arms across his chest. "Who's the man now?" He asked.

Out of anger, Elfman launched, more like hopped, himself at Gajeel but he missed. Gajeel's wings lifted his body just in time to dodge Elfman.

"This is part of the story Elfman. So don't be too angry. The little one told me that you have to find Evergreen and have her kiss you. It'll break the curse and we can all finally go home." He nodded and flew off. A sobbing frog was left behind at the fountain.

Many hours passed since Gajeel left him. The next day had already started. He kept croaking Evergreen's name but she never showed up. Since she didn't show up yet, Elfman decided to go for a swim in the fountain. There were small lily pads in the water as well so he could always hop out of the water and onto a lily pad if he heard anyone approaching.

Back stroke after back stroke, Elfman was practicing his swimming techniques since he now has webbed hands and feet, swimming became a lot more fun and practical. Then he heard someone walking, he hid behind the angel statue and waited until that person appeared.

"Stupid frikken fairy, telling me to go to this fountain to find Elfman, how can you miss a big oaf like him." She sighed to herself. "Damn you Gajeel, why is he even in this fairy tale, it could have been anyone else except for him."

"Ever? Ribbit." Elfman shyly peeked out from his spot.

"AHH!" Evergreen swatted the frog to the ground. "What kind of indecent thing is this? Gajeel was just playing a trick on me!"

"NO! Ever, wait! Ribbit." Elfman was getting up from the ground.

"Oh-my?! Elfman!" She quickly picked him up and held him close to her face. "So wait, this is the princess and the frog right?"

"Gajeel turned me into a frog, stupid angry fairy. Ribbit. It's not like a man to turn another man into a frog." He whined.

Evergreen just smirked. She placed him next to her on the bench.

"So,ribbit, you just have to kiss me and I'll be back to normal." He told her.

"Easy for you to say, you aren't the one kissing a slimy green frog." She retorted.

"I AM THE SLIMY GREEN FROG! RIBBIT!" He croaked loudly.

"Okay-okay." She was leaning down to kiss him but it was a little too overwhelming for Elfman. He had just asked for a kiss and now he was getting one but once he looked at her lips, they were literally the size of his head. It only made him feel more awkward. He imagined kissing Evergreen when they were both human and he was his normal size but as a frog, he felt like he was going to be crushed by her big red lips.

Before her lips touched him, he hopped to the side causing her lips to fall directly on the spot where he was. She opened her eyes to find her lips on the bench seat. Her eye twitched in anger.

"WHY DID YOU MOVE?" She yelled.

"I'm sorry I didn't know you were going to kiss me now. A man needs some time to prepare. Ribbit." He rubbed the back of his head.

"THEN FIND SOMEONE ELSE!" She swapped her fan at him. His body flew back into the fountain.

"No, sorry wait! Ribbit." Curse his croaking, it made him sound like he was taking this all as a joke.

She stomped off but Elfman hopped after her.

"Leave me alone." She had felt embarrassed that he dodged her kiss like that. He could have said wait instead of letting her kiss the bench. What an idiot. The least she could have done was open her eyes before kissing the frog. Did her kiss really seem that bad?

"No it wasn't you. Ribbit. It's me."

"Get away! Ahh—" She tried to hit him again but she tripped on a tree stump. Her arms flew back and out of habit, Elfman tried to catch her but he forgot that he was still in frog form. So he just ended up hopping over her body and landing right on her face. His lips against her lips, it was an accidental kiss.

Evergreen's eyes went wide and her face turned red. Before she can punch him off, a white mist surrounded her body and then she heard a poof sound. Once she opened her eyes again, she realized that she was the same height as Elfman. Now her eyes were shocked in horror.

"YOU…" She said in a murderous tone. "YOU TURNED ME INTO A FROG! DIDN'T YOU!" She pointed her webbed finger at him. "DIDN'T YOU!Ribbit." She sighed. The croaking was unavoidable and it made her sound soft even when she's mad.

Elfman chuckled. "Well that was unexpected wasn't it? Ribbit."

"Now what? Ribbit." She sighed.

"We'll find Gajeel and hopefully he'll be useful for once." He tried to hold in the croak but it just made it stronger and louder. "RIBBIT."

Evergreen just glared as she headed back to the fountain area and Elfman followed after her. Neither of them wanted to talk about their accidental kiss because it was really unexpected and Elfman doubted that she would want to talk about her kiss with a frog had felt like.

But for Evergreen it was her first kiss. Although it was from a frog, at least it was Elfman. She tried to hide her blush from him as he passed her to lead the way.

Suddenly they heard a hissing noise. Elfman looked around but couldn't find the source. He put his webbed finger over his mouth to signal her to stay quiet. She nodded her head and she clung onto him. That hissing noise only could come from a …

"SNAKE!" Evergreen shouted as she saw it launch itself at them.

"RUN EVER!" He hopped and head butted the snake to take its eyes off of Evergreen.

The slithering creature hissed and it's tongue slipped in and out of its mouth. Elfman thought he was done for, he couldn't fight a snake for that long in this body. Suddenly a large branch fell from above, hitting the snake and scaring it off.

He looked up and saw Ever standing over where the branched was attached to.

"Wow, just like a man. Ribbit." He croaked in awe.

"I'M A WOMAN! Ribbit." She hopped down.

They were closer to the fountain and Elfman had taken the lead again to make sure no other wild creatures would find them as prey.

"I think I hear fairy wings…ribbit." He hopped up to see Gajeel fluttering above the fountain.

"Oy, why are you still a frog?" He asked. Then he saw Evergreen follow after Elfman. "OY?! WHY ARE YOU A FROG?"

"He accidentally kissed me. Ribbit." Her head faced down.

"You told us that if we kissed, I'd be back to normal but it just turned Ever into a frog. Ribbit." Elfman couldn't resist the fly, his tongue snatched it, involuntarily.

"EW! DO SOMETHING GAJEEL BEFORE I START EATING FLIES TOO! Ribbit." She was so frustrated with her croaking that she wanted to literally remove her voice box.

He just gave a disgusted look at Elfman, he wondered how his stomach would be once he was human again after eating all those flies. But he snapped back to what was really important.

"Well it was supposed to be the princess kissing the frog, not the other way around. Maybe that would help you two." He questioned his thinking maybe that would be something that Levy would say.

"Fine, ribbit, better not dodge it this time Elfman."

He nodded pathetically. He didn't want Gajeel to know he got cold feet from just a kiss. But Gajeel already knew because he had to stifle his laugh.

Evergreen was being bashful and cute, she initiated the kiss before and he moved away but now he couldn't. She slowly lifted her head and leaned in closer. Elfman closed his eyes and waited for the kiss. Then he felt two soft lips and then a second later it was gone. But nothing was changing. He opened his eyes to find Gajeel and curse at him.

"HEY?! DIDN'T YOU SAY—" He was cut off once he felt his body transform back into a human. He looked at his side and saw Evergreen go back to normal too.

"See I am pretty smart. Gi hee." Gajeel chuckled. He realized that he was pretty much talking to himself because Elfman and Evergreen had just been staring at each other. He sighed and cursed the love birds before flying away.

"So Ever, I um…" He wanted to ask her out properly just like a real man. "Would you like to go out with me?"

She just smirked and nodded in response.

"Good just like a man." That earned him a smack on the head.

"I'M A WOMAN! YOU IDIOT!"