A new twist
on an old favorite.

xoxo,
Spoons

DISC): I do not own Naruto or this classic fairytale. What else is new...

Once Upon a Maybe
…A very Fractured Fairytale…

~ Prologue ~

"I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well." The princess cried.
"Be quiet, and do not weep," answered the frog,
"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your play thing up again?"
"Whatever you will have, dear frog," said she.

- The Frog Prince

"OH NO! OH NO NO NO NO!"

That day I dropped the ring into the pond was the day everything changed for good. If I hadn't have been playing with it, it wouldn't have fallen in I'm sure. Why my cousin trusted me with his pending-engagement ring I'll never understand, but even the ridiculousness of that didn't stop it from falling into the murky water, sinking to what I was sure to the bottom and out of reach forever. I should have just left and apologized, but instead I was frozen on the bank watching with huge eyes as it drifted down before clambering into the water after it, clothes and all, to retrieve it. Soaking wet and upset beyond belief I collapsed on the sandy shoreline and put my head on my knees, trying really hard not to cry. All I could think about was how Neji was going to eat me for dinner once he found out…I was probably as good as dead.

"HEY! Hey you! You want your ring back?"

I've never asked for too much in my life. Just for a shred of normalcy… and well, maybe just somebody to spend life with, but no matter what I do, I've never really had any real luck with guys. I stutter a lot and blush really easily and have a tendency to just clam up whenever someone cute or likeable is in the room, not that anybody at my school, Academy of Business for the Nationally Upstanding, aka ANBU, really has anybody worthwhile.

"W-who said that?"

Sakura says its because I'm too shy, and Tenten says its only because I lack the self confidence. Personally, I think its because I faint whenever someone even breathes on me and my hair is so black its blue. Whatever the case may be, Ino said that 'you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince', and I've always really just believed that meant I had to work pretty hard to find the right guy…do things that was drastic or crazy……

"Me! Here, in the water!"

...but in my case, that wasn't entirely true.

"Y-you…wait…n-no…that's impossible! I'm dreaming because you're…you're a …"

No, for me it only took one little thing.

"A frog?"

Literally.