Everybody in The Kingdom of Gardenia knew Princess Aneira as the Cold, selfish Princess who only cares about herself. But, it was after her Best Friend, Prince Nikolas of Avrelle, dissappeared to thin air, she changed. At first, it was a normal weekly visit to the Avrellian Marketplace. They never expected the Heir of the Avrellian Throne to disappear.
And after 13 years of grief, Princess Aneira laid on her bed. She sighed aloud. She just helped a frog, a frog of all the people, to her spare bed, after a bizarre day that started with her ball falling to the well. A talking from decided to help her. Drying her tears with her handkerchief, she took the ball and left. Well, it was a talking frog. By suppertime, the same frog decided to visit the castle and asked to eat with her inside the castle.
"Do as it said," her father, the King, had said, "you said that it had helped you. This is how you must thank it. "
And she had let it in. Putting it on the table beside her plate, she let the Frog eat her food. By nighttime, it had sneaked inside her room, asking her to be put to the bed beside her. And she had done that just now. But the sound of sobbing kept her from sleeping. Aneira searched all over her room, before her eyes landed on the frog.
"Sorry. It's just... No-one has ever been so kind to me. I've been left alone for so long. And you - you've been so kind to me. Thank you... " It said. Touched, Aneira stepped out of the bed. She walked over to the frog and sat down beside it.
"Hey," she said kindly, "You're welcome."
And then, Aneira did what she didn't think she could've done. She leaned towards the frog, and kissed it. But when she opened her eyes, she didn't see the frog. She saw what she had been waiting for 13 years to meet. Her best friend. Prince Nikolas of Avrelle. Aneira gasped aloud. Her arms went around his neck. He was different, but it was him. And he was enough.
