Sleeping Briar Beauty

Chapter 11: All Hope is Not Lost

Ribbit, ribbit.  A small green frog with a golden crown and a burgundy bowtie hops through Hood Hollow. Home of wolves, Cerise Hood's mother, the old lady who lived in a shoe and the Breadhouses (AKA Candy Witches); This frog was no other than Hopper Croakington, son of the Frog Prince. It started as a normal day for this prince, until he poofed into a frog. He hopped his way to Hood Hollow, helped Ginger get her sugar ball out of the river in return for some tasty treat the next day. Throughout the rest of the time Hopper couldn't seem to find anyone to kiss him, so he could turn back to normal. Finally he stumbled across Cerise Hood and Hopper refused to let this oppurtunity pass. He pleaded real hard with the typical lone wolf. Cerise nervously gave his a small peck, but the act failed. "Did I do it wrong?" Cerise asked, nervously.

"Please, try again," Hopper said, he himself didn't know what was wrong.

Cerise nervously pecks him again, making sure he doesn't get too close to her. Cerise fails once again and puts him down. "Can I at least borrow your Mirrorphone?" Hopper asks.

Cerise shrugs and asks who does he want to hext. She types:

Cerise: Hi Cupid, this is Hopper.

Cupid: Hopper?! What are you doing using Cerise's Mirrorphone?

Cerise: This is now me, he ask to borrow it. I tried kissing him twice and it didn't work. So future goddess of love, WE NEED HELP!!!!!!

Cupid: OK, tell Hopper I'll meet him at the river in Hood Hollow.

Cerise: It's Hopper again. Thanks Cupid, see you soon.

While waiting, Hopper asks Cerise how she is awake. Hopper's awake because he is in frog form and when he's human again he can be awake because of his destiny, fairies are awake because they aren't human, Cuupid's awake because she's techinically a goddess. Cerise stalls for a moment before saying she has to go and runs off. Hopper didn't have much time to think, so he goes his way too.

C.A. Cupid's P.O.V.

I quickly flutter down with my white feather-y wings. A cupid's job is never done! I spot Hopper easily because of his red bowtie and shiny crown. "So, what's up?" I inquire.

Hopper looks gloomily at me and I knew this wasn't those times where Briar got freaked out because he became a frog...again. This was something bigger and I had to help! Hopper explains, "Okay, so yesterday at this very spot I helped Ginger get her golden ball out of the river for her, because she can't swim. The ball was for a one of her tasty creations. Well, I was a frog at that time and she agreed that she'll let me come over tomorrow, which is now today and eat some of her newest desserts. The problem was I was a frog and I asked Cerise Hood to kiss me, so I'll turn back. And...and..."

I looked into his sad green eyes and immediately knew what happened next. "Hey, I understand what happened. You don't have to say anything."

Hopper gives me a shy smile, "Does that mean..."

"Yes, it does." I answer, "Your destiny has started."

Hopper eyes go wide. There was a mixture of shock, fear and sadness in his green frog eyes. I felt bad for him. No one understood him when he's in frog form. Mostly everyone just runs off in disgust, except for animal lovers, friends, me and Ginger Breadhouse. "What will I do?" Hopper wails.

I never knew frogs could cry. Wait, Cupid, hocus focus! Hopper needs your help! I thought to myself. Something flickered in my brain and I immediately knew what to do.  I picked Hopper up and flew straight to a gingerbread house, no, THE gingerbread house. Yes, a literal gingerbread house. It was the famous gingerbread house that Hansel and Gretel decided to eat. It had the exact same large oven where Ginger's mom, the candy witch, was thrown in. Luckily she's alive and well, because she built a secret trap door to escape the fiery doom. "WAIT! CUPID! STOP!" Hopper yelled.