Of course, he bargains for that friendship, and she only agrees to get something from him (her golden ball which fell down a well)… but still, it’s something. And let’s not mention the one version where instead of kissing the frog to turn him into a prince, she throws him against the wall…
Friendship was the inspiration for this one. With the “contemporary” genre picked, I knew I could do a fun “enemies to friends” storyline.

Mona has always sen magic in the ordinary. Orphaned at nine, she remembered her parents were creative, and they shared that gift with her. She had the uncanny ability to make beautiful things out of almost nothing.
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Many of the dragon-focused fairytales I was finding and reading placed the dragon as the antagonist—always ending in the defeat or killing of the dragon. I wasn’t inspired by this at all. So for this week, instead of focusing on a specific fairy tale, I took the story archetype of “Dragon & Princess” and spun that instead. This is what I came up with: Dragon P.D. On the Case!
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