As I mentioned, Mimi-chan is a princess (but there's no way I'm calling her Mimi-hime!!), so of course she wasn't from the US originally. Truth be told, I'm a little hazy on where Mimi did come from. I know, I know, this is really bad since I'm studying international diplomacy, but it's one of those really small countries without much of a military that has a bit of a spell on it to try to make people forget it's there. So it's understandable if I don't remember, right?
Anyway, Mimi's parents are very traditional. Not all royalty is these days, but Mimi's family isn't really ready to change with the times just yet. That's why they are so anxious to make her into a proper young lady, even tho it is quite obvious Mimi is not suited for it!! XD Mimi tends to be a bit grumpy and contrary, and, sad to say, actually seems to have a bit of an anger management problem! I think it's totally understandable if she doesn't want to act like something she is not, but she does need to learn to control her temper... Esp. if she's going to be governing someday! Poker faces are important!
Mimi says she spent a lot of time running away from her lessons tho. She liked to explore the woods and swamp around the castle, there were always interesting things going on, and she was trying to make a map of the area. (at least there is one useful subject that she will like studying in school!) It's possible that part of the reason Mimi spent so much time on her map project was not all dedication - her parents didn't really believe in buying her many toys, or at least they didn't want to buy her *good* toys - only toys that were for proper young ladies. And there weren't any kids her own age around to play with. I feel a bit bad for her, because that's still true here! Poor Mimi.
So, I guess one day Mimi had run off from her piano lessons and was
searching for a good toy to play with. She found this golden ball on one of her mom's shelf and decided that might make an ok toy, even if playing catch with yourself seemed a bit lame, and "borrowed" it. She kind of suspected it was real gold and that moving it wasn't a good idea, but I guess when you are growing up in a palace you don't take gold as seriously as you do if you are living on a farm...
Once she got outside, she got bored with catch pretty quickly and ended up going back to her map project. She stuffed the ball in her pocket and headed out for the patch of swamp she'd been working on exploring. As she was stomping around there, she heard someone calling to her - she said she was afraid that it was her piano teacher, because of the scratchy sound of the voice. Fortunately, it turned out not to be him. However, the voice came from a really weird source! It turned out to be coming from a frog!
Aramina thought this was kinda weird, but honestly, turning someone into a frog is a really basic witch enchantment. It was one of the first lessons I learned, actually, and even I could do it with some level of competancy. The trick is really in getting someone to *drink* the potion that turns them into a frog - I mean, it tastes really nasty! There's a variation where you can just splash it on someone, but it's a lot more expensive because of the rare ingredients. I guess if you are really going to work an enchantment that was important to you tho, it might be worth the investment...
Sorry, I just got off on a tangent there! Mimi didn't know all this stuff
about frogs and enchantment, her education was sadly lacking in magical instruction. I would've thought that most royalty would teach their children some of the basics of enchantment so they could avoid it, but I guess maybe her parents thought that wasn't proper for young ladies to know either? I'm not sure why they would think that tho, so many princesses get involved in breaking enchantments... Oh, but wait, I'm off on a tangent again! So Mimi was surprised to hear a frog talking, but after she got over the shock, the frog turned out to be pretty good company. He was funny and a good listener, and best of all he was a frog, so he was very helpful in terms of filling in some missing info on her map!
Things took a difficult turn, however, when the frog asked her for a kiss
out of the blue! (now, if she'd had any magical instruction, she would've expected this, really...) She was disgusted by his suggestion - she still thinks kissing is a bit gross, and with a frog? He was getting quite pushy, so Mimi scrambled back and looked for something to throw... Of course she found only the gold ball in her pocket. Without thinking (because that's what happens when you have a bad temper) she chucked the ball at the frog. Unfortunately the frog ducked, and the ball went splashing into the water!! Mimi suddenly realized what she had done and was horrified, she didn't want her parents to yell at her for losing the ball!
Sensing an opportunity, the frog offered to get the ball back for her - for
a price. Although Mimi still refused to kiss him, she did agree to take him home with her and be his friend. He seemed pleasant enough, except for the kissing thing, and any friend was better than no friend.
All went well for a while, but he was always after her to kiss him. Often
this resulted in her throwing things at him. One day he made her so mad, she threw HIM. And he went *splat* right against the wall! Mimi was horrified, once again, by her impulsive behavior, but it turned out the frog didn't just squash - he turned into a boy!
Mimi's screaming brought her parents in at a run, but it turns out they
weren't surprised at what happened (and neither would poor Mimi have been if she'd known much about magic. Although kissing is the way enchanted princes prefer to have their enchantments broken, any act of passion - including anger! - will work. Boys. Always obsessed with the kissing.... Tho, in this case, I guess I can't blame them... Who would want to be thrown against a wall? :P) After some uncomfortable moments, Mimi's parents explained that Mimi's father had been under the same enchantment when they had first met, and that basically the
same story had played out - she brought the frog home in exchange for retrieving the golden ball, which had been her favorite toy, and broke the enchantment on him. Mimi's parents had married almost immediately after the enchantment was broken, since that was traditional. I guess Mimi's father was more overprotective than traditional, however, because he didn't want to marry Mimi off to this strange boy immediately and decided to figure out who he was first.
Turned out that the boy's name was Philip, but he was pretty hazy on where he came from. I'm not sure if that was an aftereffect of the spell, or if he just sucked at geography. (tho, like I said, it can be pretty hard to remember where those small countries are anyway...) It took a few months for Mimi's dad to work out where Philip was from. In the meantime, Philip and Mimi grew pretty close. He taught her to play soccer, which Mimi thought was the best game ever! Mimi's mom is much more of a traditionalist, and kept insisting to her dad that Mimi and Philip really ought to marry. Esp. since they seemed so happy together (even if soccer was NOT appropriate for a young lady!) So it turned out that once Philip's parents were located, a bethrothal was arranged (a very LONG bethrothal, to pacify Mimi's dad). Philip was actually a younger son, so it was further agreed that Philip would stay with Mimi's parents to learn about governing the kingdom (since Mimi was an only child). The kids were pretty happy about the prospect of getting to hang out together (Philip had been pretty bored at home too) even if they were a bit squeamish about the whole marriage thing, 'til they learned that Mimi was supposed to go to NY to this boarding school to learn "diplomacy and deportment".
As I already told you, the school thing didn't turn out so well. I think
Mimi would really like to go home, but she's stuck here for the moment. She says it doesn't matter because she's not getting married, and even if she did, it wouldn't be to Philip! He's just a friend, etc. etc. But I don't
know about that... She spends all her time text messaging with Philip. (You can see her in the picture!)
-- from esmereldes - (?)She's always glued to that phone. I guess if you are royal you don't have to worry about the phone bill... Philip is always sending her frog themed gifts too, and even tho Mimi pretends she doesn't care, I notice she keeps them all... ;)
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