From this point on, the story changes a bit from the movie, just to avoid copyright and all that. Plus, it's kinda boring to have OCs in it and just follow the same stuff from the movie.
Seraphina flipped over in her sleep, only to fall out of the shell and onto the hard wooden stage the bed was rested on. She stood up in alarm and looked around. Just then, a female toad with bright pink hair pulled a curtain back and smiled at her. Then, the toad's smile turned into a deep frown. "Oh. You. Is your sister awake?"
The redhead, never taking her eyes off of the toad, stepped backward toward the bed and gently shook her sister. "Thumbelina! Wake up, please, we have to go!" she whisper-yelled.
Thumbelina stirred a bit before waking up fully. She looked up and saw the toad. "Oh! W-who are you?"
"We are the Singers de Espaina." She answered.
Seraphina nodded quickly. "That's nice. What are we doing here?"
Mama Toad walked past Seraphina and put her hands on Thumbelina's shoulders. "She is going to be a star. I wasn't expecting you to be inside." She put her finger up to her chin, faking considering what was to become of the stowaway. "I suppose you could be a backup singer."
Sera crossed her arms and glared at the toad, thoroughly insulted. Then, she stomped over to her sister and pulled her up and away from Mama Toad. "We aren't singing for you. We need to go home, so just show us the way and -"
As she had spoken, Seraphina had turned around, only to be met face-to-face with 3 more toads. She shrieked in fear and clung to Thumbelina, who simply stared at the toads with a fearful expression on her face.
Mama Toad walked over to the other toads and smiled. "These are my sons. Mozo, Gringo, and Grundel."
Mozo, wearing a jester's costume, and Gringo, wearing an old admiral's costume, both bowed directed at Seraphina. Grundel, wearing a clown costume, bowed slightly to Thumbelina.
Gringo and Mozo hopped between the two sisters and smirked down at Seraphina, frightening her to no end. "Who is she, Mama?" Mozo asked.
"Just a back-up singer."
Sera glared at her, forgetting the terrifyingly large toads beside her at the moment. She walked over to Mama Toad, taking a moment to push Grundel away from her sister as he was about to make a move to hold Thumbelina's arm. "Now, you listen here, you -"
"Seraphina, calm down, please?" Thumbelina quickly ran over to stand between Mama Toad and her twin, holding onto Seraphina's shoulders. "We'll need her help to get back home to Mother."
"What makes you think she'll help us get back home?" Sera crossed her arms and looked at Mama Toad, but was still talking to Thumbelina. "You heard her. She wants to make you a star." She mimicked the toad's Spanish accent, to the best of her ability.
Mama Toad put her hands on her hips, glaring at Seraphina. She was getting tired of her attitude and her constant talk of getting home. The pink-haired female pulled Thumbelina toward her. "Listen to me. Don't you want to be famous?"
"Famous?" Thumbelina asked, slightly interested.
"Si, Thumbelina. Famous. Important." Mama Toad inwardly smirked when she saw the pleased look on the orange-haired girl's face. "Loved by everyone!"
Then, Thumbelina smiled brightly. "Oh, but Cornelius loves me already. That's enough for me." She giggled and went over to her sister. "I think I'm gonna marry him."
"Really?" Seraphina asked, happily surprised. Seeing her sister nod, she hugged her tightly. "Oh, that's wonderful!"
"Marry him?" The twins looked over at Mama Toad as she scoffed. "That... would be a very big mistake." She warned, shaking her head at them.
"Why?" Seraphina asked, watching her closely.
"It'll get in the way of your career in show business, doing all those things domesticos." She explained.
The girls exchanged a look before Thumbelina stepped toward her and asked, "What things?"
Then, Mama Toad explained all of the problems of marriage and rasing children: dirty dishes, snotty noses, cooking meal after meal, broken household appliances and dirty diapers. It was enough to make a person wince.
However, Seraphina saw thought Mama Toad's trick. From what she had observed and talked about with her mother, she knew that there were many goods to having kids and being married. But, her words had gotten to Thumbelina, who was almost considering joining the toads in their traveling singing group.
"Well, when you put it like that..." Thumbelina frowned.
Seraphina stepped in. "It's very biased." She turned to her sister. "Come on, Lina. We'll find our own way home."
Grundel frowned and pulled his mother to the side. "Mama, she is in the way!" He whispered, pointing at Seraphina. "I marry Thumbelina. The other one leaves!"
Mama Toad nodded at her son. "I couldn't agree more. Leave everything to me." She made her way over to the 2 sisters with a small, yet evil, smirk plastered on her face. Mozo and Gringo busied themselves with gathering a large crowd to watch them perform. "Thumbelina, won't you sing for us? Just once?"
Thumbelina rubbed her arm nervously before she gave a small smile. "Well, what should I sing?"
"Hmm..." Mama Toad looked sideways at Grundel, still smirking. "How about a love song?"
Seraphina looked between Mama Taod and Grundel, beginning to become suspicious of the two of them. Thumbelina, being none the wiser, smiled a bit more and stepped forward to sing.
Thumbelina
"I close my eyes, and see his eyes
So soft and warm and clear...
I dream awake of holding him,
I dream that he's right here...
I sense in all his silences,
More than his words could say...
'Don't fight your feelings,' Says my heart
A heart I will obey."
As Thumbelina sang, she twirled around, invisioning dancing with her prince. Seraphina smiled at her and began to sing with her, much to Mama Toad's annoyance.
Seraphina
"Am I feeling love?
Am I feeling love..?
Can it really be?"
Both
"Happening to me,
Am I feeling love?"
Thumbelina giggled and began dancing again. Seraphina took up the next verse.
Seraphina
"For sure, a most unlikely match.
Implosable and strange.
But, when it seems my heart cannot,
Refuse... to rearrange!
Am I feeling love?
Am I feeling love..?"
Both
"Can it really be
Happening to me?
Am I feeling... Love..."
As the girls sang the last note together, the crowd of pond residents clapped and cheered for them, throwing coins onto the stage. A few even wiped tears from their eyes, moved by their singing. Thumbelina smiled and waved at them, blowing a few kisses and bowing. Seraphina gave a small wave of gratitude, blushing a bit.
Mama Toad walked over to them. "See? Being a star is wonderful, Thumbelina."
"Oh, thank you for this, Ms. Toad, thank you." Thumbelina beamed. Then, she gave Mama Toad a serious look. "But, we really must get home. Cornelius and Darren will be waiting for us."
"Forget about them." Mama Toad waved off Thumbelina's concern. "You are going to marry my son, Grundel."
Thumbelina's face went pale. "I what?!"
"I love Thumbelina." Grundel said happily.
Mama Toad hopped over to a lily pad with Thumbelina and set her down on it. "You wait here, Thumbelina. We'll be right back with the padre!"
"Oh, no, no. I love Cornelius. I'm not going to marry anyone but him." Thumbelina tried to explain. Seraphina looked over at them, but Mozo and Gringo hopped in front of her, blocking her view.
"Today, you marry my son!" Mama Toad exclaimed.
Seraphina shoved past the 2 toads in front of her, making her way over to the lily pad. She wasn't about to let some bossy toad tell her sister who she could and couldn't marry. The fiery redhead hopped onto the lily pad just as the stage began to move away.
Sera grabbed onto her sister's arms for balance. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Thumbelina answered. She looked after the stage/boat to see that it was too far away for any of the toads to hear her. "Oh, no. They're gone. How are we going to get home now?"
Seraphina looked up at the sky just as a bird flew into view. "I think I have an idea." She pointed to the bird so that her twin could see.
"Oh! Mr. Bird! Over here, please!" The girls began to wave their arms in the air, hoping to get the bird's attention.
At the widow's home, Cornelius and Darren had flown onto the window sill. When they landed, the multitude of gifts that Cornelius had brought for Thumbelina had fallen out of his hands.
"Is all of that really necessary, Your Highness?" Darren asked, crossing his arms.
Cornelius stopped in his attempt to gather the gifts and playfully glared at his guard. "At least I brought something. Besides, I didn't know what she would want, so I brought a little of everything." He chuckled a little.
Darren rolled his eyes before they landed on the room. He stood still as he observed the once clean room that was now in shambles. "Cornelius, look." He said, pointing inside.
"Wha... What happened?" The fairy prince looked around in alarm. "Where are Thumbelina and her sister?" The two fairies flew quickly around inside, giving everything a good glance, hoping to find the girls unharmed.
Hero trudged sorrowfully into the room and barked when he saw the prince and his personal guard. Cornelius flew over to the dog while Darren continued to search the room. "Where are they?" Cornelius asked, leaning onto Hero's nose.
Hero barked a few times, pointing his snout at the window. "They left? Out the window?"
Darren turned his head toward them. "No, they wouldn't just leave." He paused a moment. "Maybe they were taken against their will."
"Stolen away?" Cornelius questioned. Hero nodded, panting happily. The prince turned to him and asked, "Who did it? Who took them?"
Hero blew out his cheeks, mimicking a toad or frog. Cornelius looked at the old dog in alarm. "A toad?!" When Hero nodded sadly, the prince put his head in his hands, beginning to worry about his love.
Darren looked over at them quickly before turning and flying out of the window. Cornelius looked after him as he left. "Darren! Ugh... Hero, you take care of Thumbelina and Seraphina's mother. Darren and I will go and find them." He quickly mounted his bumble and put his helmet on. "Everything will be all right, Hero. Don't you worry." With that, he flew off to catch up with his guard and search for his missing princess-to-be.
I skipped the scene with the girls being kidnapped because I wasn't entirely sure how I'd go about writing it. I also left out the toad's song because it didn't really fit in since I had Mama Toad and Seraphina fighting.
