We better get back to Heather and the sidekicks. Thanks to the guest reviewers and Bloodylilcorpse...I probably won't do Lion King, though...the most likely ones to come up right now are "Sleeping Beauty", "Hercules" and "Frozen".
Heather was still thinking about her bakery and all her plans when she got off the boat. Still, she was overjoyed to be back in familiar territory, although it was a lot harder to navigate as a frog than it was as a human.
"So," Cody said, "Did he own up? What did you say?"
Heather looked up at him, confused. "What are you talking about?"
"The date on the boat, of course!" Cody said. "Don't tell me nothing happened!"
Heather scowled. "What do you mean, that was a date? We just hung out on the railing for a minute."
Cody gave a sigh. "Okay, I promised I wouldn't tell you, but if he didn't...he was trying to tell you that he's totally fallen for you."
This new information sent a jolt of electricity through Heather. And to her shock, she realized that it was...joy. The idea that Alejandro was actually into her felt surprisingly...right, somehow. She wondered for a moment if she felt the same way and just hadn't realized it. But now that she knew he felt that way about her, she didn't feel as if she wanted to deny it any more. Not to herself, not to him, not to the world – if this was all true, then she had to do one more thing.
"I need to find him." she thought out loud. "If he wants the chance to tell me, I'll give it. Then it's up to him to take it."
How was she to know that the man she saw Lindsay clinging to at the outdoor altar wasn't the real thing? She only caught a glimpse of him, but she recognized the man she'd seen in the newspaper.
Cody saw it too. "There's something wrong with this picture." he said doubtfully. "He said he wasn't going to get married to her. That's what he told me. And besides, you would be human by now. That's what Dawn said."
Heather shrugged, trying to make like she didn't care. "She was wrong, I guess. And he's lied to me before. To be honest, I'm not even shocked. Whatever, I don't care." She was lying, of course. She cared immensely, but she covered it up. Only when she'd made it a street away from the commotion alone did she let her face display her true feelings.
But Cody wasn't giving up. He couldn't talk to humans like the frogs could, but he flew up to check things out. That's how he caught sight of the talisman Tyler was wearing, and spotted the vibrating jar. So he went to check it out.
"Al?" he exclaimed. "What happened?"
"The man marrying Lindsay right now is an imposter!" Alejandro said, so desperate to escape that he didn't even notice Cody calling him by the name he despised. "The shadow spirits got me – the voodoo master is having him pretend to be me so he can take control. He's wearing a kind of necklace to impersonate me. I need to get out of here!"
Cody surveyed the situation, his logical smarts coming into play. "We need to get the jar to crash onto the pavement." he said thoughtfully. "You need to try to topple the jar, while I push, and it should break. I'm not sure if the weight of both of us will be enough, but it's our only hope."
And...well, it worked. Tyler heard the jar break, but ignored it. Once he'd said his vows, he could go and find the frog prince and explain things to Lindsay.
Cody had one more thing to do. "I'll get that necklace thing the imposter is wearing!" he said. "You need to go and find Heather. She assumed that was you and went off – I think it was that way!" He pointed in the direction he'd seen Heather go to, and then zoomed towards Tyler.
The vows weren't quite finished. Lindsay had said hers, but Tyler hadn't, and as he began to, he was interrupted by a little ball of light suddenly tugging at the charm around his neck.
Unluckily for Cody, Mal was standing in the shadows, watching to make sure everything worked out, and he saw the firefly's attempts to get the talisman
"Stop him." he whispered to his shadow, and it went through.
But not fast enough.
Cody didn't manage to smash the talisman, but he broke the chain around Tyler's neck. Instantly, Tyler's true face was revealed. He became the same sweet-faced clumsy guy with brown eyes and lack of muscles that he'd always been.
There were gasps of shock all around, but Lindsay was the only one who reacted differently. There was no way she could be oblivous this time, though. "What happened to you?" she asked in a tiny voice.
"I..." Tyler began, trying desperately to think of a good explanation. But there was nothing he could think of. "I...I'm not the person you thought I was." he finally admitted. "I do love you, from the depths of my heart. That was all true. But I'm not a prince – I was just his servant. My real name is Tyler. And this is what I really look like. I can explain it all, but..." He looked ashamed. "I guess you won't want me now. I'm sorry, I'll go now-"
But he was pulled back. Lindsay was still looking shocked, but she didn't look angry, like he thought she would. "Of course I want to marry you!" she insisted. "You can't leave me at the altar like this! Even if you aren't a prince, you're still really cute. And you like me, don't you?"
Tyler stared at her. She still wanted to be with him, after all this? "Of course I like you. More than like you." he said finally. "And if you'll still have me..."
And with that, they kissed, their marriage complete. But after they pulled back, Tyler said "There's one more thing. I need you to do one thing for a friend...at least, if I can find him..."
Mal had long left, trying to get the talisman back before anything happened to it. The shadows hadn't worked, because of Cody's bright light. He flew through them like they weren't even there. And the firefly knew had to make it out of there before anything else, but he knew a little bit about voodoo. If that talisman was broken, it would mean major trouble for the voodoo master. And from what he'd been told, he would have to break it.
But he didn't have time now. He heard footsteps following him, and this time, it wasn't the shadows.
I know this seems rushed. I'm trying to finish the movie and I'm having major writer's block. Please bear with me, I will get it done.
