{Chapter VII "The Frog Prince"}
Lovino sighed as he walked out onto Feliciano's bedroom balcony, Romulus's pictured still gripped tightly in his hand. He didn't know if he could go back into the ball, he hated when people saw him cry. The evening star was shinning bright on him, and Lovino thought of how Feliciano's wish came true. Lovino sighed again and looked around in case anyone could see him.
"I can't believe I'm doing this," he whispered as he closed his eyes and held the picture to his chest. "Please, please, please." He opened his eyes and stared in shock at the frog that appeared in front of him. "Very funny." He glared at the star and then back at the frog. "I suppose you want a kiss?"
The frog smiled flirtatiously back at him. "Kissing would be nice, ¿sí?" It replied. Lovino screamed and scrambled back into Feliciano's room. "I'm sorry for scaring you, Prince, but-ah!" The frog picked up the teddy bear Lovino threw at it and hid behind it as he threw more stuffed animals. "I get you have a strong arm Prince but put the monkey down!" Lovino threw the monkey plushy anyway. The frog sighed and hopped onto the vanity to face Lovino better. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Prince Antonio-" Lovino hit it (him?) with the book in his hands. "-of Spain."
"Prince? I didn't wish fo-now wait a minute here. If you're the prince, then who was that dancing with Feliciano on the dance floor?!"
"I don't know! All I remember is that I was a prince, charming and handsome, dancing around then the next thing I know I'm tripping over these." Antonio pointed to his…feet. Lovino gagged and raised the book up to hit Antonio with it again. "Wait! I know this story!"
Lovino looked at the cover. "The Frog Prince?"
"My mother had the servants read it to me every night." Lovino placed the book in front of Antonio and he flipped the pages of the prince turning from a frog into a human again back and forth. "Yes this is the answer!" Antonio faced Lovino. "You must kiss me!"
"Excuse me?"
"You must kiss me like in the story!"
"There are two things wrong with your logic. One, I am a male not a princess. Two, this is real life."
"It does not matter that you're a male, silly. And since magic turned me into a frog, don't you think it could turn me back human?"
Lovino glared at Antonio. "There is no way I'm kissing a fucking frog."
"You must! Besides, not only am I ridiculously handsome but I'm also fabulously wealthy. If you kiss me, I could give you some kind of reward."
Lovino sighed. He wanted that restaurant more than anything. "Just one kiss?"
Antonio smirked. "Unless you beg for more." He licked his lips and Lovino shivered. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes, puckered his lips and bent down. He couldn't help but open an eye and saw Antonio's green, slimy lips puckered as well.
"Ew, ew, ew!" Lovino quickly turned around and tried to calm himself down. "It's okay Lovino. It's just one kiss, you can do this. Okay." He quickly turned back around and performed the same routine except this time he actually did kiss Antonio. There was a weird noise that sounded like bubbles popping and then everything went black for him.
Antonio sighed as he looked at himself down and saw he was still a frog. He looked around for Lovino, and when he looked down and saw him on the floor he gasped. "Dios mío."
Lovino opened his eyes and was somehow looking up at Antonio. "You don't look different. But how did you get up there? And how did I get down-" and then he saw his reflection in the mirror and gasped. He was a frog too! Naturally, Lovino screamed and jumped onto the vanity next to Antonio.
"Easy, Prince, do not panic!"
"What did you do to me? I'm green and I'm, I'm slimy!"
Antonio grabbed Lovino's arm. "No, that is not slime." He ran his index finger across, producing more gunk. "You are secreting mucus."
"You bastard!" Lovino attempted to throttle Antonio but all he was able to do was push them backwards, slamming into the bookcase, and finally on a rocking horse. A book tittered over the edge and fell on the rocking horse sending both Antonio and Lovino flying into the backyard where they landed on Feliciano's head who then proceeded to scream.
Antonio quickly grabbed Lovino's arm. "Run!" he exclaimed, pulling Lovino along with him.
"I can't run, I'm a frog you idiot!"
"Hop then!"
"The Prince" gasped when he heard the two frogs talking and dropped the glasses he was holding. He quickly ran into the guest house he was staying in and threw open a cupboard door. His hunches were correct, Antonio escaped.
"Daan!" Dr. Kirkland exclaimed. "Where is he?"
Daan gulped and showed him the empty jar. "He was gasping for air so I loosened the lid a little-"
"You idiot!" Dr. Kirkland sighed. "You little slip-up will be a minor details, as long as we've got the Prince's blood in this charm."
A/N: Hi everyone! Well, school started on Monday last week and because of that I don't know if I'll be very consistent with posting. My goal is to post every weekend, either Saturday or Sunday, because I'll most likely get my writing done Friday night or Saturday.
Anyone still hoping I will update either Long Teenage Goodbye or The Vargas-Beilschmidt Daughter, hang in there please! I've been attempting to work on the next chapter in LTG, but I'm having some writers block for TVBD so that is one reason why I decided to start this fanfic, to hopefully get me out of that writers block.
Now, because I've taken to liking this fanfic, I decided that y'all can make requests. If you want a Hetaliafied Cinderella or Snow White or even another one like The Holiday, just ask and I'll see what I can do!
Thanks to everyone for being so wonderful and reading this, the fanfiction and the author's note, or anything I write in general. I love you all!
Ciao, Athineath~
