Disclaimer: "Dig a Little Deeper" belongs to Disney and was originally sung by Jenifer Lewis and the Pinnacle Gospel Choir
I changed the lyrics in one part again to fit the story.
{Chapter XIII "Dig a Little Deeper"}
Lovino looked curiously around Mama Lizzie's house. It was like most houses you'd find on the bayou; made from refurbished wood painted odd colours with a tin roof that sounded wonderful in the rain. Half of the house was raised up on stilts, the other half sitting safely on a small strip of land. The inside was covered in things for voodoo rituals, the good kind Mama Lizzie preformed, and colourful glass bottles hung from the ceiling.
Mama Lizzie herself was curious as well. She was definitely older, 197 like she said, and short and stout. On the way over she told the quartet she was from Hungary and her full name was Elizabeta. Her hair was in a long, complicated looking braid and even thought most of it was grey, some chestnut brown streaks were visible.
"Well children, what do you need?" she asked as she picked a random flower out of a vase and placed it behind an ear.
"Well Mama Lizzie, you see-"
"Roderich!" Mama Lizzie called, cutting Lovino off. A black snake appeared out of nowhere and curled around Mama Lizzie's neck.
"Mama Lizzie," Antonio began. "What we need is-"
"Now hold on Prince Froggy, what you need and what you want are different things."
Lovino sighed. "We know, but we need to be human."
"No! What you want is to be human!" Lovino sighed again when Mama Lizzie began singing.
"Don't matter what you look like
Don't matter what you wear
How many rings you got on your finger
We don't care
Don't matter where you come from
Don't even matter what you are
A dog, a pig, a cow, a goat
Had 'em all in here
And they all knew what they wanted
What they wanted me to do
I told 'em what they needed
Just like I be telling you
You got to dig a little deeper
Find out who you are
You got to dig a little deeper
It really ain't that far
When you find out who you are
You'll find out what you need
Blue skies and sunshine guaranteed
You got to dig
You got to dig"
Mama Lizzie pointed to Antonio who was sneaking glances at Lovino.
"Prince Froggy is a rich little boy
You wanna be rich again"
Antonio nodded eagerly.
"That ain't gonna make you happy now
Did it make you happy then?"
Antonio shrugged.
"No!
Money ain't got no soul
Money ain't got no heart
All you need is some self-control
Make yourself a brand new start
You got to dig a little deeper
Don't have far to go
You got to dig a little deeper
Tell the people Mama told you so
Can't tell you what you'll find
Maybe love will grant you peace of mind
Dig a little deeper and you'll know"
This time, Mama Lizzie pointed to Lovino and Antonio's eyes followed. He instantly stared in shock when he saw Lovino happily dancing with Francis, smiling and laughing. Antonio then smiled at Lovino like he was the most beautiful thing in the world. Mama Lizzie smiled at her job well done and cautiously picked up Lovino.
"Mister Froggy?"
"Signora?"
"Might I have a word?"
Lovino nodded. "Sì Signora."
Mama Lizzie laughed. "You's a hard one, that's what I heard
Your grandpaw was a loving man
Family through and through
You your grandpaw's grandson
What he had in him you got in you
You got to dig a little deeper
For you it's gonna be tough
You got to dig a little deeper
You ain't dug near far enough
Dig down deep inside yourself
You'll find out what you need
Blue skies and sunshine guaranteed
Open up the windows
Let in the light children
Blue skies and sunshine
Blue skies and sunshine"
"Blue skies and sunshine!" Lovino sang and Antonio stared at him in shock again. He didn't notice earlier how amazing Lovino's voice was, but now he noticed how amazing everything about Lovino was.
Mama Lizzie smiled at Antonio's antics again and picked up in her other hand. "Guaranteed~" She placed both frogs on the arm of a chair as she sat down. "Well Mister Froggy, now do you see what you need?"
Lovino nodded vigorously. "Yes, what I need is to work even harder to get my restaurant!"
Mama Lizzie sighed. Why did Lovino have to be so stubborn? She looked at a slightly disappointed Antonio. He already figured out what he needed, so why was Lovino taking so long. Nevertheless he would figure it out, eventually. "Are you sure you're set on being human?"
Antonio put on his smiling face and nodded. "We are, Mama Lizzie."
"Follow me then, Froggies." Mama Lizzie stood up and walked over to a bathtub, yes a bathtub, filled with bubbling gumbo. She took a large wooden spoon off of a shelf and started stirring. "Gumbo, gumbo in the pot. We need a prince, what you got!"
"Wait, a prince? Why do we need a prince?" Lovino asked.
Mama Lizzie frowned. "Shut up and look at the gumbo." Soon, an image of a snoring Feliciano appeared in the gumbo.
"Feliciano? What is going on?"
"I said look at the gumbo!" The image changed to Remus coming into Feliciano's room holding a crown out to a squealing Feliciano.
Lovino gasped. "That's right. Mr. Vargas is King of the Mardi Gras parade!"
"So that makes Feliciano a prince, ¿sí?" Antonio asked.
Mama Lizzie smirked. "I told you so. Now listen here, this only works until midnight when Mardi Gras is over. Prince Froggy, you need to get Feliciano to kiss you before then and then you both will turn human."
Lovino gasped. "Antonio, we don't have much time! We have to start swimming!"
"Wait!" Alfred exclaimed, smiling. "I have a better idea."
Translations:
Signora: Italian for Ma'am
Sì Signora: Italian for Yes Ma'am
A/N: Well that was fun! Hi everybody! So Mama Lizzie is Mama Odie. I didn't have that earlier so I went back and changed the name. Naturally, Mama Lizzie is Hungary. I mean, she totally would do anything to help Spamano get together, even become a supah cool voodoo witch person thing...yeah, I should research that.
Anywho, this may be my only update today but I'm not 100% sure. We're reading Great Expectations in English so a lot of my time will be focused on reading the assigned chapters.
Ciao, Athineath~