KINGDOM HEARTS

AWAKENING

THE VOODOO MASTER AND THE FROG

Leela was lucky, she found a place where she could hide and wait until those creatures passed next to the tree she was hidden ""where are you Donald?" she thought; the last thing she could remember was Donald running fast and disappearing between the trees. Just to make sure any other shadow was there, she waited some minutes but didn't realize when fell asleep.

She took just a nap because some voices came from the water.

"Ok, so… let me see if I get it; both of you are humans and were turned into a frog by someone who used voodoo"

"That's right; this charming prince thought it was a good idea"

"We're trying to find someone who can break the spell" the female frog said

"Mama Odie is a voodoo master; she might be able to help you"

"Will you guide us? We don't know where she lives"

Leela heard the whole conversation and thought that she would like to take them to Mama Odie but first, needed to find Donald; that coward duck surely was hiding somewhere high or dark.

"If you're looking for Mama Odie I can take you there but first I'd love if you could help me to find my coward friend"

"Hey! It's an otter! I haven't seen one in months"

"Believe it or not, I'm not an otter; I'm a human too. And I have the feeling that this guy you call "Shadow Man" is the responsible"

Both frogs and the huge alligator were surprised and just when the female frog was about to say her name, the male frog started to talk.

"I'm Prince Naveen of Maldonia" said while kissed Leela's hand

"Um, ok… I'm Leela and I'm a Keyblade Master"

"What's a Keyblade Master?" Naveen was interested

"Can we talk about this later? My friend is lost"

After saying those words, a firefly appeared, it was Raymond or "Ray" as his friends used to call him. It was a long talk until Leela understood what happened with Naveen and Tiana; she offered to take them to Mama Odie's boat but first she asked if they could help her find Donald; fortunately they found him near, he was hidden under the bushes

All the way, Tiana talked to Leela about being responsible while Naveen talked with Louis, Ray and Donald about being free to party all day long. When Tiana heard Leela's story she felt somehow that Leela had a crush on his friend Renard by the way she sighed every time she mentioned him.

Finally, after a long day they stopped to take a break; it was something good sharing food and stories with them and for one second Leela thought she had seen Renard with them.

"Ok, let's take turns" Leela said "I'll take the first watch; Ray, you will take the second"

Everyone agreed and went to sleep, except Tiana who wanted to stay with Leela a bit more.

"It has been a while since I had this kind of fun"

"Well, being transformed into an otter or frog is not exactly what I'd love to call fun, but yeah; I know what you're talking about"

Leela's watch was about to finish but suddenly she woke everyone up, the reason: the same shadows she met as soon as she arrived to New Orleans were looking for them. She, Tiana, Naveen and Louis hid in the water while Ray hid between the trees.

"Find them or we'll pay the price of our failure! I don't want to imagine what Obscura will make us if we don't bring them those guys"

It was Facilier or better known as the voodoo master, somehow he knew that Leela and Donald were there; Obscura gave him the power to summon shadows as his servants but only gave him three days to find them, his time was almost out; one more day and he'll be send back to his grave.

His shadows moved around the water and climbed trees; it was a long wait, Leela was breathless, she needed to take some air but couldn't due the amount of shadows searching everywhere; fortunately, Louis took her to a place where she could take air and stood there waiting until they heard Dr. Facilier laughing when one of the shadows dragged Donald from the bushes.

"Ah, finally; but this is not enough, you MUST find that girl too"

"What… what do you want from me?"

"Oh, nothing really; I'm just trying to save my life because I'm in debt with someone"

In her mind, Leela made a plan: his shadows were far and trying to find her; so, Facilier was all alone so she though it would be something easy rescuing Donald.

"Ok, this is what we'll do: Scare that guy, which will be enough to release my friend; once he's free, I want you to swim to those trees and wait for me there"

Everything went perfect, Louis gave Facilier a big scare; it was then when Leela took Donald's hand and started to swim far from him. Even being far from him, they could hear him cursing them.

"Find them! Find them! Or we'll be in big troubles!"

With the night sky above them, they managed to find shelter until the morning.

"Are you crazy? You could have been captured!"

"But we didn't, that's something"

"So… this duck is your friend?"

"Hey! I have a name and it is Donald, got it memorized?"

All of them laughed when heard Donald talking, he sure had a funny voice, but they had to continue moving, Facilier could be anywhere. They had luck: A boat above a tree, Mama Odie's house, they were safe for now.

Once every one entered, Mama Odie immediately knew what was wrong and helped Tiana and Naveen.

"You need to find a princess and kiss her to break the spell, always works"

"Eli La Bouff will be crowned as the Mardi gras king, who makes Charlotte La Bouff a princess, is that enough?"

"Yes, but only until midnight, if you don't kiss her before that time you'll be a frog forever"

"Ok, then it's time to move and make our way to New Orleans and break this spell"

Everyone was leaving, but Mama Odie spoke again.

"Leela, Donald; stay with me some minutes, the rest of you wait outside"

Both asked Mama Odie about the Light spell, unfortunately she didn't knew anything about it, making both friends feel disappointed and thinking that their journey was for nothing.

"You didn't let me finish, I don't know anything about this spell but I know someone who can teach you" She said while started to search into her trunk and threw away different and interesting stuff: snake's skin, a bottle filled with something strange and other things.

"Ah, here it is! This map will lead you to other worlds, I suggest you to start with the "Sunken Empire" once you're there ask for Milo and Kida; but first, let me see what I can do with your little problem"

Mama Odie used his stick to help Leela, and with some words and hand's movements she was turned into a human again.

"Oh thank you, thank you Mama Odie" she said at the same time started to hug the old Voodoo woman

"Easy, easy child, this spell will only allow you to stay as human for a limited time, so use it wisely"

"Everything is ok? We have to move now that we still have time" Tiana was nervous and had her reason to be, their journey back to New Orleans would take at least four hours.

As soon as Leela had a foot outside Mama Odie's house, she turned back into an otter "Aww, I just felt better being human again" she thought but remembered Odie's words about being human only for a limited time as long as Tiana and Naveen are frogs.

"Everyone's ready? Let's break our spell!"

With those words, Leela, Donald, Naveen, Tiana, Louis and Ray started to move while Mama Odie stood at her door with a worried face "I just couldn't tell her what I saw… if I'm right, this will be something dangerous, and I'm wondering if she would be capable to do it…"

This how it ends the fourth chapter, I hope you liked it and sorry by the late update; there are a lot of things to do at the farm but fortunately I had some help to keep things in order.

What did Mama Odie saw? And what she's talking about?

The next chapter: "Breaking the spell and making our way to New Orleans"