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Lucinda

Lucinda was on her way to the next store. When she arrived she took a good look at it. This store seemed to be bigger. It was also just as dark as the other one. Only it had also things that would attract normal people too.

Like love potions, good luck charms, gifts for birthdays. Lucinda felt more comfortable with this place and before she walked in, she looked at the walls next to her, looking for Shadow. But he was no where to be found.

She shrugged and walked in the store.

She was immediately welcomes by an old man who was standing behind the counter

"Good day Young lady, Can I help you?" The old man asked as he waved for her to come further in. Lucinda smiled happy and grabbed her note.

But before he could tell him what she wanted, the old man interrupted her

"You look familiar to me little girl… but you haven't been here before, have you?"

"Uhmm No.. Not really… It's my first time in New York… So…"

The man looked more closely at her.

"Hmm.. I could swear I have seen you before,… Have You ever been on the television… or … are you a singer! You look flashy enough…" The man smiled.

Lucinda laughed a bit but shook her head.

"No… I have never been on a television before or a singer.." Lucinda said smiling but then she saw the newspaper… with her picture on it.. Of course the man recognized her... he was only to old to remember where from.

The man frowned slightly. Then Lucinda grabbed her note and said "Could help me.. Getting these ingredients…?" She said sweetly. The man smiled once again and walked around the counter to see what was on her list. He then started to walk to one of the ingredients. While the man was away for a seconds, she quickly grabbed the newspaper and ripped her picture out of it. She then shattered the picture in a few pieces and threw it away. Then the man returned to her with the ingredients she needed, the monkey claws. They were in a large jar and they didn't really look… nice. But she didn't really know how it was supposed to look. As the man walked back to the counter Lucinda smiled friendly and the man placed the jar in a bag. When Lucinda grabbed her wallet to pay the monkey claws she heard a loud bang of the door. She was shocked and looked over her shoulder. To her surprise she saw an exhausted Dr. Facilier. He also looked relieved when he looked at Lucinda.

"Facilier…? Are you alright…?" She asked.

The man behind the counter was also surprised but not about that he rushed in like that.

"Facilier! Is it really him?" The man asked to himself as he took a closer look at Facilier.

Facilier took a moment to catch his breath and walked immediately to Lucinda. He then saw the old man looking at him.

"How is it going man!" he said charming and pretending like nothing happened.

The man smiled and said it was an honour to have Facilier in his store, and that he really was a fan of him, that he brought voodoo to the world and all. After a small chat he looked at Lucinda.

"Now I know why I remembered you, you wear almost the same clothes as , which must be it!"

Lucinda looked up and smiled nervously to Facilier. Facilier gave her a quick serious look but then looked at the old man. He grabbed his wallet and paid off the monkey Claws.

"Well it was nice meeting you, but we have a business to run and all, So see yah man!" Facilier said charming as he made his way to the exit, pushing Lucinda forward. The man waved at the couple happily as the two left.

As soon they were out it seemed Facilier was looking for something and then Facilier pulled Lucinda with him into the alley.

Lucinda was shaking and was quite nervous.

"Uhmm.. Hello… Facilier…" She managed to say

Facilier took a quick look if they were really alone, and they were.

It also seemed this alley was… really small. Facilier's chest almost touched Lucinda's chest. Though he managed to grab his magical pink dust and instead of blowing it in her face, he dropped some on her hair, and he started to comb it in her hair. Lucinda closed her eyes as it felt quite relaxing and she smiled sneaky. But then she felt something itchy… As she saw a lock of her hair in the corner of her eyes, turning blond and curled up she started to scream. Facilier quickly reacted and placed his hand on her mouth. With his other hand he pressed his finger on his lips to make her clear to be quiet.

"What are you doing? If you didn't like my hair, I could have dyed it myself!"

Facilier gave her a deadly look and finally started to speak.

"It is the last thing I worry about how pretty you are… THIS is what I'm more concerned off!" He said as he showed a picture of her in the morning newspaper.

Lucinda looked down at her nervous shuffling feet.

"I'm Sorry…"

"Excuse me?" Facilier asked because he couldn't hear her.

"I.. I said I was sorry…" Lucinda said a bit louder…

Facilier sighed deeply and placed his hand beside Lucinda's hand leaning against the wall.

"I don't want you to be sorry, cause you aint missing, for me…" he said with a small grin… But it quickly changed to a serious face.

"BUT! I want to know why they think you are missing… Because if they would find you, inside my caravan. Then There goes my life. I'll be accused for kidnapping!"

Lucinda was quite shocked to know that she was putting Facilier in danger… Again… First it was the magic and now this.

Lucinda felt tears coming up, but this was not the moment for her to cry, so she suppressed her feelings and took a deep breath.

"I… I walked away from home… My mom never cared about me… and I did not wanted to lead a life only for her…So.. That's why I left her and wanted to travel…" Lucinda said

Facilier peaked his eyebrow and didn't expected this story… He though that she already lived by herself… she seemed old enough…
"how Old are you anyway,..?" Facilier whispered

"20… why..?" She sniffed. Facilier dropped his head and sighed.

"You are old enough to choose your own destiny… I agree, but you are also old enough to tell your mother that you go away, at least give her a note or something…"

"I did!... But it wasn't really… A useful note… I guess.." She mumbled.

Facilier face palmed and sighed.

"What did the note say…?" He almost didn't dared to ask…

"Uhm.. I'm out… and I'm not coming back…" Facilier looked almost shocked at her

"That's it?"

Lucinda nodded shameful.

"Gawd… It would sound more to a kidnap note then anything else…"

Facilier Complained and started to scratch the back of his head as he was thinking.

"I.. I said I was sorry… I just.. I don't want to go back to her again.. Please don't send me back… I beg you…" Lucinda almost cried out and since she was already so close to Facilier she leaned her hands on his chest and cried softly.

Facilier

This of course was Facilier's weak spot...

"Ahh. C'mon… Don't cry... I never said I was going to send you back... I aint that cruel…" Lucinda didn't dare to look up and was only busy whipping her tears away; not wanting that Facilier would see her tears.

Facilier quickly patted her on the back of her head and comforted her a bit. "Enough crying now… Let's think of something what we can do about it…Okay? Cherry?" He said, trying to be charming again, only for some reason, it was harder to be so confident charming with Lucinda… he felt more nervous around her… but not on a bad way…
"You can at least walk around today without getting noticed, because of your new hair and your new clothing style. And If anyone ask your name think of some other name… Lucy will do.. I guess.."

Lucinda looked up to him and nodded obedient

"Good girl…" Facilier said smiling and continued thinking.

"After today… I want you to go to the police.. alone.." He said softly.

Lucinda looked shocked up.

Facilier saw her face and quickly continued.

"Don't worry, I just want you to go there, tell them you are okay, that you want to live on your own, that you live with a friend or something…"

Lucinda was still not really satisfied with this plan..

"Can't we just ignore this… I can keep this hair… until they think I'm dead or something… Right…?" She said desperate.

Facilier smiled slightly at her.

"I prefer to see your own hair as soon as possible …" He said as he softly brushed through her blond curls.

Lucinda blushed heavy and looked down.

"Okay… I will go to the police... But... Will you please walk with me to the police station... I will go in alone… but... Please… would you walk with me… to the police station…" She whispered softly…

Facilier rubbed her playful on her head.

"Don't worry about it.. I'll walk with you, and I'll wait for you when your done…" Lucinda looked up happy with a small blush. Then Facilier made a horizontal movement with his hands in the sky and his cane appeared in the air. He grabbed it quickly and stepped out of the alley. Lucinda followed him out of the alley and saw Facilier was offering her an arm. She took it with a small smile and they started walking

"I'll take you to the last store, then I'll be heading back to the caravan and tent, I really need to help some guests." Lucinda nodded and remained quiet.

Facilier and Lucinda arrived at the last store and Facilier let her arm go.

"I'm on my way back, Shadow will keep an eye on you, he knows the way too." Facilier said with a soft smile and petted Lucinda over her head before leaving. Lucinda waved at Facilier as the shadow pulled himself loose from Facilier to stay with Lucinda. Lucinda looked at the store in front of her. She saw no windows, only a door. The door was pitch-black and had a huge skull painted on the window of the door. Lucinda peaked her eyebrow and looked back, but Facilier was already gone. Shadow opened the door for Lucinda with a huge grin.

Lucinda looked inside and the room was completely filled with darkness.

"Eeeuh…" Lucinda whispered as she shivered. She saw Shadow moving and disappeared into the dark room. She stepped into the dark room and felt there was a light switch. She quickly turned on the light, which wasn't really working, and saw there was a stairs that was going down.

Slightly Lucinda went down the stairs and met another door. This on was also pitch black and instead of a skull painted, there were all kinds of small words and lines carved in the door. She slowly opened the door and before going in she saw a small glimpse of Shadow. She smiled softly and felt safer now she knew Shadow was near her. She looked around in the store and it reminded her somewhat of the first store, only it contained more dust and living animals that were not in cages. Until now she saw no shopkeeper and so, she started to look around for Facilier's ingredients, she needed 4 rattails and 2 frog's eyes. After looking around for a while she still hadn't found the ingredients, though she found lots of other weird ingredients that probably would made Facilier shiver. She even asked Shadow to help looking for the ingredients, but even he didn't found them. She gave up looking for it by herself and walked to the front of the store to find the store keeper.

"Hello…? Somebody?" Lucinda called out softly. But there was still no response.

"Ahum… Hello?" She said louder and waited for reaction. When Lucinda thought that nobody was here she heard someone coughing.

"Yes…?" A vague hoarse voice said. Lucinda was shocked and turned around from where the voice came from.

There she found a tall man who was extremely skinny. Because of his pale face he had very dark eyes and his hair was long and greasy. He was dressed in a long black coat with a dark shirt and trousers. On his coat he had the same white skull as was painted on his door.

"Can I help you, Sweetie?" He said with a dirty grin.

Lucinda didn't like this place at all, it was dirty, it smelled and the owner looked just like his store.

"Ah... Uhmm... I need these ingredients... Please…" She said softly as she handed over her list to the man. The Man quickly grabbed her wrist what made Lucinda whimper softly. She then felt a warm glowing over her shoulders and saw on the wall that Shadow was near her and ready to protect Lucinda. The man grabbed with the other hand her note and started to read. He Seemed to notice Shadows Presence, released Lucinda and walked to a corner.

"What is he going to do…?"She whispered to herself as she kept an eye on the creepy tall man.

The man bend over in the corned and after a few small screeches the man stood up straight and held out a bunch of rats at their tail. He then walked to the table with them and placed them firmly on the table.

With his other hand he took an axe from the wall and said

"Four Rat tails Coming right up!" Lucinda couldn't believe that this was really happening. She felt her eyes were shut down and turned her body the other way. It felt like Facilier was there, protecting her. It almost felt exactly as him, yet she knew this was shadow. And thank god Shadow was here.

Still she heard the thud of the axe hitting the table with 4 rattails between it. She heard the rats Screaming in pain and running as fast as they could.

She felt a shiver running down her spine and slowly turned around. There he saw the psycho tall man putting the tails in a paper bag and held it out to Lucinda. Lucinda was filled with fear and was unable to grab the bag. Then the paper bag was floating towards Lucinda but not that she had to hold it. Shadow had taken the bag with him.

"Good enough... Well... Next thing on the list…Frog eyes…" He said with an evil smirk.

"No! Please! Stop!" Lucinda managed to yell.

"Don't harm anymore animals, enough is enough!"

The tall, creepy, psycho, ugly, evil man looked up at her and peaked his eyebrow. He then held out a jar with two frogs eyes.

"That job is for other idiots… ripping eyes out is way to dirty… it leaves stained on your clothes…" he said with a smirk.

"That'll be $ 6,80 Hun!" He said as he opened up his hand. Lucinda was almost just as pale as the man. She grabbed some money, threw it to him, grabbing the jar and rushed out of the store. Almost tripping over her own feet.

"Oh My Goodness... That was… Horrible..." She whispered to herself when she was outside.

Shadow grabbed Lucinda's hand to comfort her a bit. Then he pulled Lucinda to an alley.

"I don't want to see any more dark places, shadow... I'm through with it for now…"

Shadow didn't listen and pulled her with him in the wall disappearing.