By the time we leave, it becomes dark outside. We walk back down to Facilier's with only the dimly lit streetlamps to guide us. Kayla becomes a little nervous. "Guys, don't you think we should find a hotel or something?"

Yvette asks, "You got any cash for that?"

Kayla sighs, "No. But it's getting late." She hugs herself and rubs her arms up and down. "And cold, too."

"Well, we're not doing anything until we find Facilier," says Alicia. I fully agree, but I still don't know what we're going to do about him and his horcrux (yes, we're calling them that now). I jog up to Alicia's side. "So…what exactly are we going to do?"

"About Facilier?"

"Yeah."

"We go in as customers. A few of us will have to distract him by having their fortunes told, while others 'browse' around the shop to look for the horcrux." She looks at me. "I'm going to be one of the browsers. I was wondering if you would like to lead the distraction."

Me? Lead? I've never led anybody in anything. What makes her think that I can? What if something were to screw up because of me? Or worse. What if someone got hurt? No. I don't think I can live with that.

"Um…you know, Lulu would probably do a better job of it than I would. She's a pretty random person so Facilier should be distracted for a good half hour with her. Plus, I think I'd make a better person to search for stuff rather than a distraction."

She looks at me sternly. I feel a twinge of guilt. "Hm." She shrugs. "If you say so. Lulu!"

Lulu catches up to us. "Yeah?"

"I need you and a couple others to distract Facilier. Can you do that?"

Lulu's eyes light up. "Sure!" She pumps her fist in the air. "I'm actually going to talk to a villain! This is so exciting!"

Alicia responds, "You, Kayla, and Victoria are going to ask him to get your fortunes told. The rest of us will look for this item of his." Kayla's face goes red, and I can see that she may have a small crush on the witch doctor.

Lulu salutes her. "Yes ma'am!"

We stare at the large, looming door above us lit with two torches illuminating a voodoo mask. I stand there with one question on my mind: Are we ready for this?

Alicia answers for me. She reluctantly places her hand on the knob, looks at us, then twists it to open the door slowly. She peers her head inside and motions us forward. We follow her cautiously inside. The shop is filled with potions and small animals kept in jars. Body parts are also stored among the shelves, though I'd rather not wonder if they've belonged to any human. I see the chair and the desk in front of it has a few lit candles, but…

"Where's Facilier?" Rose asks.

Alicia grunts, "I don't know. Listen, let's just look around and keep qui—"

"PAGING DOCTOR FACILIER!" We all cringe as Lulu screams at the top of her lungs. "DOCTOR FACILIER!"

"Lulu, hush!" I whisper frantically, but my plea is in vain.

"DOCTOR FACILIoomph!"

A dark hand covers Lulu's mouth from behind her and we hear an ominous, Creole voice. "I would gladly do just about anything for ya'll if you keep this screaming banshee quiet."

We gasp as the candles shine upon the witch doctor's face. I can't believe it. He's here!

He let's go of her mouth and makes his way to his desk, leaving Lulu to stand in shock. Her face slowly goes from surprised to absolute glee as she bounces up and down. "He touched me!" She whispers happily. Kayla giggles while Victoria rolls her eyes.

Facilier seats himself on his grand chair and calls out, "Ya'll gonna stand there all day?"

Lulu runs to her chair. Kayla and Victoria sit beside her. Alicia yells, "We're just going to look around and…stuff."

Facilier looks at his staff with disinterest. "Ya'll do that."

With a big smile on her face, Lulu holds out her hand. "Hiii. I'm Lulu Calliope. Very pleased to meet your acquaintance." Facilier looks at her, half-lidded. "So you want your fortune told or what? Free of charge if you keep her at a distance." He points his staff at Lulu.

Victoria clears her throat. "Yes. We'd love that very much. Generous offer. Lulu, put your hand down," she says irritably. Lulu pouts and crosses her arms.

Facilier smiles a little. "Well, alright." He gets out his deck of tarot cards and shuffles. I watch in amazement as he performs his various shuffles with ease. He looks at Victoria.

"Let's start with you, Victoria." She looks at him in surprise. "How do you know my name?"

"I'm a witch doctor. I was bound to know." He lays three cards in front of her. He flips over the first one, which I assume to be the one that interprets her past. It has a picture of a little girl with her mother, father, and what appears to be an older brother. "Ah, a loving and complete family. You must be very proud." Victoria sits up straighter and says, "Thank you."

"But tell me, darling. Is that enough to complete your life?" He flips over the middle card, indicating her present. It shows her with a mysterious figure in armor. He holds a sword and shield. "Love. That's what you're seeking, right?"

Victoria responds, "Well, of course. I would think that's what every girl would want. To have a loving man with a loving heart."

He holds his hands up. "Of course, of course. Every girl wants true love. It's simply in their nature. But what does your desire in particular bring in the future?"

He looks at her future card and chuckles. "Let me ask you something, darling Victoria. Are you aware of the phrase 'Love is a selfless and selfish thing'?"

"I…have. Why does that matter?"

"Because you find your prince, alright." Facilier throws down his card, showing a picture of a corpse with a beautiful woman crying over him. "But you're aware that your love for each other endangers him. Despite that, you stay with him, causing you to seal his fate."

Victoria takes a deep breath as she stares at the card. To my surprise, however, she chuckles and says, "Tarot cards are a bunch of baloney, anyway."

Facilier frowns and turns to Lulu. "For you, my more easily impressed friend, it seems we need another of my tools." He turns and reaches for a crystal ball and places it in front of her. "What is your question?"

Lulu becomes excited again. "Ooh ooh! Um… so many questions." I turn to see the others still fumbling with junk. Rose keeps chasing Dawn to not go after the mice scurrying around the floor. Alicia and I shuffle through one of the shelves. My face twists with disgust in the process. You can't really blame me since we're looking through jars of eyeballs and newts. I frown as Yvette watches with a bored expression. She could be a little more helpful.

"I got it!" Lulu's eyes light up with an idea and leans forward to talk to the ball. "Magic ball," she speaks regally. "Who shall I become queen to in this wonderful world?" Facilier gives her a weird look and shakes his head sighing. His hands motion around the ball.

Soon, light shines from within the crystal ball and misty colors swirl inside. "Huh," he says. "It actually has an answer."

Lulu frowns. "Just tell me."

Facilier squints his eyes. "It's…a rat."

Lulu starts getting irritated. "You don't have to be such a stink brain about this, you know."

Facilier keeps looking at the crystal ball. "I'm being serious. Are you girls from some weird part of town or something? Because apparently, your soulmate's a rat."

"Let me see!" Lulu says exasperated. But the light dims before completely fading out. Lulu yells, "What gives?!"

Facilier breathes a sigh of relief. "Your time's up. That's what you get with a free fortune."

Lulu throws herself back on her chair and blows her hair out of her face. Facilier's attention is soon drawn to Kayla. "Hmmm…" He stares me for a while.

She shifts uncomfortably in her chair with a nervous giggle. "What's up?"

"Do you know what auras are?"

She tilts her head. "Uh…they're like the fields of color around the body, right?"

"That's right. An aura tells much of a person's body and soul. But yours…" He gets up from his seat and walks toward me. I swallow hard as he stands in front of me with a studious expression. "I've never seen so many colors around you."

"You mean like a rainbow?"

"Tell me, girl. Do you get out much?"

"About as much as I can," Kayla says.

"Ever had a group of close friends?"

Kayla giggles. "You mean aside from the ones I'm surrounded by now?"

Facilier smirks. "You have an incredibly expressive rainbow. And it seems desperate to come out." I'm not paying attention to our search at this point and watch in apprehension as he walks behind Kayla and places his hands on her shoulders. Victoria becomes concerned while Lulu looks at Kayla with more interest than she should be. "A blonde girl with blue eyes. A typical beauty. And also very average. Personality. That's what makes a woman to me. Why don't you…tell me more about yourself…Miss Kayla?"

Kayla is paralyzed in her body from the touch of his hands, and my mind races as if on the Daytona Speedway.

Kayla turns red as a tomato and stammers. "I…I…uh…"

CRASH.

Everyone turns to see my easily distracted behind as I wince from the sight of broken glass and an organ that has fallen splat on the ground thanks to yours truly. My hand must have accidentally bumped into it from pretending to look with Alicia.

I grin sheepishly. "Oops." Alicia rubs her temples while Yvette falls on the floor laughing.

"Hey!" Facilier yells. "That crocodile heart was expensive!" He stomps toward me to give a good talking to about respecting the merchandise. I sigh as he keeps going on about how I'll have to pay him thirty-six dollars for it, when I notice a glow from his staff that he left behind at his desk. The girls at his table turn to see what I was looking at. Of course! That's got to be it! The horcrux!

Author's Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney-related. All rights to Disney. I and the other authors only own our OCs.