Sorcerer of the Magic Kingdom Chapter 6: Shadows of New Orleans, a disney fanfic

Chapter 5:

The Shadows of New Orleans

"So this is where you live, Carol?"

"Yup! My parents work downstairs in the BEST bakery in New Orleans. I help out sometimes, but not all the time."

"Well, thanks for letting me stay."

"No problem, Blurry!"

"Heh, Carol, my name isn't Blurry. It's Conroy."

"I know that."

"Then why do you keep calling me 'Blurry'?"

"Because that's my nickname for you! I mean, I think friends should give each other nicknames, shouldn't they?"

"? Friends?"

"Of course, we're friends, Blurry!"

"...You're right, Carol. We're friends."

Walking through the streets of the Disney's New Orleans brought back those memories. This may have not been the same New Orleans Blurry visited years ago, but it sure felt similar to it. But right now wasn't the time for daydreaming about Carol, he had a mission to complete. Blurry was told by Merlin that a fellow mystic, an old woman by the name of Mama Odie, was going to tell him what to do. The teenager soon arrived at a small shop on the far side of New Orleans. He entered and saw Mama Odie sitting in her chair.

"Excuse me, are you Mama Odie?" Blurry said. The woman looked up at Blurry and gave out a small laugh.

"Yessiree! That's me!" She got up from her chair and walked over to a bathtub that fill with gumbo. "Y'all been want that magic crystal right?" She asked.

"Yes, ma'am." Blurry said respectfully.

"Alright then. Let's look for it!" Mama Odie then began to stir the gumbo as she chanted, "Gumbo, gumbo in the pot. We need a crystal, whatcha got?!" Then an image appeared in the gumbo of the crystal shard and then it changed and showed a living shadow of a man coming up from the bottom of the earth. "Oh, some bad boy been messing around and brought the Shadow Man back!"

"Shadow Man?" Blurry questioned.

"Hush up, and look at the gumbo." Mama Odie ordered Blurry. The teen looked back down and saw Hades now entering the scene.

"Tough career choice, I know. Keep your gig as Jester in the River of Souls here...or go back and be King of the Mardi Gras." Hades offered the shadow. "But, just one condition on that King offer. You gotta bring me the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom." The scene changed and showed the Shadow Man in his workshop talking to more living shadows on the walls around him.

"A crystal of great power, my friends!" He announced. "So, I got a little proposition for y'all: Help me find it, and you'll have all the wayward souls your dark hearts desire." The shadows on the wall looked ecstatic when they heard this and left almost immediately to go and find the crystal piece. The Shadow Man chuckled to himself before looking at a newspaper clipping that read, TIANA'S PALACE OPENS TONIGHT!

"Meantime, I've got a little score to settle." The Shadow Man laughed and the scene faded out.

"Watch out, boy!" Mama Odie exclaimed to Blurry, who jumped a little at her sudden loudness. "Shadow Man's gonna use his magic potions to take over!"

"Alright...So I'm dealing with VooDoo now, charming…" Blurry mumbled. "What's our first move?"

"That Shadow Man, Dr. Facilier, is planning on getting revenge." Mama Odie explained. "You need to go to Tiana's Palace and make sure everything's alright. And don't worry, Mama'll be there to help you out. Now get to it!" Blurry nodded his head and opened a portal that lead to Tiana's Palace. However, he didn't appear in the front, but instead, in the back of the restaurant. Where he saw Lawrence, an old acquaintance of the Shadow Man, sneaking in with a bottle of one of the Shadow Man's potions.

"Nearly everyone dines at Princess Tiana's restaurant. And once the sample this!" Lawrence held up the bottle and chuckled to himself. "They'll be under the control of Dr. Facilier's spell for good. Or should I say, for evil." He chuckled again but then stopped when he heard Blurry clear his throat. Lawrence gasped in shock when his saw the teenager with dirty blonde hair.

"Good heavens!" He then glared at Blurry. "I must warn you! I am trained in the use of the Shadow Man's magic. On your guard!" Lawrence then threw magic powder at Blurry. Blurry held his breath so he didn't inhale any of it. The teenager looked and saw an opportunity to attack Lawrence. Blurry created his Space Bow and used it to trip Lawrence. This caused the older man to tumble backwards and step into a small pot and have a fish land on his head. Blurry simply watched as Lawrence tried to get the things off of him.

"It's the Shadow Man who broke me out of prison. He's to blame!" Lawrence then fell into the nearby river and Blurry shook his head, sadly.

"Yeah, tell that to the police." He said. That's when Blurry sensed something. A dark presence coming his way. It must be the shadows.

"He must've slipped some of the potion inside the food." Blurry growled and ran to the front and saw a group of shadows from the other side coming his way. Blurry looked around to see if there were any civilians nearby. Luckily, the streets were empty. Blurry hurried and readied his Space Bow and metal arrows from the quiver on his back. The shadows saw him and remembered what Dr. Facilier warned them about. Some teenager was determined to get in their way, and they needed to get rid of him. One shadow creature howled summoning more shadows to the area and they charged in. Blurry enchanted one arrow with light and fired it at a shadow. It was a direct hit and the shadow disappeared. Blurry shot one shadow after another with enchanted light arrows, but soon after one shadow disappeared, a few more took its place. Things were getting bad and Blurry was running out of arrows. Blurry then had an idea, but it was risky. Blurry waited for a while as the shadows started circling him. Then at the right moment, Blurry held up one of his last arrows and shouted, "Mittentem Lucet!" Light reflected off the metal arrow and shined in different directions, obliterating different shadows all at once. The rest of the shadows were afraid of this attack and decided to flee.

Once they were all gone, Blurry ceased using the spell and fell to his knees from lack of energy. He panted and panted when he saw something coming his way. He tried to stand up and get ready to fight whatever was coming. Turns out, it wasn't another shadow creature instead it was an alligator coming his way. It was Louis and he looked worried.

"Oh Blurry! There you are! Mama Odie and I just looked into the gumbo! And now the Shadow Man's got Princess Tiana!" Louis exclaimed. "She's in trouble, and all kinds of other deep waters. You gotta do something!"

"Oh boy…" Blurry mumbled as he regained his strength to stand and wiped some sweat away from his forehead. "Don't worry, I'll get her back."

"Be careful, though. Shadow Man took her to his workshop, and he's planning on turning Tiana back into a frog forever!" Louis warned Blurry. The teenager thanked the alligator and opened a portal that lead him into Dr. Facilier's shop. There, Blurry saw Tiana tied to a chair with a snake.

"You know, you can't just kidnap somebody and expect to get away with it." Tiana said loudly, talking to the Shadow Man in the other room. "You let me go!

"Psst!" Blurry whispered to Tiana, who looked at him in surprise. He put his finger to his lips, telling her to keep quiet.

"You must be Tiana, I'm guessing." Blurry whispered.

Tiana nodded, "Yeah, and I DO NOT want to be a frog again. Please, you have to help me get out of here!"

"Don't worry-"

"Oh! But be careful!" Tiana warned. "The Shadow Man's in the next room!" As if on cue, Blurry heard footsteps closing in, and he quickly hid himself behind the curtain. He peeked out just in time to see Hades teleport in and talk to Dr. Facilier.

"Now, now, I know what you're thinking," Facilier said, before Hades spoke, "but y'all gonna get that Crystal."

"Yeah, didn't you say you had your 'top people' on it? Only last I checked, honestly, 'shadows' aren't 'people', Doc." Hades informed, with a hint of warning in his voice. "My advice…? Quit delegating, and start participating, or you're ALL going back to the 'Other Side'." And with that, Hades teleported out there and Facilier walked off to do his own work. Blurry slowly came out of hiding and looked around and made sure the coast was clear.

"Hurry!" Tiana whispered to Blurry. "Now's your chance! You gotta mess up the Shadow Man's potion!" She informed the teenager.

"I'm on it!" Blurry rushed over to the pot and took random bottles of mixtures, herbs, and strange liquids and poured them all into the pot. Blurry only hoped that this would have negative effect on Facilier's potion. Suddenly, the potion started shooting out fireworks and bright lights, and one of those lights hit the snake that tied up Tiana, making it disappear and releasing Tiana.

"Oh! You did it!" Tiana exclaimed, giving Blurry a big hug. "Thank you so much!" Tiana hurried out of the VooDoo Workshop and Blurry was about to follow her when he heard something behind him. He quickly looked and saw shadow creature coming out of the potion Blurry tampered with and drop a bag into Dr. Facilier's hand. The Shadow Man saw Blurry and ran out the other door and Blurry ran after him.

The teenager chased after Facilier all over town until he finally lost him at street corner that led to an alleyway. Blurry looked around the alley, keeping a sharp eye out for Dr. Facilier. However, Blurry felt something hit him on the back of the head, hard, and forced onto the ground. Blurry wasn't knocked out, but he groaned in pain and rubbed the back of his head. He turned onto his back and the end of cane pushed him down onto the ground. Blurry growled when he saw Dr. Facilier looming over him.

"Tiana's escape was unfortunate, but once I deliver THIS! I'll have my revenge." The Shadow Man laughed as he put the small bag from earlier into his jacket. "And you, young man, I'm sure I'll get a bonus reward for giving you to Hades." Facilier laughed again, but let his guard down. Giving Blurry the chance to sweep him under the leg and make the Shadow Man fall down. Blurry got up, as Dr. Facilier hurried to get up and was terrified by the deadly look in Blurry red, ruby eyes.

"No...Please...Give a poor fellow a break…?"

"No." Blurry simply said stepping closer.

"Wh-What about a little deal?" Facilier offered.

"Mom taught me not to take deals from VooDoo People." Blurry informed.

"But I can make your dreams come true!" The Shadow Man told Blurry.

Blurry stopped for a second and looked at Facilier, "Dreams, huh?"

"Yeah…" Then Facilier took out a potion bottle. "Or all your worst NIGHTMARES!" He was about to throw the potion bottle at Blurry when Louis came in suddenly and blew his trumpet into Facilier's ear. This stunned the Shadow Man, giving Blurry the chance to swipe the bottle from him. Facilier looked at Blurry, who now had the potion.

Blurry told him, "Sorry, Doc. But my dreams were destroyed, and my worst nightmare came true, a very long time ago." He threw the potion at Facilier and there was cloud of smoke. When it disappeared, Facilier had been turned into a frog.

"Wow…" Was all Blurry could say. Suddenly, an evil-looking VooDoo mask creature came down from the sky and Facilier got nervous.

"No! I'm not ready to go back!" He told the mask. "I still got an idea on how to turn this whole thing around!" But the mask didn't listen and sucked up Facilier, and took him back to the Underworld. Louis came out and looked into the bag the Shadow Man dropped.

"Oh! It's that Crystal ya'll been looking for!' He exclaimed before handing the bag over to Blurry.

"Thanks, Louis." Blurry said, accepting the bag. "I'll bring it over to Mama Odie right away."

"No need, child!" Blurry and Louis looked and saw Mama Odie and Merlin approaching them with smiles of victory on their faces. "You got the Crystal! Getting it is what you wanted, but earning it is what you needed!"

"Shadow Man? Shadow Man?" The group then heard the voice of Hades coming in. Merlin teleported away with Mama Odie as Louis and Blurry hid behind some boxes.

"Hellooo, huh, my Crystal, huh?" He called out. "Come on, doc. I'm a busy god! Got places to go, people to cheat, ya know?" He then walked off, giving Blurry and Louis the chance to run off without being seen with the Crystal shard.

Later on, that night, the gang held a huge party on a steamboat that was going across the bayou. Everyone was dancing and singing, having a wonderful time. However, Blurry was looking off the edge of the boat, staring down at the water while eating a beignet that Tiana had made for the party. They were good, really good, but the beignets Blurry was eating weren't the same as Carol's beignets…

"Here, Blurry!" Carol hurried over to the table with a plate of fresh, hot beignets in her hands. Blurry sat at the table and looked in amazement at the plate full of food.

"Carol...This look amazing!" Blurry gasped.

Carol giggled, "Thanks! My mama taught me how to make them! And she always tells me to follow the recipe exactly, or else they won't turn out the way you want them to turn out. Go on, Blurry! Try one!" Blurry smiled and nodded his head as he picked a hot, powder sugared beignet and ate it slowly. His eyes widened and his smile became even bigger.

"These are AWESOME!" Blurry nearly shouted with his mouth full. "Carol, you're the-?!" Blurry then heard Carol coughing a little, but then coughing got worse a bit. Blurry quickly put down his snack and hurried out of his seat to Carol. "Carol?! Are you alright?" He asked concerned.

"Ye-Yeah…" Carol answered, before coughing on last time. "I'm just fine." She then offered Blurry a smile, but even Blurry could tell that it was a weak smile.

"Ah, there you are, my boy!" Blurry looked and saw, Merlin, Mama Odie, Tiana, and Louis walking over to him. "Excellent work, Blurry!" Merlin complimented.

Mama Odie laughed and said to Blurry, "Mama likes your style, boy! You got spunk!"

"Sure do. I think you're the bees-knees!" Tiana told Blurry before giving him another big hug. "Thanks again." She said she released Blurry.

"No problem." Blurry replied.

"However, Hades is still registering villains." Merlin informed Blurry. "We'll worry about that tomorrow, Blurry, but for tonight, let's party the night away!" Merlin cheered. Everyone headed to dance but Blurry stayed behind and looked back down at the water...wondering if Carol was here...would she be able to dance?

Disclaimer:

This FanFiction is based of the "Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom" Game in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.