Yeah, I changed my &s. More details at the end!! Read & review, plz! ^^ Sorry, I've been watching Keroro in English all day & I have Tama's voice in my head & that's why I'm talking like this, so now I have Momoka's voice in my head! Starr, shut up! XD (Starr is me.)

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That was fun.

Kitten walked far behind everyone, walking through the other side, trying to avoid the shadows. She looked down and tried not to try to comprehend her days in the PatF world. She was still getting used to the truth, the whole truth: she was really here. And she liked it. She liked being attacked by shadows; She liked giving Harmoo sarcastic replies; She liked hanging out with royalty, a talking alligator, a witch doctor, and a talking doll…

"Hey, chère, ya'll awful quiet back there." Dr. Facilier called, "Y'alright?" Kitten looked up and smiled. She especially liked Dr. Facilier.

"Uh…" she said. She wanted an excuse for him to put his arm around her again and tell her everything was going to be ok in that caring and charismatic way of his. She loved being comforted even when she didn't know why she was down. He always made it better.

"Come here, hon." Kitten blushed, but quickly ran up to him.

"I'm here." she said, looking up at him, smiling like she used to when she was a little girl, smiling at her mom or dad. Her wet hair fell in her face, but she didn't try to push it back. It would just fall back in her face anyway.

"So, did we get off to a good start, Kitten?" Kitten felt her face turn hot. That was actually the first time he'd ever said her name.

"Uh…I-I guess." she said. She wanted to start a conversation, "Say, who's Vena?" She knew; of course she did; then again, Vena had never actually told Kitten her name, she just got yelled at a lot by Dr. Facilier. Kitten giggled.

"VENA, STOP STEPPING ON MY PANCAKES!"

"VENA, GIVE ME THE TV REMOTE!"

"GET OFF OF KITCHEN, VENA!" Kitten laughed at the thoughts.

"Well, she's that little doll you may not have met. Ya'll know she's the one with the big head?" Kitten laughed. Of course. Then, she thought of something.

"I named her…" she blurted out.

"What's that, chère?"

"After I noticed her, I started calling her Vena. That's her real name?"

"Well, yeah it is." Kitten smiled. Then her smiled vanished.

"…Is…she gonna be ok?"

"Well, uh…with Harmoo, ya' never know. He's the one who decided to keep me here. He does busyness with my friends. And he usually gets what he wants."

"Uh…Harmoo? He's really annoying. He'll say hello and if you don't say it back, he'll egg you on about it."

"Don't get me started. 'What do you say?' 'I can't hear you. What?'" Kitten laughed at him trying to make his deep voice sound high-pitched.

"Yeah, and his constant ranting. I heard him all day in the shadow cell. 'Someone get me a drink!' 'You call this mayonnaise?' 'I told you I wanted tuna fish!' Blah, blah, blah!!" Kitten bumped into him. "What?" They looked up.

"We're in the company of visiting them." He pointed at a bunch of shadows in front of them. Kitten gasped.

"Tiana, Naveen!" she whispered. Tiana, Naveen, and Louis looked at her. "Get down! Maybe they won't see us!" Best they weren't seen, but Kitten and Facilier were far behind, so they lost the advantage of bushes to hide behind. They froze and stared. The shadows seemed to be looked around; talking.

"Get behind me, chère." Facilier whispered. Kitten slowly crept behind him, so he had to trust she listened. Couldn't risk talking again and being attacked. Kitten trembled as the shadows looked their way. She tried not to make any noise. Facilier stood there, glaring up at them with a serious expression. The shadows stopped moving so much and listened.

"Facilier…" Kitten said,

"SHH! They're listening…" Kitten quickly shut up. One of the shadows even slithered across the ground, under Tiana, Naveen, and Louis, and stopped in front of Facilier. He became nervous. Just like bears, the shadows seemed to react when they saw fast movement; running. The shadow slithered over him and stopped again in front of Kitten. She smiled; it was cute when deadly things looked so innocent. The shadow growled, but slithered away. The two let go of their breath as the shadow joined the rest to guard the area.

"What do we do?" Kitten murmured.

"Not sure…" Facilier replied, quietly. Suddenly, he heard Kitten scream. He whirled around. A shadow had her arm behind her back, twisting her hand. He looked around, then he ran up to her and swatted at the shadow. The shadow grabbed his arm and bit down on it. "OW!" He shook his arm up and down to get the shadow off. "OW! Someone get it off!!" Kitten looked around, frantically. Then, she pulled out her flashlight and shined it at the shadow. The shadow screeched and slithered up to the others, who glared down, evilly at them. Facilier smiled, nervously and chuckled. "Woops?"

Half of the shadows screeched as they all dove down at them. Kitten screamed and ducked down. She curled up into a ball to protect the important parts of her body. Some of the shadow ripped through her shirt. Facilier saw this, so he ran over to her and hunched over her to keep her safe. Kitten peeked up when she no longer felt the pain. She smiled, but then had to hide her face again, from the shadows.

"GO AWAY!" Facilier screamed. His response was another screech. He rolled his eyes, but if he hadn't ducked they would have been poked right out of his head. A shadow went over him, missing his face as he moved it.

"We have to help." Tiana said.

"There's too many of them!" Naveen said. "We will be no help!"

"Wait! What if one of us distracts them?"

"All of them?"

"You're right…we need to get the flashlight."

"Only one of us. Then, while that one is being chased, you two can shine on them secretly."

"I like it. So, who's the retriever?" They paused, before looking at Louis.

"It's because I'm a gator, isn't it?" he said, sounding insulted. They just nodded their heads yes. He crossed his arms. "But, those things are scary!" he complained.

"Don't worry, Louis." Tiana said, "We'll save you."

"Well…"

"And just look at them." She gestured to Facilier and Kitten. Facilier's shirt was torn to shreds and his back was bleeding. Kitten looked up; she could tell he was in a lot of pain; then she thought,

He's doing it for me. He's protecting me. She paused to smile, Aww! She couldn't help it. She felt something wet drop right into her eye.

"Eep!" she squeaked, rubbing her eye and looking back down. She rubbed her face and slowly blinked her eye open. It burned, slightly. From salt.

Is that…his tear? She wondered. She felt it again on her neck. She squealed again, but quietly. She reached into her pocket and grabbed her flashlight. She turned it on and suddenly stood up, knocking Facilier off of her. He felt onto his back and yelled out in pain as she held the light up for the shadows to feel. They squealed and moved away.

"Sorry!" Kitten said, "I forgot I had a flashlight." She smiled, slightly as the other shadows backed away. She gave them a smirk and held the light up in their faces. They quickly scrambled away as fast as they could and so did the others behind her. "Yeah! That's right! Don't mess with my flashlight!" She laughed and stuffed her very helpful weapon in her pocket. "Woo!" Tiana and Naveen glared at Louis, who was still in the act of crawling towards where the shadows had been to make a distraction. He'd only made it two feet.

"Well…" Tiana said, "That was good."

"Ya' think?" Louis said.

"Kitten…" she heard Facilier say, trying to get up. Kitten ran over to him and helped him up.

"Sorry I'm such a scatter brain." she said.

"No trouble, chère." She helped him to his feet. But, he fell onto her.

"Ow! You've got my hair!" she complained as he grabbed onto her for support.

"Sorry."

"No trouble, Facilier." she replied, imitating him. Suddenly, they stood up all the way, but Facilier quickly bent over in pain. Smoke filled the air. And in a few seconds, Harmoo was standing in front of them with Lynn curled around him like a snake.

"Well, you guys know how to survive in our world, huh?" he said. Kitten panted as she looked at Lynn's eyes. She managed to choke out,

"Y-Yes…we-we do."

"Well…" Harmoo gestured something to Lynn and she curled around the two. "Not for long. Kitten suddenly went blank. Her mind was clouding and she went like she'd passed out. She barely heard herself scream,

"NO!" She was out of control, but she didn't know how to wonder why. "STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!" Him? Why did I say "him"? "LYNN, STOP!" She felt scared, but when she regained herself, she saw Harmoo, talking. Her audio came back,

"…wrong with you, Kitten?" she heard him say, "It's not like you care. It's your life you want to save. You only think you care about this unfortunate witch doctor." Her eyes blazed as Lynn's did the same, but literally. She glared at Lynn with the most fierce look she could muster. Lynn's eyes flickered and she slithered away and hid behind Harmoo, whimpering. Do I really look that scary? She wondered. Then, she remembered what Harmoo had said…

"No, Harmoo." she said, surprisingly calm, "You're wrong. I'm not selfish. I do care. And you don't know anything!"

"That's what you think."

"I KNOW what I think!" Kitten shouted. She snatched him off the ground and wrapped her fingers around him, pinning his arms to the side. "And I think it's time you started respecting humans!"

"LYNN!" Harmoo yelled in a command tone. Lynn perked up and slithered to Kitten &—get this—bit her; on her shoulder. Kitten dropped Harmoo and grabbed her shoulder, tears quickly welling up in her eyes until she couldn't see. She couldn't bare to let Harmoo humiliate her with the satisfaction her pain. But, her tears dripped onto the grass below her.

"Lynn…" she panted, not looking up, "H-How could you?" Harmoo snapped his fingers and she felt herself move. She yanked her head up and looked around. She, Naveen, Tiana, and Louis were in the huge lit room with Harmoo and Lynn and the masks on the wall. Naveen, Tiana, and Louis…and…

Kitten stood up, ignoring the pain in her shoulder. "Where is he?" she said.

"Who?" Harmoo said, barely paying attention to her.

"Where is he?" she said, harshly. Harmoo smiled, obviously understanding what she was talking about. "You left him there, didn't you?"

"Well, I wouldn't say…"

"DIDN'T YOU?!" Harmoo jumped. "You did! You did!"

"Ashee Danza." Naveen muttered to Tiana, "She really has a thing for him."

"I know I did. You should know—if you paid attention—that part of my revenge was to put him back in his place. I've got Lynn and Facilier is back where he belongs. Now, it's your turn."

"N-No…this isn't right." Kitten stammered. She suddenly perked up and charged at him. She tackled him and tried to…she didn't know. But, she wanted him to suffer; she wanted him to feel what she and Facilier had felt when they were attacked. She knew she didn't know the real pain, yet. But regardless, Harmoo was determined to give to her. And she wanted to give it back. She wrapped her fingers around his neck and choked him. "Don't forget that I'm much bigger than you." Harmoo opened his mouth and choked, trying to call Lynn. "Say her name and I'll rip your stuffing right out." Harmoo tried to laugh as he grabbed her hands, but she knew he was scared; she could see it in his eyes.

"I think you know what I want…" she said, looking possessed.

"No. Whatever it is, I won't do it." Harmoo choked, "Not…AH…ever…"

"Bring…him…back…"she hissed, evilly.

"Why should I…?" Harmoo blinked as she hissed.

"To save yourself. THAT'S WHY!!" She choked him more and he sputtered out,

"OK! Ok! I'll do it! ACK!" She threw him onto the ground and stepped on him, not enough to hurt him; just to hold him there.

"Do it. You can talk, now. Do it!" Harmoo snapped his fingers as he shivered in fear. Kitten heard a soft explosion from behind and kicked Harmoo across the room. He slid into Lynn's feet as she stared down at him in curiosity. Kitten turned and ran to Dr. Facilier, who was leaning on his knees, more scratched up than she remembered. She tried to help him up.

"They came back…the shadows…they came back as soon as ya'll left. There were so many…I've never seen so many!" he said. Kitten got under him and pushed up. Then, her knees gave way when she heard,

"Why did you go?" She fell to the ground with him on top of her.

"No. I didn't." she said.

"Yes, you did."

"No! It was Harmoo! He made us go! I didn't even--I mean…" She squirmed out from under him. He had collapsed on top of her. "You-You look so…" She stopped as they looked at him. "So…" She glanced behind her to make sure Harmoo wasn't planning to do anything.

"Kitten," Facilier said, "It's fine. I know. Help me up. I remember where I am, now…" Kitten grabbed his wrist and helped him stand up. Kitten felt blood drip onto her cheek. She nearly collapsed again. She couldn't stand it.

"You know the most…" she said, "How do we stop this? I want it to end." She heard the clap of thunder and realized they were standing on the top of a very high plateau. A storm was nearing; she saw the super cell coming their way. She remembered the long name: Cumulonimbus. The most dangerous cloud she ever thought she'd see was about a hundred feet above her. She trembling as lightning flashed inside the thick cloud.

"It's going to storm." she said, "And we're going to be right in the middle of it." Dr. Facilier was standing behind her, holding her arms, as if trying to shield her from danger. She looked around. Tiana and Naveen were standing a few feet away, Louis cowering behind them. Tiana turned around.

"Louis, are you ok?" she asked.

"I'm frightened, Tiana!" he wined.

"Tiana! Naveen!" Kitten hollered over the wind gusts, "Where's Harmoo?"

"I don't know!" Tiana hollered back. Harmoo ran up behind her with a few shadows and they surprised them. Two grabbed Dr. Facilier and quickly held him back by his arms. The other grabbed kitten and threw her at the ledge. She slid across the plateau and stopped near the edge. She jumped up and scooted away as fast as she could.

"Kitten!" Harmoo shouted, "His friends on the other side will have your soul!" She gasped; she knew what they were doing. For the first time, she thought of Vena. Where was she, anyway? Shouldn't she be with them? Kitten stood up and ran down the edge and over to Tiana and Naveen.

"Help me, guys. They want me. They want to push me over the edge." The shadow and Lynn slithered up to her and each grabbed one of her legs. "No! Let go of me!" Lynn smiled at the other shadow in a "partner" sort of way, but she didn't know him. Kitten didn't know him, either. She felt like she didn't know Lynn, anymore.

"Dr. Facilier!" she hollered, "What's going on? Why is Lynn doing this?!" Kitten fell over finally and kicked at the shadows pulling at her.

"Kitten! She--" One of the shadows wrapped it's arm around his face like a blanket to prevent him to shouting.

"She what?!" Kitten yelled. She looked around for anything to grab. She glanced around and grabbed a big rock sticking out of the plateau. She held on for dear life as the shadows tried to pull her off. "Somebody do something!" she screamed, "I can't hold on forever!" Tiana and Naveen ran over and tried to swat the shadows away.

"Go away!" Tiana said.

"Yeah, you creatures of the night!" Naveen added, whacking one with a stick. The shadow glared at him and swiped at his foot. Harmoo smiled to himself as Facilier kicked him.

"OW! Hey! Watch it, bub! I'm still not going easy on you!" he said. He kicked him again. Harmoo snapped his fingers. One of the shadows used its razor-sharp foot-long claws and scraped down Facilier's side. He screamed. Harmoo laughed and Facilier kicked him across the pavement. Harmoo stopped sliding and looked up. Facilier noticed his mean look and the gem hanging from his neck like a necklace. He growled and stomped over to him.

"You know, you're really getting on my nerves. And to think I thought about letting you go…" He waved the gem in his face, "But, now…" Facilier yelled as Harmoo was tackled and wrestled to the ground. He was shocked. He looked up. Vena's huge button eyes stared into his red ones.

"Vena!" he sneered, "How did you get out?!" He clutched her cheek and ripped the material off. A little stuffing landed on him. She tumbled to the ground, holding her face. "How can you even have the guts to…" Suddenly, Vena attacked him.

"None of your busyness!" she yelled, punching him in the face. She quickly grabbed the gem around his neck and yanked it off. He growled and grabbed at her arms. She resisted and pulled away. She and Harmoo rolled across the ground, trying to get at each other, until Vena forced them to stop at the edge.

"Give it back, Vena!!" Harmoo yelled.

"NO!" Vena said. Harmoo knocked it out of her hand and it flew into the air. The two watched as it flew out of their reach and over the edge. They looked at each other and quickly stared over the ledge with shocked faces as they heard a distant shatter.

--TO BE CONTINUED--

Ok, so you may notice all my "&'s are now "and"s. I'm always criticized for them, even by my teacher on a report. And I thought, "If I know it's bad grammar, why do I do it anyway?" Because it's easy & I'm used to it, that's why. See, I just wrote it. XD I always type them without thinking, but I'll try to remember to replace them with "and" from now on with the trusty "Search and Replace" function. Yes. I figure I'm not gonna be cut any slack just because I tell people I do it before my stories. XD How dumb. I'm funnyful, no?

So! I hope you liked it so far. Yes, what I meant by the short, sweet, & to the point, "Kitten is Mental" I mean when she screamed her head off & threatened to tear Harmoo apart. XD It was fun…Byeeee!!

PS. Not sure yet when the last chapter will be. If it's the next one, I have plenty planned! ^^ It'll probably be the one after that, though. I'm still deciding whether to let her mom in on this for the…ooh! You'll have to wait & seeee! But, tell me what you think: should Kitten tell her mom about this?