A/N: And here we have another song, "Friends on the Other Side" sung by Keith David. Again the lyrics are in italics.
Dislcaimer: The song "Friends on the Other Side" belongs to Disney.
{Chapter V "Dr. Kirkland's Voodoo Emporium"}
"Hello gentlemen," the blond said. He took off his hat and gave a quick bow. "A tip of the hat from Dr. Kirkland." The man flicked his wrist and handed Antonio a purple business card that appeared in his fingers.
"'Tarot readings, charms, potions. Dreams made real,'" Antonio read as Dr. Kirkland started guided him down the sidewalk. "¡Increíble!
Dr. Kirkland took Antonio's palm and quickly ran his index finger over it. "Well I'll be! I wager that I'm in the presence of visiting royalty. Am I right?" He quickly led Antonio into a dark alley way and stopped in front of a dark purple door with a black sign above it that read 'Dr. Kirkland's Voodoo Emporium'.
"Daan, Daan!" Antonio exclaimed and turned around to face the breathless man who was running after them. "This remarkable gentle just read my palm."
Daan frowned and saw that Dr. Kirkland had the newspaper tucked into one of his pockets. "Or this morning's newspaper," he muttered to himself. "Sire listen, I don't like the looks of this man. He is obviously a con man. I suggest we move-"
"Don't you disrespect me little man," Dr. Kirkland sang angrily. "Don't you derogate or deride
You're in my world now, not your world
And I've got friends on the other side."
"He's got friends on the other side," Ghost voices echoed.
The dark purple door swung opened and Dr. Kirkland quickly ushered both men inside to a table in the center of the room. "That's an echo gentlemen, just a little parlor trick we have here in Louisiana.
Sit down at my table
Put your minds at east
If you relax it was enable me to do
Anything I please
I can read your future
I can change it 'round some too
I'll took deep into your heart soul
You do have a soul, don't you Daan?
Make your wildest dreams come true
I got voodoo, I got hoodoo
I got things I ain't even tried
And I got friends on the other side"
"He's got friends on the other side," the ghost voices sang again. Daan and Antonio quickly looked around but with two opposite facial expressions – one worry, and the other amusement.
"The cards, the cards, the cards will tell
The past, the present, and the future as well
The cards, the cards, just take three
Take a little trip into your future with me"
Antonio was quick to take three but he had to nudge Daan in order for him to take his three. Once they did, Dr. Kirkland's evil smirk widened and he turned towards Antonio.
"Now you, young man are from across the sea
You come from two long lines of royalty
I'm a royal myself, on my mother's side
Your lifestyle's high, but your funds are low
You need to marry a little honey whose daddy got dough
Mom and dad cut you off, huh playboy?"
Antonio shrugged. "Sad but true."
"Now you have to get married but marriage ties you down
You just want to be free, hop from place to place
But freedom takes green
It's the green, it's the green
It's the green you need
And when I looked into your future
It's the green that I seen" Now, Dr. Kirkland looked at Daan in mock sadness.
"On you little man, I don't wanna waste much time
You been pushed 'round all your life
You been pushed 'round by your mother and your sister and your bother
And if you was married you'd be pushed 'round by your wife
But in your future the you that I see
Is exactly the man you always wanted to be."
Dr. Kirkland stood up and walked to Daan and Antonio's side of the table to offer them his hands. "Shake my hand, c'mon boys. Won't you shake a poor sinner's hand?" Daan was quick to shake his hand wearing almost the exact same smirk as Dr. Kirkland. Antonio's expression was the exact opposite from earlier, and he hesitated to shake Dr. Kirkland's hand but eventually he did. "Yes…
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Transformation Central
Reformation Central
Transmogrification Central"
All of a sudden something trapped Antonio in his chair. He tried to get lose as Dr. Kirkland walked forward with some type of charm necklace with a creepy face on it, but he was still stuck. Dr. Kirkland picked up Antonio's index finger and closed the mouth of the charm around it, drawing blood. The charm started glowing red, Antonio's blood seeping into the grooves. He flinched in pain when a bright, green light started engulfing him, started from the cut on his finger.
"Can you feel it?" Dr. Kirkland sang.
"You're changing, you're changing
You're changing all right
I hope you're satisfied
But if you ain't, don't blame me
You can blame my friends on the other side
Ha, ha, ha."
"You got what you wanted," the ghost voices sang. "But you lost what you had!"
A/N: It was a little difficult for me to write out this chapter because I would have to interrupt the song to add in the actions. I hope I did a good enough job for you lot to still be able to understand what all is going on.
Ciao, Athineath~