Bonus chapter! A nice little Easter surprise, and what better way to celebrate Easter than with a villain who uses people's hopes and dreams to his advantage to try to scam them and bring them misery?

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Probably better to spend it with an Australian Easter Bunny the size of a kangaroo and with the voice of Hugh Jackman or a simple egg hunt. But this time, this villain will not trick this person we're about to read about.

Disclaimer: I don't own Disney or Prismrain13's OC, West. Just Kyra and Rusty. Enjoy:)

Enemies From the Other Side

Dusk was falling as Kyra and Rusty walked the streets of New Orleans. They were just finishing up restocking on supplies and planning to head out soon to the next world. Kyra took a deep breathe through her nose, taking in the smells of the city they spent a couple of weeks in.

She sighed. "I'm going to miss this place, Rusty. We should be sure to come back sometime and visit Tiana. I know you'll be wanting more of her beignets before we leave."

Rusty licked his lips, smiling as he thought about those delicious pastries before his nose twitched. He stopped in his tracks and sniffed the air, Kyra stopping as well.

"Something the matter, Rusty?" Kyra asked.

Rusty turned his head and growled, standing defensively. Kyra looked behind her, following his line of sight. There, at the end of the block, was a man leaning against the building. He was dressed in an array of purple, wore a necklace of bones and a skull was embroidered on his purple feathered top hat. He was looking right at them.

Kyra raised an eyebrow. Why is that guy staring right at us?

Rusty started barking, his fur raised on end. Kyra directed her attention to the bristled fox, putting a comforting hand on his head. "Easy, boy," she whispered, "We have to tread carefully, remember?"

Kyra straightened up only to nearly jump out of her skin. The man from across the street was standing right in front of them.

"Enchanté."

Ok, how did he manage to cross the street and get over here so fast?

The strange man removed his hat, revealing the mess of hair on his head and twirling his hat skillfully on his finger before putting it back on. "A tip of the hat from Doctor Facilier. How ya doin'."

He handed Kyra a small business card. Silently, Kyra read it. "Tarot readings. Charms. Potions. Dreams made real?" She raised her eyebrow at that last one. She almost didn't noticed when the man came to her side and slid an arm around her shoulders. Rusty, after his initial shock wore off, followed after them with a wary look.

"If I were a bettin' man," Dr. Facilier started, walking them both down toward an alleyway, "and I'm not, I stay away from games of chance. I'd wager I was in the company of a traveler from among the stars."

Before he had a chance to lead them into the alley, Kyra ducked out of his arms and stepped away from him. "Yeah, you're not the first person here to tell me that. I met a lot of magic users who could sense I'm from another world. So, if you were trying to impress me, it didn't work."

After a second of slight surprise, Dr. Facilier chuckled. "Can't pull the wool ov'r your eyes. Smart gal." He reached into his jacket and pulled out a deck of cards. "Perhaps I can interest a smart gal like you into a card reading."

Kyra waved a dismissive hand at the fan out cards before her. "Sorry, not interested."

"Just take three."

"I said, no." Kyra pushed his card-wielding hand away, accidentally touching one of the cards which fell to the ground, face down. With a flick of his hand, the fan of cards disappeared in a blink of an eye before swiftly picking up the card that laid on the sidewalk. He took a look at it before flipping it around for Kyra to see, a smirk on his face. What she saw made her heart break.

It was an illustration of West, falling headfirst through the darkness, the yellow eyes of Heartless watching her descent from around the edges.

"Oh, this is interesting. You recently lost a friend to the darkness. One you saw as a sister to you and tried to protect. I guess that didn't go as well as you hoped."

The smirk was wiped off his face as he was shoved against a nearby wall of a brick building, an arm pressed roughly against his torso and fierce, amethyst eyes glaring at him. The fox at the girl's feet crouched, fur raised and teeth bared.

"Unless you want to know what it is like to be maimed by a fox mage, I suggest you shut up right now! Don't you ever dare talk about West!"

Kyra removed her arm from him, using all of her self-control to reign in her anger. She turned away and started walking when a hand grabbed her arm.

"I can reunite you, with all the people you have lost."

"Nice try," Kyra snarled, wrenching her arm out of his grasp, "But I know a con when I see one!"

Kyra started to storm off when he called out one more time.

"You're making a mistake, cher! Later on, you'd be wishin' you had my help!"

Kyra looked back, her eyes narrowed in a venomous glare. "The only thing I wish for is something you could never grant. Have a nice life."

With a huff, she turned her back on him and stomped away, Rusty growling at her side until the Shadow Man was out of sight.

Don't mess with Kyra, folks. Kyra is no fool to fall for Facilier's charismatic-ism, unlike Naveen.

Naveen: Hey!

Sorry man, but you were more gullible than a sixteen-year-old mermaid making a deal with a sea witch and selling her voice for a pair of legs to be with a human prince that she barely knew.

Naveen: It all worked out in the end, didn't it?

Yes, it did.

Naveen: What would have happened if she did went into his emporium?

Well, there might have been singing. He would have Kyra take three cards, read them-last them would have been her reunited with the people she lost-tricked her into shaking his hand, then sent her into the Realm of Darkness to be trapped forever.

Naveen: Faldonza!

Hey. This was around the time when Maleficent came back. Who's to say she didn't hired Facilier to get rid of Kyra should she ever come to New Orleans.

Naveen: What does she have against Kyra?

Not so much as Kyra as it is Luke. She'll take revenge any way she can get it. Then again, Facilier could just be messing with her because, well, it what he does? I'll leave it to the imagination. Happy Easter, everyone:)