The next chapter's up and ready. It has spoilers from the movie The Princess and the Frog, I apologize for any OOCness since I had not seen that movie in a while. Despite mostly following the Disney movie's story, I'll probably deviate a little.
Disclaimer: Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy itself were created by Square Enix. Walt Disney created and copyrighted the Disney characters, locations, etc.
Chapter XII: Voodoo High Jinx
Bidding good-bye to Peter Pan and his gang, Sora's group returned to the Ragnarok II to travel to another world. Serenia glanced at the green orb she held in her hand"So how do Summon Gems work?"
"The Summon Gems usually carry the spiritual form of certain creatures or people, the ones I initially had in my first quest mostly contained the powers of those whose worlds were lost to the darkness. Tink's summon gem has healing magic, I'm sure I already mentioned it" elaborated Sora.
"What's our destination, now?" wondered Tyler.
Sora thought for a moment"Hm, there might be worlds I haven't been to yet. We don't know how many Twilight Shards remain, I'll ask Cid to let me pilot the ship for a bit."
"Then I'll do my best to continue Serenia and Tyler's training" offered Roxas.
Sora smiled as he walked to the bridge"Thanks."
Roxas turned to Serenia and Tyler"Ready to continue training?"
"You bet" replied Serenia.
"Okay" smiled Tyler.
Roxas proceeded to teach the two apprentices some basic keyblade techniques and second-level healing magic, adding a second-level gravity spell to the mix. Tyler paused for a second after casting Aeroa on a small practice box that Roxas had brought his him"What world will we see, next?"
"I don't know, what do you think Master Roxas?" smiled Serenia.
Roxas shrugged"We'll just have to see."
"I hope I wasn't getting in the way too much" sighed the teenage girl.
"Not really" said Roxas.
Sora worked with Cid to pilot the Ragnarok II farther through the twisted space, the brunette keyblade master shrugged'Guess the realms are merging.'
"Hey, Sora. There's another world coming right up" said Cid.
Sora looked out the window to see a bluish world with a green landmass. A smaller landmass was on the blue, which seemed typical for a world. Tifa came onto the bridge"How are things?"
"Can't say I've explored this world before. Let's let the others know" said Sora.
The brunettes went back into the main hull, where Roxas was finishing teaching the two apprentices. Xion, who was watching, addressed Sora"Did we find another world, yet?"
"Yeah, looks like mostly water and a town in the middle" replied Sora.
"Interesting" breathed Serenia.
Roxas thought for a moment"So should we send this time?"
Sora grinned"I'll bring Serenia and Tyler along. Noel, Serah, up for another adventure?"
"Why not?" responded Noel with a smile.
"Let's go" smiled Serah.
Roxas shrugged"Here we go again, hopefully nothing bad will happen this time."
The group of six teleported down to find themselves in the middle of a swampland. Serenia grimaced as she gazed at the water and the forest"This place gives me the creeps."
"Just stay close to me" reassured Sora.
Tyler glanced at the watery landscape"Think we can swim, here?"
"Go ahead if you want to get dirty" retorted Serenia, making a face.
The group looked around, walking across the dry areas as best they could. Along the way, Serenia thought she saw two frogs talking from behind the bushes. One of them was male"They look friendly enough."
"Maybe, but I don't think we should go near. Think about it! People would freak if they hear frogs talking!" sighed his female counterpart, exasperated.
Serenia curiously approached the bushes from where she heard the voices"Hello? Is someone here?"
A male frog hopped out from behind. The frog spoke"May I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"
Serenia freaked, causing her companions and father to run to her location. The female frog hopped out and said"Naveen, I told you!"
"You two don't have to be scared, I'm Sora. This is Serenia" smiled the brunette Keybearer.
The female frog smiled curteously"I'm Tiana, that guy over here is Prince Naveen."
"Oh, forgive me for not noticing" said Serenia, bowing before the male frog. She had read the story of the Frog Prince before, so she could not help but believe the female frog's claim.
"Hey, no need to do that. I'm a nice guy" grinned the male frog.
Sora was astonished"How can you two talk?"
"He's been messin' around with the shadow man" sighed Tiana.
"He was very charismatic" shrugged Naveen.
Serenia was astonished"You mean-?"
Naveen shrugged"Yeah, I went to his place with my Valet, Lawrence. During a seemingly harmless fortune-telling session, I got turned into a frog. I tried asking Tiana, who was dressed as a princess, to kiss me to turn me back."
"I see" said Sora.
"I happen to be a princess, but I'm not old enough for that kind of thing" said Serenia.
Tiana nodded in agreement"We'll just keep looking around and get me and Naveen out of this mess he got us in."
"Can we go with you?" asked Sora.
"Sure" grinned Naveen.
Tiana nodded"The more the merrier."
The group headed deeper into the swamp, Tiana explained as Sora asked where they were. Serah was astonished"So this is a bayou, and there's a city west of here called New Orléans?"
"Yep" grinned Naveen, who was strumming on a makeshift guitar on a makeshift raft that he and Tiana set up so they could cruise through the bayou for answers. Serah and Noel were not quite sure what to think of their new friends.
"Voodoo sounds like some serious stuff, who's to say it's not dark magic?" inquired Noel.
Serah shrugged"It must be powerful if it can turn people into animals."
The group continued on until a big green crocodile rose up from the water behind Naveen and Tiana's boat while the male frog was strumming. Serenia hid behind her father"What's up with that?"
The alligator seemed to talk to the frogs from what Sora could tell, though he didn't know what he was saying. Activating the special power in his clothes, he turned himself into a frog and went up to them"What's up?"
"Sora, what happened?" gasped Tiana.
Sora grinned"I have these special magic clothes that let me turn into animals or some other form if needed. It's kinda cool if you get used to it."
"Whoa, awesome, I wish I could do that" said the crocodile.
"What do you mean?" said Sora.
The Crocodile grinned"I love Jazz music, I long to head over to town and play along with the big boys"
"Why don't you?" asked Naveen.
"Tried that once, but didn't go well. I'm Louis" said the alligator.
Serenia addressed Sora"Can I transform, too?"
"We'll work on that later" replied Sora.
Tiana sighed"Well anyway, we can't mess around here. Naveen here got himself cursed by a voodoo witch doctor, now we're trying to find a way to become human again."
"Voodoo!? You mean like the kind that Mama Odie do?" asked Louis, surprised.
"Mama... Who?" Sora was confused.
Louis elaborated"She's the Voodoo Queen of the bayou. She has potions, spells and all kinds of hoodoo."
"Can you take us to her?" asked Tiana and Naveen at the same time.
The alligator's eyes widened"Past sharp thorns and hunters with guns!? No."
Sora shrugged"Guess we'll have to do this ourselves."
Naveen walked closer to the crocodile and said"It's too bad we can't help with your dream, Louis. If only you were smaller, less toothy, you could play music around adoring crowds without scaring them."
Tiana rolled her eyes"Cute, but that's not going to-"
"Hey! I just had an idea, what if I asked Mama Odie to turn me human?" burst Louis.
Naveen grinned"Welcome aboard."
The group and their new companion traveled farther along the bayou, taking in the sights as they went. Serenia talked with Tiana"So you're a waitress?"
"Yes, my dream is to have my very own restaurant. That was before Naveen got us into this mess" grumbled the female frog.
"As for me, I'd party every night like I used to" smiled Naveen.
"You are getting married" reminded Tiana.
Serenia could not help but feel like a romantic"He is? To who?"
Naveen grinned"When I am back in human form, I'm marrying Charlotte La'bouff."
"Sounds like you're in love with someone" smiled Serenia.
Naveen shrugged"Nah, it's mostly because I'm completely broke. My parents are fabulously wealthy, but they cut me off one day for being irresponsible and stuff along the lines."
"Some prince you are" jabbed Tyler.
"Tyler, that's not a nice thing to say" chided Serenia.
"It's all right" grinned the male frog.
The group moved on until they ran into what looked like a group of Shadow and Soldier Heartless. Tiana shrieked at the sight. Naveen's eyeballs widened"What are those things?"
"Your highness, Tiana, Louis, stay back. We'll handle this" said Sora, turning back into a human.
"Finally some action" said Noel, hacking down a soldier heartless with his blade. Another countered the attack with a cyclone spin, only to be knocked down by Sora's keyblade.
Serenia hacked at three Shadow Heartless that attempted to attack her while Tyler cast spells at the Soldier Heartless, Serah backed up her allies by firing arrows at the Heartless.
No sooner had the monsters went down, Serenia breathed"This 'shadow man' guy must be bad news."
"Somehow, I don't think that was him. Besides, we shouldn't interfere too much if we can avoid it. Let's keep going" replied Sora.
The group pressed on before what looked like a shiny ball of yellow light appeared. Sora transformed again to see a Cajun Firefly, Serenia was amazed"It's beautiful."
The firefly grinned"Hey, I'm Raymond. My friends call me Ray."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Sora" said the Keybearer.
"I am Prince Naveen. Sora, Louis and Tiana are my companions" said the male frog.
"Nice to meet you. So where are you all headed?" asked the firefly.
Sora glanced down the bayou before replying"Louis the alligator has been leading us to someone called Odie, Tiana and Naveen need to become human again. Unlike them, I have a special power that lets me assume animal form and return to normal at will."
"Seriously? Well, you're obviously going the wrong way. Number one rule of the bayou is never take directions from a gator" said Ray.
Louis was shocked"I was confused by the topography er..."
Tiana sighed and shook her head, their alligator friend was leading them the wrong way.
"Ray, can you lead us to the Voodoo Queen?" asked Sora.
Ray smiled"Certainly Amigos, just follow me."
Sora and his friends continued on, taking in the sights. Serenia frowned slightly"This place is kind of dirty, how can someone be living here?"
"Huh? Master Sora, I think there's something moving behind that bush over there" said Tyler, startled by a nearby sound of a twig cracking.
Sora changed back"You're right, but what?"
What sounded like a gunblade echoed through the swamp as several manikins appeared. Accompanying them were some unknown shadow demons. Serah frowned"Lightning never told me that Manikins can imitate her shape."
"They're nothing compared to the real thing unless in big numbers, but why are they here?" said Sora.
Tiana, Naveen, and Raymnod kept their distance, Louis had jumped into a nearby bush in fright. Sora was astonished to see one of the shadow demons dart toward Naveen to try to capture him. Noel slashed at it, only for the blow to go through"Blast, those are probably phantoms. They don't exist in Serah's, Lightning's and my world."
"Fire!" Serenia blasted on Phantom with a spell while Noel, Serah and Tyler confronted the Manikins.
"It's no good!" cried Serah, seeing the phantoms surround them while shooting down a Manikin.
"We can't give up" said Noel, engaging Lightning's Manikin in a swordfight. Noel struggled to keep up as the Manikin evaded and shot bullets from its illusionary gunblade. Noel dodged each shot before retaliating with a slash.
Sora blasted the shadow phantoms with Fire while fighting a Cloud Manikin. Serenia and Tyler duked it out with a Tifa Manikin before smashing it with their Keyblades.
The Lightning Manikin launch Lightning Strike at Neol. Serah healed her friend with cure before shooting the monster down"The Manikins just can't come up with their own shapes, can they?"
Sora dodged an Omnislash from the Cloud Manikin and countered with Ragnarok. The combo destroyed the Manikin. The phantoms however were agile and weren't distracted from their target for long.
"Blast!" Noel smashed a Manikin and turned to see Naveen accosted by one of the phantoms. As the phantoms were about to kidnap the frog prince, a fireball chased them away while Sora's team handled the Manikins.
"Who did that?" freaked Serenia.
An old woman carrying a torch and clad in white approached from beyond the bayou's depths, Sora kept his normal form and spoke"Who are you?"
"Call me Odie, young man. I have seen you all coming, come on over to my place" grinned the woman.
The group followed the old woman to what looked like an old boathouse. Naveen and Tiana were astonished. Tyler and Noel bit back a remark as they followed Odie inside.
"So what brings you all here?" inquired the old woman as they entered the main room which had potions and a crystal ball.
"Tiana and I wish to be human again, Louis also wants to be 'human.' I'm Prince Naveen" said the male frog.
Odie pondered for a second before answering to their requests"So you want to be human, but do you have what you need?"
"What do you mean by that?" said Noel.
"Please excuse him, he's Noel. I'm Serah" said the pink haired girl.
"I'm Sora, and that's Tyler and Serenia" said the younger brunette.
Odie addressed Sora"Ah, you are the Keybearer, aren't you? What is it you seek?"
"How would you know what we're after? I'm going after the Twilight Crystal, which is also called the Stone of Secrets" replied Sora.
Odie grinned"Hm, such trifles are easily done with. But do you have what you need? You need to know what you need before you can get what you want. I, Mama Odie, am a Voodoo Priestess. Part of what you seek may be found in this world. Unfortunately, my powers have no bearing in this matter. As for you, Naveen, all you need do is kiss a true princess."
"We know how to undo their curse, and I'm too young for that" sighed Serenia.
"One must not meddle in the affairs of other worlds, that is for sure. The nearest princess in question is La'Bouff's daughter, but only during the Mardi Grass in which her father is king of the festival" said Odie.
"The Mardi Grass ends at midnight" gasped Tiana.
Sora shrugged"Not a problem for me. I can get us to the town with my Gummi Ship."
"I dunno Sora, someone may freak if they see talking frogs or a trumpet-playing gator" frowned Serah.
"We'll take the long way, then" piped Noel.
Sora group bade farewell to Mama Odie and went the other way back through the bayou. It was getting close to nightfall when they stopped at a dry spot near the watery bayou.
"Best make camp here" remarked Neol.
"It's not so bad when you get used to it. Hm, what should we do about dinner?" wondered Serenia.
Tiana hopped over to a nearby mushroom and addressed her friends"How about some swamp Gumbo?"
Sora was astonished"What's it like?"
The female frog replied"I don't really know, I have to kind of work with what I have on hand."
"Sora, did we bring and food with us?" asked Tyler.
"I have some fruit, but it's more of a snack" flushed the brunette Keybearer.
"Ah, well. It sounds good, I'll just have something to nibble on while I wait" said Naveen, laying back.
"Oh, no, you are going to mince this mushroom your highness. Hop to it" said Tiana, giving the male frog part of the mushroom to work with before looking around to get find stuff for her makeshift dish.
"What can we do to help?" said Noel.
"You can just wait, cooking doesn't really take more than two people to do" said Tiana.
Sora stood back while Naveen used a makeshift knife to cut the mushroom into slices, the prince struggled with it a little. While working on a brough for her gumbo, Tiana headed back towards the frog prince when she noticed he was having trouble and said"Here, watch and learn."
The prince watched as the female frog expertly sliced part of the mushroom into bits and left him to do the rest. Naveen remarked as he worked"You know, at the palace, everything is done for you all the time."
Sora raised an eyebrow"Really? I imagine even kings and princes have to do their share."
"I really enjoyed it, didn't have to do much. It was only when my parents cut me off that I realized I don't know how to do anything" sighed the male frog.
Seeing her companion in a new light, Tiana smiled"You know, you're really doing a good job at mincing. Keep this up and I might hire you."
"Really?" grinned Naveen.
"No" replied the female frog.
"Whoa, come on! That was way below the frog belt!" griped the prince.
At Radiant Garden, Kairi glanced at the sky worriedly. Seeing this, Yuffie walked into the princess of heart's room while checking on things in the castle and said"What's up? Why the long face?"
"Nothing, really. You wouldn't know if Sora will be okay, would you?" sighed the red-head.
"Aw, don't sweat it. I'm sorry he's fine, nothing gets me down. As for Leon, Rinoa and Aerith, they've been super busy. Come to think of it, I haven't seen Cloud or Tifa for a while" said the ninja.
"You're right, I've just been worried. Yuffie, think we can check the library and the computer for information or something that might help Sora with his quest?" inquired the queen.
Yuffie grinned"Why not? I was getting bored, can't say there's much we can uncover much info. But you can count on me, I am the great ninja Yuffie after all."
Kairi smiled"Okay, let's get started tomorrow."
The following day found Sora and his group on a boat to New Orléans. They had eaten a small dinner of gumbo that night and were well on their way to find Tiana's friend Charlotte.
"The town's really beautiful" breathed Serenia from the boat.
"I agree" said Serah.
Sora silently stood at the front of the ship, watching. Seeing this, Noel addressed to the brunette Keyblade Master"Something wrong?"
Sora was silent for a bit longer before responding"Huh? Oh, sorry, I spaced out a little. I have no doubt that the town feels peaceful, but I felt a dark aura from somewhere. Maybe it was just my imagination."
"Could it be the shadow man who Tiana mentioned?" asked Tyler.
"Not necessarily, but something feels a bit off" sighed Sora.
The group docked and left the boat, Sora turned to address his allies"We should split up to look for Tiana's friend, what does she look like?"
"She has blond hair and blue eyes" said the female frog.
Sora nodded"Okay, I think we know what to do. But let's try to act inconspicuous, we can't attract too much attention."
Serenia nodded"So what will we do?"
"Best thing I can think of is to split up. Serah, Noel, Serenia, you're with me. Tyler, will you be okay going with Tiana, Ray, Louis and Naveen?" asked the brunette hero.
"No problem, Sora" said the teenage boy.
Neol squared his shoulders"Let's check the town."
"You going after the Shadow Man, Sora?" piped Tiana.
"Yeah, I gotta learn more about this situation. Besides, something tells me we haven't seen the last of those shadow phantoms" said the brunette.
Louis, Ray, Tyler and Naveen had already gone into the town. Tiana was about to follow when she addressed Sora again"Good luck."
Sora nodded and began to lead his group into New Orléans. The day just wore on during the search as they checked out the various shops, Serah breathed"Pretty lively, here."
"You can say that" agreed Noel.
"Still haven't found any sign of the source of darkness, maybe it was my imagination" said Sora with a shrug.
"Dad! Serah! Noel!" cired Serenia, spotting some Dark Ball Heartless.
Sora readied himself"It figures we'd run into Heartless on our way here." Serah shot one heartless while Noel engaged another with his blade. Sora struck one Darkball down with Strike Raid.
"Fire! Thunder!" Serenia's spells staggered another heartless enough for Noel to wipe it out.
Sora breathed as they defeated the Heartless"There is darkness in someone's heart, that's for sure. Same goes for all hearts of course, but the Heartless seem to have been drawn here."
"Hope Tyler's okay" whimpered Serenia.
The group explored well into the night and were considering returning to the ship to rest when Serenia spotted one of the shadow phantoms"Eeek!"
"Huh?" Sora spotted it near a cemetary.
"Looks like trouble" Neol rushed in. The rest of the group followed to find Tiana wandering around, in her hand was a talisman shaped like a skull.
"What's happening?" chirped Serenia.
Before anyone could respond, a man in black with a top hat and a dark complexion emerged from the shadows and blew an illusionary powder at the group. Instantly, they found themselves standing in an illusionary restaurant.
"What just happened?" frowned Sora.
"Beats me" whispered Serah.
Tiana looked around, her frog body replaced by that of a young woman with the same complexion as the man they just saw. Serenia sighed"Do you think this spell reveals the future?"
"En contraire, but close enough" said a man's voice as the dark-clad man approached them.
Sora glanced at him"Who are you?"
The man grinned darkly"Facilier at your service. Ah, and Tiana is it?"
"How did-?" The young woman was flustered.
Facilier stepped closer to her"I can read your futures, yours especially. You have a little dream of opening a fine restaurant, despite being poor as you are. Your daddy worked so hard to achieve his dream, but wound with nothing less then a gumbo pot."
"Okay, you're freaking me out" said Serenia.
Facilier ignored the rest of Sora's group as he spoke to Tiana"I can help you, all you need to do is hand over that talisman of mine."
Tiana stood for a moment, Sora frowned"Tiana, I don't think you should listen."
Tiana was silent for a bit longer"Dad never did get what he want." Turning to Facilier, she responded"But he never lost sight of what's important, neither will I!"
The young woman attempted to smash the Talisman by throwing it onto the ground, only for Facilier's shadow to grab it, and the illusion vanished. Tiana was now back in her cursed form.
"Fire!" Serenia attempted to blast the man, only for the shadow to block after returning the talisman to its master.
Smirking evilly at Tiana, Facilier spoke"You should have taken my deal, now you'll spend the rest of your life as a slimy little frog."
"I have news for you, Shadow Man. It is not slime, its mucus!" Tiana aimed her frog tongue at the talisman, snatching it away from Facilier. She took the item into her hands and smashed it to the ground.
"You fumbled, Facilier!" remarked Sora, triumphantly.
The sound of voodoo drums was suddenly heard. Hearing this, Tyler rushed onto the scene"Sora! Did I miss something?"
"You might want to get out-of-the-way, Tyler" whispered Serenia.
Tyler paled as he saw ghost-like creatures appear and ran to Sora's side. Serenia frowned"There must be different laws for spirits in each world, I've read about them."
An eerie song echoed directly at Facilier"Are you ready?"
"Friends! Wait, I'm not ready. I need more time" Facilier pleaded with the spirits that appeared before the group.
"Are you ready?" echoed the spirits, Sora could tell from their aura that their wrath is directed at the Voodoo witch doctor.
"So that guy drew the Heartless to this world" remarked Noel.
Sora nodded"We'll let the spirits finish him."
"I don't think that's a good idea now" said Tiana, who had hidden behind a gravestone.
Before Sora's eyes, a demon gate appeared behind Facilier as the angered spirits began dragging him backwards. Serenia paled and hid behind Sora"That looks scary."
Facilier looked pathetic as he was dragged into the gate"Wait, please. I promise I'll pay you all somehow!"
"Must have owed the spirits a debt. It's a high-risk operation messing with the dead" remarked Serah.
Facilier was thrown into a greenish opening of the gate which closed with a flash, disappearing with the rest of the Voodoo Spirits and the Phantom Shadows. When the flash dissipated, all that was left was a gravestone with Facilier's face etched on it.
Tiana came out of her hiding place and glanced up at the clock tower to find it was nearly midnight. Sora addressed her"Something wrong?"
"I have to go find Naveen" said Tiana, hopping away.
Neol glanced at the grave"Looks like it was too easy."
"You call that easy? Ha, ha, ha, ha" cackled a voice as a familiar blond man with colorful clothes appeared.
"That laugh, Kefka?" asked Sora, astonished.
"You know this weirdo?" inquired Noel.
Kefka smirked"So you recognize me. You may have won the last war, but this time Discord shall destroy all! Take a look behind you: If you think that's something that can be stopped, try and stop it I dare you! And don't you forget, fallen warriors on Chaos and Cosmos's sides can be revived as long as they aren't killed by a Manikin."
"Huh?" Sora glanced at the gravestone which began to rise and transform. The stone transformed into what looked like a Manikin with a top hat and dark clothes.
"Ah, man. Does that mean Chaos is alive?" groaned the brunette keyblade master.
Kefka cackled as he vanished"It is not Chaos, but the cursed power of the Twilight Crystal and that silly Sanhille that revived most of Discord's finest. Chaos as you call him I presume has been permanently warped into feral form. The worlds are in for a unpleasant nightmare."
Sora glanced at the Manikin, it looked much like Facilier. Serenia frowned"I guess he's been turned into a heartless, even though his spirit and body got dragged into the afterlife."
The Manikin flashed a bolt of green lightning from its eyes. Sora deflected the blow with his keyblade, only for the monster to zap him with a green fireball. On cue, several Voodoo spirits appeared and began playing an eerie melody.
"Huh? My body's getting heavy" moaned Serenia.
Sora struggled"I can barely stay awake, but we have to defeat that Manikin."
"Fire!" Tyler cast a spell at the Manikin. The monster staggered and retaliated with a hypnotizing flash of light, putting Tyler into a sleep state. Serah fired an arrow at one of the Voodoo spirits, only for the arrow to go through.
Noel angrily charged at the Manikin, only for a spirit to attack him with Sleep.
Sora braced himself and launched Thundara at his enemies. The attack barely dented the Manikin as it's puppets were eliminated, the creature threw a blast of green lightning at Sora again. The brunette master deflected the blow and countered with Strike Raid. The Manikin shot forth a bolt of lightning in retaliation.
"Esuna!" A white magic spell reversed the slow and sleep status ailments on the group as the spell's caster spoke"You can move faster, now."
"Nice one, Refia. Let's put those voodoo jokers back where they belong" said a young man's voice.
"Luneth? Arc? Refia? Ingus? What are you all doing here?" asked Sora, amazed.
"We're here to save your bacon" said Luneth, heading over to the fray.
"Cosmos must have known we were headed for trouble" said Sora.
Luneth beamed as he shot Firaga at the monsters"You bet, Cosmos sensed that Chaos's goons were showing signs of activity again. On top of that, they got new henchmen among their ranks."
The monster was slightly melted from the fire attack, Sora readied his weapon"Just the way I want you" and sent his keyblade charging into the monstrosity with a Strike Raid. The stone monster shattered into bits, and the spirits inside vanished.
"Yeah, that did it" smiled Serenia.
Sora turned to address Luneth"How did you get here?"
"We have a gummi ship of our own, now. We call it the Pride of Sasune" beamed Ingus.
"Sora, should we check on Tiana?" asked Serenia.
"Yeah, let's go" replied the brunette keyblade master.
The group went to the town and found Naveen, Tiana and Louis. Ray laid dead on the ground. Sora was astonished"What happened to him?"
Tiana sighed"The Shadow Man killed Ray. Naveen and I are staying frogs, let's go back to the bayou."
"What about your friend?" asked Sora.
Tiana sighed"We were too late, midnight had passed before Charlotte could break the spell."
the group and their new companions returned to the bayou, put Ray's body to rest. Tiana glanced at the sky"Look."
"Huh?" Sora saw a star appear next to a bigger one.
"He's with Evangeline" whispered Tiana.
Later the next day, Sora and the others stood in the bayou with several critters and Louis. Naveen and Tiana stood side-by-side in front of the Voodoo Priestess as she presided over their wedding.
"So romantic" whispered Serenia.
"Yeah" smiled Noel.
At the ceremony's end, Odie addressed Naveen and Tiana"Thus I pronounce you frog and wife."
Sora smiled at the sight as the two frogs kissed, a magic glow enveloped their bodies. Moments passed as the two frogs were replaced by Tiana in her human form, and Naveen. The prince is now a young man with dark hair.
"Heh, I told you. Kissing a princess breaks the spell" grinned the Voodoo Priestess.
Naveen pleasantly surprised as he addressed Tiana"I get it, once you became my wife, that made you-"
"A Princess, you just kissed yourself a princess" smiled Tiana.
"And I'll do it again" grinned the prince.
Refia leaned on Luneth's shoulder"Remember when we wed?"
"Yeah" nodded the man other.
Sora addressed Tiana and Naveen"Congratulations, you two."
Tiana flushed"Thanks, Sora. So now what will you do? Naveen and I are thinking we should go back to New Orléans for a proper wedding as humans."
"We'll be leaving, now. But see maybe we'll come back to see you, sometime" grinned Sora.
Naveen grinned"Hey, it's no skin off my bones. It was nice traveling together."
"Hope your dream comes true, Tiana" spoke Serenia.
"They already have, in a way. Love is the most important thing, after all" said the new princess.
Sora nodded"Good-bye."
Louis stood with Naveen and Tiana to say good-bye to Sora and his friends. As they spoke, an orange keyhole appeared in the sky. Seeing this as their cue, Sora and Serenia used their keyblades to seal it, and a twilight shard popped out.
"I don't understand, why is the crystal in shards anyway?" wondered Tyler.
"I think we'll find out" whispered Serenia.
Man, that took a very long time. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Some of the stuff I made up, but I had to come up with original ideas. Oh, and I did deliberately skip the part with the hunters. It was only a minor part if you ask me.
Please feel free to review. I think I'll do a Final Fantasy chapter next.