The Prince and the Frog {SONADOW}

Chapter - 12

Throughout the day, the trio floated along the bayou with only two to talk to each other. Knuckles tried to get the onyx frog to join in but the male kept quiet, clearly not in the mood to chat it up. So the duo just gave up and left him alone. It was starting to become evening when Shadow started to feel his stomach to cramp a bit. He hasn't eaten ever since he got off of the damned ship. Unfortunately, the only person to know how to cook is on bad terms with him. Once that thought crossed his mind, his heart ached at the realization. But he shook his head to not dwell on the fact, to deny any truth to it. He looked up and noticed some mosquitoes buzzing around their heads. He hated the damn things but he was glad that he was now a cold blooded creature.

Even more glad that his transformed body is the type to eat these blood sucking pests.

Shadow stood up and tried to use his tongue to catch the flying morsels. He missed and had fallen off of Knuckles in the process earning glances from his companions. Sonic looked confused and just had to ask, "What the hell are ya doin'?" Shadow hushed the blue male making him give the hunting male an 'excuse me?' look. Shadow on his hind legs crept closer to the insects and tried his best to be quiet. "I'm hunting idiots." He tried again and missed. "This is harder than it looks damn..." He tries again but only manages to grab a branch instead and is smacked in the face from the offending piece of wood.

Sonic saw the whole thing and smiled a little, making a giggle escape him. 'I gotta admit. That was kinda cute.' he thought for the first time a positive opinion about the dark male. But then he saw something catch his eye. A firefly flew to a dandelion fluff and looked at the starlit sky. Sonic just gazed at it curiously until his tongue started flicking out.

He panicked

"Oh hell no. I'm not kissing a douchebag of a frog and eating a nasty bug on the same day!" He exclaimed and tried to cover his mouth. But that didn't stop him as it continues but with more force. Sonic then realized why this happened.

He was hungry and in a frog body. It wants that bug. Badly.

He grabbed onto the scales of the gator to keep from falling off but was quickly taken off thanks to his slimy appendage trying to get him to hunt for his fill.

'I was so caught up in going back to normal I forgot to eat!' he thought as he inches closer and closer to the firefly with Shadow doing the same thing after having seen the bug as well.

And the worst happened. They both tried to catch the fly at the same time but instead...

They caught each other and were literally tongue tied. They lurched towards each other and then ended up face planting each other. They got up and glared at each other.

Sonic tried to untie them while Shadow was trying to rip their tongues altogether. "Ow! You fucking jerk! I'm trying to untie us!" Sonic exclaimed as much as his tied tongue allowed him. Shadow hissed and shouted back and again, as much as his tongue would allow him saying, "I'm trying to rip these off! It's quicker!" Sonic and Shadow began to go back and forth on trying to resolve this issue in their own way. All the while getting more stuck for a longer time than necessary.

Knuckles, having heard a shout and wondered why they were gone for so long, followed their voices to investigate. And he wished he could unsee the issue.

He sighs and looks at the situation. Without a word, he picked them up and tried to untie them but since they were so small and his claws were so big, it made the situation even worse to the point that he felt so stupid for trying.

He accidentally tied them up much closer to each other and in a much worse position that it looked utterly uncomfortable for everyone involved. Knuckles scratched the back of his head and ran off shouting that he'll find help. Once gone the two argued once again trying to pin the blame on the other once again.

Welp, back to the drawing board in terms of progress.

The firefly that had escaped them came back down to them hearing them argue. The child-like voice interrupted them from their argument to look at the firefly that actually looks young. For a firefly.

"Are you guys ok? I knew you were hungry but I didn't know it would hurt you two this badly!" He exclaimed, being very concerned for their well-being. The young firefly turns on his light to assess the situation better. Once he gets a closer look, he whistles, "Wow. You're really tied up. You may be my worst enemy but I just can't sit back and watch you two suffer this way." With that said, he dove in a gap and started to work. After a few seconds of searching, he came back out and with a tug of one of their tongues, he untied the duo and they separated.

The young firefly wiped his hands at a job well done and smiled. "Now for introductions! The name's Miles Prower! But everyone calls me Tails." And the young firefly waited for their reaction. He watched them closely just in case they tried to get him now that they were freed. But instead, he was slightly surprised.

They weren't even trying to go after him again.

The dark male glances up at the young one curiously. Well, as curious as it could look with that usual glare of his. "What's up with your accent kid?" He asked. A bit rude but he asked nonetheless. Tails seemed to just blow it off.

"It's cajun. Born and bred. You guys must be new with your little performance earlier." He countered back. Sonic smiled and got up. "You can say that. We're really far from your neck of the bayou." He said with a lopsided smile. Tails smiles back and looks to Shadow and exclaimed excitedly, "You're from Shreveport!?" For once ever since Sonic has known about Shadow, the hog in question looked utterly, shocked. He even stuttered at the young one's conclusion. Even when the jerk was scared you could still see his glare. But he quickly composed himself and waves that answer off.

"We're people, kid." He said simply.

Sonic glares at Shadow and waved his hand between himself and Shadow, "I'm Sonic and he's Shadow. The Prince that had made a deal with a fucking voodoo man for whatever reason and that got us into this mess." Shadow continues to glare at Sonic as the male explains to the firefly. Tails listened and looked at the two now understanding them.

Voodoo is well heard of in the bayou.

Tails then just nonchalantly leaned on Shadow's head and looked down on the male and agreed with Sonic it being an obviously stupid idea. Sonic then explained that they were looking for Voodoo Blaze in the bayou and Tails stopped it right there.

"Voodoo Blaze? You're going in the wrong direction!" The child exclaimed. His expression was that of confusion. With his hands on his hips he asked, "What kind of brainless idiot told y'all to go dis way?" As he asked this, his accent had gotten a bit heavier the duo had noticed. 'He must go that far in terms of his accent if something didn't seem right for him I guess.' the blue male thought as he listened to his newly acquired firefly friend. And right on cue, Knuckles came out with an apologetic smile telling them that many creatures wouldn't help him cause well, they ran before he could say a word.

The perks of being a gator.

The two frogs and firefly were staring at Knuckles with unamused looks.

That answers that question.

To be continued...