The Prince and the Frog {SONADOW}

Chapter 17

The four friends were now in a treehouse. Three of them were standing a little awkwardly after encountering Blaze the voodoo witch they came to find. Who would have thought someone who lived for 195 years would look like she was only around in her twenties? Not the awkward trio that's for sure. But Tails seemed to be the only one friendly and familiar with the blind cat so they should at least trust him on that.

The two were having a light conversation with each other catching up. Blaze stops Tails for a minute and shouts, "Vanilla! Imma need some help!" After that loud call, on cue a albino, cream colored Burmese python slither out from behind a pot and up to Blaze giving out a deep hiss to draw Blaze's attention. Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles froze and backed away a bit seeing the reptile. But quickly calmed down when the snake simply raised herself a bit and nudged Blaze's hand from a good petting. After Blaze gave her a bit of scratches under the chin, Vanilla turned parallel to Blaze with her tail coiled around a walking stick Blaze was using to help navigate. Doing this, Vanilla slowly but surely led the way to a work but comfy looking recliner for her companion to relax in from walking in the bayou. The whole interaction was rather gentle and seemed like they had a routine. Sonic smiled seeing this. This may not normally work, but it worked for them.

And he didn't mind it.

So, with that thought out of the way he hopped onto her chair to try and ask for her help along with Shadow. Knuckles just let them talk and get their requests out of the way. But Everytime they tried to bring up what they wanted, she diverted it to simple conversations which annoyed Shadow. Then she offered a hard candy to them like the old lady she was despite her looks. Sonic only sighed and covered Shadow's mouth before he got them into trouble and simply said in a calm voice, "No thank you we politely decline." Blaze scoffs and replies, "Too bad. This would have turned you poor fucks Mobian." As she said this she popped the candy into her mouth and ate it. The way she spoke was rough and left no room to argue or compassion. Almost lacking some emotion but well, irritation. Sonic and Shadow immediately panicked but we're cut by harsh laughter.

The duo were worried if they got the right person or if Blaze was just deranged. Makes sense for the deranged part and her living by herself in a swamp.

"It's just a joke! Lighten up ya dumbasses!" She exclaimed her voice getting lighter and lighter in tone as she spoke.

Ok not deranged. Maybe just annoyed about the situation and is now calming down by making harsh jokes. There's coping mechanisms for everyone?

Sonic asked how she knew but noticed she was dozing off. But quickly shot up from the smell of burning knocking Shadow off the arm of the chair in the process yelling about her gumbo burning. As she stirred her pot, Sonic tried again and she forced him to taste test her dish. He complied and only advised, "Hard shots of tabasco will make it the bee's knees. So can we-" "VANILLA!" Sonic is losing patience fast as well.

After taking his advice and expressing her compliments after tasting the gumbo to Sonic, she now asks, "You two figured out what y'all need now?" Sonic just groans and says, "Like you said Blaze, we wanna be Mobians again." "HA!" The sudden shout startled the two and they nearly fell off the pot or bathtub...

Shadow caught himself and even caught Sonic quickly out of instinct surprisingly. Blaze faced the two and began to explain, "You two aren't even using the senses you were gifted with! You wanna be Mobians, but ya blind to what ya need." Shadow growls and counters, "Our wants and needs are all the same hag." That got him a slap by the blind old woman. "It ain't the same thing!"

She then sung a song that was taught to her to them hoping they caught on to what she was saying. She noticed that Shadow seemed to understand half of it which is good for him but Sonic on the other hand, the one out of the two that joined in the singing, did not.

Apparently, love ain't a factor to him. At least not yet.

Defeated and just fucking tired of their company, she told them she will tell them how to turn back and went to her gumbo and recited a simple chant.

The surface changed to an image of Amy in bed and woken by her father to talk to her. Sonic understood immediately. "Her father is the king of the Mardi Gras parade which makes Ames...a princess?!" He exclaimed, not believing he didn't figure it out sooner. And just to make sure that Blaze wasn't bullshitting them, Shadow asked, "That counts?" Followed by the reply, "Yes, but only until Mardi Gras is over. You need to get that princess to kiss ya and once she does; you'll both be Mobians again. Like you want. You both have until midnight before it's over and get to moving!" Sonic and Shadow quickly ran away with Sonic expressing his thanks to Blaze while being dragged by an impatient prince. Knuckles tried to ask the same thing for himself but only got this, "Look deep inside yourself and you'll find what ya need you big idiot! Now get moving!"

But Knuckles had an idea. One that was risky, but the first smart move he made so far. Emphasizing risky.

TBC...