The Prince and the Frog {SONADOW}

Chapter 4-Cursed

Somewhere on the other side of town, a silver furred hedgehog ran around using his telekinesis to carry the luggage of his and the dark Prince's belongings. He tried to find the midnight hedgehog but it would seem his search would be in vain. Right when he thought that he'll never find him, he heard music and a familiar fake laughter he knows all too well. Silver ran to a crowd of  Mobians that we're enjoying the music crowding around the young prince. Shadow played his ukulele as he watched a small boy jaguar made a flip. Shadow gave the instrument to the boy and flirted with the ladies. Silver ran up to the dark Prince. "I finally found you! We need to g-" Before he finished Shadow shuts him up with a quick glare. "I'm trying to have a bit of fun Silver. Loosen up! Enjoy the music! We've got time!" He said cheerfully with a fake smile plastered on his lips. Silver continued despite his Prince's threatening glare. "But we are going to be late for the masquerade ball Sire-" "Yes, yes, yes, but first I'll buy everyone here a drink!" The prince exclaimed with excitement as the crowd cheered. Silver dropped the bags with clenched fists and shouted at the prince glad that the people weren't paying attention to their conversation, "With what?! Unless you have a wade of cash up your ass then we don't have any! You only have two choices: seduce and marry a rich woman or-" as to make a point, he points to a man carrying a shovel picking up horse poo and dumping it into a bucket. "- get a job you lazy bum!" Shadow glared at Silver once knowing full well he was right. He has to marry. Otherwise...

He'll be picking up horse shit for a living.

Shadow sighed in defeat, "Alright! Fine. But first we dance!" Shadow grabbed Silver and twirled the hedgehog around. Silver covered his mouth his muzzle a tinted green. 'I think I'm gonna be sick!' he thought as he was tossed around by the strong grip of his prince. Shadow smirked as he let's go of the hedgehog and Silver was thrown head first into a tuba. He grabbed the edges of the tuba but because of his quills, he was stuck. Shadow burst out laughing at Silver as he leaned his elbow onto the instrument talking into the mouth piece, "You've really gotten into the music Silver! Get it? Cause you're head is stuck in the tuba!" The prince continued laughing as his servant struggled to get out. "Get me out you ass!" Shouted the trapped hedgehog highly annoyed with the Prince and his dark sense of humor.

The prince shrugs and grabs the hedgehog's tail and legs pulling him. "Ow ow ow ow!" Shouted Silver feeling the pain from his tail traveling up his back. He finally got unstuck from the instrument with the Prince laughing the whole time. Silver's face blushed in embarrassment and anger. He pouted at the prince and shouted at him in the ear, "You ass! You did that on purpose!" Shadow ignored him as he settles down. Now that the prince was calm, he now noticed that they had actually been thrown to a nearby building with Silver in his lap. Shadow had a look of disgust on his face and kicked the other off of him. But when they looked down, they noticed a shadow casted over them. They looked up to find a green hedgehog with a black vest that exposed his scarred chest. He wore black dress pants and shoes with a cane. He tipped his top hate gazing at the hedgehogs below him with his piercing icy blue eyes and his sharp toothed grin. "Gentlemen! Welcome!" He handed the pointed end of the stick to Shadow as an invitation to help him up. Shadow being the prideful hedgehog he was, stood up on his own. He dusted himself off and stared at the man in front of him. Silver soon stood up on his own as well. The green hedgehog frown for a moment but it soon disappeared with smile. "The name's Scrouge. Here's my card." Scrouge said as he handed the prince a business card. Shadow read aloud to get a more grip on the situation. "'Readings, cards, and dreams made real'. Is this a joke?" Shadow asked as he glared at the green hedgehog. Scrouge just smiled and said, "It's only a joke if you want it to be. Now I have had a prediction this morning that I would be visiting royalty!" They had ended up at a small square just through a dark alley. Silver finally caught up to them and panted. Shadow was starting to reconsider the hedgehog's offer. But Silver pulled him aside away from earshot of the man. "Prince Shadow he is obviously a scammer. We should get out of and-" he was interrupt by a shout. "Don't you disrespect me little man! Don't you derogate or deride." Silver shrunk back and hid behind Shadow. Shadow rolled his eyes and stared at the man suspiciously.

"You're in my world now not your world~" Scrouge sang. Shadow raised an eyebrow. "Is he going to sing Silver?" He asked confused. Silver looked back at the man surprised. "And I've got friends on the other side~" the green hedgehog continued. Both hedgehogs turned to each other annoyed and said in sync, "Yep. He's singing."

Then there were more voices, "He's got friends on the other side~" it sang along. Shadow and Silver were now on edge. But Scrouge wasn't worried. He wrapped his arms around the two with a smile. "That's just an echo gentleman. Just something we have here in Louisiana. Just a little parlor trick don't worry." Scrouge said quickly pushing them to the door of his place. There were all sorts of items. From shrunken heads and to cards. And then, the singing continued.

"Sit down at my table. Put your mind at ease. If you relax it will enable me to do anything I please. 

I can read your future. I change it around some too. I look deep into your heart and soul. You do have a soul don't you Silver?" He soon asked the silver furred hedgehog. Silver moved away from him in fear and suspicion. 

"Make your wildest dreams come true. I've got voodoo, I've got hoodoo, and I've got things I haven't even tried!" He opened a box and what looked like hellfire spouted out. He quickly closed it and continued with his singing. 

"And I've got friends on the other side." "He's got friends on the other side." There it was again! Now they know something was up. 

"The cards, the cards, the cards will tell. The past, the present the future as well!" Soon three cards flew out of his hands and landed on the table. At this point the young hedgehogs had already seated and are really starting to regret their decisions. 

"The cards, the cards! Just pick three! And take them into the future with me!" He sang as Shadow and Silver took out three cards out of the deck. Scrouge spread them out onto the table ready to read.

"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 side. Your lifestyles high! But your funds are low. You need to marry a little honey whose daddy got dough. Mom and Daddy cut you off huh Playboy?" He finally asked with a smirk. Shadow just crossed his arms and grumbled a yes. 

" Now y'all better get hitched. But hitching ties you down. You just wanna be free! Hop from place to place. But freedom takes green." Scrouge rubbed his fingers together signaling money to the Prince. 

"Its the green, it's the green, it's the green you need! And when I look into your future it's the green that I see." Shadow smirked at that. Now that was music to his ears.

Scrouge turned and looked at Silver with pity. "Now with you little man I wouldn't want to waste much time. You've been pushed around all your life. You've been pushed around by your mother,your  sister and your brother." Now it was Silver's turn to speak, "Wait! I don't have a-" "And if you were married. You'd be pushed around by your wife." Shadow chuckled at Silver's predicament.

"But in your future the you I see is exactly the man you always wanted to be." He finally concluded. Silver picked up the card and stared at it smiling a devilish smile. 

"Shake my hand. Come on boys! Won't you shake a poor sinner's hand?" He asked. The two didn't hesitate as they shook on it. Scrouge grinned from ear to ear. 

"Yes. Are you ready! (Are you ready!)Are you ready!" Shadow was then tied to his chair by snakes as the room came to life with lights and the voodoo dolls bang their drums. 

"Transformation central! (Transformation central). Reformation central! (Reformation central)" the chanted continued. 

"Transformafication central! Can you feel it! Your'e changing, you're changing, you're changing alright!" Scrouge wore a white skull mask as he held an amulet and pricked the Prince's finger after removing a glove. Shadow flinched but as quick as the sharp pain came, he became fatigued and sore all over. He felt a sharp throbbing in his head as he began to shift. His fur disappeared, his limbs changed and he started to shrink.

"I hope you're satisfied! But if you ain't don't blame me! You can blame my friends on the other...SIIIIIIIIDE!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Scrouge laughed evilly and Silver stared at the transformed prince in horror.

He's totally gonna lose his job.

"You got what you wanted!"

"But you lost what you had!" The voices chanted as the beats became more intensified as Scrouge's laughter echoed in the room.

And then the lights went out as everything went quiet with a hush.