Chapter 1:
"Hey! Check that world out! We haven't been to a place like that!" declared a rather distorted voice. The bearer of said voice was a fifteen-year-old boy, whose round and childish face was pressed up against the glass of a round window. Fog flickered in the areas where his nose and mouth were, and his hands smudged the glass as well as he pushed his face even closer, as though to get a better view.
"Sora! Get your face off the glass!" squawked a coarse voice, coming from the driver of the ship. He handed the controls over to the dog-like creature next to him, hopped down from his seat, and his orange webbed feet tapped loudly upon the metallic floor as he waddled over towards the boy.
The other two beings on the ship watched in utter amusement as the white duck grabbed the boy by one of the many straps on his pants, jerking Sora violently away from the window. The teen, caught off-guard by the act stumbled back, and landed on top of the poor Mage, who responded with his signature "Waaaaak!"
This caused the anthromorphic dog to turn his head away from the controls and towards the sudden commotion, a goofy smile spread across his buck-toothed maw.
"Gawrsh Donald! Not so hard next time," he stated over the laughter of the other two. Both the redheaded girl and the silver-haired boy were buckled over at the sight of their friend using his comrade as a cushion.
"Oh shut it, Goofy," grumbled the duck, trying to pry himself out from under Sora. His blue eyes flickered over to the other two. "And you too, Kairi…Riku." The redhead pointed to herself in a 'Who, me?' sort of manner, while the silver-haired lad crossed his arms over his chest, shaking his head while chuckling under breath.
Sora rubbed the back of his spiky-haired head, and leapt up as soon as he realized who his cushion was.
"I'm sorry Donald!" he stated, helping the duck up. His companion merely grumbled, arms akimbo and tapping his now-grounded feet in a rather agitated manner. Sora laughed, still rubbing the back of his head. He then looked over towards the window, and pointed, making sure not to touch it.
"But take a look at that world. We haven't ever been to a place like that, right?"
At this, the duck peered out the window, a brow raised in a pathetically disguised curiousity.
"Sora, have you forgotten what we're suppose to be doing?" came the deep voice of Riku, whose jade eyes were closed as though in thought. "The King told us we have to clean the worlds of the remaining Heartless and Nobodies, not to go sight-seeing."
Donald tore his gaze away from the window, nodding his beaked head as he waddled back to the controls.
"Exactly! No detours!" he stated blandly, leaping back into his seat, taking up the controls yet again.
Sora narrowed his large blue eyes, pouting slightly as he sunk back into his seat facing across from his two friends. Kairi, upon seeing his disgruntled disposition, laughed slightly.
"Aren't you looking forward to seeing your friends in Agrabah?" she inquired, leaning forward slightly, her delicate hands placed on her pink dress.
The brunette nodded, though his body was still hunched over. His eyes looked to the ground, appearing as though he was thinking of something. Suddenly, he perked up, rising to his large feet.
"Well, what if this world had an infestation of Heartless, hmmm? What kind of heroes would we be if we just ditched it?" he sticks his pointer finger up to the ceiling, as though such idea was a brilliant one.
Goofy looked back, nodding his head slightly. "Y'know, I think Sora has a point," he said to Donald. "For all we know, this world could have an investmentation-"
"Infestation," the three teens corrected simultaneously.
"-uh, right, infestation of them Heartless and Nobodies." The Goof continued, fixing his cap. "Maybe if we go and take a look…"
"NOOOOO!" quacks the duck, shaking his head from side to side and his large beak became a blur as he did so. "No detours!" he reiterated, glaring at the vast space ahead of him with narrowed eyes.
At this, Sora walked over to the duck, hands on his hips as he bent over to the driving Mage's height.
"C'mon Donald. What would the King say if he found out we left a world alone, only for it to be consumed by darkness? He'd certainly give you a stern lecture. Some Royal Mage you are." At this, he cocked his eyebrow, a playful grin on his face as he straightened up and crossed his arms.
You could almost hear the steam coming out of the duck's nonexistent ears, and he slammed his feet down on the breaks. The Gummi Ship jolted forward, sending Sora flying over the seat and Riku and Kairi fell to the ground. Only Goofy and Donald, who were the only two seated in protected seats, remained seated.
"Fine. We'll go to this new world," grumbled the duck. "And if there are no Heartless…"
"We take a vacation!" Sora stated as soon as he got up, pumping his fist into the air. The white duck was about to open his beak to retort, but he was interrupted by Kairi who was still sprawled out on the ground atop of Riku.
"Right now, a vacation seems nice…"
"Good, then I get to fly it there," Sora said, nodding his head as he tried to take hold of the controls.
"NO SORA! LET GO!"
"But I want to fly it," the boy whined as he and Donald struggled over the wheel. Goofy sat there, watching to two while Kairi and Riku bucked along with the ship as it went this way and that.
"Now ain't this familiar…" the Knight stated, tapping his chin thoughtfully. "If I didn't know better, I'd be thinkin' that we'll…"
"LOOK OUT!" cried Riku, jumping to his feet as he pointed to the oncoming world. Sora looked over his shoulder, and his cerulean eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets. He climbed over the chair in a hurried manner, getting ready to duck and cover. Kairi was already shielding her eyes in a vain attempt to protect her face, as Riku tripped over one of the chipmunks who was too busy worrying about the smudged window to notice any other presence of danger. Donald grabbed at the controls and pulled back on them in a desperate attempt to right the ship up, and Goofy let loose one of his hollers.
And the Gummi Ship crashed into an abandoned field, missing by a couple of feet a run-down shack that once was a farm.
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Upon hearing a crash, the Mayor of the town ran towards the area in which he heard said noise, as fast as his short stubby legs could take him. His large mustache quivered slightly as he found himself following the noise to the abandoned farm, and hoped that the roof of the barn hadn't caved in again; or worse, the house itself.
He tugged on his large, stove-pipe hat, red in colouring to match his suit. His bulbous nose protruded from his face, and his beady eyes could be seen behind small glasses perched on said nose. He peered into the farm cautiously, and to his utter astonishment found three people crawling out of a strange contraption.
Straightening his yellow bow-tie, the man approached them, holding his hands behind his back with his nose in the air, as though he were someone of utter importance. A rooster and a dog came bursting out of the contraption, the bird squawking wildly at the brunette boy with oddly shaped hair, while the dog tripped over its fee, its large floppy ears getting in the way. The mayor cleared his throat, and the other two beings, a young girl and an older boy, looked at his direction, while the other boy was still defending himself against the wrath of the rooster.
"AHEM!" the man cleared his throat louder, and now all attention was on him. He grinned, looking odd and foolish at the same time, and he spread out his arms wide in greeting.
"Welcome to Mineral Town!"
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Wayward Child here, and this is my first fanfic on this account. I hope I can finish this, considering I have a tendency to desert my stories because I can't handle keeping them up…eheh…
Anyhoo, I know I need to work on tenses, I always seem to have trouble with this. And other side notes: Yes, this takes place after KH2, Flames don't bother me, I don't mind critiques, and I hope you enjoy this story.
Carry on my: Wayward Child