Kairi Princess
Glittering jewels…and silk dresses. Eternal love with your Prince Charming. What girl wouldn't want to be a Princess? I'm dreaming…of meeting my Prince Charming! And finding true love like the Disney Princesses!
School
"Almost there…" the redheaded girl thought as she stepped up to another tree branch, getting higher and higher off the ground.
Her brunette friend who stood patiently from the bottom could only watch and wait with a face full of concern, "Kairi! Are you okay up there?"
"Yep!" As she easily stood on the top branch and gazed into the school window. "Wow! There it is!" Her eyes stared upon the tiara. "It's my school's Legendary Princess Tiara." A sigh escaped from her lips, "it's so beautiful…so pretty!"
Only one chosen girl can wear it.
"Come on, let's go! Please?"
Kairi turned back to look down at her friend, "Aw c'mon. Olette you worry too much!"
"But if a teacher finds you…" Olette replied nervously.
She gave her a slight wave of dismissal, "Don't worry! As long as I have you watching out for me, I'll-"
Knock Knock
"…be…" Kairi began to look at where the knocking sound was coming from, only to see the teacher glaring at her from the other side of the school window, "…fine?" "Uh, oh…." she nervously thought as she lost balance on the branch.
"Kairi!"
Guidance Counseling
"You again, Kairi Hikari?!" The guidance counselor started to lecture, while Kairi cringed at every word she was saying. "Your behavior is disgraceful! Why can't you be more like Olette?!" Her eyes suddenly noticed a school violation on the girl's skirt, "And what is that badge on your skirt?"
Kairi glanced down seeing that she was implying the mickey mouse badge on her school skirt and held it up. She smiled, "Isn't it the cutest? I love mickey-"
"Breaking another school rule are we?" The counselor interrupted, slamming her hands on her office desk. "What else would I expect from a child without proper adult supervision?!"
The redhead glared back, "…But I-"
Their dispute was interrupted by the sound of knocking on the door. "May I come in?" Olette asked, peeking her head in the room, "Miss Lockheart, you have a phone call."
She stood up from her seat, "Oh? Why, thank you!" and picked up the receiver sitting in front of her, "You stay put, Miss Kairi," she said sternly before turning away to speak on the phone.
Olette nudged Kairi for a chance to escape, she nodded in return and followed her out the door.
"Hey, over here!" A boy waved from the classroom. He let out a chuckle, "You got caught again?! When are you ever gonna learn?"
"Hayner!" Kairi announced as she and Olette caught up to him.
He threw her schoolbag to her, "Let me guess, you were reading your Disney Princess book again, huh? You should thank Olette for always coming to your rescue."
"I never asked for "your" help!" Her face flushed in embarrassment that he was right again.
"And another thing!" Hayner added, before rolling his eyes, "You better be on good behavior for tomorrow's Princess contest."
"Don't worry!" Kairi stuck out her tongue and hugged her brunette friend, "I'll watch "quietly" while Erica wins the tiara!"
Olette's face slightly transitioned to a pinkish shade, but smiled.
The redhead slowly smiled the same. "Olette's always been cute, kind and adorable. Everyone loves her! That's why she's the favorite to win this year's Princess contest! And…she's my best friend!" She poked Hayner on the arm, and whispered, "Hayner, when Olette becomes the Princess, she'll be way out of your reach!"
"What?" He tried to pretend, but his face had already turned red, "What are you talking about?"
She just giggled. She took Olette by the arm, "Hey, let's go to our usual spot at Sunset Hill!"
Sunset Hill
"Phew!" Kairi sighed stretching her arms out, feeling the wind pass by her. "This feels great!"
They both laid down on the grass, staring at the ocean's view before them. "Oh!" Kairi sat up again, "Come on out, Moogle!" motioning to her school bag, as a tiny Moogle creature appeared, greeting her happily. "Aren't you excited about tomorrow? I know you'll look stunning, Olette!" Her eyes twinkled imagining her on stage, "Moogle and I will get great seats!"
"S-Stop it!" The brunette stammered in embarrassment, "Anybody could win!"
She laughed softly and started to calm down, the two sitting there in short silence. "Olette…if you become Princess, we'll still be friends, right?
Her friend stared at her in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"Well…if you become a princess, maybe you won't have time to hang out with me anymore."
Olette stared at her with a blank look, then smiled, "Kairi, you're a bright, cheerful, and everything I want to be. You're my best friend in the whole world. Nothing's going to change that."
"Haha, okay!" The redhead grinned in relief. "Thank you, Olette. You really know how to cheer me up. You're the best."
On the way home
"My mother said, she's coming to the contest tomorrow," Olette began, while the two were walking down the hill, "did you send that letter to your parents, Kairi?"
She stared at the horizon where the sun was setting over the sea, "Yeah, but…they never write back. They're coming back when my mother gets well. It should be…just a little longer I guess."
Destiny Islands, a world where anyone can be happy. It's been years since my father took my sick mother there…
"Hm?" Her eye took notice of something hidden behind the bushes. "Look at that! In the woods!"
"What?" Olette questioned and ran after her, "Wait, Kairi! We shouldn't go in there!"
"Don't be a scaredy cat! It'll be fine!" And pushed the leaves out of the way, "Woah! A gate…? What a great discovery! It's so big, I bet it's hundreds of years old!"
"Please Kairi, can't we go home now?" Olette pleaded.
"Darn! It won't budge!" Kairi sighed as she attempted to push and tug at the door. She pushed more leaves away and noticed something else, "Look! There are words carved on it. "Beyond the Gate the World of Dreams…? Hm…"Dreams…will…come…true…" She read slowly.
Her friend stared at the message, examining it also, "Maybe if you make a wish, the doors will open…"
"Okay! Let's try it!"
Olette sweatdropped and looked away. "I thought you'd say that…"
Closing her eyes, the redhead whispered, "Please…let me see my mother and father in Destiny Islands," and opened her eyes to try another tug. The door still remained in place. "Oops! Guess that didn't work," She laughed half-heartily.
Olette gazed at her, taking her hand. "Kairi, it's okay. You'll see them soon."
"Yeah…"
Kairi's House
Someday soon…
"I'm home!" Kairi said aloud just when she was about to walk in, but realized someone was missing. "Huh? Moogle, where are you?"
Following the rustling behind the garden, she smiled, "Oh! There you are! What are you-" And stopped in shock at what was before her. "It's a boy! Is he…asleep?" She kneeled down close to the laying figure, "He's so…handsome! Like the Prince from "Sleeping Beauty", as she giggled softly at the idea. "What should I do?" Her hand softly touched his shoulder, "Hey, are you alright?"
Still receiving no answer from him, a cliché thought came to mind. "Maybe he'll wake up…if I kiss him." She took the courage and leaned down, her lips softly touching his. Waking up from this dream, she backed away, her hand touching her lips. "Uh-oh, what…did…I just do?!"
"Uh…hunh..?" The boy stirred, slowly waking up.
"He really woke up!" She panicked, "Um..ahh…" "What should I do?!"
He sat up tiredly and fell asleep again, leaning on her shoulder for support.
Inside the house
The redhead held a finger to lips to her moogle friend as a sign that it should be quiet. She tucked the boy on the couch, pulling the blanket covers over him. Her elbows rested on the edge of the couch with her head on her hands staring at the person in front of her. Curiously, questions began to emerge from her mind. "Who is he? Where did he come from? He doesn't seem to be from around here…"
She sighed and stood up to put the cloth she had found next to him earlier on the table. "I have so many questions to ask…" "Hm?" As she felt an object wrapped up in the cloth. She placed it on the table and opened it carefully, revealing, "It's a…tiara?" speechless, she couldn't stop staring at how beautiful it was. "He wouldn't mind…if I tried it on now, right?"
Too late, she had it on top of her head and smiled. "Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Cinderella, Snow White, Princess Aurora…so graceful, elegant, gentle and warm, I feel like a Princess!"
She heard the boy wake up from the couch and realized that she still had it on. "Ah…"
"Thief!" He pointed.
"Me? What?! Who are you calling a thief? I was just trying it on!" Kairi quickly replied before things got out of hand.
"Don't touch it! That's the only one of its kind in the world!" He said trying to get the tiara back, but she backed away.
"Oh! How do I know that "you're" not the thief?!" She pointed back as he gave her a confused look. "F-For all I know, you could have stolen this tiara yourself! I'm calling the police!"
He sighed before glaring. "Argh! Just give it back!"
"No! Hey! Get off of me!" As they continued to argue inside the house while the rain began to pour outside.
"Sora! Are you alright?!" Another person came running in through the door, only to pause at the two before him. "Uh…."
It was then when the two realized the awkward position they were in, with Kairi on the floor and Sora on top of her. "It's not what you think!"
Moments later…
"Please pardon my error, Miss Kairi. I'm Leon," The older boy introduced and patted the younger brunette on the shoulder, still flushed in embarrassment from earlier, "and this is Sora. We're on a journey to find someone. I was just out getting groceries."
The redhead raised an eyebrow in curiosity, "Find someone? What are you guys, bounty hunters?"
"No! We're looking for the owner of that tiara! The Chosen Princess." Sora answered.
"P-Princess?" She repeated.
"You see, many mysterious disasters have occurred in our world across the ocean." Leon began, "But there is a legend that a princess can save our country. We have been searching our whole lives for her."
"Oh…my…"
Leon gazed at Sora, "We should be going."
He nodded, "Yeah."
"Wait!" Kairi exclaimed, "I know! I know where to find a princess!"
"A contest?" Sora asked as the three passed by a sign "Princess Contest."
"Hurry!" She dragged both of them in, "We'll miss the moment the Princess is announced!"
The brunette boy checked their surroundings, "Uh look, this isn't exactly what we…"
"Wait a moment." Kairi interrupted, waiting for the announcer to name the winner. "Good luck Olette!"
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" The announcer, Yuffie winked, holding the microphone in triumph. "The winner of this year's Princess Contest is…" and opened the envelope, revealing the name, "Olette Heartilly!!!"
"Olette you did it!" Kairi happily clapped with the audience, watching her friend smile and accept the award.
"That's her?" Sora asked.
"Yep! She's the Princess and my best friend," She dragged him again, leading away from the crowd, "she'll return to the waiting room for a sec. You'd like to meet her right?"
She froze as she heard a familiar scream echo throughout the room. "No…it can't be…" Quickly running out the door, she saw two unfamiliar figures dressed in black cloaks in front of a portal with her tied up. "Olette!"
The two figures turned around, seeing her run towards them. "You creeps! Let Olette go!"
One of them pushed her aside, letting her fall to the ground. She gazed up to see darkness upon her and shut her eyes, frozen on the spot.
"Kairi!" Sora's voice called out, using a key-like weapon as defense to fend the enemy off.
Her eyes opened in surprise, "Sora!"
It was a chance for the enemies to escape. They ran into the portal with her friend. "Olette!" Kairi shouted running towards the black portal, but by the time she got to it, it disappeared.
"Why'd they take Olette?" Kairi asked running with the two, "Do you know them?!"
Sora continued to run, "She was probably the Princess we were looking for!"
"What?"
"Some people in our country aren't fond of princesses." Leon added.
"No way!" She said in disbelief, slowing her pace to see that they stopped running.
Leon studied their surroundings and sighed. "Anyways, I think we've lost them, I can't track their aura anymore."
Sora peered over the hill where Olette and Kairi were at yesterday. "What's with this spooky-looking forest?"
Kairi stood by him and slowly answered, "It's the forbidden forest. It swallows people who go in…" She felt her friend jump off her shoulder, "Huh? Moogle!" And started to run after him, "Moogle! Where are you going?! Wait!"
Her Moogle refused to listen and continued bouncing away towards the familiar gate. She stopped to breath for a moment before looking up from where she was at. "This is where we came yesterday!"
"A gate?!" Sora asked as he and Leon tried to open it. He looked at the wall, "Words?…"Beyond the Gate…The World of Dreams…" What's beyond this gate?!"
"I couldn't open it."
The three stopped as a flash of light appeared from Sora's pocket, revealing the glowing tiara. He held it out, "The tiara, it's glowing! But why?"
Kairi walked up to him, remembering the words, "If you believe, your dreams will come true.." and realization hit her. "Sora, give me the tiara!"
She placed it upon her head and held her hands together. "Please…oh gate of prayers…help me save Olette!" she chanted softly, just as the Gate began to open.
"Kairi, you're amazing!" Sora announced in amazement. "Leon! Take care of things here until I get back!"
"Sora-sama! Wait!" Leon started, but the two had already run into the light.
"Olette must be just beyond this light, I know it!" Kairi thought with determination. "Wait for me, I'm coming to save you!" "Woah!" she announced as the light began to brighten, blinding them for a moment, suddenly sending them down to the ground.
"Ow…Jeez! What just happened?" Kairi muttered painfully at the not so safe landing. Her eyes widened in disbelief again. "What?!" A familiar Disney Princess was right in front of her, "No way! I'm in Snow White's World!"
The tiara led us through the gate, then, on the other side of the light…
"Huh?!"
"Oh my!" Snow White smiled.
"It's Snow White! Oh, wow! She's real! The real thing!" Kairi wanted to yell aloud, but kept it in her mind, "Lips red as roses, hair black as ebony, skin white as snow…"
"Hello. What's your name?" Snow White politely asked.
"Snow White is standing right in front of me!" "Ah! I'm Kairi!" the redhead quickly replied still trying to pull herself together.
Snow White clapped her hands happily. "What a lovely name!" She turned to her seven friends who quickly hid behind a tree. "Is she your new friend?"
One of the dwarves answered, "I don't know her! I'm telling ya, be careful, Snow White!"
"Kyah!" Kairi gushed, "The seven dwarves! Doc, Grumpy, Bashful and Sleepy! And of course…Sneezy, Happy, Dopey…and…" She turned to another dwarf size character and almost fell back in astonishment, "S-Sora?! You're a dwarf?!"
He glared back, "Like you're the one to talk! Take a look at yourself!"
She stared down and realized he was right. "Eh?! What's going on?!"
Bashful muttered to Happy, "They're weird."
The others nodded in agreement. "I don't think they're bad people. The girl is pretty cute." Happy said.
Grumpy glared at them, "Don't let them fool you! Never trust a woman!" He pointed towards Kairi, "Why, she could be the witch in disguise again!"
"Hey! Who's a witch?!" Kairi glared.
Snow White giggled at the two. "Oh come now. They're dwarves, just like you!" She patted Grumpy on the head and kissed him softly. "Now, get back to work!"
"Hmm. When you put it that way…make sure nothing happens to Snow White!" Happy announced as the seven left to the mine.
The Disney Princess waved happily. "Take care!"
The redhead sighed. So we're in Snow White's world "after" the happy ending.
She opened the small cottage door and turned to the two. "Okay, can you two help me and my forest friends clean?"
Sora and Kairi stared at each other with a blank look. It wasn't what they had intended, but…
"Let's hum a tune…" Snow White hummed. "and pick up the broom…"
The rest of the animals had already begun cleaning the house, making Kairi laugh at the scene that seemed too good to be true. Even her Moogle was joining in with the cleaning brigade.
"We'll dance together…and clean up the room…" The princess continued.
Sora placed the washcloth in water and began to wring it out. "Still…don't princesses usually live in castles? Why are you cleaning up a dump like this?
Snow White smiled, "Well, this is a really special place for me. If it weren't for the dwarves…I'd be a goner!"
"What?"
Kairi stared at Sora shaking her head. "Duh! Don't you know the story of Snow White at all?!" She put her set of the folded laundry away. "Snow White had a jealous stepmother, the queen. One day, the queen found out Snow White was more beautiful than her, so she ordered a hunter to take Snow White's heart! That's when Snow White ran away into the forest alone."
"I was so scared." Snow White added, "I couldn't see a thing, I scared everyone in the forest. But the animals were so kind," she smiled looking at her little friends fondly, "That's why I come back sometimes. Because I have special friends in these woods."
Kairi nodded but felt sentimental about the topic. "Friends…" As she remembered Olette, and began to tear up.
"Kairi?" Sora asked noticing her expression. He put a hand on her shoulder as Snow White asked, "What's wrong?"
"My…friend was taken away." Kairi muttered, "My best friend. She was always there for me…" She turned to the princess. "Please, Snow White! Do you have any idea where she is? We have to save her as soon as we can!" Tears were already building up and instantly streaming from her eyes, "We…have… to…"
Snow White sighed in disappointment and hugged her. "Don't cry. She'll be alright. Believe. If you believe, your dreams will come true."
Kairi froze at the familiar words again, but closed her eyes in agreement. "Okay…" She suddenly felt the determination that she "will" find Olette.
"Let's make a pie to cheer you up!" Snow White grinned, "I'll go get the ingredients."
They watched her walk away and leave out the door. "We've reached a dead end. Where could Olette be? What now?" Kairi questioned.
Sora leaned against the wall, thinking of what to do. "I'll go search for some clues. You stay here with Snow White."
"Sora?!"
"The tiara led us here." He said and thought about it, "There must be something in this world…"
"B-But you don't know anything about this place! It could be dangerous!"
He patted her head and smiled. "Hey, don't worry. Everyone here lived "happily ever after" right? He turned the knob and paused. "But still…I wonder how the queen figured out who was more beautiful?"
"Oh! Well…the magic mirror told her the truth." Kairi answered easily. It was like Disney Princess trivia for her.
They both stopped and at the same time had an idea. "That's it!"
"Oh? Where did they go?" Snow White wondered noticing that the cottage was empty after a short disappearance.
"Maybe we should've left a message. She might worry." Sora muttered following Kairi outside to the forest. "We didn't even ask where the castle is."
"No problem. I've watched the Snow White dvd a hundred times!" Kairi confidently bragged. "This way!" She pointed as they both ran into the darkness.
She screamed as an owl flew in front of her, totally forgetting about how scary it was supposed to be. They ran into flying bats, trees and logs that seemed to be after them, "HELP!" She cried frightened at looking at anything. This was horrible! And she thought Halloween themed places were bad!
"Here." Sora held his hand out to her. "Take my hand."
The redhead stared at him and took his hand.
"Don't fall behind." He mumbled.
"R-Right!" She stammered, following after him. How strange…suddenly, my worries just flew out the window…Boys sure are… "Sora? Do you know what woke Snow White up from her eternal sleep after she ate the poison apple? The Prince's love broke the spell…"
"That's right…she awoke with a kiss from her true love…"
He stopped running since they managed to find an exit out of the forest. "Oh really?" He gazed at her, "Speaking of, didn't you…try to kiss me when I was sleeping?"
"EH?!" Her face turned bright red. "Kyah!!! How did you know?! How?!" "I'm so embarrassed!!! Stupid, stupid Sora!!!"
"H-Hey wait up!" Sora called after her as she started running. She stuck her tongue out at him, "I hate you!"
"We made it to the queen's castle." Kairi smiled staring at the large castle before them, but it dropped as she mentioned, "The same castle where Snow White and the queen used to live."
"Hey." Sora pointed to the rope bridge, "The bridge!"
She sighed in disappointment seeing that the bridge was cut off, "Now there's no way to get in…"
"Try over there." He began dragging her towards a wall. They both managed to climb over to the inside of the area.
The redhead looked at the well. "Look! It's the well where Snow White and the Prince first met! Which means…" She began to eye a familiar window and pointed to a darkened room, "that's the room with the magic mirror!"
"Okay, let's go." Sora agreed as they walked towards a set of doors, but it wouldn't budge. "They're locked…Now how are we…"
"Sora!"
The brunette boy turned around but saw no sign of her, "Huh? Kairi…?" He walked over to the well, "Moogle, where'd your owner go?" Seeing that her Moogle was staring at some"one" below, he glanced at the bottom to see Kairi standing in the bucket of the well. "W-What are you doing?!"
"Huh? I can't hear you!"
"What? Drop some big rocks in? What on earth? I don't get it." Sora sighed seeing that communication between them was useless. "Well it's your funeral! Here it comes!" He tied the other end of the rope to the rock and let it drop below, just as Kairi was lifted up at the other end, bringing her up in the air towards the balcony where their target was. "Ta da!"
"Y-You're kidding…" Sora muttered in disbelief seeing how Kairi easily made it to the window.
"A perfect landing!" She winked, throwing rope down for them to climb from the bottom.
Once he made it up to the balcony, he added, "Don't overdo it."
"Good thing we're dwarves huh?" She grinned. They stepped into the dim room as she pointed at the object on the wall. "There it is! The magic mirror!"
"Do you know how it works?"
"I think I remember…" She held her hands in front of her and placed them on the mirror and closed her eyes, "Slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space. Through wind and darkness I summon thee."
Within seconds, a face magically appeared before them. "Speak! Let me see thy face! What wouldst thou know?"
"Please tell us…where I can find my friend Olette!"
The mirror paused and questioned, "Do…you hold the tiara of the Seventh Princess?"
"What?" She asked in confusion.
Sora pulled out the tiara from his pocket, revealing it to the mirror. "Yes."
The mirror responded, "Then that tiara will lead you to Olette, but only…if you can survive this danger…"
They both stared in confusion when suddenly, the Queen appeared behind them. "Give me that tiara! It shall belong to me!"
A/N: Yep, this was based off the Kilala Princess story. I thought it was pretty close to Kairi and Sora's story since they deal with Disney characters. :D My favorite would have to be Ariel! Reviews are welcome!