Chapter 2: *One of Many Meetings*
*Some characters were made up by me, while others belong to SquareSoft in
the game Kingdom Hearts.*
"Pluto! Slow down boy!"
"Come on Pluto! Ease up a bit!"
"Stop! Cease! Desist!"
Sora, Goofy, and Donald chased Pluto up and down every street of Traverse Town. He had sensed something had happened and he wasn't going to stop until he found out what.
"Where'd he go!?" Goofy yelled, waving his arms up and down, as he looked up and down the alleyways they passed.
"There he is!"
Pluto had run down a particularly long and dark alley, the kind you wouldn't want to be trapped in if you has a choice. He knew he was getting closer. Pluto was just about to turn around and go back to Sora when he suddenly stopped and saw them, two girls lying down in the gutter. One was a blonde haired, green-eyed girl who was sitting up against the wall. The other was a red haired, blue-eyed girl who was lying with her head on the other girl's lap. Both the girls looked extremely beat up. Pluto walked over to the blond girl leaning up against the wall. He began to lick the girl's face as she stirred slightly and awoke in a half concouise state.
"Lee, stop it." The girl half uttered in an irritated tone. She was so tired and so weak. Sashi tried to open her eyes, but failed. "I don't want to wake up yet." After a few moments she finally opened her eyes, but much to her surprize she saw that the dog who was nose to nose with her was not her Lee. "You're not Lee." She muttered in confusion.
"Who do we have here?"
Sashi passed out again as the questioning words faded into an echo within her mind.
"Come on guys, let's get them some help." Sora said eyeing the girls with a worried look as he bent over and picked up Becky. Following Sora's example Goofy knelt down and picked up Sashi. Donald patted Pluto on the head to acknowledge his findings. --~*~--
"My head hurts." Sashi muttered quietly bringing her hand to her forehead. She had finally woken up after hours of unconcousness.
"It should hurt. You got quite a beating. And you've been out for three days."
"Yea i guess.... AHHHH!!!!!!!!" Sashi screamed as she looked up to find characters from her favoirt PS2 game hovering over her.
"What? What's the matter?" Sora asked, obviously perplexed by the expression on the girl's face.
"You're...You're..." Sashi couldn't finish her sentence. She was way too freaked out. She turned to Becky and began to franticly poke her. "Becky. Becky, wake up."
"What do you want? Oh my god, Sashi..." She opened her eyes and shock her head in disbelief.
"Yeah?" Sashi answered still wide-eyed in shock.
"Why are there Kingdom Hearts characters around us?" Becky sat up in confusion leaning backwards, away from the others.
"I was kinda hoping you would know."
"No clue. Quick, pinch me. Maybe I'm dreaming." Quickly Sashi leaned over and pinched Becky's arm. Hard. "Ow!!!!! Sashi that hurt!"
" Sorry. Okay, now pinch me. Maybe I'm the one who's dreaming." Becky did the same to Sashi, and it hurt.
"All right. So we're not dreaming. Sashi, what's going on?!" Becky complained turning to her friend even more confused then before.
"I don't know." Sashi looked very concerned. "Maybe...Maybe we've gone crazy. And may, just maybe, we're imagining all this...."
"Ummm... I hate to butt in, but, what the hell are you talking about?" Sora interupted, fixing them each with a blank stare. The girls however, just started at him as if he had three heads.
"Hey, Sashi, look. It's Goofy and Donald. Over there. SEE SEE!!!"
"Yeah Becky. I know. I see them." Sashi replied softly putting her hand on Becky's outstreched arm, lowering it back to her sides.
"Hello." Donald said as he stuck out his hand to shake Becky's. She stared at his hand for a moment, then wearily extended her own, in offering.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance." Goofy did the same and so did Sashi in mass confusion.
"Hi! I'm Sora."
"Come on Becky. We're leaving." Sashi got up, took Becky's hand, and dragged her friend out the door. Willingly, Becky followed.
Both girls rushed out the door and turned down the street.
"Sashi?"
"Yeah Becky?"
"Do you have any idea of where we're going?" Becky asked in a concerned tone, staring wide-eyed at every person they passed.
"No. But, I'm open to any suggestions."
Not meaning to, Sashi suddenly crashed into someone consequently knocking them both down.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" The person on the ground yelled in aggitation.
"Sorry. We're kinda in...a..hur...hurry." Sashi squeaked as she saw who she bumped into.
"Are you okay? It looks like you just saw a Heartless."
Sashi didn't answer. Becky stood there, openmouthed.
"All right then. Good bye." The person turned away. "Foreigners."
As soon as the figure was out of sight, Sashi spoke in awe.
"Becky, did you see who that was?"
"That was... That was..."
"Yeah. That was the mean guard from Aladdin."
Becky tugged on Sashi pajama shirt.
"What?" Sashi turned around to see what Becky was so stunned about. "Oh dear. Am I seeing what I think I seeing and is that what you're seeing?"
"Well, if you're seeing Jiminey Cricket from Pinochio talking to Sebastian from The Little Mermaid, then you're seeing what I'm seeing. Is that what you're seeing?"
"I must be going crazy."
"You and me both, Sash. You and me both."
Sashi grabbed Becky and ducked down in a small alley. "Okay, what do we do?" she asked in a nervouse whisper.
"You're asking me!? How should I know? You're the older one!"
"Ohh, only by a few months..."
"Hey Sora! Goofy! I found them!"
The girls looked up and saw Donald Duck standing over them, with a large grin on his face.
"AAHH!!" Sashi and Becky screamed together as they got up and ran. They didn't know where to but, they ran.
"Quick! In here!" Becky yelled as they passed a small shop.
As fast as they could, the girls opened the door, got in, and closed it.
Inside, no one was there, save a man standing behind the counter. He turned to them and spoke.
"Can I help you two?" He sounded very kind.
"I hope so. We're looking for New York. Can you tell us how to get there?" Sashi asked.
"I've never heard of a place called New York before. What world is it in?" He asked stroaking his grin with his index finger and thumb in thought.
"What do you mean 'what world'."
"Is it in Deep Jungle? Wonderland? Atlantica?"
"North America. The United States of America to be exact."
"Sorry kids. Never heard of any of those worlds."
"They're not worlds. The United States of America is a country and North America is a continent."
"I wish I could help."
"All right. All right. You can. Where are we now?"
"Traverse Town." he stated, obviously proud of himself.
"Traverse Town?" Sashi and Becky exchanged panicked looks.
"Yep. Best place to be now a days. Safest place for you girls to be on account of all these Heartless attacks. Bloody horrors. Terrorizing our worlds and stealing hearts. Take my advice girls. Stay here until everything has calmed down a bit. I wouldn't want to go traveling at a time like this. I'm sure your parents will understand. If I had children and they got lost during the Heartless rampage, I'd want them stay where ever they were. Safest thing to do. Here let me get ya something to drink. You look beat."
The man directed them toward a small table, sat them down, and went into the back room.
"Sashi, did you realize who that guy was?"
"I wasn't really paying attention. Who was he?"
"Cid. Remember, the guy they stole from the Final Fantasy series."
Cid came back and placed two large jugs on the table. "Best in the house."
Sashi and Becky took the jugs and slurped the liquid down, not caring that it was slightly tinted pink. It was actually really good. Tasted like raspberry-cranberry flavored sparkling water.
"This is good. What is it?" Becky asked in between sips.
"The best Moogle Wine in Traverse Town."
"What kind of wine?"
"Moogle Wine."
Shocked as she was by the name of the wine, Sashi continued to drink all the same. Just then, someone walked in. It was Squall, or Leon, as she was called in this game. Sashi and Becky looked at each other in amazement. Sashi opened her mouth, but nothing came out. All she did was point at Leon and mouthed 'Squall'. Becky also pointed at him and mouthed 'Leon'.
Becky clutched at Sashi's arm, drawing her close as too whisper something in her ear.
"Sashi, it's him. He's here. My obsession is actually standing in front of me. The love of my video game life Leon slash Squall is HERE!!!!."
"I'm aware. He's standing in front of me too. Where's Zell?" She wondered while carefully prying her compaingns fingers from her arm.
"But it's Leon!"
"Ah, Leon, I'll be right with you. Call if you need me girls."
"Well, Cid's personality certainly has changed." Becky said.
"You can say that again. Okay, now back to our original problem: How are we gonna get home? And where the hell are we?"
"Sashi...."
Sashi wasn't listening. "Maybe we're in some insane asylum made by Kingdom Hearts nuts."
"Sashi!"
"Maybe we're..."
"SASHI!!!!!!!"
"Yeah. What Becky?"
"Maybe we are IN Kingdom Hearts. You know, everything seems so real."
"Becky, are you out of your mind? Kingdom Hearts is a Play Station 2 game. It isn't a real place you can go to."
"Yeah I know Sashi, but think about it. What about that scary cloaked guy? Maybe that wasn't a dream. Maybe that really happened. Oh, come on Sashi don't give me that look."
"This place is getting to you Becky. Look around you. This isn't real. It can't be. I mean, five minutes ago we saw Jiminey Cricket and Sebastian having a conversation."
"Got ya!" Sora yelled as he held on to Sashi and Becky's shoulders so they couldn't run off again. Donald and Goofy soon entered the shop following Sora. "Now, if I let go, will you two run away again?" Sora asked staring at the two startled girls.
He let go.
"Like hell." Sashi cried out and dragged Becky out of the shop just as before. "We gotta get out of here!"
"But why?" Becky protested, stumbling as her friend pulled her along behind.
"Hello! Earth to Becky! We are surrounded by Kingdom Hearts characters! Don't you find that a tad bit freaky?"
"Yeah! But Sashi that's the cool part."
"Hey! Guys, come back. You don't know how to get around Traverse Town!" Sashi turned around at the voice and saw Sora, Donald, and Goofy pursuing them again.
"Sashi, come on stop! What else are we supposed to do? We're in Kingdom Hearts! We need help from people who actually come from this place." She protested trying to slow Sashi down.
"Becky, do you realize what you're saying!?" Sashi asked in utter disbelief.
"How else do you expect to explain where we are? What's happen to us? WE-ARE-IN-KINGDOM-HEARTS!!"
"No!" Sashi protested and then broke down into tears.
"Come on Sashi. Let's go back with them. Okay?"
Sashi looked up and saw Becky smiling at her.
"All right..." Sashi said after a moment "But only if they agree to help us."
Sora walked over and knelt down next to the two girls. "We can do that. I promise. What do you guys want?"
"We want to go home." Becky said, helping Sashi up.
"Okay, no problem. Where do you two come from?"
"Well... ummm... there's a whole long story you'll have to hear first."
Sora raised his eyebrow in question at Becky. "How long?"
--~*~--
"How could you do such a stupid thing like bring them here!?"
"Don't worry, they won't last a week. Trust me. These girls won't be able to take it."
"That's what you said about that Sora boy. And you know what? He wound up defeating you in the end!"
"These girls are different! They are from a world with no magic. They'll be shocked by the people they'll meet."
"Nevertheless, they were chosen to be the Protectors of the Kingdoms. They'll pull through one way or another! Especially since they have joined up with Sora and his dull-witted friends. We need to get rid of them!"
"They could help us you know."
"How, may I ask?"
"If we can turn them. You did it with that boy. Twice. They shouldn't be much different."
"And if we can't turn them? Did you think of such things or were you too busy being an idiot?"
"We can always just steal their hearts if they prove to be troublesome. Their hearts are just as good as their entire being."
"Ah, I see. You may actually redeem yourself for your foolish and stupid mistake of bringing them here in the first place."
"Thank you milady."
"We'll need to get them here. Let's see... You're too valuable to spare (and too stupid) so I can't send you. Hummm..."
"Send the boy. He's expendable. He also knows Sora. He could convince them into coming here like that." The man snapped his fingers.
"True. Very true. Bring me the boy. He has a job to do."
--~*~--
"Wow! When you say long, you mean long."
Sashi and Becky finally finished telling Sora, Goofy, and Donald about how they think they got there, and about the dream as well.
"Question: What's a Protector of the Kingdoms?"
"You mean you don't know?" Becky asked paniced.
"Not a clue."
Sashi banged her head against the table. "We're doomed. DOOMED!"
"Calm down Sashi. Now, I know someone who might know what you're talking about." Sora explained. He hoped he would.
"Who!?!?" Sashi asked in earnest as she lifted her head from the table and Becky began to listen again.
"Merlin."
"Merlin? The wizard guy, Merlin?"
"Yeah. He knows a lot about this kinda stuff. Hopefully, he'll have even the smallest bit of information about these Protectors of the Kingdoms."
"So, we find the Merlin guy, find out about these Protectors of the Kingdoms, and go home. We should be back in time for dinner." Becky began to feel relieved.
"Not exactly." said Sora quietly, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck.
"What do you mean not exactly?"
"I don't know whether or not he can send you home directly."
"Meaning..." Sashi asked.
"We might have to do stuff or travel places before..."
"Wait a minute! What stuff!? Travel where!?" Sashi yelled plainly annoyed at this.
"I don't know. We'll have to go see Merlin first."
"Fine." Sashi slammed her head back down on the table.
"Can we at least get some food before we leave?" Becky asked hopefully.
"Sure Becky."
*Some characters were made up by me, while others belong to SquareSoft in
the game Kingdom Hearts.*
"Pluto! Slow down boy!"
"Come on Pluto! Ease up a bit!"
"Stop! Cease! Desist!"
Sora, Goofy, and Donald chased Pluto up and down every street of Traverse Town. He had sensed something had happened and he wasn't going to stop until he found out what.
"Where'd he go!?" Goofy yelled, waving his arms up and down, as he looked up and down the alleyways they passed.
"There he is!"
Pluto had run down a particularly long and dark alley, the kind you wouldn't want to be trapped in if you has a choice. He knew he was getting closer. Pluto was just about to turn around and go back to Sora when he suddenly stopped and saw them, two girls lying down in the gutter. One was a blonde haired, green-eyed girl who was sitting up against the wall. The other was a red haired, blue-eyed girl who was lying with her head on the other girl's lap. Both the girls looked extremely beat up. Pluto walked over to the blond girl leaning up against the wall. He began to lick the girl's face as she stirred slightly and awoke in a half concouise state.
"Lee, stop it." The girl half uttered in an irritated tone. She was so tired and so weak. Sashi tried to open her eyes, but failed. "I don't want to wake up yet." After a few moments she finally opened her eyes, but much to her surprize she saw that the dog who was nose to nose with her was not her Lee. "You're not Lee." She muttered in confusion.
"Who do we have here?"
Sashi passed out again as the questioning words faded into an echo within her mind.
"Come on guys, let's get them some help." Sora said eyeing the girls with a worried look as he bent over and picked up Becky. Following Sora's example Goofy knelt down and picked up Sashi. Donald patted Pluto on the head to acknowledge his findings. --~*~--
"My head hurts." Sashi muttered quietly bringing her hand to her forehead. She had finally woken up after hours of unconcousness.
"It should hurt. You got quite a beating. And you've been out for three days."
"Yea i guess.... AHHHH!!!!!!!!" Sashi screamed as she looked up to find characters from her favoirt PS2 game hovering over her.
"What? What's the matter?" Sora asked, obviously perplexed by the expression on the girl's face.
"You're...You're..." Sashi couldn't finish her sentence. She was way too freaked out. She turned to Becky and began to franticly poke her. "Becky. Becky, wake up."
"What do you want? Oh my god, Sashi..." She opened her eyes and shock her head in disbelief.
"Yeah?" Sashi answered still wide-eyed in shock.
"Why are there Kingdom Hearts characters around us?" Becky sat up in confusion leaning backwards, away from the others.
"I was kinda hoping you would know."
"No clue. Quick, pinch me. Maybe I'm dreaming." Quickly Sashi leaned over and pinched Becky's arm. Hard. "Ow!!!!! Sashi that hurt!"
" Sorry. Okay, now pinch me. Maybe I'm the one who's dreaming." Becky did the same to Sashi, and it hurt.
"All right. So we're not dreaming. Sashi, what's going on?!" Becky complained turning to her friend even more confused then before.
"I don't know." Sashi looked very concerned. "Maybe...Maybe we've gone crazy. And may, just maybe, we're imagining all this...."
"Ummm... I hate to butt in, but, what the hell are you talking about?" Sora interupted, fixing them each with a blank stare. The girls however, just started at him as if he had three heads.
"Hey, Sashi, look. It's Goofy and Donald. Over there. SEE SEE!!!"
"Yeah Becky. I know. I see them." Sashi replied softly putting her hand on Becky's outstreched arm, lowering it back to her sides.
"Hello." Donald said as he stuck out his hand to shake Becky's. She stared at his hand for a moment, then wearily extended her own, in offering.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance." Goofy did the same and so did Sashi in mass confusion.
"Hi! I'm Sora."
"Come on Becky. We're leaving." Sashi got up, took Becky's hand, and dragged her friend out the door. Willingly, Becky followed.
Both girls rushed out the door and turned down the street.
"Sashi?"
"Yeah Becky?"
"Do you have any idea of where we're going?" Becky asked in a concerned tone, staring wide-eyed at every person they passed.
"No. But, I'm open to any suggestions."
Not meaning to, Sashi suddenly crashed into someone consequently knocking them both down.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" The person on the ground yelled in aggitation.
"Sorry. We're kinda in...a..hur...hurry." Sashi squeaked as she saw who she bumped into.
"Are you okay? It looks like you just saw a Heartless."
Sashi didn't answer. Becky stood there, openmouthed.
"All right then. Good bye." The person turned away. "Foreigners."
As soon as the figure was out of sight, Sashi spoke in awe.
"Becky, did you see who that was?"
"That was... That was..."
"Yeah. That was the mean guard from Aladdin."
Becky tugged on Sashi pajama shirt.
"What?" Sashi turned around to see what Becky was so stunned about. "Oh dear. Am I seeing what I think I seeing and is that what you're seeing?"
"Well, if you're seeing Jiminey Cricket from Pinochio talking to Sebastian from The Little Mermaid, then you're seeing what I'm seeing. Is that what you're seeing?"
"I must be going crazy."
"You and me both, Sash. You and me both."
Sashi grabbed Becky and ducked down in a small alley. "Okay, what do we do?" she asked in a nervouse whisper.
"You're asking me!? How should I know? You're the older one!"
"Ohh, only by a few months..."
"Hey Sora! Goofy! I found them!"
The girls looked up and saw Donald Duck standing over them, with a large grin on his face.
"AAHH!!" Sashi and Becky screamed together as they got up and ran. They didn't know where to but, they ran.
"Quick! In here!" Becky yelled as they passed a small shop.
As fast as they could, the girls opened the door, got in, and closed it.
Inside, no one was there, save a man standing behind the counter. He turned to them and spoke.
"Can I help you two?" He sounded very kind.
"I hope so. We're looking for New York. Can you tell us how to get there?" Sashi asked.
"I've never heard of a place called New York before. What world is it in?" He asked stroaking his grin with his index finger and thumb in thought.
"What do you mean 'what world'."
"Is it in Deep Jungle? Wonderland? Atlantica?"
"North America. The United States of America to be exact."
"Sorry kids. Never heard of any of those worlds."
"They're not worlds. The United States of America is a country and North America is a continent."
"I wish I could help."
"All right. All right. You can. Where are we now?"
"Traverse Town." he stated, obviously proud of himself.
"Traverse Town?" Sashi and Becky exchanged panicked looks.
"Yep. Best place to be now a days. Safest place for you girls to be on account of all these Heartless attacks. Bloody horrors. Terrorizing our worlds and stealing hearts. Take my advice girls. Stay here until everything has calmed down a bit. I wouldn't want to go traveling at a time like this. I'm sure your parents will understand. If I had children and they got lost during the Heartless rampage, I'd want them stay where ever they were. Safest thing to do. Here let me get ya something to drink. You look beat."
The man directed them toward a small table, sat them down, and went into the back room.
"Sashi, did you realize who that guy was?"
"I wasn't really paying attention. Who was he?"
"Cid. Remember, the guy they stole from the Final Fantasy series."
Cid came back and placed two large jugs on the table. "Best in the house."
Sashi and Becky took the jugs and slurped the liquid down, not caring that it was slightly tinted pink. It was actually really good. Tasted like raspberry-cranberry flavored sparkling water.
"This is good. What is it?" Becky asked in between sips.
"The best Moogle Wine in Traverse Town."
"What kind of wine?"
"Moogle Wine."
Shocked as she was by the name of the wine, Sashi continued to drink all the same. Just then, someone walked in. It was Squall, or Leon, as she was called in this game. Sashi and Becky looked at each other in amazement. Sashi opened her mouth, but nothing came out. All she did was point at Leon and mouthed 'Squall'. Becky also pointed at him and mouthed 'Leon'.
Becky clutched at Sashi's arm, drawing her close as too whisper something in her ear.
"Sashi, it's him. He's here. My obsession is actually standing in front of me. The love of my video game life Leon slash Squall is HERE!!!!."
"I'm aware. He's standing in front of me too. Where's Zell?" She wondered while carefully prying her compaingns fingers from her arm.
"But it's Leon!"
"Ah, Leon, I'll be right with you. Call if you need me girls."
"Well, Cid's personality certainly has changed." Becky said.
"You can say that again. Okay, now back to our original problem: How are we gonna get home? And where the hell are we?"
"Sashi...."
Sashi wasn't listening. "Maybe we're in some insane asylum made by Kingdom Hearts nuts."
"Sashi!"
"Maybe we're..."
"SASHI!!!!!!!"
"Yeah. What Becky?"
"Maybe we are IN Kingdom Hearts. You know, everything seems so real."
"Becky, are you out of your mind? Kingdom Hearts is a Play Station 2 game. It isn't a real place you can go to."
"Yeah I know Sashi, but think about it. What about that scary cloaked guy? Maybe that wasn't a dream. Maybe that really happened. Oh, come on Sashi don't give me that look."
"This place is getting to you Becky. Look around you. This isn't real. It can't be. I mean, five minutes ago we saw Jiminey Cricket and Sebastian having a conversation."
"Got ya!" Sora yelled as he held on to Sashi and Becky's shoulders so they couldn't run off again. Donald and Goofy soon entered the shop following Sora. "Now, if I let go, will you two run away again?" Sora asked staring at the two startled girls.
He let go.
"Like hell." Sashi cried out and dragged Becky out of the shop just as before. "We gotta get out of here!"
"But why?" Becky protested, stumbling as her friend pulled her along behind.
"Hello! Earth to Becky! We are surrounded by Kingdom Hearts characters! Don't you find that a tad bit freaky?"
"Yeah! But Sashi that's the cool part."
"Hey! Guys, come back. You don't know how to get around Traverse Town!" Sashi turned around at the voice and saw Sora, Donald, and Goofy pursuing them again.
"Sashi, come on stop! What else are we supposed to do? We're in Kingdom Hearts! We need help from people who actually come from this place." She protested trying to slow Sashi down.
"Becky, do you realize what you're saying!?" Sashi asked in utter disbelief.
"How else do you expect to explain where we are? What's happen to us? WE-ARE-IN-KINGDOM-HEARTS!!"
"No!" Sashi protested and then broke down into tears.
"Come on Sashi. Let's go back with them. Okay?"
Sashi looked up and saw Becky smiling at her.
"All right..." Sashi said after a moment "But only if they agree to help us."
Sora walked over and knelt down next to the two girls. "We can do that. I promise. What do you guys want?"
"We want to go home." Becky said, helping Sashi up.
"Okay, no problem. Where do you two come from?"
"Well... ummm... there's a whole long story you'll have to hear first."
Sora raised his eyebrow in question at Becky. "How long?"
--~*~--
"How could you do such a stupid thing like bring them here!?"
"Don't worry, they won't last a week. Trust me. These girls won't be able to take it."
"That's what you said about that Sora boy. And you know what? He wound up defeating you in the end!"
"These girls are different! They are from a world with no magic. They'll be shocked by the people they'll meet."
"Nevertheless, they were chosen to be the Protectors of the Kingdoms. They'll pull through one way or another! Especially since they have joined up with Sora and his dull-witted friends. We need to get rid of them!"
"They could help us you know."
"How, may I ask?"
"If we can turn them. You did it with that boy. Twice. They shouldn't be much different."
"And if we can't turn them? Did you think of such things or were you too busy being an idiot?"
"We can always just steal their hearts if they prove to be troublesome. Their hearts are just as good as their entire being."
"Ah, I see. You may actually redeem yourself for your foolish and stupid mistake of bringing them here in the first place."
"Thank you milady."
"We'll need to get them here. Let's see... You're too valuable to spare (and too stupid) so I can't send you. Hummm..."
"Send the boy. He's expendable. He also knows Sora. He could convince them into coming here like that." The man snapped his fingers.
"True. Very true. Bring me the boy. He has a job to do."
--~*~--
"Wow! When you say long, you mean long."
Sashi and Becky finally finished telling Sora, Goofy, and Donald about how they think they got there, and about the dream as well.
"Question: What's a Protector of the Kingdoms?"
"You mean you don't know?" Becky asked paniced.
"Not a clue."
Sashi banged her head against the table. "We're doomed. DOOMED!"
"Calm down Sashi. Now, I know someone who might know what you're talking about." Sora explained. He hoped he would.
"Who!?!?" Sashi asked in earnest as she lifted her head from the table and Becky began to listen again.
"Merlin."
"Merlin? The wizard guy, Merlin?"
"Yeah. He knows a lot about this kinda stuff. Hopefully, he'll have even the smallest bit of information about these Protectors of the Kingdoms."
"So, we find the Merlin guy, find out about these Protectors of the Kingdoms, and go home. We should be back in time for dinner." Becky began to feel relieved.
"Not exactly." said Sora quietly, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck.
"What do you mean not exactly?"
"I don't know whether or not he can send you home directly."
"Meaning..." Sashi asked.
"We might have to do stuff or travel places before..."
"Wait a minute! What stuff!? Travel where!?" Sashi yelled plainly annoyed at this.
"I don't know. We'll have to go see Merlin first."
"Fine." Sashi slammed her head back down on the table.
"Can we at least get some food before we leave?" Becky asked hopefully.
"Sure Becky."