I Just Can't Wait to be Master of the Key

Sora and Riku sat on the paopu tree as usual, pondering their next epic adventure, this time with both of them- at least on the same side, anyway. Riku was thinking about the possible steps to become master, and Sora, of course, was thinking about how awesome he would be as a master (if it was possible for him to be more amazing). To Riku's surprise, Sora jumped onto the tree, pulled his Keyblade out in a dazzling spectacle of flashy sparkles, and held it out proudly.

"I'm gonna be master of the key,

So enemies beware!"

Riku, being naturally calm and collected, was only mildly disturbed at Sora's outbreak of singing. He shrugged; it was Sora after all.

"Well, I've never seen a master of keys

With such strange spiky hair," he scoffed.

Sora tugged at his brown swords - ahem, hair -and pouted. Realizing that just about every male he had met had extremely strange hair, he lost his pout and jumped off the tree and at the waves below. On his way down feet-first, he sang loudly,

"I'm gonna be the main event

Like no master was before!

I'm brushing up on looking down

One day I'm gonna SOAR!"

On cue, he used glide to avoid the wrinkled sheet of water. As Sora flew up towards the cloudless sky, Riku still didn't understand how little boys could fly - without pixie dust - but that would be something to ask Yen Sid later. He waved off Sora's display of flips and magical fireworks with his hand.

"So far, a rather uninspiring thing." Riku crossed his arms, not impressed. Sora was determined to get some reaction from Riku and flew up to his face, hanging upside-down in midair.

"Oh, I just can't wait to be master of the key!" he sang in Riku's face. He flipped over and landed on his feet, taking off across the wooden bridge.

"You've got a long way to go, Sora,

if you think..." Riku took after him, taking it as an invitation to race.

"No one saying 'do this!'" Sora did a pathetic impression of Riku's deep voice as he rolled his eyes up at the sky.

"Hey, I can boss you around whenever I want!" Riku ran after him grinning, waving the now-summoned Way to Dawn around. He was about to make a crack about how Sora's voice would always be high-pitched, but Sora interrupted him.

"No one saying 'be there!'"

Sora abruptly turned around to face Riku, the two now standing on the warm sand. He ran towards Riku with the Keyblade ready, spraying sand all over with his giant shoes.

"You're always late, Sora..."

Riku rolled his eyes at his immature friend and swiftly deflected the oncoming attack without much difficulty.

"No one saying 'stop that!'"

Sora flashed a toothy grin at his bossy friend as he barely dodged a diagonal swipe from Riku, whose irritation began to show.

"Ugh, you're such a kid!"

He swung his blade at Sora ferociously but missed. Riku continued precise blows in rapid succession, but somehow Sora managed to dodge each one.

"No one saying 'see here!'"

Sora put his hands on his hips and puffed up his chest to imitate Riku's big muscles (but failed miserably).

"Now see here!"

Riku's hand clenched around the hilt of his Keyblade as he tried to get Sora's attention with a much too mature, overused-by-old-people statement. Sora was alarmed by Riku's anger and took off down the beach in the direction of the tree houses.

"Free to run around all day!"

He panted out the words as he sprinted.

"Get back here, Sora!"

Riku's yell only fueled Sora to run away even faster. He scaled the ladder onto the bridge that ran against the rocky wall, leaving an irritated Riku standing on the sand below.

"Free to do it all my way!"

He stamped a triumphant foot down on the planks and held the Keyblade above his head as if he was claiming the tree house as his own - which, in fact, already was partially true.

"I think it's time that you and I

Arranged a heart to heart!"

Riku jabbed his thumb at his chest and scowled at Sora.

"Masters don't need advice

From another apprentices for a start!"

Sora childishly stuck his tongue out at Riku while twisting his features into various grotesque faces and wiggling his fingers in his ears.

"If this is where Keyblade masters are headed,

Count me out!

Out of service, out of this universe,

I wouldn't hang about.

This kid is getting too crazy for me."

Riku began to walk away, and Sora realized he was losing his audience. He jumped off the bridge with an impressive back flip and landed in front of Riku, standing in the water a few feet away.

"Oh, I just can't wait to be master of the key!"

Sora had now managed to gather all the others on their play-island, perhaps under threat of the Keyblade. Wait, when did that even happen?

"Everybody look left!"

On command, Kairi, Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka's heads all followed Sora's pointing finger to the left. Riku was sure Sora must have brainwashed, threatened, or bribed them to do this.

"Everybody look right!"

Again, heads shifted in Sora's direction of choice. Riku looked about ready to bang his head against the nearest palm tree. Hmm, if he hit it hard enough, coconuts would be sure to fall down... Unfortunately, none of the others were under the palm tree.

"Everywhere you look, I'm

Standing in the spotlight!"

The others had formed a human pyramid on hands and knees that Sora jumped onto. He flung his arms wide and grinned at the sky, which let down a bright beam onto him through the thin clouds. Riku began to consider using the coconuts to knock himself out.

"Not yet!"

Perhaps there was still hope, and he could save his friends from the singing menace.

"Let every creature go for broke and sing!"

The others provided singing backup for Sora as they stood up, hoisting Sora on their shoulders.

"Let's hear it 'cross the world, hear it ring!

It's gonna be Master Sora's finest fling!"

They then let Sora fall into their mesh of arms and launched him into the air ten feet. Sora did yet another flip and landed with ease.

"Oh, I just can't wait to be master of the key!"

All of them sang the chorus together as Riku held his near-bleeding ears in pain, staggering in the sand. They continued to throw Sora, who decided to use accompanying bursts of magic as if the glowing light from above and getting launched up ten feet wasn't enough.

"Oh, I just can't wait to be master of the key!"

Riku looked as if he was going to pass out in the shadow of their horrific yet impressive display.

"Oh, I just can't waaaaaait..."

"...to be master of the key!"

At the grand finale, a random Ansem, Seeker of Darkness came and used his evil powers to push the towering mass of children over. His vile, creepy laugh echoed in Riku's ears as the human pyramid slowly toppled in one piece. Riku looked up to see his friends falling on him, and everything went black.

"AHHHHHHH!"

Riku shot up in bed, the terrible song and laugh still ringing in his mind. His head swung left and right, looking for any sign of his friends and Ansem.

"It was just a dream…" He turned over and buried his face into his pillow.

Suddenly his room door swung open and Sora burst in, arms flailing.

"Riku, wake up! We're supposed to go meet Kairi right now!" Sora let out a surprised scream as Riku tackled him to the ground and held him down by the neck.

"Never, I repeat, NEVER take me to the Pride Lands again!"

My altered version of I Just Can't Wait to Be King from Disney's Lion King. :D