(Authors notes: please read this like you were playing it as game. Thank you.)
"Another vision…..
no….
a memory…..
the first time I arrived in that world….
The Ends of the World….
it was dark and gloomy place….
no one seemed to live there…
that's how it all began….
my journey…
my mission…
(A six year old boy was unconscious on a white sandy mound. His eyes flutter open as a tall dark figure stood over him)
….Arise.."
Chapter 2:
Sora felt like he was falling, actually...he was falling. 'Wait FALLING!' His eyes sprung open as saw nothing but ticking clocks, a rocking chair, tables, ect., floating in midair.
"Hey! You look different"
Sora peered to his right to see the small shadow heartless doing summersaults. Sora looked at himself to see what the heartless was talking about. He was wearing a white shirt with a dark shorts sleeve jacket over it. He had a skirt over his black pants that had straps on the knees, for some odd reason. And last he wore fuzzy gloves that were black and white stripes.
"Look at what I can do" Chii just kept doing flip like an acrobat and Sora just got more annoyed.
"Stop that!" Sora shouted at Chii. "You'll hurt yourself..WAIT a minute. What are you doing here!" Sora wanted to know how the heartless followed him.
"Relax, see nothing is going to happen" Chii did more summersaults until the bottom had final come.
Sora landed perfectly but Chii ….didn't land so great.
"BOOM!"
"Oowww" the tiny heartless landed with a big thud on her belly.
Sora softly slapped himself in the face, on how clumsy the heartless was.
"Oh Dear, Oh Dear! I'm Late, I'm Late! I should be there! The Queen…will have my head for sure!" Running right past Sora and Chii was a white rabbit in a waist coat with a giant pocket watch. He ran frantically down the hall, not missing step while he looked at the watch.
"What the…" Sora didn't get the chance to finish his sentence because Chii shouted "Let's follow it" pointing in the direction of where the rabbit went.
"Hey" Sora looked back at the heartless. "You still haven't told me why you're here in the first place?" Crossing arms, he waited for Chii to answer him.
"Chii's here to help savior" The heartless made it sound so simple.
"Chii? Is that you name"
"Yes! Chii is a special heartless. She can figure out problems and won't be controlled by the Black Orb" Chii explained to Sora how useful she is.
"Well Chii.." Sora squatted down to meet Chii's eyes "GO HOME!" Sora got back up and headed in the direction where the rabbit seemed to disappear.
Chii was lying on her back from Sora yelling/knocking her over. She stared at the ceiling for a few minutes then ran after Sora. Sora kept walking until he felt something grab his leg.
"Chii is going with you no matter what" Chii kept a tight grip on Sora leg, proving she would not move even if he tried to pry her off.
"Fine" Sora slapped his face, knowing that whatever he would say wouldn't matter. He looked down at Chii and explained how things were going to be if she was to come with him. "You got to pull your own weight and you got to stop grabbing my leg. The names Sora, not savior. Got it!"
"Got it" Chii gave Sora a thumbs up, and then jumped onto Sora's shoulder as they walked in the direction the White Rabbit went.
They made it to the end of the hallway and saw that there was nothing but a large door. Sora opened the door to see nothing but another door except it was smaller. Sora did this four times until he came to last the door which her had to bend over to get through.
"It's like a fun house" Chii was having fun while Sora was just annoyed.
"Yaaa FUN" Sora tone sounded irritated. "Why do I get the feeling this place is going to annoy the heck out of me"
They were in a big room that was very odd. A bed was on the right corner, chairs and a table were in front of the bed, but the strangest parts were the painted clocks and pictures and a empty fire place on the left.
They both turned the heads when they heard the pitter patter of feet running across the floor. It was the White Rabbit except h was very small and went through a door that perfect for his size.
"How'd he get so small" Sora squatted down in front of the small door. He started to poke it when is suddenly started talking.
"No your simple to big" The door knob opened his droopy eyes from his afternoon nap.
"What!" Chii was started by the door and tried to get a closer look at it. "It talks!"
"Can you keep it down, (yawn) some of us are trying to sleep" The knob gave another yawn and started falling back asleep.
"Wait" Sora crept closer to the knob to get some answers. "What do we have to do to get small?"
"Use the bottle…(yawn) on the table" Sora and Chii looked behind to see a table form in the middle of the room.
Sora got up and walked over to the table. He looked examined the two bottles to see that one said "Drink me and I'll make you grow big" While the other said "Drink me and I'll make you grown small" Sora picked up the second bottle and began to take a sip then gave it to Chii who did the same. They started to shrink as everything around them grew big.
"Holy cow we shrunk Chii examined herself while Sora looked up at the mile high table figuring he may need to drink the first drink later.
Sora walked towards the door to see it had already fallen asleep. "Can't use him"
"Sora look!"Chii pointed to the entrance that was behind the bed.
"Good job Chii" He then groaned knowing he needed to be bigger to pull out the bed. Sora looked at the table and groaned again. He jumped onto one of the chairs then latched on to the table, lifting himself up, walked towards the first drink. He grew back to his original size and walked toward the bed. He tried to pull it out but it wouldn't budge. Getting frustrated he gave it a good kick and slid into the wall. Sora shrugged it off and went back to the table, to a sip of the second drink again, and shrunk. Sora and Chii headed for entrance and entered into a trial.
Trumpets were sounded as the trail began, Sora and Chii looked to see who was on trail and why. They ear perked up to the sound of the trumpets going off.
"Court is now in session. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Queen of Hearts!" The White Rabbit presented the Queen of Heart, who sat comfortable on her throne.
The Queen then pointed at the girl, who was on standing at the pedestal, with her heart shaped wand. "This girl did it. There's no doubt about it. And the reason is…BECAUSE I SAID SO!"
"That so not fair. I've done nothing wrong." The little girl defended herself. "Just because your Queen doesn't give you the right to be so..so..so mean"
"SILENCE!" The Queen shouted at the girl. "For the crime of trying to steal my heart…."
Sora and Chii knew exactly who had tried to steal the Queens heart and it certainly wasn't the girl's doing.
"Sora! We got to do something" Chii bounced on Sora's shoulder to make him help.
"I know but…" Sora looked at the ground as if trying to find a way to tell Chii the reason why he wouldn't help the girl.
"OFF WITH HER HEAD!" The Queen gave the older and all the card guard aimed there spears at the girl.
"HOLD IT!" Chii shouts from Sora's shoulder.
"Chii…." Sora said in a low voice, he put his hand on Chii mouth to shush her.
"Who said that?" The Queen looked around for the cause of the outburst."WHO DARES INTERFERE WITH MY COURT!"
"I do!" Sora walked into the court, but was halted by the guards. "She's not the one you want. It was…"
"It was the heartl….."Chii's mouth was quickly covered by Sora's hand.
"Any way… She's not the one you want." Sora pulled his hand away from Chii's mouth and the grouped looked at the two.
"Really?"The Queen wasn't convinced. "Do you have proof?" The Queen slouched on her throne, tapping her wand, waiting for the two to answer.
"Well…" Sora was in trouble now since he didn't have any proof with him.
One of the card guards grabbed the girl and put her in what seemed to be a bird like cage.
"Find me evidence that proves she's not guilty."The Queen told the two before waving them off.
Sora nodded to the Queen and walked up to the bird cage. "Don't worry. We'll help you."
"Thank you." The Girl introduced herself saying her name was Alice and Sora did the same thing. "You should ask the Cheshire Cat. He'll know what to do"
"Cheshire…Cat..?" Chii cocked her head to the side, confused by the strange name.
"Yes, he lives in the forest" Alice looked toward the open entrance to the woods.
Sora and Chii were in the woods, looking for this Cheshire Cat. The made it through some thick grass into a clearing. They saw nothing but flowers, pond/puddles with lilies in them, mushrooms that were bigger than Sora. It looked like they were in grass if not for the trees. They looked around until they saw floating cat head, which caused them jumping in surprise.
"WHAT THE!" Sora almost withdrew his keyblade, but noticed that a body was dancing on the head. Then the arms from the body lifted the head onto the shoulder like it was no big deal.
"Well, well. Look what we have here. A boy and his heartless. What are they doing here I wonder?" The cat was talking to himself more than to the two.
"Are you the Cheshire Cat?" Sora asked the cat.
"Why yes I am If you so wonder" The cat kept talking in riddles.
"Tell us how to free Alice!" Sora demanded an answer from the cat.
"Why off course, but first you must do something for me. Defeat the creatures that have frighten my friends and I shall help you find the answer you seek." The Cheshire Cat disappeared and heartless surrounded the duo.
"Sora! Were surrounded!" Chii shouted at Sora.
Heartless big and small danced around them. Sora took out an object from his pocket; it was a 'Brave warrior' band. It looked like a ring that helps warriors boast their power. He must have gotten it from the knight/women back in Travest Town. Sora placed the ring on his finger and a surge of power started to flow through him. One of the solider heartless pounced at Sora but he ducked just in time. Withdrawing his keyblade, he diced the heartless in half. The rest of the heartless followed suit as Sora attacked the rest. After the last heartless was struck the Cheshire cat reappeared again.
"Why thank you for that!" The cat said to the two. "Here is one of the evidences you will need"
A pink box appeared on the ground in front of Sora. He carefully picked it up and inspected it.
"What's in there?" Chii asked as she tried to touch it.
No Chii" Sora put the box away and they walked to the exit which was up on the corner tree.
"Sora?" Chii questioned as they were on a branch.
"Hmm?"
"Why did you stop me from saying the heartless were the ones that try to steal the Queens hearts?" Chii was curious to why Sora took that action.
"We can't meddle in the world's affair. It's not our place to speak even when we know the truth." Sora tried to explain as he made it to the tree.
"That's stupid!" Chii frowned at the thought that they can't even help someone because it was a rule.
Sora laughed at Chii's comment. "Come on Chii; let's get the rest of the evidences."
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They battled they were through heartless and solved endless puzzles to get every evidence. Solving clues, playing the chair game at the tea party, and hopping around the bizard room to get all the boxes. They had gotten all three boxes and were going to head back to the garden when the Cheshire cat appeared again.
"Well done, well done. Here is your prize for doing so well. The power to freeze any creature with one simple cast." With that the Cat disappeared again.
They headed back to the trail to give the Queen there evidence. "Here is your evidence. Now let Alice go" Sora placed the boxes in front the Queen.
"Not so fast. Here's my evidence" The queen snapped her finger and one of the Card placed a box where Sora's evidences were then shuffle them around to confuse them. "Now pick a box and we'll see who the culprit really is."
"That's not fair!" Chii shouted at the Queen "After all that hard work."
"SILENCE!" The queen slammed her fist on the counter.
"It's okay Chii" Sora reassured her. He went up to the box in the right corner and gave it a tap. The boxed opened up and a heartless appeared then disappeared.
The Queen yelped in surprise. "What on earth WAS that?"
"THAT was your culprit. Now release Alice." Sora walk told the cage that held Alice.
"HALT! Paragraph 63 by order of me says 'anyone who defies the Queen is guilty." The Queen hated to be wrong and was going to be right even if she made up some stupid rule.
"What!" Both Sora and Chii stared at the Queen in disbelief.
"You made that up" Chii accused the Queen of lying.
"Capture them you fools" Ordered the Queen.
Cards flew everywhere trying to capture them, one of the cards cranked up the tower sending Alice's cage high in the sky.
"Sora get to the tower" Chii pointed to the tower. "If we destroy it, it will bring the cage down.
Sora headed straight for the tower, attacking cards along the way. Sora hit gears on the tower, causing the cage to lower itself to the ground. Sora ran over to the cage, as the cage began to turn, it revealed to be empty.
"FIND HER" shouted the Queen as the cards scattered to look for Alice.
While the cards were scattered, Sora and Chii headed straight for the forest. Once they were in the forest the Cheshire cat appeared before them on a rock.
"Oh my, how troublesome," he made it sound like he was talking to himself.
"Where's Alice!" Chii shouted at the cat.
"Why the shadow took her of course." The cat made it sound obvious, with his face in a big smile.
"The ….shadow?" Sora cocked his head in confusing.
"Why yes! But it's too dark to see. Find some light and all shall be revealed." The Cheshire cat disappeared, leaving the two to wonder what he meant.
"Find some light and all shall be revealed." Sora repeated the words to himself.
"What about the bizarre room?" Sora looked at Chii, while she continued. "Remember those funny candles we saw. I think that room was the ceiling and if we light the candles..."
"The room with light up and the shadow will be revealed" Sora figured out what the Cheshire cat had meant with 'find some light and all will be reviled.'
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Sora and Chii entered the bizarre room and spotted the candles on the table. Sora jumped and grabbed onto the edge of the table, pulling out his blade, he used fire to light the candles.
As one it the Cheshire cat appeared beside the other candle. "It's still too dark, light it up some more"
Sora jumped to the next candle and lit it up with fire causing the room to get even brighter.
"Ahhh, much better" he sighed then told the two 'to head to the place where it all began,' which left the two more confused as the Cheshire cat disappeared again.
"Where it all began?" Sora looked at Chii
"Do you think it's where the door is" Chii looked at Sora
"Why do you think that?" Sora raised an eyebrow at the heartless.
"The door got us to drink the bottles…"
"That got us into this mess" Chii eyes sadden at what Sora said.
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They entered the room where the door was and saw nothing out of the ordinary. No heartless, not even a sound (except for the doorknob who was fast asleep) Sora jumped from chair to table thinking he might need to be big but saw no bottles. They were not there anymore. Instead the Cheshire cat was in there place.
The Cheshire stood up and danced about as he pointed to the ceiling "Look look! The shadow appears!"
As Sora and Chii looked up they saw a jester heartless clutching the candle as he began to look at the two. He dropped down onto the table with a big 'SLAM', causing Sora to jump back. Now that Sora got a good look at what he is up against, saw the jester had long paper arms and legs and started to juggle two purple juggling sticks. He had heart, clubs, spades, and diamonds on its chest and face. He swung his stick at Sora which caused Sora to fall off the table to the floor. The jester followed suit, Sora got to his feet at he hit the heartless across the head, dodging the stick as they came at him. The jester juggled some more and then shot fire at them. Sora dodged the blast and countered with blizzard to cool it down. When Sora hit the Jester it fell to its knees and Sora resisted the words
"Oh poor creature who has taken this form…
From now you shall be free…
Since now I take away your curse…
Go back to the world in which you came….
As of now you are free!"
The jester started to glow and then burst into light. The hard armor fell to the grounded while the paper started to burn up. Making clanking and sizzling sounds to reveal a man wearing typical jester attire. There bells on the ends of his top (cape) with a dark maroon shirt under it. Black skinny pants with red shoes and his face had a black tear tattoo under it, along with his snowy white hair.
He looked at Sora, saying "thank you young man. You have freed me from this curse. Now I may return home to where I belong. Here I give you this gift for saving me" HE tossed Sora an 'Ifrit's horn'
"Thank you" Sora looked to see the man's body started to glow as he disappeared into the light.
"What's with all that racket?" Sora and Chii turned around to see the doorknob yawning, which meant they had woken him from his nap."How's anyone suppose to sleep" The door knob yawned again and Sora saw a glimpse of the black orb.
"Sora!" Chii shouted when she saw it two.
"I know" Sora took out his keyblade and recited the ancient words. Light shot out of the keyblade, striking the orb and shattering it to pieces.
"Alright!" Both of them shouted.
"Sora? Chii" Both of them turned towards where the voice had come from. Out came Alice from the fire place making Sora run over to her to see if she was alright.
"Alice!" They both shouted "Are you airtight?"
"That horrible creature took me to this room, when I got away I ran in here" She told the two her story. "I think I fell asleep or something because I only remember waking up to what sounded like shattering glass."
"Glad your alright but you better hurry, the queen in out looking for you" Sora told Alice that the Queen still thought it was still her who stole her heart.
"Don't worry I think I can handle her. She has a rather..short memory" She giggle as she ran toward the garden, but stopped to say thanks, then ran off.
Sora smiled as he watched her leaving. Sora zoned out as his eyes turned dark blue and wing came out of his back. Staring up at the ceiling he said "Olympus Coliseum" as the wings wrapped them selve around him and he disappeared to another world.