New Beginnings

By Vampyra142001

Disclaimer: I, of course, do not own any Disney or Sqare-Enix characters.

A/N: Alright, chapter three done. My thanks to everyone that voted. It came to a tie between werewolf and vampire, so I did a rough sketch of both and picked the one that looked better. Enjoy.

"Ew, ew, EW!" whined Kairi, shivering violently.

"Will you tell us what's wrong already?" questioned Riku.

"She gave me a BATH while you two were sight-seeing."

"So?"

"Riku, if you forgot: Cats bathe with their tongues," Sora said from the captain's seat.

Riku burst out laughing.

"Ewie!"

"Well, I guess we should head to Radiant Garden," said Sora.

"Hey, what's that?" asked Kairi, pointing at the world they were passing.

"Halloween Town."

"Halloween Town has Christmas lights on it?"

"When Jack puts them there it does, but Christmas Town always has it's lights."

"So Santa lives there?"

"Of course. Wanna meet him?"

Kairi gave him a huge grin.

"Well, this should be interesting," Riku said.

Sora punched several buttons to reset their course.

"Is there anything we should know about this world?" asked Riku.

"Um... there's lots of creepy stuff on the Halloween side and it's all real, but most of it's not dangerous. I wonder what monsters you'll turn into."

"Monsters... really?" gaped Kairi.

"Donald turns into a mummy, Goofy looks kinda like Frankenstein's monster, and I turn into a vampire."

"Ever bite anyone?"

"No, but I didn't see any tastey looking people." Sora glanced at Riku.

Riku ignored him and leaned over the control panel, setting up the automatic landing.

"Hey, that's my job!" Sora whined.

"Yeah? And? I want to get this over with and find out what you're up to," stated Riku.

"I'm 'up to' several things."

The older boy frowned at the implied double meaning.

"Graveyard? Why does it say we're landing in a graveyard?" Kairi asked.

"It's open ground out of the way," said Sora. "And don't touch the headstones, it's bad luck and they'll fall on you."

"You're not SCARED are you, Kairi?" Riku questioned.

"Of couse not," she said hautily, exiting the ship.

The two boys followed.

"Nice tail Riku," teased Sora.

"You're just making excuses to look," Riku commented.

Sora shrugged.

Riku had a silver tail protruding over the edge of tattered black jeans, along with silver fur covering his arms from elbow to clawed fingertips. He now wore a tight leather shirt and his shoes had been replaced with black boots. A metal collar with a dangling chain rested around his neck. Atop his head sat a pair of canine ears. A pumpkin mask covered his left eye.

Kairi's skin was a tainted green color. Her hair shone blood-red below her crooked hat. At her throat was a pumpkin choker and her pearl necklace. Her outfit now consisted of a skin-tight black dress that flared at the wrists and hips, with a grey external corset, purple and green striped stockings, and pointed black shoes.

Sora stared at Riku with a strange look on his face.

"What?" demanded Riku.

The younger boy reached up and started petting Riku's new ears.

"Fuzzy-soft," he said, grinning widely.

"Knock it off," ordered Riku, batting the other boy's hands away. "That feels really weird."

"Did you know you have upper AND lower fangs?" Kairi asked Riku.

"I already bit my tongue. And did you know your socks are really ugly?" teased Riku.

"I think that's the point."

"C'mon, you guys gotta meet Jack Skellington," insisted Sora.

"What about Santa?"

"Jack's place is closer and I figured you'd like to show off your costumes to the King of Halloween."

Sora pulled them into town, Kairi by her hand and Riku by his chain.

"Sora! Wonderful to see you again. And who are your friends?" Jack asked.

"Hey. This is Riku and Kairi. I wanted you to meet them before we take off again," said Sora.

"You'll return for Halloween, of course?"

"It's a promise, Jack. We can't let all your hard work go to waste," Sora said, gesturing to the busy monsters.

"Wonderful! Now, you'll be visiting Sandy Claws before you go? I could accompany -"

"Jack! Jack! Boogie's boys dumped slime into the the machinery!" cried the Mayor. "I can't handle this by myself."

"Tell Sandy I said hello," Jack sighed.

"Sure. We'll see you soon." Sora started back the way they came.

"Good bye Mr. Skellington," said Kairi.

"Sandy Claws? Doesn't he mean Santa Claus?" Riku asked once they were out of ear shot.

"He always says it that way," said a female voice behind them.

Sora glanced back, not surprised at all, while Kairi and Riku whirled around to see a woman made of cloth standing a short distance away.

"Hi Sally. Bored with preparations?" asked Sora.

"Yes, I overheard your conversation and thought I'd join you - if that's okay."

"Guys, this is Sally, Jack's girlfriend."

"Wife, now."

"Congratulations!" Kairi said.

Riki and Sora nodded in agreement.

"Boys."

Sora shoved Riku, then took off running into the trees. Riku started to follow, only to find the boy had disappeared.

"Where'd he go?" wondered Riku.

"I'm sure he's already in Christmas Town. He's as bad as Jack when it comes to that place," Sally said.

"But how do we get there? All I see is weird trees."

Sally opened the hidden door and jumped in.

"You get to Santa's house by jumping into a tree? Isn't that nice?"

"C'mon Riku. I want to see the real Santa," Kairi said, grabbing his hand and pulling him with.

As soon as Riku sat up a snowball smacked against his chest.

"Sora!" growled the silver-haired wolfboy.

A snowball fight broke out between the two, while Sally and Kairi hid behind the tree.

The duo were too engrossed in their war to notice Kairi sneak around with a mound of snow in one hand. She grabbed the back of Sora's shorts and deposited the frozen surprise into his boxers.

"Aah!" Sora yelled. He danced around for a second, tripped over his own feet, and tumbled down the hill, Kairi and Riku running after him.

"Are you okay? I'm so sorry. I didn't know you'd fall," said Kairi, worried.

"I'm fine," he assured her while shaking large amounts of snow out of his clothing. "That actually would've been fun if I didn't have snow in my pants."

Riku was sitting on the ground laughing.

"Wow," gasped Kairi, staring at the workshop infront of them.

"Race you," Sora challenged.

"Okay," agreed Riku.

"Wait. Where's Sally?" wondered Sora.

"Here. Are you sure you're alright?" Sally asked as she walked down to the group.

"Yeah." He glanced at Riku, then dashed towards the front door, the older boy right beside him.

"Sorry about the front door," Sora apologized, rubbing the back of his head.

Said door lay on the floor.

"Well, see that it doesn't happen again," said Santa Claus.

Riku frowned at the fat man.

"If you're the real deal, then tell me why I stopped believing in you," he said crossing his arms.

"Riku! That's rude," scolded Kairi.

"Your anger is understandable, but even I couldn't have brought you that gift, for it was not mine to give," Santa said calmly. "I would've have brought you your father, but it is beyond my power."

"We shouldn't have come here," snapped Riku.

Santa placed his hand on Riku's shoulder, only to have it shrugged off roughly.

"He's still alive."

"What?"

"I have a feeling that you'll be seeing him soon."

"Right, like that'll happen," Riku scoffed and walked out.

"Please go with Riku, said Sora to Kairi.

"But I wanna -- ," she started.

"You have until Christmas to talk to Santa, but I think Riku needs our support right now. I'll be out in a minute."

"Good bye Mr. Claus. We'll be back by Halloween." She jogged after Riku.

"Keywielder or not, I have to ask ..."

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to post this, I had to wait for the votes to stop and write the chapter. I promise my next post will be much sooner. The fanart that goes with this chapter will be linked to my profile ASAP. Radiant Garden next chappie, and maybe you'll get to meet Axel's other.