So, I decided to use a first person approach, a "P.O.V." of sorts, when it felt appropriate. I'll probably stick to it since it delivers a better reading experience, in my opinion. I apologize in advance for any minor grammar and spelling mistakes. I got sick for the second time this month and I just couldn't keep my eyes open enough time to revise this chapter.

As promised, much bigger chapter with some character development and the start of something BIG.

Have fun reading!


Chapter 3. Adventure

"What in the world is going on?!" It was all Donald managed to say before another heartless hit the ship. "Most of our weapons aren't working for so- QWAK!" Anoter explosion sent them flying in a quick spiral, out of their path. All passengers were thrown out of their seats, some stumbling and hitting each other accidentaly while rolling around with the ship's momentum. When the ship finally regained some form of balance, their course had already been altered again and they were now in a colision course. A huge meteor, towering easily over the ship, approached rapidly.

"Eyes on the road, EYES ON THE ROAD!" Sora yelled at the top of his lungs, alerting the others. Riku didn't know exactly how to stir the ship, but due to all that previous fuss rolling around the ship, he was the closest to the controls. Quickly grabing them and pulling, he managed to dodge the big rock, flying around it's surface. Unfortunatly, smaller meteors were gravitating around the bigger one and now those were headed straight at the Gummy vessel. Donald managed to get up in time, shoving Riku out of the chair to stir the ship out of the way, narrowly avoiding multiple potentialy fatal crashes. Staying clear of the heartless and other rocks floating around, the crew finally managed to catch their breath.

Goofy, the one in charge of monitoring the overall status, reported."Gorsh, we're in a bad shape, fellas! I dun' think the gummy ship can take much more beating!" He was hitting buttons and watching monitors like his life depended on it. Which was the case, actually.

"I guess that much is obvious. We should try to land somewhere close by to repair this flying bathtub" Riku added in, quickly regretting the last part when an angry duck almost went berserk. Much to everyone's well-being, Kairi stepped in.

"Okay, guys, let's calm down for a second. Where are we, anyway?" The girl raised a valid point. Space travel was a double-edged sword. It could shorten the distance between worlds, making previously impossible journeys into hour long travels, but it had it's downsides. If the ship didn't follow a specific route, they could end up lost in space. Not to mention the portals laying around, teleporting anything that comes close-by, no one knew where to.

"Ahyuk, we're kinda close to a world. The thingy here isn't detecting any heartless!" Goofy scanned the instruments, making the best out of their use. "That's good, right?"

"We should land there to repair the ship. Don't know about you guys but I don't want to float around in space until some giant-spacey-heartless decide we're dinner." Sora said while trying to buckle up on his seat. Kairi and Riku quickly did the same thing, now very aware of the dangers and the possibility of rolling around that might happen on the way. Just as everyone was beginning ro relax on their seats, another explosion shook the entire ship. A group of heartless appeared behind the gummy vessel, shooting explosive rounds at it.

"Hold on, kiddos. This will be a bumpy ride!" Donald said, smiling at the challenge ahead, taking control control of the ship, quickly dodging the projectiles and setting course to the ever closer world.

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Sora

"Ouch..." We managed to land somewhat safely. Well, I wouldn't call it "landing" in the first place. More like a "somewhat controled friendly-crash". I had to admit Donald was a pretty good pilot, managing to get us all here in one piece. Guess I'll thank him later, after I'm done soothing my back pain I just got from rolling around in the dirt after our ship "kinda" fell apart as we "gently" touched down. Everyone seemed to have their own little pains to deal with. Except Goofy, he was already up and at it, smiling and helping Kairi up. The ship, sadly, is in a bad shape. One of it's wings broke down, gummy blocks scattered everywhere. The engine is somehow still intact, but it was making weird noises and there was smoke everywhere around it.

After picking myself up, I got a chance to take a look at where we world looks... boring. We landed on top of a mountain, perhaps too close to the edge if you ask me, giving me the chance to look far in the horizon. There was dirt, whirlwinds and tornadoes everywhere. That was it.

"Hey, guys! Guess what? We landed on a giant dirt ball with no gummy materials whatsoever! Yay!" A bit too sarcastic, but hey, I needed the distraction and Kairi is smiling. She's in a good mood atleast. She meant to say something, but Donald cut her off.

"I'm having a bad feeling" He tried putting his hands over his eyes, as if it would help focus his eyesight, scanning the surroundings for a potential threat. Kairi didn't miss the chance to squeal a little and oh boy, did Donald get mad. Riku was silent, standing away from the group and looking somewhere, having a pensative expression on his face. That wasn't good.

"Hey, Sora, come here." Not good, for sure. As I approached him, an odd feeling crossed my heart and I could feel the keyblade resonating with it. For some reason or another, it felt familiar. Like a long lost friend. "Do you feel that?" Riku asked me.

"Yeah. Not gonna lie, it's just plain weird." There was no reason for me to hide anything from my friend, so I just told him how it felt. "It's the same feeling I get everytime the keyblade decides I should guide my path towards a certain goal. Happened once before, when you were... Kinda evil." Couldn't help but chuckle at that. So many things happened, new adventures, it felt like ages ago. Riku laughed a little too, a bit embaressed. Regaining his composure, he said.

"Well, I can say it's the exact opposite for me. It's like I can tell this thing or whatever doesn't want me there. Or anyone else for that matter." With a worried expression, he glanced at me "What do you want to do?" He was serious, I could tell, perhaps worried something bad would happen.

"I think I should go check it out. If the keyblade wants me to see it, it must be important." Maybe I was trusting the keyblade a little too much but I couldn't help it. I've never been one known to be cautious and just couldn't shake the feeling that was settling in my heart, quietly interacting with the keyblade. "I'll go ahead and do a quick scouting mission, General Riku! I'll be back in time for dinner!" I tried my best to give a proper salute towards my "superior". Guess it worked, he answered.

"Alright, corporal. If you fail to report to HQ Wrecked Mothership by nightfal, I'll have you peel potatoes for the rest of your miserable life. Dismissed!" He waved me off with a smile on his face. Yeah, I managed to make Riku smile. 100 points to me!

I took off, following the directions my heart gave me. On the way, several tornadoes and whirlwinds cutted me off, almost lifting me up sky high. There was plenty of room to run around so I had no major problems. As I approached my destination, judging by how intense the same feeling became, there was almost nowhere to go. As I dodged a tornado, two were headed my way, and another two or three after that. It was a nightmare. Eventually, a huge whirlwind caught me, launching me hig in the air. Not my manliest moment when I started screaming. After being practically vomited upwards by the giant wind force, I noticed a patch of land with no tornadoes or anything like that. It was in a high contrast compared to everything around it, being the only calm weather inside of what looked like an enormous storm of wind and dust. Gathering a little bit of magic, I managed to push myself there, landing in a not so elegant way. Who cares? It worked and I was standing.

My heart started pouding, the keyblade was in my hands without me calling for it, which was extremely weird if not a bad omen. Suddently, I realised I wasn't alone. A caped figure, armored and kneeling stood there, quietly observing me with it's own keyblade, much larger than mine. I could feel the raw power coming from it. Then it talked, with a voice that could be heard but at the same time made no sound.

"YOU. ARE NOT. PREPARED." The armored guy charged me, bringing down it's keyblade with massive weight behind it and I almost didn't parry it in time. I could barely hold on and the floor under me started to crumble by the raw power of the pressure I was being put on. The sound it made was absurdly loud, my ears started to ring. The stranger didn't give me time to breath as he continued to strike me, again and again, sending huge shockwaves across the terrain. I can't hold on much longer.

"Help!"

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Riku

After Sora left, I could focus on fixing things. He was too much of a goof sometimes and had the attention spaw of a fly. No, even less than that. Maybe having him chasing a feeling around would give me some room to work with. Not like there was much to do besides fix the ship and leave as fast as we possibly can. But there lies the true problem: how can one obtain gummy materials in a world like this? With no heartless whatsoever? We should've thought this through before landing. I guess there wouldn't be much time to do it, considering how we were getting our asses kicked out there.

"Donald" I signaled the duck to come over, trying to break his furious qwaking, trying to make Kairi take back her cutesy comments about him. Good luck with that. As he approached me with a slightly annoyed expression, I continued. "We should start fixing this ship. But for that we need materials." At that, the engine crumbled down into a million blocks, Donald looking devasted "A lot of materials"

"What do you suggest?" The duck rubbed his temples with his feathery fingers, trying to calm down a little. Good thing Kairi didn't notice, or else another argument between him and her would surely happen.

"In all honesty, I doubt we'll find anything here. It was the safest spot to land, sure. But it's also the worst. We might have no way to repair the ship, as this world lacks the necessary materials." I tried glancing around one more time, in hopes of finding anything that might help. Again, I couldn't spot a thing besides dirt and wind. "Perhaps you could try contacting someone? King Mickey, maybe?"

"I can try, but the King rarely answers any calls, even from Queen Minnie." Donald walked away, snatching Goofy from Kairi's hugs and dragging him to what was left of the ship. As they started working, the redhead approached me.

"Hey" Oh, small talk. How I missed it. "How you doing? Where's Sora?" Of course she would ask about Sora. She never missed the chance to mother us both whenever she felt like it. It wasn't so bad, except that one time when she... Nah, better not remember it.

"I'm all good. Much better now that I'm amongst friends. Sora went that way" I pointed at the general direction he went. "To check something out, he should be back any second now." It was almost night. Time passed by fast or maybe this world didn't have a 24 hours day cicle. As I was about to lower my arm, a huge booming sound came our way alerting everyone. Soon after, a short series of tremors followed. The worst thing was: It came the same way Sora went.


So Riku is sort of a cold guy. Sora is super enthusiastic. Kairi is... Kairi. Donald has anger issues. Goofy is a tryhard.

Lol joke. Yeah, had some fun with this chapter. I plan on keeping this "a chapter per week" thing. It fits my schedule and overall lazyness quite well.

Also, everytime someone reads this fic and doesn't review or send me a message with his/hers opinion, I die a little inside. I'm a zombie already.

See you next week!