Note: I type in 16 point font, so in Word, these chapters are usually about 4-5 pages long. They just look shorter online.

New York City

Sora rubbed his eyes as the bright light faded. Yen Sid's gummi ship had a Teleport block installed, allowing them to land anywhere without the hassle of actually landing the ship. The light from the teleportation, however, was enough to discourage its use. The frigid air pulled him out of the disorientation, Donald and Goofy quickly joining him. The three of them stood in a dark alley, snow covering the ground. They slowly made their way through the dark, coming to a light at the end. Sora winced as the lights of Times Square shone through the night. Donald pulled on Sora's sleeve, pointing across his vision. "Sora, look!" Both he and Goofy turned, staring in awe. The radiant lights of an enormous tree reached out to the people walking by. There were lights of all sizes and colors strewn about the buildings.

"Sure is perty, doncha think?" Goofy looked to the corner of the sidewalks, where fat men in red suits rang bells as the people walked about, carrying bags and waving, more like flailing, their arms at passing cars. "Where d'ya think we are?"

"I don't know," Sora waved for them to follow him. "But they sure know how to do Christmas here." They continued down the sidewalk through the busy people, most of them not even noticing them. Donald was watching the pedestrians go by.

"Do you think Riku and the King are here?" A child smiled at the duck, who could one return one of his own.

"We'll never find 'em with all these people." Goofy grabbed his head with both hands, the confusion overwhelming him.

"Don't worry, guys. If something happens, they'll be the first ones out here." Sora looked back ahead of him, where a magnificent building stood, its lights masked with the Christmas colors overlapping them. "C'mon." The three of them jogged to the doors, where men in tuxedoes and women in dresses got out of cars and limousines. The man in the red suit at the door tapped Sora on the shoulder.

"Your ticket please."

"What?" Sora checked his pockets, then turned to Goofy. The knight checked his vest, coming up empty. "I guess we forgot 'em."

"Then I'll have to ask you to move." The man ushered them away, taking tickets from one of the tuxedo men.

"I guess we're not getting in." Sora looked around for Donald, who was nowhere to be found. "Where's Donald?"

"Right here!" Donald ran over, pushing Sora and Goofy towards the doorman again.

"Sir, if you do not have a-"

"Tickets." Donald handed him three tickets, the man eyeing them. He waved them in, Donald pushing again.

"What are you doing?" Sora spun around to face him. Goofy stumbled forward.

"We might want to move a little faster." Donald shoved Sora, who resisted, stumbled backward as he did.

"What'd you do?" Goofy caught his balance. Outside, a tuxedo man searched his pockets, his wife and son waiting. Sora looked back down at Donald.

"You didn't just-"

"Move!" Donald gave them one final push another pair of double doors.