Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and everything else belongs to Walt Disney and Square-Enix.
The OCs and their alter-ego that appear in this story are based on the OCs from the fanfic Kingdom Hearts III Online HD. For more information about these cast of characters, check out that fanfic.
::KINGDOM HEARTS III Christmas HD::
-Crash Landing-
Disney Town was brimming with excitement. Every man, woman, and children from this quaint little magical world were decking their streets and homes with boughs and hollies while whistling holiday tunes. They were into the full-blown holiday spirit. And the castle's Court Wizard Donald Duck was cheerfully cooperating.
"Come on, people! Get to work! These ornaments aren't gonna hang on the trees themselves… paint, paint, let's go with the green-red paint! Hey, who put that there? They can't be up here, they should be down there! Anybody got some ointment? My feet are killing me!"
One of the citizens offered Donald ointment, and Donald took it, "Thank you." He said sweetly before resuming giving commands, "…now here we go! Got the tree lights? The reindeers? Any carolers available? Perfect! Got the list? Check it twice! It ain't done!" he then saw a cooked turkey on a platter passing by, "Now that's some gooood turkey!"
"Uh… Donald?"
Donald heard the Captain of the Royal Guards, Goofy calling nearby. He turned to his direction and saw Goofy, all wrapped up by the Christmas lights, with his arms and legs twisted around his body, "I'm kinda stuck…?"
Donald shook his head and sighed.
"Sweet setup Goofy!" said the enthusiastic Zack Fair to Goofy. Zack was nearby decorating when he saw Goofy in his situation, "How'd you do that? Here, let me help."
"Err… Zack? I don't think this is such a good id—!" Donald tried to warn Zack but was too late. Zack yanked on the cord and Goofy twirled. But at the same time, the lights were somehow connected to a house roof, and they too started splitting. Sparkles escaped from the Christmas lights as they were tearing off the house roof borders and eventually took down a snowman who was installed on the rooftop. The snowman landed on a piece of wood. The wood bounced in reaction, knocking something sharp into the air, flying straight to an inflatable Santa Claus. The balloon pierced and took Horace Horsecollar with it. Horace flew around the sky screaming for help. Then Horace went straight for something coming from the sky: the Elincio!
All the thirteen Keybearers who were present heard a screaming and went to check it out from the sky deck.
"What's that?" Taylor asked.
"Looks like it's coming from a distance." Tenshu said, examining Horace coming straight toward them.
"It's gonna crash on the ship!" Sierra exclaimed, "Everyone evacuate!"
The Keybearers started panicking, right on cue to Horace and the inflatable Santa Claus piercing through the Elincio, sending it straight to a forest at a long distance. Donald, Goofy, Zack, and the rest of the Disney Town citizens could hear their scream afar. The screaming disappeared and so did the ship into the sea of trees.
Donald angrily glared at Zack. Zack giggled nervously, "Err… S-Sorry guys!" he scratched the back of his head, flushed.
Moments later, the Keybearers have recovered from their fall and realized they have landed in the small park just in front of Disney Castle. Mickey and his Royal Guards came to see if they were okay, and they were fine. They talked briefly.
"Gosh, what a crash landing." Mickey said, "Glad to see you all right. And you're just in time for the Disney Town Christmas Dream decoration! It's a tradition we do every Christmas Eve, even if the town is festive! Anyone of you wanna volunteer?"
Some of the teens scratched their heads in thought, not feeling like decorating, "Gee I dunno…" Pierre muttered, "The idea of decorating an entire town is… well…"
"Overwhelming?" Axel said, "Stressful? Back-hurting fun?"
"I was gonna say too much." Pierre responded.
"Guys, you don't have to do much." Minnie said, "The whole town has finished decorating anyway. All that is left is to put on the Christmas Star on top of the tree."
When Minnie said that last part, Jean-Michel lit up, "Star on top of the tree?" he pulled out from behind him, as if by magic, another one of his Golden Star Awards Trophy. This time it said 'Best Musical Artist of the Year', "Leave it to me. Stars are my special—!"
"Forget it, JM." Talen pulled him back by his colon.
"Oh, Queen Minnie!" called out Daisy Duck from inside the Castle, catching all attention, "Hate to give you bad news, but we're short on kitchen staffs." She announced, "And dinner is not until tonight. So far we got the turkey and the ham ready for baking."
"Oh, no. Short on staffs?" Minnie sighed, "that's unfortunate."
Mickey lit up, "Not so!" he then faced the teens, "How about those who are not on town decoration duty get to be on kitchen duty?"
It didn't take the teenagers a few seconds to decide, "I wanna decorate!" Rian exclaimed before he took off for Disney Town. Then Talen, Pierre, Axel, Denzel, Trayne and Jean-Michel gave chase, shouting and screaming "It's mine!" or "That's my job!" or "Stay away from the tree!" as if they were all competing for the spot.
Minnie and Daisy then looked around, counting the teens that stayed behind, Sierra, Taylor, Violet, and Matt. Kami and Tenshu were still not with the party. "I guess that leaves out the four of you." Daisy said.
"Let's head over to the kitchen." Minnie said before leading the party to their destination, heading down the castle's massive Audience Chamber which was filled with Disney characters.
The teens noticed the princesses of hearts were present at the chamber: Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Alice, Jasmine, and a new princess of heart Tiana, were with their respective princes Richard, Charming, Philip, the Beast, Aladdin, and Naveen as the Frog, and their lovable companions (Alice doesn't have any prince). Peter Pan Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys were there, Pinocchio and his father Gepetto and cat Figaro were there, Hercules, Philotectes, and Pegasus were there, even the lions and aliens from Pride Land and Deep Space were present. Ariel and her undersea companions were also present, but inside a giant pool that had magically been set up in the middle of the room. The massive crowd warmly greeted the teens, wishing them happy holidays and the teens responded back.
Finally they reached their destination: the royal kitchen; which looked a lot like one of those massive four-star restaurant kitchens with rows of thousands of kitchen utensils, and designated areas for cooking hot meals, cold meals, uncooked meals, and desserts of all kinds.
"Kami?" Sierra saw Kami at the party tray section of the kitchen. She was with her brother Tenshu, staring at a cauldron of gooey meat stew.
"Oh, it's you." Kami greeted them, giving them a quick glance before staring back at the gooey stew.
"What are you guys doing here?" Taylor asked.
"Staring at gumbo…" Tenshu said before stirring the stew and pulling up the spoon to let a gooey strand drip back into the cauldron, "…which looks really drippy."
"Gumbo? What's that?" Matt asked. Daisy and Minnie shrugged, perplexed, "We didn't order Gumbo for the feast." Minnie said.
Daisy suddenly "Oh no," she sighed, already getting an idea behind this strange stew, "Mama Odie struck again!"
Right on cue, Mama Odie magically made her entrance, "Y'got that right, honey!" she let out a good-hearty laugh, "Let the lady take care of things 'ere!"
"Mama Odie!" Minnie said, "You're supposed to be a guest."
"I can't be a guest at a Christmas party where the foods 'ere are nothing but un-'ealthy!" she said, "Seriously? Candy cane? Apple pie? Gingerbread cookies?"
"We got Green Bean Casserole." Daisy said. The teens frowned at the thought of the greenie dish. Violet approached the stew and pulled the spoon from the cauldron to let the stew drip again, "eww… to be honest, I'll take green bean casserole anytime and anyday…" she then faced the fairy grandmother, "…no offense."
"What?" Mama Odie snapped, "Y'all don't like mah gumbo stew! Well too BAD! Dat's what y'all eatin' t'night!"
The teens and the royals barked out, "NO!" Mama Odie pulled out a stern look through her round shady glasses. Despite knowing the old lady was blind, the gang still feared that look.
"How about we save it for dessert?" Tenshu said, pulling his friends' attention toward him. They looked at him with a mix of anger and disgust. Tenshu shrugged, "What?" he said before whispering, "Anything to get her out of the kitchen."
xXx
Back at Disney Town, the town square tree was all set and ready to get its Christmas Star.
"Got the star ready." Jean-Michel appeared with his trophies again, a box full of them.
"Dude." Rian said, "These are your awards, not the Christmas Star."
"Can'cha pretend?" JM complained.
"Gosh, I'm hungry." Pierre sighed, sensing his stomach churning and making noises. "I feel like eating some peanut brittle."
Axel reassured him, "Guys, don't worry about a thing. The sooner we finish decorating, the sooner we get to eat."
Right on cue, Taylor and Sierra who were carrying the gumbo casserole away from the kitchen and Mama Odie, overheard them. Taylor pulled out this mischievous scheming smile, "I got an idea." Taylor almost sounded evil.
Sierra almost giggled, but then retained herself, "Are you sure?"
"Definitely. Stick to the plan," she said before turning serious, "and don't laugh." She then approached the guys, "Hey guys! Wanna eat something? I'm sensing you're hungry." Sierra stayed behind, trying her best not to laugh out loud.
The guys saw what Taylor was carrying, and they started drooling. They didn't actually see the sauce as the casserole was covered with a lid.
"Is it mashed potatoes?" Trayne drooled. "Apple pie?" Denzel exclaimed, "Sweet Tapioca pudding?" Talen wondered, "I better see some stuffed mushrooms in there!" Pierre yelped. "Ribbed Roast for me!" Axel said. "I'm feeling some turkey myself." Rian said.
Taylor opened the casserole dish to their surprise. The boys all frowned in disgust, "EWWWWW!"
"What is that, mucus soup?" Axel cried out.
Sierra finally exploded with laughter. Taylor shot her a cold glare, "I told you not to laugh!" Sierra chortled.
Goofy went for the soup. With a sweep of his finger, he took a sample, "Mmm~!" he said, "That's some good stew."
The boys groaned again. Taylor and Sierra couldn't believe Goofy actually tasted that stuff and liked it. "YOU find this gumbo sauce tasty?" Taylor questioned him.
"Is that what this is?" Goofy asked, "Gawrsh, who knew Mama Odie could be such an awesome cook."
"Got dat right!" Mama Odie suddenly reappeared in front of everyone, surprising the girls who were planning to throw away her food. Mama Odie angrily pointed her staff at the girls, and her pet snake glared at them on cue, "…and y'all wanna throw away good food?" she snatched her casserole back, "Shame on you! At least Goofy 'ere appreciate good food!"
Talen rolled his eyes, "It's Goofy of all people. What did you expect?"
"We weren't gonna throw it away!" Taylor exclaimed. Then Sierra declared, "Yeah, we were gonna feed it to the sewage rats!"
"Mmh-Hmm! Nice try! Back to da kitchen!" Mama Odie ordered.
Not far from the town square, Jafar, Ursula and Dr. Facilier were watching. Ursula appeared to be missing her tentacles. Instead she had received nice skinny legs to fit her overweight upper and belly. She even wore a fur coat. Jafar wore a white vizier costume and Facilier remained in his business outfit with the touch of voodoo. Jafar and Ursula saw Dr. Facilier pulling out this evil smile like he had something in mind.
"So, what's the plan?" Jafar asked him.
"Simple." Dr. Facilier said, "We act like good citizens, buy their love, and we trap them."
"Good citizens…" Ursula shuddered, "Please… why not just cook me and get it over with?"
"Already had lunch." Dr. Facilier responded jokingly. But Ursula didn't like that joke when she stared strangely at the conniving doctor. "Watch my shadow work its magic." He said demonstrating his shadow leaving its usual spot and lurking around the festive Disney Town.
The shadow slipped behind Rian, and like a snake raising its body when ready to strike, the shadow raised itself, forming a monstrous shape with pointy teeth and claws. Rian sensed the shadow behind him and turned around. The shadow turned to the shadow of a baby squirrel, staring and making cute sounds and cocking its head on one side in a clueless manner. Rian didn't suspect a thing.
"Oh my gosh! How cute!" Sierra noticed the shadow in squirrel form and went to look behind Rian to spot the real thing, "You got a squirrel down there?" she said, searching after noticing it wasn't there.
"Squirrel? What squirrel?" Rian asked, looking around for the squirrel but not finding the real thing but its shadow. Sierra was too distracted to respond. Right on cue, Dr. Facilier responded instead, "Every squirrel. They all look gorgeous don't they?"
The Keybearers stood on alert at the presence of the Disney Villains.
"Villains." Rian said.
"What are they doing here?" Talen gnashed his teeth.
"Spreading a little holiday cheer of course." Jafar said, "Why? Just because we're on the wrong side of nature, doesn't mean we can't spread a little joy once in a while."
"Let me clear this up for you." Axel said, "There's nothing joyful about you people."
"Ouch." Dr. Facilier whimpered, "And to think we were gonna be good hosts as to invite you all to our marvelous Christmas Night—!" he was about to say nightmare but Ursula cleared her throat and he quickly said, "—Dinner."
The teens looked at each other.
"Sorry to burst your bubble, but we were already invited. You can't persuade us." Talen said.
"We'll give you food right now." Facilier said before warping from out of nowhere a tray full of spicy New Orleans chicken wings with BBQ and spicy mustard. The dish aromatic smell and succulent appearance somehow enchanted the guys to the point where their eyes were circling and their lower lips were pouring our drool, "You don't have to work for it."
"We don't have to work for it…?" Trayne mumbled.
"You don't have to, you don't need to." Jafar said with a tempting voice, his snake staff beaming at the guys, enchanting them more.
"It's an all-you-can-eat buffet…" Ursula chuckled temptingly, "And you can enjoy it all day long…"
Slowly and slowly, the villains started dragging the heroes from the crowd, and into a dark corridor where they finally vanish together
Next Chapter…
