Hey guys, TDDolphin here. Back to give you guys the fourth chapter of Kingdom Hearts: Cody's Story. Just a little info, this chapter will be a lot longer than the first three chapters. Also, I'd like to thank my first reviewer, randompandattack, for reviewing less than a day after I posted this story on here. Here's hoping I get more reviews, and hopefully some favs.
Well, let's get this bad boy going, shall we?
Chapter 4 - Traverse Town
Traverse Town - First District
Donald Duck, Goofy and the yellow dog had just arrived at a town square on another world called Traverse Town. There were two shops in the square, one on the main floor next to an outdoor dining area near where the trio stood, and a second in front of a set of stairs that led to the next level. There were two medians of grass with light posts in the middle of the square, and a set a huge double doors to their left, whose handles were currently tied together with a steel chain. The animal trio started walking toward the main staircase that led to the second level. When they past two light posts, something made Goofy stop and look up into the night sky. "Ohh?" he muttered dumbly.
Donald turned around and saw that Goofy was pointing up into the sky. The duck mage looked up as well and gasped at what his friend was pointing at.
"Look, a star's goin' out!" Goofy gasped. Sure enough one of stars in the sky inexplicably blinked out.
"Come on, let's hurry." said Donald urgently. Goofy nodded and they started walking toward the staircase again. Donald now had his arms crossed.
"Where's that key...?"
"Hey, ya know, maybe we ought to go find Leon."
They reached the top of the staircase as the green-collared dog was sniffing around the concrete floor, walking down what looked like an alley. Goofy saw this before turning to see Donald waddling toward the next set of stairs.
"Uh, Donald. Ya know I betcha that..." the knight started. But Donald cut him off rudely.
"Aw, what do you know, you big palooka?"
"What do I know?" said Goofy looking back down to where their King's dog was sniffing. "Hmm... Come on, Pluto." he called out to the dog before following his partner.
Pluto was on the trail of something however, and he wasn't going to give up until he found it. The scent took him further down the alley until he looked behind a stack of crates and barrels and saw a boy laying unconscious against the wall. It was a brown-haired teenage boy, wearing a gray collared shirt, dark blue jeans and sneakers.
the yellow dog walked up to this stranger and licked his face. The boy woke up after a few licks. and groggily looked around. "What a dream..." Cody mumbled before dozing off again. Rather impatient, Pluto then pounced onto the tech geek's torso, which completely woke him up.
"Ah! Wait? T-This isn't a dream?!"
Cody looked around at his surroundings. He was sitting against the wall of some kind of alley, next to some stacks of barrels and crates. There was a large wooden barricade on his other side that looked as if it was blocking something. Then Cody heard panting right next to him and turned to see Pluto there, looking at him happily with his tounge hanging out.
"Umm, hi there?" Pluto immediately jumped onto Cody and started licking his face. "Ah, hey, cut that out. Okay, okay, I'm awake now." he laughed. "You're a friendly little guy, aren't you?"
Pluto backed off to let Cody stand up at last. Once again he looked around the alley he was in. He didn't know where he was, but one thing was clear to him...
"I'm definitely not on Total Drama Island anymore." The tech geek leaned down to look at the friendly canine. "Would YOU happen to know where we are?" Pluto just looked at him with a smile on his face, wagging his tail. "I'll take that as a no."
Suddenly the dog's ear went up, and then he took off out of the alley.
"Wha- Hey! Where are you going?" He called, running after the dog. When Cody turned the corner the dog had disappeared, and he was now in what looked like a town square. He looked around at the place in awe, admiring the two shops, café and wide open space of the square.
If Cody had any doubts before, they were gone now. "Yep. Definitely not on the island anymore."
As the tech geek looked around this strange new place he found himself in, he saw that there were only maybe three to five people around. A really attractive brown-haired woman dressed in a white haltertop and long green dress stood by a pillar next to the café, the others were men, dressed curiously in what appeared to be old 17th-Century attire. The last person, wasn't a person at all. It was a small white creature with little wings and a big red nose that couldn't have been more than a foot tall. Aside from the humans and small creature, the only other living things in sight were two dogs, one a cocker spaniel and the other a mongrel, who sat at a box within the café.
While looking around, Cody looked behind him and saw the shop that read "Accessories" above the door. "Maybe someone in there can tell me where I am." Cody thought to himself. He walked toward the shop, opened the wooden doors and went inside.
There were cabinets hanging on the walls, and a fireplace with a warm fire brewing in it. A small sofa sat near the fireplace next to large glass table. The whole atmosphere looked very cozy and welcoming to Cody. It was then that he saw the man at the counter. He looked middle-aged and had blonde spiky hair with a pair of goggles around his forehead. He also wore a white shirt, blue pants and had a bit of stubble around his face.
"Hey there, how can I..." greeted the man, before getting a better look at Cody. "Aw, it's only a kid."
"Kid?!" said Cody defensively. "I'm sixteen years old, thank you! And my name's Cody!"
"Okay, okay, simmer down young fella. Anyway, name's Cid. Now how can I help you?"
Cody rubbed the back of his head, unsure about how he should start. "Well, could you maybe tell me where the heck I am?"
Traverse Town - Second District Alley
The blonde surfer girl was lying on a stone floor in another alleyway on the same world that Cody found himself on. She slowly started to stir when she heard what sounded like flowing water. She got up, and saw that she was in some long alley, with a stream of water flowing toward a closed off hole that she figured probably led to some kind of sewer system. Bridgette got to her feet. She was a little scared. She was alone, and she didn't know where she was.
"Hello!" Bridgette started calling out. "Geoff! Leshawna! Gwen... Cody." Nobody answered. "Anybody?"
She wondered if any of her friends had made it to where she was. Suddenly she heard moaning behind her. Turning around she saw a broken pile of crates, and a hand sticking up from them.
"Oh my gosh!" Bridgette gasped, running over there to help. "Are you alright?"
When she got there she saw that the hand belonged to Lindsay. She was sitting in the remains of the crates, covered in splinters
"Oh, hi Britney."
Bridgette ignored Lindsay once again getting her name wrong. "Are you okay, Lindsay?"
"I think so," the blonde rubbed her aching back, "I've been hearing this weird noise though." There was indeed a strange noise in the air. It sounded like moaning, and it was coming from beneath her.
Bridgette helped Lindsay off the ground and saw that the moaning was coming from someone the dumb blonde was sitting on. She realized that it was the sarcastic teen genius, Noah. His arm was twitching. He had obviously been the one who crashed through all of the crates, and he apparently broke Lindsay's fall too.
"Noah! Are you alright?" asked Bridgette while clearing the debris off him.
"Oh, I'm just fine." he answered dryly. "I fell through three boxes and had Lindsay sitting on me for twenty minutes, but apart from that I'm totally cool."
"Sorry Nate, I would've gotten up, but I heard this sound and I was too scared to move."
Noah got up and brushed himself off. "That was me trying to get you to get off me!"
"Oops. Sorry."
"Whatever." Noah then took in their surroundings. "So, anyone have any idea where we are?"
"I have no idea." Bridgette pouted. "Oh, I wish Geoff was here."
"In need of some mouth-to-mouth?" joked Noah.
"Funny." Bridgette rolled her eyes while blushing, "but I'm more worried that he and the others didn't make it here."
"We all entered that black hole at the same time, he and the others had to have landed somewhere around here. For now though, let's just find out where we are."
The surfer girl nodded in agreement. Then she heard something.
"What's that?"
"What's what" Lindsay asked timidly.
Listening closely, Bridgette heard what sounded like two people talking. And it it sounded like they were coming toward them.
"I hear someone coming." she said, turning to the other two. Lindsay squealed in fear while Noah just raised an eyebrow. "Let's hide. When they come, we'll surprise them."
"Oh, this is gonna go well." Noah thought to himself.
Traverse Town - First District
"I'M ON ANOTHER WORLD?!" Cody yelled Cid in disbelief.
"Yep." replied Cid. "From what I could gather with what you just told me, it sounds to me like your world has been destroyed kid."
"What?! Destroyed?! What do you mean destroyed?!"
"I mean that it ain't there anymore."
"No... How can that be?" Cody hung his head in disbelief. Could his world really have been destroyed? What about the others? Did they parish along with the island? This was so much to take in.
"Look Cody, you're lucky that you made it here in one piece. But if you wanna know more about where you are, you should go find Leon. He can tell you more."
"Leon, huh." Cody whispered with renewed hope. "Where can I find him?"
"Probably in the Second District. Just head up the steps next to the shop and you'll get there through the doors at the end."
"Right. Thanks Cid." Cody said appreciatively.
"Good luck, Cody."
Cody left the shop and followed Cid's directions. He walked up the first set of steps and past a rather large gap in the buildings as he walked up the other set of steps. He then came to a large set of doors.
"This must lead to the next district." thought Cody. He pushed the doors open and walked into the next area. It looked like a large shopping center. This must be the Second District. The tech geek walked until he came across a man running from something. The man tripped and fell to the ground. He turned to looked at something with a look of pure terror.
"Hey, are you-" Cody was about to ask until a monster appeared out of nowhere. It looked similar to the black monsters from the island, but this one was taller. It wore a silver helmet and had claws as opposed to hands. The man on the ground looked up in horror as something pink came from his body and floated over to the armored monster. The creature and heart both disappeared into thin air, and within seconds, the man did as well.
Cody was stunned "What the hell just happened?!" he shouted. Thinking that this place was too dangerous, the tech geek ran back into First District. He ran all the way back to the town plaza. Cody stopped at the stairs to catch his breath. When he looked up he saw that the plaza was now completely empty of people.
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared by his right hand. Seconds later he was holding the key-like sword that he had gotten back on Total Drama Island. "What the? How did-?"
"They'll come at you out of nowhere..." said a low voice.
"Who's there?" Cody turned around in alarm and saw someone coming out from beside the Accessory Shop. This man actually wasn't that much older than him now that Cody thought about, maybe nineteen at most. He had brown hair that went just past his neck and wore a black jacket with a furry white collar and a red lion-cross design, over a plain white shirt, black gloves, pants and boots. The teen also wore a silver chain around his neck with a pendant similar to the lion-headed cross on it.
"Who are you?" Cody asked him.
"And they'll keep coming at you," the guy continued, ignoring Cody's question, before pointing at the boy's weapon. "as long as you continue to wield the keyblade."
Cody looked at his weapon. "The keyblade?" he muttered to himself. "So, that's what this thing is called?"
"But why? Why would the keyblade choose a kid like you?" The brown-haired stranger asked himself, putting his hand to his forehead in confusion.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!" Cody snapped indignantly, and what did this guy mean by the keyblade choosing him?
"Never mind. Now let's see that blade." the stranger started to approach.
"What! There's no way I'm giving this to you!" declared Cody.
The stranger laughed. "Alright. Have it your way." He pulled out a sword of his own. Cody had never seen a sword like it though. It's grip was similar to that of a gun. There was even a large gun barrel just above it. Cody gulped.
"Oh crap! If I'd known he'd pull that thing out I would've just shut up and given him this thing!" He mentally cried. He looked back at his weapon. "Then again, there's something about it that-"
He didn't have time to finish thinking before the stranger swung his gun-like sword down at him. The geek dodged his attack and jumped down the stairs to the ground level. He looked back and saw the guy on the ledge.
"Are you insane?!" he asked harshly. The guy didn't answer. Instead he jumped down and swung toward Cody. He brought his keyblade up and was able to block the attack. He looked into the stranger's eyes and saw fierce determinaton in them. Cody roughly pushed him away. The stranger's eyes widened as he was pushed back about twenty feet. He wasn't expecting that much from a kid like this.
"Damn it! Why are you attacking me?!" Cody snapped. "What the heck is going on?!"
"So you're the new keyblade master, huh?"
Cody looked to his left and saw a girl about his age looking down at him while sitting on the ledge. She was about his height, had very short black hair, and wore a black croptop with white flower designs that slightly showed her belly under a sleeveless vest with a white hood, gray short shorts with a black pouch tied to her belt, gray and white knee-length shoes with black knee-length socks and a black headband around her forehead.
"Keyblade master?" he whispered, looking at this new stranger.
The girl looked at Cody's opponent. "I think we need to explain a few things, Leon."
Traverse Town - Second District Alley
The three teenagers were hiding in the lane next to the alley, close to the caged off sewer. One of them was holding a broken piece of wood from one of the crates Noah fell on. Bridgette peered from behind their hiding spot and saw two people entering the alley. They were walking straight toward them.
"Is someone there?" Lindsay asked Bridgette quietly, holding her weapon and leaning onto Noah's back. The surfer girl looked at them and nodded.
"Lindsay, you're crushing me!" growled Noah. "Get off!"
"Shhhh! They're coming!" whispered Bridgette, peaking back around the corner.
The two strangers were walking down the alley, unaware of what they were walking into. One of them had his fingers to his mouth and was looking around the dark lane.
"Gawrsh, there's nobody here." said Goofy timidly. "Sure is spooky."
"Aww phooey!" replied Donald. "I'm not scared."
Behind the building, Bridgette looked behind her to the other two and began counting down from five with her fingers. As soon as her last finger dropped, she shouted. "Now!" The three teens ran out from their hiding spot. Donald and Goofy jumped back in shock. But when Bridgette saw who they were she immediately stopped running at them. However, Lindsay kept going, eyes closed, and swung her 2x4 and hit someone with it, knocking that person out.
"Did I get them?" she asked, opening her eyes.
Bridgette pointed awkwardly. Lindsay first looked over and saw that the two people they snuck up on were standing a few feet away, then she followed Bridgette's gaze and looked down. She saw Noah lying face down on the ground, his head twitching. She had accidently hit him.
"Oops, sorry Noah." Lindsay apologized, helping the genius up.
"Gee, is he alright?" asked Goofy with concern.
"Oh, just fine." Noah answered sarcastically, rubbing his sore cranium. "It's not like that hit to my head hurt or anything."
Bridgette looked at the two people and realized that they weren't people at all. They were both anthropomorphic animals. One of them was a white duck about half her size and the other was a black dog that was just a little taller than her. The duck was looking at them with his arms crossed and tapping his foot.
"Umm." Bridgette started nervously. "We're sorry for sneaking up on you guys."
Donald looked at her. Feeling that the blonde was being sincere, he nodded. "Aww. It's okay."
"We're sorry if we scared you kids." said Goofy.
"And I'm sorry that I got knocked unconscious twice in the last ten minutes!" added Noah.
"Hey, that first time I just fell on you." Lindsay corrected.
"Whatever Xena, warrior princess."
"Xena? But I'm Lindsay."
Noah facepalmed, completely forgetting about the blow to his head a minute ago. "Owww!"
Donald and Goofy started to laugh.
"You're friends are funny." laughed Goofy, holding his ribs and addressing the surfer girl.
"Yeah. They are aren't they?" she agreed. "I'm Bridgette, and this is Lindsay and Noah."
"I'm Donald Duck." the duck introduced. "And this is my pal, Goofy."
"Nice to meet you Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay." said Goofy.
"Likewise." Noah moaned. His head was still throbbing.
"Awwww!" Lindsay squealed unexpectedly, running up and lifting Donald into the air. "Oh, don't you just have the cutest voice!" She then pulled him into tight hug.
'Hey!" Donald protested, waving his arms around trying to break free of the blonde's grip. "Let me go! Let me go!"
Bridgette and Goofy were laughing at this, while Noah snickered in amusement. Lindsay set Donald back on the ground. Donald waited for the alley to stop spinning before he began talking again.
"Aww, phooey." said Donald, he turned to his partner. "Come on Goofy, we need to finish our mission."
"Oh right. We gotta go find Leon."
Before the two could leave however, three of the helmeted creatures appeared out of nowhere, surrounding the three teens, Donald and Goofy. At the sight of the creatures, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay felt a stab of fear paralyze them. They had just lost their home because of creatures similar to these, so they were understandably fearful.
"Not these guys again." Noah moaned as he hid behind Bridgette with Lindsay. The teens then look as Donald and Goofy dash in front of them and bring out their respective weapons: A round shield with three circles in the center and a wand with a mage's hat on top.
"Gawrsh, are these the Heartless guys?" Goofy fearfully asked his partner as he held his shield at the ready.
"Heartless?" Bridgette whispered. "So that's what these things are called..."
"Let's go get 'em Goofy!" Donald cried fiercely, bringing up his wand and preparing to fire a spell at the approaching monsters.
Before he could fire a spell however, someone had dashed over to the scene from behind the Heartless, and with one swift roundhouse kick, sent one creature crashing into the others. All of them flew over to the side wall and burst into black mist. Donald, Goofy, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah stared in awe at their savior, and were surprised at who she was.
She was a teenaged girl, maybe a year or so older than Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay, and she was gorgeous! The girl was also pretty well-endowed, a blushing Noah couldn't help but notice, with brown eyes and long, waist-length dark brown hair. The girl wore a silver raindrop earring in her left ear and a black zip-up sleeveless croptop over another white tanktop that slightly showed off her belly. She also wore a pair of black shorts with the cuffs rolled up, a black skort that went to the floor around her waist, black and white zip-up shoes and black gloves.
"That was close." said this mysterious girl as she turned to face the people she had just rescued. "You guys aren't hurt are you?"
Noah was still momentarily stunned by this girl's beauty to respond initially, but he managed to blurt out "Whoa..." Lindsay giggled at the look on Noah's face, while Bridgette rolled her eyes before sighing with relief. "No. Thank you so much."
The girl merely smiled a pretty smile. "It's no problem." She then placed her hand on her chin and inspected them. "Are you all new to Traverse Town? I don't think I've ever seen you here before."
"Transfer Town?" wondered Lindsay, making Noah correct her.
"She said Traverse Town princess."
"Traverse Town, huh." replied Bridgette.
"We're here to find someone named Leon." Goofy answered the girl. "Do ya know where we could find 'em?"
The girl smiled. "Sure do." This made Donald and Goofy smile. "But he's out roaming the town right now, so I don't know when he'll be back. I can show you to where we stay though, and we'll just wait for him to come back there."
"Gee, thank you very much, ma'am." Goofy thanked while Donald nodded.
Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay just looked at this conversation in confusion. "Do... you guys know what they're talking about?" Lindsay asked.
"Not a clue." replied Bridgette.
"And I can protect you from the Heartless should they pop up again." The girl offered, but Donald scoffed.
"Awww phooey! I'm not scared!"
Then the duck felt a tap on his shoulder. "Excuse me?"
Donald screamed and jumped into the air in fright and landed on top of Goofy, making the girl giggle in amusement. The five of them turned and saw another young girl who looked a couple years older than Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay's age with long brown hair tied in a braid with a pink ribbon and green eyes. She wore a carmine pink and white top held up by a pink string tied around her neck over a long pink dress that went past her knees, and brown boots.
"Did the King send you?" the girl asked in a quiet voice.
Traverse Town - Second District Hotel
Cody was now sitting in a hotel room with the girl, who he found out was named Yuffie, and the boy named Leon. They had just finished telling him the craziest story he had ever heard.
"Okay, back up," Cody insisted, sitting on the bed. "What do you mean that I'm the keyblade master?"
He looked over at the keyblade, resting against the wall by the door.
"You were chosen by the keyblade." said Leon, going over to pick the weapon up. "Still, it's hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one."
"Umm. I'm still here you know." the tech geek remarked indignantly.
Leon laughed. When he brought the keyblade up, it disappeared in a flash of light. Seconds later it reappeared in Cody's hand.
"Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers." continued Leon, now leaning against the wall.
"But I didn't beg for this!"
"The keyblade chooses it's master." the girl told Cody, sitting next to him. "And it chose you."
"Yuffie's right." stated Leon. "For some reason, the keyblade chose you wield it."
In the next room sat four humans and two animals. Bridgette sat in a chair next to the bed, with Donald and Goofy standing near her. Lindsay was sitting next to the two girls they just met on the bed and Noah was leaning against the wall by said bed. The girl with the braid was named Aerith while the girl who rescued them from the Heartless was named Tifa, and they were currently explaining the situation to their guests,
"Okay," Aerith began, looking at the other five. "You know there are many other worlds out there besides your castle and this town, right?"
"Yeah." answered Donald, while Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah merely looked on in awe at this news.
"But they're supposed to be a secret." muttered Goofy, covering his mouth.
"They've been secret because they've never been connected." continued Aerith. "Until now."
"Soooo, something is bringing all of the worlds together?" asked Noah.
Aerith nodded. "The worlds were divided by walls that kept them from each other." said Tifa. "The worlds were never meant to be connected to each other, but something's happened that's allowing them to be for the first time."
"What happened to the walls?" Bridgette asked.
Tifa and Aerith looked at each other before the former answered.
"The Heartless, those creatures that attacked you earlier, destroyed them."
Back in the other room.
"The Heartless?" Cody wondered.
"Yeah, those are what the monsters that attacked your world are called." informed Yuffie.
"Those without hearts." Leon added. "The darkness in people's hearts, that's what attracts them. And there is darkness, within every heart. They've been going around attacking people for their hearts for years."
Cody glanced at the floor in sadness. So those things that destroyed his home were called Heartless. And they were after hearts. The tech geek looked up at Leon and asked him. "So, would you happen to know what happened to my world? Or to my friends?"
Leon looked mournfully at the teen and sighed. "You know what, I have no idea."
Cody frowned at this news. Now what was he supposed to do?
"Hey!" Yuffie turned to Cody. "Have you heard of someone named Ansem?"
Back in Bridgette's room.
"Ansem?" Goofy thought.
"He was studying the Heartless," Aerith elaborated, "he recorded all of his findings in a very detailed report."
"May we see it?" asked Bridgette.
Aerith shook her head. "It's pages are scattered everywhere. Possibly across multiple worlds"
"Scattered." Donald gasped.
"Pfft. Of course it wouldn't be that easy." Noah said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, then maybe the king went to find them." Goofy responded, looking to his partner. Donald nodded.
"Yes, those were my thoughts exactly." agreed Aerith. "I understand that the two of them used to be very close years ago, so it makes the most sense."
"We gotta find the king, and quick!" Goofy exclaimed.
"Wait!" Donald interrupted, jumping up and bringing Goofy down to his level. "First we need that key."
"That's right, the keyblade." said Aerith.
"The keyblade?" inquired the three teens simultaneously.
"So, this is the key." Cody wondered in the other room. He looked at it in admiration. "So, this thing is like the ultimate weapon huh?"
"Well, I wouldn't say ultimate." Yuffie laughed, watching Cody swing his keyblade around.
"But it is powerful. You need to be on your guard." warned Leon. He walked up to the tech geek who immediately stopped swinging the blade. "Enemies will come after you, in many different forms. And not just the Heartless. I'm sure there will be other people after the keyblade as well. Remember, you must always be on your guard."
Cody listened to everything Leon told him. He looked at the keyblade that had chosen him as its master. With this in his possession, he thought that maybe there was a chance he could find Gwen and the others. If he made it to Traverse Town, then the other contestants had to have survived also. Looking back to Leon, he nodded.
"I won't let it out of my sight."
In the next room, A certain surfer was sulking. Donald saw this and wondered what was wrong.
"Bridgette, is something wrong?" the mage asked.
"I've just been thinking. If Lindsay, Noah and I made it here, then why haven't we seen any of the others?"
"Well, just like Ansem's report was scattered, your friends may have been scattered to the other worlds as well." deduced Aerith.
"So, they might be out there somewhere?"
"Yes, and even if they're not on another world, they'll return when your world has been restored."
"How do we restore our world?" asked Noah.
"I'm not sure, no one is. But if you're able to find the pieces to Ansem's report, I'm sure it will give you answers." said Tifa with a smile.
Bridgette once again sulked. How on earth were they going to find Ansem's report? They didn't know how to get to any of the other worlds. And what if the report didn't tell them anything? What would they do then? While Bridgette was mulling over all of this, Lindsay got off the bed and walked over to the door across from the bed.
"Is this the bathroom?" she asked, opening the door and looking inside. Cody, Leon and Yuffie turned to the opening door and stared at the blonde girl who was staring at them.
"Oops, sorry." Lindsay apologized as she shut the door. Cody was thunderstruck, he knew who that girl was.
"Lindsay?!" he gasped loudly as he got off the bed and ran to the door.
"Oh my gosh, you guys." Lindsay cried in embarrassment. "I just walked in on three people in the bathroom."
"Why are there three people in the bathroom?" wondered Noah, eyebrow raised. "Never mind, I don't wanna know."
Suddenly the door to the room swung open. Standing in the doorway was Cody. His eyes lit up when he saw three of his friends in there. The other three looked at Cody with shocked faces.
"Bridgette! Noah! Lindsay!" cried Cody happily. "You guys are alright!"
"Cody!" Bridgette cried. She jumped out of her seat, ran toward him and hugged him tightly. "You made it!"
The tech geek's face was now bright red. He returned the hug. A few seconds later the two broke the hug and looked at each other. Then Lindsay ran up and hugged Cody.
"Colby, your alight! I can't beleive it!" she yelled happily. Noah went over to his friend as well.
"Don't expect a hug from me too." he said, smirking as he fist bumped the tech geek.
"Don't worry," replied Cody, "I don't wanna give the yaoi fans anymore ammo either." he laughed. Noah's face fell at that comment.
"Have you seen any of the others?" Bridgette asked Cody. He shook his head.
"No. You guys are the first ones I've seen from the island since I got here."
"Are these friends of yours?" asked Leon. He and Yuffie had walked into the room as well. Cody nodded. It was then that Aerith and Tifa approached Leon and Yuffie.
"So, you were next door this whole time?" Tifa accused Leon with her fists on her hips.
"Guess so." he chuckled before he and the three girls turned to watch the reunion play out. Donald and Goofy also watched Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay's reunion with smiles on their faces. Until Donald noticed Cody holding something familiar.
"Ack!" he pointed at the keyblade. "It's the Key!"
The others turned to the duck. Cody almost fell back in shock when he heard that duck talk. But then again, he just saw monsters destroy Total Drama Island. So a giant, talking duck wearing a blue vest and a human-sized dog wearing green and a yellow hat couldn't of been that shocking in this brand new world he found himself in.
"What, this?" asked Cody, holding up the keyblade for everyone to see. Everyone except Leon and Yuffie stood there stunned.
"Did not see that coming." said Noah with a shocked look on his face.
"Gawrsh. Now we can go back to the castle." said Goofy excitedly.
"What?" thought Cody. He didn't know what the giant dog was talking about.
"It seems as though they too have been seeking the wielder of the keyblade." Leon concluded. Then he addressed Cody. "Cody, you should go with them. If you want to find your friends, you'll need to be prepared for your journey."
Cody looked back to the two animals. They looked like very friendly characters. Plus, Bridgette was with them, and she did say that she was a good judge of character. "Alright. I'll go with you guys."
"Donald Duck." introduced the duck.
"Name's Goofy." followed the dog.
"And I'm Cody. It's nice to meet you."
"Do we get to go too?" Lindsay asked the two animals.
"Sure." replied Goofy. "We wouldn't leave Cody's friends behind."
"EEEEEEE!" she squealed loudly, jumping up and hugging Noah around the neck. "Aren't you excited Noah?! We get to go to a castle!"
"Ugh! I'm ecstatic." said a choking Noah.
Leon walked up to Cody and Bridgette. "Be safe out there, and look out for each other."
"We will." promised Cody. "Thanks Leon."
Leon smirked, then he nodded. Suddenly, there was barking coming from the next room. The next second the yellow dog from earlier bounded into the room and trotted around everybody.
"There ya are, Pluto." said Goofy. "Where've ya been?"
Pluto just ran around, panting and wagging his tail. When he saw Cody though, he immediately pounced on him and began licking his face.
"Ah, hey, not again."Cody laughed as Pluto licked him. Everybody else in the room laughed at this display of canine affection. After about a minute, Pluto calmed down and let Cody stand back up.
"Well, come on everybody!" called out Donald. "It's time to leave."
Cody found himself smiling. He didn't know where he was going, but he could tell that this was going to be the start of a grand adventure. "Don't worry, Gwen. We'll find you soon."
Post Note:
I hope you guys enjoyed the fourth chapter of this epic. Sorry if Pluto entering the hotel was a bit forced. Since I'm not doing a sequel based on the second game I had to have Pluto join back up with Donald and Goofy somehow. I just hope I did it well enough.
Also, I know Tifa didn't debut in Kingdom Hearts until 2, but since she was originally supposed to be in the first game before being cut due to time constraints, I decided to add her anyway. Especially since she's the only Final Fantasy character I regretted not putting in my story initially. I really hope ya'll don't mind. And I hope ya'll don't mind me putting them in their Kingdom Hearts 2 attire as I preferred their clothes in that game infinitely more than the their designs in the first game.
So what will happen when they get to Disney Castle? Just sit tight and you'll find out. Leave a review to let me know how you liked it.
P.S. Anybody wanna guess the two cameos I added for this story?