Chapter 4 is finally here! Sorry for the wait! I hope this extra long chapter will make up for it! And as usual I don't own KH just Dawn ^.^
Ch4: A Sleeping Princess
"Sora! What did you do?" Kairi asked with her hands on her hips.
"Nothing!" he said putting his hands in the air in a defensive gesture, "Riku, tell her I didn't do it!"
"Well Sora you did fly the ship." Riku pointed out mischievously.
"Not you too Riku!" Sora said in defeat.
Riku and Kairi burst into laughter.
"So where are we?" Kairi asked after her giggles finally subsided.
"Not sure, why don't we take a look around?" Riku suggested.
The group of four walked through the forest for a while and eventually came to a clearing full of flowers in full bloom.
"Wow! There so pretty!" Kairi exclaimed in delight as she clapped her hands together.
"I get you some." Sora said eagerly.
"Hey Sora I bet that I can make a better bouquet then you." Riku challenged his friend.
"Yha. Right." Sora said accepting the challenge.
The two boys shot off into the abundance of flowers to make the biggest and best bouquet.
"We better make sure they don't get into any sort of trouble." Kairi told Dawn and followed the boys.
Dawn nodded and followed close by also while keeping an eye out for any danger.
As Sora and Riku raced to get the flowers there competitiveness turned it into an actual race. (Like the running kind)
They ended up running through the field and into what appeared to be a medium sized town surrounding a castle. They ran all the way to the town square where there was a large decorated fountain.
Kairi and Dawn were close behind them when they finally stopped.
"Now where are we?" Sora asked.
"A town, and a very deserted one at that." Riku answered.
"Hey what's that?" Dawn asked and pointed to a faint glimmer that had appeared above the fountain.
"Not sure." Sora said as he moved closer.
Suddenly the glimmer turned into three figures, all of them looked like fairies, but each wore a different color dress and hat. One was pink, another was green and the last was blue.
"Flora! Fauna! Meriwether!"(That's the same order as the colors by the way) Sora exclaimed at seeing the three good fairies.
"Sora!" they said in unison.
"It's so good to see you! What are you doing here?" Flora said.
"Well we sort of got here by accident." Sora answered sheepishly.
"What he means to say is that he got us lost." Riku smiled.
"Oh! Who are your friends Sora?" Fauna asked.
"This is Riku, and Kairi, and…" Sora answered but was cut off by Fauna.
"It's so good to see you found the friends you were searching for!" she chirped happily.
"As long as you all are here, would you mind helping us with something?" Flora asked.
"Sure what is it?" Sora asked.
"Our dear princess Aurora has fallen into a deep sleep." Flora answered.
"And that wicked witch Maleficent is to blame for it!" Meriwether snorted.
"Maleficent!? Is she here?" Riku asked trying to contain his hatred for her long enough to find out if she was actually here or not.
"No she hasn't returned here since she left so long ago, but she placed the curse on Aurora when she was a small child and it didn't take effect until just recently." Fauna said.
"Well if she's not here then how do we help Aurora?" Kairi asked.
"A kiss from Prince Phillip should do it." Meriwether said.
"Wait, let me guess." Riku said now calm, "He's been kidnapped by a group of heartless or something like that?"
"Exactly! That's why we need your help." Fauna said.
"So where do we go? I hope its not some creepy castle…" Kairi said with a shudder.
"Sorry to disappoint you but he's at Maleficent old castle." Flora said, "The good news is that we can transport you almost directly in front of the castle."
"Then let's go!" Sora said excited.
The group disappeared in a shower of sparkles and repapered on a bridge.
They looked around and saw that huge towers rose up creating a castle. The bridge was over a huge ravine full of jagged rocks and steep drops. There was and eerie purplish green tint to the air all around.
"Hey where is Dawn?" Riku asked searching for her.
"Ohmygawsh!! We left her!" Kairi freaked out.
"I'm right here." Dawn said. She was leaning against a wall. She stood up straight, "It took you long enough to realize that you left me and even longer to get here, do you know how long I had to wait?" she muttered.
"How could we have forgotten her?" Sora said smacking his forehead.
"It's because you don't pay enough attention to what's going on around you." Riku said.
"Hey you didn't say anything either." Sora said.
They both glared at each other.
"Well at least I…"Riku started to argue further until Dawn smacked both him and Sora on the back of their heads.
"Stop it before I smack you both." She snapped.
"You just did." Sora said.
Dawn hit him again, "You know what I mean." she said.
"But I don't." Sora muttered under his breath.
Dawn ignored him and Kairi giggled and Riku wisely kept his mouth shut.
"So do you guys have any idea where Phillip is being held?" Dawn asked turning to the three fairies.
"He's in one of the lower dungeons, which one exactly we don't know." Flora said,
"Then well have to go find him." Dawn said, "Let's be sure to proceed with caution we don't know what's in there."
"How are we going to get in, I don't think we can just walk in the front door." Sora said.
"He has a brain." Dawn muttered then before anyone could respond said, "Let's check for an open window or an odd hole in a wall."
The group scanned the walls and windows.
Eventually Dawn and Riku both pointed to an opened window, "That one." They said in unison.
"It's not too high." Riku said.
"There are plenty of footholds." Dawn said.
The two glared at each other.
"None of us would have to use a ladder or rope." Riku said.
"Well we wouldn't have to hide from guards that might be lurking around." Dawn argued.
"Its open!" the both said as they threw their arms into the air.
"You guys do know you're both fighting over the same thing right?" Kairi asked.
Both Dawn and Riku turned to glare at Kairi and said, "Butt out." Then turned back to glare at each other.
"Seriously guys why are you arguing?" Sora asked, "Is it because Dawns still mad about being left behind?" he asked Kairi.
"I think it's something more." Meriwether said slyly.
"Seriously, but they just met." Kairi said.
"I think so dear." Flora said.
"Ahh I wish I were that lucky." Fauna sighed. (Gold stars for whoever can tell me what they think Kairi and the fairies mean by that and get it right. ^.^ and I'll put your name in the next chapter all special like)
"What are you talking about?" Sora asked.
"Don't worry about it Sora you'll figure it out in time." Kairi said.
Riku and Dawn blushed, effectively ending there glaring match, "Let's just go." They said and headed off in the direction of the selected window.
The fairies flew up first followed by the guys who helped Dawn and Kairi up.
The group headed down a flight of stairs. The walls were cracked and covered in moss. Tapestries were shredded and the light fixtures were covered in cobwebs.
"This place is a wreck, no wonder Maleficent wanted a new castle." Riku whistled.
"Of course the place is falling apart, don't you know anything about bad guys?" Dawn asked still a little mad from the earlier fight.
Riku was about to reply when Sora called out from in front of them, "I found more stairs over here."
Riku ran to catch up with him, "Man what's her problem with me?" he muttered to Sora.
"I think she just doesn't like guys." He said as they headed down the stairs.
"Be careful you don't know what to expect." Kairi called.
"Do they always run off ahead?" Dawn asked.
"All the time." Kairi answered.
Dawn rolled her eyes and headed down the stairs after the guys. Kairi and the fairies followed.
When they made it to the bottom of the stairs they hadn't caught up with the guys.
"I think we made it to the dungeons." Kairi said.
They wandered through the halls looking now for Sora and Riku and Prince Phillip.
"Over here." Flora called a little a head of the group.
They found a desk with a ring of keys hanging above it and took the keys.
"This could be useful." Dawn said.
Very soon after they had found the keys they came across the cell where Phillip was being held.
He was lying on a stone bench. He sat up when they came over and they saw that his hands and feet were bound with maniacals.
"Were here to help." Flora said.
Dawn fumbled with the keys and eventually got him out.
"Who are you guys?" he asked.
"Were friends of Aurora." Kairi said.
They started to head down the hall when Dawn stopped. "We still need to find the boys, Phillip did you happen to see or hear anything odd before we got here?" she asked.
"As a matter of a fact I did, I heard footsteps coming from that way." He answered and pointed down an adjoining hall.
"Then that's the way we'll go." Dawn said.
They headed down the hall and eventually reached a door. When they opened it up they found a staircase that led both up and down.
"Let's go up I think the boys would have headed that way." Kairi said.
"Me too." Dawn agreed and the group headed up the stairs.
The stairs lead to an old dining hall with one other door. They went through that and after a series of twists turns and landings they came out the other side.
They came out on to a balcony above a theater. There were seats lining the stage. The most interesting thing about the whole thing was what was happening on the stage.
There was a large group of Heartless, Nobodies, and another larger creature dotted through them. They were fighting Sora and Riku and it looked like the boys had been fighting for a while and were wearing down.
"Sora! Riku!" Kairi called but she was too far away and they couldn't hear her.
"What are they fighting?" Phillip asked, "The larger ones look like one's who caught me."
"Not sure on who they all are but some are heartless who steal peoples hearts and some are nobodies who search for hearts." Dawn said, "I'm going to help." She said and jumped over the side of the balcony and grabbed onto a hanging tapestry to slow her descent and landed in a crouch.
Kairi turned to the fairies and Phillip and said, "Wait here." Then followed after Dawn.
They ran to the steps by the stage and got a good look at the larger creatures dotted throughout the Heartless and Nobodies. They looked like Shadows (the heartless type) but they were white with black armor on. They also carried small daggers that had a purple glow about them.
"What are those things?" Kairi asked.
"There called Inverts, they are the weakest form of Shadow Guards." Dawn answered, "Go and help the boys I'll take care of the Inverts."
Kairi nodded and Floral Fowla (not the same as FF X-2) appeared in her hand. She cut through the enemies and got to where Sora and Riku were fighting.
"Kairi! Great timing!" Sora said.
"Where's Dawn?" Riku asked.
"She's by the steps." Kairi answered.
The three friends thinned out the group to just Inverts. Just as Riku defeated the last Heartless an Invert jumped up in his face. It slashed at him and he barely got his keyblade up in time to block it.
Just as suddenly as it had attacked it was enveloped in a light violet glow and let out a yell as it disintegrated.
"Are you ok?" Dawn asked worriedly from behind where the Invert had been. When she saw Riku standing there the worried look on her face changed to a 'whatever' look and she said, "Oh its just you, never mind." Then to the rest of the group she said, "Try to get them into a group, there easier to kill altogether."
They eventually got the Inverts into a group and Dawn said, "You may want to back away." Then after making sure they were far enough away she raised her hand towards the group of enemies and shot out what looked like Riku's Dark Aura, but hers was the color of the dawn sky.
It engulfed the group of Inverts and they disappeared much like the other one did.
"Wow so that's Twilight!" Kairi said.
"Yep, the Dawn side of it at least." Dawn nodded and then turned to the boys, "If you ever dare to leave me behind again I swear you'll end up like them." She said referring to the recently disposed of group of Inverts.
"Yes mam!" they said in unison.
Everyone regrouped and the fairies transported them to right outside Aurora's castle. They ran up to the room where she was sleeping. Everyone stayed outside and waited while Prince Phillip woke her up.
After she came out there was lots of hugging and 'Oh I'm so happy to see yous'. Eventually though Dawn reminded them of their need to get to Radiant Gardens.
"Well I guess we have to go." Sora said.
"Aww but do you have to?" Aurora asked.
"Yha we really have to get to Radiant Gardens." Kairi said sadly.
"Well good luck on your journey." Phillip said.
"Bye everybody!" Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Dawn said as they got back into the gummie ship.
"I'm driving this time." Riku said getting into the pilots seat on the ship.
"Fine." Sora pouted as the ship took off.
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And that's chapter 4! Sorry if I mangled Sleeping Beauty's world…If you have any pointers on how to write the worlds better tell me please! Also if you guys have any places you want to see our heroes go then tell me and I'll probably add them in! They don't have to be Disney worlds too I'm going to add a few non-Disney on my own so go a head and give me all your ideas!