Alice watched Sora; he seemed torn between the girl he thought he had known all his life, and Ami. Standing there was horrible; the silence tortured everyone, knowing that Sora's next decision was the one that sealed the fate of the Universe. He may have had Naminé weeping on his shoulder, but his piercing gaze never left Ami, not only briefly. "I…" Sora began, but at once he fell silent. Alice knew this was a lot more difficult for him then any adventure previous, and she respected the fact that he didn't just go with the obvious answer, Naminé. But even though Sora's false memories told him Naminé was friend, not foe. He had something in his heart telling him not to believe her, something about Ami made Sora think twice. She could see it in his eyes. "I can't make a decision like this on my own." Sora said suddenly. Naminé looked up enraged. Ami looked slightly relieved, but Alice was more eager to hear what Sora had to say. "Look Naminé, I know this looks like an easy decision to you, but I can't choose. This girl," he said gesturing toward Ami, "There's something about her, something familiar, like I've seen her somewhere before." Ami shifted from foot to foot out of nerves, Alice could tell it was difficult for her to remain quiet. All her life she had wished to meet Sora, and now, he might be the one to destroy her. Alice turned her gaze back to Sora, he seemed more confused then ever, but he knew what he was doing, and Alice was pretty sure he knew the effects this decision would have. "So you'll understand me when I ask you to get Donald and Goofy." Sora continued. "Their quest for the King has lead them to me, and maybe their knowledge of light will help them choose." Alice smirked slightly; she knew Sora was making this up as he went along. It wasn't hard to tell, though he kept speaking with a firm and steady tone, his eyes kept flickering around the room. Alice also knew the real reason Sora wanted Donald and Goofy; well actually there were two reasons. The first being, that if they actually had to go out and fetch Donald and Goofy, it would give Sora more time to think over the problem. The second reason, the one he dare not speak of in the presence of Naminé, was that Donald and Goofy were not as affected by Naminé's memory manipulating powers as he was. Ansem had only wanted Sora; therefore most of the power was concentrated on him, leaving his companions with less falsehood clouding their judgment. Sora pushed Naminé off him, allowing himself to move around more freely. He walked toward the door, but just like Alice and Dorothy had done, he ran into the invisible wall. "Shield," he said amused. "You know Ansem used this several times. It's almost like his signature move." He turned back to Naminé and Ami who were both glaring at each other. "Hers I'm assuming?" he asked pointing towards Ami. Naminé nodded eagerly, Ami shook her head. Alice smirked; obviously Naminé hadn't detected the sarcasm in Sora's voice. She looked over at Ami, surprisingly, Ami didn't look as nervous; it might be possible that she too had sensed Sora's sarcasm. Sora turned to Alice and Dorothy, "You two!" he called. Dorothy, who hadn't really been paying attention, looked up finally realizing what was going on. Alice rolled her eyes, her air head of a partner had once again made a complete idiot out of herself. "I want you two to find Donald and Goofy and release them. I know only Naminé can open the pods, so you just break them. You can do that right?" Sora asked, but he was only looking at Alice, she knew he was trying to remember if he'd seen her before. But he'd need his memories back if he wanted to figure out where. Alice nodded, grabbing Dorothy by the arm, and running off.
"Ok, what exactly are we looking for?" Dorothy asked as soon as they were out of earshot. Naminé's chamber was a lot more complex then Alice had given it credit for. She rolled her eyes hearing Dorothy's question, yet it didn't surprise her in the least.
"Giant, greenish, pod-like, things." Alice said giving herself an A plus on the descriptiveness of the pods. They continued running, but Alice couldn't help but feel her staff growing warmer with every step. It was possible that the staff could sense Donald's magic, in fact, that's probably what was happening. She looked over to see that Dorothy's shield was throbbing with a dull light. Alice looked at her own staff, it too was glowing.
"You mean like those?" Dorothy asked pointing to two pods identical to the ones where Sora was being held. Alice held her staff up, there was a flash of light that let Alice know she was right. The pod was fogged over with a strange purple smoke. This hadn't been in Sora's pod. "Dorothy you take the one on the left, I take the one on the right. Got that?" Alice asked.
"Don't be silly!" Dorothy said laughing to herself. "I can't do that! You didn't say Alice says!" Alice looked at her partner at first stunned, and then angrily. Of course Dorothy thinks this is a game! She thinks everything is a game! This gets extremely irritating in serious situations, like the current one. Alice tightened her grip on the staff.
"Dorothy, just do it." she ordered. But Dorothy didn't budge. Alice really didn't have time for her stupid partner's idiotic games. "DOROTHY DON'T YOU GET IT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT! THE FATE OF THE WORLD DEPENDS ON US! THIS IS NO TIME FOR GAMES!" Alice yelled her furry having just as much effect on Dorothy as anything else. Alice sighed, "Ok Dorothy," Alice said calmly. "Alice SAYS destroy the pod on the left."
"Okie Dokie Artichokie!" Dorothy replied cheerfully. Alice groaned, of all the people in the world, Dorothy had to be the one Alice got partnered with. Her constant good mood and thinking everything was a game got extremely annoying.
"FIRE!" Alice yelled. A fire ball shooting from the end of her staff and colliding with the pod. Alice took a step back; she had never cast a spell that strong before. She knew her staff was feeding off the strength of both Donald and her, making her spells more powerful then ever before. She looked over at Dorothy; she too was stronger, hitting the pod with several attacks without once having to stop. "FIRE!" Alice yelled again. Several cracks were beginning to appear on the pod, this was a very good sign. "Just a bit more…FIRE!" Alice cried again. That did it, the pod burst into tiny shards and at the exact moment the one Dorothy was breaking finally gave way. Alice dropped to the ground barley avoiding collision with a cloud of glass. But at once she hopped to her feet as purple gas seeped out around her. She heard Dorothy coughing nearby. Alice took a breath, at once she began to cough, this smoke was extremely thick. "A…" Alice began but she cut off coughing too hard for her mouth to form the words of the spell. Her mind couldn't focus on the spell. Too much smoke, her knees felt weak finally giving way.
"Aero!" cried a male voice from somewhere inside the cloud. Alice felt the wind blow past her, the smoke that had been stinging her eyes, clouding her lungs, was moving. The wind swirled around her making the smoke dissipate before her eyes. She took a welcome breath of clean untainted air, she felt her strength return to her, enough so that she could stand. Alice looked around her, her eyes falling on a Save the Queen staff. Alice could feel the warm metal of her own staff in her hands. She knew the only other being in the Universe to own a save the Queen staff was Donald. But as her eyes focused on the being holding the staff, she felt her heart drop. She quickly turned to see the Save the King shield that only Dorothy and Goofy owned. She saw Dorothy holding hers, so her gaze quickly found the other shield. But its owner couldn't have been Goofy. Alice brought her gaze back to the owner off the staff. He looked a bit older then Alice but certainly not more then a year, he was extremely short, with short snow white hair and sharp blue eyes. His pants were a navy blue color, and so baggy that they hid his feet. He did dress kind of like Donald but he was human. Then she looked to the boy with the shield. He was the same age as the first boy, but unlike the first boy, he was abnormally tall. Dark black hair fell into his soft emerald eyes; his hat hid most of the hair from view. Two black flaps hung from the hat almost making it appear that the boy had dog ears. Alice looked back to the white haired boy, was it at all possible that he was Donald? Well weirder things have happened, but this was down right bizarre. "Keep staring and I might just do a trick." the white haired boy snapped irritably.
"Uh…" Alice said stunned. Well the white haired boy certainly had Donald's attitude. "Are you two…" she trailed off again, not really sure how to phrase her question. "Are you guys…" she cut off again. She knew she was sounding like a complete moron but she couldn't really think of a way to ask her question. "Are you two Donald and Goofy?"
"Duh!" the boy, Donald, said still sounding irritated. Alice was getting rather fed up with Donald's attitude. She wondered if he had always been like this or if it was the new human look he had that made him act like a total jerk.
"Why do you ask?" Goofy asked politely. Alice had remembered Goofy as being the more polite, less irritated person of the group. They certainly acted like Donald and Goofy, but that didn't explain why they looked the way they did. Alice stood there awkwardly, she knew it was them, but she wasn't exactly sure what to tell them. She couldn't just tell them they turned human, and oh yeah, they were in the future. Somehow that really didn't seem like the best idea.
"Sora sent us to find you!" Dorothy answered cheerfully. That answer worked, Alice thought proud of Dorothy for not mentioning the fact that Donald and Goofy were human. Then again, Dorothy may not have noticed, Alice thought with a smirk. There was an earsplitting sheik of rage from back where Ami and Sora where. It sounded like Naminé lost her temper. Alice beckoned Donald and Goofy to follow her as she and Dorothy ran back. Alice stopped suddenly as they reached the place where Ami, Naminé, and Sora where. Ami was on the ground, Sora was standing in front of her protectively, and Naminé was in front of him, her eyes glowing with furry.
"You chose wrong Sora!" Naminé hissed her anger pushing her to her limits. "And now you will pay, for choosing that… that wretched girl over me!" But in Naminé's rage, she had short circuited her own shield which was good news for the people previously on the out side.
"He won't do anything!" Goofy yelled jumping in front of Sora. "We're his friends and if you want to hurt Sora then you'll have to go through us too!" Donald seemed to not notice anything different about Goofy as he jumped to Goofy's left. Alice looked over, in all the confusion Naminé failed to notice Ami was crawling away. Whatever Ami was doing it sure seemed important, Alice thought. Then she saw Ami move a floor tile, revealing a small keyboard in the floor. Alice knew at once what Ami was doing; she had to distract Naminé from noticing.
"Sora, Donald, and Goofy, the three heroes you thought you had defeated!" Alice said mainly talking to distract Naminé, not really having a clue what she was saying. "But when these three team up on you, you know you're finished! Even your pathetic attempts to…cause…confusion to break Sora's focus, but turning Donald and Goofy into human… teenagers… won't work!" Alice finished strongly. Donald and Goofy looked at each other confused their eyes widened.
"What?" the yelled together jumping backward. Alice couldn't believe they hadn't noticed earlier, it really wasn't that hard. Oh well, she supposed they were a bit out of it, from having been asleep for over three thousand years. And they were going to get one heck of a wakeup call.
"Disable, Naminé." Ami said suddenly. Naminé looked up startled. "Code: Modify!" Ami yelled. Naminé stood there unable to move suddenly her image flickered and vanished. Ami turned to Sora who was looking completely stunned. "Long Story," Ami said with a grin. Alice shook her head, really long story, she thought to herself, about three thousand one hundred and thirteen years long.
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