Crystalmaiden62 get cornered by Blair.
Crystal: Now Blair, be reasonable.
Blair: Not until you start updating my stories!
Crystal: Anna, help!
Anna: Seriously Blair, calm down. At least she's trying to work on your story.
Blair: I know that, but your story is getting updated really quickly.
Anna: Not for long.
Blair: What?
Crystal: I'll explain it to you later but first the disclaimers.
Disclaimers: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the Disney characters. I only own Anna and please no flames.
Chapter 7: Disney Town
Thankfully, we didn't have to fly far to find another world and a very fun world at that. It on my top five list of worlds to go to while here in this dimension. For one thing, there really wasn't much fighting there and there were games to play; it's basically a world where relaxing and having fun was the most important thing.
"Come on Ven, hurry up!" I called to him as I zoomed for the planet.
"What's got you excited Anna! I've never seen you like this before!" Ven shouted for the sound of our engines.
"That's Disney Town, a place of fun and games so let go have a day off." I said and we rushed toward the planet. That probably wasn't the best idea because I nearly crash landed while Ven, who was going slower than me, landed smoothly.
"Are you okay, Anna?" Ven asked helping me up.
"Yeah, I guess I shouldn't have done that." I said as Ven sighed. We walked to the town square to see it empty. "That's odd, there should be more people around."
"Tada!" Suddenly, a large figure dressed in white jumped a few feet in front of us and I grabbed Ven in fright, not that I'm scared or anything he just caught me by surprise. It's the fact that I know it's Pete, the soon to be henchman of Maleficent, was wearing such an absurd get up that really doesn't work with me. Not to mention his acting a hero doesn't fit him one bit. "Wearin' the mask of peace and hope, come to fearless defender and hero of this town! It is me- Captain Justice!" With that he struck a weird pose and Ven and I looked at each other both confused and speechless.
"Huh? Umm…" Was all Ven could say but did better than me; all I did was open my mouth and did a good imitation of a goldfish out of water.
"Young children! Do my hero-senses detect that you got trouble? Just say the word, and Captain Justice will make your problems disappear!" Pete asked coming toward us. If it wasn't for the fact that he was only doing this for a prize I would've been really freaked out. Pete doesn't do squat unless its for himself.
"Wh-who, us?" Ven asked as Pete nodded. "We're just trying to make some friends." Ven said but shook his head. "Never mind, forget it." At least Ven was smart enough to know when to not talk to people.
"Don't be intimidated by my magnificence. Go on spit it out. Then remember to vote Captain J." It's not his magnificence that's intimidating; nothing about him is intimidating to begin with.
"Hey, what do you mean by vote?" I asked, suspicious.
"Oh! Well, uh, forget that. How can I help? That's the only reason I'm here." Pete said trying to take back his words but I knew he wasn't helping us just to be a good Samaritan. I wasn't really bent of sticking around near Pete but Ven seemed to be thinking of a way to get him off our backs in a nice way.
"I know! Tell me about your town. Everything's so festive. Is it always like this?" Ven said and I knew he really meant this. I forgot to tell him about the festival.
"Huh? That's it-nothin' else?"
"We're new in town." I pointed out as Pete nodded.
"Well, the festivities are on account of the Dream Festival," Pete said turning away and walking slightly but I knew this had a reason, "which is why I've made sure there's carnival stuff all over town."
"Really, like what?" Ventus asked now excited, come to thing of it there aren't any carnivals in the Land of Departure so this'll be his first.
"Ho-ho, you gotta see for yourselves." Pete said crossing is arms but I couldn't see his expression. "Wouldn't be much of a dream if I just told ya."
"Right, thanks."
"Come on Ven, let's go." I said tugging on his hand. I can't wait to start playing.
"And kids, don't you go forgettin' Captain Justice is the one who solved all your problems. That you be Justice with a J!" Pete said turning to us with this determined look in his eyes.
"Sure, I guess…" I said not really convinced.
"We got it Captain Justice." Ven said weakly as we looked at each other. Now he was really uncertain about this guy too, thank goodness.
"Aww, phooey! This stinks! Now we can't open the ice cream shop!" A kid's voice said and Pete instantly perked up. We looked to see Huey, Dewey, and Louie with Queen Minnie in front of contraption near the stage.
"Trouble? Rescue is on the way!" Rescue, what rescue? All they said was something was wrong with the machine. He didn't have to go so far as to say rescue, help would have been just fine.
"A festival, huh? Maybe we can make some new friends." Ven said crossing him arms.
"Yeah but I think we should help those kids. That guy doesn't seem to be the most patient cat on the block." I said as Ven looked at me confused.
"What do you mean, he was helping us."
"My friend, there's still a lot you need to know." I said, placing my arm over Ventus's shoulders. "He obviously wanted something from us if he mentioned vote and even went so far as to make sure we get the word 'justice' right."
"I guess." Ven said looking a little disappointed. Not good.
"Hey, don't worry. Let's go help out those kids. If there's one thing I've learned working together can build friendships." I said as Ven smiled.
"Okay." I nodded and we went over to the group around the machine. Pete was the first person to notice us.
"Well, if it ain't the kids Captain Justice saved." Pete said as they looked to us. "'Fraid you'll have to get in line. I'm working on another catastrophe here for these fellahs Huey, Dewey, and Louie, my good friends."
"Now I'd hardly call it a catastrophe." Minnie interrupted.
"Yeah, all we were tryin' to do was make our special recipe ice cream." Huey added to Minnie's testimony.
"And we had a little trouble." Dewey said.
"Come on it's not really a big deal." Louie said, trying to make Pete see sense.
"I'm 100% positive you're the victims of sabotage!"
"Why would anyone want to sabotage a group of kids ice cream shop?" I asked crossing my arms. Where does Pete come up with these things?
"She's right, you're not even close! Quit makin' stuff up." Dewey ordered, a little put off by Pete's exaggeration.
"It's just the ice cream machine," Louie said as we looked at it.
"Unca Scrooge left it for us but we can't figure out how it works 'cause it's so complicated." Huey said as I thought for a minute. It did seem hard to handle, the only reason why it seemed so easy on the game wasn't because there wasn't as many buttons to press. But looking at it now, there're two keyboards someone will have to use. Maybe there's a way to get around it.
"Aw, we're sorry Queen Minnie." Dewey said looking at bit disappointed. "We wanted you to be the first to try our special recipe ice cream."
"Oh boys, it was very sweet of you to think of me." Minnie said, humble and kind as she is. No wonder she and Mickey got together.
"We tried."
"Say no more. Leave it to me- one bowl of ice cream comin' right up!" Pete said, looking really confident.
"You're just gonna make a mess. Leave it alone Pete!" Dewey argued as he and his siblings glared at the rather large and fat cat.
"That's Captain Justice!" He yelled and I got in front of them.
"There wasn't any need to yell at them!" I yelled back as he stared at me. I turned to the three and kneeled down.
"Are you guys okay?"
"We're fine."
"Thanks." I smiled but glared at Pete as he pushed Louie aside.
"Hey, watch it!" I yelled but he ignored me. "What a jerk."
"You said it" Ven said with a nod, walking up to me as Pete struggled to get on the machine.
"This'll be interesting." I said and walked up to Pete. "Aren't you going to at least read the manual first?"
"Argh! Who needs it." He said and I took a couple steps back.
"Why do I get the feeling you guys will be right." I said looking at the triplets. Of course, I know he'll make a mess but I have to keep that quiet since he'll be working for Maleficent soon. Within only three minutes, the stage was covered in scoops of ice cream.
"This machine is busted." Pete said, frustrated that he couldn't figure out the ice cream machine now beating it with his fist. "It just needs a good poundin'…"
"It does not!" Minnie said, now furious at Pete and so were the triplets.
"Hey, do you think we can give it a shot?" Ven asked as I nodded.
"No, if Captain Justice couldn't fix it, there ain't nothing you guys can do, kid." Pete said rudely as I crossed my arms.
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try. At least we won't destroy the machine." I said as Huey nodded.
"Yeah, and better you guys than him." Huey said grabbing the instruction manual. "Here ya go, there are the directions for the machine." Reading it, it wasn't that complicated. It's like the in the game really accept there were a few changes. The white keys on the left side were for Dewey, the right white keys were for Louie, and the black keys on both sides were for Huey. There was only one problem though.
"How are the two of us gonna to fit?" I asked looking at Ven as he examined the chair.
"If we sit back-to-back it might work." Ven said lifting up the left keyboard and sat down. I looked and just shrugged.
"Well, I guess it's okay." I said walking over to the other side and sat with my back against his. It actually wasn't that bad, we made a great team with the musical ice cream makers and within a minute everything was working just find and we finished making our ice cream. The only down side was that it was uncomfortable since there was only a small amount of room for us to sit in if we shared other than that it was really fun. Of course, since the triplets wanted Minnie to taste it first they gave it to her to be our judge.
"Mmm, how yummy. What a wonderful treat!" Minnie cooed, I'm really glad she liked it. I didn't think we'd pull it off together as well as we did. "I don't think I've ever had such delicious ice cream. Thank you…uh, oh, oh dear." I forgot we didn't introduce ourselves.
"Oh, Ventus. Just Ven is fine." Ven said, realizing our mistake
"And my name is Anna, please to meet you, your majesty." I said with a small bow.
"Well, thank you, Ven, Anna but please, just call me Minnie." She said, happy to know our names.
"Way to go, you guys!" Huey cheered as his brother examined the ice cream machine.
"I see…we have to push this thingamajig the other way."
"Hey, I just got an idea!" Dewey said and it actually seemed like a light bulb went off inside his head. "We could let out customers make up their own favorite flavors of ice cream!"
"That's a pretty good idea." I thought out load as the triplets looked at me. "There's aren't many shops that do that so it'll make your place unique."
"Not with that machine!" I forgot Pete was still here, he seemed to have vanished while we were busy with the machine. Probably went off since he didn't think we could do it and just came to check if we pulled it off or not. "Well… those kids mighta got it to work this one time. But junk like that needs to get junked!"
"Don't you dare, Pete!" Minnie scolded as Ven and I got ready incase anything happened. Even the triplets looked ready for a fight and the prospect of going up against five to one wasn't good for him.
"Fine. But Captain Justice will return!" He roared and ran off.
"About 'Captain Justice' you said his name was Pete, right?" Ven asked, wanting some more answers.
"Yeah, he's the biggest troublemaker in town!"
"I bet he's just callin' himself Captain Justice 'cause he wants to win the Million Dreams Award." Dewey said, filling in a few gaps for Ven but adding another.
"What's the Million Dreams Award?"
"That's one of the Dream Festival events." Minnie answered. "Everyone votes for who they think is the town's most exemplary citizen."
"I get it, so that's what he meant by 'vote'." Ven said now understanding the whole thing.
"So he only helped us to get a few votes in. That's not good." I said shaking my head.
"And if ya win the award ya get a really cool prize." Louie said as I nodded.
"Oh, it's just a small token. Nothing elaborate." Minnie said modestly.
"Still, it's another reason why Pete must have gone through all this trouble just to get it." I said as the duck triplets nodded.
"The event is supposed to help us appreciate how much we all look out for each other every day. That's the spirit of the award" Minnie said and that was a big thing because if Pete's the biggest troublemaker in town, it's close to impossible for him to even win.
"Well, that sounds nice enough…" Ven thought out loud.
"Anna's right though. Pete just wants to get his grubby hands on the prize." Huey pointed out.
"And he knows that nobody's gonna vote for him if he puts his own name on the ballot!" Dewey added, speaking what was on my mind earlier.
"But nobody's fooled!" Louie cheered as the brothers shared a laugh.
"Wish somebody was looking out for us." Ven said and I grabbed his hand.
"Hey, we look out for each other and I'm sure Aqua and Terra will too. So cheer up, okay?" I said as Ven smiled at me and nodded. We didn't have much time to play around at the festival because the awards ceremony started within five minutes so we gathered at the stage with a few other familiar faces.
"Who do you think's gonna win this year's million dreams award?" Horace asked me as I shrugged.
"Boy oh boy, I hope it's the guy I voted for!"
"I voted for him, too!" Chip and Dale cheered from the ice cream machine.
"Now that we got so much business at the shop, maybe we'll be number one!"
"Wow, Unca Scrooge sure would be proud of us if we actually won!"
"Yeah, an I bet Unca Donald would be pretty surprised, too." The triplets said excitedly.
"Hello everyone and thank you for waiting." We looked up to the stage to see Minnie walking up with her right hand lady, Daisy the Duck. "Now, it's time to begin our main even of our Dream Festival: the Million Dreams Award presentation."
"Heh! Just skip to the part where you say my name. This is a shoe-in!" Pete gloated from his stop inside the gazebo.
"Oh, how very exciting! This year we have multiple winners." Minnie stated, rather pleasantly. "This years Million Dreams Award goes to… Ventus, Anna, Aqua, and Terra; all four of you." A roar of cheers came as everyone around us cheered for Ven and I.
"When were Aqua and Terra here?"
"They must've passed by after they left Radiant Garden." I pointed out as Ventus nodded.
"Whaddaya mean?" I turned and Ven pulled me out of the way just in time as a furious Pete came running at the stage and jumped on to confront Minnie. "There's gotta be a mistake. Everyone voted for Captain Justice, I made sure! Now, go on, Tell her!" I kind of feel sorry for Pete because no one bothered to defend his statement. Then again, he didn't anything really good; most people knew that he was only after the prize since he had to remind everyone to vote for him. "Better try the other one…"
"Other one?" Ven asked me as I shook my head with a look that I hoped said 'please don't ask me, it's just too painful'. Pete just ran behind the stage and came back within a second.
"The rouge racer, Captain Dark!" Okay, this guy can change fast than most girls and when I mean most I mean the one's who are shopping crazy. The costume itself is just a darker version of his Captain Justice outfit. And for that matter, wouldn't a rouge racer be a bad citizen?
"Pete, we counted the votes very carefully, Ventus, Anna, Aqua, and Terra won." Minnie stated to a still displeased Pete. "Oh Pete, I think you tried to do something good, but you were doing it for the wrong reasons and you went about it the wrong way. Still, a couple of citizens must have thought you had goodness in you, because you actually got a few votes. They knew you were looking out for them."
"Big whoop! I don't need their lousy votes. Just cough up my prize!" Pete said making a grab for Minnie.
"Pete!" Minnie yelled and he faltered slightly. "They voted for you because they believe in you and care about you. How could you look down on that? I've tried to forgive a lot of things you've done, but this it too much. Now you've finally crossed the line." Minnie, though small as she is, still is the queen; something Pete can't seem to grasp.
"Like that matters to me. Besides, what are you gonna do about it?" Pete said, confidently.
"Ha! I'm going to let you cool off for a while. Guards!" Minnie ordered and six brooms came and got onto the stage. Poor Pete didn't stand a chance.
"W-wait, what?" Pete asked as the brooms began surrounding him and began lifting him up and carry him away.
"I kind of feel sorry for him, it must be humiliating to be carried off like that in front of everyone like that." I whispered to Ven as he nodded.
"Now, shall we continue the ceremony?" Minnie said, as if Pete's interruption wasn't really big. I could almost feel an anime sweat drop on the back of my head. "Will the four winners, Ventus, Anna, Aqua, and Terra, please come up and join me on the stage."
"Let's go Anna!" Ven cheered taking my hand and we walked up onto the stage but like in the game, Aqua and Terra already left.
"Oh dear, it looks like our other two winners couldn't make it here to be with us today." Minnie said, noticing our two friends weren't there.
"They both already left." Ven said looking very disappointed.
"Don't worry, we probably just missed them by a hair. I'm sure we'll run into them soon." I said as Ven cheered up a little.
"Perhaps you two would accept the award on their behalf." Minnie said, looking up at us. "After all, you've been so kind to so many here at the Dream Festival. So now, I hereby present the Million Dreams Award as a token of how much you matter to us. Congratulations!" With that, everyone in the audience cheered for us and it felt good to be acknowledged for doing something good.
"Thank you very much everyone." I said with a slight bow as Ven looked a bit happier by this as well.
"And as an extra treat, we've created something special, two ice cream flavors just for you two." She held out two ice cream blows, one very familiar but the other was new. "Double Crunch Ice Cream and Choco Swirl Ice Cream!" Wow, I honestly didn't expect to get an ice cream flavor. Sure, Ven's was cool with her strawberry ice cream with Mickey Mouse pants surrounded by sweet fruits with chocolate keyblades, Mickey ears, and a small crown in a bowl but I like mine. The Choco Swirl was in a waffle cup with a single scoop of a swirled vanilla and chocolate ice cream surrounded by whip cream, two keyblades made out of milk and white chocolate, white chocolate Mickey ears, and a fancy milk chocolate crown. All in all, it may not be colorful but it's chocolate and it is my Disney ice cream dream; plus it came with a spoon.
"Oh my, I wish I had my own ice cream flavor." Horace said as Ventus and I took a bit out of our ice creams.
"What's it taste like?"
"Go on, try it!" Chip and Dale said as we looked to Minnie to see if it was okay but she nodded and we each took a bite of our ice creams. Oh my good, it's so good. The chocolate and vanilla ice cream is good, but add the whip cream and the white chocolate makes everything perfect. Sure it's bad for my health if I don't exercise but one thing about being a keyblade user, when fighting we lose a lot of calories.
"What do you think?" Minnie asked.
"Mmm, wow! It's great!" Ven cheered as I nodded.
"It's absolutely perfect!" I cheered taking another bite as Minnie chuckled.
"We're all very glad you're both enjoying it." Minnie said looking very pleased as the crowd cheered. After the ceremony, Ventus and I found a bench to sit on and we ate our ice creams and enjoyed the time we didn't have to fight Unversed. Still, our time didn't last long as we had to set out once more to catch up with Terra and Aqua. But at least this world was fun for both of us.
Blair: What is this?
Crystal: This is the Disney Town world. Mostly a mini game world. This is why I updated this chapter quickly. I think it might be the smallest chapters I've done. Well, until next time, when Anna and Ventus enter the Olympus Coliseum!
