Chapter 8: New Arrivals And Evidence
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Solaria daughter of Apollo: I know right! When I wrote her, I was kind of visualizing her lit up in a strange way, tapping her fingers together and whispering, " Excellent," But then again, I myself am strange that way! Glad you like her!
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Quick Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney, characters, attractions or otherwise. I only own my 10 OC's and the unfolding plot of this story, so no flames please!
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Carly's P.O.V.
When the morning dawned, with a few more inches of snow and new patches of ice, most of the girls were still distant from each other. Chloe, April, Zoey, Emily, Taylor and Edmund were having breakfast together in one of the smaller dining rooms, still a shaken up after last night. I saw them desperately trying to make small talk, but not being able to do it. I sighed inwardly as I walked past them, feeling very removed from the groups. By being neutral in the whole Syrena issue, I couldn't be around anyone without any of them trying to sway me. I couldn't go to the group who believed the girls story, and I definitely couldn't go to Ashley, Ivy and Julia, cause when I paused in the door, the two red heads frowned at me. Ivy gave me a weak smile, but didn't invite me in. That's when I thought of Kim, and how in the midst of all this fighting, no one had visited her.
With that thought, I hurried up to next floor, to Kim's room. I smiled sadly when I saw her sitting in the tub, looking exhausted and utterly bored.
"Wow, a familiar face. This is new," she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes as she flexed her green tail.
"Well, if you're strong enough to be sarcastic, then I know you're on the mend," I said, puling up a chair to sit next to her.
We grasped hands, a grin filling her face. " It's good to see that you're all right. I'm glad you didn't freeze to death," she said, and I felt myself smile.
"I should be thanking you. If it wasn't for you and Chloe, April, Em and I would have probably drowned," I said, shivering at the memory.
"You should thank Mickey. He's the one that told me you were there in the first place," she said, and I nodded.
"But, since I've been stuck here, could you tell me what all the commotion was last night? I heard Ashley and Carmen shouting," she said, changing her position so she was resting her elbows on the side of the tub.
"Well, it might have been a good thing that you weren't there. We had been waiting for Carmen and Zoey to get back from Narnia, when they came in with not just Peter and Edmund, but this girl Syrena, who was passed out in a snow bank," I told her, watching her as her eyes grew huge.
"My god, is she ok?" she asked, looking at me in fear.
"Well now she is, but she told us that hyena's chased her," I said, winkling my nose.
"It sounds like you don't believe her story," said Kim, smirking at me.
"It's just her story sounds a bit odd. And because of this girl, the whole group is fighting about it, and it makes me want to tear my hair out!" I said, because it did!
"But what do you think of her personally? Where do you stand in all this?" she asked, looking at me critically.
"I'll trust her until she give me reason not to. I'm undecided, and that's another reason I'm here, where I won't be judged," I said, smiling as she started laughing.
"Well, if this girl has made Ashley angry in less then a night, I'd at least like to meet her, and learn her secrets," said Kim, trying to lift herself up.
"Well, we need to trust her fully before we can let her meet you at least in this form, or we have to wait for you wound to heal. Whatever comes first," I said, smirking as she made a face.
"Fine, but I want to get out of this tub soon. It's one thing to be a mermaid, but being confined to this tiny tub is boring as hell!" she said.
"I'll see if there's anything Fairy Godmother can do to speed along the healing process, cause we will need all of us to help the park," I said, thinking of how we could do this again.
"All for one and one for all, right?" she said lying down in the water, relaxing once again.
"At this point, I just want everyone to stop fighting," I said as I left, closing the door behind me, the curtains moving as though as person was standing behind them, but I shook it off, and went to downstairs.
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Julia's P.O.V.
"Ashley, you can't be serious! What if it's a trap?" asked Carly, looking at the red head in shock. She had come down from the infirmary room, to give us a report on Kim, when Ashley told her that she and I were going to look for clues.
"I'm going to prove to everyone that the girl can't be trusted," Said Ashley, her hands on her hips.
"Well, if it will make you feel any better, I'm not going to stop you," said Carly, but she did look very concerned.
Just promise me you guys will be safe. Although they won't say it right now, the others want you guys safe too," she said, and even though it was only for a brief flicker of a second, I saw sadness fill Ashley's face. She was quick to recover though, and gave the younger girl a small smile.
"Don't worry Carl, we'll be fine. Julia's lending me a sword, since we can't get the special swords unless we all agree, and that seems very unlikely at this point," she said, and Carly, nodded, but I knew she was worried.
"Don't wait up. This might take a while," I said, giving a small wink in Ivy and Carly's direction.
"Bye guys. I promise we won't come back empty handed," said Ashley, the two of us hurrying out of the room. The door closed behind us, when Ashley quickly stopped.
"Wait a minute! If I have your sword, what will you use if we run into trouble?" she asked. I smiled, opening up my heavy jacket to reveal to fully loaded pistols.
"Second rule of being a pirate, always have your pistols ready at a moments notice," I said, putting them back into their holders.
"I have to ask then, what's the first rule?" asked Ashley, as we stepped out into the snow and cold.
"Always have plenty of rum with you. It's the one rule Jack never forgets," I said, and the two of us burst out laughing as we ran down Main Street, ready to find anything we could as evidence against Syrena.
"Let's split up. I know it's risky, but we'll cover more ground that way," I said. Ashley nodding, and we separated. Looking intently for clues, above all else.
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Ashley's P.O.V.
I came up to one of the sides of the buildings, which were a couple of food places. I saw a sidewalk that led towards the Crystal palace, a buffet restaurant where you could eat with walk around characters. Something told me to head that way, but a bright flash of light startled me, barely giving me time to hid inside the door of Casey's Corner, a small food area that sold nachos and hot dogs. I gasped as I saw three people appear. Three characters I thought I'd never see outside of a video game.
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"Now what was the reason King Mickey wanted us again?" asked one of the people, a tall guy with long purplish hair, dark blue jeans and a white, black and yellow vest said, rubbing his arms to try and stay warm.
"Whatever it is Riku, it has to be exciting!" said the smaller boy, this one with super spiky brown hair, tan jeans with a red shirt, and huge yellow shoes. He was also swinging around what looked like a gigantic key.
"Sora, I swear that overzealous optimism will get you killed one day!" laughed a girl with brown hair, a short pink dress with huge pink shoes.
"You know you love it Kairi," said Sora, laughing and making a face when she gave him a light punch in the shoulder.
"Wait a minute guys. I thought I heard something,' said Riku, immediately summoning his key blade, Way To the Dawn. Sora and Kairi summoned theirs as well, theirs being the Kingdom Key and Destiny's Embrace. They waited in silence for a moment, when they saw a tall, fierce looking girl with red hair appear, holding a sword.
"Stay where you are! Who are you?" asked Riku, watching in disbelief as she laid down her sword on the ground, holding up her hands in surrender.
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Ashley's P.O.V.
"Please, don't be afraid of me," I said, cautiously setting down my sword. While I knew I was tough, I also knew I had to swallow my pride, because going against their key blades was just a stupid idea.
"But who are you, and what are you doing with a sword?' asked Kairi, looking at me with a pure look of curiosity.
"My name is Ashley, and I'm here to protect the park. My friends, actually, as well as me" I said, and I breathed a sigh of relief as Sora and Riku lowered their key blades. Kairi, who had long since lowered her key blade, stepped forward, smiling at me warmly.
"Well then, it's nice to meet you Ashley. My names Kairi, that's Riku, and the tense one is Sora," she said, and I looked over at him, and sure enough, Sora looked stiff and nervous.
"Sora, I'm not going to hurt her. In fact I'm really glad you're here, cause we need your help," I said, watching as the groups expression changed.
"With what? Is it Heartless?" asked Sora, excitement building in his eyes.
"No, thank goodness, but who knows what the villains have planned for us?' I said, watching as they nodded in understanding.
"You mean Maleficent?" asked Riku, and I watched him cringe, guessing that he was thinking about when he had worked for her.
"Well seeing that she nearly killed us all in a huge battle last year, I would think that it's her. A couple of us have already been injured, and we've only been here two days now," I said, pulling back the sleeve of my coat, watching them cringe at the nasty burn I had gotten from the fireworks.
"Then what are you doing out here then?" asked Kairi, looking at me in concern.
"We're actually in a huge fight right now, the girls and I, over this new girl named Syrena," I said, and they looked at me like I was crazy.
"What's wrong with her?' asked Riku, looking at me curiously when I scowled.
"This random girl, who claims to have been chased by hyena's, and is in the castle right now," I said.
"Knowing those particular hyena's, that doesn't sound to far fetched," said Sora, who I knew had experience with them when he had gone to the Pridelands.
"No, it doesn't, but think about this. She said she managed to hide in a snow bank, and they didn't find her. They are villains, for crying out loud, and why they didn't find her and kill her is very odd. My friend and I are looking for evidence to make our other friends see that she's lying, but so far I haven't found anything," I said, deflating a bit.
"That does sound a bit strange. Count us in to help you out!" said Sora, walking forward and shaking my hand.
"But what about King Mickey?" asked Riku, looking toward the top of a close building towards the tallest spire of Cinderella Castle.
"Riku, if the King trusts Ashley, then so do I, and we should help her out," said Kairi, and I threw her a grateful smile. Then, the smile was wiped off my face , when I heard too loud gunshots.
"Oh shit, Julia!" I cried, spinning around quickly and racing back towards Main Street, scooping up my sword off the ground as I ran by. The three-Keyblade wielders raced after me, but I think when we rounded the corner and saw the scene before us, that we all had the exact same expression, pure shock.
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Julia's P.O.V.
"Do not make me use this on you!" I said, holding out both my pistols in front of me as three people came closer to me. These people, or human like cartoons, had come out of a bright flash of light. Two guys and one girl, they all dressed in very strange clothing, and held the huge, key like weapons, and it looked like the tallest guy with longish brown hair wanted to use his one me. True, I was dressed as a pirate, and they might jump to conclusions, but that was no reason for them to look so defensive! As they came closer to me, I had to back up, not wanting to shot if I didn't have to, already having to fire both when they came too close.
Wait, I'll rephrase that. The tallest guy was the only one coming at me, while the younger looking boy with spiky looking light brown hair was kind of hanging near the edge, an expression of curiosity on his innocent looking face. The girl on the other hand, was standing still, looking at me with a quizzical expression. She had neck length blue hair, a black shirt, and what looked like black spankies. Across the bodice, two pink ribbons crisscrossed, held together by a sort of heart shaped silver pendent. Under the bust, the shirt also had these long white laces up and down both sides. Her arms were covered with detached, long white sleeves with small blue and black ruffles. Across her hips was what looked like a long blue and white scarf, the white part crisscrossing over her hips and the blue part hanging down the sides of her legs. She finished her look with long black boots, with silver armor like coverings on them.
In short, I had serious outfit envy. It was cool, but also looked functional to fight in. She also had these light blue eyes, like the sea, that seemed to be looking not at me, but inside me. When I had been thinking about this, the tall guy had knocked me off my feet.
"Tell me what you're doing here!" he said, pointing the key shaped weapon at me.
"I should be asking you the same question, you jerk!" I said, and I tried to get out my pistols, when I heard loud gasps.
"What the heck is going on here?" asked Ashley, her hands on her hips as she looked at me.
"He's the one who started it!" I said, pointing at him with one of my pistols.
"Terra, that's enough! Leave her alone!" said the girl, coming over and holding out her hand to me. I grasped it as she hauled me to my feet.
"Thanks I guess. NOW WILL SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE! And who are these guys?" I asked, looking at another threesome, two others boys and a girl, all of them holding the same key-like looking weapons. Ashley was about to say something, when the three others looked at the other people. The silence was deafening, and Kairi was the first one to break the tension by walking forward, shaky and nervous.
"Aqua?" she whispered, moving closer to the older girl.
"Kairi? That can't be you! You're so tall!" said the girl called Aqua, and the two girls embraced, hugging each other tightly. I saw Ashley and the others smiling.
"AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE!" I yelled, and it just made it worse when everyone burst out laughing.
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Ashley's P.O.V.
I had to laugh at Julia's confusion. While Sora, Kairi, Riku, Ven, Terra and Aqua got reacquainted, I explained to her that these people were from the Kingdom Hearts videogame. I explained how Aqua was a true master, and how the others were Keyblade wielders. I also explained the Keyblade inheritance, like how Aqua had passed it on to Kairi, how Ven had passed his onto Sora, and how Terra had passed his on to Riku. She nodded, but I saw her glare at Terra just the same. I knew that my friend hated being caught off guard, and it pissed her off.
Still, while the Kingdom Hearts characters talked, I grabbed her hand and pulled her to look for more clues. That's when we came across the only snow bank on Main Street. We looked at it, and gritted our teeth. This snow bank was untouched, as though it had just fallen. Also, besides our footprints, the snow was untouched, even though the snow had fallen yesterday. There we no paw prints, no signs of a struggle. The exact evidence we needed to get her caught!
"Julia, we got her this time! I'll take a picture," I said, pulling out my phone and snapping pics of both the snow bank and surrounding area. I smiled as they saved. We had evidence, and the girls would finally see that we were right.
"Sora! We found what we were looking for! Let's get back to the castle quickly!" I said, smiling as the group turned to look at me.
Julia smiled for a moment, but it turned into a deep scowl when Terra turned and looked at her. She turned on her heel and walked quickly up the street, and I groaned as I saw her only put away one of her pistols, keeping the other one out and ready.
"Hey is she ok? I'm really sorry about that, but I just was under the impression that the king sent for us," said Terra, getting a glare from Aqua.
"My friends and I are here to help, same as you and your friends." That shut him up, and I saw Ven start trying hard not to laugh.
"And don't mind Julia. She has been among pirates for the last year and a half, so she's really good at holding a grudge. But when you get to know her, you'll find she's really cool. Jack certainly likes her," I said, as the 7 of us walked up Main Street after Julia.
"Wait, she spent a year with Jack Sparrow? That's awesome!" said Sora, and I rolled my eyes. Being on the high seas had changed my friend a bit, but underneath the rough attitude, she was still the sweet girl who screamed her lungs out on Small World.
"She's a good friend. They all are," I said, feeling a bit guilty about our fight. Still, these pictures would help prove me right. And, and the plus side, we had the Kingdom Hearts characters on our side for crying out loud, so this was so awesome!
THE KINGDOM HEARTS CHARACTERS ARE FINALLY HERE! Don't' get me wrong, I love Sora and his friends, but I don't see many Fanfictions about the key blade wielders from Birth by Sleep, and I love Aqua, so she's in the story. And yes, I know this doesn't exactly follow the BBS timeline, but I wanted to get Aqua out of the shadows and into this story! Sora and his friends look like they did in the second KH's, mostly for the reason being is that they look better in then the first one. Now my girls are going to win, with the 5-keyblade wielders and the Keyblade master ( Luv you Aqua!) ! At least I hope!
Also, to make this as believable as possible, I spent about 20 minutes looking at maps of the magic kingdom, and the two restaurants I mentioned in this chapter are real, and in no way belong to me!
Please tell me what you think, because reviews just make my day when I read them! Thank you!
~Rainlily216 Out!~
