Taking it to the Next level
Chapter 9: Separated?
A/N: Ixcythan here! I'll be writing chapter 9! (because Rogue wrote the end of chappie 8) Enjoy!
"Soooooooooooooooooo" Mailyn started to say. "Are you gonna let us go?"
Donald stared at her. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope!" Willow yelled, cheerfully.
"And…What makes you think that you should come?"
"Cuz were cool like that." Mailyn said, drooping her eye lids and leaning against the wall.
"No."
"Well, we'd like to find our friend." Willow lied.
"And?"
"It would be nice if you would let us go."
"Find your own gummi ship."
Mailyn used her puppy dog eyes. "Pretty please with a cherry on top!?"
"What's a…cherry?"
Mailyn shifted her eyes, "Um…pretty please with a gummi block on top???"
Donald sighed. "Whatever."
"YES!" Willow and Mailyn yelled and gave each other a high five.
Then it hit Mailyn. She was supposed to hate Willow. She turned away, embarrassed at her actions.
"What's wrong, Estelle?"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Mailyn yelled.
Willow turned her head away.
"I'm staying." Mailyn said, almost inaudible.
"WHAT!?" Donald squawked.
"I'm not going to be on the same ship as her."
"Fine with me!" Willow yelled back.
Mailyn walked away, somewhere to the first district, while Donald and Goofy took Willow and Sora to the gummi ship.
Mailyn walked into the accessory shop. "Hey Cid." She greeted.
"Hello random person?"
"Uh…Oh sorry. I'm Mailyn." Mailyn said as she shook Cid's hand.
"How do you know me?"
"Um…" Mailyn started to sweat…"Sora told me about you!"
"Okay…I guess."
"Do you want to chat…or shop?"
"Hm…Well, I guess I have some money to spare."
"This sounds stupid now, but I have to say it. Buy or Sell?"
"Buy…?"
"Here." Cid said while he gave her a list of what she could buy.
Mailyn took out her wallet and looked through the dollar bills. "Shit."
"What is it? Not enough?"
"No…I don't have munny. I have money."
"Wait. I'm confused."
Mailyn put down a green piece of paper, known as a dollar.
"What's that?"
"It's what we use to buy things. Where I come from…"
"Oh…Um…here. How about I just give you some starters?"
R-Really!? That would be awesome!"
"No Problem! Here, have a protect chain, and an Ifrit's horn."
"Thanks!"
"Sorry, I'd give you more, but I can't. The protect chain increases your defense, and the Ifrit's horn increases your fire defense by 20 percent."
"Woot!" Mailyn yelled as she did a little dance.
"Uh…"
"You didn't see that."
"Right."
Mailyn took the chain and attached it to her pants. She clipped one side to her front belt loop, and the other side to her back belt loop. Then she shoved the Ifrit's horn in her pocket and started off to leave.
"WAIT!" Cid yelled.
"Hm…?"
"What're ya in here for?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Why are you in Traverse Town?"
"I just kind of…ended up here."
"Well…If you want, I have a small gummi ship. You could take it to…"
"To where?"
"Somewhere safe…Like…The Disney castle?"
"Could I?"
"SURE!" Cid exclaimed.
"Thanks!"
Mailyn followed Cid over to a garage, and he pointed out a small gummi ship. It was purple and blue. He tossed her some keys and she approached it, and then carefully boarded.
Back with Willow
"Um…" Sora said, trying to get Phil's attention.
"Good timing!" Phil exclaimed, "Give me a hand, Will ya? Move that Pedestal over there for me." Phil said, pointing to a large pedestal, and then pointing to where he wanted it.
"I gotta spruce this place up for the games!" He continued.
Sora went over to the Pedestal. "This has got to weigh at least a ton!" he said under his breath.
He went over to Phil. "It's way too heavy!"
Willow giggled a little at Sora's attempt.
"What! Too heavy?" Phil started. "Since when have you been such a little—" Phil stopped and took a stern look at Sora."Oh. Wrong guy. What're you doing here?"
"This here's the world famous Coliseum—" Phil continued.
"Heroes only!" he said firmly. "And I got my hands full preparing for the games! So run along pipsqueaks." He ended firmly.
Sora gave him a look that said, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?" but, he didn't say it. His look did.
"Look, it's like this." Phil started
"Heroes are coming from all over to fight ferocious monsters right here in the coliseum." He said.
"You've got heroes standing right in front of you!" Donald said.
"Yeah!" Willow went along.
"Yup! He's a real hero, chosen by the keyblade!" Goofy joined in, putting his hands on Sora's shoulders.
"And were heroes too!" Donald said.
"Hero!? That runt!" Phil said, making fun of Sora, before cracking up laughing.
"What's so funny I've fought a bunch of monsters!" Sora yelled, getting kind of angry.
"Hey! If you can't even move this!" Phil started, attempting to move the pedestal himself. Without success might I add.
"You can't call yourself…" Phil said, still trying to move the pedestal.
"A hero!" Phil yelled, almost slipping because of the non-budging pedestal.
Then he dropped to the ground, " Okay. So it takes more than brawn. Well, well, let's see what you can do!"
Phil brought Sora out to a whole bunch of barrels. He told him to crush them all before the time limit ended.
"You know. You ain't bad kid." Phil said after it was all over.
"Looks like I'm headed for the games!" Sora said, excited.
"Afraid not!" Phil yelled.
"Why not!" Sora yelled in disappointment.
"Two words: You guys ain't heroes!" Phil yelled, as Willow and Goofy counted on their fingers.
"I think that's fou—" Willow started.
"Come on!" Sora said, ignoring Willow.
Phil just crossed his arms, so Sora and the gang just walked outside. Sora was pissed, and Willow was still confused about the number of words used.
"Rather a stubborn old goat, wouldn't you say?" A mysterious voice said behind him.
Oh yeah. I forgot about Hades entrance. Woo! We really are going to the games!
Donald turned around, "Who are you?"
"Whoa, hold on there, fuzz boy. Wait, let me guess. You want to enter the games, right?" Hades said, while he put one hand on Sora's shoulder.
Wow…he's really tall in person.
"Well then hey. Get a load of this." Hades said while he summoned a pass.
"A pass?" Sora said, astonished.
"It's all yours, Good luck kid. I'm pulling for you, little Shorty"
Everyone ran inside. "Where did you get this!?" Phil asked.
"Well, I guess I can't stop you now. But, be warned, there's a lot of weirdoes who enter the games."
At that moment, Cloud walked by the gang. Willow kind of gapped, her jaw on the floor, as Cloud walked by. She couldn't do anything. But soon, he was gone.
"GODDAMIT!" she yelled.
"What!?" Sora yelled looking at her.
"I WANT TO HUG HIM!"
"Um…"
"Hmph!"
Back with Mailyn
Mailyn was driving the gummi ship into a barrier over and over again. On the other side of that barrier, was Disney Castle. There was no path to it. She sighed.
"Guess I better just, turn around."
She did turn around, but she didn't turn the right way. Instead, she was headed toward Wonderland. When she finally got to the world, she looked up.
"Uh…Oh…"
Then, suddenly, she pressed a button which made her land.
"N-NO WAY!" She moaned. She kind of hated Wonderland. She didn't really find the Cheshire cat, cute. In fact, she found it horribly scary. And here she was, alone in that world. With a queen that likes to chop off everyone's heads, people made of cards, and a cat that turns invisible, which barely helps you with its riddles.
Back to Willow
"That little punk is your next opponent, okay? Now don't blow it, just take him out." Hades ordered.
"The great god of the Underworld is afraid of a kid?" Cloud questioned in curiosity. "Sorry, but my contract says—"
"I know! You think I don't know! I wrote the contract!" Hades interrupted. "I know that it says that you're only required to kill Hercules in this tournament, But you have to fight that kid, to get to him! Come on." Hercules continued, "Hey, it's like that old goat says: Rule number 11, It's just a game, so let loose and have fun with it!"
"I mean, a casualty or two along the way is no big deal, right?" Hades said, STILL talking.
Cloud just got up, and walked away.
"Geez. Stiffer than the stiffs back home." Hades commented. "Still, suckers like him are hard to come by."
After a harsh battle, Sora and Willow kicked Cloud's ass good! Mostly because…Willow was hugging him the whole time, which made it almost impossible for him to move that giant sword of his.
Cloud got up from his knees, and quickly looked back. It was Cerberus. A large, black, three headed dog. He was supposed to be guarding the underworld. He was somehow let out though. He stomped down on Cloud.
Willow gasped, "I FORGOT ABOUT HIM!Oh my god…..Cloud…"
"Oh right, there was one other rule. I forgot. Accidents happen." Hades said to himself.
Luckily, Hercules came and held him back.
"Herc!" Phil yelled from the stadium.
"Phil, get them out of here!" Hercules ordered.
Everyone ran back. Hercules was cornered trying to hold off Cerberus, with Cloud over his shoulder. Then, all three heads suddenly looked back. It was Sora, Willow, and the others. They weren't gonna stand back and watch.
Hercules took this chance to run to safety, and put Cloud down.
"Kid, I've got two words of advice for you," Phil started, "Attack!"
"Phil. I've got five words for you. THAT'S ONLY ONE FUCKING WORD!" Willow yelled as she took out her twin blades and merged them together. She attacked the middle head with all her strength. Sora, attacked the head on the right. Donald and Goofy, attacked the head on the left. Soon enough, Cerberus collapsed. Then everyone just walked inside again, feeling very accomplished.
"Thus, I dub thee, junior heroes, and confer upon thee full rights, and privileges to participate in the games, Further—" Phil started
"Hey! What do you mean, junior heroes!" Donald yelled.
"You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a real hero." Phil said.
"So, what does it take?" Goofy said, innocently.
"Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yourselves." Hercules answered. "Just the way that I did."
"No problem! We'll start by proving ourselves in the games!" Sora stated.
"They're ain't gonna be any games for a while." Phil explained."Gotta clean up the mess from that last battle first."
"Okay, we'll be back."
Then, everyone left, to go to the next world. "I still can't believe that squirt actually beat Cerberus." Phil said, after he left.
"Just between us, I already worn Cerberus down by the time that little guy jumped in,"
"My lips are sealed,"
Sora walked out to find Cloud sitting on the stairs. "Hey are you—"
"CLOUD! OH MY GOD! IT'S CLOUD!" Willow cheered about to jump on Cloud again.
"N-not you again!" he said jumping up.
"Alright?" Sora finished, ignoring Willow.
"Yeah…" Cloud answered, after he realized that Willow had calmed down.
"So, why did you go along with him anyway?" Sora asked
"I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help." Cloud started, "I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired. I fell into darkness, and couldn't find light."
"You'll find it," Willow reassured. Cloud looked down puzzled. She actually said something, that didn't sound fan girlish. He smiled at her.
"I'm searching too…" Sora started
"For your light?" Cloud asked.
Sora nodded.
"Don't lose sight of it," Cloud said while he walked up to Sora, and handed him something. After that, he walked away.
"How about a rematch next time! Fair and square! No dark powers involved!" Sora yelled after him.
Cloud stopped and turned to look at him. He flipped up his hair with his hand and said, "I think I'll pass."
Sora just smiled and watched him walk away.
In the Underworld
"He's strong, he's kind. He's always there, and he's handsome to boot. He's perfect. Perfectly infuriating! He makes me crazy!" Hades yelled.
"Wait a minute? What are you worried about?" Hades said, talking to himself, "All the pieces are in place. Relax. Here is what you do. Let Hercules train the kid. In the next games, I'll take care of them both!"
"Who invited you to the party. Stay out of this. This is my show" Hades said, looking back at Maleficent.
"As you wish. Fight to your heart's content." Maleficent said before walking away.
Hades gave a surprised look and watched her go away.
With Mailyn
Mailyn heard an annoying and loud ticking noise. She was slowly dropped down onto a pink checkered floor. Well, the checkers were messed up, but it was still a checkered floor.
"Oh my fur! Oh my grace! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!" A white rabbit said while running along. A stop watch in hand.
Mailyn watched as it ran across her feet.
Then suddenly. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She yelled, "GET IT AWAY FROM ME!"
"I'm late!" he said one more time.
Thunk
Mailyn Fainted.
A/N: Wooo…Long chapter. Took me forever to remember all the words to Olympus Coliseum. If I didn't get the all right, I apologize. Anyway, can't wait to see what the next chapter is about, Rogue.
