Lights aura: Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for the rewiews! You made me feel so special! (hugs reviewers)
Audience: Okay what's your excuse this time.
Lights aura: What do you mean?
Rye: You know the bad excuse that you give us whenever you take forever to update
Lights aura: Is not having internet access for almost the entire summer a bad excuse?
Roxas: Yes!
Audience: Prepare the torches and pitchforks.
Lights aura: Wait! I have a fun fact that will make you feel better!
Everyone: (stares at Lights aura as if she is crazy)
Lights aura: (ignores stares) Did you know that Thalassa means sea. So Thalassa Shells are really Sea Shells.
Audience: What does that... Wait whoa!
Lights aura: (cheesy grin) Who knew that stupid summer reading could be so useful!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. I do though own Rye and unfortunately my summer reading. ( glares at evil school books)
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After they had finished gathering their supplies, caught Rye's staff, and convince Sora that he could not fly the Gummy Ship, they set off. Most of the trip was spent in silence except when a heartless ship had to be blasted or when Donald would occasionally snicker.
"Hm, can't even keep a hold of her staff" Donald snickered.
"It's not funny! My staff is just really... animated, that's all." Rye whined.
"Yeah so animated that you have to chase it all the way through Traverse Town before it would let you capture it!" Donald laughed.
"Do you want me to set your tail on fire again?" Rye asked as she started to turn red.
"Look a Heartless ship!" Sora yelled before Donald could reply.
"Whaaa!" Donald exclamed as he fired round after round. After the smoke cleared there was nothing there. "There is no Heartless ship!"
"Exactly my point. You were so busy argueing with Rye that you weren't paying attention to your surroundings. That is the exact reason I should drive."
"You're still not driving," Donald grumbled.
"New world up ahead!" Goofy announced."Should we land?"
"The king might be there..." Donald said.
"And Riku and Kairi" Sora added.
"Then what are we waiting for! Lets land!" Rye said cheerfully.
"Why is it on this journey, weird things keep happeningto us?" Rye mumbled. After landing in the new world, the quartet found themselves falling down a hole. After a few minutes of Donald screaming that they were all doomed and it was Goofy's fault for landing, they stopped falling and began to float down the hole. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief knowing now that when they did land they wouldn't die from the impact. Thirty minuteslater,they were still floating down. Goofy had fallen asleep, Donald and Sora were playing rock, paper, scissors, and Rye was just plain grumpy.
"Hah! I win! Scissors beats paper everytime" Sora said triumfetly.
"What do you mean youwin! You did rock and scissors at the same time!" Donald exclaimed.
"How would you know? I can barely see my hand in from of my face!"
Rye rolled her eyes and was about to yell at them when she noticed a light coming towrads them. "Hey guys I think we are about to stop." Rye said, silencing their bickering.
As they passed through the light, Sora, Donald, and Rye felt solid ground under their feet. Goofy, on the other hand, wasn't so fortune for he fell to the ground with a loud thump causing him to wake up.
"What happened?" Goofy moaned.
"We landed," Rye replied as she helped Goofy up. "Where we landed though I do not know."
"I think we are in some kind of room," Sora pointed out.
Rye looked around the room with a slight smile. It was circular and pink reminding her of a doll house that Kairi and her used to play with. Her smile wavered at the thought of Kairi.
Kairi... Riku... Where are you?
"Oh, my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" a voice exclaimed snapping everyone out of their daydreams.
From out of nowhere a white rabbit hurried past them. He was completly clothed and was nervously glancing at the pocket watch he had in his paw.
"Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear! I'm here, I should be there. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The queen, she'll have my head for sure!" Without even looking at the group he ran the the door that appeared on the wall in front of them.
The quartet stood in silence for a few moments.
"Well, that was rude! He didn't even say hello!" Rye said with a frown.
"Should we follow him?" Goofy asked.
Sora glanced around the room," Well, there is no other exist so I guess we have to follow him. Besides, it sounds like he may need our help."
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The group entered in just in time to see the white rabbit exist through a wooden door with a big brass door knob.
Rye quickly took in her surroudings. Black and white tile covered the floor contrasting greatly to the vibrant multi-colored walls. In the center of the room was a small table with two chairs. To the right of the table was a flower pot and to the left was a small bed.
As they approached the door they began to realize that the door was a lot smaller than they thought it was originally. In fact it was so small, that even the white rabbit shouldn't have been able to go through it.
Sora leaned forward curiously. "How did he get so small?"
"No, no you're just simply too big" the door knob replied.
All four stared with their mouth's open in shock. Rye was so suprised that she accidently ran into the bed causing it to slide into the world.
As they looked closer they could make out the shape of a face on the doorknob.
"It talks!" Donald quacked in disbelief.
The doorknob seemed unfazed by their reactions. "Must you be so loud? You woke me up."
"Good morning" Goofy said cheerfully.
The doorknob yawned, "Good night. I need a bit more sleep."
"Wait, what do we have to do to grow small?" Sora asked.
"Why don't you try the bottle...over there?" the doorknob said as he closed his eyes and began to snore.
Sora and the gang turned around to find a little blue bottle sitting on the table.
"Okay, that definitely wasn't there before" Rye remarked.
Sora picked up the bottle and examined it. "Do you think it will work?"
Rye took the bottle from Sora and shrugged. "Well, there is one way of finding out. Bottom's up!" She took a gulp of from the bottle.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy followed suit. For a minute nothing happened. Then suddenly the room began to growing and growing. After another minute it stopped.
" I feel so small and insignificant" Rye said as she stared in all at the table that towered over her.
" Hey, look! It seems that Rye's clumsyness has finally paid off. There is a hole over there to the outside," Donald said pointing to where the bed used to be.
"Hey yeah you're ri... Wait a second! Take that back!" Rye exclaimed.
"Or what?" Donald taunted.
"Or I'll..."
"Um, guys, I hate to interrupt ya but I thought you would like to know that Sora is leaving us," Goofy said.
"WHAT!" Donald and Rye exclaimed.
Sure enough, Sora was already half towards the hole in the wall.
"Sora! Wait!" Rye yelled as she and the others ran to catch up with him.
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"Well, this is a change of scenery" Donald remarked.
As soon as they left the room the foursome found themselves in the middle of a beautiful garden maze.
"I love gardens! They are so pretty, and green, and flowery..." Rye said as she stared off dreamily.
" Hey doesn't that look like the white rabbit up ahead?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, it kind of looks like they are having some sort of trial" Rye said.
The white rabbit stood on what appeared to be a podium in the middle of the garden. Beside him in the judge's seat was a woman with black hair swept up in a bun with black eyes. She wore a red dress and a crown on her head. Facing them in what appeared to be the defendent's stand was a young with with blond hair and blue eyes. Strange card shape guards standing at attention on each side.
The quartet quickly headed towards the scene hoping to find out more.
The white rabbit cleared his throat and held a parchment out in front of him. " Court is now in session!"
The young girl frowned. "I'm on trial? But why?"
"Her Majesty, the Queen of Hearts, presiding!" The rabbit continued.
"The girl is the culprit. There's no doubt about it. And the reason is...because I say so, that's why!" the queen said.
The young girl put her hands on her hips. "But that's unfair!"
"That lady is mean" Rye muttered.
"Shh!" Donald said as he glared at her.
"Well, have you anything to say in your defense?" The queen said as she glared down at the young girl.
The girl nodded. "Of course! I've done absolutely nothing wrong! You may be queen, but I'm afraid that doesn't give you the right to be so...so mean!"
The queen stared at the young girl with a look of both surprise and rage. "Silence! You dare to defy me?"
Sora turned to the group. "Hey, guys, we should help her out."
"We're outsiders, so wouldn't that be muddling?" Goofy asked.
"Meddling, " Donald said.
"Oh, yeah, right. And that's against the rules" Goofy said confidently.
"I have to agree with Sora. That queen isn't even letting the girl defend herself" Rye said.
Their discussion was interrupted by the sound of the queen's voice. "The court finds the defendant...guilty as charged! For the crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart...Off with her head!"
The cards began to advance towards the girl who backed away horrified.
"No! No! Oh, please!"
"Hold it right there!' Sora said as he ran towards the court.
"I object!" Rye said as Goofy, Donald, and her came up behind him.
The queen was clearly offended by their sudden outburst in her court. "Who are you? How dare you interfere with my court?"
"Excuse me, your majesty, but we know who the real culprit is!" Sora stated.
"Yeah it's the heartle..." Goofy covered his hands with his mouth before he finished the sentence.
"Anyway, she's not the one you're looking for," Sora said.
"That's nonsense. Have you any proof?" the queen asked. She smirked at the panicked look on all four faces.
The guards took the young girl and locked her in a cage.
After a few moments, the queen seemed to come to a decision. "Bring me evidence of Alice's innocence! Fail and it's off with all of your heads! Gather as much or little evidence as you please. Report back here once you're ready."
"Thank you your majesty!" all four said as they took their leave.
"Great going you two. Now look what you've got us into" Donald muttered angrily.
Sora and Rye ignored him as they approached the young girl.
"Are you alright?" Sora asked.
The young girl grinned. "Yes, thank you for helping me. My name is Alice."
"Hi name is Rye, the boy next to me is Sora, the grumpy duck is Donald, and the dog is Goofy" Rye said.
"I'm not grumpy..." Donald grumbled.
"It is a pleasure to meet you" Alice said.
"Can you tell us what is going on around here" Sora asked.
"I am not exactly sure myself but I do believe there is something in that forest that has caused all this mess." Alice said as she pointed to a opening in the hedge on the otherside of the courtyard.
"Hey! No talking to prisoners!" An Ace of Spades exclaimed as he poked them with his spear.
"Fine! Fine! Where going!" Rye said as the four headed for the forest entrance.
"Don't worry, Alice, we'll clear your name!" Sora called over his shoulder.
Alice smiled.
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The forest they entered was filled with tall grass, mushrooms, and flowers. They stood in awe for a few moments before they decided to plan their course of action.
"So where do you think we should look first?" Goofy asked.
"How about you try up, down, and all around" said an amused voice from behind them.
They whirled around to see the speaker. A huge cat with a big grin on his face stood on top of a big mushroom. He had dark and light pink horizontal stripes running up and down his body. The strangest thing about him wasn't his ability to talk but the fact that he was standing on his own head.
"Who are you?" Sora asked after he had recovered his voice.
"Who indeed" the cat remarked as he began to rock back and forth on top of his head. "Poor Alice. Soon to lose her head and she's not guilty of a thing!"
"If youknow who the culprit is, tell us!" Donald demanded.
The cat's grin widened as he put his head back on his shoulders. " The Cheshire Cat has all the answers...but doesn't always tell. The answer, the culprit, the cat all lie in darkness." The cat slowly began to dematerialize.
"Wait!" Sora called but the Chesire Cat had already vanished.
"They've already left the forest. I won't tell which exit. There are four pieces of evidence in all. Three are a cinch to find. The fourth is tricky. A big reward if you find them all." The Chesire called out to them.
As soon as he finished a group of heartless appeared before them.
"Whelp, it sure doesn't look like all of them have left yet" Donald grumbled as he cast a fire spell.
"Where would the fun be in that if there were no enemies to fight?" Sora teased as Goofy and he destroyed a couple of heartless.
Donald was about to destroy the last few heartless when all of the sudden multiple fire spells appeared and wiped out everyone of them.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy turned and faced Rye in disbelief.
"How did you do that?" Donald asked.
Rye had a strange look on her face. Her left eye and shoulders were twitching.
"Rye are you okay?" Sora asked.
"Cat... Head...gone... manical grin...evil..." Rye mumbled.
Donald shook Rye's shoulders "Rye snap out of it."
Rye shook her head and looked around. "What happened?"
"Well for one thing, you just wiped out five or six heartless with multiple fire spells." Sora said.
Rye looked at the scorch marks in disbelief. "What? I did? Really? That is so cool!" She began to jump up and down in delight.
Donald rolled his eyes. "Why do these things happen to me?"
"Hey guys! Look what I found!" Goofy said.
Sora, Donald, and Rye gathered around Goofy. In his hands was a long black antenna.
"Good job Goofy! Looks like you just found are first piece of evidence" Rye said.
"Gawrsh, it was nothing" Goofy said, his cheeks reddening slightly.
"Come on! Let's find those last three pieces of evidence!" Sora exclaimed as they headed into the forest.
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The next two pieces were easy to find but after an hour of searching they still had not found the last piece. The group sighed as they headed back to the entrance for one more look around.
" Donald, Goofy, have you found anything?" Sora called as he searched behind a rock.
"Nothing here" Goofy said as he looked inside a mushroom.
"Not here either. Have you found anything?" Donald asked as he looked into a flower.
"Nothing." Sora sighed. "Hey Rye did you find anything?"
There was no response.
Sora turned around, "I said did you..." Sora trailed off when he noticed one key factor was missing.
Rye wasn't there.
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Roxas: What! Where did Rye go?
Audience: Stupid cliff hanger...
Lights aura: Yeah I wrote another chappie! And if I am lucky I might be able to finish Wonderland this weekend!
(Crickets chirping)
Roxas: (sobs) Noooo! Now I am the only Kingdom Hearts character here!
Lights aura: You know what I haven't done in a while?
Audience: What's that?
Lights aura: Tackled Roxas
Roxas: Oh no...
Lights aura: (tackles Roxas)
Roxas: (is tackled)
Lights aura: World order has been restored!
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