chapter 10

On the morning after the trial, the quartet found themselves on a bus heading to who knows where. There was one officer with a rifle in his hand to make sure they wont be leaving any time soon.

"Janine?" Stanley said, breaking the silence. Donald and Goofy chuckled upon hearing this.

"Yes. That's my full name." Nina said, looking out the window to see the desert. She then turned to glare at everyone.

"Got a problem with that?" she growled. Everyones smile dropped, then they all shook their heads. Nina turned her attention back to her window. In the desert, people were digging holes. Then, she saw a black man walking with a donkey cart. When they passed in front of him, he disappeared into thin air. Nina let out a gasp and felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked to see Stanley's hand from the seat behind her.

"What're you looking at?" he asked

"Uh..." Nina said. "Nothing."

"Kay." he said. They were beginning to enter a small, old town with people in orange suits. Then, the bus stopped and the doors opened. The gaurd went out first, followed by Donald, Goofy, Stanley, then Nina. When Nina exited the bus, there were wolf whistles, whoots, and various hollers through out a crowd of boys heading in their direction. Nina just rolled her eyes at them all.

"Men." she muttered

"So, uh, where's the lake?" Stanley asked

"Watch your mouth." the officer said. They were then led to an old building, but first, a guy came onto Nina. He was wearing the same orange outfit as everyone else.

"Hey sweetie, what's the haps?" he said

"None of your stinkin' business." she said, then taking a sniff. "Speaking of which, go take a shower." He scowled at Nina for a moment before chuckling.

"Who's gonna make me?" he said

"Uh oh." Donald said. They were all watching this whole thing unfold. Nina made her keyblade appear in her hand and aimed it directly at the guy. He started backing up, but it was too late.

"Aeroga!" she shouted. A huge blast of air sent him flying back, until he landed in one of the shower booths, nearly breaking the wooden floor. Everyone who watched that laughed, while Nina just smiled. She turned on her heels and rested her keyblade on her shoulders before going into the wooden building the officer went in, without noticing the eyes watching her from a cabin not too far away.

"So that's the key kid?" said a woman with red hair.

"Yep. She's got powers that can ruin everybody's plans. That's why we try to stop her." Pete said. The woman was studying Nina's clothes.

"Those are magic clothes, aren't they?" she said

"Uh, yeah... I think."

"Then the first thing you do is to get them off her, idiot." she said

"Um, okay. Oh, and if you want those heartless I told you about, press that button." Pete pulled out the device Maleficent gave him and handed it to the woman, before he dissappeared into a black portal.

Back In The Office

There were a bunch of seats sitting in front of a huge desk, and at that desk was a man with really big sideburns, chewing sunflower seeds.

"What's with the sunflower seeds?" the officer asked

"I decided to quit smoking." the man said. He looked at the file that had everyone's information in it.

"Goofy Goof," he said, "Donald Duck, Janine."

"I prefer Nina." Nina said. The man just glared at her, and she backed into her seat.

"And Stanley Yelnats... The fourth?" the man continued.

"Uh yeah. It's a thing my family does, we name all the boys Stanley cause it's Yelnats spelled backwards. It's a... tradition." Stanley said. The man put the folder down just to look at Stanley.

"Well my name is Mr. Sir." said Mr. Sir. Stanley and the others were doing their best to hold back laughs.

"When you talk to me, you will address me as such. Is that clear?"

"Yes Mr. Sir." Stanley said, letting a small giggle escape his lips.

"What you think this is funny to you Yelnats?" Mr. Sir said. He walked over to a fridge and pulled out a coke. He held it out, and everyone reached for it. Mr. Sir pulled it back and then handed it to the officer.

"You're a bag of surprises, the lot of you." Mr. Sir said. "You all thirsty?"

"Yes Mr. Sir." Nina said

"Well you're all gonna be thirsty for quite some time. Come on." he said. Mr. Sir got up and led them all out into the town.

"Take a look around. You see any gaurd towers? How bout an electric fence?" Mr. Sir said. Everyone glanced around to see nothing. Just a bunch of tents, a basketball hoop, some old buildings, and a desert.

"If you want to run away, then run. I won't stop you." Mr. Sir said. "I'm warning you!" Mr. Sir shouted to some kids over by a big building. That was when they all noticed a holster on his hip, and in it was a gun.

"Don't worry bout this." he said pulling it out. "This is fer yellow spotted lizards, I wouldn't waste a bullet on any of you."

"We're not running away Mr. Sir." Nina said bravely, while everybody nodded in agreement.

"Good thinkin' cause you know why?" Mr. Sir said, getting next to Nina's face. "We got the only water here for a hundred miles. Our own little oasis. You want to run away, them buzzards'll pick you clean by mornin'." Mr. Sir began walking away and led them all into another building that had a bunch of boxes. When they reached him, he was talking into a radio. When he hung up, he picked out four outfits that were basically what they were wearing at that moment, only orange and white.

"Undress." Mr. Sir said. Nina's eyes grew wide and she edged herself to get her clothes and speak to Mr. Sir.

"Uh... I can't change out of these clothes." Nina said. "I need them." Mr. Sir glared at her.

"You will get into that outfit, now." Mr. Sir said. "This is a desert, not a girl scout camp."

"Fine." Nina said. "Uh, is there any place for me to, you know..." Mr. Sir pointed towards a door that had a broken window on top of it. Nina nodded her head and quickly went behind it.

"You will receive two suits, one for work, the other for relaxation. When your work clothes become dirty, then your relaxation becomes your work clothes." Mr. Sir said. "You will have to dig one hole each day. Five feet deep, five feet in diameter. Your shovel will be your measuring stick." Nina then heard someone fall to the ground. "You'll also have to beware of scorpions, and rattlesnakes." Everyone stopped in their tracks when they heard that word.

"Rattlesnakes?" Stanley said

"You don't bother them, they wont bother you. Being bit by a rattler isn't the worst thing that can happen. You will live, hopefully." Mr. Sir said, before spitting out a sunflower seed. "But you don't wanna get bit by a yellow spotted lizard, that is the worst thing that can happen. You will die a horrible, slow, painful death." Nina opened the door to reveal her fully clothed self. She was wearing a white T-Shirt with an orange vest on top of it. Her pants went down to her knees and were orange as well. But there a couple things thsat remained the same.

"The gloves and ribbon stay." Nina said

"Fine. But the jewelry stays here." Mr. Sir said. Donald, Goofy and Nina gasped as she reached for the crown.

"Are you sure I can't have it? It's my dad's you see, so is it possible..." Nina said

"No. Now hand it over." Mr. Sir said, holding out his hand for the pendant. Nina carefully took it off and placed it into Mr. Sir's hand. Then, a guy with a weird sense of stlye and a blob of sunscreen lotion on his nose came in.

"Goofy, Donald, Janine, Stanley Yealnats, You might be a bad group but that does not mean you're all bad people. I respect that." the man said

"It's Nina." Nina muttered, but the guy kept talking.

"I'm Dr. Pendenski, your camp counselor."

"You start that touchy feely junk and I'm outta here." Mr. Sir said, and with that he left.