And now, for something very light and jolly for the readers! Ah, Disney Town. Minigames to do, and colorful characters. (sighs) Anyway, when it came to my OC, I really wanted to think of something different for her, so I thought: what better way to do it than to help out Daisy with gardening? Plus, I had a hard time figuring out what kind of ice cream Luna should get. It took a lot of thinking, until I realized that I've been using the moonflower for her flora for quite a while, so...why not? Anyways, I'm rambling. Enjoy!

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Chapter 10 – Disney Town

When Luna and Ventus left Radiant Garden, it turned into a race to see who can find the place; and when they both managed to locate that world, it changed into a race to see who can land on that world first, which ended in a draw. All the same, when they arrived, they were in awe at the colorful, cheery-looking town's festive look, almost as if there's a carnival going on. Luna could see concession stands scattered around the square, and a stage that seems like it would be used to call meetings and things like that. There were signs that read funny things like 'Fruitball' and 'Moo-sic Stage', and there were wide arrays of decorations – from ribbons to balloons - lining above the corners of the houses and shops that made everything so bright and appealing for children.

"What d'ya think we can do here?" Luna asked excitedly.

"I don't know, Luna," Ventus replied with equal curiosity, "Let's have a look around and find out."

But the moment the two entered the main plaza, something tall, huge and chubby dropped down out of nowhere, dressed in a comical white and orange superhero outfit of some sort. Luna screamed in fright, and ran to hide behind a baffled Ventus, who could only pat her head to try and comfort her.

"Wearin' the mask of peace and hope, comes the fearless defender and hero of this town! It is me – Captain Justice!"

Despite the loony performance the big guy was giving them during his speech, neither Luna nor Ventus had a clue on what to say or what to do. Luna simply kept holding on to Ven like a safety line.

"Young fellow and little child, do my hero-senses detect that you guys got troubles?" Captain Justice asked as he approached them. "Just say the word, and Captain Justice will make all your troubles disappear!"

"You scared us! That's what's wrong!" Luna shouted.

"We're just trying to make some friends…" Ventus started to speak, but stopped and changed his mind. "Never mind, forget it."

"Don't be intimidated by me magnificence," the Captain insisted, "Go on and spit it out. And remember to vote Captain J."

"Vote?" the two asked at the same time.

The moment they asked, Captain J suddenly changed the subject. "Oh! Well, forget that. How can I help? That's the only reason I'm here."

"Well, then…tell me about your town," Ventus replied, "Everything's so festive. Is it always like this?"

Captain J was quite baffled at that. "Huh? That's it – nothin' else? Well, the festivities are on account of the Dream Festival – which is why I've made sure there's carnival stuff all over town."

"Like what?" Luna asked.

"Ho, ho, you gotta see it for yourself," the Captain replied as he walked away, "Wouldn't be much of a dream if I told ya."

"Okay. Thanks." Ventus said as he got the point.

"And, kids, don't you both go forgettin' that Captain Justice is the one who solved all your problems," Captain J told them.

"Uh, sure…thanks, Captain Justice." Ventus said hesitantly.

But then, they heard a young duck-like voice from afar, fretting about being unable to open an ice cream shop. The distress apparently perked the interest of the chubby guy and prompted him to run off to inspect the problem. However, Luna and Ventus remained where they are for a moment, trying to wrap their heads around what had happened, and what to do while they're in town.

"What're you gonna do, Ven?" Luna asked.

"Well…I'm gonna go see what trouble there is by the stage," Ventus replied, "Can you wait by the pavilion for a little bit?"

"Okay."

While Ventus ran over to the scene of the trouble, Luna started to walk over to the pavilion until she saw an anthropomorphic female duck in a noble purple dress walking down a street with a small pot of flowers on hand. Her curiosity getting the better of her, she began to follow the duck to another plaza until she stopped in awe at the sight of the wide variety of flowers all neatly arranged in pots and vases; that is, until she noticed that there's another set of flowers in need of arrangements as well. Upon closer inspection, though, she realized that the other set of flowers in need of arrangement was none other than the moonflowers. Just the sight of them almost reminded her of her garden filled with the nocturnal flora.

"Oh, dear, I just don't know what to do with those other flowers," the duck sighed sadly as she looked at every plant, "Someone told me they would be very beautiful for the Garden Gallery, but I don't even know what they are or what to do with them…"

At that point, Luna felt rather sorry about it, and decided to step in to find out what she can do to help.

"I can tell you what those flowers you got are, if you want," Luna offered.

When she suddenly spoke up, the duck turned around to see her coming over. That was when Luna suddenly became shy and stopped where she is.

"Oh? Did you say something, my dear?" the female duck asked.

"Um…I just, uh, saw you having a problem," Luna replied, "and I…um…thought you needed help."

"Well, I certainly could use a little help right now. You see, I have just received a batch of unique flowers that I've never seen before," the female duck explained, "but for some reason, they aren't blooming like the rest of the flowers I already arranged. But…now that I think about it, I didn't even bother trying to identify what they are. Would you happen to know what these unusual floral are?"

Luna walked over to the stall, and took a closer look at the closed up flowers. Closer inspection of the moonflowers – from the petal colors to the size – showed her that there were two varieties, and all of them are not opening up as they should. In fact, she found that some of the flowers were a magnificent white while others were either tinged with yellow or were a cerulean blue in color, which made her bubble up some kind of idea in her head.

"Well, these are moonflowers. And the one problem you're having is that these flowers need dark places in order to open their petals," Luna said as she showed the troubled lady the structure of the plants, "If you want to see their full beauty, they need something to shade them."

She watched as the lady duck rubbed her lower beak thoughtfully. "So, that's why I had trouble getting the flowers to bloom. I suppose what has to be done now is figure out how to arrange the moonflowers for the Garden Gallery. Do you have any ideas?"

Luna paused for a moment, and scratched her head at that. From what she saw, the moonflowers at her disposal had a nice diversity of colors that could easily make an impression of the moon…the moon! One idea led to another, as she recalled reading about some kind of pattern that moons do called 'phases', and thought about how she could arrange the flowers to do just that.

"How about we have the flowers set up like the moon and follow its pattern?" Luna suggested eagerly, "And while we're at it, we can find something that can surround the flowers with the right amount of shade."

"That's a splendid idea, my dear!" the lady duck explained, "Please, see what you can do with the flowers while I go look for the means to shade them, like you said."

While the lady duck went away for the moment, Luna focused her attention to the moonflowers and began to carefully arrange each flower in accordance to the visual image she had in mind. Once in a while, she would use her Shadow Hands to hold onto the leftovers until she can find a way to fit all the potted plants into their respective positions, and even then, she managed to pull off her visual creation very effectively. By the time she was done with all the pots and flowers, she marveled at the work she had done by herself.

"Wow-whee, Luna, I never knew you were one hell of a gardener," Medea said from in the shadow.

"Well, I grew moonflowers back home ever since I discovered them," Luna told her, "They became my favorite flowers since then…so much that my brother would call me 'Moonflower' out of affection sometimes."

"Is that so? Well, let's see what you came up with."

In an instant, Medea emerged from Luna's shadow and looked over her shoulder to see what work had been done. Even the Guardian was utterly impressed when she saw the phasing pattern in each of the large flower pots, all neatly set to look like the moon.

"Huh…I never would've imagined that you'd know your way around moonflowers like this, hon," Medea admitted, "But you did say that they've been your favorites for a long time, so I guess I can see why you'd do stuff like this. How should I know, though? I've been asleep until recently."

"Oh? You finished the arrangements already?"

Luna and Medea turned around to find she had returned with a few miniature umbrellas in hand, one for each pot. They watched as her eyes diverted towards the flowers, and was amazed at how nicely arranged every single moonflower was.

"Oh, my, I've never seen such a lovely pattern like this!" she exclaimed happily as she put the umbrellas in their places, "This will do quite nicely for the Garden Gallery." She turned to Luna with a smile on her beak. "Thank you very much for your help, Miss…oh, how rude of me! I never asked your name, my dear."

"I'm Luna, ma'am," Luna replied. "And you are…?"

"My name's Daisy. I'm a friend of Queen Minnie," Daisy introduced herself. "And who's your friend?"

Luna looked over to her Guardian. "Her name's Medea. She's my Shadow Guardian."

"What's up?" Medea said casually. Then, she turned to Luna. "Hey, girl, it's nice that you found a friend and all, but don't ya think you oughta be looking for Ventus right about now? He's probably wondering where the hell you disappeared to and looking for ya, y'know."

Luna gasped in shock when she realized what she had done. "Oh, what am I gonna do? Ven's gonna be mad at me for wandering off when I shouldn't have! What do I say to him?!"

"Oh, don't you worry, Luna. We'll go look for him together," Daisy reassured her sweetly, "and we can explain to him what you were doing."

Luckily for them, they didn't have to start looking too far; in fact, they heard distinct voices coming their way. One of the voices came from a fretting Ventus, who was obviously worrying about Luna's safety every two seconds; another was a high-pitched feminine voice reassuring him that his friend is alright and that one of their townsfolk might've found her by now. Sure enough, she got to see Ventus approaching the Garden Gallery with a royally dressed female mouse next to him. When he finally saw her, Luna was quite sure that he had both a relieved and overprotective look on his face.

"Luna! There you are!" he cried out, "You nearly gave me a heart attack when I found that you weren't waiting at the pavilion! Your brother would kill me if anything happened to you on my watch!"

Luna hung her head shamefully. "Sorry, Ven. I didn't mean to wander off…"

"Oh, young man, it's quite alright," Daisy stepped in to explain, "You see, this sweet little lady helped me finish the flower arrangements for the Garden Gallery. I never knew that the newest batch of flowers I was given were actually moonflowers, and she created the most beautiful masterpiece I've ever seen. If she hadn't followed me here, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet Luna and her friend Medea."

That was when the mouse came over to Luna and smiled her. Because of how friendly and heartwarming it was, Luna couldn't help but smile back.

"That was very kind of you, Luna," she said cheerfully, "And it's a pleasure to meet you. My name's Minnie."

"Hi, Minnie," Luna replied. She looked up at Ventus. "So, where's the creepy, chubby guy?"

"Ah…about that, Luna: remember that 'Captain Justice' guy?" Ventus asked her, prompting to nod her head, "Well, I was told that the guy was actually someone called Pete, and that he's a troublemaker. It turns out that he was using that getup in order to win votes for something called the Million Dreams Award."

Medea tilted her head with a baffled face. "Aaaaaand…what's the Million Dreams Award, kiddo?"

"It's a part of the Dream Festival events, in which everyone votes for whoever is the most exemplary citizen," Minnie replied, "The festival helps us show how much we look out for each other every day. That's its true purpose, after all."

"That sounds like something nice," Luna agreed.

"Well, if I was to have a say on this, then I believe Luna deserves my vote," Daisy said as she put her hand on Luna's shoulder, "for her kindness and her helping hand."

Luna blushed deeply as she heard this. "Um…thanks."

Medea sighed deeply. "Sometimes you just don't figure out how popular you get with the people you meet…"

Later on, after the matter was settled down, everybody gathered by the stage at the main plaza, excited to find out who's going to be the winner of the Million Dreams Award. Luna stood next to Ventus and held his hand tightly, while Medea simply stood right behind her and looked around at the crowd. Some of the citizens were asking amongst themselves who the winner is going to be, and a few actually confess their hopes that either they or other people they voted for would be able to win the award. Then, at just the right time, Minnie came up on the stage with Daisy by her side.

"Hello, everyone, and thank you for waiting," she said sweetly, "Now, it's time for the main event of the Dream Festival – the Million Dreams Award presentation."

Luna looked behind her to see Pete standing in the shade, proudly gloating at himself.

"Just skip to the part where you say my name. This is a shoo-in!" he said to himself.

Luna scowled at him, and turned back to the stage. There's no way he's gonna get the prize with that kind of behavior, she thought.

"Oh, this is very exciting!" Minnie continued her announcement, "This year, we have multiple winners. The Million Dreams Award goes to…Ventus, Luna, Aqua, and Terra: all four of you!"

Instantly, there was a bunch of whooping and cheering steered in the direction of Ventus and Luna. The two of them looked around with surprised faces, while Medea simply shook her head at how easily stunned they were at their names being announced.

"Huh? We won?" Ventus asked.

"Big Brother was here, too?" Luna added in shock.

Just then, Pete suddenly came storming past the two to make a protest, almost making fall over on her rear if she weren't still holding onto to Ventus's hand. Everybody watched as Pete ran onto the stage to confront Queen Minnie.

"There's gotta be a mistake. Everybody voted for Captain Justice. I made sure!" Pete objected, "Now, go on, tell her!"

But nobody said a word in defense of Pete; in fact, nobody made any movement to support the big bully. Ventus folded his arms with an emotionless face while Luna stuck her tongue out at him in spite, completely rejecting him. This got Pete frustrated, but he wasn't giving up just yet.

"Gotta try the other one…" he muttered to himself.

Everybody watched as Pete ran behind the right stage curtain one moment, and then come out in a goofy black, purple, and pink outfit with a purple cape.

"The rogue racer, Captain Dark!" he announced in yet another comical pose.

But that didn't help him out either; everybody in the crowd either turned to face away from him, or would act like they're doing something else. Ventus put his hands behind his head and let his eyes wander off like he's bored out of his mind, while Luna put her hands on her hips and turned her head away with a haughty look; Medea did the same thing, but she turned her head in the opposite direction.

"Pete, we counted the votes very carefully. Ventus, Luna, Aqua, and Terra won," Minnie told him, "Oh, Pete, I know you tried to do something good, but you were doing it for the wrong reasons, and you went about 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."

But Pete didn't even care about that. "Big whoop!" he said arrogantly, "I don't need their lousy votes. Just cough up my prize!"

"Pete!" Minnie shouted with evident fury in her voice. "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 you for the things you've done, but this is too much. You have finally crossed the line!"

"Like that matters to me. What're you gonna do about it?" Pete said foolishly.

"Ha! I'm going to let you cool off for a while. Guards!" the queen called.

Luna turned to see a group of walking broomsticks marching over to the stage in a line, loyally following the queen's orders. She then watched as the broomsticks circled around Pete, lifted him off his feet, and began to carry him out of the town to parts unknown.

"Wow. I never knew brooms could do that," Medea said with a raised brow, since she saw the whole thing, too.

"At least we don't have to see that big bumbling bully ever again," Luna added in relief.

"I hope not," Ventus agreed.

Once everybody saw that the big bully Pete was gone for good, all the townsfolk turned around back to the stage, eager to see the presentation go on.

"Now, shall we continue the ceremony?" Minnie said, resuming her normal friendly voice, "Will the four winners, Ventus, Luna, Aqua, and Terra, please come up and join me on the stage?"

When they heard their names being called, Luna followed Ventus onto the stage while holding on to his hand most of the way; Medea chose to stay with the crowd and watch them get their well-deserved reward. Minnie did one last look towards the crowd, but couldn't find the others.

"Oh, dear, it looks like our other two winners couldn't make it here to be with us today," she said with a sigh.

Luna's head dropped sadly at this. "I was hoping to see Big Brother…"

"They probably already left," Ventus speculated, "Don't worry. You still got me for now."

They turned to Minnie and Daisy to hear what the queen has to say.

"Perhaps you both would accept the award on their behalf," she suggested, "You've been so kind to so many people 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!"

Then, all of the Disney townsfolk burst into whoops and cheers for Luna and Ventus with great excitement. Medea just stood there, gave a small smile, and clapped in approval towards the two (she figured it was the least she could do). Luna couldn't help but blush a bright red, and clung tightly to Ventus's pants, making him pat her head in reassurance. But then, her attention was reeled back in when she saw Minnie and Daisy holding two exotically designed ice creams meant for the both of them.

"And as an extra treat, we've created something special," Minnie continued, "an ice cream flavor for the both of you: Double Crunch ice cream and Blue Moon Flower ice cream."

Luna's Blue Moon Flower was a large scoop of blue ice cream on top of several blue petal-shaped wafers, topped by a silvery crescent moon-shaped cookie and icing shaped like a bat wing and an angel wing on each side below the cookie; the whole ice cream was held in a glass bowl fit for a child's hands.

Ventus's Double Crunch had a scoop of pink ice cream on top of a big red berry with two white circles in it and was surrounded by three different fruits, decorated by two key-shaped cookies and topped by two chocolate ears with a cute golden crown on top; the whole thing was neatly arranged in an edible waffle bowl.

Luna gratefully took her ice cream from Daisy while Ventus took his from Queen Minnie. All the townsfolk watched eagerly as the two looked at their ice creams in fascination for a moment or so, and then took a bite into it to find out what it's like. The moment Luna got her bit of ice cream into her mouth, she could've sworn that she felt a strongly sweet taste sink deep into her tongue and almost send her on cloud nine; but she managed to keep herself in control with the mental reminder to thank the queen for the treat.

"What do you think?" the queen asked.

"It's so yummy!" Luna replied jovially. "Thanks, Minnie."

"It's great. Thanks!" Ventus agreed with a bright smile.

Minnie giggled with ecstasy at this. "We're all very glad you enjoyed it."

Another cheer came out from the crowd until things finally settled down, and everybody resumed their activities at the Dream Festival. On the part of Luna and Ventus, they decided to stick around for a little while and have a little fun; Luna got to show Ventus the Garden Gallery where they got to see the moonflowers blooming under the shade of the mini umbrellas, and Ventus got to teach her how to use the ice cream machine with mixed results since she was too short to reach some of the keys.

However, there did come a point where Luna had an urge to continue exploring what other worlds she can find; even Medea is well aware of it, since she did sink back into Luna's shadow as a warning they'll have to leave. The way she could tell was that her Teleport Brace had begun to release flickers of glowing red light; but how is she going to be able to leave the town without Ventus's suspicion too much?

"Hey, Ven, I'm gonna go look for Aqua and Big Brother," Luna told him, "I wanna see where they might've gone next."

"Are you sure you'll be alright on your own?" Ventus asked, still protective of her after the incident.

"I'll be okay; Ven. I have Medea, remember?" Luna reminded to him confidently.

He sighed when he recalled how her Guardian always stuck around her. "Alright, Luna, you win. Just promise me that you won't do anything reckless, for my sake and Terra's."

"Okay, Ven."

While Ventus went back into town to explore the streets a little longer, Luna took advantage of this and slipped away from the plaza, allowing the Brace to activate and carry her off to another world via red barrier. As she sailed away from Disney Town, she couldn't help but wonder where her brother or Aqua had arrived at this time.