It has been sooooooo long since I updated this fic. I am so sorry. I've been incredibly distracted by work, Mob Psycho 100, and Kingdom Hearts 3. I know this is no excuse for not updating this fic, but since I finally finished the game, I have more motivation to get back to work on this fic :). Also, if you haven't noticed, the fic has a new cover...a commission that I asked for for this fic. While I am sad that I am replacing MaksmoNero's great cover fanart, I am happy that the commission was finished. I hope everyone likes it! And if the website cuts part of the pic off then it is on my tumblr if you want to see the whole thing ^^ Also MaksmoNero thank you for drawing the previous cover and letting me use it for the fic up until now :)
I do not own Total Drama or Kingdom Hearts, their respective owners own them.
Chapter 12: Olympus Coliseum Pt I
"So let me get this straight, some person named Maleficent is the one who has tricked our friends, and enemies, from Total Drama into thinking that they can return our world by doing whatever they are doing? And Alejandro is aware of this, but is keeping quiet so that he can keep his powers?" Gwen questioned Cody from her seat on the Gummi Ship.
"From what I could gather inbetween Alejandro's constant attacks and taunts, then yeah..." Cody sighed as he stared down at the floor. Bridgette glanced back at him over her shoulder with concern before facing forward. Cody had been teaching her the controls for the Gummi Ship so that they would not have to rely solely on him to navigate their way from world to world.
"That irritating...ugh! Great so now what? We let anyone else that we encounter who happens to be on their side know about this?" Gwen questioned Cody and the others. Cody shrugged at first as he pushed himself up and out of his seat.
"I want to say yes, but I am not sure that they will even believe us. We could try, but we have no evidence that proves they are being tricked," Cody muttered as he walked towards the corridor of the Gummi Ship that lead to their bedrooms. "If we run into anyone else, we need to tell them the truth. Even though they might not believe us at first, what we tell them might stay in their head and cause them to question their actions. This might get them to finally come to their senses."
Turning back to give the girls one last smile, he walks off to his room with Tinkerbell in tow. As soon as the girls heard his door open and close, they all begin talking amongst themselves.
"While I agree with Cody, I have a feeling that just talking with them will not be enough. I doubt Heather will believe us, same with Courtney especially if I am the one who tells her. We need to be ready to fight our friends from Total Drama should it come down to it," Gwen told Bridgette and Lindsay, both of which just looked away with sad looks in their eyes. They didn't want to fight their friends.
"I hope Beth isn't one of them," Lindsay sadly mutters to herself as she pulled out her cell phone and began to look at the selfies she took with Beth.
"Hopefully, DJ and LeShawna aren't with them, I couldn't find it in me to fight them," Bridgette mentioned as she piloted the ship.
In the back seat, Gwen looked down at her sketch book that she had pulled out and began drawing with a small frown on her face. "Duncan...you better not be with them."
Gummi Ship - Cody's room
Cody sighed as he relaxed on his bed. Tinkerbell was sleeping in her makeshift bed on his dresser. Thinking back to their battle with Alejandro, Cody let out another sigh before pulling out a small Ladybug charm that they had collected after locking the Keyhole under the Eiffel Tower. He inspected the charm and searched for any magical properties or uses for it, but he sadly could not find any.
"Maybe it's just a collectible keychain? Then again, it did appear after I closed the world's Keyhole so maybe it is used for something else? I'll ask Leon next time I see him," Cody whispered before placing it in the room's drawer. Nodding to himself, he closed his eyes and got ready to go to sleep before wincing as he felt something digging into his back. Reaching behind him, he felt something hard and spherical digging into his back.
Grabbing it, he pulled it out and saw it was some glowing rock with the symbol of...was that a sunflower? No...it looked like a badge of sorts. What was this...and where did it even come from? Wait a minute, didn't Tinkerbell fly off for a moment back in Wonderland? Maybe she grabbed it. But what is it?
"I really need to get in contact with Cid so I can ask him about this stuff that we're collecting," Cody muttered under his breath before gently placing the rock on the desk near his bed. Closing his eyes once again, he yawned happily as he drifted off to sleep.
While he slept, he shifted around until his hand finally shifted off the bed and hung limply. The rock on the desk began glowing brighter and brighter as small particles of magic poured from Cody's fingertips and into the rock. The lines that made the sunflower symbol began to illuminate brighter and brighter before a small clicking sound was heard. Afterwards, a faint voice echoed across the room before fading away. And with that, the room fell into darkness, excluding the small light that always surrounded Tinkerbell.
Soft snores filled the room as Cody finally rested after two worlds of action filled chaos and Total Drama reunions. As the young keyblade wielder slept, he was not aware of what was to come in his future.
Olympus Coliseum - Coliseum Gates
Cody and the girls all yawned as they slowly stepped through two large gate doors that opened to reveal the outside of what looked to be a gladiator arena of sorts. The two large statues of men dressed in warrior garbs with swords drawn definitely helped to make this distinction for the four of them. Taking a few more steps, Cody bent down to help stretch his muscles out while Gwen was stretching her arms. Bridgette was bent down to help stretch the muscles in her legs out and Lindsay stretched her back muscles out.
"Is it just me, or are you all exhausted to?" Cody asked the girls as he turned around to face them.
"No, I'm feeling it to. That fight with Alejandro back in the last world really wore me down," Gwen groaned as she continued stretching her muscles.
"Tell me about it. I really hope we can avoid fighting another dragon for awhile. I'm too tired to fight any other large monsters," Bridgette stated as she slowly pushed herself back up to her feet. Lindsay nodded her head as she finally heard a pop in her back from her stretch.
"Alphonso was really awful to fight. I hope we can get a break while we are here," Lindsay pouted slightly as she rubbed the soreness in her arms. Cody mentally agreed with all three of them as he let himself fall back and sit down on the ground. His magic reserves were still low from his fights in Paris and his muscles were practically screaming at him to take a break from all the fighting.
"I guess this is what I get for barely ever exercising back home. Then again," Cody glanced over at the exhausted Bridgette, "Bridgette is also exhausted, and she's an actual athlete. So I guess I'm doing better than I should be."
Sighing, he looked up and saw the bright blue sky. The only sounds he could hear were the mutterings of someone from inside the arena and what sort of sounded like a swooshing sound coming from the gates that they came in through. While tempted to check, he really didn't want to at the moment. Falling back to relax on the ground, he saw Gwen's skirt press against the ground on his left and Bridgette's white pants on his right.
"Sooo...break time everyone?" Cody asked everyone as they all relaxed on the ground. All he heard were 'yeps' followed by several sighs as they fell backwards to relax on the ground with him. Cody felt his hood move around as Tinkerbell shifted around before flying up and relaxing on his chest. Bringing his hand up, he gently lied it over top of her and closed his eyes to enjoy the peace and quiet that was currently filling the air.
Sadly, this lasted only thirty minutes before loud shouting disrupted their break.
"What are you brats doing?! This is where all the Coliseum's audience enters from. You're going to get in everyone's way when the tournament starts!" an angry man's voice yelled at them. Cody sighed as he opened his eyes and pushed himself upwards just enough to make out a silhouette of a short man...with goat horns...and a goat bottom half...? Were they in some Greek Mythology world?
His thoughts ended as Gwen's scythe suddenly shot out from beside him and continued its trajectory until it impaled the wall next to the man's head causing him to shriek in fright.
"Stop talking or else, I'll attack you," Gwen sleepily threatened him as her hand was still extended into the air while her eyes were closed. The man looked back at her with a scared, yet furious face.
"Say that before throwing a scythe at me! You crazy girl!" the man angrily yelled back only to shut up as the scythe reappeared in Gwen's hand. Cody just chuckled as he rose all the way up into a sitting position while holding a tired Tinkerbell with his hand. Looking back at his ticked off, yet tired friend(s)(apparently Bridgette was also about to threaten the man if the sai in her hand was any indication), Cody rose up to his feet and placed Tinkerbell into his side pouch on his right side.
Walking over to the scared man, well satyr, Cody's face turned into an embarrassed grin. "Sorry about that sir. My friends and I have had a stressful last couple of days. Can we leave them here to rest for now please? They really need it," Cody asked the man while bending down to look at him in the eyes.
The man looked back at him with a frown before sighing.
"Fine, the tournament does not start for a couple more hours anyway. But, come ten til, I have two words for your friends. 'They are outta here!'" the satyr exclaimed while pointing behind his back to complete the gesture which caused Cody to sigh in relief as he did not want to deal with a tired Gwen right now. "I'm Phil, by the way, Philoctetes."
Cody smiled as he held out his hand for the man to shake. "I'm Cody, it's nice to meet you Phil. So...my friends and I are rather new around here. What is this place exactly? A fighting arena?" Cody questioned Phil who stopped before he could shake Cody's hand and looked at him in shock.
"You don't know what the Olympus Coliseum is kid?! Where have you been living all your life? Under a rock?!" Phil shouted at Cody in shock which caused him to chuckle nervously as he scratched the back of his head and looked away. Seeing this, Phil sighed and placed his fists on his hips. "Fine, I will give you the run down. This here is the Olympus Coliseum. The arena where all of Greece's strongest warriors and heroes fight! The current hero who is making a name for himself inside is Hercules, son of Zeus!"
Cody's eyes widened at this information. He remembers reading about Hercules back in his world, but that was just mythology, it wasn't real. This world though...mythology was real...meaning...
"Hey, how does one go about getting into the tournament today?" Cody suddenly questioned Phil who hopped back in surprise at the sudden excitement that Cody was showing. This lasted a few moments though as he fell to the ground laughing while holding his sides. Cody glared at him as he started this. "What's so funny?"
"Hahaha! Sorry kid!...It's just...ghhhrk...you! You want to be in this tournament?! You're a shrimp!" Phil continued laughing while Cody frowned and crossed his arms in anger. While it was true that he hasn't gained any height or musculature since his journey began, he did not want to be reminded of it.
Seeing that Phil wasn't going to shut up, Cody summoned his keyblade and smashed it into the ground which caused Phil to gasp and shoot to his feet. "I do not care what you think about my appearance. Have you never heard the saying, 'Don't judge a book by its cover?' I have a weapon and am willing to fight. Just tell me the requirements needed to enter," Cody told Phil who rose back up and looked Cody in the eyes. He stared at the tech geek for a few moments before a small smile grace his face.
"Well this is a surprise. Maybe you have a shot in this tournament after all kid, you just need to pass the qualifying rounds to enter the actual tournament or cup as we like to title our tournaments here. So are your friends going to help?" Phil asked Cody who stopped for a second and looked back at his friends. Looking down, he was about to say no only to stop as a hand fell down on his right shoulder.
"Of course we're helping. Right Cody?" Bridgette kindly stated as she smiled at Cody who looked back at her with a sheepish look only to freeze as a much tighter grip came down on his left shoulder. Slowly turning his head around, he smiled sheepishly at the frown on Gwen's face.
"You aren't thinking about entering a tournament without us, are you Cody?" Cody chuckled slightly only to wince as her grip tightened. That ended though as Lindsay rushed up behind him and hugged him tightly.
"Yes! Lets win this thing, Cody!" Lindsay happily declared while throwing one of her hands out. This earned a small laugh from Cody. Nodding his head, he summoned his keyblade while his friends proceeded to summon their own weapons. Looking down at Phil, Cody answered.
"Show us to the ring."
Olympus Coliseum - The Coliseum
Cody, Gwen, Bridgette and Lindsay all stood on one side of the ring as a horde of heartless faced them from the opposite side. Their eyebrows all simultaneously twitched as their anger rose.
"Seriously, we take a break from fighting heartless and decide to enter a tournament since it seemed logical that we'd be fighting warriors from Greece. Only for the competitors to be Heartless! What kind of luck do we have?!" Gwen angrily shouted as she fumed.
"I know right, we haven't done anything bad recently...have we?" Cody asked the others as he turned back to face them. Bridgette and Lindsay shook their heads while Gwen began to do the same only to pause for a second as something seemed to flash to her mind before slowly shaking her head no as well. Cody saw this, but he stayed silent as he knew this wasn't the right moment to bring it up.
Turning back around to the group of Heartless, Cody got into his fighting position as his keyblade flashed into his hands. Bridgette sighed as her sais flashed into her hands and Lindsay held out her hand to summon her spell book,
Nodding his head, Cody rushed forward at the four Shadow Heartless that sat at the front of the group. Sliding pass one Shadow, he sliced through the only standing Shadow Heartless that resulted in it erupting into particles of darkness. Looking down at the ring floor, he saw the other Shadow Heartlesses had sunken down into their 2D forms to keep themselves from being hit. Sighing, Cody held his position as he waited for his moment to strike.
Gwen blocked a spinning strike from one of the Soldier Heartlesses. The second she spotted it's recoil, she quickly countered it and sliced upwards to cut it in half. It seemed to have worked, but her scythe's blade wasn't able to penetrate its defenses well enough to cut it in two.
Letting out a 'tch,' Gwen spun her scythe around as she blocked a strike from another Soldier behind her while sending the one in front flying with a strong kick. Backflipping, Gwen impaled the heartless with her scythe and sent it flying as she brought the scythe up and over her head.
Reacting quickly, Lindsay shot out her hand and shouted 'Thunder!' that was followed up by two lightning strikes from above coming down on the two Soldiers and destroying them. Flashing Gwen a thumbs up, she turned back around to watch out for anymore openings that she could exploit.
Bridgette was having the most fun as she found herself against her Heartless archenemy, the Large Body. Bridgette dodged the slow swipes the Heartless tried to hit her with and proceeded to kick it in its head which sent it rolling across the ring and into the Shadow Heartlesses that had just risen from the ground. Before Cody could react, Bridgette reappeared in front of him in a burst of speed and kicked the Large Body again to send it rolling across the ring again.
Seeing the smile on his friend's face, Cody nervously asked, "Bridgette...are...are you alright? You seem to be enjoying this a little too much...You don't still have a grudge against the Large Body Heartless from Wonderland do you?"
Bridgette just turned and gave him a large smile, "Of course not," before chasing after the Large Body. Cody laughed nervously at this before looking around to see if there was any other Heartless to fight.
Watching from the side of the ring, Phil's eyes were wide as he watched the young teenagers easily defeat monsters that some of the strongest warriors in Thebes couldn't even hurt. Bringing his hand up to his chin, Phil began thinking before smiling.
"If they can defeat 'that' competitor and get to the showdown with Herc than that would be great exposure for him! Winning a match against the teens that defeated the insanely strong swordsman? That would be perfect! That's it! I'm taking these kids all the way to the top! Better go fill Herc in while they are busy," Phil smiled as he walked off to go and find his trainee/Coliseum champion to tell him about the strong teens that he came across.
Watching from the sidelines, a tall figure with a flame scalp frowned as he watched the teens fight. "Great, key boy and his friends are here. If I do not get them out of the way, then my plan to get rid of Wonderboy could fall apart...great. I wonder if one of her little stooges are free right now. Maybe they could help," the figure disappeared in a cloud of smoke and ash.
And chapter is over! Do not worry! I have already began plans for the next chapter! And this world will have more parts than just three unlike the other worlds since like in the game, I plan to have them return to compete in cups.
Now I'm sure some of you can guess what that stone Cody has is, but I bet you can't guess who comes out of it. Here's a hint, 'He' is from a video game and has been in one fighting game and one tactical RPG. Plus, he's a Capcom character. He will show up in this world either in the next part, or the following chapter. I'm still not positive yet.
I hope you all liked the chapter, and I'm sorry it took forever to finally come back to, but I'm hoping to update it sooner than this time. Also, I promise that the next chapter will be much longer than this one, and hopefully much better.
Also, I'm thinking about adding another girl to the harem, but it won't be until Total Drama Hearts 2 (the KH2 equivalent). I will lay the groundwork for her by the end of this fic though so give me suggestions. And yes, they can be from Revenge of the Island, Pahkitew Island, and possibly Ridonculous Race (possibly on this one, still not entirely sure as it wasn't my favorite addition to the TD series). It has to be one girl and from the TD series. No other world girls, sorry.
Once again, I'd like to think MaksmoNero for their fanart cover for the fic that I have used all this time. I hope to see more fanart from them in the future :) and possibly even from others. If anyone ever does make fanart of the fic, please tell me :)
Harem: Bridgette, Lindsay, Gwen, Courtney, Heather
TD Villains: Courtney, Duncan, Alejandro, WIP
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