Chapter 14: Disney Town
A/N: Hey everyone! It looks like we're nearing the end of this story. Just two more worlds before everything changes forever for Lumen. Will it be good, or will it be bad?
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts; I just own my oc's.
I also don't own the rights to the song that's used in this chapter.
Enjoy!
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Lumen's heart was flipping all over the place. She couldn't wrap her mind over the fact that Terra proposed to her and that she said yes. It was what she always wanted, but she wished that it had been done differently. She gave Terra a warning that if he used the darkness in his heart, she would break off the engagement and would refuse to marry him.
She never wanted that. She loved Terra and wanted to be with him. But if he was going to allow the darkness to consume his heart, she would have none of that. She would rather die than to see her fiancé suffer because of the darkness.
She pushed her glider alone the lanes in between each world. She wanted to get this mission over with so she could go home and have things go back to the way they were. That and so she could break the news to her father that she had been secretly dating one of his students for a couple years now and was going to marry him.
She chuckled a little as she thought of her father's expression.
"I just hope he doesn't kill Terra when he finds out" she thought.
/
Everything was so colorful when Lumen stepped on her next world. There seemed to be a celebration going on with all the decorations that were covering the town.
The young keyblade wielder admired the scenery. It wasn't as pretty as Radiant Garden, but it gave off such a warm, positive vibe.
"It sure is pretty here" she said.
"I wonder what's going on?"
She slowly made her way around the town and watched as people set up stands for games or added more decorations to certain areas.
She headed towards the Town Square, where a castle stood off in the distance. It seemed the positive vibes were coming from behind the walls, spreading its powers to everyone in town.
Lumen smirked.
"I bet Ven would love coming here" she said.
"He just loves things that deal with having fun"
She spotted an ice cream vendor and suddenly got a craving for it. After having Scrooge's sea salt ice cream, she started having a craving for the frozen treat.
"I hope they have some" she said.
"Or at least anything just as sweet"
As she was heading towards the vendor, someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere and scared her.
It was a giant cat wearing a white and orange superhero outfit.
"Ta da!" he cried.
"Wearin' the mask of peace and hope…comes the fearless defender and hero of this town! It is me-Captain Justice!"
Lumen tilted her head to the side in confusion. Just who in the world was this guy? His appearance and speech were so random that it totally threw her off.
"Huh?"
Captain Justice pouted when he didn't get the reaction that he was looking for.
"What? Never seen a superhero before?"
Lumen just spun on her heel and started walking. This guy was freaking and had seen her fair share of freaks.
Captain Justice stomped his foot in frustration.
"Wha-now listen, you pipsqueak" he ordered.
"I'm Captain Justice!"
Lumen stopped and gave him an annoyed look.
"I can see that" she said.
"But I'm busy"
Captain Justice just struck a pose.
"Who are you to walk away whenst a bona fide hero is offering to help a damsel in distress?" he asked.
Lumen just scoffed.
Did she look like she needed help?
"I appreciate the offer, but I'm fine" she said.
"I'm not some 'damsel in distress' that needs the help of a bona fide hero. Why don't you save that offer for someone who really needs help? Not to someone that's just walking around?"
Captain Justice started to get angry. He really didn't like Lumen's temper. He was just trying to help out and yet she was giving him the cold shoulder.
"Now you listen here, missy" he said.
"I'll have you know that I'm-"
"Help! Somebody help!"
Three ducklings, by the names of Huey, Dewey and Louie came running into the area looking frantic.
"Somebody help us!" Huey cried.
Lumen grew worried. If something bad was happening and children were involved, she need to fix the problem.
Captain Justice seemed to think so too since he quickly went into action.
"What's that? Trouble?" he cried.
"Captain Justice to the rescue!"
Lumen rolled her eyes and quickly went to the three ducklings.
Louie saw her and quickly tugged the hem of her skirt.
"Please! You have to help us!" he cried.
"They're wrecking the stage!"
Lumen knelt in front of him so she wouldn't look intimidating.
"Who's wreaking the stage?" she asked.
Dewey shivered.
"These scary monsters!" he cried.
"They just appeared out of nowhere and started ruining the stage! We don't know how to get rid of them!"
Monsters suddenly appearing? That sounded a lot like the Unversed.
She stood up and went to take care of the matter, but Captain Justice just had to be involved.
"Is there a problem? Just leave it to Captain Justice!"
Huey just gave him a look.
"You'll just make things even worse!" he said.
Captain Justice just snorted.
"Oh, pish posh. I'm Captain Justice!" he cried.
"The only person who can get rid of monsters is a hero, and that's me!"
He ran towards the stage where the madness was brewing.
Lumen looked at the triplets and gave them an encouraging smile.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it" she said.
"Just lead the way"
The triplets smiled and quickly took her to the stage before Captain Justice could do any more damage.
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The Unversed seemed to be everywhere as they attacked the stage. They ripped off the curtains and destroyed the props that were lying around.
Horace Horsecollar was trying to help Chip and Dale keep everything together, but failed horribly.
"Go away you monsters!" he cried.
"Leave our town alone!"
Chip and Dale were jumping up and down raising their fists in anger.
"Yeah! Go pick on someone your own size!" Dale cried.
Captain Justice came to the scene.
"Have no fear, Captain Justice is here!"
Horace made a face when he saw who it was.
"Oh no, not you" he moaned.
"Haven't you caused enough trouble already today?" Chip asked.
Captain Justice just ignored them and observed the scene.
"Monsters think that they can just roam around my town?" he asked.
"Well, not while I'm around"
He picked up a huge piece of plywood and held it like a bat.
"With Captain Justice around, you can be sure he'll take care of the pests"
Lumen arrived just as he attacked the Unversed.
She gasped in horror when she saw he was doing more damage than the Unversed were. He was so slow with his movements that the Unversed moved out of the way just before he could hit them. He did more damage to the stage than the Unversed were.
Everyone cried in horror when they saw their stage being destroyed.
Captain Justice cornered an Unversed into one of the joints that kept the upper half of the stage up and held the plywood high over his head.
"End of the line, vermin!"
He lunged at the Unversed, only for it to disappear and caused him to crash into the joint as instead. The top of the stage collapsed and landed on the ground in a huge mess.
Horace cried when he saw the stage destroyed.
"The stage!" he cried.
Lumen covered her mouth in horror. She knew Captain Justice was an idiot to go up against the Unversed like that, but she didn't think he was that big of an idiot.
Captain Justice struggled through the mess and managed to get out.
He made a victorious pose when he was the Unversed were gone.
"Another job well done!" he cried.
Lumen had flames in his eyes. He had the nerve to act like a hero when he wasn't and now he was saying he did a good job at it?
"Well done?" she asked.
"Well done? You think that this is a well done?" Just look what you did to the stage! It's ruined!"
Captain Justice finally realized what he did and gulped.
"Well I-uh"
Everyone glared at him as they slowly approached him. He made a huge mess out of everything and now he was going to pay.
Captain Justice gulped and quickly made up an escape route.
"What's that? Someone calling for my help? Well have no fear, Captain Justice is on the way!"
He quickly ran off before anyone could punish him.
"Get back here!" Chip cried.
Horace sighed.
"It's no use" he said.
"He's gone"
They looked at the stage to see it was beyond repair.
"Oh, the Queen is going to be so upset with this" he said.
Lumen looked at them sadly. She was starting to feel like it was her fault that this happened. If she had arrived here before Captain Justice did, then maybe the stage would be saved.
"I'm so sorry" she said.
Horace gave her a sad smile.
"It's not your fault, ma'am" he said.
"Captain Justice has just been causing more problems than he has fixing them"
Lumen looked at the ground sadly.
"That's awful" she said.
Dewey suddenly started crying and sobbed sadly.
Lumen quickly knelt in front of him and tried to calm him down.
"Hey, it's ok" she said.
"B-but our stage!" he sobbed.
"W-we've been working so hard on it today a-and now it's ruined!"
"We were going to use that for when the Queen gave out the prizes for the contest" Huey said.
"But if there's no stage to present them…"
"Then that means no one gets a prize" Louie finished.
Dewey cried some more.
Lumen wiped the duck's tears away.
"Don't worry, I'm sure it can be fixed in time" she said.
"I don't think that's possible" Horace said.
"We've been setting up for this festival all week" Chip said.
"It'll take us hours to fix this stage. And the contest is suppose to start in a couple of minutes"
Huey and Louie started crying as well. They were so looking forward to getting a prize for their ice cream stand, but now it seemed like they wouldn't.
Lumen looked at everyone to see that they were all on the verge of crying. It seemed that this festival was really important to everyone and the fact that Captain Justice ruined it was like a stab to their pride.
She really wanted to help them, but she didn't know how to when they were all upset. They need to be calm if they were to get this stage done in time.
"How do I get them to calm down and stop crying?" she thought.
Whenever she cried or got upset about something, her mother would always sing to her. Just listening to her voice always put her at ease.
Maybe if she sang them a song, they would calm down enough to stop crying.
She sighed. She didn't know if it would work, but she had to try.
Taking a deep breath, she slowly started to sing.
"When you think
Hope is lost
And giving up
Is all you got,
Blue turns black,
Your confidence is cracked,
There seems no turning back from here"
The triplets slowly stopped crying as they heard Lumen sing. Hearing her voice started to calm them down a little.
"Sometimes there isn't an obvious explanation
While the holiest stars can feel the strongest palpitations.
That's when you can build a bridge of light,
That's what turns wrong so right,
That's when you can't give up the fight
That's when love turns nighttime into day,
That's when loneliness goes away,
That's when you gotta be strong tonight,
Only love can build us a bridge of light"
Everyone started to calm down as they slowly gathered around her. Her song started to give them courage when moments before they felt helpless.
"On your feet, I made a storm
You're convinced that you're all alone
Look at the stars, it's straight up the dark
You'll find your heart shines like the sun.
Let's not anger get us lost
And the need to be right cause us way too high costs
That's when you can build a bridge of light,
That's what turns wrong so right,
That's when you can't give up the fight,
That's when love turns nighttime into day,
That's when the loneliness goes away,
That's when you gotta be strong tonight,
Only love can build us a bridge a light.
Deep breath in, take it on the chin
But don't forget to let love back in"
Just then, everyone started to sing along with her.
"That's when love can build a bridge of light,
That's what turns wrong so right,
That's when you can't give up the fight.
That's when love turns nighttime into day,
That's when loneliness goes away,
That's when you gotta be strong tonight,
Cause only love can build us a bridge of light
Only love can build us a bridge of light…"
When the song ended, Lumen was happy that everyone looked better. It seemed the song really lifted their spirits.
"She's right" Horace said.
"We can't give up now. The Queen's expecting us to make this festival amazing!"
Chip jumped from his spot.
"Yeah! We have to get this stage ready for the contest!" he said.
"If we all pitch in, we'll have it fixed in no time!" Dale added.
Dewey wiped his eyes. Even though he was done crying, he was still a little sad.
"But how are we going to fix the top?" he asked.
"It'll take us hours trying to pull it back up"
Lumen made a face. That was a problem. Pete broke the joints that kept it up and there would be no way for them to fix it without having someone pull the top up.
That's when she came up with an idea.
Looking around the stage, she noticed a pulley attached to the side of the building where the stage was.
If she could just hook the top of the stage to it, then she should…
Summoning her keyblade, she gave the group a smile.
"Leave it to me" she said.
"I'll fix this"
She went over to the stage and aimed her keyblade at the pulley. Her chain of light spell wound around the pulley and hooked itself to the top of the stage.
With enough effort and help from everyone, they were able to pull the top back up and have it secured so it wouldn't fall again.
Lumen finished off the spell and smiled at the group.
"There you go, problem solved"
Everyone cheered at that.
"Perfect! Now all we have to do is patch it up and make it look nice" Huey said.
Lumen giggled and held up her keyblade.
"Count me in to help"
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With enough teamwork, the group was able to fix the stage in record time. Thanks to Lumen's magic, they were able to fix the stage quickly and decorate it so it would look nice for the contest.
"It looks better than it did before!" Dewey said.
"The Queen will be so happy when she sees this" Louie added.
Horace turned to Lumen and smiled.
"And we have you to thank for that, Ma'am" he said.
"If you hadn't encouraged us to push forward, we wouldn't have fixed the stage in time"
"Yeah! You're better that Captain Justice" Dale cheered.
"Forget Captain Justice, you're the real hero of this town!" Chip corrected.
Just then, a mouse wearing a formal pink dress approached them. Everyone from the town quickly bowed to her when she faced Lumen.
"They're right, you know" she said sweetly.
"A hero is someone who encourages others to push forward, even when it may seem impossible. Thank you so much"
Lumen blushed a little at the compliment.
"Thank you" she said.
"Um, may I ask who you are?"
Horace laughed.
The mouse laughed.
"I'm Minnie" she said.
"And she's our Queen" Horace added.
Lumen gasped in horror. She couldn't believe that she was speaking so rudely to royalty. If her father heard about this, he would scold her so badly.
"Oh! Where are my manners!" she cried.
She quickly knelt forward and bowed to Minnie.
"Please excuse me, your Majesty" she said.
"I'm Lumen"
Minnie quickly went up to her.
"There's no need for that" she insisted.
"Just call me Minnie"
She sadly looked away.
"You see, I'm not sure I'm doing a very good job protecting my kingdom" she said.
"Oh, don't say that, Queen Minnie" Horace insisted.
"We all know how hard it's been since the King set off the way he did. Don't you trouble yourself. Why we wouldn't even think of putting on our yearly Dream Festival if we thought there was the slightest chance anything might go wrong"
Minnie smiled sweetly to Horace.
"Oh, you're very kind, Horace" she said.
Horace nodded before crossing his arms in frustration.
"How 'bout that Pete, though?" he asked.
"Captain Justice my hide! You can't count on him for anything"
"Yeah! He's always messing things up!" Huey cried.
"He's no hero!" Dale added.
Lumen raised an eyebrow.
"You mean Captain Justice's real name is Pete?" she asked.
Horace snorted.
"Well, is sure as sugar isn't 'justice'" he said.
"Pete never does anythin' for nobody except Pete. That getup is just an act to get folks to vote for him"
"Vote?" Lumen asked skeptically.
"He wants the Million Dreams Award and hog the prize!" Chip said.
"Million Dreams Award?" Lumen asked.
"What's that?"
"It's part of our Dream Festival" Minnie explained.
"We all vote for who we think the most admirable citizen is. But Pete seems to have the wrong idea. He thinks that dressing up as a hero and proclaiming that he is one will win him votes"
She looked at the ground sadly.
"What really makes someone a hero isn't what they wear or what they say-it's the things they do and how they treat everyone"
Horace looked at Lumen.
"Well, in my book, Lumen here is number one" he said.
"You've got my heartfelt vote"
Huey, Dewey and Louie tugged on Lumen's skirt.
"Us too! Us too!" they cheered.
"Don't forget about us" Chip and Dale said.
Lumen smiled bashfully in front of everyone.
"Thanks everyone" she said.
"I promise not to let you down"
"See that you don't" Chip said.
"Our vote's very important"
Minnie laughed.
"Oh dear, it sounds like they're serious" she said.
Lumen laughed.
"I guess being popular is tough" she joked.
Everyone laughed at that.
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When it came to announce the Million Dream Award, everyone eagerly gathered around the newly fixed stage. They wondered who was the winner and if their votes counted.
"Who do you think's gonna win this year's Million Dream Award?" Horace asked.
"Boy oh boy! I hope it's who we voted!" Chip said.
"Now that we got so much business at the shop, maybe we'll be number one" Huey said.
Minnie appeared on the stage.
"Hello, everyone, and thank you for waiting" she said.
"Now, it's time to begin the main event of our Dream Festival-the Million Dreams Award presentation"
Captain Justice A.K.A Pete stood near the gazebo and a confident look on his face.
"Heh! Just skip to the part where you say my name" he said.
"This is a shoo-in!"
Minnie smiled at the group.
"Oh, this is very exciting!" she said.
"We have multiple winners"
Everyone cheered at that.
"The Million Dreams Award goes to…Ventus, Aqua, Lumen and Terra! All four of you!"
Lumen gasped. She was one of the winners? Not only that, but Terra, Aqua and Ven?
She looked around for them. When did they come to this world? Where were they?
"You mean Aqua, Terra and Ven were here?" she asked.
Pete stormed up to the stage. He was furious that his name wasn't called out.
"Whaddaya mean?" he cried.
"There's gotta be a mistake!"
"Everybody voted for Captain Justice! I made sure of it!"
He turned to the crowd.
"Now go on, tell her!"
When no one said anything, he growled.
"Better try the other one"
He quickly ran to the side of the stage and changed his costume to a purple and black one.
"The Rouge Racer, Captain Dark!" he cried.
Everyone turned away in disgust.
Minnie gave Pete a harsh stare.
"Pete, we counted the votes very carefully" she said.
"Ventus, Aqua, Lumen and Terra won"
She sighed.
"Oh, Pete, I think you tried to do something good, but you were doing it for the wrong reasons and you went about it the wrong way" she said.
"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"
That didn't seem to change Pete's attitude because he gave Minnie a sour look.
"Big whoop!" he spat.
"I don't need their lousy votes. Just cough up my prize!"
"Pete!" Minnie snapped.
"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 a lot of things you've done, but this is too much. Now you've finally crossed the line"
Pete scoffed.
"Like that matters" he said.
"Besides, what are you gonna do about it?"
Minnie glared at Pete.
"Ha! I'm going to let you cool off for a while" she said.
"Guards!"
Magical brooms came forward and surrounded Pete.
"W-wait, what?" Pete sputtered.
The guards got closer and started to push him off the stage.
"Hey! Let me go! Put me down!" Pete cried.
"What? You can't –no-hey, easy!"
With that, they swept him off the stage and away from the festivity.
Minnie looked at the crowd when everything calmed down.
"Now, shall we continue with the ceremony?" she asked.
"Would the four winners, Ventus, Aqua, Lumen and Terra please come up and join me on the stage?"
Lumen slowly made her way up the stage. She had never won anything before, so she didn't know what to do.
When she reached the stage, Minnie looked around for the other three winners. When no one else came, she sighed.
"Oh dear, it looks like our other three winners couldn't make it here today" she said.
Lumen looked at her ring sadly.
"I guess I just missed them" she said sadly.
"Sorry Terra"
Minnie looked up at her.
"Perhaps you would accept the award on their behalf" she suggested.
"After all, you've been so kind to so many 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!"
Everyone cheered for Lumen. Even though the other winners weren't present, at least one of them was.
Lumen laughed and cheered with the crowd. She was having so much fun with everyone that it was becoming contagious.
Minnie held up the prize for Lumen. It was an ice cream bowl filled with vanilla ice cream that was lined with slices of bananas, strawberry syrup and topped with whipped cream with a vanilla cookies shaped like angel wings.
"And as an extra treat, we've created something special-an ice cream flavor just for you" she said.
"Heavenly Delight Ice Cream!"
Lumen gasped happily as she was presented with the ice cream. She wanted to get some earlier but due to the stage breaking, it was put on hold.
But thanks to her kindness, she was getting some.
"Thank you" she breathed.
"Oh my, I wish I had my own ice cream flavor" Horace said.
"What's it taste like?" Chip asked.
"Go on, try it!"Dale cried.
Lumen looked at the crowed before looking back at her ice cream. It was so pretty that she didn't want to eat it. But everyone wanted to know what it tasted like and she was hungry.
Slowly, she brought the ice cream to her lips and tasted it.
"What do you think?" Minnie asked.
Lumen's face was flushed with sheer joy.
"It's wonderful" she said.
"It tastes like a dream"
Minnie smiled.
"We're all very glad you're enjoying it" she said.
Huey, Dewey and Louie looked at the ice cream longingly.
"That sure does look good" Huey said.
Lumen smiled and held the ice cream out.
"Go ahead and try some" she said.
"There's enough for everyone"
Everyone cheered as they were able to have a bit of the prize as well. They all felt lucky that they voted for such a kind and thoughtful person.
Everyone enjoyed the rest of the festival with their winner and new friend.
Even though Lumen wouldn't be staying on the world for long, she would always be remembered as hero to them.
/
Meanwhile, Pete stomped his foot in frustration.
He had been sent to a different dimension as punishment for being unfair during the festival.
"Who does she think she is, dumpin' me in a place like this?" he asked himself.
"Well, I'll just bust out of here and-"
"Quiet fool! You do not possess that kind of power"
Pete jumped when he heard someone talking to him. He didn't realize that it was the evil sorceress Maleficent.
"Who…who's there?" he cried.
"Show yourself!"
"That is enough!" Maleficent snapped.
"Stop your sniveling and heed my words"
Pete gulped.
"Um…ok" he said.
"If you do as I say, I may decide to release you from this prison" Maleficent said.
"Really?" Pete asked happily.
"Oh, then you can count on me. Just get me outta here, and you can tell me what to do!"
Maleficent laughed.
"A very wise choice" she said.
A dark portal opened up behind him.
"Now…proceed. With your help, soon every world in existence will all be mine!"
Pete laughed and went through the portal.
With his allegiance with Maleficent he sealed his fate of encountering a future sorceress of light.
/
A/N: I'm sure you can guess who this sorceress of light is. She is the hero of this series after all.
I have to say, this was a fun chapter to write. I loved Disney Town and the games provided.
Please review and tell me what you think!
Ja ne!