DISCLAIMER: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, blah, blah, blah. Oh yeah, prepare yourselves because, oh boy, this chapter is a doozy.
Okay, I'm pretty sure I'm gunna be picking sand out of my clothes, (now tangled) curly hair and shoes for at least a week.
I swatted away some of the aggravating sand from my face, huffing a few strands of hair too. I'd admit, this heat was getting to me. I was already slightly exhausted, but I wouldn't complain. We just had to find Jasmine, get Genie back, and defeat Jafar. Then I could peacefully go back to Traverse Town with Piper.
Speaking of... I turned back around to look at my newly found sister, and smiled at the sight of her talking animatedly with Sora and Goofy. Her green eyes were shining brightly as she spoke, her arms waving around her widely, a wide grin on her face. Sora seemed to be listening very intently, his face filled with intrigue, and listening to every word. Goofy was walking beside them, smiling in what looked like amusement and fondness, although he was also listening in intrigue as well. Perhaps she was explaining something about our home. The sight made me smile. Her happiness was just completely contagious for me. It was a ginormous weight off my shoulders.
Abruptly, Piper cut off in the middle of her sentence, a tired yawn escaping her mouth. She rubbed at her bleary eyes, and Sora chuckled. He knelled in front of her, surprising me, said something, and she climbed on his back. I smiled at the sight, glad to see Piper get along with my new friends so well, before it quickly faded.
I... knew I had to go back with Piper to Traverse Town, but...
I wanted to continue my journey. Meeting people, defeating heartless, locking keyholes, traveling worlds. It was thrilling, exciting. I loved every minute of it. But I couldn't just leave Piper. We didn't have anyone anymore. It was just each other. I couldn't leave her alone and just abandon her.
"Valerie? Are you okay?" Donald suddenly asked, bringing me out of my reverie.
I shook my head, giving Donald a reassuring smile. "Yup, just peachy!"
The duck rolled his eyes at my wording, but didn't push any farther. Besides, there was a set of stairs coming our way, and I'd rather not fall down on my face as I continued my inner monologue, so that was that, I guess. I'd have to think about this later.
We began to make our way down the stairs, a little apprehensively, might I add, as the light kept getting dimmer and dimmer as we traversed them. Donald summoned a flame on the front of his staff, taking the lead and using the flame almost like a Nicolas Cage or Indiana Jones film -I silently laughed at myself for that thought-.
For some reason, the stairs seemed to be going on forever. Somehow, our group was being strangely quiet, surprisingly, but I was somewhat thankful for it.
Despite telling myself not to dwell on it, my thoughts kept going back to what Jafar had ordered to the Heartless earlier. 'Spare the girl...' But why? I wasn't particularly special. I just didn't get it.
I heaved a sigh, swiping away at the sweat that gathered at my forehead. A light began to poke out at the front of the tunnel, and we sped up a bit.
When we exited the tunnel, I felt my eyes widen wide in shock.
"Oh my god!"
Mountains and mountains of gold, jewels and treasures lay in front of us. This amount of money would make anyone rich beyond measures!
Okay, okay, I had to compose myself.
However, despite that, I felt like inching forwards even more, Donald doing the same. "Guys!" Sora called out, making me turn around. I chuckled nervously at the stares I was receiving from the four.
I quickly gave them an innocent smile, and stuck my leg out, tripping Donald in his advances towards the very... irresistible, treasure. "Donald!" I scolded, giving the duck a glare with my hands on my hips.
He glared back, rubbing at his injured head. "What was that for?!"
I smiled back at the group, but they weren't buying it, Piper giving me a pout-frown, crossing her arms. I repeated her stance, dropping my fake smile. "C'mon guys, even I was tempted by it. Think of all the stuff you could buy with just a little of it!"
I saw them roll their eyes, and they began to make way to the staircase on the other side of the room. I sighed, bringing Donald to his feet, dragging him to the others despite his quacks of protest, (and no, I didn't grab a few gold coins, shh.)
Thankfully, this staircase wasn't as long as the one before. We quickly made our way down them, and found ourselves in a large room. Large candles hung on the solid rock walls, and I spotted Jafar on the other side, Genie faithfully beside him, head bowed in shame, an unconscious Jasmine laying on the ground. However, there seemed to be a new guest with them, one I knew too well.
Maleficent.
However, what made me confused was the strange... eerie beauty of the witch. Her ebony hair spilled slightly out of her strange headpiece, and her dark, onyx eyes stared at us. This definitely wasn't the original from the old Sleeping Beauty.
We stopped in our tracks as we caught sight of her. Sora growled, "Who are you?" to her, but she didn't answer the Keyblade wielder, instead giving us a deep, frightening stare that made me quake in my shoes somewhat. Especially, when her eyes landed on me.
The witch seemed to give me a knowing and calculating one-over, the tips of her mouth curling upwards. Then, she turned around with a swish of her cloak, and left us through a portal that appeared before her. It made shivers of unease go up my spine due to the sheer... calm frightening aura she gave off.
"Jafar!" Aladdin yelled in anger, holding his sword out in front of him, prepared to attack at a moment's notice. "Let Jasmine and Genie go!" he exclaimed, but I wasn't sure it would do much good.
Like I expected, Jafar only laughed mockingly at the boy's order. "I'm afraid not, street rat. You see, I'm still not quite done with my intentions for the two of your dear ones."
I gritted my teeth. "What are your intentions, Jafar?"
Jafar's gaze turned to me, making me hold out my sword in preparation for a fight. "That, in none of your concern, girl." He laughed again as he noticed us grow impatient at his response. He turned to Genie, and an evil, sinister grin grew upon his face. "As for my second wish-" he already used the first one? "crush them to pieces!"
Genie gave us a guilt ridden look, and floated even closer to us, making me back up in fear. Who knew what an overpowered, celestial being would do when he was ordered to kill you with no say so? "I'm so sorry, guys!" he cried, remorse dripping from his voice as he tried to hold himself back.
Piper tugged at my skirt, and with tears in her eyes, she called to our friend, "Please don't do it, Genie!"
Genie gave her a sorrowful smile. "I'm sorry, kiddo..." Piper hiccuped, and her grip on me tightened. "I'll try and hold myself back, just defeat him as fast as you can!"
"You betcha!" Sora told him, a determined smile on his face.
"Yeah, we're not gunna let our friend be used by nobody!" Goofy added, a, well, goofy smile on his face.
Genie smiled, but then his arms began shaking. His smile immediately dropped and he cried in alarm, "Watch out, guys!"
The cave began shaking and I quickly grabbed Piper out of the way of a falling rock. Jafar's laugh echoed throughout the cave, almost making me shiver. "Why, I'm so sorry for cutting your heart-warming moment short, but I'm afraid you're not going to live much longer!"
Once again, the ground shook wildly, almost making us fall off balance. "Go to the stairs, and stay there," I sternly told Piper, my sister nodding and bolting to the only safe area this place had to offer.
I quickly focused back to the problem at hand once I knew she was safe. Sora, Donald, Goofy and Aladdin were running around, trying to avoid Genie's attacks while simultaneously trying not to hurt him. Jafar was watching on with a manically, satisfied grin on his face, smiling as my blood went cold when Goofy was thrown into the wall after a punch from Genie he was too slow to avoid.
A chorus of, "Goofy!" was yelled throughout the room, including the Genie who had been the one to hit the dog. I quickly ran over to my fallen friend, grimacing at both the look of complete guilt and hurt on Genie's face and the whimper of pain Goofy let out as I approached him.
"Goofy!" I cried in alarm, dropping to his side. He was able to sit up, but not without holding his abdomen carefully and a large grimace of pain.
"I'll be fine, Valerie," he said, taking a potion from his pocket. "You go help the others."
I bit my lip, hesitant to leave him alone, but the sounds of the battle raging behind me sounded much more important. "Don't push yourself," I quickly said, standing back up and bolting the other way.
Things didn't look good, to say the least. Aladdin and Sora couldn't even get close to Jafar, and Donald seemed to have injured his leg, if what I could see from his limp was right. Genie was hindering us significantly. We had no chance.
Unless... My eyes hardened in determination, sheathing my sword and summoning my bow, (which, admittedly, I hadn't been using as often as I should be), pulling back the string and pointing it at Jafar.
Here goes!
I released the string, the fire arrow flying through the air, making a whizzing sound. It hit its intended target, Jafar's robe, ripping a whole in the fabric and causing a small area to burst aflame. The man began to sputter indignantly once he had noticed me actually hit him, (although I didn't really do much), and spun to face me with a deep scowl.
My jaw went slack, and I was rooted to my spot in fear because I was terrified. He was looking at me with a murderous expression, and I was genuinely really scared.
All of a sudden, Jafar had disappeared, making my eyes widen in alarm. I spun in circles, my bow held tightly to my chest, until I heard a menacing voice say in my ear, "That was very foolish of you, girl."
I spun around, only to see the towering form of Jafar in front of me, eyes dark and scowl deep. "I was planning to spare you but you've test my patience," he hissed, and I couldn't move in fear, watching as he raised his scepter, the snake eyes glowing a deep red. "Farewell, Valerie Viche."
My ears rung, and although I could distantly hear, 'Valerie!' I wasn't paying much attention. My thoughts were running a million miles a minute, the most prominent one being, 'I'm going to die. I'm going to die, and I won't be able to continue my journey with Sora, Donald and Goofy, and I was going to leave Piper all alone.'
No... I couldn't... Not after what I've already done, and not after I finally found her.
Finally, my senses came back to me, and I dropped to the ground, kicking Jafar's feet out from under him. He fell with yelp, but I was quick to hit him in the head with the but of my bow, effectively knocking him out.
Wow... that was... easy.
I breathed deeply, ears ringing in my adrenalin, but I quickly stood back to my feet, the sound of footsteps making their way towards me. I turned, lips quirking in a breathless smile as I watched my concerned (and also flabbergasted apparently) friends, including Genie, making their way towards me.
Donald shook his head. "All mighty sorcerer defeated by a kick to the legs," he muttered sarcastically.
I chuckled, still a little in shock. "Yeah... I know, right?"
"You okay, Val?" Sora asked concerned.
I nodded, rubbing at my arms. "Yup... Still a little in near death shock, but I'll be fine," I answered, chuckling.
Thankfully, it lightened the mood, making smiles appear on their faces as Piper came over. "Val! You're okay!" she exclaimed, tackling my midsection tightly in a hug.
I chuckled again, hugging her back. "Lot harder than that to take me down," I joked, although inwardly I knew I was lying.
"Let's go check on Jasmine," Aladdin suggested, already making his way to the princess. We agreed, following him.
"Gosh, guys. I'm so sorry for any pain I caused you," Genie apologized, a sorrow and guilty filled expression on his face.
"Gee, Genie! There's nothing to be sorry for," Goofy said, giving a kind smile to our distraught friend.
"Yeah! Its not like you could control it!" Sora added, giving his own smile.
"Yup!" I continued, popping the 'p'. "You tried you're hardest to fight back, too!"
Genie looked stunned, before he gave us a heart-warming, fond smile. "Thanks, you guys."
Piper giggled, grabbing onto Genie's hand. "Besides! You're our friend!" I felt my smile grow wider and warmer at my sister's words. She was just so kind and her brightness contagious.
We heard a chuckle in front of us, and I saw a drowsy Jasmine smiling. "Looks like I have a new friend to meet," she said, leaning onto Aladdin for support.
"Why, nice to meet you, lovely lady friend of my dear Al!" Genie said exaggeratedly, making all of us chuckle and snicker, excluding Aladdin himself.
"Really, Genie?" Aladdin groaned, shaking his slightly red face.
"C'mon, its so easy to rile you up, you little stud muffin, you!" Genie continued, flying right up in the boy's face, pulling at his red cheeks, making Donald snicker louder beside me.
I suddenly heard Sora's laughs cut off, and I turned to him, confused as he began to walk ahead of the group. It was only when I saw him raise the Keyblade, and the beam to shoot out of it and into a large, stone keyhole, did I realize why.
After there was a locking sound, Sora turned back with a grin, and I was about to give one of my own before his face turned into one of alarm and shock. "Guys!"
The ground shook again, and we spun around, watching Jafar weakly raise to his knees. "G-Genie..." he rasped out. "My final wish!" he reached into his robe, pulling out Genie's lamp. "Grant me your powers! The powers of an all, powerful, indestructible Genie!"
Well that's not good. Definitely not good.
Genie weakly raised a meek finger, hands shaking and covering his eyes. A small, tiny burst of light shot from his hand, in the path of Jafar. As it struck the man, he began to laugh and cackle madly, eyes wide in excitement, staring at his hands in wonder. It felt almost... creepy, somehow, how he turned from a frightening, menacing man to almost plain... well, crazy and power hungry.
"Yes! This is the power I have been seeking!" he cackled, hunching over as his body shook and began to change. I held Piper close, hiding her face as she whimpered in fear. A mixture of red and black smoke began to rise from his form, shielding him away from our eyes. The ground shook beneath our feet, but we weren't knocked down.
The body of smoke that once used to be Jafar began to move into the middle of the room, and the large, solid rock formation in the ground cracked as the smoke slammed into it. We flinched back, Genie holding his hands out in front of us in a protective matter as it slammed once again into the rocks. Again, and again, until eventually, the rocks broke apart, falling down into a hidden chasm that I didn't know existed, the smoke falling with them.
Genie flew forward, peering down into the chasm wearily, eyes widening in alarm. "Guys, you may wanna check this out."
Looking at the others with a curious look, all of them doing the same, we cautiously made our way forward, peering down like Genie had, eyes widening too.
"Well, that's ominous," I chuckled nervously, trying to lighten the mood as sweat appeared on my brow due to the heat from the freaking lava below us.
"Where did Jafar go?" Aladdin questioned, cautiously grasping the hilt of his sword.
"He disappeared!" Donald observed, eyes furrowing in annoyance.
"Well," Sora said, letting out a nervous scoff-like laugh. "Leap of faith, I guess...?"
"No," I said, tossing the idea immediately. "I am not jumping down there with the chance of falling into lava and possibly breaking my legs."
"Well, gwarsh, what other choice do we have?" Goofy questioned, scratching his head under his hat absentmindedly.
"Uh..."
Genie opened his mouth, raising a finger to speak, before Piper piped up, "Carpet!" face full of enthusiasm as she pointed in front of us. And, indeed, the sentient carpet was speedily making its way toward us.
"Man, carpet! You have great timing!" Aladdin laughed, grinning as carpet stopped in front of us, gesturing us on. Genie pouted, but didn't say a word as we began to climb on.
"I'll stay up here," Jasmine said from her place behind us, smiling encouragingly. "Good luck, guys."
Sora gave a large grin, along with a thumbs up. Piper, Donald, Goofy and I did the same, while Aladdin moved forward to say something quickly to her. She smiled up at him, before giving him a quick peck on the cheek. The Arabian boy turned beet red, and we all snickered at him, Genie flying over behind the two and making a heart out of smoke, making our laughs louder.
As the others began to climb aboard, I knelt in front on Piper, putting my hands on her shoulders. "I want you to stay here, okay?" I said, giving her a serious look.
She frowned stubbornly. "But I wanna help!" she protested, crossing her arms.
I shook my head. "I don't want you to get hurt, Piper, not after I just found you." She continued to frown, causing me to sigh. "Please, Pip, stay with Jasmine. For me?"
There was a few seconds of silence, until she caved. "Okay... but you better come back, okay?"
I smiled. "Of course, squirt," I chuckled, ruffling her hair as she swatted at my hands, protesting. "I'll be back!" I said, climbing onto carpet with the others. Jasmine held Piper in a hug, waving at us as Piper watching us leave sadly, nonetheless waving too.
Carpet raised, making me eep before it began to fall into the chasm like Jafar had. The air immediately turned into a hot, boiling sauna, making me pant slightly under my breath.
Once carpet had neared the ground, we jumped off, positioned and ready to attack the moment danger appeared.
"Where is he?" Donald muttered under his breath, eyes furrowing once Jafar hadn't appeared. "Did he turn coward and run...?"
"Uh... I don't think so," Sora said weakly behind me. The ground shook once again, and a large mass burst from the lava. I jumped back to avoid any falling lava, and from the now even more terrifying Jafar.
The giant mass of Jafar towered over us threateningly, arms crossed in a condensing way, an arrogant smirk on his face as he eyed us over. "My, my. It seems rats have stumbled into my humble abode," he drawled, eyes filled with malice.
Although I was shaking slightly, I righted my sword, eyes narrowing in determination. "Bring it on, Jafar!" Aladdin exclaimed fearlessly.
Jafar laughed cruelly. "That's if you can actually land a hit." Although I hate to admit it, he was kinda right. He had the powers of Genie now, and we could barely fight them earlier when Genie was holding back as much as he could. Who knows what he could now. But we had to try.
A squawk from my left caught my attention, and at the corner of my eye, I saw Iago carrying a onyx black lamp with difficulty, the bird panting heavily.
That's right! Jafar must have a lamp now that he was a Genie! And since Iago was carrying around said lamp...
That would actually make this a bit more easy that I thought. Of course, that is to say Jafar didn't keep us from getting to his little parrot side-kick. However, he still didn't seem used to his powers, so, hopefully, he wouldn't use them much.
The menacing laugh of Jafar brought me back to the present, and I righted my sword once again. Suddenly, Jafar's large fist slammed down on the ground, and I was sent tumbling down, effectively bringing the others with me. "Why, you're that pathetic, are you?" the man said, a sneer on his face. "I would have expected more of a fight."
As I was rising to my knees, I heard Aladdin growl under his breath, before he suddenly bolted forward, sword raised and shooting a yell of fury. Catching Jafar off guard, he landed a hit on the man's arm, making him yell in pain. With a growl, he smacked the boy away, sending him flying. We shouted for him, but thankfully, Genie had caught him.
However, the air was suddenly squeezed out of me, and I gasped. Jafar had grabbed me, and Sora, apparently, and his grip was too strong to do anything about it.
"I got you guys!" Genie exclaimed, readying a spell or something, before he suddenly cried in pain. With an eye clenched in pain, I was as Genie was suddenly attack by these ugly, greenish monsters that had probably been summoned by Jafar. There were ones that seemed like grunts, while there were other, stronger armored ones that were attacking Genie. Unfortunately, he was completely cornered, and he had no time to save us.
So, quickly acting, I turned my head to Aladdin, Donald and Goofy. "Guys! Go get the bird and get the lamp!"
They looked at me confused, and it seemed Sora had caught onto my plan. "Yeah! Get the lamp!"
"But why?" Aladdin questioned, before yelping as a large, flaming boulder was thrown his way from Jafar.
I breathed an annoyed sigh through my nose. "Just get it!"
"What'll it do?" Goofy asked.
"Oh my god!" I yelled. "For the last time!" I tried again, glaring at the three as I struggled for breath. "Get. The. BIRD!"
They balked at me, before nodding, heading off in Iago's direction. I gasped again as Jafar tightened his hold, laughing maniacally. He brought me and Sora closer, almost right in his face, and I cringed in pain. "Well, well, I'm going to have fun killing you," he chuckled, grinning largely. Terrified, I tried to struggle harder, only for him to tighten his grip, making me wheeze.
I distantly heard Sora growl under his breath, before he raised his head, bringing it down and sinking his teeth into the hand holding him. With a shout of pain, Jafar had released him, the boy tumbling to the ground. I was about to try the same thing, before Jafar suddenly moved, holding my practically prone form over the lava. I yelped, staying still.
"I wouldn't do anything funny now, wielder. We wouldn't want me to... accidentally drop your friend into the lava, would you?" Oh, for the love of-
Sora looked completely lost on what to do, and my heart thumped in my chest as I realized Jafar was slowly releasing his hold on me. "I don't care what you do, just do it now, and save me, dammit!" I yelled, panic enveloping my chest.
Sora balked in bafflement, before frowning in determination, leaping up and jumping onto Jafar's arm, running up it and to his head. Jafar made a noise of confusion, before smirking as he hardened his skin like an armor in preparation of Sora's attack, loosening his grip on me -making me yelp- before the boy completely dodged his head and ran around. My jaw went slack, and I raised an eyebrow. 'What's he thinking?!'
Jafar also looked pretty confused, before suddenly, um... Sora held Jafar's neck in a choke hold with his legs, covering the man's eyes with his hands, making Jafar bump into the formation of rock, effectively dropping me into safety.
I was about to call my thanks to my friend, before he yelled to me, "Don't bother with Jafar; I'll handle him! Just find a way to stop him!" I hesitated, before nodding and turning around to see Donald, Goofy, Aladdin and Genie's progress.
Genie was still fighting the summoned monsters, however my spirits lifted up when I realized the other three had gotten the lamp, but it seemed the summons were causing some trouble for them.
Quickly thinking, I summoned my bow, and pulled the string, releasing an ice arrow to the floor. It created a patch of ice, knocking a few of the grunts over, who than fell into some of the armored ones and like a domino effect they fell into the lava. I had successfully gotten rid of quite a few of them... admittedly kinda stupidly, but oh well.
"Guys!" I called, catching the attention from the four of them. "C'mon, we have a chance to defeat Jafar!"
"I'll cover you guys!" Genie said, blasting a few of the never-ending enemies by a... rainbow, in the way of the three. "Just end this guy already!"
The three wasted no time in making their way over to me, avoiding enemy's as I shot away any that tried to follow. Once they made their way over, they saw the struggling Sora and Aladdin pointed the lamp at Jafar. "Time to take a nap, Jafar!" Good, he caught on to what I was trying to say earlier.
At that moment, the man had realized what we were doing, and with an angry shout, tossed Sora from his back. The boy yelled in fright, but thankfully landed beside us, the fall not that far. "No! NO! I will not be defeated!" Jafar hissed, scowling darkly at us. "You insignificant fools! I will make you pay!"
He hunched over, clutching at his chest, before he was beginning to get sucked to the lamp. "ARGH! No! Not like this!"
Beginning with his tail, he was sucked into the lamp, clawing at the ground in a pathetic attempt to get away from his fate, even grabbing onto Iago, the bird squawking in fear. With one, last, lingering shout of fury, he was gone.
There was a few seconds of silence, before we all smiled and chuckled in relief. "Well... that was exciting!" Genie cheerfully said, a bright smile on his face.
"Say that to my back," Sora muttered, but was nonetheless grinning.
"Awe, you're a wuss," Donald haughtily said, sticking his beak in the air.
Sora scowled, flicking the duck's beak, making him squawk indignantly. "Who was the one who jumped on Jafar's back?" This casually turned into an argument.
I bit my lip, chuckling loudly at their antics. "Girls. girls, you're both pretty. Can we go now?" They whirled around, gaping at me in almost horror.
"I'm not a girl!" they both exclaimed, making the rest of us laugh.
Carpet ended up being stuck under a large bolder of rock, and we climbed aboard. We began to make our way back up to where Piper and Jasmine was, and despite me clenching my fists really hard because of my stupid fear, I was smiling brightly. We had defeated a bad guy, saved another world, and I had found Piper
Guess I should have predicted that things never end that perfectly, huh...?
The gang made their way back up, and jumped off of carpet once they landed.
With a grin, Valerie was about to say something, before her foot collided with an object. Curiously, she looked down, and picked up the blue object, only for her eyes to widen. "T-this... This is..."
It was Jasmine's tiara.
She bolted to her feet, wildly looking around. "Pip!" she called, eyes wide as she realized she didn't see them anywhere. "Pip, answer me!"
"Valerie?" Aladdin asked, making the girl turn to him with wide eyes. With a heart-broken expression, he shakily pointed to the object in her hand. "That... That's not Jasmine's tiara..." He gulped the lump in his throat. "...Is it?"
A large breath escaped her mouth, and she looked at the ground with a sorrow filled look. Holding the tiara in front of her, she whispered, "I'm sorry... Piper's gone, too..."
Aladdin took the headpiece with shaking hands, before holding it tightly to his head, stifling sobs into it.
As Valerie watched the boy, she felt tears come to her eyes, and she fell to her knees. An empty feeling enveloped her chest, and she held her stomach in comfort. Cupping a hand to her mouth, she cried into it.
"I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry... I was supposed to protect her, and I-I didn't..." she weakly whispered, sobs wracking her body. "This is all my fault."
Sora, Donald and Goofy watched their two friends, sympathy and sadness going out for them. Goofy went over, and wrapped Valerie in a hug, the girl sobbing into his chest, muttering apologies as the dog stroked her hair. Donald looked up to Sora with a helpless look, not knowing what to do or say.
Suddenly, the cave shook, rocks falling from the ceiling. Carpet came rushing to them, and Aladdin climbed on with Donald, the boy seeming to have gotten out of his shock. That couldn't be said for Valerie, who was still crying, Goofy standing over her and trying to coax her to leave, making Sora frown in sadness.
Worried for his friend, he went over, kneeling and put a hand on her shoulder. She turned to face him, and he flinched a bit at the... empty look on her face. "I know you're sad," he began. "But would Piper want you to stay here and die?"
His words seemed to have an effect, as she rubbed at her eyes, and stood up. They quickly made their way to Carpet, and climbed aboard.
Before they took off, Sora suddenly felt hands wrap around his mid-section, and he turned around, frowning at the form of Valerie, hiding her face in his hood, silently crying and seeking comfort. He turned back forward, because he wasn't the best with the... comforting crying girls thing.
But he wanted to help her, he just didn't know how. Her entire family was gone, what was he supposed to say to that?
He just hoped she would be able to come through this. After all, she had him, Donald and Goofy there for her.
AN: Phew... So, that happened. (I'm sorry please don't hurt me) Its currently... Oh gosh, its almost 2:00 in the morning. I am very tired, I just got home from a visit to my relatives, and I am a bit stressed with the fact that I have three projects due (I'm so tired I could barely spell that right) and a huge math test this week, so the quality may not be the best considering I just wrote basically the whole chapter hiding in a room for a few hours. S'cuse my jumbled mind at the moment. So, other than that, have you seen the new trailer for 2.8?! Looks amazing! Also, I'm not sure if its true, but I heard that there is a movie in the make too, so that's something to be excited for! Anywho, I'm off to bed, so that'll all for now! Oh! Besides the sneak peak for the next chapter! Next time:
This chapter is probably one of the longest I've ever written, and considering its an action packed chapter, just... wow. Almost 5400 words. A lot of things happened that I had not intended for, while other things I did, but whatever.
"It's your fault! All of it!"
"I... I'm scared. I just want her back."
That's all for now! (Oh yeah, sorry for the long AN.)
-Adios!