A/N: Queen Minnie is kidnapped. This is not good. Now they are going have to save her before the end of the Dream Festival. Let's see how this all goes.
World: Disney Town
Xusvent has kidnapped Queen Minnie and, to make his get away, leaves behind a massive horde of Dream Eaters for us to battle. Fighting a ton of Dream Eaters has been quite a struggle. Xusvent's Dream Eaters are powerful creatures. Sora and Riku hold off against one while I'm up against two or three. Donald and Goofy both can hardly fight off.
Mickey is doing the best he can to help the citizens of the festival, for they are being chased in fear by the Dream Eaters.
Under all this, none of us could take off our minds that Queen Minnie has been kidnapped. But with that thought it gives us a reason to fight off these beasts. Once we're done with them, we'll go save the queen.
After a while, we've defeated the Dream Eaters. The festivel suffered a lot of damages during the fight.
"Oh gosh. The festival is ruined." Mickey says.
I look on the stage where Queen Minnie was taken. "What is Xusvent up to? What does he want with the queen?"
"Who cares about that? We have to rescue her." Riku says.
He's certainly right. So we decided teams. Aqua stays behind and help fix up the festival. Donald and Goofy will guard the town, not like they're gonna be able to hold off the Dream Eaters. Sora, Riku and I will go and find Minnie. Mickey is coming along with us. He wants to save his queen.
Xusvent has taken Minnie to the Swallow Falls, a cliff with a very huge, very tall waterfall. Anybody who would be stupid enough to even dare to ride these waterfalls, or anyone who gets caught in the waterfall, never survives. Just Minnie's luck, Xusvent has her in a bondage, hanging right over the edge of the waterfall.
The mouse queen is screaming, for help and out of fear. "Oh quit screaming. I have no intention of killing you."
Even hearing that, it doesn't calm her down. Being hanged over a 500 foot drop waterfall is pretty horrifying. "Just what is it that you want from me?"
"Oh. It's not what I want. It's what my old comrade wants." Xusvent says. "I just need to keep you here until he gets his reward at the Dream Festival."
Minnie gasps. She knows exactly who it is. "Pete!"
"And once he is done with the festival, I will shatter the joy and happiness of the town and drain it all in the darkness of the nightmare." Steam blows right out of the masks teeth, then Xusvent vanishes.
Minnie is left hanging. She's in depression, the Festival is in danger. She can only hope that Mickey and the rest of us will handle the situation. Little does she know we're actually coming for her.
"So where do you suppose he could have taken Minnie?" Riku asks as he looks over the horizon outside of town.
"I say our best bet is Swallow Falls over there." Mickey says, pointing at a waterfall far from here.
Judging by the distance and the small view of the waterfall, it must be pretty big. And if Xusvent would really take Minnie there, pretty deadly and scary.
"Worth checking out. Let's move." I say.
We all make our way to Swallow Falls. Any Dream Eaters that stands our way, we cut them down. We refuse to lead these creatures stop us from saving the queen. Mickey and I take the lead on the attacks. Riku and Sora both handle any enemies from the side or that tried to ambush us from behind.
Riku fights in Dragonslayer, which is a Fire, Ice and Lightning Commando Style he has learned from the world of Enchanted Dominion. Sora fights with all of his strength and magic, once and a while does Limit performances with Riku or I. Mickey can take care of himself against the Dream Eaters, with all his years of training and the power of light magic.
We came across several crossroads in the way, most of them we have no idea we should take. Not even Mickey knows. He's never even been to Swallow Falls. You would think being the King he would know every single direction of his entire world.
Like I'm one to talk, a lost and forgotten prince abandoning his entire kingdom.
"I just hope the Queen is all right." Riku says.
"She might be. But we can't predict what Xusvent might actually plan to do with her." Sora says.
"He's right. We have to prepare for the worst." I say. And Mickey doesn't even like the sound of that. I can sense his worries. "Don't let fear cloud your mind. That is what Xusvent wants."
As we travel, we get lost a few times. We follow the paths that is crawling with Dream Eaters. Where there are dream Eaters, there is Xusvent.
We arrive at the bottom of the massive waterfall. Sora and Riku looks around. I look up, squinting my eyes to look as high as I can. I can't see the very top of the cliff or the falls. From down it, it's like it's dropping from the heavens. Or in the case of the nightmarish sky, a dark and scary world from above.
"They must be at the top. It's the scariest place around here." I say.
"Let's hurry." Mickey says.
There's a single uphill road right next to the cliff. We follow the path. Dream Eaters stand in our way. Even when we're so close to finding Minnie, we have no choice but to fight.
During the fight, Riku unleashes Dragonslayer, enhancing his Keyblade with the three elements and unleash several heavy slashes then ends with unleashing a wave of fire, ice and lightning in a 180 degree angle in front of him. I'm half surprised it's not advanced.
After defeating the Dream Eaters, we hurry our way to the top of the hill. Minnie is screaming as she is dangling in a bondage. There are countless Dream Eaters at the edge of the cliff, some of them trying to bite on the pole that is holding Minnie right over her 500 feet drop of doom.
We arrive to see Minnie's situation. "Minnie!" Mickey shouts.
I take the lead and summon my Keyblade. "Back off you parasites!" I shout at the Dream Eaters.
That catches their attention and they leave Minnie be at her slightly unstable dangling pole.
Minnie seems fine for a short time, so we make haste in battling the Dream Eater. At least we hope so cause with each horde of Dream Eaters defeated, more and more appear to take their place.
I use my D-link to activate my link with Noctis, then I annihilate Dream Eaters with my immense strength and speed. Mickey fights his hardest knowing the Minnie is close and in danger. Sora and Riku both do their Limit ability, Session. Under all that, countless Dream Eaters keep coming at us.
Xusvent must have known we were coming. This is obviously a trap he set up for us.
Minnie screams as she suddenly felt an instant drop. She looks up to see that the rope is breaking. "Please hurry!" She shouts.
We can barely keep up. The enemies we're facing are Aura Lions, Cera Terrors and Drill Syes. They are powerful Dream Eaters. They're going to be difficult to defeat.
Minnie lets out another shout and we all look to see the rope's about to snap. "Minnie!" Minnie goes after her, but two Keeba Tigers appear and they block his path. I see Mickey and Minnie's situations and act me. I zigzag through the Dream Eaters, then leap and hop over the monsters, head to head.
The rope snaps and Minnie screams as she falls. I channel a Hexicon spell while I'm hurrying over to the edge of the cliff.
"Eck skete aftor el!"
The second I finish the chant, I'm on the edge and I shoot a magic grip down. I dives faster then Minnie falls, eventually grabbing the queen. With all my strength, I yank hard and Minnie flies high. Minnie high up I can't even see her anymore and her screams fade away. Dream Eaters come at me, so I focus on them instead. I keep my mind focused. My eyes on the enemy, my ears focused for Minnie's incoming screams, and my instincts sharp to support both.
Minnie's fainted screams reaches my ears and I know she's coming down. I finish off the Dream Eaters, for some of them, just hit them hard enough to repel them. I catch Minnie, she lands safely in my arms. "Just dropping by, your masjey?" I ask her, with a small joke in my tone.
Minnie is calm, but she then shortly panics at once. "Look out!"
I look up and my instincts take over. I drop Minnie next to me and then block the incoming attack from the Fearbird, which is a large Dream Eater in the form of a Raven. "Get behind me, Queen Minnie!"
We fight with all of our strength against these monsters. This is an intense battle. The waves of Dream Eaters that are coming at us are none stop. This is defiantly a trap. It's almost like...Xusvent is trying to keep us occupied. Lured us away from the city and then attack it. That's gotta be it.
Finally, we are surrounded. The horde of Dream Eaters all around the cliff are endless. We can't defeat this many, even against the race of time.
"There are too many! Fall back!" Mickey says.
"I'll keep them busy!" I say, as I take out my Hexicon and slip through the pages.
Sora, Riku and Mickey retreat with Minnie. I hold my hand out, holding the Hexicon on my other arm, and chant the level 7 defense spell.
"Nam de terra ferrum et chalybs mente et voluntate. Da mihi parietem perditionem!" magic line draws, from one end to the other of the exit route. Dream Eaters charge and leap towards me. They plan to attack me, but instead, they crash into an invisible magic wall that sudden appeared before them.
With the barrier containing them at bay, I make my retreat as well.
We ran until we reach the bottom of the waterfall, right by the river. Once we reach our destination, we are all exhausted. All that fighitng really took it out on us.
"That...was close." Sora says.
"No kidding..." Riku says.
Minnie and Mickey both have they're reunion, not even worrying that the rest of us are around. "Minnie! I'm glad you're all right." Mickey says.
"Oh Mickey. Thank you for coming to rescue me." Minnie ends their hug. "But we don't have much time. We need to head back into town."
"Why? What's going on?" Sora asks.
"Isn't it obvious?" We are all started by the new voice that filled the conversation. Up on one of the terraces of the cliff, Xusvent stands there, looking down at us. "This whole rescue mission was a set up, to lure you all away from the town."
"So I was right. This is a trap after all!" I say. "What are you gonna do?"
"Nothing for now. But once Pete finishes his business over at the festival, I will finish off the rest of the town." Xusvent eyes let out a red glow before he vanishes.
"Pete's here? In the town?" Mickey asks.
"Oh dear, he plans to try and take the Million Dreams Award once again." Minnie says. "We have to hurry."
We all hurry back to the Dream Festival. A few Dream Eaters stands in our way, but we do not allow them to slow us down. Any Dream Eaters that appear we cut down, even under the exhaustion from our previous fight against the endless army of Dream Eaters.
Minnie stays close to either Mickey or I. Sora and Riku are the ones who dive into the horde of Dream Eaters. We attack any of those that come close to us or the queen, or use our magic to attack them at long distances.
We all make it back into town about half the time it took to get to the cliff. Nothing's damaged or destroyed, but our greatest concern is the Dream Festival at the heart of the town.
Once we reach there, that's where the problem is discovered. "All right you little punks! Give me my prize or you'll never see your queen again!"
"No way, pete! Like we'll ever hand the prize over to someone like you!" Donald says.
Pete laughs. "You have no other choice. I have the queen held captive, and the only way she'll ever be set free as if you give me my prize!"
Donald and Goofy are both disappointed. They have no other choice but to do Petes bidding.
The citizens are upset as well, but then, one-by-one, they turn and gasp, in delight. Donald and Goofy looks over Pete and they are surprised as well. Pete is concern in worry about what everyone's doing, then he turns.
Just as he feared, All of us, Sora, Riku, Mickey and myself, have returned. With Queen Minnie by our side. "Wh-What! No! How can this be?!" Pete says.
"I realized what you were planning, Pete." Mickey says.
I summon my Keyblade and point it at Pete. "You're a fool if you think we'll ever give you the Million Dream Award. So surrender now and we may consider letting you go."
Pete doesn't say anything. He just looks at us shocked. Then he stomps his feet and grunting in frustration. "No! No! No! No! No! This is not how it's suppose to be!" Pete growls then he stops having his little tantrum. "I'll finish you all here myself and then I'll take the prize by force!"
We hand Minnie over to Donald and Goofy, then the rest of us ready ourselves for combat. Pete's no challenge, but he's not to be underestimated.
We all leap towards Pete. Many of our attacks were effective against Pete, he hardly gets the change to attack one he is hit. After taking several hits, Pete activates his Force Field. "Sorry kids, Pete's invincible!" The shield only lasts a short time, but it gives him the chance to start up his combat.
We all charge at Pete, only he runs back while dropping firecrackers. Sora and I get caught in the tiny balls of fireworks. Riku and Mickey run to the sides and do an angle strikes on Pete.
Pete blocks Rikus attack then pounds him, but Mickey strikes him as soon as Pete attacks, not even giving him a chance to make his next move. Pete takes out a ball bomb and rolls it towards Riku. It explodes and Riku gets knocked back. Then Sora and I charge into the battle and fight Pete.
"Take him down!" I say.
The three of us come at Pete at once. But he does a block and become enraged. "Get out of my way!" Then he slams his fists to the ground. The blast knocks us all back. The others are down, but I land on my feet and quickly come towards Pete.
I activate my D-link with Chantal and then go all out on Pete with my Dual Keyblades and powerful magic. Pete often activates his force field once he suffers enough damage from my attacks. Whenever he does, I wait for the bubble to end and then continue attacking.
Sora and Riku soon return into the battle and attack Pete, Mickey joins us shortly afterwards.
We all defeated Pete in no time.
Pete falls flat down on the ground. Even with him defeated, we keep our guard up. Pete gets pulls himself up to a sitting position then gets back on his feet. "You will all pay for this!"
Pete turns and makes a run for it. "Should we give the chase?" Riku asks.
"No. Let him go. I doubt he'll cause anymore trouble." I say.
Suddenly, light shines right in front of us. We look up and a keyhole appears right before our very eyes. Sora, Riku and I summon our Keyblades and then we seal the Keyhole. With it locked a bright light shines and the Nightmare leaves this world.
Five down.
Only eight to go.
With the Nightmare gone, the queen safe and the town fixed up, we all were able to continue on with the Dream Festival.
An hour later, we finally move on to the big event. Sora, Riku and I stand in the audience as Queen Minnie takes the stage.
"Hello everyone and thank you for waiting." Minnie stands in center stage. "Now, it's time to begin the main event of our Dream Festival: the Million Dreams Award presentation." With all the votes counted, Minnie is quite surprised. "Oh, how very exciting. This year we have multiple winners. the Million Dreams Award goes to..."
The whole crowd goes silent, they even hold their breath in hopes that they are the winners. Riku and I are however silent. We're curious that we're the winners, but not that deep in hopes or curiosity like the others.
"Sora. Riku. And Patrick. All three of you." The audience cheers for the three of that. Well, that is certainly a surprise. "Would the three winners please come up and join me on the stage?" We all walk up on stage to join Minnie. "I hereby present the Million Dreams Award as a token of how kind you all have been for us and how much you matter to us. Congratulations!"
The whole audience cheers for us. We each return thanks to them.
After we each received a reward, and the prize which is a small trophy in the shape of Mickey's head. Once the festival is over, Mickey gives me a pick of his power to my Wayfinder, allowing me to add Mickey into my D-linking power.
With that done, we continue our journey to the next world to banish the Nightmare.