Crossroads
(Note: This chapter contains the only Disney World to exist at this time since this is long before the KH series. I might also note that there is a time slight time difference for one of the worlds coming up in future chapters to come. But for now, I hope you enjoy this next installment of the Legend Begins.)
As Alan and Nadia arrived, they found themselves inside a huge castle. It seemed to cover the entire land, with its lush green hedge gardens, the huge white walls, pillars, and large rooms on each of the castle's floors and it had blue tiling for the top of the castle as well and when the sun shone through, it seemed pure and untainted. Alan checked his watch as Nadia got their bearings and he then said, "I think this isn't Radiant Garden Nadia." Nadia then said looking around, "I wonder what would give you that idea." "My watch tells us were at a world that is far off from Radiant Garden's location and not only that, but there's a whole group of walking broomsticks headed our way." They were soon halted as they stood their ground pointing large spears towards Alan and Nadia. Soon, a giant black fat cat in dark clothing came down the stairs and he then said, "So what do we have here?" He looked upon and Alan and Nadia as they smiled innocently and he then laughed and said, "Intruders eh? Well I can safely assure you that you'll make good company for the rats in our dungeon!!" Then a duck in purple wizard clothing came down and then said, "You don't have that authority Pete!! Only Mickey has that kind of power." Pete then laughed as he then said, "Oh Donald, you forget though. He isn't king yet. Why he's still trying to find purpose in life." Donald looked to the ground and then replied, "You still don't have the right to do what you want so long as I have authority over you as does Goofy!!" Pete then climbed the stairs nearby the castle to the far right and then replied as he clinged to the railing, "Mark my words Donald, someday I'll be the king of this here castle. Then we'll see who the bigger man is!!" Then Pete walked on up it, laughing sinisterly all the way.
Then Donald walked past the brooms and looked upon Alan and Nadia. Alan then asked, "Donald? How on Earth did Walt Disney's creations become real?" Donald quacked and asked, "How do you know my name?" Alan then said in a scared way, "Well it's just that from where Nadia and I come from, you're really famous along with Mickey Mouse. You two were some of Walt Disney's greatest creations in black and white." Donald then replied saying, "May as well come see 'the prince' (since this is way before Mickey had his king status and presently just barely has his prince status.) Then, both Donald, Alan and Nadia walked towards a giant set of doors on the floor above them just where Pete had walked up towards, and as Donald knocked on the door, a smaller door like a ten the size of the doors opened and he walked inside. Then Alan looked at Nadia who shrugged her shoulders at this display and they walked inside. The royal chamber room was surrounded by a huge ret set of carpeting, different sets of knight armour and white pillars and near the very end was the throne, where a young Mickey Mouse, with his arms around his head and sleeping in his chair, with Pluto at his side and Goofy near the front door in his knight armour (in just red shorts and wearing yellow shoes, since thinking about his black clothing for BBS, and his red and black clothes for the present KH series making a bigger time difference to fit the story). Donald then bowed before Mickey and Alan and Nadia followed suit as Donald said, "Your majesty, I have brought forth a couple of foreigners from outside the castle. They are nothing like I've ever seen." Mickey then stared at the newcomers in their tree bark beige suit and their red dress, and he then said, "Bring Goofy up here Donald. I have a feeling their appearance in our world in no coincidence." Alan and Nadia looked at each other and then back at Mickey who sat up and scratched his chin looking at them as if he was trying to find something.
Two hours had passed, as they got settled in, had some pork and rice to eat along with some fruitpunch to drink, and after they introduced themselves, Mickey then asked, "So what brings you to the Disney Castle, or rather my castle to be precise?" Alan then said, "We just came here by accident to be honest. You see we were on our way to Radiant Garden to pass a few tests to make our keyblades stronger." The whole Disney group looked confused as Mickey then asked, "Keyblade?" Alan nodded and summoned the keyblade he had with his hands (pretty much by now everyone knows this is the kingdom key. You might be wondering why I'm bringing this up now. Let's find out!!) then Donald and Goofy gasped as they saw this and Mickey looked at it with great respect as Alan showed it to them. "My partner and I have been chosen by a great entity for a special task. The worlds we know of are being attacked by a vicious group of creatures known as the Viraltroopers." He then explained as to what they looked like and the Knights of the Realm and their purpose as well as Obeion, and the Doors of the Heart. Mickey shook his head and then replied, "Well I can safely say that we don't have anything of the sort in terms of Viraltroopers. Thanks to our special forces and the Cornerstone of Light we have never had anything penetrate our walls." Nadia then added, "Then perhaps you can shed some light on us. Do you know of a man named Walt Disney?" Mickey shook his head and then Alan added, "That's too bad. Technically, the man created all of you guys. Every thing created in his name was a classic to the people on our planet." Mickey then replied, "So anyways, you say these Knights of the Realm are pretty dangerous then I take it?" They both nodded as Nadia then took our her keyblade and said, "They're also designing a lazer beam that can simply suck out the world's heart at ease without invading it as well. If we don't stop them now and soon, your world may be in danger as well." Mickey then said, "Well to be honest, I'm not even sure I can help." Alan then asked, "Why?" Mickey then went on to explain (if you remember the scene in Fantasia when he takes Yen Sid's top wizard hat and created that havoc you'll know what I'm talking about.) about his misdeeds with his master, and how he said that Mickey will never become a king if he makes mistakes like that.
Nadia then replied, "That's too much to expect from a guy though. Everyone makes mistakes Mickey...er I mean your majesty." Mickey raised his hand as he replied, "You can call me Mickey. I don't mind, I'm no king yet anyhow. Besides, Master Yen Sid's right. If I can't face my fears, stop being so clumsy, and fight for what's right, there's no way I can become a king." Then they heard a faint scream outside the main chamber and Mickey then said, "Minnie!!" and Donald heard a scream as well and said, "Daisy!!" They all ran out as did Goofy, and soon enough Alan and Nadia followed suit. two cages came out of nowhere and captured Donald and put him with Daisy and Goofy was captured and put with Minnie in the gardens. Mickey then asked as he took out a silver sword resembling that of Excalibur, "Alright, come out come out whereever you are, who's behind all this?" Alan and Nadia drew out their keyblades and heard the same laughter they heard back when they first arrived. Pete had a giant caveman club in his hands and then replied, "It's just lil' old me your majesty!!" Mickey gasped as he yelled,"Pete!! You're behind all of this?" Pete laughed as a yellow knight appeared from behind him and said, "Well actually we're both behind all of this." Alan and Nadia then said, "Ryansk!!" Mickey then turned to them and Alan said, "He's one of the Knights of the Realm we were talking about." Mickey then turned and said as he faced Ryansk, "So, you think this is funny. Capturing my friends and threatening the balance of good and evil in this universe was a big mistake Ryansk, Pete. Yet that still doesn't answer as to why though. I ask you Pete, why'd you do it?" Pete then said, "Let's just say that I'm tired of taking orders from a stubborn little pipsqueek. Especially a clumsy one at that who's been made a mockery of his own crown." Pete laughed and Mickey looked at the ground as his sword dropped. Alan then said, "Don't believe a word that guy says Mickey. You're more powerful than he'll ever be. You can do great things, but you have to believe in yourself!!" Mickey then grabbed the sword and pointed it towards Pete, "Today we end this Pete!!" Ryansk then replied, "Here Pete. Take this, just in case you need it, which you might." Pete then saw it was a cherry. He ate it and soon enough he gained grey armour on his arms, legs and his chest as well protecting his body.
Then Alan, Nadia and Mickey ran forward and Clashed with the brute on all sides, yet he created huge earthquakes with his feet and clobbered Alan and Nadia with the club and Mickey then glared at his foe and ran on top of his club. He slashed it with great force and then left, right, left right with the weapons clashed, as Mickey jumped into the air off of his club and Pete then swung his club above him as Mickey slashed it downward. Alan and Nadia ran back in after recovering and slashed at his armour thus breaking it off, but Pete then kicked Alan and Nadia fifteen feet across the palace grounds as Mickey then backflipped and kicked Pete in the face and as he got slammed into the ground ferociously. Pete then grabbed Mickey and slammed him to the ground and as Alan and Nadia approached him, he grabbed both of them and slammed them into each other roughly and threw them to ground on top of Mickey. Pete then laughed as he said, "See. I told ya so. Things are going to be different this time around. White is so last year anyway. I'm thinking of a nice black or maybe grey. Only problem now is finding a good carpenter." Mickey then stood up weak as he was as did Alan and Nadia, who both started to glow as they received armour as well. Mickey then said as Alan and Nadia lent their energy to him and collapsed unconscious, "You haven't won yet Pete. I admit I may be clumsy, I may be weak and things look bad..." He then stared at Minnie who was on the verge of tears and holding her arms up high and hands clenched together as a sign of hope. "...but I will never give up. No matter who stands in my way from becoming what I could and no matter how much I may get hurt." Pete then laughed as he ran in with his club saying, "I'll make this nice and painful so you won't remember a thing. I'll be king when I'm through with you!!" Then Mickey sliced his club in half and his sword turned into a keyblade as well. It was the Starseeker itself and as he stared at it as did Donald, Goofy, Minnie and Daisy with great awe and soon Alan and Nadia when they came to, he then said, "With great power, comes great responsibility!!" Mickey then slashed Pete and the cherry dissolved inside his stomach as the power wore off and Pete said in a scared way, "When I meant when I'm through with you, It was really me saying, I would buy you a fancy condo. There's one down on mainstreet that has a hot tub and pool at the top floor along with a mall, and an amusement park!!" Mickey then said with a glare, "You are hereby banished Pete!! You may never set foot in this castle again. If I even see your face here again, so help me I'll make you clean dishes and serve as a part of the brooms back up cleaners."
Pete then took off as he said, "Mark my words, you haven't heard the last of me!!" Alan and Nadia then broke the cages and as they did, Mickey then hugged Alan and gave him a Mickey mouse key chain. Alan then asked, "What's this for?" Mickey replied, "For your faith in me. If it wasn't for you two arriving here I would have never found my true purpose in life. I knew you two arriving here was no coincidence and today I feel I'm a lot closer to becoming king now that I have a keyblade of my own." He showed the starseeker and Then Yen Sid showed himself in his true glory. He then said, "Ah we have visitors. And it looks like you proved yourself after all Mickey. Well done!!" Mickey then replied, "Master, the true heroes are them. If it weren't for them, I would have never got my courage to find myself in the heat of battle." Master Yen Sid looked upon Alan and Nadia and then gave them two white orb and as he placed them down on their keyblades, they began to glow and shine. "With these orbs you now have the power of light within them burning strong. Consider it a gift from me and Aranse!!, Yen Sid replied. Alan then asked, "You know him?" "He told me of your quest and I obliged to give you these should you had helped around here and you did just that. You gave my apprentice courage like he never had before. That was your first test to sealing this new heart being created. Your next test will arrive in Radiant Garden since this is all I have to offer." Alan then nodded and they said their goodbyes as he attached the mickey mouse keychain to his keyblade and pressed the yellow button on the watch to teleport to the next world.
(To expand on this, this story is taking place about twenty to twenty five years before the first Kingdom Hearts game's story so just so you know about Mickey and his little feud with Pete and how I believe it could have happened way back when. Plus to add with those tests Yen Sid talked about and Aranse in the other chapter, I'll expand on that as well, since those tests and special potions will give the keyblade its characteristics not just in their powers, but also whom they choose for its wielder as well. Also, the Disney Castle is in colour now, because they just recently came out of the black and white era of the whole 1930s depression colour boundaries, since Timeless River was what they were before in the deep past. More to come so stay tuned. I know it was corny with the idea of telling Mickey and them they were created from somebody on Earth, but in my mind it would make sense if this were a real life situation and you met somebody who was just a cartoon or an anime. I think the simpsons game did something just like this except with video games. Yet again more to come so stay tuned.)
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