Disclaimer: Life FAR from Normal is a story set in an alternate universe of Kingdom Hearts, set after the Epilogue of my previous story, "The Betrayal of Light", also featuring many characters from Disney and Final Fantasy that haven't made it to Kingdom Hearts games or Manga yet.
Author's Note: This is definately my last chapter I'm writing until I get back from my holiday. Unless I'm desparate to continue writting before I go. Again, it's Disney content, and well, it's based on one of the Little Mermaid TV episodes. *Shrugs*
For a reminder, I'm leaving for a two week vacation starting next week on Thursday the 5th, so, I won't be back until the 18th, but will probably won't be writing until the 23rd of November at the latest.
I don't own anything here.
EP 21: Student Struck, Bad Luck.
It was such a nice day in Radiant City and the area surrounding it. In fact, it was so nice, that the students were given a few days off, due to the headmasters-Ansem the Wise, Eraqus and Xehanort going on a business trip for a few days. The Turks were assigned for their safety, and some of the SOLDIER, including Sephiroth, for a special event. Zack, Cloud, Reno and Rude were invited as specials, while Ven and Lea and Isa all had still some training. Terra also stayed behind as well. Tifa and Aerith went as well, as well as some of the other students in Eraqus's class.
Another class field trip had Jecht take Minnie, Daisy, Terra, Genie, Female-Terra, Elena, Cissnei, Zidane, Garnet and swordswoman teacher Claire "Lightning" Farron all to Balamb Garden, along with Squall, Riona and Zell.
That left Ven, Aqua, Lea, Isa, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Mushu and Iago at the Academy, with Miss Serah Farron and some of the other teachers. Right now, Mushu was...well, forming a meeting with other students and teachers in the meeting room for a special meeting.
"Everybody, pay attention to me for a change." Mushu announced, going up to the students and teachers, saying, "The headmasters are coming home tomorrow, so we'd better make a welcome home party. I want each and every one of you make it perfect and not a single thing to go wrong."
The small dragon went up to Steiner, saying, "Now, you're in charge of the posters." then going up to Selphie, adding, "You're in charge of the decorations."
"You can count on me!" Selphie said happily, "I love arrangements!"
Mushu nodded, before going over to a group of four "NORA" saying, "And uh, you're in charge of the announcing trumpets" only to be blown away screaming by the unexpected trumpets going off, hitting the chair and collasping, passing out while he mumbled, "Dismissed."
Everyone scattered to their assignments, just as Ven, Lea, Isa and Iago walked in. Ven found Mushu in Ansem's chair and gapped, "Mushu. What are you doing in the Headmaster's chair?"
The small dragon noticed this and gasped, leaping out and onto the table, muttering, "Uh, nevermind, Ven my man." saying to the others, "Now that you're here, you can help me setting things up." giving the group some of the decorations, much to Iago's annoyance.
"Actually, we were looking for Aqua and Miss Farron." Isa stated.
"You've seen them around, Mushu?" Lea asked.
"Well, they're not here at the moment." Mushu said.
"Where are they, then?" Iago asked, "Wait, let me guess, they're doing homework for art, right?"
Mushu shrugged, "Actually, they're both out in the fields for some peace and quiet since the weather is nice today. They're gonna paint beautiful paintings and saying good morning to everyone in Radiant City."
In Radiant Forest outside of town, a small pink beaver like creature walks out of it's hiding place, sighing. It walks out and looked around, being sad because it was all alone. Checking for the coast is clear, it continued, until it was surrounded by animals who were not happy to see it.
That includes a travelling Warthog named Pumbaa and a Meerkat named Timon who both travelled all the way from Africa to explore the world, and they were not happy to see this pink beaver-thing either...at least Timon wasn't.
Now for translations on what the animals are saying in their langauge.
"It's one of them!" an Orange cat named O'Mally exclaimed.
"Gotta here, you bad luck thing! Go on! Shoo! Shoo!" Timon yelled at the thing who runs away in sadness and startlement.
"What's wrong with that little fella, Timon?" Pumbaa asked.
Timon facepalmed himself at his friend's cluelessness, before answering, "Pumbaa, those things cause bad luck."
"Bad luck?"
"That's what the legend says, and I heard that legend aren't wrong."
The Bad Luck Creature, hearing this, sadly continues to run away.
Now back to the normal language...and meanwhile, in a dark castle like building in the deep part of the mountains nearby, inside, an evil witch named Ultimecia was working on potions for her new spell.
"All right, everything is set." said Ultimecia, "And this time, I'll get it right."
Her assistances, Dilebo, the Crow, and Eales the flying Eel, fly around behind her as she chuckles, throwing in ingredients of her new spell, which some of them exploded a few times for she is careful not to put in too much.
Ultimecia pours in some kind of potion into her mixing bowl, but only a few pours in it. But as she just finished, when she threw her arms in the air, Ultimecia accidently lets go of the bottle which was thrown and flung into the mixing bowl, and landed with a splash, and then...
BOOM!
The entire place was covered in unheathly smoke, which caused the minions to fly out in panic, while Ultimecia, coughing and comically covered in sout, her face ruined with black ash, she came out, grumbling, "Ugh! Of all the rotten luck. I've been casting that spell all day." until something caught her eye, and she smiled evilly. "Well, well, well." she muttered, following the now terrified Bad Luck Creature that stumbled into her territory accidently and it was now cornered, quiver in fear.
Coming to realise that the small terrified thing was the cause of her rotten luck today, Ultimecia held up her hand in the air, while Dilebo and Eales both got tangled up in each other and were now stuck. Chanting a spell, and ignoring her minions' requests for help, Ultimecia throws a spell at the small Pink thing who stumbles back, narrowly missing it and runs away.
She soon causes after it, but while it stumbled and rolled down very steep hill to the nicer parts of Radiant Forest, Ultimecia trips and falls, and lands into the think mud, covered completely. "More bad luck!" she cursed.
Meanwhile, Aqua and her arts teacher, Serah, who wasn't that much older, had just completed their paintings of a lake and mountain view which was a stunning sight.
Now they were packing up. "I wish we could come back soon." Aqua said, "I love it here."
"Me too." Serah agreed with her student. "How about I assign a field trip here for the next art class?"
"Really, Miss Farron?" Aqua asked, excitedly, but then she and Serah then heard a whimpering and something coming towards them. Turning to see what it is, they see something pink roll down the hill and crash land with a hard thump into the bushes next to a tree near the lake. Looking at each other, and wondering what it was, Aqua and Serah rushed over, pushing away the leaves, and gasp.
While recongising what this small thing was, sympathy filled up Aqua's and especially's Serah's hearts. "Oh, you poor thing. You've been hurt." Serah said, seeing the Bad Luck Creature who was holding it's foot which was hurting, and it was crying, trumatized at the close call from Ultimecia earlier. "I gotta get you back to the Academy." she decided.
"But, Miss Farron." Aqua began, though she didn't want to abandon the small injured thing. "The legend says if we touch it, we'll have bad luck forever."
"Oh don't be silly, Aqua." Serah shook her head, "That's an urban legend." though she was hesitated, but then her conscience won, and she slowly rubbed the little thing's head fondly. Aqua, not seeing anything bad happen, did the same and both young woman smiled, and the little thing smiled as well, for the first time in it's life, it felt safe.
Picking the little fella up in her arms, Serah carried it with her as she, and Aqua who carried the very few art sets, and both of them made their way back home. Along the way, they were passing small Moogles who shivered at the sight of the Bad Luck Creature and muttered so many words, "It's the Bad Luck Creature, Kupo! Bad Luck, bad luck!"
"Oh don't listen to them." Serah told the small creature in her arms, "They're just saying things unimportant." while Aqua walking beside her.
"Ooh!" One of the Moogles, cried out, "Ultimecia is coming, Kupo!"
This got Aqua's and Serah's attentions, as they both heard of the witch of the forest, and the rose-blonde-haired woman muttered, nervously, "Everything, except that." as the Moogles quickly hid. At the sight of Ultimecia, Serah and Aqua looked around, until they found a giant fallen tree nearby with a hole, and seeing it as their and their little friend's hiding place, silently rushed over to it and hid inside, keeping silent as Ultimecia, who didn't even notice, stood next to the tree.
"If someone is hiding that Bad Luck Creature, they'll really be paid by me!" Ultimecia said to herself, as she walked off, and around another large standing tree.
"That was close." Aqua sighed. "We were lucky." she smiled.
Serah nodded, then she looked at the little fella, saying, "You see? You don't bring bad luck."
"We have to leave, but we can't do that without trouble." Aqua whispered.
"I have an idea. We'll roll the log and pretend someone was pushing it." Serah decided.
The three of them waited until a large bear came, and once it was close enough, Serah and Aqua made it look like it pushed the log into the direction they wanted to go and rolled away back into the city, without a waiting Ultimecia knowing, even though she was hoping that a bear would kill the Bad Luck creature.
To her, that was an epic fail.
Half an hour later, in the clinic centre, Aqua and Serah were putting a bandage on the little creature's foot, healing it. "There you go." Aqua told it. "You'll feel better soon."
"Don't you have any family, or friends?" Serah asked it, and it shook it's head a sad no. She smiled and hugged it again, saying, "Aw, you're so lucky that we find you." before realising what to call it, and giggled, "Hey, you know what? I'll call you Lucky."
The little fella clapped happily, and Aqua smiled, saying, "I think Lucky like's that name."
Back in the Academy, in the dining area, Iago, who had set it up planned, along with Mushu, Ven, Lea, Isa, Mickey, Donald and Goofy had everything ready.
"Wow!" Ven gapped in awe, "This is awesome!"
Mickey smiled, happily saying, "Oh boy! The Headmasters are gonna love this!"
"Seeing all of this food is making me hungry." Lea admitted, attempting to grab hold of one of the sweet sea-salt cookies, one of Ansem's favorites, but Isa slapped his hand away, and the redhead glared at his best friend.
"For once, everything is a-okay!" Donald said, proudly, just as Aqua and Serah, who was still carrying Lucky, walked in to meet up with them.
"And nothing is going wrong." Mushu said.
Iago smirked, "You better not jinks that, even though not having a bad luck Genie around made up for it." before noticing someone new and greeted, "Oh. Hi, Mister Bad Luck Creature." laughing. But then he screamed as he realised who he just talked to.
Backing away, Iago steps on a spoon which hits him on the side of the face. Everyone watched painfully as Iago kept on crashing into every single thing on the table, messing things up and getting covered in cakes and sweets, before being catapulted into an ice-cream cake, landing and making it wobble like jelly.
Head emerging from the cake, Iago coughed, before saying to Aqua, "See? That thing is bad luck, girl!"
"Oh, Iago." Aqua sighed, "It's an Arabian Night's tale."
"But, but, I'm from the Arabian Nights!" Iago protested as he flew out of the cake.
"Yeah, yeah, and I came from Ancient China." Mushu pointed out to the parrot, "Besides, you don't hear me complaining about some dumb old legend. Now thanks to you, the table's all messed up!"
Seeing the mess again, Mushu quivered in horror, "Oh, man! They're gonnna kill me!"
Iago rolled his eyes, which caught sight of Serah holding Lucky and he gasped in horror, exclaiming, "Serah! You're touching it! Now you're gonna have bad luck forEEVAAH!" while he nearly fell off the table, but Serah caught him and she places him back onto the table.
"Everyone, I need your help." Serah told the students. "The little one's hurt. His name is lucky."
"Poor little guy." Ven thought, seeing the injury on Lucky. "Looks like he had more bad luck given to him than he gives to anyone."
"What'ya gonna do with him, Miss Farron?" Mickey asked.
The young woman told her students, "We're gonna feed him and rest him in my room." much to their, except Aqua's, stunned shock. "And please, don't tell around else about Lucky. They'll just get all upset." walking off with Lucky in her arms. Aqua, Ven, Lea, Isa, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy all looked at each other, and nodded, following their teacher out of the dining area, leaving Mushu and Iago by themselves.
Iago scoffed, "Upset? Upset?" while unaware that one of the cakes that landed on the wall slid off, landing onto a larger soom which a cream ball was catapulted and flown straight towards him like a rocket, as he continued, "Because it's a curse to be keeping him in Radiant City!? WHY WOULDN'T ANYONE BE NOT UPSET!?"
He then heard something coming towards him from behind, and turned around, only to see the cream ball. Iago could only gulp before it engulfed him and he, inside the cream ball, was flown and smacked and stuck into another wall like bubble gum. Mushu jumped off the table and walked up to the standby table to meet Iago's current height.
"Help, me, stupid, dragon." Iago muttered, before he and cream-ball slid off the wall and landed on the floor, knocked out.
Mushu, breaking the fourth wall, said, "I don't know if that fella really is bad luck, but Iago's definately having a bad day."
It wasn't long before the group set Lucky in Serah's bed, tucking the little guy in like a child. The teacher then said, "Okay, I'm gonna set something up for Lucky to eat. Aqua, Isa, and Mickey, could you all assist me?"
"Of course, Miss Farron." Aqua nodded, with Isa and Mickey nodding in agreement.
Mickey then turned to Ven and the others, "Okay, fellas, you'll be doing the babysitting until we get back." much to Iago's dismay and Lea's surprise.
"Us?" Lea pointed at himself and the others.
"Why us!?" Iago cried in dismay.
Serah gave Lucky a gentle kiss on the head, tellingh im not to worry, before she, Aqua, Isa and Mickey walked off, with Aqua telling the boys, "Now you all behave yourselves and take care of Lucky, alright?" as the four left the room to Ven, Donald, Goofy, Lea, Iago and Mushu with Lucky.
"Of course we'll behave." Donald said, smirking, "I'm the most behaved student in Radiant Academy!" standing proudly.
"Yeah, so well behaved that you, Lea and Isa tend to cause trouble." Goofy chuckled, with Lea glaring at him while Donald ignored the two.
Lea then turned back to Lucky who didn't look convinced, and the redhead told it, "Ah, just ignore them, Lucky. You're safe, so you don't have to worry."
"Aw, I know that the world doesn't like you." Iago had to go and add. Not a moment too soon after he said this, Lucky sniffled, before hiding it's face under the blankets and started crying, causing Ven, Goofy, Donald and especially Lea to flinch and slightly panic. They didn't want Lucky to start crying or let Serah down.
"Oh, look what you did, Mushu." Iago gently scolded, "You make him cry." which was hiding behind the said dragon.
Mushu glared at the bird, exclaiming in insult, "Me!?" pushing the parrot away in annoyance. They and the others went over around Lucky, still hesitating on whether the legend was true or not, even if this was a moden day world.
"Hey, hey, c'mon, Luck'." Lea said as gently as he could, "It's okay, really."
Ven decided to be brave, and gently rubbed Lucky's head, waiting for a few seconds, and, when nothing happened, continued to comfort Lucky. "It's okay, Lucky."
"There, there. Don't cry." Goofy soothed. "We can do fun things. Ay-yhuck!"
He then spotted round balls on Serah's mirror table, and then picked up some, then juggled them skillfully. "See? Look how much fun we're havin'!" Goofy said. Lucky sniffled, and lowered the blanket to see what's going on.
Ven and Lea were impressed, while Donald, Mushu and Iago were skeptical at this. After a few moments, though, Goofy lost his balance in juggling, and accidently dropped the balls...all onto Iago's head, causing the parrot to grunt in pain.
"Ya see!?" Iago cried out, holding his sore head in irritation at Goofy, "Bad luck!"
"Nope." Goofy shrugged sheepishly, holding the last ball, "Bad jugglin'." and dropped the last one on Iago's head, a bit more on purpose, and the bird glared at him. Mushu and Donald snickered, Ven laughed a little, Lea was trying to strain himself from bursting into laughter. Lucky, seeing this, laughed at Iago and Goofy, feeling a bit better already.
"You think that was funny?" Donald asked, and even Iago smiled a little, despite feeling a little annoyed for being laughed at. "Watch this bad luck."
He then quickly changed into a costume to look like a Bad Luck creature and walked around act like on a good day. Lucky was enjoying the movements Donald was doing that it tried to copy. Donald was so distracted that he bumped into Serah's waredrope door, "Ow!" and holding his head. Lucky laughed at the sight.
Ven, Lea, Donald, Goofy and Iago then preformed acts like in a circus, with Mushu dancing around like a ring-master. The teens preforms small spins and leaps, and Mushu did a back flip, which Lucky enjoyed so much. "Look at this, pal!" Iago said, rolling and balancing on a ball without losing balance for a while, waving. Then he noticed, in Serah's doorway, was Serah herself, Aqua, Mickey and Isa who chuckled and waved at the parrot back.
Panicking and not wanting to be embarrassed, Iago slipped and lost his balance, accidently throwing himself into a bowl of body cream, landing with a SQUILOSH! Lucky bursted into a hysterical laughter at Iago's clumsiness. While Iago climbed out, the others walked over.
"I knew we could count on you, fellas." Mickey praised as his friends who smiled in return.
"You guys did a great job in making Lucky feel at home." Aqua also praised, as she and Serah fondly patted Lucky.
Donald rolled his eyes, grumbling, "We were only trying to keep him from crying, Aqua."
"He sure liked our preformance, though." Mushu admitted.
"If you keep that Bad Luck Creature, Serah," Iago flew over to the group, "Are we all gonna be blamed?"
When Serah, Aqua, Lucky, Ven, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Lea, Isa and Mushu looked at the bird, they all bursted into hysterical laughter, as Iago had only dressed himself up in the cream which was now modelled to look like he had a long beard going down to his legs and it made him look completely ridiculous.
However, the group were very unaware that Ultimecia has been watching them through her magical orb that can see that outside world, and she is disgusted as the orb focused on Serah and Lucky.
"So, someone is looking after that disgusting Bad Luck Creature." Ultimecia grunted, before smiling evilly as a plan formed in her mind. "Well, I'm going to, burst that bubble." grinning.
"You guys did a great job." Aqua said, as Serah fed Lucky some food, while the former continued, "You looked like you were having fun cheering Lucky up."
"Maybe even more than the rest of us in your case, Iago." Mushu thought.
Iago, who had cleaned himself off from the cream, said in annoyance, "I was not! Now, I don't know about you guys, but mark my words, that fella is in big trouble." before he flew over to Serah's window sill, admitting, "Well at least the Headmasters won't be back until tomorrow."
"If they're supposed to be back tomorrow, then why do I see everyone that left approaching the Academy?" Lea asked as he was standing near the window Iago was at, turning the parrot so that the latter can see the approaching figures of all of their friends, a couple of the teachers, the Turks, SOLDIER, and the Headmasters-Ansem, Eraqus, and Xehanort-approaching the school.
Screaming in horror, and in panic, Iago zipped over to Serah, crying out in hysterical panic, "Hide the Bad Luck Creature, Serah! If you don't hide him, I'll lose my status-No, worse! I'LL LOSE MY HEAD!" before going to hide under the blankets of the bed. Lucky, feeling like he's in trouble, whimpered.
"Don't worry, Lucky. Everyone will understand." Serah assured.
"Yeah, she's right." Ven agreed, as did the rest of the group...except for Iago.
"Just when things couldn't get any worse." Iago whined.
Ansem, Eraqus, Xehanort, Terra, girl-Terra, Zack, Cloud, Reno, Rude, Aerith, Tifa, and the rest that had gone for a few days approached the doors of the Academy, where they were greeted by Aqua, Serah, Ven, Mickey, Donald, and Iago who greeted their friends and Serah's older sister.
"Waiting for us, right?" Terra smirked, as he hugged Aqua, before ruffling Ven's hair playfully, causing the younger teen to pout while smiling.
"So, what's new?" Zack asked.
"Well, we have do have some news." Ven began sheepishly.
Serah nodded, waiting for everyone else to gaze at her. She simply said as if it was casual day, "I have a Bad Luck Creature in my bed room."
Instead of exclaiming in shock, the group who just returned glanced at each other, rather surprised, before Zack asked, "You mean that cute pink little things everyone thinks cause bad luck?"
"The very same ones." Iago said, nervously.
"Oh there's no such thing as a Bad Luck Creature. They're just harmless adorable animals that are misjudged." Minnie stated, her hands to her hips.
"Yeah, there's no evidence that people get bad luck just by touching those little guys." Cloud agreed.
Elena looked up at the window of Serah's room, and noticed Lucky, wiht Goofy, Lea, Isa and Mushu there as well, and she said, "It doesn't look bad luck at all. I think it's adorable."
"The legend is nothing more than a Myth." Sephiroth, whom Ven and the others had finally noticed, stated. "As young Cadet Strife said, there has been no evidence to prove that it's true."
"I agree with General Sephiroth." Ansem the Wise said, "It was fifty years ago that people have come to realise that it's nothing more than an uban legend. Though there are still people who fear of it, and it can cause some problems."
In hysterical panic, Iago flew up at the headmaster, and proclaimed, "It's bad luck, alright! I got rolled into a big ball of cake and smeered against the wall! And then I fell into a giant bowl of body cream!"
If anything, everyone else just look at him skeptically, as Terra said, "Uh, Iago? Doesn't that kind of stuff happen to you all the time?"
"He has a point." Ven snickered.
Seeing the point, Iago was about to say something else, but thankfully, Genie magically shut the bird's beak with a bandage, much to the parrot's further annoyance. Reno and Rude laughed at the sight, while Tseng and Sephiroth chuckled, and Claire shook her head with a smirk.
"So how did you find the little thing?" Girl-Terra couldn't help but ask.
"Miss Farron and I were painting near Radiant Lake, when he came tumbling down and injured himself." Aqua explained.
"We took care of him since then. I even held him in my own arms." Serah added.
"So you actually touched it?" Daisy asked, stunned.
"Yes, and I had absolutely no bad luck what so ever." Serah nodded.
"I knew that legend was crap." Reno said, placing his hands behind his head with a trademark smirk, "I'd say it's about time that the rest of the world would know that the legend is fake."
But just then, thunder roared and lightning flashed, causing everyone to turn around, and to their shock, Ultimecia came floating down with her dark magic, alarming the group. Mushu and Goofy pulled Lucky away from the scene. Lea and Isa backed away as well.
"Ultimecia!?" Tifa gasped, horrified, "I thought she wouldn't come here!"
"Maybe she's after the bad luck creature?" Riona asked, fearfully, while Squall placed himself in front of her to protect her.
"Uh-oh!" Mickey gasped.
Claire, Sephiroth, Angeal who was also with, drew out their weapons, and Terra and the others stood protectively in front of their vunerable friends and teachers, even though some of them wanted to help too.
"Ah, Ultimecia. Come to welcome us home, have you?" Xehanort asked, sarcastically.
Up in Serah's room, Lea nervously whispered to the terrified Lucky, "Everybody loves Radiant Academy." causing Isa to roll his eyes in exasperation, and Goofy and Mushu shook in fear.
"Just hand over the creature, grandpas." Ultimecia demanded, "Or you'll have a spell that you'll never forget!" twirling around, creating a powerful and deadly dust towards them. The group immediately held their breaths to avoid in breathing it in.
Ven then knew what to do, and quickly told his magical friend, "Genie!"
"On it, Ven!" Genie exclaimed, turning himself into a giant fan and blowing away the dust back towards Ultimecia who retreated a little. While she was uneffected, Dilebo and Eales accidently breathed it in and were coughing, until they were passing out.
Smiling evilly, Ultimecia chuckled, "You just powered up my body, Genie." forming a powerful orb from the dust, laughing, "Now I have the power I need!" grinning, much to everyone's dismay.
Lea, Isa, Goofy, Mushu and Lucky quickly hid, and Iago flew away to escape. As this was a magical fight, Genie fended off Ultimecia's spells while those who wielded swords fought off against monsters summoned by the evil sorceress, keeping Ultimecia occupied, but she was taunting Serah, Aqua, Rinoa, Minnie, Daisy and even Mickey who tried to protect his girlfriend.
During the battle, Iago accidently crashed into the same cake from earlier. As he got out, he realised that it was the same colour as Lucky, and an idea formed in his mind. He quickly got to work in modeling it up to look like Lucky as best as he could.
Ven, Terra, Zack, Cloud, Reno, Rude and even Aqua took part in the fight to help out as best as they could with the weapons they managed to find or with martial arts skills, but it was becoming quite difficult. Eraqus joined in as well, while Xehanort attempted to help, but due to his age, he was getting tired too quickly. Donald and Mickey held the rest of the group off to protect them.
With the model finished, Iago pushed the cake into the scene, as Ultimecia came into view. Hiding behind a piller, Iago dashed way, while Ultimecia was easily fooled, thinking that the cake was her target.
"So, there you are, little Bad Luck Creature." Ultimecia said, smirking, "I have a spell, just for you!" throwing her magical orb which destoryed the cake instantly into nothing.
Ven, Aqua, Mickey, Donald, and especially Serah all gasped in horror as they too thought the cake was Lucky.
Genie then used his magic to turn Dilebo and Eales, who were turned into monsters by their mistress, back to normal, and then had them trapped inside a bird cage, before catapulting them back into the forest. "Well! Nothing worse than birds that try to eat you." Genie said to himself, before seeing what happened, and muttered in horror, "Oh no...!" as everyone else also saw what happened and were horrified.
Serah, devastated, began to cry as she fell to her knees, heartbroken. Claire quickly held her sister to try her best to comfort her, as everyone else also gathered.
"You'll pay for this, Ultimecia!" Terra yelled at the sorceress.
"Oh, handsome, I was doing everyone a favor." Ultimecia replied, "Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got things to do, to someone else." and with that, she flew up into the air and disappeared. The sky returned to normal.
Serah continued to cry, until she and everyone else heard a sniffing, and when they turned, to their relief and confusion, the real Lucky came into view, sniffing at a scent of a burnt but gone cake. "Lucky!" Serah exclaimed happily, rushing over and embracing Lucky, before she asked, stunned that Lucky was here, "But...how?"
Everyone else was babbling in disblief on how this happened, and only Mickey managed to say a bit more clearly to Lucky, "How'd you...?" before Iago and the others approached, with the parrot smirking.
"That oughta keep Ultimecia busy for a while." Iago laughed, grinning proudly at himself, "Nothing like a pink cake act as a decoy. "Tricky" is my middle name." before Lucky hugged him, and he patted the creature in return.
Everyone sighed in relief, and Ven said, "Iago, you may be annoying, but you just saved Lucky and saved Radiant City."
"Yeah, man." Lea said, "I'm surprised you really don't believe in that Bad Luck Creature legend."
"Of course not!" Iago said, as he freed himself, and continued, "I may come from Agrabah from the Arabian Nights, but most of the stories you've all heard aren't that true, you know. Besides, this guy here is just as innocent as a certain monkey I knew."
Lucky, happy that Iago saved his life, hugged him again happily. Iago blushed, saying, "You're welcome, Lucky. You know, pal, you're okay."
But then suddenly, Lucky felt off and slowly collaspsed to the ground after letting Iago go, sligtly worrying everyone, as Isa asked, "Lucky? Are you okay?"
"What's wrong, man?" Lea asked.
Everyone glanced at each other, before Serah knelt down, before she gasped in surprise, muttering, in happiness and disbelief, "Lucky is...is having a baby!"
Mushu's, Iago's and Genie's jaws all comically dropped to the floor in shock, while Lea exclaimed in total disbelief, "He's...A GIRL!?" sharing a completely shocked look with Isa who had the same expression.
Happily, a new born baby was happily already running around, and climbed up Serah's arm and she smiled fondly. Mickey then noticed another one coming out, and he exclaimed happily, "Golly, there's another one!"
"And another one!" Donald added.
"And another one! Ay-yhuck!" Goofy added happily.
Soon about eight babies were born, and everyone, including those were even not immune to adorable new borns, all smiled fondly at the birth of new life and generation. "Babies!" Mushu cried out happily, hugging the playfully babies, "Look at these adorable little guys!"
"The babies are lucky to you for a mother." Aqua said, as she and the others watched the babies drink the milk from their mother, Lucky, while some of them played with the babies.
"And Radiant City is a wonderful place for children." Ansem agreed, saying to Lucky and her new born children, "I hope you stay."
"Awesome!" Lea cheered happily, as a couple of the babies climbed up his shoulder, "That means we get to play with the babies!" ticking one gently, "Hey, little guy."
"Aw, cute little fella." Donald cooed.
Even Iago tickled one gently, "They are cute."
Mickey returned one to it's mother, saying, "I knew everything would turn out just fine." and everyone agreed with him.
During the week after this, Lucky and her new born children were moved into a sanctuary where the would remain and the group would visit them almost every single day or when they had the change after studies or other adventures. All in all, this was probably one of the luckiest times the heroes ever had and they couldn't be any happier.
To be Continued...
A/N: There's one episode I want to want down for this story, but they'll have to wait until I get back from my vacation.
Please continue your amazing reviews, fellow readers, and I'll see you again as soon as I get back home.
Happy reading!