Ah this is such a short chapter! I'm sorryyyyy! I had to write this one from scratch because the previous chapter what the last one I wrote like 3 years ago lol I wanted to get the intro to Monstro done and out of the way, so here it is! This is going to be a very, VERY interesting world to write~ the chapter title is right off the Kingdom Hearts sountrack...I couldn't find a song that suited this, and it was too short for one lol Enjoy~

The trio boarded the Gummi Ship after saying goodbye to their new friend and receiving a few heartfelt gifts. Sora was exhausted from the battle, so he decided to try and sleep it off while Donald took control of the ship. His dreams, on the other hand, had different plans. Images flashed by so quickly Sora felt dizzy trying to make sense of the pictures. He knew he saw Toni in there more than once. One image, though, jarred him awake. No…no it wasn't the image. The Gummi Ship had been hit by something! Sora shot up and looked out the window. He saw what looked like a giant grey blob next to the ship. He rushed to the cockpit.

"What what that?" he asked. Donald looked out the window just as a huge whale swam by. Sora's eyes went wide.

"It's huge!" he said in awe. The whale cleared the ship and seemed to be swimming away.

"It's a whale!" he stated. Donald and Sora nodded, just watching it.

"I think it's called Monstro." Donald said, scratching his head. "I think I read about him somewhere…"

The whale did a 180 and started to swim right towards them. The three then began to panic.

"Whoa! Get us out of here!" Sora nearly yelled. Donald squawked.

"Too late! He's going to swallow us!"

The giant whale opened its mouth wide and swallowed the ship whole, throwing the trio into darkness and tossing the ship about violently, knocking its inhabitants out cold. Sora began to dream again…

"It's true! I saw it with my own eyes!" A young Sora said to an equally young Riku as they stood outside of the secret cave. Riku just looked at his friend, his hands on his hips.

"You sure you didn't just hear it this time?" he asked, not believing his friend. Sora stamped his foot.

"What difference does it make?! There's a monster in there, I tell you!" He whined. Riku sighed and shook his head.

"All right, suppose there really IS a monster…do you think we can beat it ourselves, Sora?" he asked, his crystalline eyes going to the entrance of the cave. Sora smiled and pretended to punch the air.

"No problem! Let's do it!" he said, then suddenly got quiet. "Listen! There! You can hear it growling!" he said in an excited whisper.

"Sh, quiet! We gotta be careful…" Riku said and slowly started to walk into the cave, Sora right behind him. The two young boys finally made their way into the cave and looked around. The monster roared again, and Sora clung to his best friend, scared. Riku looked up to the hole in the roof of the cave and saw the palm trees above swaying gently. He laughed slightly and pointed up.

"See that? It was just the wind making that noise." He said. Sora let go of him and looked up, slightly disappointed.

"Aw, man. I wish it WAS a monster!" he said and sighed. He then spotted a strange wooden door at the back of the cave. "Hey, what's that over there?" he asked. Riku looked at the door and tilted his head to the side. He walked over to the door and examined it.

"A window? Or a door?" he said and pulled on it wherever his fingers would find anchor. "It won't open…"

Sora sighed and looked around the cave. "Geeze, is that really all there is in here?"

"What do you expect in a boring place like this?" Riku said and rubbed his head. He then looked to his friend, who busied himself with examining rocks. "Hey, Sora."

"Hm?" Sora turned to his friend.

"When we grow up, let's get off this island! We'll go on real adventures, not this kid stuff!" he said with a twinkle in his eye. Sora smiled wide as they headed out of the cave.

"Sure! But isn't there anything fun to do here?" He asked. Riku was about to answer, but Sora cut him off. "Hey, you know that new girl at the mayors house?"

Sora finally came too inside the belly of the beast. He groaned and rubbed his head, crinkling his nose at the odd smell. He lifted his head to see Donald tapping his foot, annoyed. He was looking up at a wooden structure.

"Knock it off!" He yelled angrily. Sora sat up, still holding his head. He must have hit it pretty hard.

"Hey, Sora. You okay?" Goofy asked. Sora nodded and stood up, brushing off his clothes.

"What are you guys doing? Where are we, anyway?" he asked, looking around. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a potion flew right towards Sora, barely missing him. Sora jumped back slightly and looked up to the wooden structure.

"Uh, ya know, I think that big ol' whale Monstro just swallowed us. And for today's weather: expect showers." He said, holding his shield up to protect his head. It was a smart move, because another item flew from the wooden structure and landed on Goofy's shield.

"Heavy showers!" Goofy added. Donald growled.

"Hey! Who's there?!" he called. The three hero's looked to the top of the structure to see a little wooden puppet boy poke his head over the edge.

"It's me!" the puppet called. The trio all raised their eyebrows at the same time. The puppet noticed. "Pinocchio!" he added and began to walk away. Donald started.

"Wh…after him!" he said and tried to make his way after the little boy. He stopped, though, when he noticed they'd have to swim through a mystery liquid. Sora cringed. This was going to be a very interesting, and gross, adventure…

Man, I have an interview in the morning and here I am updating! You guys better feel loved XP once again I'm really sorry for the short chapter D: scold me if you must~ I'll start working on the next one right now, I promise :D Reviews make Newin happy~

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