Marie and her keyblade:

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A/N:
Even more fluff! Now added with a carpet and some fast action flying! Screw fast and furious when you've got a flying carpet! I'll also note that Marie will be pretty much a bad-ass from now on. Not as good as Aura, but pretty damn good.


Chapter Fifty-One

And we shall call it 'Carpet'!

We walked through the sand and heat, and I was disgusted by the fact that I was sweating—we all were, but I felt so gross. We walked a little more until we saw a whole lot of buildings deep beneath us, and Sora wondered what to do now. We looked around until we saw something flying in, and when I put my hands over my eyes, I noticed it was Carpet! It flew in and landed in front of Sora, and he was really happy to see it.

"Nice timing, Carpet!" he cheered. Donald and Goofy were quick to get on, along with Aladdin, and I was reminded of last year. I had to sit on Sora's lap, and I found myself blushing at the thought. Sora called out my name, and stuck out his hand for me. I smiled and eagerly accepted it, and when I got on he placed his arm around my waist. Everyone managed to get on, and Carpet started flying towards the main tower.

But, nothing says fun without Heartless floating around, and I hope you can note my sarcasm there. They were little flying Heartless with mechanical mouths, and they started aiming towards us. Donald got busy casting his spells, while Aladdin steered carpet. Goofy threw his shield at some of them, while Sora and I attacked some of the ones near Carpet. I switched between fighting and casting my magic, while Sora went full on physical. Aladdin was flying around with Carpet, until one of the Heartless bumped into it. Carpet bucked, and we all lost our balance and I fell of it.

I screamed as I fell off, and as I was falling I looked down towards the floor. I was freaked out, and I saw the Heartless chasing after me. No more weakness! I can fight! Even if I was falling I managed to call out my keyblade and cast aero to keep me afloat for just a bit, and I felt my forehead burning again. I brought my keyblade and I spun around in midair as I felt something welling up inside me.

"Tornado!" I shouted. My keyblade lit up and I saw a giant tornado surround the Heartless around me, and it lifted me even higher up from the ground. I watched as the tornado got rid of all the Heartless and I felt myself land rather roughly back on Carpet.

"Are you okay?" I heard Sora ask as he wrapped his arm around my waist again. I smiled and told him I felt great! Really, it was such a thrill! I don't know why or how, but maybe it was the fact that I was actually no longer afraid. I was ready to fight and I think this was the result. Of course, I know not to get cocky, but it was pretty amazing. Sora smiled and laughed at my courage, and I smiled back. That spell though…was that my own power coming through? If so, then maybe controlling these powers might be a bit easier than I thought. Maybe. I know I've got the ability to use powers from Kingdom Hearts through Stella, but what I really wanted to know now was how to prevent others from using it. I didn't want anyone from Organization XIII using it—I'm not going to let anyone use it! Those powers belong to no one, and I'm finally going to take responsibility and do what I should've done from the start—protect it.

After getting rid of the heartless around us, Aladdin led us all the way deep within the ruins and found us an opening inside it. We flew straight towards it and I ducked my head with everyone else as we went inside. Carpet abruptly stopped, and we all fell off it. We landed on the cement, and my back hurt a bit, but at least we got inside. I walked around the place, and was pretty amazed such a thing existed. Sora found a path, and we all walked through it. He found an opening, and Aladdin told us to be prepared. We took out our weapons, and on Aladdin's count we ran through.

"The game's up, Jafar!" Sora shouted. We stood in our stances, but nothing appeared. I raised my eyebrow in confusion after a while, and Aladdin asked if this was even the place. Donald looked at Iago, and the parrot flew a bit ahead of us. He landed on a broken pillar, and looked down at the floor before looking at us.

"You gotta understand. It wasn't my idea! It was Jafar. He made me bring you here," Iago confessed. I dropped my shoulders, and was shocked at how he went behind our backs. I honestly thought he turned over a new feather. "He said if I didn't cooperate, he was gonna—"

"Where is he?" Aladdin demanded. Iago begged Aladdin to forgive him but he wasn't really happy. Aladdin demanded again where Jafar was, and Iago told us that he was probably attacking the palace. Iago pleaded that he didn't have a choice, saying that his eyes were all creepy and weird.

"Whatever. Iago, you're supposed to be our friend, but you've been playing both sides, just to make sure you save yourself," Sora retorted. Donald added that he was still a bad guy, and Iago begged for forgiveness. I still felt a bit bad, since I think he was trying. He flew backwards a bit, and knocked a vase down to the floor. The building started to shake and Carpet came flying in, and we quickly got on as it started to fly.

Carpet was quick, but when we left the buildings around us started to crumble. We had to maneuver around the falling pieces and try to get out, but Heartless started appearing too! I brought out my keyblade and started casting spells with Donald, while Goofy protected us as we kept flying. It was hard to really fight and stay balanced, but Sora kept my balance still. I mainly used my aero spell to push the Heartless back, while Donald used thunder.

"Watch out!" I shouted as a building came falling in. Carpet quickly flew over it, and I held onto both it and Sora as we flew. The Heartless were blocked by the building, and I sighed out of relief. The rest of the ride was smooth as we escaped the ruins, and I bent down to get a better hold of Carpet.

Carpet fell straight to the floor once we made it back to the town and got off, and Aladdin told it to rest. I was really thankful for the ride, and it really did deserve a rest. Iago roared for us to get Jafar, but Sora and Aladdin were still a bit annoyed with him. We all looked through the door, and Aladdin informed us that the palace was all the way at the back, so we made haste.

-x-

We ran towards the palace, and lo and behold, we saw Jafar standing in front of Jasmine. He laughed at her saying how Aladdin was probably gone, and when she turned and smiled towards us, Jafar did too. He gasped when he saw us, and glared when he saw Iago.

"You dare defy me! You useless bird!" Iago hid behind Goofy as he brought up his shield, and Jafar brought up his staff as he was about to cast a spell. He quickly turned his staff and turned his magic towards Aladdin, but Iago came in and shielded Aladdin. I gasped, and quickly ran and bent down as he fell.

"Iago!" I shouted. Everyone surrounded him and looked at him as he blacked out, but Jafar laughed and threatened that we would be joining Iago soon. I turned my head towards him, and he was glowing red. We watched as the glow got bigger, and it eventually turned into a red smoke. It got bigger, and when it faded, we saw a giant Jafar in his genie form. He got so big that he tore down one of the buildings, and we all ran away from as quickly as possible.

Carpet came flying in, and we watched as Jafar flew up towards the sky. Aladdin told us we needed to stay focused, and I took a deep breath as I willed my keyblade out. I am ready for this! I looked at Sora and he looked at me, and we both nodded as we jumped on Carpet. Donald, Goofy and Aladdin got on after, and we concentrated all our attacks on Jafar's upper torso.

-x-

Aura

She came running out of her portal and quickly closed it, and sighed as she looked around. She was in Halloween Town and decided to check out the place, and she wondered why she didn't get a costume of her own, but she figured she was scary enough as it is. It had been a while since she left the gang, and to be honest, she kind of missed it. It was certainly entertaining seeing the antics of those two sidekicks, and even messing with Sora was kind of fun. What she probably missed the most was how Roxas was near, even though she didn't want him to. It didn't really feel all that right without Axel, but she was still glad.

"So you finally got to really talk with her, huh?" she heard a familiar redhead say. She turned around and faced Axel, who had a slight smirk on his face. She sighed, and nodded her head. Axel chuckled a bit, and crossed his arms. "Was she different from what you expected?"

"I guess…I'm not really sure. I felt strength within her, but she seemed scared," Aura replied. She turned away from Axel and looked up at the gloomy sky. "Now… I can sense she really is trying. She's giving it her all, and I think Sora being in danger really made her open her eyes."

Aura turned around, and narrowed her eyes when she looked at Axel and teased how he wouldn't have minded if Sora went down. Roxas would come back, and they'd really be together—the three of them. Aura shook her head though, since it really couldn't be that way, and she reminded Axel the same thing.

"Heh, well I'll still try," he replied. She sighed again, and Axel scratched the back of his head. "I…miss you, ya know."

She lowered her head, and turned away from him again. She missed everyone that was close to her, but she really missed Axel. He was a close friend, and she really needed him by her side, but with everything going on, she knew Axel wouldn't turn on the Organization. Saix was still there, and she knew from Marie's past that Lea and Isa were the best of friends. She wondered about that though.

"What do you think Marie will say when she sees Saix?" she asked. Axel's eyes widened a bit, not thinking about that situation, but he started to wonder as well. Isa was pretty nice to Marie, but he had no clue how Saix would act. He was so far deep into helping their superior that he was a bit concerned for them—would she be able to get to him and drop the whole idea, or would they battle it out? He knew where it would go though, and he just hoped for the best.

"She'll be surprised, that's for sure," he replied. Aura smirked at the flame-headed man, and she personally hoped Marie would rip Saix a new one, since she hated the man with a passion. Axel just scratched his head again, since he still cared for Saix. They were friends, and he knew he neglected him a lot, but their ideas were so different. "Maybe it's not a good idea for them to meet…"

"They should," Aura sternly said. She believed the girl needed more slaps to the face to really come out of her shell. She wanted Marie to really think and to fight with everything that she had, and if meeting her old friends in situations that didn't suit her were the answer, they so be it. "She really needs to…not trust the first person she sees, and if that bombs she chooses to ignore it and deal with it later. I really hate that about her."

"She never used to be like that," Axel replied. Aura looked at him and he explained how Marie was once a girl who went straight to the problem, and dealt with them confidently. But he figured that was because she was young, but maybe it was all that had happened to her? She went through some serious conditioning, and he was sure it turned her into a meek girl, but he knew the Marie back then would come out eventually. "Just give her some time; she's still trying to piece back the puzzle of her life before those ten years."

"Well, she'd better hurry up," Aura said as she looked back up towards the gloomy sky. "Anything can happen to her, and I don't want Xemnas winning."

Axel gave her a solemn look, and wondered what he was going to do. He wasn't with Organization XIII since they branded him a traitor, but he didn't have anywhere else to go. Aura had Marie, and even if she didn't, she had other places she could go. Where would he go?

-x-

Marie

It took a while, but after fighting with Jafar we managed to take him out. He started twitching and convulsing, angry at the fact that we defeated him. He eventually exploded, as weird as that sounds, and red dust came falling down. The lamp he was in disappeared into a black smoke, and we all went down to the floor. Genie came out and was a bit disappointed at how he wasn't invited to fight Jafar, but Aladdin convinced him that Agrabah needed to be fixed, so he would be able to show off his moves. He wanted to add in some pools, but Aladdin only wanted it to be the same.

He used his magic to put Agrabah together, and we watched as his magic circulated the world. He disappeared right after, and Agrabah was back to it's former self. Sora told Iago to behave, and the parrot definitely got the point. He was sad that he wasn't like Genie, who helped out anyway he can and did cool stuff, but Sora told it wasn't like that.

"Friends don't have to 'do' stuff Iago, as long as you have fun hanging out together, that's all that matters," Sora said. Aladdin asked what we did for fun, and I felt Donald and Goofy run past me as they started doing silly faces to Aladdin, telling him that was what we did.

"Uh…that's not quite what I meant," Aladdin said. He shook his head, and looked at all of us. "Don't forget about us, okay? And Sora, about that friend of yours, the one you're looking for… you'll find him. Trust me."

Sora looked down, and he was obviously saddened by the fact that Riku was still missing. Aladdin put his hands on his shoulders, and we just watched as Sora nodded. We said our farewells to Aladdin and Jasmine, and walked out towards the ship. I ran up to Sora as I wrapped my arms around his, and he looked down as he gave a soft chuckle, though I wanted to keep encouraging him.

"You know, we'll find Riku soon enough. I know he's not that far from us…I can feel it, and I'm sure he'll be so happy to see you!" I said. He gave a slight frown, but quickly changed it into a big smile. I know he's sad… hey, so am I, but I know Sora won't give up. He moved his arm from mine and placed it around my shoulders, and I smiled as I wrapped my arms around his waist. I saw Donald and Goofy making kissy faces, and I stuck out my tongue at them as I smiled. I looked up at Sora, who was also doing the same, and I laughed a bit.

"Hey, I bet Riku'll be happy to see you too," he told me. I smiled and told him I hoped so. I haven't seen Riku since last year, and to be honest, I was a bit scared. With so much happening, I don't really have a solid idea of what Riku thinks of me.


We're done Agrabah! What's left? I think HT, Atlantica, Pride lands, Tron's world, and 100 acre woods. Eugh, so many worlds…do I have to do Atlantica!? All they do is sing…

Grapejuice101:
Here is your update! Haha, well they'll have a kiss soon or later, but he finally said it!

JoojKA:
I loooove teasing haha, so I'm sorry if Ryan ruined the moment. XD but the kiss will be very romantic and just perfect for them, so I'm excited for that. :D aw, I'm so glad you like my story so much! I feel so honored! And don't worry, I like a good review. Also, thank you for the congratz! I'm really so thankful that everyone is supporting me, including you. It makes me more motivated!

Shadow 1n2:
Haha, Ryan is awesome! And yeah, I plan on writing a lot until the end, and they shall be cute and le awesome! I hate those pants; I mean I don't want to see your underwear please. Have some…dignity? Yes have some dignity! I'm like that too, I'm focusing on school and staying focused. Ooh I also heard Disney owns Marval, do you think we'll get to see Iron man or Spider man!? Xd

Dracula X:
Yeah, I haven't written that much hugs and love in a long time for this series lol. I'm not much of a fan, but I did get to see the movie and I thought it was okay. It didn't amaze me, but it was bearable. J