Chapter 23: Winnie the Pooh
Kibou, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Twilight, Arthur, Amity, Kirby, Katara, and Robin Hood leave Eagleland and return to the Gummi ship to continue their journey, but as they continue, Kibou has a thought.
"Hey, guys, I was thinking about that book." Kibou said.
"You mean the book we delivered to Uncle Merlin?" Arthur asked.
"Yeah. While we were in other worlds, I actually found some pages and I think these might be enough." Kibou said, taking out torn pages.
"You might be right, Kibou. Let's go back to Traverse Town and give them back to Merlin." Sora said.
"Agreed." Twilight said.
The Gummi ship warp drives back to Traverse Town and they disembark.
The group arrive at the First District to find Merlin, but as they keep moving, Kirby finds what looks like a house.
"Poyo!" Kirby said, pointing at the house.
"I don't remember seeing that house being here." Katara said.
"Let's go have a look." Goofy said, as they go into the house.
(Geppetto's House)
The group enter the house to find Geppetto and Pinocchio.
"Huh? Pinocchio? Geppetto?" Sora asked.
"Hey, it's Kibou and Sora!" Pinocchio said.
"Well, hello, everyone!" Geppetto said.
"So, you two DID make it out of Monstro." Robin said.
"Yes, indeed. Pinocchio and I arrived here. Then, Leon and Erza took us to this house for us to stay in. I don't know how I'll ever repay their kindness." Geppetto said.
"Well, it's good to know you're both okay." Amity said.
"Anyway, we're gonna go see Merlin." Donald said.
"Do stop by anytime." Geppetto said.
"Bye, everyone!" Pinocchio said.
The group leave the house and make their way for the Second District and then arrive at the Third District and later arrive at Merlin's house.
"Uncle Merlin, we're here." Arthur said.
"Oh, hello, everybody! How goes your journey?" Merlin asked.
"It's going good." Kibou said.
"We were wondering if that book delivered is still here." Sora said.
"Of course! It's still on the bedside table." Merlin said.
"Great, 'cause we actually found some pages for the book." Twilight said.
"Excellent! That should restore the book. Let me see those." Merlin said, taking the pages and puts them in the book.
"So, what's special about the book anyway?" Kibou asked.
"Well, I believe this book has a magical property. Meaning, you might be able to jump into this book." Merlin said.
"Jumping into the book?" Donald asked.
"Doesn't sound strange to me." Amity said.
"Cool! I wanna see what's in it!" Kibou said.
"Me too!" Sora said.
"Simply open the book and jump in when you're ready." Merlin said.
Sora opens the book and the to boys nod and jump into the book in a bright light and later, the two boys are now inside the book.
"Holy crap! We're tiny!" Kibou said.
"Yeah, must be the magic of this book." Sora said, looking around.
"Let's look around and see what we can find." Kibou said and Sora nods.
The two boys explore the pages of the book and they later find a page go into it.
(Meadow)
The boys arrive in what looks like a grassy meadow and while looking around, they find what looks like a yellow bear wearing a red shirt sitting ong a log in a thinking pose.
"A bear?" Kibou asked.
"Let's go talk to him." Sora said.
The two boys walk to the log to join the bear, who is still thinking about something.
"Think, think, think, think." The bear said.
"Hi there. What's wrong?" Sora asked.
"Oh, I was just thinking." The bear said.
"Oh." Sora said.
"About what?" Kibou asked.
"I was thinking about how to say goodbye to Pooh." The bear said.
"Pooh?" Sora asked.
"Yes?" The bear responded.
"Wait, you're Pooh?" Kibou asked, sitting next to the bear while Sora sits on the other side.
"Yes, I'm Winnie the Pooh. Pooh for short. And who are you two?" Pooh asked.
"I'm Sora and this is my friend Kibou." Sora introduced himself and Kibou.
"Hiya!" Kibou said.
"Oh, hello, Sora and Kibou. Have you two come to say goodbye to Pooh too?" Pooh asked.
"Well, no. Why would we do that?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, we just met you. Why would we say goodbye to you already?" Kibou asked.
"Because everyone's gone away." Pooh said.
"Huh?" Sora asked.
"What happened?" Kibou asked.
"Well, we all lived here in the Hundred Acre Wood and we'd take walks together, play Pooh sticks, and every day, I'd eat some honey. Just one smackeral or two would tase very good right now. Now, everyone's gone." Pooh explained. "All my friends and my favorite Hunny Tree too. Everyone must have gone away while I was napping, I think... So, who knows, maybe I'll just end up going away as well, but how can I say goodbye to myself?" Pooh asked, getting off the log and starts thinking again.
"Poor Pooh..." Kibou said.
Just then, Pooh's stomach starts rumbling.
"Oh, my tummy's getting rather rumbly." Pooh said, walking away.
"We should do something to help him." Sora said.
"Yeah, he lost his friends, like we did." Kibou said.
(World of Hundred Acre Wood)
(Field Theme: Winnie the Pooh)
Kibou and Sora follw Pooh through the meadow and later arrive somewhere else.
(Pooh's House)
Kibou and Sora arrive at what looks like a house with a tree and they enter the house to find Pooh, where they find looking into an empty honey pot.
"Oh, bother. There's no honey left. If only the Hunny Tree would visit... Then I can eat my fill." Pooh said, leaving the house.
Kibou and Sora leave the house as well and later go for the next area of the book.
(Hunny Tree)
Kibou and Sora arrive at a hill with a very tall tree with bees flying around and coming out of a log is a very small pink piglet.
"H-Hello... I-Is anyone there..." The piglet asked timidly. "Oh... Wh-What am I t-to do...? I'm all alone... Pooh...? Pooh...? Where are you? It's me, Piglet..." Piglet said.
Just then, Piglet sees two figures behind him and he turns to look up to see Kibou and Sora, making him run away in fear and hides behind the tree.
"I think he's scared of us, but we didn't mean to scare him..." Kibou said.
"It's okay. We just gotta get him to talk to us." Sora said.
"I think I have an idea." Kibou said.
Kibou and Sora get behind the tree and approach Piglet.
"Oh, d-d-d-dear...! I-I was j-just... N-Never mind... I'm sorry..." Piglet said scared.
"Hey, it's okay. We're not here to hurt you." Kibou said, bending down to the piglet's level.
"Yeah, you're just trying to find Pooh, right?" Sora asked.
"Oh, you two know Pooh?" Piglet asked.
"Yep!" Kibou said, grinning.
"Oh, I feel so much better..." Piglet said.
"So, what were you trying to do, Piglet?" Sora asked.
"Oh, y-you see, I-I have something I need to give to Pooh right away." Piglet said.
Just then, Pooh arrives.
"Oh, Pooh!" Piglet said.
"Hello, Piglet. Nice to see you today." Pooh said.
"Listen, Pooh, I have something you asked to get." Piglet said, taking out a blue balloon.
"Why, thank you, Piglet. Now I'll be able to get some honey." Pooh said.
"B-But how...?" Piglet asked.
"I shall hold onto the balloon and fly up like a bee, up the Hunny Tree, see." Pooh said.
"You think it'll work?" Kibou asked.
"But of course." Pooh said.
"But if you do take their honey, won't the bees get angry?" Piglet asked.
"Leave the bees to us. We'll protect Pooh while he tries to take some honey." Sora said.
"Yep!" Kibou said, grinning.
"Thank you. That should be more helpful." Pooh said.
Just then, someone arrives and it's a brown owl.
"Oh, hello, Owl." Pooh said.
"Why, hello, Pooh Bear. Are you here to get some honey today?" Owl asked.
"Why, yes." Pooh said.
"That's well and good, but what if the bees will attack?" Owl asked.
"That's where we come in." Kibou said, grinning.
"Very well. Be sure not to let Pooh's balloon pop." Owl said and the boys nod.
Kibou and Sora help Pooh get into the air, as they climb up the tree while defending Pooh from bees, as he's taking some honey and they continue to climb the tall tree while Kibou and Sora continue to protect Pooh from the bees, as Pooh is taking more honey from the tree and later, they reach the top of the tree and Pooh begins eating lots of honey.
"So, how's the honey?" Kibou asked.
"It's very good, but there's always room for more." Pooh said, still eating honey.
"Thank you both for helping Pooh." Piglet said.
"No problem." Sora said.
Kibou and Sora leave the Hunny Tree and make their way for the next part of the book.
(Rabbit's House)
Kibou and Sora arrive at what looks like a vegetable garden full of carrots and cabbages and they come across another house in a tree with a mailbox that says 'RABBIT' and Kibou decides to knock on the door.
"Nobody's home! No honey here!" A voice said.
"Huh?" Kibou asked confused.
"What was that about?" Sora asked.
The boys go around to the back of the house, where they find Pooh and Piglet staring through a hole in a burrow.
"Look, Rabbit's house is back, but it looks like Rabbit isn't home. Pooh's been calling and calling, but the house says 'no one's home'." Piglet said.
"Just like a minute ago?" Kibou asked.
"Nobody's home?" Pooh asked.
"That's right! Nobody!" The voice said.
"Okay, I'm gonna check inside the house." Kibou said.
As Kibou and Sora examine the door, they find it unlocked, so they enter the house.
"Nobody, have you seen Rabbit?" Pooh asked.
"No! Rabbit is not here!" Nobody said.
Kibou and Sora enter the house, where they find a yellow rabbit, as Pooh and Piglet enter the house.
"Hello, Rabbit." Pooh said.
"Oh, Pooh, what a pleasant... Nice to see you too, Piglet." Rabbit said and sees Kibou and Sora. "Oh, hello there. Are you both new to Hundred Acre Wood?" Rabbit asked.
"You could say that." Sora said.
"I'm Kibou and this is Sora." Kibou introduced.
"A pleasure to meet you two. Pooh, I'm sorry, but I'm all out of honey right now." Rabbit said.
"Oh, that's too bad..." Pooh said.
Just then, Sora looks up to see a honey pot on a tree branch.
"Is that a honey pot?" Sora asked, making Rabbit look up.
"Oh, my! How did that get up there? Would you like some, Pooh?" Rabbit asked.
"Why, yes." Pooh said.
Rabbit gets the honey pot down and gives it to the bear, who sits at the table and starts eating the honey.
"Um, Pooh... You're not eating the whole pot, are you?" Rabbit asked, but Pooh keeps eating. "Oh, once he starts, there's no stopping him." Rabbit said, as Pooh finishes eating. "And I'm all out of honey again..." Rabbit said.
"Wanna look more around Hundred Acre Woods, Kibou?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, let's go." Kibou said.
The two boys leave Rabbit's house and are about to leave.
"Help! Please h-help!" Piglet called, as he runs to the boys.
"What's up?" Kibou asked.
"P-Please come back to Rabbit's house! S-Something's wrong!" Piglet said.
The boys return to Rabbit's house, where they find Pooh stuck in the hole on the wall.
"Whoa!" Kibou said shocked.
"This is terrible! We have to get Pooh out of there!" Rabbit said.
"But how can we do that?" Sora asked.
"I have an idea! All we need is carrot juice! We have to collect some carrots and Pooh will be free!" Rabbit said, leaving the house.
The boys follow Rabbit out of the house, but they see an orange tiger bouncing around the garden and bumps into Sora, sending him to the ground.
"Hi there! Name's Tigger! T-I-Double-Guh-RR! That spells Tigger!" Tigger introduced, making Kibou chuckle. "Well, now, I don't think I've seen you two here before." Tigger said.
"Hello, Tigger. You just bounced on one of my new friends, Sora." Pooh said.
"Hey, Pooh! Say, you look mighty uncomfy. Is that some new exercise? Why, bouncin' around is way more fun!" Tigger said, as he gets off Sora and bounces more.
"You okay, Sora?" Kibou asked, helping Sora up.
"Yeah. Hey, why do you bounce around so much, Tigger?" Sora asked.
"Why? Because bouncin's what Tiggers do best! Speaking of which, looks like my bouncing spot's gone and disappeared. For now, this will be my new bouncing spot." Tigger said, bouncing around the garden.
"Oh, no! At this rate, Tigger will destroy my garden! If Tigger destroys my carrots, I'll never get Pooh out of the hole." Rabbit said.
"Don't worry, Rabbit. We'll protect your carrots." Sora said.
"Thank you." Rabbit said.
Kibou and Sora follow Tigger's bouncing and stop him from destroying Rabbit's carrots, as Tigger keeps bouncing, only for the boys to stop Tigger again and later, Kibou and Sora manage to protect the carrots.
"Say, you're both pretty fast! That was a ton of fun!" Tigger said, bouncing away.
"Thank you for protecting my garden. Now I can make that carrot juice. Go back to the house and wait until it's finished." Rabbit said.
Kibou and Sora head back for the house and later, Rabbit returns.
"Whew, what a day... I gave Pooh the carrot juice and you should be able to get him out. Just give a good push." Rabbit said.
Kibou and Sora nod at each other and shove Pooh out of the hole, only to send him crashing into a pile of honey pots, shocking a horrifying Rabbit.
"First my vegetable garden and now this..." Rabbit said dismayed, as Piglet covers his eyes while Kibou and Sora chuckle quietly.
Pooh is now outside, but a honey pot is on his head.
"Oh, bother, where am I? It's ever so dark in here, but at least I have plenty of honey." Pooh said.
"Um, sorry about that..." Kibou said sheepishly.
"Yeah, sorry." Sora said.
"Well, you two did help me, so I suppose I should thank you. Here, have this." Rabbit said, giving Kibou and Sora an item known as Naturespark.
Kibou and Sora leave Rabbit's house and go for the next area.
(Riverside)
Kibou and Sora later arrive at a riverside, where they find Pooh and Piglet standing on a bridge and looking down at the river.
"What're they doing?" Kibou asked.
"Let's go see." Sora said.
The boys approach Pooh and Piglet, who are still watching the river.
"Pooh, look. Something's floating this way." Piglet said.
"You might be right. What could it be?" Pooh asked.
The two see what looks like a blue donkey floating across the river.
"Why, it's Eeyore. Hello, Eeyore, if it's you!" Pooh called.
The donkey known as Eeyore looks up at Pooh and Piglet.
"Oh, hello, Pooh and Piglet. Would you mind pulling me out of the river, if it's not too much trouble?" Eeyore asked in a depressed tone.
"Of course we'll help you." Pooh said.
"We should too." Kibou said.
"Yeah." Sora said.
The boys jump into the river and they manage to get Eeyore out of the river.
"Thank you, Pooh. And you two as well." Eeyore said.
"No prob, but why're you sad?" Kibou asked.
"Well, while I was floating down the river, something is missing." Eeyore said.
"Eeyore, your tail is gone." Piglet said.
"Oh, yes. Wonder where it went. It's not much of a tail if it's not attached to it." Eeyore said.
"Do you know where it is?" Sora asked.
"No..." Eeyore answered.
"We gotta find his tail." Kibou said.
"Lost something?" Owl asked, arriving.
"We're looking for Eeyore's tail. Do you know where it is?" Sora asked.
"No, but I might have an idea. Come with me and bring Pooh with you." Owl said.
Kibou, Sora, and Pooh follow Owl to reach a hill, where they find a swing.
"A swing!" Pooh said, getting on the swing.
"So, what now?" Kibou asked.
"Push Pooh on the swing. The more you swing, the higher he gets." Owl said.
"But what does this have to do with finding Eeyore's tail?" Sora asked.
"You'll find out." Owl said.
"Well, we don't have other ideas. Let's just do it." Kibou said and Sora nods.
Kibou and Sora begin swinging Pooh on Owl's cue and the more they swing, the higher Pooh is getting and after giving one final push, Pooh flies off the swing and lands on a small hut made of sticks.
"Pooh!" Kibou said, as he and Sora run to check on the bear.
"You okay?" Sora asked.
"Oh, yes. That was fun." Pooh said.
Sora then sees a blue tail with a pink bow among the pile of sticks.
"Is that...?" Sora asked, as he takes the tail and puts it on Eeyore.
"How is it?" Kibou asked.
"It's fine. Thank you for putting it back." Eeyore said, but sounds more sad.
"But why're you still sad?" Sora asked.
"Well, I have my tail back, but my house..." Eeyore stops talking looking at the pile of sticks.
"Wait, THAT was your house?" Kibou asked.
"Yep." Eeyore answered.
"We're really sorry. We didn't know." Sora said.
"Yeah, we didn't mean to." Kibou said.
"Don't worry, it gets destroyed a lot anyway. No harm done." Eeyore said.
"Thank you for helping Eeyore." Pooh said.
"Here, I have something for you two." Eeyore said, upgrading Kibou's and Sora's Stop magic to Stopra.
Kibou and Sora leave the riverside and they later go somewhere else.
(Bouncing Ground)
The boys arrive at an area with logs, stumps, and a giant honey pot in the middle and they find Tigger and a small joey wearing a blue shirt practicing their bouncing.
"Hey there, Sora and Kibou! Up for some bouncing?" Tigger asked.
"I'm game, but what do we do?" Kibou asked.
"Just follow what Roo and I do." Tigger said.
"All you guys gotta do is just bounce on what log we bounce off and reach the end." Roo said.
"We can hanlde it!" Sora said.
Tigger and Roo start bouncing from one log to a different one and then reach the end and Kibou and Sora repeat what they do and reach the end as well.
"Not bad. Here's a warm up." Tigger said.
Tigger and Roo make a harder pattern, but Kibou and Sora manage to repeat the same pattern and later reach the end.
"That was fantastical! Here's the last one!" Tigger said.
Tigger and Roo make a tricky pattern with the logs and reach the end, so Kibou and Sora repeat the same tricky patten and manage to reach the end.
"You two have gotten mighty good at bouncin'!" Tigger said.
"Say, Tigger, I think they're ready for the big one." Roo said.
"Big one?" Sora asked.
"Simple, I'll be throwin' nuts at you and all you gotta do is hit the nuts back into the pot." Tigger said.
"Let's do it!" Kibou said.
Nuts fly at the two boys, who attack with their weapons to send the nuts back at the pot and after hitting enough nuts, the giant pot shatters, revealing Pooh in the pot.
"Oh, bother... No honey here." Pooh said.
"Pooh, what were you doing here?" Sora asked.
"Oh, I was trying to find some honey." Pooh said.
"Need some help." Kibou asked.
"Oh, you won't have to. You two have done plenty for us." Pooh said.
Kibou and Sora leave the bouncing grounds and continue moving and they later arrive at another area.
(Bramble Bush)
Kibou and Sora arrive at a muddy area, where they find Pooh walking in circles around a bramble bush.
"Um, what're you doing, Pooh?" Sora asked.
"Shh. Quiet or they'll get away." Pooh said.
"They who?" Kibou asked.
"The people, who took everyone away. See their footprints?" Pooh asked, looking at the muddy prints. "We were all sticking together to make sure no one will get lost again, but then, I saw footprints that needed following. When I did, everyone was gone. The bad guys must have taken them." Pooh said.
"I think I know who those footprints belong to..." Sora whispered to Kibou.
"Yeah, but don't tell him." Kibou whispered back. "Hey, Pooh, let's look for your friends." Kibou said.
"Thank you." Pooh said.
Kibou and Sora look around the muddy area and they find Eeyore in the bramble bush.
"Eeyore." Sora said.
"Whatcha doing?" Kibou asked.
'Just looking for sticks for my house. I'm also waiting for my friends to come here." Eeyore said.
"This would be a good place to bring people here." Sora said.
"Yeah." Kibou said.
Kibou and Sora begin looking for Pooh's friends and they find Roo, who is sitting on a branch.
"All I wanted was to jump as high as Tigger." Roo said, as he joins Eeyore.
Kibou and Sora continue searching and they find Rabbit coming out a hole.
"Oh, dear. It seems I've gotten lost." Rabbit said, as he joins Eeyore.
Kibou and Sora keep searching and they find Tigger bouncing on a log.
"I was just lookin' for Pooh boy." Tigger said, joining Eeyore.
Kibou and Sora continue their search and they find Piglet under a tree.
"I was trying to find Pooh, but I got lost..." Piglet said, joining Eeyore.
Kibou and Sora manage to find Owl is about to fly off, but they manage to get to him.
"I was trying to find Piglet, but I got lost myself." Owl said, joining Eeyore.
"That's all of them. Thank you." Pooh said.
"No problem." Sora said.
"Here, I found something for you two." Pooh said, upgrading Kibou's and Sora's Water magic to Watera.
Later, it's nighttime and Kibou, Sora, Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger, Owl, Eeyore, and Roo are sitting on a tree hill, watching the stars.
"I'm so glad we're together again. I was so scared, I didn't know what to do when I was alone..." Piglet said.
"Aw, Piglet, ya gotta be brave." Tigger said.
"You weren't lonely at all?" Piglet asked.
"Lonely? The wonderful thing about Tiggers is that I'm the only one! Though, I admit friends are fun too." Tigger said.
"Think, think, think..." Pooh said, thinking again.
"What're you thinking about now, Pooh?" Kibou asked.
"Oh, I was thinking about what to think about." Pooh said, making the boys chuckle.
"Silly old bear..." Sora said, smiling.
"Well, guess it's time to go." Kibou said.
"Yeah." Sora said.
"Sora, Kibou, where are you going?" Piglet asked.
"We gotta look for our friends." Kibou said, getting up.
"Yeah, they're waiting for us." Sora said, also getting up.
"Bounce back here anytime!" Tigger said.
"Thank you both for what you've done for us." Rabbit said.
"I hope you'll find your friends." Piglet said.
"Thanks." Kibou said, as he and Sora get off the hill.
The two boys look back at the animals, who wave goodbye.
"Sora, Kibou, don't forget... We'll always be here, if you'd want to visit again, that is." Pooh said, as Kibou and Sora disappear from Hundred Acre Wood.
As Kibou and Sora leave Hundred Acre Wood, a Keyhole is on the lock of the book and so Sora uses his Keyblade to seal the Keyhole and then the cover of the book changes to Kibou and Sora holding Pooh's hands while Tigger and Piglet are with them.
There's Chapter 23, and I know it's not as long as the last chapters, but at least there's no rushing, so that evens out to me. Still having fun with the story. I hope this chapter wasn't boring, since there's hardly any action, but then again, this is Hunderd Acre Wood, so that's how it is. Let me know what you think of the chapter. Look forward to more action coming on the way, as the story continues. I really hope you're enjoying this story so far and continue looking forward to what's gonna happen next. Now, I'm gonna give you guys a warning, as the next chapter's gonna be a little dark and it might make some people uncomfortable. It's not gonna be anything horror related or anything, but the next chapter's gonna have a dark turn of events, so just be aware of that, that's all. See ya. PS, if you have any ideas for the story going forward in general, I'd love to hear them too via review or PM. That's all from me. See ya in the next chapter.