Chapter 19: Playhouse Disney (Part 1: Pure Hearts)
"Where are we this time?" asked a distraught PJ, looking at a colorful row of doors in some rainbow. Yes, they were in an actual rainbow with large yellow stars flying all over the place.
"I think we are in a hub world," said Red.
"What now?" asked Summer.
"A hub world is a world with tiny worlds within it. Some worlds have that. Twilight Town, Neverland, and a bunch of others." replied Red.
"So these doors will take us to a different world?" asked Sky.
"I think so." said Summer, looking at a door with a cute blue house painted on it.
"I'd say we split up, but I don't think it's a good idea," said Roxanne.
"Why? This is the perfect place to split up." said PJ.
Red shot him a look and PJ shrugged. "Axel and probably the new and scarier Vanitas is here." said Roxanne.
Sky nodded. "She's right. If they are here, we should all be together. Remember what happened at the Bayou?" asked Sky.
"Yeah. We were beat up pretty bad by the shadow man." said Summer.
"It's decided then. We should all go together." said Red.
"Go where? In these kiddie worlds. No way." said PJ.
"How do you know if they are kiddie or not?" asked Red.
"The doors literally scream preschool." said PJ.
Just then, everyone heard laughter. A cute laughter that probably belonged to a little boy.
"Who's there!?" cried Sky.
The group huddled together, just in case a Heartless appeared or probably worse. Just then, they noticed a small round thing rolling about on the ground. Roxanne was the first to kneel down and smile.
"Hello there little fellah." she said sweetly.
"Roxanne, do you know this thing?" asked Red.
"Nope." replied Roxanne.
"Hi there!" said the little round yellow thing. "I'm Clay! I'm the guardian of the Playhouse." he said.
"Oh! A playhouse." said Roxanne.
Summer also knelt down and offered her hand to Clay. He rolled on to it and Summer picked him up so everyone could look.
"You're just a kid," said Summer.
"I am. And I am not." said Clay.
"Oh?" asked Roxanne.
"Clay right? Well, tell us what this world is. And have you seen two individuals that are evil looking?" asked Sky.
Clay looked at Sky and nodded. "Yes. A boy with wings and a shadow came to the Playhouse. They were very mean looking. They both entered through different doors." said Clay.
"Do you know which ones?" asked Red.
"The one with the wings went to Planet Pollie and the shadow went to the Blue House," said Clay.
"So this means we do have to split up." said PJ.
"Are you Keyblade Masters?" asked Clay.
Summer summoned her Keyblade and showed it to Clay, holding it in her other hand. "Only me." she replied.
"Are you here to lock the keyhole of our world at last?" asked Clay.
"If there is a keyhole, I will lock it." said Summer.
"Please do. Our worlds… they are very precious to us." said Clay.
"Us?" asked Red.
"These worlds are actually part of one huge world. After the Keyblade War, children that were very young, ages 3 to 10 were lost in the abyss of eternal darkness. Their pure light and innocence created this hub world and the worlds within to protect children of future generations." said Clay.
Everyone listened in. They all knew a little about the world's history.
"Then these worlds never had a problem with the Heartless?" asked Sky directly at Clay. He nodded.
"Our world was considered a sleeping world. And the good dream eaters were protecting us from the evil ones. But somehow, our world woke up and it called the shadow." said Clay.
"That sounds awful." said Roxanne.
"That does it. We need to find Vanitas and Axel and stop them." said Red.
"I'm with you. I'm ready to kick Vanitas's butt and demand him to free Axel from his clutches." said Summer.
"Where did I hear that one before?" asked PJ.
"If you guys are going after them, you should split up and go to separate doors. There is a good chance they took portals to get around our hub world." said Clay.
"What?!" cried PJ.
"I knew it. These small worlds here are connected. Just like hearts." said Sky.
"Exactly. Like hearts." said Clay.
"Okay. Well then, PJ and Roxanne can go to Planet Pollie, Sky and Summer could go to that world with the house and I should go to…. I realized I'll be alone." said Red.
"How about this. I go with Summer and Sky and you go with PJ." said Roxanne.
"She's right. She needs to get to know Sky and Summer." said PJ.
"You are welcome to come with us." said Summer to Roxanne.
Sky blushed as Roxanne held both Summer and Sky's hands. "We will be team awesome." she said.
"And we will be team…. What should we name our team?" asked Red.
"How about team Heartless Slayers." said PJ.
"That sounds a little too… unimaginative." said Red.
"Too cliche huh?" asked PJ.
"I think it's a good name. I'll go with you guys." said Clay.
"So three and three? Good!" said Roxanne cheerfully.
"Whoopie." said Sky nervously.
Summer smiled at him and he looked the other way, blushing.
Author's Note: Hello and thank you so much for reading this chapter. I apologize for being so late with this chapter entry. Been busy with a ton of things in my life, such as hunting down Heartless and trying to beat KH Union Cross before they take it down. I'm still bummed out about that. Anyway, future chapters are still coming so in the words of the Disney Afternoon block, stay tooned. :-)