Hey guys look who's back once again and this chapter took forever to get out I was so busy with my Whitechapel Origins story. That this took me two months to write plus my oneshot took three weeks too. I've got nothing much to say other then enjoy.
Chapter 11: From Zeros to Junior Heroes
"Uh, oh." Chip said, looking at the radar, "What's wrong?" Dale asked, "I can't find any other words from the Deep Jungle. It's like there blacked out." Chip explained, "Didn't you upgrade the radar?" Rebecca asked, "Uh." Chip said, "You didn't?! You now that old radar can't see more than a few worlds at a time. They could get lost." Rebecca said, "We were going to upgrade it. But, after the shock of King Mickey's disappearance. I sorta forgot." Chip said, "Well, that's just great." Rebecca said coldly, "Don't worry; I have a plan. There's a competition going on at the Olympus Colosseum. There's a lot of Heartless competing. It could be a good opportunity for them to train." Candy explained, "That worlds showing up on the radar." Chip said, "Great, looks like everything's sorted out. For now." "Better get everyone on call." Chip said, calling us. "Disney Castle to Gummie ship come in Gummie ship." Chip said,
"Huh." Sora said, waking up, "Oh, uh, Gummie ship to Disney Castle, we read you over." He said, "Sorry to wake you up, but. We've got a world that might be worth checking out." Chip explained, "Wak, we've just been to another world. We can't waste any more time. We need to find the King." Donald said, "Now hold on Donald, where is this world?" Amy asked, "It's called the Olympus Colosseum. There's a competition going on there, and Heartless are there. We need you to check it out and make sure no one gets hurt." Chip ordered. "And that's an order." Dale added, "A Competition? Sounds like fun." Sora said, "Well, it could be a nice time to see how strong we've gotten." Goofy said, "Yeah, it would be, wouldn't it. Okay, let's go." Donald said, "The world is an hour from here we should get there in no time." Amy said,
"As long as none of us crash land again. We should be good." Sora said we flow until we made it. "Cool looking world." I said, "Yeah, it looks ancient." Sora said, "Well, no use staying up here let's take a look, guys." Amy said, and we landed.
We landed in front of a giant colosseum and a gate we just walked through. "Wow, so this is the Olympus Colosseum." I said, "Sure is a small world." Sora said, "You're right, we'll be down in no time. Hey, does anyone feel a sense of familiarity?" Emily asked, "Yeah, something does feel familiar. But, we've never been here before." Amy said, "Well, either way, let's go inside." Sora said as we followed him, "Hey, Amy doesn't Hades live here?" Chloe asked, "Oh, my, gosh, you're right. We better be careful." Amy said, "Well, that explains where the Heartless have been coming from." Cindy said, "Hey, guys, what's taking you?! You want to come inside or what?" Sora called out, "Coming, Sora." Amy said, running to catch up with us and we went inside.
Inside we saw a red goat who was part man. "Who's that?" I asked, "I think it's a Satyr, a mythical creature who's half man and half goat." Amy said, "I wonder what he's doing?" I asked, "Hey, are you just going to stand there, or are you going to help me." The Satyr said, not making eye contact, "Uh…" Sora said, "Good timing. Give me a hand, will ya? Move that pedestal over there for me. I gotta spruce this place up for the game." He said, still not looking at us. "This looks heavy," I said,
"It weighs a ton. How does he expect me move this?" Sora said, "This thing is made out of marble. Only a god will be able to move this with their bare hands." Emily said, "Now, who does he think he is?" Donald asked, "I think he's got us confused with someone else." I said, "I think you're right. We better tell him." Sora said, walking over to the Satyr, "It's way too heavy!" Sora said, "What? Too heavy? Since when have you been such a little—" He said, finally looking at us and realizing he got the wrong people. "Oh. Wrong guy. What're you doing here? This here's the world-famous coliseum—heroes only! And I got my hand's full preparing for the games. So, run along, pip-squeaks." Phil said,
"Hey, who are you calling pip-squeaks?!" Emily exclaimed, "Look, it's like this. Heroes are coming from all over to fight ferocious monsters right here in the coliseum." Phil said, "You've got heroes standing right in front of you." Donald said, angrily, "He does?" I asked, "Yep. He's a real hero chosen by the Keyblade!" Goofy said, putting his hands on Sora's shoulders, "And we're heroes, too." Donald said, "Hero? That runt?" Phil asked, bursting into laughter, "What's so funny? I've fought a bunch of monsters!" Sora said, "Hey… If you can't even move this… Then you can't call yourself a hero." Phil said, struggling to move the pillar, "I think you might want to hit the gym, buddy." Emily said, "Okay, so it takes more than brawn. Well, well, let's see what you can do." Phil said, "That's more like it. Thanks for the chance. Uh…" I said, realizing the Satyr didn't introduce himself "Philoctetes. But you can call me Phil for short." He said, "Nice to meet you. I'm Sora. And this is Donald, Goofy, Emily, Amy, Cindy, Chloe, and my uh little sister Dakota." Sora said,
"Hmm, quite the group you've got here. Okay, but I'm warning you this trial is tough. You got what it takes? You ready?" Phil asked, "I'm ready!" Sora said, "Okay, kid. Let's see what you've got." Phil said, and he led us outside, "Hey, Sora I don't remember being your little sister." I said, "Oh, sorry about that. I didn't want Phil to know you're from another universe, so I told him we're related." Sora said, "It's okay, Sora. I think you make a great big brother." I said, "Heh, thanks." Sora said, blushing a little. Phil led us outside and showed us our training. "The rules are simple: bust all the barrels within the time limit. Ready? Go!" Phil shouted Sora had about thirty seconds to brake as many barrels as we could. Sora used his keyblade and magic to brake them with seconds to spear. "Hey, you're better than I thought," Phil said, leading us back inside. "You know, you ain't bad kid." Phil said, "Haha looks like I'm headed for the games." Sora said confidently, "Afraid not." Phil said, "Why not?" Sora asked, "Yeah, come on, Phil. He already proved himself, at least give him a chance." Emily said, "Two words: You guys ain't heroes." Phil said, "Um, that's more than two." I said,
"She's right, but, come on." Sora said, "Wanna be a real hero? Start by mastering this spell." Phil said, giving us the power to use thunder.
"Well, looks like we won't be getting in the games anytime soon," I said as we walked back outside. "Ah, it's for the best. We need to find the King. Not get stuck fighting monsters. The Heartless are bad enough." Donald said, "No, we need to get in." Amy said, "What? Amy, you heard Phil. Only heroes are allowed in. Let's face it. We're too inexperienced." Sora said, "There's something fishy about these games. Dakota, think back to our training session, you remember what we saw?" Amy asked, I thought hard for a second, and then I remembered. While Sora was training, I was cheering for him, that's when I saw Phil with a clipboard talking to a line of Heartless. I decided to fly over and see what was going on.
"Whatcha doing, Phil?" I asked, "Oh, Hello, Dakota. Well, these so-called Heartless things are signing up for the games." He explained, "What?!" Everyone said, "Yeah, there representing the opposing team. Now, what did you say your team name was?" Phil asked, one of the Heartless, "Let me see that." Emily said, taking the clipboard from him.
"Hey." Phil said, "Huh, never know Heartless had such good penmanship." Emily said, "Give me that. If you want to be real heroes, I recommend getting back to work. Now run along I've got a lot of work to do." Phil said, and that's all I needed to know,
"That's right. Guy's, the Heartless, are joining the games." I warned, "If the Heartless are there, that means trouble. Someone could get hurt." Sora said, "Or lose their heart." Goofy said, "Now we really need to get in." Donald said, "But how? Phil said only real heroes can enter the tournament." Sora said, "Huh, rather a stubborn old goat, wouldn't you say." A man with flaming blue hair said, "Who are you?" Donald said, "Whoa, hold on there, fuzz boy. Wait, let me guess. You want to enter the games, right?" He asked, "Well, then, hey, get a load of this." He said, making a pass appear "A Pass?" Sora said, "It's all yours. Good luck, kid. I'm pulling for you, little shorty." Hades said, and he left. "Who was that guy?" Sora asked, "That's Hades lord of the Underworld and the god of death. He also works for our enemy." Amy explained,
"Okay, how do you know all this stuff?" Sora asked, "Well, kid. When you're trapped in the enemies stronghold for six months, you tend to know people." Emily explained, "Well, at least we can enter the games now." Chloe said, "I wonder if Hades has anything to do with the Heartless appearing in this world." Sora said, "Most likely, now come on. Let's enter before there are no spots left." Cindy said, and we went back inside, "Hi Phil, we're back." I said, "Back so soon. I thought I told you Heroes only." Phil said, "Well, what if we give you this." Sora said, handing him the pass, "Hey, how'd you get this?" Phil asked, "Can we enter the games now?" Sora asked, "Well… I guess so. We start with the preliminaries! Ready for the preliminaries?" Phil asked, "Yeah, I'm ready." Sora said, "We are too." I said, "Some real weirdos signed up for the games. Better watch yourself." "Don't worry; we'll be careful." I said, "Now hold on girls. I don't want you going out there." Phil said, "Why, we're strong enough." Emily said, "It's not that. I don't want your friend to get hurt on the field. So, I want you to sit this out." Phil explained,
"That's alright, Sora, Donald, and Goofy can take care of themselves. Plus, we could be their B team." Amy explained, "What's a B team?" I asked, "That's the team who fills in for the other team when they are unable to play anymore." Amy said, "Hmm, I like you're thinking. Alright, follow me. I'll take you to the battlefield." Phil said, and he took us to the preliminaries.
My group got seated while Sora, Donald, and Goofy fought the first wave of Heartless. "I thought Phil said heroes from all over the world would be here? But, we're the only ones here." I said, "Aw, the Heartless must have scared them off. It's not easy being in the same place with them." Emily said,
"Goo, Sora!" I cheered, "That's the power of the Keybade!" Sora said when they won. "You're not heroes yet, but you ain't doing bad. Lucky you came to me for coaching." Phil said, just as a mysterious man went past us. He had blond spikey hair, a red cape covering his face a little, dark blue pants, and shirt with belts around him: Brown shoes, a silver armor piece on his right shoulder. And brown gloves, one of them had yellow claws on them. "Who's that?" I asked, "I don't know." Sora replied, "Another competitor. Something tells me he'll be a tough one to beat. Who knows, maybe you'll end up facing him." Phil said,
"Good luck in the next round, guys." I said, "Thanks. We'll need it." Sora said the next few rounds Sora and the others obliterated the competition. It was even enough to impress Phil. "Say, you're better than I thought, kid! Wish he was here to see this." Phil said, "Who?" Sora asked, "Hercules. He's a hero if ever there was one. Too bad he's off visiting his father." Phil said, "Well, back to the fights. Wish us luck." Sora said, "Good luck." We said. We continued to watch Sora and the others fight their way to the top.
"Sora's gotten much better at using the Keyblade." I said, "Yeah, visiting those other worlds have been very beneficial." Emily said, "Cheese sticks! Hummus! Pita bread!" Phil shouted, carrying a box of food and wearing a hat. "Phil? What are you doing?" Amy asked, "Oh, my olive guy quit. And now I need to fill in for him. Also, you seemed hungry. Help yourself." Phil said, leaving the food for us. "Hey, what going on over there?" I asked, pointing to Hades and the man we saw earlier, "Is that Hades?" Amy asked, "And that man we saw earlier." Chloe said, "We better see what's going on." Cindy said as we flow over. We found a safe place to hide and listened.
"That little punk is your next opponent, okay? Now, don't blow it. Just take him out." Hades said, "The great god of the Underworld is afraid of a kid? The man asked, "Sorry, but my contract says-" "I know! You think I don't know? I wrote the contract! I know it says you're only required to kill Hercules in this tournament. But, you got to fight that kid to get to him. Come on." Hades said,
"Hey, it like that goat says: Rule number 11: It's all just a game, so let loose and have fun with it! I mean, a casualty or two is no big deal, right?" Hades said as the man walked away. "Geez. Stiffer than the stiffs back home. Still, suckers like him are hard to come by…" Hades said as growing came from within the darkness. We flow away to talk about what we saw.
"Sounds like Hades is trying to cheat his way to the top." I said, "And he's enlisted some help." Chloe said, "Enlisted, ha more liked tricked. He's trying to stop Sora, and it looks like he's after Hercules." Emily said, "We gotta worn Sora about this." I said, "I think we're too late." Amy said, pointing to the match that was about to begin. "Quick, back to the stands," Emily said as we flew back to our seats. "What do we do now?" I asked, "We can't interfere with the match. All we can do is pray and hope Sora doesn't lose an arm." Amy explained,
"Or a leg." Emily said, "Or his life." I said, "Look at that sword." I said, pointing to the man's sword. It was huge and had white bandages around it. "It's huge, either that or it's a gigantic letter opener." Emily said, "Hate to see the letters that can be opened with that." I said. The man was not only powerful. But, also agile. Even though Sora was stronger now, the man was proven to be faster. Knocking Donald and Goofy of their feet with a couple of hits. After some quick thinking and some healing, Sora managed to wear him down. "Sora did it." I said, "Sora!" Emily shouted, "Hey, guys look who won." He said, "Sora, we've been set up. He's working for Hades." I explained, "Hades?" Sora asked just as a black three-headed dog appeared. "What's that?!" I exclaimed, "That would be trouble." Amy said, "Oh, right, there was one other rule I forgot: Accidents happen." Hades said, leaving us to our demise. And it would have happened if it wasn't for Hercules holding Cerberus back. "Herc!" Phil said, "Phil, get them out of here." Hercules said, and all of us ran inside.
"That was a close one," I said panting. "You said it. What was that thing?!" Sora asked, "That was Cerberus, the guardian of the Underworld. Herc should be able to handle him." Phil explained, "Are you sure?! That three-headed monstrosity could eat him in one bite!" Emily said, "But then again, maybe not… This doesn't look good." Phil said, "Hey, Sora. That man you fought is still out there. What if he's hurt?" I said, "You're right. Alright, guys, I know it's dangerous, but we need to do something." Sora said, "Yeah, we need to get out there and prove that we're real heroes." Donald said, "I'm not sure that's point Sora was going for. But, we need to fight nether less. Let's do this guy's!" Emily said, and we left, "Wait, guy's it's dangerous out there!" Phil yelled, "Yeesh, Just like Achilles." Phil said
Back outside, Herc was trying to fend off Cerberus while holding the unconscious man. Cerberus was closing in when we came running out. "Hey, Cerberus, why don't you pick on someone your own size!" Emily yelled, "If you can find someone that is." Chloe trembled,
Hercules ran off with the man, and Phil came out to cheer us on. "Kid, I got two words of advice for you: Attack!" Phil yelled, "That's the best advice he's giving us all day." I said, "Amy got any tips?" Sora asked, "Okay, there are three heads, all of which share damage. So, hitting one will hurt the others. It can attack with its mouth, legs, and can create fires balls, shockwaves, and dark puddles." Amy explained, "We can hold its mouth shut with our rainbow wands." I said, "Good thinking. Come on guys, let's do this." Cindy said, Cindy and I used our rainbow wands to hold two of Cerberus's mouths shut, but one remained and shot fireballs at us, making it hard to attack. Somewhere down the line, one of Cerberus's heads broke free, throwing me into the air, ready to bite down on me. It would've been the end of me if it wasn't for an air solder coming to my rescue. "Hey, thanks for the rescue can you get me in close I've got an idea," I said. The soldier nodded, and with his help, I attacked Cerberus with my rainbow wand.
Just then, more Heartless came to aid us. Shadows jumped on Cerberus and started scratching his eyes, making him blind. Red Nocturnes lined up and on my command started firing. Even Green Repuiem's showed up to heal us. "Why are they helping us?" Sora asked, "I think this is there was of saying, good game guys." Emily said with the unexpected help on our side. We managed to put Cerberus down. "I can't believe it. You pip-squeaks managed to beat my guardian." Hades said, "What's wrong, Hades. Wasn't expecting a group of heroes to foil your plan. Whatever happened to it's just a game." Emily taunted, "Why you! Oh, what did those mean heroes do to you? Tell you what when we get home, I'll give you a big juicy piece of meat to make you feel better. Deal? Deal." Hades said, patting his dog. "Now, as for you eight. I've played my cards right; I had a henchman, so how is it possible that I still lost to a bunch of amateurs?!" Hades asked, turning red. "I think you forgot rule number 1." Emily said, "Come again now. What rule? How could I forget it? Okay, out with it, what's rule number one?' He asked, "Villains always lose." Emily stated,
"Gaaah, Okay, I'm cool. I'm cool. How about we call this a draw. You leave to find you, friends, while I stay to take down the hero. Deal? I ain't got all day." Hades asked, "I've got a better idea." Emily said, "Which would be?" Hades replied, "This." Emily said, jumping onto Hades and rummaging around. "Hey, what do you think you're doing get off of me!" Hades said, throwing Emily off. "Okay! You win this round, but mark my words when I see you again, it won't be pretty. When I'm done with you, you'll wish you never messed with the god of death in the first place!" Hades said, walking away, "Stupid heroes. That witch said those worthless Heartless would lead to my victory. The only thing they did was make a mess of things. If you want to get things done right, you do it yourself." "Get him!" I yelled after hearing what he said to the Heartless. The Heartless swarmed Hades and started attacking him.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing you work for me, remember?! You know you can't kill a god, right? That stupid witch it's all her fault I'll get her for this!" Hades said as he faded into the darkness. "Well, that takes care of Hades. For now." I said, "Huh?" I looked down to see an air solder stayed to shake my hand. He went over to Sora and handed him a keychain saluted and flew off. "Did a Heartless give me a keychain?" Sora asked, "That's something you don't see every day." Donald said, "Hmm, maybe there are some friendly Heartless out there." Goofy said, "Well, we are friends with a Heartless general. Maybe it's a part of his troop." Emily said, "Well, either way. Looks like we're done here let's go find Phil and tell him what happened." I said, "No need. We saw everything that happened. Who would have thought the lord of the Underworld was such a sore loser." Hercules said, "You saw us?!" I asked, "I did. I'm impressed for someone so young you make a great team. Now follow me Phil has something to say to you." Hercules said,
"Woohoo! Hero stardom, here we come." Donald cheered, "Hey, Emily, why did you jump on Hades like that?" Amy asked, "Oh, I just wanted to taunt him, but I managed to find something. This, along with some dog biscuits." Emily said, holding up a piece of paper. "What is it?" I asked, "It looks like one of those Ansem reports I heard about." Amy said, "Why would Hades have that?" Sora asked, "Not sure, but we should keep an eye out for more." Amy said as we headed back inside.
"Thus, I do hereby dub thee junior heroes, and confer upon thee full rights and privileges to participate in the games. Further-" Phil said, "Hey! What do you mean, "junior heroes"?" Donald asked, "Yeah, we fought a three-headed dog. What, not heroic enough for you?" Emily asked, "You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero." Phil stated, "So, what does it take?" Goofy asked, "Well, that's just something you'll have to find out yourselves. Just the way that I did." Hercules said, "No problem. We'll start by proving ourselves in the games." Sora said,
"There ain't gonna be any games for a while. Gotta clean up the mess from the last battle first." Phil said, "Okay, we'll be back." Sora said, "Bye, Phil, bye, Hercules, thanks for everything." I said as we left. "I still can't believe that squirt actually beat Cerberus." Phil said, "Just between us, I'd already worn Cerberus down by the time the little guy jumped in." Hercules said, "My lips are sealed." Phil said. As the eight of us walked outside, we saw the mysterious man sitting by the gate. "Hey, are you alright?" Sora asked, "Yeah." He said, "So, why did you go along with him, anyway?" Sora asked, "I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired. I fell into darkness, and I couldn't find the light." Cloud explained, "You'll find it. I'm searching, too." Sora said, "For your light?" Cloud asked Sora, nodded, "Don't lose sight of it." Cloud said, giving Sora an item. "How about a rematch sometime? Fair and square, no dark powers involved." Sora said, "I think I'll pass." Cloud said, "Hold on, we never got your name." I said,
"It's Cloud. Nice to meet you." He said, "I'm Dakota." I said, followed by everyone else saying theirs. "You seem like you might know someone named Leon." I said, "You know him? tell me, are they all right." Yeah, they're in a world called Traverse Town. We were about to go there. You want us to take you there?" I asked, "No, thanks, there's someone else I need to find first. My arch-nemesis." Cloud said, "You have an arch-nemesis?" Emily asked, "I do, and I won't stop searching until I find him." Cloud said, "Well, you be careful. See you some other time." I said, and we left. "He's strong. He's kind. He's always there for you, and he's handsome to boot. He's perfect. Perfect. Perfectly infuriating! He makes me crazy." Hades said, "Wait a minute. What are you worried about? All the pieces are in place. Relax. Here's what you do. Let Hercules train the kid. In the next games. I'll take care of them both. Who invited you to the party? Stay out of this. This is my show." Hades said when he saw Maleficent, "As you wish. Fight to your heart's content." She said, leaving Hades angry by her statement.
"So, where do we go now?" I asked, "I don't know. The other worlds are blacked out." Donald said, "Maybe there's something wrong on the other end?" Goofy suggested, "Gummie Ship to Disney Castle come in Disney Castle." Goofy said, "We read you over." Chip said, "Hey, we can't find any other world's do you know why?" Goofy asked, "Um, well, the thing is. Huh, it's our fault the raider is outdated and needed to be replaced. And we forgot to." Chip explained, "What! You forgot?!" Donald exclaimed, "Mm, hmm, that's why we had you go to the Olympus Colosseum. To buy us some time to think of a plain. We're sorry for hiding it fellas, but with the King's disappearance and the chaos that followed, it slipped my mind." Chip explained, "Its okay, Chip. We all make mistakes after all this is a good time for us to return to Traverse Town." I said, "Dakota's right, we're low on supplies." Cindy said, "And we need to ask about that Gummie Block." Chloe said, "Well, then, back to Traverse Town, we go." Sora said, and off we went full speed.
Back at Hollow Bastion, Wendy had enough of Maleficent's lies that she was telling Riku. As she brought him some food, Wendy thought it would be an excellent opportunity to convince him to leave and never return. "Hello, Riku. Sorry to interrupt. Just bringing you something to eat. Can we talk?" Wendy asked, "Sure thing, let me put my book away." Riku said, putting the book on the shelf and grabbing his food tray. "Look, I know you don't want to talk about this. But, do you believe what Maleficent told you about Sora?" Wendy asked, "Of course I don't do. I look like the kind of person who trusts the first person I see. Unlike Sora, who trusts and sees good in everyone, I know Maleficent's a witch who shouldn't be trusted. I know Sora. And he would never abandon me no matter how many new friends he makes. Kairi and I will always be his best friends." Riku explained, "I glad to hear you say that, which is why you need to go. Before Maleficent finds a way to keep you from your friends." Wendy said, "I know I trust you and Jessabelle completely, so I'm leaving tomorrow. I hope we met again one day, but this time I'll be with my friends to take that witch down and free the princess's." Riku said,
"I hope you and Sora will find Kairi and the remaining Princess's before Maleficent does." Wendy said, "I do too. Now, if you don't mind, I should rest up before leaving. It will be a big day tomorrow." Riku said, "You're right. I'll be sure to see you off. Take care, Riku, and let your heart be you're guiding key." Wendy said, leaving with the food tray.
So, yeah, Riku's development will be handled differently here it's so weird to me how he just takes Maleficents word and is like yep, my best friend forgotten about me. Time to even up the score. In this story Riku will still fall to darkness but it will be from desperation rather then jealousy.