Kingdom Hearts
Wonderland
Ch. 8
The First of Many
3 days have passed as the Gummi ship inched closer to its destination. Sora was in bed tossing and turning. A vivid memory flashes in his mind as a dream.
(Sora is on a beach strolling along the path as he notices something wash ashore. What he finds is a girl lying face first on the sand. He looks over her saying)
"WAAAAAKKE UPPPPPP"
Sora sprang up as a loud sound pierced his ears. He wonked his head on the ceiling with a thump. "Ow" moaned Sora as he felt the bump on his head. The sound was coming from Donald. "Come on, get out of bed we're about to arrive at the new world." Sora hearing the news was so enthralled he forgot about his head injury almost immediately.
He ran out to the control room in his pajamas just to catch a glimpse of the new world. In a distance, a small green planet laid just beyond the horizon. He looked over to see Jiminy staring out there too. "Jiminy when are we landing?" asked Sora.
Jiminy hopped on a button to let the timer appeared on the screen.
00:00:17:89
"17 minutes." Sora thought to excited to express his feelings. He ran down stairs and get ready like he did every morning but twice as fast. After getting dressed and brushing his teeth he ran to the kitchen as Goofy finished setting a spare set of leftover pancakes for Sora. The young boy barged in and swallowed all his pancakes without butter or syrup. After he was done he wiped his face and thanked the cook for his meal. He ran out of the kitchen as quickly as he entered. Goofy understanding Sora's excitement nodded before continuing what he was doing.
"Hmm where did I put the butter?" thought Goofy as he walked around the kitchen searching for it. Before he knew it, the room became upside down to him. His feet flew high in the air after slipping on something. He banged his head on the tiles of the floor causing several plates to shake slightly in their place. Recovering from the fall he looked at what caused him to trip. On his right shoe was the missing stick of butter he was searching for. "Hu-yuk, found it" giggled Goofy.
Sora ran back to the control room to see the new world.
00:00:05:07
The green planet was getting closer and closer as Sora could now make out specific details. From the looks of it the world was just a giant green meadow with a few rivers and lakes here and there. There was no signs of any cities or structures, Sora still confident in his expectations of the new world passed it off. He began to imagine the people he'll meet. The heartless he'll fight. As he did that Donald and Goofy came in to join him.
"What aw it's a category 4 world" said Donald sounding disappointed. Sora heart sank when his friend made the remark.
He turned around to join the conversation. "You really think so?" asked Goofy hesitantly.
"Yeah, you can tell just by looking at it" Donald replied back.
"W-what's a category 4 world?" asked Sora.
Just as Donald was about to answer Jiminy hopped in to explain for him. "Well Sora there are many kinds of worlds each with its own laws and advancements. Some worlds are more aware or advanced then others" Jiminy explained. Sora sat and let Jiminy continue. "Now in order to identify how far the people of a world has come we grade each world with 5 different categories. Category 1 worlds are societies that are aware and have the technology to travel to and from their own world. Category 2 worlds are ones where the society is advanced enough that it can still sustain a respectable and diverse culture. Achieving feats like inventing vehicles or understanding medical needs. Category 3 worlds are a little slower. They aren't very advanced and haven't the technological necessities that other worlds have. Essentially, they lack things like indoor plumbing and other nifty inventions like that. Category 4 worlds like this one are capable of sustaining life but lacks intelligent inhabitants. It's a world of nothing but nature with maybe different species of animals living on them. And category 5 worlds are dead worlds. In which there is no life. Either the previous lifeforms destroyed it, or some great shift occurred in nature that destroyed the ecosystem."
"Oh" said Sora as he lowered his head. "Can we still go there just to see it?" he asked.
"Well we have too. After each trip the gummi ship needs to recharge for a total 24 hours before going to the next world" said Donald.
Sora lifted his head in disappointment as he turned around to see two minutes on the timer.
"We're landing" cried Donald as the ship reached finally its destination. Sora sat down with his hopes shattered. The ship landed on a flat green pasture opening its hatch door. The 4 friends walked down the ramp onto the ground. When they looked out on the horizon what they saw was a beautiful meadow not touched in generations. They looked to see fish swimming in a nearby pond with birds chirping from a distance. Sora regretted his assumptions after laying eyes on this beautiful pasture.
The friends not knowing what to do decide to go their separate ways as each would spend some much needed alone time. Sleeping in the same room for 3 days will do that to a person. They all decided to meet back at the ship in a few hours for food. Jiminy stayed back to work on his journal as Goofy went off for a walk. But not before tripping after taking a couple of steps forward. Donald found a little pond which he could take a swim.
Sora still tired decided to walk over to a little clearing and took a nap in the shade. He slowly dreamt more about his friends from Destiney Islands.
2 hours later, Sora woke hearing the call of his friends shouting his name. He yawned as he stared into the woods a few yards ahead of him. His ears twitched hearing the soft sound of footsteps a short distance away.
Down by the path underneath a tree Sora saw a little white rabbit in quite a hurry. But this wasn't just any ordinary rabbit. He was wearing a waist coat and glasses. In his hand was a giant watch the size of his head.
Sora looked at the rabbit until it noticed him. Upon coming into eye contact. The rabbit said rather fast "I'm late, I'm late time to say hello goodbye I'm late, I'm late." He ran down the path leaving Sora hobbled. Sora's ears twitched again hearing more footsteps run down the path. Someone else seems to be trailing the nervous little white rabbit.
Running down the path was a girl about the same age as Sora. She wearing a nice blue dress and white bonnet. Her shoes were all black and her white socks were long enough to reach up to her dress. Her blonde hair raced through the air as she cried "Oh Mr. Rabbit please come back." She followed the rabbit down the trail not even noticing Sora until both were out of site.
Sora hopped up on his feet and called out "Wait come back." As he said that Donald and Goofy heard him and walked over to join him. Sora turned to his friends explaining what he just witnessed "I saw someone a white rabbit and a girl run down that path" he said pointing to the dirt trail. Donald and Goofy laughed immediately after hearing Sora's claim.
"Oh Sora having dreams about girls again" proclaimed Donald with a smug grin on his face.
"It wasn't a dr… what do you mean by again?" asked Sora.
"You talk in your sleep sometimes" explained Goofy.
"Huh whatever. That's not important right now. Come on!" he said. He dashed down the path in a hurry. Donald and Goofy trailed behind him attempting to get him to slow down. Jiminy remained safe in Goofy's pocket. Sora sprinted down the path till it ended at a hole in the ground under a tree. He looked down seeing both the rabbits and the girl's footprints leading to it. He waited for the others to catch up "They went down here guys lets follow them" said Sora as he got on his hands and knees sticking his head into the dirt hole.
"Sora that's a rabbit hole you won't even fit" proclaimed Donald. But Sora didn't listen crawling in anyway. "I'm not following" said Donald folding his arms and tapping his foot. After a few seconds they both heard a scream echo from the hole. Worried about their friend they followed after him into the rabbit hole.
"It's dark" said Goofy behind Donald. Goofy's white gloves scratched the dirt walls getting his clothes dirty.
"Of course it's dark there's noooooo….." screamed Donald as his voice turned to echoes. Goofy followed his friend's voice until he ceased to feel anything under him. He looked down to see him above a poorly lit hole with no bottom. He looked back up at the audience and waved goodbye. With that he fell down the long never ending hole screaming "Yahoohooohooooooo."