Kingdom Hearts
Ch. 19
Wonderland
Sora vs Trick Master
Jiminy stopped in his tracks after recking the Queens Palace. He stepped back and admired his immense size. He looked around and compared his height to everything around him. He raised his hand and measured it to the sun. He smiled as he rested his knuckles on his waist. Just as he did that, Jiminy noticed the castle walls were growing larger before him. Soon he was half the height he was 5 minutes ago. A minute later he was a third the size, another a fourth, and after another he was his regular size.
He looked around to see that everyone had fled standing in between his giant footprints. "Well it was good why it lasted," he thought to himself. Then The Caterpillar flew down wearing Jiminy's cap. Jiminy smiled as The Caterpillar handed over the top hat to his friend.
"Thanks, who knows what I would have done without this." Jiminy mounted the butterfly and they flew off to meet the others.
Sora faced down the Trickster heartless. The creature juggled his sticks and wobbled around with its giant feet. It's opponent gritted his teeth in frustration. Sora quickly gets a running start, leaping up in the air and striking at the Trick Master's faces as it raises its matches high in the air. It slams them down onto Sora, sending him hurdling towards the ground. Sora jumps up, using the length of his Keyblade to deal blows to the Trick Master. He knocks it out for a second, and it falls to its knees, though not for long. It starts to sing to itself and swings its arms wildly. It continues twirling the matches, while it raises them close too it's many faces. It breathes fire and lights them, sending fireballs at Sora.
Sora dodged them all and then dashed over to the enemy and hit it on the head. The heartless stepped back. It lifted its foot and kicked Sora knocking him to the ground head first. Sora's head hit hard on the grassy ground. He was dazed and his head was throbbing. Everything went fuzzy until something grabbed Sora by the waist. The monster wrapped its arm around him and lifted the boy into the air. Sora tried to attack but the monster kept him a distance away. His keyblade could not reach it's body. With its other hand it lifted one of the matches up. It grasped it tight until the match that kept it aflame exploded leaving a sharp hot metal rod in its place. Trick Master pointed it towards Sora struggling to escape.
Without any warning the heartless thrust the metal spear into Sora's side. It was still hot upon being burnt. Sora screamed in pain as the hot metal pierced his body. That was painful enough but including the heat burning his skin made the pain all the more unbearable. He screamed loudly hoping someone would come rescue him. He could hear the Queen of Hearts laughing from a distance. Sora began thinking of something he can do. He thought of Alice, he thought about Jiminy, Donald, and Goofy. He thought about Wonderland and the inhabitants he encountered. Then he began think of the Cheshire Cat. He began to think of the strange cats riddles. Then remembered the last thing the cat told Sora. "A cold breeze to quell the flame of shadows," raged through Sora's head.
When he finally understood the riddle. He screamed aloud, "Oh come on. You got to be kidding me."
Sora quickly pointed his keyblade at Trick Master. He sounded, "Blizzard."
Ice cold magic shot out of Sora's keyblade. The magic froze the monsters arms and struck its head. The many heads of the heartless began to freeze over. Its arms broke and Sora fell down to the ground. He landed on his feet trying to deal with the pain. The rod still in his side hurt tremendously. The weapon was hot, so Sora quickly grabbed it and pulled the rod out. His hand became burnt while blood began to drip out of his side. He covered his wound with his right hand. With the other he held the keyblade.
He held it towards Trick Master and sounded, "Blizzard." Frost spread around the heartless's body like a plague. With that the creature was covered in ice and it could barely move. Sora wobbled over to it and lifted his keyblade on his shoulders. When he got close enough, he swung his keyblade at one of its frozen legs shattering it into pieces. The frozen heartless lost balance and toppled over crashing to the ground. Its arms laying at its side. The body of the monster breaks down like a collapsed building. A large heart floats away from its torso and it's body disappears.
After defeating the heartless. Sora looked down at his wound. He then became fuzzy and fell to the ground. His hand grasped his wound as his blood spread across the dirt and grass. He then began to think of his friends and family.
Donald, Goofy, Jiminy, Alice, Leon, Cid, Aerith, Yuffie, Tidus, Wakka, Selphie, Mom, Dad, Hikari!
Riku
Kairi
"Sora you lazy bum I knew I'd find you snoozing down here."
A familiar voice he thought.
"Kairi?" he said softly. "Come one wake up lazy bones."
He then opened his eyes to see his childhood friend there with him. She bent over his face and slowly lifted her hand. She rubbed Sora's face then she moved down to his wound.
"Sora," stated the girl. She touched the wound and a bright light blinded Sora.
The pain subsided. He smiled and then opened his eyes hoping to see his friend again. When he did instead of Kairi. He saw the Queen of Hearts starring over him with a knife in her hand.
"OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!" she shouted. Sora too tired did not move an inch. He didn't know if any of this was for real or not.
She lifted the knife and was about to stab him. But before that a shield with the insignia of a mouse crashed into the Queen's head.
"Sora!" cried Goofy running over to his friend. The Queen was knocked out and fell to the ground lying unconscious.
"Sora are you okay?" asked Goofy checking his friend for injuries. "Sora are you hurt?" he asked again. Sora slowly pointed towards his wound. When Goofy went to check it he discovered there was no wound just his torn clothes and blood that stained the ground. Then The Griffin and The Caterpillar carrying Jiminy flew overhead to meet up with their friends.
"Goofy is Sora okay?" asked a now normal sized Jiminy. Well normal for Wonderland that is.
"He should be fine?" said Goofy relieved.
"Wait where is Donald and that Alice girl?" he asked again.
"Alice!" said Sora rising up fast.
"Sora take it easy," suggested Goofy.
Sora looked around hoping to see them but couldn't. "That guy with the eye patch took Alice. I asked Donald to save her. But I don't know where they went?"
A distance away the injured duck walked back to the group. Donald trotted along defeated and injured. He knew he'll have to break the news to Sora. He made his way over the Palace grounds and saw his friends together.
When they finally noticed him Sora asked softly, "Where is Alice?"
Donald looked down in disappointment. He then finally uttered, "I don't know. She is gone. That card guy had friends and they ganged up on me. When I woke up, they were both gone."
Sora then laid back down on the ground and stared up at the red and black checkered sky. "I'm sorry Sora," explained Donald feeling really bad.
"No it's my fault," said Sora in a monotone voice. "I promised, I'd promised her I protect her. My island was destroyed I lost all my friends and family to the darkness and there was nothing I could do about it. All I had to do is protect one person. And I couldn't even do that. Donald, Goofy I've failed." Sora burst into tears and covered his eyes with his hand. "I've lost everything and now she's gone too," he wailed why the rest looked away.
"Oh, she's not truly gone like your world. She was taken to another." An all too familiar voice said. Everyone looked on near the sunset to see the Cheshire Cat appear again. Sora got up demanding the cat to tell him where she is.
"Oh I don't know. That Hal character has gone, and I can assure you he is never coming back. As for the poor Alice she hitched a ride with someone new. But they're both gone to a place beyond my site and capabilities. Even I don't know where they are?" The Cheshire Cat disappeared and reappeared in different areas throughout that sentence.
"What are you?" Donald demanded an answer.
"Who me, I'm a Cheshire Cat" remarked the smiling cat.
"I mean how do you move around so much? And how do you know so much?" The cat reappeared next to Donald.
"How I do it? Why I am everywhere and nowhere. I am not dead nor alive. I am infinity." The cat then laughed as its body slowly disappeared with its head still in place.
"Well it's best we part ways. Time to say goodbye. After all one must not meddle in the affairs of other worlds. But you already broken that rule a number of times. But take the good with bad I guess. Because of your efforts key bearer. Wonderland will never fall like your own. Thank you, mighty hero." The cat completely disappeared leaving everyone behind.
"I think it's time to leave," remarked Jiminy.
"You're right. But what about Alice?" asked Donald.
Goofy then spoke "Nothing right now, that there Cat said she's on a different world now. But if that's true then maybe well be able to find her out there. Why when we first started out who'd of guessed we'd meet Sora on the first world we visited. You'll see, will run into that girl eventually. Yep I just know that we will. Right Sora?"
Everyone looked over at the so called hero. He got up and lifted his hood over his head. "Your right. We will find her and that's a promise," he said wiping his tears away.
"Excuse me Mr. Griffin would you mind giving us a ride back to our ship?" asked Goofy politely.
"Of course. Why not hop on my back," remarked the Griffin smiling. He lowered himself allowing Sora and Goofy to mount him. While Donald joined Jiminy on the other "The." They flew off together leaving the castle behind. The Queen as well as the King and Ace lay unconscious on the Palace grounds. While Hal's cards remained sticking out of the grassy terrain.