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Ok, so I revised this one as well. Enjoy.
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Chapter 2: The Meeting...
"Ugh.. Donald...Do you know where we are going?" Sora asked politely, as the Gummi ship flew past some asteroids, trying not too seem to impatient.
"OF COURSCH I KNOW!" Donald yelled, he seemed to be irritated that Sora would even question his knowledge as to where they were going.
Goofy was passed out on the floor. The thing no one knew about Goofy was that..Well.. He grew tired...Well..Rather quickly. One moment he'd be bright eyed, and talkative, and the next, he'd be out cold. After almost every big battle, he was sleeping under a tree, or a light pole, or somewhere.
Donald began humming to himself, resisting the urge to slap Goofy in the face for his snoring.
"DONALD! LOOK OUT!" Sora yelled.
The Gummi ship slammed into an asteroid, Goofy jumping out of his sleep, dashing at Donald with his shield, his eyes closed, and just yelling weird things,
"Moon Pie Dash!" Goofy exclaimed as he ran into Donald with his shield.
"OW! Goofee!"
Donald turned on the autopilot, and he quickly retaliated with a swift kick to the groin. That ended Goofy's assault quickly.
Goofy moaned, the shield dropped to his side, as he doubled over, burying his elbows in his groin.
"Ugh. Gwarsh Donald, there was no need for that.."
Donald was rubbing his head from where Goofy had hit him, and Sora was running around the back cabins of the ship, laughing, trying to get the cramp out of his side. He came back panting, and trying to get his words out without laughing.
"Ohhh.. Oh.. So.."
His cheeks bulged a bit, with the breath of laughter that he was holding in.
"Where...Exactly...Arrrr...Arr..Are.... We....Going..."
Sora's eyes now bulged out, and his cheeks puffed to the point of an explosion. He couldn't hold it in anymore, and he let out the biggest laugh ever heard by any of them. Goofy and Donald were not laughing this time, for they were the subject to ridicule. Sora quickly realized it wasn't THAT funny, and he took on an apologetic look.
Donald jumped back to the seat, turning off the autopilot, and then he pointed to a tiny little planet.
"There! Thatsh where it ish!" Donald seemed pretty astonished himself that there actually was a planet.
"What...Is it?" Goofy said, slowly straightening himself up from the prior attack.
"Thatsh the plash we are goin Goofee... Pine Haven."
None them were really sure how Donald managed to get them here, Donald wasn't even sure, he was only happy that he found it. And he knew it was Pine Haven by the appearance..
"Wait a minute Donald.. How did you find out about this place?"
"Well. When we reached Traversh Town, right before you had that confrontashon, I found a note on the ground. Cid wrote to where they would be after the worldsh are reshtored."
Sora kept up quite nicely, while Goofy..Well..Goofy had passed out again. Donald glared to Goofy's sleeping body, and he quickly smacked him in the head with his staff. Goofy awoke this time, calmly rubbing his head.
"Gwarsh. Sorry guys, hyuck!"
15 minutes later, they docked. This town center seemed to be a bit more lively then the last, and everything seemed to be more.. Hectic. They entered through the big steel bared doors, hoping they didn't somehow reach a prison. Inside of the gates brought a nostalgic wind to them, it immediately brought flashbacks of Traverse Town, the first time all three of them had seen each other. The music in the background only added to the sweet rememberance. There were even a few Moogles running around a statue of two warriors running at each other with swords raised that was placed in the middle, obviously taking the place of the tree that was in Traverse town. There was no open sided bar this time, but there was a little Tavern, off to the right, next to it a few supply shops, a grocery store, a currency office, and a post office. Indeed, Pine Haven had everything you need in a town. There were no stairs, it was all level. It was the afternoon, and they all were tired, but they first had to find Cid and the others. They began walking and suddenly they heard someone call out.
"Sora!"
The trio turned around, and there was Cid. Sora smiled, it was one of the best sights he had seen in awhile, Cid was the one of the first people he had met outside of the Destiny Islands. He had offered to take care of him, and Sora had a warm place in his heart for him for that.
Sora ran up to him, Donald and Goofy trailing behind. He was outside a small house, it looked comfy enough. Sora looked around a bit to see if he saw Cloud, or Squall, or Aerith and Yuffie and Tifa anywhere... For a moment, Kairi and Riku flashed in his eyes, standing behind Cid, waving and smiling. Sora's grin widened, and then they disappeared, along with his grin. He blinked a bit, and then looked to Cid.
"Where are the others?"
"Oh, they're inside. They are all pretty tired from the ride. This is where we came after the worlds were restored. I knew that the Heartless had some activity still, it almost felt like after the worlds were restored, they got stronger. I could feel it in the air. So we all decided this would be the meeting grounds if something were to happen. This town is completely rid of Heartless, probably the only one that exists. It's pretty much our safe haven."
Sora then nodded, and Donald suddenly remembered Daisy. He was so sure that the Magic Kingdom could not be overrun by Heartless that he kept forgetting that Daisy and Minnie were in trouble.
"C'mon Shora! We need to get the resht and go! Daishee ish waiting!"
Sora stood there, and nodded, then replied softly, "She's ok, Donald. I'm sure of it. We cannot go storming everywhere. The Heartless have gotten stronger, we must catch up on our rest, and somehow get stronger."
Goofy looked around the place for a moment, and then walked inside Cid's house quietly, his head hung low. Sora looked to Donald, and Donald gave him a shrug, and followed in after Goofy. Cid led Sora inside after. They stepped into a small hallway, a small bathroom to his left, two bed rooms on the right side, and the kitchen straight ahead, Goofy stepped into the bathroom, while Donald waited for Sora and Cid in the kitchen. They made there way to the end of the hall, and looked around the kitchen.
"Hey Cid, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving!"
Cid nodded, pointing to the pantry, and Sora had no problem indulging himself.
Donald turned to see the living room, where the others remained. Cloud and Aerith were sitting down on a two seated couch, Cloud resting his chin in the butt of his sword. Aerith's head resting quietly on his shoulder. Cloud's nose, and mouth were hidden by the crimson colored scarf around his neck. Leon and Yuffie and Tifa were standing in a circle right next to the T.V. Leon had a cup in his hand, and Tifa was giggling at something. They all stopped what they were doing to greet Sora and Donald.
"Hello Sora..." Leon said.
Sora turned around, and grinned with three bags of chips, a bottle of dip, cheese, ham, cheese wiz, and a 6 pack of soda dangling from his pinky.
Leon then raised his cup towards Sora, and then he nodded to Donald. Yuffie and Tifa didn't say anything, but there warm eyes and smiles said enough. Cloud nodded towards the two, not wanting to disturb Aerith in her sweet slumber.
Sora took a seat at the kitche, sprawling all the junk food out across, beginning to eat.
Donald looked at all the food, and blarred, "SHORA! SHARE THE WEALTH!"
Donald sat down, grabbing a can of soda, and a bag of chips, Sora already had a stack of excess chip crumbs that had fallen out his mouth on the counter, his eyes closed, and humungous smile on his face, as he drunk, ate, and dipped.
Goofy finally came out the bathroom, the sounds of water flushing still escaping the bathroom. He was still zipping up his pants, and he walked to greet the rest, all of them nodding to Goofy as well.
Goofy responded, "Hyuck! Hey guys!"
He then sat down next to Donald, who had a mouth full of chips. He didn't bother eating though. The rest of the day was spent pretty much hanging around, and discussing the problems at hand...
In the morning, Cid awoke to the smell of bacon, and eggs, and pancakes. He quirked his brow, and got out of bed, throwing a shirt on, and coming out the room, the cold tile burning his feet. He shut the door quietly, and walked outside, seeing Goofy and Donald jumping around the kitchen, white powder filling the air, and the cries of clanging pans escaping the kitchen.
Cid began to laugh as he neared the disaster that only could be obtained by supplying Goofy and Donald with cooking utensils.
A glob of pancake batter flew from the far left, nailing Cid in the face, followed by Donald's laughing. Cid peeled it off of his face, throwing it in the nearby trash. Goofy had an apron on, and he was preparing the plates, and silverware.
"Hyuck! Mornin' Cid! Breakfast will be right up!"
Cid nodded quietly, and Donald was doing something or another with the pans, and batter was flying in the air.
Cid ran his hand through his hair, as he looked over to the couch, Cloud and Aerith sleeping soundly together, and Leon, Yuffie, and Tifa all sprawled out across the floor, and on the remaining sofa. He didn't know where Donald and Goofy had slept, probably in the other room with Sora.
The night had been a long one, Cid and the others telling Goofy, Sora, and Donald about Hallow Bastion in the early days, and what happened when they went back. Sora had seemed to be getting quieter as the night progressed though, no doubt that young girl on his mind. What was her name again..Oh right..Kairi. He'd assumed she went back to the Island, the one which Sora couldn't return to until he had completely eliminated the Heartless. It was a sad situation, but the Heartless were a threat that had to be dealt with.
About an hour of reading into the new "Gummi Racer" magazine, the majority of the others awoke, excluding Tifa.
Sora was very quiet at breakfast, yet his appetite was still there. Donald and Goofy admired their work from afar, and Tifa soon awoke and ate some as well.
"Cid.. Do you think I could somehow find a way back to Destiny Island?" Sora questioned.
"I am not familiar with it, but, I am sure there is a way Sora. Is that where you are from?"
Sora nodded quietly, thoughts of Kairi intoxicating his normal thought process. Cid looked to Sora for a moment, before finishing up the pancake on his plate. Aerith looked up, wiping her mouth off.
"Is that where Kairi went back to?"
Sora looked to Aerith now, and nodded after a bit. Aerith then did the same, and picked up her plate, and Cloud's, who was sitting still with his eyes closed.
Leon then spoke quickly, and directly...
"Ok Sora. Here's the story. One "Kefka" is supposedly the Emperor of Darkness, he rules over all, he is the one who tells EVERYTHING that is Dark what to do. He is the overlord, you may say. We do not know of his location, we hardly know how he looks."
Sora suddenly remembered the man he had confronted at Traverse Town.
"I think i've seen him..."
Everyone in the table cried, "What?!"
Sora nodded, and then spoke,
"Yeah. He told me Ansem was a fool.. And..He didn't talk much, I could feel the power from him though. He was wearing a black trench coat, he had...Weird...Red..Eyes.. And he had two swords I think, and black hair. Other then that, I don't remember, he knocked me out pretty badly."
They all grew silent, and then Leon spoke again,
"Hm.. I'm glad your ok Sora, but we are not sure if this is the man. God only knows how many people like that are under the control of the Heartless... Anyhow, Cid has been working a ship that can carry us all. And we have a few people in mind to help us wage war on the Heartless. But the great thing is Cid has created this gummi block that has a map of all the different Galaxies, and their worlds. It has taken years to finish, but he is done, with the exception of a few minor adjustments that may need to be made. He could find your island, and maybe, get you there. We leave this afternoon. However. we will not be staying put anywhere, so I suggest you gather what you need."
Leon then stood and left the table, Sora suddenly feeling a rush of happiness, confusion, and complete fear wash over him. He was not sure what might lie ahead, but whatever it was, it was worth it... He was going to see Kairi again.
Ok, so I revised this one as well. Enjoy.
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Chapter 2: The Meeting...
"Ugh.. Donald...Do you know where we are going?" Sora asked politely, as the Gummi ship flew past some asteroids, trying not too seem to impatient.
"OF COURSCH I KNOW!" Donald yelled, he seemed to be irritated that Sora would even question his knowledge as to where they were going.
Goofy was passed out on the floor. The thing no one knew about Goofy was that..Well.. He grew tired...Well..Rather quickly. One moment he'd be bright eyed, and talkative, and the next, he'd be out cold. After almost every big battle, he was sleeping under a tree, or a light pole, or somewhere.
Donald began humming to himself, resisting the urge to slap Goofy in the face for his snoring.
"DONALD! LOOK OUT!" Sora yelled.
The Gummi ship slammed into an asteroid, Goofy jumping out of his sleep, dashing at Donald with his shield, his eyes closed, and just yelling weird things,
"Moon Pie Dash!" Goofy exclaimed as he ran into Donald with his shield.
"OW! Goofee!"
Donald turned on the autopilot, and he quickly retaliated with a swift kick to the groin. That ended Goofy's assault quickly.
Goofy moaned, the shield dropped to his side, as he doubled over, burying his elbows in his groin.
"Ugh. Gwarsh Donald, there was no need for that.."
Donald was rubbing his head from where Goofy had hit him, and Sora was running around the back cabins of the ship, laughing, trying to get the cramp out of his side. He came back panting, and trying to get his words out without laughing.
"Ohhh.. Oh.. So.."
His cheeks bulged a bit, with the breath of laughter that he was holding in.
"Where...Exactly...Arrrr...Arr..Are.... We....Going..."
Sora's eyes now bulged out, and his cheeks puffed to the point of an explosion. He couldn't hold it in anymore, and he let out the biggest laugh ever heard by any of them. Goofy and Donald were not laughing this time, for they were the subject to ridicule. Sora quickly realized it wasn't THAT funny, and he took on an apologetic look.
Donald jumped back to the seat, turning off the autopilot, and then he pointed to a tiny little planet.
"There! Thatsh where it ish!" Donald seemed pretty astonished himself that there actually was a planet.
"What...Is it?" Goofy said, slowly straightening himself up from the prior attack.
"Thatsh the plash we are goin Goofee... Pine Haven."
None them were really sure how Donald managed to get them here, Donald wasn't even sure, he was only happy that he found it. And he knew it was Pine Haven by the appearance..
"Wait a minute Donald.. How did you find out about this place?"
"Well. When we reached Traversh Town, right before you had that confrontashon, I found a note on the ground. Cid wrote to where they would be after the worldsh are reshtored."
Sora kept up quite nicely, while Goofy..Well..Goofy had passed out again. Donald glared to Goofy's sleeping body, and he quickly smacked him in the head with his staff. Goofy awoke this time, calmly rubbing his head.
"Gwarsh. Sorry guys, hyuck!"
15 minutes later, they docked. This town center seemed to be a bit more lively then the last, and everything seemed to be more.. Hectic. They entered through the big steel bared doors, hoping they didn't somehow reach a prison. Inside of the gates brought a nostalgic wind to them, it immediately brought flashbacks of Traverse Town, the first time all three of them had seen each other. The music in the background only added to the sweet rememberance. There were even a few Moogles running around a statue of two warriors running at each other with swords raised that was placed in the middle, obviously taking the place of the tree that was in Traverse town. There was no open sided bar this time, but there was a little Tavern, off to the right, next to it a few supply shops, a grocery store, a currency office, and a post office. Indeed, Pine Haven had everything you need in a town. There were no stairs, it was all level. It was the afternoon, and they all were tired, but they first had to find Cid and the others. They began walking and suddenly they heard someone call out.
"Sora!"
The trio turned around, and there was Cid. Sora smiled, it was one of the best sights he had seen in awhile, Cid was the one of the first people he had met outside of the Destiny Islands. He had offered to take care of him, and Sora had a warm place in his heart for him for that.
Sora ran up to him, Donald and Goofy trailing behind. He was outside a small house, it looked comfy enough. Sora looked around a bit to see if he saw Cloud, or Squall, or Aerith and Yuffie and Tifa anywhere... For a moment, Kairi and Riku flashed in his eyes, standing behind Cid, waving and smiling. Sora's grin widened, and then they disappeared, along with his grin. He blinked a bit, and then looked to Cid.
"Where are the others?"
"Oh, they're inside. They are all pretty tired from the ride. This is where we came after the worlds were restored. I knew that the Heartless had some activity still, it almost felt like after the worlds were restored, they got stronger. I could feel it in the air. So we all decided this would be the meeting grounds if something were to happen. This town is completely rid of Heartless, probably the only one that exists. It's pretty much our safe haven."
Sora then nodded, and Donald suddenly remembered Daisy. He was so sure that the Magic Kingdom could not be overrun by Heartless that he kept forgetting that Daisy and Minnie were in trouble.
"C'mon Shora! We need to get the resht and go! Daishee ish waiting!"
Sora stood there, and nodded, then replied softly, "She's ok, Donald. I'm sure of it. We cannot go storming everywhere. The Heartless have gotten stronger, we must catch up on our rest, and somehow get stronger."
Goofy looked around the place for a moment, and then walked inside Cid's house quietly, his head hung low. Sora looked to Donald, and Donald gave him a shrug, and followed in after Goofy. Cid led Sora inside after. They stepped into a small hallway, a small bathroom to his left, two bed rooms on the right side, and the kitchen straight ahead, Goofy stepped into the bathroom, while Donald waited for Sora and Cid in the kitchen. They made there way to the end of the hall, and looked around the kitchen.
"Hey Cid, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving!"
Cid nodded, pointing to the pantry, and Sora had no problem indulging himself.
Donald turned to see the living room, where the others remained. Cloud and Aerith were sitting down on a two seated couch, Cloud resting his chin in the butt of his sword. Aerith's head resting quietly on his shoulder. Cloud's nose, and mouth were hidden by the crimson colored scarf around his neck. Leon and Yuffie and Tifa were standing in a circle right next to the T.V. Leon had a cup in his hand, and Tifa was giggling at something. They all stopped what they were doing to greet Sora and Donald.
"Hello Sora..." Leon said.
Sora turned around, and grinned with three bags of chips, a bottle of dip, cheese, ham, cheese wiz, and a 6 pack of soda dangling from his pinky.
Leon then raised his cup towards Sora, and then he nodded to Donald. Yuffie and Tifa didn't say anything, but there warm eyes and smiles said enough. Cloud nodded towards the two, not wanting to disturb Aerith in her sweet slumber.
Sora took a seat at the kitche, sprawling all the junk food out across, beginning to eat.
Donald looked at all the food, and blarred, "SHORA! SHARE THE WEALTH!"
Donald sat down, grabbing a can of soda, and a bag of chips, Sora already had a stack of excess chip crumbs that had fallen out his mouth on the counter, his eyes closed, and humungous smile on his face, as he drunk, ate, and dipped.
Goofy finally came out the bathroom, the sounds of water flushing still escaping the bathroom. He was still zipping up his pants, and he walked to greet the rest, all of them nodding to Goofy as well.
Goofy responded, "Hyuck! Hey guys!"
He then sat down next to Donald, who had a mouth full of chips. He didn't bother eating though. The rest of the day was spent pretty much hanging around, and discussing the problems at hand...
In the morning, Cid awoke to the smell of bacon, and eggs, and pancakes. He quirked his brow, and got out of bed, throwing a shirt on, and coming out the room, the cold tile burning his feet. He shut the door quietly, and walked outside, seeing Goofy and Donald jumping around the kitchen, white powder filling the air, and the cries of clanging pans escaping the kitchen.
Cid began to laugh as he neared the disaster that only could be obtained by supplying Goofy and Donald with cooking utensils.
A glob of pancake batter flew from the far left, nailing Cid in the face, followed by Donald's laughing. Cid peeled it off of his face, throwing it in the nearby trash. Goofy had an apron on, and he was preparing the plates, and silverware.
"Hyuck! Mornin' Cid! Breakfast will be right up!"
Cid nodded quietly, and Donald was doing something or another with the pans, and batter was flying in the air.
Cid ran his hand through his hair, as he looked over to the couch, Cloud and Aerith sleeping soundly together, and Leon, Yuffie, and Tifa all sprawled out across the floor, and on the remaining sofa. He didn't know where Donald and Goofy had slept, probably in the other room with Sora.
The night had been a long one, Cid and the others telling Goofy, Sora, and Donald about Hallow Bastion in the early days, and what happened when they went back. Sora had seemed to be getting quieter as the night progressed though, no doubt that young girl on his mind. What was her name again..Oh right..Kairi. He'd assumed she went back to the Island, the one which Sora couldn't return to until he had completely eliminated the Heartless. It was a sad situation, but the Heartless were a threat that had to be dealt with.
About an hour of reading into the new "Gummi Racer" magazine, the majority of the others awoke, excluding Tifa.
Sora was very quiet at breakfast, yet his appetite was still there. Donald and Goofy admired their work from afar, and Tifa soon awoke and ate some as well.
"Cid.. Do you think I could somehow find a way back to Destiny Island?" Sora questioned.
"I am not familiar with it, but, I am sure there is a way Sora. Is that where you are from?"
Sora nodded quietly, thoughts of Kairi intoxicating his normal thought process. Cid looked to Sora for a moment, before finishing up the pancake on his plate. Aerith looked up, wiping her mouth off.
"Is that where Kairi went back to?"
Sora looked to Aerith now, and nodded after a bit. Aerith then did the same, and picked up her plate, and Cloud's, who was sitting still with his eyes closed.
Leon then spoke quickly, and directly...
"Ok Sora. Here's the story. One "Kefka" is supposedly the Emperor of Darkness, he rules over all, he is the one who tells EVERYTHING that is Dark what to do. He is the overlord, you may say. We do not know of his location, we hardly know how he looks."
Sora suddenly remembered the man he had confronted at Traverse Town.
"I think i've seen him..."
Everyone in the table cried, "What?!"
Sora nodded, and then spoke,
"Yeah. He told me Ansem was a fool.. And..He didn't talk much, I could feel the power from him though. He was wearing a black trench coat, he had...Weird...Red..Eyes.. And he had two swords I think, and black hair. Other then that, I don't remember, he knocked me out pretty badly."
They all grew silent, and then Leon spoke again,
"Hm.. I'm glad your ok Sora, but we are not sure if this is the man. God only knows how many people like that are under the control of the Heartless... Anyhow, Cid has been working a ship that can carry us all. And we have a few people in mind to help us wage war on the Heartless. But the great thing is Cid has created this gummi block that has a map of all the different Galaxies, and their worlds. It has taken years to finish, but he is done, with the exception of a few minor adjustments that may need to be made. He could find your island, and maybe, get you there. We leave this afternoon. However. we will not be staying put anywhere, so I suggest you gather what you need."
Leon then stood and left the table, Sora suddenly feeling a rush of happiness, confusion, and complete fear wash over him. He was not sure what might lie ahead, but whatever it was, it was worth it... He was going to see Kairi again.