Summoned Character Monologues Part Four: Dumbo
by Martial Arts Master
All Disney-related characters copyrighted by Disney. All Square related characters copyrighted by both. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are copyrighted by both. I got the idea for these by Raiegki Leviathan, and decided to do them with her permission given to me by e-mail. These monologues are on the summoned characters. In order, once completed, they will be: Simba, Genie, Bambi, Dumbo, Tinker Bell, and Mushu. Remember how Genie's monologue took place shortly after Sora's Keyblade disappeared into Riku's hands? Dumbo's monologue takes place after Sora and friends are reunited, Sora gets his Keyblade back, the whole Sora-being-turned-into-a-heartless thing is over and one with, and Sora seals the Keyhole at Hollow Bastion. In short, it takes place before Sora and friends go to End of the World. Now, on with Dumbo's story!
***
Hello. My name is Dumbo. I'm an elephant.
But not just any elephant. Let me explain my story.
I was delivered by the stork (hey, that's how it works in my world...or should I say, that's how it worked. Past tense, as you'll find out later) to Mrs. Jumbo.
She was overjoyed to have me, and she showered me with love.
But those dumb sisters of hers...they were a different story.
They treated me with love at first, but then they saw my one physical defect.
I have huge ears. I mean really huge ears. I still remember, even though I was only a baby then, how Mrs. Jumbo's sisters all laughed at me. Then Mrs. Jumbo slammed a stall door in their faces! Sweet justice...
But that was one of the few moments of justice I was to receive for a very long time.
When we elephants were delivered to the circus, everyone laughed at my big ears.
The circus patrons abused me and blew in my ears.
So naturally, Mrs. Jumbo tried to defend me, attacking everyone.
I felt that Mrs. Jumbo truly cared for me...and then they had to lock her up.
You think I'm joking. No, I'm totally serious. For defending me, Mrs. Jumbo, my mother, was locked up and branded as a mad elephant!
I was separated from her, only being able to contact her by trunk through the bars of her jail.
On top of that, I wasn't that big a help to Mrs. Jumbo's sisters in the circus. Sometimes I messed up an act or two. They ignored me, pretending that I didn't exist.
I did have a ray of hope, however. I befriended Timothy, a circus mouse. He was nice to me, at least.
He was talkative, but nice.
I remember when Timothy and I drank something we shouldn't have, and we ended up seeing pink elephants everywhere.
I've since learned that what we probably drank was something alcoholic.
Timothy tried to help me become a big star, even though I was eventually made into a clown.
And it was Timothy who helped me discover something very unusual about myself.
You see, after that whole pink elephant incident, we found ourselves in a tree. Mice can climb trees, but elephants can't, so how did we end up in a tree?
Timothy could reach only one conclusion--in my drunken state, I flew into the tree!
When Timothy reached that conclusion, some birds laughed at us. But Timothy quickly helped them realize what a hard life I'd had. They changed their minds and decided to help us.
They gave me what they said was a magic feather that would enable me to fly.
After an experiment, amazingly, it actually worked! As long as I had the magic feather in my trunk, I could fly!
Afterwards, I was enlisted to do a high-dive act, which consisted of jumping from a burning building.
When I jumped, I lost the magic feather during my fall!
Under those strenuous circumstances, Timothy revealed to me that the magic feather was "just a gag", and that I really could fly.
So I tried, and I could! The magic feather wasn't magic after all. I only was able to fly before because I had confidence in myself, just as I had now.
Apparently my big ears were the cause of my ability to fly. They must work like wings or something.
Anyway, the ringmaster, the crowd, and especially Mrs. Jumbo's dumb sisters were amazed. I sucked up peanuts and fired them at the latter.
After that, I became famous. I was at last reunited with my mother. As she gave me warm and loving comfort, it was the happiest moment of my life.
But the Heartless showed up, spoiling that happiness.
If you've ever had the misfortune to meet the Heartless, then you know that they're evil creatures born of the darkness in people's hearts. They feast on hearts, as well.
I don't know how they got here, but they did, and they went on a rampage, feasting on the hearts of everyone they could get their hands on.
Mrs. Jumbo's sisters were among the first they got their hands on, and I actually felt a little sorry for them, for the first time in my life.
Mrs. Jumbo, my mother, tried valiantly to protect me from the Heartless.
At first, she succeeded.
But then they cheated...well, not technically, but it felt to me as if they'd cheated. You see, they brought in a nasty Heartless called the Guard Armor.
The Guard Armor had the ability to separate into its pieces and be able to move them independantly.
Mrs. Jumbo couldn't fight such a force, and the Guard Armor feasted on her heart.
I was all alone...
I got away, but only because my friend Timothy distracted the Heartless by offering up his own heart.
I will never forget his sacrifice.
Unfortunately, it was then that the Heartless discovered the Keyhole of my world. They infested in, and soon made my world, along with everyone in it, disappear.
I, however, had such a strong heart that rather than vanishing, I was merely trapped in the form of a gem.
I ended up being swallowed by Monstro the Whale...not a pleasant experience.
Then, Sora and his friends discovered me, bringing me to the Fairy Godmother.
She changed me back into my original form...but I was a little uneasy about Sora, Donald, and Goofy. How did I know they didn't have the same personalities as those mean people who abused me once before?
So I showed Sora my big ears, and then reared back, expecting hostility.
But Sora didn't laugh. He didn't blow in my ears, either. To him it seemed that big ears was no more unusual than a human being left-handed: small percentage, but not something to be ashamed of.
I was so relieved I can't even describe it. Donald and Goofy were as nice to me as Sora was.
So we had many wonderful adventures together, defeating Heartless. I helped out Sora whenever he summoned me, for I had been giving a great gift by the Fairy Godmother.
She had given me the ability to fire a stream of water from my trunk at will, even when I had no water to begin with. The water literally appeared by magic, and I was glad to use it to help Sora get back at those Heartless; those evil creatures who had stolen all that I held dear.
Eventually we made our way to Hollow Bastion, where something shocking happened.
A boy named Riku showed up, and inexplicably, the Keyblade went into his hands!
I was outraged. Riku had never shown me any kindness! He never helped us fight the Heartless! In fact, in Neverland, I had once seen him summon Heartless himself out of the corner of my eye. Why should he get to have the Keyblade, while Sora had to have it taken from him?
Apparently the Keyblade only likes to work with people with strong hearts. Privately I couldn't see why Sora's heart was weaker than Riku's, but I had to go with the Keyblade's judgement.
Then, Donald and Goofy abandoned Sora for Riku!
I was outraged. I nearly bowled them over with water, until Genie explained to me that Donald and Goofy had no choice, having received an order from King Mickey to follow the Keyblade. So if the Keyblade went with Riku...well, you get the rest.
But I didn't abandon Sora. Neither did Simba, Genie, Bambi, or Tinker Bell. Mushu probably wouldn't have either, except we didn't get his gem form until after we defeated Maleficent. Beast also helped. We stayed with Sora to the bitter end.
Eventually, we were reunited with Donald and Goofy after they decided that although they didn't want to betray the king, they didn't want to betray Sora either. Well, actually Goofy decided that, Donald just followed his lead. They planned to just apologize to the king.
That was fine with me, especially since the Keyblade wised up (in my humble elephant opinion) and joined Sora again.
But then Riku blocked us all out with some kind of force field, and Sora had to face him alone!
And Riku wasn't his normal self, either. I began to see the source of his meanness, as he was being possessed by someone. I didn't know who, but he had a creepy voice!
Eventually, Sora triumphed.
Afterwards, Sora sealed the Keyhole of the Hollow Bastion.
I eventually learned that Ansem was the one who had possessed Riku. Ansem used to be the ruler of Hollow Bastion, but then he got infested with darkness during his research of the Heartless.
We decided to go to the End of the World in order to defeat Ansem and restore order to the worlds. In fact, this would also restore my own world to me, something I was surprised to find out.
Get ready, Ansem! We're coming to kick your butt!
To be continued with the next monologue...
E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@comcast.net
by Martial Arts Master
All Disney-related characters copyrighted by Disney. All Square related characters copyrighted by both. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are copyrighted by both. I got the idea for these by Raiegki Leviathan, and decided to do them with her permission given to me by e-mail. These monologues are on the summoned characters. In order, once completed, they will be: Simba, Genie, Bambi, Dumbo, Tinker Bell, and Mushu. Remember how Genie's monologue took place shortly after Sora's Keyblade disappeared into Riku's hands? Dumbo's monologue takes place after Sora and friends are reunited, Sora gets his Keyblade back, the whole Sora-being-turned-into-a-heartless thing is over and one with, and Sora seals the Keyhole at Hollow Bastion. In short, it takes place before Sora and friends go to End of the World. Now, on with Dumbo's story!
***
Hello. My name is Dumbo. I'm an elephant.
But not just any elephant. Let me explain my story.
I was delivered by the stork (hey, that's how it works in my world...or should I say, that's how it worked. Past tense, as you'll find out later) to Mrs. Jumbo.
She was overjoyed to have me, and she showered me with love.
But those dumb sisters of hers...they were a different story.
They treated me with love at first, but then they saw my one physical defect.
I have huge ears. I mean really huge ears. I still remember, even though I was only a baby then, how Mrs. Jumbo's sisters all laughed at me. Then Mrs. Jumbo slammed a stall door in their faces! Sweet justice...
But that was one of the few moments of justice I was to receive for a very long time.
When we elephants were delivered to the circus, everyone laughed at my big ears.
The circus patrons abused me and blew in my ears.
So naturally, Mrs. Jumbo tried to defend me, attacking everyone.
I felt that Mrs. Jumbo truly cared for me...and then they had to lock her up.
You think I'm joking. No, I'm totally serious. For defending me, Mrs. Jumbo, my mother, was locked up and branded as a mad elephant!
I was separated from her, only being able to contact her by trunk through the bars of her jail.
On top of that, I wasn't that big a help to Mrs. Jumbo's sisters in the circus. Sometimes I messed up an act or two. They ignored me, pretending that I didn't exist.
I did have a ray of hope, however. I befriended Timothy, a circus mouse. He was nice to me, at least.
He was talkative, but nice.
I remember when Timothy and I drank something we shouldn't have, and we ended up seeing pink elephants everywhere.
I've since learned that what we probably drank was something alcoholic.
Timothy tried to help me become a big star, even though I was eventually made into a clown.
And it was Timothy who helped me discover something very unusual about myself.
You see, after that whole pink elephant incident, we found ourselves in a tree. Mice can climb trees, but elephants can't, so how did we end up in a tree?
Timothy could reach only one conclusion--in my drunken state, I flew into the tree!
When Timothy reached that conclusion, some birds laughed at us. But Timothy quickly helped them realize what a hard life I'd had. They changed their minds and decided to help us.
They gave me what they said was a magic feather that would enable me to fly.
After an experiment, amazingly, it actually worked! As long as I had the magic feather in my trunk, I could fly!
Afterwards, I was enlisted to do a high-dive act, which consisted of jumping from a burning building.
When I jumped, I lost the magic feather during my fall!
Under those strenuous circumstances, Timothy revealed to me that the magic feather was "just a gag", and that I really could fly.
So I tried, and I could! The magic feather wasn't magic after all. I only was able to fly before because I had confidence in myself, just as I had now.
Apparently my big ears were the cause of my ability to fly. They must work like wings or something.
Anyway, the ringmaster, the crowd, and especially Mrs. Jumbo's dumb sisters were amazed. I sucked up peanuts and fired them at the latter.
After that, I became famous. I was at last reunited with my mother. As she gave me warm and loving comfort, it was the happiest moment of my life.
But the Heartless showed up, spoiling that happiness.
If you've ever had the misfortune to meet the Heartless, then you know that they're evil creatures born of the darkness in people's hearts. They feast on hearts, as well.
I don't know how they got here, but they did, and they went on a rampage, feasting on the hearts of everyone they could get their hands on.
Mrs. Jumbo's sisters were among the first they got their hands on, and I actually felt a little sorry for them, for the first time in my life.
Mrs. Jumbo, my mother, tried valiantly to protect me from the Heartless.
At first, she succeeded.
But then they cheated...well, not technically, but it felt to me as if they'd cheated. You see, they brought in a nasty Heartless called the Guard Armor.
The Guard Armor had the ability to separate into its pieces and be able to move them independantly.
Mrs. Jumbo couldn't fight such a force, and the Guard Armor feasted on her heart.
I was all alone...
I got away, but only because my friend Timothy distracted the Heartless by offering up his own heart.
I will never forget his sacrifice.
Unfortunately, it was then that the Heartless discovered the Keyhole of my world. They infested in, and soon made my world, along with everyone in it, disappear.
I, however, had such a strong heart that rather than vanishing, I was merely trapped in the form of a gem.
I ended up being swallowed by Monstro the Whale...not a pleasant experience.
Then, Sora and his friends discovered me, bringing me to the Fairy Godmother.
She changed me back into my original form...but I was a little uneasy about Sora, Donald, and Goofy. How did I know they didn't have the same personalities as those mean people who abused me once before?
So I showed Sora my big ears, and then reared back, expecting hostility.
But Sora didn't laugh. He didn't blow in my ears, either. To him it seemed that big ears was no more unusual than a human being left-handed: small percentage, but not something to be ashamed of.
I was so relieved I can't even describe it. Donald and Goofy were as nice to me as Sora was.
So we had many wonderful adventures together, defeating Heartless. I helped out Sora whenever he summoned me, for I had been giving a great gift by the Fairy Godmother.
She had given me the ability to fire a stream of water from my trunk at will, even when I had no water to begin with. The water literally appeared by magic, and I was glad to use it to help Sora get back at those Heartless; those evil creatures who had stolen all that I held dear.
Eventually we made our way to Hollow Bastion, where something shocking happened.
A boy named Riku showed up, and inexplicably, the Keyblade went into his hands!
I was outraged. Riku had never shown me any kindness! He never helped us fight the Heartless! In fact, in Neverland, I had once seen him summon Heartless himself out of the corner of my eye. Why should he get to have the Keyblade, while Sora had to have it taken from him?
Apparently the Keyblade only likes to work with people with strong hearts. Privately I couldn't see why Sora's heart was weaker than Riku's, but I had to go with the Keyblade's judgement.
Then, Donald and Goofy abandoned Sora for Riku!
I was outraged. I nearly bowled them over with water, until Genie explained to me that Donald and Goofy had no choice, having received an order from King Mickey to follow the Keyblade. So if the Keyblade went with Riku...well, you get the rest.
But I didn't abandon Sora. Neither did Simba, Genie, Bambi, or Tinker Bell. Mushu probably wouldn't have either, except we didn't get his gem form until after we defeated Maleficent. Beast also helped. We stayed with Sora to the bitter end.
Eventually, we were reunited with Donald and Goofy after they decided that although they didn't want to betray the king, they didn't want to betray Sora either. Well, actually Goofy decided that, Donald just followed his lead. They planned to just apologize to the king.
That was fine with me, especially since the Keyblade wised up (in my humble elephant opinion) and joined Sora again.
But then Riku blocked us all out with some kind of force field, and Sora had to face him alone!
And Riku wasn't his normal self, either. I began to see the source of his meanness, as he was being possessed by someone. I didn't know who, but he had a creepy voice!
Eventually, Sora triumphed.
Afterwards, Sora sealed the Keyhole of the Hollow Bastion.
I eventually learned that Ansem was the one who had possessed Riku. Ansem used to be the ruler of Hollow Bastion, but then he got infested with darkness during his research of the Heartless.
We decided to go to the End of the World in order to defeat Ansem and restore order to the worlds. In fact, this would also restore my own world to me, something I was surprised to find out.
Get ready, Ansem! We're coming to kick your butt!
To be continued with the next monologue...
E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@comcast.net