A/N: I'M SERIOUS! ANYONE OUT THERE WATCH TREASURE PLANET YET?
disclaimer: don't own kingdom hearts.
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"Well..." Chip and Dale both said.
"I was making adjustments to this one machine that DALE broke, and then for some reason, it didn't come out like it was supposed to...right DALE...?" Chip explained.
"At least I uhh...well anyway! So I accidentally dropped a wrench onto the machine and that seemed to have started the thing," Dale said.
"So what does it do really?" Sora asked.
"Just like we called it...the Dimension Diving Portal!" they both said.
"Uh-huh...and how do you suppose it happens to open up a portal to another world now...?" Donald asked, unconvinced.
"Well...we...uhh...ask Chip! Like he said, he named it!" Dale blurted. "What?? Well uhh...umm-" Chip started.
"Oh forget it...I don't have time for this! We still have to find King Mickey so if you don't have anything important to show me then don't bother!" Donald said and started to walk away.
"So, how does this machine here work fellas?" Goofy asked, scratching his head. "How do you know it can take us to other worlds?"
"It's a bit hard to explain...it was originally a teleporting machine but Dale overloaded it by warping too much food from the kitchen to him. So I tried to fix it but for some reason it activated when I heard a clang, which was when the wrench hit the machine. So I put my hand through that doorway thingie you see there and it went through and to somewhere else. That was odd because normally an object would have to be put in the machine and then it would have to be activated, and then the object would be teleported to us. So I thought of some theories and we've come to the conclusion that the Keyblade is needed to make it able to transport you to other worlds," Chip explained.
"So you guys still aren't too sure if it really can take us to other worlds..." Sora said and shrugged.
"Well we needed to get you to come down here to the garage and stay here somehow. Donald would never have wanted to come down here if it wasn't urgent," Dale said.
"I wonder why Donald always has to be so skeptical about everything?"
"AAHH PHOOEY! I HEARD THAT!!!" Donald yelled from afar.
"Sora, why don't you use your Keyblade and see if it works?" Goofy asked.
"Ok," he replied and the Keyblade appeared in his hand. "Show us where the machine is."
"Right over there," Dale pointed off to the side.
Donald eavesdropped on them the whole time, so after overhearing their conversation, he stopped and watched.
Sora pointed his Keyblade to the machine's entrance. A keyhole appeared, and it started to glow, soon opening portal to who-knew-where.
"A keyhole?" Sora asked, surprised.
Donald watched, awed now, and also thinking, "Wha? A keyhole??"
"Gawrsh...looks a little eerie, doesn't it?" Goofy asked.
"We have to find King Mickey and Riku. Maybe that portal will take us to them...but we'll never know if we don't try..." Sora thought. "Ok, let's just go now. We really need to find Mickey and Riku...and I need to go home," Sora finally decided.
When Sora mentioned that he needed to go home, everyone frowned almost instantly but didn't say a word.
"Donald? You comin'?" Goofy called out and followed into the portal after Sora went through.
"HUH??? WAIT FOR ME!!!" Donald shouted and sprinted down the stairs, trying to get to the machine in time before the portal closed. Already he could see that the entrance was shrinking so he leapt to it and jumped through...only to get himself stuck while it was closing. "GET ME THROUGH THIS STUPID PORTAL!!!" Donald yelled as he flailed his legs around, trying desperately to get through.
Chip and Dale thought it was the saddest thing they'd ever seen. At the moment, a devilish look appeared in their eyes.
"Ready Dale?" Chip asked.
"Hehehehehe...ok...!" Dale replied. The two rushed at Donald's behind and rammed it as hard as they could, and finally the plump duck got through.
"WAAAAAA!!!" he yelled. After he opened his eyes again, he felt a bit taller. "Goofy? Sora...?" he slowly asked. He shot his head left, right, and behind him, and no one was around. Then he looked down. "WA!" he said, startled. "AHAHAHA!!! NOW LOOK WHO'S THE ONE SQUISHED THIS TIME!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!" Donald laughed.
"Aww...come on Donald...get off!" Sora said, groaning.
"Nuh-uh! For once I feel tall!" he replied. His moment of triumph sadly ended when Goofy wiggled and knocked Sora off of him, causing Donald to fall over as well.
"So fellas...I guess the machine worked. This place looks a bit spooky though..." Goofy said, biting his fingernails and shivering.
"You big palooka! It's nighttime! What are you, scared of the dark or something?" Donald teased.
"Well, what about you? I've seen your room and you've got plenty of night lights in there," Sora said.
An embarrassed laugh came out of Donald. After their usual theatrics, a girl that climbed over the wall nearby caught their attention. She was in a white hooded cloak, and she seemed to have been running from someone or something. After she scaled it, she stood against it, trying to stay quiet as she listened to the voices on the other side of the wall.
"I think she went that way!" one voice said, and a series of footsteps pattered away.
"Oh...I finally lost them..." she sighed. Though her relieved look wore off when she noticed Sora, Goofy, and Donald a couple feet away. "Uhh...wh- who are you...?" she asked.
"My name's Sora."
"I'm Goofy!"
"And I'm the great wizard Donald!" he said dominantly.
"Who was chasing you and why?" Sora asked.
The girl was speechless since she apparently never saw people like Donald or Goofy before.
"Uhh, Miss? Somethin' wrong?" Goofy asked.
"I...you are odd-looking creatures..." she said.
"Odd-looking???" Donald shouted.
"Cool it Donald. I guess she's just never seen people like us before," Sora assured.
"Well...my name is Gar-I, I mean uhh...D-Da-Dagger!" she said. "It is nice to meet you all, I think," she added and took her hood off.
The girl turned out to be rather lovely. She had brown eyes and black hair of about shoulder-length. She was holding a staff, her weapon, and some sort of amulet in her hand.
"So why were you being chased?" Sora asked again.
"Well, I...was mistaken for a thief...and they were chasing me so I had to run," she explained.
"Why didn't you just tell them then?" Goofy asked. "King Mickey says that honesty is the best policy!"
"Oh everyone knows that!" Donald said.
"What? Who is King Mickey?" Dagger asked.
Goofy then covered his mouth.
"D-uhh...he means...a friend we know!" Sora lied.
"Oh...so do any of you know-" she was cut off when someone shouted.
"THERE SHE IS!! STOP THE PRINCESS!!!" an armored man ordered.
"I...I must go now!" she said and took off.
"Hey wait!" Donald shouted.
"Princess?" Goofy questioned.
The girl was stopped when she saw a shadow emerge from the ground. She was shocked and backed away, even with the guards catching up.
"The Heartless???" Sora, Goofy, and Donald shouted in unison. They all drew out their weapons-Keyblade, shield, and staff-ready to destroy them.
The guards stopped, just as appalled as Dagger was. She stepped away from the large shadow-like creatures, too afraid to defend herself. One of them lunged at her but was struck down by some kind of bolt.
"Dagger! Get away from them!" Donald shouted after he casted the thunder spell on the Heartless.
"Hey...don't you fellas see somethin' sorta different about these Heartless?" Goofy asked, holding up his shield.
"You're right they look like larger versions of Shadows, and I don't remember seeing these Heartless before," Sora said.
Dagger ran to the three as the guards fled in fear of the Heartless. "What are these creatures? They cannot be monsters from outside the city!" she informed.
The four were soon surrounded by the new breed of Heartless. There was no one else around and there seemed to be far too many to fight off. "Stopga!" Sora shouted and nearly all of the Heartless froze.
"Uhh...this way!" Dagger shouted. She led them through long streets and passed many alleys.
"We have to avoid going near dark shadowed areas!" Sora warned. "And by the way, where are you taking us?"
"To the city gates! Once we leave the city, we can take the trail in the mountains to the North Gate and straight to the village of Dali," she replied.
"Umm...ok, I guess..."
"We're almost there."
"Guys! Watch out!" Goofy yelled from behind.
Dagger and Sora looked in front and there stood an enormous Heartless.
"Guard Armor! Why and how are the Heartless back??" Sora wondered.
"Hey! We've faced this Heartless before! What's going on here?!!!" Donald shouted, frustrated.
"Keep a distance guys. And Dagger, can you fight?" Sora asked.
"Not too well, but I am willing to assist!"
"THUNDAGA!" Donald yelled and a series of lightning bolts struck the purple armored Heartless. The attack hardly even phased it. Guard Armor separated itself and the feet went after Donald. "HAGH!" Donald cried and ran. Unfortunately he tripped and fell over while the stomping feet was closing in, ready to trample over him. Donald closed his eyes, hoping that it wouldn't be too painful.
"Protect!"
Donald slowly opened his eyes, only to see the two feet right above him. A shield had been thrown over him to defend him. He looked over at Dagger, who signaled him to run for it. He quickly scrambled to his feet and ran to her.
Panting he thanked her and said, "So, you're a mage too huh?"
"Well not necessarily...I can cast protection spells and healing spells, that's all."
There was an exploding sound, and they looked to their side. Sora had just destroyed Guard Armor's hands.
"Donald, what is that strange weapon Sora wields?" she asked.
"It's called the Keyblade. He's supposed to be the Keybearer and well...it's really confusing if you really wanna know..." he said. "HP Balls!" he shouted and picked one up. It seeped into his hand and he felt energized. "And those glowy green thingies on the ground are HP Balls. When you destroy some Heartless, they explode and disappear and these balls drop. You pick one up or touch one and it'll heal you a bit," he explained.
There was another explosion; Goofy had just destroyed the feet. "What are these?" Dagger asked when she saw transparent bubbles drop.
"Oh these little babies? They're MP Bubbles. They revitalize your MP the same way. These are what we spellcasters want out of battle...!"
"Oh..." she picked an MP Bubble up and like the HP Ball, it seeped into her hand and she could feel her magic power restoring.
After the hands and feet of Guard Armor were destroyed, the only part left was the head and torso.
"And there's one more type of ball the Heartless drop. It's called a Munny Ball. Now I don't know what type of money this world uses but Munny is needed in some of the other worlds we know," he continued to explain.
"Other worlds?"
"I mean ahh...well, HAGH...! No one is supposed to know about how there are other worlds but I'm sure you're gonna know sooner or later so why not sooner? There are a bunch of worlds in existence and this world is just one of them. Now something weird happened and now people can cross over to other worlds. That was never supposed to happen so now we have to fix that, get it?"
"Yes...I think so."
"But don't tell anyone, NO ONE! Understand?"
"Yes. I will not tell anybody."
"HEY DONALD!!! ARE YOU GONNA HELP US OR NOT???" Sora yelled.
"Oh yeah! FIRAGA!!" he yelled and shot a ball of flame at the remaining part of Guard Armor. The spell was the last finishing blow, and Guard Armor was defeated at last.
Sora and Goofy fell to the ground, exhausted.
"Huh? What's wrong with you two?" Donald asked with his hands on hips.
"Well...we are obviously REALLY tired after finally beating Guard Armor...NO THANKS TO YOU!" Sora shouted. "Why didn't you help us???"
"What do you mean??? I destroyed Guard Armor no thanks to you two lazy bums!" he replied.
"You can't be serious now are you Donald?" Goofy asked.
"Here, have some HP Balls!" Dagger said and dropped some onto the two fatigued fighters.
They both popped back up and got on their feet. "That's better! So which way to go Dagger?" Goofy asked as he stretched his arms.
"Just out of that gate right there. Then with this map, we can navigate our way through the mountain trail to North Gate. Then from there, we can ride on an airship to Lindblum."
"Ok...so why Lindblum?" Sora asked.
"Well...I-there is someone there who is expecting my arrival so if you do not mind, I would like to go there."
"Doesn't look like we have a choice anyway...it's not like we know our way in this world..." Donald added.
"I can be your guide then. But first, could you all tell me what is it that you are looking for?" Dagger asked.
"Well...sorry, but we aren't supposed to tell you. Maybe some other time...if you're ready to know..." Goofy said.
"Oh, that is fine...I guess...since I have something I can't tell you just yet either..." she said and smiled warmly after. "So let us be on our way then."
Sora laced his hands together and rested the back of his head in his hands. "So we both have secrets...as long as it won't hurt anybody...I'm cool with it." He then began walking out the gates.
Goofy ran up to him and whispered, "Sora...didn't you find it strange that those guys back there called her 'Princess'?"
"Hmm...I guess. But then again...she doesn't know we're from another world..."
"But honesty is the best policy..."
"Aww...come on Goofy, in a way, we're kinda lying to her too...it's really not such a big deal."
"I guess so..." Goofy said and looked behind, where Donald and Dagger followed, deep in a conversation.
A/N: sora and co. don't know who dagger is, but i'm preeeety sure you guys do. if not then here are a couple pics of her: http://www.geocities.com/ff9world2002/picsgarnet.html
there are few pictures of dagger with short hair and in a white hooded cloak, but just know that she, in this story now, has the short hair and cloak. and i in particular do not like dagger in the game too much but sora in ff9 world was a good idea at the time.
hopefully the link worked cause it's a geocities site and geocities links seem to tend to be cruddy. m-anyway...i'll get back to riku on the next chapter, seems that based on the way the fic's going i'll probably alternate between the two.
and to Beta Genius: HEEHEE! i can only tell you that it's not maleficent! give you a clue though XXXSHE'SXINXFFVIIIXXX but that depends on which lady you're referring to...cause if you're thinking the lady in a black dress at the end of the previous chapter, then she'll be introduced next chapter.
disclaimer: don't own kingdom hearts.
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"Well..." Chip and Dale both said.
"I was making adjustments to this one machine that DALE broke, and then for some reason, it didn't come out like it was supposed to...right DALE...?" Chip explained.
"At least I uhh...well anyway! So I accidentally dropped a wrench onto the machine and that seemed to have started the thing," Dale said.
"So what does it do really?" Sora asked.
"Just like we called it...the Dimension Diving Portal!" they both said.
"Uh-huh...and how do you suppose it happens to open up a portal to another world now...?" Donald asked, unconvinced.
"Well...we...uhh...ask Chip! Like he said, he named it!" Dale blurted. "What?? Well uhh...umm-" Chip started.
"Oh forget it...I don't have time for this! We still have to find King Mickey so if you don't have anything important to show me then don't bother!" Donald said and started to walk away.
"So, how does this machine here work fellas?" Goofy asked, scratching his head. "How do you know it can take us to other worlds?"
"It's a bit hard to explain...it was originally a teleporting machine but Dale overloaded it by warping too much food from the kitchen to him. So I tried to fix it but for some reason it activated when I heard a clang, which was when the wrench hit the machine. So I put my hand through that doorway thingie you see there and it went through and to somewhere else. That was odd because normally an object would have to be put in the machine and then it would have to be activated, and then the object would be teleported to us. So I thought of some theories and we've come to the conclusion that the Keyblade is needed to make it able to transport you to other worlds," Chip explained.
"So you guys still aren't too sure if it really can take us to other worlds..." Sora said and shrugged.
"Well we needed to get you to come down here to the garage and stay here somehow. Donald would never have wanted to come down here if it wasn't urgent," Dale said.
"I wonder why Donald always has to be so skeptical about everything?"
"AAHH PHOOEY! I HEARD THAT!!!" Donald yelled from afar.
"Sora, why don't you use your Keyblade and see if it works?" Goofy asked.
"Ok," he replied and the Keyblade appeared in his hand. "Show us where the machine is."
"Right over there," Dale pointed off to the side.
Donald eavesdropped on them the whole time, so after overhearing their conversation, he stopped and watched.
Sora pointed his Keyblade to the machine's entrance. A keyhole appeared, and it started to glow, soon opening portal to who-knew-where.
"A keyhole?" Sora asked, surprised.
Donald watched, awed now, and also thinking, "Wha? A keyhole??"
"Gawrsh...looks a little eerie, doesn't it?" Goofy asked.
"We have to find King Mickey and Riku. Maybe that portal will take us to them...but we'll never know if we don't try..." Sora thought. "Ok, let's just go now. We really need to find Mickey and Riku...and I need to go home," Sora finally decided.
When Sora mentioned that he needed to go home, everyone frowned almost instantly but didn't say a word.
"Donald? You comin'?" Goofy called out and followed into the portal after Sora went through.
"HUH??? WAIT FOR ME!!!" Donald shouted and sprinted down the stairs, trying to get to the machine in time before the portal closed. Already he could see that the entrance was shrinking so he leapt to it and jumped through...only to get himself stuck while it was closing. "GET ME THROUGH THIS STUPID PORTAL!!!" Donald yelled as he flailed his legs around, trying desperately to get through.
Chip and Dale thought it was the saddest thing they'd ever seen. At the moment, a devilish look appeared in their eyes.
"Ready Dale?" Chip asked.
"Hehehehehe...ok...!" Dale replied. The two rushed at Donald's behind and rammed it as hard as they could, and finally the plump duck got through.
"WAAAAAA!!!" he yelled. After he opened his eyes again, he felt a bit taller. "Goofy? Sora...?" he slowly asked. He shot his head left, right, and behind him, and no one was around. Then he looked down. "WA!" he said, startled. "AHAHAHA!!! NOW LOOK WHO'S THE ONE SQUISHED THIS TIME!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!" Donald laughed.
"Aww...come on Donald...get off!" Sora said, groaning.
"Nuh-uh! For once I feel tall!" he replied. His moment of triumph sadly ended when Goofy wiggled and knocked Sora off of him, causing Donald to fall over as well.
"So fellas...I guess the machine worked. This place looks a bit spooky though..." Goofy said, biting his fingernails and shivering.
"You big palooka! It's nighttime! What are you, scared of the dark or something?" Donald teased.
"Well, what about you? I've seen your room and you've got plenty of night lights in there," Sora said.
An embarrassed laugh came out of Donald. After their usual theatrics, a girl that climbed over the wall nearby caught their attention. She was in a white hooded cloak, and she seemed to have been running from someone or something. After she scaled it, she stood against it, trying to stay quiet as she listened to the voices on the other side of the wall.
"I think she went that way!" one voice said, and a series of footsteps pattered away.
"Oh...I finally lost them..." she sighed. Though her relieved look wore off when she noticed Sora, Goofy, and Donald a couple feet away. "Uhh...wh- who are you...?" she asked.
"My name's Sora."
"I'm Goofy!"
"And I'm the great wizard Donald!" he said dominantly.
"Who was chasing you and why?" Sora asked.
The girl was speechless since she apparently never saw people like Donald or Goofy before.
"Uhh, Miss? Somethin' wrong?" Goofy asked.
"I...you are odd-looking creatures..." she said.
"Odd-looking???" Donald shouted.
"Cool it Donald. I guess she's just never seen people like us before," Sora assured.
"Well...my name is Gar-I, I mean uhh...D-Da-Dagger!" she said. "It is nice to meet you all, I think," she added and took her hood off.
The girl turned out to be rather lovely. She had brown eyes and black hair of about shoulder-length. She was holding a staff, her weapon, and some sort of amulet in her hand.
"So why were you being chased?" Sora asked again.
"Well, I...was mistaken for a thief...and they were chasing me so I had to run," she explained.
"Why didn't you just tell them then?" Goofy asked. "King Mickey says that honesty is the best policy!"
"Oh everyone knows that!" Donald said.
"What? Who is King Mickey?" Dagger asked.
Goofy then covered his mouth.
"D-uhh...he means...a friend we know!" Sora lied.
"Oh...so do any of you know-" she was cut off when someone shouted.
"THERE SHE IS!! STOP THE PRINCESS!!!" an armored man ordered.
"I...I must go now!" she said and took off.
"Hey wait!" Donald shouted.
"Princess?" Goofy questioned.
The girl was stopped when she saw a shadow emerge from the ground. She was shocked and backed away, even with the guards catching up.
"The Heartless???" Sora, Goofy, and Donald shouted in unison. They all drew out their weapons-Keyblade, shield, and staff-ready to destroy them.
The guards stopped, just as appalled as Dagger was. She stepped away from the large shadow-like creatures, too afraid to defend herself. One of them lunged at her but was struck down by some kind of bolt.
"Dagger! Get away from them!" Donald shouted after he casted the thunder spell on the Heartless.
"Hey...don't you fellas see somethin' sorta different about these Heartless?" Goofy asked, holding up his shield.
"You're right they look like larger versions of Shadows, and I don't remember seeing these Heartless before," Sora said.
Dagger ran to the three as the guards fled in fear of the Heartless. "What are these creatures? They cannot be monsters from outside the city!" she informed.
The four were soon surrounded by the new breed of Heartless. There was no one else around and there seemed to be far too many to fight off. "Stopga!" Sora shouted and nearly all of the Heartless froze.
"Uhh...this way!" Dagger shouted. She led them through long streets and passed many alleys.
"We have to avoid going near dark shadowed areas!" Sora warned. "And by the way, where are you taking us?"
"To the city gates! Once we leave the city, we can take the trail in the mountains to the North Gate and straight to the village of Dali," she replied.
"Umm...ok, I guess..."
"We're almost there."
"Guys! Watch out!" Goofy yelled from behind.
Dagger and Sora looked in front and there stood an enormous Heartless.
"Guard Armor! Why and how are the Heartless back??" Sora wondered.
"Hey! We've faced this Heartless before! What's going on here?!!!" Donald shouted, frustrated.
"Keep a distance guys. And Dagger, can you fight?" Sora asked.
"Not too well, but I am willing to assist!"
"THUNDAGA!" Donald yelled and a series of lightning bolts struck the purple armored Heartless. The attack hardly even phased it. Guard Armor separated itself and the feet went after Donald. "HAGH!" Donald cried and ran. Unfortunately he tripped and fell over while the stomping feet was closing in, ready to trample over him. Donald closed his eyes, hoping that it wouldn't be too painful.
"Protect!"
Donald slowly opened his eyes, only to see the two feet right above him. A shield had been thrown over him to defend him. He looked over at Dagger, who signaled him to run for it. He quickly scrambled to his feet and ran to her.
Panting he thanked her and said, "So, you're a mage too huh?"
"Well not necessarily...I can cast protection spells and healing spells, that's all."
There was an exploding sound, and they looked to their side. Sora had just destroyed Guard Armor's hands.
"Donald, what is that strange weapon Sora wields?" she asked.
"It's called the Keyblade. He's supposed to be the Keybearer and well...it's really confusing if you really wanna know..." he said. "HP Balls!" he shouted and picked one up. It seeped into his hand and he felt energized. "And those glowy green thingies on the ground are HP Balls. When you destroy some Heartless, they explode and disappear and these balls drop. You pick one up or touch one and it'll heal you a bit," he explained.
There was another explosion; Goofy had just destroyed the feet. "What are these?" Dagger asked when she saw transparent bubbles drop.
"Oh these little babies? They're MP Bubbles. They revitalize your MP the same way. These are what we spellcasters want out of battle...!"
"Oh..." she picked an MP Bubble up and like the HP Ball, it seeped into her hand and she could feel her magic power restoring.
After the hands and feet of Guard Armor were destroyed, the only part left was the head and torso.
"And there's one more type of ball the Heartless drop. It's called a Munny Ball. Now I don't know what type of money this world uses but Munny is needed in some of the other worlds we know," he continued to explain.
"Other worlds?"
"I mean ahh...well, HAGH...! No one is supposed to know about how there are other worlds but I'm sure you're gonna know sooner or later so why not sooner? There are a bunch of worlds in existence and this world is just one of them. Now something weird happened and now people can cross over to other worlds. That was never supposed to happen so now we have to fix that, get it?"
"Yes...I think so."
"But don't tell anyone, NO ONE! Understand?"
"Yes. I will not tell anybody."
"HEY DONALD!!! ARE YOU GONNA HELP US OR NOT???" Sora yelled.
"Oh yeah! FIRAGA!!" he yelled and shot a ball of flame at the remaining part of Guard Armor. The spell was the last finishing blow, and Guard Armor was defeated at last.
Sora and Goofy fell to the ground, exhausted.
"Huh? What's wrong with you two?" Donald asked with his hands on hips.
"Well...we are obviously REALLY tired after finally beating Guard Armor...NO THANKS TO YOU!" Sora shouted. "Why didn't you help us???"
"What do you mean??? I destroyed Guard Armor no thanks to you two lazy bums!" he replied.
"You can't be serious now are you Donald?" Goofy asked.
"Here, have some HP Balls!" Dagger said and dropped some onto the two fatigued fighters.
They both popped back up and got on their feet. "That's better! So which way to go Dagger?" Goofy asked as he stretched his arms.
"Just out of that gate right there. Then with this map, we can navigate our way through the mountain trail to North Gate. Then from there, we can ride on an airship to Lindblum."
"Ok...so why Lindblum?" Sora asked.
"Well...I-there is someone there who is expecting my arrival so if you do not mind, I would like to go there."
"Doesn't look like we have a choice anyway...it's not like we know our way in this world..." Donald added.
"I can be your guide then. But first, could you all tell me what is it that you are looking for?" Dagger asked.
"Well...sorry, but we aren't supposed to tell you. Maybe some other time...if you're ready to know..." Goofy said.
"Oh, that is fine...I guess...since I have something I can't tell you just yet either..." she said and smiled warmly after. "So let us be on our way then."
Sora laced his hands together and rested the back of his head in his hands. "So we both have secrets...as long as it won't hurt anybody...I'm cool with it." He then began walking out the gates.
Goofy ran up to him and whispered, "Sora...didn't you find it strange that those guys back there called her 'Princess'?"
"Hmm...I guess. But then again...she doesn't know we're from another world..."
"But honesty is the best policy..."
"Aww...come on Goofy, in a way, we're kinda lying to her too...it's really not such a big deal."
"I guess so..." Goofy said and looked behind, where Donald and Dagger followed, deep in a conversation.
A/N: sora and co. don't know who dagger is, but i'm preeeety sure you guys do. if not then here are a couple pics of her: http://www.geocities.com/ff9world2002/picsgarnet.html
there are few pictures of dagger with short hair and in a white hooded cloak, but just know that she, in this story now, has the short hair and cloak. and i in particular do not like dagger in the game too much but sora in ff9 world was a good idea at the time.
hopefully the link worked cause it's a geocities site and geocities links seem to tend to be cruddy. m-anyway...i'll get back to riku on the next chapter, seems that based on the way the fic's going i'll probably alternate between the two.
and to Beta Genius: HEEHEE! i can only tell you that it's not maleficent! give you a clue though XXXSHE'SXINXFFVIIIXXX but that depends on which lady you're referring to...cause if you're thinking the lady in a black dress at the end of the previous chapter, then she'll be introduced next chapter.