"I hate this place." Kairi said as they entered Guillotine Gate.
"This is Halloween!" A small vampire said as he popped in front of them.
"Teeth ground sharp," another beast sang, "and eyes glowing red."
"Riku." Kairi began.
"I am the one hiding under the stairs."
"Why are you here?"
"You aren't scary."
"STOP!" Jack said walking lankily up to them. "These are friends. Back away." The monsters looked from Jack to Sora and back to Jack. They mumbled as they walked away.
"Look." Jack said. "We have a problem. Follow me." He motioned for them to follow and they did, farther than they had ever gone from Halloween Town.
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Pure darkness surrounded them. Bats flew everywhere. A scarecrow held a sign pointing the way they had come from and it read 'Halloween Town.'
A door opened in front of them and light shone through.
They stumbled into a forest dense with trees. But the area they stood in had no trees, except five or six with colorful paintings on them. One had a pumpkin painted on it, the one that they had come through.
"Each of these," Jack said, "is a door to a holiday. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, you name it, it's here."
"So what's the problem?" Riku asked.
Jack slowly opened the door to Christmas Land. All that was there was blackness. Total darkness.
"It seems you locked our world, but forgot theirs." Jack said.
"And the other holidays?" Kairi asked.
"Gone." Jack said. "Now, the doctor has been working on another heart, one capable of controlling the heartless."
"I've already got one of those." Riku laughed to himself and started cracking up hysterically. "Oh, I'm sorr. . . AH HA HA HA!" everyone just stared at him.
"Oh, come on, now, that was clever." Riku said. "Whew. Sorry."
"Kay . . . ." Jack began. "Anyway. The heart might be able to be enhanced to become a heart for a world. Now, Halloween Town's heart is dying. We don't know why."
"We'll go save the heart." Donald said.
"I'm afraid," Sally began, "It's not quite that easy. You see-"
Riku began exploding with laughter. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm really- AH HA HA HA HA!"
"Anyway-"
"AH HA HA!"
"SHUT UP!" Everyone yelled in unison.
"Shut doesn't go up." Riku retorted.
"Riku," Kairi began, "That's so weird."
"Actually," Jack said. "He has a point."
Everyone stared at Riku, who stuck his tongue out.
"You lost a lot of maturity when you became 20, didn't you?" Goofy asked.
Riku nodded.
"Anyway." Sally said. "Oogie Boogie plans to steal the heart to power his darkness machine."
"How does it work?" Donald asked.
"It destroys all things which have light within them." Jack said.
"I have an idea." Sora said.
"What is it?" Kairi asked.
"The keyhole had light in it and it needs to be destroyed."
"We also have light," Riku said, "and I don't wanna be destroyed." He planted a fake smile on his face.
Sora thought for a moment. "OK, I have another plan; forget that."
Everyone nodded.
"Ok, Ok." Goofy said. "How about this. We reverse the machine and make it destroy darkness. That way Oogie Boogie will be gone and the darkness that destroying Christmas Town will be gone."
"HEY!" Riku said. "Let's do that!"
"So, where is this weapon?" Kairi asked.
"Hollow Bastion." Sally announced. "And we have no way of reaching it."
"Oh yes we do." Sora said staring at Riku.
"No." Riku said. "I will not be a rogue and go to Hollow Bastion. How would I fit in?"
Someone snuck up behind him and hit him in the head. His anger boiled up and his heartless costume appeared and his dark Keyblade flashed to his hand. He realized he was just tricked into fitting into Hollow Bastion. "I hate you." He said as he turned to see who had hit him.
"Good luck Riku." Sephiroth said.
"Sephiroth?" Donald gasped.
"Look out Riku, they will watch you every second. I predicted your future. You will succeed and save princesses and princes from the darkness. Good luck."
"Wait, can you come, too?" Riku asked.
"I'm sorry, your brother needs me."
"Brother? Wait!" Riku reached his hand out, but Sephiroth teleported away.
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"I'll be back soon." Riku said. "Here, Kairi. Take this."
"What is it?" She asked. She opened the box and inside was a ring.
"It's more of a friendship thing." He said.
She nodded and her eyes began to tear. The hatch door closed. It looked as if, until Riku succeeded, they would wait for him in Halloween Town . . .
"This is Halloween!" A small vampire said as he popped in front of them.
"Teeth ground sharp," another beast sang, "and eyes glowing red."
"Riku." Kairi began.
"I am the one hiding under the stairs."
"Why are you here?"
"You aren't scary."
"STOP!" Jack said walking lankily up to them. "These are friends. Back away." The monsters looked from Jack to Sora and back to Jack. They mumbled as they walked away.
"Look." Jack said. "We have a problem. Follow me." He motioned for them to follow and they did, farther than they had ever gone from Halloween Town.
...........................................
Pure darkness surrounded them. Bats flew everywhere. A scarecrow held a sign pointing the way they had come from and it read 'Halloween Town.'
A door opened in front of them and light shone through.
They stumbled into a forest dense with trees. But the area they stood in had no trees, except five or six with colorful paintings on them. One had a pumpkin painted on it, the one that they had come through.
"Each of these," Jack said, "is a door to a holiday. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, you name it, it's here."
"So what's the problem?" Riku asked.
Jack slowly opened the door to Christmas Land. All that was there was blackness. Total darkness.
"It seems you locked our world, but forgot theirs." Jack said.
"And the other holidays?" Kairi asked.
"Gone." Jack said. "Now, the doctor has been working on another heart, one capable of controlling the heartless."
"I've already got one of those." Riku laughed to himself and started cracking up hysterically. "Oh, I'm sorr. . . AH HA HA HA!" everyone just stared at him.
"Oh, come on, now, that was clever." Riku said. "Whew. Sorry."
"Kay . . . ." Jack began. "Anyway. The heart might be able to be enhanced to become a heart for a world. Now, Halloween Town's heart is dying. We don't know why."
"We'll go save the heart." Donald said.
"I'm afraid," Sally began, "It's not quite that easy. You see-"
Riku began exploding with laughter. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm really- AH HA HA HA HA!"
"Anyway-"
"AH HA HA!"
"SHUT UP!" Everyone yelled in unison.
"Shut doesn't go up." Riku retorted.
"Riku," Kairi began, "That's so weird."
"Actually," Jack said. "He has a point."
Everyone stared at Riku, who stuck his tongue out.
"You lost a lot of maturity when you became 20, didn't you?" Goofy asked.
Riku nodded.
"Anyway." Sally said. "Oogie Boogie plans to steal the heart to power his darkness machine."
"How does it work?" Donald asked.
"It destroys all things which have light within them." Jack said.
"I have an idea." Sora said.
"What is it?" Kairi asked.
"The keyhole had light in it and it needs to be destroyed."
"We also have light," Riku said, "and I don't wanna be destroyed." He planted a fake smile on his face.
Sora thought for a moment. "OK, I have another plan; forget that."
Everyone nodded.
"Ok, Ok." Goofy said. "How about this. We reverse the machine and make it destroy darkness. That way Oogie Boogie will be gone and the darkness that destroying Christmas Town will be gone."
"HEY!" Riku said. "Let's do that!"
"So, where is this weapon?" Kairi asked.
"Hollow Bastion." Sally announced. "And we have no way of reaching it."
"Oh yes we do." Sora said staring at Riku.
"No." Riku said. "I will not be a rogue and go to Hollow Bastion. How would I fit in?"
Someone snuck up behind him and hit him in the head. His anger boiled up and his heartless costume appeared and his dark Keyblade flashed to his hand. He realized he was just tricked into fitting into Hollow Bastion. "I hate you." He said as he turned to see who had hit him.
"Good luck Riku." Sephiroth said.
"Sephiroth?" Donald gasped.
"Look out Riku, they will watch you every second. I predicted your future. You will succeed and save princesses and princes from the darkness. Good luck."
"Wait, can you come, too?" Riku asked.
"I'm sorry, your brother needs me."
"Brother? Wait!" Riku reached his hand out, but Sephiroth teleported away.
....................~GS3.0~....................
"I'll be back soon." Riku said. "Here, Kairi. Take this."
"What is it?" She asked. She opened the box and inside was a ring.
"It's more of a friendship thing." He said.
She nodded and her eyes began to tear. The hatch door closed. It looked as if, until Riku succeeded, they would wait for him in Halloween Town . . .