Thank you all for your wonderful reviews!
J-man, long time no chat-ee! Sorry about the detail, man. My little bro is an impatient li'l kid. I'll try and add more detail between the lines.
MerlynGirlReincarnate-17, thank you much for your advice. I'll have to decline on the name-paragraph thingie, though. Ordinarily, I would, if I were writing this on my own. Unfortunately, this is almost entirely the work of a ten-year-old. He's a real sweet, smart little dude, but.ya know, he is only ten and can't read or write to boot. So I write it as it's coming out of his mouth. He understands it better when there are names he knows. **Shrug** Don't ask, cause I don't get it either.
ZiggySparks, thank you! Guess what? While David is almost carbon-copy of me bro, Angel is nothin' like me! I'm terrified of storms and the dark. ^__^ Tidus is my bishi-sweetie.
Thanks to all!! *** Chapter 3: Where Has (S)he Gone
**Donald Duck**
The day I found the king's letter, I said goodbye to my sweet Daisy. Pluto and Goofy came with me on the Gummy ship to Traverse Town. We sought the Triad of Keys, the only way to lock away the darkness that was the Heartless.
The Triad consisted of the Keyblade, the Keybow, and the Keystaff. The Keyblade was the most vital, King Mickey said in the letter, but Goofy and I had to find all three anyway. I hoped that the man the king sent me to find would help. Leon and Cid both.
"Look, a star's goin' out!" Goofy said, pointing to the sky. Indeed, a star shone brightly once more, like a dying child taking its last breath, before disappearing into the sky.
"Come on, let's hurry," I said. "Where're those keys."
"Hey, ya know, maybe we'd better go find Leon," Goofy said. Of course, I knew this, but I wanted to let the knight think he knew better than me.
"Uh.Donald? Ya know, I betcha that-"
"Aw, what do you know, you big palooka?" How wrong I was.
"What do I know? Hmm... Come on, Pluto."
I did notice that the king's faithful pet did not follow us, but I had more pressing matters. Such as finding the keys, maybe? Perhaps making sure that no more stars went out in that sky, high above Traverse Town?
Goofy and I continued on. **Sora**
A warm tongue licked my face. Kairi's pet dog always did that when she came over.
"What a dream." I murmured.
The dog pounced.
"AH!" That definitely wasn't Kairi's dog! "This isn't a dream!"
I glanced around the lonely alley I'd ended up on and faintly felt that this was probably how Angel felt when she arrived on the Destiny Islands. Speaking of whom.
"Angel? Angel!" I looked down at the dog. "Do you know where we are? Where Angel or Kairi is?"
The tan dog barked, his large eyes laughing. He ran away.
"Hey.!"
I follow him out of the alley and into a town center that definitely would never compare to the Destiny Islands. There was no sign of Angel, Kairi, Riku, or that dog.
"This is totally weird." I murmured. "I.I'm in another world!" **Angel**
Crickets.I hear crickets. Why are there crickets in Traverse Town? If, indeed, that's where I'd ended up. No.wait.there's only one. One lonely little cricket, playing his song. It's cold.so very cold. But someone wrapped me up in a blanket. Who? I want to thank them so much. Where am I? Why is it cold?
"Do you think she'll be all right?" a voice asked. It was like.like the sweet sound of a lone clarinet. The crackling of a slowly growing fire reached my ears. I did not open my eyes, for fear of seeing my rescuer. What if she didn't like me? What if it was Yuffie? Or Aerith? Or a stranger, whose face I would not recognize?
"Like I'm supposed to know?" a snippy voice said loudly. He sounded very familiar, like an old friend. "What do I look like, some kind of priest?"
"I suppose not," sighed the woman. "What a strange tint her skin is.look how pale sh is. I wonder where she's from, if she's dangerous?"
"I don't think so. Just look at her! She's way too young to be out on her own. 'Sides, she's hurt. What harm could she do to us?"
"I suppose."
I chose that moment to wake up. Whoever had taken me in from the cold, I definitely didn't want them thinking that I was evil. Or worse, a Heartless. Seriously, evil is at least a little better than a Heartless.
"Look, she's waking!"
"Hey, hey, kid, you all right?"
"Mmm.what happened?" I mumbled. So much for my voice. How long had it been since I last had something to drink? "Where am I?" My eyes cracked open, and the night sky shone down on me.
"We don't know what happened to you," said the woman. She was Asian, Chinese by the looks of her. She had short hair, which made me wonder. Chinese women almost always had long hair. Hers was shorter than mine! And were those samurai clothes she was wearing?
"Welcome to China! Girl, what's yo'r name?" It was a dragon. A tiny dragon. It suddenly dawned on me where I really was. Imperial China, during the Hun invasion. And this was Mulan, savior of them all.
"Um.Angel," I said. "My name is Angel."
"I'm Ping," said Mulan, trying to sound "manly."
"Don't worry, I already know who you are," I said. "You're Mulan. And Mushu. You ran away from home, stole your father's armor, and, from the looks of it, are still impersonating a soldier."
"Say what? What chu talkin', girl?" Mushu shouted, nearly shooting off into the air.
"Are you a fortune teller?" Mulan stared at me. "Or an ancestor?"
"Erm.yeah," I nodded. "I'm a descendent of the Fa Clan.from the future. I know who you are because, Fa Mulan, you are a famous woman in Chinese history."
"Does that mean I succeed?" Mushu blinked at me.
"No," I shook my head. "You both succeed. I am here for guidance, as Mushu is. But I am here to train, for I seek more than just saving China. I seek the Keyhole."
"Keyhole?"
"I can't explain it very well," I smiled. "But for now."
A ray of light washed over me. I was in a new world, one that I willed myself into. My skin color deepened, my clothes changed to match Mulan's, and my leather pack became a silk shoulder bag. I had assimilated into China within seconds.
Mushu's mouth dropped open, followed closely by Mulan's.
"Don't say a word," I said. "Mulan, my dear, we train with the imperial army today. Here," another flash of light revealed a scroll in my fist, "is my conscription notice. I am Nai Mao."
"Well, hello, Mao," said Mulan, smiling. "I'm Ping. Nice to meet you."
"Good," I nodded. "Now, let's head to the camp."
And we headed for the imperial army's camp, me mentally preparing to meet Lee Shang. **David**
"Is he all right, kupo?"
"I hope so. Kupo, he's so small!"
"That staff didn't do him much good, kupo."
"Look, he's waking up, kupo!"
"What happened?" I sat up, staring around. Little pink piglet-like creatures with red pom-poms on their heads stared right back at me. "How did I end up among a bunch of moogles?!"
"Leave him alone, Kupo-Po," said a tall man with thick blond hair and a rough stubble. He grinned at me lopsided. "I'm Cid. You fell from the sky, kid. What happened to you?"
"I don't know.one second I was at home, the next."
"Ah. You must've been attacked by Heartless and you arrived here, in Traverse Town."
"Oh," I said. "Have you seen my sister? She's my twin, she looks just like me, only she's got dark brown hair."
"'Fraid not, kid," said Cid, frowning. "She may have ended up anywhere on this, or any other world."
"She might not even be in Traverse Town?"
"Maybe."
I glanced down and sighed. What if Angel had been destroyed with the Destiny Islands? What would I do without my sister? If she wasn't here, then where was she? And what about that boy, Riku? Was he okay?
"Don't look so down, kid," Cid said. "You'll find her. All you need is a Gummi Ship and you can go to the other worlds and look for her."
"A Gummi Ship?"
"Yeah-"
Another boy, about my age, crashed into the shop.
"Not another one!" Cid shouted. "Hey, kid, you lost, or something?"
"I'm not a kid, and the name's Sora! And.well.yes, I am lost. Where am I?"
That's when I took a good look at this boy. Probably feeling my eyes on him, he looked straight back. Both of us noticed the keys in our hands at the same time.
"You have a Key, too?" we chorused.
"What?"
"You go first-"
"Are you-"
We both burst out laughing.
"Sorry," I said. "I'm David."
"You are? You're sister was looking for you! She came to me after the tornado brought her."
"Tidus sent me to Riku."
"Oh, that explains everything."
"Except one thing," I said, sighing. "Where she is. She might even be in another world."
"We can look for her, and Riku and Kairi, together," Sora smiled.
"Well, good luck with whatever it is you're doing," said Cid. "If you ever run into trouble, you come to me. I'll look out for you two. And I'll keep my eyes peeled for a girl who looks like you, kid."
"Thanks," I grinned. *** Ya'll like the little Mulan twist I gave it? Me luv Mulan! Dunno why.I'm more into Japanese than Chinese stuffs.maybe it's the woman power thing?
J-man, long time no chat-ee! Sorry about the detail, man. My little bro is an impatient li'l kid. I'll try and add more detail between the lines.
MerlynGirlReincarnate-17, thank you much for your advice. I'll have to decline on the name-paragraph thingie, though. Ordinarily, I would, if I were writing this on my own. Unfortunately, this is almost entirely the work of a ten-year-old. He's a real sweet, smart little dude, but.ya know, he is only ten and can't read or write to boot. So I write it as it's coming out of his mouth. He understands it better when there are names he knows. **Shrug** Don't ask, cause I don't get it either.
ZiggySparks, thank you! Guess what? While David is almost carbon-copy of me bro, Angel is nothin' like me! I'm terrified of storms and the dark. ^__^ Tidus is my bishi-sweetie.
Thanks to all!! *** Chapter 3: Where Has (S)he Gone
**Donald Duck**
The day I found the king's letter, I said goodbye to my sweet Daisy. Pluto and Goofy came with me on the Gummy ship to Traverse Town. We sought the Triad of Keys, the only way to lock away the darkness that was the Heartless.
The Triad consisted of the Keyblade, the Keybow, and the Keystaff. The Keyblade was the most vital, King Mickey said in the letter, but Goofy and I had to find all three anyway. I hoped that the man the king sent me to find would help. Leon and Cid both.
"Look, a star's goin' out!" Goofy said, pointing to the sky. Indeed, a star shone brightly once more, like a dying child taking its last breath, before disappearing into the sky.
"Come on, let's hurry," I said. "Where're those keys."
"Hey, ya know, maybe we'd better go find Leon," Goofy said. Of course, I knew this, but I wanted to let the knight think he knew better than me.
"Uh.Donald? Ya know, I betcha that-"
"Aw, what do you know, you big palooka?" How wrong I was.
"What do I know? Hmm... Come on, Pluto."
I did notice that the king's faithful pet did not follow us, but I had more pressing matters. Such as finding the keys, maybe? Perhaps making sure that no more stars went out in that sky, high above Traverse Town?
Goofy and I continued on. **Sora**
A warm tongue licked my face. Kairi's pet dog always did that when she came over.
"What a dream." I murmured.
The dog pounced.
"AH!" That definitely wasn't Kairi's dog! "This isn't a dream!"
I glanced around the lonely alley I'd ended up on and faintly felt that this was probably how Angel felt when she arrived on the Destiny Islands. Speaking of whom.
"Angel? Angel!" I looked down at the dog. "Do you know where we are? Where Angel or Kairi is?"
The tan dog barked, his large eyes laughing. He ran away.
"Hey.!"
I follow him out of the alley and into a town center that definitely would never compare to the Destiny Islands. There was no sign of Angel, Kairi, Riku, or that dog.
"This is totally weird." I murmured. "I.I'm in another world!" **Angel**
Crickets.I hear crickets. Why are there crickets in Traverse Town? If, indeed, that's where I'd ended up. No.wait.there's only one. One lonely little cricket, playing his song. It's cold.so very cold. But someone wrapped me up in a blanket. Who? I want to thank them so much. Where am I? Why is it cold?
"Do you think she'll be all right?" a voice asked. It was like.like the sweet sound of a lone clarinet. The crackling of a slowly growing fire reached my ears. I did not open my eyes, for fear of seeing my rescuer. What if she didn't like me? What if it was Yuffie? Or Aerith? Or a stranger, whose face I would not recognize?
"Like I'm supposed to know?" a snippy voice said loudly. He sounded very familiar, like an old friend. "What do I look like, some kind of priest?"
"I suppose not," sighed the woman. "What a strange tint her skin is.look how pale sh is. I wonder where she's from, if she's dangerous?"
"I don't think so. Just look at her! She's way too young to be out on her own. 'Sides, she's hurt. What harm could she do to us?"
"I suppose."
I chose that moment to wake up. Whoever had taken me in from the cold, I definitely didn't want them thinking that I was evil. Or worse, a Heartless. Seriously, evil is at least a little better than a Heartless.
"Look, she's waking!"
"Hey, hey, kid, you all right?"
"Mmm.what happened?" I mumbled. So much for my voice. How long had it been since I last had something to drink? "Where am I?" My eyes cracked open, and the night sky shone down on me.
"We don't know what happened to you," said the woman. She was Asian, Chinese by the looks of her. She had short hair, which made me wonder. Chinese women almost always had long hair. Hers was shorter than mine! And were those samurai clothes she was wearing?
"Welcome to China! Girl, what's yo'r name?" It was a dragon. A tiny dragon. It suddenly dawned on me where I really was. Imperial China, during the Hun invasion. And this was Mulan, savior of them all.
"Um.Angel," I said. "My name is Angel."
"I'm Ping," said Mulan, trying to sound "manly."
"Don't worry, I already know who you are," I said. "You're Mulan. And Mushu. You ran away from home, stole your father's armor, and, from the looks of it, are still impersonating a soldier."
"Say what? What chu talkin', girl?" Mushu shouted, nearly shooting off into the air.
"Are you a fortune teller?" Mulan stared at me. "Or an ancestor?"
"Erm.yeah," I nodded. "I'm a descendent of the Fa Clan.from the future. I know who you are because, Fa Mulan, you are a famous woman in Chinese history."
"Does that mean I succeed?" Mushu blinked at me.
"No," I shook my head. "You both succeed. I am here for guidance, as Mushu is. But I am here to train, for I seek more than just saving China. I seek the Keyhole."
"Keyhole?"
"I can't explain it very well," I smiled. "But for now."
A ray of light washed over me. I was in a new world, one that I willed myself into. My skin color deepened, my clothes changed to match Mulan's, and my leather pack became a silk shoulder bag. I had assimilated into China within seconds.
Mushu's mouth dropped open, followed closely by Mulan's.
"Don't say a word," I said. "Mulan, my dear, we train with the imperial army today. Here," another flash of light revealed a scroll in my fist, "is my conscription notice. I am Nai Mao."
"Well, hello, Mao," said Mulan, smiling. "I'm Ping. Nice to meet you."
"Good," I nodded. "Now, let's head to the camp."
And we headed for the imperial army's camp, me mentally preparing to meet Lee Shang. **David**
"Is he all right, kupo?"
"I hope so. Kupo, he's so small!"
"That staff didn't do him much good, kupo."
"Look, he's waking up, kupo!"
"What happened?" I sat up, staring around. Little pink piglet-like creatures with red pom-poms on their heads stared right back at me. "How did I end up among a bunch of moogles?!"
"Leave him alone, Kupo-Po," said a tall man with thick blond hair and a rough stubble. He grinned at me lopsided. "I'm Cid. You fell from the sky, kid. What happened to you?"
"I don't know.one second I was at home, the next."
"Ah. You must've been attacked by Heartless and you arrived here, in Traverse Town."
"Oh," I said. "Have you seen my sister? She's my twin, she looks just like me, only she's got dark brown hair."
"'Fraid not, kid," said Cid, frowning. "She may have ended up anywhere on this, or any other world."
"She might not even be in Traverse Town?"
"Maybe."
I glanced down and sighed. What if Angel had been destroyed with the Destiny Islands? What would I do without my sister? If she wasn't here, then where was she? And what about that boy, Riku? Was he okay?
"Don't look so down, kid," Cid said. "You'll find her. All you need is a Gummi Ship and you can go to the other worlds and look for her."
"A Gummi Ship?"
"Yeah-"
Another boy, about my age, crashed into the shop.
"Not another one!" Cid shouted. "Hey, kid, you lost, or something?"
"I'm not a kid, and the name's Sora! And.well.yes, I am lost. Where am I?"
That's when I took a good look at this boy. Probably feeling my eyes on him, he looked straight back. Both of us noticed the keys in our hands at the same time.
"You have a Key, too?" we chorused.
"What?"
"You go first-"
"Are you-"
We both burst out laughing.
"Sorry," I said. "I'm David."
"You are? You're sister was looking for you! She came to me after the tornado brought her."
"Tidus sent me to Riku."
"Oh, that explains everything."
"Except one thing," I said, sighing. "Where she is. She might even be in another world."
"We can look for her, and Riku and Kairi, together," Sora smiled.
"Well, good luck with whatever it is you're doing," said Cid. "If you ever run into trouble, you come to me. I'll look out for you two. And I'll keep my eyes peeled for a girl who looks like you, kid."
"Thanks," I grinned. *** Ya'll like the little Mulan twist I gave it? Me luv Mulan! Dunno why.I'm more into Japanese than Chinese stuffs.maybe it's the woman power thing?