Maia: Short chapter. Sorry.

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In Dr. 666's Ultra Secret Lab, in his brand new Big Black Castle...
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"What am I doing right now? WHAT AM I DOING RIGHT NOW?!" Dr. 666 sat in a high backed chair, tapping his stubby fingers together in a very Mr Burns-like manner. "Excellent..."
There was a knock at the door. "Can I come in?"
"Yeah, yeah..." Dr. 666 waved his hand.
The door opened and a silver-haired man came in, carrying a tray. "I don't like making iced tea for you!" the man protested. "Uh...darkness..."
"Too bad."
"But, darkness conquers all, and I can't help the darkness win, if I'm getting iced tea for you!" The man handed Dr. 666 his iced tea, then threw the tray on the ground. "It's no darkness fair!"
"Too BAD, Ansem!" Dr. 666 sipped his iced tea, gave a happy sigh, then turned to Ansem, who had started to throw a temper tantrum. "You make REALLY good iced tea! No one else can make iced tea this well, so you must make iced tea for me!"
Ansem stopped his hissy fit, and asked, with a big grin, "Can it be iced tea of darkness?"
Dr. 666 shook his head in exasperation. "Sure, you do that."
"YAY FOR DARKNESS!" Ansem cried in delight and skipped from the room, singing quietly, "Dark, dark, darky, darkness."
Dr. 666 rubbed his temples. "Ugh. Idiot."
"NO!" Ansem cried, running back to Dr. 666. "NO! I am Handsome Ansem! Darkness!"
"Indeed."
"Yeah! Darkness rules! Darkness roxxorz your soxxorz!"
"..." Dr. 666 rubbed his temples again, and, wisely, said nothing.
Ansem skipped from the room once more, singing, "Darkness roxxorz your soxxorz, yes it dooooeeessssssss..."
Dr. 666 sighed and shook his head, mumbling incoherently.

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Back to US! YAY!
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"Does anyone have any knowledge of this world?" Maia asked, glaring at everyone. "We need to get into that castle!"
Sora, Riku, and Kairi (who was being civil at the moment), glanced at each other. "Um....us? ....Durr..."
"...Yeah... You guys... So...what's that castle?"
"Dunno," Sora replied simply.
"...."
"Wha? It's Dr. 666's Big Black Castle! We don't know exactly what it is!" Riku cried.
"...You just said what it was..." Lee mumbled.
"Wow."
"Well, I say we go to the Coliseum first!" Maia proclaimed.
"You would!" Lee protested. "I say we go find Sephiroth!"
"Cloud!"
"Sephiroth!"
"Cloud!"
"Sephiroth!"
"CLOUD!"
"SEPHIROTH!"
"CLOUUUUDDDDD!"
"SEEEEEEEPPPPPPHHHHHYYYY!"
"CLO!"
"SEPH!"
"CLOUDY!
"SEPHY!"
They screamed each of the guys names in unison, and it came out something like "SCELPOHUDYYYYYY!"
"There's candy at the Coliseum..." Maia said.
"CANDY?! WHERE?!"
"At the Coliseum....Pixie Stix...Your favourite..."
"TO THE COLISEUM!"
"Yay."
Lee and Laguna ran off in an unknown direction, screaming "CANDYYYYY!!!!"
Riku, Sora, and Kairi blinked. "Not that way... Gummi ship is in the other direction..."
"'kay. We'll wait for them. They'll get around to the ship eventually..." Maia stated.

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Half an hour later
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Everyone was sitting on the Gummi ship, quite content. The ship was set on auto pilot, so, no one needed to steer. Instead, they all sat there, reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. But, since Lee and Maia had finished it the day it had been released, they were camped behind a wall of manga. Maia read some Shaman King, Lee read Black Cat. Lee also gnawed at the Gummi ship, trying to eat bits of it.
"Why is it called Gummi ship?" Lee questioned. "It doesn't even taste like Gummi."
"It's made of steel," Riku said absently.
"Why is it so misleadingly named, then!?"
"'cause."
"...."
"Anywaaayy..." Maia interrupted. "Are we getting there soon?"
"Yep. We arrived ten minutes ago," Sora explained, marking his place in his book.
"WHAT?" Maia stood and looked around, scowling at the Coliseum gates. "Why didn't you tell me?"

>_>_>_>_>_>HARRY POTTER OotP SPOILERS AHEAD_>_>_>_>_

"Cho just kissed Harry! You think I want to put it down?" Sora asked, looking a little perturbed. Riku patted Sora on the head.
"Well, Umbridge just did that evil detention thingy in my book. What a BITCH!" he said, frowning.
"Wow. You're way behind me," Kairi laughed. "Mean mean James just hurt Snape. Poor Snapey-poo."
"I'm there too," Auron nodded.
Xelloss cried. "I just started. They only reached"--he drew himself up and said in a falsetto voice--"The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black."
Laguna giggled. "I'm further than you all! I'm on page eight!"
"............"
Rikku, sitting in the corner, raptly caught in the book, suddenly started crying. "NO! SIRIUS JUST DIED!" she wailed.
Everyone cried out indignantly, then raced at her and beat her with their books, chasing her out of the Gummi Ship and into the Coliseum, Lee and Maia following.

>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_END SPOILERS_>_>_>_>_>_>_

Inside the Coliseum, they were all halted by Phil the faun. "Three words for you guys! STOP!"
Everyone blinked. "'kayyyy..."
"We need to find Cloud!" Maia cried. "Is he here?"
"Cloud? Freaky guy with a red cape?"
"I don't know! Spiky blond hair! He has spiky blond hair!"
"Yeah. Spiky shark hair. Yep, that's him." Phil poked his thumb behind him, leading into the arena. "In there."
They dashed in, and, to Maia's delight, Cloud was in the arena, battling a bunch of Heartless.
"CLOUD!!!!!" Maia cried, leaping at him. She bounced off the invisible wall, surrounding the arena, which would leave once the battle was over.
"Ugh. Let's go and wait in the stands," Maia mumbled. "I'm meeting someone there..."
"Who?" Lee asked.
"....>_> _... Hercules..."
"Hercules? Why? Ew...." Lee made a disgusted face.
"Urm..." Maia grabbed Lee's arm. "Let's go!" She dragged Lee off towards the stands. Everyone followed, like the lemmings they are!
Someone stood, black cape flowing around him, back turned to them. His long silver hair fluttered like a flag.
"Whozzat?" Lee asked. "That ain't the Hercules I know..."
"Lee, are you that stupid?" Maia questioned, exasperated.
"Wah?"
The person turned, and they saw it was Sephiroth.
"SEPHY-SAMA!!!" Lee cried, diving at him and glomping him around the waist. Sephy grinned.
"Yay."
"Yay," Lee mimicked, huggling Sephy some more, grinning.
"Yay."
"Yay."
"Yay."
"Yay."
"Shush, you guys," Maia mumbled. "Let's get Cloudy."
They all waited, watching Cloud battle it out in the arena. He finally finished off the Heartless, slashing a Shadow in half, and it burst into light.
"Pyreflies!" Auron cried, bursting into tears. Rikku, slightly alarmed, comforted him.
The barrier went down, and Maia jumped up and walked casually down to the arena, towards Cloud, who grinned.
"Hey," he said, casual as well.
"Yo," she replied.
They stood in front of each other for a moment, then Cloud burst into tears and huggled Maia fiercely. "Oh! I promised myself I wouldn't cry, but, here we are!"
"Yeah," Maia gasped; he was crushing her lungs.
Xelloss suddenly swooped in and siezed them both in a hug, and cried, "I told myself I wouldn't cry either, but, look at me!"
Cloud stopped his tears, and blinked. "What are you doing, Xelloss?"
"Uhhh... Sore wa himitsu desu," Xelloss said, backing away and wagging his index finger.
"'kay," Cloud said, blinking again. He patted Maia on the head. "Yay."
"Yep. I say we get out of here. My feet hurt," Maia mumbled.

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TBC.