Kingdom Hearts - Traverse Town - Day 1

by Chaos0110

Author's Note:

Hello again!

I'm so sorry for the two week long wait! I meant to get around to doing it last week, but I was being lazy because of Halloween and then Thanksgiving was coming. Now I have an 8 page report to do and then rewrite something I thought I was through with this weekend from my English and Art teachers, yeah I'm in Art, its boring(but easy).

Well, I hope no one tries to kill me because of this, but I added a LOT of new Disney characters to Traverse Town, I mean a lot that weren't there before, several of you might think stupid but some from a movie that came out in 2002. Also, I've decided to start two side fanfics to this story, if you care. One is going to be called, "The Heartless Chapters" and the other will be "Princesses of Heart." They aren't really needed to be read to understand this story, but some of the changes in those fanfics reflect on the ones in this fanfic.

Well, now on to the story!

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Sora awoke to a strange wetness being wiped across his right cheek. He raised his head from the resting position he had had it in and slowly opened his eyes. Looking to the left and right at the strange alley that was shadowed, only revealing several large crates and barrels standing about, the boy noticed the large yellow dog standing, awkwardly, in front of him.

He had long, drooping ears that swayed as he breathed with his large, pink tongue hanging out of his mouth. He had a green collar wrapped around his neck and was sitting with his front legs inbetween his back legs, short, thin tail twitching from left to right. The large dog stared at him intently as Sora slowly took in his form.

Sora closed his eyes again and let his head fall to his chest sleepily muttering, "What a dream..." He was woken almost immediately again as he felt large paws stamp him in the chest, taking his breath away only for a second before he regained consciousness

"This isn't a dream!" Sora shouted, once again staring at the shaking dog in front of him. He slowly pushed himself up to get a better look of where he was, realization of what had happened to his island coming back to hit him in the face. "Where am I?" he asked himself, dog watching him still.

He looked to his left where there were two signs, one with a large ship with the words "R. L. S. Legacy" written under it in yellow, were posted on a standing board of wood that ended the small alley. Then, looking to the right, where a crate and a wagon wheel were protruding from a broken part of the bricks in front of him, he said, exasperated, "Oh, boy."

He looked down to the dog, his hands on his knees. "Do you know where we are?" he asked. He heard a shout in the distance and, raising his ear to the voice, the dog ran off. "Hey..." Sora reached for the retreating dog, not wanting to be left alone, as its swinging tail disappeared around the building behind him.

Sora ran after the dog, passing the building above that was built on the bricks and turning passed the following building that had a small light hanging from its side. He walked out to a small stairs that circled downwards to the level below, taking a hold onto the railing and looking around the large area.

There was a small light post to his left that had white-gloved hands pointing in all directions with the words north, west, south, and east written on them; each on their pointed direction. On the pavement below the light post and the top of the stairs where Sora stood was a narrow, red container with a black, bowler hat resting on top of it that had small patches all around its sides. It had a slot hanging open in the middle with big, white letters saying 'Mail' posted above the slot.

To the left of the Mail container was a large door with two wooden strips nailed across it, forming an x, with a large post above reading 'Traverse Town' in bright lights. A man with a white shirt, green vest, and brown shorts stood guard in front of the large door, curly hair swaying back and forth. In a patch of white brick in the middle of the street, there were two light posts that glowed the brightest, small hedges wrapped around their bases. In the distance directly in front of him, Sora could see another door, without boards across it, that stated 'See You Soon!' in blue letters above.

Sora noticed the large mansion to his right with a dark, brown door and white wood making up the house, several clear windows were on its front below the red shingled roof where smoke billowed from its chimney. Beside the mansion was a shop that was titled 'Items' and had a see-through door, a brown receptacle standing next to the miniature shop. Sora noticed that the door beside him led into the same building, creating a two-way entrance for the shop.

"This is totally weird... I'm in another world!" Sora gasped to himself. Sora turned around to the direction he had run from and noticed another shop with two levels behind him. The first level being called 'Accessories', the second being 'Jewelry.' The two wooden doors that was its entrance had two small cut-out diamonds in their middles. He looked to the right of the building where another stairway led up and behind it.

Sora decided to go into the shop, maybe he would get some answers from the owner about where he was and what happened to his island home. Sora pushed open the doors and stalked into the room ahead.

The newly discovered room had a giant fireplace to Sora's right, which led up to the floor above. He noticed a small circle of glowing light like that of his dream to the right of the fireplace's front opening. There was a small, black table sitting in front of a couch that was similar in color and shape.

In the middle of the room, stretched out beside the couch and table was a casket with legs and had glass for a top, displaying several expensive, glass items inside. In front of the display table was a tiny mark on the wooden floor. It was green and was in the shape of three stars. Opposite of him, Sora noticed a large window that was shadowed with blue. It also displayed buyable items inside; many boxs that seemed to be floating on miniature clouds, with tiny, five-pointed stars sparkling around them.

There was a man with blond hair and tiny, prickling hairs spread across his chin behind the counter. He was wearing a white, button-up collar t-shirt with a thick, brown strap wrapped around his lower legs where his sweat pants began as blue and ended as grey, covering his black shoes. His back was turned to Sora as he stared at a large, shiny crystal inside a see-through container that was propped on the counter.

The man began to turn at the sound of the creaking door. "Hey there, how can I..." Sora looked at him expectantly as two blue eyes took in his features, a small pick sticking out of the corner of the man's mouth. "Aw, it's only a kid," he grumbled.

"I'm not a kid! And the name's Sora!" Sora shouted angrily, taking in the man's large goggles which were wrapped around his head.

"Okay, okay, simmer down," the old man ordered. "So why the long face, Sora? You lost or somethin'?" he asked.

"No!" Sora shouted instantly in anger, then remembered the street outside. "Well, maybe. Where are we?" he questioned the shop owner.

"Huh?" the man replied, brow raised in confusion from Sora's words.

"Well, I was on this island..." Sora began, briefly remembering his last moments on the shore. "When a storm came! There were these creatures that were black and had glowing eyes! And, when I found my friends, they both disappeared... I was blown onto this small piece of what was left of the island and had to fight this giant with a key that appeared. Then, I was sucked up into this orb thing in the sky, and I woke up here," Sora finished.

The man narrowed his eyes at him. "Well, Sora, this is Traverse Town if you didn't already know," he said matter-of-factly to Sora.

"Traverse Town..." Sora uttered under his breath, thinking to himself. " So, gramps," Sora began, not knowing what he should call the older man. "Is this really another world?"

"Don't call me gramps! The name's Cid!" Cid cried angrily. "Anyway...," he continued. Not sure what you're talkin' about, but this sure ain't your island.

"Hmm... Guess I'd better start looking for Riku and Kairi," Sora said to himself.

"Well, good luck with whatever it is your doing. If you ever run into trouble, you come to me. I'll look out for you," Cid finished, swiping his brow with his left hand.

"Thanks," Sora said. He turned back to the doorway where, suprisingly, someone pushed the doors open. A short, but old, duck waddled inside.

The elderly duck had sparkling spectacles on the edge of his beak, his beady eyes peering through them. He had a bowler hat that had a red strap at its base wrapped around it. Over his upper body he wore a blue suit with his collar, sleeves and belt being red and yellow buttons holding his collar together. His webbed feet having red coverings that went up to his knees.

His cane was pointed directly into Sora's face. "You! How dare you come freely into my town! You should know that every resident or visitor must pay a toll to pass the gates!" the furious duck shouted, bowler hat tempting to fall off his feathered head.

"Wha-! Who are you?!" Sora replied, completely suprised by the duck's outburst. Not to mention the fact that it was a civilized, talking and standing duck that accused him. He thought that animals were only civilized in fairy tales...

"Me?! I'm Scrooge McDuck, as if you didn't know that, you thief!" Scrooge replied angrily, hitting him on top of his spiked head. "Now! You come with me you, you... Bag me bagpipes!" he shouted in suprise, finally taking notice of the large, silver key hanging limp in Sora's right hand.

"Where'd you get that, boy?" he said, his hands taking hold of his spectacles as he squinted at the key, making sure what he was seeing was real.

"What? This thing? I found it a little while ago," Sora stated, turning to look at the majestic key himself.

"Well, how do you like that? Here me nephew went off into the dangerous districts to look for you and here you are," Scrooge smiled, now leaning on his cane.

"Looking for me?"

"Yes sir. Sure was in a big hurry. It isn't often that he comes to this here town, he doesn't like paying for the ship space that I supply at the dock," Scrooge laughed gleefully. Then he went stern again. "Hm! Hm!" Scrooge coughed, clearing his throat as to get attention. "Back to the bill. How did you get into the town without paying? I thought I had sufficient security and then you suddenly appear out of nowhere," Scrooge glared.

"I didn't come in... I woke up here... In the alley..." Sora replied.

"What!?" Scrooge cried, eyes wide. "Funny, boy! Think you can fool Scrooge McDuck eh? Well, you have another thing coming. Just 'cause you have that key doesn't mean I'm going to be easy on ya!" Scrooge said, stepping beside Sora and wrapping his cane around the boy's back to get a hold on him.

He used the cane to force Sora forward, past the cabinet beside the counter and out the door, leaving a befundled Cid behind. He tugged Sora down the thick steps and towards the mansion.

"Me three other nephews that own the Items shop there beside me mansion saw you going into Cid's Accessory Shop. Well, I couldn't let you get a free pass into the town, now could I?" Scrooge told him as they pushed the large door open.

Inside is a tall dog-like man in a butler suit. He stood, arms behind his back, in front of a long, curving stair that was covered with a long red rug, with vases, portraits and plants assembled around the rest of the enormous room. The room was bright with the light of four orbs hung as light-bulbs on a dangling chandelier above.

"Scrooge, sir, Launchpad is at the dock awaiting you. He finally repaired his ship so that he can take you to the meeting in Duckburg," the elderly butler rang out in his nasal voice.

"Good. It's been three months since that bafoon crashed the ship! He should learn to land better. Cost me a fortune to repair the dock after that crash landing!" Scrooge replied, swiping his cane in front of himself angrily.

"And, is this a guest, sir?" the butler questioned, taking notice of Sora's presence.

"Yes, yes! I found him in Cid's Acessory Shop, wondered how he got through the gates. Brought him home to make sure he didn't get away without paying," Scrooge answered, his voice raising happily at the end of his sentence.

"Take him to the living room and tell Ms. Beakly to serve him whatever he likes, and to make sure he doesn't leave. Then meet me at the dock, Port 34," Scrooge said properly, wiping smudges from his glasses. "I have to postpone my flight to the meeting with 'Duckburg Daily News' until tomorrow," Scrooge finished, turning around to be once again on the streets.

The butler turned to him. "Right this way, sir," he said, directing him through the wooden doors beside the stairs.

Sora nodded and walked forward, turning the knob and pushing the door open. The living room had several green chairs, two brown tables laden with lamps and other possesions and a fireplace with a picture of Scrooge hung on the wall above, the room also brightened with a chandelier.

A large duck maid wearing a large purple dress, a white apron, leather boots and pins keeping her tangled hair in a bun was dusting the fireplace's ledge, lifting pictures and trophies every so often to clean only the wood.

"Wow," Sora said to himself, seeing how enormous Scrooge's mansion really was. The maid turned to him, stairing through glass spectacles.

"And, who is this?" the maid asked in her cheerful voice.

"A guest of the master's. Ms. Beakly, Mr. McDuck asks if you could serve his guest. I must meet him at the dock. Oh, and the master asks if you could keep an eye on the young sir to keep him here," the butler said quickly, instantly taking off for the front entrance.

"And what is your name, young sir?" she asked, setting her feather duster onto the table closest to the fireplace.

"I'm Sora," he replied nervously, not used to being called sir.

"Well, Sora, what would you like?"

"Food?" She nodded, beaming. "Uh... Fish, maybe?" he asked, encouraged.

"Right away, Sora," she told him and rushed out into the hall beside the stairs, closing the doors behind her. Sora looked around the room.

'Scrooge must be really rich to be able to own this mansion. This one room is bigger than my whole house back at...' Sora thought to himself, suddenly going chilled.

He noticed a plaque on one of the tables by a green chair. He walked over, picked up the pillow that had been resting in the seat, sat down in the chair, which was quite comfy, and took a hold on the gold plaque, bringing up to his eyes.

Imprinted into the gold was a picture of Scrooge and below it read 'Scrooge McDuck, richest duck in all the universe. The Mayor of Traverse Town.'

So that's why Scrooge cared so much about Sora not paying for placement in the town, he was the mayor.

He sat the plaque down onto the table, picking up a small journal beside it. It was titled, 'Port Schedules.' He opened it in boredom.

'Port 45(scheduled the 17th to the 31st) - R. L. S. Legacy.

Payment: $300 total

Due: 30th'

A slip read in scribbled black ink. He read that name earlier on a poster. Hmm, this 'R. L. S. Legacy' voyage must be popular.

"I said no!" came a loud shout from outside the doors of the living room. It was Scrooge, he must've come back. "I told you no, now get out!"

"Scrooge, I need to see the boy you met earlier. It's of most importance," came a deep, echoing reply.

"Sorry, but the boy hasn't paid his fee yet, so he can't leave!"

"Here's your money, twenty dollars is the price, isn't it?" the voice sounded. "Now, where's the boy?"

"Fine! He's in here!" Scrooge answered, and the doors behind Sora's armchair burst open.

A tall, muscular man with dark hair that glistened over his shoulders appeared in the doorway. He narrowed his blue eyes upon seeing him. The man wore mostly black, with a white shirt covered mostly by his black jacket. Here and there along the man's pants, shoes, arms, gloves and jacket were zippers and belts with silver buckles. The chain around his neck took the shape of a silver lion's head.

"Come. I can answer your questions," he said dully in a deep voice, turning to walk back to Scrooge's front doors. Sora jumped up almost immediately. He was finally going to get some answers.

"Hey! What's your name?!" Sora shouted as he ran to follow the form of the two burgundy lion heads on the man's jacket.

The man stopped to briefly glance backwards and utter, "Leon," before stalking off towards the stairs outside the front door.

"I'll be watching you," Scrooge's aged voice rang out as Sora was poked in the chest with the hard piece of rounded wood that was Scrooge's cane. Sora looked at him in suprise, almost forgetting about Scrooge bringing him to the mansion. He shrugged and continued out, vaguely hearing Ms. Beakly's voice sqawking, "Aren't you forgetting your food!?"

Finally catching up with the older man, Sora slowed to catch his breath at the top of the second stairs beside Cid's shop.

"So... How did you even know I was here?" Sora asked Leon, finally realizing he hadn't seen the dark man in the streets.

"Well, I didn't. I just guessed. Me, Yuffie and Aerith only just started searching for you in Traverse Town when the Heartless began acting strange," Leon answered silently glancing at the Keyblade, which Sora hadn't realized he was even holding.

"Heartless?" Sora asked, not understanding what Leon was referring to.

"You don't know what they are yet?" Leon asked in disbelief, stopping to look Sora in the eye.

"Uh... No," Sora answered. What was so important about something called 'Heartless.'

"Well, we'll tell you just as soon as we reach the hotel," Leon finished, becoming completely silent, not even shuffling his legs as he walked.

"Where is the hotel?" Sora asked.

"In the Second District, to the left."

"Oh..."

They walked by the various light posts of the District, which Sora assumed was the First District, until they came to a pair of enormous wooden doors behind the Accessory Shop, passing an opening with several poles holding up a roof that covered another mailbox, blue in color.

Leon pushed the doors open simultaneously upon reaching them within arms-length. Sora followed as Leon turned to the left parallel to several shops and restaraunts including 'Boots & Shoes,' 'Dress & Suit,' 'Luggage' and 'Glory Hall,' all with glowing open signs, see-through windows and very few shoppers and workers. Then again, all the streets were empty, with a perfect view of rocky, blue gravel.

At the end of the District was a large white building with a clocktower, a bell which had been covered with wood planks and mosaic windows, all of which were painted with depressing, dark colors.

As they traveled farther to the left, Sora saw a long row of windows and a bright, blue sign with yellow letters glowing 'Hotel.'

"Here we are," Leon said with a blank an emotionless expression.

He passed a final light post, which were attached everywhere to the railing of the upper level,which was situated above the deserted streets. Sora followed Leon into the, once again, deserted hallway of the hotel. There were ten doors with a pair of stairs at the end of the floorboard at the opposite side of the hallway.

They could here shouting from the closed door beside the other entrance. Suddenly, the door blew open and a boy of about fifteen with brown banes and a pony tail draping over his neck and forehead emerged.

"You can't stop me from this! This is the greastest thing I've ever had the chance to do in all of my life! I'm going on this adventure to find Captain Flint's treasure on Treasure Planet whether you like it or not!"

The boy took off down the hall toward the two of them, big, blue eyes narrowed in fury as his green pants and black, yellow-lined, shoes carried him out the door they had entered. In his hand was a small, golden sphere.

"James Pleiades Hawkins! Come back here!" a woman shouted, unveiling herself from the blue-doored room as well. She had a large fluffy white hat covering her long hair, which was tied with a blue ribbon into a tight bun, her eyes as blue as the fleeing boy's. She was dressed with a maid's outfit; white apron, long, yellow dress, overlarge white sleeves connected with a burgundy shirt. Swaying from her neck, a golden pendant.

"Oh... I don't know what to do with him," she sighed to someone else inside the hotel room.

"He'll be alright Sarah. Don't you worry, I'll go along to make sure he doesn't get into any trouble," someone replied. A dog-like person carried himself out into the hallway, dressed fully in a green and white buisness suit, tie and all. He had large, clear glasses and presented himself royally, even though his skin was grey.

He took the woman's hand in his and patted it, smiling his canines to her. "See you soon, hopefully," the man said, walking Sora's way to the entrance.

"Yes Delbert. Hopefully...," the woman replied, waving to the dog man, blue eyes downcast sleepily.

"Good day," the dog man said to them, nodding as he retreated from the hotel. The woman walked back into her room, shutting the door quietly.

"What was all that about? Treasure Planet?" Sora asked Leon.

"Whatever it is, it isn't our business. Unless they tell us themselves. Come on," Leon replied, beginning to walk to a green door. He pushed the door open.

Inside was a room with a small, yellow bed for one with a single repeating symbol in green printed on the comforter, the colors matching the flannel wallpaper. A circular table close to the door had several cups and plates set on its surface.

Sitting on the covers of the bed was a young, petite teenager with a green headband underneath her short, black hair. She had a yellow scarf around her neck and a small green shirt that was strapped to her shoulders, with her shorts, pantyhose and shoes a light tint of yellow. Her arms were covered with net-like fabric and orange gloves that revealed the tips of her fingers.

She was looking lazily at her nails and tapping her foot until she met their gaze.

"Oh, Squall! You found him! You didn't have to be rough like usual, did you?" the innocent women asked energetically. "You know, one of these days, that's going to get you in trouble," she added with a bright smile.

"It's Leon," Leon replied menacingly.

"And, what's your name?" she asked Sora, unfazed.

"Sora."

"I'm the great ninja, Yuffie!" Yuffie cried ecstaticly, smirking.

"Anyway, we should go ahead and answer some of your questions and fill you in on other things you didn't know," Leon announced, taking a place against another doorway to Sora's right that had a green clock above it.

"Yeah! About how I got here and where my friends are? And about this Keyblade and those creatures, the Heartless, you were talking about earlier," Sora said looking to Leon in question.

"Okay, about how you got here. Let me guess, there were strange, black creatures all over your home before you appeared here," Leon said, nonchalantly.

"Well, yeah. There were..."

"Then your world must've been taken by the Heartless."

"My world? The Heartless?" Sora asked, puzzled once again.

Leon sighed, folding his muscular arms. "Don't tell me that you've never thought of other places outside your home, other worlds?"

"Yeah."

"Well, you were right, there are other worlds. There are many worlds. And you're world, like many before yours, was taken by the Heartless.

"The Heartless," Leon continued. "Are creatures without hearts."

"The darkness in people's hearts--that's what attracts them," Yuffie entered.

"And there is darkness in every heart."

"Have you ever heard of someone called Ansem?" Yuffie asked him suddenly.

"Ansem?"

"Yeah, he was researching the Heartless."

"He wrote down all his discoveries in a report, but its pages are scattered everywhere, now," Leon cut in.

"We know for sure that it says something about the Keyblade being the end to the Heartless," Yuffie stated.

"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade. That's why they'll keep coming after you. No matter what," Leon finished.

"I didn't ask for this," Sora said, unable to believe that he held the only weapon that an enemy that could kill anyone feared.

"The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you," Yuffie said.

"So, tough luck," Leon shrugged.

"But, now what?" Sora asked.

"We need to prepare. Sooner or later, the Heartless will find you. So you'll need to fight for your life," Leon stated.

"Leon!" Yuffie cried from her place on the bed, jumping up seconds later. She was pointing to a spot beside the wooden table.

Sora looked to what could've distracted her. Out of thin air, a purple bubble appeared and dropped an awkward creature onto the floor. It had blue coating with glowing yellow eyes gleaming out of darkness inside a silver helmet. It had sandal-like shoes, which curled upwards at the ends. On its chest was a black heart outlined in red that curled at the edges. It had an X over the heart, the same symbol on the mysterious, hooded man Sora had met on the Islands.

"Yuffie, GO!" Leon roared as the creature began doing a small dance with it's sharp armor.

Yuffie sped to the door which Leon had lifted himself from. Throwing it open, she left the two of them far behind. Sora could have swore he had heard a 'Quack!' as Yuffie threw the door open. And knew he had heard a female voice shouting, "Yuffie!" in concern.

"Sora, let's go!" Leon bellowed, bringing Sora back to his senses. Sora noticed, as they dashed for the door opposite the one Sora had entered and Yuffie had exited, that Leon seemed to have acquired a long, shining silver blade that had a chain with a lion's head connected to its ebon handle.

They burst through the doorway, almost tearing the door off its hinges in the process, to a balcony, which they soon were tumbling over to the black, brick walkways below, the creature following as more of its kind appeared across the ground.

As they reached the ground, Leon sliced the creature through the stomach, watching as it dissolved into green balls and money.

"Don't bother with the small fry," Leon began, slicing through another soldier as it flung itself toward him. "Find the leader. Let's go!" he finished, taking off to the blue and golden-lined doors to their right.

Sora followed, using his Keyblade to fend off the creatures as he passed a small stream to the doors. Upon going through the doors, Sora was once again in the Second District. Now, black creatures identical to those of his island battle and the other creatures, which recently attacked him, lined the railings and streets. Several people could be heard crying out as they ran for the First District, which was the only safe place.

He watched as a man stumbled in front of Leon and fell to the ground. Before either of them could react. A small, circular bubble appeared. Inside the sphere was a heart shape. The warrior creature, who had been chasing and attacking the man, scrambled forward to swallow the heart. Its light disappearing into the shadow of the soldier's helmet.

"No!" Leon cried furiously, slashing the Heartless so hard, its remains were sent to the fountain in the middle of the district that displayed a painting of a butterfly.

"Sora, I'm sorry, but I have to stay here to help Traverse Town's residents! Go to the Third District, down that alley! You should find Yuffie there!" Leon ordered, pointing to a dimly lit pathway between resturant 'Glory Hall' and the 'Luggage' store, which both were above him behind the separate, short railings.

He ran down the alley, turning to the right once he reached a wall, and came to a red door with the words above it, 'Third District,' writtin in yellow. He ran through the one-door entrance to the marble crosspatched flooring of the Third District. Over the purple blue railing was a small square space.

Down close to a large, wooden door like the ones from the First District was Yuffie and another woman. The woman had long, brown hair that was braided and held by a big, pink bow. She had a pink dress, which didn't cover her large boots, held tight with a loose, purple belt.

"Yuffie!" Sora shouted over the railing.

The two women looked up and smiled with relief.

"Come on down!" Yuffie replied, waving her gloved hands in her direction, indicating that Sora come meet her.

He turned to the stairs, which was across from a diminutive house with darkened windows. When he had reached Yuffie's level of ground, he came around the large wall, which was substituted as railing.

In the middle of the Third District was a glowing statue of two dogs kissing. The pathways behind the walls that supplied the statue's yellow background led up to a large white bin. It towered over the three humans, letting them see the golden $ money mark on its front.

"Good, you're okay," Yuffie smiled. "Leon told us that this might happen, so we made a Rescue Plan to get you to the First District. Going through this door leads you to the First District," Yuffie stated, pointing to the colossal, wooden gateway.

Behind the two women, a whole family of duck people entered. Ms. Beakly, Duckworth and a duck with goggles and a scarf was following behind Scrooge and four duck children; one in pink with a bow, one in red, one in green and one in blue.

"But, Uncle Scrooge!" the smallest duck in pink cried in anguish, tears streaming down her pudgy, white face.

"No buts! You're more important than your dolls. Now, all of you! To me money bin!" Scrooge commanded, stopping to point to the large tower as everyone marched by, him following up the end.

As the ducks stepped up the pathway to the money bin, there were shouts. Sora was then suddenly knocked to the ground. Two anonymous people atop him sighed, as did he. He heard the two people above him rasp, "The key!" before the ground began to shake. Yuffie fell to the ground several feet towards the overcasting door where the woman in pink stood, swaying herself.

Sora looked up as several squares of the floor rose up, blocking any exit to safety for Sora and the two companions laying on top of him. He watched as Yuffie jumped up, reaching for Sora as the rising stones trapped her outside.

The Heartless soldiers were standing on the blocks, dancing their hypnotic dance. He stood up as his two comrades climbed off of him. He saw that they were people-like animals too.

One was a short duck that was covered in blue zippers, pockets and a hat. He held a staff in his feathered hand that had a brown handle, a blue cover that arched forward and then up with a brown pilgrim's hat covering a dark, orange orb.

The other was a tall dog man who had an oval, black nose with buck teeth. He wore a yellow hat, black jacket, green sweater, yellow pants and brown flats. He had a silver and grey, round shield with black mouse ears strapped to his gloved hands.

"Hey, kid!" the duck shouted to him.

"Yeah!?"

"What's your name!?" the duck squawked.

"Sora!"

"My name's Donald and he's Goofy!" Donald said, ending his words by pointing to the dog man.

"So, Sora, do you think we should wipe these Heartless fellers out!?" Goofy shouted in his dazed voice.

"Yeah, definitely!" he replied, narrowing his eyes.

"Gawrsh, that could take a while. Look!" he stated, pointing to the surrounding Heartless menace. They had multiplied from five by four. All twenty glared at the Keyblade.

"But, we can do it, uh-yuck!" he finished, then rushed forward with closed eyes, shield held out. He knocked the Heartless, that were too stupid to move, down like dominoes.

Donald rushed forward to help his companion as the soldiers began clanking their sharp armor against him, so that he got scratched along his wrists, which were the only skin he showed, except for his face.

He jumped into the fray as the dark creatures hit Donald in the beak, causing a sharp quack to pierce the air. He spinned around so that every Heartless hit was thrown back.

"Thanks," Donald quickly replied, once Sora had sliced through a Heartless that had been constantly keeping him from attacking. He held his staff out, shouted, "Fire!" and his staff glowed orange for merely a second before the hat at its top propped open for a blazing ball of inferno to be released from the orb inside.

"Cool," Sora said to himself before chasing down another soldier as it twirled its cutting arm towards Goofy once again.

As Sora sliced through another soldier, he was hit in the back and then in the face following. He felt himself fall to the ground from the fresh cut across his cheek, red crimson staining the floor as his blood dripped.

"Sora, take this!" Goofy shouted, throwing him a small, green-filled bottle. "It's a herb, take it to help your cu--Aaahhh!" Goofy cried, as he was kicked in the face, leaving a red print.

As Sora scrambled for safe space to open the bottle, Donald fired Fire spells several times to keep the Heartless at bay. Upon swallowing the potion, Sora's cut sealed itself, disappearing as if it had never existed.

He ran to Donald's aid as he was ganged up on by five Heartless. He sliced through one, but was tripped to the ground by another and then jumped on by the following two.

Sora pushed them hastily off him. "Why don't you just use more fire balls?" Sora asked, constantly moving and attacking the few Heartless that were left.

"I can only do so many spells before I run out of the energy to charge them. I have to attack to get more energy for my staff, or use an ether," Donald replied, hitting a Heartless hard on the head. Goofy rushed over to hand Donald a potion, Donald taking it greedily.

After they had destroyed the last of the group, more cash and health balls filled the floors. Sora bent to pick up the money, he might need that later, and to gather a few health balls to help his bruises, which disappeared more and more as he gathered the green balls.

Once they all had filled their health needs and had packed the dollars into their pockets. They glanced around at the wall blocks.

"How are we gonna' get out of here?" Sora asked his temporary partners.

Before either could answer, another, more enormous, Heartless slammed down onto the ground before them. It was completely covered with purple, greys and blacks. Its body parts were all disconnected. His helmet head spinning around in the air. It had large arms, with pointed claws, great, wide feet and a rounded torso with the Heartless symbol displayed on its front.

"Wha-!" Donald cried as one of the armor's hands shot out like a torpedo, claws meeting tips in the center, and hit him full in the chest. He was knocked out immediately.

"Donald!" Goofy cried, taking a herb and pouring it into the duck's bill. Donald's eyes opened. He pushed Goofy away and shot as many Fire spells at the creature's hands as he could.

Sora jumped forward, banging against the metal of the creature's torso. The three of them, it seemed, were only denting the Heartless' structure. Every now and then Heartless arms would twirl in a circle around them, hitting anyone its path.

Finally, sick of not effecting the Heartless, Sora jumped as high as he possibly could and hit the creature's circular head as hard as possible, causing it to go flying across the small area like a baseball. Its entire body jumped backwards at the sudden and unexpected contact, small eyeholes seeming to glare at him.

"Ahah! Aim for his head, guys. That's his weakest point," Sora tipped them.

"Yeah!" Donald quacked, firing inferno five times at the head, the creature shuddering at every hit. Goofy threw his shield outwards like a boomerang, so that it flew into the creature's head and returned at his feet.

The creature, noticing the sudden decline of its being unhurt, began going berserk; arms flinging themselves in all directions, feet stalking everywhere reachable and kicking its opponets, torso spinning like a ballerina across the ground to knock anyone in reaching distance backwards.

Donald was, Sora came to realize, a big problem with physical defense and attacking, as he began getting knocked out constantly because of his lack of armor and survival equipment. Goofy had become a great help because he could reach the Heartless' head easily and had strong attacks.

Donald quacked furiously as he battled with a flying arm, which insisted on twirling to his back, so that it could attack his undefended side. Goofy cried out, "Take that!" as he defeated an armored foot, which burst into health balls.

Behind him, Donald shot another Fire spell and the infuriating arm was no more, leaving only the torso and head remaining, as Sora had destroyed one foot and arm already. He punctured the armor anywhere he hit now that it had been worn down from his first stabs.

And, as they all joined in the task of shouting and hitting the torso, it finally gave away. It shook uncontrollably as it began falling to pieces, until only the helmet was left floating. Seeing its defeat, the head fell to the ground as well, with a fragile, purple heart floating into the air, signalling the Heartless' destruction.

All that was left was a purple bracelet which Sora picked up and, after examining it, attached to his wrist.

"That'll teach 'im," Donald said reassuringly as Sora took the armor.

"Yeah. We did it!" Goofy shouted gleefully.

"We also found the person we was looking for," Donald continued.

"So, you were looking for me?" Sora asked, pointing to himself.

"Uh-huh," they both responded.

"They, too, have been seeking the weilder of the Keyblade," Leon's deep voice rang out from behind, startling him as he hadn't noticed the block walls returning to normal.

"Hey, why don't you come with us? We can go to other worlds on our vessel," Goofy directed to Sora.

Sora looked to the ground, just remembering his lost friends. "I wonder if I could find Riku and Kairi...," Sora said to himself quietly.

"Of course," the duck replied, taking Sora's full attention. He watched as Goofy and Donald kneeled towards each other so that they could talk unheard.

"Sora, go with them. Especially if you want to find your friends," Leon said behind him.

Sora shrugged. "Yeah, I guess..."

"But you can't come along looking like that," Donald said, referring to Sora's sad frown. "Understand? No frowning. No sad face. Okay?" Donald warned.

"Yeah, ya' gotta' look funny. Like us. Woah!" Goofy cried as Donald pushed him away.

"This boat rides on happy faces," Donald said, smiling himself.

"Happy?" Sora said to himself. Then gathering all of his happiness, smiled with his bright, white teeth. His smile faltering as Donald and Goofy stare in disbelief before bursting into laughter.

"So, why not? I'll go with you guys," Sora finished, continuing to smile. He held his hand out between the three of them.

"Yeah!" Donald quacked, placing his wing on top of Sora's hand.

"All for one, and one for all!" Goofy finished, placing his hand on top of theirs.

"Alright, let's get going," Sora said happily.

"Not until we're ready," Donald replied grumpily as the three of them, Leon, Yuffie and the woman in pink went through the wooden door into the burgundy of the First District. They continued until they were standing before the steps that led to the Accessory Shop, passing a large crowd.

"Hi, Sora. I'm Aerith, I hope you like Traverse Town for the little while you stay here," the woman in pink began.

"Make sure your prepared for the journey ahead of you. We don't know how far the Heartless have spread," Leon warned.

"Check out the shops here, they've got some pretty neat stuff!" Yuffie cut in.

"This is from all of us," Aerith said, handing Sora one thousand dollars cash.

"Uh... Thanks!" Sora smiled.

"And this is from Leon," she continued, handing him a bottle of orange liquid. "It's an Elixir."

"Good luck!" Yuffie said, giving him a thumbs up.

"I hope you find your friends," Aerith beamed.

"Look out for each other. Keep your spirits up," Leon finished, the three adults walking up the stairs, past Cid's shop and taking a place in the corner at the right, beginning their own, private, discussion.

Once they had gone, Donald turned to Sora, followed by Goofy. "Okay, the Gummi Ship's outside that gate," Donald told him, pointing to the huge, wooden door opposite the Accessory Shop.

"The what?" Sora asked, not believing his ears.

"That's our ship," Donald replied.

"Wait 'till you see it!" Goofy cried gleefully.

"Hold on. Sora, this is for you," Donald stated, handing Sora a miniscule, blue orb.

"Now you can do magic too. Once you learn it from a powerful enemy of that element. Just attach it to your Keyblade," Donald declared. Sora pressed the crystal against the Keyblade and was suprised when it melted into the metal itself.

"Good, I was wondering if the Keyblade could use those," Donald said to himself. "Goofy, you give him that other thing."

"What?" Goofy asked, puzzled.

"You know!" Donald shouted exaggeratedly.

"Oh yeah," Goofy said, handing Sora a green orb similar to the one Donald gave him. "They allow you to use an ability more often, but they can also use energy, like magic does, to complete them. Press it into your skin, it's the ability Dodge Roll," Goofy stated, Sora glowing a bright white for one second after pressing the orb into his skin. "Guess, we should look for 'em along the way, huh?"

"Is that it? Let's get going," Sora asked.

"Not until we're full on supplies. We need potions, ethers and new weapons," Donald answered, squaddling up the steps. They turned left to the Items shop. They walked down the set of stairs to reach the level with the shelves and stocks after going through the door.

The three ducks Sora had seen with Scrooge earlier that wore green, red and blue were acting as the co-owner's of the shop.

"Hello, how much are potions and ethers? And do you have any new staffs and shields?" Donald asked upon reaching the green desk counter, not noticing the three ducks, as he reached into one of his pockets.

"Uncle Donald! I hope you're not expecting a benefit just because your family," the duck at the register, the one in red, smirked.

"No. Could you answer those questions. I'm in a hurry," Donald replied angrily.

"Well, potions are $25, ethers $100 and yes, we have two new weapons in stock," the younger duck answered.

"Let's see those equipment," Donald requested.

"All right," he complied. He pulled out a blue-handled staff with a golden star at the head. "This is Morning Star." He reached back into the box bringing out a blue sheild with a green marking in the center. "And this is Smasher. They're both priced at $250," the young duck answered.

"Yeah, yeah. Here you go," Donald grumbled, pulling out the acquired cost. "Don't let all this money go to your head, Huey."

"We don't get all of the money, just a percent of it. This shop belongs to Uncle Scrooge," the duck replied.

"No wonder. Here give us uhh... Thirty potions and ten ethers," Donald commanded, pulling out the remaining amount of his own money to pay for it.

"$1750 please," the duck said, after successfully writing down the order into the green cash register. Donald handed him his remaining money. "Thanks," he said, handing them a backpack he had stuffed with their order with a receipt and taking the dollars in Donald's outstretched hand.

"Okay, let's go get some accessories. Goofy, give me your shield," Donald said, stuffing his original staff in to the box and taking the nely acquired Morning Star.

"Here ya' go," Goofy said, handing him the shield and taking his new-bought Smasher.

"Okay, Sora. You're going to have to buy the rest, for now. I've used all my money up buying the health supplies and weapons," Donald said, turning to him.

"All right," Sora said, turning to walk back up the stairs and out onto the street of Cid's Accessory Shop, hearing Donald's quacked goodbyes and waves as the three ducks called, "Goodbye, Uncle Donald," in unison.

He pushed the door to the accessory shop open and walked through, followed by Donald and Goofy.

"Well, hello again. What can I get for ya'?" Cid asked in his hoarse voice, turning to meet them as the door opened.

"Yeah, we need some accessories. We were wonderin' what kind you have?" Donald said from behind him.

"I have Fire Rings, Blizzard Rings, Thunder Rings, Protect Chains and Ability Studs in stock. Take your pick," he responded.

"How 'bout two Fire Rings, Protect Chains and Blizzard Rings and one Ability Stud?" Donald asked.

"Sure," Cid said, reaching below the counter to take the specific choices from the shelves.

"Go ahead, Sora. Give him the money. It's $800, $100 for everthing except the Ability Stud, which is $200. The Ability Stud is yours, that's why I asked for only one," Donald told him.

"Okay," Sora replied, turning back to the counter, where Cid had returned from the shelves. "Here you go."

"And here you go," Cid replied, handing him the sack of equipment. "Be careful with whatever you're doing, Sora," he finished.

"Yeah, see ya'," Sora responded, following Donald and Goofy back out into the streets.

"So, are we ready now!?" Sora asked, exasperated, throwing his hands up in emphasis.

"Yeah, yeah. We won't put this equipment on until we reach the next world, so that we know what type is best for our defense. But, you can go ahead and take the Ability Stud. I'm pretty sure that'll help you in any battle," Donald answered, handing him a round, dark green arm brace, which he snapped onto his lower left arm.

"Now let's go!" Donald finished, stalking down the steps toward the door on the other end of the street, which had become crowded with the few residents in Traverse Town. Scrooge had returned and was speaking through a stereo microphone that was booming his voice for all to here in front of his mansion.

"Now, now! Let's all just get back to our own homes! The Heartless have settled down and there are guards in the streets to keep you from getting sabotaged, for now. So get on home!" Scrooge shouted, pointing to the door to the Second District, behind the Accessory Shop.

The crowd grumbled as they slowly walked past Sora, who had moved over to the side to walk around them. Scrooge had put down the microphone and was heading for the front gate as well.

Once they had all reached the door, Scrooge had caught them.

"Well, well. We meet again," Scrooge croaked. "So, I see you've met me nephew, Donald Duck. He's nothing special, but he's my nephew," he cackled.

Donald growled menacingly, causing Scrooge's laugh to be cut short.

"So, where are you going, Sora?"

"I'm going with them," Sora said, poking his thumb out to Goofy and Donald, who nodded in agreement.

"Have you got your supplies already?" he asked, receiving a nod from Sora. "All right. I wanted to thank you for saving me and my family," Scrooge continued, offering a feathered hand, which Sora took gratefully.

"From now on, whenever you come to Traverse Town, you're free of charge from admission. Unless you stay for over twenty-four hours," Scrooge smiled, spectacles shining brightly. "Now, if you don't mind, I have to meet someone about the cleanup of Traverse Town's streets after that incident with the Heartless," he finished, nodding to them, and walking to the Third District door.

"Come on, Sora," Goofy called as he followed Donald through the front gate, Sora rushing after them.

The dock was made up of a long, silver floor that lined the entire outskirts of the Town. There were huge stalls situated every thirty feet from each other for vessels and ships, the people were more crowded here than inside the town.

"Here we are," Donald announced angrily after they had walked to the left for six stalls, webbed feet having got stepped upon several times along the way. The Gummi Ship was colored with orange at the base, the top having a small window to see out of. Its front was a weapon, which poked out and was red with a shooting hole in its center.

Donald waddled over to the left wing, where a set of stairs that was attached to the ship hung loosely. Sora followed them up into the front, where the console and window were. He smiled as he sat down in a warm, fluffy chair, strapping his belt just as Donald and Goofy did, who's chairs were in front on either side of him.

He stared, amazed at what had happened so far that day, as Donald hit a couple of buttons and switches until the Gummi Ship came alive with power. Donald took the handle, which directed where to fly, and pulled back slowly, turning slightly to Donald's left. The ship followed in motion, curving backwards, to the left, so that, now, they were facing empty space.

"Okay, we travel to many other worlds with the Gummi Ship. Gummi blocks are the only material you can use to make a ship that can take you into 'another' world. You can build other ships that can fly, that aren't made of Gummi, but they only take you in and out of your own world, so there you go," Donald stated, looking back at Sora as he explained.

"But, you can get to other worlds by just appearing there, like you did to Traverse Town. In that way, you can also go to the world you're sent to," Donald continued. "Okay, now that we're aboard, we're going to a world to the far left of Traverse Town. It's the closest world to here and the Gummi Ship reads that it has a small number of Heartless inhabiting it, so it would be the best place to start until we get stronger. It's called 'Wonderland,'" Donald finished, bringing a picture of the world up on the miniscule, square screen so that Sora and Goofy could see.

The world itself seemed small. It was a twirling mass of landscapes that, obviously, took up a large amount of the world's space. The base was a circle of crossmatched, heart embroidered, pink tiles. There was a large green maze on top, with a large white castle tower standing in its center. The bottom side had an upside down cottage, with straw for a roof, and a large tree towering its side.

"That's where we're going?" Sora asked in disbelief, he'd never pictured a world like that.

"Yep," Donald retorted, taking a hold on the handle again and pushing straight forward, curving slightly to the right where they locked onto a shining path that led them to the new world. They were, occasionally, attacked by other Heartless ships, but Donald shot them down before they could make any serious damage.

Once they had reached their destination, floating above the oddity, Donald spinned his chair around so that he was facing Sora.

"We have to go stand on the steps while the Ship accesses a Save Point. A Save Point is a glowing circle of light that heals the person who steps upon it, the Gummi Ship locks onto all the Save Points in each world so that we can enter and leave that world at those spots. Of course, noone in that specific world can see the Save Points because they never leave their homes. So, let's go," Donald commanded, jumping out of his seat and leaving the same way he had entered the Gummi Ship.

Sora and Goofy followed closely behind. Once they reached the steps, Donald pushed them open so that they were hanging in the middle of space.

"Won't we loose oxygen this way?!" Sora asked in horror.

"No! The Gummi Ship supplies all the oxygen we need, so there isn't anything to worry about," Donald replied.

At the edge of the dangling steps, on the lowest step, there was a Save Point glittering in the black nothingness of space. Donald stepped down to it, careful not to trip. Sora and Goofy followed his example, stepping as much as possible onto any part of the light.

"Best start at the beginning of the world," Donald said, looking at a blue watch on his wrist which displayed the possible breaching points. "Wonderland, here we come!" Donald shouted as they disappeared into three glowing bubbles of light and were transported downwards into the depths of Wonderland.

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Woah! Huge! But, I wrote really slow so I took about three weeks to get this completely written, and I still haven't edited the last chapter. Which I'm just about to do before starting on the next. I'm sorry to the few fans I have for not having this up sooner. If you like, hate, or love this fanfic review. Tell me if you think it's horrible, stupid, good, fantastic, or anything else and why, maybe I can fix it.

Oh, and I hope you noticed the parts I added. I added in Scrooge and his family because Huey, Dewey and Louie were already in Traverse Town, I just put more reason. Besides, Traverse Town needed a mayor. I also added in that part with Treasure Planet. I made it so that Jim had just got the map from Billy Bones in the movie when the Heartless took over and destroyed their world. I also added a poster in that intro alley with the R. L. S. Legacy. And I hope I did a good job with the FF Characters, I'm sorry to say that I haven't completed any of the FF Games. I've only started FF9, 10, and the very first one that was redone and rereleased in the FF Origins packet.

But, oh well. I done this story for the Disney part, but I don't want the FF fans to be mad(There are a lot of them, aren't there?) Well, hopefully I'll get the next chapter done before the weekend is over, because we had three days of school off so I decided to write(I know, I'm a geek. :) and it's only Saturday now. Plus I'm hoping to get two chapters of that story I mentioned earlier, The Heartless Chapters, out too. I've already started the chapters on Maleficent and Ursula.

So, until next time.