~~Sora53: X_X
Fans: Let's watch it again!
Sora53: *sobbing on tape*~~
The air ruffled the already messy hair of Corita and Sora, who were sitting on the end of the carpet. Aladdin was in front, and Goofy and Donald were curled up in the middle. The carpet's space was cramped with 5 people onboard, but the carpet was very strong and held up to the weight. Underneath the messy brown hair of Corita, her brain was buzzing with questions.
Why had she felt Sora summon the lion, Simba? Back in Merlin's house, the green light had entered him, not her...even if it did effect everyone around him, were Aladdin, Donald, and Goofy all playing a cruel joke on her? Donald would do something like that for fun, but not Goofy or Aladdin...
"Corita, are you okay?" Goofy asked, looking at her with a concerned look on his face. "You've been awfully quiet this whole way."
"Well, we are pretty high up. Maybe she's just scared?" Donald suggested.
"What? How high--EEK!!" Corita cried, looking down. They were about 20 feet above the ground, and two seconds later, Corita was hyperventilating. "GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING!!"
"It's okay, Corita! We're slowing down!" Sora cried, prying Corita's wrist off his arm.
"Really? Oh, good!" Corita sighed.
They stepped off the carpet, who was hovering inches above the ground now. They were in the same place it had taken them before, but a different aura hung around the area like a soft blanket, to discreet to be identified.
"Something's different." Corita said instantly.
"I know..." Sora said. "Why did the carpet bring us back here?"
"I don't know..." Aladdin said. "This is where the entrance to the Cave of Wonders is.
"Cave of Wonders?"
"It's a mysterious cave, formed long ago. It is full of great treasures." Aladdin explained.
"How do you get in? I don't see anything..."
"It's hidden under the sand until someone worthy of entering arrives."
"So, you went in and got the lamp, right?"
"Right, but something's wrong." Aladdin walked forward, towards the area that the quicksand had been before.
Instantly, the ground began to rumble. Before them, a giant mass was emerging from the sand. It slowly took a form, and it appeared as the shape of a giant tiger's head.
"It's possessed!" Aladdin cried as Heartless appeared before them. The tiger's eyes glowed with darkness.
The Heartless ran towards them as the tiger's head reared backwards.
"SAND!" Donald cried as a great spray of sand came pummeling towards them.
"AH!" Everyone cried, holding up their weapons in hopes of blocking it. It worked somewhat, but sand still covered their clothing.
"It's just sand! Get it's eyes!" Sora cried, leaping forward.
Goofy and Aladdin joined his fight against the tiger head while Corita and Donald took out the Heartless. With every spray of sand came more Heartless, and the sand was starting to hit them unexpectadly, getting in their eyes.
"This is ridiculous!" Corita cried, rubbing sand out of her eyes. As she did so, she felt something close around her ankles tightly, and she gasped in suprise and pain.
"What the-?" Corita cried as she hit the sandy floor, and felt herself being dragged along the ground. She turned her head, and a Heartless Shadow had grabbed her around the ankles and was dragging her away. Another Shadow joined the first, and then another.
"Wha-?" Corita was too baffled to do anything. Donald must have sensed that, because a fire spell shot the middle Shadow, knocking it away and allowing Corita to stand up.
"Are you okay?" Donald quacked.
"I think so..." Corita said slowly, brushing herself off. Behind her, Sora was dodging Heartless attacks and trying to jump back onto the tiger's head. The tiger was rearing back, ready to shoot torrents of sand at her brother."
"Sora!" Corita cried, holding up her staff. The same warm feeling welled up inside her like she was casting a cure spell, but it seemed to spin inside her, faster and faster, like a fierce wind. It shot out of her staff like a great gust, and within seconds, a windy barrier surrounded Sora. Sora stopped instantly, and looked at the barrier with a puzzled look on his face. Suddenly, he realized the tiger's head was ready to strike. He put his arm up to protect himself, but the sand bounced off the spell and shot back at the tiger's eyes.
The tiger's head roared with pain, and it slowed it's movement. The darkness seemed to flow out of it's eyes, and it settled back into a dormant position. The Heartless scurried away and settled back into the sand, and it was over.
Donald looked at Corita in awe. "What....was that?" He asked.
"I don't know..." Corita said. Meanwhile, Sora, Goofy, and Aladdin were walking back towards them. The barrier around Sora was still strong.
"Corita...what is this?" Sora asked, poking the barrier. His fingers simply went through it.
"I don't know. We'll have to ask Merlin when we get back to Traverse Town." Corita asked, rubbing her ankles. "By the way...what was with those Heartless?"
"I don't know. I've never seem them drag their prey away. Usually it's just...grab their heart and go." Goofy said.
"Well, I guess I got lucky, then." Corita said nervously.
"I hate to interrupt this..." Aladdin said. "BUT JASMINE'S IN THERE!"
"Oh, right!" Corita said, running towards the entrance to the Cave of Wonders. "Let's go, guys!"
The entrance to the cave was brightly lit, but as they walked foward, the place grew dark.
"Is it supposed to be this dark?" Corita asked, standing next to Sora. The barrier around him was starting to fade, but the remaining winds still felt cool against her skin.
"I guess so." Goofy said. "Lead the way, Aladdin!"
"No problem!" Aladdin said, leading them along a dark room. The Cave of Wonders was dimly lit, and water dripped from the ceilings and walls. Great gaping holes were scattered around, and Corita clung to Sora's arm so she wouldn't fall down one of them.
"This way!" Aladdin said, leading them towards a hole.
"Wha wha WHAT?!" Corita cried. "We're not jumping, are we?"
"Of course we are! There are 3 switches we need to turn on to open the way to the treasure chamber where Jafar probably has Jasmine and the Genie." Aladdin said, walking towards the hole and leaping down.
Donald and Goofy followed, and Sora and Corita remained.
"You okay, Corita?" Sora asked, preparing to jump.
"Yeah...it's a silly phobia, anyway." Corita said.
Sora jumped down, and Corita gently slid towards the edge.
"Well, let's go!" Corita said, jumping down.
The darkness around Corita was so extreme, she wondered how she thought the previous room had been dim. Slowly, a room appeared around her, and she hit water.
"Ugh!" Corita said, spashing around a bit.
"It's just water." Donald said.
"Yeah, well, you're a duck. You're used to it." Corita said.
"Here's the first switch!" Aladdin called. He had climbed onto a small rock, and a small monkey was fiddling with the switch.
"He's my monkey, Abu." Aladdin explained. "He likes to turn them on."
Abu turned on the switch, and jumped back onto Aladdin's shoulder. "The next one's in the next room!" He called.
"Wait!" Sora called, looking at something on the ground. "What's this?"
"It looks like a piece of paper to me." Corita commented, looking at it. "Wait...it has the same designs as the pages from Merlin's book!"
"Cool!" Sora said, putting it into his pocket. Meanwhile, Aladdin was running out of the other room.
"The last switch is in here!" He called, running up the stairs. They entered another dimly lit room, and there was a final switch resting there. Abu turned it on, and from the depths of the cave, there was a great rumbling noise.
"Wow, he really likes her, huh? Kinda like you and Kairi!" Corita said to Sora. Sora turned red and followed Aladdin.
"Here it is!" Aladdin said, showing them the giant door that had opened.
"Well, that was fast! How many times have you been here?" Donald asked.
"23." Aladdin said proudly.
"Ah."
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The treasure chamber was a brightly lit room with several torches and many platforms. In the center of the room, a tall, evil looking woman was standing, talking to Jafar. Behind him, Jasmine lay, motionless. The Genie floated next to her.
"Wait a second. Are you Malifecent?" Sora asked, remembering Cid's description. The lady turned towards Sora and vanished.
"Jafar, let Jasime go!" Aladdin cried.
"Not a chance." Jafar smirked. "You see, she's a princess. One of several who hold the key to opening the door."
"Open?" Goofy asked.
"The door?" Donald asked.
"Yes." Jafar said. He turned his cold hungry eyes upon Corita. "But you fools won't live to see what lies beyond it!"
~~Sora53: DUN DUN DUN!!
Fans: We could've guessed you were going to do that.
Sora53: THERE'S STILL SUSPENSE! OH, THE SUSPENSE!!~~
Fans: Let's watch it again!
Sora53: *sobbing on tape*~~
The air ruffled the already messy hair of Corita and Sora, who were sitting on the end of the carpet. Aladdin was in front, and Goofy and Donald were curled up in the middle. The carpet's space was cramped with 5 people onboard, but the carpet was very strong and held up to the weight. Underneath the messy brown hair of Corita, her brain was buzzing with questions.
Why had she felt Sora summon the lion, Simba? Back in Merlin's house, the green light had entered him, not her...even if it did effect everyone around him, were Aladdin, Donald, and Goofy all playing a cruel joke on her? Donald would do something like that for fun, but not Goofy or Aladdin...
"Corita, are you okay?" Goofy asked, looking at her with a concerned look on his face. "You've been awfully quiet this whole way."
"Well, we are pretty high up. Maybe she's just scared?" Donald suggested.
"What? How high--EEK!!" Corita cried, looking down. They were about 20 feet above the ground, and two seconds later, Corita was hyperventilating. "GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING!!"
"It's okay, Corita! We're slowing down!" Sora cried, prying Corita's wrist off his arm.
"Really? Oh, good!" Corita sighed.
They stepped off the carpet, who was hovering inches above the ground now. They were in the same place it had taken them before, but a different aura hung around the area like a soft blanket, to discreet to be identified.
"Something's different." Corita said instantly.
"I know..." Sora said. "Why did the carpet bring us back here?"
"I don't know..." Aladdin said. "This is where the entrance to the Cave of Wonders is.
"Cave of Wonders?"
"It's a mysterious cave, formed long ago. It is full of great treasures." Aladdin explained.
"How do you get in? I don't see anything..."
"It's hidden under the sand until someone worthy of entering arrives."
"So, you went in and got the lamp, right?"
"Right, but something's wrong." Aladdin walked forward, towards the area that the quicksand had been before.
Instantly, the ground began to rumble. Before them, a giant mass was emerging from the sand. It slowly took a form, and it appeared as the shape of a giant tiger's head.
"It's possessed!" Aladdin cried as Heartless appeared before them. The tiger's eyes glowed with darkness.
The Heartless ran towards them as the tiger's head reared backwards.
"SAND!" Donald cried as a great spray of sand came pummeling towards them.
"AH!" Everyone cried, holding up their weapons in hopes of blocking it. It worked somewhat, but sand still covered their clothing.
"It's just sand! Get it's eyes!" Sora cried, leaping forward.
Goofy and Aladdin joined his fight against the tiger head while Corita and Donald took out the Heartless. With every spray of sand came more Heartless, and the sand was starting to hit them unexpectadly, getting in their eyes.
"This is ridiculous!" Corita cried, rubbing sand out of her eyes. As she did so, she felt something close around her ankles tightly, and she gasped in suprise and pain.
"What the-?" Corita cried as she hit the sandy floor, and felt herself being dragged along the ground. She turned her head, and a Heartless Shadow had grabbed her around the ankles and was dragging her away. Another Shadow joined the first, and then another.
"Wha-?" Corita was too baffled to do anything. Donald must have sensed that, because a fire spell shot the middle Shadow, knocking it away and allowing Corita to stand up.
"Are you okay?" Donald quacked.
"I think so..." Corita said slowly, brushing herself off. Behind her, Sora was dodging Heartless attacks and trying to jump back onto the tiger's head. The tiger was rearing back, ready to shoot torrents of sand at her brother."
"Sora!" Corita cried, holding up her staff. The same warm feeling welled up inside her like she was casting a cure spell, but it seemed to spin inside her, faster and faster, like a fierce wind. It shot out of her staff like a great gust, and within seconds, a windy barrier surrounded Sora. Sora stopped instantly, and looked at the barrier with a puzzled look on his face. Suddenly, he realized the tiger's head was ready to strike. He put his arm up to protect himself, but the sand bounced off the spell and shot back at the tiger's eyes.
The tiger's head roared with pain, and it slowed it's movement. The darkness seemed to flow out of it's eyes, and it settled back into a dormant position. The Heartless scurried away and settled back into the sand, and it was over.
Donald looked at Corita in awe. "What....was that?" He asked.
"I don't know..." Corita said. Meanwhile, Sora, Goofy, and Aladdin were walking back towards them. The barrier around Sora was still strong.
"Corita...what is this?" Sora asked, poking the barrier. His fingers simply went through it.
"I don't know. We'll have to ask Merlin when we get back to Traverse Town." Corita asked, rubbing her ankles. "By the way...what was with those Heartless?"
"I don't know. I've never seem them drag their prey away. Usually it's just...grab their heart and go." Goofy said.
"Well, I guess I got lucky, then." Corita said nervously.
"I hate to interrupt this..." Aladdin said. "BUT JASMINE'S IN THERE!"
"Oh, right!" Corita said, running towards the entrance to the Cave of Wonders. "Let's go, guys!"
The entrance to the cave was brightly lit, but as they walked foward, the place grew dark.
"Is it supposed to be this dark?" Corita asked, standing next to Sora. The barrier around him was starting to fade, but the remaining winds still felt cool against her skin.
"I guess so." Goofy said. "Lead the way, Aladdin!"
"No problem!" Aladdin said, leading them along a dark room. The Cave of Wonders was dimly lit, and water dripped from the ceilings and walls. Great gaping holes were scattered around, and Corita clung to Sora's arm so she wouldn't fall down one of them.
"This way!" Aladdin said, leading them towards a hole.
"Wha wha WHAT?!" Corita cried. "We're not jumping, are we?"
"Of course we are! There are 3 switches we need to turn on to open the way to the treasure chamber where Jafar probably has Jasmine and the Genie." Aladdin said, walking towards the hole and leaping down.
Donald and Goofy followed, and Sora and Corita remained.
"You okay, Corita?" Sora asked, preparing to jump.
"Yeah...it's a silly phobia, anyway." Corita said.
Sora jumped down, and Corita gently slid towards the edge.
"Well, let's go!" Corita said, jumping down.
The darkness around Corita was so extreme, she wondered how she thought the previous room had been dim. Slowly, a room appeared around her, and she hit water.
"Ugh!" Corita said, spashing around a bit.
"It's just water." Donald said.
"Yeah, well, you're a duck. You're used to it." Corita said.
"Here's the first switch!" Aladdin called. He had climbed onto a small rock, and a small monkey was fiddling with the switch.
"He's my monkey, Abu." Aladdin explained. "He likes to turn them on."
Abu turned on the switch, and jumped back onto Aladdin's shoulder. "The next one's in the next room!" He called.
"Wait!" Sora called, looking at something on the ground. "What's this?"
"It looks like a piece of paper to me." Corita commented, looking at it. "Wait...it has the same designs as the pages from Merlin's book!"
"Cool!" Sora said, putting it into his pocket. Meanwhile, Aladdin was running out of the other room.
"The last switch is in here!" He called, running up the stairs. They entered another dimly lit room, and there was a final switch resting there. Abu turned it on, and from the depths of the cave, there was a great rumbling noise.
"Wow, he really likes her, huh? Kinda like you and Kairi!" Corita said to Sora. Sora turned red and followed Aladdin.
"Here it is!" Aladdin said, showing them the giant door that had opened.
"Well, that was fast! How many times have you been here?" Donald asked.
"23." Aladdin said proudly.
"Ah."
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The treasure chamber was a brightly lit room with several torches and many platforms. In the center of the room, a tall, evil looking woman was standing, talking to Jafar. Behind him, Jasmine lay, motionless. The Genie floated next to her.
"Wait a second. Are you Malifecent?" Sora asked, remembering Cid's description. The lady turned towards Sora and vanished.
"Jafar, let Jasime go!" Aladdin cried.
"Not a chance." Jafar smirked. "You see, she's a princess. One of several who hold the key to opening the door."
"Open?" Goofy asked.
"The door?" Donald asked.
"Yes." Jafar said. He turned his cold hungry eyes upon Corita. "But you fools won't live to see what lies beyond it!"
~~Sora53: DUN DUN DUN!!
Fans: We could've guessed you were going to do that.
Sora53: THERE'S STILL SUSPENSE! OH, THE SUSPENSE!!~~