~~Sora53: ^_^ Nice long chapter this time.
Fans: GOOD!
Sora53: MEEP! *runs away*~~
Disclaimer: I still own nothing related to Kingdom Hearts except Corita!!! *pokes Corita*
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"Ariel?"
"ARIEL!"
"Where is she?"
The four of them were swimming around the ocean's floor, searching for the mermaid.
"I guess she's not here. Wonder where she went." Donald said.
"Poor thing. Her father is so overprotective..." Corita mumbled, searching behind a rock.
"Do you really think she'd be hiding there?" Goofy asked.
"You never know!" Corita said. "Anyway, let's check the palace. That's just about the only place we haven't checked."
"Must we?" Sora asked.
"Oh, Sora! You're just upset about what King Triton said to you!" Corita said, following the trident markers that led to the palace.
"Wouldn't you be?" Sora cried.
"So one person doesn't like you. Big deal."
"Still..."
"Stop!" Goofy said. They had made it to the front of the palace.
"What is it, Goofy?"
"I can hear voices in there..."
It was true; several different voices were echoing from inside the castle.
"Sounds like trouble! Let's go!" said Goofy heroically.
"Be quiet..." Donald mumbled as they followed the voices.
They proceeded to the throne room, where they witnessed a mysterious sight.
"Why, we have company." said a large, purple and black octopus woman, who held in her grubby hands, the royal trident. "I'm afraid you're a little late, handsome!" she taunted, and vanished into a black cloud.
"Daddy..." Ariel moaned.
"The trident... We must get it back." said King Triton firmly. He looked in bad shape; he rested on his throne weakly, like someone near death.
"C'mon, let's go." Sora said firmly to his friends.
Turning around, they went to leave the palace. However, they were stopped as Ariel swam out in front of them.
"Wait!" She said softly. "I'm coming with you. My father's hurt and it's all my fault!" She said.
"That's right! I'm right behind you, Ariel!" called Sebastion as he swam to Ariel's side.
"No problem! Let's get that overgrown octopus!" Corita cried. "By the way, what's going on?"
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"So, she tricked you and is using the power of the trident to take over Atlantica?"
"Exactly. Everything's my fault..."
"Don't feel bad, Ariel! Let's take care of it now!" Sora said. They had proceeded back to the sunken ship, where they were now searching for Ursula's lair. On the way, Ariel had explained what had occured between her, King Triton, and the "overgrown octopus" Ursula.
"Well, we can take care of it as soon as we find her home! Where does she live, Ariel?" Corita asked.
"I'm not sure. Ever since she was banished from the palace, she's kept mostly to herself..." Ariel muttered. As they spoke, they didn't notice a large shadow pass by overhead.
"I'm sure we could ask someone who knows more about the secrets of the palace..." Sora muttered. "Sebastion?"
"Huh? What? I don't know anything!" the little crab sputtered.
"Yes you do!" Ariel said. "Daddy tells you everything! Besides, you want to stop Ursula too, don't you?"
"Of course I do, but..."
"Shark!"
"I don't want you to get into any more danger..."
"SHARK!"
"C'mon, Sebastion!"
"SHARK!!!!!" Corita cried, pulling Ariel and Sebastian out of the way at the last minute. Now occupying this space where they had been seconds before were a set of gleaming, razor-sharp teeth, each 5 inches long at least. These daggers belonged to a giant grey shark, with great yellow and red eyes. He didn't look happy in the slightest. He turned his head and gave a mighty roar; Goofy and Sora swam swiftly out of the lunging shark's jaws.
"Get him!" Donald and Corita said, grabbing their staffs.
"Get him!" Goofy cried, grabbing his shield (the best that turtles can grab, anyway,) and lunged at the beast.
"Let's go!" Sora yelled, swimming towards him with suprising speed in the deep blue waters.
"Sebastion, get to a safe place, and after this, I need to have a chat with you." Ariel said to the crab, who was already swimming towards a giant rock for saftey.
"No problem, Ariel!" he called back. "I know just what to do! Now...GET THAT SHARK BEFORE HE EATS ME!" He whimpered.
The shark was outnumbered 5 to 1, but he still managed to put up a great fight; his giant teeth never sunk into anyone. However, his smaller teeth did give Goofy and Donald some bad scratches; nothing that couldn't be healed in an instant by a potion of a Cure spell. In a short time, the shark was badly injured. Rather that fight to the death, the shark swam away in a desperate attempt to live to see another day.
"Yeah, run, you overgrown tuna fish!" Donald cried at the shark's retreating back. He then turned and swam down to the others, who were gathered around Sebastion's hiding place.
"Here it is. Pressing this button will reveal the secret passage to Ursula's lair. I hope you're ready, because she's one nasty sea witch." said the little crab, pressing with all his strength onto the yellow button in the wall. Next to them, the large stone that had been set against the wall crumbled, revealing a large, gaping hole.
"Let's do this." Sora said in his "heroic" voice as he swam into the opening.
"Honestly, Sora. That Keyblade has given you such a swollen head." Corita sighed, moving forward with brisk movements of her curly tail.
"Wait up!" Donald cried from behing them.
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"It's quiet. Too quiet."
"Sora, if you say that one more time I'll-"
"Look out! There's something up there! I can hear something!"
"What is that?"
"It sounds like someone moaning..."
"Moaning?"
"Like they're in pain..."
"Let's check it out."
They had entered a large cavern, with an entrance shaped something like a dragon-like creature. Now, swimming into a large hallway area, they witnessed a horrible sight.
"What are they?!" Corita yelped, swimming behind her brother to hide from them.
"They look like plant-human hybrids!" Goofy said.
Scattered on the floor of the hallway were hundreds of small, black plant- like creatures. However, instead of flowers, they had little human-like faces.
"Are they...merpeople?" Sora asked.
"They...used to be..." Ariel said softly. "We must defeat Ursula to free them!"
Followed by the eyes of the little black creatures, they swam forward into Ursula's lair.
Ursula's lair was a small, purple room, littered with various objects. To one side was a small mirror and makeup set, and on the opposite was was a large chair. In the center of the room lay a large bowl-like object, filled with a shimmering liquid that glowed various colors. It flashed from red to blue to yellow to white to green, and all the colors in between in a matter of seconds. Sitting on the chair, perched there like royalty, sat Ursula, with her twin moray eels Flotsam and Jetsam floating next to each other, their blue and yellow eyes flashing.
"Come on! You can't run!" Donald cried to her.
"Your time has come!" yelled Sebastion, perched on Donald's shoulder.
The sea witch dragged herself out of her chair and floating upwards and towards them. However, she looked neither scared nor worried. Her fierce determined look was smothered with evil, and Donald and Sebastion cried out. Their intimidation wasn't nearly enough to make Ursula back down. Ursula beckoned her twin lackeys forward, and she tossed something into the great pot in the center of the room. It flashed a blinding white, and then stayed a light, brilliant blue.
"Donald! Corita! Strike the pot with magic!" Ariel called as she swam forward to fight.
"Will do!" Corita called after her, whisking out her staff. "How come I always get stuck with Donald...?"
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"It's backfiring! Her cauldron is backfiring!" Donald called to the others, who took this precious time when Ursula was knocked out to attack her fiercly. Donald and Corita, however, quickly used an ether to keep their magic powers at a peak level. The magic attacks shot at the cauldron would backfire, causing Ursula, who's power was tied to the cauldron, to be knocked out for a few moments. However, she quickly recovered, and her eels would constantly bite at the attackers, causing Corita to waste precious MP on healing the others.
However, the sea witch wasn't easily overpowered; she probably could have kept fighting if her eels hadn't finally erupted into a black cloud and her magic cauldron hadn't gone dim and clouded.
"You'll pay for this!" She bellowed, swimming off into a black portal behind her chair.
"That was pathetic!" Corita called after her. "You'd ought to read some instruction manuals! They really help!" "Looks like she has been reading up on her abilities." Sora said, picking up a small booklet. On the cover were the words "Mermaid Kick - Kick like a Mermaid!"
"Cool! Let me see!" Donald said, snatching the booklet out of Sora's grip. "To swim with grace, speed, and agility underwater..."
"Let me see!" Goofy said, taking the book. "You simply need to use your tail (If you have one), legs (If you have them, or just use all your strength..."
"Give it to me!" Corita said, pulling it away from Goofy. "to push forward at a constant speed!"
"That's what the booklet told you? I could have told you that myself!" Ariel laughed.
"Then why didn't you?" Corita asked.
"It didn't seem important."
"Well, let's keep going. We need to find Ursula!"
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~~Sora53: I'm actually here in my real Kingdom Hearts game! :)
Fans: Yay?
Sora53: I beat Ursula yesterday! And guess what I'm about to do as soon as I stop typing?
Fans: Go into Halloween Town?
Sora53: YAY! *pats fans on head* Good Fans, smart Fans!
Fans: *growl*
Riku Fangirls: *chanting* We want Riku! We want Riku!
Sora53: *gulp*~~
Fans: GOOD!
Sora53: MEEP! *runs away*~~
Disclaimer: I still own nothing related to Kingdom Hearts except Corita!!! *pokes Corita*
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"Ariel?"
"ARIEL!"
"Where is she?"
The four of them were swimming around the ocean's floor, searching for the mermaid.
"I guess she's not here. Wonder where she went." Donald said.
"Poor thing. Her father is so overprotective..." Corita mumbled, searching behind a rock.
"Do you really think she'd be hiding there?" Goofy asked.
"You never know!" Corita said. "Anyway, let's check the palace. That's just about the only place we haven't checked."
"Must we?" Sora asked.
"Oh, Sora! You're just upset about what King Triton said to you!" Corita said, following the trident markers that led to the palace.
"Wouldn't you be?" Sora cried.
"So one person doesn't like you. Big deal."
"Still..."
"Stop!" Goofy said. They had made it to the front of the palace.
"What is it, Goofy?"
"I can hear voices in there..."
It was true; several different voices were echoing from inside the castle.
"Sounds like trouble! Let's go!" said Goofy heroically.
"Be quiet..." Donald mumbled as they followed the voices.
They proceeded to the throne room, where they witnessed a mysterious sight.
"Why, we have company." said a large, purple and black octopus woman, who held in her grubby hands, the royal trident. "I'm afraid you're a little late, handsome!" she taunted, and vanished into a black cloud.
"Daddy..." Ariel moaned.
"The trident... We must get it back." said King Triton firmly. He looked in bad shape; he rested on his throne weakly, like someone near death.
"C'mon, let's go." Sora said firmly to his friends.
Turning around, they went to leave the palace. However, they were stopped as Ariel swam out in front of them.
"Wait!" She said softly. "I'm coming with you. My father's hurt and it's all my fault!" She said.
"That's right! I'm right behind you, Ariel!" called Sebastion as he swam to Ariel's side.
"No problem! Let's get that overgrown octopus!" Corita cried. "By the way, what's going on?"
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"So, she tricked you and is using the power of the trident to take over Atlantica?"
"Exactly. Everything's my fault..."
"Don't feel bad, Ariel! Let's take care of it now!" Sora said. They had proceeded back to the sunken ship, where they were now searching for Ursula's lair. On the way, Ariel had explained what had occured between her, King Triton, and the "overgrown octopus" Ursula.
"Well, we can take care of it as soon as we find her home! Where does she live, Ariel?" Corita asked.
"I'm not sure. Ever since she was banished from the palace, she's kept mostly to herself..." Ariel muttered. As they spoke, they didn't notice a large shadow pass by overhead.
"I'm sure we could ask someone who knows more about the secrets of the palace..." Sora muttered. "Sebastion?"
"Huh? What? I don't know anything!" the little crab sputtered.
"Yes you do!" Ariel said. "Daddy tells you everything! Besides, you want to stop Ursula too, don't you?"
"Of course I do, but..."
"Shark!"
"I don't want you to get into any more danger..."
"SHARK!"
"C'mon, Sebastion!"
"SHARK!!!!!" Corita cried, pulling Ariel and Sebastian out of the way at the last minute. Now occupying this space where they had been seconds before were a set of gleaming, razor-sharp teeth, each 5 inches long at least. These daggers belonged to a giant grey shark, with great yellow and red eyes. He didn't look happy in the slightest. He turned his head and gave a mighty roar; Goofy and Sora swam swiftly out of the lunging shark's jaws.
"Get him!" Donald and Corita said, grabbing their staffs.
"Get him!" Goofy cried, grabbing his shield (the best that turtles can grab, anyway,) and lunged at the beast.
"Let's go!" Sora yelled, swimming towards him with suprising speed in the deep blue waters.
"Sebastion, get to a safe place, and after this, I need to have a chat with you." Ariel said to the crab, who was already swimming towards a giant rock for saftey.
"No problem, Ariel!" he called back. "I know just what to do! Now...GET THAT SHARK BEFORE HE EATS ME!" He whimpered.
The shark was outnumbered 5 to 1, but he still managed to put up a great fight; his giant teeth never sunk into anyone. However, his smaller teeth did give Goofy and Donald some bad scratches; nothing that couldn't be healed in an instant by a potion of a Cure spell. In a short time, the shark was badly injured. Rather that fight to the death, the shark swam away in a desperate attempt to live to see another day.
"Yeah, run, you overgrown tuna fish!" Donald cried at the shark's retreating back. He then turned and swam down to the others, who were gathered around Sebastion's hiding place.
"Here it is. Pressing this button will reveal the secret passage to Ursula's lair. I hope you're ready, because she's one nasty sea witch." said the little crab, pressing with all his strength onto the yellow button in the wall. Next to them, the large stone that had been set against the wall crumbled, revealing a large, gaping hole.
"Let's do this." Sora said in his "heroic" voice as he swam into the opening.
"Honestly, Sora. That Keyblade has given you such a swollen head." Corita sighed, moving forward with brisk movements of her curly tail.
"Wait up!" Donald cried from behing them.
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"It's quiet. Too quiet."
"Sora, if you say that one more time I'll-"
"Look out! There's something up there! I can hear something!"
"What is that?"
"It sounds like someone moaning..."
"Moaning?"
"Like they're in pain..."
"Let's check it out."
They had entered a large cavern, with an entrance shaped something like a dragon-like creature. Now, swimming into a large hallway area, they witnessed a horrible sight.
"What are they?!" Corita yelped, swimming behind her brother to hide from them.
"They look like plant-human hybrids!" Goofy said.
Scattered on the floor of the hallway were hundreds of small, black plant- like creatures. However, instead of flowers, they had little human-like faces.
"Are they...merpeople?" Sora asked.
"They...used to be..." Ariel said softly. "We must defeat Ursula to free them!"
Followed by the eyes of the little black creatures, they swam forward into Ursula's lair.
Ursula's lair was a small, purple room, littered with various objects. To one side was a small mirror and makeup set, and on the opposite was was a large chair. In the center of the room lay a large bowl-like object, filled with a shimmering liquid that glowed various colors. It flashed from red to blue to yellow to white to green, and all the colors in between in a matter of seconds. Sitting on the chair, perched there like royalty, sat Ursula, with her twin moray eels Flotsam and Jetsam floating next to each other, their blue and yellow eyes flashing.
"Come on! You can't run!" Donald cried to her.
"Your time has come!" yelled Sebastion, perched on Donald's shoulder.
The sea witch dragged herself out of her chair and floating upwards and towards them. However, she looked neither scared nor worried. Her fierce determined look was smothered with evil, and Donald and Sebastion cried out. Their intimidation wasn't nearly enough to make Ursula back down. Ursula beckoned her twin lackeys forward, and she tossed something into the great pot in the center of the room. It flashed a blinding white, and then stayed a light, brilliant blue.
"Donald! Corita! Strike the pot with magic!" Ariel called as she swam forward to fight.
"Will do!" Corita called after her, whisking out her staff. "How come I always get stuck with Donald...?"
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"It's backfiring! Her cauldron is backfiring!" Donald called to the others, who took this precious time when Ursula was knocked out to attack her fiercly. Donald and Corita, however, quickly used an ether to keep their magic powers at a peak level. The magic attacks shot at the cauldron would backfire, causing Ursula, who's power was tied to the cauldron, to be knocked out for a few moments. However, she quickly recovered, and her eels would constantly bite at the attackers, causing Corita to waste precious MP on healing the others.
However, the sea witch wasn't easily overpowered; she probably could have kept fighting if her eels hadn't finally erupted into a black cloud and her magic cauldron hadn't gone dim and clouded.
"You'll pay for this!" She bellowed, swimming off into a black portal behind her chair.
"That was pathetic!" Corita called after her. "You'd ought to read some instruction manuals! They really help!" "Looks like she has been reading up on her abilities." Sora said, picking up a small booklet. On the cover were the words "Mermaid Kick - Kick like a Mermaid!"
"Cool! Let me see!" Donald said, snatching the booklet out of Sora's grip. "To swim with grace, speed, and agility underwater..."
"Let me see!" Goofy said, taking the book. "You simply need to use your tail (If you have one), legs (If you have them, or just use all your strength..."
"Give it to me!" Corita said, pulling it away from Goofy. "to push forward at a constant speed!"
"That's what the booklet told you? I could have told you that myself!" Ariel laughed.
"Then why didn't you?" Corita asked.
"It didn't seem important."
"Well, let's keep going. We need to find Ursula!"
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~~Sora53: I'm actually here in my real Kingdom Hearts game! :)
Fans: Yay?
Sora53: I beat Ursula yesterday! And guess what I'm about to do as soon as I stop typing?
Fans: Go into Halloween Town?
Sora53: YAY! *pats fans on head* Good Fans, smart Fans!
Fans: *growl*
Riku Fangirls: *chanting* We want Riku! We want Riku!
Sora53: *gulp*~~