---Sora53: It's been years! Decades! Milleniums!
Fans: Or, maybe just a while.
Sora53: Yeah, that. Sorry about the wait! You forgive me, right?
Fans: Whatever.---
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts me owning it = no! Corita mine = yes! YAY!
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Peter Pan flew down and grabbed Tinker Bell's cage, and opened it as Sora hit solid ground again.
"Thanks, Peter." Sora said with a sigh of relief.
"Hey, don't mention it. You don't think I'd leave you and Tink behind, did you?" Peter said lightly as he opened Tinker Bell's cage. The pixie flew around Peter's head joyfully. "However, I do believe we have some business to take care of..."
"Ah, yes..." Sora said softly as the Heartless began to creep around them. "This will be fun..."
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"I'm falling!" Donald cried as he tumbled through the air, staff in hand. Sora flew behind him and lifted him back into the air with a jerk.
"Donald, it's not that hard. Just flap your wings if you have to!" Sora called as he flew towards a Heartless standing motionless on the ship, staring up at them with hungry eyes.
"Look, Peter! I'm a bird!" Goofy cried as he flapped his arms wildly through the air, looking very much like a bird that had forgotten what it's wings were for.
"Shouldn't you two be helping us fight the Heartless?" Peter asked as Donald plummeted through the air again.
"You're used to flying. This is our first experience!" Goofy said.
"Sora doesn't seem to care that it's his first time."
"Well, Sora's in a bit of denial right now." Donald said as he pulled himself uneasily back into the air.
"What do you mean?" Peter asked.
"Are you COMPLETLY ignorant, or do you just not pay attention to EVERYTHING around you?" Donald said with a pinch on anger in his voice.
"Sora's lost his home, Kairi, Riku, and just when he thinks he's going to get it all back, he loses Corita, too. How would you feel?" Goofy said softly. Peter hung his head in thought and pity for a moment, but didn't have too much time to think. For at that moment, Sora came flying up towards them.
"Hey! What have you guys been doing up here? I already creamed all the Heartless!" He said.
"We were just...helping Donald fly!" Goofy said quickly.
"Yeah, he's terrible!" Peter agreed.
"You're right, I do stink!" Donald said.
Sora stared at the three of them for a moment with a puzzled look on his face. "Well, whatever...let's go lure the rat out of it's nest!" He said, flying down to Captain Hook's door.
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"Is that you, Smee? Did you finish them off?" Captain Hook's voice said through the door after Peter Pan knocked on it.
"Aye, Captain. They walked the plank, every last one of them!" Peter Pan said, holding his nose. He sounded remarkably like Smee.
Captain Hook rushed out of his office, looking around wildly. Peter Pan gently pulled out his dagger, and game Captain Hook a generous poke in the back.
"P-Peter Pa-" Captain Hook stuttered as he wheeled around. "Blast you!"
"Ready to make a splash, you codfish?" Peter asked as he floated gently into the air. "Now it's your turn to walk the plank!"
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Captain Hook cried angrily at Sora, Peter, Donald, and Goofy as they floated 20 feet above him, planning a battle strategy.
"Come down and fight, you cowards!" He roared, brandishing his long sword.
"Okay, when I say 'go', everyone go along with the plan, got it?" Sora asked softly among Captain Hook's yells.
"Right!" They all agreed, and floated apart.
"One...two..." Sora muttered to himself. "GO!" He cried, flying straight at Captain Hook with his Keyblade raised. Donald and Goofy attacked him at the sides, and Peter Pan attacked him from behind. The result was all five of them toppled on the deck of the boat, dizzied by the crash.
"Fly!" Peter Pan cried as Captain Hook came to. Before he lept into the air, however, Peter grabbed Captain Hook's hat off his head.
"Hey! Give it back! No fair!" Captain Hook wailed as Peter rose into the air. "I can't go on living without me hat!"
"You really want it?" Peter asked sweetly. "Go get it!" Peter flew over the water, and threw Hook's hat 10 feet away from the prying eyes of the crocodile.
"NO!" Hook cried as he lept into the water after his hat. Grabbing it, he placed it back on his soaking wet hair.
"Ha! I got me hat back! Wait..." Hook said as he turned his head slowly and came face-to-face with the crocodile.
"AHHH!!" He cried as the crocodile chased him off into the night.
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Sora stood on the deck, staring down at the railing he was gripping. Donald, Goofy, and Peter stood behind him a bit, giving him some room. Sora's face was deep in thought. They were completly silent for a moment.
"Uh, Kairi couldn't wake up, so maybe she's really lost her-" Goofy started, but was quickly silenced by Donald.
"Sora." Peter said simply to the brown-haired teen.
"I still can't believe it." Sora said softly. "I really flew! Just wait until I tell Kairi and Corita! You think they'll believe me?"
"I bet Kairi would with a little proof. Bring her to Neverland sometime!" Peter said.
"Corita wouldn't be too jealous. She never liked heights. I bet flying wouldn't be much different." Goofy said.
"You guys are right." Sora said, turning back towards them. "If you believe, anything's possible, right? I'll find them. I know I will." He said as he turned away from them once again.
Tinker Bell flew towards Peter with blinding speed, nearly knocking Donald over.
"What's that, Tink? What about the clock tower? You say there's something there?" Peter asked her.
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"Look at this, you guys! I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" Donald said merrily as he swerved between them through the air.
"How much longer, Peter? I'm getting tired!" Goofy called to him.
"Just a little bit farther!" called Peter. Tinker Bell had given Peter Pan a simple message: 'There's something at the clock tower.' So, they were flying far above the city, searching for the clock tower called Big Ben.
"I see it!" Sora said as he pointed out a tall pointed tower rising high above the city below.
"That's it, all right!" Peter said as he descended slowly downward to the tower. Above the actual clock was a rather large ledge, so they came to rest here. Goofy flopped on the ground, panting.
"So...what's here that's so important?" Donald asked.
"Wendy!" Peter Pan said joyfully as he flew towards the same young girl in a blue dress they had called to in the room on the ship, and who they had seen Peter fly off with. "You're safe! I knew you'd make it out okay!"
"I'm fine, thank you. Who are your friends?" Wendy asked politely.
"This is Sora, Goofy, and Donald." Peter said as he pointed to each of them in turn.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Wendy said.
Peter and Wendy began to talk, and Sora, Donald, and Goofy were left with little to do but circle the clock tower a bit to let off some energy. After they'd circled the tower for the 12th time, Donald spoke.
"Hey...one of the clocks is off!"
"Really? Which one?" Sora asked.
"This one! It's 15 minutes behind the others!"
"You're right!" Goofy said after he'd checked the other clocks. "What do you want to do?"
"Do you have to ask?" Sora said with a slight smile as he lifted his Keyblade into the air. With 3 quick slashes, Big Ben's time was set again. From somewhere deep inside the clock, a bell began to ring.
"Midnight." Sora said softly as the clock in front of them began to glow brightly.
"Is it supposed to do this?" Donald asked as beams of light surrounded the clock and merged together on a small spot on it's face. The light faded quickly, however, and a small keyhole shone out through the darkness of the pitch-black night.
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"It was reckless to bring them her without at least using a vessel." Maleficent said coldly as Riku kneeled in front of her, trying to catch his breath. "Remember, relying too heavily on the dark powers could cost you your heart." Her cruel voice echoed in the large stone chamber where they were. Behind them, a soft noise averted Riku's attention away from Maleficent.
"A castaway." She said to Riku. " Though his world perished, his heart did not. When we took the princess from his castle, he apparently followed her here through sheer force of will. But fear not. No harm will come to you. He is no match for your power."
"My power?" Riku asked.
"Yes, the untapped power that lies within you." Maleficent said softly. "Now, child, it's time you awaked that power, and realized your full potential!"
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"Peter, are you really going back to Neverland?"
"Afraid so." Peter said sadly. "But, we can see each other any time! As long as you don't forget about Neverland, that is." He added as he held Wendy's hands in his. Donald was busy trying to suppress his wild laughter. Tinker Bell flew over to Donald, Sora, and Goofy and began flying around Sora's head.
"Aw, boy! She's getting steamed again!" Peter said. "Do me a favor. Look after her for a while, will you?"
"What?" Sora said, suprised.
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It was very dark and damp in the room. No light pierced through the stone walls, even though they were severly cracked. Several chains lay motionless on the ground, rusted from years of sitting in the damp darkness. Shaking her head slightly to move her hair out of her face, Corita tried to stare through the darkness for a single shred of light. However, she closed her eyes again and rested against a wall. She felt dizzy and weak, and couldn't remember what happened. Trying to remember, she opened her eyes and stared straight ahead.
Suddenly, it came back to her. Then, a single thought ran through her exhausted mind:
She was going to kill Sora for dragging her along on this stupid journey.
---Sora53: Aw, so much siblingly love between Sora and Corita!
Riku Fangirls: have melted
Sora53: Get up!
Fans: That was so...wonderful. We're giddy.
Sora53: Wasn't it? ---