Chapter1. . . well, kinda 2 but whatever.. Have fun kiddies.

Chapter 1

The Missing Santa

As the gummi ship came to a halt Sora pulled on his costume and jumped out, intent on seeing what was the matter. As he passed through the gate the Mayor met him.

"Sora! So good to see you!"

"Hey . . . so what's the problem?"

The Mayor gulped and chuckled nervously. "We-well . . . . you se-see . . . " He then burst out in hysterical tears. "Santa has been taken bye an unknown force! And what's worse is that Jack went to save him . . . . and he hasn't returned!!!!!" He began to sob uncontrollably. Sora sighed and began to question the Mayor. After he got the answers he wanted, Sora set off towards the woods that would lead him to the "Holiday Doors".

Rhianna smashed a gummi piece again the storage door in annoyment. How could she have gotten into this mess? With a final hit the storage door yielded. Rhianna, with a puff rolled out onto the ground. As she laid there a noise came to her ears. It was a small humming noise, like someone singing. Rhianna sighed. Hopefully it was someone that could help her. Luckily, it was.

The humming abruptly stopped and the person, well it really was like a rag doll, bent over the girl. "Are you all right?"

Rhianna sat up and looked at the woman-doll-thingy in happiness. "I think so . . . could you help me? I would very much indebted."

"Sure, I'm Sally, and you are . . . ?"

"Rhianna Sloan, nice to meet you!"

"Well Rhianna, we need to get you some new clothes."

Sora carefully pushed through the thicket of bushes. The doors had to be here somewhere . . . Something black flashed across his vision. Sora grabbed The Oathkeeper tightly in his hand. Something wasn't right, he could feel it.

"Hey Sora, where do ya think those there Holiday Doors are?"

Sora smirked and shrugged his shoulders. "No idea Goofy . . . but hopefully someplace near."

Donald nodded his head in agreement and sped up his pace. Then, as the light began to dwindle in the sky, the Heartless attacked.

Rhianna could not believe what Sally had put on her. Her black pants and blue tank top were replaced with a mini black skirt with a buckle, black and orange striped stockings, a tight black halter top with arm warmers the same color as her stockings, and the weirdest boots she had ever worn.

As Rhianna looked into the broken mirror Sally brought out the finishing touch, Vampire teeth and a huge witch's hat complete with buckle. Rhianna took the teeth and put them in her mouth as Sally sat the hat on her head at an angle. "You look great Rhianna!"

"Thanks Sally . . . but what do I do about a weapon?" Sally frowned slightly and disappeared into another room. Rhianna sighed and pushed her brown hair out of her face, "So Sally . . . what's the problem here anyway?"

Out of the other room Sally's distant voice came wafting back to Rhianna's ears. "Someone kidnapped Santa Clause and Jack went out to save him . . . but no one came back, and that was three days ago. I'm worried about him. . . "

Rhianna smiled in sympathy. "Don't worry, he's fine I bet! Sora will find them both! Just you wait Sally!"

Sally came back into the room, carrying a large covered object. She grinned at Rhianna. "Your right. Thanks for the comfort. Here, you can fight with this."

With a flurry of hand motions the cloth was gone and in Sally's hand shone the most morbidly

beautiful scythe Rhianna had ever seen. The staff was a spiral of dark grey metal, ending at the top, where it twisted and disappeared around a black diamond blade. What was most amazing was the small multi-colored crystal-like things that sat in random places along the staff. "Sally . . . . it's too beautiful to take . . . ."

Sally smiled and shook her head. "Don't worry about it. Now, follow the path into the woods to the south. You should come upon the "Holiday Doors", doors that are said to lead the person into all the different holidays."

"How am I to know the right door?"

"Oh . . . you'll see . . . ready?"

"Ok . . . I'm all set!"

"Go save your guy Rhianna!"

Rhianna tripped over the doorframe and fell face forward with a sweatdrop. "Umm . . . . Yeah. Bye Sally! Thanks for all your help!"

Sora batted away another Heartless in annoyment. With the rate things were going, he would never find the doors. The only advancement they had made was in getting to a snow covered area of the woods, and freezing their butts off. Something silver smashed against his arm and sent him soaring back into a tree. Sora's head knocked against a small rock beside the fur. Instantly the Heartless were upon him as he lay dazed and disoriented.

In a last resort Sora rolled over the stone and went down over a hill, losing Heartless at every spin. Then, with a splash, Sora dropped into the tiny stream that wove through the woods. The last thing he say was amber brown eyes looking down on him . . .

Rhianna carefully wrapped her cloak around Sora and pulled him closer to her. She irritably kicked another log into the small fire she had made and sighed. When she had found Sora in the stream he had been torn to pieces, and not to mention on the border of pneumonia. She had taken care of his wounds with some bandage Sally had given her, but the only thing she could do for his cold would be what she was doing at that moment. Hey, she had no complaints.

Sora's mumbled voice made her reluctantly let go of her tight hold on him and lightly brush his hair out of his eyes. "Sora . . . .? Wake up. . . ."

As Sora began to regain consciousness Rhianna tossed another log into the fire and stirred it with the bottom of her scythe. "Rhianna . . . .?"

Rhianna set down her scythe and turned to the weak Sora. He was looking at her in shock, and something she couldn't quite place.

"What happened? Where are Donald and Goofy?" He attempted to sit up but fell back against the rock Rhianna had used to prop him up. She caught his head before it hit the stone. Sora's eyes were clouded over with a fever and she was positive he had a migraine. Taking the cloth that had been given to her she dipped it into the stream and pressed it to his forehead.

"Sora . . . you need to rest, you might get worse if you try to stand. You probably fell into the stream and hit your head after you fought the Heartless. As to you friends, I'm sure they are fine and most likely looking for you as we speak."

He nodded slowly, wincing as he stretched the skin on his wounds. He started to shiver again, and pulled the cloak around him. Rhianna frowned and took off her own cover, placing it on Sora's body. "He looked at her and frowned. "You'll get cold . . . . . ."

"Shhhhh . . . .Sora, you need to rest. I'll take care of everything." She leaned forward and lightly pressed her hand to his burning cheek. "I'll take care of you . . . "

Reassured Sora slowly drifted off to sleep. Before he did though he whispered, "You're a good friend Rhianna . . . " Rhianna felt her heart twinge with sadness. Only a friend? She shook her head and sighed. Once she made sure he was safely tucked in, Rhianna began her search for Sora's two friends.

She found them not to far away, both leaning against each other and trying to stay warm. "Ummm . . . guys?"

They jumped and spun to look at her. "Rhianna! What are you doin' here?" Goofy exclaimed in shock, with Donald agreeing.

"Uhhh.. . . . .that's not important now! I have Sora back at camp and I need you to watch him for me."

A few minutes later the three were back at camp, and Rhianna was giving them directions. "So make sure his fever doesn't go up, and make sure he's warm, not mild, warm."

"Uhuk! But Rhianna, where are you going?"

"Well . . . I'm going on ahead to find where Jack and Santa went. Don't worry, I have protection . . . " She held up her scythe, " and all I'm going to do is see if I can find them, no fighting, all right?" Donald grumbled about danger and about a little girl not being out in it, but nodded all the same. "Oh yeah . . . .when

Sora wakes up, tell him . . . . I hope he finds what he's searching for."

With a small sniff Rhianna turned and started to trudge towards the direction that Sally had told her, oblivious to her feelings. Sora is better off with Kairi . . . not me! I mean, it was predestined right? He likes Kairi anyway . . .I'm only a friend There's always more fish in the sea . . Right? Rhianna's tears started to fall as the snow began to get deeper and deeper. Slowing, she began to pace herself again low and behold, came across the Holiday doors. They were all arranged in two rows, along with the trees. As Rhianna got a closer look, she realized the small pictures that adorned the doors were all dark. The only door that had a picture glowing was the one at the end of the hallway of trees. Rhianna cautiously approached the door, her scythe in a ready stance. Yes. She was scared. When Rhianna was about a foot away from the door she gasped. On it, a picture of skull and crossbones glowed sinisterly. Rhianna turned and began to plod back away from the door. Something made her stop. The door began to open slowly, and Rhianna was frozen in fear and shock.

Slowly but surely, darkness began to pour out of the door. That wasn't what made her blood run cold though. The darkness was headed straight for her. Before Rhianna was obscured by the darkness, she let out a long, terrified scream. And the people that heard the shriek, began to run towards it.

Heh. . . . . .the second part. Joy upon the world. R/R SOMETHING I write.