"Have you summoned the Lady?!"
"Do you think she'll perform a sending? Afterall, she's switched to a new hobby of spherehunting now, I hear."
"Surely, the Lady Yuna hasn't dropped all of her morals?"
"But do you think she'd even want to?"
"Should we really lose a soul to being unsent?"
Aleisa opened her eyes, and everyone watched in awe and gasped as she sat up slowly. She raised an eyebrow. "Hello?" she said awkwardly.
"Tis a miracle! She has awakened!"
"Duh. You could've woken me up," Aleisa informed.
"But we called and called to you, m'lady," said an elderly man, "but you did not stir."
"Is there something wrong?" asked Yuna as she entered the tent.
"I have no idea," Aleisa said.
Yuna gasped. "She's already reincarnated!"
"Whaat? What are you talking about? I was asleep and woke up! It's not so amazing when you consider the fact that it happens to everyone."
"But we shook you and yelled to you, but you did not wake," said the elderly man.
Aleisa yawned. "Where's Sora?"
"He who bears the large key? Why, he has gone to the forbidden hole in the Sanubia Sands."
"You mean.. the 'Fiend's Hole'?"
Yuna looked to her and nodded.
"Why would he leave me?" Aleisa whispered. "He's the only person I have left.."
Donald stared at the large, dark hole that caved into the ground, waddled, then jumped up for the dive when Goofy stopped him.
"We forgot that girl," Goofy stated. "We forgot Aleisa back on that island."
"Ah, phooey! We have to go after Sora! He's our responsibility!"
"But she said she really wanted to meet Kairi, and Sora really wanted her to meet Kairi, too."
"Well, he forgot about us, so how do you know he didn't just leave her on purpose, too?"
"He could've just been anxious to get to Kairi and forgot about her. Afterall, she hasn't been around a while."
"Then what about us?"
"Do you think.. Sora tried to ditch us on purpose?" Goofy asked, twiddling his thumbs.
Donald cackled. "That's a good one, Goofy. Now, come on! Quit thinking such nonsense and jump in already!"
"Ohh," Sora groaned when he turned over in his sleep. "Man, had another dream about Kairi." He reached for his head and blinked. "And I forgot Aleisa, too! This just hasn't been my day.."
He lied back down flat on his back for a few moments to relax in the soft bed. He had yet to pay attention to his surroundings. He thought back to not too long before:
"I opened my eyes for one second and saw two blue eyes staring back at me. I wonder if Kairi's here?" he thought. "I'm too lazy to wake up," he mumbled.
"Fool, you better wake up, or I'll knock out your teeth so fast, it'll wake up your dentist!"
Sora's eyes flew open and he sat straight up, looking up to a very tall man with goggles tied around his forehead and a ragged beard that matched his outlaw attire. He chuckled.
"Buwhahahaha! Thought that would wake up, boy," he said. "You've been sleeping forever. If you're gonna be on my crew, you better not be lacking on the job."
"Crew? Since when?" Sora said, rubbing his head.
"Dunno. Figured since I was the one who saved yo' ass and gave you shelter, the least you can do is help us out," he said.
"Geezer, you didn't help out nothing," Sora heard someone say. The door across from his opened, and a blonde teenage boy stepped into the room, his clothes in an older western style, and his boots, totally out of style. He grinned. "Sorry he's confused you. I bet you don't even know where you are, do you?"
Sora shook his head. "Afraid I don't."
"Well, since geezer here can't give proper introductions," he held out a hand and firmly took Sora's, shaking it,"my name's Zidane. Zidane Tribal. What world do you come from?"
"Uh.. Destiny's Island?"
Zidane scratched his head. "Never heard of there before. I meant 'world', not location. Terra or Gaia?"
"Wait, there are two worlds here?"
"Boy, you must've hit your head really hard or something. I'll break it down for you: There are two worlds, Gaia and Terra, but Terra is currently under reconstruction, but there is slowly a city going up there."
"This is perfect!" Sora squeeled, standing straight up. "I was looking for a world with two worlds."
The older gentlemen's eye twitched. "Come again?"
"Baku," Zidane said to the geezer,"go see if Blank or Cina or anyone needs you. I'll talk to this kid. He seems a little.. confused."
"Awright," he said, and walked out, gaffawing all the way out the door. "Buwhaha!"
Zidane chuckled. "He's a little silly sometimes." Zidane sat down at a stool next to the bed and looked at Sora, frowning. "So, what's this bit about 'two worlds in this world'?"
"First off, do you know that this is a separate world? I don't just mean.. Gaia and Terra," Sora explained. "I mean there are other worlds besides those two."
Zidane's eyes widened. "Interesting," he said. "Tell me about them."
"You see, I'm traveling through these worlds and into others.. looking for this girl."
Zidane smirked and rolled his eyes happily. "Ah, yes, all for a girl. Everyone thinks I'm nuts."
"You mean you're looking through other worlds for a girl, too?"
"Not quite, but she's a bit of a distance from here. You see, I basically had a 'fued' with my.. 'brother' and it caused a lot of chaos. More than one could imagine between 'siblings'. I got really hurt and had to take a while to heal. The girl I love thinks I'm dead. I've been away for so long. I was hurt and near the point of dying, but I managed to make my way a ways across Gaia and let myself heal. Everything led up to getting this airship and the one year anniversary of her being queen is tomorrow, so all of us are going to go visit her and give her a big surprise!"
"That's great, Zidane," Sora said. He smiled. "You've given me a lot of encouragement, you know?"
He laughed nervously. "I'm sure it sounds strange, going after the Queen of Alexandria, but she's my age, so it's not so peculiar. Her mother died, which made her queen automatically, you know."
"It's not so strange, Zidane," Sora assured. "After all, I'm in love with the Princess of Hearts, or perhaps even Queen of Hearts." He laughed. "Now it sounds like I'm talking about a deck of cards."
Zidane raised an eyebrow. "I'm a little confused."
"It's a long story, but don't worry. I'll help you out with the ceremony and maybe you can help me out with what I have to find."
Zidane smiled. "Kid, you got a deal."