-Sora53: If you haven't played CoM, the beginning of this chappie may give you a mild heart attack.
Corita: Sora53 couldn't breath after she played through that little part in the game.
Sora53: Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Riku Fangirls: MORE RIKU!
-pelts Sora53 with grape lollipops-
Sora53: AHH!
Corita: Well, you deserve it with what you're going to do with me...
Joe: I'm sorry, Corita...-

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts! OR CoM! Aren't I poor? I own Corita, though...

"I remember!" Sora cried suddenly, causing Corita and Goofy to whirl around at an amazing speed, which knocked Donald over.

"Remember what, Sora?" Corita asked kindly as Goofy helped Donald up.

"There was another girl." He said simply. Goofy looked around the hallway.

"What? Where?"

"No, no, I mean on the islands where Corita and I used to live. Besides Kairi, Riku, and Corita, there was one otherperson I was friends with. The five of us used to play together all the time." Sora told them.

"Well, I'll be! I think that's the first time you've ever mentioned her." Jiminy chirped.

"Yeah...I forgot all about her. I think she went away when we were still little. Don't you remember her?" Sora asked Corita. Corita was staring at him with a strange look on her face.

"You're-" Corita started to say, but she stopped. She remained silent for a moment, obviously thinking hard. Then, she spoke again. "You're right, Sora. I remember something like that too." She said nervously.

"That's strange. Why are you remembering all that now?" Donald wondered.

"I'm not sure. But it's been coming back to me in places as we go through the castle." Sora explained.

"So what's her name?" Goofy asked cheerfully.
Sora looked at the ground once again. "I don't remember." He said sadly. "I feel kinda dumb. Here we are, saying we won't forget our friends...and I can't even remember her name."

"Sora..." Corita whispered softly.

"Well, there's no rush! Let's keep going. You're bound to remember it, just like the rest!" Goofy cheered.

"I guess so." Sora said in a strange voice. He followed Goofy and Donald, who had already started up the stairs to the next door. Corita walked next to him, thinking as hard as he was.

"No, Sora."
She thought to herself. "I haven't the faintest idea of what you're talking about."


"What a weird place! Everything's kinda springy and soft." Sora commented as he stood in the new world.

"Nice and warm, too. I'm startin' to feel like a nap." Goofy sighed as he sprung up and down lightly on the soft floor. The walls and floors were all squishy, with splotches of color scattered around them.

"Shouldn't you be a little more worried?" Called out a faint voice.

"Who's there?" Donald cried. Jiminy, hearing the voice, lept excitedly out of Corita's pocket.

"Don't you get it? You're inside the belly of Monstro the Whale." The voice called, growing louder.

"Why, I know that voice...Pinocchio?" Jiminy called out. "Pinoke, it's you! Come on out!"

"Is that you, Jiminy? Gosh, I never though I'd meet you here." Pinocchio said as he emerged from the shadows. He ambled over to the cricket and leaned down to his level.

"You can't get away from me, son. I'm your conscience. Your conscience should guide whatever you do. Remember?" Jiminy asked kindly.

"Sure, Jiminy. I've been a good boy while you were gone. I didn't tell a single lie." Pinocchio told his conscience proudly. "Uh-oh!"

After he'd finished speaking, his nose grew several inches. Jiminy looked up at it and sighed.
"Well, for Pete's sake!"

"Oops! But...how did YOU end up inside Monstro, anyway?" Pinocchio inquired. The group shot glances at each other.

"We, uh, sort of used a special way..." Sora said slowly.

"It's so special, we don't know how we did it!" Goofy chucked.

"That's too bad... I was hoping you could help me and Father get out of here..."

"Well, I'll be! Geppetto's here, too?" Jiminy asked.

"Sure. Want to see him? Follow me!" Pinocchio said, turning around and heading back into Monstro's depths.

Jiminy hopped onto Corita's head. "Well, what are we waiting for?"


"Urgh!" Corita cried as she stepped into a puddle of water on the squishy floor.

"What's wrong?" Sora asked as he lept lightly over the puddle.

"Do you ENJOY stepping into puddles inside of a whale?" Corita roared.

"Well..."

"Look, there's something ahead." Goofy interrupted. Turning their attention away from the puddles on the ground, the group found themselves inside of a large cavern, dimly lit. To their left, a large abandoned ship sat in a large pool of water.

"Geppetto!" Jiminy called out to an elderly man who was standing on the ship, staring outward into the whale's depths.

Startled, the man turned to face them. He had a kindly look to him, and his eyes turned from the entire group to the tiny cricket hopping up and down on Corita's head.

"Bless my soul, it's Jiminy Cricket. How in the world did you get here?" Geppetto asked.

"You tell me! How does a clockmaker wind up in the belly of a whale?" Jiminy inquired.

"Well, it's a long story..."

"We've got time." Sora said as he climbed up the side of the ship. Corita, Goofy, and Donald followed, and soon they all stood on the ship, waiting to hear Geppetto's tale.


"So you sailed out to look for Pinocchio..." Donald repeated.

"...and Monstro...swallowed you?" Corita finished in disgust.

"Well, it was worth it, because I found my son." Geppetto said happily.

"But now you can't get out, can you? It must be awful being stuck inside Monstro." Sora said softly, looking around the dismal cavern.

"Not if Pinocchio and I are together. I couldn't live without him. There's nothing better than being reunited with someone you care about."

"I feel the same way, Geppetto." Sora told him. The kind old clockmaker smiled.

"I don't care if I'm trapped here, so long as I have Pinocchio. He's such a good boy."

"Well, he still tells fibs. But with a little help from me..." Jiminy stated.

"Oh, Jiminy, you worry too much." Corita told him. "Speaking of Pinocchio... Where is he?"
The group turned around, but Pinocchio wasn't there. No sound of small wooden footsteps filled the cavern either; no giggles of laughter.

"I expect he's off exploring. That boy has been poking around just about every square inch of Monstro. He won't tell me why it's so important. I tell him it's dangerous, but he won't listen." Geppetto sighed.

"That puppet's a handful! Sora, if you don't mind..." Jiminy whispered.

"I know, I know. You want us to help you find him, right? C'mon guys, let's get going!" Sora cheered enthusiastically.

"Let's see if he maintains that enthusiasm." Corita whispered up to Jiminy, who began to engage in fits of laughter. The 5 of them hopped off the ship, said their goodbyes to Geppetto, and headed back through the 'door' from whence they came.

After they'd taken a few steps into the next cavern, Sora stopped dead in his tracks. As it usually did, this caused all those behind him to collide in a spectacular fashion.

"SORA!" Corita roared as she fell onto the squishy floor.

"Sorry. Maybe you should learn not to walk behind me." Sora joked, helping her up. "Anyway, look around you. Does any of this look familiar?"

Corita brushed herself off, and turned her head to look around the area they were in. Next to her, Sora did the same thing.

"Isn't this where..." Corita said slowly.
"Yeah...this is where we first saw Riku again." Sora told her.


The room was large, just as the group remembered it. Various platforms were scattered amongst the cavern, and a sickly yellow colored acid filled all the nooks and crannies not covered by platforms. The largest platform in the center was occupied by a small puppet boy.

"Pinocchio, you naughty boy! You know Geppetto worries when you wander off by yourself." Jiminy cried as the group ran up to him.

"Jiminy was worried, too!" Corita told him as they halted in front of him.

"I'm sorry..." Pinoccho sighed sadly, hanging his head.

"What are you doing, anyway? Looking for something?" Sora asked.

Pinocchio's head perked back up. "Um...yeah, I'm looking for treasure!"
After he'd spoked, his nose grew a few inches once again, and Jiminy sighed. "Here we go again."

"But, Jiminy..." Pinocchio whispered softly.

"Now, don't be so hard on the little fella, Jiminy. We promise not to get mad, Pinocchio." Goofy said, kneeling down to the puppet boy's level. "Is that why you're afraid to tell? No need to fret. Tell us the truth...we'll understand. Put yer trust in Goofy!"

Pinocchio looked up at Goofy with his giant eyes, slowly filling with trust. Goofy gave him a huge grin, and Pinocchio spoke softly, "I was looking for a way out. Father says he's happy, but it's my fault we're stuck here. I shouldn't have run away from home. I want to help Father get home to the workshop. But he'll worry if I tell him what I'm doing."

"I get it. So that's why you had to lie." Jiminy said.

"You did it 'cause you love your dad!" Goofy chuckled.

"All you need now is courage!" Corita said.

"What?" Pinocchio asked, looking up at her.

"Tell Geppetto the truth. With a little courage, you can do it! If you tell him how you really fell, I bet he'll help you find a way out!"

"And we'll give you a hand!" Sora cheered.

"Really? You'll help us?" Pinocchio asked. Sora nodded. "Okay, I'll give it a try! Wish me luck, Jiminy!"

"No more keeping secrets, then. Have we got a deal?" Jiminy asked more sternly.

"Sure! I'll be brave and tell Father how I really feel. No lies this time!"
"Great! Then your nose won't-"

As Jiminy spoke, the ground began to rumble. The group quickly threw out their arms to keep their balance, as they were used to sudden earthquakes, disasters, or other events such as this. Pinocchio, however, fell to the ground.

"What's happening?" Sora cried.

"I got a bad feeling about this!" Donald squawked.

"Pinocchio, run for it!" Jiminy cried as he clung to Corita's hair. Pinocchio nodded and tried to get up, but as he attempted to stand a shadow fell from the ceiling.

"Pinocchio, where are you?" Sora cried as the Heartless that had fallen turned to face them.

"Help! I'm trapped!" Pinocchio called from inside the Heartless's giant mouth.

"What?" Sora cried, making his Keyblade appear and preparing to battle. As Corita, Donald, and Goofy turned into cards, Jiminy fell to the ground rather ungracefully.

"Ugh...I miss my old-fashioned perch." Jiminy moaned as he hopped into Sora's pocket.


"Help me! I'm scared!" Pinocchio cried from inside the Heartless as Sora slashed at it with the Keyblade.

"Pinocchio, be brave!" Sora called as he held up a Goofy card and Goofy appeared to give the Heartless a few good whacks.

"How?" The puppet boy whimpered.

"Don't give up! Try fighting your way out!" Sora told him.

"Be brave... Okay, I'll try!"

Pinocchio began struggling against the Parasite Cage's mouth, and the Heartless quickly opened its mouth to release the boy. Pinocchio ran out of the Heartless and towards the end of the platform as Sora finished it off. Right after it had vanished, Corita, Goofy, and Donald appeared once again near Pinocchio.

"Pinocchio, are you all right?" Jiminy cried as he lept out of Sora's pocket.

"Don't worry, I'm okay. Just a little sticky..." Pinocchio muttered.

"That's okay. He doesn't look hurt." Corita said, surveying him.

"But I have a great idea! The Heartless spit me out when I started struggling. Why don't we try the same thing with Monstro?" Pinocchio suggested.

"Of course! If we're lucky, Monstro might cough us up!" Sora said.

"Great idea! Let's go deeper inside and try it!" Donald said.

"I'm going, too!" Pinocchio cheered.

Jiminy hopped over to him and looked up into Pinocchio's eyes with kindness. "No, it's too dangerous."
"Aw, c'mon..."

"You should be with Geppetto. No use escaping from Monstro if you two get separated again!" Corita said kindly.

"Leave this to us." Sora said boldly.

"I guess you're right. Be careful, everybody!" Pinocchio said. Jiminy lept back onto Corita's head, and the group ran out of the chamber.


After running through the depths of the whale for a little while, the group finally reached a pathway in which the end was blocked by several large 'whale platforms'. Sora turned to face the group behind him.

"Looks like this is as far as we go."

"Ready, then? Let's shake things up!" Corita cheered.

"It would be easier if we had someone to fight..." Donald muttered.
Sora squinted behind Donald, and saw that several Heartless Shadows were slowly creeping up to them.

"Perfect timing. Looks like we've got company!" Sora said, grinning. He ran forward with the Keyblade, and the Shadows looked up to face him.


"It's working! Monstro's gonna sneeze!" Goofy cried as the ground began to rumble. Sora had defeated the Shadows, and it looked like Pinocchio's plans were working.

"Whoa..." Corita muttered as Monstro prepared to sneeze. "HANG ON!"
As the group felt themselves being shot forward, darkness surrounded them, and all they could do was wait for the wild ride to end.

"See? It was just the wind making that noise." Corita said, pointing overhead. Sora gave a sigh.

"Aw, man...I wish it was really a monster..."

"What do you expect in a boring place like this?" Riku asked.

"I'm outta here. If there's no monster to beat up, the least I can do is walk up the bridge." Corita mumbled, crawling out of the cave. The bright sunlight caused her to squint as she headed up the bridge to the highest point on the island. She'd always liked it there, as you could here the ocean hitting against the island and stare out at sea for miles and miles...

Corita pulled herself up the rocky path that she had to climb every time she wanted to get to her special spot. Sora and Riku weren't allowed up there; anytime they'd made it a plan to ambush her, she'd throw coconuts at them.

It wasn't a large place; a very rocky path led to it, and the top was a small almost circular area covered in sand and grass. Corita would lean against a small coconut tree when she went up there; sometimes she would even climb it to see farther out to sea. As she climbed the path today, the sun had begun to set, casting a beautiful red glow over the island. When she finally reached the top, the sun had almost completely set.

"I wonder if Sora and Riku are down there." Corita said, walking over to the coconut tree and staring down at the island. Below, 2 small figures could be seen battling with their tiny wooden swords. The silver-haired figure was beating the brown-haired figure quite spectacularly. Corita chuckled and walked back to the center of the platform, staring out to sea. She sat down and leaned against the tree, looking out into the infinite blue water's depths as the sun set behind the horizon...

-Sora53: Wh00t!
Corita: Oh great, I'm dreaming again.
Sora53: Of course.
Sora Fangirls: Poor Sora! He can't remember!
Sora53: Aw, stop. You know he does...ish...anyway, I have some sad news.
Fans: What-sigh-
Sora53: I'm going on vacation at the end of the week! No updating for almost a week!
Fans: Oh, no.
Sora53: So, I'll update as much as I can until then:D-