-Sora53: -cowers before several angry mobs- I know I haven't updated in a little while...
Fans: ATTACK!
Angry Mobs: GAH!
Sora53: AHH! -runs away screaming like a sissy-
Joe: Now this is high quality entertainment!
Naminé: You can say that again!
Joe: Now this is high quality entertainment!
Naminé: I wasn't being serious...-

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or CoM. Ah well. At least I own Corita. Meep.

Corita bitterly stared at the ground, trying to make sense of what was going on. No matter how hard she tried, though, nothing clicked. They were in Castle Oblivion, where as soon as you stepped through the doors, you should forget every spell and ability you knew before entering. She, however, had shot a fire spell at Larxene like she'd never entered the castle. Here, her brother and friends were slowly forgetting their past, piece by piece, yet remembering things from their past that, up until now, they'd forgotten long ago. She wasn't forgetting anything, nor was she remembering anything. Plus, she had a nasty feeling...a feeling that Sora, Donald, and Goofy were forgetting something more important than just Hotel Corita, Hollow Bastion and Sora's Halloween cape...

"Corita!" Sora called. She jerked her head up instantly.

"Yes?" She asked nervously, secretly happy that he'd said her name. At least he still knew who she was...for the time being.

"It's your turn to pick a card. Donald didn't want to, and Goofy got distracted because they were shiny." Sora told her solemnly. Corita gave a short laugh and stepped forward. Nimbly pulling one from the small stack, she held it up and looked at it. Gleaming in the bright hallway, she saw various colored fish, coral, and a sparkling blue ocean.

"This one'll do." She said, handing the card back to Sora. Sora grinned and moved towards the door.

"Okay, everyone! Hold on to your hats, it's gonna be another wild ride!" He said merrily. Donald gave an impatient sigh.

Sora grinned as he held the card up to the door. Behind the bright smile, however, was chaos. Naminé was being held prisoner in the castle, he was being stalked by creepy robed people...

...and he was forgetting everything he once knew piece by piece.


The moment they'd landed in the new world, Donald gave a loud, piercing shriek.

"S-S-Sand!" He quivered, pointing to the ground. Sora, Corita and Goofy looked at him in shock.

"Donald, it's just a bit of sand." Goofy told him, picking up a handful and moving towards him.

"No! Keep that stuff away from me!" Donald roared. Sora and Corita proceeded to laugh at the duck's expense.

"Uh, guys?" Goofy said as Donald sulked and Sora and Corita laughed. "Someone's swimming this way!"

"What?" Sora asked. "Don't be silly, Goofy. Swimming towards us?"

"Sora, he's right." Donald said, pointing to someone who was unmistakably swimming towards them.
The young mermaid who was swimming towards them didn't seem to notice them at all. She was speeding along as fast as her fins could carry her, but when she saw the group, she came to a sudden stop. A worried look on her face, she moved closer towards them.

"If anyone asks, you didn't see me!" She cried.

"Woah, calm down! What's wrong?" Sora asked.

"I don't have time to explain! Just promise you won't tell!" She pleaded.

"Hey, wait a second!" Donald growled. The young mermaid gave a small leap into the air (as well as mermaids can leap) and turned towards him. "What's that you're hiding behind your back?" He asked suspiciously.

"N-nothing!" She said, turning away from them, yet clearly keeping something hidden away from them in her hand. "Remember, you didn't see me!"
The mermaid swam off quickly, leaving the group behind. They stood with arms crossed, pondering what was going on.

"If she was swimming, that means we're underwater...so how come we can breathe?" Goofy wondered.

Corita shook her head. "Don't know. But she was hiding something."

"Wonder what it was?" Sora thought aloud.

"Well, we're not gonna get anywhere thinkin' about it here!" Goofy chortled. Sora nodded.

"Yeah. We should follow her."


"This feels really weird." Sora said as they marched along the ground.

"What, walking while fish are swimming around your head?" Corita asked.

"Yeah, that." Sora responded. Meanwhile, Donald was having another anxiety attack over the sand.
"MORE sand...plus, this is wet sand...it hurts even more when it hits you in the head..." Donald moaned to himself.

"Hey, Duck Boy!" Corita called from ahead of him. "I haven't even thrown any at you yet!"

"That's not the point!" Donald cried.
They continued to argue over sand until they passed through a small canyon in the rock, and turned the corner out of the canyon to see a huge emerald-colored palace.

"Woah..." Sora whispered as they stared up at it. "Think we're allowed to go inside?"

"Who cares?" Corita asked, marching forward. "Since when have you worried about rules, Sora?"

"I dunno, it's just such a huge place..."

"We should go inside." Donald recommended.

The group headed along the giant path that led to the palace doors in silence. They were still trying to absorb the fact that they were clearly underwater, yet breathing and walking normally. Coral scattered the ground surrounding the path, and fish darted in and out of seaweed and from behind rocks. Eventually, they reached the palace, and when they entered, they found a very distressed-looking crab, muttering to himself.

"Oh, woe is me..." He moaned as the group cautiously approached him.
Corita nudged Sora in the arm. "Sora, say something to him!"

"Me? Why not you?" Sora whispered back.

"Because, you're the Keyblade Master!"

"So?"

"Is there something wrong?" Donald asked, causing Sora and Corita to sigh in defeat.

The bright red crab looked up with a worried look on his face. "Someone's stolen the king's magic trident." He moaned, swimming up to them. "Atlantica is defenseless! And to top it off, Princess Ariel has disappeared! King Triton's worried sick. He won't leave his chambers." He muttered, turning away from them.

"Princess Ariel?" Sora said. "She disappeared?"

"I just said that, didn't I? Flounder would know where she is, but he's vanished as well...oh, woe is me..." He moaned, turning away from them and swimming back towards where a giant throne rested, empty of its usual occupant.

"Wait a second. Didn't we just see Ariel?" Sora asked.

Goofy nodded. "Sure did. She didn't seem too happy to see us, though."

"That thing she was holding behind her back..." Corita muttered.

"Do you think it was the trident?" Donald wondered.

"May have been." Goofy said.

Sora looked up at Goofy with a stunned look on his face. "Wait, why would she take it?"

"Dunno. But it's the only lead we have right now." Corita responded. Sora nodded.

"Do you think we should tell him about it?" Goofy asked, turning his head towards where the little crab sat, still muttering to himself.

"...If anything happens to you... It's all my fault! Sebastian, you are the world's worst guardian! What if she ran away because of my nagging? King Triton will banish me forever!"

Sora's face spread into an amused grin as he watched Sebastian talking to himself. "He'll pop his shell if we tell him."

"We should look for Ariel, then." Corita stated.


As she marched along besides her brother, Corita watched the ground, fascinated. Hundreds, maybe thousands of Thalassa Shells scattered the ground, every one a different color. Shades of purple, green, red, blue, even pearl while sparkled in the ocean light. Corita grinned as she reached into her pocket, gripping her own special Thalassa Shell.
Her zoned-out mind, however, gave Donald ample opportunity for what he'd been wanting to do. The duck reached down and scooped up as large a handful of wet sand as his wings would allow him.

"Look, Sora!" Corita said, bending down to pick something up off of the ground. At that moment, a large handful of sand went sailing over her, and landed with a plop a few feet ahead of her on the path. As Donald muttered bitterly, Corita stood up with a small stone in her hand. "Feel how smooth this stone is! Isn't the ocean amazing?" She asked.

Sora looked at her like she was crazy. "Sure, Corita. Whatever you say."
Corita sighed. "You're so mean sometimes."

As they continued up the path,a soft voiceslowly grew louder. When it wasloud enough to clearly make out words, Sora stopped and turned towards the others. "That's Ariel's voice! We should listen in!"

"Isn't that, um, spying?" Donald hissed. Sora merely shoved him behind a rock.

"Ohh...everything's gone wrong..." Ariel moaned from the clearing up ahead of them. "I never should have taken Daddy's trident..."

"So she did take it!" Goofy whispered in triumph.

"Quiet! Someone's coming!" Sora whispered back.

"No need to worry, child. You did the right thing." said a cruel sounding voice. A large, purple and black octopus-like woman was moving towards Ariel, who was hanging her head sadly. Ariel looked up as the woman spoke with a nervous look on her face. "You think so, Ursula?"

"Of course!" The woman said. "Poor Flounder has been swept away to the human world. That's no place for a little fish. Why, if we don't hurry, you might not have a friend to save..."

"No!" Ariel cried, shocked and worried.

"Plus, you're not giving me the trident...more like lending it to me for a little bit. I promise, if you lend it to me, I'll save Flounder."

"But, Daddy needs the trident to defend Atlantica..." Ariel muttered, turning away from Ursula. "I need time to think, Ursula."

Ursula was silent for a few moments. Then, she gave a short laugh. "It's all the same to me." She said. "Just remember, your little friend is dodging fishhooks while you twiddle your fins. You can come see me once you've made up your mind."

Ursula swam away from the young mermaid, who was staring in the opposite direction. "What am I going to do?" She whispered. Sora heard, however. He stepped out from behind the rock he and Donald had been listening from.

"Don't trust Ursula, first of all." Sora advised. Ariel turned towards him with a shocked expression on her face, but after a few seconds it faded away.

"How long have you been listening?" She asked.

"Oh, long enough." Sora responded.

"No matter how hard-headed Sora may be..." Corita said as she approached them. "He's right. Don't trust her."

"Ursula's up to no good. It's written all over her face." Donald squawked angrily. Ariel's face broke into a smile.

"Then we all agree!" She said merrily. Her smile faded quickly, though. "It's just...I don't know where Flounder is. And Ursula's the only one who can help."

"Well, why don't we go talk to Ursula?" Sora suggested. "You shouldn't have to go by yourself."

"You'd do that?" Ariel asked, and the group nodded. "Thanks, everyone. We should get going."

Sora53: Uh, so it was a short chappie...DON'T KILL ME! If you kill me, I can't write anymore!
Angry Mobs: -puts down pitchforks- She has a point.
Fans: Darn it!
Corita: There's such violence around here.
Naminé: You can say that again.
Corita: There's such violence around here.
Naminé: It's a figure of speech, people!-