Chapter 4

After a difficult night of sleep, Sora and his companions woke up about midmorning. Each had taken shifts watching out for any approaching demons. Goofy had taken the last shift but had fallen asleep soon after.

"Goofy, you were supposed to stay awake." Sora yelled at Goofy.

"Sorry, Sora." He said with a yawn.

"Well, I guess there's nothing we can do about it now," Sora said. "But stay awake next time."

"Sure." Goofy said and stood up. After getting chased by the villagers they eventually escaped them and continued on their walk, still no idea where they were. They had encountered no other demons for the rest of the day and when the sun went down they had decided to rest for the night. After they got up this morning they searched some nearby trees and plants for food to eat and then continued on their way.

"We still don't know where we are." Donald said as they walked.

"Maybe we'll find someone soon." Goofy said. "What do you think, Sora?"

"We should just keep on walking for now," Sora said. "We should run into someone soon, and hopefully they'll help us."

"Or we'll run into something." Donald said.

"Like another demon." Goofy said.

"Hopefully not, but at least wherever we are, it's nice." Sora said.

Before long they got tired of walking and took a break. They all stopped and sat down on the field. Goofy suddenly noticed something in the sky.

"What's that?" Goofy asked, pointing.

"What's what?" Donald asked.

"Over there." Goofy pointed again.

"I don't know," Sora said. "But it's getting closer."

The shape in the sky continued to get closer, allowing them to see it more clearly. It was a giant feather, and sitting on it was a young woman. As she got closer, they saw that she had purple hair, purple eyes, and was a wearing a purple, white, and pink kimono dress with flowers on it. The woman landed right in front of them and got off the feather, which then emerged much smaller twirled in her hair. The woman held a little fan with flowers on it. Sora, Donald, and Goofy shot to their feet.

"Who are you?" Sora asked.

The woman waved her fan a little and gave a smile. "I am Kagura," She said. "I have been searching for you."

"You have?" Sora asked confused.

"What is your name?" Kagura asked.

"Sora," He said and then indicated toward Donald and Goofy. "And these are-"

"My master has told me to give you this." Kagura said and she held out a sacred jewel shard.

"He has?" Sora asked as he took the shard. The shard glowed bright as Sora held it up and looked at it. "What is it? Why are you giving this to me?"

"Because my master wishes for you to have it, and now it is yours." Kagura said. "It is something of great power and will be of much use to you."

"How do I use it?" Sora asked.

Kagura hesitated. "You will know when the time is right." She said. "I must leave you now. Keep on going in this direction. Eventually you will find what you are looking for. Goodbye Sora, until we meet again." She threw her small feather and it became the giant one again. She then got on it and flew away.

"Wait, Kagura, what do you mean by that?" Sora called out to her but Kagura did not answer, supposing she must not have heard her. He turned toward Donald and Goofy.

"That was weird." Sora said.

"It was." Donald said. "Let me see that, Sora." Sora handed Donald the shard. "There's something magical about this jewel." Donald said as he looked at it.

"Do you know what?" Sora asked.

"No" Donald said.

"Kagura said that it will be much use to me. I wonder what she meant?" Sora asked. "At least she helped us a little. I wish she would have waited a moment longer so I can ask her where we are, and what exactly we are looking for."

"She didn't even talk to me or Donald." Goofy said.

"Yeah, there was something about her I didn't trust." Donald agreed.

"Guys, she just helped us out," Sora said, and looked at the jewel shard. "And who knows? Maybe we are here for a reason. Let's keep going and find out why."

They continued on their way for their unknown destination.