Me:walks in with Santa hat on, sunglasses, a skirt, and tank top: MERRY SUMMER!
Sora: (squirts her with loaded water gun) DROP THE CHRISTMAS ACT!
Riku: (In pool) Yeah! Christmas is over!
Me: (throws snow cones at them) SHOVE OFF! I want to update this to drive everyone insane! And all those poor people that still have snow where they live!
Wish: Christmas. Guess I should turn off this CD. (turns off Evanescence).
Sora: (shrugs) It's not us. (eats thrown snow cone) Yummy.
Riku: (has head phones in)
Me: Anyway, I'm updating this out of pure oddness. I plugged in my " Polar Express" C-D today and it just reminded me I still had to finish this. Plus my writers block is gone.
Wish: Fire, you're writing a Christmas fic in July... YOU'RE MY HERO!
Riku: (mumbles) And she says she wont update Passing Shadows just yet…Moron.
Me: ANYWAY! Please enjoy! (throws piranhas in pool with Riku.)
Riku: Wha- OW! OW! GET 'EM OFF! OUCH!
Me: Enjoy!
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One flew over the pear tree
The day drove on endlessly and the snow continued to fall across the grounds of Disney Castle. It coated the windows in driving blankets, causing the torches on the walls to serve as the only light and source of heat within the whole building. But still everyone searched endlessly for the stolen angel under Fire's watchful eye.
"Come on you guys! You can do better then that!" she screeched as another set of people came back empty handed. " If you find it, you get to rest. NOW GET MOVING!"
"Um…Fire," Mickey spoke up from the shadows looking almost as scared as everyone else. "Aren't you being a LITTLE too obsessive?"
The maids eye twitched. "OVER OBSESSIVE? Your majesty I live to serve this castle and make it as perfect as it can be within my power. That angel looks down upon its guests like a god from the heavens. I WANT IT BACK NOW!"
The poor mouse's ears twitched back against his head in fear and he gulped nervously. Riku sniggered from behind him, rubbing the bandaged spot on his forehead where Yuffie had whacked him with the shield. This was one hard, cross maid.
As everyone began to file off in different directions Kairi grabbed Riku by the ear, pulling the poor boy to the shadows with a loud yelp.
" OW! Kairi what are you doing?" he cried heatedly.
The red head glanced around wearily to check if anyone was listening before whispering to her deranged friend, "Sora hasn't been spotted anywhere. Surely he's out of the shower by now, right?"
Riku blinked, knitting his eyebrows together in thought. Clearly he had forgotten about his friend. "You've got a point. I haven't seen Sora around either."
"Exactly. That's the key," came a voice from below. Both teens turned their gaze down to the floor where Mickey stood watching them both thoughtfully. " Something's up and I think Sora's behind it."
Riku raised one silver eyebrow, then turned to Kairi searching her face for another alternative to the matter. "Why would Sora be behind it?"
"Because," Mickey glanced over his shoulder wearily, making sure no one was around to hear. Silently he turned back to the two. "We have some…uninvited guests you may say."
"Such as…?" Kairi could tell she didn't like where this was going.
"Goes by the name of Kaa the snake," Mickey explained. " He's been stirring up trouble lately and by now he must of heard of Sora's and your arrival. That's the only explanation I can come up with."
"What's he have to do with Sora?" Riku piped up, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Well…he has mind control powers, you could say."
The two teens stared at each other for a sec before letting out a long, miserable groan as the truth sunk in. "Jeez, why'd it have to be mind control?" Riku muttered.
"I'd go search the top floor," Mickey suggested. "No ones been up there yet."
Riku nodded, wondering why Sora always seemed to get himself into these kind of situations. I mean, mind control? And why make him steal a stupid Christmas ornament?
"I'll go get Sora, you stay here Kairi," he told her seriously.
The red head blinked. "Why? There's nothing down here except Fire and her screaming."
As if on cue, a loud shriek sang through the air making the two teens hair stand on end. Fire came flying past them, eye flashing dangerously and a large frying pan raised above her head as she chased down Yoshi who looked like he had just opened up a very bad Christmas gift.
"GET BACK IN THAT DAMN KITCHEN YOU MORON!"
"JEEZ! I was just trying to help you guys look!"
"I SAID GET IN THERE!" she screamed, swinging the pan down with such force Yoshi had to slide head first through the kitchen doors to avoid the impact.
Wish, who had just ran full speed down the stairwell to stop her insane friend, wrenched the frying pan from her hand and pulled her over to a empty chair. "Fire, you need to chill."
The brunette pouted. "I want my angel…"
"You'll get your angel," Mickey told her calmly. "We have a suspicion of who has it."
Both girls blinked at the king questionably. "Who?"
"Riku's going to take care of it," Kairi spoke up quickly. She didn't want Sora to be brutally murdered by two Castle maids. The only one who could murder him was her. All four of them looked directly at Riku, making the poor teen step back into a stray chair. Why he had volunteered, he didn't remember. But there was no backing out of it now that he had three deadly girls, and one King, staring him down.
"Fine, I'm on it," he muttered, brushing his hair out of his eyes and strolling toward and up the stairwell. He could feel there eyes burning into his back, making him quicken his pace and nearly trip and fall in the process.
"Sora, I'm going to kill you when I find you," he hissed through clenched teeth. This was NOT his day.
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When Riku had disappeared atop the stairwell all three girls sighed and stood in silence.
"Well then..." Wish spoke up, clearing her throat. "I'll just, um...return this to the kitchen." She smirked, waving the frying pan in the air. "I'm sure Yoshi wants it back."
"Wish…" Mickey spoke up, voice rising to a threatening tone. She smiled innocently, watching as his ears rose up high above his head like they always did when he was angry. Slowly she lowered the frying pan onto the table and took a seat next to Fire who seemed lost in her own thoughts. Eyes narrowing, Wish turned to her own thoughts which included secretly canceling the order of the mouse King's favorite cheese.
"I hope Riku finds him," Kairi whispered to herself. "I don't want this Christmas ruined for him again…"
"Riku will find him," Mickey spoke, making her jump. She had forgotten he was there. " Finding him isn't the hard part."
"What's the hard part?" Fire asked.
" Finding Kaa."
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"Why…?" Riku panted as he reached the last and final step of the staircase and collapsing onto the top floor. "Why did it have to be the top floor?" He wiped the sweat out of his eyes which were burning from the increase of heat from his sprint up the steps.
"Now to find Sora."
Slowly he hopped to his feet peering into the darkness of the open hallway. Candle light served as the only form of light as it did the whole castle. Yet is seemed eerier up here for some reason.
"No wonder no one wanted to look up here," he mumbled under his breath. He had a habit of talking to himself these days. Either that, or there was mostly no one around to here him.
With a deep breath he strolled down the deserted hall, shoes clapping against the tile floor in a rhythmic beat. Every door he came across was either locked, or marked with a sign "Under Repair." No one seemed to be around.
"Sora!" he called getting irritated. "Sora if you have that damn angel, get out here and come with me to give it back!"
"Riku?"
The poor teen let out a yelp as he felt something freezing cold grab him by the arm. Ready to strike, he turned to face his intruder when he found himself face to face with a pale, black eyed Sora.
"Jeez! Don't scare me like that!" he snapped, wrenching his arm away and rubbing frantically at the spot where Sora's hand had grabbed him. Damn, why was he so cold?
Sora just stood there, staring at him blankly as if he were a stranger. His eyes locked on Riku's, sending shivers down the boy's spine at their emptiness. He had gazed into eyes like that before not so long ago. Eyes of a lost and broken angel, infested with thoughts and lies no human would be able to bare without shattering, soul and all. Eyes of a stranger dug into the body of a friend.
"What did you say about an angel, Riku?" he asked emotionless, eyes never leaving his friends.
Riku opened his mouth to reply but found his voice had left him. Sweat beaded up on his forehead in panic as he struggled to free his numbing mind from his memories. "Th-the angel…that…was stolen," he stuttered.
Sora glanced down, freeing Riku from his nightmare as he pulled a small white satin angel from his pocket and turned it over in his hand carefully. Painted orb-like blue eyes were etched across its porcelain face complete with a heavenly smile which was starting to wear off from age. Its wings spread out from its back in an upward fashion, sparkling in what light was cast off from the nearby candle.
"Why do you want this?" Sora asked, emotionless, turning it over in his hand.
"'Cause it's not yours, and Fire's having a spaze attack over it," Riku snapped. He brought his hand to the angels wing, but Sora pulled it away before his friend could get a good grasp on it.
The teen gritted his teeth, getting annoyed. Hypnotized or not, he wasn't going to give his friend any mercy.
"Sora, give me the damn angel."
"…No," he whispered, looking at the ground blankly. Riku would of snapped at this kind of reply, if it weren't for the layer of sadness almost hidden within Sora's tone of voice. The same sadness he had wanted to wish away from the brunette all year.
"Why wont you give it to me?" he asked quietly, keeping his eyes locked on his friend in case he chose to run.
Sora stayed silent, taking a step back into the shadows as a gust of wind blew down the hall, washing the fire from the candles. Darkness swept across the brunette, shielding him from Riku's gaze.
"I… don't know," he whispered.
The silver haired teen clenched his fist, pushing the sadness from his heart. He was sick of this depressing, silent act playing before his eyes. They had brought Sora here to have fun! And no stupid hypnotism would ruin it.
Without warning Riku leaped at Sora through the darkness, tackling him to the ground and fighting desperately to wrench the angel from his grasp and hold him still.
"RIKU, GET OFF!"
"I DON'T THINK SO!"
"AHH! LET ME GO, THAT HURTS!"
"STOP COMPLAINING, IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!"
"I SAID GET OFF!"
Out of breath, and hair sticking to his sweat covered face, Riku managed to swipe the angel from Sora's slackened grip and swing the teenager over his shoulder, holding his feet together to avoid being kicked.
"Riku, let GO!" Sora growled. His eyes flashed a dangerous shade of purple which Riku thankfully couldn't see do to the position he was carrying him. With a smirk he headed down the hallway, looking the angel over in his free hand and ignoring Sora's useless attempts to break free. "Not on your life, or mine," he told him, kicking his head softly with the back of his foot.
Sora let out a small whimper of annoyance but shut up for the moment. Riku smiled in triumph. He had gotten the angel back AND Sora! He was saved!
Desperate to express his happiness he took a deep breath and began singing the one and only song which could fit such an occasion.
"On the first day of Christmas, I found just for me, Sora and an angel for the tree." (A/N: Stupid I know, but bare with me.)
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During the time Riku had been away, the main hall of the castle had turned into utter chaos. Everyone had given up there search for the angel after they heard Riku was on the case and chose instead to sit around and argue about it.
"So Sora's hypnotized?" Yuffie asked an annoyed Kairi with a cookie clasped in her hand and Yoshi hovering behind her with flames blazing in his eyes. Clearly she had stolen another cookie, but either the ninja was doing a good job ignoring him or didn't even realize he was there.
Kairi nodded, getting tired of being asked the same question over and over again. The worst part was that all of the castle staff that didn't know her personally referred to her as 'Princess.'
"This Kaa guys got a real screw lose form the sound of it," Max piped up from beside Yoshi. He removed his snow cap from his head left from the previous snow ball fight and rung the water from its material onto the floor.
Yoshi shot him a look of annoyance. "I have to mop that up, you know?"
The dog shrugged. "I know. That's why I did it."
Suddenly a loud bang came from the kitchen and Mickey, Goofy, and Donald came strolling out dressed in there normal attire (A/n: Their original outfits). Mickey's face was set in a grim sort of manner while Donald looked as if he wanted to do nothing more then snapping something in half. Goofy didn't look to happy either until his eyes fell on his son and a smile spread across his face. "Hullo Max."
"Hey Dad," he waved, hiding the hat behind his back and nearly slipping on the puddle of water in front of him. Yoshi smirked to himself, earning a sharp kick in the leg from Yuffie.
"OW!"
"Well, we found Kaa," Mickey announced, causing everyone to freeze and stare.
"Leon and Cloud are bringing him down," Donald grumbled. "Then we can get some answers out of him."
A burst of female voices rushed through the air at the mention of Cloud and Leon's names. Yuffie rolled her eyes, glancing over at Kairi. Clearly they were both thinking the same thing.
'Give me a break.'
Cloud and Leon were like brothers to them and nothing more. Seeing them as some sort of sexy male star was beyond them.
Now Sora and Riku on the other hand…
"Where's Riku?" Kairi asked, almost to herself. "He's been gone for awhile."
Yuffie shrugged and took another bite out of her cookie. "Probably trying to pin Sora down. Hypnotized people tend to run."
Kairi's eyes went wide in horror. They could be murdering each other up there! Or Sora could be murdering Riku, but either way it couldn't end good.
Before she could hop out of her seat and up the stairs, a loud shout echoed from the stairwell causing everyone's heads to turn.
"WE GOT HIM!" Cloud shouted, holding a petrified looking green snake by the neck with Leon following behind him with his Gunblade in hand. Commotion erupted within the room and Kairi and Yuffie rushed up to the two with Mickey following behind.
"Found him trying to eavesdrop on our conversation," Cloud muttered, tightening his grip on the snakes neck.
"Through our ventilation," Leon hissed.
"What were you talking about?" Mickey asked, tapping his foot on the ground impatiently.
"Sora," they both replied, glaring at Kaa menacingly.
The snake gulped, eyes widening with fear as they all stared him down. "I…I was j-just curious," he squeaked.
"What did you do to Sora?" Kairi screeched, causing everyone to jump back in fright. Her eyes blazed with an unknown rage which even Yuffie found she couldn't add up too.
The snake looked around helplessly. "I was…just h-having a little bit of fun, princess."
"DON'T CALL ME PRINCESS!"
"S-sorry…"
"Explain what you did or we shove you up the garden hose and leave you there to freeze," Yuffie spoke up, standing behind Kairi with her arms crossed over her chest. Kaa shuddered, realizing that he was out numbered a billion to one. Plus explaining seemed a lot less painful then being shoved up a garden hose.
"All I did was put a little spell on him," he whimpered. "No harm done."
"What kind of Spell?" Mickey snapped.
"A spell…that makes a persons darkest memories resurface. I-its hypnotism, yes, b-but he did all that stuff on his own free will."
"Then why would he steal my angel?" Fire hissed, staring him down.
"...I'm guessing 'cause it was a sign of purity, miss. I don't know anything else."
Everyone stood in silence taking in what the snake had just said. Mickey stared sadly at the floor, remembering all that had happened to Sora. Why did this have to all happen now? And most of all, where was Riku?
"So let me guess," Yuffie spoke up, eyes glinting with anger. "You heard all that stuff about Sora's dark past and how we wanted him to come here to feel better and have a good time. So you thought it would be 'entertaining' if you brought those memories back up into his mind, turned him into a hypnotized, depressed, teenager and see what he would do from there right?"
There was a mute moment of silence before the snake gave a little shrug. "P-possibly."
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Yuffie shrieked, making a quick lunge for the snake. Cloud jumped back in surprise, dropping Kaa to the floor who made a run for it down the nearest hallway with the ninja right on his tail.
"YOU ARE SO GOING TO BE STUFFED UP THAT GARDEN HOSE!" she screamed. Silence shot through the crowd at Yuffie's sudden out burst which could only be described by one word, which was muttered by a very scared looking Cloud.
"…Wow."
"Well…his fate's settled." Mickey mumbled, watching the snake and ninja disappear round the far end of the hall. "Let's get everything back together now."
"But we still don't have my angel or Sora and Riku!" Fire shrieked.
"ENOUGH SHREIKING!" Kairi yelled. "They'll come sooner or lat-"
"BEHOLD!"
Kairi and Fire blinked and turned around to face the stairwell curiously. Mickey and the others followed until the whole crowd was, once again, staring in silence.
Atop the highest step leading to the first floor Riku stood, eyes glowing with triumph with the angel in hand and a very pissed off looking Sora slung over his shoulder. The crowd gasped and Fire and Wish let out a "WOOT!" of happiness.
HE DID IT!
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Me: He did it, he did it, he did it, HOORAY! (starts singing in Spanish like Dora the Explorer)
Me: I don't want to leave it here, but I have to go pick up my friend so she can spend the night.
Sora: More fan girls…
Wish: Right on.
Me: Plus I promise I will have more Christmas stuff in the next chapter. Passing Shadows update coming soon. I have half of the chapter written. PLEASE REVIEW!