Just a Shadow
Chapter 2: In the Wonderland Court
Sora fell down the hole into Wonderland, Donald and Goofy close behind. The air rushed past, a delightful feeling compared to the oppressive heat of the room they were about to land in. Sora landed with a thump, two more thumps sounding nearby. He looked around, making sure everyone was there.
Donald: Check
Goofy: Check
Tiny: …. Not check.
"Hey, where's Tiny?" This was answered by the aforementioned shadow landing in the exact middle of his head with a squeak. "Alright. Everyone's accounted for. Now let's go find that rabbit!"
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They had been there for all of about 5 minutes and already quite a few things had happened.
They had been attacked by Heartless
Because of the above thing, they had lost track of the rabbit.
Because of #s 1 and 2, Tiny had a major headache.
Tiny was very relieved when they entered the courtyard, the least headache inducing room in the entirety of Wonderland. Her relief did not last long, however, because they were soon met with the commotion of the ongoing trial.
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Sora and company walked into the forest, for the most part clueless as to where to look for clues.
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My gosh that was a bad pun. Ahem. Anyway, back to the story. Tiny jumped off Sora's head, running off towards where she remembered the first bit of evidence to be, having played this game before. She waved her tiny arms and squeaked, trying to get Sora and the others to follow. Her squeaking caused her not to here the ominous sounds behind her. She sensed something behind her and turned around just in time to be able to dodge an attack from a rather large heartless.
This put her in a very bad situation. She had dodged the worst possible direction, because now she was stuck between an attacking Heartless and some particularly thick and absurdly large plants. The Heartless advanced, and she backed further up against the makeshift wall, pressed against it as though glued there.
The Heartless raised its weapon high above its head, ready to end Tiny's adventure before it truly began. She closed her eyes, waiting for the pain she was sure would come. She wondered briefly if death would hurt, or just come quickly and painlessly. She sincerely hoped it was the latter. She heard the chink of the Heartless' armor as it started to bring its weapon down towards her. She shut her eyes tighter.
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No pain came. She heard a rather odd noise, and then sensed someone kneeling in front of her. "Tiny, are you ok?" She heard a voice say. It was Sora's. Her eyes snapped open to see him kneeling down to her level in front of her, his eyes showing concern for his new friend. She squeaked her thanks and jumped on top of his head, finding comfort in the softness of his hair. She heard Sora chuckle lightly. "Don't run off like that again Tiny. Wouldn't want you getting hurt." The way he said it made him sound genuinely concerned. 'I wonder if he's like that with all his friends….' Mused Tiny as she squeaked her energetic agreement.
Tiny sat in her seat on the Gummi Ship. She was staring, literally, out into space. With her help, Sora and crew had collected evidence and, after a mildly difficult battle, had proved Alice's innocence, only to find out that she had disappeared from right under the court's noses. They were now headed for the Olympus Coliseum, one of her favorite levels. She wondered vaguely if she would be able to be any help to Sora and her other newfound friends in the arena.
After a little word battle with Phil, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tiny were in the arena. It was their first match, and Tiny, at least, was excited. She guessed the feeling was mutual among the others, even Donald, whom seemed at least a little excited, if not nervous. He was even more on edge than usual. She turned her attention back to task at hand as their opponents for this round appeared. She flexed her new claws, not quite used to them. But she would learn to use them to their full advantage, she promised herself, as she swung the aforementioned claws at her opponents, holding her own against two other shadows, hoping that at least in this way she could be a help rather than a hindrance to Sora and her other teammates.
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Kitty: Whew. I think that turned out well! Hopefully it was long enough. Chapter 3 will be up ASAP.
Sora: R and R people!
