Chapter Three: Stars Go Blink Blink

Here's some updates since the first chapter, I have gotten the secret ending, I have beat the game about a gazillion times, and I have beat Sephiroth. I have a perfect game now, ha! Except, now I feel a bit…how do I put this…sad. And now that Advent Children is out, I only have the other three FFVII games and the remake of the original game.

My first night on the island quickly came and I sat at the shore with the four of the video game characters.

"So, about when do you guys head back for the main island?" I asked. Sora shrugged.

"Whenever we feel like it." He said with a smile. "And having you, and Donald here, it's something different."

I looked up, noticing that the entire sky was sparkling, stars were everywhere, and one in general was extremely bright.

"Look at that star," I commented. "It's really big." The other four looked up as I said that, and it glowed strongly, and flashed out of sight.

"Not again!" Riku shouted.

"First mine, now someone else's!" I added. "Why's this happening again?"

"We need to talk to King Mickey." Kairi suggested. "I mean, we need to."

"I would, if I wasn't here!" Donald yelled, glaring at me.

"It's not my fault you're here!" I said back, suddenly.

"Well it's your fault your world's gone!"

"Stop it!" Sora interrupted. "You're acting like…me when I first met you, Donald! This is stupid, stop!"

I looked back at the sky to the blank spot where the star had disappeared.

Kairi broke the strange and eerie silence. "Anna, would you mind staying at my house tonight?"

I shrugged. "Of course I would." I said sarcastically. "I'd rather spend the night here and get pecked at by fish and bird." I laughed. "Sure, I don't mind!"

"Is that okay, guys?" she asked Sora, Riku and Donald. "It doesn't seem like you guys would be too interested in having her stay at your house."

As I found myself on the main island, I found myself wondering who she lived with. Ha, watch it be Hojo from FFVII. That would be funny. I can imagine him standing in a kitchen with an apron on. Maybe in the den or something would be Sephiroth…Wait…no, he couldn't be, he disappeared with Cloud in the game. Nevermind…But maybe someone else would be sitting in the den, like, um…Quina! Oh my god, that would be awesome!

"Mr. Hojo!" Kairi called…Oh my god, please don't let Quina be in the den. I walked into the house, and into the kitchen to see Hojo…in an apron…holding a tray of cookies.

"OH MY GOD!" I shouted out, pointing frantically. "I wish I had brought the camera!"

Hojo glared at me with a little anime vein floating over his head. "Who's your friend Kairi?" he asked in a typical kind of voice.

I stepped backwards a bit to see into the den…No Quina, good. "Mr. Hojo, this is Anna, she showed up on the island today, remember, like me."

"I see." Hojo said taking off the apron. "And?"

"Well, she needs a place to stay tonight," Kairi said.

"Why can't she stay with one of your other friends?" Hojo went on.

"Well, Sora doesn't seem to like her all that much, and well…" she motioned for Hojo to get to her level. She muttered something to him which made him laugh.

"That's understandable." He replied, amused. "Alright, she can stay here."

I went into Kairi's room. It was covered in light blue and purple, but somehow, it didn't surprise me.

She sighed and plopped on to her bed. "He can be a pain, you know." I laughed.

"I kind of noticed." I responded as I sat on a chair in the corner of her room.

"I was kind of forced on to him when I got here, so he never seems very pleased." She continued. "I've tried seeing if I could start staying with Sora because of how close we are—"

"Are you dating him, cause he says you aren't, but everyone in my world thinks you should already, because it's so obvious you two deserve each other."

"We're not." She said quickly. "I've actually been thinking about asking Wakka out…"

"NO!" I yelled. "I mean, you shouldn't. If I were you, I'd go out with Sora."

"Then go out with him, seeing as it seems that you're going to be here for a while."

"No, I said if I were you! If I was you, and had to choose between Sora and Wakka, I'd choose Sora."

"Fine." She grumbled.

"And plus, can't you see that he cares a lot for you? I mean, even though I haven't seen all of him yet in this world, I know he's…practically obsessed with you. You're really lucky. No one in my world ever cared this much for me."

"All these worlds share the same sky, that's how people get to other worlds, maybe the right person for you is just waiting in another world."

There was a pause.

"Wow, that was existential." I said breaking the silence.

"Yeah, it was." Kairi added. We exchanged looks and quickly got situated and got ready for bed…Damnit! I forgot my BlowPop pajamas!

Morning…

I sat up, looking out the window in Kairi's room, only to hear her laughing at me.

"Hahaha!" I heard. "Your hair!"

"Nu?" I squeaked as I turned around, to look into a mirror. My hair was sticking up in about fifty different directions and my eyeliner was smudged all over my face. I looked up towards Kairi and groaned. "I look like some kind of chimney sweep porcupine, don't I?"

Kairi gave me a brush. "You might want to fix it, there's a bathroom around the corner."

I headed into the bathroom, and found that my clothes from the day earlier were cleaned, wow, I guess if Hojo did this he's pretty cool.

I looked into the bathroom mirror and groaned as I took the brush to my stubborn hair. "Stay flat…" I whined as I figured the only way to fix it would be to shower. Yay shower!

After the morning preparations, I head back to the island with Kairi, only to crash boats with Sora and Donald. Hey! That wasn't very nice!

I jumped up to the dock and sat at the edge, and turned my head up to the sky. "I want to go home!" I whined.

"Shut up," Sora grumbled. "You sound like me when I wound up in Traverse Town."

"C'mon, stop sounding so mean." I growled. "I know you're really happy at heart."

"You guys are late!" Riku called from the sand.

"Late for what?" Kairi asked, hopping off the dock.

"We had a brainstorm." Donald answered.

"To help out Anna." Sora confirmed.

Ha! It's probably just some plot to get rid of me! Aww, they hate me. I knew it.

"We want to help you," Riku added, making me squeak about how he was talking to me. You know, I'm going to make a Sakura Kinomoto moment, cause Riku's makes me feel all floaty. "cause this isn't the first time someone from another world has ended up here."

I smiled, the floatyness exploding in me. "Thanks, at least two of you are nice to me."

Sora and Donald jumped off the dock, as Riku grabbed me by the ankle and dragged me down too.

Riku tossed a log at me. "Don't think that this means that you don't have to help."

"Yeah, you have to help out." Sora added, as he glanced to Kairi, who was starting to sneak away. "You too!" She stopped in place and sighed, realizing that she had to be put in her place.

"Wait," I asked. "What exactly are you guys doing?"

"We're building a gummi!" Donald squawked as he past me. "That's the only way we can get rid of you!"

"You're just mad because you were in my bag!" I snapped back. "It wasn't my fault!"

"Break it up." Riku groaned, pushing himself between the two of us. "This is too reminiscent for all of us."

Yeah, for me too. How many times have I beat these games? Like, a gazillion times? Ha, yeah, that's true. I mean…I'm gonna go all existential here for a minute, but what if, really, the Sora from the game is actually based off of me? Damnit, that'd be awesome! But what am I saying, it's just a game. Then again, if it's just a game, why am I here?