Chapter 2

Ruby and Kiz.
Approximately ten billion light years away, in a alternate dimension, in a land where the sun always shines, the flowers are always in bloom and poverty does not exist, sat a king.
He sat on a throne of gold, in a huge palace with many towers and fairy guardians. He sat in a land that (for almost one thousand years) had not been touched by evil, not been clawed by cruelty and not been scared by violence. It was the world of Disney and the great king was none other than Mickey Mouse himself.
Mickey climbed down from his throne, tapping his sceptre on the marble floor. "Minnie!" He called in his squeaky mouse voice. "Queen Minnie!" A small golden door opened to his left. "Yes, Mickey?" "We seem to have visitors, tell the fairies to prepare some food, they look hungry, oh and go tell Goofy and Donald will you?" "Certainly Mickey, I'll be back in a minute." "Thanks." Said Mickey and he pulled himself back on to his throne. He didn't get many visitors in the castle, if he did it was usually one of the Disney people, but these were humans.
He'd have to alert the other fiction dimensions, something was up, or the humans wouldn't be here. Maybe they were delivering a message. Bad news, most probably. Mickey prepared himself, straightening his crown and brushing down his robes.
He tapped his sceptre again and a small fairy flew down, dropping a plate of sandwiches on a small golden table beside his throne. Mickey picked one up, taking a large bite and brushing away the crumbs. The humans were approaching and it worried him. It was not just the prospect of bad news, the humans were armed and dangerous and they did not look happy.

Kiz and Ruby were not happy. They had just trekked across a large part of the Magic Kingdom and they had used a dimension porthole to get there. They had already had to battle against a group of Dark Warriors and they were in the Magic Kingdom, the land of peace!
They did not mind fighting however, for although they were both girls (one seventeen, the other thirteen) they were trained well, tough and heavily armed.
Both of them were equipped with body armour, Kiz wielded magic stars (steel star shaped throwing blades with diamond tips, perfect for cutting through even the toughest armour) that would shred the enemy to pieces before magically returning to Kiz's belt like a boomerang. She had thirty and, since they always came back, she never ran out.
Ruby was armed with a huge steel sword almost two metres in length, that could cut through virtually anything. Great for close combat and, as Ruby liked to get up close and personal, the perfect weapon for her.

Ruby and Kiz had been trekking for hours and finally they had almost arrived at Mickey and Minnie's castle. It was huge, about as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and a deep shade of blue (anyone who's been to Disney land will have seen the 'copy').
The huge golden doors swung open slowly, controlled by some magical force. Ruby and Kiz entered, a long red carpet rolled out in front of them, stopping at the throne. They continued forwards and stopped by the steps leading to the thrones of Mickey and Minnie. "Humans, what brings you here?" Asked Mickey. Kiz stepped forward. "We bring bad news, your highness." Mickey sighed. He knew it. "What news do you bring?"
This time Ruby answered. "It is the Dark Forces, they have begun to take control over the fictional realms! Some have even morphed into human form and they have transported themselves to the human worlds, looking for the Crystal Element. If we don't stop them soon they will take over the Magic Kingdom. We have already fought of several Dark Warriors on the way here."
"The Crystal Element, if they find that their leader will become immortal!" Mickey spoke the truth, the Crystal Element was a magical emblem that used to fill the hole in Mickey's sceptre, it was stolen some years ago and never retrieved. The Dark Forces were yet to find it, but when they did they would undoubtedly take control of all the dimensions, fiction and reality.
"We must find it before the Dark Forces, Ruby and Kiz, search the fiction worlds." At that moment a small golden door opened to his left and in came Minnie, Goofy and Donald, each carrying a silver platter of food. "Donald and Goofy will help you, but for now you must eat, you are most probably starving hungry from your trek."
Ruby and Kiz nodded eagerly, tucking in to the delicious food. All of it was fictional of course, but it seemed totally real, better than real, in fact. Minnie clapped her hands and four little fairies flew down as if from nowhere, carrying two more plates, one holding food, the other wine. Two more fairies followed carrying two long staffs, each fitted with a diamond tipped blade.
"Goofy, Donald, here are your weapons. You shall accompany Ruby and Kiz on their journey." Donald and Goofy took the weapons from the fairies, twirling them expertly. "Hooray! An adventure! We've not been on one of those for years!" Said Goofy happily. Donald did not look so happy about it. "But I hate Dark Warriors, you know I do!" "No arguing!" Said Minnie "your both going!" She turned to Kiz and Ruby and said gently. "You ready to go yet?" "Sure!" Said Kiz. "Let's go kick some Dark Warrior butt!"

Twenty minutes later Kiz was not quite so eager. "This place is huge!" She complained as the four of them wondered on through the maze of hedges. "Why can't we use transport or something?" "Don't worry, we're nearly at the porthole, just a little way to go." Said Goofy, trying to cheer her up. It didn't work. "Oh, I just wish that..." Kiz looked up and the remark died in her throat. Dark Warriors. Not just any Dark Warriors either, but Centaurians.
All the Dark Warriors are ranked. The smallest (and the least feared) are called Bodbods. Next there are the Skulloids, the next highest are the Kocoos and then the Centaurians. The very biggest monsters are the Coogas, but the very biggest of them all is the Dark Forces leader, the Mulldack.
These Centaurians were about medium size, there were six of them and they each carried a hulking axe or scythe. "Uh oh," Breathed Donald, raising his staff blade. "This does not look good." Kiz drew a handful of star-blades, Ruby unsheathed her sword.
Quickly and without warning the biggest Centaurian swung a lamppost- sized scythe at them, at the same exact moment Kiz threw five of her diamond tipped star-blades. One of the blades hit the scythe, causing it to bounce back, the remaining four cascading into the monster's chest.
Ruby felt her brain screaming at her, 'now! Now! Strike while the iron is hot! Go now!' She did. Spinning her sword on her fingers, she let it reach an immense speed, before jumping into the air and sending her blade slicing through the creature's stomach. The Centaurian fell to the ground, disappearing in a cloud of darkness.
The other Centaurians were left completely dazed. They could hardly believe their mighty leader had been felled by two girls a dog and duck. Now was the time to strike with full force. Donald and Goofy rushed forward, each slicing a Centaurian with their staff blades. Kiz let rip twenty stars, pinning two of the monsters and Ruby punctured the armour of the fifth creature with her mighty sword.
Nevertheless, the Centaurians were not finished yet. Spinning his giant axe, one of them thwacked Donald unconscious, he was about to finish the job when two blade-stars pounded into his chest, finishing him in an explosion of darkness. The third Centaurian was unlucky enough to get his head in the path of Ruby's deadly blade. No further explanation is necessary.
Goofy took out the fourth, while the fifth and sixth were finally finished of by a flurry of blade-stars and the awakening of an enraged Donald.
The Dark Warriors were finished. The gang had done well and, not to far in the distance, they could see the porthole, shining brighter than a well-polished chunk of sunshine.

The battle had begun. Each side with a common goal. Find the Crystal Element. Little did Mickey know that the Dark Leader (only know as the Mulldack) had already found it. The tricky bit: retrieving it. It was quite possible that the Crystal Element would break and the Mulldack could not afford to let that happen. The Crystal Element was his only of regaining his former power and taking over the dimensions.

The Mulldack ground his virtual teeth. Things were not looking good; Kiz and Ruby were scouring the dimensions for any trace of the Crystal Element, Goofy and Donald were back in action and a troop of his Centaurians had just been defeated.
But no matter. It did not affect the overall plan. He was concentrating his full force (some twenty thousand Dark Warriors) on collecting Dark Crystal (a substance which, when put through a certain procedure, would throw up Dark Seeds, each of which would usually produce around five new Dark Warriors) his warriors working at the pace they were, his force should multiply by five every week. He planned to attack the Magic Kingdom within two months, which would mean he'd have an attack force of some eight hundred and twenty thousand Dark Warriors. More than enough to conquer Mickey's castle.
He also had a backup plan. A scout team of three hundred Dark Warriors were scouring the fictional dimensions, searching for associates. The Dark Forces had already joined up with several evil comrades including the notorious Dr. Neo Cortex (Cortex: main villain in the Crash Bandicoot games for PSOne, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and Game Boy Advance) a terrible group of Vogons (Vogons: villains in The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy series of books) and even a Necromancer! (Necromancer: Evil sorcerer from the books Sabriel, Lirael and The Abhorsen)
These people were already forming another army and if thing went to plan by the time of the battle the Mulldack would have over one million troops.
At that moment the Mulldack was lurking in the highest tower of his castle in the Dark Kingdom, his soul residing in a virtual body the Mulldack had had built. He hovered slowly, his holographic body flickering with static. The Mulldack used to have a real body, but Mickey took it from him when he took back the Crystal Element in a huge battle now named The Battle Of Disney Creek over one thousand years ago.
He used to be a human, but he was corrupted by the power of Dark Crystal and created himself a new and powerful body from its processed substance.
But now, now he would regain the Crystal Element, bring back his old body and conquer the dimensions. First, though, he had to get hold of the Crystal Element. That was tricky. He knew where it was, but he couldn't go get it, not in his virtual form and he couldn't send out a retrieval team, they might break it. He had to use brainpower, he had to use cunning and that, coincidently, is what he was good at.

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