Chapter 20: The Dream Eater Party
Sora had been invited to a party for Halloween. He wasn't too sure who had invited him, as the envelop left no name, but he trusted that it had to be one of his friends. So he followed the directions to the location listed on the note, and found himself at a house on the edge of town. It wasn't one that he knew any friends living at though, which did raise some suspicion.
But the front door was open and balloons lined the doorway. Slowly he came closer and looked around the front of the house, trying to peer into one of the windows. He could see just a little past the curtains, seeing more balloons and some tables with food.
Carefully he stepped into the doorway. "Hello?"
"Hey Sora!"
Sora jumped at the voice coming from behind him. He wiped around and saw Kairi standing there. He breathed out a heavy breath as he placed a hand over his chest. "Don't sneak up on me like that Kairi!"
"Heh, sorry Sora I couldn't help myself. So… did you set all of this up?"
"What? No! I was invited, I was going to ask if you were the one behind this."
"Nope," Kairi shrugged. "I guess we both gotta figure out who is the mystery person."
"I'll have to join you guys on that," a new voice said.
Kairi and Sora turned to see Riku coming up from the driveway, his hands in his coat pockets. "Looks like someone wanted to invite all three of us. I still can't figure out why though."
"Well come on already!" Kairi said bravely. "Let's go in there and see what this is all about."
The three of them walked slowly into the house and looked around, trying to see if there was anyone else in the area. But as far as they could see it was just the three of them. What was more unsettling was that all the lights of the house seemed to be turned on, and light music was being played from a stereo in the living room area.
The living room though was filled with tables that had food and drinks covering it. All neatly arranged, untouched by anyone. Just like the doorway and the other parts of the house, this too had balloons and various party objects all over.
"Whoa that food looks good!" Sora said as he ran up to one of the tables.
"Wait Sora! You shouldn't just eat this stuff! We still don't know why any of this is here or why we were invited!"
"Aw come on… it looks so tasty… what's the harm of just one little bite? See look!" Sora held up a little folded piece of paper that was sitting on the table. "It says please enjoy a special little Halloween treat, just for the three of you."
"That's even more reason to be suspicious. We should just leave and get out of here," Riku replied as he headed towards the door.
"Did you even look at this stuff! These cupcakes are so cute!" Sora said, still gawking over the food that was everywhere.
Kairi moved forward, placing a hand on Sora's shoulder. "Sora, we really should go, this is just too creepy…" her eyes briefly drifted to the table, spotting cute little cupcakes with intrigue flowers made from frosting. "Oh those do look cute… Hey Riku you should at least take a look at this!"
Riku was right at the front door when he stopped and sighed. "Now you are distracted too? Kairi you know better than that. Let's just get out of here."
"But you just gotta see these… there is just something really cute about them," Kairi replied.
"Geez must be some snacks," Riku muttered, knowing he couldn't just ditch the two of them.
Walking back over to where the two were he saw that they were already eating the cupcakes. He groaned and hurried over to them, just about ready to snatch it from their hands. "You guys even thinking any more? Why would you just…"
Now that Riku finally stared at the cupcakes at the table, he had to admit there was something about them. Something in his mind seemed to fade away the fact that this could be something bad. Instead only the thoughts of the cupcakes and how they must taste filled his head.
Slowly he reached out for one of the cupcakes and bit into it, letting the almost unworldly flavor fill his senses. "Wow, you guys were right after all."
The three then began to eat the various food that was on the table, even had a few cups of the sweet tasting drinks that there were as well. They chatted and talked, mainly over how good the food tasted. They weren't even paying attention to the time or anything else. Every since they started eating the food they had been so easily drawn away from any other worries.
Eventually Sora let out a yawn and moved to sit on the floor. "Man I'm getting sleepy… you think it'll be okay for me to just take a quick nap… on the floor?"
He yawned again, resting his head on the carpet, waiting to hear from his friends. But everything was already fading far too fast for him to really focus. He yawned once more before he finally passed out, his last thoughts being that he hoped there would still be food left when he woke.
When Sora let out another yawn and he opened his eyes, beginning to wake up. Though the first thing he noticed was that he felt lower to the ground than before. Everything his body felt strange and he thought that he just slept strangely.
But then he remembered what he had been doing. He had been eating the food left at the table and it only occurred to him now how bad of an idea that it was. Groaning he tried to roll onto his side and found it was way too easy to do so. Something really felt off about how he body turned and moved. Blinking a few times he tried to stand up but found that whatever was wrong with his body made it impossible.
"Riku! Kairi!" Sora tried to shout, but the words only strangely echoed around in his head.
He breasted in and out, once again trying to stand up. As he did he noticed what felt so off about everything. Rather than sitting up or pushing himself to his feet, he was basically standing on all fours yet it didn't feel awkward or strange.
"Riku! Kairi! Can you guys hear me!" Sora tried again in a panic.
"Sora…?" Riku's voice echoed softly. "What are you yelling about… What the?!"
Sora could hear the tension in Riku's voice, so trying to locate where he was he tried to move. He flopped over those, unable to figure out why he body was in such a way that made it weird to walk.
In the corner of his eye he noticed something moving. Looking carefully he saw something that was rather color come into view and he gasped on the spot. Before him was some strange looking colorful bat-like creature, flapping its wings partially as it tried to move around.
Sora flailed back. "Ah! What the heck is that?!"
"What Sora? That's you?" Riku's voice echoed, this time much closer than before.
"Wait what? You mean you… you're…? Wait! If you're that bat thing then what am I?"
"Uh like a weird dog thing? I don't know! Where's Kairi?"
"Over here!" Kairi's voice came and the boys in their new weird forms turned to look.
There was now a rather colorfully looking cat that was a bit wobbly on its feet. "Huh? What? Guys!? What happened to you?"
"I don't know! I was hoping one of you might know" Sora thought-shouted back.
"Well I know one thing…" Riku sighed deeply.
"And what's that?" Sora asked.
"This is what we get for eating those cupcakes."
"No way!" Kairi exclaimed. "That couldn't have done it… could it?"
"I don't see any other explanation… now we just gotta figure out how to solve this," Riku sighed. "And I think sooner than later would be better."
I FINALLY GOT past my writers block on this. Idk why this one gave me such trouble. Sorry about that everyone! But here I go again! I am going to try and get the rest done this year even if I go over October again!
