Disclaimer: All Disney works are the property of The Walt Disney Company. All other characters and settings are the property of their respective legal owners.

Author's note: Originally posted by Anon e Mouse Jr. on 2017-12-02. This is the second of three chapters posted today.

Disney/Kingdom Hearts Loops, Chapter Twenty

20.1 (Mr. Egret): [Disney] / [DuckTales] / [Bar Loop]

Professor Ludwig von Drake and Gyro Gearloose gazed on in horror at the monstrosity that they had unwittingly unleashed upon the unsuspecting patrons of the House of Mouse.

"NOW LET'S GET TO THE POINT

TO BEAT HUNGARYYYY...

AN EMAIL SENT MY BOYFRIEND

WHEN I ASKED

FOR MALE FIRST-BOOOOORN..."

"What has science done?" Ludwig asked weakly, as the loudspeaker-equipped abomination kept on belting out horribly mangled versions of beloved Disney songs. "Gyro! Activate the kill-switch!"

"I'm trying, but it's locked me out of its mainframe!" Gyro said hurriedly, as he furiously banged on his laptop's keyboard. "Oh good grief, it's heading into the refrain! HIT THE DIRT!"

The two geniuses quickly dived backstage as the audience proceeded to demonstrate their displeasure with the current entertainment by throwing their dinners at the machine onstage. Given that it was an all-you-can-eat buffet that night, the dinners were substantially larger, and messier, than usual.

"HUMAN!

WE HAVE A HIGH WATER PROPERLY!

HUMAN!

HAVE ALL THE CAPABILITIES OF A LARGE HURRICANE!

HUMAN!

WITH ALL THE FORCE OF AN ANGRY CAMPFIRE-"

KERSPLAT!

"-TOO BAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa... *pop* *fizz* *crackle*"

As quickly and catastrophically as it had begun, the singing had finally, blessedly stopped, as the machine was buried under several hundred pounds of food. A team of Animated Brooms quickly swept the resulting mess off of stage, and Mickey all but tripped over himself getting on stage to do some much-needed damage control.

"Well, Gyro, I think we can call the Gearloose-von Drake Show-Tune-o-Matic a flop," Ludwig whispered, as they quickly made their way further backstage towards the exit.

"I gotta agree with you on that one, friend," Gyro replied. "Man, what a disaster! That's the last time I base my language generation matrices off of the code used in Google Translate!"

20.2 (Sonic Raynboom): [Lilo & Stitch] / [Lion King] / [Disney] / [Bar Loop]

Lilo had an idea. A terrible idea. A hilarious idea. An idea that hopefully wouldn't get her banned from the House of Mouse.

"Hey, Jumba, do you think you can hack the sound system?"

His grin was all the answer she needed.

It was a normal night at the House of Mouse, until unfamiliar music (that is, unfamiliar to everyone except a scarred lion, a pack of hyenas, and a young lion Anchor) began playing. However, it quickly became obvious that the lyrics were... different.

"I, they are rude and simple, but they do not know the wolf, for my opinion of the brain thought to be important to suggest a potential alliance ikh, zey zenen grob aun pshut, ober Tom"

Simba stared. How had they gotten Scar to sing... this?

"I know that his authority warthog ass but as of yesterday blocked thick you, my words are a matter of pride,"

At that, many people around the room burst into laughter.

"Will allow you to not use, because it does not pass, but the true successor to all the empty words When're"

That just confused everyone. Mickey was still wondering how whoever did this got Scar to sing it, and wasn't even considering how to stop it yet. It did seem like everyone was having fun, though.

"TATEM weekend to prepare ready to further sensational news shiny new era fingers"

"What?" everyone said.

"And where-?"

The hyenas were cut off abruptly.

"Just listen to the teacher, but I think it will eventually be rewarded Soaltee sounds good! AU prepare delicious and injustice!"

All were confused, but laughed.

"Yes! Prepare. ready! What;"

The hyenas had their lines abbreviated again.

"Since the death of King,"

Apparently, Mufasa had already died.

"It is the patient?"

The hyenas caught a break, and their line was finally lengthened, not shortened.

", Give him the name fool you! We will kill you. Singh"

Simba's death had just been planned without even mentioning his name.

"Bonum idea! Who rex? Caeterum non-rex is Adepto La la la la!"

The hyenas spoke latin. Who knew?

"Thou fool, to be king!"

... how had they gotten Scar to sing this?

"Man, Li Ted-sccrrriikk..."

Donald came marching out from behind the sound system, holding a handful of wires.

"Aw, it was just getting to the good part!" Simba complained.

"Donald, you broke the sound system!" Mickey cried.

"It was annoying me!"

The next night...

Mickey jumped up on stage.

"Now, since everyone seemed to enjoy the song last night, I decided to let everyone create their own if they want and play them, but make sure it won't offend anyone, alright?"

All agreed.

"Alright then! Now then, on with the show!"

20.3 (GarnettFoxy): [Jurassic Park] / [The Suite Life of Zack & Cody] / [Bar Loop]

Roxy's eye twitched at the two rather stubborn twins "...Hello again Zack, Cody." The two boys grinned at her. "Nice to see you again. Now please leave."

"But we just got here!" Zack whined.

"Could have fooled me, I'm half convinced you two were hiding in this hotel when I first picked it up." She grumbled. "You two have been nothing but annoyances since I started. Out Now. Unless you two want to become actual guests!" The pair shared a look.

"...Bye!" The two dashed off down the hall Roxy growling.

"YOU TWO GET BACK HERE!"

20.4 (kingofsouls; Masterweaver): [Inside Out] / [My Little Pony] - also compiled in MLP Time Loops as Loop 172.11.

—Reality—

"Hey Sadness?"

"Yes Joy?"

"Got a quick question. Why is Riley a pony?"

"That is a good question Joy. Riley, why are you a pony?"

"No idea." Laughed Riley, or Hockey Mind was she was told her name was in this loop. Everywhere around her, there were ponies. Some were pegasi, some unicorns, and some regular ponies like herself. What drew Riley's attention was the coloring, colors running the gamut no normal horse could ever be, and the marks on their flanks. A quick check through her memory told her that the marks were called Cutie Marks, each one representing an individual's special talent. Taking a quick look at her own flank, Riley saw her mark considered of a hockey stick with five circles in a line parallel to it, with the colors being yellow, blue, red, green, and purple in that order.

Riley never considered herself a pony person, but then again she never thought she would be a mage drawing mana from the land itself. "Gotta say, it's pretty interesting though."

—Headquarters—

"It sure is!" Joy then bounded off, jumping here and there in a fit of joy. "Oh, this is going to be so exciting! This is the first time we've ever been a pony and I want to see everything in this Loop!"

Sadness rolled her eyes, a sly smile on her face. Leave it to Joy to see the bright side of Looping every time she was Awake. "Hey Joy, I have a question."

"Yes Sadness?"

"Why is Riley a pony, but we're not?"

That stopped Joy in mid leap, frozen in midair. "Huh." Joy then floated gently down to the ground like a leaf. "That is a good question."

"Wait, you guys look the same?"

Sadness did a quick scan of the room, eyeing Anger reading the Mind Reader, Disgust fussing with her nails, and Fear trying his best to look brave. They all looked the same, unchanged in any way. "Guess we do."

"Huh. That's..."

"Weird, right?" Joy rushed in, rebounding back from the quick case of wondering why she wasn't equine. "It's almost as weird as..."

As if on cue, a large gasp was heard throughout Headquarters with such magnitude that Headquarters started to violently shake.

—Reality—

Looping had prepared Riley for many unexpected things. Zombies, the Tri-State Area, an annoyed internet critic, and easily a dozen more random encounters that Riley could recall right here and now.

But there were somethings you just could not prepare for. The pink pony with three balloons for a mark let loose a long gasp that was equal parts surprise and equal parts shock was one of them. The pony then landed and a split second later raced into the horizon, a trail of pony shaped dust left in her wake.

"...that."

Riley just stood there, trying to comprehend the randomness. "...Let's just send a Ping out and see where to go next, okay?"

"Sound great to me."

—Later—

Twilight opened the front door, revealing whom had knocked: A young earth Pony with a yellow coat and brown mane. "Hi, and welcome to the Golden Oaks Library. How can I help you?"

"I'm looking for somebody." She replied.

Twilight responded with a warm smile. "Visiting Looper?"

"Wow, that was fast."

Riley was just as impressed as Joy was. "How did you know?"

"You used somebody instead of somepony." Twilight explained. She welcomed Riley in, her horn glowing as a teapot and cups hovered out of the kitchen. "That means this is your first time in Equestria, isn't it?"

"Sure is. I'm Riley Andersen. I'm the Anchor where I come from."

"Twilight Sparkle, and I am also an Anchor. " In a poof of magic, a table appeared and the teapot and cups gently sat themselves onto it. Riley followed suit, sitting on a nearby cushion.

Though she seemed to be lost in thought. "So… have any plans?"

Riley did not answer. 'Riley?"

That snapped her out of her moment of distraction. "Oh? Uh, did you say something?"

"I was wondering if you had any plans this Loop."

"Oh. Well, Joy wants to see the world, and Sadness would like to read some of the books here." Riley answered. "As for me, I kinda want to do a little of both."

"Uh...who?"

"Oh. They're my emotions." Riley replied with a straight face. "They're Looping with me. Joy and Sadness are Awake, but the others aren't."

"Sounds a lot like the Postal Dude."

"I… don't think I met him."

"I haven't."

"I haven't either, and that makes me a little sad."

"Trust me, you're not missing much." snarked the unicorn. "Anyway, since this is your first time here, Equestria is a sanctuary loop."

This was the first time Riley heard that term before when describing a Loop.

"Me and my friends try to have our Loop be one where visitors can relax after a stressful loop." explained Twilight.

"That actually describes my Loop. Not a lot happens besides my family and I moving to San Francisco, except when Joy is Unawake."

"Hey."

"It's true you know."

"Well Riley could have been a little more gentle."

"Nah, you did good."

Joy just sighed in resignation. "Thanks Anger."

"That bad?" asked Twilight.

Riley suddenly looked very nervous. "We… don't like talking about the weirder ones."

"That's the Loops for you." Twilight took a sip of tea, the brew untouched until that moment. "Anyway, tonight is when Nightmare Moon returns from her banishment from the moon, and it's a tradition to let visitors handle taking her on. You wanna try?"

"One second." Riley asked. She then turned her thoughts inward. "What do you guys think?"

"I think it's a trap. I have no idea what any of you, Joy, Sadness and this crazy unicorn are talking about and trust me, this is bad news."

"Oh, live a little Fear! We got this! Riley has magic, and she's pretty good with it.

"I am not convinced."

"Fear is right," Disgust piped up. "We're a little overwhelmed with this Looping business. Heck, are we even supposed to be talking to Riley in the first place?"

"Doesn't seem to stop those two," Anger huffed.

"Uh… you do know I can hear you, right?"

These was an eerie silence in Riley's head. "Well that got awkward..."

"You think?"

Riley heard sadness sigh for the blue emotion poke up. "We're gonna need a little time to calm him down Riley."

"Thanks for the offer Twilight, but I think we'll sit this one out." Riley explained, fear obvious in her tone. "Fear gets afraid and right now he's probably mashing the panic button like his life depends on it."

"IT DOES!"

Well, you know where to find me if you change your mind." Twilight explained. "Oh, and before I forget, you might want to expect my friend Pinkie Pie dropping in."

"Oh? Why?"

Pinkie Pie suddenly shot out of the bookshelves, books falling like leaves. "TWILIGHT!" The pink party pony proclaimed, grabbing Twilight's head and staring into her eyes. "There's a new pony in Ponyville and I need to set up the secret welcome party for her so please don't tell her about the secret party because then it won't be a secret anymore! Kay thanks, bye!"

Pinkie Pie then raced out of the library via jumping out the window, Riley stunned in confusion. Twilight on the other hand was unfazed. "Oh, just a hunch."

(Masterweaver)

Riley had to admit, Pinkie Pie's reputation was well-earned. Even unAwake, the mare threw an incredible party—doubly so when Twilight gave her a small list of loopers to invite.

"...so I suppose I'd actually be closer to Luna's Anger if it came down to it," Nyx commented, "although I only say that because Tanty here would obviously be her Disgust. Disgust is the self-loathing emotion, I think..."

"How does she work without you in her mind, though? I know that when I first experimented with externalizing my emotions, there were..." Riley bit her lip. "There were side effects..."

"Well, we're not strictly speaking emotional constructs. Nightmare Moon is either an external corrupting force or an insane persona constructed by rage, and Tanty is explicitly an artificial construct meant for self punishment. Obviously we've both rejected our initial roles, although Tanty here sometimes needs a little spritzing—"

"HEEEEEEEEEY!" A green unicorn jumped through the door, grinning widely. "Riley! Remember me?"

"Wait..." Sadness said suspiciously.

"Is that...?!" Joy asked warily.

"Lyra Heartstrings?!" Riley cried out.

"Yeppers kiddo! All five of us in one fancy package." She stuck out a hoof. "Good to meet you in the flesh."

There was a moment of silence.

Then Sadness and Joy both began yelling.

"YOU! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID?!"

"WHEN WE WOKE UP THE NEXT LOOP THE MINDSCAPE WAS A MESS!"

"SEVEN CORE MEMORIES—SEVEN! HOW IN THE NAME OF CARL JUNG DID YOU MAKE SEVEN IN ONE LOOP?!"

"ME AND ANGER HAD TO SPEND THREE DAYS IN LONG TERM SEPARATING YOUR MEMORIES FROM RILEY'S!"

"CHEMICAL WARFARE ISLAND! CHEMICAL WARFARE ISLAND! SHE'S A ZARQIN' PRETEEN!"

"THAT SEAPONY SONG SUPERCHARGES ALL EMOTIONS AND IS JUST AS MUCH AN EARWORM AS TRIPLE-DENT!"

The filly winced. "Er... give me a moment, I need to calm down my emotions..."

"Oooooooh." Lyra pulled back her hoof with a nod. "Yeah, tell them we did our best—actually, hit us up for a telepathic conference later," she amended. "It'd be cool to compare notes."

20.5 (LordCirce): [Inside Out] / [Winnie-the-Pooh]

"This is" *BOING* "so much" *BOING* "fun!" *BOING

A laughing yellow-and-black striped stuffed tiger cheered as she bounced across the ground on her tail, bouncing onto a stump and then off, up across a line of fence posts, and then back down towards the treeline.

"C'mon Sadness, you've got to try this!"

Sadness sighed and glanced over her shoulder. "I don't even have a tail, Joy, and I'm positive it couldn't do that if I did. I'd probably break something if I tried."

The bushes to the side rustled, before a blue, stuffed donkey tail, with a ribbon tied on one end and a tack stuck through it on the other, came flying out. Moments later, a small purple stuffed baby pig pushed his way free of the bush. "I've got it! I found it." He panted briefly to catch his breath, then stumbled over to pick up the pin. "I saw this get caught when you pushed through the bushes, and I tried to shout, but you didn't hear me, and so I grabbed it, because I was worried that you'd lose it, or really forget about it, and then..."

"Breathe, Fear. Breathe." A tall green rabbit bounced up behind Fear and bopped him lightly on the head. "You've got the tail, so let's get it attached back on."

Fear nodded, then handed the tail off to Disgust, who hopped over to Sadness and deftly pinned the tail back on. Sadness gave a small jolt of surprise.

"Ow… wait, that didn't hurt." She glanced back and swished her tail back and forth. "Huh."

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!"

The three turned from where they had been observing Sadness's tail to see Joy bouncing in front of a somewhat familiar red gopher, who was rubbing his head and glaring fiercely at Joy.

"Oops, sorry Anger. I didn't see you there."

"Of course. You don't see a lot of things, do you?" Anger was obviously steamed, even if his head wasn't bursting into flame like it usually did.

"Come on, don't fight." Sadness's voice was pleading as the other three emotions-turned-forest-creatures trundled over. "She did say sorry."

Anger grumbled a bit more. "Oh, whatever." He turned to stomp off, only to fall straight into the hole right behind him. "Not agaaaai*thud*...oof".

Off on one of the fence posts, Riley kicked her feet and giggled as she watched her friends playing around. It was always an interesting change of pace when they Looped outside of her head. She could still feel emotions, but it was different. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but it was kind of like the difference between skating on polished ice in the rink and the naturally frozen ice on top of a pond...or something.

A muffled voice pulled her out of her woolgathering, and she turned to glance next to her, giggling again at the sight. She then bent down, and carefully pulled the honey pot off of where it was stuck over the head of the small bear sitting beside her on the grass. It came free with a loud pop, and Riley fell backwards from the sudden lack of resistance. "Oof."

Winnie the Pooh carefully licked his lips. "Hmm, my inspection of the honey pot proves what I feared. I am out of honey again."

Riley smiled as she sat up. "Would you like me to help you go get some more?"

Pooh nodded. "Oh yes, that would be lovely. I tend to upset the bees in their tree when I go on my own." He then carefully stood up, and Riley joined him, taking his hand in hers. Behind her, she heard the Emotions all starting to make their way over. Pooh looked up at her as they started towards the road. "You may not be as Christopher Robin-ish as Christopher Robin is, but you are still very nice Miss Riley."

Riley grinned back. "Thanks Pooh Bear."

20.6 (Firehawk242): [Winx Club] / [Frozen] / [The Princess and the Frog] / [Mulan] / [Snow White] / [Cinderella] / [Sleeping Beauty] / [The Little Mermaid] / [Beauty and the Beast] / [Aladdin] / [Pocahontas] / [Tangled] / [Brave] - also compiled in Winx Club Loops as Loop 8.8.

Flora Awoke and sent out her usual Ping. Last loop had featured an Awake Bloom and Musa, but unfortunately no Techna. Hopefully she would get to see her girlfriend again this loop.

Flora was expecting no more than three Pings in response to her own. She staggered backwards to her bed when no fewer than sixteen Pings went out in response to hers. She sat on her bed in stunned confusion. Sixteen loopers? What was going on?

"Flora!" Techna said, bursting into Flora's room. "Did you-"

"Yeah, I got it," Flora said weakly. "Well, you're Awake, that's one down."

Bloom pushed in, Stella behind her. "What's going on?" she asked.

"Are you asking about why Techna is in the room?" Flora asked. "Or something else?"

"Flora, I'm Awake," Bloom said.

"Oh good," Flora said. "Hi Stella."

"How do you know my name?" Stella asked.

"It's a long story," Musa said as she walked through the door. "We're all Awake this loop?"

"You, me, Bloom, and of course Flora," Techna said. "That leaves thirteen loopers unaccounted for."

"You know Bloom's name?" Stella asked. "What's a loop? What are loopers? What's Awake mean? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

The four loopers shared an awkward look.

"Flora, Techna, do you want to explain this?" Musa asked.

"Sure," Flora said. "I'm the Anchor, I should do it."

"And Techna has the slideshow," Bloom said. "Musa and I will try to find the other loopers."

"Alright," Techna said. "Good luck."

"So, Stella," Flora said. "You might want to sit down for this..."

Bloom wandered around Alfea, looking for anyone she didn't recognize. Musa was doing the same over at Cloud Tower. Somehow she'd figured out how to use her magic to disguise herself as male. Bloom had a hard time understanding why Musa or anyone else would ever want to do that, but she apparently did. Oh well, it was useful for certain situations. She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder and spun.

"Elsa?" Bloom asked.

"Yes, it's me," the Snow Queen said with a smile. "This is your home loop?"

"Yes," Bloom said. "Uh, we don't usually have very many loopers here, so we're trying to figure out who our guests are."

"Well I'm one," Elsa said. "My sister is two, Cinderella is three, Snow White is four, Aurora makes five, Ariel is six, Belle is seven, Jasmine is eight, Pocahontas is nine, Mulan is ten, Tiana is eleven, Rapunzel is twelve, and Merida makes thirteen. You're fourteen and the other three-"

"Are local," Bloom said. "How do you know who all these loopers are?"

"Well they're standing right there," Elsa said, pointing at the twelve young women standing in Alfea's quad.

"I think I get it," Stella said. "So, odds are I'll never remember this?"

"Unfortunately yes," Flora said. "We're hoping you Awaken some time soon though."

"Flora!" Bloom said, bursting into the the room. "I found the other loopers."

"Wonderful," Flora said. "Who is it?"

"All thirteen princesses of the Disney cluster," Bloom said.

"Well," Flora said. "It could be worse."

"Thirteen princesses?" Stella asked.

"Technically it's eleven princesses, one queen, and one person who isn't royalty at all," Techna supplied. "However, they're typically called the Disney Princesses as a group."

"But... but..." Stella sputtered.

"What is it Stella?" Flora asked.

"This school isn't fit for this much royalty!" Stella announced.

The three loopers present blinked.

"What?" Techna asked.

"It's far too drab!" Stella said. "And if they're visiting like you say, we need to make sure we give a good impression, right?"

"Well I suppose..." Flora said, somewhat bemused by Stella's ability to take this entirely in stride.

"EXACTLY!" Stella declared. "Don't worry, I'll have this place ready for royalty in no time!" She rushed off.

"I'm not certain whether I should be glad she's taken it this well, or concerned about what she might do," Bloom said.

"That is a very good question," Techna said.

"I can't believe Stella set all of this up!" Musa said as she looked around Alfea's ballroom. "I've seen loops where entire teams of fairies couldn't achieve half of this."

"It is rather remarkable," Techna said. "She did all of the work for getting the dance organized, and yet she somehow not only maintained but actually exceeded the usual standard quality for this event."

"Are you sure she's not a looper?" Tiana asked.

"Positive," Flora said. "She's just... enthusiastic."

"Clearly," Mulan said.

"We should thank her for doing all of this for us," Snow White said.

"Our guests really appreciate everything you did for them," Flora said, sitting next to an exhausted Stella.

"Oh, it was... nothing," Stella said, her eyelids drifting slightly down.

"No, Stella, really," Flora said. "You did a lot of work, just for our guests. They're really impressed by it. Thank you for doing this."

"It was nothing," Stella insisted sleepily.

"You should go to bed," Flora said.

"No, I'm a host," Stella said. "I can't go yet."

"Bloom and Musa can handle it," Flora said. "You need to get some sleep."

"Are you certain I'm not needed?" Stella asked, then she yawned.

"Yes," Flora said. "I'm certain. Go to bed."

"Okay, I'll-" Stella abruptly slumped forward in her chair and started snoring lightly.

Flora smiled and shook her head. Stella had done a truly inhuman amount of work over the last few weeks with nothing but her magic. Flora couldn't help but admire her non-looping friend's drive and dedication.

"She fell asleep in her chair?" Techna asked, breaking free from the crowd.

"She did," Flora said, standing to give Techna a kiss. "She's been a big help."

"I know," Techna said. She looked at the sleeping girl. "Are we going to leave her there?"

"No, I'm going to take her back to her room and put her in her bed," Flora said. "Could you let Bloom and Musa know that I'll be back soon?"

"Of course," Techna said, stealing a quick kiss of her own from Flora. "We can handle it."

"Good," Flora said. She slid her hands under Stella's sleeping form and called on her vampire side to give her the strength to lift the taller girl.

"When you get back, you owe me a dance," Techna said.

"I'll be there," Flora said. She made her way out of the hall, a sleeping Stella in her arms.

"Flora?" Stella asked sleepily as Flora tucked her into her bed.

"Yes Stella, it's me," Flora said. "Everything's fine, go back to sleep."

"You sure?" Stella asked.

"I'm sure," Flora said, brushing some hair out of Stella's face. "Get some sleep. You've earned it." Flora started humming a lullaby.

Stella's eyes closed and she slowly settled into her bed, sleep stealing over her.

"Good night, Stella," Flora said. "Start looping soon." She turned the light off and made her way back down to the ballroom for that dance.

20.7 (Sonic Raynboom): [Jurassic Park] / [Up - certain element only)

"I am Charlie! I have just met you, and I love you!"

Roxy's eye twitched faintly as she looked at the Raptor Squad. This Loop, some weirdo had come by and put collars around their necks. Collars which apparently translated their thoughts. Hers kept malfunctioning, leading to a high pitched voice.

A Compsognathus ran by.

"COMPY!"

20.8 (Detective Ethan Redfield): [Disney] / [Haruhi Suzumiya]

Mickey looked at Minnie with a dumbfounded expression, "How did this happen?"

Minnie looked over the books again and replied, "I'm still trying to figure it out! Pete left a note for us that said, "So long, boys! I'm off to a loop long vacation in Hawaii. Enjoy your new Landlord. Can't wait to see what mayhem you are in for, heh, heh, heh!""

Mickey rolled his eyes and asked, "And how did she get the Master of Ceremonies position?"

Minnie sighed, "Coup by heartsong followed by a new contract being signed by Donald."

Mickey slapped his hand to his face and pulled it down. He looked onto the stage of his business and shook his head.

Haruhi dashed onto the stage in her school uniform and pointed at the backroom with a show stealing grin, "Take us out, Kyon."

Kyon stood in the office in front of the Mike, next to the usual announcer, Mike, who stared in baffled shock before shouting, "Wait, that's my job."

The boy sighed, "Sorry buddy. One thing you learn when dealing with Haruhi, you go along with it, or get out of the way."

He then started speaking in his usual deadpan tone, giving out the postscript thanking those responsible for their chance to spread excitement in the Disney Universe with Haruhi Suzumiya. Further, he announced the grand opening of the SOS House, then silently added in his head, That doesn't even rhyme.

20.9 (Crossoverpairinglover): [Star Wars] / [Marvel] / [Disney]

Outside Disneyland HQ, a duo of characters found themselves picketing.

They were a diverse yet similar group. You had the handsome rogue (though one was tall and the other short, one Corellian and the other Canadian), the hairy genius (one unable to speak, the other well spoken, one brown and another blue), the wise master (one with a beard, the other bald), the armored villain (one black and the other purple and red), etc etc, all holding up various picket signs.

'Let us have a Happy Ending'

'Our worlds deserve peace'

'Genocide isn't funny'

'Give me a Disney Infinity Figure'

Observing this protest were a trio of heroes: one dressed in a red webbed suit, another in brown desert clothing, and a third who was a black furred mouse with red cloths.

"...Does protesting even work?" the desert dweller questioned.

"Why of course it does Lukey-Boy, it's why you haven't been working in a unsafe factory since your 10th birthday at the most!" the web head smirked.

"I'm not a Earthling though, that only applies to Earth, and only some parts of it," Luke noted "Galactic Labor Laws are a headache I reserve for Leia to deal with Peter."

"Isn't she hunting down the other Princesses to sign her petition?" Peter wondered, as he turned to the mouse "Say Mickey, why is it we don't get happy endings even though we are owned by you now?"

Mickey shrugged "Ichabob is in charge of your futures."

"Who?"

"Exactly. I'll try and work on it, but no promises. He's got tenure."

20.10 (kingofsouls): [Inside Out]

Joy Awoke in a bedroom.

Not her bedroom, at least not the one she had just off to the side of Headquarters. Sure, it may have been decorated the way she would have decorated a room with lots of bright colors and motivational posters, but it didn't look like she was in Riley's mind.

Which only meant one thing: She was Looping outside of her host this Loop. They were always weird, considering how most of the time she was a human instead of an emotion which always took some time getting used to, but at the same time they were welcome changes.

First thing first was to let loose a ping and see if anyone answered, then look for Riley.

Immediately afterwards she felt a strange hollow ring in her head. "Well, that was weird."

Joy tried again, this time the hollow ring a little stronger. "Hey Joy, can you please stop doing that?"

"Riley?" Joy was shocked to hear Riley's voice. She knew that blue planey Island magic had some weird mind related things but she wasn't aware that telepathy was a part of the deal. "That you?"

"Sure is."

"Wow, this is weird hearing you inside my head." Realizing what she said, she backtracked. "I mean, it's a good weird!"

"I understand Joy. It was weird for me when we got the console upgraded for me."

"So, where are you Riley?"

"Uh..."

"Hi Joy."

Joy was surprised when she heard that voice. "Um... Riley?"

"Yes Joy?"

"Was that Sadness?"

"Yea. Almost didn't see you there Sadness."

"That's okay. It doesn't bother me. Mostly."

"Oh this is great!" Joy began her happy dance around her room, spinning as she did so. "Sadness has mind magic too. Oh you could be mind buddies!"

"Umm..."

"Should I tell her?"

"I think I should Sadness."

That stopped the happy dance. "Guys... what's with the uhs and ums there?"

Slowly, Riley answered. "Joy... you're replacing me. And I'm replacing you."

Joy thought on that."Wow... this is... Weird."

20.11 (ThanosCradik): [Alice in Wonderland] / [Mythos Hackers]

It was near the end of the Loop for Alice, and once again she found herself before the Queen of Hearts.

"And how do you plead?"

Already knowing the outcome, Alice replied, "Not guilty, your Highness."

After a second, the Queen spoke. "I have taken this into consideration, and shall now reveal my verdict. GUI-"

*SMACK*

Everything froze as all present for the kangaroo court witnessed a salmon come flying from nowhere, and hit the Queen in the face.

"Wh-wha-"

*SMACK*

Another salmon came from the opposite direction, and also smacked her.

Everyone watched as the Queen's entire color scheme slowly turned red and steam began to emit from her ears.

"Find whoever threw those fish, and remove their heads from their necks. NOW."

Having never heard their Queen speak so softly like this, everyone ran in different directions to find the perpetrator, the Queen following after them.

Everyone except Alice.

"...oh my. Should I go look as well?"

"HA! Right in the face! What did I tell you?"

"Hee hee, alright Dagon. You were right. That was good."

"Let's see now. Where should the next salmon launch?"

"Ooh! Look at that!"

"Look at what? Your thingamabobber is blocking the fucking screen!"

"For crying- THAT right there!"

"...that will work nicely."

20.12 (MadWritter; edits by Anon e Mouse Jr.): [Inside Out] / [Wreck-It Ralph]

Disgust Awoke - in both meanings of the word - in a bright pink and white bed that smelled like saltwater taffy, and promptly sent out a Ping to locate any other loopers. While waiting for a response, she went over to the mirror to see what she looked like, and saw that she looked like Riley as a tot got smashed with Mario's Princess Peach wearing a pink racing jacket. She let out a whistle. Just then she heard a bing. She saw a brown hair girl with candy pieces in her headdress in a green hoodie near-by.

"Sorry about not replying sooner," the girl remarked. "I Woke Up in the middle of being cased by the Donut Cops."

"Don't tell me you're a crook?" Disgust replied, looking surprised.

"No. I'm the real ruler of this game, Sugar Rush. Name's President Vanellope Von Schweetz."

Disgust nodded. "So what's up with the cops chasing you for?"

Vanellope spoke with a tone that Disgust used when a grade school Riley was forced into the role of a broccoli in a grade school play, "A old racing nutball named Turbo tried to take over my game by deleting me, but he found out he couldn't do so - so disguised as King Candy, he locked up the memories of the other racers and citizens of the game and convinced me that I was a glitch."

"Sheesh. That guy is more bad than a cartoon villain!"

"Tell me something I don't know." Vanellope paused, "When Stinkbrain is awake, either I use him as a random Monster or if I'm really angry at King Candy, have him yank King Candy out of the game himself."

"So, what do you do if Stinkbrain isn't awake?"

"My plan is usually steal another female "Sugar Race" outfit, her kart, drive to King Candy's home and wait until he falls asleep, then drive to the finish line. The outcome is totally hilarious."

Before she could ask anything else, Disgust got her loop memories. Seeing the look on her face, Vanellope cocked her head.

"Loop memory input?"

Disgust nodded. "Yes. My name is Donna Dragon. I'm the local bad girl out to get the other racers. My candy tank had saved your glitch hide on more than one occasion."

Vanellope smirked. "I got a idea."

King Candy and the other Sugar Rush racers screamed like little girls as a large tank approached the starting line/finish line. A gunner start firing Marshmallow Missiles at King Candy and the other drivers, while the driver drove over the line... and magic sparkles transformed her into Vanellope Von Schweetz dressed in her Princess outfit.

Turbo mentally frowned behind his King Candy disguise's smile, knowing that he was in caught between as a rock and hard place. He know that the the Surge Protector would fry him like French Fries for what he did to "Road Blaster", but had heard horror stories of video game females being worse while hiding in Game Center Station. His thoughts were broken when a large Taffy monster grabbed him and swallowed him whole.

After a moment, the Taffy monster burped. "Sorry, Count Van Dragon and Princess Von Schweetz, for not covering my mouth."

Disgust smirked. "In this case, I think we can make an exception to the rules."

Everyone got the case of the giggles.

20.13 (Gamerex27): [Kingdom Hearts] / [Disney]

"...you've always pushed me, as I've always pushed you."

Internally, Sora rolled his eyes, and ignored his friend. This was the... well, he'd stopped keeping track of how many times he'd done this same adventure over and over again. Sure, new worlds popped up now and then, but Hollow Bastion was almost always a constant.

And with it, this encounter with Riku. Where he stole the Keyblade and convinced Donald and Goofy to briefly abandon him.

Understandably, Sora wasn't a big fan of this part of the timeline.

Or how time was stuck on repeat in general. And none of his friends knew about it. Sure, they were supportive enough once he managed to convince them that he knew way too much about the future, but it never stuck. It was getting old.

"But it all ends here. There can't be two Keyblade Masters. Let the Keyblade choose… its true master!"

Oops.

As Sora blinked back to reality, he felt a pulling sensation in his hand, as the Keyblade dissolved in a flash of light and re-appeared with its default appearance in Riku's hand.

He really did need to learn to pay attention more.

"Maleficent was right," Riku continued as Donald and Goofy gaped in the background. "You don't have what it takes to-"

The Keybearer (well, the usual one) decided that he had enough of this. He'd managed to make some changes to the timeline earlier, but it was about time to see how early he could knock it out of whack.

"STOP!"

Riku froze mid gloat, as symbols of clocks and time materialized in a circle around his head. Keyblade or not, Sora could still use the wide variety of magic he'd picked up over his journeys.

Before Donald and Goofy could react, Sora grabbed a Gummi block from one of his many pockets and chucked it at Riku's head. The spongy yet rigid material struck Riku square in the face. Since he was frozen in time, Riku didn't react to the block. Or the volley of additional blocks that followed.

Several seconds of Sora's nonstop barrage later, Riku caught back up with regular time, yelped in pain, and promptly fell over. He didn't move, save his labored breaths and occasional twitch.

"Sorry..." Sora muttered. Maybe now that he was incapacitated, he could find a way to save his friend early. Lock Xehanort out of his heart, or-

"There you are!"

The trio whipped around to see a sight not even Sora, though his centuries of experience, had seen coming: King Mickey leaping up towards them, landing on one knee with the Reverse Kingdom Key in his hand.

"Your Majesty?!" Donald and Goofy asked, in perfect unison. Sure, they had come all of this way to find him, but to just run into him out of nowhere felt...anticlimactic.

"It's good to see you, fellas!" Mickey greeted his friends. "Thanks for keeping the Keybearer safe."

"Uh... Uh.." Donald stammered, trying to find the right words to say and failing.

"Gosh," the king remarked, as he sauntered over to Riku's unconscious body. "I think you knocked the evil right outta him! Haven't seen that happen since Angel Island and Enerjak!"

"Huh?" Sora asked. He'd never heard Mickey mention that before. Was this another time where things were different? "Where's that? You've never mentioned that before."

"Before?" Mickey's eyes widened. "Say, fellas, wouldja mind if I spoke with the Keybearer privately for a moment?"

"Uh...Yup!" Goofy said, while Donald still babbled with his brain stuck in neutral. "I'll make sure Sora's friend doesn't hurt himself!"

Smiling, Mickey nodded and led a confused Sora back down the floating islands.

"Say," Mickey casually asked as they descended, "have you been doing the same thing over and over again? Like you've been stuck on repeat."

"You remembered?" Sora's eyes lit up, and he quickly knelt down to Mickey's eye level. "What happened?" he asked. "Is Xehanort doing this? Am I still stuck in a dream? Does this have to do with-"

"Hey, calm down!" Mickey said, chuckling awkwardly. "Golly, I never thought I'd get the chance to give the speech. Usually it's the same folks doing it over and over-like the Loops, actually," he remarked. "Welp, guess I'd better get started. Sora, imagine a tree..."

Sora sat down suddenly, as his brain took a few moments to process this.

"So," he asked, "I'm going to have to go through this over and over again for... however long this Janus guy thinks it takes?"

"Yep. Though there's times when things change up, like you've seen before. And sometimes, folks in other Loops end up here, or vice-versa. Actually, that last one is a lot more common in your universe, Sora. Must have something to do with all the different worlds in one place."

"But Riku, Donald and Goofy, and Kairi, and everyone else will start remembering too, right?" Sora asked, his voice trembling slightly.

"'Course they will!" Mickey said cheerfully. "Happened to me pretty quickly! And with you, it-"

He was cut off when Sora hugged him, out of nowhere.

He didn't say anything: he was too choked up to say anything or make sappy speeches. He was too overjoyed to make any coherent words. He wouldn't be alone anymore. And never again.

"...can't... breathe!" Mickey gasped. "A... bit lighter... on the hug... please!"

Blinking several times, Sora let Mickey go. As the King caught his breath, Sora wipes the tears away from his eyes, and composed himself. "So, what happens now?" he finally asked.

"I dunno. Whatever you want," Mickey said, once he had recovered from Sora's bear hug. "...say, you used Gummi blocks to knock out Riku before, right? How 'bout we try that on Maleficent?"

The thought of the fearsome sorceress/dragon getting beaten by a steady stream of squishy building blocks brought a smile to Sora's face. "Alright. Whatever you say, Mickey."

20.14 (Gamerex27): [Warhammer 40K] / [Disney] / [Shin Megami Tensei]

"I'm all but certain he's cheating," Magnus growled, pointing to the offending entity.

"I'd know if he were cheating," Tzeentch muttered, sipping whatever brand of intoxicant Slaanesh had cooked up this time from the broadcast on a nearby monitor. "He isn't. Mind you, I'd be winning if I were playing-"

"Oh, come on," Slaanesh pouted. "You're not playing because I'd dominate this game in seconds!"

"More likely that he is scarred by what he has seen of our encounters to come anywhere near the three of us," Kashima speculated. "Hence why he hides behind circuits and plasma rather than play at a game as he is wont to do."

Shivering, Tzeentch proceeded to switch off his video feed and went to audio only. "Not taking any chances! Not ever again!" Several seconds of deep breathing later, the players heard the sounds of the God of Change chugging his drink on the other end of the line.

"But I do have to agree that this is bulls_t," Slaanesh growled, leaning across the table and pointing hir finger accusingly at the being across from hir. "You're beating a Primarch of Chaos, both of my f_kbuddies, one of the angriest and most sexually repressed men I've ever met-

"Hey!" Donald Duck objected, smacking Slaanesh over the head with Save the Queen.

"-and me, a deity of fun times," shi continued, showing no response save narrowing hir eyes at the final player of their game. "This is my game, bi_h? How are you beating me?!"

Shi's got a valid question, Naoki asked mentally. Dude, how have you won any black cards in this game, much less around two thirds of 'em.

The final player was silent for a moment.

"Gawrsh, Slaanesh," Goofy finally said, tilting his head in confusion. "I dunno? Maybe I've got beginner's luck?"

"This is the third round we've played tonight!" exclaimed Magnus. "Luck only gets you so far!"

"Clearly, there is more to his desires than he shows," Kashima said, smirking and leaning over the table. "Tell me, have you ever experienced that last card firstha-

He's from the Disney Branch, moron! Naoki interrupted. They're as pure and driven as snow! He's probably... I dunno, stumbling through this with luck!

"Ah. So, you are the Fool, walking off the edge of the cliff."

"...Eyup!" Goofy said, shrugging and pulling up the small pile of white cards to judge them.

"You know they just insulted you, right?" Donald grumbled, as Goofy picked his card and slid the black category card over to his friend.

"Hey, bein' a Fool's a good thing where those folks are from!" Goofy said, grinning obliviously.

As Donald facepalmed, Slaanesh proceeded to leer at the knight while the Demi-Fiend and Primarch stared at him in confusion. And the game went on.

20.15 (Gamerex27): [Disney] / [Kingdom Hearts] / [Naruto] / [Marvel] / [Bar Loop]

The doors to the House of Mouse slammed open, as a shaking Sora staggered into the bar, using his Keyblade as a cane to prop himself up.

"Bad Loop?" Mickey asked, already pouring out a tropical cocktail for his fellow Anchor.

"V... very bad," Kairi replied, shambling in after Sora, her face a very unhealthy shade of red.

"You think you've seen it all," an orange-clad ninja muttered as he followed them in, on steadier footing (though his face did betray some level of distress). "You think after a few quadrillion years, you'd get used to stuff. But then you end up in the Hub, and those guys prove you wrong." Naruto shrugged. "I mean, it never personally happened to me-or any of them-but..."

"Real people still thought all of those things up," Riku finished, appearing past the blocked door via a Corridor of Darkness, his face a little green.

Mickey paused before he could finish mixing the pina colada. "You… you mean you fellas saw-"

"Bad Hub Fanfiction," the group echoed in unison.

Mickey instantly set aside the cocktail and retrieved the hard liquor out of the bar cabinet.

"I've only really read mine and the other Six's fanfics," Naruto admitted as he took a seat at the bar. "Learning that there's just as much crazy for you guys as for us… I don't know it it makes me relieved or worried."

"I... guess it wasn't all bad?" Sora said weakly, a flimsy smile on his face. "I mean, some of the pre-Mark of Mastery stuff was interesting (though still wrong, since it came before that Expansion), and the stories that remembered to include Disney characters were usually pretty good..."

"But most of it was still trash," Riku countered, sitting down next to his friend. "Nice of them to put in effort to get words to paper, but it didn't pan out. Especially whenever they tried for romance."

"Kinda ironic we're on one of those awful fanfics right now, huh?"

As one, the group turned towards one of the nearby tables.

"Who let him in here?" Riku said, scowling.

"The author wrote me in here!" Deadpool stated, kicking his feet up on the expensive table and smearing the cloth with footprints."I mean, he shouldn't have, since this will probably piss the other writers off. Community project: not everything's be awesome! It's also bad form to do self-deprecation in your own prose, so shame on you, writer! Also, Disney bought Marvel, so I can get in here whenever I want, and you can't do squat."

"He still thinks he's in a comic?" Kairi asked.

"Always," Naruto replied. "I think his code may actually be damaged or something."

"-power fantasies, but I guess they're not OP," the Merc with a Mouth continued. "I mean, they get their asses kicked all the time by non-Loopers-"

He was cut off as a strand of webbing struck him in the chest and yanked him out the door.

"Like right noooooooow!" he said, voice fading.

"Uh… sorry about that," an Unawake Spider-Man said, poking his head through the doorway. "Strange asked me to track him down: something about him messing with dimensional barriers and the like. Uh… enjoy the drinks… I guess."

He awkwardly launched more webbing at a nearby building and swung away.

"I understand why Indiana Jones is afraid of snakes now," Sora muttered, still focusing on their bizarre (for both good and ill) experiences with their Hub fandom."Can I get another round?"

20.1: So that's a thing.

20.2: And more of it.

20.3: Those two have some weird adventures in their hotel... no wonder Roxy doesn't care to have them around.

20.4: Lyra's style of Dissociative Loop Identity Disorder has some odd consequences.

20.5: So Riley is Christopher Robin, Joy is Tigger, Sadness is Eeyore (how appropriate), Fear is Piglet, Anger is Gopher and Disgust is Rabbit.

20.6: Stella has since started Looping.

20.7: Raptors acting like the dogs from Up.

20.8: Yep, Haruhi does things like this.

20.9: Written not long after Marvel Studios was placed into Walt Disney Studios.

20.10: It was bound to happen.

20.11: The Mythos Hackers do weird stuff sometimes. But I can't blame them in this case.

20.12: This was around the time I first got involved with the Disney Loops, as I recall.

20.13: Loops can be written out of order… and here's proof positive, as we learn how Sora got the Welcome-To-The-Loops/Multiverse speech.

20.14: I'm not even going to pretend to try to understand this one.

20.15: I feel your pain, guys. (And Deadpool still isn't an actual Looper.)