"My KH Adventure"
By cdc100
Summary: Me and my friends arrive in Halloween Town, where we help Jack stop Oogie Boogie from taking control of the Heartless.
Disclaimer: This is a work of pure non-profit fan fiction. I do not own any of the characters, their weapons, their abilities, or any of their universes, nor do I own any of the lyrics that will appear in later chapters, or any of the products mentioned in the story such as Coca-Cola, or Playstation.
Chapter Ten
"Halloween Town"
I woke up and looked outside the window of my quarters. The darkness and never-ending white dots of interspace were soothing to the eye and to the mind. I tried to go back to sleep at first, but then realized I must have gotten enough, so I made my way to the cockpit, where I found Kari typing on her laptop.
"Morning, Leo," she said.
"Hey, Kari. How'd you sleep?"
"Not too bad."
"What time is it?"
"By my clock, it's about 8:30 local time."
I looked down at my watch, only to realize that it had stopped. I took it off my wrist, and put it into my pocket.
"Nobody's driving the ship?" I asked.
"I talked to Cid before we left, and he decided to install an autopilot function."
"Good thinking."
She went back to typing on her laptop, and I looked over her shoulder.
"What are you working on, anyway?"
"I'm doing research on these princesses that Jafar mentioned. According to my research, there are a few well-known princesses in these worlds, and somehow, they've all gone missing."
"My guess is Jafar and whoever he's working with had something to do with it."
"My thoughts exactly."
"Can you pull up visuals on these princesses?"
"Well, like I said, I only found a few. The first one is Princess Aurora."
Kari hit a few keys and brought up a picture of a beautiful woman with long, blonde hair.
"Then there's a woman who goes by the name, 'Snow White.'"
She then brought up a picture of a woman with short, black hair, which had a ribbon in it. She was wearing an outfit that consisted primarily of blue and yellow.
"And then there's Jasmine. These are the only three I was able to find. Jafar mentioned that there were seven."
"If they haven't shown up in your database, then these other princesses might be hard to find. We'll have to keep an eye out for them."
"Since we know that all three of these princesses have been reported missing, it's safe to assume that Jafar and his buddies already have them. We'll have to keep him from getting the other four."
"I only hope we're not too late."
I sat down in the pilot seat, where Sora normally sat.
"How long have you been up, anyway?"
"I don't know. About an hour, maybe two. I was hardly able to sleep over Lisa."
"What do you mean?"
Kari pressed a few more keys, and pulled up an audio file. It played a loud noise over and over, which I could only assume was Lisa's snoring.
"She snores like gravel in a blender!"
"I'd get on the computer, too. But, you should hear my Uncle's snoring. You can hear it clear into the next three rooms."
Kari scoffed.
"I'll believe it when I hear it."
She continued typing on her computer.
"How long until we reach the next world?"
"About half an hour."
I pressed a button on the dashboard, and brought up a video screen. I pressed a button, and it showed the cargo hold. Donald was practicing a new spell. I turned off the screen and got up.
"I'm going to go check on the others, Kari. You ought to get some rest before we reach the next world."
"I already got some. I'm tanned, rested, fueled and ready for more action!"
"Good to hear, Kari."
I made my way back to the cargo hold, and found Donald, still practicing a spell.
"What's going on, Donald?"
"I'm practicing a new spell," said the duck.
"A new one?"
"I woke up and I felt it flowing through me. Let me demonstrate…"
He took a fighting position, and aimed at a target.
"Demi!"
A black ball of energy appeared in the air, and one of the boxes seemed to flatten to the ground.
"What spell was that?" I asked.
"That was a gravity spell."
"Wait a minute. Donald, you said you'd tell me what the other spells were. Could you please tell them to me?"
"Well, there are many different kinds of magic. Fire, Ice, Thunder, Gravity, Air, Healing, Protection, Magnetism, Time, Summoning, and Darkness. Those are the few types that I know of, but I have a feeling that we'll find more later."
"What was that spell that you just cast?"
"That was 'Demi,' the first rank of the Gravity spell."
"Mind if I give it a try?"
"Fly right at it."
I poised myself, and I cast the spell.
"Demi!" I cried.
The same black ball of energy appeared, and once again, flattened the box.
"This might come in handy in space battles."
"It's also good for getting airborne enemies down into striking range."
I looked down for a minute, and then back at Donald.
"You know, Donald. For a while, I thought you were just a hothead who knew nothing about magic."
Donald looked surprised, and then mildly upset.
"I'm glad that I was wrong, Don. You're alright," I said, offering my hand to our feathered friend.
Donald then smiled and shook my hand.
"Well, I guess I'll leave you to practice. I need to check on everyone else."
"See you later, Leo."
I walked back up toward the cockpit. I stopped every once in a while to peek in a door. Everyone was fine. I eventually came to Maya and Tanya's room. Tanya was on one bed, snoring her head off. Maya was in a different bed, laying still, with earplugs in her ears. I closed the door, and continued up toward the cockpit.
"She looks so peaceful when she sleeps."
I opened the door to the cockpit, and took the seat next to Kari once again.
"Everyone looks to be alright."
"We won't be here in a minute," said Kari.
"What do you mean?"
"I just spotted a whole minefield full of Alexanders."
We looked out the window of the cockpit, and spotted them.
"Is there a way to maneuver through it?" I asked.
"Yeah, but we have to be very careful."
I took the controls, and I slowed the ship down.
"Watch out for that one on the right, Leo."
I moved the ship to the left, narrowly missed by an Alexander that was coming our way.
"That was close."
"I'll go wake the others," said Kari. "We may need them in case this gets worse."
"Okay. I'll keep us from getting hit by one of these things."
I moved the ship down, and fired the machine gun at one of the Alexanders coming our way. Ryan came running into the cockpit, followed by the others, with the exception of Genie.
"Kari just woke us up. What's going on?"
"We've just entered an Alexander minefield."
"I'm picking up something on the rear camera. A Heartless ship."
As we flew through interspace, an Ifrit ship flew past us.
"It followed us!" exclaimed Ryan.
"Probably going to the next world to tell its buddies that we're coming," said Jack.
"Well, it's not going to be around long enough to tell anybody about us," I said, firing the machine guns at him, subsequently causing the ship to explode.
"Just in case, though, I think we'd better get to our stations," said Sora. "For all we know, a whole fleet of Ramuhs could come in."
Kari slugged Sora.
"Don't jinx us!"
"Good news," said Goofy. "The next world's close. We just have to make it through this, and we'll be just fine."
I flew the ship through the minefield, and we finally made it to our destination. We landed the ship in a docking area, which was pitch-black, and absent any light.
"Whoa. Sure is dark in here," said Sora.
"Let's go outside, and take a look around," said Kari.
When we opened the doors, we immediately wanted to go back the way we came. The world we stepped into was like Transylvania.
"EEEEEK!" exclaimed Lisa. "This place is scary!"
"You're one to talk!" said Maya. We all looked at each other, and found that we had all changed. We each took the form of some kind of scary creature. Goofy looked like a werewolf with a gigantic screw coming out of his head. Donald looked like a mummy with no midsection. Sora looked like a vampire with small wings coming out of his shoulders, and fangs protruding from his upper lip. Tania looked like a zombie princess with an axe blade indented in her head. Jack's hair was all matted, and he was wearing a hockey mask. Ryan was as tall as me, and had bolts on his neck and many other parts of his body. Maya's hair had turned into snakes, and her skin was green. Lisa was a clown with smeared make-up and a twisted smile.
"How bad is it?" I asked as the others looked at me.
"Well, you aren't as bad as the rest of us. Look in that mirror over there," said Maya, gesturing toward a mirror by the door to the hangar.
I sidestepped halfway in front of the mirror, only to find that I looked normal. The only difference was that I was wearing a business suit for a strange reason.
"I look fine to me."
"Step all the way in front of it," commanded Jack.
I did as he said, and I nearly jumped at the sight of me. Half of my body looked perfectly normal, while the other half looked grotesque and sinister. The white of the eye was yellow, and made the pupil turn green, and it was wider than my other eye. The skin on my face was a bright purple color, and was scarred and deformed.
"I wonder if everyone in this world is this scary," I said.
"Don't worry about it!" said Donald. "If somebody scares us, we'll just scare them right back!"
With that, we made our way toward a dimly lit town.
"Hey," said Jack. "This is a little off-topic, but, do you guys mind calling me Jake from now on?"
We all stood befuddled at the question that came out of the blue.
"Um… No, but why?" asked Ryan.
"Well, I just don't like Jack as much as I do Jake."
"Fair enough," said Tanya. "Let's get going."
At the entrance of town, we found a scarecrow strapped to a sign which read:
Welcome to Halloween Town
"Definitely creepy enough," said Sora.
We walked past the sign, and saw Heartless standing at the entrance to town.
"Why aren't they attacking us?" asked Jack.
Just then, we started to hear an eerie music playing. Shadows began to form on gravestones, and scary creatures of all kinds began to sing.
(A/N: This next segment will be written in script format, then I will revert back to normal writing.)
Shadows:
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween
This is Halloween
This is Halloween
We entered the town.
Pumpkins:
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night.
Ghosts:
This is Halloween
Everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town
Everybody scream
In our town of Halloween
We entered a house, and under the bed we saw something horrifying.
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red!
We entered another house, and a monster came out from under the stairs.
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
Four vampires made their way out of a house on our right, singing their part barbershop-style.
This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin Song
In the square, we saw a small man with a large top hat, who we assumed was the mayor
In this town
Don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
In an alleyway, a trio of voices seemed to be coming from some trashcans.
Round that corner, man
Hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce
And how you'll
Scream!
The sources of the voices revealed themselves.
This is Halloween
Red and black
Slimy green
We saw a pair of witches flying our way.
Aren't
you scared?!
Well, that's just fine!
Say it once, say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
We saw a talking tree with skeletons hanging from it.
Everybody scream
Everybody scream!
The skeletons spoke.
In our town of Halloween
We saw a large clown riding a unicycle.
I am the clown with the tear-away face!
Here in a flash and gone without a trace!
I am the who when you call "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair.
I am the shadow on the moon at night.
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.
This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
The creatures began to sing in unison.
Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare
That's our job
But we're not mean
In our town of Halloween
In this town
Don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
Several of the creatures walked toward an acid well, carrying the scarecrow that we saw at the front of town. To our surprise, the scarecrow came to life, took one of the torches that the creatures were carrying, and set itself on fire. It started to dance a little.
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween, everyone scream
Won't you please make way for a very special guy
Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch
Everyone hail to the pumpkin king now
The scarecrow jumped into the acid well.
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
The creatures continued to chant "This is Halloween," and the Heartless, which Kari later decided to call, "Search Ghosts," bowed their heads and moved apart as a figure began to ascend from the acid well. Finally, the figure was fully out of the well, and did a mock gesture, as if to inspire fright. He was a tall figure. He looked like a rather large skeleton all dressed in black, and he looked very friendly for a monster. After this, all of the creatures began applauding.
"Bravo, Jack! These Heartless will be perfect for this year's Halloween!" said the mayor.
"I'm glad you think so, Mayor. But, there's something wrong with their movement. It's not scary enough. I want to strike bone-chilling terror! I'm going to consult the doctor."
He then made his way toward a tall building. Since the Heartless weren't doing any harm, and the man seemed important in this town, we decided to follow him. We went inside the building to find him standing by a laboratory table next to an elderly man in a motorized wheelchair. On the table: a Search Ghost Heartless.
"Hmm…" said the one called Jack, "Maybe the guidance system was damaged in the explosion."
"Nonsense!" squawked the man in the wheelchair. "My devices are always perfect!"
Suddenly, Jack seemed to come to a realization.
"Of course! The Heartless need a heart! Doctor, do you think we could add a heart to that device?"
The doctor moved to a different side of the table.
"Certainly. A heart's not all that complicated."
Jack took out a large book and began to read from it.
"To make a heart, first, take a container with a lock."
The doctor brought out a heart-shaped container with a lock on it.
"We need the key to this thing first!"
Sora pulled us aside.
"I think we should help them," he said.
"Why?" asked Donald.
"Well, I'd like to see the Heartless dance! Wouldn't you?"
"Not really."
Tanya shrugged. "Well, we haven't got anything better to do. We might as well."
"Excuse me!" I said.
Jack turned to face us.
"May I help you?"
"We heard that you wanted to make a heart for the Heartless. We were wondering if you'd let us help you."
"Well, the container is useless without the key, but…"
"That's actually what we want to help you with," said Ryan.
"Here, let me demonstrate," said Sora. He placed his Keyblade up against the heart's lock, and shot a beam into it.
"It opened!" said the doctor.
Jack approached us.
"That was a good show, uh…"
"Sora," said Sora.
"Well, Sora, how would you and your friends like to be part of this year's Halloween?"
"We'd be honored,"
said Maya.
"Where are my manners?" asked Jack. "I'm Jack
Skellington. I'm the one in charge of preparing this town for
Halloween."
Sora pointed at the table.
"What's that Heartless doing there?"
Jack looked at the Heartless on the table.
"The Heartless showed up in town a few weeks ago. We wanted to use them in this year's Halloween. So, me and the doctor are trying to improve the guidance system."
Jack picked up the book.
"Ingredients for a heart," said Jack. "Pulse."
The doctor put a small croaking frog on the table next to the container.
"Emotion," said Jack.
"Terror," said the doctor, scratching on a mirror.
"Fear," said Jack, putting down a spider.
"Hope and despair," said Jack, setting down a pair of snakes, which looked like they were eating each other.
"Mix it all together…"
The heart began to beat.
"And we have a heart. Alright, doctor. Power up the machine."
The doctor threw the switch, and electricity began to crackle. The machine began to hum loudly before finally dying.
"It failed!" cried the doctor. "Hmm… maybe we're missing some ingredients. Why don't we try adding memory?" He opened his head, and began scratching his brain. "Sally! Sally! Good for nothing girl! Why did I even bother creating her?!" He closed his head. "Sally's got the memory we need. See if you can track her down."
"Not a problem. Fellas, would you like to accompany me?" asked Jack.
Sora and me step toward Jack.
"Let's go!" we said, simultaneously.
We stepped outside the door, and saw in front of us the Mayor of Halloween Town. Only this time, his face looked different. His face was all pale, and instead of an overly-stretched smile, there was a face of anguish and panic.
"Jack! Jack! The Heartless have begun attacking! We can't stop them!"
Jack scratched his head.
"Hmm… maybe our experiment triggered something. We'll handle the Heartless, Mayor. You have nothing to worry about. Come on, fellas! Let's go!"
He then led the way out of Dr. Finkelstein's lab.
We made our way slowly through Halloween Town. Jack had such a long stride, that when he walked normally, we had to run to keep up with him. Just as we were on our way to the graveyard, a group of Heartless jumped out at us. Three flying purple Heartless flew down from on top of a building. Soon after, three Heartless that looked like mummies joined them. They were also joined by three of the Search Ghosts that we met earlier.
"Oh, good," said Ryan. He launched an attack at one of the Search Ghosts. The Search Ghost blocked the attack, and made a swipe at him. Each of the monsters picked one of us to harass. Tanya, Maya and Ryan each got a Search Ghost, me, Kari and Sora each got a flying purple Heartless, and Donald, Goofy, and Jack engaged a trio of mummy heartless.
"Leo! Behind you!" exclaimed Jack as a Shadow began to creep up behind me.
I finished off the flying heartless, and swung my Keyblade around at the Shadow, obliterating it.
"God, I HATE those things!" I exclaimed.
"So do I, Leo! So do I!" exclaimed Jake, before busying himself with a Search Ghost that came to replace Ryan's. Donald began casting Fire spells at the airborne Heartless. Kari used a Thunder spell to get rid of the Shadows.
"Take that!" exclaimed Jack, as he began dancing as he demonstrated a pyrokinetic power. He struck down the remaining Heartless.
"That was some good fighting, Jack," I said. "How did you do that?"
"Why, I… don't know. It just all of a sudden came to me."
"Well, we could use some epiphanies like that," said Jake.
"Speaking of epiphanies, we still have to get that memory from Sally," said Jack. "She's usually in the graveyard at this time of night."
We made our way cautiously to the graveyard, and found a ghostly dog near one of the gravestones. It flew toward Jack, who then communicated with it.
"Zero, you haven't seen Sally anywhere have you?"
The dog flew off in the direction of another gravestone. Just then, a corpselike girl rose up from behind said gravestone.
"Is everything alright, Jack?"
"Everything's just fine, Sally. The doctor and I are trying to improve the Heartless' guidance system by adding a heart, but we need memory in order to make it work."
"'Memory?' You mean this?" she asked, holding up a forget-me-not.
Jack accepted the flower from Sally and held it up.
"Jack, I have a bad feeling about this… Why don't you try something else? There's still time."
"Nothing can compare to what I've got planned!" exclaimed Jack. "Once we finish this heart, the Heartless will dance just like I envisioned it!"
Sally looked both doubtful and fearful.
"Trust me. You're going to love it!"
We made our way out of the graveyard and back to Dr. Finkelstein's lab. We added the forget-me-not and another ingredient, "surprise," which we happened to acquire, into the heart.
"Here we go," said Dr. Finkelstein. "It's sure to work this time."
However, just as Dr. Finkelstein was about to throw the switch, a boy jumped out from behind the table, and knocked him out of his chair.
"What the-?!" exclaimed the doctor.
It was then that we saw the boy. He was holding the artificial heart in his hands, and he was wearing a skeleton costume. He ran off to join his friends, a girl wearing a witch costume, and a boy wearing a devil costume. They both ran out the door.
"Lock, Shock and Barrel! After them!" said Jack.
We ran outside the door, but could not find the three anywhere.
"We lost them!" said Ryan.
"I think I know where they went!" said Jack. "Follow me!"
The skeleton lead us to a tall mansion that was attached to a tree.
"I knew that Oogie Boogie was behind this!" exclaimed Jack. "Come on, everyone. Let's go!"
Jack led us into the ravine housing Oogie Boogie's manor. After battling our way through a group of Heartless, we finally made it to the entrance of the manor. When we entered, we encountered the three hooligans who stole the heart from Dr. Finkelstein's lab. The three of them sprung forward and began attacking. I remember being frustrated, because they wouldn't quit jumping around. After a few minutes, Ryan finally managed to strike one of them, but to this day, I still can't remember which one he hit. Anyhow, after he hit them, they were stunned long enough for us to knock it out completely. After that, we made short work of the other two.
"It wasn't our fault!" exclaimed the kid dressed like a skeleton. "Oogie Boogie made us do it!"
Ryan bent down to their eye level.
"If you want to wake up tomorrow, I suggest you tell us where he is."
Maya put a hand next to her mouth and whispered to me.
"I didn't know that your brother could do that."
"Ryan can be pretty intimidating when he wants to be."
"Okay!" exclaimed the girl dressed like a witch. "Go through that door, and you'll reach his room!"
"Thank you," said Ryan. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we have some business with your boss."
We did as the kids instructed, and walked down the hall, and we reached a porthole, covered with a tapestry depicting a face that looked like a large sack. We moved through the porthole, and saw behind it a room full of all kinds of tortures. We looked across the room, and saw a figure that looked like a sack in the shape of a ghost. He was smiling at us in an evil way.
"Oogie Boogie!" yelled Jack, "Give us back that heart!"
The smile on his face got bigger, and when he spoke, it was with a Southern accent.
"You want it? Come on over and get it!"
Oogie then threw the heart into his mouth and downed it, causing us to gasp.
"Now, let's see if I can get their attention! Oh, HEARTLESS?!"
However, only two Gargoyles came down to aid him.
"This is it? Nobody disrespects me! NOBODY!"
We felt a rumbling beneath our feet, and a trap door collapsed, making us fall into the pit. We looked up, and saw a three- headed reaper come down on us, but we dodged before it could hit us. Oogie then began throwing dice at us, which exploded when they hit us. One of the dice hit Maya, knocking her backwards.
"Maya!" I cried. I ran over to her to make sure she was conscious, just as one of Oogie's dice came my way. Luckily, Donald zapped it with a thunder spell before it could hit either one of us.
"Maya, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Leo. We've got to help the others. Come on!"
She ran toward the center of the rotating wheel, and began deflecting the dice that were being thrown at us. Donald ricocheted one of the dice from the floor to Oogie Boogie, who was wounded. Lisa and Ryan were being harassed by a pair of Gargoyles, and Goofy was trying to finish off a Shadow that came out of the floor. Just then, two Wight Knights jumped off of the pedestal where Oogie was standing, and began giving Jack and Tanya trouble. Sora came and assisted them. They would have finished them in less time if the Wights weren't so flexible. All of a sudden, Goofy did this spin move in the air, which knocked the two Wights away.
"Hey, Goofy's got a new attack," said Jake.
Just as he said that, a Search Ghost came up and began attacking him. He had to work hard to fight him off. However, we finally learned a pattern to Oogie Boogie's downfall. First, we would hit him with his own weapon, stunning him, and then we'd jump onto his platform, and inflict as much damage on him as we could before he knocked us back down again. After about three tries, we finally managed to rip out one of his seams.
"Waaaaaaaaaahhh!!" cried Oogie. It was then that we learned that Oogie was nothing more than a sack of bugs… which, to this day, still grosses us out.
After the last of the bugs had scurried away, we found Oogie's empty shell, and procured from it the stolen heart.
"So… that heart was a failure after all," said Jack.
We saw little point in taking back the heart, since it was all but useless. But once we turned to leave, the Manor began to shake. We ran as fast as we could to get outside, and once out, we saw that the house had an entirely different shape. It looked like Oogie Boogie with branches and black boils erupting from his body.
We ran up to him, and began attacking him. He offered little resistance. Every now and again, a Heartless would try to protect his body, but we finally destroyed him by destroying the boils on his body. After he was defeated, Oogie faded away wordlessly in a cloud of smoke, house and all. Upon this, the Keyblades started glowing, and they pointed toward the sky. We looked around us, and the small crevice that we were standing in was in the shape of a Keyhole. A beam of light shot from each of the Keyblades, and the Keyhole was locked.
We made our way back to Halloween Town, where Dr. Finkelstein and Sally were waiting for us. Jack was filled with sadness at his failure… both to listen to Sally, and to make the best Halloween.
"Sally, why didn't I listen to you…?"
"Don't feel bad, Jack," said Sally. "We'll figure out something for next year. And this time…" she took one of his hands in hers, "we'll do it together."
"Cheer up, Jack. It wasn't that big a failure," said Ryan.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I thought that fighting Heartless and a four-story-tall monster was a GREAT way to spend Halloween."
"You really think so?" asked Jack.
"Yeah," I said. "This beats Trick-or-Treating."
Jack cracked a smile.
"I'm glad you all thought so. I suppose you all have to go now?"
"Yeah," said Kari. "We need to get to the next world more than ever, now."
"Well, just remember that Halloween Town will always be welcome to you."
"Thanks, Jack," said Jake.
We made our way back to the Gummi Ship with smiles on our faces.
"You guys ready to go?"
"Hey, Leo. Check this out," said Kari.
"What is it?"
"It's a message from Phil in the Coliseum. There's a tournament open."
"Why don't we go check it out?"
"Way ahead of you, Leo. I've just plotted a course for the coliseum. We should arrive at 1400 hours."
When we arrived at the Coliseum, we would participate in…
The Phil and Pegasus Cups.
To Be Continued…
Happy Halloween, everybody. Sorry it took so long.