Glimmer stared miserably up into the wide, blue sky. Sailing out on the smooth, open sea like this, anyone could instantly become relaxed. Not her though, not today. She just wanted this mission to be over with. She almost wished that she'd never requested this assignment in the first place, only because of the boat ride alone.

"Lookout, reefs on the right side!" Bow shouted out in warning from the crow's nest.

Sora at the helm, steered away. "Aye, and it be starboard to ye, Mister Bow!"

Bow saluted him, "Aye, aye, Captain Sora!"

"No! I think you mean Cabin Boy Sora!" Sea Hawk replied in a huff while tied to the main mass.

Adora snickered as she leaned besides him, "When are you gonna get that Sora's now the new captain? Seriously, you need to realize that we've committed mutiny against you."

"This?" he then blew a raspberry, "No. Sora assured me that this is only temporary. I'll be back at the helm in no time, you'll see."

"Winds be changing to the west! Adjust the mass and sails, Miss Adora!"

"Aye, Sir!" she gave the former captain a victorious grin before leaving to follow her orders.

Sea Hawk's lips trembled before letting out a wail. "Ooooh, someone please tell me how did this happen?!"

Glimmer then felt his eyes on her. "What? You're asking me?"

"Yes, please First Matey Princess Sparkle, tell me what I did that was so wrong!"

Glimmer let out a tired sigh.

"A-ha! The Serpent of the Sea! I knew he'd be lurking in these waters." Around the Dragon's Daughter IV were the remains of ships that met their untimely demise, and emerging from a large shadow in the water sprung forth a massive sea monster.

"Are you saying you brought us to this ship graveyard on purpose?!" Glimmer couldn't hold herself back.

"Oh course First Matey Princess Shimmer. You see, I provide more than just transportation." As Captain Sea Hawk spoke, Sora had already lept on the massive creature's back and whaled at it while holding as tightly as he could. "I bring forth an ADVENTURE! Tales of the High Seas to share with your friends and those around you." At this point the sea serpent had shot forward and tried to engulfed Adora in it's maw and swallow her, but she held firm between its jaws. She tried to reach back for her sword, but dropped it as the beast thrashed around. Seeing as the sword impaled itself on the deck of the ship, she knew she had to make a break for it. "Now gather round crew, and together we shall fight the foul beast and drive it away in the most spectacular fight of our lives!" Adora escaped from the monster's jaws and jumped down. With her sword back in hand, she was about to recite the magical words to transform into She-Ra, but the serpent lashed out and successfully swallowed her whole. "So, come now, come now. There are no bad ideas on how to tackle this obstacle, not so long as Captain Sea Hawk is here to watch over you!"

"Hang on Adora!" Sora flipped himself around and pried its mouth open. "Okay Adora! Just walk towards the light!" He had to shut his eyes as a blinding light shot out of its mouth as She-Ra crawled her way out while hacking and slashing every few steps. "Or wait, did I get my directions mixed up again?"

Sea Hawk, Glimmer and Bow turned around as saw Sora pull She-Ra out of the gaping, bleed maw of the monster before jumping as close to the ship as possible. The sea serpent gave one more thrash before smacking its head on the port side of the ship, breaking the railings and leaving a heavy dent. It slid back into the water and out of view.

"Blistering Barnacles, did that really just happen?!" Sea Hawk had a bit of a hard time understanding what he just saw.

"Blistering Barnacles, yes, I can't believe you brought us here for all this on purpose!" Glimmer continued reprimanding the man, whilst completely disregarding the epic fight.

Bow ran to the edge of the ship, "Adora, were you just eaten whole and had to cut your way upwards of a sea monster's stomach?!"

She-Ra looked around, trying to think of what just happened, "Um, yeah, I think so."

"You guys are so cool!" He looked at them with stars in his eyes.

Glimmer walked up, "Are you two okay?"

Sora nodded, "Yeah, I think we're good. How you doing?" Sora never got to hear their answer as he was suddenly dragged down beneath the water.

"Wait, not done yet! Give me a sec!" She-ra dove down after them and explosions of light could be seen.

Sea Hawk had to pick up his jaw, "Thundering Typhoons, is that normal for them?"

"Pretty much."

"Got him!" She-Ra emerged from the water with one of Sora's large shoes. She let out a small chuckle, "Whoops, give me another sec for another round."

"Adora! Wrap things up already!" Glimmer yelled.

"On it!" She gave a thumbs up before diving back down.

"All this because of one offence?" Sea Hawk scoffed, "That was minor at worse, sue me...please don't, I have very little money at this time."

Glimmer rolled her eyes. "What about…"

The Dragon's Daughter IV was slowly drifting through the fog as they were trying to put as much distance as possible from the ship graveyard as to avoid another encounter with any more sea monsters. Glimmer and Bow were at the top of the crow's nest trying to spy for any obstacles they might collide into.

"Gah, this fog is so frustrating!"

"I know, I can barely see the front of the ship. Glim, think you can teleport to the bow and keep an eye out from there? I'll see what I can work with from up here." With a nod, she flashed away to the front.

Sora and Adora were staring out the port and starboard sides of the ship respectively.

"See anything yet Adora?"

"No, nothing. This fog is killing me. I mean, we could run into another ship and not even know it until it happens."

"Actually, yeah. Why don't you hang out by the bell and give it a few rings every minute."

"Hmm, good idea, lets other ships know that we're here." She moved to the bell next to the main mass and gave it a ring before waiting a minute and rung it again.

Captain Sea Hawk bore a large grin. "Actually, that good idea gave me an even better idea. Question, what is the best way to grab anyone's attention?" Sora and Adora looked at him before giving a shrug. Sea Hawk reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of matches before lighting it up and tossing it on the sail, "With fire of course!"

The two looked at him and the fire with the most shocked face they could muster before hearing Bow's voice from above. "Hey guys, the fog is letting up. I think we're about to exit out of this thing...does anyone smell something burning?"

"I put it out, didn't I?"

Glimmer crossed her arms.

Adora rang the bell as fast as she could to get everyone's attention, though honestly it might not have been needed with Bow's high pitched screaming. He really couldn't be blamed though, not with the fire quickly crawling its way to him.

Glimmer ran up with wide eyes, "What the! Why are we on fire?!"

Sora grabbed her cheeks and squeezed, "Forget that for now!" He pointed up, "Teleport up there and get Bow!"

She let out a yelp of surprise blinking up there and blinking back down with a shaken Bow.

"Now what do we do about the fire!" Adora yelled out in panic.

"We're surrounded by water! Why aren't we using that?!" Sora yelled.

"The question is 'how' not 'why!'"

Sea Hawk spied around real quick and noticed some familiar rock formations not too far away. "Fear not, loyal crew members! I, the great Captain Sea Hawk, know exactly what to do! I'll have you know that this isn't my first rodeo."

"Then what's the plan!" Bow shouted.

"Just beyond those rocks is a whirlpool. We'll sail right into it, let it douse us, then escape before it pulls us into our watery graves. Simple as that!"

"It worked, didn't it?"

"Uh-huh. So that's why-"

Sora burst out from below deck wearing an outfit of unknown origins that fitted him all too well. It was a traditional pirate outfit, complete with a long, navy blue coat, a crimson red shirt underneath, a black, leather belt, and topped with a tricorn hat. "A-ha! This be a mutiny, I say. Our captain has led us too many times to our nears deaths. I say we should take charge! Who's with me?!"

Adora didn't waste a simple moment before letting out "Here, here!"

"Agh, fine! Maybe we can finally get to Salineas and be done with all this." Glimmer was quick to agree as well.

"I don't know guys, this seems a little extreme, doesn't it? I mean, we can't be that much longer before being arriving, right?"

Sea Hawk tried to defuse the situation. "Alright everyone, let's all calm down for a moment. This is the Cabin Boy for goodness sake! Are you really gonna take his advice? I mean, who else is gonna sail the ship all the way there? Also remember who you're dealing with, the great Captain Sea Hawk! Can any one of you think of anyone that could be greater than I? And besides, you could say goodbye to your upfront deposit."

Bow snapped his attention back to Sora, "I nominate Sora to be our new captain!"

Adora threw a fist into the air, "Here, here!"

"Whatever" Glimmer sighed.

And before he knew it, Sea Hawk found himself tied to the mass. "W-wha?"

Sora gave him a pat on the shoulder, "Ah, don't worry too much about all this. This isn't permanent, once we get back to the mainland the ship is all yours again."

Adora tighten the notts around him before giving him a wink. "It's nothing personal, just that you're kind of incompitent is all." She reached inside his jacket before pulling out a folded up piece of paper. Inspecting it, she turned to Sora and happy exclaimed "Found the map!"

"LAND HO!"

Finally setting anchor and disembarking the ship, the group finally looked upon Salineas. Sora had mysteriously returned to his normal clothes and untied Sea Hawk before they all entered the city together.

They were all quick to notice how empty it was.

"Where is everyone?"

"You know, now that I think about it, some people here in Salineas seemed awfully keen to leave and move to the mainland. I didn't quite realize how many people were moving until now. I wonder why?" Sea Hawk noted.

Glimmer looked skeptical at him. "There are hundreds, if not, thousands of people living in Salineas. You didn't think anything suspicious was happening when everybody was abandoning the kingdom?"

The captain shrugged. "Business was booming and I had the pleasure of working with my finest crew yet. I guess I was just having too much of a grand time. ADVENTURE was just right around the corner for us!"

The entire time they were talking, the gears in Sora's head were spinning as he was trying to think of what he was being reminded of. It was just on the tip of his tongue before it finally clicked. "This place looks just like Atlantica!" he shouted in glee.

"Loud much?" Adora rubbed the inside of her ear with her pinkie.

"Sorry."

"Halt! Stay where you are!" Sora's shouting seemed to have attracted someone. They watched a man run down some stairs before having to cross a bridge. They all patiently waited for the man until he arrived. After taking a moment to catch his breath, he asked "Who are you and what business do you have here in Salineas?"

Sora was quick to step forward for introductions, "Hi, I'm Sora, and this is Adora, Bow, and Sea Hawk. First Mate Commander Princess Glimmer here would like to speak Princess Mermista!"

The man blinked at him, "I-I'm sorry? First Mate Commander...uh?"

Glimmer rolled her eyes before stepping forward. "Greetings, I am Princess Glimmer of Brightmoon, where I also serve as a military commander. I would formally like to speak with Princess Mermista."

Sea Hawk pushed his way forward, "Hi Samuel, Sea Hawk again. Be sure to let the Princess know that I am here as well. I'm sure she'll be excited to see me again!"

Samuel rolled his eyes before turning around. "This way to the throne room. Princess Mermista has been resting in there since her most recent injuries."

They were taken aback, "My dearest Mermista has been hurt?!"

"Oh no! What happened?"

Samuel shook his head. "She was injured in the most recent Horde attack. I will let Her Highness explain more" he told Glimmer.

From there, they all made a beeline straight to the throne room. There, they found the aquatic Princess sitting hunched on her throne. She looked up at them. "Ew, who let him back in here? Samuel, what did I tell you?!"

Sora and friends blinked in surprise by her reaction, or maybe it wasn't that surprising now that they took a full second to think about it.

"Princess! Oh my dear Mermista, it has been far too long. Oh how you haunt my dreams since we've parted, thinking of you day and night, waiting for-"

Mermista was quick to stop him, "Uh-huh, yeah, yeah. Okay, and-oops, out of time. Try again next time." She looked to the rest of the group, "So who are you guys?"

Sora opened his mouth, but Glimmer's hand was already covering it. "I am Princess Glimmer of Brightmoon. I know we've actually never met before, but our parents fought in the rebellion together."

Mermista's gaze seemed to drift, she seemed hardly interested in the conversation. "Yeah, I remember my folks telling me about the Princess Alliance. I also remember being told about how hard it totally failed. My dad said it was, like, a complete disaster."

Captain Sea Hawk saw a gap in the conversation to slip himself back in, "Princess, I didn't think it was possible, but it seems your beauty grows greater with each passing day. I would be honored if-"

Samuel, with a silent command from his Princess, elbowed him in the gut. "Will you please shut it? I was, like, nearly condemned to a slow and painful death by a gut wound, assuming that the Horde wouldn't finish me off. So understandingly, I've been in, like, a lot of pain and am barely able to get any sleep for the past week. So I hope you totally understand that I'll kabob you if you don't stop annoying me!" she seethed.

The sea captain looked completely ashamed of himself. "I'm-I'm so sorry my Princess." He stepped away.

"Princess, are you going to be okay?" Adora asked her.

She looked miserable, but she waved it off. "I'll be fine, like, thanks to my new friends."

Glimmer stepped forward, "Princess Mermista, can you please tell us what happened?"

The Princess tried to lean back and relax in her throne, only to flinch in pain and slouch forward again. She sighed, "So for a while now the Sea Gate's magic is, like, totally failing now and the Horde is like 'You know what? We should totally attack and try to destroy Salineas!' So yeah, they, like, regularly attack and I have to defend us since my parents totally abandoned me and their country at the first sign of danger. And so, like not even a week ago, the Horde attacked again and I had to drive them away or whatever, but not without them mortaling wounding me and stuff. I'd be totally dead if it wasn't for a wizard and a knight that happened to be passing by." The casual way she told the story felt as though she was retelling a mildly interesting story about what happened when out for shopping.

Glimmer covered her mouth in shock, "Oh my God, that is horrific!"

Bow rubbed the back of his neck while it all sunk in, "Man, that battle must have been crazy. And you were out there all by yourself?"

"Sort of, I had with me that wizard and knight I mentioned earlier. But yeah, it was so insane."

Captain Sea Hawk fell on his knees and scurried over to her and grabbed a hold of her hand, "My dearest Mermista, I am so sorry that I wasn't there to help you in your time of need. I should have been here by your side, but I have been so busy with my business. It has been booming for weeks now and I had found my best crew yet, I've been oh so distracted."

She yanked her hand away, "Duh! I know you've been busy. Who do you think got you that job to help move everybody's possessions to the mainland, idiot?!"

Sea Hawk's eyes watered up before he grabbed her hand again. "After all the trouble I had put you through, you still went out of your way to keep my work steady? Even after what happened at the Dolphin Social? I swear to you, my dearest, until you and your kingdom are truly safe from the evil reach of the Horde, I shan't leave your side! I will do everything in my power to help serve and protect you!"

"Aww" Sora and Glimmer couldn't help but coo at his loving proclamation for Mermista.

"That actually sounded really sweet" Adora couldn't help but agree.

Princess Mermista couldn't stop or hide the blush on her face, "Okay, fine, geez. I'll take you back, just get back up, you're embarrassing me again."

Glimmer was a little pink in the face as she approached the Mermaid Princess, "Oh that was so cute and sweet. I mean, the ENTIRE time on our way here, I kept thinking to myself that there was nothing about Sea Hawk that I-you know what, nevermind that train of thought!" she giggled nervously to herself. She cleared her throat and became serious. "Princess Mermista, the Horde is the very reason why we are here. Right now I am reforming the Princess Alliance to help defeat the Horde."

Mermista scoffed, "Right, because, like, that worked so well before."

Glimmer was far from giving up. "Please, hear me out. Right now we have four other Princesses with us, and I intend to invite more, but unlike before we now have not just one, but two secret weapons to help us win." Sora and Adora took that as their cue to step forward. "These two are Adora and Sora. They're both warriors of ancient legends that could help us save our world. Adora with her magic sword can transform into the legendary She-Ra, and Sora is a powerful Keyblade wielder from beyond the fabled stars. Seriously, these two are the real game changer."

She blinked twice at them, "Who and wha? I think I heard of She-Ra before, sometime during my studies or something. Like, what does that really tell me anyway?"

"That these two can really kick Horde butt like you wouldn't believe!" Bow excitedly told her.

"Like, what's a couple of warriors whereas the Horde has endless machines going for them?"

During their back and forth, Adora's wandering gaze was locked to a mural on the wall where there were some familiar writings and symbols. She approached it, "This is First Ones' writing."

Sora followed her. "Can you read that? What does it say?"

Everyone in the room paused as they noticed to listen in. "It's talking about the Sea Gate. The First Ones must have built it. Um, okay, it looks like the gate itself is fed its magical power from the Salinean Runestone. If I'm understanding this right, the reason the Sea Gate would be failing is because it's losing its connection to its powersource."

Glimmer rushed over to their side, "Do you think you can fix it?"

She shrugged, "I can try."

Sora called out across the room, "Hey Mermista, if we can fix your gate, will you think about joining us?"

She let out a long moan, "I don't know. I, like, got a guy working on it already, that wizard I told you about. I mean it's a slow process for him, but he is actually repairing it. I guess we can see what he has to say." Mermista stood up and approached a small waterfall only to reveal a doorway to the Sea Gate.

After moving from platform to platform, they all approached the center of the magical gate where two very oddly shaped figures stood. At that, Sora and Sea Hawk almost couldn't believe their eyes.

"So these are my two new friends that totally saved my fish tail. Their names are-"

"DONALD, GOOFY!" Sora shouted and rushed forward.

The two jumped before turning around. "SORA!"

The three collided into a tangled mess of hugs at first before picking themselves up.

"Wow! I can't believe it!"

"You're okay!"

"We were so worried about you!"

"What happened to you guys?!"

"You wouldn't believe what's happened!"

"The crazy stuff that's been happening!"

Everyone was almost floored at the revelation.

"Wait, these are the friends Sora's been looking for?!" Glimmer shouted.

"That's the same Sora that Donald and Goofy were telling me about?! I totally thought he'd look like something else entirely" Mermista couldn't help.

"Wow, they really do look like a duck and a dog!" Bow pointed out.

"They've been here in Salineas the whole time?" Adora asked aloud.

"No, they were with me as my perfect crew! My chance to get them back is nigh!"

"This is unbelievable" they all spoke in unison. They all smiled at their little reunion before they realized that their happy cheering turned into angry shouting.

"This is all your fault!" Donald pointed.

"My fault?! How is this my fault?!" Sora demanded.

"'I've got this. It's like riding a bike, I know what I'm doing!'"

"How was I supposed to know that they updated and changed the controls?!"

"That's why I told you to turn back!"

"We were able to get the hang of the basics! I thought we'd be fine!"

"And look where that got us!"

"I wasn't even the one that was piloting! Goofy was and he fell asleep at the controls!"

"What?! Are ya now saying it's my fault?!"

"Yeah, kind of!"

"Why was Goofy at the controls?!"

"I asked him to take my shift in flying!"

"GOOFY CAN'T FLY!"

"How was I supposed to know that?!"

"You never noticed him not flying before?!"

"You always flew! It took forever for me to finally take the controls! Besides, why didn't you say anything when I gave you the controls, Goofy?!"

"Well I see you and Donald always working it, I figured it couldn't be that hard!"

"But you fell asleep at the controls!"

Their shouting match eventually devolved into a brawl. This was a turn no one was expecting. In fact, they were all about to step in and break it apart, but the trio accidently sent themselves over the edge of the floating platform and into the waters below.

The three came up for air, and when everyone thought they'd be angrier than ever, the trio started laughing around before they went back for another hug.

"Aw, I missed you guys so much!"

"We missed you too, Sora. We were so worried about you."

"Ah shucks, now that the three of us are back together, there aint nothin' that we can't do!"

As they swam and worked their way back to the main platform, everyone else was trying to process what they had just witnessed.

"What. Just. Happened?" Mermista asked, feeling a little dazed.

"We just noticed a super best friends reunion, that's what!" Bow was excited, "So which one was Donald again? I got a huge, huge favor to ask him!"

"Seems just about right, after knowing Sora for as long as we have" Glimmer commented.

"Glimmer, you guys have hardly known either of us for that long" Adora reminded her, still befuddled.

"Which is a testament of how powerful Sora's personality is."

"Mmh, yeah, I guess I'll give you on that one" she conceded.

"So wait, if this is the chap that Donald and Goofy have been looking for, things aren't looking so well for Captain Sea Hawk and his merry crew" the sea captain lamented.

"I don't think so either" Bow agreed with him.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy all returned to the platform with the others with smiles on their faces, despite being dripping wet.

"Adora, Glimmer, Bow! I want you guys to meet two of my closest friends, Donald Duck and Goofy too!"

"Hey Mermista! This here is our pal Sora that we've told you so much about! Can ya believe the odds that he'd come to us?!" Goofy pushed him forward.

"Oh boy! I just realized that the three of us are together again, here in Salineas! Are you two thinking what I'm thinking?" Donald asked.

Sora nodded, "Time to put on a concert!"

"Boy Howdy, this is gonna be great!" Goofy was already jumping up and down.

"A concert you say?!" Sea Hawk slid between them all. "Perhaps we can sway everyone with my grand shanties?!"

"No shanty!" Donald and Mermista yelled at him.

"Hiya Captain, what are you doing back here in Salineas? Didn't ya finish your last job?" Goofy asked.

"I've returned for the two of you to rejoin my crew and to win back my dear Mermista's affection!"

"Forget it!" Donald yelled.

"EVERYONE QUIET!" Glimmer yelled. Immediately everyone simmered down. She took a deep breath. "Sora, I'm glad you and your friends are reunited again, really I am, but we still have a mission. Sea Hawk, you and your former crew are gonna have to put your discussion on hold until we're done with our business, no buts!" She turned to the Mermista, "Princess, the Sea Gate please."

"Oh, right, um. Hey Donald, how's it going with the Sea Gate?"

"Ohh, um, uhh~" Donald waddled over to the edge of the platform and looked down. Water was still pouring in through gaps. "Progress is slowing down. I think the Sea Gate is somehow starting to resist my magic?"

Bow walked forward, "Yeaaaah, that would make sense. Adora just said that the First One's writing indicated that they built it. Their technology is amazingly complex and adaptive, they would be able to resist foriegn magic eventual, just like how our body can make antibodies to fight foreign bacteria. That would mean that we have to use their technology to reactivate the connection to the runestone."

"And She-Ra's sword is First One's Technology!" Glimmer finished excitedly.

"So Adora and her sword is probably the only one you can fix the Sea Gate."

Donald scratched his head, "Wait, we need Adora's sword, or She-Ra's?"

"Wait, I'm lost. Who's She-Ra?" Goofy asked.

Sora pointed, "Adora's She-Ra."

"Then if she's She-Ra, who's Adora?" Goofy asked again.

"Adora is still Adora, right over their." Sora pointed again.

"I thought ya said that's She-Ra?"

"She is She-Ra."

"But-"

Glimmer teleported between them. "Enough with the pronoun game! Adora uses the magical sword there to transform into the legendary warrior called She-Ra!"

"Oh, why didn't ya say so?"

"I did say so-!"

Glimmer held out both her hands to their faces, "Nah Nah Nah!" She turned to Donald. "Wizard Donald, does what Bow said make sense."

Donald scratched his head again, "Uh, I think it does. I don't know anything about First One's and their technology, and I know ancient magic is always finicky, so I guess it does make a bit of sense."

"So you think we should let her do her thing with the Sea Gate then?" Mermista asked him.

He nodded his head, "Sure, I don't think I can make any more real progress at this rate."

Glimmer walked up to the Sea Princess, "So if we can fix the Sea Gate, would you please reconsider?"

"Wait, what's going on?" Goofy asked.

Mermista let out a moan, "They're asking that if they fix the gate, that I would consider joining her and her rebellion against the Horde." She let out another sigh, "Fine, I'll consider."

Adora stepped forward and looked at the seal in the center of the barrier before taking a deep breath, "For the Honor of Grayskull!" In an explosion of rainbow colors, taking Adora's place stood the much taller warrior known as She-Ra. Princess Mermista, Donald and Goofy all rubbed their eyes in disbelief (and the colorful blasts of light that assaulted them).

"Okay, wow! That's...different, and not totally not awesome I guess." Mermista couldn't help but admire the unassuming girl's new form.

Donald jumped, "Wow, that was amazing! Was that magic or that First One's technology you were telling us?"

Goofy stood right next to her, "Golly, look at how tall you got! And your hair is so long and pretty." He removed his hat and stroked that few strands that still sat on his noggin. "Gosh, think that sword's magic could do me a small favor?" he chuckled.

Sora rushed up to her, "She's so cool, isn't she you guys? But don't be fooled, she may look super strong and stuff, but I can still beat her at arm wrestling!"

She gave him a gaping look of disbelief, "What?! Get off it! I had you on the ropes before Glimmer interrupted us, and you know it!"

"Nuh-uh! Didn't you see your arm quivering like a leave in the wind. You were toast, and you know it!"

Glimmer teleported between the two before smacking them both upside the head. "Ow!" They both rubbed their heads.

"Knock it off, you're making a bad impression in front of Princess Mermista! You're both legendary warriors for crying out loud!"

Ashamed, Sora and She-Ra in unison both dropped their heads and said "Sorry."

The tall warrior straightened herself up and held her sword in front of her, "Alright, wish me luck." Both she and the sword began to glow as a beam of blue energy shot out and collided with the barrier's central control. Slowly, but surely, the controls began to glow and change colors.

Donald smiled and ran up, "Oh boy! Look how fast it's working!"

She-Ra flinched at the sudden movement and noise before her process was completed halted. "Hey, don't do that! This is a lot more difficult than it looks!"

Donald scratched the side of his head, "Sorry about that." He took a modest step away.

She-Ra rubbed her face and head, "Seriously, I think I literally feel my brain tingling all over from all this."

Bow brought his hands to his face and gasped, "Oh wow! I wonder if the First One's tech is actually using your brain as an organic central processing unit?! What this could mean is-!"

Glimmer ran and punched his shoulder, "Stop talking like that! You're only reminding me that Entrapta wants to dissect her in the event that she dies!"

She-Ra was in the middle of starting her second attempted when she flailed before turning around. "ENTRAPTA WANTS TO WHAT?!"

"NOTHING! She isn't going to do anything if I have anything to say about it, and you're not dying, okay! So that's that! Just get back to your thing already!"

Mermista gave them all a disturbed look as her right eye twitched. "So, like, don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you guys are all, like, soooooooo weird."

Sora just laughed out loud, "Yeah, we are so TOTALLY weird!"

A minute went by as She-Ra focused the sword's energy on the barrier before Goofy began to hear an odd noise. "Say fellas, does anyone hear that?" he kept his voice low as to not disturb She-Ra from her work. Everyone tried to listen.

"I don't hear anything" Sora shrugged.

Donald asked "What does it sound like?"

Goofy lifted his ear to listen some more. "It sounds like a humming, whirling noise."

"Humming, whirling noise?" Bow thought out loud. "Like hmmm hmmm woow woow?"

"No, no, nothing like that."

Sea Hawk stepped forward, "I know what he's talking about. During this time of year, the Grey Salineas whales migrate and there must be a pod of them not too far off! Does it sound hmmmmmmmou, whiiiiiirrrro!"

"Shhhh!" came from Glimmer, "You're too loud."

"Sorry," Goofy waved softly, "No, that's not it either."

Mermista flipped her hair over her shoulder, "Good, those guys are such jerks. 'Oh, look at me, look at me. I'm a majestic whale, like, everyone thinks I'm so amazing and beautiful, so I can totally get away with whatever I want. If I do something bad, people will automatically think it was their fault and never blame us.' Gaaah, they're so full of themselves!"

Glimmer turned around, bringing a finger to her lips before shushing thing again even louder.

Mermista crossed her arms before mumbling "Sorry."

"Okay, how about you try telling us what it sounds like?" Sora suggested.

"I don't think I can, but I think I've ever heard of something like that while we were trapped inside Ansem's supercomputer."

Donald jumped, "Oh, that's easy! It must be a big machine."

"Oh, duh, we should have figured that out sooner." Sora swung his arms behind his head.

…

…

…

Mermista, Glimmer and Bow blinked hard, "Wait, a big machine?!" they shouted before everyone turned around to see two Horde ships steaming their way towards the Sea Gate, and the lead ship had a large cannon charging itself with green energy. Before anything else could be said or done, the cannon fired a large laser beam that collided and managed to cut through the Sea Gate's barrier.

The feedback that the blast created on the shield generators caused the currents to electrocute She-Ra, she screamed in pain before dropping her sword. Sora and Glimmer were by her side, but she picked herself back with sword in hand.

"Adora, are you okay?" Glimmer put a hand on her.

She grunted before looking out at the two ships, "Yeah I'm fine! Dammit, I can't believe that the Horde's here right when I'm so close to fixing it."

"You were?! How much more time do you need?!" Sora asked.

She-Ra raised her sword and continued with her repairs, "Um, not much longer, I think. You've got to buy me as much time as you can!"

Sora did a quick headcount, "Okay, seeing as Mermista is hurt and Adora's busy, they're six of us and two ships. Let's split up! Donald, Goofy and I will stick together and hit the ship with the cannon!"

"Can you disable the cannon?!" Bow asked him.

"...I can hit it a whole bunch."

"How about you guys hit the other ship and we'll take on the cannon?"

Sora, Donald, Goofy looked at each other before giving a shrug and turned to Bow with a thumbs up.

"Ready!" Sora shouted.

"Betting!" Donald followed.

"And willing!" Goofy finished.

The three of them then yelled "CHARGE!" Before rushing to the ship on the left. The ship was close enough that they could jump on its deck after running along the Sea Gate. The three looked around at everyone on deck.

Sora smiled, "Man, this feels so right, now that we're all together again!"

As the trio got to work dispatching everyone on their ship, Bow focused on his as he tried to think of a plan to disable the cannon. Hopefully his gunk arrow would stop anyone from operating it further, but there was still a problem… "How am I supposed to take on everyone on that ship?!"

Glimmer was looking around for an idea, then Sea Hawk's ship caught her eye. "Bow, I think I have a plan! Work on taking out that cannon, I'll bring in some extra firepower." She ran up to Sea Hawk, "You! You're coming with me!" She teleported them away to Sea Hawk's ship while Bow prepped a grappling arrow.

Following a similar path as Sora, Donald, and Goofy, Bow ran along the Sea Gate before jumping and let his arrow fly. Now latched to the main mast, he swung his way and landed successfully on the enemy ship. He then kicked a blond cadet in the gut before turning around and letting loose her gunk arrow on its target. Unfortunately, the Horde's cannon got another shot in before the gunk got all over the controls.

Stumbling, Sea Hawk looked around before realizing he was back on the Dragon's Daughter IV. "W-wha? We're back on my ship?"

"That's right, everyone needs help and this ship is gonna be the extra firepower we need if we're gonna win this battle!" Glimmer declared.

He gave he an abysmal, "You've commandeered my ship after a mutiny! You should know that she doesn't have any weapons!"

She looked nervous for a moment, "This boat doesn't have any cannons?! Why?!"

"Ship!" he corrected. "And no, because cannons are expensive! I nearly lost my entire fortune along with the Dragon's Daughter III, I couldn't afford them!"

Glimmer stood in front of the main mast before she repeatedly banged her head against it. "Damn it! How are we supposed to take down our ship?!"

"Ha, ha! Taking down enemy ships is Captain Sea Hawk's specialty! What I can do is swing us behind the ship, I'll climb through a vent shaft, find the engine room, blow it to kingdom come, and poof! Problem solved."

Glimmer pulled at her face, but an idea stuck. "I can't believe I'm about to say this…"

Goofy threw a Horde Soldier over his shoulder before bashing himself into the last remaining battle droid into the sea. "That's the last of 'em!"

"The ship is ours!" Sora cheered. The other enemy shipped fired its cannon again. "But I don't think things are going well on the other ship."

"We gotta go help them!" Donald squacked.

"But we don't know the first thing about stopping that cannon."

Goofy turned to Donald, "Say Donald, why don't we do what we did last time? Ram our captured ship into theirs, that way if that cannon goes o' kabloomy, it would at least happen underwater."

Sora pumped his fist, "Goofy, you're a genius!"

"That's what I keep on telling ya!"

Donald led the way, "Follow me!"

Meanwhile, Bow was fighting tooth and nail against the Horde Soldiers, particularly a young, female cadet with dreads in a ponytail. He had managed to escape her choke hold before throwing her off his back and into the water. He thought he was all clear to deactivate the giant cannon, but when he turned around, he was face to face with a large woman with the pincer claws and a scorpion tail. She bore a Force Captain insignia on her chest.

"Uh-oh" he squacked out.

"Yup, that about sums it up," she replied cheerfully before she wrapped her tail around his ankle and tossing him against the wall. Bow pushed himself up before she walked up and bear hugged him from behind. "You know, I'm a pretty hugsy kind of girl, but I get the distinct feeling you might now like this."

Bow realized what she meant as he looked down and saw that she was hanging him above the ship's engine turbine. If she dropped him, he'd be shredded into confetti! "Gah! Please don't!"

The Force Captain shrugged, "Sorry bud, a job's a job, and sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...bye." She let go.

Bow screamed as he plummeted towards certain death. He shut his eyes tightly, not bearing to watch the end, but then he felt a pair of strong arms grab hold of him. He opened his eyes to see none other than Sea Hawk swinging from a rope from the main mast. "Sea Hawk!"

"Of course it is I! Captain Sea Hawk to the rescue!" He swung them down to the deck of the approaching Dragon's Daughter IV with Glimmer at the helm. She ran up to him.

"Bow! Are you okay?!"

"Yeah, I'm good, thanks to Sea Hawk! That was so cool!" he gushed.

"Okay, on with the plan then!"

"NOT SO FAST! OH WAIT, YOU GUYS SAVED BOW ALREADY?! ANYWAY, HORDE CANNON, YOU'RE GOING DOWN!" Everyone heard the announcement made on the Horde's PA system. Everyone turned and saw the second Horde ship making its way to ram the one armed with the massive cannon. Sora's voice shouted again, "CHAAAAAAARGE!"

The scorpion tailed Force Captain rolled her eyes before turning the cannon towards the hijacked ship and fire, easily tearing a massive gash its bottom side. The ship quickly litsp towards its side and started to sink.

"AW MAN, REALLY?! THIS SUCKS! RETREAT, ABANDON SHIIIIIIIIIP!"

With the Horde's attention facing the wrong way, Glimmer saw the perfect chance to enacted her plan. "Sea Hawk, NOW!" Hearing the signal, the sea captain dropped a lit match down the cargo hatch where he had smashed every barrel of rum and booze, instantly lighting the ship ablaze. Together, Glimmer, Bow and Sea Hawk yelled out "ADVENTURE!" Before the Princess teleported them away. The ship, now effectively a giant burning projectile, smashed itself into the Horde ship and sank it almost immediately.

She-Ra, who was barely able to keep focus on the barrier, has also been dealing with her former best friend who had been attacking her relentlessly.

Catra laughed as she suckerpunched the much taller warrior. "Seriously Adora, this is sad. When did you become so weak?" Her hand shot out and left a deep scratch mark on She-Ra cheek. "Are you just gonna stand there like an idiot or are you gonna let me keep kicking you around?" At the she kicked at the back of her knee, bringing She-Ra down, but she still held her sword out.

"I'm-not giving up!"

Catra casually shrugged before raising her hand to scratch at her again, but before she could…"KITTY!" She was tackled to the ground as a soaking wet Sora tried to cuddle with her.

To say that the newly minted Force Captain was flabbergasted would be an understatement. "W-what the?! Who the Hell?! Get off of me you freak!"

"Not until you and every other cat loves me!"

She struggled before being able to turn around and face him, that was when she could kick at him. She made enough space to move her arms and scratched him twice across the face before making her escape.

"KITTY, WHY?!" Sora cried out as he rubbed his eyes.

Catra let out a huff, "What the Hell is the matter with you?!"

Sora reached his hand out with wet eyes, "I just want you to love me! Why do cats hate me so much?! I'm practically one of you already!"

She pointed at him and faced her former friend, "What is the deal with this guy?!"

She-Ra let out a chuckle from her throat, "Hey, what can I say Catra, I've always made friends with the crazies. Besides, he's fast to grows on you."

"Wait, you're Catra?! Wow, just now I was like 84% sure you were a talking cat...Wait, Catra?! Adora's told me so much about you!" Sora stood up like nothing had happened.

Catra elbowed She-Ra on her side, making her grip waver, "Oh, so she has mentioned me. What did she say, That I'm a terrible person? That I'm a bad friend that doesn't care about her feelings?"

Sora's hands were behind his head, "Nah, she talked about how you're her first and also best friend, about how you guys liked to pull pranks on jerky officers, stealing rations, kicked butt together, stuff like that. She also really wants you to change your mind so you two can be together again while doing the right thing." Catra blinked and looked back at She-Ra before back at Sora. "We're friends now, right?"

She glared at him, "With a freak like you? No. Adora, just give up the sparkly lights, the pretty tiara, the long flowing hair, and just come back home already. We don't need to do this! You even swore to me that you'd never wear a skirt, just look how short that thing is?!"

"And I keep telling you, I'm never going back to the Horde...and I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but the skirt is actually surprisingly comfortable and breezy. You should try it."

Catra cracked her neck before rearing back a fist to punch her, "BAD TOUCH!" Sora tackled her to the ground and was more aggressive in subduing her. They ended up rolling to a stop next to She-Ra when Catra viciously bit down on his arm. "Gah! No kitty, that's a bad kitty!"

"Sora, stop!" She-Ra called out. The two halted and looked up at her curiously, she then asked "Catra, please, will you stop all this and come with me?"

Catra leered at her, "I'm not some scared traitor like you."

She sighed very disappointingly, "Then maybe next time...Sora, get her out of here."

"Got it!" He punched her on the top of her head before grabbing her by the tail and swung her out into the waters far below. She screamed the entire way. Sora watched as a Horde lifeboat cruised by and picked her up. "Neat."

"So are we done now? Can I focus on repairing the Sea Gate?"

A dripping wet Donald and Goofy approached. "What just happened?"

"Gosh, I think we just saw one of them there flying cats."

Sora looked between the two before answering, "Yup, I think we're done here."

She let out a sigh of relief and focused on the Sea Gate. The trio watched as the dull pink barrier turned into a vibrant blue. Goofy ran and stuck his head out to look down below. "We did it! The water isn't passing through anymore! We saved Salineas!"

Donald jumped with joy, "Oh boy!"

"Three cheers for Adora!" Sora called out as he ran up to a now deformed and tired Adora. Goofy quickly joined him and together they grabbed a leg and balanced her on their shoulders. "Hip, hip!"

"Hooray!"

"Hip, hip!"

"Hooray" The droll second cheer was joined by a limping Princess Mermista being brought out by her faithful servant.

"Hip, hip!"

"Hooray!" The final cheer was joined by the distant Glimmer, Bow and Sea Hawk

Situated back in the throne room, everyone stood around the seated Princess of Salineas. If she were any other Princess or leader, she would have spoken loudly and with authority, but she still spoke with her disinterested attitude. "Yay, you guys managed to repel a Horde invasion, something I've totally been doing on my own for over a month." Most of everyone's jaw nearly dropped, but before anyone could say anything, she continued "Although I suppose none of the previous attacks had a giant cannon like that, and you guys did actually fix the Sea Gate, sooooo I guess thanks are, like, in order or something like that. So yeah, thanks and junk."

Everyone figured the Princess well enough to know that was her way of saying thank you. Glimmer excitedly stepped forward, "Does this mean you'll think about joining the Alliance?"

She let out a sigh, "Donald, Goofy, what do you two think?"

Goofy stood behind Sora with his hands on his shoulder, "If Sora here thinks that this here Princess Alliance is gonna help everyone, then I can say I'm on board!"

"That's right! If everyone stands together united, there isn't anything you guys can't do!" Donald easily agreed.

Mermista rested her chin on her propped hand. "'Kay, I'm in."

"You are?!"

Princess Mermista stood up and carefully stretched her back. "Yeah I am. Those assholes attacked my home-"

Goofy put his hands on his hips, "Language, missy!"

"Gah," she rolled her eyes, "Sorry. Those jerks attacked my home and nearly destroyed it. Salineas is my kingdom now, so I guess I now have the responsibility of defending it. Also I'm totally down with showing up the sad excuse of my parents slash royal rulers that I'm waaaaay better than them. So yeah, I'm in."

"Yahoo!" Glimmer couldn't contain herself and jumped the Mermaid Princess, squeezing her in a hug. Sora, Donald and Goofy were jumping and cheering around her as Bow and Sea Hawk threw a fist in the air with huzzahs.

Mermista couldn't help blush, "Wow, okay, calm down. Geez, you guys would be so embarrassing if it wasn't for the awesome eight-foot tall chick you've got with you." She let out a disappointed sigh as she turned to Sora, Donald and Goofy, "So, Donald and Goofy, what are you guys gonna do now that you've found your friend?"

"Oh!" Sora remembered, "I forgot to tell you guys. We've found someone to help fix the Gummi Ship. Her name is Princess Entrapta, she's at Brightmoon Castle working on it now. All we gotta do is find the missing pieces!"

"Boy howdy!"

"Wait, didn't I promise you two a ship and crane as a reward for helping with the Sea Gate?" Mermista recalled.

"That's right!" Donald jumped, "We have a good chuck of the ship from where we crashed. We can bring it back to Brightmoon!"

The Princess of Salineas crossed her arms, "Okay, fine." She pointed at Sea Hawk, "Since you lost your ship, you'll be getting the one with a crane as a replacement. It's a win-win."

Sea Hawk swooned for a moment, "Ah~! Another ship?! A celebration party I must have for the Dragon's Daughter V, the legendary 'v'! Fantastic!" He stood there in thought for a moment, "Wait a moment, how is Cabin Boy Sora's part of the ship all the way at Brightmoon? There isn't a body of water nearly close enough for that to make sense?"

Princess Mermista tilted her head in thought as well, "Huh, yeah, that's right."

"Oh, that's easy. That's because-" Sora started, but was interrupted by Donald.

"Sora! Did you forget already about World Order?!"

"But-"

"No buts!"

Sora sighed, "Okay, how about next time when you guys come to Brightmoon, we'll tell you more?"

"Or maybe next time we come to visit, maybe to put on a concert?" Goofy suggested.

Adora put her hands on her hips, "You guys are bent on having your concert, aren't you?"

"Yeah!" Sora pumped his fist.

Mermista let out another sigh, "I was afraid that you guys would be leaving. Guess I shouldn't complain, not after all the help you guys gave me."

In a blink of an eye, Sora, Donald and Goofy were huddled up whispering to each other. There seemed to be a bit of bickering until they finally agreed on something. They all nodded before surrounding the Mermaid Princess.

"A 1, 2, 3, 4~" Goofy started.

"~Even though we're hitting the roads, our kingdoms aren't far apart!

Which means…

It's easy to come and go,

And sing!

So don't be sad, and always know, we'll come back soon to say hello!~"

A/N: Phew, sorry for the wait everyone! End of the year is always total chaos. I ended up taking up on some overtime for Black Friday, then the winter holidays were just around the corner. Too much! Anyway, everyone, seriously drop me reviews and PMs. They seriously help me keep on track with the writing. Hope to get another one out soon!

But First...A Christmas Special

Sitting together in the parlor watching the fire crackle in the fireplace was Queen Angela, Princess Glimmer, Adora and Bow. It was the first time in awhile where they all actually had some downtime. No battles to fight, no supplies to deliver, no war councils to attend to, just rest and relaxation. The Queen sat comfortably on a loveseat, her daughter resting her head on her lap, Adora laid closer to the fireplace while taking in the view, and Bow sat on clawed chair while studying from a history book. No one really spoke, just pure, silent tranquility…

BOOM!

Sora kicked the door in while carrying the front half of a pine tree while Goofy supported the other half, Donald right behind them with a large, weaved basket filled with all sorts of goodies, "Yes! This room is perfect! Man, do you guys know how to pick them?!"

Everyone had jumped in fright and looked none too pleased about this. "Sora, Donald, Goofy! What is the meaning of this?!" the Queen demanded.

"What does it look like?" Sora asked with a big smile on his face.

Donald already put down a stand in the corner, "We're setting up a Christmas Tree!"

"Boy howdy, isn't this just your favorite time of the year?!" Goofy set down the tree properly. "The time of giving and sharing, putting away all your ugly troubles for just at least one day and night, and having a grand time with your closest friends and family. Gosh, it's just all so great!"

Sora nodded, "Yup, couldn't have said it better myself, Goofy."

Donald slumped forward, "It's just too bad we can't be with the rest of our friends and family. This will be the first ever Christmas I spend without the boys and Daisy."

"Maxy and the King and Queen too, gosh."

Sora put his hands behind his head, "C'mon guys, it's not the greatest, but we can still have a good time. What do all you guys think?"

Angela still hadn't stopped frowning. "I'm thinking you still owe me a proper explanation for all this."

The three looked at each other before Sora reiterated again, "What do you mean? It's Christmas."

Glimmer crossed her arms, "Yeah, we don't know what that is."

They looked to Adora and Bow, who only shrugged in response. "WHAT?! NO CHRISTMAS?!" they shouted.

"Are you guys seriously telling me that you guys don't have Christmas?!"

"Yes already, geez! Are you gonna keep on gawking and making a racket, or are you gonna tell us already?!"

Sora waved his hands incredulously, "This is crazy! Christmas, that one day at the end of the year where everyone gather round, and uh, uh, and do what Goofy said! You put up a Christmas Tree, decorate it, you then hang your stockings over the fireplace, and-"

The regal Queen stood up with firm, angry hands at her hips, "I don't know where you're getting these crazy ideas from, but under no circumstances, am I or my daughter to hang up our stockings anywhere so someone can see them! If you think-"

Donald pulled out a large, sock shaped bag and waved, "No, no! Not those kind of stockings, these, look!" He showed them the festively decorated bag with his name on it. "You hang these over the fireplace and put treats and goodies in there."

Her Majesty took a calming breath before being handed the stocking. It was cute, sewn on was a snowy cabin with a happy looking snowman in front wearing a hat, scarf, and mittens. Above in in gold letters read 'Donald Duck.' "Hmm, well, this seems pleasant. Treats and goodies you say?"

Bow walked up, "Like fruits and candy?!"

Goofy nodded, "Oh yeah, small gifts and toys too if they can fit."

"Sweet!" Bow dug into the basket and pulled out a blank stocking and then held it close to himself. "We're doing this, right?!"

Glimmer smiled, "Yeah, this kind of sounds fun. Tells us more, what else is there?"

Sora smiled, "Okay! Well, Christmas is all about doing good, so what we can do is go out and hand out food and blankets for those that don't have any-"

Glimmer raised an eyebrow, "Wait, don't we do that all the time anyway?"

"-Okay, we can go out and decorate the place?"

"The whole castle?!" Bow scratched his head.

"Uh, right, I know! We can go out and sing Christmas Carols!"

The Queen held her chin, "Hmm, sing otherworldly songs to my citizens? I feel as though whatever message they carry will most likely get lost. It also won't do for my image as Queen to be out singing randomly to the people, there must be royal standard to keep."

The three slumped forward. Goody scratched at his noggin, "Gee, this is a lot harder than I thought it would be."

"Maybe we can just contain it to just the seven of us and this room?" Donald suggested.

"Hey, good thinking Donald! We'll decorate just this room, share Christmas stories, games, and songs while explaining it along the way."

"And I say we get started on makin' some of them there cookies. Y'all can't have Christmas without setting down some milk and cookies for Santa Claus" Goofy was already rolling up his sleeves.

Adora, who hadn't any interest and stayed quiet, finally spoke up, "Santa who?"

Sora's hands smacked both of his cheeks in disbelief, "And you guys don't know Santa Claus?! He's the embodiment of Christmas! To make a long story short, he's a jolly old man in a red suit and hat that goes around delivery toys to good boys and girls around the world, all of them! He's the best!"

Bow screamed with joy, "This guy sounds amazing!"

Goofy nodded, "That's right he is. He has a nice and naughty list, and he's checking it twice, and every year on Christmas Eve like tonight, he visits everyone's homes to deliver toys for good kids, and a lump of coal for the naughty. He sneaks down the chimney, leaves what's due, take a bite and sip of the milk and cookies to recharge, and up he goes back on the roof where his sleigh sits pulled by eight magical flying reindeer."

Adora looked skeptical, "What? No way, you're making that up. There is no way any of that is real. Delivering presents to every boy and girl in one night? That's just not numerically possible."

Sora dived at her, wrapping her up with a hand over her mouth. He looked around everywhere, paranoid, "Shhh! Don't say that! I said and thought the very same thing once upon a time, and I got taken off the nice list! Santa is totally real, we met him before and it was the greatest thing ever. Nod if you understand!" She did so, and Sora relented.

Queen Angela put a hand to her cheek, "My, he sounds like quite the character, this Santa Claus."

Donald nodded, "Uh-ha, he sure is, and we got to help him save Christmas. Twice. Actually within a week of each other, crazy enough."

"Oh, do tell."

"Sure."

Sora looked to Adora, Glimmer and Bow, "So are you guys pumped for Christmas yet?!"

Glimmer and Bow quickly replied with "Yeah!"

Adora shrugged her shoulders, "Meh."

Sora's jaw dropped, "After everything we told you, you're not interested?!"

Adora shrugged again, "I mean, back in the Horde, we never did candy, treats, toys or anything like that. So already all of that is over my head."

"Come on, Adora, you'll love it! Just like how you had your first party and you loved that. This will be the same, but better in every way, I promise!" Sora guaranteed her.

She stood there and thought about it before she smiled. "You know what? I think I'm gonna give it a try. Okay, you got me excited. What do we do first?"

Sora grabbed the large basket. "First we'll weave our names on some stocking and hang them by the fireplace, then we'll get to decorating the tree and the room."

An hour later, after splitting jobs apart, everything was ready. Sora, Donald and Adora decorated the Christmas Tree, Glimmer and Bow headed to the kitchen to bake several batches of cookies, and Queen Angela and Goofy decorated the room. With the cookies warm and ready to eat, they were about to sit down.

"Wait!" Sora realized, "We need milk to go with these cookies!" Sora hopped back on his feet, "Who wants to help me get enough for everyone?"

Adora stood up, "I'll come." Together they exited and headed off to the kitchen.

Suddenly Goofy was struck with an idea. Covering his mouth and silently chuckling to himself, he leaned in towards Donald and whispered in his ear. The wizard quickly did the same before nodding. Donald stood watch at the door while Goofy dug through the large, weaved basket before finding what he was looking for. He then grabbed the ladder before propping it up by the door and held out some sort of plant.

"They're coming" Donald called out, "Everybody watch this!"

Everyone watched as Donald took a few steps back and waited for the pair to enter the room. He held up a hand for them to stop, which they did. He quickly took the tray of glass cups and the pitcher of milk away before smiling and pointed up.

The two looked up at a bashful Goofy who waved at them, but Sora saw and understood what was happening. "W-wha?! A m-m-m-mistletoe?!" His hands quickly covered his glowing red face as steam could be seen escaping his ears.

Adora raised an eyebrow, "Huh?"

"Yeah, I don't get it" Glimmer complained.

Donald snickered, "It's another holiday tradition."

"That's right, if two people get caught under a mistletoe, they gotta kiss. Ah-hyuck, ho ho ho hoi!"

Adora instantly became as red as Sora, "K-k-kiss?"

Queen Angela blushed, "Oh my, how adorable is that?"

Sora waved them off, "Ah, just ignore these jerks! It's a silly tradition anyway."

Donald shook his head, "Nah-uh, you two have got to do it."

Glimmer let out a loud gasp, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! That has to be the greatest tradition ever!"

Her mother smiled and rolled her eyes before sneaking a kiss on top of her head. "Well, I think it's a sweet little tradition, too."

Bow laughed out loud, "Ha ha ha! It looks like everyone is against you two. The two of you have got to kiss now!"

Goofy let out another one of his trademark laugh, "There you have it, now hold hands and pucker up."

Sora and Adora became even redder while having a hard time looking each other in the eyes. They soon found themselves holding hands and having to look each other straight on. Both taking a deep breath, they leaned in and their lips met for a few seconds as they kissed. They both pulled away feeling lightheaded.

Everyone clapped and cheered for them, but they just ignored them. The night soon carried on. The two weren't sure when, but Sora and Adora's hands soon found each other again and stayed that way for awhile. Everyone enjoyed the night, even though they knew that since Etheria was separated from the rest of the universe, there was no way Santa would be able to reach them and bring presents.

That's why everyone was astounded to find a mysterious batch of colorful presents, and all the cookies gone and the glass of milk empty. A little card sat next to the empty plate.

'Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Thank you three so much for bringing Christmas to this world! I've been waiting for the day when someone would set up their first Christmas Tree. Hope you all have a Happy New Year. -Nick'

A/N: Hope this last bit made things up a bit for the long wait!