Alternate title for this chapter: Anora walks into the Disney Store for the first time and buys way too much junk. Can you blame her though? Also, this chapter also has about four different Easter eggs: two relating to Kingdom Hearts chi, one relating to the Disney cartoons, and one from Kingdom Hearts 3. Three of them happen in pretty rapid succession too- see if you can spot them all!

Thank you for reading!

Anora had not seen what the town surrounding the school had looked like when she first arrived. At the time, she had been far too focused on why she had been accepted into the school to begin with. Now, on the second to last Sunday of the month, the school's gates look just as intimidating now as they did two months ago. She wasn't even the first student to go through the gates this afternoon either. She was just the only one that hesitated.

It took a lot of mental convincing to finally move her feet out the gates. Her skates -to which she held by the strings- started to feel heavier with every step. Anora only got about a good three feet away from the school before she gave in, sitting down on the curb to switch her ballerina flats with her in-line skates. Once she stood up again, she shifted her feet a bit to get adjusted, then (with a small sigh for bravery) Anora flew down the sidewalk.

She didn't quite have a plan on where she was going. She only followed the neatly paved sidewalk- slowly coming to the realization that the school resided on its own cul-de-sac. Anora became aware of a taxi behind her, one that held at least one of Daybreak's students, and tried to follow it out. Once you left the school's dead end street (called Daybreak Drive, by the way), you were guided onto a two way scenic byway (Route 7-18, apparently). This byway had been designed for the students of Daybreak Academy, providing enough shoulder for a bike lane that Anora quickly took advantage of.

Route 7-18 was a rather pretty byway- decorated with rows of willow trees that occasionally canopied over the road. As the road started to get closer to town, the willow trees started to disperse a bit more, leading access to some tudor-style homes. The tudor architecture only became more apparent the closer you got to town. When Anora passed the town's cheery welcome sign ('Welcome to Cable Town! Proud home of Daybreak Academy and lifelong learning! Current Population: 2,013') she suddenly felt like she had stepped into a fairy tale.

A lot of the roads that departed from Route 7-18 where laid in a white brick. Shops designed to attract tourists and weary schoolkids were playing loud songs over their outdoor speakers. Small cafes dotted every other street, causing the sweet aroma of baked goods through the air. Anora even slowed her pace a bit more as she went by an antique store window that boasted a faux rose in a rounded glass case.

This was nothing like the fair Ephemer had taken her some weeks back. She couldn't remember how they had gotten there either, come to think of it. Ephemer had called for a taxi to pick them up and drop them off, then he insisted on talking for almost the entirety of the trip. Had they made a turn before getting into town, or had they gone in the opposite direction? Where ever the fair had taken place, she certainly couldn't remember seeing a whole town from where they were. She'd have to remember to ask him about it later. For now, though…

Finding a park bench so she could put her ballerina flats back on, Anora tried not to be distracted by the toy store right across from her. Making sure nothing had fallen out of her drawstring backpack, she held the skate's shoestrings tightly before darting across the street. If Ephemer had once thought that Anora was full of wonder at seeing a seasonal fair, then he would have loved to see her as she explored the toy store.

The toy store, like the other buildings around it, held the Tudor-style architecture on the outside. But inside was a whole different story. The floor was almost all a dark blue marble with white specks here and there to imitate a night sky. Scattered in a zig-zag like pattern were various display stands, underneath each was a matte wooden floor, which made for neat contrast against the marble. The lighting in the toy store was a bit dark- allowing the overhead projection lights to leave various patterns against the marble.

As Anora ventured further into the store, she found a small area made for kids to sit and watch cartoons. In the middle of the store was a stand that looked like a tree, reaching up to the ceiling, that held TV monitors on each side. Unlike the kids' area that continuously played cartoons, the TV monitors in the center were playing various commercials and music videos from the newest movies. Anora almost tripped on herself, and onto a display rack filled with plushies, as she watched the music video on the monitor.

This place. Was. Amazing.

And that was how Anora, an average 15 year old of average emotional intelligence, spent three whole hours in a toy store. It was also how she spent an embarrassingly large amount of money on some graphic tees, collectable pins, stickers, movies, and one very adorable coffee mug. She didn't remotely consider how she was going to get back to campus- the heavy bags could very well throw her balance off when she put her skates back on. Besides, did she really have the strength in her to carry two full shopping bags from here to campus? A part of her doubted it. Did she still have money for a taxi? She really, really didn't think much of this through.

As she sat in the kids' area, only half watching the cartoon about some mouse's runaway brain, Anora considered what she should do next. She really wanted to check out the antique store she had seen on her way in. But she also thought that it would have been better to go back to campus. Then again, she was getting a bit hungry too, and she was very sure that there was a cafe right next door…

Anora made her decision with a certain nod to herself. She got up, making sure she had all her bags, and started to head toward the antique store. Unlike the toy store, which strove to look modern and absolutely dazzling, the antique store kept the overall old fashioned feeling even inside the store. It smelled a lot like old wood and furniture polish. Anora would have been the first to admit that the interior of the antique store was more homier to her than at the toy store. She left without buying anything, but made a note to come back to it later.

Her next destination was the cafe. Unfortunately, it was late enough now that she didn't have much time to stay around. It didn't stop her from casually looking at the menu. The double chocolate milkshake just sounded far too tempting to resist, so of course she got one. Now holding the milkshake with both hands, allowing the shopping bags and her skates to hang off her arms, Anora felt satisfied to head back to campus. She didn't try to hail for a cab, instead making the horrible mistake of simply walking back.

The walk itself honestly wasn't the worse part -the scenery making for a lovely stroll- it was the fact she decided to wear her flats today. By the time she reached the school gates again, the arch in her foot was practically screaming in agony. The path back up to the dorm was an incredibly uncomfortable one- Anora flinched every time she flexed her foot. For only the second time since she'd attended Daybreak, she used the elevator to go up to the sixth floor.

Anora mindlessly placed the bags down by the desk, then dug through them to pull out some of the pins she bought. She walked over to her bed to finally sit. Carefully, she removed the pins from their packaging and looked over to Chirithy. Anora brought Chirithy closer to her before carefully sticking one of the pins onto the small pouch Chirithy held. Giving a small tilt of her head, Anora smiled at Chirithy's new accessory.

"Don't worry," she half mumbled to the doll, scratching it behind the ear, "If you don't like that one, there's more from where that came from."