KINGDOM HEARTS III: Final Mix
Disclaimer: I do not own the story or characters featured in this story. They are the sole creation of the Walt Disney Co., PIXAR, Marvel Comics, Tetsuya Nomura, and Square Enix. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy.
WARNING! Contains story spoilers for Kingdom Hearts III, so read with caution if you haven't played the game yet.
Chapter 27: Flower, Gleam and Glow
This is the story of how I died. ...Kidding! This is actually a really fun story, and the truth is, it's not even mine. This is the story of a girl named Rapunzel, and the three sidekicks who helped watch after her. Now, once upon a time a single drop of sunlight fell from the heavens. And from this drop of sun grew a magic golden flower. This flower had the power to heal the sick and injured. Anyway, years pass, and a kingdom grew, ruled by a beloved king and queen; and the queen, she was about to have a baby. But she got sick; very sick. This is the point when people start hoping for a miracle; or in this case, a magic flower.
However, instead of sharing its power, an old woman named Mother Gothel hoarded the flower and used to keep herself young and beautiful for hundreds of years by singing a special incantation. But one day, in her haste, she unknowingly left the flower exposed for soldiers from the castle to discover it and they took it back to make a medicine for the queen. Its magic healed the queen and a healthy baby girl- a princess- was born. To celebrate her birth, the kingdom sent up hundreds of lanterns into the night sky and for a moment, everyone was happy. But then that moment ended: Gothel snuck into the castle and disappeared with the princess in tow. They searched and searched, but they could not find her; for in a tower in the woods she raised the princess in secret.
"Why can't I go outside?" the young princess would ask, and Gothel's response was always the same.
"The outside world is a dangerous place, filled with horrible, selfish people. You must stay here, where it's safe. Do you understand, flower?"
But the tower could not hide everything. Every year on the princess's birthday, the kingdom would send many lanterns into the night sky, in hopes that she may return one day.
"I can't help but feel like they're meant for me. And I need to see them for myself; not just from my window, but in person! I have to know what they are," Rapunzel would often muse to herself about the 'floating lights' she would watch every year on her birthday from out the tower window. But little did she know that her life would truly begin on the day of her 18th birthday...
After the trio parked their Gummi Ship behind a large cluster of bushes in the woods, Sora, Donald and Goofy started walking, taking in the warm weather of the new world.
'It sure is a nice day today," Goofy remarked.
"You said it!" Sora replied, stretching his arms and resting them behind his head while still walking. "It'd be a perfect day to stop for a picnic."
"Why do you think the Keyblade brought us here?" Donald asked his friend.
"Beats me," Sora answered in confusion.
"We'll just figure out as we go, like we usually do," Goofy told Sora.
"As long as there's no Heartless, I don't mind what the reason is," Donald remarked, before the group heard the screams of someone approaching them fast.
"Move! Make way, make way!" a man with short brown hair, brown pants and a blue vest with white sleeves shouted as he sprinted away from a mob of Heartless that were chasing him. As Sora and the others summoned their weapons, the man quickly dove behind a boulder and out of sight.
"You see? If you mention them, then they just show up!" Sora told Donald.
"It wasn't like I knew this would happen!" Donald snapped.
"There goes our picnic," Goofy sighed.
"It's fine. We'll just take them out ourselves," Sora said as they prepared for battle.
"Say, since you know what you're doing, do you mind if I leave this up to you?" the man asked, peering from behind the rock.
"Yeah, we'll handle this. Just go get someplace safe!" Sora told him.
"You have my thanks!" he replied before he muttered to himself "The horse was enough; I don't need any monsters on my trail."
"The what?" Donald inquired.
"Oh, nothing! Name's Flynn by the way, Flynn Rider. I'd say you better get focused, they look real mad," Flynn told the group before he fled and made his exit. The heroes had their work cut out for them as they fought against tiny archer Heartless and a group of dandelion-like Heartless that tried to slap Sora with its dainty leaves, which were easily blocked by Sora's Guard. Eventually, the Heartless were defeated, and the group was left wondering of the whereabouts of Flynn Rider.
"I think I saw him go thataway," Goofy mentioned as he pointed forward towards what looked like a dead end.
"Well, the only way to find out is to investigate, right?" Sora suggested as the group soldiered on, unaware of Flynn's hiding out in a lone tower away from where he met Sora and the others.
"Ah, alone at last," he sighed in relief as he checked inside the satchel he had draped over his shoulder... until he fell to the floor unconscious with a *THWACK!* to the back of his head, the last thing he heard was the surprised yelp of a young girl.
And that finishes this another chapter. I hope you enjoyed this little update and please remember to leave a review to let me know what you think about the story! Oh, and with E3 next week, what are you all excited to see or hear about? KH3 DLC info? Final Fantasy VII Remake news? The new Avengers game by Square Enix or any news on already announced games like Cyberpunk 2077, Super Mario Maker 2 or any new unannounced games destined to be your future favorites? Feel free to share in your reviews! See you all next time, and may your heart be your guiding key.