Hey guys! Back with another chapter! Sorry it took so long I have a lot of things going on like finishing college and I've been dealing with a bad break up. ANYWAY! Sorry it's a bit short it's just I actually don't think a lot happened in this world.
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A Quest to Find Missing Friends Arc.
The group continued on and climbed up the stairs. Axel's words were plaguing everyone's minds but to Charlie, it was more than his words. It was him in general. For some reason, she didn't actually hate the guy more than she hated the hooded man. She couldn't even explain it.
"Hmm…"
Jiminy was clearly in deep thought and had caused everyone to stop. As he sits in Sora's hood, He voiced his concerns about Axel's words. Jiminy couldn't wrap his little head about what Axel had said to Sora and Charlie. Sora then asked how he could be anyone else only to have Jiminy to warn the teens to be careful.
"Yep. Feels like just about anything could happen in Castle Oblivi- Oblivi –Obliv-" Goofy started.
"Castle Oblivion!" Donald corrected.
"Oh, yeah! Now I remember"
"Say, Charlie, Is there anything you could tell us about this place? Or even Axel?" Sora asked.
"Oh! Um… I really can't remember. All I can say is that my heart is telling me not to trust these guys. Sorry I can't be much of help." Her eyes feel to the floor.
"We'll be okay. Whatever it is they're cooking up, we'll be able to handle it together." Sora smiled.
Goofy agreed and remembered they all explored a creepy castle together in their last journey. He remembered that it had all sorts of unusual contraptions. Sadly, Sora and Donald couldn't remember when it happened or its name for that matter.
"What was it called?" Donald asked.
"Gawrsh, oh it was, uh… Holla… Holly… Holler… Sorry I can't remember." Goofy apologised.
"Wak! Stop goofing around!" Donald scolded.
"Goofy, sure you didn't make it up?" Sora asked.
"No, he's right. I think it was called Hollow something…" Charlie defended.
It was time to move on. Goofy would have to try and remember it as they continue through the floor of the castle. From their encounter with Axel, the group received four world cards. Everyone followed Sora to the large doors and the by picked a card called Wonderland. He held it up and the doors opened.
The group finds themselves in a rather unusual forest. Lilly pads were standing up, a massive tree stood tall and somehow becomes part of a roof to what appears to be a room. As the group trekked on, something caught Goofy's eye. He turned around and told the group that someone is coming this way. It turned out to be a white rabbit in a waistcoat carrying a pocket watch.
"I'm late! I'm late! I'm dreadfully, awfully late! The queen will roast me for dinner! If I'm late for the trial, it'll be off with my head next!" The rabbit panicked.
"What do you mean 'off with my head'?!" Sora responded.
The rabbit then scurried off, claiming he will never make it. Sora was still in shock from hearing that the rabbit will be decapitated. Donald commented that while the place looks peaceful, it was rather dangerous. Sora was given the Key of Beginnings card and they all had managed to follow the rabbit to a courtroom. The rabbit then runs up the podium/
"Gawrsh, looks like some kind of get – together. What's the occasion?" Goofy asked.
"Hey, this must be the trail the White Rabbit was talking about!" Donald concluded.
"What makes you think that, Donald?" Charlie asked sarcastically.
The rabbit blows his trumpet and asked the accused, a girl named Alice, if she understood the charges held against her. The English girl replied that she did not as she believes she's done nothing wrong. The Red Queen of Hearts, who is also a judge apparently, has accused Alice of aiding Heartless threatening her kingdom.
"Fiddlesticks! Where's your evidence!" Alice argued.
"The evidence is… I forgot! That's the evidence! Because you, Alice, are the one who stole my memory!"
Charlie couldn't believe this! What kind of trial is this? The White Rabbit joined in and claimed the queen couldn't eradicate the Heartless until she has her memory back. Alice then argued that this isn't fair. She didn't care if she is the queen, Alice then scolded the queen to not blame her because she couldn't remember things.
"Such insolence! You're talking to the Queen of Hearts! And to think I might have let you go, have you apologised straightway! What a braze thief!"
Suddenly, Sora stormed into the trial as the queen had accused Alice to be guilty. Sora argued that the trial is a farce and told the queen that she should investigate the case before arresting innocent people. The queen asked if Sora knew who the real culprit was. He hesitated but the queen pushed him to answer.
"Um…. Uh… I'm the thief!" Sora claimed.
"Say that again?" The Queen asked.
"Gawrsh, really?" Goofy asked.
"Of course not! But what else am I supposed to say?" Sora argued.
"Anything but that!" Charlie added.
"This is really screwy, Sora!" Donalded scolded.
The Queen ordered her cards to seize the heroes. Sora and Charlie were forced to fight them with the help of Donald and Goofy in their card forms. Charlie would need to make a mental note to give Sora a knuckle sandwich later. The cards were easy to defeat but they just kept coming, annoying the teens greatly. After they defeated the cards, everyone noticed that Alice had disappeared.
"Wak! Where's Alice?" Donald asked.
"Looks like she escaped." Goofy replied.
"While we did the dirty work and fight those cards!" Charlie huffed and crossed her arms.
The Queen then intervened and claimed that the four won't escape like Alice did and summoned more cards after them. With no other option, the group had to run for their lives. As if by instinct, Sora grabbed Charlie's wrist and stormed ahead. The world faded around her and all she could hear was her heartbeat deafening her ears. The find a door and enter the Key of Guidance Room.
They find themselves back in the forest. When they stopped to breathe, Sora noticed Alice up ahead. They run up to her and Sora told her that he was relieved to see that she's okay, despite the craziness in the courtroom. Charlie refused to watch this. Alice just slipped away while everyone else was fighting of those cards! And yet Sora is relieved that she's okay! The nerve!
"I don't mean to be ungrateful, but… was that true, what you said? Are you the thief?" Alice asked timidly.
"What? Of course not! Why would I steal the queen's memory?" Sora replied.
"Yep, Sora only said that 'cause he wanted to save-"
"- To show off!" Donald interrupted Goofy.
Charlie rolled her eyes at the scenery before her. Why does she always get into this mess? She just wanted to leave but no, Sora continues to play hero and save the damsel in distress. Wait a second, why was she acting like this? This isn't like her at all. She pondered the reason and was distracted that she missed some of the conversation.
Suddenly, a purple and pink striped cat appeared on a mushroom. But what was off was the fact that the cat was standing on its head! Then it jumped off the head and placed it on his body. This is some wacky world that they're in! Alice then told everyone that it's the Cheshire Cat. Charlie just couldn't get over its mischievous grin.
"Feeling better after that mad dash, are we? Oh, but you're not out of the woods yet!" The cat spoke.
The cat then vanished and reappeared on a closed flower bud. The cat then stated that the queen is too stubborn and won't stop hunting them down until she gets her memory back. Then the Cheshire Cat wondered is it because she remembered that she forgot. Charlie couldn't tell because he was talking in riddles to even understand what he was talking about.
"I don't know – I think we oughta just stay away from her." Sora suggested.
"You're only saying that because you're a fugitive." Charlie smirked.
"But Sora, what about Alice? If the queen catches her again, it's off with – well, you know." Donald said.
"Then I guess we'd better do something about the queen." Sora said.
The Cheshire Cat had told the heroes that they should do something but they don't actually have to do anything. Charlie was getting fed up with this riddling cat! She hated getting confused. The cat then explained that if you can't remember something, it's like it never happened. Although, if something never happened, you won't remember it. They would try too hard to remember, and your memory may lie to you.
"Lie?" Sora asked.
"That's all I'll say. The rest is up to you to figure out." The cat then disappeared after giving the group the Key to Truth card.
"Thanks for your help, I guess." Charlie folded her arms.
So, with that, everyone decided to find the queen and make sure that neither Alice nor Sora loses his or her heads. That was fine and all, but the group didn't quite understand what the Cheshire Cat had said. How can make someone's memory lie to them? Charlie just didn't get it.
They continued on. Charlie and Sora had fought the Heartless that stood in the way, making Sora finally understand the way of the cards. They come across the next room called the Bizarre Room and were surprise at how colourful it was. What was more surprising was that everything was gigantic! Or was it that everyone was small? No one knew.
"Gawrsh, what's with the sudden change of scenery?" Goofy asked.
"I know I'm short but this is ridiculous!" Charlie complained.
She turned and saw Sora smile at her. Her instinct was to look away as fast as possible. Her cheeks began to get hot and she wandered the other direction. This isn't the time to be thinking like that! Charlie ran up beside Alice and attempted to avoid Sora's gaze.
Sora just looked confused. Why is Charlie acting this way? She just made him laugh because she complained about her size. Why is she avoiding him? For some reason, he was worried about losing her. He didn't know why but it made his heart ache. It's probably because he cares about her, that's all.
"Let's look around!" Alice suggested.
Alice walked ahead of the group. As they searched, the heroes hear a sudden cry from a familiar voice. They ran over to see several card soldiers stopping Alice with the Queen of Hearts behind them. The queen was smug and asked if the heroes really though they had seen the last of her. Charlie glared at the queen and summoned her Keyblade knowing that she would have their heads. Sora placed his arm in front of her, stopping her from causing a bigger mess.
"Game's up, scoundrels! For stealing my memory, I sentence you… I sentence you to…" The queen started.
There was a flash of light and Charlie lowered her weapon. What was going on? The queen was confused! She didn't even know where she is! She can't remember! Sora asked his friends about the queen and Goofy must have concluded that her memory was swiped again. This was weird even for this world. Alice felt something near and looked up. Her eyes widened at the creature above them.
"Sora, Charlie, watch out! Something's coming!" Alice warned.
The creature fell from the roof. It was tall and very intimidating. The trickmaster had long, zigzag arms, carrying two purple batons. The creature also had two slender legs but for some reason, it didn't have a neck. Instead, it had multiple faces on top of each other.
"So this is what stole the queen's memory!" Sora concluded.
The battle started and Sora and Charlie summoned their weapons. Sora rushed in while Charlie had to strategize with her cards. She had found more fire cards and decided to stack them into Firaga. She performed the move and did some damage. However, Sora noticed the Trickmaster was chasing him! This made everything more complicated.
"Charlie, hurry up and defeat this thing!" Sora yelled.
"I would if you stopped moving!" She replied.
Charlie then used a blizzard card, which also dealt some damage. The Trickmaster ell to its knees and was unconscious. This was the time for Sora to attack! Charlie joined in with the physical attacks.
They continue to perform combos of physical attacks until Charlie ran out of cards. She stepped away from the Heartless to recall her cards. Unfortunately, the Heartless came to and stood up. Sora's eyes widened as the monster headed for Charlie!
"Charlie, look out!" Sora warned.
But it was too late! Charlie hadn't finished and the Trickmaster had swiped her baton at her! She thrown back and rolled after the impact. Sora had used a stack of Fira cards to distract it. The creature started chasing him now! As he ran, he looked over to Charlie and found her steadily getting up. He sighed in relief but then saw the anger in Charlie's eyes.
She successfully recalled he cards and jumped on the table. She used more spell cards and she occasionally managed to land a few physical attacks. The Trickmaster slammed on the table and had broken it. Charlie fell to the ground rather hard. But she didn't have time to worry about that! She stood up and attacked the monster once more.
A card with a green Mickey symbol appeared and Sora managed to grab it. He used it and the table reappeared. The teens too advantage of this and climbed on it and attacked. Luckily, the Heartless didn't have much health and collapsed quickly. A heart left its body and floated up in the sky. Charlie wondered where the hearts went after she defeated the Heartless. She felt like she should know for some reason.
With the Trickster gone, Alice, Donald, Goofy, the queen and her guards had returned to the scene. The queen then demanded to know where the Heartless had come from but Sora responded and asked how they would know. The queen became aggressive, claiming that they were refusing to answer and are hiding something. She then commanded her guards to arrest them.
"Please, Your Majesty, wait! It was you who commanded us to destroy those creatures." Alice argued.
Everyone was confused. Since when did that happen? Alice then went on explaining that at first, the queen didn't trust them, so she commanded the group to fight them and prove themselves. She then tried to confirm it with Sora and Charlie.
"We did? I mean, we did! Your, uh, Majesty."
"And look, we did what you commanded." Charlie smiled sweetly.
"I… told you… to do that?" The queen asked.
Alice then asked if she remembered but the queen responded by claming she never forget anything and complimented the group on their work in defeating the Trickmaster. The queen and her guards then leave the scene and Alice sighed in relief.
"Well, that was close." Alice said.
"Way to improvise! I never would've thought of that." Sora complimented.
"Of course you wouldn't." Charlie smirked.
"Hey!" Sora argued.
Alice then remembered about what the Cheshire Cat had said. Ify ou try too hard to remember, your memory might lie to you. And the queen was too stubborn to admit that she forgot. So Alice worded her responses right to make the queen remember something that didn't happen and she ended up fooling herself.
Sora didn't say a word and Alice was concerned. Charlie watched the scene to see what happens butt Sora just stated that Alice would be safe now that the queen was deal with. Goofy then stated that the queen won't give them any more trouble since they defeated the Heartless like she asked. Donald then asked if Goofy had been fooled, too. Everyone couldn't help but laugh at the antics.
The group of heroes leave Wonderland and return to the Second Floor. Charlie stretched her arms behind her head but Goofy stopped, thinking for a minute. Everyone else stopped and turned to him.
"Huh? What's the matter?" Donald asked.
"It's that creepy castle that I was talking about earlier… I know I didn't imagine it." Goofy replied.
"You didn't, Goofy. I'm pretty sure I remember it, too." Charlie folded her arms and was also in deep thought.
"That was the castle where Sora used the Keyblade to free Kairi's heart and Charlie had sacrificed herself to save Ryan." Goofy told.
"I remember that…" Charlie thought.
"R-Ryan?" She managed to say.
"Charlie, don't speak. You'll be okay." Ryan said as tears brimmed his eyes.
"I-I'm sorry… I couldn't save you."
"Then they just disappeared! And I was so worried. How could I ever forget that?" Goofy continued.
"Oh! It was wen we turned into a Heartless! Wait. That happened… in a castle?" Sora asked.
Donald remembered and so did Charlie. She remembered that reminded her of steampunk but she hated the lifts. She then thought maybe when she turned into a Heartless was when Ryan realised her feelings for him. Sora still didn't remember and asked Donald what it was called but the Court Wizard couldn't remember and asked Jiminy if it was in his journal.
"Every word! I finished the first volume right before we got to this castle." Jiminy was obviously very proud of his journals.
Jiminy rummaged for his journal and finally found it. He opened his book and looked through the pages. He gasped. Goofy asked what was wrong and Jiminy had said that every page is blank.
"What'll we do?!" Donald responded.
"How could this have happened? I'm so careful with the journals! All that hard work is gone…" Jiminy wept.
"Charlie what about your camera?" Sora asked.
Charlie nodded. She was worried if something like this would happen to her camera. She fished in her front pocked and grabbed her camera. She turned it on and was happy that it still had battery life. She pressed the preview button and her eyes grew in size. It was all gone.
"My camera… has been wiped…" She fell to her knees and Sora rubbed her back in comfort.
"The journal's blank and the camera has been wiped…. What's going on?" Sora asked.
I hope you enjoyed that chapter, like I said, I'm sorry for it being short. Anyway, I guess I'll see you in the next chapter!