We're back folks!
I know most of you are waiting for the next chapter for KH II Guardians Of The Multiverse. But given that there has been a death in my family. I had to spark my inspiration back in. And with the help of SPYRO 101. I was able to put this out a lot faster. My Auntie Fran passed away on January 25th this year. For me, this one shot is dedicated to her. My birthdays was always my best memories with her. In order for me to move on with my life and keep writing more chapters, I had to release my grief by remembering the best of her.
This chapter will be about Aiden's ninth birthday, and he's about to have the first official birthday party he ever had. But before it can start. Elsa and the rest of the family are working with the castle staff in setting up the party. While Anna keeps Aiden distracted and away from the ballroom. While they hang out together in Twilight Town.
As Nephew and Aunt.
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LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
Happy Birthday Mav!
Early Morning at Arendelle Castle...
Everyone in the family was at the ballroom. Elsa and her family got up bright and early to get ready for the birthday of Arendelle's favorite and only prince. This was Aiden's frist birthday party ever. All of his first five ones were in a hospital room. But Aiden's mother worked with the doctors and nurses to put one nothing but the best for him back then. Those were good memories.
The rest of Aiden's birthdays over the past three years were just him on the streets with Groot as usual. Either that or tomb raiding and exploring. But he never acknowledged his past three birthdays. Aiden only remembered them, for he was too focused on getting back home to his mother.
But with Amelia gone. Elsa is now the prime conduit for the rest of Aiden's childhood.
And the Queen couldn't be more then happy to be responsible for that. Even if she feels the pressure of making sure his first ever birthday in the family is the best one yet. Elsa hasn't felt this pressure since setting up Anna's birthday after opening the gates.
In fact it was once again starting with Elsa making the cake.
"Okay, okay, here we go." With a twirl of ice, a small ice statue of the smiling Aiden was formed over a large blue cake. "So lonely." Elsa reconstructed it into little ice-figurines of Aiden standing in his Maverick form. And nothing else. "Bland." Elsa observed as she reconstructed it again, this time as one where Maverick was stabbed by Lash. "No, I can't do that! What am I thinking?!" Elsa exclaimed quietly to herself. Then she sighed, "Come on, Elsa. This is for Aiden. You can do this."
"Ok. A little to the left!" Anna said while guiding Kristoff and Groot as they moved a large painting in a frame. It's covered in a large white cloth, so it does not ruin the surprise.
"You've been saying a little bit to one side and another for the past thirty minutes!" Kristoff groaned as the painting was heavy to hold up.
"Oh quit whining, it's Aiden's birthday!" Kristoff spoke for Sven his reindeer, who was in the room smiling at them.
Groot rolled his eyes as he nudged Kristoff aside so he could hold both ends of the painting with his strong wooden hands. Much to Kristoff's relief as he went over to sit and catch his breath. Then Groot held the painting up a little higher to be seen in the entire ballroom. Thanks to his wooden arms extending.
"I….am Groot?" The large alien tree asked if it's high enough. Even though no one can understand him but Aiden. And Elsa due to the mother and son's hearts being connected.
"If you are asking if it's high enough, I would say it's too high. Bring it down a bit." Anna said to Groot before mumbling to herself. "One of these days, I'm going to ask Aiden to make a translator so I can understand Groot."
"I am Groot." Groot shortened his arms to bring it down a bit and held it there. "I am Groot?"
"Technically Aiden and I are a translator." Elsa mused while she was working on the cake.
"I am Groot?" Groot asked if the painting was the right place again. The sisters weren't paying attention.
"Uh huh. And what if you're both not in the room to interpret?" Anna crossed her arms while asking her sister.
"I am...Groot?!" Groot asked again in an annoyed tone as his arms were getting tired.
"Not our problem." Elsa playfully shrugged as she was still thinking of what to put on top of the cake.
"Thanks a lot Elsa." Anna groaned sarcastically.
"I AM GROOT?!" Groot exclaimed as he was getting tired of holding the painting up. Thankfully he wasn't going to drop it due to his strength.
"Oh Sorry Groot!" Anna apologized, turning back to look at the living tree. "Okay right there looks good!"
"Ugh!..." Groot hung the panting there and slumped his arms down in exhaustion.
"Wait! I got it." Elsa sparked an idea as she puts a figurine of Maverick flying with his keyblade at hand. Next to Elsa who is ice railing next to him. The Queen smiled. "Perfect."
Just then Olaf ran in and up to Elsa. Who was a assigned to make sure Aiden doesn't come in and see his unfinished surprise birthday party.
"Aiden is still asleep. I can tell from the steam coming out of the his bathroom." Olaf reported to Elsa.
Apparently the snowman mistakens hot shower water vapor for dream clouds.
"Olaf..." Elsa sighed with a slight giggle. "That steam means he's in the shower."
"Oh….." Olaf nodded in understanding before looking confused. "Why would he sleep in the shower?"
Groot facepalmed himself from Olaf's lack of understanding.
"Just go with the flow big guy." Kristoff said while patting Groot's back.
"Anyway. Anna, thank you for helping out so early. We can take it from here once the castle staff arrives to set up everything else." Elsa said to her sister. "But I'm going to need your help for one more thing."
"Anything." Anna assured with a gleeful nod.
"I'm going to need you to draw Aiden away from here until tonight at 6:30. Keep him distracted until everything is finished." Elsa requested her sister with an important task.
"I am Groot." Groot reminded Elsa.
"Oh right. Groot just reminded me that Aiden is getting ready to go see a movie." Elsa said to Anna translating what Groot just said.
"I am Groot." Groot added.
"And Groot's okay if you go with Aiden to see the movie first while he stays here to help out." Elsa translated.
"Are you sure Groot?" Anna asked while looking over at the tree to see if he's really okay with that idea.
"I am Groot." Groot smiled and nodded to assure Anna he's a hundred percent okay with the Princess and her nephew going to see a movie.
"Okay. Don't worry Sis." Anna smiled with a mock salute. "Aiden won't suspect a thing."
"Thank you." Elsa smiled and gave her sister a hug before they went back to it. Then she saw Olaf smiling widely at the birthday cake. She gave Groot a 'You know what to do if anything happens' look.
"I am Groot." Groot nodded and stood guard by the birthday cake. While everyone else went back to setting up.
"Thank God I'm not sick this time." Elsa sighed in relief after feeling her own forehead.
"And there are no Snowgies to wreak havoc." Kristoff muttered.
Back up at Aiden's bedroom...
After Anna got dressed in modern attire. Which consisted of black sneakers with blue jeans shorts. A green flannel jacket with the buttons open to reveal a red t-shirt underneath that had a picture of a chocolate bar on it.
The Princess walked in to check on Aiden and see if he was out of the shower. But he wasn't done in there. Anna could see the shower steam still coming out of the bathroom while music was playing loud inside. So Anna stood by to wait for him, since the Princess was in charge of distracting him away from the castle until the party was ready.
That and the music was awesome.
(My Lovin - En Vogue.)
Doesn't matter what you do or what you say
She don't love you, no way
Maybe next time, you'll give your woman a little respect
So you won't be hearing her say,
no way
And now it's time for a breakdown
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it
Never gonna get it, w-whoa whoa whoa!
Anna listened to the lyrics of the song and began to dance to it while mouthing along the words. As she was getting into it, the Princess closed her eyes and turned around facing away from the bathroom door and continued to move to the music.
While Anna was busy dancing. Aiden came out after doing all of his personal hygiene. Wearing a bath towel around his waist as he spotted Anna dancing and silently singing to the music. Her back was to the boy so she didn't see him stand there with his eyebrow raised.
"Achem. Good Morning Shakira." Aiden quipped about her dancing.
"Ah!" Anna screamed from being startled out of her dance trance and turned around very fast, not expecting the voice. As soon as she sees it is her nephew, she exhaled in relief calming down.
"You were on to something. But I'll give you a solid six out of ten for that last note." Aiden grinned as he walked into the closet to get dress. After making fun of his Aunt's reaction.
"Wise guy." Anna scoffed playfully with a pout. "You could make a great jester."
"No that's Mark Hamil's job, but I digress. Anyway I better get going soon. I just found out today that the new Star Trek film just came out four weeks early in Twilight Town." Aiden stated while he was still getting dressed.
Of course Anna being a Star Trek fan was excited to hear this. For her it was like hearing she won the lottery. She had no idea that this was the movie he was going to see.
"Are you Serious?! That's Awesome!" Anna exclaimed with excitement in her voice before deciding to use this as a means to keep him away from the preparations. "Please take with you to see it! You wouldn't deprive me of such a good movie would you?"
Aiden chuckled lightly. "Seeing how you're already dressed for iLear ready to destroy the ceiling with your sonic scream. Why not?" he stated humorously while grabbing his munny pouch. "I better go grab Groot first."
"No!" Anna yelled, stopping him from going out the door as she tried to make up an excuse. " I mean, I was just hoping that it could be an outing for just you and me, your favorite aunt."
"You have no composition." Aiden deadpanned the 'favorite Aunt' comment. "But it will break Groot's oak wood heart if I don't bring him."
"He told me he's busy today!" Anna blerted out and quickly added. "He... Said he's okay with you going with me to see it first."
Which sort of wasn't a lie given the conversation with Groot and her sister earlier. So Aiden didn't detect a lie in that loophole.
So Aiden came out after getting dressed. The boy was also wearing modern casual attire. Some long blue jeans with dark blue sneakers and a black t shirt with the Star Trek Logo on it.
"Alright Aunt Wendy's. The big stick's holo disguise needs to be updated anyway. Come on. We need to make it to the matinee." Aiden shrugged as he went towards the secret entrance to the lair instead. Which was on the blank wall right next to the balcony entrance.
"Right! Let's go!" Anna said with excitement while following behind him.
Aiden used the secret hidden panel behind the wall and pulled it down. Then he held his right eye out for an eye scanner to flash and scan his eye.
'Welcome Maverick.' IRIS greeted as a wall slides down revealing an elevator.
"What up IRIS. Anything important I should know about today?" Aiden asked as he and Anna stepped onto the elevator to the Mav Club.
'Well today is marked on the calendars as your birthday.' IRIS stated as the elevator was going down.
"Sweet. The death of another cake." Aiden remarked dryly.
"Are you feeling okay?" Anna noticed Aiden wasn't too excited to hear its his birthday.
"Sort of. I'm sorry it's just. My last three birthdays have been a bumer living as an unemployed circus display. In my last birthday I had my shoulder dislocated by a woman with a shuffle, who saw my glowing eyes thinking I was the devil." Aiden said with a somber look. "And all I asked her was if she had a room available for the night."
Aiden remembered the best gift he got that day was Groot popping his shoulder back in place. Which was very painful for Aiden. And the lady was a hotel clerk in London.
Talk about heartless.
Anna gasped at this, The Princess had tears in her eyes before pulling him into a hug. Aiden is a child for God sake! What kind of a woman would hit a young boy with a shovel?!
"Oh Sweetheart! I'm so sorry you went through that." Anna said gently stroking his hair. "But you don't have to worry about that here. We all love you so much, and we would never do anything to hurt you."
"Yeah..." Aiden muttered as he was speechless and leaned into her warm hug and embraced her back. "I'm not going to lie. If I recall. You were actually the first lady to hug me after three years of being alone with an alien chia pet."
Aiden remembered that when he first told Anna about his life story. Anna hugged him. Which was the first time any human ever hugged the boy since his mom was killed.
"The fact that moment wasn't made into a poster is a sin." Aiden made a tiny joke as a small tear fell from his eyes as he was enjoying the hug.
It was on par with Elsa's hugs.
Anna giggled a little at the joke. "Who knows? Maybe someone will paint that image in the future." she whispered while wiping his tear away.
"Maybe... Just don't hire anyone in this world." Aiden sniffed a little and spoke with a small tone. "I don't want some perverted Greco-Roman artist to paint us naked with a leaf on my Johnson."
Aiden didn't break away from the hug still. And Anna understands that with everything he went through and the hard life he had. Aiden communicates a lot better through humor. Some painful traumas are too hard to cry and talk about for the boy. So he releases through jokes.
Anna laughed lightly at that while she still held the boy close. "You have yourself a deal." The Princess said through her laughter.
After that tender moment. Aiden and Anna went through the Maverick's lair and traveled through the space bridge portal. Then they took the purple wizard looking train towards Twilight Town.
Down at the Twilight Town movie theater…...
Once they made it to the movie theater, Aiden handed the munny to Anna so she could pay for one adult and one child at the ticket booth. Once inside they both found some available seats in the middle after Anna and Aiden ordered snacks and popcorn.
"My favorite Star Trek film is still the want with the whales." Anna whispered while they were taking their seats in the theater.
"You're talking about Star Trek IV The Voyage Home." Aiden pointed out.
"Yeah that one!" Anna beamed quietly..
"Well hopefully this turns out better then Star Trek V. And Generations." Aiden muttered.
He was referring to the movie titled 'Generations' not the tv show.
Oh shh… It's starting." Aiden said quietly as the beginning credits played.
The boy leaned back while he and Anna munched on some popcorn and the movie started playing.
As the movie started. Anna gripped her seat during the opening attack of the Starship Kelvin. The part where some crew members got blown out into space was a shock scare for both her and Aiden.
"Jesus. Crap just got real in this one." Aiden whispered and cringed.
But when they got to the part where Jim was born on the escape vessel. Anna was already in silent tears while Aiden kept his cool.
* "What is it?" Goarge Kirk called out*
*"It's a boy." Winona tearfully answered.*
*"A boy?!" Goarge beamed as he saw the final impact coming soon with his death.*
The sad orchestral music was adding to the tears.
*"Tell me about him!" Goarge said from the bridge. *
*"He's beautiful... George, you should be here." Winona whimpered while holding their baby in her arms as the shuttle was getting far away from the ship.*
*'Impact alert.' The computer stated.*
*"What are we going to call him?" George asked.*
*"We can name him after your father." Winona gave an idea.*
*"Tiberius? Are you kidding me? No, that's the worst. Let's name him after your dad. Let's call him Jim." suggested with a little humor.*
*"Jim. Okay. Jim it is." Winona smiled as she started crying after a small chuckle.*
*The Kelvin was a few seconds from crashing.*
*"Sweetheart, can you hear me?!" George called out.*
*"I can hear." His wife sobbed.*
*"I love you so much! I love y-"
It was all George could say before he gets thrown out of his seat as the Kelvin is destroyed in impact. Blowing him up in the process. And Winona sobs hard as she sees the explosion from her window.*
Several people, mostly women in the theater were already in tears as they watch the wife sob over the lost of Jim's father.
Aiden kept his cool as he looked at Anna who was already crying.
"Are you doing okay?" Aiden whispered quietly to Anna while not disturbing the audience.
"That was so heartbreakingly beautiful….. Why couldn't Romeo and Juliette be like this?" Anna cried quietly a little after seeing George give his life in the film.
"Yeah they really went serious with... Oh look!" Aiden whispered as they saw the opening titles. And the music of Michael Giacchino adding to how epic it was.
Once the Star Trek logo was displayed. The theater Audience cheered as Aiden was surrounded by Star Trek fans. And his Aunt who is also a fan.
Anna was one of the louder fans as she stood up in her seat. "Woooohooo! This is awesome!" She cheeres loudly
"YEAAAAH!" A muscular teenager with a mohawk was screaming behind Anna's seat. Feeling the same thrill.
"So far so good." Aiden smiled as he was now invested.
And they continued from there.
The rest of the film went smoothly for them. Especially when Anna covered Aiden's eyes seeing the scene where Jim was making out with a green skinned woman.
But when they got to the scene when Jim was warning Uhura about the Ramulants. Everyone was cracking up at how his hands were big from the swelling and how his tongue was numbed, making Jim speak in mumbles. Especially the part where Bones injected him again.
*"Ah! DOP IT!" Jim screamed at Bones with his numb tongue.*
Anna fell into her seat, holding her stomach as she laughed so hard.
"Oh my God!... That's so funny Hahahahahaha!" Anna gasped out as she laughed at the scene before her.
"They ought to call him Captain Donkey Kong with those hands!" Aiden laughed while everyone was still laughing at the scene.
As the movie went on. They were watching the scene where Jim was saved from an ice monster thanks to a stranger in a hood. When the stranger dropped his hood. The Audience gasped to see old Leonard Nimoy playing Spock from the future.
"Holy shi- Aunt Red it's Leonard Nimoy!" Aiden exclaimed in a whispered while trying not to disturb the shocked audience.
He was everyone's favorite actor from the show.
"Oh my God!" Anna gasped out at the scene "There are two Spock in one movie?! This is amazing!"
The rest of the action had Anna at the edge of her seat. Especially when Jimeand Spock finally became friends.
But when it was reaching the end as the Enterprise crew were finally going on their first Voyage. And everyone including Anna laughed at Scotty yelling 'GET DOWN!' to his little buddy Keenser.
But that wasn't what hit as a last moment of excitement for them.
It was when Older Spock spoke and voiced over the lines at the end. With the opening theme of the Star Trek show.
*" Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before." Older Spock stated before the Interprise blasted off into the unkown.*
Then the theme music played like an orchestra with the composer's touches. And the audience applauded.
"BEST….MOVIE….EVER!" Anna screams out as she jumps out of her seat, pumping her fists in the air.
"For me. That title still belongs to 'Empire Strikes Back' but HELL YEAH! Worth every cent they never use!" Aiden exclaimed feeling the thrill. And making a joke about how they never use money in the Star Trek Universe.
Going outside the theater...
As Anna and Aiden were walking out of the theater. Anna noticed that they haven't been gone long enough and Elsa needed at least four more hours until the party was ready.
"So... How….. would... You... Rate... This, film this... Amazing film?" Aiden mimicked William Shatner and how he spoke so dramatically with pause for effect.
"Well if I had human emotions." Anna said in an almost emotionless monotone voice trying to imitate the Original Spock. "I would say eleven, even though saying a number higher than the scale would seem illogical."
"Yeah well screw the metric system. I'm giving this one many zeroes next to my one. Enough to build a fence to keep George Lucas out and from cash grabbing it like Indiana Jones 4." Aiden quipped.
"Misa thinka yousa are very very funny betcha betcha!" Anna said while imitating Jar Jar Binks.
Aiden pretended to choke and hunch over hearing Anna speak like that. Then he stood back up.
"Whew, sorry Cap'n. You almost killed me with soul crushing stupidity." Aiden quipped mimicking Scotty's accent which made Anna giggle
"Stupidity cannot kill you." Anna spoke like Spock again. "Although mistakes and actions taken during moments of stupidity could kill you."
"Well I know Mom will kill us if we're out too late. We'd better head back and check on the royal fam." Aiden was about to walk back to the train home until Anna stopped him by grabbing his arm..
The party still wasn't ready yet.
"Oh come on Aiden. We still have time before we have to go back to the castle." Anna stated before guiding him in the opposite direction. "Why don't we check out some of the shops here, especially the candy shops?!"
as Aiden's arm was being pulled by his hyperactive Aunt towards another direction. Aiden had the general idea of what was going on but decided to play along.
"Isn't it deadly to put more sugar on top of sugar?" Aiden inquired humorously about Anna's sugar level.
"There is no such thing as too much sugar!" Anna said with a cheeky grin on her face.
"You think that now. But wait until I start traveling to other worlds myself. If I find a sugar based world that has candy as people. You would be considered their boogieman... Boogie woman." Aiden quipped and corrected himself.
Seeing that Aiden was now following her. Anna stopped pulling as her distraction is working a lot better than she thought. Then she decided to play along with Aiden's joke while they were walking to the candy shop.
"I am Anna, the eater of Candy Planets!" Anna spoke in a booming voice, showing even more of her whimsical side.
"Once was mighty until the armada of the Diabetes Empire slew her at her own games." Aiden spoke like an epic movie trailer voice. Then he spoke normal. "Or at least That would be the case if I hadn't cured Diabetes last month."
Which was true in fact. Aiden's advance knowledge and access to his Mav Club helped him find the cure for Diabetes. But he was only allowed to use it on his world for the sake of the World Order. He could break it due to his Maverick Jurisdiction. But he respects authority due to how well he was taught by his adopted mother Elsa. Which is another reason why he was chosen as the Maverick. The respect of authority despite not being bound by it.
"That you did." she said sweetly before gently ruffling Aiden's white hair. "You have done so much for us in such a short time. I don't know how we can ever even begin to thank you."
"Your sister gave me a home. A magic healing factor, and she became my Mom. I think that counts as an infinity stone of thanks." Aiden remarked with a smile.
"Oh Sparky. That's barely a fraction of what is owed to you." she said looking him in the eye. "But not just for saving us. But for becoming a very special member of our family. I can't even begin to imagine what our lives would be like without you in it."
"The feeling is mutual." Aiden smiled back as they were standing at a Ice Cream/Candy Shop. Which was owned by an old lady with a cat. "Now let's buy some chocolate and slurpies to swallow down the sap."
"Sure thing Sweetie!" Anna beamed as she ran inside first.
But just as Aiden was about to go in with her. His magical super hearing picked up on some trouble from across.
"GIVE IT BACK SEIFER!" a voice echoed from over at the sandlot.
Aiden looked back inside the candy shop and saw that Anna was distracted with looking at all of the selected candy and goods inside. Which the boy sighed as he figured the Princess of Arendelle would be distracted for a while. He wanted to go in and join her. But his inner hero couldn't ignore a call for help. Or trouble.
"I'm too young for this shit." Aiden muttered as he left without Anna noticing and ran for the direction of where he heard the screaming.
Down at the Sandlot...
Aiddn ran down to the area where Struggle battles take place and found three kids around his age being picked on by some older kids.
The first Kid Aiden saw being pushed around was a nine year old boy with light skin and blonde hair that looks geled up to have it stick up. He was wearing a red sleeveless shirt with Baggy camouflage pants that stop a couple inches above the ankles, and camouflage sneakers with the toes of the shoes white.
This boy's name was Hayner.
The second kid is a slightly pudgy nine year old boy with light skin and black spiky hair held up by a black and white headband, making it look like the top of a palm tree. He was wearing a blue sleeveless shirt over a white long sleeve shirt. Some baggy blue pants and blue and white sneakers.
This kid's name was Pence.
The third kid is an eight year old girl with light skin and dark brown hair fashioned with two small pony tails over her shoulders. She had on a yellow tank top with a flower pattern over her stomach. She was also wearing tan shorts that cover her knees, yellow socks and yellow and white sneakers, and a blue pendant necklace.
The girl's name was Olette.
These three kids were being picked on by some older kids who looked thugist and self proclaimed tough boys.
The first of the older kids is a twelve year old boy with light skin and blonde hair underneath a black watch cap. He was wearing a black sleeveless shirt underneath a silver sleeveless trench coat, baggy purple pants, and black boots.
There's a name for a prick like this. But will call him Seifer.
The second older kid was a thirteen year old boy with tan skin, muscles on his arms, and short black hair with a few spikes on the right side. He was wearing a dark green sleeveless shirt and a silver chain around his neck. He was also wearing navy blue sweat pants that slightly cover his white and gold sneakers, and blue wrist bands on each wrist.
This kid's name was Rai. And he was the one holding Pence back against a wall while Seifer was picking on Hayer.
The third kid is a twelve year old girl with light skin and whitish blue hair that covers her left eye, leaving her right red eye visible. She was wearing a red sleeveless turtleneck vest, tan cargo shorts that cover her knees, and light blue shoes.
This girl's name was Fuu.
Aiden saw Hayner was being pushed down by Seifer after he was trying to reach for a camera in Seifer's hand.
Fuu stood back while watching in amusement even if her blank expression didn't show anything.
Rai was holding Pence up against a wall with one arm while Olette was screaming at them.
"Leave us alone Seifer! I told you we didn't take any pictures!" Olette snapped at them.
"Oh yeah?" Seifer snorted and glared at Hayner on the ground. "Then why did you run off with this in your hands? Off to make a gold star on the internet?" He asked that with a slight smirk.
Hayner glared back and then smirk mischievously up at Seifer.
"Sure. Who knows? They might vote you as the best try not to laugh challenge!" Hayner jest back at Seifer.
"Damn. This dude's got thunder." Aiden whispered in remark to Hayner's brave witts.
While Pence and Olette chuckled. Even Rai chuckled which caused Seifer to glare at him. Which shut Rai up.
"Alright. If you think that. Then you can watch the votes all the way back at the morgue." Hayner said as he cracked his own knuckles looking like he was ready to beat up Hayner.
Aiden had to act now. So he immediately walked over to them and interrupted Seifer as he was about to beat Hayner up.
"Yo Ralphie! You're supposed to knock your date after it goes south!" Aiden yelled out to Seifer. Calling him gay for standing on top of Hayner. Which made some of them laugh.
Seifer looked towards Aiden, looking angry.
"Excuse me?!" Seifer snapped as he approached the young Maverick. "Who do you think you are?! Do you even know who you're dealing with here?!"
"The hell should I know?" Aidens shrugged with no ounce of fear. "You're Shaft's sidekick?"
Seifer had a look of shock and anger on his face, Rai was trying not to laugh, and Fuu looked as emotionless as usual.
"Infuriating." Fuu said in her monotone voice.
"If you know what's good for you. You'd better walk away." Seifer snarled at Aiden.
"Yeah! Your talking to the head of the Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee. Y'know!" Rai added as he stood next to Seifer.
"Respect." Fuu deadpanned standing next to them.
"Wow...I didn't know The Three Stooges had cop badges." Aiden sarcastically snorted and smirked at Fuu. "And I can see why the boys like to call you Curly. Those hips down lie."
"Pervert." Fuu deadpanned when Aiden winked at her.
"You know kid, you're really starting to get on my nerves. So I'm gonna give you a choice." Seifer said while balling his fists and glaring down at Aiden. "You can drop to your knees and beg for forgiveness, and you'll only end up with a few bruises. Or you continue being disrespectful to your betters and join this runt in his beat down."
"Sheesh. Your ass must be jealous of the amount of shit coming out of your mouth." Aiden snickered and quipped.
Seifer yelled and threw a right hook at Aiden. But Aiden quickly grabbed Seifer's fist without moving. The boy caught the older boy's hand in a strong grip which surprised them all.
"My advise Ceasar Salad. It's better to make people think you're a sore asshole than to open your mouth and prove it. So if you want to prove that you're tougher than nails. Learn to take a joke and walk away." Aiden advised while he kept a strong grip on Seifer's hand which made Seifer winch by how strong Aiden was.
Aiden had a point. If Seifer is going to prove to be tough for his reputation. He needs to learn to shrug off irritating jokes.
"You know what?" Seifer snorted as he succeeded in freeing his hand from Aiden's strong grip. Then he dropped the camera on the ground. "I have better things to do than deal with a bunch of brats. Let's go guys."
Seifer straightened his coat and began to walk away.
"Right behind you." Rai said while letting go of Pence and following Seifer. Fuu follows but stops and turns to look Aiden one last time.
"Tough." she deadpanned a snort before continuing on with her gang.
"Cute." Aiden smirked at Fuu. He has a thing for tough girls.
But as soon as they were gone. Aiden picked up the camera Seifer dropped and went over and offered Hayner a hand and giving him back his camera.
"Are you alright?" Aiden asked Hayner after helping him up.
"Yeah I'm fine. Nothing I couldn't handle." Hayner said while brushing his clothes before looking at Aiden. "But I suppose I should say thanks for the assist anyway."
"That was awesome!" Pence said while running up to Aiden in excitement. "I've never seen anyone stand up to Seifer like that before!"
"Yeah it was pretty cool!" Olette smiled while walking over. "That's the first time they ever backed off from someone younger than them."
"It's no problem. I've dealt with bigger." Aiden shrugged and smiled before looking at Hayner. "I'm kinda curious. What pictures did you take that pissed him off?"
Hayner smiled as he took back his camera before pulling up a picture of Seifer in his bedroom dancing the Macerana. Aiden sees this and starts laughing.
"Woo boy! I bet the ladies would say. Es tan estúpido que es bueno." Aiden quipped a Spanish phrase.
"Huh?" Hayner inquired.
"It'means 'It's so stupid that it's good'." Pence translated.
"Dang. You picked up on that quickly." Aiden remarked on how fast Pence understood him.
"You can blame on Spanish quiz." Pence smiled.
"Of course Hayner hear always fell asleep." Olette teased.
"I do not!... Not all the time." Hayner said back.
"So who were those deadbeats? Some kind of MTV version of Team Rocket or something?" Aiden asked about Seifer's gang.
"I wish." Hayner chuckled.
"Nah. Seifer's gang are some self proclaimed wannabes who think they can protect the streets and keep everyone in check." Pence explained.
"And Seifer think it gives himself a pass to pick on everyone." Olette relented with her arms crossed.
"Sounds like my ex governess." Aiden muttered quietly.
"By the way, I don't think we met before. Are you new in town?" Olette asked Aiden curiously.
"Not really. I've been here for almost a year now. I just never been in this part of town until now." Aiden answered. While hiding the fact that he lives in another world.
"Well it's nice to meet you all the same." Olette said with a smile and a small wave of her left hand. "I'm Olette."
"I'm Pence." Pence introduced himself while holding up his right hand.
"And I'm Hayner." Hayner smirk while pointing at himself with his right thumb.
"Aiden. But the fam calls me Aid." Aiden shook Hayner's hand.
"There you are Aiden! " they heard a spastic motherly like voice yell
The kids turned to see Anna running up with two bags filled to the brim with candy.
"Speaking of which….Hey Aunt Red!" Aiden smiled nervously with a small wave as she approached. When Anna reached him, she huffed with a scowl..
"Don't 'Hey Aunt Red' me young man!" she said with a stern voice and expression, with her eyes showing her concern. "I walked into the candy shop, and when I turn around, you were gone! I've been looking all over for you!"
"And it looks like you started your search in all the candy shops and brought with you two bags worth of evidence." Aiden said teasingly while eyeing up the two bags.
"That is a lot of sugar." Hayner remarked.
"That is a heart attack." Pence wenced at the sight of the two large candy bags.
"Look I'm sorry. I was going to walk in with you. But a group of biased Tony Hawk players were picking on these guys." Aiden explained while he gestured to Hayner and his friends. "I came in and drove them out of their hair."
Anna looked at Hayner and his friends as they waved nervously at her. Anna knew that Aiden doesn't turn his back on those in need. And the Princess knew she couldn't be mad at the boy for that.
"Of course you did." Anna sighed before smiling. "It's just like you to help others no matter where you go"
"So... you're not mad?" Aiden asked cautiously.
"Why would i be mad?! It's my favorite nephew's birthday!" Anna beamed.
"Oh it's your birthday? Awesome!" Olette smiled widely at Aiden.
"Is that what all of the candy is for?" Hayner wondered.
"Sort of. One bag is for whatever. While the other is my Aunt's lunch." Aiden quipped teasingly to Anna.
"You say it like it's a bad thing." Anna said with a cheeky smile.
"Not for the doctor." Aiden smirked back.
"ah you're overreacting. My sugar consumption is not unhealthy." Anna said with a pout.
"Because of me, it's not." Aiden muttered while Hayner and his friends where snickering at their antics. Then Aiden says to them. "Anyway guys. This is my Aunt Anna. We were just killing four hours before we head back home. if you want to. You can stick around."
"Why don't you come with us? We were just about to head over to Litwak's Arcade." Olette invited Anna and Aiden.
"You didn't forget the coins right?" Hayner asked Pence.
"I never forget the coins." Pence retorted.
"You had me at 'arcade'. I'm game. Literally." Aiden quipped before he looked up at Anna. "Can we?"
"Uh….Aiden?" Anna whispered as she leaned towards his ear so only he could hear her. "What's an Arcade?"
Aiden leaned up so Anna was the only one who could hear.
"An arcade is a place full of all kinds of video game machines you put quarters in to play. They're not like the video games I play at home. They're mostly retro. But they still hold up." Aiden whispered and explained. "Are you interested? It's a lot of fun."
Anna smirked and asked "Does a Vulcan have pointy ears?"
"Is that a yes?" Aiden perked up.
"Yes!" Anna squealed in excitement as her hyperactive self. "Come on! Let's get going to the Arcade before the chocolate balls melt!"
"We're game." Aiden gave Hayner a thumb up.
"Sweet! Follow us." Hayner and his friends went ahead of Anna and Aiden.
Anna inadvertently bought enough candy for everybody after all.
Down at Litwak's Arcade...
Hayner and his friends brought Aiden and his Aunt Anna to the arcade and the Princess beheld a great sight of different video game machines everywhere. With so many games to choose from. From titles like 'Sonic The Hedgehog' to 'Pac Man'.
"You've probably been to a lot of arcades. But I'll start you off with the basics." Hayner said to them with a grin.
"Like Madden?" Aiden quipped.
"Nah those games are repetitive. We always start off with Pac-Man." Pence said as they went up to the Pac-Man machine.
"You think you can handle it man?" Hayner asked looking smug, pretty much challenging Aiden.
"Oh I think I can manage a yellow kidney stone that eats dots." Aiden said smugly as he cracked his fingers.
"Good. Wanna go first?" Olette asked Aiden while inserting a quarter into the machine.
" Affirmative. Watch and Learn Aunt Red." Aiden remarked as he put his hands on the controls.
As the first round of Pac-Man started.
Aiden started playing Pac-Man's first round with skill and hand to eye cordenation. He was pro at home on the Playstation so he's a pro here. He played the first round extremely well as he didn't even take the big dotted power ups to eat the ghosts. Aiden was only focused on eating all of the small dots while avoiding the ghosts. And eating the cherries for bonus points. After he finished the round with finesse. Hayner and the others were impressed.
"Woah! That is some mad skill there!" Pence said while starstruck.
"Yeah! He's just as good as you Hayner!" Olette commented on Aiden's skill.
"Eh. He's not bad." Hayner said with a nonchalant and cocky smile. "Of course I can do even better."
"If you had glowing fingers, maybe." Aiden snickered quietly. Then as the second round of Pac-Man was starting. He decided to hand the controls over to his Aunt Anna. "Let's see what you got Aunt Red."
"Oh me?!" Anna says wide eyed before standing up to the machine and looking at the screen nervously. "I don't know Aiden. I'm not sure how well I can play on this."
"Don't worry. You'll do great." Aiden said giving Anna an encouraging pat on the back. "Don't overthink it. This is right up our alley."
Anna smiled at this. "Ok then. Here we go." She said while turning to the game to begin playing.
Anna followed Aiden's pattern of playing and copied the way he avoided the ghosts while eating the dots. And picking the right moments to eat the bigger dots. And eating the cherry bonus points. Because this was the second round,everything was a tad bit harder to play. Which would've botched the fact that this is Anna's first time playing Pac-Man. But somehow through her experience of playing video games with Aiden back home. And even though her score wasn't as big as Aiden's score. For her first time playing. She was pretty good. Anna managed to win.
Hayner and his friends were impressed. But Aiden knew she could do it.
"I did it!" Anna squealed as she jumped up and down in excitement at her victory.
"See? What did I tell ya?" Aiden said while smirking with his arms crossed.
"Way to go Anna." Olette said, being impressed with what she saw.
"Yeah. You did better than my first time playing this game" Pence smiled.
"Looks like everyone in your family is good at video games." Hayner said to Aiden with a grin.
"You're gonna have to blame it on the PS3 controller." Aiden grinned back.
After Hayner and his friends played their rounds of Pac-Man. Hayner led them over to introduce them to a Street Fighter game machine.
"Ooh Street Fighter II?!" Anna's eyes lit up seeing the title.
"Yep. Only its not like Street Fighter IV. This one is that game's tough as nails Grand daddy." Aiden remarked.
"What was Street Fighter I like?" Anna asked.
"About the same as this game, but with fewer characters." Pence stated.
"Hey Aiden!" Hayner says pointing at Aiden. "I challenge you to a round of butt kicking in the streets. You think you can handle my mad game skills?"
Aiden cracks his neck before looking Hayner in the eye. "I must break you." He says with a Russian accent.
Hayner selected Ryu while Aiden selected Bison. They started their round in Hong Kong and They started fighting in the game. Hayner gave the first few hits while Aiden was looking for an opening to strike.
"That's it Hayner! You got this!" Pence cheered for his friend.
"First hits go to Hayner!" Olette cheered with her arms up.
"Come on Aiden! Kick his Butt!" Anna rooted for her nephew.
Hayner tried using Ryu's special moves like Hurricane Kick and Shakunetsu Hadoken. But Aiden knew all of M Bison's moves like the Psycho Crusher and Devil Reverse. Needless to say Hayner won some rounds while Aiden won others. Aiden sure picked a good player to match against. It seems like they were an even match when it comes to fighting games. Though Aiden won the first one.
After a while they both lost count of their wins and loss during the twenty minutes they had been playing.
"If we keep this up. These characters might die from exhaustion." Aiden stated about the numbers they've played.
"Yeah. You're right. We'll just say I've won and call it a day." Hayner agreed with Aiden.
"Whatever you say Gameboy." Pence snorted with a grin.
"Come on! Let me show you may favorite game." Olette took them over to the one game she always looked forward to playing. A racing game that was recently plugged in called Sugar Rush.
(PS. The first Wreck It Ralph movie has not happened yet. So Vanelope isn't a player yet.)
"When Did Mario kart have artificial sweeteners?" Aiden quipped looking at the candy theme of the game.
"Hey Anna." Olette offered to let the Princess sit in one of the chairs. "Wanna give this a try against me?"
Anna smiled as she took the left seat while Olette sat in the other one. "Ladies? Start your Engines!" Anna joked.
"Alright. The controls are just like to racing games we play back home. The rules are the same except it has power ups to need to run over." Aiden gave Anna a few pointers.
"Right. Thanks Sweetie." Anna said appreciating the tips before Anna picks Jubileena Bing-Bing. And Olette picks Candlehead.
While they started racing. Aiden was starting to sense some kind of light around the arcade. Like a coded life energy. Because of IRIS, Aiden can detect anomalies not only in the supernatural. But also in technology. This strange phenomenon was making the boy curious.
But that would have to wait for another day.
"Hey." Hayner tapped Aiden's shoulder which interrupted his thoughts. "How about I show you the DDR X2 machine?" He invited him.
"You're on." Aiden nodded with a smirk.
While the girls were busy racing against each other while Pence was watching. Hayner took Aiden over to a break dancing game called the DDR X2 machine.
Once they were there, Aiden got the general idea of the challenge Hayner was getting at.
"Pick a song." Hayner challanged with a competitive smirk.
Aiden snickered "You might as well say pick a weapon to whoop you with. Nah, you go first since this is your domain." He insisted that Hayner dances first.
"Alright. But you might regret that later." Hayner warning as he picked his first song.
(Yeah - Usher)
Peace up, A-Town down
Yeah! Okay (Usher, Usher, Usher)
Lil' Jon
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Once the song started playing Hayner started dancing with perfect moves and rythem. As if he was Usher himself. Only Aiden noticed that Hayner was watching the screen to see the steps and watching wear his feet would step on. Aiden felt a need to show off for this case.
Up in the club with my homies, trying to get a lil' V-I
Keep it down on the low key
You should know how it feels (hey)
I seen shorty, she was checking up on me
From the game she was spitting in my ear
You would think that she know me
I decided to chill (okay!)
Conversation got heavy
She had me feeling like she's ready to blow (watch out!)
Oh! (watch out)
She's saying, come get me
So I got up and followed her to the floor
She said, baby let's go
After that song was done. Hayner panted a little as he stepped off.
"Whoo! How was that? Huh?!" Hayner gloated about his high score.
"Not bad Hays. now watch how bust a move." Aiden said as he stepped onto the platform.
"Hays huh? I dig it." Hayner liked Aiden's nickname of him.
Aiden steped up on the game platform and picked the song he was going to dance to.
(Low - Flo Rida)
Hmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Let me talk to 'em, let me talk to 'em
Let it rain
Hmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Let me talk to 'em
Come on
Once the music started playing. Aiden began to dancing slow. Then he picked up the paced as the lyrics picked up the rythem. Aiden didn't even look at the screen or his legs and yet he didn't miss a step. Hayner was blown away.
Shawty had them Apple Bottom jeans (Jeans), boots with the fur (With the fur)
The whole club was lookin' at her
She hit the flo' (She hit the flo'), next thing you know
Shawty got low-low-low-low-low-low-low-low
Especially by Aiden droping low with his steps as the lyrics 'low low low' was playing.
Once the song was over. Aiden smirked at Hayner's jaw still dropped.
"Don't take it too hard Hays. You still seemingly own Street Fighter II." Aiden condescendingly patted his arm.
Hayner snorted and crossed his arms, trying to look tough.
"Whatever you say man. You just got lucky." Hayner said with haughtiness in his voice. "But next time, you'll be in for a big surprise."
"Oooh. You're going to dance to one of Nicki Minaj's songs next?" Aiden playfully teased.
"Sure, after you dance to Lady Gaga." Hayner said humorously.
"Over your dead body." Aiden witted back at him.
They both laughed as they walked back over to see that Anna and Olette were done racing each other. Anna got up with a thrill and ran over to Aiden.
"Aiden it's official. Sugar Rush is the best racing game I have ever played! Like EVER!" Anna yelled in exhilaration.
"I'd take it you won?" Aiden inquired.
"No I lost. Olette is a natural. But I had so much fun playing it!" Anna squealed.
"Well I'm glad you had a great time" Olette said sweetly while smiling up at Anna. "And who knows? With a little more experience, you'll rule Sugar Rush over me."
Anna smiled at the thought. "Oh now that's what I'm talking about. Future challenge accepted Sweetie." Anna shook the little girl's hand, with a playful determination to win next time.
"For now you're its borderline Dutchess." Aiden teased while patting Anna's cheek. Which the Princess was amused by.
"Come on over here. This next game has been around for over 22 years." Pence lead them over to a game that peaked Anna and Aiden's interest.
"Fix It Felix Jr?" Anna read the title.
"Yeah. It's about a building being wrecked by a some giant hillbilly name Wreck It Ralph. He's angry that the owners of the building built over his home, so he comes to wreck the building." Pence described how the game goes.
"While Fix It Felix the repair man comes in to fix the damage with his magic hammer." Olette added.
"I swear, the folks with magic hammers always have it easy." Aiden made a Thor joke.
"Try it out Aid." Hayner puts the quarter in.
"Alright." Aiden took hold of the controls and watched as the game starts
"Hey! You moved my stump! AGH!" Ralph throws a fit.
"Sheesh. You couldn't afford a garbage can?" Aiden quipped at the game.
"I'M GONNA WRECK IT!" Ralph starts smashing the building.
"Where are the cops?" Anna wondered.
"Who needs em?" Hayner scoffed.
"That's the spirit." Aiden quipped.
"FIX IT FELIX!" The nice landers called as Felix came in with his hammer.*
"I can fix it!" Felix anoucned as the game started.*
As Aiden was playing though. He felt something strong about this game he couldn't describe. It was the same strong light he sensed earlier. But the boy put it off for now to enjoy his time with his new friends.
Later on after their arcade visit...
Hayner and his friends spent longer than they had intended in Litwak's Arcade. But it was worth it. Aiden was a lot of fun to hang out with and so was his Aunt Anna. Especially that they had a lot of candy to add to the fun.
Aiden and Anna said goodbye to Hayner and his friends since they had to get back before their curfew at home. But Aiden promised he would be back tomorrow to hang out with them again. Which they were glad to hear.
Aiden had officially made new friends.
Once Aiden and Anna were back on the train. They slumped down together on their seats and enjoyed the ride home to the space bridge to Arendelle.
"So an awesome movie. Making new friends followed by candy in an arcade. Does that count as phase one for the best birthday you've ever had Cutie?" Anna chirped at Aiden as she sat next to her nephew on the train.
Aiden dranked out of an Orange Crush soda can before he answered after burping.
"Without a doubt. It totally is a major step up from having cake and ice cream in a hospital bed." Aiden smiled as he remembered his last birthday party he ever had. Which was at the hospital. During his days as a cancer patient with leukemia. "Thank you Aunt Anna."
"Of course Sweetie." Anna said while wrapping her arm around Aiden and pulling him closer. "You deserve everything we can give you" She finished with a kiss on the forehead.
Aiden leaned into her hug and smiled while leaning on her chest. Anna was like a second mom to Aiden, as all Aunt's should be.
"Given that you're all royalty. And rich. That's a mountain load." Aiden muttered humorously. But it sounded cute to Anna. "I love you."
"I love you too Sparky." Anna said warmly and kissed Aiden's cheek. "And I always will."
Later back in Arendelle...
Anna was pulling Aiden down the hall. Only this time he was in his Maverick form because he wanted to go out flying to kill some time.
But Anna made sure to stop him before he could. Because the party was finally ready.
"Come come on come on!" Anna was pulling Maverick over to the doors of the ballroom.
"Aunt Red, I swear if you've set me up with another secret date with a Princess Barbie stereotype, I'm blowing her out the window." Maverick groaned as his Aunt was dragging him to the ballroom entrance.
"First off, I don't think you gave the first one a chance." Anna said humorously. "And second, it's not a date. It's something I think you might like."
"Is it Michael Bay's execution?" Maverick quipped the first guess.
"Nooo." Anna giggled..
"Is it Idina Menzel with a ice cream maker?" Maverick guessed again.
"No but wouldn't that be a sight?" Anna mused humorously as she reached for the doors.
"Is it Troy Baker with a golden Playstation 3?" Maverick guessed again.
The humor never leaving.
"Nope." Anna said while grabbing the door handle. "It's... THIS!" She flung the door open.
"SURPRISE!" Maverick heard being shouted by Elsa and the entire family. Along with many of Arendelle and those who came to attend the adopted Prince of Arendelle's birthday party.
Inside the ballroom were many declarations, a large stack of birthday presents the size of a mountain, and a cake that was taller than Groot. In addition. There was a large painting of the Maverick set in the center of the ballroom. So now whenever people come to attend and dance in the ballroom. They will see the Maverick
The hope of Arendelle.
However the sudden jolt of everyone shouting 'Surprise!' made Maverick think they were being attacked.
"HIT THE DECK!" Maverick jumped out of an open window.
Everyone gasped in shock and fear. Before Maverick teleported in front of them. And grinned.
"Made you look." Maverick pointed humorously which made everyone laugh.
Even Elsa who was wearing her turquoise ice dress was relieved and smiled at him as Maverick walked up to her and switched back to Aiden.
"So is this what you've been doing for the past six hours? And I thought you were just working on something dramatic like a statue." Aiden said to Elsa with a joyful tone. "But this is waaay better."
"I figured it would be." Elsa said with a bright smile. "After all, you may be a great hero, but you're still a kid at heart, and this is what all kids love and deserve, especially you."
Elsa placed a hand on the boy's cheek and knelting down to his hight. While Groot walked by to slump on a chair.
"I am Groot." Groot sighed. Translate: "My work here is done."
Finally Elsa and Aiden gave each other a hug which Anna joined. Along with Kristoff, Sven, Groot and Olaf came into the big warm group hug as well.
"Happy Birthday, my Little Spark." Elsa expressed to her son, Aiden. The Maverick.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!
And I am so glad I got this chapter off of my chest. Also I hope you guys were okay with me adding Anna and Aiden going to go see Star Trek 2009 together. It was another one of my favorite memories with my Auntie Fran.
"She's in a better place man. She's also possibly surfing cosmic clouds with Larry King." Maverick comforted Sorarules23
Thanks Mav. I appreciate it.
Also did you guys like me adding the Arcade from Wreck It Ralph in Twilight Town? And did you guys notice that little cameo of that old lady with the cat from the KH II tutorial?
"If Kingdom Hearts III can add Remy from Ratatouille in a Twilight Town restaurant. Why not add Litwak's Arcade where I can wipe the floor with my friends faces?" Maverick mused.
Yeah exactly!
Anyway. Thank you all for reading. Be sure to add this to your faves and follows if you like what you see. And don't forget to leace reviews and comments to let me know you're thoughts.
Look forward to me continuing my story Kingdom Hearts II Guardians Of The Multiverse. I'm going to write the next chapter for that story as soon as possible.
And As always Disney/Square Enix fans!
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