Warning! This chapter is filled with major stereotypicalness! You've been warned…
Chapter 6: Lollipop, Lollipop
Kairi screamed when she realized that the shadow falling over her wasn't just a cloud. She turned around to find a big lump of chocolate with eyes and a mouth.
"Did ye eat meh chocolate?" it asked aggressively.
"I-I just had a taste of it…"
"Oh…okay. Welp, m' name's Gloppy."
"Mine's uh…Kairi."
"Did you just reveal your secret identity to me, Wonder Woman? Oh well, never ye'mind that. I've got orders to escort you to Candy Castle to be held prisoner."
"Orders from whom?"
" Bill-err…umm…the king himself."
"What? I don't understand. Why am I to be held prisoner?"
He shrugged, "Orders are orders. I just follow 'em."
"Well, I'm just gonna go now…uh…nice meeting you." And with that, Kairi took off in a sprint only to get her foot caught in some melted chocolate. "Darn…" she muttered as Gloppy quickly caught up with her.
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"Lollipop, lollipop oh, lolli lollipop…" came a shrieking voice.
"My ears!" exclaimed Sora. "Why oh, why did I have to have super-hearing?"
"Uh…Sora…you really don't have 'super-hearing.' You're not the real Superman…"
"Oh…heh…I knew that. Still, that singing is terrible."
"I bet you couldn't sing any better!" yelled a girl with purple hair, and a yellow dress coated in suckers as she approached them. "Besides, that was just a warm-up. I'm preparing for an audition in Candy Land Idol."
"Uh…keep working on it," said Riku.
Thunder rumbled nearby…well, it sounded like thunder.
"Sora…are you hungry again?"
"Kind of…"
"You mean that wood didn't hit the spot?" teased Riku.
"There's a McDonald's up the yellow candied road…" offered the mysterious lollipop girl.
"Really?" Sora's eyes widened in hope…finally, he would get something to eat. "What's your name anyway?"
"It's Lolly."
"That's lame. I think I shall call you Lollipop Lady, and Lollipop Lady you shall be."
Lolly gave him a look that would melt lollipops.
"Welp, we better get going…it's been nice chatting, Lollipop Lady!" exclaimed Riku hastily. Lolly's face turned as red as a cherry sucker as Riku and Sora scampered off in search of a McDonald's. Unbeknownst to them, the offended Lolly stalked them in close pursuit.
The infamous McDonald's was not hard to find, as its signature yellow and red colors stood out as a blazing beacon against the sugar coated sky.
"Hey, Riku, did that bush just move?" Riku turned around to see an immobile green lollipop bush sitting in the middle of the yellow path.
Riku dismissed the thought, "If someone was using that as a hiding place as they tried to stalk us then they'd have to be terrible at this, so it obviously hasn't moved."
"Okay…" Sora forgot about the moving bush, picked up speed, and burst through the doors of the McDonald's. Before he got to the register his feet slipped and he crashed into a wet floor sign. He fell onto his back with little yellow birds flying circles around his head.
Riku approached him slowly, and aided him off of the floor after batting the flying nuisances away. The bush was right behind him. Sora took his time walking the rest of the way to the cash register. His mouth opened wide when he saw the menu—no burgers or fries…just candy. Before he got over the shock, a fly flew into his mouth causing him to gag.
A Nerd stood at the cash register, loudly smacking some gum. "Can I get you something?"
Sora cleared his throat, "I want ten cupcakes with extra sprinkles."
"That'll be ten munny." Sora pulled out the munny and handed it over. Five minutes later the cupcakes were produced and after offering one to Riku he stuffed the remaining nine into his mouth all at once.
"You're going to give yourself a bad stomach ache someday…" said Riku. "Remember that time you challenged me to an eating contest."
"It's only happened once. Besides, I'm not hungry anymore." Sora grinned showing off his freshly made blue teeth.
"So, what-?" began Riku before he was interrupted from some rowdy candy.
A group of Airheads wearing bright green letterman jackets entered the establishment, "Out of the way! We need some food!" They roughly shoved Sora and Riku off to the side.
The red one of the group turned to them, "Nice underwear, Freaks."
"Tell me about it…" grumbled Riku. "I did not choose this stupid outfit."
"This isn't underwear!" exclaimed Sora.
"Then what is it?"
"It's-it's uh…not underwear…"
"How about a wedgy, guys?" asked a blue Airhead.
"EEP, let's go Riku!" Sora and Riku ran outside of the door and crashed into Lolly.
"Hey, watch it bubs!" she yelled indignantly.
"Oh great…you again…" muttered Riku. "Do you know any of those idiots in there?"
"One of those 'idiots' is my boyfriend. He's captain of the Sugar High Football team."
"Wait…you have a high school?" asked Riku.
"Duh. Why wouldn't we? That's a dumb question… Anyway, since y'all have just been so rude to me I think I'll sick my boyfriend on you." They hadn't noticed that a fourth person had joined their party. An Airhead stood behind them popping his knuckles.
"Drat, I wish we had our Keyblades…" said Riku.
"Keyblades, schmeblades. I've got super strength. That's way better than-." He was cut off when the buff Airhead grabbed him by the throat and lifted him up off of the ground.
"Well, let's see some of that super strength then Sora." Sora struggled frantically with the iron grip of the Airhead but he couldn't even manage to pry and single finger off.
Riku rolled his eyes, "Look, we don't want any trouble. Will you let my friend go and then we'll-." He was cut off mid-sentence as well when the jock picked him up off the ground. Both Riku and Sora were then tossed head first into the nearest trash can and rolled down a hill.
"So long suckers!" yelled Lolly as the trashcan picked up speed and continued to roll.
Finally, a large rock composed of gumdrops painfully halted their movement. Riku and Sora were both ejected and just so happened to land in a dumpster outside some sort of brick building.
Sora groaned, "Eww…" He sat up next to Riku and looked around. They weren't alone in the dumpster. A group of about four Nerds sat looking at the new arrivals curiously.
"Hi guysth" said a purple one with a lisp. "Did the jocksth get you guysth too?" All of them had eerily similar large framed glasses and buck teeth.
"Yeah, but I think we just got off on the wrong foot," said Sora.
"Whatever you think… Welp, I think it's time to go to class. Hopefully we'll make it unscathed," said a pink Nerd. Sora and Riku looked at each other and quickly leaped out of the dumpster. There was no way they wanted to be associated with the Nerds.
"I guess we could explore inside. Maybe Billy goes here…" said Sora. "And maybe we can find Donald, Kairi, and Goofy." They approached the swinging doors of the building among a crowd of various candies and entered the interior of Sugar High School.
da marshmallow: Woo, that was already chapter 6! I can't believe how fast everything's moving. I hope no one's ready to grab their torches and pitch forks in face of the stereotyping… there's more in the next chapter…heh…(sweat). Reviews are greatly appreciated. Thank you blondie91 and Jupiter-Lightning for reviewing!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Candy Land, Justice League, American Idol (which Candy Land Idol is based off of…in case you couldn't tell), the Lollipop Song by the Chordettes, McDonalds, the Finding Nemo reference, and anything else I forgot to mention that is obviously not mine.
