Chapter 10: It's Torture Time

Billy paced impatiently around while Furby entertained himself with a game of Operation.

Billy jumped about ten feet when Sora and Riku appeared directly in front of him.

"It's ABOUT TIME!" he exclaimed angrily. "Furby, take out Superman!"

"But Boss, I've almost gotten the wrench-OUCH-out of the heart!"

"Furby, put your silly little game aside and…"

"All right…" mumbled Furby sulkily as he tossed his game aside. Sora quivered in fear as the Radioactive Furby approached him. For later uses, Riku noticed the reluctant obedience of Furby. He didn't need this information now as he was not seriously concerned about a piece of candy and a somewhat loony Furby.

"Don't hurt me!" shouted Sora as Furby took a step towards him. Unlike Sora, Riku was completely relaxed and pulled a glow stick out of one of his belt pouches. Furby took a step backwards in abject horror. Crickets chirped during the cease-fire that lasted for five minutes.

Billy sniffed, "Can't we all just get along?" He handed Sora and Riku suckers with all different flavors…well, except for cherry. He really didn't want them to decide to eat him for a snack.

"Uh…thanks?" asked Riku, unsure as he ripped off one of the wrappers. Before Riku could taste the sugar, Billy whipped out a pair of num-chucks and knocked the suckers out of his hands. He'd been watching plenty of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to learn the art of num-chucking. Although, it is really hard to apply something visual and unpracticed to a real life situation so he accidentally hit himself in the forehead.

Sora snapped out of his stupor, "I think you did it in reverse again…" he muttered as he warily eyed the Radioactive Furby who was frozen in place and peering nervously at the glow stick held in Riku's hand.

"Curse my dyslexia!" A group of Sour Patch Kids suddenly approached out of the shadows nearby, snickering evilly. These were the Drama kids who were on their way to becoming full-fledged actors.

"Sheesh, most Sour Patch Kids are born with the acting talent in them. I guess you're just not one of them," teased an orange flavored Kid.

"I'll show you!" exclaimed Billy. He whipped around his num-chucks but before he could perform any moves he knocked himself unconscious.

"Come on, let's just go to Candywood and hurry and get to the auditions! We don't want to be last in line!" exclaimed the orange one who appeared to be the group's leader.

"Candywood? They have wood made out of candy?" asked Sora.

"Sora…" said Riku, "They're referring to a place…"

"I heard that they got three newcomers to Candy Land as judges… There's a duck, Wonderwoman, and this creepy dog thing wearing an oversized lantern."

"They sound familiar…" stated Sora.

"That's because they're talking about Donald, Kairi, and Goofy!" exclaimed Riku. He turned towards the drama kids. "Hey, can we go with you?"

They eyed him darkly and answered hesitantly, "Uh…sure?"

"Great, let's go Sora." They followed the group down a path steeped in candy until finally they arrived in front of a castle where hordes of candy were jumbled up at the entrance. A sign that read "Welcome Candy Land Idol Contestants" hung from the battlements.

"I guess this is it…" said Sora. "We can save Kairi, Donald, and Goofy!"

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"Okay, here comes the first contestant!" exclaimed King Kandy. "Remember, as judges it is up to you to decide who makes it on to Candywood. If you're friends aren't good enough to make it then you will be trapped here forever. I-Oops, nevermind I gotta go!" He dashed off as the first contestant entered the room. It was none other than Lolly.

"Hi, my name is Lolly Lollipop and I will be singing a song about lollipops…" She smiled sweetly at them and opened her mouth wide to sing, "LOLLIPOP LOLLIPOP, Oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop…" Kairi, Donald, and Goofy cringed in agony as several glass shards shattered around them, and their eardrums were pushed to their limits. Thankfully, the banshee shrieking that Lolly considered as good vocals was sharply cut off when a fly flew into her gaping mouth and choked her.

After she'd cleared her throat of fly guts she looked at the judges expectantly.

"Well, how'd I do? Nope, you don't have to say it…I'm going to Candywood! Thanks guys, you're the-!"

Donald cut her off, "Well, if the other two pass then you will, but my vote is no. That was terrible!"

"Well…garsh…I agree with Donald…"

Kairi, not trying to be too negative, said, "I can honestly say that's not the worst singing I've ever heard in my life…" Her thoughts wondered to the earth shattering vocals of none other than Sora…

Lolly began to fume and her whole body turned red from anger, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO?!"

"Uh…no?" answered Kairi hesitantly.

"I am a great singer! No…I'm the BEST singer in all of Candy Land! You can't just give me the boot!" she exclaimed furiously as she threw a boot that had come up through the floor off to the side. Two Jawbreakers wearing Security jackets came in and dragged a clawing and biting Lolly out of the room.

A voice boomed out over an intercom, "NEXT!" Donald, Kairi, and Goofy all winced when a reedy-voiced Nerd entered the room.

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"How do we get in?" asked Sora.

"I assume that we need to take a number for an audition… I'm sure that they're being tortured in there," said Riku. They signed up for an audition, took a number, and when they entered the lavishly decorated castle found a seat amongst the milling candies. Just as they were seated, a screaming Lolly was thrown out of the audition room. An awkward silence filled the room as she stormed out of Candy Castle.

"Wow…she really must have thought that she could sing good…" said Sora. A familiar shadow suddenly washed over him as he heard a grunt of someone sitting down in the chair beside him. This someone had a faint green aura surrounding him. Sora turned around slowly and froze when he saw the Radioactive Furby. Billy sat down next to him.

"Relax Sora…we're only here to audition. Besides, I highly doubt that they'll pass you on to Candywood…you're singing is terrible. I have you on CD." He pulled out a green disk that was titled Sora Singin' in the Shower. "If you don't make it to Candywood your friends will remain as prisoners here, FOREVER!"

Sora frowned in dismay at the thought…he didn't think his voice was that bad…

da marshmallow: Dang, already chapter 10… I really need to get a move on heh. Good news is I wrote chapter 13 this week, and am fixing to get started on chapter 14 so hopefully I can get some major inspiration so I can keep going with consistent updates… Something that helps with that is reviews, so I would really like to hear from everyone. Welp, happy end of summer… (sniff) I know I'm not looking forward to school starting again. Oh, and one more thing: review replies are posted on my homepage.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Justice League, American Idol, Candy Land, the various candy brands mentioned in this chapter, Furby, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The "Lollipop Song" by the Chordettes, Operation, and anything else I forgot to mention that I obviously do not own.