Chapter 12: Maze of Death

Sora and Riku carried their tickets to Candywood out of the auditions room, feeling very disheartened.

"How in the worlds are we supposed to win Candy Land Idol?" moaned Sora. I can hit some notes, but you…you can't sing at all!" Riku glared daggers at Sora.

"I can sing better than you!" shouted Riku indignantly which drew some stares from nearby candy.

"Cannot!"

"Can!"

"Cannot!"

Both Riku and Sora were so caught up in their argument that they did not pay attention to where they were walking…which was into a dark deserted hallway. They continued walking until they accidentally stepped on a switch which flipped a wall panel and turned them around into some sort of torch lit area.

"Can!"

"Cannot!"

"Ca-! Uh Sora…where are we?"

"Cannot! Huh? I don't know…that's weird. I thought we went out the front door."

"Obviously not…" muttered Riku as he looked at a sign that was posted on the grey stone walls.

"No outside food or drinks…" he mumbled as he began reading. Suddenly a voice started blaring out of a hidden speaker.

"Welcome to the Maze of Death!"

"Oooh! This must be a fast food place!" exclaimed Sora happily. "Can I get a double cheeseburger with fries and a chocolate milkshake?"

There was an awkward silence before the voice spoke, "We don't have that."

"Well, then what do you have?" asked Sora.

"Death."

"That doesn't sound very appetizing… but I'm hungry so I'll take two."

Riku nudged Sora in the ribs, "Sora, you moron, this isn't a place to eat. This is obviously some sort of maze used for torture if we can't find a way out of here."

Sora squinted his eyes in thought before it hit him, "Oh my gosh, we're gonna die!"

"Calm down. We just need to figure a way out of here." He directed his attention to where the voice had come from, "Do you know the way out?"

"It's at the end of the maze."

"Really? I didn't know that!" exclaimed Riku sarcastically. "I meant…can you help us navigate through this place?"

"Nope… I'm only the greeter. Have a nice day!" The voice box clicked off.

"I guess we just have to figure out how to get through this place on our own."

"Come on Sora."

Sora eyed the dark corridors in front of him nervously, but followed behind as Riku grabbed a torch from a wall sconce and took the lead.

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Billy's plans had changed considerably. His original intentions were to burn down Sugar High and take Riku and Sora out in one blow. However, having them compete in Candy Land Idol had its advantages. First they would be disgraced, and then he could destroy them.

As he drove down the streets of Candy Land at a more normal and legal speed, he glared at the road with each glance that he took at the drooling Rabbit. He'd just gotten new seat covers and they were now covered in white foam.

"Can't you stop foaming at the mouth for five seconds?" asked Billy angrily as his patience was worn thin.

"I can try, I guess…" muttered Rabbit sulkily. He clamped his mouth shut and the river of drool came to a halt. However, five seconds later he let loose the flood that he'd held back and drenched the whole interior of Billy's gummi ship. Billy glowered darkly at Rabbit, but drove the rest of the way back to the Peppermint Forest in silence.

They entered the cave, and Billy went off in search of Furbina.

"Whatever you do, stay away from my computer," commanded Billy.

"Sure thing!" exclaimed Rabbit as more foam flowed from his mouth.

"Furbina! Furbina, where did I put you?" Where did I put her?

"I'm like over here!"

"Ah, yes. I have a job for you. You're coming with us to Candywood."

"Us? Like as in with you and Furby?"

"Nope. You'll see." He walked off, leaving Furbina bound, in search of his bed. Tomorrow was going to be a big day. The Pinky and the Brain theme song popped into his head as he settled down for the night after repeating his order from earlier to Rabbit to stay away for his computer. Or else…

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"Riku, I think we've been here before…" grumbled Sora.

"Really? How can you tell?" asked Riku, trying very…very hard not to explode in anger.

"I've seen these walls before…and this floor."

Riku spoke through gritted teeth, "Sora, in case you haven't noticed…the entire maze has these same walls and this same floor."

"Welp, my gut's tellin' me that we've been here before."

"I think your gut's just telling you that it's hungry…"

Sora looked down at his stomach which let out a growl…the creepy thing was that it almost sounded like it was saying, "Feed me…"

They'd ran into so many dead ends that neither one could keep track. The monotony of the maze on top of the time of day was beginning to wear on the two heroes. Sora's eyes began to droop as he doggedly followed Riku through one passageway after another.

Suddenly, the scent of laundry detergent filled their nostrils. They took a sharp turn to the left and stumbled upon a washer and dryer.

"This is an odd place to have appliances…" muttered Riku. At that particular moment the washer finished its cycle and beeped to announce the end of the washing. The lid of the washer began to rise slowly as the Radioactive Furby peeked his head out of the washing machine before slowly climbing out. He'd taken Riku's suggestion to put himself through a washer.

He nervously picked up a mirror with his eyes shut. When he opened his eyes he screamed. It was everyone's worst nightmare… set-in stains.

da marshmallow: Mwahahahaha… How is Furby going to react to this? You'll have to wait 'til the next chapter! Ahem, I guess set-in stains aren't that bad but they are annoying. This chapter is the shortest one, but I didn't really have anything else to add to it and for some reason this chapter was a booger to write. Well, the next chapter will be coming out next Sunday unless something else comes up so keep your eyes peeled and review replies are posted on my homepage.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Candy Land, Furby, Pinky and the Brain, Trix, any candies mentioned in this chapter, and anything else I forgot to mention that I obviously do not own. Wow, this disclaimer was short.