Chapter 13: The SLAB Jellybean

"NOO!" screamed Furby. "It didn't work! I'll never be able to get this out!"

"EEK!" shouted Sora as he cowered behind Riku. Furby began to trudge with lowered eyes out that section of the maze. He left little footprints behind him. He was completely oblivious to the presence of Sora and Riku until he crashed into Sora's foot. Sora froze with unblinking eyes.

"Huh? Oh…what are you guys doing here?" His voice was a dull monotone.

"We're kind of lost," admitted Riku.

"Well, I know the way out but I might as well stay down here forever… I'm still glowing."

"Even though you're a bit depressed, would you mind helping us get out of here before you turn to sulking?" asked Riku hopefully, giving a nudge to Sora's ribs.

Furby sighed, "Since I'm so sad, maybe I'll go Emu…"

"You mean Emo?"

"I mean Emu…that's the bird version."

"But you're not even a real bird…" A heavy silence hung in the air.

Furby perked up, "All right, I guess I can help you. Maybe Furbina will still accept me…" He began walking off and Riku started to follow, but noticed that Sora was still rooted to the spot.

"Come on Sora! Do you want to be stuck here forever?"

Sora waited until Riku and Furby were a safe distance ahead and then proceeded to cautiously follow behind. He slid along the wall attempting to blend in with the shadows.

"I don't know the exact way out, but there's a computer around here somewhere that I can pull up that will show us the way. Billy's got a layout on his Myspace." Furby kicked the wall and a computer popped out. He hopped over the keyboard and soon had Billy's Myspace pulled up. While he was analyzing the map, something else on the page caught Riku's eye.

"Okay, I know the way!" exclaimed Furby happily.

"Wait, what's that…? The SLAB Jellybean? What does that mean?"

"Oh, you mean the Sing-Like-A-Bird Jellybean! If you can find it and eat it, it will help you sing good."

"And where can we find one of these?"

"Well, there's one in the maze somewhere. I can lead you to it."

"That sounds like a plan…" stated Riku. Furby logged off the computer and shoved it back into the wall. "Sora? Sora where-?" He searched the nearby area for Sora, and saw his blue eyes staring at him from the shadows. "Oh come on, Sora! He's on our side now!"

Sora held still in protest, glaring at Riku. He'd joined the dark side as far as Sora was concerned. Riku rolled his eyes but followed after Furby. Sora continued to stay a short distance away as he fell in behind them.

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Billy woke up early and went straight to his computer to check his Myspace. He sat down, but accidentally clicked on the link to the live video feed of King Kandy's Maze of Death. His eyes bulged when he saw that Sora, Riku, and Furby were navigating through the maze…on their way to the SLAB Jellybean.

"What? They can't get that! If they do…" he didn't complete the thought, but instead roused Furbina and Rabbit. They had to get a move on.

Rabbit was already up and when he saw Billy he asked, "What's for breakfast?"

"Nothing! There's no time for food! Get in the gummi ship!" Rabbit's eyes were downcast and the river of saliva even slowed down, but nevertheless he obeyed. Billy then grabbed Furbina and threw her into the trunk and then they blasted off. There was no way Superman and Batman could get that jellybean.

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Sora had finally gotten over his paranoia of Furby…well, at least enough that he was willing to walk next to Riku.

"Are we there yet?" he moaned. "You said something about a jellybean? I could use several thousand jellybeans…I'm hungry!"

"No Sora, we are obviously not there yet…" stated Riku, who was once again on the verge of exploding due to the tirade of annoying questions coming from Sora.

"We're here!" exclaimed Furby triumphantly. Peaceful birdsong filled the corridors and a warm light broke through the penetrating darkness providing a serene atmosphere. In the middle of this heavenly place stood a pedestal and on it…a white jellybean.

Sora's eyes widened. "Food…" he moaned as he took several zombie-like steps towards the jellybean.

"Hold on a minute…I'm sure there's some kind of security system in here," said Furby as he poked Sora in the leg with his glowing foot. This instantly snapped him out of his hunger-induced trance as he jumped back in fright.

Birdsong continued to fill the cheerful atmosphere, and the dank walls became carpeted in green grass and flowers as they slowly made their way farther down the corridor. Several birds peered out at them from within the thick layers of plants.

Once again the intense urge to cram something into his mouth to stop the rumbling in his stomach overpowered Sora as he walked in closer proximity with the Radioactive Furby than he normally would. He suddenly broke out into a run towards the heavenly sight of the jellybean.

Suddenly, the lights flashed off, the birds stopped chirping with the sound of a broken record, and flowers and grasses died instantly. Sora was tripped by something before he was able to reach the jellybean.

"Sora, you moron! What'd you do?" exclaimed Riku as all of the birds' eyes turned red and focused on him, Sora, and Furby…some of them even turned their heads a full one-hundred-eighty degrees to glare at the would-be thieves of their precious jellybean.

The torches that had previously allotted some light into the now dim area went out leaving them in the dark and creepy silence.

"What now?" asked Furby. Before anyone could answer a loud rumbling reach their ears and something crashed through the ceiling, sending up puffs of dust and smoke.

Riku coughed as he was knocked to the ground, and felt something fluffy land on top of him. He could feel something wet getting all over his clothes and arms. It almost felt like…drool.

da marshmallow: I hope that acronym worked. It took me a bit to come up with it. At first I was thinking along the lines of SLAP but I couldn't think of a good "p" word that would make sense, but I think I like SLAB better anyway. School's in full swing now, but so far it's not too bad. Continue to expect updates regularly, at least for the next two weeks and I'll try to keep on writing ahead. Thanks to reviewers blondie91, RecklessxDreamer, and Jupiter-Lightning! Review replies are posted on my website.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Candy Land, Furby, Justice League, Myspace, Trix, and anything else I forgot to mention that I obviously do not own.