"Whoa, this is great!" Sora exclaimed as he viewed the cockpit.

"Relax, Sora," Eddy said, guiding the ship via the control system. "It's just three seats and a control station. Nothing big."

"To you, maybe," Sora commented, "but this thing is amazing."

"If you say so," Eddy said casually.

Ed snored loudly in his chair.

"Hi, I'm Tony," the little swamp kid jumped on the consol (to Sora's level) and held his hand out to shake. "I'll be chronicling your travels and stuff."

"I'm Sora, the Keyblade Master," he shook his tiny hand.

"Hey, we're approaching a world," Eddy said, turning his squared head.

Tony spun around and looked out the window. "It looks like New York."

"Pfff," Eddy spat, "it's always New York."

"Double D could be there," Tony said seriously.

"Yup. Can't argue with that. I'm going for a nosedive."

K-K-K-K-K-K

Tony had decided to stay in the Gummi Ship. The others all disembarked and set foot on a massive garbage dump. It was filthy, and the smell of rotting waste filled the air.

"It's even better than the one back home!" Ed grinned and dove coned helmet first into a pile of trash.

"I prefer the one back home, Ed," Eddy's voice became high-pitched as he blocked his nose with his fingers, as did Sora.

"Well," the teen said, "let's start looking."

"Oooh! I'm so late!"

Sora and Eddy stopped while Ed poked his head out of the mountain of rubbish.

"Did you hear that?" Sora whispered.

"Yeah."

"I spent too much time above ground!" the source of the voice was getting closer.

"Quick!" Eddy whispered. "We gotta hide!"

"Up there, Eddy!" Ed pointed to a washing machine atop a hill. Before Sora and Eddy could react to his statement, he grabbed them both, ran up, and jumped through the washing machine.

K-K-K-K-K-K

It was more than they expected. Instead of a cramped space, they got a long drop through some sort of duct. An old bird cage fell after them as they screamed their way down.

Luckily, they didn't trigger the alarm system.

They hit the ground with a loud thud.

Eddy's dizzy head rose up, but was sent back down by the bird cage. "Ouch!" he removed his cap and rubbed his wounded scalp.

"Where are we?" Sora inquired.

"Whoa…..," Ed stared at the area.

Now, Sora, Ed, and Eddy were inside a hallway of sorts. Yes, a typically shaped-hallway. The only thing untypical about it was that everything was composed of junk and garbage.

"I dunno, but it reeks!" Eddy placed his cap back on and covered his nose. Sora did the same.

Ed seemed unaffected by the bad odour.

"I'm soooooo late!" the same unknown voice yelled.

"Damn, he's getting closer!" Eddy exclaimed.

"Quick! Hide in here!" Ed pointed at a random hole.

Sora crawled in without a choice.

"No way!" Eddy folded his arms again. "There's no way I'm gonna--GAH!" Ed grabbed him again and shoved him into the small opening, before squeezing himself in.

Ed's widespread eyes and Eddy's close together eyes were the only things visible in the hole's darkness. However, although Sora was there, his regular blue eyes couldn't be seen.

"The Gromble will have my head for this!" it resembled a bee with one mammalian leg. Its face was humanoid and its hair was green. Its wings buzzed in a blur as it flew down the hall.

When they were sure they were safe, the three-o exited the hole and stood up.

"What the heck was that?" Eddy dusted himself off.

"And who's 'the Gromble'?" Sora added.

"Let's follow it!" Ed pointed.

Eddy shrugged, "I don't see what else we can do down here."

They ran after the thing, making sure to keep their distance from it. It was rather easy as it kept saying it was late. The bee-like thing barged through a pair of double doors, causing the group to stop. Ed and Eddy squeezed their cartoon heads under the door. Sora watched from a small gap in the garbage wall.

The room they were looking in resembled that of a court room. The jury was on the right, the person in question was in front of the judge, and the judge himself was on a large podium.

The bee-like thing stood to the judge's side and yelled, "Court is now in session!"

"Rrrrrmrmrmmggmgm," a large, yellow thing in full-body clothing with pocadots spoke in gibberish.

"The Snorth says 'all rise'," the bee translated.

Everyone stood.

"You may all sit," the judge said, exposing his green teeth. He was a grey thing with two tuffs of grey hair on either side of his head. He also had a goatee. His hands were covered in black gloves, but his red nails stuck out. His nose was long and slightly wrinkly. A red horn poked out from its tip. The view of his lower half was obscured by the large podium.

Everyone sat.

"Your horribleness," the defendant called, "why am I on trial?" she resembled a black and white candy cane with big, red lips, arms, and legs. Her cat-like eyes were tentacled and positioned on either side of her 'head'.

"Oblina," the judge said as he put on a judge's wig, "you are the culprit. There's no doubt about it. And the reason is….BECAUSE I SAY SO. THAT'S WHY!.!"

The black and white thing jumped in surprise. But before she could say anything, the Gromble continued.

"The defendant finds the culprit GUILTY AS CHARGED!" A slight pause before he spoke calmly, "for the crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart."

"Excuse me, Gromble?" 'Oblina' inquired. "I have done no such thing."

"Denying it won't help you, Oblina," the Gromble hissed. With a hint of sadness, he said, "And you were such a good student, probably the best ever. Simply punishing you won't prevent anything. I'll just have to exile you."

Oblina looked scared, "Where to?"

"A place where you'll never be able to steal hearts ever again," the Gromble explained. "Antarctica!"

Sora removed his head from the hole, and looked at Ed and Eddy. "Maybe, we should help her."

"We can't," Eddy said as he and Ed brought their heads back from under the door.

"We're outsiders," Ed said, "so that's muddling."

"'Meddling'!" Eddy corrected with a raised frustrated finger.

"Snorch!" they heard the Gromble call. "Get her!"

"No!" Oblina screamed.

Sora swung the doors open, "Hold it right there!"

Gasps.

"HUMANS!"

"THEY'VE FOUND US!"

"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"

Several freakish-looking creatures screamed and made a run for it.

"HOLD IT!" but not the Gromble. He removed himself from his podium and walked down the isle towards Sora. His lower half could be seen. It was centaur-like, with a short, grey tail, and red pumps on his four feet. "This doesn't look like any humans I've seen…"

Ed and Eddy stepped out from hiding.

"…and neither do they," the Gromble pointed a gloved hand.

"Maybe, they're monsters," a three-eyed one suggested from her seat.

"If they're real monsters, then they'd know how to scare," the Gromble made circles around Sora, examining every inch of him.

"Do something scary then!" a grey one with Mickey Mouse ears hollered.

"Stand back, Sora," Eddy gently pushed him aside.

Ed and Eddy, taking advantage of their cartoon attributes, stretched their mouths wide open with their abnormally coloured tongues hanging out.

All the monsters' heads moved up in amazement as two shadows were cast over them.

Ed and Eddy reverted back to normal size.

Everyone except for the Gromble and the bee clapped. "Impressive," he said, "but what about him?" he pointed a gloved finger at Sora.

"Oh, him?" Eddy had already come up with an excuse. "He's on a break from scaring. Trying to set a world record."

"I see," the Gromble seemed satisfied. "Now…can you tell me…," he spoke softly, "WHY YOU'VE INTERRUPTED MY SESSION?.!.?.!"

Everyone flinched back, some shivering in fear.

Sora swallowed and spoke up, "Cuz she--" he pointed at Oblina "--wasn't the one who tried to steal your heart."

"Yeah, it's the Heart--" Ed shut himself up before he could finish.

"Anyway," Sora continued, "it wasn't her."

"Oh really?" the Gromble smirked. "Have you any proof?"

"Uhh, well…..," Sora had no idea what to say.

"You have two hours to come up with proof," the Gromble held up the said amount of fingers. "Should you fail…well," he twiddled his fingers un-cutely, "then IT'S OFF TO ANTARCTICA WITH HER!.!.!.!.!"

Ed, Eddy, and Sora were blown back from the sudden outburst.

The headmaster snapped his fingers.

The Snorch understood immediately, grabbed Oblina--who was just standing there--and put her in a cage that appeared out of nowhere to the podium's left.

"Get moving," the Gromble pointed.

Sora, Ed, and Eddy left the room.

"And I thought your sister was loud," Eddy was currently moving his finger around his ear. "They should meet."

"And then they can have babies!" Ed clasped his hand together with a grin.

"That's disgusting!"

"C'mon, guys," Sora chose a random hallway and trekked on through, "we have to prove her innocence. The Heartless could actually be here."

"If they are, we'll show 'em!" Eddy said, raising his staff.

"I wonder if it'll be a boy or a girl," Ed mused.

"Enough with that, Ed!"

They had no idea they were being watched from the shadows. The two figures weren't Heartless; but were another two of the monsters. Two yellow eyes and another two widespread eyes.

"Think we can trust them?" the shorter of the two asked.

"I don't see why not," the other said in a deepish voice. "After all, you've associated with humans before, right?"

"They're not humans. Didn't you see?'

"Perhaps. But any friend of Oblina's is a friend of ours."

"…I guess so."