Well, the world has been decided. I'd like to thank those who suggested something for trying to help. However, none of the cartoons will be used. Instead, a friend of mine gave me the idea. I'm sorry if any of you are disappointed. There is another thing I'd like to say; one of the suggestions gave me an idea for another world. Who? Wait until the return to Traverse Town.
Now, on with the story.
The ship was set to autopilot.
Eddy sat back in his chair with his small feet up on the ship's controls. He snoozed silently with his cap turned and his eyes covered. His hands were on his chest, fingers laced, as if he was praying. He had earplugs in his small ears.
Ed was also sleeping. He laid upside-down in his chair with his legs dangling from the backrest. His cone helmet was on the floor near his head, having fallen off before. He was snoring loudly, the reason why Eddy had earplugs.
Tony was sleeping in a small shoebox. He was covered in a piece of cloth (or a blanket in his case). Like Eddy, he too possessed earplugs.
As for Sora, the Keyblade Master was wide awake. He sat in his chair, subconsciously counting Ed's snoring. His gaze travelled to the ship's glass dome, where he could see several flashing lights pass by. He had no idea whether they were stars or something else. He was aware by then that, with crazy characters like Ed and Eddy, anything could happen. He had no armrests, so he used the Keyblade as one instead.
Eddy had offered him plugs, but he had refused them, saying he wasn't the least bit sleepy. He had no idea why everyone except for him was sleepy. Maybe, it was another 'cartoon thing' he couldn't understand. Who knew? When he was young, he hated being so 'normal'; having to go to school and do things like that. Now, he'd have loved to be--
WEEEE-OOOW! WEEEE-OOOW! WEEEE-OOOW! WEEEE-OOOW! The alarm disturbed him from his thoughts.
"What the…?" Sora ran to the window. He saw another world.
It looked like a giant snow globe without a base or snow; just water. The only land visible was an island with a palm tree. Sora cocked an eyebrow. If he was right, that island wasn't animated. However, the water looked two-dimensional. Maybe, this world wasn't so crazy.
He had lost track of how long he had been staring at it. The ship would pass it, the alarm would shut off, and everyone else wouldn't notice.
He ran to wake Eddy.
"Eddy!" he nudged him. "We're at another world!"
"Nnngh!" Eddy shifted in his seat, his earplugs in deep. "Get away from me, Ed….!" He clawed at something in his sleep.
Sora had no idea what to do. As far as he knew, Eddy was the only one who could pilot this ship. Tony was too small and Ed was too dim-witted.
It was rather funny. Sora had been told that Eddy had just seen the ship for the first time, and yet, he knew every single control. Probably another fact the Keyblade Master would never understand.
Sora had no choice but to push the mage out of his seat. "YAH!" Eddy screamed, throwing his staff up high. "D-OOF!" he fell over with his chest on the floor while his legs rested on the chair awkwardly. He staff fell on his head. The boy stood up and pulled the plugs from his ears. Instantly, his eyebrows rose above his head when he heard the alarms. "Move over!" he pushed Soar aside, straightening his cap around. "Let's see…..," he said to himself, already active. "Wake the others, will ya?"
"…..," Sora looked at Ed.
A large puddle of drool was all around his chair as the big oaf snored loudly. The alarm had been silenced and it would be Hell to try and wake him up.
However…
Ed yawned noisily and stretched his arms. He was awake. He stood and scratched his butt. Meanwhile, Tony was awoken by the alarm, which had managed to penetrate his plugs.
Now, everyone was alert and crowding around Eddy, who had stopped the ship near the new world.
"Maybe, Double D's down there," Ed said, his head stretching over the group.
"In an ocean like that?" Eddy remarked. "What, with a yellow submarine? Now way! Let's move on!"
"Hold on!" Sora announced. "Maybe, Riku and Kairi could be there."
"Forget it!" Eddy waved him off. "We're on an important mission."
"Just land!"
"On what? That little piece of sand with a stick?.! Not gonna happen, kid! Besides, I doubt Double D or your friends can breath underwater!'
"But you're cartoons! Can't you do something about it?.!"
"Not everyone's the same," Tony said, standing on the console. "The only cartoons who can survive underwater are fish, and in the case of Ed and Eddy, they can only hold their breath for a certain amount of time."
"And we'll drown," Eddy added.
Tony frowned, "I just said that."
"I doesn't matter!" Sora was desperate to have his friends back. "We're landing!"
"Sora, I wouldn't!" Tony pleaded.
"NO! DON'T TOUCH THAT!"
"LET GO OF ME!"
Ed and Tony simply watched them fight.
"Nnngh! You're not gonna touch that button!"
"Let…go…of…me!"
"Nuh uh! You're going back to your seat and shutting up!"
"Sorry, Eddy."
"'Sorry' what--OWCH! He hit me!"
"Eddy!"
"What, Tony--AAAAAGH! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Click.
Nothing could interrupt the ship's course now. The vessel was heading straight for the world. Everyone held onto what they could as the ship broke the water's surface.
K-K-K-K-K-K
Sora groaned awake. He was amazed he was still alive after the impulsive crash. It felt like only a second ago, but it was much longer. He sat up and observed his surroundings.
The room was semicircular in shape. The straight wall had a sort of orange-red colour and was lined with lined squares. The curved wall was silver and made of metal.
Sora saw a bed with three mattresses, a purple sheet with flowers, and a tiny pillow. They were situated near a ladder to a high dive. The headboard was a lifebuoy. By the bed, there was a fog horn/alarm clock resting on a barrel. On the floor, some papers were present next to a green bowl with the name 'GARY'.
Sora reached a hand to rub his head, but hit something. "Huh?" he felt around his head. "What the…?" his head was inside a round glass structure. Then, he noticed that he was surrounded by water. His head and neck were the only things dry. Was he really underwater? And how was he still breathing? Wouldn't he have he run out of air? All these questions horrified him, but as time passed, Sora realized that he was still breathing with this stupid thing on his head.
He moved around and found it easy. The helmet was wide enough to keep him from bumping his head against it, but probably small enough to fit through doors.
"Where am I…?' he had to ask himself. He then realized, "ED!" he called. "TO--OW!" he bumped his hands against the glass when he attempted to move them towards his mouth.
Then, the door, which looked like that of a submarine opened. What walked in made Sora stare. It was a thin, yellow cuboid-shaped thing with two round eyes close together on top a long nose. Two buckteeth stuck out from the mouth. The face took up almost all of the front part; the bottom was composed of a white shirt, red tie, brown pants, and a black belt. The pants were square-shaped to fit the creature. It had regular arms, hands (with four fingers), legs, and black shoe-wearing feet. It was much shorter than Sora, about Eddy's height.
It smiled and spoke in a high-pitched voice, "Oh, you're finally awake."
"Uhh….yeah..," Sora assumed it…or he was harmless. "Do you know how I got here and why this thing is on my head?"
"Don't you worry there," the yellow thing said seriously, "I'll explain everything!"
"Explain away," Sora allowed.
"I saw you sinking down to the bottom of the ocean as I was out for my daily stroll. I panicked, realizing not only that you were a land-dweller, but you were a regular human being! So, I blew a bubble around your head to give you some air. I then took you to a friend's house, grabbed one of her helmets, gave it to you, brought you here, and here you are now!"
"Wait," Sora still had more questions, "so, am I really underwater?"
"Yup," it nodded. "Kinda hard to understand it, isn't it? Well, you'll get used to it as you go along."
"Right….," Sora finally felt safe. "Thank you…"
"You're most certainly welcome, friend," it shook Sora's hand.
"So…what is this place?"
"Why, you're in my humble abode," he gestured with widespread arms.
"No, I mean what is this place?"
"Bikini Bottom," it was a quick answer.
"Okay…. Where did the others go?"
"Huh?" the thing raised an eyebrow. "You're the only one I found." He then gasped. "Are there more of you?.! Oh dear!" his face saddened….then brightened. "I'm sure they were found by someone else!"
"Yeah!" Sora smiled with hope. " There's three of them. The loud one is Ed--!" he stopped himself.
"Hmm?'
"Y'know what? Never mind," Sora didn't bother with the descriptions, knowing that it might qualify as meddling. "I'm looking for my friends; Riku and Kairi."
"'Riku and Kairi'?" it rubbed its……..chin (?).
"Right!"
"Hmmmmmm…….. Hmmmm………Hmmmm-mmm……….Mmmmm-hmmmm…," he shifted positions with every 'hmm'.
Sora gaze moved from the thinking creature's area to the other side of the room. He saw Kairi walk through before she disappeared. Sora didn't react, remembering how he mistook Yuffie for his childhood friend.
"Nope, sorry," it shrugged. "Doesn't ring a bell."
"I see," Sora hung his head. "Guess I better be on my way."
"Nonsense!" the yellow creature exclaimed. "You're not from here. I saw a ship crash-landing somewhere around the city. Let's go find it."
"Okay then," Sora nodded, not having any real objections.
"By the way," it held his hand out to shake again, "my name's Spongebob."
"I'm Sora," Sora gladly shook it.
"Let's go and find your ship," he waved him over. "And here's your thingy." He tossed the Keyblade over his shoulder.
"Thanks," Sora caught it.
"Come on," 'Spongebob' opened to door for him, "perhaps, you can help me find Gary."
K-K-K-K-K-K
"Ugh…," Ed groaned awake. "That was one big owie…..," he sat. He moved a hand towards his head to rub it, but found it impossible to do so as his hand came in contact with glass. "?" he tapped it several times only to find it was really there. His traffic cone was still situated on his head, meaning that the helmet was pointed at the top. He also felt water on his body. "Ooooh," he stared at his surroundings.
He was sitting on a table in some sort of laboratory. Metallic objects took up most of the room as lights flashed and machines beeped and booped. A large computer screen displayed itself on a wall.
Not caring about the helmet, Ed noticed Eddy besides him. He, too, also had a helmet.
"Eddy, look!" Ed said cheerily. "I'm a fish in a bowl!" he moved his head around to prove his point.
"Later, Ed," Eddy waved him off. "I need to figure out where we are and how I have this thing on my head."
"We're underwater, Eddy."
"I know."
"Hmmmm," Ed's feet swung as he sat on the edge of the table, "do you think Sora's okay?"
"Eh, who needs him?.!" Eddy fumed. "We can continue this without hi--" he suddenly came face-to-face with a snail the size of his head "--AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" he screamed out of fright, causing the mollusc's eye stems to stand on end. It fled.
"Meow..," it 'said' dropping an orange cube behind it.
Eddy cocked an eyebrow.
"I see you are awake," a deep melodramatic voice said.
"?" the two boys looked.
"Allow me to introduce myself….. I am Plankton, and this is my computer wife…Karen."
"Hi," a feminine/electronic voice uttered from some unknown location.
"Do you see anything, Ed?' Eddy squinted as he jumped off the table.
"No, I don't, Eddy," Ed squinted as well.
"For the love of Neptune!" the voice angered. "DOWN HERE!.!.!.!.!.!"
They looked down.
They saw a dark green thing shaped like a bean. He had two tiny arms and two tiny legs. His antennas had rings around them. It had one big red eye (with a yellow cornea) and a toothed mouth.
"Hmmm, I don't like this," Eddy mentioned.
"He's so tiny!"
"Let's get to the point," 'Plankton' paced with his hands behind his back. "I found you two sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Then, I--"
"I wonder if I can eat it!" Ed grinned.
"SILENCE!" Plankton pointed a……finger (?). "Now, where was I?" he thought.
"……," Ed and Eddy waited patiently, Ed with his stupidly small smile, and Eddy with his suspicious glare.
"Aw, who cares? The bottom line: MWAHAH-HA-HA-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Plankton let out an evil laugh for no reason as he spread his arms wide and faced up with his eye closed.
"What's so funny?"
Plankton glared up at Eddy. "You really know how to kill a moment, don't you?'
No answer; just more staring.
"Whatever," Plankton turned to leave. "Just follow me. But first, I need my newly built robot." He then laughed again, "AH-HAH-HAH-HAH--!"
"Will you stop it, already?"
Plankton sighed and slumped forward, "Fine. Just walk this way."
