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(I only own whatever feeble thoughts come from my head. And that ain't much.)
Chapter 5
Once again it was a bright sunny day.
Riku wandered through the woods aimlessly, a stranger in a strange world. Everything was new to him, every tree, every animal; it was all a wonder to his eyes. He soon saw a little cottage nearby, and near the cottage he found a young girl with blond hair wearing a blue dress sat humming to herself on the edge of an old well, dropping flower petals in without a care in the world.
The Girl, Alice, cheerily went on about her business, only stopping when a large, menacing shadow fell over her…
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Inside the cottage, its owner Erik was busy nailing boards across the windows. "With all this talk of monsters," He said. "We'd better not take any chances." He turned to his wife, Ariel. "It's a good thing you put Alice to bed."
"What?" Ariel asked. "I didn't put her to bed. I was busy with dinner, so I thought you put her to bed."
Suddenly, they both became worried.
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Outside, Riku not only hadn't hurt Alice, but had even joined her in tossing flower petals down the well. He plucked the last petal from the flower and dropped it in.
"Now just blow a kiss and say goodbye." Alice explained.
Riku blew a kiss and mumbled "Mmm-mmm" before dropping the flower petal down the well.
"Oh dear, now there's no flowers left." Said Alice. "What shall we throw in now?"
Riku looked like he'd had an idea for a moment, but shook his head and forgot it.
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In the cottage, Ariel and Erik paced around in despair, not having found Alice yet.
"Maybe she was in the bathroom when you checked upstairs?" Erik suggested.
"But I didn't look upstairs," Ariel replied. "I thought you did."
They both froze momentarily before running frantically up the stairs to look.
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Meanwhile, Alice had decided she and her new friend needed a new game to play and she took a seat on the teeter-totter.
"Come on, sit on the other side." She said to Riku.
Riku looked at the raised seat, and didn't like the look of it. He frowned and shook his head.
"Come on, sit down."
He shook his head again.
"Sit down!"
Riku finally gave up and sat on the seat. But as heavy as he was, he fell right to the ground and watched as Alice flew up and through the air, muttering "Mmm-mmm" which may have meant "Oops."
Fortunately though, Alice flew through her bedroom window and landed safely on her bed. Erik and Ariel opened the door and breathed a sigh of relief to see her sound asleep.
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The sun had set over the countryside. The only light that could be seen for miles around came from the candle light of a humble cottage. A somber mood hung in the air inside, as a short mouse stood alone in prayer, a record player playing a somber tune.
"A visitor is all I ask Lord," Mickey prayed. "A companion to pass a few hours with me, to end my loneliness…" Right on cue, Riku burst through the door with a growl. Hearing the door open, Mickey smiled. "Thank you Lord!" He turned off the record player and blindly wandered over to the door. Riku growled at him, but Mickey just shushed him gently. "No, don't speak my new friend. My prize from heaven." He moved his hand and placed a hand on Riku's shoulder. "Whoa, you must've been the tallest one in your class! My name is Mickey, I'm a hermit. I live here all alone. And you are?"
"Mmm." Riku replied.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Mmm."
"Oh, forgive me. I didn't realize you were a mute. But see how fortunate we are to have found each other? Me a poor, blind mouse, and you a mute… and incredibly big mute. Oh, but you must be hungry. Why don't you come in and have some soup?"
Riku Mmm-ed affirmatively and Mickey led him to a chair at the table. Riku found his bowl and held it up as Mickey brought the pot of soup over.
"Some nice, piping hot soup is just the thing on a cold night like this." Mickey said with a smile, as he dipped a ladle into the steaming soup. "I know how it is to be cold and hungry, and what it means to have kindness from a stranger."
All the while that he talked, Mickey moved his ladle across the table, trying to find Riku's bowl. Riku tried his best to hold the bowl under the ladle, but Mickey moved around too much, and ended up pouring the soup right into Riku's lap. "Aaagh!" He howled in pain.
Mickey didn't seem to hear him, as he continued on and on. "You know, sometimes it's easy to forget simple acts of kindness in today's world."
Riku saw Mickey take another ladleful of soup and tried to hold the bowl under it, but once again Mickey dumped it into his lap. "AAAHH! Erg…" Riku's eyes crossed in pain.
"Now then," Mickey said, putting the pot back over the fire. "How about a little wine to go with your soup?" Riku grumbled affirmatively, thinking nothing bad could come of that. Mickey handed him a ceramic mug and filled it, filling his own metal cup afterwards. "Now then," He said, before Riku could take a drink. "A toast is in order. Now let's see…" Riku held out his cup for the toast. "Oh yes! To long friendship!" Mickey hit Riku's mug with his cup, smashing it to bits and leaving only the handle left in Riku's hand.
Mickey drank his wine down while Riku muttered under his breath.
"And now," Mickey continued. "For something I've been saving for a special occasion…" He reached into a pocket and pulled out to cigars. He handed one to Riku and put the other in his mouth. Mickey picked up a nearby candle, but Riku began moaning in fear. "What? You're afraid of fire? But fire is good, it's our friend. Watch." He lit his cigar with the candle and breathed a puff of smoke. "See? Now hold out your cigar."
Riku held his hand up to Mickey to feel, but what Mickey thought was the cigar was actually Riku's thumb. He lit it and Riku just looked at it a moment. "Hmm." It took a second before he finally realized his thumb was on fire and he jumped. "WOOOOWWWWW!" He blew out his thumb and roared as he stormed out of the cottage.
Mickey rushed to the door. "Wait!" He called. "Where are you going? …I was gonna make espresso."
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Riku, still cold and hungry… and a little burned… wandered growling through the village streets. Aside from the whiny little blond girl and the accident prone mouse, everyone feared him and ran from him. Riku felt alone and miserable.
But then, he heard a familiar sound. The sound of the haunting tune that calmed him before. He looked and saw it was being played by a bearded peasant and slowly approached him.
The peasant saw him, but oddly enough stayed calm. He slowly backed away from Riku, but stopped suddenly and shouted "Now!"
Riku stopped as well, only to feel a net drop on him. He struggled to get free, but Goofy jumped on him. Sora took off the beard and ran to help.
Kairi quickly ran up and took out a needle, which she rammed into Riku's backside. Riku roared in pain before finally collapsing right on top of Goofy.
Sora struggled to catch his breath before moving away from Riku. "He's out!" He called.
Goofy, still pinned and gasping for breath, weakly replied. "I know…"
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Later, Sora and the others had managed to chain Riku up and lock him in a room, where he still lay sleeping.
Sora looked in through a small window in the door and turned to his friends and Maleficent, who stood with him.
"I'm going in there." He said. "Hand me that candle."
"No!" Kairi and Goofy cried.
"Yes!" Maleficent hissed.
Not wanting to deal with Maleficent, Goofy handed the candle to Sora, who looked gravely at all of them. "Love is the only thing that can save this poor creature." He said. "And I am going to show him he is loved… even at the cost of my own life." He turned and looked Goofy and Kairi in the eye. "No matter what you hear in there… no matter how cruelly I beg you… no matter how terribly I scream, do not open this door or you will undo everything I have worked for, understand? Do not open this door!"
Goofy and Kairi nodded sadly. Kairi gave him a kiss on the cheek and Goofy patted him on the back saying "Nice knowin' ya." Even Maleficent gave him a sad look of admiration as he walked through the door.
He entered the room and heard it shut and lock behind him. Nervously, he looked over at the bed where Riku lay sleeping and quietly approached him.
He knocked over a chair, however and Riku woke up. Once he spotted Sora he sat up with a roar.
Sora jumped from fear and ran to the door. "Let me out. Get me the hell out of here…" He pleaded. There was no answer. "What's the matter with you people, I was joking! Don't you know a joke when you hear one?.! HAHAHA!" He turned and saw Riku turn to him with a menacing look. He pounded on the door fiercely. "Get me out of here!.! Open this damn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in!.!.! MOMMY!.!.!" Kairi tried to open the door, but Maleficent stopped her.
Riku stood up and easily broke off his chains, growling menacingly at Sora.
Sora turned and looked at Riku in fear. "Um… uh… Hello Handsome!" He called.
Riku stopped and turned to try and see who Sora was talking to.
"You're a good looking fellow, do you know that?" Sora continued. "People laugh at you… people hate you, but why do they hate you? Because they are jealous!" Sora slowly approached Riku now. "Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. And do you want to talk about physical strength? Do want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a god!" Riku smiled proudly, turning his head up in a dignified manner. "And listen to me…" Riku turned to Sora, who placed a hand on his shoulder. "You are not evil… you… are… good!"
Riku sniffled and broke down crying. He sat down on the bed with Sora, who hugged his head close and rocked him back and forth, like a mother comforting her child. "This is a nice boy…" He said softly. "This is a good boy. This is a mother's angel. And we are going to show the world once and for all, and without any shame… that we love him!" Riku sobbed again. "Aw, Riku…" Sora continued, holding Riku's face in his hand. "Oh, I'm going to teach you, I'm going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think! Together… we shall make the greatest single contribution to science… since the creation of fire!.!.!"
Kairi peered in through the little window and called "Doctor Fronkensteen! Are you alright?"
Sora looked up and with a deranged look in his eye replied "My name… is… Frankenstein!.!.!"