Craig Carter

Chapter 3 Traverse Town

Donald came into the Kings Throne Room. "Good morning your majesty." Donald said as he came into the Throne Room. When the King didn't respond, he went in farther. The King was missing, and all that was there was a note, that said, "Dear Donald, I am going to be gone for a while. I would tell you more but it wouldn't be necessary. I want you to go talk to Leon, and he will help you find the Key. Please go find the Key. It will be necessary for me to complete my mission.

The Best,

King Mickey"

Donald left the note, and ran out of the castle. He ran out to the courtyard, and met up with Goofy. "Goofy we got to go, the King is gone, and we got to go find Leon and talk to him about the Key."

"Gwarsh shouldn't we tell someone," Goofy responded.

"NO! This is top secret."

They went into the docking bay and talked to Chip and Dale. They were quick to set them up with a Gummy Ship, and soon they were ready for take off. Before they made it onto the runway though, Chip pulled a lever for a joke, and the ship fell through the bottom of the Floating Castle.

Sora woke up, in a strange street. He then realized that it was raining. He quickly went for shelter in the nearest store. "So what do you want kid?" the store manager asked.

"My name is Sora, and I'm not a kid," Sora responded

"Well excuse me, Sora."

"Where am I?"

"Traverse Town, it is a place for people who have lost their homes."

"So what's your name?"

"Cid."

"Nice to meet you."

"So Sora, if you ever have any questions just come ask me anytime. I also own an accessory shop, and who knows, some of them might help you in battle."

Sora stepped outside the shop and walked up a street. He saw a door labeled "Second District" and opened it.

Once inside the second district, he was attacked by at least one hundred of the strange creatures. Sora picked up the key, and started attacking the creatures as hard as he could. Every time he hit the creatures, it would disappear in a dark flash of light. Sora fought for a while, but the creatures kept showing up. It seemed that they wouldn't give up. Sora decided to take a run for it. He ran all the way across the district to a door that said "Third District."

Once inside the third district, he was attacked by more of the creatures. He fought for a while, but then took a run for another door. It had a large key hole on it, and so Sora decided to try putting the key in the hole. Sora opened the door and he was once again in the first district.

In the first district Sora went to the accessory shop and talked to Cid. "Hey Cid, I was just wondering about the costs of some of your items." Sora said

"Well, I really am low on stock; I only have this protect chain for 150 munny. It will protect you from most damage," Cid answered

"I don't have any munny though."

"Fight some enemies. If you win, they often will drop munny while escaping."

"Thanks for the advice."

"You're welcome."

Sora left the building, and a man came up to him. He was much taller than Sora, and it looked like he was much older as well. "So you are the wielder of the Keyblade." The man said.

"What's a Keyblade?" Sora asked.

"That's what you have in your hand. Please hand over the Keyblade."

"NEVER!"

"Then I will have to take it from you."

The strange man attacked with an enormous sword. Sora hit him with the Keyblade, but he was unaffected. The man jumped, and struck the ground. This impact was enough to knock Sora to the ground. Sora felt woozy after falling, and soon, the man had him on the ground with his sword above his neck. Sora tried to decide what to do as he passed out.

When Sora awoke, he was in a strange room. It was a hotel room. The strange man was standing while Sora was on a bed. Next to him was a strange woman. She looked like she was about the same age as the man, and they were most likely boyfriend and girlfriend. "About time you're up. It was hard to get you here."

"Who are you?" Sora demanded.

"I am Leon and this is Yuffie."

"Where is the Keyblade."

"It's right here." He pointed to the Keyblade lying on the bed beside him. "It was hard to get this thing from you, but it was the only way to keep the Heartless away."

"Heartless?"

"Those are the mysterious creatures who attacked are called Heartless."

Leon walked over to Sora.

"So what if I don't want the Keyblade."

"Well, tough luck. You were chosen as the Keyblade master."

Sora went over to a treasure chest. He attempted to open it.

"You can open it by hitting it with the Keyblade," Yuffie said.

Sora hit it with the Keyblade, and picked up an Elixir. He put it in his pocket with the Hi-Potions that Kairi gave him. When Sora felt the Hi-Potions, his heart gave a jump, and he remembered Kairi. He had to go help her. He walked outside, and went to the third district.

In the third district, Sora walked out, and was soon smashed by two odd characters. "The Key," they both said.

Soon after, a giant pair of feet came up out of nowhere, and then a floating torso, a pair of arms, and a head. They were in no way shape or form connected, but they moved together like they belonged together. It had a tattoo of a black and pink checkered heart on its torso that was very large. Together the three attacked this monster. The odd tall one started banging it with his shield, while the small loud one started shooting fire at it. Sora picked up the Keyblade, and began to pound on it. It wouldn't go away though. Soon, its body came apart and started to attack by itself. The head came after Sora, and so Sora started banging up the head, soon it disappeared in a flash of black light. Next Sora went after the tall odd one as it was being chased by the hands. He smacked it with his Keyblade, and soon it disappeared too. Sora finally went after the feet that were chasing the small loud one. He smacked it with his Keyblade until it fell apart. Finally they chased down the Torso. All three attacked the torso until it completely fell apart. Out of its body came hundreds of green orbs, and munny. They picked up all of them, and then left the third district.

"Gwarsh. So you are the Keyblade master?" the tall one said

"Yes. What are your names?"

"I'm Donald," the small loud one said.

"And I'm Goofy," the taller one said. "What's your name?"

"I'm Sora," Sora answered.

"Well we have been having some problems. Our King has disappeared, and he wanted us to come find you."

"Gwarsh, I think he wanted us to come after you and then have us go to the different worlds in order to find him."

"Why would I come though? I have other issues to deal with. I need to find my friends Riku and Kairi."

"Well if you come to us then you will get to go to different worlds, and you would have a better chance to find your friends."

"Then while finding your friends hopefully we will find the King."

"Ok. I guess I will go."

"Ok, but this ship only runs on happy faces."

"So let's see a smile."

Sora gave a very cheesy smile, and everyone broke out laughing.

"Come on then, let's get going," Donald said.

They all walked back to the first district. "I almost forgot. I'm going to teach you the fire spell. You can use your Keyblade to cast a spell. Just simply point your Keyblade up and at something you want to burn. Then imagine a fire bursting from your blade, and yell 'Fire', and your blade should send out a fire."

Sora raised the Keyblade, and faced the ground. "FIRE." Sora yelled, and a burst of fire shot out of the blade and scorched the ground.

"Impressive," Donald said. "Come on now. Let's move."

Just as they began walking, two Dalmatians walked up behind them. They spoke saying, "We are Pongo and Perdita. We need your help in finding our lost puppies. They have been scattered throughout the different worlds. Please help them."

"Ok. We will." Sora said.

"Thank you," they said.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy started for the ship. They climbed in and took off.