My chapters are WAY too short. I want to make a long chapter pretty soon... but I want it to be an exciting and dramatic one too...

So it can't be this one. This is Chapter Four. It's just going to give a brief description of what Maggy, Kanny, Otto, Krate, and Tor have to do before the journey. I hope you like it.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!! Chapter Four!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything... especially ToS... or Invader Zim(there's a reference in there) or Kingdom Hearts/ The Kingdom Hearts Chronicles Videos(there's a reference in there).

Chapter Four: Preparations & Complications

First things go first, right? If that is true, then you all probably know what happens in this chapter... at least at first... Wait... do second things go second? Are things supposed to go in order as they were planned? Wow... that's boring. Ah, well. At least you all know what will happen in this chapter. It will be just as Tor explained in the last chapter. First they will talk to the principal, then the mayor, then parents, and finally she'll give out some MORE instructions. I suppose you could just ignore this chapter if you want. You already know what they'll be doing. They will be making preparations. But where do the complications come in, you ask? Oh, that's somewhere in here too. Nothing can go perfectly, can they? That would be just too boring. But, you can still skip this chapter if you want. I understand.

"Dr. Sefranski, we HAVE to go on this journey! The fate of the world depends on it! We are going to save the world! What don't you understand about that!?!" Kanny cried. She was very frustrated at this point. She wanted to be helpful, so she offered to talk to the principal about the journey while Tor went to the mayor. So far, things weren't looking so good for Kanny. She couldn't get Dr. Sefranski to believe her, and she decided to resort to yelling at him. She had already earned herself a month's worth of detentions in five minutes. Things really weren't looking good for Kanny.

"Sir, what do I have to do to get you to believe me? This really is important and we wanted to make sure you were notified! Won't you at least give me a break because we were curtious enough to tell you? We COULD have just walked out!" Kanny pleaded. "PLEASE! You have to listen to me! I don't want them to think that I'll be worthless on this journey!"

"The story you give me is completely unbelievable. You have no proof to back it up, either. The fact that you've been shouting also doesn't help the situation. Get to class." he said firmly.

"No." Kanny murmured.

"What was that? I TOLD you to get to class." Dr. Sefranski growled.

"No. Dr. Sefranski, I can't do that. I have to do this. I'm not going to let you get in the way of the world being saved. We are going on this journey, and we may not be back fo a very long time... we may miss the rest of our entire highschool career, but we WILL save the world!" Kanny said proudly. With that, she stood up and walked away. She had just told her principal that she wouldn't go to class. It really gave her a rush, she felt excited and as if she could do anything. She knew that her friends would need help at some point. She knew that they'd be in danger. She wanted to be there to help. She wanted to save them. Now, she knew she had a chance.

"Yes, Mayor. Of course." Tor replied. Things seemed to be going rather smoothly for Tor. She had no trouble covincing the mayor of what was going on... but that was most likely due to the wings... and the fact that she called Lloyd and Collette to speak with the mayor as well. They descended from the sky with their great and powerful wings, looking quite angelic. The conversation went very quickly. The mayor took control of the public access television channel and started making announcements about what was happening... the angels of course had to be on the television too... as SOME sort of proof.

"So... the President will be informed of this and he will make announcements. We'll have to make sure that the world knows that two of the three saviors have come from this wonderful little village of ours!" the Mayor grinned.

"As you wish, sir." Tor sighed. She really didn't think that advertising the hick town she grew up in and hated so much was a good idea. The village of Soniadd just plain bites. She's always thought so. If she had her pick, she'd save the entire world, MINUS Soniadd, Illinois. Yes, she'd even save Elmhurst and Rockford... just not Soniadd. She would of course get her family out of Soniadd first... but you get the idea.

"Lloyd, Collette... do you think that you could go and check on Kanny for me? I know she's capable, but I'm always worried about her. She's the closest thing I've ever had to a younger sister... and something tells me she may be in trouble with the principal. Could you two talk with Dr. Sefranski about the journey, please? It would really mean a lot to me if you did." Tor whispered to the two angels as they began to leave.

"Of course! We'll take care of it, won't we Collette!" Lloyd said happily.

Eager to help, Collette agreed. "Yes, sorry to place all of these burdens on you. This is the least we can do to help you!" She giggled a bit, smiling really big.

"Don't apologise. I figure I owe the world for the way I act most of the time..." Tor muttered, grimacing.

"Oh, um sorry." Collette said again.

"Really, you don't have to apologise." Tor murmured.

"Don't worry about it, Tor. She always apologises for everything... whether it has anything to do with her or not..." Lloyd groaned.

"Kanny!" Collette called out. "Is Kanny around here anywhere?" she asked a boy that was walking by.

"Oh, um... I don't know any 'Kenny's. Sorry." the boy said walking off.

"Sorry to bother you!" she called after the boy. "Hmmm... Why can't we find her Lloyd?"

"I think she's probably left or something. If she's not around here, she had to have left, right? She must have talked it over with the principal already! Looks like we aren't needed after all." Lloyd said grinning, proud that he had figured it out.

The principal happened to be walking by at that very moment. "What are you two people doing here? You aren't students here, are you? Why aren't you in class?" Dr. Sefranski demanded.

"Oh, you must be the principal! Sorry, but we aren't students here." Collette said with a huge smile on her face. "We were just looking for Kanny. She was supposed to talk to you about the World Regeneration journey. We came to see if she needed any help talking to you. But, I think she left already, so you two must have finished everything up already! Lloyd and I were about to leave."

"Kanny? That little Indian girl? The one that told me that unbelievable story about having to save the world? She was given a month's worth of detentions and told to go back to class. She refused to do so, saying that she wouldn't let me 'get in the way of the world being saved'. Hah! What a foolish child." the man cackled.

"Hey! That story is the truth! You can't laugh at that girl for being a noble person! Show some decency!" Lloyd shouted at the man.

"Who are you, to talk to me like that?" Dr. Sefranski growled.

He spread out his wings. "The angel who sent these people on the journey," Lloyd said in a commanding tone as he started to float above the man. The principal stood there in awe. He gaped and stared and could not peel his eyes away from the sight of the man with wings. He was terrified, but amazed. He had angered an angel, but he was also seeing an angel for the first time.

"I-I-I-I... I'm sorry." he finally managed to spit out. "She is in no trouble at all sir. That girl will be treated as a hero when she returns, as will the others going on this journey. They will all be treated as heroes."

Tor soon arrived at Kanny's house to find her small friend already there... shaking with excitement.

"Tor! You'll never believe it!" she shouted, running up to her best friend. "You'll never guess what happened when I talked to the principal!"

"What? Did a flying raccoon jump in through the window and knock out Dr. Sefranski with a portable radio, causing us to get out of school trouble free with no explanations whatsoever?" Tor guessed.

"Um... nooooooooooooo." she replied.

"Oh, then did a leprechaun riding a flying beaver-tailed baby come in through the air vents and smack Dr. Sefranski in the head with a magic shillelagh and knock him out, causing us to get out of school trouble free with no explanations whatsoever?" Tor guessed again.

"Also no." Kanny replied. She didn't ask Tor to stop guessing yet though... she wanted to see how many insane ideas she could come up with.

"Alright, then did a butterfly fly into the room, capturing Dr. Sefranski's attention, and lead him off a cliff that had a bunch of sharp and pointy rocks at the bottom, causing us to to get out of school trouble free with no explations whatsoever?"

"Still no."

"Then, did a little robot dressed in a green doggy suit fly in through the window, breaking the glass, screaming something about a man named Sanchez while holding a fishbowl with a particularly angry looking fish in it, slam Dr. Sefranski's head in said fishbowl causing the angry evil fishy to eat our principal causing us to get out of school trouble free with no explanations whatsoever?"(The green doggy, GIR, and his fish Sanchez are from another story, called Tales of Invader Potter and the Whitestone School. It's really funny. Check it out if you have time!)Tor guessed again.

"Nope." Kanny said, trying not to laugh. She had to keep count of these explanations. Explanation Tally: 4

"Hmmmmmm... Then, did a heartless jump in through the door in slo-mo and pretend to shoot Dr. Sefranski while going whoosh, scaring the old man, but then the heartless fell and layed there all limp and dead like, and then did Dr. Sefranski run off to arrange its funeral, causing us to get out of school trouble free without any explanations whatsoever?"

"...No..." Explanation Tally: 5

"Then,-"

"Nope, you still don't have it." Explanation Tally: 5,985,164,322,845,186,418,723,421,564,247

"So, did you yell at him and he was all like I don't believe the story and you were all like, but its true, but then you got lots of detentions, but then you begged and pleaded, but he still wouldn't listen, so then you told him you wouldn't let him get in the way of our saving the world, and then you up and left... causing us to get out of school with lots of trouble but STILL no explanations whatsoever.?" Tor asked.

"No- wait... yes." Kanny corrected herself. "How did you know? Yeah, it took you forever to guess... but you got it... how?"

"Beats me, lucky guess?"Tor tried. "Anyway, should we try talking your to parents about the journey? We really need to be getting on with the journey. We need to find the next Chosen."

"Right. Hey, Tor?" Kanny started.

"Yeah? Look, if it's about it sounding like I'm blaming you about the time thing, I'm not. It's my fault for goofing around and guessing such silly things. Don't worry about the time thing for now. Okay?" Tor said in a reassuring tone, smiling the whole time.

"Um... no, it's not that." Kanny explained.

"Oh, well... What is it?"

"Just... thanks."

"For what, Kanny?"

"For inviting me to come along... even though I'm wasn't chosen... or have anything to do with this... You're a great friend. Thanks for including me." Kanny said, looking up at her friend and smiling. The two of them really did get along like sisters sometimes... and not in the way that you may think. Not all sisters fight... and these two certainly didn't seem to. They really were the best of friends.

"Hey... um. It was nothing. I really want you to come along. I'd miss my best friend too much if I had to go on that long journey and leave her behind. I wouldn't be able to stand it. Besides, I KNOW that you'll be able to contribute... no matter what happens, you always help me out... and this DOES have to do with you. This is about living on this planet, about being a living creature... this has to do with everyone. And as for the whole Chosen thing... Maggy got the title because she was born into a certain family, not because she did anything special. I don't think it really makes a difference if you're a Chosen or not. I think everything depends on who you are as a person, not as who you are born as or what family you are born into. No matter what happens, you're still you and Maggy's still Maggy... and I'm still me. Things are going to be fine... not because we have Chosens and an angel... but because we have a group of people that care about each other and we'll take care of each other... We're all going to save the world." Tor said carefully, thinking over the meaning of what she had actually said.

"Tor, you're so weird!" Kanny laughed, breaking the uncomfortable silence that had begun to engulf the two as they thought of the meaning behind Tor's words.

"Heh heh! Yeah! I guess so!" Tor laughed back. "Let's talk to your parents already! Come on!"

"But! BUT! Mom! Dad! I HAVE to go! They need me! My friends need me! The WORLD needs me!" Kanny cried.

"It is the truth. As the angel that leads this journey, I must tell you that we require her help. She will be of great value on the journey for World Regeneration." Tor explained, leaning farther back into the chair. In her mind she was weighing the effects of bringing out her wings. It may either convince them... or frighten them... It was a lot harder to figure out when it came to worried parents instead of easy to scare school children. If you scare the parents... they may keep the child away from the journey.

Even after saying that Kanny was required to save the world her parents would not allow her to go. They said to find someone else to save the world. They wouldn't let someone put their daughter in danger.

"Please, hear me out. If we cannot complete this journey... the world and everyone living on it will die. Truth be told, Kanny isn't necessary for the journey, but I'd still like to bring her along. She's my best friend, adn she always helps me get through tough times. There will be many tough times during this journey. Kanny may not be needed to regenerate the world... but I'm going to need her. I almost always need her help... there's no doubt that I'll need her help this time." Tor explained.

Even with a heartfelt explanation like that... they still would not let her go. They couldn't be certain that she would be safe... and they would not allow that.

"I swear to you, I will protect her with my life. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that she is safe during the journey. I will literally be her guardian angel. I will use all of my heavenly powers to protect her. Please, allow your daughter to be part of the group that goes down in history as the people that saved the world. Let her be one of the first people to see the world in it's regenerated state. Let her come on this journey." Tor tried.

But when it all came down to it... Kanny wasn't allowed to go on the journey. Her parents didn't trust that she would be safe. They didn't trust that the girl promising to protect her best friend was capable... or an angel.

"Tor, just show them that you are an angel. They'll have to believe that I'll be alright if I'm protected by an angel!" Kanny shouted, getting fed up with the way her parents were acting.

Tor was able to sympathize though... At first, she didn't want to bring along Kanny. Kanny was known for being the small adorable one... the small adorable ones are always the most fragile. She didn't want anything to happen to her best friend... her "travel-sized" friend as she'd been nick-named(she is also nick-named the "fun-sized" friend). Yes, she was tiny and conveniently sized for travel... but that didn't mean that Tor wasn't worried about bringing her along. She was terrified that something bad would happen and that she'd be without a best friend.

Tor obliged what Kanny had said and brought out her wings. As Kanny's parents began to gape, the fun-sized one felt certain that she'd get to go on the journey. She asked Tor to fly around the room a bit, and Tor obliged.

"So, seeing as Tor is an angel... and she can undoubtedly protect me... I can go, right?" Kanny said, grinning from ear to ear.

"No. You aren't going... This only proves that this sort of thing is real... that there really is tremendous danger out there. You are not going." That was their final decision. Kanny could not help the Chosens' group to regenerate the world.

"I think it's time we give up fighting this particular battle my friend. It really would be dangerous... and I'm sure that your parents know what they are doing... Besides, what can someone do in this sort of situation... except to do what they think is best. That's always the best thing someone can do. You have to do what you think is best. They were doing what they thought was best, so I can't really fault them for it. I'm still really sorry that you can't come... Sorry, but I have to see if Maggy has persuaded her parents yet... Laters." Tor finished, flying off to the south, towards Maggy's house.

"But! This isn't fair." Kanny whispered as her friend flew off.

"SOOOOOOOOOOOORRYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tor called one last time... still truly meaning it. "I have to go Kanny... We're going to leave tomorrow at noon. I need to sort things out and get some rest! ... Bye!"

"Really? You have the Cruxis crystal and everything? EVERYTHING is sorted out? Sweet, then I can pack a couple things for the pilgrimmage and then hit the hay. Laters. Thanks for taking care of it all Maggy." Tor said, turning away from the door.

Maggy dropped her smile as she closed the door. "I'm not going to get in the way. I'm not! I'm going to prove that I was chosen for a reason. If anyone will mess thingsd up or get in the way... It'll be her... not me... I can't believe she said I'd get in the way." she hissed out. She leaned against the door and sank down to the ground. This journey wasn't getting off to a good start.

Me: Okay... It was longer than I expected. And now that I really look at it, I use "..." way too much. I have to fix that.

Zelos: It's alright, my cute hunny. You're just, um... um...

Me: I really do use too many "..."s! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zelos: I got it now! You're just causing a dramatic pause!

Sheena: Shut up!

Me: R&R! Please... Before I use more dots... and Sheena kills Zelos...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! It's the dot dot dot curse!

Anyway, about the whole guessing what happened thing with Kanny and Tor, well... I was bored. Anyway, my brothers and I goof off like that all the time. Those guesses were taken from a real life situation. I think I should be congratulated for my amazing sense of realism that I some how put in this awesome story! Gives a very Zelos-esk grin
Thank you, thank you. No applause, just cash... and hunnies (so long as they are hot guy hunnies).