Run to us, come to us. We welcome you into the world that belongs to both you and your friends. If you give us a chance and trust us you just might like us, Roxas.

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Chapter Three: Run with Us

A sudden wave encased Roxas after the poor boy made his way through the open door. A wave of what? Just a normal wave. Yes, of water. The wave has swept away our hero towards rough currents. He was certain that he would drown, until the tide lead him closer towards land. Well, nearly towards it.

"Run run! You gotta get dry!" The boy blinked while he stood up in the now ankle deep water. Was that voice shouting at him? It wasn't until he caught sight of the scene next to him that he saw the origin of the voice.

Roxas nearly did a double take, for the activity going on before his eyes was a….curious sight. There was a few creature, some recognizable, running around a tall rock. Of the animals were a chicken like child with large spectacles on, a baby elephant with enormous ears, a spry fawn, and a strange blue creature that was similar to that of a dog. Perhaps? It was hard to tell. Upon the top of the stone was a human man, but to call him normal would be an understatement. He appeared only to be a bit older than Roxas himself. He had a very odd mullet hairstyle and wore clothing that Roxas had seen a few times before. Usually elder political or business men wore that outfit, so seeing it on a man younger than an elder was peculiar. The whole style didn't seem to suit this fellow well, but it didn't seem to bother the man. Again, the mullet man started to flail his arms about and shout.

"Run run! You gotta get dry! Hurry up! The faster you run, the faster you'll get dry!" Suddenly, the tide started to creep back towards the shore, making angry waves crash up upon the poor creatures and Roxas. The blonde sputtered out the salty water before he accidently end up swallowing a mouthful. Even though the waves were a bother to Roxas, the critters before him just kept running despite the water.

"Keep it up! It's working! Run run! You'll get dry dry!" How was this working? Is what went through Roxas's mind. If they kept running in this same place they'll keep getting sopping wet. Roxas decided to take his leave now, before he was swept back into the currents by the tide.

"You run! Get dry!" He was stopped by the blue creature, who spoke with a slight growl to its tone. As curious as the blue thing appeared to be Roxas made a move to step around the little thing. "Grrahahaha!" Before he could make another move, the creature sprouted extra arms as it leapt up and attacked Roxas's spiky hair.

"Hey! Ow! Get off!" The boy ended up stumbling backwards as he tried to pull the thing off of his head. He only managed to get it off when he was finally caught into the running circle.

"A new contender!" The man shouted towards those below him. "Time to run! Show us what you got! Who'll get dry faster?" With that, another wave crashed upon the runners, causing Roxas to trip up in his now forced sprint around the stone.

"How is this possibly going to get us dry?" Roxas shouted in between the coming currents. The man wiggled a bit on his perch as he warmed his hands by a makeshift fire.

"Just look at me!" The mullet head man gave a wide smile. "I'm perfectly dry!" To that, Roxas shook his head.

"But that's because your-" The boy's explanation was cut short by a tower of water encasing him for a moment. For some strange reason, after that last wave, the tide was pulled back completely. By completely, it had been almost sucked back into nothing. No sign of water could be seen for miles.

"Yippy! Hooray!" The little animals and the man cheered altogether as Roxas just stared, bewildered.

"Prizes!" The mullet headed fellow shouted in which the creatures shouted in suit. The boy blinked and turned his attention back towards the group. They all stared at him, waiting.

"W-what?" Roxas questioned, unsure what they wanted. The man upon the pillar of rock hopped down and clapped his hands together.

"Prizes for the race, please." The strange man held out his hand as he gave another wide and goofy grin.

"But I don't have any…" Roxas's voice trailed off as he saw the little creatures look up at him with their sad beady eyes. "Fine. One second." He let out an annoyed sigh as he checked his skirt pockets. In one, he found a few lace handkerchiefs that his sister must've placed there. They were extremely damp from water, but he handed over the pieces of cloth to the man anyways. What else did he have to offer?

"We have the prizes!" The well dressed man said as he handed out a handkerchief to each critter. They all cheered as they waved around their well earned gifts. "Good! Now…leave!" The man was happily blunt with the animals, but the seemed to listen. The fawn dashed off into the nearby forest, the chicken with the glasses ran off to find a corn field with crop circles, the baby elephant flapped its large ears and flew off, and the blue thing scurried like a bug up into some tree. Again, Roxas was bewildered by their departures, but decided not to question the oddity. Soon, he looked back at the strange man who was still smiling.

"Well…bye!" After being rather blunt again, the weird man high tailed it out of there. All that was left was a puzzled and annoyed boy.

"…I can't wait to get out of this place." Roxas moaned to himself as he decided to head for the forest as well.

"You mean…"

"…in" The boy jumped as he heard two female voices speak to him. He looked around the entrance of the forest, but no one was there. He highly considered turning back, but was going back really an option for him. After taking a deep breath and letting it out, he took the first few confident steps into the woods. All the while, he felt a pair of eyes or two sets watching his every move.

A short one, but at least it got done quickly. Was that funny? Things will be more interesting, exciting, and humorous than that soon!