Me: Hi everyone Q-A the Authoress is here once more to give you chapter 5 of the story. Hope you like it.
Me: P.S. I also wish to say this chapter is dedicated to jacobyel because he/she correctly identified who the prince was. Which was kinda obvious. Let's begin the story.
Royal Pains
Though the previous evening was peaceful to our heroines it was far from it at the palace the next morning where the snobbish alien Princess Mandie had angrily kicked the doors form the main courtyard and walked through the entrance steaming.
"I've never been so insulted in my life!" The Princess yelled while shooting her flaming sword at random directions that left scorch marks all over the walls, floor, and ceiling.
Mandie passed a concerned eighteen-year-old human girl with short brown hair and blue eyes that saw Mandie walk off leaving. The brunette was wearing a short sleeve red hoodie jacket with a white long sleeve undershirt, blues jeans, white and yellow sneakers and a silver belt with a golden Mickey Mouse buckle.
"What the…leaving so soon, princess?" The human girl asked with feigns concern because she did not like the snob to begin with.
"Good luck finding that brat a fiancé." Mandie sarcastically retorted while walking out of the chamber that led to the main palace gates with her skirt halfway burned from fire perhaps or something else like a...
"…Laser Gun," the sorcerer-in-training thought to herself, "Who do I know has a pet alien that conveniently owns a laser gun?"
"Sora," she said aloud in a disapproving voice. The girl then ran towards the main courtyard of the palace where a large water fountain was in the middle of it.
"Sora!" She repeated again while heading towards a fourteen-year-old boy, skulking near the fountain, who also had brown hair (except his hair was spiky and the girl's hair was straight) and blue eyes was wearing large yellow shoes, a white and black over jacket as well as a red jumpsuit and a pair of white fingerless gloves with a crown necklace and crown chain.
The girl spoke again with more anger in her tone, "Sora, what in Merlin's pants are you-HOLY CRUD!" She screamed when a green laser had almost shot at her.
The being that shot the laser said, "Oh-oh." And almost made a getaway except the girl was not letting the blue creature escape that easily.
"Don't you 'Oh-oh' me 626!" She yelled before touching her blue wizard hat shaped hairclip that at once glowed a bright blue hue.
The light instantly wrapped all around her body that quickly faded and shown that she know was in a large red robe with a gold sash tie and the hairclip turned into a large blue cone-shaped wizards hat (1).
With a wave of her hands and the magic words, "Ala-kazam" the blue experiment that had tried to run off ended up floating upside down looking rather ticked in front of the girl's face.
"Oh don't give that look Stitch, I only call you by your old name because it lets ya know I'm really ticked off because shooting lasers at Princesses; it's no wonder Princess Mandie STORMED out! Do you and Sora want us to sued again?"
Sora finally looked their way and said, "Oh come on Grey, Stitch was just playing with her."
Removing the spell off the blue alien with his own magic Sora call Stitch to come over to him.
"Weren't you Stitch? You were just playing with that psychopathic snob, weren't you?" Sora asked in a faked baby voice to Stitch and the duo ended up laughing.
They soon noticed the annoyed look Grey was giving her little brother, obviously not okay with what Stitch did to Mandie, until she gave a half smile and laughed herself.
"Okay I saw the burning skirt which was funny and she was a jerk but Mandie is still a princess *sigh* you have to stop rejecting every darn girl who comes to call! The law says that you -."
"Must find a royal fiancé," Sora finished at the same time as Grey while he, Keyblade wielding heir to the throne came over to a cage.
"By your next birthday!" Grey ended stubbornly.
"That law is stupid sis," The younger brunette snapped in annoyance while crossing his arms and pouting. (Insert fan girl scream)
"But you only have three more days!" The sorcerer-in-training desperately exclaimed.
The law stated if the heir of Andalasia did not find a bride or groom before their 15th birthday and married on their 18th the Royal family cannot rule any more.
"Grey," Sora began while purposely drawing out her name, "I hate being forced into this."
Sora then took out of a cage a Pidove and began petting it.
"If I do get married, (which will be when I'm 18 and no sooner) even if it sounds cliché, it has to be for love. Like Mom and Dad did."
Grey was taken back by that statement, she knew Sora still missed their parents after both of them dying suddenly a few months back, but she did not had any idea that he felt that way.
Grey then sighed as she took the Pidove from Sora before putting it back into the cage while continuing,
"It's not just about the law. Ever since Mom and Dad died, I promised to keep their dying wish for you to find a bride.
"You also know I'm not gonna be here forever because I will need to train with Mickey soon and…I just want to make sure you have someone to be with and be taken care of. Provided for."
"But Grey," Sora began with a groan, "ever since the Radiant Garden massacre that happened almost ten years ago I've been stuck here."
Sora then went to by the fountain, swirling his hand in it around in the water while playing with the fishy inhabitants.
"I haven't made any real friends since then…" The Prince added.
Stitch looked offended, "Asyrifah? (Excuse Me?) Stitch not a buddy?"
Sora sheepishly smiled, "Except you Stitch, you're cool."
No longer upset Stitch went back to looking at his picture book called The Ugly Duckling. (2)
"And I've never even been outside the castle walls." Sora added with an annoyed sigh.
"But when the Royal Wise family of Radiant Garden got killed in that massacre Mom and Dad wanted us safe which is what I'm doing now too. Lots of enemies to the kingdom would want its Prince dead." Grey defended.
For some reason that got Sora upset as he splashed the water hard while snapping, "Then maybe I don't want to be Prince anymore!"
Grey groaned, "Yeah well…you-I-are-Oh forget I have another headache again." She stormed off while muttering to herself.
The sorcerer glared at the alien and in spite of herself said, "Kingdom Hearts forbid you having to take care a teenager."
Stitch looked puzzled as Grey left, "Meega don't have any teen to 'take care of.'"
"That's kind of her point Stitch." Sora explained while looking amused at Stitch's naivety.
Sora paused then got an idea and went over to the birdcage and opening it quickly. Soon all the Pidoves flew away chirping wildly. Shortly after Sora sat on the fountain's edge and sighed. He then fumbled through his pant pocket and found what he was looking for: a small star-shaped charm.
Stitch quickly climbed onto Sora's shoulder to see what his friend was holding and exclaimed, "Eegalagoo~ (Wow~!) Pretty star."
Sora gave a sad smile but nodded with approval of Stitch's statement.
"It was a gift," the boy began, "from the princess of Radiant Garden."
Flashback:
"Hey Sora!" a young girlish voice covered in light yelled.
Sora, as a young four-year-old boy, heard the voice and ran over towards a large, botanical garden where in the middle was a marble pavilion where a small figure was standing. All around the two were other larger, grander, gardens that all were part of a courtyard that was certainly more complex and intricate than that of Andalusia's. It was the castle grounds of Radiant Garden where the Royal Fair family of Andalasia was visiting at the time.
Sora finally reaching to the girl smiled and said, "Hey, -,"
For some reason the name was cut off like it was a distant memory that could not be found.
"Look what I got." The girl said while holding up the same charm Sora showed Stitch prior to the flashback.
"Wow…" The heir-to-be exclaimed, "Its so pretty."
The unseen girl might have beamed but of course it was hard to see.
"Thanks, my Mama gave it to me and said that it's lucky."
"How" Sora asked with curiosity.
"She said that if you give it to someone you like and make a promise with them like those fruits from that island we used to play at (3) the promise will come true someday."
The girl shifted her weight a little before speaking again as if nervous to say next.
"…And~ my Daddy and your daddy said that you and I will…um meet someone named Mary-"
"Who's Mary?" The brunette interrupted but curious like before.
The girl shrugged, "I don't know but my Daddy said you and I would meet her someday or something…but he did say we would be together and stuff." (4)
The girl must have smiled because Sora also smiled as well.
"Neat, I like 'cause we're bestest, best friends right so I'm okay with being with you." Sora said happily.
"Great," She paused for a second, "Say Sora?"
Sora 'hmmed' and looked at her.
"Remember when I said that this charm should be for someone you like and you and your sister and mama and daddy are going back to your home and won't be back for a while soo~ would like to keep my lucky charm and keep it until you come back?"
The boy with blue eyes looked at her and gave a big cheesy grin and cheerfully said, "Sure I can! I'll keep it safe from evil monsters and other scary things so don't ya worry."
Sora beamed as he made a heroic looking pose causing the girl to laugh a little.
A thought entered the girl's mind which made her say, "It's my lucky charm be sure to bring it back to me."
"Don't worry I will." The boy said confidently.
"Promise?" She asked, worried the charm would not come back.
"Promise."
Silence overcame them both until a brown haired woman with gentle green eyes and a man with jet black spiky hair with blue eyes (5) and a eight-year-old Grey between them came through a pair of grand double doors and waved at the two and called for Sora.
"I gotta go…" Sora said while frowning, not wanting to leave his beloved friend.
The girl did not look that sad though and said in a wise voice, "Don't ever forget wherever you go, I'm always with you." (6)
The reassured prince nodded, "Okay I'll see ya soon, –!"
End of Flashback:
Back to the present world we return to and see the young Andalasian Prince look longingly at the charm with sad eyes.
"I promised you we'd see each other again…but now I don't know what to do." Sora sighed sadly.
Stitch came over to his friend and tried to comfort Sora that did nothing to get him to smile. In a short minute the boy immediately jumped up (causing Stitch to fly forward and land on the ground) from the fountain and grinned as he thought of another plan.
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Inside the palace, Grey sighed as she played with the model of Andalasia as well as its model sun/moon sphere sighing for umpteenth time that day.
"Aw jeez," Grey began while speaking to herself, "I'm not trying to be the bad guy here it's just Sora can be so stubborn sometimes. I don't know where he gets it from; Mom was a flouriest and Dad was so layback all the time, heck neither of them were that picky."
The sorcerer played with the model some more until she screeched in alarm as a shadow loomed over her.
"Oh gosh Azula you almost gave me a heart attack." Grey sighed in relief.
"Almost" The other eighteen year old bitterly thought but instead said, "My life is but to serve you, Your Highness." Azula gave a low bow to Grey.
"Now, what's this little problem I've been told that you have?" The fire bender asked in feigns politeness.
"It's this whole bride/fiancé business! Sora keeps rejecting every princess that comes. If he doesn't find a bride soon our family will lose the right to rule. And I have this massive headache; I'm nearly at my own wit's end! "
"Totally! Wit's end," Buttercup giggled repeating what Grey just said in her fake Valley Forge accent.
Grey herself giggled too and gave a smile as she took some very old cookies out and said, "Have a cookie, Kiddo!"
The ex-superhero almost choked while the nasty cookie was pushed down her throat.
"Jeez, this crummy cookie's got mold in it." Buttercup thought as she was trying her hardest not to barf.
"Oh Your Highness, you certainly have a way with dumb and naive children!" Azula said in amusement.
Buttercup glared angrily at the fire bender.
"Now then, perhaps I might be of some service to this unruly problem. Oh and here is of course you serum for your headache." Azula added while holding a wine glass with red liquid inside of it.
"Thank you Azula, if there is anyone I can trust it's you." Grey said hopefully. She then took a long gulp of the drink and sigh in relief.
"Burp…much better." The brunette muttered while excusing herself.
"You know," Grey began, "things weren't always this bad. One time I remember when life around here seemed perfect. My Mom and Dad had learned that the Princess of Radiant Garden was one of the Seven Princesses of Heart, meaning that there was no darkness born into her heart. And because Sora is a Keyblade wielding prince and she was a Princess of Heart it made sense for them both to be married one day. When my parents told this idea to Radiant Garden's king, Ansem the Wise, he was shockingly ecstatic about the idea."
She sighed a little while rubbing her head but eventually Grey continued on with the story.
"Apparently he believed uniting both of the kingdoms would be very beneficial by making them strong with support from each other. It seemed that finding a bride for Sora was, as they say, in the bag. Until a month later after we (as in Sora, Mom, Dad, and Me) left from our trip to Radiant Garden, that said kingdom was destroyed by a wave of Heartless. No survivors of the Royal family too."
Grey began to cry and covered her face up to hide her shame. How could have done such a horrible thing?
"And the worst thing was after that, Mom and Dad were so worried about Sora that they decided to not to let him outside of the palace walls anymore and only allowed me to when ever I needed to train with my Master Mickey Mouse. That's probably why Sora wasn't so happy around me because he was jealous. And for good reason." Grey wheezed while still hiding her face.
After another few minutes of tears cascading down her face, Grey wiped them off her face with her sleeve.
"You know Azula, that massacre happened around the time my parents hired you, isn't that a funny coincidence?" The sorcerer-in-training asked with a slightly amused grin on her face.
"And," Grey began, "If I didn't turn 18 when Mom and Dad died I guess that meant you would've became queen but that's silly. You being queen is a ridiculous thought right?"
"Urge to kill rising…" The former princess brushed that thought off quickly.
"My lady perhaps what you are searching for is closer than you think,"
Azula then gestured towards Grey's hat and said, "Your hat for example can be very useful."
"My sorcery hat," Grey gasped realizing that she was also still in her wizard duds and snapped her fingers and return to her normal form while holding her hat. She still looked worried as she looked at the hat while glancing at Azula.
"But this was given to me by my master Mickey, who got form his older brother Oswald who both got it from their master Yen Sid, well the point is I can't just give this to you and-"
"Desperate times call for desperate measures..." Azula interrupted while holding a scepter with the Fire Nation emblem on it.
The flames in the emblem began to swirl in a hypnotic way and for a strange reason was affecting Grey to look at it with widen eyes.
"Don't worry, every thing shall be fine." The ex-princess said in a soothing voice, while holding the staff closer to Grey's face.
"Everything shall be fine." The brunette repeated in a very controlled tone.
"The hat?"
Grey removed the hat and handed it to Azula while saying, "Here you are Azula. Whatever you need, will be fine."
Sooner than a second, Azula took the scepter back in her robes and the hat as well and patted Grey on the head,
"Well done your highness, thank you for being so sacrificial. Now go off and play with your kingdom model and magic books, hmm."
Grey who still had a loopy look on her face because of the trance absentmindedly said, "Sure…that sounds great."
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Azula and Buttercup then left the room through a nearby door. Once they were out of earshot, Buttercup spat out the cookie and yelled angrily,
"Yuck gross! I can't take this any more! That loser sorcerer is a lousy cook. If I have to eat another moldy disgusting cookie!"
The duo soon came to Azula's room and went to one of the wall lamps that when the fire bender pulled on its cord caused a wall to slide aside. The two entered passageways that lead to their secret lair.
Buttercup threw fake punches in the air while snapping, "Bam! Whack!" emphasizing what she would do to Grey.
"Calm yourself, Buttercup" Azula said to the girl as she and Buttercup, the entrance closing behind them, walked up the stairs leading to the lair itself.
Buttercup snapped again, "Why are you even bothering with the whole 'hypnotizing the monarchy' crud; I mean with this hat you can control the universe of something'. And why don't you just kill both of the Fairs to get it over with like you did with their parents right?"
Azula sighed as if she had this conversation before and pointed out, "Remember the first fact about this hat Buttercup. 'Only a sorcerer chosen by the hat's previous master may wield the hat and only use it for practical purposes,' like Oh I don't know re-growing crops or 'solving world hunger' just like that oaf of an ruler has been trying to do.
"And if I poison them already without either of them making me future ruler than the plan for me to rule will be all for naught. Besides, I'm already giving Grey that Wizards bane serum that's giving me power to hypnotize her in the first place and it wares off eventually so I can't just force her to give me the throne. And of course I don't have that much bending power because I used most of it, while time traveling to the past, to burn down that Radiant Garden kingdom.
"So don't worry Buttercup, once I have that thermos, I shall be called your highness, like before 'Zu-Zu' did in my old homeland."
"And then, I stuff the cookie down both of the Fairs throats!"
They both laughed sinisterly they both go through the door, which the door closes behind them with a slam.
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Later that night, Sora with his hood covering his head was sprinting through the garden. Soon that person reached the palace wall, about to climb it. Before he could however, the figure felt him being pulled.
Sora turned and saw Stitch, the one tugging on his pants by his mouth, whining sadly before saying, "Naga! (No!) Sora stays!"
Sora sighed sadly as he petted the experiment while saying, "I'm sorry, Stitch. But I can't stay here and let my decisions be made for me and I won't be gone forever just until I turn eighteen so I can take the throne or when come back with the princess because she can't be gone, I just know she isn't."
The Keyblade wielding prince hugged his friend one last time.
"I'll miss you, buddy. Eat an extra slice of coconut cake for me okay?"
Stitch nodded while tears were coming down his eyes.
Sora then prepared to go up the wall again. This time, Stitch with his super strength helped him up. Once Sora reached the top, he looked down and saw Stitch whimpering sadly as he watch on.
"Goodbye." Sora waved as he disappeared from the alien experiment's sight over the wall. Stitch lay down, looking sadly at the wall that Sora went over.
"Bye friend." Stitch said while crying himself to sleep.
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Me: I'm such an awful person! D8 I haven't been able to work on this story for over a week and writing such a sad ending just kills me.
(1)- It's supposed to be the outfit that Mickey Mouse wore in Fantasia's The Sorcerer's Apprentice which is now Grey's whenever she is about to use serious magic or when she wants to look cool. In a future Disney fanfic I hope to write her story that will be explaining her origins and how she became Mickey's pupil.
(2)- For those who remember that one scene from Lilo & Stitch that was the book Lilo told to Stitch and he latter showed to some real ducks during the credits which I thought was very cute.
(3)- That island is of course Destiny Islands for those how couldn't visualize it.
(4)- Being 4 neither Sora nor the girl could understand what marriage was and thought that it was an actual person named Mary which I thought would have been funny to have put in.
(5)- That was the description of Sora and Grey's parents, Zack Fair and Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII. I don't know why but I like the paring. Mostly because of the KH fanfic story Charms and Kisses by Southern Hearts, which is a very sweet story about Sora and Kairi with a little bit Roxas and Naminé-ness in it too. :)
(6)- The conversation between Sora and the girl was a reference to that one particular scene from Kingdom Hearts where Sora also got a lucky charm from someone we (I hope) all know.
Me: 11 pages are a lot for me to write.
Grey: You're trying your hardest Q-A.
Ebony Gulliver: Kiss up : p
Grey: Shut up!
(Intense is about to take place between the sister OCs)
Me: Come on guys can't we all be civil with each othe- (Ducks down when a spear thrown by Ebony is flying by my face!)
Sora: Well since Q-A is 'busy' at the moment I guess I'll say good bye to everyone and Read and Review, constructive criticism is allowed but no flaming.