Howdy everyone. Back with a Christmas Eve update. Like I said, I probably won't finish right away. I hope I'll get it done before 4th of July...
Happy Holidays everyone!
"The islands don't look any different..." Sora commented as they left the Secret Place. The sky was still clouded with a gentle snow falling, the beach was frosted over. Nothing had changed.
Mikazuki1 rolled his eyes. "Let's visit someone, then. Who comes to mind?"
Sora thought hard, and then said, "Kairi. What happened to her?"
Mikazuki grinned darkly and snapped his fingers. They were warped to a dark room.
Blankly, Sora turned to Mikazuki. "Where's Kairi?"
Shaking his head, Sora's guardian angel pointed to a dark shadow. Within its cold embrace sat Kairi, sobbing and eating chocolate. She was obese and had all the beauty of a toad with a terrible rash. In fact, the toad with a rash would probably get a date before the blob that Kairi had become.
"What happened?!" Sora cried in shock.
"She had no one to impress, so she let herself go. Kairi here is the reason why there's no Pockey left in the universe.2 Kind of tragic, actually..."
Sora gasped. "Has anything else become rare or extinct without me?"
Wickedly, Mikazuki responded with an insult. "Well, actually, there's more hair gel on Destiny Islands since you aren't buying it all."
Sora gave him a cold glare, to which Mikazuki laughed even harder at. "That look's priceless!" His eyes were watering, he was laughing so hard.
Wanting to change the subject from his spiky hair back to Kairi, Sora asked, "Couldn't she have just gone after Riku?"
"You see, that's the problem..." Mikazuki snapped his fingers once again.
This time, they were in a huge mansion with white walls and gorgeous statues and painting.
"What does this have to do with Riku?" Sora inquired, inspecting the corridors they passed.
"You see, this is where Riku lives. Without you around, there was no competition for the Keyblade, and no one for Riku to be jealous of, therefore he never joined the Heartless. He defeated the Heartless a lot faster than you, too, because he went straight to Hallow Bastion and pounded them."
Sora spun around to face Mikazuki. "He did what? It was THAT easy?"
Mikazuki nodded. "Ah look, there's Riku."
Riku was sitting in a comfy-looking armchair, reading a book. A door opened, and a girl in a maid uniform came in with a can of soda on a platter. "Will there be anything else for you?" she asked in a strong British accent as Riku took a sip.
"Send out the guard dogs to chase the caroling fangirls away again," he replied simply.
"Yes, sir." The maid bowed herself out.
Sora watched the maid leave. "He still doesn't like Christmas?" He grinned. "Good, that wasn't my fault!"
Raising an eyebrow, Mikazuki said, "And a maid... Man, I wish I were him. I could get used to being pampered like that..."
"Let's check out Donald and Goofy next! I bet their miserable without me," Sora said with a grin.
Mikazuki crossed his arms. "Fine," he grumbled. "I was only hoping to be home in the next hour."
With that, they were on their way to Disney Castle.
Meanwhile, Riku was sitting in his not-so-fancy living room drinking a can of soda that wasn't brought by a maid.
Without warning, the lights started flickering. Once they'd all gone out, Larxene appeared. "I am the Ghost of Christmas Past!" she said with a sweet grin.3
"Oh joy, another member of the freak brigade. Look, I'm not going to believe in the 'Spirit of Christmas' or whatever it is. Just go away."
Larxene glared daggers. "Who did you call a freak?" she asked, sparks literally flying.
Nervously, Riku stood and backed away. "Heh, not you, of course..." he said, trying to feign a smile.
"Good," she said, her sweet grin returning. "Let's see, Christmas past... Hmm..." She snapped her fingers and the room melted into darkness. "Happy Christmas, Happy Christmas..."
"I don't have any happy Christmases," Riku said dully.
"Everyone does! I just have to find it!" The darkness flickered to life with different scenes. "Eenie, Meanie, Minie, Moe!" She pointed to one, and the scene shifted to it.
Snow was falling, and a young Riku was sitting in the kitchen, kicking his legs because his legs didn't touch the floor,4 talking on a cordless phone.
"What do you mean you can't be home for Christmas, Dad?" he asked. There was a pause. "I don't want to open presents and spend Christmas at Sora's! I want you here!" Apparently, Riku didn't like the answer, for he through the phone back on the recharger and started crying.
Riku gave Larxene a smug look.
"Ooo! I hate Zexion for getting a cold and making me replace him for the day!" She clapped her hands and another scene unfolded.
It was Christmas Eve once again, and Riku was walking around outside. He was a little older, but not much. "Scruffy! Scruffy! Where are you?" he called.
For a second time, Riku gave Larxene a smug look. "Told you, no happy Christmases. I lots my puppy Scruffy three years ago on Christmas Eve."
Larxene gave him a dark look. "I'LL FIND A HAPPY MEMORY IF IT KILLS ME!!!!!" She snapped.
This time, it was a girl talking to Riku on Christmas Day. "Sorry, Riku, but I won't go out with you. I... don't feel that way..." She quickly turned and ran off.
"Oh yeah! Paddy!" Riku said, slapping his forehead. "What did I ever see in her? She's creepier than you"—he quickly corrected himself at Larxene's sparking—"I mean Maleficent."
The next memory they visited was of Riku sitting in a hospital. He was young again, and talking animatedly to a young, silver-haired woman lying in the bed. "I can't wait til you get better, Mommy! Then we can go swimming again!" The child Riku grinned.
The memory brought tears to the current Riku's eyes. "Let's just leave. This is the last Christmas my mom was alive."5
Larxene, meanwhile, was sobbing uncontrollably. "That's so sad!" she sniffed. "I thought things like this only happened in soap operas and badly written fanfiction!"6
Riku rolled his eyes and grabbed Larxene's shoulder. "COME ON, LET'S GO!"
Larxene flinched. "All right, all right. Sheesh!" She clapped her hands together and they appeared in the kitchen from the first memory. A toddler Riku was sitting in a high chair. His mother was walking around the kitchen while whistling a Christmas song energetically.
Riku's mother placed handed a brown cookie with frosting and sprinkles to the toddler Riku. "Merry Christmas!" she said lightly.
"Ha!" Larxene said triumphantly. "Your first Christmas Cookie! A happy Christmas memory!"
Riku rolled his eyes. "Fine. You win. Happy?"
Larxene nodded and looked at her watch. "Oh, look at the time! I better be moving on!" She clapped her hands.
A lightning bolt flashed, blinding Riku momentarily. He was back in his living room, and Larxene was nowhere to be found.
1. Mikazuki is Japanese for Crescent Moon.
2. If you've never had Pockey, it's a chocolate covered biscuit stick that's delicious and like potato chips; you can't have just one.
3. OOCness. Gomen.
4. Short Riku. Lol
5. I took it from my other fanfic Light in the Darkness
6. Couldn't resist.
Yay! Chapter 2 done! Happy Holidays everyone! (Happy 15th Birthday to me on Dec. 21!)