Chapter 3: The Curse of Disney
"An island!" I said in excitement bright and early the next morning. "We've reached land!" Kairi and I smiled at each other. She gave me a small kiss. I looked at her with a look that said "What are you doing?" She blushed and looked away. I rowed the raft to shore and helped Kairi off. I saw a ship and two people—animals rather—lying next to it. I shook Donald awake.
"Wahh!" he said waking Goofy, who was lying next to him.
"Gwarsh, Sora!" Goofy said smiling. "You're here already?"
"Yeah," I said, putting my hands behind my head.
"So, are we going to go to Disney Castle?" Kairi asked.
"Yep, all I need to do is turn this hunk of gummy up and we'll be on our way."
"Hunk of…gummy?" I asked.
"The gummy ship," Goofy said. I looked at Kairi and whispered. "Yeah…I think they're a little surprised to see—"
"So, why didn't you guys just come to the Isles in the first place?" Kairi asked, smiling as she interrupted me.
"The Curse of Disney!" Goofy said, shivering.
"The Curse of Disney, what's that?" I asked.
"We'll explain when we get to the castle, now come on and get in! The co-ordinates are set!" Donald said, obviously rushing us.
Moments later, after using hyper-speed to the castle…
"We're here," I said as I laughed at Kairi who still had her eyes closed and was still pressed up against the seat. "Shut up," she said as she smacked me. I laughed some more.
The king was waiting for us out side the gummy ship. "You…you came," he said sadly.
"What's wrong?" I asked, looking at him.
"The Curse of Disney took it's first victim yesterday," He said, unexplainably.
"Okay, what is this 'Curse of Disney'?" I asked, still curious.
"The curse of Disney was started after Xemnas was killed. It was hurting us all when we were on your island. The curse had killed Minnie yesterday after I sent her out to send the bottle to you."
"Wait," I said. "I'm still confused."
"Curse-o. Kill-o. Queen-o. Minnie-o.!" Kairi said. "What's not to get?"
"What exactly happens when this curse is in effect?" I asked.
"We cannot leave any place with 'Disney' in the name, with the exception of outer space, which means we can only visit the Disney Isles."
"I'm still confused," I said.
"That's why you have me," Kairi said jokingly.
"Wait…Minnie's dead, right?" I asked.
"Yes," Kairi answered for the king. "Why?"
"Well, I have an Idea."
"Oh, great," Kairi said, giggling. "That's the last thing we need."
"Just—hear me out. My dad was way into black magic and stuff. Before he died in a storm, he had created this amulet. He had made a note saying what it does. We didn't know what his plans were for it. We put the amulet on him and he came back to life. He said 'Sell the amulet to the Black Magic shop. Keep the instructions.'
"I thought that we kept the instructions, but my mom used it for fire fuel. I need to get the Amulet of Reanimation back and then we can revive Minnie."
"Great idea, Sora!" the king said happily.
"One problem, though. I don't know how to fly a gummy ship." The whole group of animals just sat there and stared at me like I was insane.
"It's only been a couple of months since you last flied a gummy ship and you already forgot how?" the king questioned.
"Yeah…I…kind of got my head in a relationship…" I began.
"Great! Training starts in thirty minutes!" Donald said.
Thirty minutes later in the Royal Flight Training Center...
"And then you pull up…" the instructor told me. "No, down a little more, watch out for the tree, turn! Bird! Shoot at the bird! No! Don't hit it! No! You're not ready to land yet! NO! Not a crash landing! N-…I'm sorry, Sora, but you have failed the test."
"See what I mean?!!?" I yelled. "I can't even do a summersault without killing myself!"
"Calm down, Sora." Kairi said as she put her hand on my shoulder. "It's just training. It's not the real thing."
"Your right," the instructor told her. "It isn't the real thing. However, the simulator is 99.99% ACCURATE!"
"See?" I said. "I failed."
"I think you need to rest," Kairi said. "You can always try tomorrow."
"I don't want to try tomorrow! I want to get it done today!" Kairi sighed and gave me a look that said, "You are so impossible," and got up and left.
Two hours later, at about 3:53PM Destiny Island time...
"I PASSED THE TEST! I PASSED THE TEST! WE CAN GO NOW!" I yelled sprinting toward the gummy ship, grabbing Kairi's arm, and taking off without consent. "What did you do now?" she asked with a smirk on her face. I just sat there, looking into space…literally.
"Did you kill someone?" She asked.
"No, I only knocked her out." I said laughing at my joke.