Chapter 3: Traverse Town
Sora was lying in an empty alley way asleep. Pluto approached his sleeping figure slowly crawling closer to him, and then he licked the whole side of his face with a wet slobbery kiss. Sora awoke and jumped up in surprise wiping off his face in disgust. The dog scampered away and out of sight.
"Argh! Get back here. Wait! Whoa… where am I?" Sora stood up stunned at his surroundings. "Where am I?" he yelled to the sky.
He wandered out of the alley way and found an item shop/accessory shop. He entered the shop and started investigating.
"Hey Kid! Can I help you?" said a rough voice from behind the counter.
"I'm not a kid! Have you seen my friends old man?" Sora said defensively.
"Old man eh? You think I'm old, eh squirt?" He said with a chuckle.
Sora shook his head. "Uh... yeah."
"The name's Cid."
"Sora." he simply stated. "Pleasure meeting you."
"Likewise." Cid replied coolly.
"So... have you seen my friends?" Sora repeated.
"Sorry. I haven't seen any other teenage morons running around." Cid said.
Sora sighed in frustration.
"Are you a foreigner?" Cid asked.
"Well, where are we?"
"Traverse Town kiddo." Cid said proudly.
"Never heard of it."
Cid frowned in sympathy. "You should go talk to Leon."
"Okay. Thanks Cid." Sora said rushing out of the store.
"Anytime smartass. Anytime." Cid said in an audible whisper.
"Goofy! Where's Leon? Do you have any idea where we are?" Donald quacked angrily.
"Ahyuk! Not a clue."
"Let's ask her where we are." Donald suggested pointing toward the gorgeous bartendress.
"Excuse me ma'am. Could you tell us where we are?" Goofy said nonchalantly.
"What he said." Donald quacked, his pulse running high and sweat running down his feathered face just as rapidly.
"You're in District One. Would you like a souvenir photo?" the barmaid asked politely.
"Yes!" Donald said as a bead of sweat fell into his eye causing his to twitch oddly.
"My name's Margot, kinda like heavy cargo." she said slyly with a wink.
Donald stared at her in amazement. "Whoa."
Goofy hit him across the beak. "Let's get the picture taken already."
Margo went and set the camera's timer and stood in between Donald and Goofy.
"1, 2, 3. Say cheese!" Margo said.
The camera flashed extremely bright. The two were in such a daze, they collapsed to the ground. They were searching for something in the air like blind people and their eyes rolled to the back of their head.
"Your pictures will arrive in your mail about a week from now. Can I get your address?" she said.
"Disney Castle." Goofy slurred.
"Thank you and enjoy your day." she said happily. "By the way sir, your tail is on fire."
Sure enough Donald looked at his rear and saw flames burning his feathers to a crisp.
"WAAAHHH!" he wailed running around for some source of water. He ran all the way to the second district and threw his tail end into a large fountain.
"Ahhhh..." he quacked in relief.
"Ahyuk! Donald! Look out!" Goofy called out to him when we saw an energy ball flying directly at Donald. It hit him directly square in the chest.
"WAAHHHH!" he squawked with fear and fell clumsily under the water.
"Well, isn't this my lucky day?" Donald said sarcastically as he and Goofy left in search of Leon down a tunnel like area.
Donald was tapped on the shoulder unexpectedly and again wailed in surprise. The two turned around to see a young woman wearing a long pink dress. She had long brown hair tied back in a large red bow and green eyes.
"Excuse me, but did the king send you?" she asked politely with a warm smile across her pretty face.
Sora casually walked into the second district and found a commoner running away from the creatures that destroyed his island. They sunk into the ground before Sora could do anything to help. The man's body fell to the floor as an illuminating heart rose from his body and vanished. The man was surrounded by darkness and faded away. Sora stared at the spot the event took place at, eyes wide and full of fear.
Something was forming in his hand. It was a blade that looked like a key, and in his head he heard the word keyblade said.
The creatures popped back from under the floor and lunged at him. One by one Sora used his weapon to eliminate them. When they were all gone a pile of munny laid on the ground. Sora scrambled to collect his loot. He desperately tried to focus on serious things like finding this Leon guy. He saw a large building with a bell on the top and decided on investigating it. He fought his way toward it trying to kill any monsters. He found new creatures that were small and floated through the air casting fire spells rapidly. When he entered the building, he found the room was similar to the inside of a clock tower. It had many gizmos, levers, and pulleys.
Sora continued wandering around Traverse Town for a while beating up villains and training himself to be stronger. He was getting low on potions so he figured he'd stock up on more. He made his way towards first district and entered the accessories shop.
"Hey Cid! Can I get another round of potions?" Sora called.
"Sure kiddo." he tossed Sora a pouch filled with five potions. "Give me munny." he said extending his hand.
Sora tossed a bag of munny to Cid and thanked him. "Bye." he said exiting the store.
"So... you're the keyblade master, eh?" said a voice.
He turned on his heel to find a tall man with untamed, shoulder length brown hair and gray steely eyes. He had a smirk on his face and a large sword-gun type weapon in his hands.
"Huh... wha... what are you talking about?" Sora said dumb founded with a loss of words.
"Let me see that key." he demanded roughly.
"NO!" Sora said sternly.
The mystery man took a fighting stance brandishing a large sword. "Have it your way."
Sora's eyes widened as he took a large nervous gulp and took a fighting stance.
Ledah found herself wandering around aimlessly through the third district. She had found a pair of rusty daggers and a set of holsters in one of the district's dumpsters to defend her from the heartless. She approached a large red door that had a Celtic fire design on the front. Walking away, she decided it wasn't worth her time, and wandered into the vast space.
A heartless rose from the ground and took off in pursuit towards Ledah. She withdrew her two daggers and waited in her stance. When the monster was close enough for comfort, she threw one dagger at it which hit his back. She did a flip over the creature grabbing the weapon out of its back. She landed gracefully and placed her daggers back in their holsters. She did a roundhouse kick hitting the monster with brutal force and it vanished away.
Applause came from the balcony above her. "Bravo, very impressive." came a cocky voice.
Ledah looked up to see a boy that looked her age. His hair was short, black, and had a red bandana wrapped around his forehead. His eyes were forest green plus odd flecks of gold and a mischievous glint, like Riku's. On his face was a permanent smirk.
"Let me introduce myself. The name's Logan. What's yours?" Logan said with a cool tone.
Ledah wondered if she could trust him. "How do I know you're not some lunatic?"
He chuckled. "Well, you could get to know me and then maybe you'll find your answer."
Ledah looked over both her shoulders making sure the coast was clear of demons. "Sure, whatever. What were you planning?"
"Well... I heard they had a really nice bar." he said suggestively.
"Oh. No thanks." She said firmly and turned on her hell. "I've got better things to do, like look for people."
"Just kidding doll. I heard there were a couple of new travelers in town that just arrived." He stepped in front of her. "I don't know if that means anything to you, but... now you know." he started walking off.
She processed those words through her head. What if it was Kairi, Sora, and Riku? She may not get another opportunity like this. It was a long shot but she was willing to take it, even if it was with this guy. "Wait!" She yelled while running to catch up with Logan. "If you take me to the newcomers, I'll tell you my name."
His rose an eyebrow and extended his hand for a shake. "You've got a deal."
He led Ledah to first district and ran straight to the accessories shop and opened the door with great force.
"Logan! What did I tell you about slamming the god damn door?" Came Cid's ticked off voice.
Ignoring his comment he said. "Cid, what were those newcomers' names?"
"Well, there was a smartass boy named Sora, the big dog, and the talking duck is all I know of. The Sora kid was looking for a few of his friends too. Why'd you want to know punk?" Cid finished turning around. He then realized that Ledah was also there.
Cid observed Ledah closely with a smile on his face. "You fit the description Sora left me perfectly. You're the Ledah girl right?" Cid asked.
"Could be. Where's Sora!" She cried out.
Cid sighed with sympathy. "I don't know. I told him to go look for Leon so he'll probably be with him."
"So your name's Ledah?" Logan said slyly smirking.
"Congratulations. You got me! Now I have places to be where you aren't. Thanks a ton Cid!" Ledah shouted thankfully as she raced out of the store towards third district.
(I just picked this story back up from lie a year ago. Thanks again for reading; I enjoyed writing the scene where Ledah and Logan meet.)