A/N: Well, I finally got started on this again. Sorry for not updating in forever! I had kinda given up on this story because I can't write that well, I mean I'm only in like high school and all I'm used to writing like essays and stuff. I mean I don't know how to apply "literary elements" or whatever, or maybe I am somehow without trying… idk. Well I guess this story is just a result of my ideas and including a lot of details and stuff. Well this next chap. starts off with a different perspective or scene or whatever (can you tell I'm not good with words?)
Thanks so much to ALL of my reviewers! You all gave me the confidence to continue this! Seriously!
Also, yay for finally getting a Horton Hears a Who! section! I wish you could pick more than one category though cuz I'm not sure if I should keep this story in Movie X-overs or if I should put it in the new HHaW section for HHaW fans to find or something… Suggestions? I'm not sure if its more KH or more HHaW… I mean I guess its more KH but HHaW is like the whole reason I came up with this story, I mean I don't really have any ideas for any other KH fics.. ugh, I think I'm rambling now..
Also, please excuse my amateur and noobishness at writing.
DISCLAIMER: I still don't own HHaW, Kingdom Hearts, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Horton… blah blah blah…
Chapter 4
Meanwhile…
In a gloomy, seemingly deserted part of Nool...
Full of dead trees, thorns, and bones in abundance, and the whole place seems to reek of death. Given its appearance, you wouldn't expect that someone was actually living there, or that someone would actually want to make this place their home.
However, someone did in fact live there. It happened to be a large, terrifying, and carnivorous bird, feared by all who lived in the jungle. At the moment the bird, called Vlad, sat silently and perfectly still in the darkness of his cave, almost as if he was waiting for someone.
Suddenly, a black portal materialized out of thin air, revealing a small group of dark figures. They wore dark gloves and dark hooded cloaks. They stepped out of the portal toward the bird, their faces hidden in the shadow of their hoods.
"Ah, you have finally come." said Vlad in his Russian accent.
"Yes..." One of the figures answered, "Do you have it?"
"Yes, of course. It is right here." Vlad responded as he pulled out one of his claws that had been hidden beneath his wings. Clenched in his talons was a fluffy, pink flower with a stem striped with alternating shades of green. Nestled in the fibers of the flower was a tiny particle of dust, barely visible to the naked eye.
"Yes… you have done well…" The same cloaked figure answered as he took the clover from the bird's talons, "Well indeed…"
Vlad, excited by the sudden complement responded eagerly, "Oh, no really, it was nothing, bro. Always happy to help out fellow villains such as yourselves! So… what will we be doing next?"
" 'We'?" questioned the shady, cloaked figure as he fingered the clover.
"Oh, I was hoping I could join your little group so maybe we could torment and torture elephant some more!" replied Vlad.
The mysterious man didn't answer this time, except for making a low, barely audible sound. This sound grew louder and louder until it was clearly a cruel chuckle.
The giant, carnivorous bird was rather taken aback by this reaction.
"What?" He asked obliviously.
"Sorry," The figure said in a cold, mocking tone, "but not just anyone gets into the organization."
He gave another low chuckle as he motioned to the others, who had remained silent, to follow him back through the portal.
The man entered the portal, followed by the others. Just before the portal disappeared, he muttered, "Besides, you have served your purpose." leaving Vlad with those last words.
Xxxxxx
"I don't understand…
How could they…
Why…?"
Sora was at a loss of words from all the confusion he felt. Meanwhile, Horton remained as optimistic as always.
"I know, I don't understand it either but if we're going to help them, we should start searching right away." Horton encouraged.
"Yeah, but I just can't believe they took them… Donald and Goofy… Why? What could they possibly want with them?" Sora continued.
"Hmm?" Horton, who had turned to head into the jungle to start searching turned back around.
"Wait a minute, so when that guy said 'the speck' and 'your friends back from them', he was talking about YOUR friends?
"Mmhmm." Sora muttered in response.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't realize. I thought he was talking about the small people on the speck, although I haven't been able to make contact with them yet…"
"…small…people…on…the speck…?" Sora questioned slowly, not understanding a word the elephant was saying.
"Yeah, I heard them…" Seeing the blank look on Sora's face, Horton added, "Hey, maybe when we get the speck and your friends back, I can prove it to you."
"I think you mean if we get them back." Sora corrected him.
"No," said Horton firmly, "When we get them back."
Xxxxxx
Back in his cave in the middle of the deserted wasteland, Vlad perched upon some thorns, contemplating what had just happened.
"How could they reject me, the great Vlad?" The bird said to himself.
"Vlad is much better villain than creepy guys in black. Besides, what could they possibly do with silly little flower? Torture elephant more with it?"
He looked around the bare, emptiness of his cave, as if expecting an answer. However, the only response he got was the dripping of water off the ceiling of the cave and the whistling of the breeze through the thorns.
Xxxxxx
Somewhere... In an unknown location…
A unidentifiable man sits alone. He is also clothed in a black robe and gloves like the rest of his organization. All is silent. The man appears to be focused on something, completely oblivious to anything else around him.
A snicker is heard. Although his face wasn't visible, you could just see the evil grin on his face.
"How peculiar…"
He pauses a moment, as if thinking about something.
"How very interesting…
And how… convienent."
He chuckles to himself. An object is visible, clutched in his hand.
"Imagine…
another world…
within a world… except much smaller…
small enough to slip in my pocket…"
The man gives another low chuckle as he roughly fingers the clover.
A series of extremely faint screams is heard, although it is unclear whether the man notices this.
"Too easy."'
A/N: And there you have it. I don't know how long it'll be before I get more ideas and continue this but I think this is a good chapter. It's still a little short but for me this is long, especially compared to the other chapters and the really short ones previously. I know, I guess I overused the whole clover thing… and organization members…
Read and Review please! Help the noob get better! Lol
Of course, I'm open to all ideas and suggestions, but of course I can't guarantee I'll use them (but being the noob I am, I need all the help I can get..lol)
