The three stopped in front of an odd, three-story house. It was slightly leaning to the left, painted with dark maroon. A number of bricks were missing from its walls, but oddly enough it portrayed stability. The windows were tinted a pale, light yellow decorated with off-white curtains."What exactly...is...this?" Sora raised an eyebrow, eager to take a peak. "We should go in! Who knows what will happen?" Donald shouted, more than excited. "It looks...old-fashioned with a bit of a twist to it." Goofy contemplated as he opened the door.
A young woman wearing an aqua dress introduced herself. "Hello there, welcome to our inn." Her hair was longer than half of her body and her skin was golden brown. "My name is Jasmine, and I will be your host for your stay. If you so choose to rest here, we will be serving dinner in one hour. Rooms are available both on the second and third floor."
"Jasmine..." Sora stared intensely at her, as if he had seen her before. Suddenly, his eyes widened and his memory was given a jolt. "Princess Jasmine!", he announced. Startled, Jasmine stared back at the group. "Oh my. I'm sorry! I couldn't even recognize you three. You all have matured quite handsomely." A unanimous "Thank you." echoed from the three. "If I may ask, how did you end up here Princess?" Sora curiously inquired.
"After the tragic incident with the princess's hearts, we all had a meeting. After coming to the conclusion that all of us, princesses, could have lost our lives, we decided to do something valuable. Afterall, by getting a second chance at living, we must show our gratitude. So, here I am helping the tired and hungry!"
"Wow, how charitable." Goofy replied.
"But Princess, how did you manage to come here? Afterall, the worlds are disconnected, are they not?" Sora was more than curious. "Well the most powerful of our group, Princess Lita, used all her energy to restore the world links just recently. However, because she was drained of all her magic, she must stay in her world to rehabilitate. We can't afford to lose her, and we were quite suprised to find that she had reconnected the worlds. It was quite possibly the riskiest spell should could have ever casted. But thanks to her, we all can travel from world to world anytime we please. Even father is happy; he can finally buy a good suit in Traverse Town without having to limit himself to Agrabah."
Sora was left in awe and restored hope. I need to see this Princess Lita. If she is this powerful, perhaps she can help our journey for Destiny Islands and King Mickey.
"Thank you Princess Jasmine. This means more than anything to me. I'm sorry, we can't stay here tonight. We will visit another time, however. But with this newfound information, we must get going." Sora looked over at Donald and Goofy, relieved that the two had the same thing in mind.
Walking out of the inn, the three gathered in hidden excitement, "Donald - Goofy - if you're thinking what I'm thinking--" Donald and Goofy broke off Sora's sentence, "We have a chance to find them!" The three finally jumped up together, smiling and more than ready to start their new adventure.