Alf Meets Kingdom Hearts: Double Trouble
Our story continues with our heroes in a bit of a pickle. See, Gordon Shumway, AKA Alf, the lovable, but wacky alien from the planet Melmac, was trying to help his friends, the Tanner siblings, Lynn and Brian, who were also part of his adoptive family, to save their parents, who were... Well I think you should know by now exactly what happened to Kate and Willie Tanner!
"Soooo, what, uh, what sorta problem are we talking about here?" asked Lynn, confused. Sora just stood there and stammered, "Umm! Well…I-I-I…" "I knew it!" blurted Alf. "I just knew it! I shoulda seen this comin'!" "Should have seen what coming Alf?" asked Kairi, scratching her head. "Well isn't it obvious? Sora here is having a bad hair day! Man! Know wonder he doesn't want to tell us! I'd be embarrassed too! What happened? A lotta static electricity were ya come from?" "Alf his hair is always like that!" "Oh! Well in that case, you should seriously cut down on the styling gel!" "Uh…sure!" Sora stammered a response.
"Could someone please just explain what's going on here?" Lynn pleaded impatiently. "Sora!" scolded Donald. "Tell 'em the truth!" "Yeah, c'mon Sora!" Goofy agreed. "These guys are almost our friends now and they deserve to know!" What do you mean almost?" Kairi shot back. "They are our friends Goofy! Give or take!"
"I know I was just saying… I think Sora should tell the truth! Please Sora? After all, honesty is the best policy!" "Well OK!" said Sora. He turned to his new friends.
"Y'see we're not from this world! We come from another place!" "You mean," gasped Brian, "that you're an alien too? That you come from another planet just like Alf?" "Yes!" replied Sora. "Well…not entirely." "What?" "Well we technically in a way come from Earth. Just not from your Earth!" "Wait!" said Lynn. "D-do you mean there are other worlds just like Earth?" "Well! Yeah!"
"Oh!" said Brian in realization. "You mean like another dimension or something?" Sora nodded, "Exactly!" "So what's the problem?" "Well you see-and I really shouldn't be bringing this up, but I probably better-we travel from world to world and—" "We know! We know!" replied Alf, cutting Sora off midsentence. "You travel from world to world and save the locals from Heartless attacks!" Sora stared, "How…How'd you know?"
"Kairi just told us about 30 minutes ago!" Brian replied. "Yeah! About one chapter ago, to be precise!" Alf chimed in. "Oh! Oh OK! Great!" replied Sora. Gee I never thought there could be other worlds out there! thought Lynn. "What do your world traveling adventures have to do with this bad news you wanna tell us?" she asked Sora. "Well you see," Sora began. "We have a few standards…" "So you have a few problems!" interrupted Alf. "Who cares? Just hurry up and help us save our…I mean Lynn and Brian's parents!"
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Sora retorted. "You think it's that easy? There's a lot more to being a Keyblade Warrior than you may realize! I can't just go around helping people all willy-nilly! There are a few rules that need to be followed!" "What kinda rules are we talkin' about here?" asked Brian.
"1. We're not supposed to tell people where we're from." Sora started, while giving Kairi a glare. Kairi shifted her gaze to her feet. Sora put a hand on her shoulder and gaver her a smile to cheer her up.
"Now where was I...? Oh, yeah! 2. We usually need to keep a low profile. 3. Now listen closely, because this is the most important rule. We must try to refrain ourselves from meddling in the affairs of other worlds too much." "But why?" asked Lynn. "Because it is said that whoever possesses the Keyblade can bring ruin and destruction on the world they are on, or even worse, the entire universe!" The Tanner kids and Alf gasped in shock and horror. "Why?" asked Brian, getting very upstet.
"Because the Keyblade is what attracts the Heartless!"
The Tanner kids gasped again.
"So that's it?" blurted a horrified and devastated Lynn. "We came all this way to find you, only to have you say that you can't help us?" Tears started to form in her eyes. "Don't you understand? My parents are gone! They got turned into Heartless and you're the only one that can help us! Don't you care?"
"Lynn…" replied Sora, "I do care. I'm so sorry about what happened to your parents, really I am. But it's just that I don't want to put you or your world in danger! I don't ever want anything to happen to you! If you-any of you-were kidnapped, hurt, or even worse, killed, I could never forgive myself! I'd live the rest of my life in guilt! I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me" "I…I know. Its ok, I understand. Sorry about that. I-I-I just need to be alone for awhile." With that, she went off to be by herself while the others looked on sadly.
Meanwhile two of those mysterious hooded guys were busy spying on our heroes. One of them had a medium built somewhat muscular appearance, while the other appeared to have a more feminine figure. "So this is the so-called Keyblade warrior!" whispered one of the creatures. He then spied Lynn, Brian, and Alf.
"Those children with him seem familiar! And so does that big nosed creature!" His partner, the feminine one, looked at him and gave a small nod, but said nothing. "Come." the man continued. "We must warn the master." His partner gave another nod and they started to inch away from the trees. With a nod from her partner, the woman waved her hands, creating a swirling vortex of pure darkness, and then the both stepped into it and disappeared, vortex and all.
Back at a mysterious castle, another one of those hooded guys was pacing back and forth nervously around the foyer. "Demyx," he heard a voice from behind him say, "will you please stop fidgeting around?" "I'm sorry Xigbar, I just can't rest! It's these new heroes that we got word on; those kids and that alien creature…" "Yes, I've heard about this Alf character! He is said to come from a distant planet! He was found by a family who adopted him when his spaceship crash landed on Earth!" "What do we do then?" "We sit this out until we receive further orders! What did you expect?"
"So typical!" they heard another voice say; this time it was a woman. The two boys turned around to see the woman pull back her hood, revealing a woman that appeared to be in her early-mid twenties. "L-Larxene!" shouted Demyx, startled. "We-we didn't hear you come in!" "You boys are such wimpy babies!" scoffed Larxene. "I say why wait? If there're toys out there, then I say we play with them now!" "No!" claimed Xigbar, with authority. "We are under very strict orders to lay low until we get future info!" "Correct." They heard yet another voice. They all turned and faced another hooded guy. "Yikes! Xemnas!" Demyx yelped. "Wha-what word do you have on Project: Alf?"
The guy known as Xemnas pulled back his hood, exposing a man with medium-long platinum hair. He was the leader of Organization XIII. "Our newest recruits are out on a spy mission, keeping an eye on our subjects even as we speak. They should be returning anytime now." No sooner had he spoken these words than when a portal of darkness appeared. Two figures stepped out of the portal, and then it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived. "So what information do you have to tell us?" questioned Xemnas. The man spoke first: "We have word that the Project: Alf wants to help his friends save their parents who have been turned into Heartless, so they went to the wielder of the Keyblade, but he said he can't help them, due to the rules of the Keyblade Creedo
"We have seen them on the outskirts of a town called Riverside, California." the woman spoke for the first time. "They are very upset about the Keyblade Warrior turning them down, especially the girl known as Lynn Tanner, and her younger brother, Brain Tanner." "Good! Good!" Xemnas stated, quite content. "That means that we have an advantage! Come. Let us depart to the Round Room and look over what we have learned." The others nodded and followed Xemnas as he left the lobby.
Soon the group was in a very, very large room with throne-like chairs all over the place; the chairs themselves seemed to be floating high in the air! Xemnas sat in the highest chair! He looked at the two newest members, who were still waiting to be seated. "Sit here." He summoned them, pointing to two empty chairs. "These belonged to two members. Or should I say, ex-members; one had fused with his other half to become whole, and the other one…well let us just say that I had better not run into that no good traitor again!" The two new members nodded and took their seats. "I'll begin the meeting." he continued. "Let us first take a look at Project: Alf." He took out some papers and read them over.
"According to our reports, Alf's planet Melmac blew up in the year of 1985 due to a nuclear explosion. Alf was out in his spaceship during patrol for his military group, the Orbit Guard, when the tragedy struck.
"Now homeless, he wandered in space for about a year, until, during the month of September, 1986, a huge chunk of his planet was accidently ignited by the rocket thrusters on his ship. Alf recognized the fragment as part of his neighborhood street. The fragment exploded from the heat and force of the thrusters; the resulting blast sending Alf hurling through space; but not before he grabbed a tiny piece and stuffed it into his fur.
"The explosion hurled him off his path, which was supposed to take him to a planet that was supposedly holding refugees who survived the disaster. He was sent careening towards planet Earth, where he crash landed into a garage located in the tiny town of Riverside, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The garage was owned by a family by the name of Tanner, who took him in after they learned about his ordeal.
"He was goodhearted, but proved to be too accidently destructive: He created a mess; he tried to eat the cat; he got the father, Willie Tanner, arrested; he tried to eat the cat; he broke a picture; he tried to eat the cat; he blew up the kitchen; and he tried to eat the cat..." Xemnas was cut of by a sound. He turned around to see…"Soooo! You think this is funny, do you Demyx?" Demyx stopped chuckling and began to stammer, "Um…well yeah! I uh… Well the cat part..."
"Because," Xemnas voice was starting to get menacing, "if you are…I would gladly oblige to show you your place in this organization; by banishing you to the Realm of Darkness for…let us say…all eternity. Is that what you want?"
"Oh please, no! Not the Realm of Darkness! Anything but the Realm of Darkness!" "That's what I thought. NOW YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH... SAME FOR ALL OF YOU!"
All of the lesser members sat nervously in their seats and obeyed. Everyone that is except… "LARXENE! WHAT DID I JUST SAY?" "I'm sorry…" No, wait, that's not the right tone! It needs more toughness; more sass!
"Phht! Whatever floats your boat." Yeah that's sounds much better! "Good! Now are you ready to pay attention?" "I most certainly am…Axel." "What?" Nothing! You may be the superior, but there are some things that are not even your concern!" "Is that right?"
"Well yeah! Duh! Now tell us more about these new toys!" I better shut up! I must keep my true intentions a secret! Besides, if I keep talking this way, he'll probably have me stripped pf my rank! "Ok I'm ready now!" "Good! As I was saying: Project: Alf was last seen with the Tanner kids. He was trying to help them save their parents; exactly as new recruits reported it. I have also been there myself, not long before I sent them out."
"So that means that the subjects are probably still be there!" pondered Marluxia. "Exactly!" replied Xemnas, nodding. "Shouldn't we go after them or something?" asked Demyx. "Yes. I was just getting to that." Xemnas nodded, turning to the new recruits. They pulled of their hoods tor reveal two people who looked just like…Kate and Willie!
"I'm entrusting this mission to the two of you. In fact, I am assigning you as the official leaders of this mission…Teaka and Eilix.
"Now get going! The time for battle has nearly come! We will go down in history! We will emerge victorious! This may be our only chance!
"It's time to end this long period of waiting and finally head out to get back what we've been waiting for! It's now or never! So don't fail me!"
Teaka and Eilix nodded and disappeared into a portal of darkness. Xemnas then turned to the remaining members. "As for you, I want you to try and hinder the Keyblade Warrior's progress as much as possible. Tell him and his friends that I will be waiting for them at the Alter of Naught. There I will issue a challenge. The rules are simple: If they win, then I will give the prisoners' hearts back and permit them to go home with their family and friends; but if the Keyblade Master and his friends should lose, then I will claim all of their hearts forever!" Xemnas let out an evil then turned and disappeared into his own dark portal. The others nodded and followed suit.
Meanwhile, back at the clearing, the Tanners were just about to give up, when they heard the voice of a New York sounding boy shouting, "I could use a little help here!" Lynn squinted through her eyes, which were still wet from her tears.
"Jake?" she exclaimed "Jake, is that you?" "Yeah, it's me! And I could really use some help!" Jake was running towards them with more of those strange black creatures in hot pursuit! "Leave this to me!" Sora shouted, brandishing his Keyblade. Soon he had the monsters defeated. "Jake, are you alright?" asked Lynn. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Jake replied, panting and out of breath. "What were those things anyway?" "Heartless!" Lynn replied. "What?" "Heartless!" she repeated. "Apparently they're born from the darkness in ones heart!"
"Ok! That's creepy! That's just downright creepy!" "Tell me about it! So what's going on with you?" "Yeah Jake-Your-Booty!" Alf chimed in. "What brings you to this fine neck of the woods?" "Uncle Trevor and Aunt Raquel are missing! I-I can't find them anywhere!" "What happened?" asked Lynn. "I don't know! They just disappeared! Poof!"
Flashback!
Jake was coming home from school. He entered the door. "Uncle Trevor! Aunt Raquel! I'm home!" No answer. "Uncle Trevor? Aunt Raquel?" Still no answer! Suddenly he turned around to find himself face to face with a dozen of the ugliest creatures he'd ever seen in his entire life! They were strange antlike beings; inky black, with bright piercing yellow eyes that seemed to burn right into his soul. Jake didn't waste one minute! He turned his bottom and hightailed it out of there! The creatures started after him in hot pursuit.
End Flashback!
"And that's exactly what happened!" "Well, sorry we'd love to help you, but we can't." replied Brian. "It's against the rules" "Rules? What is this? A game or something?" Lynn and Brian shook there heads. "Who say's it's against the rules?"
"He did!" Brain pointed to a brownish-blonde haired boy. "Who is that?" "His name is Sora!" "Sora?" Yeah! He's known as the Keyblade Wielder." "What in the Sam Hill is a Keyblade?" It's a giant Key shaped sword used for fighting off against the Heartless!" "WOW!" Jake exclaimed. "That is awesome! Oh! And who is this hottie with you?" he added, looking straight at Kairi. "That's Kairi, Sora's girlfriend." Lynn replied. Kairi looked slightly offended at Jake's comment. "Oh! Uh! Sorry about that…Kairi!" "It's alright." Kairi replied. "So you're saying you can't help me?" said Jake. "That's right." replied Sora. "I'm sorry…" "Darn." "Come on Sora, let's go." said a voice. Jake turned and was shocked to be staring at a bipedal duck. An anthropomorphic dog stood behind the creature. "Hyuk! Hi there new guy!" said the dog. Jake's eyes widened in surprise. "I-I-Is that…?" he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Hey could you excuse us for a minute?" asked Sora. "I'd like to speak with Donald and Goofy alone." "Sure Sora, go right ahead." replied Lynn. Sora nodded and pulled Donald and Goofy further off into the clearing, out of earshot of the others.
"What do you think guys?" "About what?" the furries replied in unison. "Do you think we should help them?" "But what about the rules. I don't think that's a good idea." said Donald. "Maybe not, but I have another reason that's still encouraging me to help." "What's that?" asked Goofy. "Shh! Not so loud!" said Sora. He and the furries huddled and began whispering. "You mean Lynn may be…?" Goofy exclaimed out loud after a moment.
"Shh! Yes...but we don't know for certain… …We'd better find out for ourselves!" "Well…OK" replied Donald. They walked back towards the others. "Where do you guys live?" asked Sora. "167 Hemdale Ave." Lynn replied. "And I live right next door." added Jake. "Why do you ask?" wondered Brian. "Because we need to make sure you have enough things for a big journey." the Keyblade wielder replied. Lynn's eyes lit up and she gasped. "You mean…?" "Yup! Better get moving!" The whole gang was all smiles.
To be continued. I know this wasn't my best chapter, but i will try harder next chapter! See you next time!