Chapter 22: Follow Me Down

AN: Wow I'm really bad with keeping with this. This was done like a couple months ago. My bad. Enjoy. This chapter is pretty funny.

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-April 10, 2009-

Kassy's POV

It was quite the rude awakening that morning. Thankfully I had been swimming in and out of consciousness already when the insistent pounding came through the door.

I snuggled further into the warmth of naked breasts next to me, mumbling, "Syvy... I want pancakes with a fruit platter... Got this idea for an edible piece..."

Sylvia grumbled somewhere near my ear, slowly, "Give me five fucking minutes..."

The knocking continued more forcefully and a squawking, scratchy voice floated through the door, "We need to get going as soon as possible! Come on girls!"

Each pair of eyes on the bed snapped open at the rush of memories from the previous day.

Sylvia sat up and stretched in an almost cat-like manner, yelling towards the door, "Five minutes, Donald! That's all I ask!"

To our surprise he slammed the door open, "That is not- GWAK!" His feathered hands smacked over his eyes. Sylvia grumbled, standing up and heading towards the clothes she'd been given by Yuffie and heading into the bathroom, "You were the one who barged in..."

Donald made a noise half-way between a groan and a whine, backing up and running down the hall. After everyone was dressed, we headed out of the room, down the hall to the Green Room. Sora and Goofy were eating cereal on the bed, Leon and Aerith and Donald were speaking next to the balcony door, and Yuffie and Cid sat at the table over a game of cards.

Donald paused in his conversation and faced us, "The repairs to the ship are done so eat up and we'll head out."

Sylvia grinned, "Fuck, I can't wait."

"You swear alot." Sora pointed out around a mouthful of cereal and spoon.

"You swear alot." Sylvia mocked before snatching the bowl from his hands and dumping it out the window. He protested before pouting and sitting back on the bed with crossed arms.

"Syvy, that was really mean." I put my hand on her arm, "He hasn't done anything to you yet."

"Keyword is yet, my friend." She rolled her eyes but muttered a barely distinguishable apology. Sora must have heard it as he nodded curtly once.

With full stomachs, we followed Donald and Goofy out of the hotel, through the First District and to a large wooden door. With farewells and warnings from Leon and the others, we followed Donald into the gummi ship.

3rd Person POV

In a darkened room in the castle depths of Hollow Bastion, sat a large table surrounded by a group of males and females from many different worlds.

A blue skinned man with blue flames for hair, wearing a dark grey toga, scoffed, "The Heartless never stood a chance against the seven of them!"

A man with a twisted beard, wearing a black and maroon robe pointed out, "Such is the power of the Keyblade, but the child's strength is not his own. And neither the Maidens nor the Princesses have tapped into their full power."

A large purple half woman, half octopus cackled vociferously, "Why don't we turn them into Heartless? Then get the Heartless Maiden on our side! That'll settle things quick enough."

A tall man with long black curls to his shoulders in a red captain's coat, growled, "And the duck and dog are the King's lackeys. Swoggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the looks of them."

A large grey sac filled with bugs snickered, "You're no prize yourself."

The pirate captain's eyes narrowed, "Shut up!"

"Enough." A tall woman wearing a black robe and two horns atop her head, holding a long staff with a green orb, appeared, "The Keyblade has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness? Or will the darkness swallow him? Either way... He could be quite useful. As for the Heartless Maiden... She will be with us soon. It is inevitable. After all..." She trailed off in laugher, the others soon joining in.

Kassy's POV

To our utter disappointment, Donald wouldn't let us explore the ship for more than a couple of minutes. He soon forced each of us into a belted chair. My eye twitched. The color schemes were off as four of the chairs I realized were the recently added.

I whimpered, tugging Sylvia's arm on my way to a chair, "This is gonna be torture..."

She snorted and jumped onto a chair with her feet over one of the arm rests, "Are you fucking kidding? This is gonna be better than last year's New Years incident!"

Elena made a series of undistinguishable loud noises, collapsing into a chair, "No, we don't talk of that day!"

Sora grinned, hopping into a chair, "But I'm curious now!"

Hazel bounced over and sat in a chair, "Join us next time! You'll experience it. Happens every year."

Donald and Goofy fiddled with various controls and we were off. I watched space pass us by through the large glass windows. I barely registered the same look of awe on everyone else's faces.

It was much later that a world became closer. Donald and Goofy steered the gummi ship closer and closer to the world's surface. A grassy field with a single fairly enormous hole.

Donald opened the door, "Let's investigate the area before we-"

"GERONIMOOOOO!" Sylvia's scream whipped through everyone with a blurred glimpse of her fingertips as she disappeared down hole.

Hazel jumped in after her. Elena and grasped each other's hands and followed. I heard the boys not long after. I squeezed both my eyes and Elena's hand tightly.

"You're doing great, Kass... It's alright..." I heard the soothing sound of Elena's whisper, "We'll be there soon..."

It was a few moments later that I felt my feet gently touch solid ground. I opened my eyes carefully before falling to my hands and knees with a sigh of relief. Sylvia held out her hand with a frown and narrowed eyes. I buried my head in her chest, shuddering for a moment. I heard the sound of a thump behind me. Upon inspection, I discovered it was Goofy that had fallen onto his stomach.

Suddenly a white rabbit in a red waist coat hurried through, "Oh my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I'm here, I should be there! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The queen, she'll have my head for sure!" He disappeared around the corner.

The girls grinned at each other before belting out, "I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

The boys frowned, confusion evident in their entire bodies. Sora suddenly gasped, pointing at Hazel, "Whoa! What happened?!"

All eyes fell on said female. She donned a thick strapped dress with a v-dip into her cleavage, fishnet covering up to the middle of her neck. The black, navy, and dark violet left side trailed down to below her knee with a yellow, light pink, and orange pocket lining on her left hip. The yellow, light pink, and orange right side trailed down to her right thigh with a black, navy, and dark violet pocket lining on her right hip. Silver lace decorated the bottom of the dress. She wore a tight yellow, light pink, and orange arm band from her elbow, turning into a white cuff around her wrist on the left side. She wore a similar one on her right arm of black, navy, and dark violet. Her black high heels wrapped criss-crossing ribbons up her legs to below her knee. Her hair was held in a high ponytail by a black ribbon.

"This is... incredible..." She whispered down at herself.

I stroked the fabric around her hip, "How does it feel?"

"Powerful." She swallowed. A weak grin appeared on her lips, "Curiouser and curiouser."

Sylvia snorted, "That was weak."

Elena rolled her eyes, "More like suspicious."

Goofy smiled, chuckling, "You sure look pretty, Hazel!"

Her grin gained sincerity and she twirled, "Thanks! I don't know what happened but I'll take it!"

I grinned, "Well, let's go already! New clothes can't be the only thing we'll find differently!"

I hurried around the corner, leading the group towards a medium sized door.

That led to a smaller door.

That led to an even smaller door.