[Kingdom Hearts][Epic Mickey] Lost Lights

The Wonderful World Of-

Okay, so I absolutely did not mean for this to almost be 3k words again. Maybe 2k, but these word counts are ridiculous in my opinion. We'll work our way down eventually. Hopefully. -nervously laughs-

Thank you for reading!

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The halls of Dark Beauty were all but second nature to Sabrina as she made her way to the throne room. She assumed he would be in the throne room. At the very least, she hoped he would still be in Dark Beauty. They needed to say something to each other before he hid away in the pile of trash known as Mickeyjunk Mountain- if only she had wore flats instead of her strappy heels. She would have been able to walk faster through the halls for the disheartened rabbit.

Sure enough, there he was, sitting on the large throne as he looked over her crown. Sabrina slowed her pacing down to a normal walk as she moved closer to the throne. Oswald didn't even notice her approach until she was five paces away from him. He looked up at her with a jolt, then let out a soft sigh in realizing it was just her.

"It's just you..." he mumbled under his breath. With a shake of his head, he looked up at her and told her, "You should be getting changed. One wrong rip and that dress is done for."

"I think this dress has seen more adventure than what was already expected for it." Sabrina scoffed. "What's a little snag in the brickwork anyway than almost being tossed around by some creature of darkness?"

Despite himself, Oswald gave a small smile. "Fair enough." he agreed. But just like that, his face faded into somberness again. Sabrina mirrored him in a way. The silence coming over them like a heavy blanket.

Sabrina looked over the rabbit to the large stained glass window behind the throne. In it, it featured a depiction of Oswald, his cat wife Ortensia, and a small handful of their bunny children walking up to the recently finished Dark Beauty castle. A bright sun shone over the castle, like a promise of all the good that could be created in Wasteland. Sabrina didn't have a stained glass mural of her own in Dark Beauty- the castle had been finished before she came along. That didn't mean that Oswald hadn't tried to get her a mural, but circumstances just demanded that it wasn't possible. Not that it mattered- Sabrina's attention remained to the cat with a pink skirt.

"She would have loved the parade." the young woman finally said, if only to distract from the dark atmosphere. It really grated on her nerves sometimes if any of them stewed in it for too long.

"You kidding?" Oswald softly snorted. "She would have hand sown every stitch on that dress if she could. Probably would have made sure every grain of rice had your face on it or something. We'd have to retrain her from going too overboard with everything."

That allowed the two of them to share a small laugh. But it was contained, almost cautious. Oswald looked over Sabrina as a sudden thought came over him that made him grimace.

"I want you to stay away from them." he told her.

To this, Sabrina cocked a well manicured eyebrow at him. "Didn't plan on getting attached." she informed him, even folding her arms in front of her chest. A smirk worked its way onto her lips before she mused, "But now that you mention it..."

"Sabrina. Please." the old rabbit then begged. His tone surprising the young woman for a moment. "I don't know how long they'll be here, but I can't allow what other trouble they could cause. I don't want to lose you too."

Sabrina still looked at him like she was only taking his words with a grain of salt. "That bad?"

"Keyblade wielders always are." he replied. He looked up at her with a weary expression that made Sabrina hold herself even tighter. Even the air around them even seemed to become that much more tense. Oswald was the first to shake it off before telling her, "Go get changed. We'll have to reschedule the coronation later."