Curiouser and Curiouser

71 1 0
                                    

Wonderland's a mess even when it's just parade floats.

Thank you for reading!

. . .

"She has a...?"

"She's a Keyblade wielder too."

The trio of friends could only stare at the Keyblade Sabrina had procured moments ago in front of them. Simple in design, there was no mistaking the weapon of light. Wasteland's princess held the weapon tight as she plunged headfirst into the group of Heartless. She immediately smacked one of the Minute Bombs like she was hitting a golf ball instead.

"Sabrina, wait!" Ven shouted, snapping out of his surprise first to call his Keyblade, "Minute Bombs will self-destruct if you hit them too much!"

"Then come help me!" she snapped back at him. It distracted her for just long enough that a Large Body swung with its full weight to smack her with the back of its hand. Sabrina was knocked back quite a ways from the Heartless, apparently stunned that anything could give that much wallop. Ven got into position even faster to block one of the Minute Bombs from getting another hit on her.

Watching Sabrina's knockback is what got Terra and Aqua's attention. The two went forward into the fray- Aqua taking care of the Large Bodies from behind, and Terra corralling the Minute Bombs to a position where they could be taken out in a cluster. Once Sabrina realized that the Minute Bombs could also be lit on fire before detonating, she ordered someone to light one. Terra was the one to oblige her- lighting a Minute Bomb on fire, allowing Sabrina to kick it into the air and using her Keyblade to whack it toward a Large Body. The attack wasn't as effective as she thought it would be, but it had weakened the enemy enough that a joint attack from Aqua and Ven destroyed it for good.

With the four of them working together, the tunnel was cleared of Heartless in just a few short minutes. They made sure the coast was clear before Sabrina went over to the caged gremlin and whacked the glass casing with all her might. The pieces fell away that the gremlin was able to come on out without problem.

"Thank you for the assistance!" he happily told her, almost ignoring the sour look she was giving him. "I was scrapping the floats from your coronation, and I came across that odd cage. It was so weird- I've never seen something so simple be able to actually keep us in it."

"When did the monsters show up, Markus?" Sabrina asked- her tone almost making it seem like a demand.

"While I was trapped." the burgundy jumpsuited gremlin informed her. "For a moment, I thought it was them who placed that cage there. But when they looked at me, then just kept sauntering in the area, I figured that wasn't the case."

"I wonder if they couldn't sense you because the cage kept your heart trapped." Aqua thoughtfully said, more to herself than anyone in particular. "It kept your heart and body in an invisible barrier of sorts, stopping you from getting out, and them from seeing you."

"Either way, it was very uncomfortable." Markus sniffed with a little shiver. He recomposed himself to then tell the group, "I'm not entirely sure, but it looked like they came from the Wonder Garden area. You know the one? With the Mary Ann house?"

"I know the place." Sabrina sharply agreed.

"Wonderful." Markus nodded. "If that's all, I'll be off!" And with that, the gremlin disappeared.

The look on Sabrina's face was one of slight annoyance as she told the others, "Let's go."

But Terra, Aqua, and Ven didn't start following her. Instead, they looked back at her again with rather wary expressions. A new part of her had come to light, and they weren't quite sure how to talk about it. Sabrina was a good distance away from them before she realized they were not following. She spun back around to glare at them.

[Kingdom Hearts][Epic Mickey] Lost LightsWhere stories live. Discover now