[Kingdom Hearts][Epic Mickey] Lost Lights

Do-Gooders

No joke, this took me awhile to work on because I've kinda been neglecting it. At the same time, I was also working on some oneshots for a femslash month event and a Union Cross appreciation week event over on Tumblr, so it's kinda justified? I'm not sure if I'm going to post those oneshots anywhere else than on Tumblr yet. But if I do, you'll start seeing those next week.

Thank you for reading.

. . .

Terra and Aqua had spent most of the evening at Mean Street. To occupy their time, they went around to ask any citizens if they had seen (or at least heard of) Sora. The two ended up meeting a local reporter outside the theater. It was a horse-like person, similar to Horace Horsecollar, who went by the name Jack Kelly. Terra had wanted to immediately ask if he had seen Sora, but Aqua advocated for a more gentle approach. Instead, she casually asked Jack Kelly for any decent news around town. Besides their own arrival, there was news of a dwarf named Deafy who had upset the organ in the Haunted Mansion, and there was even a petition started in Tomorrow City to get the Peoplemover bridges open again.

It was when the horse-person started to warble on about rival news anchors that Aqua finally asked about Sora. Either her description of Sora was too weird for this world (spiky brown hair, blue eyes, fair skinned with a light tan, close in age to Sabrina), or Jack Kelly really did not like being cut off when he was talking. He gave Aqua a rather hard stare as she tried to better describe the lost wielder. After she was done, he started to think everything over.

"Well, I know of a Sora," he eventually admitted. "But I don't think it's the one you're looking for. You're Sora's a he, right?"

"That's right."

"Nope," the horse person decided with a shake of his head. "Who I'm thinking of isn't the Sora you're looking for then. The Sora I know of is one of those gargoyles that takes occupation in certain parts of Rainbow Caverns. Definitely not who you're trying to find, I'd wager."

"No." Aqua agreed, a hint of disappointment in her voice. "But thank you anyway."

"If you do hear something, could you let us know?" Terra asked.

"Of course! I'd be the first to learn of anything new here in Wasteland, or my name isn't Jack Kelly!"

Terra and Aqua gave the reporter a small nod before taking their leave.

"I told you we wouldn't be able to find him here." Aqua told Terra as they then proceeded to walk aimlessly to the tip of Main Street North. Terra looked over at her to study her expression before putting on a wide grin.

"Master Aqua," he then teased, "You're not giving up, are you?"

The mere idea of it caused Aqua to freeze in place. Her shocked expression only gave Terra room to laugh at her. Before Aqua was able to fully realize he was joking, they both heard the terrified cry of Chirithy in the distance.

"Terra! Aqua! Where are you?!"

The two wielders flashed each other a quick look before heading to the source of Chirithy's shouts. They met in the middle, some place around the Emporium.

"There you are!" Chirithy exclaimed, running up to them.

"Chirithy, what's wrong?" Aqua asked, bending down to the Dream Eater's height.

"It's Sabrina and Ven," it told them, "They're in trouble! BIG trouble! You need to go help them now!"

A chill ran up the two wielders' spines.

"Can you lead us to them?" Terra questioned, although it came out more as a demand.

"Mostly." it said. "Come on!"