Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Novel

STORY 2-A: DWARF WOODLANDS ( Part 2 )

Written by: Kanemaki Tomoco
Original Plan: Nomura Tetsuya and Oka Masaru
Illustration: Amano Shiro
Translations: Goldpanner
Copyrighted by Disney Enterprises, Inc and Square Enix. No profits are gained from these unofficial fan translations.

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By and by, Ven emerged from the forest with Snow White and reached the little house he'd thought was safe. The door wasn't even locked, so they were able to enter with ease. Seeing that the every-day objects in the were all one size smaller than usual, there was no mistaking that this was where the dwarves lived.

"I think you'll be safe here, but just in case, I'll go take a look around."

"Thank you... Oh dear, I feel so tired."

"You should take a rest," said Ven, leaving the little house.

The dwarves still aren't home yet. If they find out I snuck into their house then they'll probably get mad at me and call me a robber again, but there doesn't seem to be other safe place for Snow White around here. If I were on my own I could see there being a problem, but I'm sure it will be fine as long as Snow White is with me, thought Ven, walking around the little house.

He didn't see any Unversed. Behind the little house flowed a small river, and flowers bloomed here and there. Relieved, Ven went back inside.

"It's okay. There are no evil spirits around here—uh."

Standing around Snow White where she sat on the floor were the seven dwarves.

"You again! You dirty robber! What are you doing here!"

"Wait, he's the one who helped me," said Snow White, standing up for him against 'Grumpy's' condemnation, but the dwarves all had their hackles up.

"Don't let him trick you, Princess Snow White," 'Doc' warned.

"Get out now!" 'Grumpy' added, yelling.

"Please don't chase him away, I beg you," Snow White appealed. "Before Ven helped me, something terrible almost happened to me." She hung her head.

Something terrible...? "What happened?" Ven asked, the words having caught his attention.

Snow White looked up at Ven. "In the flowery field on the other side of the forest, I met a man with a key-shaped sword, and I was attacked by monsters the likes of which I'd never seen."

"A key-shaped sword? You can't mean Terra?" Ven muttered unconsciously.

'Doc' looked sideways at Ven. "You mean that man made those monsters attack you, Princess?"

"Terra would never!" Ven denied, furiously.

Surrounded by the dwarves, Snow White also looked a little worried. "Y-you're right. If he's your friend, Ven, I'm sure he wouldn't have."

"Princess! You mustn't trust him," 'Doc' shouted, as Snow White gazed sadly at Ven.

"Yeah! He's a liar!"

No matter what I say, these dwarves will never believe me.

"I'll make sure of it!"

Ven flew out of the little house. If the man Snow White was talking about really is Terra, maybe I can see him.

The dark forest was just as full of Unversed as it was when he'd saved Snow White just before.