Flurry Hearts
Chapter 3
Previous ChapterFlurry quickly associated herself with Donald and Goofy’s Gummi Ship. It wasn't very spacious, nor was it cramped, but like the dalmatians, she felt that they'll improve it throughout their adventures.
“So…” Flurry began. “This thing flies around in space and to other worlds?”
“With the proper coordinates!” A squeaky voice spoke.
“Who's there!? A ghost!?”
“Down here! On the screen!” Another, albeit, dopier voice added. Flurry looked down at the screen to see the two chipmunks wearing twin overalls.
“D’aww~!” Flurry squeed. “Look at those adorable clothes!” The red nosed blushed while the other impatiently tapped his left foot.
“Ahem!” The impatient one spoke with the high pitch voice. “We’re the two who designed the Gummi ship you're in, Miss…”
“Flurry Heart. But Flurry can work.”
“Gaww, what a pretty name.” The red nosed, dopey one added.
“DALE!!!” The other one snapped. “Focus on the task on hand!” Dale shook his head.
“Oh! Right! Sorry, Chip.” He ran to the side and pulled some levers. The Gummi ship’s rockets hummed and the trio began to fly into space.
“Alright, to make it easy on you, select where you want to go and the ship will take you there. But be careful, though.” Flurry tilted her head in curiosity.
“Why?”
“The Heartless have their own defenses to prevail you from getting to that world. The Gummi has itself some defense, but you're gonna have to control it.” Flurry blinked and pointed at a button.
“Like this?”
“WAIT!!!” Donald and Goofy yelled.
Click.
WHOOSH!!!
The ship blasted away into space, throwing all of them to the back. They screamed away, having no control of the situation. Some Heartless ships flying around barely had time to react as the Gummi ship either went past their view, or exploded upon impact, lowering the ship’s shield.
“YOU'RE GOING LUDICROUS SPEED!!!” Chip and Dale yelled in unison.
“Pull the switch!” Chip yelled
“What about them?” Dale asked.
“We don't have a choice!” Dale nervously swallowed. He clicked on a bright yellow button. The Gummi Ship came to a complete, stopping at a nearby world, and making all three slam onto the front part of the ship. A collective groan came from them all.
“Next time… I’m flying.” Donald spoke.
“No arguing here.” Flurry replied, shaking her head to look at the world. It was quite strange to her; the world's ‘top’ of was a white castle, looking like they were chess pieces, with green, heart shaped hedges, and on the ‘bottom’ was a normal looking cottage surrounded by trees. The whole floor was covered with pink and magenta colored hearts in square tiles, all in a pattern.
“Huh… this is a new world?” Flurry asked
“Uh-Huh.” Goofy added.
“Seems… bland.”
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” Chip spoke through the screen.
“Or, don’t judge a button by it’s size.” Dale added.
“Okay, I get it.” Flurry replied with some annoyance. “So… do we land, or…?”
“Leave that to me.” Donald answered, pulling out his staff. “We don’t want anyone to take the Gummi, so I shall use a teleportation spell to the nearest, safest location!”
“Ooh! Can you teleport us out of danger?”
“... Sorry, it takes a lot of energy to get from here and there, and I can’t be under attack to get us back.”
“Oh… I guess that’s alright.” She took a deep breath. “Alright! Let’s go!” Donald waved a staff his staff, and with a puff of smoke, they were on the world… or at least, over a gaping hole.
“... Oh dear.” They all fell down. While most falls, as far as they could tell, would be fast, this fall felt very slow, and pretty gentle. The walls turned purple, and clocks tick-tocked away. It felt like eternity, allowing Goofy a well deserved nap. Flurry would’ve joined, but she snapped awake as she saw the floor. It looked like a living room, complete with a couch, some potted plants, various framings on the wall, and a fireplace. Flurry and Donald landed on their feet, though Goofy flopped onto the floor, snorting awake in shock. However, something caught them all off guard: Running past them was a white rabbit wearing a red suit, small glasses, and held a large clock in it’s left paw.
“Oh, my fur and whiskers!” It panted as he ran, “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!!!” It ran down and hall and dissapeared.
“... Okay… that happened.” Flurry commented. “Where are we, exactly?”
“I dunno,” Goofy spoke, standing up. “But we better check it out.”
“No meddling with other worlds, remember?” Donald spoke. Flurry tilted her head.
“Why? Aren’t we already here?”
“We’re here, but we can’t get too involved with the locals. We have to be in and out, ASAP.”
“Oh… I guess… so… follow the rabbit?” Donald and Goofy nodded. Flurry stretched her legs and wings. “Alrighty then! Let’s see where he’s going.” They walked down the hallway, stopping at a large door. Flurry opened it, only see another a smaller door behind that. “What the-!?” Another open, and another smaller door. “Why you little-!” Another door. A new room. “... Ah, okay then.” They walked in.
The room was very small. Everything felt a bit cramped, and things seemed either too big or too small. Flurry saw the rabbit from earlier run across the floor, smaller than earlier, running into another door, which shut behind him. The door, at least the doorknob, looked like it had a face with the nose as the handle. Flurry crouched to the door, very curious.
“How’d he get so small?” She asked aloud.
“No, you’re simply too big.” The doorknob smoke with a yawn. The trio jumped.
“GAH!!! It talks!” Donald screamed.
“DEMON!!!” Flurry added, hiding behind Goofy. The doorknob yawned loudly.
“Must you be so loud?” It asked. “You woke me up.”
“... Good morning.” Goofy waved.
“Good night! I need a bit more sleep.” He yawned again.
“Wait!” Flurry spoke, leaning closer. “What do we have to do to get small!?” It yawned again.
“Why don’t you try the bottle over there?” A table and chair appeared in the middle of the room with two bottles, one blue and the other red. Flurry looked at the door.
“Will you open?” It snored away. “... Lazybones.” She looked to the right of the doorknob. Next to it, blocked by a bed, was an open door. Flurry looked at the bed. She turned around and gave it a good buck. The bed went into the wall, becoming similar to a painting. “... Better than nothing.” She turned to the bottles. “... Red or Blue, guys?”
“Uh… Red.” Goofy suggested.
“Blue!” Donald quacked.
“Um…” Flurry thought. She covered her eyes and spoke to herself. “Eenie, meenie, miney, moe…” She grabbed the blue and drank it. Everything began to grow. She, Donald, and Goofy were shrinking.. They stopped at about twice as tall as the bottles. “Yes! First try!”
“Called it.”
“... Uh oh! Heartless!” Goofy pointed. Some Heartless appeared on the floor, including a new type: floating, small, red colored ones. The red ones fired fireballs at them. Flurry ducked with only her tail getting a good crispy end.
“... You’ve done goofed, Heartless.” Flurry spoke in a stern tone. She pulled the keyblade out and jumped out. “FLUUURY!!! HEARTY!!!”
“... Oh my gosh, she just ran in.” Donald spoke. They jumped into battle with her. Surprisingly, despite their fight, the doorknob snored away.
The trio entered what looked like a castle garden. The hedges were shaped like hearts, and various playing cards walked around as the knights. While there were heart cards, there were also spade cards, each with a head matching their symbols, each holding either a spear or an ax. Sitting on a throne was a large woman wearing a red and black gown and a small tiara to her otherwise large head, and in front of her, standing on a podium, was a little blonde girl with a baby blue dress on. The rabbit ran up to a stand, panted for a bit, and blew into a trumpet.
“Court is now in session!” He wheezed.
“I’m on trial?” The girl asked in a sweet and very innocent tone. “But why?”
“Her majesty, the Queen of Hearts, presiding!” The queen stood, but had fury in her eyes.
“This girl is the culprit!” The yelled, slamming her heart shaped gravel. “There’s no doubt about it. And the reason is… because I say so, that’s why!”
“That is so unfair!” The girl spoke up.
“Well, have you anything to say in your defense?” She pointed her gravel at the girl accusingly.
“Of course! I’ve gone absolutely nothing wrong! You may be queen, but I’m afraid that doesn’t give the right to be so… so mean!”
“SILENCE!!! You dare defy ME!?”
“... I think we ought to help that girl out.” Flurry spoke.
“Yeah, but the-” Donald spoke
“We’re outsiders.” Goofy interrupted. “So wouldn’t that be muddling?”
“Meddling!”
“Oh yeah, that’s against the rules.” Flurry gave a curious look at the court, not listening to either.
“The court finds the defendant…” The queen spoke “GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!”
“Uh oh.” Flurry spoke, her eyes widening and pupils shrinking.
“For the crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart-”
“Heart thief?”
“OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!”
“No! No!” The girls screamed “Oh, please!”
“Hold it right there!” Flurry ordered, running and interrupting the court. Donald and Goofy followed
“Who are you!?” The queen demanded. “How dare you interfere with my court!?”
“Princess Flurry Heart, heir of Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor, representative of the Crystal Empire. We know who the culprit is that tried to steal your heart.”
“Uh huh.” Goofy added “It’s the heartle-” He covered his own mouth. Flurry rolled her eyes.
“Anyways, she’s not the one you’re looking for.”
“That’s nonsense!” The queen replied. “Have you any proof?”
“Depends, do you?” The queen stared at them. Flurry gave a smug smile. It was short lived as the girl was put in a birdcage.
“Bring me evidence of Alice’s innocence! Fail, and it’s off with all of your heads! Gather as much or little evidence if you please. Report back once you’re ready.”
“Way to go, Flurry.” Donald scolded.
“It’s her or us.” Flurry replied “But I have a good feeling that we’ll all get out of here.” She turned to see a spade guard next to an open door in the hedge. “Excuse me, but where does this lead to?”
“The Lotus forest.” He answered with a growl. “Now get out before the queen has MY head.”
“Oh… sorry.” They walked into the forest… or, small segment of a forest. A large tree stood in the middle with tall grass acting like walls, with flowers and lily pads on trunks decorating the place. A bouncing, magenta and pink, grinning cat head floated in front of Flurry. “What the-!?” It disappeared and reappeared around, before it stopped on a stump next to them. A cat-like body turned visible… balancing on the head, headless. The body picked up the cat head, which still had it’s grin, and put it on like a hat before posing like a dancer.
“Who are you!?” Donald asked in shock.
“Who indeed?” The cat replied in a mischievous tone.
“But… you’re a cat!” Flurry replied.
“A cheshire cat.” It lifted it’s ears with it’s tail like a hat. “Poor Alice, soon to lose her head, and she’s not guilty of a thing.”
“Yeah, we gotta help her… hold on… if you know who the culprit is, then tell the queen!”
“The Cheshire Cat knows the truth, but doesn’t always tell. The answer, the culprit, the cat all lie in darkness.” He disappeared.
“Hey! Wait!!!”
“They’ve already left the forest. I won’t tell the exit. There are four pieces of evidence in all. Three are a cinch to find. The fourth is tricky. Big reward if you find them all.”
“... Should we trust him?” Goofy asked. The cat appeared on Flurry’s back.
“To trust or not to trust? I trust you’ll decide.” He dissapeared, followed by more heartless appearing.
“Uh oh!”
When all of the Heartless were gone, Flurry entered walked past one of the grass walls, seeing a pink box.
“Um… Keyblade?” She tapped the box. It somehow contained footprints. “... Ok… not gonna ask how, but we should continue.” She looked at some mushrooms near them. “Something up here?” She hopped on each mushroom, finding an open door in the tree.
“Think something’s in there?” Goofy asked
“It’s better than nothing.” Flurry entered.
Somehow, the door in the tree dropped them into the same room with the door, but were on the stove. Another box was there. Flurry opened it with the keyblade. Somehow, they got stench. It stunk. Flurry covered her nose.
“Ugh! I hope it doesn’t stick on me!” They hopped back down, went past the courtyard, and back into the forest. She saw some mushrooms in the back. “Ooh! More platforms?”
“Maybe.” Donald replied. They hopped on the fungi and onto one of the lilypads. There was a box on it. Inside of it was an antenna.
“Yeesh! That has got to be painful.” She turned to see a chest. “Ooh! Treasure!” She ran and opened the chest. Three dalmatian puppies were inside, barking happily before disappearing into a bright light. “No!!! PUPPIES!!!” She looked down and saw a note. “Hm? What’s this?” She picked it up and read it.
To anyone who reads this,
Thank you for opening this chest. Even though I’m the spirit of Chaos, I can never get these chests to open. There’s a bunch of these chests, all in different worlds, each containing three puppies inside. Don’t ask me how I know this. But, I’ve sent these pups back to their home; I may be a jerk, but I’m no monster… especially with my best friend around.
Sincerely,
~Q
“... Huh… that’s convenient.” Flurry spoke, having hopped down, reading the letter to the entrance of the forest.
“Psst! Kid!” A voice spoke. Flurry looked around.
“Who said that?”
“Me! The flower.” Flurry turned to seed a golden flower, still as a bulb.
“Oh… a talking flower?... How weird.”
“Give me a potion and I’ll make you bigger.” Flurry blinked.
“I don’t think we should listen to it.” Goofy spoke.
“Yeah! Beat it!” Donald added. Flurry, however, pulled one out.
“Here ya go!” She handed it to the flower. The flower blossomed, and Flurry grew! Donald and Goofy ran.
“Run away!!!” They yelled. Flurry looked down.
“... I am a giant!!!” She yelled. “... Or normal now?... I can’t tell.” She tripped and fell on the log where the Cheshire cat stood on. It sunk into the floor and a lily pad came out of the wall. “... Oh… that’s neat. Uh… how do I get small?” Her stomach growled. “Oh, I forgot how hungry I am.” She looked at the tree. A single, large nut seemed out of reach, even for the keyblade. Flurry licked her lips in hunger. “So tasty looking.” She smacked the tree.
“OW!!!” A voice yelled. Flurry jumped back, but looked at the nut. She swiped it with the keyblade, knocking the tree on accident. “That hurts!”
“Sorry!” She picked up the nut and took a bite. She murred to herself, but saw herself shrinking. “... That was also convenient.” Flurry looked at the way the lilypads turned into a platform. “... Oh! I know what we have to do!” Donald and Goofy followed her. The filly jumped on the mushrooms in the first clue location, and jumped on the lilypad-path. They fell, landing on a spigot in the same room with the key. Across from them was the last box. “YES!!!” They jumped across. Flurry opened the box. It had Claw marks.
“We did it!” Goofy cheered.
“Now let’s free Alice and get out of here!” Donald added. The cheshire cat appeared on the spigot they had landed on.
“Well, look at what you found.” He spoke, still having that smile. “Nice going.”
“Thank you!” Flurry replied “With these, we can save Alice!”
“Don’t be so sure. She may be innocent, but what about you?”
“... What do you mean?”
“I won’t tell, but I’ll give you something.” He pulled a tome out and opened it. The book was sucked into Flurry’s horn. It felt a bit freezing, but it was gone as it went into the Keyblade. “Now you can… chill out!” He giggled as he disappeared. Flurry glared.
“Really? An ice pun?”
They returned to the courtyard. Flurry walked to the guard in front of the Queen’s podium.
“Are you ready to present evidence to the queen?” He asked.
“We have all we need!” Flurry nodded.
“Very well. Counsel, step up to the podium!”
Donald and Goofy stood as the Jury on the side. Flurry stood alone, in front of the queen on her own stand.
“Now, show me what you have found.” The Queen spoke. Flurry bowed.
“But of course.” Flurry presented the four boxes they found.
“Well, that’s certainly a lot of evidence, but I’m not impressed. Cards! Bring forth my evidence!” The card guards saluted, presenting a fifth, equally identifiable box. The boxes gathered into one box and were shaken up, then spewed out in a straight row. “Hmm… checking all five would be a waste of time… Alright then! Choose the one you wish to present, ‘Princess’ Flurry Heart. I’ll decide who’s guilty based on that evidence.”
“What!? After all of the trouble for collecting them!?”
“YOU DARE OBJECT!?!?!? THEN YOU WILL LOSE YOUR HEAD!!! NOW CHOOSE A BOX!!!”
“... Fine. I have a good feeling about this.” Flurry walked to the middle box. “I choose this one.”
“ARE YOU CERTAIN!? NO SECOND CHANCES!!!”
“You don’t have to yell all the time. And yes, I am confident in this one.”
“Let’s see who the culprit is!” The box opened. Out came Flurry Heart herself. Flurry stared in complete silence. “YOU’RE THE CULPRIT!?!?!?”
“NO! It’s not me! It’s-!”
“SILENCE!!! I AM THE LAW HERE!!!”
“THIS IS RIGGED!!!” She turned and made a break for it.
“OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!” The cards all jumped into action, blocking the exits. A tower with wheels popped up, manned by a single card, which caused Alice’s cage to be covered behind a red curtain and lifted the cage up. Flurry took the keyblade out and took her stance.
“Why is this world so crazy?”
“Flurry!” Donald yelled, jumping off and standing by her side. Donald followed, both pulling out their own weapon.
“I told you: no meddling with other worlds!” Donald quacked.
“Sheesh, I’m sorry!” Flurry replied with some spite in her tone. They battled against the cards as the Queen yelled her head off and slammed her stand with the heart shaped gravel. Unfortunately, for the trio, the cards didn’t disappear like the Heartless, but rather, were knocked out momentarily, stood back up with a shake, and jumped back into the action. Then Flurry got an idea. “Oh! This should work!” She turned and smashed the small tower. With a few strikes, the tower turned to dust. Still wanting to help, Flurry ran to the cage and uncovered it… only to see that Alice had disappeared. “What the-!?” The cards and the queen noticed, stopping the fight. Donald and Goofy walked next to Flurry.
“She must’ve been kidnapped when we were fighting.” Donald spoke.
“YOU FOOLS!!!” The Queen yelled. “Find the one behind this! I don’t care how!!!” The cards saluted and ran in fear.
“Gawrsh, where do you think she’s gone?” Goofy asked.
“I don’t know.” Flurry answered, but turned to the forest. “But I have a feeling a certain cat does.”
The trio walked into the forest. On their right, one of the flowers sneezed… in which a large boulder came flying out, landing near the puddle to their left. It was then the Cheshire cat appeared, resting his head on the boulder, still with his grin. Flurry walked to the cat.
“Have you seen Alice, Cheshy?” Flurry asked
“Cheshy?” Donald asked with a confused tone.
“Alice, no.” The cat answered “Shadows, yes!”
“Where did they go!?” Goofy asked.
“This way? That way? Does it matter? Left, right, up, down! All mixed up thanks to the shadows! Steep deeper to the deserted garden; you might find shadows in the upside-down room.” He vanished away. Flurry turned to the flower that made her bigger.
“You’ll still make me big if I give you a potion?” She asked.
“I keep my word.” The flower answered.
“Here ya go.” Another potion, another giant time. Flurry turned to the boulder, now looking more like a rock, and kicked it into the puddle nearby. The two lily pads turned into platforms. As much as Flurry wanted to explore, she was focused on the rest of the forest… which had Mushroom hat wearing Heartless that, surprisingly, didn’t attack them. “Um… to the end, I guess?” She ate a nut on the tree, shrank, and walked to the end of the forest. A new path was open. They entered.
The place was a garden, but it looked like a tea party was being held. Some various characters all sat on their own seat, each looking different, but only one of them felt strangely familiar; it looked like a mish-mash of various creatures, sitting and drinking some chocolate milk from a glass.
“And I told Timmy,” he spoke, “Yes! Make a live action movie of Wonderland! But just call it Alice in Wonderland, not Grown Up-Alice Returns to Underland!” The other guests roared with laughter.
“You are a riot!” A man wearing a golden, horned helmet spoke. “I can’t believe you did something utterly so… tricky!”
“Oh, puh-lease! That’s easy! The hardest part was a sequel!”
“A sequel!?” An old-man looking puppet spoke. “Why’d they make a number 2!?”
“Probably because they had to take one.” Another old-man puppet added, both laughing at their joke.
“Anybody interested in some cheese!?” A middle aged looking man in a fancy, horizontal lined magenta and red suit spoke in a Scottish accent.
“Um… what’s going on?” Flurry asked aloud. They all turned to her.
“Uh-oh! Wrong game!” The Scottish man yelled, running away with wheels of cheese.
“Oh no! I can’t let Odin find me!” The horn wearing man spoke, teleporting away with a wave of his hands.
“Can we go now?” Two puppeteers asked, holding the old-men puppets. Without an answer, they walked past the trio. The strange creature remained and gave a frightened look at Flurry.
“F-F-Flurry!? How did you-!?” He ran to the painting of a goofy looking man wearing a green top hat with a brown, equally crazed looking rabbit. “Mad hatter! March Hare! You said this was a private world I can go to! No one would know of this!”
“Uh… do we know each other?” Flurry asked. He paused and turned to her. The weird creature slithered to her.
“You don’t know me?”
“... Should I know you? You seem to know me very well. … Are you a Heartless?”
“A heartless!? Pfft! I may be the Spirit of Chaos, but I am in no way a heartless being!”
“... So… who are you?” The creature cleared his throat.
“I am Discord! Lord of Chaos! And I am your Father!!!”
“WHAT!?!?!?” A long pause came... right before Discord smiled wildly.
“Pfft! HAHAHAHA!!! You should see the look on your face! Me? Your father!? Hoo! Plot twist of the century! Nope, I am your father’s, brother’s, nephew’s, cousin’s, former roommate.”
Flurry thought it over for a moment… before then saying something. “My dad doesn’t have a brother… and I thought you were with Fluttershy?” Discord smacked himself in the face.
“Kids these days… not seeing any of the classic comedies.... And what do you know about Fluttershy!? You didn’t know about me half a second ago! Hmph, lazy writers.”
“She told me you can be a bit… well…”
“Like Donald?” Goofy then asked.
“HEY! I take offense to that!!!” The mage snapped.
“The only thing that’s offensive is the fact that you were banned in Finland because you never wore pants...” Discord spoke, only confusing everyone else in the room. “But your mother never told you about me!? How I was your babysitter for the first and last time!? Before you utterly destroyed my love for babies and kids!?”
“She… well…” Flurry said for a moment before she began to remember her mother… and the night she disappeared.
“Ah! Forget it! I’m already breaking that restraining order that lasts for 1000 years. What is it with you princesses and the 1000 years thing? Couldn’t it be 500 years? 27 years? Heck, even 1 million years! Why 1000!?”
“I think I’m beginning to understand why Mr. Discord here fits right in with the… locals.” Jiminey Cricket said from on top of Flurry’s head as he began to jot some notes in his journal.
“Who said that!? I’ll have you know that I am not a local here! I have a summer vacation home here, but I don’t live here!” He looked at her mane, seeing the cricket. “Oh… another Disney character. Where’s your wooden boy? The boy from the very dark Italian story?”
“You know about Pinocchio?” The Cricket asked. “How do you-?”
“I’m a literate. I read books. And I must say, before Disney got a hold of you and all of the other famous stories, sweet Celestia, everything was dark, even for my taste! And I like Italian!”
“Discord, what are you doing here?” Flurry then asked at the point where she felt that she finally had enough of the shenanigans and stared her down… ironically with the same stare that Fluttershy would use.
“Me? Why, celebrating my Un-birthday, of course!”
“No, I mean… what are you doing here?” She clarified. “I thought that Equestria and it’s inhabitants were swallowed up by the heartless. How are you-?”
“Swallowed up!? Wait… then that means-!” He gasped, snapping and teleporting away. A few seconds later, he returned. “Whoo! Welp, bad news is, Equestria is gone.”
“Noted…” Flurry Heart replied dully.
“But the good news is that Fluttershy is safe in that world she went to those years ago!” Flurry stared sternly “... Oh, and all her friend as well… except for your parents… I have no idea where they are.” The young alicorn looked back at him for a moment and sighed… before thinking of something else to ask.
“What about Aunt Celestia? Aunt Luna? Anypony else?”
“Like I said, they’re all with Fluttershy. They’re gonna have to adapt to wearing clothes and stand upright where they’re in. And speaking of!” He snapped and pulled out some clothes for Flurry: it was a red outfit with some blue on it… and large, yellow, clown-like shoes.
“... Do I have to wear those shoes?”
“Yes you have. You’re replacing Sora, so you have to dress the part.”
“Sora?” Donald asked.
“Hmm… sounds familiar.” Goofy added.
“... I’m fine with going naked.” Flurry replied. “Or just with keeping the jacket though… I’m not one for those kind of pants.”
“Oh sure… end up banned from Finland like Donald for the same reason.” Discord said while rolling his eyes
“You’re naked too!”
“... Dang it! Now I’m NSFW material!” He put on an orange Zoot suit. “There! Much better! And fancier than yours, cockroach.”
“I’m a cricket.” Jiminey replied with some annoyance in his tone.
“...... I think I’ve seen that in a movie once.” Flurry said, shrugging her shoulders as she looked at Discord
“Alright, enough questions about me. What are YOU doing here?” Discord asked, stroking his fake mustache.
“I’m trying to look for my family, Discord. I’m just with my new friends, Donald and Goofy, who-”
“Are searching for their king, Mickey Mouse.” Discord replied, sounding like a new person while his horn and antler turned into circles. “Ha-ha!”
“... GET HIM!!!” Donald yelled. He and Goofy tackled Discord, only for him to teleport away and float in the air.
“Sheesh, and I thought saying Hugh Mungus to that SJW was bad.” He lowered to them. “Listen, if you’re gonna hurt me, then you’re gonna have to hurt everyone on earth that has ever lived, which will take forever since you have to beat up over 4 billion people… starting with the readers, of course.”
Flurry sighed, summoning her keyblade for a moment to see what kind of reaction Discord would have to that. Not to intimidate him, but more likely get him to actually start making sense… something that seemed rather impossible, given that this was Discord after all.
“... Pointing the keyblade at me? You know the beam only fires when you discover this world’s keyhole, right?”
“Keyhole?” She asked. “I was just wanting to know if candy would fall out if I smacked you with this.”
“Oops! I said too much!” He teleported away, but his voice remained. “You should enter through that door and light the room. I’m sure Cheshy will be there.”
“Hey! I call him that!”
“I called him that first!” Flurry rolled her eyes and entered the door.
“I’m gonna get my hands on him when this is over.” Donald grumbled to himself.
“Feathers!” Discord corrected.
When they got into the room, everything looked weird… until they looked up. They were upside-down! The cheshire cat appeared above them.
“They’re hiding somewhere.” He spoke with a chuckle “And the momeraths outgrabe.”
“... What?” Flurry asked.
“Want to find the shadows? Try turning on the light.” He disappeared once again. Some Heartless appeared, surrounding two candles on the floor/ceiling they were on.
“Oh boy! Combat!” Discord’s voice spoke, followed by the munching of popcorn. “Care for some, Cheshy?”
“I would, Dissy!” The Cheshire Cat’s voice replied, munching along with him.
“Hey!” Flurry yelled, swinging at the Heartless. “Can’t you help!?”
“Busy eating!” Discord replied with a mouthful,
Eventually, the Heartless were defeated, leading Flurry to light one of the candles. On the technically true floor, a potted flower came next to the sleeping doorknob, who was STILL asleep. The Cheshire Cat reappeared with a bucket of popcorn on his head.
“It’s too dim.” He spoke. “Make it brighter.”
“And him as well!” Discord snickered. The Cat’s face went sour as he disappeared. Only the sounds of various crashes, horns, animal noises, and something breaking could be heard. Flurry lit the next candle. Cheshy came back, back with his grin.
“All the lights are on. You’ll see the shadows soon. They’ll arise in this room, but somewhere else. The shadows might go over that doorknob too.”
“... I don’t think anyone’s gonna miss that guy.” Loud horns blared a crowd going ‘Oh!’ played as a song yelling ‘I am the one’ was heard, making her jump. The jump itself was so great, she broke through the ceiling’s gravity and fell down to the table. Cheshy was there, who looked surprise at how they came here.
“... Well, you’re here quick.” He grinned again as he began to bounce around. “The shadows should be here soon! Are you prepared for the worst? If not, too bad!” He pointed to the ceiling. They all looked up; down from the ceiling came a rather unique looking Heartless; it did some acrobatics before showing that it was taller than their small size, had two legs that seperated and connected back to the feet, arms that looked and were thin as crumpled paper, the ‘hat’ was red and black, with each stripe having their own face, and juggled two batons. Flurry screamed.
“What the heck is that!?”
“Ooh! A Trickmaster!” Discord’s voice spoke “Don’t worry, just-” Flurry grabbed the red bottle and drank it, growing to her normal size. “HEY!!! No fair!”
“Take that!” She yelled, whacking it with the Keyblade. It slammed into the wall, leaving a dent. Flurry Heart began to whack it over and over, crumbling it like paper with each hit. “You! WILL! NOT! HURT! ME! OR! MY! FRIENDS!!!” With the last strike, the Heartless fell it’s knees, then onto it’s back. A larger heart came out as the body disappeared into darkness. Discord appeared, small, on Flurry’s nose.
“BOO!!! Worst boss fight ever! 10 Out of 10 ~ IGN!” He crossed his arms before snapping, making Flurry small again.
“What!? I was using my knowledge to my advantage!”
“And I was going to give you some major hints to beat that guy! You’re no fun!” The doorknob yawned loudly.
“What a racket.” It groaned. “How’s a doorknob to get any sleep?” It yawned loudly, but a keyhole appeared in his mouth. The trio looked into it, a bit surprised to see something that they didn’t see, as the keyhole glowed. The Keyblade glowed, and Flurry, without much control, pointed it at the keyhole, as it fired a blue beam at the keyhole. A ‘Click’ was heard, affirming that something had just locked up.
“What was that!?” Donald asked
“You heard that?” Flurry asked, regaining control over the keyblade. “It sounded like something locked.”
“This world is now locked away.” Discord spoke, wrapping himself around Flurry’s horn.
“... What?”
“You locked this world away! You saved this world from those dark creatures!”
“...How, exactly?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t played any of the mind bending, confusing games that take place prior to this with a lore that would make Hideo Kojima smile at.” The Chshire cat appeared on the table.
“Splendid! You’re quite the heroes!” He cheered. “If you’re looking for Alice, she’s not here. She’s gone! Off with the shadows, into darkness!”
“Oh no.” Flurry groaned as Cheshy vanished.
“Let’s get back to our gummi ship.” Donald spoke “We might find her in another world.”
“Yeah, the final one.” Discord mumbled. Flurry looked to Discord.
“You seem to know much about what’s going on around here.” She speculated.
“But of course! Not all, but for the most part, yes. Why do you ask?”
“... I’m probably going to regret this… but would you like to join us?” Discord gasped, but went back to his normal self, doing his own manicure.
“I don’t know. What’s in it for me?”
“... Adventure?”
“Friendship!” Goofy added
“Munny!” Donald added.
“Hm… something better will do.” Discord concluded.
“... Uh… you get to be a main cast member?” Flurry confluded, trying to think like Discord.
“... Deal!”
“Yes! So, areyou going to help fight!?”
“Pfft! No!”
“But… but why?”
“For starters, you need to be strong, and if I were to help you out, where would the hardships be?”
“... Well, I can understand, but-”
“And what are you going to tell your mother? And your father? I don’t want to be the father figure your dad wasn’t.”
“Hey!”
“And, finally, while I won’t be fighting, I will give you hints, not unlike Jiminey, who stays silent.”
“I resent that!” The cricket yelled.
“... Alright, I guess this can work.” Flurry concluded. “But I don’t think Jiminey would you to be near him. I guess my tail can work, but-”
“A-tatata!” Discord hushed. “I know what will work. Just be calm.”
“Calm? What do you-?” Discord flew into her left ear. Flurry froze as she felt Discord squirm into her ear, passing through, and entering her head!
“Ooh! It’s so dense in here!” His voice echoed in her head. Her vision became blurred, but Donald and Goofy gasped as Discord was seen in Flurry’s eyes.
“... I need an adult.” Her vision focused on Discord, who had a sly grin across his face.
“I am an adult.”
“... I’m starting to regret this decision.”
Somewhere else.
In the backyard of a house, an anthropomorphic fox wearing a green, palm tree printed button up shirt watched as Celestia, Luna, and the Elements of Harmony struggled to stand upright... all except for the butter-yellow pagasus with a long pink mane & tail, wearing a blue dress.
"Are you sure your friends can stand upright?" The fox asked.
"... We should give them some time." The pegasus replied. "They're going to need all of the practice they can get."
"... I'm going to safely say that they're gonna need a whole lot of heck of practice to become citizens like Carrots and I."
"Oh! How's Judy been?"
"She's been doing great! I'm just glad we only have two kids and not a bunny load."
"D'aww! I'd like to meet them!"