Fellowship & Fairydust

Now here I was, standing in the presence of one who claimed to be a goddess as she took us to this Motunui. Oh, how I wish Grandpa could see this. He would be so happy, seeing this as proof that the tales of my people were true. I know I would love to shove this down the throats of people like Jezebel Ulfric.

“Hey. Hina. How much further?” Jason asked from where he was sitting. The goddess had finally changed his clothes back to normal, so he was in a slightly better mood. That wasn’t saying much but at least he wasn’t making trouble. 

“Oh, we’re almost there,” Hina said right as we were attacked from the side causing all of us to grab onto something. I nearly smacked my head against the window, but thankfully my hands stopped me. 

Grabbing on to his top hat before it could fall too far away, Scrooge looked at the scanners on the ship. “Curse me kilts! What was that?” 

“Heartless!” The moon goddess responded as we looked out the windows. Sure enough, floating around what looked like islands in the middle of space were Heartless, each shaped like rejects from the ocean floor, and I had no idea what to call them. Still, it was strange to see an ocean theme going on in space.

Moving his seat up, the old duck said, “Ah, so ye want to play rough, eh?” Grabbing some of the controls, he began to pilot the Gummi in between the huge coral formations that also surrounded us, causing some of them to fly, or swim, into the giant reef remains. As the hearts floated up into space, I got into position and hoped that this time I would do better. 

Grabbing the controls by his seat, Jason began to fire at the Heartless, destroying them and sending the hearts they had into the unknown. Taking the ones next to me, I also began to fire using the targeting system to guide my shots and clear a path for us. Some of them moved to the ship and rammed it causing alarms to blare. 

After we were done being jostled around the old duck growled, “Oh, ye want a piece of Scrooge McDuck, do ye?” Moving his controls around he began to make the Gummi spin in a barrel roll, which managed to dodge both incoming Heartless attacks and hitting others with the wings of the ship. That sent them flying into the formations around us destroying the monsters and giving us a breather. I was starting to feel glad he insisted on coming with us. He was an expert at this sort of thing.  

Hina then spoke up to him. “See those fire coral formations ahead? Fly between them.” 

“I see ‘em.” Tilting the controls, Scrooge began to guide the Gummi towards the coral the moon goddess pointed out, while Jason and I kept blasting the Heartless away from the Gummi. I was still missing a lot, but I think I was doing better than I was before even if it was hard to tell right now. 

Pressing a button, the elder duck caused the Gummi to accelerate through the narrow space reef heading towards the fire coral. Some straggling Heartless tried to catch up behind us, but my cousin blasted them away, with me taking care of the last one with a successful shot. I felt a sense of accomplishment swell up in me as the blinding light from before engulfed us. 

When I could see again, I got a good look at the new world we had arrived at. It appeared to be a huge ocean, with a few islands rising out of the water here and there. It amazed me at how much its structure seemed to compose one environment like Agrabah, and yet it was completely different at the same time. At least here I could see where people managed to get food and water to survive. 

“It’s a whole lot of nothing,” Jason said.

Looking at him, Hina said, “Don’t judge by appearances, Jason. There’s a lot to each world that you can’t always see.” 

“How are we supposed to find the person who can help us find your husband?” I asked her.

Smiling, Hina said. “Don’t worry. Night has fallen in this world, and now I can see more than I can during the day. Ah, she has returned to her home island.”
“Wait. She?” Jason asked, but the goddess ignored him.

“Well, let’s be off. Adventure is calling our names.” Scrooge said as he pushed the buttons to send us down to the world.

Motunui…

Umi 9, 92 KA…

“Meeeeeerliiiiiiiiiiiiin!” Jason’s yell echoed through the tropical forest, spooking some birds from their sleep. They cried out in agitation at the one who disturbed them before settling back down. 

“Jace, I don’t think he can hear you out here,” I said. Once again our clothes had changed styles, and Hina had been generous enough to give us light so we could see. I was now in a barkcloth dress like Hina, but mine had a pair of purple straps going over my shoulders. Above that was a red one that ended about halfway between my knees and ankles, with an extra split yellow skirt and a blue sash. I also noticed my outfit was designed with heart and crown patterns. I wasn’t really sure why, but somehow it seemed fitting. 

Glaring at me, my cousin said, “When we get back to Radiant Garden, I’m going to kill him for this.” He was now in a blue skirt of some sort with the same heart and crown markings on it. I went ahead and assumed that in this world men didn’t have pants, so his outfit had to change to reflect that. I just hoped there were caucasian people here or he was still going to stick out. 

Smiling at him, the moon goddess said, “I don’t see why you should be so upset Jason. That’s a fine lavalava you’re wearing now.”
“You call it a lavalava. I’ll call it a dress.” He growled at her, making me worry he was going to incur her wrath. However, we heard a cry not too far away from us, so that took our attention away from the argument. 

“Oh no. She’s in danger.” Hina warned us. Scrooge, after cracking some joints in his neck, took the charge of going in the direction of the cry. Looking at each other, Jason and I moved to follow them. It was then I noticed I could feel the ground underneath my feet. A quick look made me see neither Jason nor I had footwear on. Guess they didn’t exist in this world.

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