Fellowship & Fairydust

“Just stop showing up!” I snarled as I spun through another wave of the various multi-colored flying Heartless from Wonderland. Red, Blue, Purple, all colors ended up being destroyed by me as I kept my word to keep the dragonfly and his leaf safe from them. Still felt humiliating to cover mice and a bug from the Heartless, but my pride could wait. Those oversized handbags had that girl and the rodents were trying to help her, so I will work with them for the time. 

Oh, great. Just what we need now, a thick fog. A big blanket of white surrounded us and impeded our sight. That gave the Heartless cover to strike at me from all sides. After the fourth Air Soldier managed to get the drop on me, I snarled at the fog and began firing randomly into the white. “I’ll get you, you stupid–”

“Behind you!” Leroy warned me. Spinning my glider around, I managed to destroy the Air Soldier that tried to strike me. “New plan. I spy them, you hit them.” 

“Can you see in the dark?” I asked the red koala monster. 

“Duh. Two coming in at four-thirty!” 

Turning around in that direction, I fired into the mist and felt satisfaction at seeing the glowing crystal hearts fly up into the air. Using Leroy’s ability to my advantage, I managed to clear out the Heartless that were hiding in the fog. That’s when I realized I could no longer hear Evinrude’s wings that served as his motor. “Bernard? Bianca? You okay?”

“We’re fine,” I heard Bianca call up. “But we’ve lost them.”

“No, we passed them!” Leroy said as out of the fog like a pair of tsunamis the alligators began passing us. With a snarl I flew at the one that held the girl, blasting it with my glider’s cannon in an attempt to free her. I heard the boat start up again, but I was more interested in trying to get that girl free of the predators. 

I felt my frustration mount as it felt like the attacks I was launching were not doing anything against the creature. Just how thick were these scales? With a roar, I changed my glider into Vengeful Chaos’s scythe form and leaped onto the back of my target, slashing away at an attempt to try and get it to take notice of me. Oh, I’ll free that girl if it’s the last thing I do. Why do I care so much about this?

Raising my weapon, I forced the blade down between the scales of the beast and fired a blast of dark energy into the opening I made. With a roar of pain and indignation, the alligator released the girl, who thankfully had the sense to try and get away. Now to make this thing suffer for all the effort it put me through. Pulling back on the handle, I made a sweeping arc across the creature’s back, leaving an injury that I hoped would get infected. 

“Watch out!” Leroy called out as something struck us off the back of the alligator. With a growl, I managed to bury my weapon into the side of the monster, earning another cry of pain from it. Looking down, I saw the red koala monster holding on to the side as well, but his grip looked like it was slipping. “Help me!”

“Just swim for it!” I growled.

“I can’t swim!”

“Why not?”

“My molecules are too dense!” He said as a wave of water pulled him off. I had half a mind to let him figure his way out, but the way he spoke made me reconsider. The water did terrify him, and I just knew in my heart he was telling the truth. With a frown, I kicked off of the alligator and dove into the water. 

Using my powers it didn’t take long for me to locate Leroy, and when I found him my suspicions were confirmed. The little monster couldn’t swim, as he was sinking like a rock. Using the momentum of my dive and some dark energy, I got to Leroy as fast as I could and grabbed hold of him. As we neared the surface, I felt his movements growing less and less frantic. Oh, don’t you dare die on me. I still need you alive. 

Pushing Leroy up, I made sure he got air first before I took a breath of smelly air that reminded me why I now hated swamps. While we both coughed and gasped for air, I willed my Keyblade to turn into something that we could use to float on the surface of the water. It ended up taking the shape of my glider, except with a wider base to allow it to float. As we sat on it and Leroy coughed the last of the water out of his system, I laid eyes on where the alligators were heading. 

Ahead was a small island where a riverboat appeared to have crashed into it some time ago. 

“Put me down!” I heard Penny protest. Turning, I saw her slung over the shoulder of someone in a black cloak that was marching towards the riverboat. Clenching my fists, I prepared to move forward when the feminine figure turned and looked my way. Before I could react waves of water rose up around me, creating a box that froze into ice and imprisoned the two of us. Once she was satisfied, I was able to see the figure resume moving towards the wreck. 

Gritting my teeth, I focused dark energy into the cannon of my glider only for Leroy to point at a corner. “Shoot there. That’s the weak spot.” He told me. “Quickly before the ice melts.” Shaking my head, I blasted the area he indicated, only to find his calculations were correct. The box shattered and water came pouring in which freaked out the little monster. Stepping on the gas I raced out of the prison, turning to the riverboat. 

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