Kingdom Hearts F.I.M: From One To Another

“Ow… ow… ow… ow… ow… ow,” whimpered Pinkie as she was repeatedly being bopped on the head by Rarity. Currently, she was serving her punishment for crash landing in the middle of the desert. What’s worse, was that the hot sand was beginning to hurt her legs since she was also on her knees, tied up. A sign had been taped to her forehead, saying: “I’m the dummy who crashed the ship.”

“I said I was sorry,” she sobbed.

“We stopped accepting that after the 3rd crash. I told you, since we can’t remove you from control, we’ll simply increase the punishment each time it happens.” Rarity continued to bop her lightly on the head with her keyblade.

“But it’s my birthday!”

“Which is why I’m the one hitting you and not one of the others.” While Pinkie softly cried in the corner, Rarity turned back to the others who were either recovering from the crash, or if they were Twilight, checking their watch.

“Twilight,” -BOP “ow”- “what are you doing?”

“Timing.” she answered, eyes still glued to her watch.

“Timing what?” BOP “ow”

“How long it takes.”

“Twilight… stop that.” BOP! “owie”

Twilight looked up from her watch, honestly confused. “Stop what?”

Rarity sighed. BOP “ow” “Twilight, I will ask this once more, please give me a complete answer. What are you timing?”

“How long it takes for the local militia to come attack us. I’m comparing the data of it to other worlds.”

Dash stepped up near Twilight. “How sad is it that we’ve crashed so often, Twilight is able to make a chart of how long it takes for us to get attacked.”

Spike stood to the side, stretching his muscles and dusting cheetos off of his shirt. He got slightly annoyed when he noticed that the green flame on his shirt was stained with orange dust. “Personally, I love it when we get attacked. I usually time how long it takes for Twilight to sort everything out.”

“Well, it’s good to know that the worlds are good at protecting themselves,” Shia chimed.

“Except that crystal planet….” Dash looked downcast, genuinely sad about the outcome of that particular adventure. “Poor ponies.”

Everyone took a moment of silence, some slightly upset that they couldnt stop the ruthless dictator from driving them away and sealing off the planet.

BOP “OW!”

Their moment was interrupted by a large band of soldiers moving through the desert directly toward them. Twilight instantly checked her watch.

“20 minutes 38 seconds. A little sluggish, but I suppose it’s probably because of the desert terrain,” thought Twilight.

As soon as they reached the girls they surrounded them, weapons pointed outward. They were dressed in typical heat blocking attire; white colored robes that covered every inch of skin. However, they all wore the same style of robes, with the small image of a genies lamp on each. Other than a few glances, Dash and AJ shrugged and didn't react. Like always Shia shied away behind her hair.

“Who are you? State your business,” one of them yelled.

“It’s my birthd-BOP-ow.”

“Shush.”

Twilight stepped in front of the troublemaker. She held her arms up and talked diplomatically. “We’re sorry if we’re trespassing. We’re just traveler’s loo-”

“Oh, I know who you all are!” Instantly, the circle parted to reveal a tall man wearing the same white clothes as the guard, except that his’ shoulders were flared out with had a flowing cape hanging from them, “Hey, you in the back, beating up the pink haired girl. Would that happen to be a keyblade in your hand?”

Rarity stopped her swing, looked at the tool in her hand, and nodded.

The man laughed. “I thought so! Stand down men, these girls are honored guests.” As all the men relaxed their grips the tall man in puffy pants made his way toward Twilight. She found herself looking almost directly up at him. “Welcome, keyblade masters, to what do I owe the pleasure.”

Twilight blushed slightly, “Well we arent masters yet. We’re still in training.”

Dash flew over her, able to look him in the eye. “So what, are you like the captain or something?”

The man smirked. “Nope, my name, is Aladdin. I’m sure one of your masters have mentioned me,” he said confidently.

All of the girls shook their heads.

Aladdin looked downcast. “Seriously? Not even once?”

Another shake. Pinkie, however, beamed at him. “Do you know the Genie?”

“Hold on, you know about Genie, but you don’t know who I am?”

This time they nodded.

Aladdin looked insulted and disappointed at the same time. Slumping, he turned and began to slink forward. “Whatever, let’s get back to the castle.”

One of his guards tried to comfort him. “It’s alright, you still have the boys.”

“Well that was awkward, but hey, he’s taking us to the castle, so we get to meet the king now!” said Dash. The group followed Aladdin and the guards back towards the city in the distance.

“Dash, Agrabah doesn't have a king, it has a sultan.”

AJ walked up next to them. “What in the weepin’ horseshoes is a sultan?”

“It’s like a king,” she explained.

“So what’s the difference?” AJ asked

Twilight giggled. “There is none, both mean ‘absolute ruler’ in a similar sense.”

Dash looked at her stupidly. “So what’s the difference?!”

 “Proper edicate. You need to call him by his proper name.”

Aladdin called back. “Nah, you can just call me Aladdin.”

Dash ignored him and rolled her eyes. “Whatever.”

Pinkie popped up bouncing next to them. “Guys, can you untie me now?”

Shia flew up next to her and began untying the ropes. “Oh my gosh. Pinkie, where’s Rarity!?”

“She’s up there trying to flirting with the guy with the cool hat. Just up and left me. I mean, can you believe that.”

“Yes,” Dash answered, “yes I can.”

“Well, I guess as long as he’s not married, she’s free to flirt with whomever,” Spike muttered.

“Shucks, I hope this fella actually leads us to Genie.”

“Do you think that Genie is the sultan?” Pinkie beamed.

Twilight considered this. “Perhaps, he is famous and powerful enough for it.” she said, once again feeling sorry for not knowing about Aladdin.

“OhmygoshthatwouldbesoCOOOOOOOOOOWOOAAHHHH!!” Pinkie began bouncing in place. Her bouncing increased and it quickly became less of a bounce and more of freaky set of spasms twitches and stretches.

“Pinkie, are you okay!?”

The tall man up front, Rarity, as well as all of his guards turned back to see the spectacle happening behind them. Pinkie was spasming in all sorts of strange ways, she bounced, stretched, bent, and even inflated at some points. Then all at once, she stopped, and stood completely still.

“It’s a doozy…” she whispered. All of the girls immediately summoned their keyblades and went on the defensive, gathering around Pinkie so that there was a keyblade aimed in every direction. Spike stood at the forefront of the group with his emerald colored keyblade out. He was ready to take down anything that threatened the girls.

Twilight’s eye darted around nervously. “Where is it coming from?”

“I-I don’t know, it feels like everywhere, and nowhere, all at once. It’s kinda making my head hururururuururt.” Pinkie began vibrating rapidly.

Aladdin stepped forward, somewhat nervous, and somewhat intrigued. “Alright, what’s going on?”

Pinkie’s head popped up from her circle of friends. “I just had a doozy!”

He nodded in understanding. “I see, don’t be embarrassed, we are in the desert, so the sand will cover the smell. Don’t worry, you can clean up when we get to the castle.”

Half the faces in girls in the group lit up neon pink, especially when Spike burst out laughing. Neither noticed that there were indeed several unnatural lumps in the sand, all heading right toward them.

A guard noticed though, and was just fast enough to jump in front of Aladdin and received the attack in his stead. Spike merely glanced at the creature for it to burst into bright green fire.

“Oh no!” The man leaned down to his fallen companion. All the girls refocused on the lumps of sand periodically moving around them. They were unfamiliar, so Twilight told them all to be cautious.

Twilight’s mind was racing with the task of trying to identify these creatures. ”Could these be world specific?” she wondered, reminded of the demons from Dante’s world. Whatever is was that was attacking them noticed her distraction and leaped for her.

It was swiftly batted away by Dash, who was now floating in the air. “Get your head in the game Twi!”

“Sorry. Go get them, they seem weak!” she ordered, “Shia, go-”

Twilight didn't even have to finish, Shia was already working her healing magic on the fallen man. Twilight felt relieved, Aladdin, however, wasn't so easily calmed.

Standing to his full height, he produced two Scimitars and joined the girls in the fight. “Men, we’ve found what we’re looking for! Attack!”

All of the remaining guards attacked the mysterious creatures alongside Aladdin. Seeing that they were outmatched the Lumps sank into the ground and disappeared one by one.

Twilight waited for a fair amount of time, wanting to see if they would return. Determining that they were sufficiently chased off, she lowered her stance and relaxed her magic. “Is everyone alright?”

She got a chorus of affirmations in response. Looking back, she saw that Aladdin had already run back to his fallen officer. “How is he?”

Shia looked up at him with a smile. “He’ll be fine, whatever it was only managed to leave a few scratch marks. He should be fine.”

Aladdin sighed in relief.

“By the way,” Twilight began, walking up near them. “were we not the one’s you came to find?”

“Nah, there have been strange occurrences and missing people all over Agrabah, it’s getting bad. We think that the heartless have returned. In fact, isn't that why you guys are here? To seal the keyhole or whatever?”

Twilight nearly laughed. “Keyhole? Heartless? Don’t be silly. All of the heartless were sealed behind the door to darkness after the last great keyblade war; plus your keyhole should still have centuries before it unlocks.”

Aladdin stood up crossed his arms and attempted to poke a hole in her logic. “Oh really, then what were those monsters under the sand?”

“I don’t know some new type of enemy probably. In fact, even if the keyhole is broken, we'd either need the Kingdom Key, or a keyblade master to close it.”

“We have two of those,” Spike pointed out.

Twilight turned on her heel and directed a glare toward him. “Just because you and Pinkie have strength comparable to masters, does not mean that you are officially!”

Spike smirked. “You jelly?”

Pinkie popped up in between them. “Well that’s enough about that. We came here to celebrate my birthday by hanging out with Genie! Do ya know him doyadoyadoya??” By the time she finished asking Pinkie had her nose pressed hard against Aladdin’.

Aladdin used a finger to gently shove her away. “Wohohh back off, I have a wife you know.” Rarity visibly deflated. “Anyway, yeah I know him. Why? Do you wanna see him?”

“Well it’s my birthday, so my friends brought me here without me knowing so I could throw a party with the best party thrower ever. Plus, I also wanna see if he’ll make me his student and teach me his ways!”

        “What about Master Luna?” AJ asked curiously.

        “I can have two masters! Right, Twilight?”

        Twilight who was currently trying to figure out the identities of those enemies flinched back when she realized that she had been put on the spot. “Umm, I guess... I mean there’s no rule that says you can’t. However, I’d check with Master Luna first.”

“See everything works out!”

The group continued walking but the conversation was soon picked up by Dash. “Alright, but I got something. If you get Genie to be your master then you’d have to stay here. Right, Twilight?”

Twilight, now paying full attention, nodded.

“Right, if you go who’ll fly the Gummy?”

“Duh, control turns over to Twilight if I’m not there. All she has to do is get the control key from inside the hollow manual I keep hidden under her seat,” she explained as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Twilight stopped in her tracks and looked at her shocked. “Wait, there’s a control key? There’s a manual!? You hollowed out the manual?!” Ever since the very first crash, Twilight had been trying to wrestle control from Pinkie, but until now it had seemed like an impossible task. It stunned her to think that the literal key to control the ship was under her butt this whole time.

Dash smirked, “Then that means you’d be stuck here while we go see another world. Not to mention that we’d get have other world desserts and hold otherworld parties.” Dash began hovering around her in circles. “Make new friends, fight new villains, learn new skills.” Dash ceased her circling and began to lazily drift to the front of the group, fake sighing as she left. “While you’d be stuck here… without us… having the same of everything everyday….”

Pinkie’s eyes went wide. “Wait, no! I don’t want to be by myself I’m not allowed to be! Take me with you!!”

Another fake sigh, “Nah, you have a new master now.”

Twilight, Spike, Rarity, Shia, AJ, and Aladdin began laughing at the two girls antics. Even some of the guards were beginning to crack a smile on their stone like expressions. What was usually a dull patrol, gradually turned into a lively walk home for Aladdin.