Chapter 33: Falling Snow
Me and Snowy were sitting on the bed of the Gummi Ship and I was cleaning her fur. Yami came out and sat down at the foot of the bed. I huffed and turned my body from her with the Alolan Vulpix still in my lap. I brushed until she jumped out of my lap and walked to Blackber- I mean, Yami.
"Snowy?" She tilted her head, looking at her. What was she thinking?
"Vulpix!" She jumped into Yami's lap and nudge against her shoulders with her paws. She rubbed her cheek against Yami's and she laughed.
"Hey! That tickles!" I rolled my eyes and handed over the brush. They stopped and looked at it.
"You can brush her if you want..." She took it and I walked over to the mirror. The drawing of me and Riku was still there and I slightly smiled. I undid my braid and my hair was wavy from it. I simply put it in high ponytail that went down to my mid lower back. I smiled as I found a decorative hair pin and put it in my hair.
"Thanks for letting me brush Snowy." She politely said. I mentally growled but just sighed and turned around with a big smile, "No problem!"
"Snowy has really soft fur! Good job... Uh..."
"What?"
She giggled, "I wanna call you blueberry but now... Not so much anymore. We're did that come for in the first place?"
I rolled her eyes, "Hades used to call me Blueberry Pie. Every since, I just hated being called that or blueberry."
"I see..." She looked down, "I remember nothing of my past. The only thing I can remember is being with you and Sora."
I widened my eyes, "You lost your memory?" She nodded at this.
"No need to worry! 'Sometimes memories need help getting out'. I'll remember them sooner or later..." She looked back up in determination, which kinda reminded me of Aqua. "Soon as I remember everything, I'll find a way to become me and not you."
I shook my head and grabbed her wrists, "We are two different beings, Yami. Get it in your head!"
"To tell you the truth... Sis..." She smiled, "I was jealous of you."
"Why?"
"You have a heart and I don't. That and you have friends who look out for you and you do the same thing. You've even got somebody to love."
"Well, you don't need to be jealous. I'm sure if you really are wanting to change, you'll have friends and possibly someone to love." I put a hand on her shoulder, "You'll be okay..."
She sadly smiled, "Thank you, Reese..."
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We arrived in Halloween Town, but I couldn't help but feel something was different about.
"Hey, this is Halloween Town, right?" Sora asked.
"Well, it sure does look like Hallowee... Wha?" Donald stopped and turned his head toward the square. We looked to see lights streamed up on the walls. What in the world? We went to Guillotine Square to see it decorated like a plaza during Christmas. I noticed some kind of ramp.
"What's that for?" Sora asked.
"I don't know. Something's really off here..." I said. That's when the growing sound of bells filled the air. What was that and where was it coming from?
"It's Jack!" Donald exclaimed. We all looked to where Donald pointed and saw Jack steering a sleigh with 3 skeleton reindeer pulling it. Who did he think he was? The Santa Claus of Halloween? He landed the sleigh and noticed us.
"Sora, Piri, Donald and Goofy! Welcome back, and Merry Christmas!" Jack exclaimed. Merry Christmas?
"Merry Christmas? Don't you mean 'Happy Halloween'?" Sora asked.
"Of course. Halloween greetings from Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King." He put on a frightening face. "Forgive me. I'm in a Christmas mood. You see, I'm running the show again this year-but I need Sandy Claws's blessing, so I'm off to Christmas Town." Jack said.
"'Sandy Claws'?" Sora asked.
"You mean Santa Claus." I said and sweat dropped.
"Aren't these decorations wonderful? This year Halloween Town's going to be handling Christmas too!" Jack said. Just the thought of a Halloween Town Christmas made me shudder. Jack couldn't do this. He had his own holiday to attend to. We went back to the doctor's lab. He was working on something. I noticed that the 3 troublemakers were helping him.
"Hey, this is way too heavy!" Lock whined.
"Then let's toss it!" Shock suggested.
"You do and you'll be sorry! Now bring it over here! the doctor yelled.
"Heave-ho!" the trio said. They toss the part into the air. I summon Nightfall Key and cast Stop just before the part hit the ground. "No fair!" They ran out of lab. I gently moved it to the table.
"Thank you, Piri. I don't know why I bother having those 3 imbeciles helping me." the doctor said. Probably to keep them from causing trouble to everyone else.
"Sally! Did you finish it? I want to show my good friends." Jack said.
"I'm sorry, Jack. I... I need a little bit more time." Sally said.
"Ohh... Well, that's all right. Just as long it's ready for Christmas!" Jack said.
"But... Jack..." Sally said.
"I'd best be off. I've got to go get Sandy Claws, right away! Wonderful to see you again. Good-bye for now!" Jack said.
"Go get Santa Claus..." Sora said.
"Piri, Sora, please. I'm afraid something terrible will happen if Jack goes through with this." Sally said.
"You can say that again!" Donald exclaimed.
"Sora?" Goofy asked. I saw he had that happy, daydream look on his face. I shook his shoulder to get him to snap out of it.
"Huh?"
"How old are you? Fifteen or five?" I smirked and raised an eyebrow.
"Hehehe..."
"Are those strange-looking fellows in the town square with you?" Jack asked.
"What fellows are you talking about?" I asked.
"You know, the ones who wanted to spoil Halloween AND Christmas? What are they called again... Heartless?" Jack asked.
"They're definitely not with us. But Piri, Donald, Goofy and I can get rid of them for you. And then, we can see Santa!" Sora said. I stifled my giggles. Sora may be 15, but he still acts like he's 5 sometimes. Donald gave him a stern look. "But first, the Heartless!" We hurried outside to see Heartless crowding the square. We easily took care of them. Jack then requested we go with him to Christmas Town to protect Santa. Jack took us to the Hinterlands where the doors of the holidays were.
"Here it is! The door to Christmas Town. The spooks of Halloween can get so tiresome year after year. I wanted something new. And I found this! Beyond this door is a world filled with wonders...the likes of which you've never seen! As first I couldn't believe my eyes! Everything was so fresh and exciting!" Jack beamed. Jack opened the door and we all jumped in, slowly falling into a spiral of swirling whites.
I opened my eyes to see white covering the ground. I got up and saw my appearance changed. My hair was now white and my eyes were now a light green. I noticed Sora, Donald and Goofy had changed too.
Sora retained the dark, ashen physical appearance, boots, pants, and legs wrappings from his Halloween Town costume. The rest of his clothing, however, changed radically. His mask was replaced by a large, black hat with a white fur rim and a puff ball on the tip, similar to Santa Claus's, that was pulled over the right half of his face. He wears a black shirt with white fur lining, silver crown buttons lining the front, and a faded, brown belt with a silver buckle around his waist and over the shirt. His arms were shown to be unusually thin and have a slight brown tint to them. His gloves turned black and have white fur lining around the cuffs.
Donald resembled a typical man of the white stuff around us, with a white body that seemed to be made of two large balls of snow stacked on top of each other. His arms seemed to be made of branches, his tail was a small, red gardening trowel, and he had two coal "buttons" on his chest. His legs and head appeared unchanged, and he wore red and white spats on his feet, a scarf with red and green stripes around his neck, and a blue shako in place of his usual hat.
Goofy took on the traits of a reindeer. His clothing changed into a reddish-brown suit similar to the one worn by Santa Claus, with white fur lining around the sleeves. He wore a loose, red belt with a gold buckle around his waist and red mittens with green ribbons tied on them. His feet became light tan and have brown hooves, and a green wreath hung from his neck. Goofy's nose glowed orange, so... Goofy the Orange-Nosed Reindeer? Two black, elegantly curled antlers sprouted from the top of his head.
I looked down at my outfit. I had elf shoes, suited for combat, green tights, a mini green dress that showed my shoulders and had white fur surrounding the top and bottom openings. Then there was those two white straps that held it on my shoulders. There was also a Santa belt that wrapped around my tiny waist. Underneath my dress was a green long sleeved shirt. I felt my ears and they were indeed pointy. Not to mention my canines were still there from my Halloween costume.
"It's so beautiful!" I said.
"Yeah... but what is this white stuff?" Sora asked and I shrugged.
"That, Reese, is snow."
"'Snow'?" I smiled, "That's the name of Serah's boyfriend!" I picked up some of this snow and packed it into a ball.
"Yeah!" Goofy said, "But this snow is where you can make snowman, forts, igloos, and even Snow balls."
"Never seen it before?" Yami popped out of my shadow and asked me and Sora. She had on a red Organization coat with white gold.... chains? Those things near the neck. She also had a green scarf around her neck.
"Well, when you live on a tropical island, you hardly see it." I stared at the snow ball until a light bulb went off in my head. I smirked and throw it at Sora, who got hit to where his hat flew off. I laughed as Sora groaned and picked up his hat, putting it back on.
"A-yhuck! And snow ball fights like Piri was demonstrating." Goofy laughed and Donald sighed.
"Here we go..."
"Snow ball fights, huh..." He picked up some snow and packed it into a ball. I saw him throw it at me and ducked. The ball of snow hit Yami, who was right next to me. I covered my mouth to keep from laughing. She wiped her face free from the snow and smirked.
"Oh, it's on!" She pick up a ball and throw it to Sora. He panicked and barely dodged it. That's when it hit Donald square on the back of his head. He grumbled and everyone laughed and soon, me, Yami, and Sora got into it.
Sora decided to ask, "Hey, you wanna team up?"
"Sure!" I mischievously smirked. Yami throw a snow ball at me and Sora took the hit. I laughed and throw one at him.
"Hey! I thought you were on my side!" I giggled innocently.
"I changed my mind." I said with a gentle smile.
"Let's get him!" Yami said and she throw snowballs at Sora. I chuckled and put a real smile on my face; maybe she was really going to change...
"Get him!" I yelled and throw rapid snow balls at him.
"AHHHHH!" he tucked in his head and took cover in his arms. "Parley! I give! I give!"
I stopped and laughed, "Sora, parley just does me you give up!"
"Yeah, when you say that, other pirates need to stop attacking until you've named your terms." Yami said and I nodded.
Sora pouted, "Whatever! I give up!"
"We win!" Me and Yami fist pumped the air and high fived. We stopped and looked in each other's eyes. Her eyes were full of actual happiness and joy, something I've never seen in her before. We smiled and giggled. Jack stepped in.
"Alright, alright, let's go see Sandy Claws!" I heard Sora giggle like a little kid and Goofy helped him up.
"Where's Santa?" Donald asked.
"In his workshop." Jack said. We headed in that direction. Hopefully, the Heartless hadn't gotten to this world.
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