"Sora!" A certain, anthropomorphic dog with the goofiest voice you could ever imagine (that's probably where he got his name from) shouted in joy as he came running up to the throne where his old buddies were standing and chatting.
"Geez, don't run me over here, Goofy," the wielder of the first Keyblade snickered.
"I'm sorry I couldn't come to see you earlier," the captain of the guard apologized. "But with all those festivities, I've sure been kept very busy. But..." he smiled at his old friend. "I always have the time to come by and say hello to a good friend. I missed you, Sora."
He then looked over to Riku and Kairi and waved. "Of course, I missed you guys too. By the way, nice dress, Kairi!"
Kairi snickered. "Thanks, Goofy! It was a present from the queen."
"By the way, where is she?" Goofy looked around searchingly.
"She went over to Princesses Jasmine and Ariel to talk about diplomatic ties between our worlds," King Mickey explained. "So, Goofy... if you're here, who's making sure the other guards don't slack off?"
"Ah, dontcha worry about that, your Majesty!" Goofy grinned. "Gladstone's taking care of everything."
"Ah, then I think I don't need to worry," the king nodded. "I know Gladstone will take care of things."
"I bet he will..." Donald grumbled in his quacking voice.
"Who's this 'Gladstone' guy?" Sora asked. "You don't seem to like him very much, Donald..."
The king chuckled. "Well, he and Donald don't get along with each other very well, that's true... You see, Gladstone Gander has been Donald's rival ever since they both have fallen in love with Daisy."
"Yup, it stills pains Gladstone that Daisy seems to have chosen Donald by now," Goofy explained.
"And he better keep his hands off her..." Donald snarled, which sounded weird when done by a duck.
"Um, met any of your other friends, Sora?" Kairi quickly asked. She saw how the subject was a tender spot for Donald, and every talk about rivalries reminded her of the days when Sora and Riku always had to compete with each other, something she had never liked.
"Well, I already talked to Aladdin and Hercules," Sora said. "We chatted about the good ol' days and how we fought at each other's side... Oh, you gotta hear this: When Hercules heard how Aladdin helped us fight the Heartless in Agrabah, he offered him the chance to fight in the Coliseum, as soon as inter-worldly travel would be officially possible."
"I think Aladdin has the chance to reach at least the finals of the Hercules Cup," Goofy exclaimed.
"Well, I've been really hoping to meet some other friends, but then again, I can understand why Jack or Simba couldn't come." He chuckled. "I mean, for most of the guests it would be kinda unsettling when they are suddenly confronted by a walking, talking skeleton or a grown-up lion."
"Oh, I didn't know I was THAT scary, Sora," an amused voice said behind him.
Sora turned around. "S-simba? W-what happened to you?"
The now antropomorphic lion chuckled. "Knew this would surprise you. Well, there was this wizard called Merlin, and he offered me, Nala and our daughter the chance to attend to the festivities by turning us into bipeds for the day."
In irritation, he rubbed against the material of his tuxedo, careful not to slice up the fabric with his claws. "Still, I can't really get used to those 'clothes'... are they really necessary?"
The other laughed at that. "I'm sorry for the inconveniences this might cause you, King Simba," Mickey apologized. "But most of our guests would somehow feel... offended if you would... well, walk around without any clothes on. Sorry."
"Well, I guess it's okay for a day," Simba sighed. Then he grinned. "Besides, I could never miss the chance to see my old buddies again."
He nudged Sora, Donald and Goofy with his knuckles. "Good to see you again, guys! And good to see you again in the forms you're supposed to have."
"Excuse me, but what do you mean by that?" Riku asked.
Sora chuckled nervously. He had never told Kairi or Riku how he had turned into a lion cub during his stay at the Pride Lands.
To quickly change the subject, he coughed and asked Simba: "So... now you have a real family, eh? How old is your daughter now?"
Simba smiled proudly. "Converted into human years, she should be around 11 years old... and her name's Kiara."
"What a cute name," Kairi gushed.
"Excuse me, Simba, but would that be your daughter over there?" Donald suddenly asked and gestured into the crowd, at a young, antropomorphic lioness standing next to a human girl with black hair.
"Yeah, that's my girl," Simba nodded. "Why do you ask?"
Donald sighed. "Because I think she and Ariel's daughter are flirting with my nephews..."
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Huey grumbled as he pushed around the small cart with the built-in freezer. "That's just like Uncle Scrooge..." he grumbled. "Using us as the salesmen for his new sea salt ice-cream. Well, yeah, he's making plenty of money from it, but what do we get? Nothing."
His gaze then wandered over to his two brothers Dewey and Louie... and to his annoyance, they didn't seem to work like he did. They had just pushed their ice cream carts to the side of the room and chatted with those two girls.
"That's not fair," the red-clothed duckling grumbled. "If I have to work, then they have to as well."
And angrily, he stomped towards them, intent on giving them a piece of his mind.
"Yep, it's true," Dewey was just saying. "The court magician is our uncle... and he has helped Keyblade Master Sora on his journeys. You could say that he was an essential helper on his quest."
Normally, the three brothers wouldn't praise their uncle like that, but to impress the ladies...
"Wow," Kiara gushed. "I heard it from my Dad... he always told me how your uncle defeated the Heartless in our homeworld with his magic. He must be really powerful."
"My Mom told me similar things about him," Melody nodded. "She said she always had to chuckle when his tentacles got entangled."
Puzzled, the boys and Kiara looked back at her. "Um, are you sure we're talking about the same Donald Duck here?" Kiara asked her new friend uncertainly. She seemed pretty nice for a human, sure, but now she feared that the black-haired girl had a screw loose or two.
"Oh, right, you couldn't know," Melody giggled. "You know, every time he and his friends have come to our home world, they turned into..."
"Hey, why are you slacking off like that?" Huey angrily shouted as he stood in front of his brothers. "Do I have to do the whole work around here by myself?"
"Hey, relax, bro," Louie tried calming him down. "We're just taking a little break."
"Okay, then the break's over. Really, you guys are always the same... Back at our shop in Traverse Town, we would have never made any money, if it weren't for my hard work."
"Oooh," Kiara exclaimed in a surprised voice. "You owned a shop?"
"Um... well, yeah. Now, as I said..."
"You must have been its manager then," Melody said in an impressed voice. "I suppose you were the guy that kept business running, right?"
"I, um... I mean, that's... Uh, I gotta go... still haveta sell some ice-cream... later, bros." And he quickly ran away.
Dewey and Louie looked at each other, then chuckled. "Awww... isn't that sweet? Poor Huey can't talk to a cute girl without turning all red."
"Well, but I suppose he's right," Louie sighed. "We have to return to our duties... See ya later, girls!"
And they took their carts and vanished back into the crowd.
"Awww, those boys were just too cute, weren't they?" Melody gushed.
"Yeah..." Kiara sighed. "Too bad they're no lions..."
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