Kairi's Group's Secret Dream/Rinoa's Legend/History Lesson

*(Later that day, Kairi's group, consisting Kairi, Namine, Xion, Aqua, Olette, Hayner, Pence, the Dream Eater pets, Serena, Lillipup, Camille, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Milhouse, Nelson, Martin, Ralph, Santa's Little Helper, and Mabel, secretly snuck out of the apartment and rode with Epona to the archery grounds with both Kairi’s bow and arrows in tow; The same one Cid, Shera, Morpheus, Squall, and Rinoa gave her on her fourth birthday twelve years ago, and even Camille is wearing her red belt and bottle carrier containing her bottle full of healing fire flower berry juice. As they rode, Kairi fired her arrows at each target perfectly while singing and her sisters, cousins, and friends happily watched proudly)*

Kairi: **When the cold wind is a’calling**

**And the sky is clear and bright**

**Misty mountains sing and beckon**

**Lead me out into the light**

*(Then she and her group practiced fighting with a bunch of dummies)*

Kairi: **I will ride, I will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

**I will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

*(Later, Kairi's group climbed on a rock hill and enjoyed the view as Kairi finished decorating her bow with carvings)*

Kairi: **Where dark roots hide secrets**

**And mountains are fierce and bold**

**Deep waters hold reflections**

**Of times lost long ago**

*(Then later, Kairi's group were enjoying a ride on Epona, collecting some edible berries)*

Kairi: **I will read every story**

**Take hold of my own dream**

**Be as strong as the seas are stormy**

**And proud as an eagle’s scream**

**I will ride, I will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

**I will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

*(Then they ride back to the apartment as the evening arrived)*

Kairi: **And touch the sky**

**Chase the wind**

**Chase the wind**

**Touch the sky**

*(After they dropped Epona off in her stable, they hurry inside with the berries and arrived in the nick of time in the dining hall, where everyone is preparing dinner, and Squall, Morpheus, Drake, and Fenton are telling an interested Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot the story of how Squall lost his foot to the Nightmare King, as well as Morpheus getting injured by the Nightmare King. And Morpheus is now wearing a crown of green laurel leaves, gold yellow armbands, a light red sleeveless shirt, a brown belt with a gold buckle, an olive green kilt with jagged ends and gold yellow lining, brown knee-high, Roman-styled sandals, and a long, flowing royal red cape with fluffy white trimming, and sometimes carried a royal gold scepter with a light blue orb and Camille has already changed back into her green dress attire again, as well as taking off her belt and bottle carrier)*

Squall: Then from nowhere, the biggest beast you’ve ever seen appeared!

Tuff: And that’s the Nightmare King himself?

Huey: Really?

Squall: Yes.

Drake: He is as black as a shadow.

Morpheus: His cloak blackish blue as lust, and blood red eyes burning like flames.

Fenton: And he is really battle-scarred all over from past battles!

Rarity: (Agreeing) Which makes him really ugly.

Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot: Wow!

Kirby: (Interested) Poyo....

Honker: Then what happened?

Tank Muddlefoot: Did you both get hurt next like you said?

Fenton: You really want to know?

*(Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot nodded eagerly as Mrs. Beakley chuckled a bit)*

Mrs. Beakley: You children always get into these crazy things.

Thunderlane: Especially since they were very young and/or not even born yet that time.

Squall: Well, what happened next, like everyone has told me….

Tiff: You mean you were knocked out?

Abe: Of course he was knocked out. Like one time, I got knocked out fighting off invaders from the Kingdom of Scarabland long ago, only for me to recover quickly....

*(Then Rainbow Dash, after giving a bit of a chuckle while rolling her eyes, finished his story at the same time as Abe finished)*

Rainbow Dash and Abe: (At the same time, which Abe lets her) Thanks to Squall and Morphy saving my (your) life, despite Squall's broken leg, and then we saved the day before they almost won.

Squall: Yes, but….

*(Then Kairi's group butt in, which he, Morpheus, Drake, and Fenton lets them proudly)*

Milhouse: From what all of us witnessed….

Mabel: The Nightmare King knocked Drake and Fenton aside....

Kairi: When they were Darkwing Duck and Gizmoduck....

Namine: Then the Nightmare King knocked Dad out with his claws....

Xion: Clawed Uncle Morphy's left arm....

Aqua: Knocking him aside....

Olette: And with his claws and magic blast....

Flash Sentry: With one blast and claw swipe…!

Camille: Bzzzz! Chomp! Shunk! Uncle Squall’s left foot was blasted...!

Bart: Bitten off...!

Martin: And lopped off!

Serena: And gulp!

Kairi: Down the Nightmare King’s throat, his foot went!

Nelson: Like its his dinner!

*(Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot got amazed)*

Kirby: (Amazed) Poyo....

Tiff: And you survived it?!

Louie: Even after that attack lopped your foot off?!

Honker: Normally, you could die from that!

Dewey: From blood loss!

Kairi: But not Dad, thankfully!

Camille: Especially not my father from having his left arm injured!

Dipper: For we rescued him, Squall, Drake, and Fenton!

Marge: That's right!

Genius: It was incredible!

Homer: Thanks to Elmo, Reggie, Jack, and Bud, along with us, chasing him off by throwing rocks at him, along with some of us with our weapons!

Lawrence: Technically, it was me, Tucker, and Dale who threw the rocks.

Elmo: Me, Jack, Bud, and Reggie never did throw rocks.

Dale: And I used my flamethrower as well.

Genius: If you recall by now.

Homer: (Realizing) D'oh! *(Sheepishly)* Sorry, I forgot.

Selma: Yeah, like a senile snail.

Patty: Mm-hmm, a slow, dimwitted, senile snail.

Homer: (Nonchalantly and sarcastically) Well, excuse me for being forgetful.

Tuff: This story is getting better every time I hear it!

Webby: It always does, Tuff.

Shera: Yet it was never a pretty sight like any war is.

*(They chuckle a bit, but then stopped when Rinoa comes in with her plate with a piece of steak with an over-easy egg on top of it, making everyone compose themselves, acting natural while Lisa filled her plate with mostly a vegetarian meal since she's a vegetarian)*

Patty: (Whispering to Selma) Here comes the fun adventure wrecker.

Selma: (Whispering to Patty in agreement) Mm-hmm, always ruining our fun and chances of adventure.

*(Rinoa then sat at the table when she saw Kairi put her bow on the table)*

Rinoa: Ah-ah! No weapons on the table!

Kairi: But it's just a bow.

Rinoa: I think you should never have weapons in my opinion.

Kairi: (Agitated) Aw, Mom!

*(While Kairi said this and placed her bow off the table, everyone calmly rolled their eyes at what Rinoa said to Kairi; For the past nine years since Squall lost his left foot to the Nightmare King, Morpheus getting his left arm injured by the Nightmare King, Drake and Fenton, as Darkwing and Gizmoduck, nearly getting killed by the Nightmare King, and Cid was killed and then Dreamy passing away from pneumonia a year ago, Rinoa changed her tune about Kairi becoming a knight princess, out of fear of losing her and even Namine and Xion like she almost did Squall, Morpheus, Drake, and Fenton and did with Cid and Dreamy. And because of that change, Rinoa had not only become ignorant that everything is fine, despite the traumas and tragedy from the past nine years, a'la the Five Stages of Grief, but also became neglectful of Kairi’s dream and never understood how they feel about the change for the past nine years, making Kairi feel left out by Rinoa, especially when Rinoa is never there for her lately. But luckily for the others, Shera, along with Aqua and Olette, easily moved on from Cid and Dreamy's deaths, Morpheus' injury, and Squall's foot loss, and wishes Rinoa would do the same. Anyway, after Kairi said this, Rinoa spoke up)*

Rinoa: Kairi Heartilly-Leonhart! Don't "Aw, Mom!" me, and do not use that tone to me!

Launchpad: First of all, Rinoa, they weren’t having attitudes.

Squall: Secondly, no weapons or not, this is what they want.

Scrooge: This is what they dreamed of nine years ago, just like you used to believe they would.

Shera: You should realize that.

Grace: Yeah.

Marge: Like she said.

Rinoa: (Sarcastically) Yeah. Suffer the same fate Cid did, followed by Dreamy's passing, and what Squall, Morphy, Drake, and Fenton almost had.

*(Kairi glared flatly and then started eating)*

Shera: (Whispering to Homer, Marge, Patty, and Selma) There she goes, speaking in sarcasm.

Homer: (Whispering to Shera, Marge, Patty, and Selma) Trying to reach out to her as usual.

Marge: (Whispering to Homer, Marge, Shera, Patty, and Selma) Indeed.

Patty: (Whispering to Homer, Marge, Shera, and Selma) I'll say.

Selma: (Whispering to Homer, Marge, Shera, and Patty) Never listened as usual.

*(Not hearing Homer, Marge, Shera, Patty, and Selma, Rinoa then changed the subject, speaking to Kairi)*

Rinoa: Anyway, what did you do today?

Kairi: Oh, my sisters, cousins, friends, and I just got some edible berries with Epona.

Pence: Edible berries that are both sweet and sour.

Hayner: Just how we like them.

Xion: Lots of berries.

Olette: Very yummy.

Drake and Fenton: (Secretly winking at Kairi's group) Exactly.

Homer, Marge, and Shera: (Secretly winking at Kairi's group in agreement) Very delicious.

Homer: (Hungrily) Mmm, edible berries....

*(The reason they winked is because they, along with everyone else, except Rinoa, told Kairi's group to sneak out and practice while getting berries)*

Rinoa: Hence why we got edible berries tonight.

*(She almost resumed eating when she suddenly got suspicious upon a double take as Kairi finished eating her meal)*

Rinoa: Wait a minute! Drake, Fenton, what did you mean by "Exactly?" And Kairi, did you go to that berry patch near…?

*(Gene, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Gosalyn, Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot spoke up)*

Gene: Wait a minute, Rinoa!

Huey: All they did was gather edible berries.

Dewey: The sweet and sour kind.

Louie: Just like Uncle Scrooge, us, and everyone else asked them to do for them.

Gosalyn: Because you know how much we like those berries.

Rumble: They rode Epona to the berries like the wind!

Tank Muddlefoot: Not to mention rode through the archery range with Epona....

Rumble and Ralph: And shot arrows at targets….

*(Rinoa got surprised)*

Rinoa: Archery range?!

*(Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot got shocked; The three accidentally spilled the beans, that even the Mane Seven's pets and Maggie palmed their faces in shock and annoyance)*

Ralph: Oops, busted!

Homer: D'oh!

*(Kairi's group and even Homer, Marge, Shera, Drake, and Fenton made a brief dagger stare at Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot. Now Kairi is really gonna get in trouble, for Rinoa, since Cid and Dreamy’s deaths, Morpheus' injury, and Squall’s foot loss, has also forbidden Kairi from playing archery and becoming a knight princess)*

Lisa: (Dagger glaring at Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot) Nice going, guys.

Bart and Nelson: (Dagger glaring in agreement) Yeah.

Rinoa: You practiced some archery *again*, young lady?!

Kairi: Nothing happened….

Rinoa: (Groans a bit in annoyance) Oh, Kairi! How many times do we have to go through this? You could’ve gotten hurt, or worse, killed!

Kairi: But I didn’t, right?

Rinoa: But you would.

Drake: Rinoa, just because she went to the archery range, doesn't mean she's in mortal danger.

Shera: All she did was shoot a couple of arrows.

Marge: Along with Camille bringing her healing fire flower berry juice just in case!

Rinoa: But that's no excuse to lie to me!

Abe: (Rolling his eyes on annoyance) Excuse, my foot! When I was a pup, my dad would occasionally train me how to fight at a young age, because what if something bad and dangerous were to happen?

Rinoa: (Scoffs) That was in the past. Nothing bad's going to happen nowadays.

Genius: (Aghast) What?!

Scrooge: (Aghast) Excuse me?!

Grace: You saying that, that is considering Squall's foot loss, Morphy's injury, and Cid and Dreamy's deaths never happening before.

Volteer: Like nothing happened.

Shera: That's right.

Rinoa: (To the others) But nothing happened lately. *(To Kairi)* Don't you agree?

Kairi: (About to answer) A little, but....

Rinoa: (To the others, cutting them off) See? I rest my case.

*(Kairi sadly excused herself from the table and went upstairs to her room. Rinoa then got up and went upstairs after Kairi)*

Reginald: Oh, boy.

Bud: Another lecture coming up.

Jack: Involving the Downfall of the Desert Kingdom of Scarabland.

Genius: I take it it will not end well.

Elmo: My sentiments exactly.

*(Upstairs, Rinoa found Kairi gently fiddling with her pillow in a calm moody way. Then Rinoa started a story of some kind, getting Kairi’s attention)*

Rinoa: Sixteen years ago, there was once the Desert Kingdom of Scarabland….

*(Kairi groaned a bit in annoyance)*

Kairi: Again with this history/lecture?

*(Rinoa flatly glared, then resumed)*

Rinoa: Scarabland was once a prosperous kingdom ruled by a king whose four sons were chosen to compete who will rule in his stead after his time. It was even rumored that he, along with his three brothers, built a whole army of human-sized shapeshifting robots to act as their and their people's souls' bodily vessels when and if they die eventually. However, Xemnas, the oldest, along with two of the king's brothers, wanted the power for themselves in a selfish way after Xemnas' father died, and one of the alleged shapeshifting robots disappeared following his death, that Xemnas and the king's two brothers literally caused a rift between this entire kingdom and the people by tearing apart Xemnas and the king's two brothers' people’s fate for theirs, eventually having a son, who, unfortunately, gladly followed his footsteps, while one of the king's brothers, thankfully, refused to join them. But thankfully again, Eraqus, with the one brother's sacrificial help, stopped the three and Xemnas' mystery son's tyranny and Xemnas and the king's two brothers disappeared after the three were banished into the Forbidden Forest to be eaten by its beasts, never to be seen again, and Xemnas' mysterious son was never heard from again. As for the brother that helped Eraqus, he died from his sacrificial help, and then later, three more of the alleged shapeshifting robots that survived the entire kingdom's war, disappeared following the two brothers' banishment and disappearance with Xemnas and the one brother's death.

Kairi: And that’s why Eraqus got Excalibur out and married Erika; As a reward for defeating Xemnas, his mystery son, and the king's two brothers with his heroic valor and kindness, combined with the one brother's selfless heroic sacrifice. I know this story.

Rinoa: Kairi, it’s more than just a story. It’s a lesson, teaching us that we can’t make the same mistake like Xemnas and the two brothers did along with Xemnas' mystery son when it comes to following our path of fate. I just want what’s best for you.

Kairi: Well, you could if you just move on from our nine year old trauma and tragedy, and let me follow my dream.

Rinoa: Kairi, that's not....

Kairi: Fighting evil, rescuing other damsels in distress....

Rinoa: Kairi….

Kairi: Heck, even make everyone *and* you proud...!

Rinoa: (Starting to get angry) Kairi…!

Kairi: By following the six virtues wh....

Rinoa: (Angrily cutting her off) ENOUGH!! YOU ARE NOT, BECOMING A KNIGHT PRINCESS, EVER!!

*(Silence, then Kairi got angry at first, wanting to speak again, but then got sad, tearing up a bit, and then walked to her bedroom door)*

Kairi: (Sobs softly) It's not fair! Why can't you listen to me and understand? Especially move on?

*(Silence as Rinoa remained quiet as she calmed down her anger, then Kairi stormed off. Later in the master bedroom at night, Rinoa is sadly finishing ironing a cloth tapestry with pictures of everyone looking straight ahead sewn on it. Squall, Drake, Scrooge, Volteer, Grace, Morpheus, Genius, Homer, Marge, Abe, Patty, and Selma comes in and saw Rinoa looking sad)*

Patty: (Sarcastically) I take the lecture didn’t go well?

Shera and Marge: (Nonchalantly) As usual?

Genius: (Nonchalantly) Right?

Rinoa: (Sighs sadly) No. I don’t know what to do.

Squall: If you could just….

Rinoa: I’m not letting her become a knight princess. And I wish Cid and Dr....

*(She stops herself hesitantly, and then changed her answer)*

Rinoa: (Corrects herself) *Kairi and all of you*, should understand.

Grace: But whatever happened to you supporting that?

Genius: You used to enjoy having fun and enjoying some adventures.

Morpheus: But what made you change like that for the past nine years?

Rinoa: You know why.

*(A short pause, then....)*

Morpheus: Wow.

Patty: Well, that's denial for you.

Shera: Along with anger.

Selma: Two stages of the Five Stages of Grief.

Marge: The first two stages, of course.

Volteer: You just have to learn to move on.

Genius: Otherwise, your life, as well as our lives, will be unhealthy.

Abe: Move on to the other three stages; Bargaining, despair....

*(Rinoa hesitates a bit during this, but composed herself)*

Scrooge: We know, Abe. Acceptance.

Morpheus: We know the names of the five stages.

*(A short pause, then….)*

Squall: Anyway, I was just gonna say practice what you try to say to Kairi before.

*(Rinoa looked at him in confusion)*

Rinoa: I know what to say, but….

Homer: Come on.

Genius: It's alright to practice.

Drake: Pretend I’m Kairi. You know….

*(Then he pretends to be Kairi)*

Drake: (Imitating Kairi) I don’t want to be a simple kid running the farm all the time! I want to be a knight princess, fighting in battles for what’s right like my Uncle Cid!

*(Then he spoke up normally)*

Drake: (In his normal voice) How was that?

Volteer and Homer: Good impression, DW.

Patty: I have to admit, it was a good imitation.

Selma: Mm-hmm, a good imitation indeed.

Shera and Marge: Come on.

Grace: Like Drake just did, say what you want to say to Kairi, please?

Morpheus: Please?

*(Then Rinoa gave in calmly and practiced)*

Rinoa: Kairi, I know you want this dream and why you and everyone else wanted me to move on. After all you’ve learnt from taking care of the farm animals, the barn, everything in our home, I just want what’s best for you.

*(Outside in the horse stable, Kairi, already composed from her teary-eyed reaction, is also practicing her reasoning with Rinoa with her group while cleaning it, and Camille is wearing her yellow dress again)*

Kairi: But you did want what’s best for us when we had this shared dream of becoming a knight princess, and you supported.

*(Then we switch between scenes, as if they are talking to each other)*

Rinoa: I know it seems unfair, but what other choice do we have for your future? We can’t just run away from what we choose.

Kairi: I wasn’t planning on running away from it like you're running away from the trauma and tragedy.

Rinoa: But are you willing to pay the price like Cid did, along with your Aunt Dreamy, and your father, Morphy, Drake, and Fenton almost did?

Kairi: I’m not doing this to hurt you. I just want to make you proud of me, *and* help you move on.

Rinoa: If you could just see what I mean from all of this, then you'd understand.

Kairi: But I *do* understand. I just need support, like you need support on your grief.

Rinoa: But you’ll understand, if you just….

Kairi: I want to make you understand my dream, and get better, if you just….

Rinoa: Listen.

Kairi: Listen.

*(In the stable, after Kairi said this, she then changed the subject to her group)*

Kairi: Is that good enough?

Tiff: It might be good enough.

Comet Tail: Maybe even possibly good enough.

Twilight Sparkle: Or both.

*(Kairi then went glum)*

Kairi: Both “Might” and "Possibly," huh? I don’t think it’ll work. She’ll never understand or be there for us, mostly Bart, like she never has for the past nine years.

Lisa: (While Maggie pats Kairi's arm in comfort with a soft reassuring smile behind her pacifier) Let alone move on from the trauma and tragedy.

Martin: Stuck in the first two stages of the Five Stages of Grief.

Webby: It’ll be fine, Serena, Bart.

Mabel: Yeah, chin up.

Gosalyn: Those changes will come in time.

Kairi: What makes you say that, Webby, Mabel, and Gos?

Spike: How will we know when they will happen?

Webby: We don't know.

Mabel: But maybe one day, if you prove it to her and help her....

Sunset Shimmer: She’ll understand and be there for you again.

Fluttershy: And hopefully go through the three remaining stages of the Five Stages of Grief.

Braeburn: You got that right.

Stallion Eight except Braeburn: Yep!

Gosalyn: I mean, Dad's always there for me and my dream of becoming a knight like him, despite getting nearly killed from what he told me.

Honker: Just hopefully as long as it’s not another fight.

Applejack: In the form of an argument.

Tank Muddlefoot: Like any other shouting match.

Ralph: Which are very loud and hurting my earsies mostly.

Pinkie Pie: Which will not end well if that happened again.

Mane Seven except Pinkie Pie: Yep!

Bart: Agreed.

*(Kairi smiled softly a bit)*

Kairi: Thanks.

*(Then with that, the stable was cleaned and they head inside)*

***Coming up: Fourteen mysterious villainous creatures, consisting a bat-type Digimon, an anthro Arabian thief dog, a mutant warthog, a mutant rhinoceros, a mutant kangaroo, a mutant koala bear, a mutant potoroo, a mutant kangaroo/gorilla hybrid, an anthro lanky alien, two mutant Komodo dragons, and three anthro thief dogs, and a familiar female villain, break in Camelot and after injuring Eraqus, steal Excalibur. But thankfully in an unfortunate way, the fifteen would-be thieves lose Excalibur in the Forbidden Forest thanks to a certain caped Dream Eater, a magic tiki mask, six mutant bandicoots, and two young knights intervening. Then the next morning, all of the kingdom’s warriors, under Kairi and her friends and families' request under Rinoa’s suggestion, partake in an archery tournament, which another group of young knights won, but doesn’t end well for Kairi when they partake after the winner announcement to please Rinoa and not only change her mind, but also help her cope with her nine year old grief.***