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Chapter 10​

The golden, concrete walls towered over them, the slightly, dusty floor lay beneath them. On one of the walls, a board was nailed to it, this board court Donald's eye.
"Look, an announcement!" Donald called to the others.
Jiminy jumped on Sora's shoulder so he could read it out to them.
"Well, I'll be," Jiminy said,"It's for some sort of contest, they're calling it the 'Olympus Colisseum Survival Cup'. Contenders have to run an obstacle course, battling eachother along the way. And listen to this: 'The great hero, Hercules, will also compete for the cup'. It says here he's never been beaten."
"Sounds like fun," Sora smiled,"Why don't we enter, too?"
"I thought you'd say that," Goofy replied, laughing,"Whenever there's a contest, you're rarin' to join up."
"You're going to compete even if we don't, right?" Donald asked.
Sora thought for a moment, he then nodded,"Uh-huh."
"Guess we'd better tag along, then," Donald smiled.
Jiminy turned his attention back to the board for a moment, he then noticed he hadn't read something,"Hold it, everyone! There's more... 'Only contenders who finish the preliminary course may enter the main competition'. It says the preliminary course is just ahead."
"Then, what are we waiting for?" Sora smiled,"Let's go!"
Jiminy jumped into Sora's hood, he ran off to the preliminary's, Goofy and Donald slowly followed behind. Just as they left, a man in black robes, with a blue flame for hair, walked up to the board and had a look at it.
"Whoa-whoa-whoa," he said,"Wait a MINUTE! What is THIS? 'Hercules is a model of true strength and gallantry--the perfect hero'?! Oh, he's perfect, all right."
Suddenly, his whole body, including the flame, went red with anger, what was this man's problem with Hercules?
"PERFECTLY INFURIATING!" he screamed,"Just thinking about that little sunspot makes me boil! GRAAH! I'd like to send him to the Underworld...permanently!"
"Which is why you hired me," a male voice said, as the man was walking closer.
The flaming man went back to his normal state and smiled,"That's right. You're my man...Cloud."
Cloud! Why wasn't Hara there when she needed to be? Finding Cloud was not going to be easy, after this, anyway.
"Your job is to beat Hercules in the games," the flaming man explained,"And once you've got him cornered...finish the job. Do that for me, and--"
"You restore my lost memories," Cloud finished,"As we agreed."
"You have my word," the flaming man smiled, and Cloud walked over to the preliminaries.

They walked up to the goat, standing in the middle of a pillar filled area. He turned to them, as he their footsteps coming.
"Huh?" he said,"Where'd you come from? Don't tell me you guys finished the prelims!"
"We sure did," Sora nodded,"And now we want to go for the Cup."
"Well, you came to the right place," the goat said,"Not that you stand a chance against Herc."
"Why not?" Donald asked.
"Two words," the goat replied,"You-ain't-heroes!"
"You're wrong!" Sora argued with him.
"Yeah," Goofy agreed, but he was not talking about what Sora meant,"He said three words."
"Not that," Sora explained,"I mean, how can we prove we're heroes unless you give us a chance?"
A tall, muscular man came wandering up to the goat, it seemed he had overheard their conversation, he smiled at Sora and then turned to the goat,"He's right, Phil. They cleared the prelims. I think they deserve a shot."
"Hmm..." the goat sighed,"...you got a point there, Herc. But still--"
"Of course, we could always cancel the games," the man reminded the goat of the other option.
"Cancel them!" Sora cried,"What for?"
"Old Phil's prelim course was so hard, no-one else could finish it," Hercules explained.
"Is that right?" Sora asked,"Then, it's settled! Let us compete, and you won't have to cancel the games! How about it, Phil?"
Phil turned away and thought for a moment,"Okay, you got me over a barrel, so fine. Here's how it works, kid--"
"It's Sora--not 'kid'," Sora interrupted.
"All right, all right," Phil said, turning around to them,"Sora, since your team and Hercules are the only contenders--"
"They're not," a voice said, another interruption?
They turned to see Cloud walking towards them, he stopped when he got right in front of Sora,"The games have a new challenger. Name's Cloud."
"The more the merrier!" Phil cheered,"Now the games will really be something to see!"
"I'm looking forward to this," Hercules smiled,"Don't expect me to pull any punches."
"Hey, as long as you don't expect me to take them!" Sora replied,"Let's give it our best."
"Whatever," Cloud replied.
"Okay, let's get this show on the road!" Phil cried,"But first I gotta explain a few rules."
"Don't have any games without me!" a voice called, Ria came running up the path, she smiled her little smile and looked at Sora.
"I'm not going to beat up a girl!" Sora said.
"Okay, then, have it your way," Ria smiled,"I'll just beat you up."
"Come on!" Phil ushered,"Right... Rule number 1! First one through the obstacle course wins! Rule number 2! In the event of a tie, a battle will determine the winner! Rule number 3! You can interfere with your opponents on the course! And finally... Rule number 4! All challengers must give it everything they got!"
Everyone nodded and got into a line, Cloud stood on the end next to Ria, who was in between Cloud and Sora, and Sora stood next to Hercules. Donald and Goofy stood behind Sora in a line.
"Sora..." Ria whispered, she placed some cards in his hands,"If you wanna win, you've gotta be prepared."
"Who are you?" Sora whispered back to her, taking a look at the cards.
"Don't you remember me?" she asked.
"Erm..." Sora thought for a second,"No..."
"All right, enough with the spiel," Phil said,"On your marks... Get set..."
Phil jumped in the air, punching his fist into it,"GO!"
The contenders all ran into the obstacle course, all going different ways. As Sora and his friend ran through the maze, they ran into Cloud.

"Gawrsh," Goofy said, as they ran down the path and found Cloud,"That was nice of him to wait for us to catch up!"
"He's not waiting!" Donald told Goofy,"Remember, rule number 3? 'You can interfere with your opponents on the course'!"
"He's looking to narrow the field!" Sora frowned, he got out his Keyblade ready to fight.
"You can put those away," Cloud told them,"I'm not looking for a fight with you, so keep walking."
"See?" Goofy mocked,"He was waitin' for us to catch up!"
"Well, we've caught up," Donald replied,"Let's take him up on his offer and keep going."
"I don't see a downside..." Sora said, and they continued walking down the path, but then turned back just to make sure,"Listen, are you sure?"
"I'm not here for the Cup," Cloud explained,"Just Hercules. Today, he loses more than the competition."
"You don't mean..." Sora gasped,"But why?! What did he do to you?"
"Nothing," Ria jumped off the ledge and onto the boxes behind Cloud.
"How do you know?" Donald asked.
"Lets just say, I'm good at eavesdropping," Ria smiled.
"Isn't that rude?" Goofy asked.
"Rude or not, it's fun!" Ria replied.
"This is business," Cloud interrupted,"Stay out of it. Go win your cup."
Sora got out his Keyblade once again, Ria stepped back on the boxes and got ready to watch this fight.
"Do you realise what you're doing?" Cloud asked.
"Rule number 3," Sora answered,"You can interfere with your opponents, right? You're not the only one who wants to fight Hercules."
"Big mistake," Cloud replied.
Cloud got out his sword and got ready to fight.

The battle was over and Cloud was nowhere in site, neither was Ria. They looked around for him, but he was nowhere.
"Where did Cloud go?" Sora frowned.
"Where did Ria go?" Goofy asked.
"Up here!" a voice cried, Ria jumped down off the ledge and back onto the boxes,"I don't know where Cloud is, sorry."
"He headed for the finish line!" Jiminy cried, jumping onto Sora's shoulder,"We'd better go after him!"
"Right," Sora nodded.
"Follow me," Ria ordered,"I know a short cut!"
Ria started running down the path, Sora and the others followed her down the path. They found both Cloud and Hercules by the finish line.

Cloud was sat on one knee and Hercules was panting. It looked as if they'd just been fighting.
"You lost!" Hercules cried,"Give it up, Cloud!"
"We're not done yet..." Cloud said, bringing himself to his feet.
"I can't guarantee your safety if we keep going like this," Hercules said, concerned in Cloud's health.
"Better worry about yourself," Cloud replied,"Looks to me like you're slowing down a bit."
Hercules gritted his teeth and groaned at Cloud, Sora ran over to Hercules and got out his Keyblade.
"Don't worry!" Sora cried,"I'l back you up!"
"Sora?" Hercules asked.
"Get all the backup you want," Cloud said,"I'm going to finish you and get back my memories!"
"Your memories?" Sora repeated, wonderingly.
"Now, now, Cloud," a familiar voice said,"We don't want to spill the beans."
"You were gonna risk Hercules' life, just to get back your memories?" Ria cried, Cloud nodded in reply and she frowned,"That is SO selfish!"
"Put a sock in it," the flaming man said, as he walked up to them.
"Hades!" Hercules cried,"You!"
"Looks like you oversold yourself, Cloud," the flaming man turned to Cloud,"All you did as wear him down. This doesn't look good for your performance rating... Let me put it this way. You, my spikey-haired friend, are fired!"
"But...my memories!" Cloud argued,"We had a deal!"
"Did you really think you could get back your lost memories just like that?" Hades asked,"Get a grip!"
"Why, you--" Cloud gritted his teeth.
"I said, you're through!" Hades growled at Cloud,"This time, I'll take care of Irk-ules myself!"
He held out his arms at wingspan and pushed everyone back, Hercules fell to the floor like a shot.
"Hey?!" Sora cried.
"Rule number 5," Hades smiled, smugly,"It's never to late to enter the games!"
"Hades, you were behind this all along!" Hercules cried, angrily, he was still holding himself up by one knee, but he wasn't too weak to be angry.
"Cloud may have failed to take you out, but he did break you down," Hades explained,"Time for Plan B! Pack your pita, Herc, 'cause you've just won a free trip to the Underworld-paid by me!"
"Hold it, hothead!" Ria cried.
Both her and Sora ran in front of Hercules, both of them with their Keyblades at the ready. Hercules looked up at them and shook his head.
"Sora, no!" he ordered.
"Come on, Herc," Sora pleaded,"How can we go one-on-one if you're in the Underworld?"
"Good point, kid," Hades agreed,"I guess you'll just have to go with him!"
Hades laughed at the two teenagers standing in front of him, both ready to fight the God of the Underworld, with just Keyblades and the magic they had been learning for weapons.
"Rule number 6!" Hades laughed,"There are no rules!"

Phil stood in the middle of Hercules, Sora, Goofy and Donald. They had been discussing everything that had happened.
"What?!" Sora cried,"The games are cancelled? How come?"
"Three words!" Phil replied,"Everyone's pooped!"
"Wait a minute," Goofy replied,"That was only two--"
"You gotta be kidding!" Sora interrupted,"What about my match with Hercules?"
"I'm sorry, Sora," Hercules apologised,"But you wouldn't want me to fight in this condition. Let's have a match when I'm fit again. Can you wait?"
Sora thought for a second,"Okay. I'll hold you to that."
Hercules smiled at the boy,"Then it's settled!"
"Sora, over here!" Jiminy cried, he was standing by a worn out Cloud,"He's coming around!"
The group ran over to Cloud, he was kneeling down. He looked up at the others and Sora smiled.
"You okay?" Sora asked.
"Yeah," Cloud nodded, he brought himself to his feet and bowed his head,"Sorry I messed up your games."
Cloud turned to the path behind him and started to wandering down it, time to find his memories.
"Hey!" Sora cried,"Hope you get your memories back! Forget about what Hades said. Sometimes the tiniest thing can make you remember stuff that you forgot years ago. If it's an important memory, there's no way it could ever be forgotten. That's what I think, anyway."
Cloud thought for a second and then chucked a card back to Sora,"That's for you. For helping me out."
"Sure you don't want to just come with us instead?" Sora offered.
Cloud flicked his hair out of his eyes,"Sorry. Not interested."
He continued walking down the path, Sora and the others waved goodbye and said their goodbye's to Phil and Hercules. They then headed off back to the castle. The next adventure and the rest of their memories were awaiting them...

Chapter 11​

They wandered into the Castle once again, still nothing had changed. Still the same old white floors and ceilings and rooms. Jiminy jumped onto Sora's shoulder, as Donald turned to speak to Sora.
"Hey, Sora," Donald began,"Do you remember anything else about that girl?"
"Yeah, bits and pieces," Sora replied, folding his arms to think more.
"Tell us about her," Goofy asked,"Talking about it might help you remember."
"Okay, um..." Sora replied, and started to remember things about her,"She was quiet...and almost always drawing pictures. While we were swimming at the beach, she'd draw a picture of it, instead. Sometimes she drew us, too! She was really good at it. I think sometimes Riku and I would fight over who would get his picture drawn next. But, one day, she was gone. Just like that. I think our parents knew the reason. They might've even tried to explain it to me. But I was little. I probably didn't understand what was happening. I remember crying a little after she was gone. But that's it. I still can't remember her name."
"Still, up until now you didn't remember any of that!" Donald tried to cheer him up,"At this rate, you'll think of her name in no time!"
"Anyone notice something odd?" Jiminy asked, sitting on Sora's shoulder,"Sora's remembering things, instead of forgetting them. Hmm... Maybe forgetting things is the only way to reach the memories buried deeper down."
"You mean, we have to forget to remember?" Goofy asked.
"So, it's like those black-robed guys said," Sora thought out loud,"'Our most porecious memories lie deep in our hearts, out of reach'. And all that stuff about finding being losing and losing being finding... I didn't get it at first, but maybe this is what they were talking about."
"Aww, that's no fair!" Donald complained,"Why aren't the rest of us remembering anything yet? Come on, Goofy! We're not forgetting fast enough! Let's move!"

In the same white room, Axel and Larxene were standing. The mysterious oval still stood in the middle, Ria came wandering in and folded her arms, she stood in a sulk next to Larxene.
"It looks like Sora's memories have taken root, just as we planned," Larxene smiled.
"Let's see how far that boy will go, then," Axel replied, smiling evily,"Think it's time for another roud?"
"Only if it's my turn to play," Larxene stopped Axel, as he started to wander off,"You had your fun on the first floor."
Axel thought for a moment and then turned to the girl, he chucked a card to her, to use against Sora,"Remember, Larxene. Our job is to deliver him in one piece."
"Fine," Larxene nodded,"But who says that I can't have my way with him first?"
"Don't break him," Axel sighed.
"Do I detect a soft spot?" Larxene mocked.
"He's partly one of us."
"I'm not going to break the toy, Axel--just play with it. I'm not dumb."
"Then you won't mind the warning. Remember, Sora is one of the keys. We need him if we're going to take the Organisation."
"So, you're in on it, too? Well, keep it under your hood until the time is right."
Larxene created her black portal and headed to go and mess with Sora's head. Axel watched as she left, and thought about what she had just said.
"You would of been wise to do the same, Larxene," Axel said.
"Don't trust her..." Ria said, still with her arms folded.
"By the way, any luck?" Axel turned to Ria and asked.
"Yes..." Ria replied,"But what do you care? You're having fun messing with Sora, when it is ME doing all the work for Hara!"
"We are taking notice, but Hara is harder for US to deal with," Axel explained,"You are in charge of her, and you must tell us when you've got some more on it."
Axel opened a portal for Ria to take out of the room,"Watch what she does."
Ria started walking into it and waved,"Whatever..."

Sora and the others walked up to the next floor, Goofy and Donald stopped to ask Sora a few more questions.
"So, Sora," Goofy began,"Have you remembered your friend's name yet?"
"Nope," Sora said, folding his arms,"For whatever reason, her name's the only thing that's not coming back."
"That must be driving you crazy!" Donald replied,"You have the memories, but no name to put them to."
"Heh..." Sora giggled,"Yeah."
Sora held up the next world card to the large door in front of them. The next world and its adventures awaited the heroes.

Chapter 6​

The place they had entered, was covered in body-like features. They took a good look around and found that the place was quite squishy. The card they'd used had a picture of a whale on, maybe that had something to do with it.
"What a weird place!" Sora said,"Everything's kinda springy and soft."
"Nice and warm, too," Goofy said,"I'm starting to feel like a nap."
"Shouldn't you be a little more worried?" a small voice asked, it sounded like a young boy, younger than Sora, maybe.
"Who's there?" Donald ordered for an answer.
"Don't you get it?" said the voice,"You're inside the belly of Monstro the Whale."
Jiminy hopped onto Sora's shoulder,"Why, I know that voice... Pinocchio? Pinoke, it's you! Come on out!"
A young, wooden boy, wearing a yellow hate with a red feather on, came running out to greet the cricket. The boy had a large smile on his face.
"Is that you, Jiminy?" he smiled,"Gosh, I never thought I'd meet you here."
"You can't get away from me, son," Jiminy replied,"I'm your conscience. Your conscience should guide whatever you do. Remember?"
"Sure, Jiminy," Pinocchio nodded,"I've been a good boy while you were gone. I didn't tell a single lie."
The boy's nose suddenly grew about an inch longer.
"Uh-oh!" Pinocchio cried.
"Well, for Pete's sake!" Jiminy scolded the young boy.
"Oops! But...how did YOU end up inside Monstro, anyway?"
"We, uh, sort of used a special way..." Sora answered.
"It's so special, we don't know how we did it!" Goofy continued the explanation.
"That's too bad..." Pinocchio bowed his head,"I was hoping you could help me and Father get out of here."
"Well, I'll be!" Jiminy's eyes widened,"Geppetto's here, too?"
"Sure," Pinocchio replied,"Wanna see him? Follow him.
Pinocchio started walking in the direction of Geppetto and the others followed, what they didn't know was that Monstro must have swallowed countless heartless as there was absolutely loads hanging around.

They entered a place where a wooden ship sat, an old man was standing on the ship. He had a white beard and hair and wore circular glasses.
"Geppetto!" Jiminy called, he jumped onto a nearby plank of wood that was floating on the water surface.
"Bless my soul, it's Jiminy Cricket," Geppetto looked over the ship's side,"How in the world did you get here?"
"You tell me!" Jiminy replied,"How does a clockmaker wind up in the belly of a whale?"
"Well, it's a long story..." Geppetto answered.
They wandered down the planks of wood that were in the water while Geppetto explained himself.
"So, you sailed out to look for Pinocchio..." Donald repeated part of the story.
"...and Monstro swallowed you!" Goofy finished the repeating.
"Well, it was worth it, because I found my son," Geppetto smiled.
"But now you can't get out, can you?" Sora said,"It must be awful being stuck inside Monstro."
"Not if Pinocchio and I are together," Geppetto explained,"I couldn't live without him. There's nothing better than being re-united with someone you care about."
"I feel the same way, Geppetto," Sora nodded.
Geppetto nodded back,"I don't care if I'm trapped here, so long as I have Pinocchio. He's such a good boy."
"Well, he still tells fibs," Jiminy stated,"But with a little help from me..."
Geppetto laughed,"Oh, Jiminy, you worry too much."
Sora looked around, he noticed Pinocchio had wandered off,"Speaking of Pinocchio... Where is he?"
"He was here a minute ago," Donald replied,"Where's he gone this time?"
"I expect he's off exploring," Geppetto said,"That boy has been poking around just about every square inch of Monstro. He won't tell me why it's so important. I tell him it's dangerous, but he won't listen."
Jiminy frowned,"That puppet's a handful. Sora, if you don't mind..."
Sora nodded and smiled,"I know, I know. You want us to find him, right? C'mon guys, let's get going!"
Jiminy hopped into Sora's hood, as the boy started to run off. Donald and Goofy followed, leaving Geppetto to head back to his ship. Goodness knows where that puppet had got to.

They walked into the stomach area, the platform in the middle was surrounded by stomach acid, but the thing that caught their attention was the boy running around in the middle.
"Oh!" Pinocchio cried, as he saw the group running towards him.
"Pinocchio, you naughty boy!" Jiminy scolded, standing on Sora's shoulder,"You know Geppetto worries when you wander off by yourself."
"Pinocchio!" a voice cried from the stomach.
Suddenly, a girl with blonde hair jumped down off of a ledge and stood up, shock was drawn to her face as she saw the group. It was the same girl from Agrabah and the castle.
"Sora!" she cried.
"Who are you and what're you doing with Pinocchio?!" Sora shouted at the girl.
"Am I not allowed to play with him?" she smiled, Sora wasn't amused by her,"Fine, then, have it your way."
She opened a black portal and stepped backwards into it, she disappeared into the darkness, leaving Jiminy to scold at the boy.
"Jiminy was worried, too!" Donald scolded the boy, continueing the telling off, Sora stood there frowning.
Who was that girl who kept appearing? Why was she following him? Still no answers to their dying questions...
"I'm sorry..." Pinocchio bowed his head, apologising.
"What are you doing, anyway?" Sora asked, forgetting about the girl,"Looking for something?"
"Um...yeah," Pinocchio replied,"I'm looking for treasure!"
His nose grew another inch longer, it grew everytime he lied, and Jiminy was getting angry at him.
"Here we go again!" Jiminy yelled.
"But, Jiminy..." Pinocchio sighed.
"Now, don't be so hard on the little fella, Jiminy," Goofy said,"We promise we won't get mad, Pinocchio. Is that why you're afraid to tell? No need to fret. Tell us the truth--we'll understand. Put your trust in Goofy!"
"I was looking for a way out," Pinocchio, still with his head bowed, replied,"Father says he's happy, but it's my fault we're stuck here. I shouldn't of run away from home. I want to help Father get home to the workshop. But he'll worry if I'm tell him what I'm doing."
"I get it," Jiminy smiled,"So, that's why you had to lie."
Goofy smiled,"You did it 'cause you love your dad!"
"All you need now is courage," Donald replied.
"What?" Pinocchio's eyes widened.
"Tell Geppetto the truth," Donald explained,"With a little courage, you can do it! If you tell him how you really feel, I bet he'll help you find a way out."
Sora nodded, and smiled,"And we'll give you hand."
"Really?!" Pinocchio wondered, surprised,"You'll help us? Okay, I'll give it a try, wish me luck, Jiminy."
"No more keeping secrets, then," Jiminy offered,"Have we got a deal?"
Pinocchio nodded at the cricket's offer,"Sure! I'll be brave and tell Father how I really feel. No lies this time!"
"Great!" Jiminy smiled,"Then, you're nose won't--"
Jiminy was interrupted by the sudden shaking of the ground. They wobbled as they struggled to keep their balance.
"What's happening?!" Sora cried.
"I got a bad feeling about this!" Donald replied.
"Pinocchio!" Jiminy called,"Run for it!"
Pinocchio ran away just as he had been ordered to, as he did so a large creature came to the ground. It had light blue tenticles and a cage for an abdomen. Sora stood on one of the platforms in the acid.
"Pinocchio!" Sora called,"Where are you?"
"Help!" Pinocchio cried,"I'm trapped!"
"What?!" Sora cried.
"Put it this way, Sora," the girl from before said, standing on the ledge up above the Heartless,"If you won't let me play games with Pinocchio, I'll just play games with you. Have fun!"
She smiled smugly and walked into her black portal and disappeared again, she left Sora to fight the Heartless, while Pinocchio was inside it's cage.

The cage-like creature was passed out. It was just lying there after the battle, but Pinocchio was still trapped.
"Help me!" Pinocchio pleaded,"I'm scared!"
"Pinocchio, be brave!" Sora replied.
"How?" Pinocchio asked.
"Don't give up!" Sora answered,"Try fighting your way out!"
"Be brave..." Pinocchio told himself,"Okay, I'll try!"
The parasite began to move, it moved more and more until its cage like self opened up, Pinocchio jumped out and came running towards the heroes.

"Pinocchio, are you all right?" Jiminy asked.
"Don't worry, I'm okay," Pinocchio smiled,"Just a little sticky... But I have a great idea! The Heartless spat me out when I started struggling. Why don't we try the same thing with Monstro?"
"Of course!" Sora hadn't thought of that,"If we're lucky, Monstro might cough us up!"
"Great idea!" Donald complimented,"Let's go deeper inside and try it!"
"I'm going, too!" Pinocchio smiled.
"No, it's too dangerous," Jiminy shook his head.
"Aww, c'mon..." Pinocchio pleaded.
"You should be with Geppetto," Jiminy said,"No use escaping from Monstro if you two get seperated again!"
"Leave this to us!" Sora smiled.
"I guess you're right," Pinocchio replied,"Be careful, everybody!"
Jiminy hopped into Sora's hood and they ran deeper into Monstro's bodily system.

They ran as deep as they could go, before they reached a dead end. They looked around to see if there was anyway out.
"Looks like this is as far as we go," Goofy said.
"Ready, then?" Sora asked,"Let's shake things up!"
"It would be easier if we had someone to fight..." Donald stated.
"Perfect timing," Sora smiled, smugly, as a group of shadow Heartless came to join them,"Looks like we've got company!"
The Heartless kept coming, and Monstro as beginning to get restless, just what they wanted.

"Whew," Sora panted, as the last of the Heartless were deafeted, but that wasn't the end of anything, the ground began to shake again.
"What now?!" Goofy cried.
"It's working!" Jiminy smiled,"Monstro's gonna sneeze!"
The large beast sneezed a humongous sneeze, Sora, Donald and Goofy were blown into his mouth, they lay there on the planks of wood lying in the water.

"Oww..." Sora complained, as he brought himself to his feet,"Now, I know what getting shot out of a cannon feels like."
"Where's Pinocchio and his dad?" Goofy asked, already on his feet, looking around.
They looked over to where the ship was, it was no longer there, had they got out safely?
"They're gone," Jiminy said, jumping onto the floor,"They must've gotten out safely."
"Without you, Jiminy?" Sora laughed,"I thought there was no escaping your conscience!"
"I don't mind being left behind, as long as they're both safe," Jiminy smiled,"Maybe Pinocchio doesn't need me after all."
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"That little puppet had trouble telling right from wrong," Jiminy explained,"But he's come a long way. Maybe he doesn't need Jiminy Cricket anymore. Maybe he's better off without me nagging him all the time..."
"Don't you remember what Geppetto said?" Sora asked, smiling,"'There's nothing better than being re-united with someone you care about.' I bet Pinocchio's counting the days till he can see you again."
"Well, what do you know..." Jiminy smiled,"You might be right."
Sora nodded and it was time to head back to the castle. They ran through Monstro to find their way back, it was time for the next world to be revealed.

Chapter 7​

They walked in through the doors of the castle, as they did so Donald stopped.
"I hope the king is okay..." Donald sighed.
Sora turned to him,"Why bring that up all of a sudden?"
"I just wanted to make sure I haven't forgotten about him," Donald replied.
"And?" Goofy ushered, turning to Donald.
"I still remember perfectly!" Donald answered,"Goofy and I are on a quest to find him."
"Yep," Goofy nodded,"The king saved the world by staying on the other side of the door to darkness."
"If Goofy still remembers," Donald continued,"then I won't forget anytime soon."
"And me--I'm looking for Riku," Sora reminded,"He was with the king when the door closed. That was easy. I guess we really can't forget the most important memories."
Donald sighed,"I hope not..."

In the white room where the two girls were before, stood Axel and another person in a black cloak. It was a girl, with golden, or blonde, she had two bits of hair that stuck out behind her like antennae.
"Wow, Axel," the woman said,"You seem really intrigued by this Sora kid."
"And you're not?" Axel said, standing on the other side of the egg-shaped, orb stood between them.
"I haven't made up my mind..." the woman replied.
"I'd like to know what's on yours," the girl from before in Monstro interrupted, walking up to the two of them, she on the other hand wasn't wearing a cloak.
"He became a Heartless, Larxene, Ria--" Axel explained,"And you know what happens to people who do."
"People who lose their hearts, lose their minds, their feelings..." the woman in the cloak replied, she must've been Larxene,"They're consumed by the darkness."
"Wait a second!" Ria ordered,"Then why am I here? Hara never lost her heart!"
"Right, that never happened to Sora, he held onto his feelings, even as a Heartless," Axel replied to Larxene,"Ria, you're time is to come, Hara WILL lose her heart."
"You're gonna make her lose her heart?" Ria asked.
"If we have to," Axel replied,"Now, back to Sora. Only one other man ever managed to do that."
"So, it's the strength of his heart that intrigues you--" Larxene continued,"--the heart chosen by the Keyblade. Is that the same with Hara?"
"We're testing her heart's strength by using Ria, right now," Axel explained,"Hara and Ria are two seperate people pushed into one, if Hara can reach her heart and change back to who she is, then her heart is very strong, if she doesn't, she is most likely no use to us, the thing we've got to prevent her from though, is getting to Sora, right now. It could harm him, his memories are being forgotten, if she meddles hers and his can be harmed in the most dyer ways, but what we want to know is, what makes their hearts shine like that? What sleeps in its most secret depths?"
"Interesting, the heart is a mysterious thing, Axel," Larxene replied.
"Maybe so," Axel replied,"But unlocking it's secrets is the whole reason we, the Organization, exist. By the way, Ria, here."
He chucked a few cards at her, she caught them with ease and had a look at them, she nodded and walked off.

They walked to the next floor, if only they had heard why this had all happened.
"So, except our friends, we're forgetting everything bit by bit..." Donald said.
"Hmm..." Goofy sighed,"I wonder what we just forgot. I can't think of anything. I guess I musta forgot it. But, whatever it was, it must not have been that important, a-hyuck!"
"Right, or else you wouldn't have forgot it," Sora smiled, he held out the lucky charm Kairi had given to him,"See, look at this."
"What's that?" Donald asked.
"It's a good luck charm Kairi gave to me," Sora replied,"It's special to her, so I promised I'd return it. I'll never forget that promise, that's why I'll never forget Kairi. I wonder what she's doing now..."
The room went pitch black, and Sora remembered Kairi, she appeared in front of him and smiled, but behind him someone else stood. A girl with blonde, the one in the white dress. She disappeared when Sora turned around to her and the room went back to normal.
"Wha..." Sora started,"Oh... Who...who was that?"
"Hello?" Donald called to Sora,"You still with us?"
"Huh?" Sora turned back to his friends,"Oh, nothing. Never mind."
"Well, let's keep going," Goofy smiled.
Sora nodded and turned to the large door. He walked up to the large doors and got out his cards, the next world awaited them.

Chapter 8​

The winds blew cold, and the night had blown over. This world had cobwebs all around. The gravel had the shadows of shadows, and the moon was always full.
"Gawrsh," Goofy gulped,"Don't like the looks of this place. I bet it's crawlin' with ghosts."
"Well, then, what's there to worry about?" Donald asked,"You won't be spooked if you already know what's coming!"
"You really think so?" Goofy asked.
"Trust me!" Donald ordered.
"Welcome to Halloween Town!" a voice called to them.
They looked around for a face to match the voice to, but the place just got darker, just then a light flashed and a tall, skeleton-like man appeared.
"WAK!" Donald screamed,"A ghost!"
The light had re-appeared and the man smiled.
"Wow!" he cried,"That was the best shriek I've heard in ages! If you're THAT easy to scare, I'm gonna have a great time! Sorry, I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Jack Skellington! Halloween Town is my town. I'm the king of nightmares and terror! If you want chills and horror, you've come to the right place!"
"Well, we don't!" Donald frowned at the cheerful skeleton.
"At the moment, we've got a little problem in Halloween Town," Jack sighed.
"What kind of problem?" Sora asked.
"Well...a problem like this!" Jack explained, and gestured to the group of Heartless that suddenly appeared.
"AH!" Sora cried, as the Heartless appeared.
He got out his Keyblade and got ready to fight, this wasn't going to be easy, he knew that for sure.

"What's the big idea!" Donald was steaming,"Why'd you go and call the Heartless!?"
"I didn't call them," Jack replied, turning to the steaming duck,"In fact, I'd love to get rid of them. The Heartless go around attacking people, instead of just scaring them."
"Why are they here?" Sora asked.
"I was just going to ask Dr. Finklestein the same question," Jack answered,"I'm heading to his laboratory right now. Follow me!"
Jack walked on down the path, but before the others followed, Jiminy jumped up onto Sora's shoulder.
"Sora, what should we do?" he asked.
"I guess we'd better go," Sora replied, still unsure on whether or not he should follow the skeleton.
"I don't like this," Donald frowned, he crossed his arms and looked down the path,"What if he's leading us right to the Heartless?"
"Bingo!" Jack cried, from up the path,"You saw right through me!"
He then appeared in front of them again, scaring the living daylights out of Donald once more.
"Just a joke," Jack laughed,"Now, let's get going!"
Jack led them down the path once more, this time they followed him.

They ended up in the graveyard. In amongst the graves, a girl stood, she looked more like a zombie than a girl, but she was still a girl. She ahd her hands clutched together tightly.
"There you are, Sally!" Jack called to her,"I thought I'd find you here."
"Who are your friends?" the girl asked.
"They're interested in true memories, you have the potion, don't you?" Jack explained.
"Well...yes," Sally timidly, replied.
"Could you give it back?" Sora asked, politely.
"I guess so, if you insist," Sally replied,"But...I'm afraid. All the Doctor did was smell it and the Heartless appeared. What if someone drinks it?"
"Are you kidding?" Jack smiled,"What could be more exciting?"
"I'm worried, Jack," Sally pleaded him,"Isn't there another way?"
"Any ideas, Jack?" Sora begged.
"I can't think of a thing," Jack aplogised, turning to Sora.
"I can!" a voice said from inside something,"Give it here!"
Suddenly, the coffin next to them burst open and a sack-like man snatched the potion from Sally's hands and ran off with it, but where did he go?
Sally looked around,"Oh, no! The potion!"
Luckily, the thief hadn't got too far and was easy to catch up on, they ran down the path to him. He was holding the potion in one hand.
"Oogie!" Jack cried,"You again!"
"Jack, where are your manners?" the man scolded, jokingly, he held up the potion,"I'm just helping you put the potion to good use! You should thank me! Well, well, just one sniff and the Heartless appeared. What if I chugged the whole thing? THAT would be scary! Poor Jack! You can't hold a candle to Oogie Boogie. Halloween Town is going to taste pain and despair beyond any nightmare!"
Oogie walked off, laughing evilly at Jack and his friends' dismay. This was not good, Oogie was going to put the whole of Halloween Town in danger.
"Pain and despair?" Jack called,"Oogie, you monster!"
"C'mon, Jack, we've got to go after him!" Sora frowned.
Jack nodded and led the way to Oogie Boogie, Donald and Goofy followed, Sally stood in the graveyard and worried.

They reached Oogie Boogie's manor, the place was a giant roulette table, up above it Oogie Boogie stood. Jack and the others walked up to him. Jack frowned at him.
"Oogie!" he called,"Hand over the potion!"
Oogie turned around and held up the potion,"You fools, you don't know when to quit! Say...all this running around is making me thirsty!"
"Oogie!" Sora ordered,"No!"
"Yes!" Oogie smiled, smugly, he poured the potion into his mouth, the last drip was drunk.
"Oh, no..." Sora sighed.
"Ahh!" Oogie laughed, licking his lips,"Lip-smacking good! Now, I can awaken my true memories!"
The group stood in wait for the Heartless to appear, but for their good fortune, none of them appeared. What was going on?
"Agh," Oogie stopped laughing and stood there, shocked,"What's this? What...Something's welling up deep inside me--something...scary!"
Jack walked wearily towards him,"Oogie! What's going on?"
"No!" he cried,"Get back! Stay away from me!"
Sora got out his Keyblade, whatever was welling up inside Oogie was about to well back down.

"Get away!" Oogie ordered,"You're s-s-scaring me!"
This battle was going to be difficult, Oogie stood up on the balcony, whilst Sora stood in the roulette table.
"Sora!" Ria called,"Here!"
She chucked the cards Axel had given her to him and he caught them.
"You again!" Sora cried, but she was gone, she wasn't allowed to get involved so she left as fast as she could.
This battle had now begun...

When the battle was over, they headed to Dr. Finklestein's laboratory. He was sat in his wheelchair with Sally stood along side him.
"Confound that Oogie Boogie!" he was steaming like Donald was,"He drank nearly all of my precious potion! There are only a few drops left!"
"Sora, why don't you ask the doc if you can drink the rest?" Goofy suggested to Sora.
"No," Sora shook his head,"I'd better not."
"What, don't you want it?" the Doctor asked,"Too bad. It would've been a great experiment."
"Now, Doctor..." Sally interrupted.
"Don't you want to find out about your true memories?" Jack asked Sora.
"Of course--now more than ever," Sora nodded,"But there's this guy--Axel. I promised him I'd find the truth on my own."
"I just don't understand," Dr Finklestein thought out loud,"When I inhaled the potion, Heartless appeared...and when Oogie drank it, he was overcome with fear. What could it mean?"
"It means the potion was a failure," Sally answered.
Dr Finklestein got angry again and turned to Sally,"No! I can't be wrong! Oogie MUST have found his true memories! Hmm... True memories must unbalance the heart and cause unpredictable changes within!"
"Then...what about me?" Sora asked,"What happens when my true memories awaken?"
"Perhaps something even more terrifying..." Dr. Finklestein replied, even he was unsure,"But this is all just a hypothesis. I can't be sure without further research."
He rode off in his wheelchair and Sora stood in thought. Goofy and Donald turned to him and so did Jack.
"What's wrong, Sora?" Jack asked, concerned,"Does the Doctor's theory scare you?"
"Well, yeah--a little," Sora replied.
Jack smiled,"That's good to hear!"
Sora gave Jack a funny look, and Jack smiled back,"Fear and insecurity are signs of a strong heart. Without that strength, your zest for life would fade...as would your taste for fear. And believe me, that would really ruin my fun."
Sora nodded, he smiled at Jack,"Thanks, Jack. I'll remember that."
"Then, good luck, gentlemen!" Jack granted,"May you always enjoy being frightened!"
The three of them ran back into the streets of Halloween Town, the next adventure awaited them. They ran down through all the streets they'd been through before and found the door back to the castle. The next world awaited them.

Chapter 9​

They walked into the castle, everything was still the same. Sora stopped and thought for a moment, he remembered that other girl from before when he was remembering Kairi.
"Who was that I remembered earlier?" he asked himself,"It wasn't Kairi... Was there...someone else? What was her name again? I know it, it was... It was..."
"Sora!" Donald interrupted his train of thought,"Snap out of it!"
"Wh-What?" Sora jumped as the duck had scared him.
"Get a move on!" Donald ordered,"You want to find Riku and the king, don't you?"
"Well, yeah..." Sora sighed, Donald stormed over to the next door,"Darn! It was on the tip of my tongue..."
Sora ran to follow the others, all of this was becoming awfully strange for them all.

In the white room, the girl was sat drawing, no-one to disturb her, although she was not alone in the room, Ryoko was still asleep, and Ria was sorting out another deck of cards she had been given.
The girl had drawn a picture of what looked like, Sora, Kairi, her and Riku, all joined by holding hands. She was good drawer, it looked perfect and so serene.

The next door stood in front of them. Donald and Goofy walked towards the door, but Sora stopped, his mouth wide open, the words came flying out.
"I remember!" Sora cried.
Donald and Goofy turned to Sora and gave him a funny look, they didn't know what on Earth he was talking about.
"There was an another girl!" Sora continued.
Goofy looked around, his eyes wide open,"What? Where?"
"No, no," Sora laughed,"I mean on the islands, where I used to live. Besides Kairi and Riku, there was one other girl I was friends with. The four of us used to play together all the time."
"Well, I'll be!" Jiminy cried, jumping onto Sora's shoulder,"I think that's the first time you've ever mentioned her."
"Yeah..." Sora sighed,"I forgot about her. I think she went away while I was still little."
"That's strange," Donald replied,"Why are you remembering all that now?"
"I'm not sure," Sora replied,"But it's been coming back to me in pieces as we go through the castle."
"So, what's her name?" Goofy asked.
Sora thought for a moment,"I don't remember. I feel kinda dumb. Here we are, saying we won't forget our friends...and I can't even remember her name."
"Sora..." Donald sighed.
Goofy smiled,"Well, there's no rush! Let's keep going. You're bound to remember it, just like the rest."
Sora nodded and smiled at Goofy,"I guess so."
Sora ran to the door and got out the next world card, the next adventure awaited...

Chapter 5​

They walked back into the castle, as they headed for the next part of the journey, Goofy came to a halt. Donald and Sora turned to him and walked back to him.
"What is it, Goofy?" Donald asked.
"It's that castle I mentioned earlier," Goofy answered,"I'm sure I didn't make it up."
Sora and Donald looked at eachother and tried to remember this 'castle'.
"That was the castle where Sora used the Keyblade to free Kairi's heart," Goofy continued,"Then he disappeared for a while, I'll never forget how worried I was."
"Oh, yeah!" Sora remembered,"When I turned into a Heartless! Wait... That happened in... a castle?"
"You forgot?" Donald asked,"Well, I remember it perfectly."
"What was the castle called, then?" Sora asked.
"Easy!" Donald replied,"It was... Hey, Jiminy. You wrote down everything that happened in your journal, right?"
"Every letter," Jiminy smiled, hopping out of Sora's hood,"I finished off the first volume right before we got to this castle. Let's see if I can find the old book... Ah! Here it is! Let's have a look..."
He flicked through the pages searching for the bit about the 'castle', but to his surprise he couldn't find it.
"Th-This isn't possible!" Jiminy cried, the others looked at him strangely,"All the entries have vanished! Every page, blank!"
"What?!" Donald's eyes widened.
"How could this happen?" Jiminy asked,"I take such good care of my journals! All that hard work, gone..."
Sora frowned,"What kind of castle is this..."

In a completely white room, a girl sat in the corner, on a white chair. She had blonde hair that came just on her shoulders, and was wearing a white dress that came just above her knees. she was sat on the icey chair, drawing. On the floor, a young lion slumbered, it was Ryoko, he lay there fast asleep.
Suddenly, a black portal appeared, another girl came wandering out of it, it was the blonde girl from Agrabah, she smiled at the other girl and then sat down next to the lion. The room was peaceful.

The three of them continued to the next floor of the castle, but Donald stopped to speak to Sora.
"Something funny's going on..." Donald said,"How could everything Jiminy wrote vanish like that?"
"Maybe it's not just stuff we write down," Sora thought out loud,"Goofy said we've been to some other castle. But I don't remember it at all. None of us really do. Maybe... Maybe we don't remember, because those memories are gone."
"Gone?" Donald wondered,"Don't be ridiculous!"
"Wait!" Jiminy cried, jumping on to Sora's shoulder,"Remember what that guy in the black hood said? 'In this place, to find is to lose, and to lose is to find.' He was talking about memories!"
"So, if we keep going, we'll lose our memories..." Sora sighed,"No wonder they call it Castle Oblivion."
"So...the higher we go, the more we forget?" Donald asked,"What if we forget everything and we can't get it back?!"
"I'd forget Riku and Kairi, too..." Sora pouted,"Wait! What's happening to Hara?!"
Donald shrugged, who knows where or what would happen to that girl? They just needed to get her back.
"Maybe we should turn back," Donald suggested.
"Don't worry!" Goofy smiled,"Hara's in danger so we can't go back... We might forget where we've been or what we saw, but we won't forget our friends."
"What makes you so sure?" Donald asked.
"Sora, when you turned into a Heartless, did you forget about us?" Goofy asked.
"Of course not!" Sora quickly answered,"I'd never forget you!"
"Well, see, there ya go!" Goofy prooved his point,"No matter what happens, you won't forget your friends."
Sora looked up at Goofy and smiled,"Yeah, you're right. Thanks, Goofy."
"I guess there's nothing to be scared of after all," Donald smiled,"So, let's go!"
Donald started to walk off, but as he walked off Sora remembered something about when he was a Heartless.
"Hey, Donald..." he called,"Back when I was a Heartless, who was the one who clobbered me, hmm?"
"THAT'S what you should be forgetting!" Donald frowned.
Sora and Goofy laughed at Donald, and then headed for the next world.

Chapter 3​

They opened the large doors to the next floor of the castle, Floor 2. As they ran inside, they stopped as the man in the black cloak was stood there. Sora, Donald and Goofy got ready to fight him, although, he didn't seem evil, nor on the light side, nor the dark side, probably neither side.
"Well, Sora?" he asked,"Did you enjoy meeting your memories?"
"It was good to see everyone again," Sora frowned at him,"But, why show me an illusion? What do you want from me?"
"That depends on what you have to give," he replied, and started walking towards them, but as he did so a black portal appeared behind him.
Another man in a black cloak, although this one had his hood down, he had large, red, spikey, hair, and black triangles marked under his eyes. He had a huge grin on his face, not smug, nor cheerful, everything was in between with these guys, they could never be one or the other.
"Boo!" the man greeted.
"What do you want?" the hooded man asked, not very happy that the other guy was there, but he kind of had no choice.
"I got bored," the other man replied, still smiling,"What with you hogging the hero. That other one is useless..."
The hooded man turned to the red-haired one, he chucked a card at him, which he caught with ease.
"Perhaps, YOU'D like to test him," the hooded bloke offered.
"Perhaps I would," the other guy replied.
The hooded man, walked backwards into a black portal he had made and left the red-haired man with the three others.
"Looks like it's my show now, Keyblade Masters," the man grinned.
"Masters?" Sora asked.
The red-haired man click his fingers and stepped to the side, behind him appeared a very faint Hara. She sat there in silence and defenseless.
"Hara!" Donald cried, Hara still sat there.
"My name is Axel," the red-haired man introduced himself, ignoring any form of them engaging with Hara,"Commit it to memory."
"Um...Sure," Sora replied.
"Good, you learn quick," Axel stated,"So, Sora, now that we're on the first-name basis..."
He held out both arms at wingspan length, flames whirled around in a swirling pattern and there appeared two spike-tailed, wheels. Sora and the others got out their weapons and got into their battling positions.
"...don't go dying on me!" Axel finished, and the cards were layed.

(As I said I can't describe battles or explain them because of the card system in the game)

A card was shining brightly, floating in mid-air. Sora reached out his hand to grab the twinkling item. Sora took a good look at what these cards were.
"More cards?" Goofy asked.
Jiminy climbed up on to Sora's back to also see the new cards they had been given,"Hmm... They look kind of like the card that made Traverse Town."
"Then we need these to go on..." Sora nodded.
"Correct," a voice agreed from in front of them.
Axel stood there, arms crossed and leaning against the wall. Sat next to him was Hara, still very dazed. It was like Hara was on there side, but powerless to do otherwise. Hara was in their power, she was their puppet, although, Ryoko was nowhere in sight.
"Axel!?" Donald screamed, Axel walked towards them.
"After an introduction like that," Axel began,"You don't think I'd just give up the ghost?"
"So, you were just testing our strength?" Sora frowned, it seemed this castle had more tricks up its sleeve than they thought.
"Congratulations, Sora!" Axel congratulated, sarcasticly,"You passed! You're ready to take on Castle Oblivion. Follow your memories. Trust what you remember, seek what you forget, and you will find someone very special."
"You mean Riku and the king?" Goofy wondered.
"Well, I don't know," Axel replied,"You'll just have to give some more thought into who's most important to you. Our most precious memories lie deep in our hearts, out of reach. But you can find yours, Sora."
"Where?" Sora asked, frantically,"How?"
"The light within the darkness," Axel answered,"You've lost sight of it, Sora. You've forgotten forgetting."
"Light?" Sora raised an eyebrow,"I don't understand..."
"Would you like a hint?" Axel offered the confused boy.
"Well, Sora?" Goofy ushered him, but Sora was still confused, hints can be either helpful or useless, and what about Hara and her heart? Was it gone forever?
Axel held his hand out, in case Sora said yes, but to his surprise Sora shook his head.
"No," Sora denied the help,"I want to figure it out for myself. And if you get in my way--"
"He won't!" Donald interrupted,"We won't let him!"
"That's my kind of answer," Axel smiled, slyly, and pulled his hand back into his own reach,"Just what I'd expect from the Keyblade Master. But, be forewarned... When your sleeping memories awaken, you may no longer be you."
Axel grabbed Hara by the back of her collar and their dark portal opened. Axel and Hara disappeared, leaving Sora and the others to the journey of worlds and Heartless.

As they walked up the stairs to the next floor, Jiminy sat in Sora's hood, wondering what Axel meant by,'no longer being himself'.
"Hmm..." Jiminy sighed.
"Something wrong, Jiminy?" Sora asked, turning to his hood as far as he could.
"What Axel said's been bothering me..." Jiminy answered,"What could he have meant by 'you may no longer be you'?"
"Come on," Sora laughed,"How can I be anyone besides me?"
"I know," Jiminy nodded,"Still, it always pays to be careful."
"Yeah, just about anything can happen here in Castle Olibbity..." Goofy agreed, but the effects of the castle had already started, Goofy was starting to forget the name of the Castle,"Uh... Oblostemy..."
"Oblvion!" Donald snapped, reminding him.
"Right, what you said," Goofy nodded.
"We'll be fine," Sora re-assured them, turning to the argumentative two,"Whatever they're cooking up, together we can handle it."
"Hey, remember that other castle we explored together?" Goofy asked,"With all the contraptions?"
Sora, Donald and Jiminy stood in thought for a moment, trying to remember what Goofy was on about.
"When was that?" Sora asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Contraptions?" Donald wondered,"I don't remember any castle like that. What was it called?"
"Gawrsh," Goofy thought hard,"What was it again? Holla...Holler... I forgot."
"Oh, for Pete's sake!" Donald yelled, agitatedly.
"You sure you didn't make it up?" Sora folded his arms.
"I don't think so..." Goofy sighed.
Goofy upset himself by the others not beliveing him, but there were more important matters. Sora got out the next World Card, he headed for the next world.

Chapter 4​

They wandered into a familiar world, the dusty sand spread across the land and the golden buildings towered over them. Goofy then noticed something happening in the streets.
"Look, Sora!" Goofy cried, turning to the young boy,"Someone's in trouble!"
There a boy, a bit older than them, stood holding a sword, surrounding him was a group of shadows.
"We'd better do something!" Donald cried.
The three of them ran towards them with their weapons in hand ready to fight the Heartless off.
"Looks like you could use some help!" Sora offered to the boy.
"Thanks, I thought I was done for!" the boy thanked.

After fighting the surrounding Heartless, more and more appeared.
"They just keep coming!" Donld stated.
"Guess we'd better see if the legends are true," the boy cried, and grabbed a lamp from his pocket,"Magic lamp, my first wish! Get rid of these Heartless!"
A blue puff of smoke appeared from the opening of the lamp and out came a blue genie. It had golden cuffs around its arms and a huge grin on its face.
"Did someone say 'wish'?" the Genie asked, smiling,"Then stand back, kids, genie of the lamp coming through! There ain't nothin' I can't make right as rain--well, if we HAD rain. But enough dry jokes. One Heartless disappearing act, coming right up!"
He lifted up his large hand and pointed upwards, the Heartless vanished into nothingness.
"Gawrsh!" Goofy's eyes were as wide as the vast sea, the shock on his face of the Heartless disappearing.
"Why didn't you call him in the first place?" Donald asked.
"It's not that simple," the boy replied, turning to Donald and the others,"You see--"
"I couldn't have said it better myself," the Genie interrupted,"But I will anyway! I'm strictly limited to three wishes per master. And no wishing for more wishes!"
The Genie poofed away, probably back into his lamp.
"So, you've got two wishes left?" Sora wondered,"Better use them carefully."
The boy turned to Sora, and nodded,"I've got to get to the palace somehow. But with all these Heartless..."
"Hey, Sora," Goofy caught his attention,"We're headed that way too, so why don't we go with Aladdin?"
"Sounds like a plan," Sora nodded, smiling.
"That would be great!" Aladdin smiled,"Thanks a lot, guys!"
They walked through the Heartless filled city encountering many battles, it was good to practise Sora's card skills, but annoying when you want to get somewhere in a hurry.

As they continued heading through the streets, Goofy suddenly pondered a question.
"So, uh, why are you going to the palace, Aladdin?" Goofy asked.
"It's this magic lamp I found in the Cave of Wonders," Aladdin explained, gesturing to the golden coloured lamp,"I need to get it to the palace right away! I'm lucky I made it back to Agrabah in one piece! The cave was crawling with Heartless."
"Wasn't there anyone else there to help you?!" Sora asked, shocked.
"I know how you feel, Master," the Genie smiled,"I've been delivering happiness for 2000 years, and what help do I get? I keep dreamin' someone will wish me outta this gig. But go figure the odds on that."
"Well, how 'bout I use my third wish to set you free?" Aladdin offered.
"Doth my pointy ears decieve me?" the Genie's mouth had grown from a grin to a large smile,"Master, you'd do that for me? You're not just pullin' my topknot now are you?"
"I promise, Genie," Aladdin smiled, Genie's hopes had risen,"Anyway, there's only one thing I really want."
"Then we'll just have to DO something about that, Al!" Genie said,"Can I call you, Al? So, what'll it be? Fame? Fortune? A herd of luxury camels to call your very own?"
Aladdin bowed his head and thought how to phrase his up-coming wish, his head rose,"Well, there's this girl. Her name's Jasmine. She's princess of Agrabah. And... That's the problem. It's hard for a guy like me to get a chance to see her. That's how this all started. Jafar, the royal vizier, said he would help me meet Jasmine."
"Sounds like your wish should be that you can see Jasmine anytime you want, huh?" Sora suggested.
Genie smiled,"Well, I've got just the package for you! Not only will you meet the lady, you'll go in style... as Prince Ali! How d'ya like the sound of that, Al?"
Aladdin stepped back in shock,"Me, a Prince! Can you really do that?"
"In an Agrabah minute!" Genie boasted.
Aladdin turned to Sora and nodded,"I guess the legends were true after all. Sora, let's hurry to the palace!"
They stopped their conversation and made a dash for the palace, still encountering Heartless unfortunately. They walked on the walls of alleyways and streets.

As they walked through a door on a wall, they were distracted by something happening in the street down below.
"Hey!" Donald cried,"Look at that!"
"Who is that...?" Aladdin asked, in the street below, in the middle of a circle of Heartless, a young girl, with black plaited hair, sat in a turqoise/blue outfit, she was in a praying position,"It's Jasmine!"
"She needs our help," Goofy stated.
"We'll never make it in time," Sora said, clenching his fists.
Aladdin thought for a moment,"Then I've no choice. Genie, I wish for you to save Jasmine!"
"Can do," Genie replied, and started floating down to the girls rescue,"CHAAARGE!"
He held up his hand and zapped the Heartless away, they disappeared into nothingness. While the young girl lay on the floor, the others ran down the wall to go and help. Aladdin knelt down to aid Jasmine.
"Jasmine!" he yelled, trying to wake her up.
"We're lucky," Goofy smiled, taking a good look at Jasmine,"She fainted, but it looks like she's okay."
"But now you've only got one wish left," Sora sighed, and looked at Aladdin.
"Not again!" Aladdin frowned,"Sorry, Genie, but you're the only one who can--"
"Wait!" Sora interrupted,"This is your last wish! Don't waste it."
He got out his Keyblade and got ready to fight,"This time, let US handle the wish-granting."
The Heartless kept returning through the battle, but soon were defeated.

Sora smiled at Aladdin,"See? We didn't need Genie this time."
"Thanks, Sora," Aladdin thanked,"So, I'm down to my last wish..."
Suddenly, everything went funny, the group looked around to see what was going on.
"What the--" Sora cried.
"Wak!" Donald screamed,"What's happening?!"
It all went silent, and Aladdin searched for the lamp to make sure it was ok, but to his surprise, it was gone.
"Oh, no!" he cried,"The lamp, it's gone!"
On the wall where the group had entered from, a tall, robe covered man walked along and towered over the group.
"Hmm, it seems my plans have gone amiss," the man sighed,"I was certain you'd waste your last wish... what with poor Jasmine in distress and the Heartless to deal with. But no matter. At last the lamp is mine to command!"
"Why are you doing this, Jafar?!" Aladdin gritted his teeth,"I brought the lamp, just as you asked!"
"Don't think you can fool me boy!" Jafar cried,"You were going to use the lamp to win Jasmine! But we can't have that now, can we? You see, I'm the one who Jasmine will marry!"
"You?!" Sora asked.
"If I marry Princess Jasmine, nothing can stop me from becoming the king of Agrabah!" Jafar explained,"You're nothing more than a pawn in the game, street rat! Genie! My first wish! Deliver Jasmine to me!"
Genie grabbed the fainted Jasmine and brought her to the evil vizier. Aladdin looked at Genie in dismay.
"Genie!" he called,"What're you doing?"
"Sorry, Al," Genie apologised,"My hands are tied on this one. I gotta obey whoever has his mitts on the lamp."
"Precisely," Jafar agreed,"Farewell, Aladdin...you fool!"
Jafar and Genie wandered into the city, the defensless girl in Genie's arms, being dragged to her fate. Aladdin bowed his head and sulked.
"Great," he sighed,"Now I've lost Jasmine AND the lamp."
"Well, you can feel bad about it some other time," Sora frowned,"If you don't pull yourself together, you'll never see Jasmine again! You lost the lamp, so what? You can still save her on your own! Losing someone you care about is bad, but not as bad as never getting them back!"
"Sora..." Aladdin sighed, he then thought for a second, he lifted himself from his sulk,"You're right. I can't give up now! I'm going to save Jasmine!"
"But, Jafar's got the lamp," Donald said,"We can't just walk up to him and expect to win..."
Aladdin thought for a second,"Maybe we can. I've got an idea. Listen up!"

After hearing Aladdin's plan, they ran to the palace. Outside the doors, Jafar stood, but by his feet a fainted Jasmine still lay. Although, Aladdin was not with the three heroes, Sora and his friends were ready to fight.
"What's this?" Jafar chuckled,"Has Aladdin given up on his precious Jasmine already?! Well, I'm not going to waste a wish on the likes of you three, I'll deal with you myself."
Jafar walked towards the three of them and Sora opened his mouth.
"Aladdin!" he yelled,"Now!"
Aladdin jumped off the ledge and down to them. Jafar turned to the brave boy.
"What?" Jafar cried, in shock,"You! Genie, seize him!"
As Aladdin walked forward to Jasmine, Genie appeared in his way,"Al, forgive me!"
Genie knocked Aladdin into the wall, it was like a concrete block, but even though he was hit into the wall, he still looked up and smiled.
"You fell for it, Jafar!" Aladdin smiled.
Jafar's eyes widened,"What do you mean?"
"He means that you just blew your second wish, only one wish left," Sora explained, smiling, smugly.
"Go ahead!" Aladdin yelled,"Use it to win Jasmine's heart, you'll still have us to deal with!"
"Oh, NOW, I get it," Genie smiled,"Al, you're so clever!"
"Well, well," Jafar walked towards Aladdin,"The cunning of a rat. But unfortunately, you can not see beyond the cheese. Your little ploy changes nothing! I can crush you once and for all AND make Jasmine my own!"
Jafar turned to Genie, and smiled,"Genie! My last wish! Transform me into an all-powerful genie!"
Genie sighed and lifted his hand, but before anyone said anything, a small voice cried out to Sora.
"Sora!" a young girl cried, on top of the ledge where Aladdin had been waiting a young girl was sat, she looked like Hara, only she was blonde and wearing different clothes, but the face was the same, the girl smiled,"Here!"
She chucked a card down to Sora and then ran into the dark portal she had created. Genie zapped and Jafar had transformed. He was fire red and sat in the lava down below them as they had been transported to a battle field. Sora stood on a block platform and got ready to fight.
"It's so hot!" Sora complained,"Jafar must be doing this..."
The battle had begun and the girl's card must've been to help him.

The battle was long and hard, and when it was over Jafar returned to his black lamp.
"That takes care of that," Donald smiled.
"Yep!" Goofy agreed,"Jasmine's saved and we got the lamp back, too! Hey, Aladdin, don't you still have one wish left."
"He sure does," Genie smiled,"Time for me to make a prince outta this guy. 'Course, I'd like to be free, but like they always say, genies can't be choosers. You're probably miffed about that whole puppet-of-Jafar thing, anyway. Go on, Al. Wish for what's really in your heart. Be a prince. Get the girl."
"Okay, here goes," Aladdin sighed,"I wish for Genie's freedom!"
The cuffs on Genie's arms dropped and he grew legs. Genie was free from orders and wishes.
"But, Al..!" Genie cried.
"Now, no-one like Jafar can use you for evil again," Aladdin explained,"Genie, you're free!"
"Al, I'll never forget this," Genie thanked,"But what about Jasmine? What're you gonna do?"
Aladdin bwoed his head and explained,"I was wrong Genie. If I used your help to win Jasmine... I'd be no better than Jafar. Jasmine means the world to me. I want to show her the real me."
Sora smiled at Aladdin,"That's the spirit."
"Thanks, Sora," Aladdin thanked,"And good luck!"
"What for?" Sora raised an eyebrow.
"I was ready to give up back there," Aladdin replied,"But you said some things to keep me going. That's when it hit me. You must be looking for someone you care about, too."
"Yeah..." Sora bowed his head, thinking of who he was looking for.
Aladdin turned to the freed Genie,"Listen, Genie..."
"Say no more, pal," Genie interrupted,"I know JUST what you're thinking. Here you go, Sora!"
Genie zapped a card in front of Sora, he grabbed the card and saw that a picture of Genie was on it.
"Whenever you need me, just call," Genie offered,"That okay with you, Al?"
"Of course!" Aladdin smiled.
Sora looked up,"Are you sure?"
"Anytime at all," Genie repeated,"Hey, without you guys, I might never have been able to ditch that lamp! And I think Aladdin will be fine on his own now."
Sora smiled at both Genie and Aladdin,"Wow, thanks a lot!"
"Lets hope both our wishes come true, then," Aladdin said,"Take care, Sora."
Aladdin ran off into the city, he left Sora and his friends to go back to Castle Oblivion. Sora and his friends said goodbye to Genie and then ran back to the Castle and continued their journey.

Chapter 2​

"Like this?" Sora asked, the man in the black cloak appeared again to show Sora how to use the cards.
"Yes," the man nodded,"Go, Sora. To lose and claim anew, or to claim anew only to lose."
This time he disappeared for good, Sora needed to find Riku, but to be able to still stop Heartless, he'd need Hara back too.
"C'mon guys, let's go," Sora nodded.
Sora used the card to open the door, he ended up in a very familiar town.

"Wait, this can't be right!" Sora yelled, through the first district, although it seemed no-one could hear him, as no-one was there,"We're in Traverse Town!"
The black, cloaked man was standing behind Sora,"It isn't reality that you see."
Sora turned and the man then went the other side of him,"This town is an illusion conceived by your memories ingrained in that card."
"My memories?" Sora asked, slightly confused by the whole card thing.
Jiminy then jumped off Sora's shoulder and started trying to get his attention,"Forget about that, Sora! We're two heads short!"
Sora turned to see if Donald and Goofy were there, but the only two companions he had left had now disappeared aswell,"Donald?! Goofy?! Guys, where are you?!"
Sora suddenly remembered the man was standing behind him, he angrily turned to the man,"What did you do with them?!"
"They are at the mercy of the cards now," the man replied, calmly,"Your other friends, however, are being prisoned away from you. Lost in their own memories. Master the cards, and their strength will be yours again."
The man offered to teach Sora how to use the cards in battle, Sora learnt quickly how to use them and ho he would lose them, if he did not use them wisely.

After Sora was taught how to use the cards, Donald and Goofy re-appeared. They ran towards Sora in joy of being free from the cards.
"Are you two all right?" Sora asked,"Where have you been?"
Donald stomped his foot,"You tell us! When you opened the door, there was this weird light... The rest is a big blank."
"Well..." Jiminy jumped up,"Try to remember what happened, I need to keep my journal up to date."
"Hey, wait a second," Goofy looked at Donald, shocked,"Donald, where'd you get the new duds?"
"You too, Goofy!" Donald cried back,"Somebody's been messing with our clothes!"
"The cards again?" Sora frowned, turning to the man.
"That is for you to ponder," the man replied,"Master the cards and make your way through the castle. From here on, you walk alone."
"You mean we can't go with him?" Goofy asked,"That's not fair!"
"Yeah!" Donald agreed with Goofy,"Sora can't do anything without our help!"
"Thanks a lot, Donald!" Sora shouted, angrily, back at the duck.
"You sure you'll be okay?" Goofy sighed.
"Of course!" Sora smiled in reply, he turned back to the man in the black cloak, who was waiting for him to achknowledge him,"You want me to go alone? Fine. I can take care of myself."
"Hmm..." the man stared at Sora through his deep black hood,"The hero speaks boldly. Go, then. The rest of Castle Oblivion awaits. Walk the avenues of latent memory, and you will meet someone dear to you. Just remember, someone is watching you and will do anything to find you again."
The man faded into his darkness and left the others to say the things they needed to.
"I have a really bad feeling about this..." Jiminy groaned.
"Relax, Jiminy," Sora comforted,"I'm ready for any tricks he's got up his sleeve. How hard can it be to figure out these cards? All I have to do is use one against that door over there."
Sora said turning to the door that lay in front of him, he walked over and used the card he needed, but beyond the door he was ambushed by Heartless.

Using the skills of cards he already new, his first thing was to just run to the door nearby. He then used the cards to open the next door, after only a short time of battling alone, Sora was already lonely.
"Hmm..." Sora pouted,"Fighting alone isn't as easy as I thought..."
"Sora...?" a faint voice asked, from behind the crates in the alleyway.
Sora turned to see who was there, but no-one stood there at all, maybe this card thing was getting to him. Two green cards fell to the ground beside Sora and started to change their form, just then Donald and Goofy appeared.
"AAAH!!" Sora screamed, as the cards changed,"Don't pop out of nowhere like that!"
"It's not our fault," Donald apologised,"We don't know what's going on, either."
"Gawrsh, your fightings gotten kinda rusty," Goofy changed the subject,"You sure you don't need us?"
"I'm fine, honest," Sora smiled, kind of happy that they were that concerned about him.
"Think like that, and you're as good as a Heartless fodder," a familiar voice said to Sora.
Just then, a very familiar face walked over to the group, obviously noticing Sora and the others' re-appearance to Traverse Town.
"Leon, it's you!" Sora cried, turning to see the man standing there,"What are you doing in Castle Oblivion?"
"Castle Oblivion?" Leon raised an eyebrow,"What are you talking about? This is Traverse Town. And how do you know my name?"
Sora raised an eyebrow at Leon, how could Leon forget them so soon?
"Quit playing, Leon!" Sora ordered, starting to worry now,"We fought Heartless together! You know that!"
"Look," Leon replied,"I don't know what you're talking about. I don't even know your names."
"You don't?" Goofy pouted.
"Sorry," Leon apologised,"I'm looking for a small girl at the moment, so I'm pretty busy, she's been missing for days, along with a small lion cub, if you see her, let me know, I'll be around."
"Hara, right?!" Sora asked,"And I just can't believe it. How can you have forgotten about us?"
"Yeah, that's right," Leon nodded,"And, hey, I feel for you, but you've got the wrong guy. Happens all the time, don't take it so personally, Sora."
"You DO know his name!" Donald interupted.
"Now, now, hold on," Leon stopped them, trying to think,"Why do I know your name?"
Goofy bent down to Donald to talk with him in private,"You think Leon's just kidding around?"
"If he is, it's not very funny," Donald frowned,"Sora's really hurt, but how come he can remember Hara?"
"Don't forget, Leon and the others knew Hara before she met us," Goofy replied.
"Who's kidding around, Goofy?" Leon asked,"You and Donald are the ones who--"
"Hey!" Goofy interupted, turning back to him and Sora.
"I don't get it," Leon thought-out-loud,"What's happened to my memory?"
"I don't know, Leon," another familiar voice called,"Maybe Aerith was onto something, after all."
Another familiar face came wandering down to the group, probably overhearing the conversation.
"She said she sensed some uncanny kind of power and asked us to look into it," the woman told Leon,"Well, we looked, and this is as uncanny as it gets. Maybe we should bring Sora and the others to Aerith. Anyway, have you found her?"
"Yuffie, you know my name?!" Sora interupted.
"Yep!" Yuffie smiled,"Looks like you know mine, too."
"No, I haven't found her, anyway, a friend of yours?" Leon asked Yuffie.
"Nope!" Yuffie replied to Leon, turning back to him,"Total stranger. But I definately know his name. Strange, yes, but convenient! We can skip the introductions."
"Well, gee, Yuffie, I guess all our problems are solved," Leon replied, sarcasticly, he began to think again.
"Anyways, I'm gonna run ahead and fill Aerith in," Yuffie said,"Leon, you give Sora and the others the grand tour, and continue searching for her. See ya later!"
Yuffie ran to find Aerith and left Leon with Sora and his friends.
"Well, let's get on with it then," Leon sighed,"Come on, follow me. Be careful though, there are still Heartless wandering around town."
Leon then decided he'd teach Sora a few skills instead of showing him around.

"Here, I found this lying around, you take it," Leon offered, after their lesson.
He chucked it to Sora and Sora then looked up at him.
"Remember what I told you," Leon said,"And make good use of it."
Leon walked off and Sora and the others followed, only for a little while, they then found a door. Sora opened it using his cards, it was starting to become easy to him how to use them, but he knew that these weren't the only cards he'd come across through Castle Oblivion.

Leon, Yuffie and Aerith stood in a house-type, building, like they were waiting for Sora to arrive. As Sora and the others walked up to them, Yuffie and Leon stood to one side, so that they could talk to Aerith.
"Aerith," Sora began,"Tell me, you haven't forgotten me, too."
"I don't know whether to say, 'nice to meet you' or, 'good to see you again'," Aerith replied, she was confused aswell,"It feels like a little of both. I don't think I know you, but I still feel like you belong here."
"Yeah, exactly!" Yuffie agreed,"Like we've never met, but it still doesn't feel weird knowing your name."
"But, I'm telling you we HAVE met," Sora replied, trying to convince them,"We took on the Heartless together, we were a team!"
"It feels like you're right..." Leon nodded,"But I still can't remember."
"Then I guess you won't remember what you told me," Sora sighed,"In Hollow Bastion, when me and Hara sealed the Keyhole: 'We may never meet again...'"
"...but we'll never forget eachother," Leon finished.
"See, you do remember!" Sora smiled.
Leon stood and thought for a moment, but Yuffie's eyes widened,"He's right, Leon! I remember you saying that, too!"
"I guess I can't write it off as a coincidence, then," Leon crossed his arms.
"I don't think I have any memory of it..." Aerith agreed,"...But somehow I still remember. Maybe Sora's heart is doing the remembering for us."
"How does THAT work?" Sora asked.
"We don't know you, Sora, but your heart is full of memories of us together," Aerith explained to the confused boy,"Those memories must resonate in our hearts, too. Maybe they tell us things that we couldn't otherwise know."
"So, you're saying Sora's memories are effecting ours?" Leon asked.
"His memories do seem to have a certain power," Aerith turned to Leon,"By the way, did you find her?"
"Nope," Leon shook his head,"No sight of her at all, but back to this, this is confusing enough."
"Maybe it's like that guy said, then," Sora thought a-loud,"This town is just an illusion. Something my memories created."
"And..." Aerith replied,"There's someone special to you in this town?"
"How did you--" Sora asked, shocked,"Ah, I get it. My memories are resonating with yours, telling you what happened. Anyway, yeah, a friend of mine is somewhere in this town, obviously my other friend isn't here. I mean, Castle Oblivion."
"Castle Oblivion?" Yuffie asked, puzzled,"What's that? There aren't any castles in Traverse Town."
"That's not quite what I meant," Sora answered Yuffie.
"Sora probably still has his own questions, right?" Aerith interupted.
"Right, we just got here after all," Sora nodded,"It wouldn't hurt to take a look around."
"Then go have a walk around town," Leon suggested,"There are Heartless, but that no problem for you."
"So, you know I can fight!" Sora smiled.
"I can't say I remember, but I'm starting to believe," Leon replied.
Sora and the others left the house and headed to find Cid.

"Well, whaddaya know, it's Sora!" Cid greeted the boy,"Hey, you ain't seen Hara, have you? Wait, what am I saying? I don't know you. But you do LOOK like a Sora, what with the spikey hair and baggy pants... Guess I just call 'em like I see 'em."
"It's okay, Cid," Sora smiled,"That's my name. And no, I haven't seen Hara."
"So, you've heard of me!" Cid smiled,"Well, I can't say as I'm surprised."
"Anyway, maybe you can help me out," Sora changed the subject,"A friend of mine is supposed to be somewhere in this castle-- er, town."
"Yer friend, huh?" Cid repeated,"Lately, all this town sees is Heartless. Can't even take two steps without gettin' attacked. This plaza's the worst."
Cid turned to the large bell tower up on the balcony, and sighed.
"Word is we'll have a jumbo-sized Heartless on our hands when that bell rings," Cid sighed,"If you value your hide, you'd get out of here while the gettin's good."
Cid wandered off, to get to his hiding spot before the bell rang, leaving Sora and his friends alone.
"Gawrsh, maybe he's right..." Goofy worried.
"Don't you want to see the Heartless?" Sora asked, trying to scare Goofy.
"NO!" Donald screamed,"We DON'T!"
Suddenly, the bell rang and the ground started to shake, trying to stay up right the three of them had to get ready to fight, mostly Sora though, as this time he didn't have an extra Keyblade with him.
"The bell!" Donald cried.
"Sora!" Goofy cried,"Look out!"
The first ever Heartless giant that Sora had ever fought re-appeared right in front of him. It seemed like de-ja-vu, as Sora was just starting to learn his abilities all over again and he was fighting the same Heartless again. Although, the battle would be harder now he was using the cards and didn't have a proper stratedgy.

(I can't write battles as I do not own the game and I can't describe exactly how the cards work, if I get the game before I finish this part of the Kingdom Hearts Story I will write the battles out)

After the battle, Yuffie, Aerith, Leon and Cid stood with the other three, as it was now time for them to part.
"So, your friend wasn't here?" Yuffie asked.
"No, I don't think I'll find him in this town," Sora shook head,"But he's somewhere in this castle. I just know it."
"Castle?" Cid asked, he was not informed about the whole situation at the moment,"Like this whole town is in some humongous castle? Hoo, that's rich!"
"He's probably right, Cid," Leon backfired Cid's joke,"We may not understand what's going on, but Sora does. He can see that reality is bigger than just this world."
"I wish I was that sure," Sora sighed.
"You'll be okay, Sora," Leon comforted,"No matter what shape reality takes, you can handle it. I may not remember you, but I know you in my heart."
"Leon..." Sora began.
"Take care, Sora," Yuffie smiled.
"I'm a little lost..." Cid sighed, but smiled at him anyway,"But best of luck, anyway."
"Oh, by the way, Sora, if you find her say hi from us," Leon asked, as Sora nodded.
Leon, Cid, Yuffie and Aerith walked off and so did Goofy and Donald, but as Sora was about to leave he hung his head down low. Aerith came walking back to Sora, he looked up at her and raised an eyebrow.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I don't have all the answers, but there's something I thought you should know," Aerith answered,"Your memories created this town, right?"
Sora nodded,"That's what the guy who gave me the card said."
"If that's true, then this town is just a figment of your mind..." Aerith sighed,"And so are we."
"But..." Sora cried,"You can't be a figment! You're standing right here! The town is here, too!"
"But I'm not really me," Aerith sighed,"I don't remember the things I should. I sense things I shouldn't. Sora, beware your memories. In the journey to come, you'll be faced with more illusions. Sometimes the shadows of your memory will decieve you, try to lead you astray."
"So..." Sora was slightly confused about what Aerith meant,"Uh... What exactly does that mean?"
"I'm just another illusion, Sora," Aerith explained,"The truth is out of my reach."
"Don't say stuff like that..." Sora turned his head,"It's depressing."
"No, Sora," Aerith disagreed,"You mustn't let illusions distract you from what's truly important."
"Okay," Sora nodded.
"Sora!" Donald cried, he and Goofy were stood waiting to go back to the main Castle.
"Are you ready to go?" Goofy asked.
"Yeah, be right there," Sora smiled,"Well, Aerith, I'd better be going."
Sora turned to wave to Aerith, but she was gone.
"Aerith?" Sora called.
"What about her?" Donald asked, as he and Goofy ran over to Sora.
"She's gone!" Sora replied,"I was just talking to her, and now, she's gone!"
"Aerith left with Leon and the others, remember?" Goofy raised an eyebrow at Sora.
"Huh?!" Sora yelled, really confused by what had just happened.
"You were standing here by yourself," Donald explained,"We wondered what was going on."
"So, this is what she meant..." Sora whispered to himself.
All three of them decided to head back to the main castle and see what new adventures awaited them.

Now come on, you don't think I was going to leave you with just KH1 did you? Nooo, I'm giving you KH: CoM too and yes in English! Thankyou, everyone who left me a comment and thought my story was good. :)

Chapter 1​

The five still ran through the fields, but the moon soon shone over. Sora sat up, he looked over to see Donald fast asleep on Goofy and Ryoko curled up next to Donald. Sora got up and walked down the path a bit.
"Sor..." Hara began to say, but was interupted.
Sora turned, but his friend had disappeared.
"Ahead lies something you need--" a new voice told Sora, he quickly turned round, but no-one was there.
He felt a chill down his back and turned around again to see a man in a black cloak standing there.
"--But to claim it," the man continued,"You must lose something dear."
Sora ran towards the mysterious figure, but he turned and faded into the night.

In a white room, a young, child sat drawing. In the cage hung near the child, a small doll sat. The child had drawn a castle, the child put it down and the castle became real, it sat on the end of a white path.

Sora, Donald and Goofy walked towards it, it may have been night, but the castle was scary enough as it was. They opened the door and walked inside.

"Looks like nobody's home," Donald stated, after they had a quick look around.
"Hara..." Sora whispered,"Ryoko..."
"You sure we should just barge in like this?" Goofy asked.
"We have to if we're gonna find the king..." Donald replied, thinking of the person he only briefly saw a while ago.
"The King?!" Goofy's eyes widened,"King Mickey's here?!"
"Maybe, maybe not," Donald replied,"Something told me he'd be here, that's all."
"Really?!" Goofy asked,"But... Now that you mention it, I was thinkin' the same thing."
"Are you serious?!" Sora gasped,"So was I! One look at this castle, and I just knew: They're here."
"Well, whaddaya know," Goofy laughed,"Great minds think alike, I guess."
"Guess again!" a familiar little voice said, jumping off of Sora's shoulder,"This can't be mere coincidence!"
"Why, Jiminy?" Donald asked,"Don't tell me that--"
"I felt it, too," Jiminy finished.
"Gawrsh, maybe it's contagious," Goofy replied.
"Or maybe something funny's going on," Donald started to get suspicious,"I think we should go check it out."
"Okay," Sora nodded and started to wander off.
"Hey, where are you going?!" Donald cried.
"To check it out," Sora replied,"What's the matter, scared?"
"D-Don't be ridiculous!" Donald stuttered,"Come on, Goofy!"
"Okay, but we should shut the door behind us," Goofy nodded and turned to go shut the door, but instead he got a fright,"Sora!"
The cloaked man from before was standing there, he walked forward, he bagan to walk closer to them. The three of them got ready to fight.
"Who is THAT?!" Sora ordered for an answer.
"It must be a Heartless!" Donald cried,"Let's see how it handles my magic! THUNDER!"
Unfortunately, nothing happened, the small duck was left quite confused,"Huh? That's odd. THUNDER! THUNDER!! Umm... Fire! Blizzard? I don't get it, why isn't my magic working?"
"I should think it's obvious," the man in the black cloak replied,"The moment you set foot in this castle, you forgot every spell and ability you knew... Though the forgetting does not end there. In this place, to find is to lose and to lose is to find. That is the way of things in Castle Oblivion."
"Castle Oblivion?" Sora asked.
"Yes..." the man in the black cloak now faded and appeared behind them,"Here, you will find people you know."
He stood a step to the side, to show a young girl sat there, she was sat like Kairi did when she lost her heart.
"Hara!" Sora cried, but the girl did not budge.
"People you miss," the man continued.
"Look," Sora replied,"There's no-one--"
Sora stopped himself and thought for a moment,"Riku! You mean Riku! He IS here!"
"Do you want to find him?" the man asked,"If you do..."
The man pushed his palm into Sora's direction and then walked straight through him. Sora ran over to him and attacked with his Keyblade, but one hit and pink petals flew everywhere, the man and Hara both appeared in front of the door that was opposite the front castle door.
"What did you do?!" Sora cried.
"I sampled your memories," the man answered,"And from them, I made this."
He held out a blue framed card, his fingers covered the picture on the card though so Sora was unable to see it.
"This is the key to re-uniting with those you hold dear," the man explained, and chucked the card into Sora's hands.
"What is this, a card?" the confused boy asked.
"A promise," the cloaked man corrected,"Use that card and press on. You will find your friend."
The man and the girl both disappeared, Sora now knew he had to fight to get his friend and Riku back.

Chapter 20​

They walked down a navy-blue/purple coloured staircase, down into a world that had really, only got puple/navy-blue floorings of world, sat in a purple, watery type goo, and not a proper ground base, the rest of the mist was a light pink and white colours. The five of them walked down to the edge of the what seemed to be, starting point of their hopefully final battle.
"Gawrsh," Goofy looked round,"Is this really all that's left of the worlds taken by the Heartless?"
"Those worlds will be restored if we beat Ansem, right?" Sora asked.
"You betcha," Donald nodded.
"But that could also mean goodbye..." Hara sighed.
"But, if we do beat him," Sora continued,"And all these worlds become restored and disconnected, what's gonna happen to this place? And to us?"
"Well, uh..." Donald stuttered.
"This is a Heartless world," Hara answered,"So, maybe it'll just disappear."
Sora, Donald and Ryoko turned to Hara in shock.
"But no worries," Goofy re-assured,"Even if this place goes poof, our hearts ain't goin' nowhere. I'm sure we'll find our pals again. Yup, I just know that we will."
"Yeah, you're right," Sora nodded, he held out his hand where Kairi's charm lay, he looked at it and thought about what he'd promised.
"I'll return this, I promise,"he thought to himself, and held the charm close to his chest.
They headed for the bright light at the end of all the destroyed worlds, the light took them to a dark valley.

They jumped down the platforms and headed for Ansem. They flew in front of a giant, bat-like, man-like creature, it was grey and hard to see through the black fog, but it's eyes shone a deep yellow that showed where it was. Ryoko hid himself behind Hara, this had to have been the scariest thing they had ever seen. Underneath the strange creature a volcano sat, but the creature was in the volcano...
They had to fly at all times, and attack it's face, but occassionally it would make the fire in the volcano rise and burn them all. Luckily, the stratedgy was to then fly away as far as you possibly could. Nearing the end of the battle it sent out fire balls, and rose its fire a lot more, but they still aimed for the head.
It let out a huge roar, a burst of blue flame burnt the creature and rid away its heart. They let the beast die in peace and headed into the fire. A heartless sign was marked on the wall, and heartless surrounded them, as they stopped re-spawning, the sign vanished. They ran through the door, the door... It seemed so familiar, yet so new...

The five heroes ran to the middle of the beach, the sea was calm, like it always was.
"Is this..." Sora muttered,"Is this my island?"
Sora walked to his secret place and stared at the shrub covering it.
"This world has beeen connected," the voice that had told him this information ran the words through his head again, but as it spoke, the island started to disappear.
"What was that?" Goofy asked, maybe Sora wasn't the only one that could hear this voice.
"Tied to the darkness..." the deep voice continued, as the rest of the world disappeared,"Soon to be completely eclipsed. There is so very much to learn. You understand so little. A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing, can understand nothing."
The world was back to normal, but it now was like an earthquake had happened, cracks in the ground and chunks of the beach cut off. A boy stood at the edge of the beach, where it was now cut off from the ocean. The group ran up to where the earthquake cracks began and stopped, the boy did not face them, but he knew they were there.
"Take a look at this tiny place," the boy said, but it wasn't his voice, it was the deep voice from before with Kairi and the others,"To the heart seeking freedom this island is a prison surrounded by water. And so this boy sought to escape this prison. He sought a way to cross over into other worlds. And he opened his heart to darkness."
The boy turned around and the man from before with Kairi and the others turned to face them.
"Riku!" Sora cried, as his friend disappeared.
"Don't bother," the man laughed at Sora's pettiness,"Your voice can no longer reach him where he is. His heart belongs again to darkness. All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, grows, consumes it. Such as its nature. In the end, every ehart returns to the darkness whence it came."
The man appeared behind them and Sora and Hara backed off to the edge of the island.
"You see," he continued,"Darkness is the heart's true essence."
"That's not true!" Hara snapped back.
"The heart may be weak," Sora explained,"And sometimes it may even give in. But I've learned that deep down, there's a light that never goes out!"
"So," the man floated high up,"You have come this far and still you understand nothing."
"They do understand!" Ryoko gritted his teeth in the teenagers' defence.
"Every light must fade," the man explained, and Ryoko gritted his teeth harder as he started to become in pain, the darkness was after his heart,"Every heart return to darkness!"
A shadow version of the man appeared behind the man himself, and Ryoko was too weak to fight, the man's darkness had taken him hold and clutched him tight.

The man's Heartless shielded him many times, but attacking him from the back seemed to be the most painful towards him. The Heartless launched towards them and attacked with it's hands, but other than that they were easy to dodge. Although, with Ryoko's heart being concealed with darkness after his attempt of defending his friends, he was now possessed by the man as well, and now he attacked them. Ryoko occassionally sat out of the battle as he was weak, the Heartless was too weak to fight by now, and one last hit destroyed him.

The man floated off, leaving the five of them there, Sora, Donald and Goofy ran after him, but after the dark-filled, bloke had floated beyond the trees and past the cove, they stopped, Hara, on the other hand, ran towards the pain-filled, Ryoko. The island began to shake, like another earthquake was about to happen. The island was now completely cut in half and falling apart, but part of it was filled with the darkness, where the man stood. Sora and the others, except from Ryoko as he was now fighting in favour of the darkness, but in this battle he was not, Sora and Hara were the only ones able to enter the dark area where the man stood. Donald and Goofy were knocked back by an invisible wall.

The giant Heartless from the very beginning of Sora's journey, the one he encountered before he was taken to Traverse Town, appeared. They dodged the Darkside's basic attacks, the rest took a lot of thinking. They had to get the timing of the attacks just right, else they wouldn't work. They reflected Darkside's blasts back at the monster. It hit Sora and he flew to the edge of their arena, his Keyblade flew to the other side of the arena and Hara was left to fight alone. She followed her stratedgy for a while, before Sora started to wake up. He ran up to his Keyblade and grabbed it, Darkside was almost finished, together they hit him, and together they destroyed him.

The island started to rumble again. Darkside was finished, but the man was far from destroyed. His Heartless returned for another beating, but this time so did Ryoko. The small lion lept into the arena ready to fight.

The man, Ryoko and his Heartless turned into a dark ball and started attacking Sora and Hara. They continued the same attacks as before when they first fought him, but occassionally his Heartless and Ryoko would attack and it was hard to attack from behind. The man could control the darkness though, and with that power he caused the same type of black holes as Cerberus had made when they fought him. The two of them dodge rolled along them so they didn't get hurt. The man's Heartless could occassionally freeze the two Keyblade holders and drain their energy like puppets. As the battle progressed, the man was becoming harder to hit, but eventually Ryoko grew too tired and fainted donw. His heartless then gave up and the man was defeated. For now...

Darkness surrounded them and only glimpses of eachother was seen.
"Wha...?" Sora cried, as he could no longer see.
"Behold the endless abyss!" a deep voice said, as the others turned to him,"Within it lies the heart of all worlds: Kingdom Hearts!"
A door was gestured to, it was a grey-ish, white colour.
"Look as hard as you are able," the deep voice continued,"You'll not find even the smallest glimmer of light. From those dark depths are all hearts born. Even yours."
Sora looked down at the ground to notice they were standing on a red monster.
"Darkness conquers all worlds!" the voice cried.
The group dropped, Ryoko fell too, he was still faint as his heart was being taken by the darkness. Donald, Goofy and Ryoko were taken into a portal, whilst Sora and Hara kept falling.
"Giving up already?" a familiar voice told Sora, as he fell through the darkness,"Come on, Sora. I thought you were stronger than that."
"Believe in your heart, Hara," a familiar voice told Hara,"And your light will shine through."
Sora and Hara fell deeper within darkness, but a while later they came flying back up, they released their Keyblades and got ready to fight. This fight had to be one of their hardest.

They flew up and attacked the now giant man, he was huge, and moved around a lot, it was hard to hit him, but he sometimes stood still. Although, his attacks were powerful, and they became more powerful, as Ryoko's heart was being drawn to him instead of the darkness. Occassionally, beams would strike at them and they had to dodge them or lose magic. The beams came faster and more of them came as the battle neared an end, especially with Ryoko's heart almost gone. The last hit was made, but this still wasn't the end...

Ansem headed for a different part of the monster, and so did the other two.
"Sora, wait!" Hara called, grabbing Sora's arm, he turned to the distraught girl,"I need to help Ryoko! I don't want his heart to disappear!"
"Don't worry, it won't," Sora re-assured, as they flew to fight, hopefully, the last battle.
Just then, Goofy and Donald appeared to help, in Goofy's arms, a very hurt Ryoko lay. Darkness coming out of him as he was so weak, Goofy lay him on part of the monster, and quickly flew back to the others.

The all attacked the giant man once again, but the beams were now just directly coming at them and hard to dodge. He occassionally absorbed power from Ryoko's heart and used it against the others. They kept attacking the man, but because he was weak, he wasn't that hard.

(Now, I know that's not how you do it, but I just wanted this chapter done, ok.)

The vessel started to explode, and Ryoko started to open his eyes.
"Ryoko!" Hara cried, she flew through the vessel and grabbed him, she held him tight and flew to the others.
The whole vessel exploded, but it wasn't the last of the dark-filled man. Sora and the others flew up to him, Hara held Ryoko close to her as he began to wake up.
"It is futile," the man sighed,"The Keyblade alone cannot seal the door to darkness."
He turned to the door, asking it for its power.
"Kingdom Hearts!" the man cried,"Fill me with the power of darkness..."
The grey-ish, white door started to let out blackness, only slightly though.
"Supreme darkness..." the man begged.
"You're wrong..." Ryoko tried to say.
"I know now, without a doubt," Sora continued the weak lion's sentence,"Kingdom Hearts..."
"Is light!" Hara finished the sentence.
A light shone through the door and beamed out into the darkness. The light beamed through the man and he vanished into the darkness or the light, wherever he went, he deserved to go...

Down on the path that came out from the door, the five friends ran, Ryoko was stronger now and was able to help.
"Come on!" Sora ordered, as he pushed on one side of the door, beside him stood Hara pushing and on the other door side, Donald, Goofy and Ryoko pushed it closed.
Goofy took a peek inside while he still could, but to his surprise, whatever lay beyond the door was a surprise.
"Stop staring and keep pushing!" Donald ordered him, he turned to see inside too, along with Ryoko and they both got a fright.
"The Heartless?!" Goofy and Donald cried in unison, that was what lay beyond the door?
Maybe the man was right, darkness really did conquer all worlds...
"Hurry!" Hara cried, pushing against the door.
"I can't..." Sora panted, still trying to push.
"Come on, Sora," Hara whispered.
"Don't give up!" a familiar voice called, and helped by pulling the door closed,"Come on, Sora, Hara! Together we can do it!"
"Okay!" Sora nodded, and started pushing.
"Wait!" Hara cried,"You're not going to trick us this time, right?!"
"No!" Riku replied,"Now, come on!"
Behind Riku inside the door, the Heartless began to rise.
"It's hopeless!" Ryoko yelled.
Inside the door the Heartless disappeared, a light shone and small, mlouse-like figure jumped up, it raised it's Keyblade in the air.
"Your Majesty!" Goofy and Donald called.
"Now, you guys!" the King suggested,"Let's close this door for good!"
"Close it, quick!" Ryoko ordered.
"But..." Sora whimpered.
"Don't worry," the King comforted,"There will always be a door to the light."
"Sora, Hara, you can trust King Mickey," Goofy nodded.
"Now!" Riku ordered,"They're coming!"
"Donald, Goofy, thank you," the King thanked.
They closed the door slowly and Riku turned to Sora.
"Take care of her," he begged.
Sora nodded and they closed the door, together. Now, time to seal the final Keyhole. Sora and Hara jumped back and raised their Keyblades. Inside the door, the King raised his, the icy, blue beams sealed the door, Kingdom Hearts was sealed and the friends were now safe. Sora and the others stared at the now blankness, but Sora felt like someone was behind him. He turned to see a familiar little girl, she looked puzzled at her surroundings. Hara turned to see where Sora was looking, but Sora was already half gone down the path. Hara decided to follow. The two friends ran down the path together, where their old friend stood.

Chapter 21​

Her feet shimmied back from the pale sand, as the two worlds were about to seperate. The sand and the path were becoming further and further apart.
"Kairi!" two voices cried, as two young teenagers came running towards the frightened girl.
"Sora," Kairi replied, and walked closer to him, but the worlds were pulling apart.
Hara stood behind Sora as she knew this didn't include her. The worlds started pulling apart and Kairi almost slipped, but Sora grabbed her hand.
"Kairi," Sora said,"Remember what you said before? I'm always with you too, I'll come back to you, I promise!"
"I know you will!" Kairi called back, but their hands pulled apart.
(Now for real effect start listening to Simple and Clean :))
Kairi and Sora started trying to reach for eachother again, but they were now too far apart. Kairi stood up properly and held her hands close, but Sora didn't want her to go. She clutched her hands in a cup way, as a star fell into them, she looked up and saw all the stars falling. Sora watched his friend go back to his island, Hara turned away from Kairi, but she did walk in Kairi's fashion, one hand holding her wrist and wandering off, Sora on the other hand stayed to watch the stars.
Behind Kairi the island started to form once again, she turned to watch all the trees be re-formed and the secret place and the cove, and the...Well... Everything! Kairi stood at the edge of the beach watching the End of The Worlds light eventually start to fade.
Sora tried calling out to her, but Kairi could no longer hear him. The light started to fade into the island's night, Kairi bowed her head, but a new light caught her attention. Shooting, beams of light went straight to each star and looked so beautiful, as they shot over Kairi's head.
The night turned into day, and Kairi wandered past the waterfall and started to enter the secret place. She walked inside and looked around, she saw a light coming down from inside the roof, and so she decided to take a look. She then wandered over to the walls, where her and Sora used to draw, she smiled at some and then looked at the one Sora and her had done when they were kids and how Sora finished it. Kairi could see Sora finishing the drawing, in her mind her turned to smile at her, but this was only a dream, he slipped away. Kairi put her hand on it and a small tear of joy ran down her cheek. She then, finished the drawing completely...

♫Hold me, Whatever lies beyond this morning, Is a little later on, Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all, Nothing's like before.
When you walk away, You don't hear me say, Please, Oh baby, Don't go, Simple and clean is the way that your making me feel tonight, It's hard to let it go.
Hold me, Whatever lies beyond this morning, Is a little later on, Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all, Nothing's like before.
Hold me, Whatever lies beyond this morning, Is a little later on, Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all, Nothing's like before.♫

♫Motto, Hanasou yo monokuzen no, Ashita no koto mo, Terebi keshite, Watashi mo koto dake wo, Mite ite yo.
Donna ni yokutta-tte, Shinjikirenai ne, Sonna toki datte, Soba ni iru kara, Kimi to iu hikari ga watashi o mitsukeru, Mayonaka ni.
Motto, Hanasou yo monokuzen no, Ashita no koto mo, Terebi keshite, Watashi mo koto dake wo, Mite ite yo.
Motto, Hanasou yo monokuzen no, Ashita no koto mo, Terebi keshite, Watashi mo koto dake wo, Mite ite yo.♫
Done without a lyris site, because I can sing the song in both languages :).

Credit: Kingdom Hearts © of Square Enix and Disney
Hara and Ryoko © of naminememories, you are free to use them, as long as I get some credit in it, I have got a pic of Ryoko if you want to use it and Hara is basically KH2 Kairi, shorter hair, and green eyes, oh and the same height as Sora.
Simple and Clean/Hikari © of Utada Hikaru
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Chapter 22​

The friends wondered along a large brown path, wherever it lead is where they'd stop, and that would be there destination, only for now.
"Well, now what do we do?" Donald asked, as he walked alongside Ryoko.
"We've gotta find Riku, King Mickey and Cloud," Sora replied.
"But, uh, where do we start lookin' for that there door to the light?" Goofy reminded them, walking alongside Hara.
The five of them remembered that and looked down hopelessly. Ryoko heard a noise from in front of them and looked up. A very happy Pluto walked along with a letter in his mouth.
"Pluto?" Donald asked, and the dog turned to him.
"Hey, Pluto, where have you been?" Goofy asked.
On the side of the letter a very familiar marking was printed, only one that Donald and Goofy could recognise though.
"Gawrsh, that's the King's seal!" Goofy cried, as he saw the marking.
"Hey, have you seen King Mickey?" Sora asked, in hopes of finding everyone else.
The dog lept up and started running down the path, Ryoko started running after him, and Hara and Sora followed.
"Guys, let's go!" Hara suggested, and started running after Ryoko and Pluto.
As the five friends ran along the path, they remembered that friendship and their hearts would help find their friends, and if they stuck together nothing could tear them down.





"Remember, Sora and Hara. You are the ones who will open the door to the light."

Chapter 17​

When they reached the third district, they headed for the house Leon and the others would've been in and they were right they were there.
"Tell me," Leon asked,"What happened?"
Sora explained to Leon what happened, while Hara and Kairi told eachother about their seperate lives.
"So, the darkness is flowing out of that Keyhole..." Leon said, when everyone was finished.
"No wonder there are more and more Heartless everywhere," Aerith replied,"The only way to stop them is--"
"Seal the Keyhole, right?" Sora interupted, holding up his Keyblade.
"Maybe," Leon replied,"But no-one knows what will happen once it's sealed."
"Well, we can't just stay here," Hara replied, she always treated Leon and the others with respect, no matter what they've done,"We have to do something."
"I've got a friend back there!" Sora interupted.
"That's right," Leon replied, calmly, like nothing had happened at all,"You have one more friend to worry about. Riku's Keyblade must have been born of the captive Princesses' hearts-- just like that Keyhole you saw."
"Of course, without Kairi's heart, it remained incomplete," Hara interupted, carrying on Leon's explanation.
"Once that Keyblade was destroyed," Leon continued his explanation,"The Princesses' hearts should have been freed. Don't worry, Sora. If anyone can save your friend, you can."
After they spoke with Leon and the others, the five, now six, friends headed for the secret waterway in Traverse Town.

Donald, Goofy, Ryoko and Hara wandered off, leaving Sora and Kairi alone, but Hara didn't walk as far as the others, she wanted to listen in on her friends' conversation.
"The light at the end of the tunnel..." Kairi said, looking at the magic door at the end of the secret waterway.
"Oh, your grandma's story, right?" Sora replied.
"That's right," Kairi nodded,"We were together."
"You know what's funny?" Sora asked,"I looked everywhere for you, but you were with me all along. Finally, we're together, Kairi. Now, it's time to get Riku back."
"You think it'll ever be the same again between us?" Kairi wondered,"Riku's lost his..."
"When I turned into a Heartless, you saved me, remember?" Sora asked, changing the subject.
Sora's memory took over his vision for a moment.
"I was lost in the darkness," Sora explained,"I couldn't find my way. As I stumbled through the dark, I started forgetting things-- my friends, who I was. The darkness almost swallowed me. But then I heard a voice--your voice. You brought me back."
"I didn't want to just forget about you, Sora," Kairi smiled,"I couldn't."
"That's it!" Sora gasped, he held his hand against his chest,"Our hearts are connected. And the light from our hearts broke through the darkness, I saw that light. I think that's what saved me. No matter how deep the darkness, a light shines within. I guess it's more than just a fairy tale."
"Well, let's go," Kairi said.
"You can't go," Hara called, not realising what she was saying, both Sora and Kairi turned to her, she walked over and smiled.
"Why not?" Kairi asked, sort of disappointed she couldn't go.
"She's right, it's way too dangerous," Sora explained.
"Come on, you guys," Kairi pleaded,"We made it this far by sticking together. You two can't go alone."
"Kairi, even if we're apart, we're not alone anymore," Sora tried to persuade her she couldn't come,"Right?"
"I can't help?" Kairi asked.
"You'd kind of be in our way," Hara giggled.
"Okay," Kairi giggled,"You win."
She grabbed Sora's hand and placed a star-shaped object in his palm. He looked at Kairi confused.
"Take this,"Kairi said, her hands on her hips, like a nagging parent,"It's my lucky charm. Be sure to bring it back to me!"
"Don't worry, I will," Sora smiled, clutching it tightly.
"Promise?" Kairi asked.
"Promise," Sora re-assured her.
Kairi got out another charm, but half of it was broken off, Hara took out the other half of the charm, they held them out in front of eachother.
"Promise!" both girls said, in unison.
"Don't ever forget, wherever you guys go, I'm always with you," Kairi smiled at them both, as they now had to go back to Hollow Bastion.

Chapter 18​

The beast stomped up the stairs to the Hollow Bastion castle library. Where a girl in a beautiful, yellow-golden, dress stood facing the bookshelf.
"Belle!" the beast gasped, as the girl turned around.
They hugged eachother and then kissed(<ewww!).

Sora and the others headed back to the Keyhole room, where a purple creature stood. The room was different now, it was more like a cloud, or mist room as it rather be known as now.
(Oh joy of joys walkthrough to Behemoth, from Final Fantasy, another awesome game:
Although he isn't the hardest boss of all, he does have quite a lot of HP. The stratedgy is: climb on his back, attack his horn and try to stay on when he tries to throw you off. His attacks are when you're in front of him, go behind him and you will be fine. Now, story time children:

They walked over to the large Keyhole, which was now complete, and it looked sort of evil.
"Now, let's go and seal that big Keyhole!" Goofy suggested.
"Sora, Hara, you did it," a familiar voice said from behind them.
They walked through a green, glowing archway, they found Leon and Aerith standing waiting for them.

"We may never meet again, but we'll never forget eachother," Leon explained.
"No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again," Aerith continued explaining.
"Besides, I couldn't forget you two even if I wanted to," Yuffie joked, she was standing facing opposite them.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sora asked.
"Sora!" Donald cried from behind him.
"Hurry!" Goofy ordered,"Come and close the Keyhole!"
"Sora, Hara, good luck," Leon said.
What would happen after they sealed it, though? Does it mean goodbye? Or does it mean the darkness will take over?

Sora and Hara walked over to the glowing Keyhole. They lifted up their Keyblades, still unsure about what would happen, the icy, blue light, beamed into the Keyhole, it sealed the Keyhole and disappeared, but now what would happen?

They decided to head to one last world, before seeing if their were any other worlds around to visit.

Chapter 19​

They headed back to Traverse Town and headed to Merlin's house. The book on the table was something they hadn't seen before. They'd found the pages and decided to take a look inside, the cover was blank, and it didn't have a story. Only Sora and Hara entered the book, the others could not. They walked into an empty meadow, where a small, yellow bear in a red t-shirt sat in thought. He was sitting on a tree, it had obviously fallen down sometime ago and was now in the empty meadow.
Sora and Hara walked over to the small bear and stoo in front of the fallen tree.
"Think, think," the bear said to himself,"Think, think."
"Hi, there," Sora greeted,"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just thinking," the bear replied.
"Oh," Sora sighed.
"I was thinking of how to say goodbye to Pooh," the bear explained.
"Pooh?" Hara asked.
"Yes?" the bear answered.
"Wait a second," Sora wondered, as the two teenagers jumped up to sit next to the bear,"You're Pooh?"
"Yes, I'm Winnie the Pooh," the bear introduced,"Pooh for short, who are you?"
"I'm Sora, this is Hara," Sora introduced.
"Oh, hello, Sora, Hara," Pooh greeted,"Have you come to say goodbye to Pooh, too?"
"Well, no," Sora shook his head,"Why would we do that? We've only just met."
"Because everyone's gone away," Pooh replied.
"What do you mean?" Hara asked.
"Well, we all lived here in the Hundred Acre Wood," Pooh explained,"And we'd take walks together, or play Pooh sticks... And every day, I'd eat some honey. Just one small smakeral would taste very good right now. But now everyone's gone. All my friends, and my favourite Hunny Tree too. Everyone must've gone away while I was napping, I think... So, who knows? Maybe I shall end up going away somewhere as well. But I wonder, how do I say goodbye to myself? Think, think, think. Oh, my tumbly is getting rather rumbly."
Pooh wandered off back home, so Sora and Hara decided to follow him.

"Oh, bother," Pooh groaned, as he looked into his last Hunny pot,"There's no more honey left. If only the Hunny Tree would visit... Then I could eat my fill."
Pooh set off to find the Hunny Tree and Sora and Hara watched him leave the small home.
"This bear doesn't give up, does he?" Hara said to Sora.
"He's probably lonely," Sora replied.
Hara nodded and they set off to find Pooh once again.

"Hello, i-is anyone there?" a small, scared voice asked.
In the log lying on the ground, next to the large, hole-filled, tree, a little, pink. piglet came trotting out.
"Wh-Wh-What am I to do?" the small piglet asked himself,"I'm all alone. Pooh? Pooh? Where are you? It's me, Piglet."
Behind the tiny piglet, stood Sora and Hara, but when Piglet turned round, he was so scared he hid behind the large tree. Sora and Hara went the opposite way round the tree to walk up behind him again, but Piglet knew this time they were there. Piglet shook with fear and had trouble talking.
"Oh dear!" he gasped,"I was j-just... N-Nevermind, I'm sorry!"
Sora and Hara bent down to see the poor, little thing more.
"Don't be scared," Hara comforted.
"You're looking for Pooh, right?" Sora asked.
"You know Pooh?" Piglet asked,"Oh, y-you see, I-I have something for him. I have to take it to Pooh right away!"
He turned round to see that Pooh was walking up to the large, hole-filled tree.
"Oh, Pooh!" Piglet called, as he ran up to the bear.
Sora and Hara wandered over to see what Piglet had got for Pooh.
"Oh, I believe I smell a delicious something--a something like honey!" Pooh sniffed.
"Pooh!" Piglet cried, as he was now close to the bear.
"Hello, Piglet," Pooh smiled,"How have you been?"
"Oh, I-I'm so glad to see you, I thought you'd gone away," Piglet replied,"I brought wh-what you asked for."
Piglet gave Pooh a very nice, blue balloon.
"Thank you, Piglet," Pooh thanked, holding his balloon,"Now I can finally have some honey."
"Really?" Piglet asked,"B-But how?"
"I shall hold onto the balloon, and fly like a bee up the Hunny Tree, see," Pooh explained.
"But if you take their honey, won't the bees be angry?" Piglet wondered.
"Hmm..." Pooh thought,"Oh!"
Just then, Owl flew over and explained to Sora and Hara how to help pooh get the honey, they knocked the bees away, as Pooh got his honey.

Pooh hung out of a hole in the Hunny Tree, eating the honey from the inside.
"It is rather funny," Pooh said to himself,"What I will do for honey."

They walked down to Rabbit's house, where they heard a springy sound come from up the path. A joyful tiger broke the bridge and bounced on his tail, through Rabbit's vegetable patch and bounced right into Sora. As they tumbled a little down the path, Sora lay flat on the ground, while the tiger was pounced on top of him.
"Hey, there!" the tiger greeted,"Name's Tigger! T-I-double-guh-RR. That spells Tigger!"
"It also seems to spell trouble," Hara giggled, lifting the joyous tiger off of Sora.
"Well, now!" Tigger continued, as Hara put him on the ground,"I don't think I've ever seen you two before!"
"Hello, Tigger," Pooh greeted, as he was stuck in Rabbit's hole, only half of him was outisde,"You've just bounced my new friend Sora, and the other one is Hara."
"Hey, Pooh," Tigger greeted,"Say, you're lookin' mighty uncomfy today. Is that some new exercise? Why, bouncin' around is a lot more fun."
Sora tried to get himself up.
"Wh-Why do you bounce around so much, Tigger?" Sora asked, as he brought himself up.
"Why?" Tigger repeated,"'Cause boucin' is what Tiggers do best. Speaking of which, my bouncin' spot has gone and disappeared. So, for now, this'll be my new boucin' ground."
Tigger decided he'd teach Sora and Hara how to bounce. They practised really well.

"Say, you kept up pretty good there, you two, especially for a non-Tigger," Tigger complimented,"Let's have another go!"
While they did some more bouncing, Pooh had now got his head stuck in a Hunny pot.

"Oh, bother," Pooh said,"Where am I? It's ever so dark in here. Well, it isn't so bad, I suppose. There is plenty of honey."
"Oh, Pooh," Hara giggled, she and Sora helped him get the pot off of his head.
They had soon found everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood, but it now got dark. They sat on a hill and watched the final part of the sunset. Hara and Sora sat on the hill together, while the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood sat on the hill it seperate places.

"I'm so glad we're all together again," Piglet started a conversation,"I didn't know what to do when I was all alone."
"Aw, Piglet, you gotta be brave," Tigger replied.
"You weren't lonely at all?" Piglet asked.
"Lonely?" Tigger repeated,"Are you kiddin'? I'm a Tigger! The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one. But I do admit, friends are awfully fun, too."
"Think, think, think," Pooh said to himself, as Sora and Hara turned to him.
"Hey, Pooh," Sora wondered,"What are you thinking about now?"
"Oh, well," Pooh replied,"I'm just thinking about what to think about."
Hara burst out laughing and Sora turned to her.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"Oh, don't worry," Hara replied, calming down now.
"Well, we're off," Sora changed the subject.
"Where are you going?" Piglet asked, wanting them to stay longer.
"We're gonna go look for our friends," Hara replied, as they started walking away,"They're waiting for us."
"Bounce on back again!" Tigger said.
"Well, if that means we're welcome back, we'll try and visit again," Hara replied.
"I hope you find your friends!" Piglet smiled.
Sora and Hara walked on back out of the book, but Pooh looked over at them. They waved goodbye and so did the residents of the wood.
"Sora, Hara, don't forget..." Pooh promised,"We shall always be here."
Sora and Hara walked out of the book, but Pooh still spoke to them.
"If you'd like to visit again, that is," Pooh said.
A shooting star washed over the sky in it's golden, glittery, glory.

The book closed as the last page was finished, the lock on the front cover sealed. The cover of the book now read 'Winniw The Pooh', with a picture of, from left to right, Hara, Sora, Pooh, Piglet and Tigger, walking through the wood.

Chapter 16​

"No vessel, no help from the Heartless..." a boy stated, talking to a brown, furred beast,"So, tell me, how'd you get here?"
The waterway rumbled, making it hard to hear, shouting was probably the best option.
"I simply belived," the furry, beast replied,"Nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again, no matter what the cost. I believed I would find her. So, here I am... She must be here. I will have her back!"
"Take her, if you can," the boy replied, the beast roared at this outburst.
The beast lept up at Riku, but he dodged the attack... Matrix style. The next thing the beast knew, he was collapsing to the ground.
"Stop!" Sora ordered, as he and his friends arrived at Hollow Bastion.
"This isn't how I remember it..." Hara whispered to herself, looking around at the ruins.
"So, you finally made it," the boy laughed,"About time, I've been waiting for you. We've always been rivals, haven't we? You've always pushed me, as I've always pushed you."
"Riku..." Sora sighed.
"But it all ends here," the boy replied,"There can't be three Keyblade masters."
"What are you talking about?" Sora asked.
"Let your Keyblade choose..." Riku interupted,"It's true master!"
Sora's Keyblade tugged out of his hands, it shone and fell into Riku's.
"Huh?!" Sora and Hara gasped.
"What?!" Donald, Goofy and Ryoko gasped.
"Maleficent was right," Riku said,"You don't have what it takes to save Kairi. It's up to me. Only the Keyblade master can open the secret door... and change the world."
"But that's impossible," Sora replied,"How did this happen? I'm the one who fought my way here with the Keyblade!"
"You were just the delivery boy," Riku sneered,"Sorry, your part's over now. Here, go play hero with this."
He chucked a wooden sword over to the distraught Sora. Sora fell to his knees, he thought about how far he had gotten, all to save Kairi, all for nothing.
"Goofy," Donald said,"Let's go. We have to remember our mission."
"Oh, well..." Goofy stuttered,"I know the King told us to follow the key and all... But..."
"Sora, sorry," Donald apologised.
They didn't feel right about what they were doing, but they followed Riku anyway, Ryoko ran after and stopped, he looked at Hara looking down at Sora.
"Come on!" Ryoko ordered.
"Huh?" Hara looked up at the lion edging his way to Riku.
"This might be your final chance to find Cloud, and Kairi!" Ryoko explained.
"Oh..." Hara sighed, and looked down at Sora,"But... I'm sorry, Sora. But he might be the one who can take me to Kairi, and Cloud!"
Ryoko and Hara ran after Riku, leaving the poor, mislead, Sora on the floor, the beast crept up next to him, but fell in front of him. Sora jumped up and ran towards the beast.
"Hey, don't move," Sora ordered,"You're hurt."
"Why..." the beast grunted,"Why did you... You come here? I came to fight for Belle. And though I am on my own, I will fight. I won't leave without her. That's why I'm here."
Sora turned to the wooden sword on the floor, it might not of been as strong as the Keyblade, but it might've been his only chance to save Kairi now.
"Me too," Sora replied to the beast,"I'm not gonna give up now. I came here to find someone very important to me."
The beast and Sora ran for the castle nearby, although it took a while to find it, Hara would've known where to go, she'd lived there most of her life, but unfortunately she was under the power of Riku now.

There in the middle of a black room, a young girl lay there, darkness fading over her, and the woman who told Riku all his information, walked up the room, looking at the secret door.
"O purest of hearts," the woman asked,"Reveal to me the Keyhole!"
The girls in the cases heart's shone a ppink colour and revealed the Keyhole to the evil woman. Meanwhile, the beast and Sora were after Riku and his friends.

"Be on your guard," the beast warned, as they walked into the dark room,"They're close, I can feel it. Are you ready for them?"
A noise was heard from behind them, the beast turned round quickly and so did Sora.
"Belle?" the beast asked, the bottom of a yellow dress was seen, but it quickly changed into a shadow.
The beast was filled with rage, he roared and it echoed through the whole castle.
"Quit while you can," a boy said from behind Sora,
"No, not without Kairi!" Sora replied.
"The darkness will destroy you," Riku replied, changing into a purple and black suit, with a beige/cream, back.
"You're wrong, Riku," Sora denied,"The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart! My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!"
"Really?" Riku asked, doubtfully,"Well, we'll just see about that."
Riku sent a beam of darkness at Sora, but Hara and Goofy ran in front of Sora. Hara's Keyblade and Goofy's shield defending the defenseless boy from the darkness.
"Sora ain't gonna go anywhere!" Goofy yelled.
"You'd betray your king?" Riku asked Goofy.
"Not on your life!" Goofy answered,"But I'm not gonna betray Sora, either, 'cause he's become one of my best buddies after all we've been through together!"
"And what about Kairi?" Riku asked Hara.
"Of course, I want to see her," Hara replied,"But not if it means leaving Sora behind, I know I don't know him as well as Kairi, but I know where my heart belongs, and Sora has found a place in my heart, and as long as my heart stays strong, so will our friendship."
"See you later, Donald!" Goofy called, as Ryoko came running over and clambered onto Hara's shoulder,"Could you tell the King I'm really sorry?"
"Hold on, Goofy!" Donald replied,"We'll tell him together!"
Donald came running over, the five friends were re-united, and they could overcome any obsticle, once again.
"Well, you know..." Donald said to Sora,"All for one and one for all."
"I guess you're stuck with us, Sora," Goofy joked.
"Thanks a lot..." Sora thanked, but he was still sad inside,"Donald, Goofy, Hara, Ryoko."
"How will you fight without a weapon?" Riku asked.
"I know now I don't need the Keyblade,"Sora explained,"I've got a better weapon. My heart."
"Your heart?" Riku tried not to laugh at the fact Sora thought his heart was a weapon,"What good will that weak little thing do for you?"
"Although my heart may be weak, it's not alone," Sora explained, once again,"It's grown with each new experience, and it's found a home with all the friends I've made. I've become a part of their heart just as they've become a part of mine. And if they think of me now and then... if they don't forget me... then our hearts will be one. I don't need a weapon, my friends are my power!"
The Keyblade shone a bright light and went back to its original owner, Sora. The more Sora understood about his heart's strength, the stronger his heart bacame.

Riku was fast, but his attacks at the moment were harmless. It was a trouble keeping near him as he was too fast to move up to quickly so it took a long time to get him down.

Riku knelt down and was now back to his normal clothes, he panted trying to get his breathe back, but then he ran off again.
"So, your heart won this battle," the beast said from behind them.
Sora turned to him and nodded.
They now had to solve the library puzzle.

"This shouldn't be too hard," Hara said, as they walked into the library,"I solved this when I was small, follow me!"

"Why?" a voice panted,"It was mine!"
"Know this," a deeper voice replied,"The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade."
"What?" Riku asked,"You're saying my heart's weaker than his?"
"For that istant, it was," the voice explained,"However, you can become stronger. You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunge deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger."
"What should I do?" Riku asked.
"It's really quite simple. Open yourself to the darkness. That is all. Let your heart, your being, become darkness itself."
Riku shone the light green again, how far will he go just to save Kairi, or is it just the spite and jealousy of Sora taking over his heart?

"So," Riku started, he was back in that black suit from before, but his voice had too parts, one deep, one normal,"I see the path has emerged at last."
"Yes," the woman replied,"The Keyhole to the darkness."
"Unlock it, and the Heartless will overrun this world," Riku explained.
"What do I care?" the woman, who was by now, being named Maleficent,"The darkness holds no power over me. Rather, I would use its power to rule all worlds."
"Such confidence," Riku interupted, he held out a black blade, a bit like a Keyblade, but it was from the darkness, you could tell that for sure.
"Oh!" Maleficent gasped at the marvellous weapon,"Impossible! The Princess' of Heart are all here! It must be her."
Riku and Maleficent walked over to the young girl lying on the ground, she was not in pain nor happy, but unfortunately her heart was concealed somewhere else.
"Without her heart," Riku explained,"She will never be able to release her power."
They heard a noise from the Great Chapel doors.
"The King's fools are here," Maleficent stated,"I'll deal with them myself. You stay here and guard the Princess'."

"I'm afraid you're too late," Maleficent sighed, as the others walked through the Chapel,"Any moment now, the final Keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness. It is unstoppable."
"We'll stop it!" Sora cried, getting ready to fight,"After coming this far, there's no way we're gonna let that happen!"
"You poor, simple fools," Maleficent insulted,"You think you can defeat me? Me, the mistress of all evil?"
They continued moving, Maleficent's power was stronger than they thought, and the platform she stood on was not making it easier. They attacked the platform to lower it and then got the chance to hit her, but as soon as she attacked, they ran behind the pillars.

Maleficent held her chest tightly as her heart began to fall into the darkness. As she gasped for air, Riku appeared from a purple portal.
"Do you need some help?" Riku asked.
"Riku!" Sora cried, almost happy to see his friend, even after the trouble he got him in.
"Is that--" Donald began.
"Yes," Riku replied, holding up his weapon,"A Keyblade. But unlike yours, this Keyblade holds the power to unlock people's hearts. Allow me to demonstrate..."
He quickly turned round to Maleficent quickly and the Keyblade sent a purple beam of light to her.
"Behold!" he cried,"Now, open your heart, surrender it to the darkness! Become darkness itself!"
"This is it!" Maleficent cried,"This power! Darkness... The true drakness!"
Maleficent morphed into a giant, black, dragon. She constantly flew around and breathed out fire, which they had to fly away from. When she calmed down they attacked her, that was there stratedgy, but as she became less strong, she started to fight more and more.

Before she fell down, she let out a giant, growl, her body shone the light green as did Riku before, while she lay on the floor, without her heart, just a black, ruined, cloak on the ground was left of her.
"How ironic," Riku said, walking over the dark smudge,"She was just another puppet after all."
"What?" Donald asked.
"The Heartless were using Maleficent from the beginning," Riku explained,"She failed to notice the darkness in her heart eating away at her. A fitting end for such a fool."
Riku walked backwards into his purple portal.

They ran up the stairway after Riku, but all they found was a young girl laying on the floor, but this girl was missed dearly, by two of the five heroes.
"Kairi!" Sora cried, he'd finally found her, at last, he ran over to her and held up her head, she wouldn't wake up,"Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes!"
"It's no use," a voice interupted, Hara looked up to see the betraying boy, and then back at her old friend, she knew what had happened all along, but as Hara said before, she knew all of this was going to happen, she knows more than she should,"That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up."
"What?" Sora asked, putting Kairi back down,"You... You're not Riku!"
"The Keyhole cannot be completed," theboy ignored completely what Sora had just said,"so long as the last Princess of Heart still sleeps."
"The princess...?" Sora raised an eyebrow,"Kairi's a princess?"
"What if I took her place?" Hara offered,"I'll do anything to help her!"
"No, that won't work, without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete," the boy jumped down off the ledge, explaining everything,"It is time she awakened."
"Whoever you are, let Riku go!" Sora ordered,"Give him back his heart!"
"But first, you must give the princess back her heart," the boy replied, he pointed the Keyblade at Sora, and he fell to the ground.
"Sora!" Hara cried, she ran over to him and held him close, as the possessed Riku came closer to them.
"What's--" Sora panted.
"Don't you see yet?!" the possessed Riku yelled,"The princess' heart is responding. It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rests within you!"
"Kairi..." Sora panted,"Kairi's inside me?"
"I know all that there is to know," Riku explained.
"No, you don't!" Hara cried,"You don't understand what true friendship, and other emotions are!"
"Tell me, who are you?" Sora struggled to say.
"It is I, Ansem," the possessed boy replied,"The seeker of darkness."
As the boy walked closer to Sora and Hara on the floor, along with Kairi, Donald screamed and ran up to attack him, but a wall blocked the path.
"So, I shall release you now, Princess," Ansem said, looking down at Sora and Hara,"Complete the Keyhole with your power. Open the door, lead me into everlasting darkness!"
As Ansem lifted his Keyblade ready to unleash Kairi's heart, Hara hid her face into Sora's shoulder, but a small voice inside Sora cried to him.
"Sora!" the voice cried, and Sora lifted his Keyblade in defense, Hara looked up to see the two Keyblade's locked ready for battle, Sora slowly brought himself back up, and Hara helped herself up, to release her Keyblade.
"Forget it!" Sora replied, pushing away Ansem's Keyblade,"There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!"
He pushed the Keyblade away and Hara was now his only company, Donald, Goofy and Ryoko had been blocked out of the battle, Sora and Hara had to fight alone.

The battle had to be the hardest ones in their whole adventure. As he tried to hit them, they fle in the air, but eventually, Hara was tired out and couldn't fight anymore, Sora now had to fight on his own, the battle grew harder as the possessed Riku stayed in a very strange state. As Riku became weaker, so did Sora, and he was running out of magic, but Hara opened her eyes, as she sat in the corner worn out, she used her last bit of magic to help Sora.
"Heal!" she whispered, she held her Keyblade up and Sora was now back to fighting normally, she closed her eyes and smiled.
Sora hit the possessed boy one last time, he turned a light blue colour and dropped his Keyblade.

"Riku!" Sora yelled, and ran after him, but he faded away, the others were now allowed into the place where they battled, the wall was now gone. Although, Hara still sat unconscious on the floor.
"Sora!" Donald cried.
"Sora, look!" Ryoko ordered.
"The... The Keyhole!" Goofy stuttered.
Sora started to walk up to the Keyhole, but then heard a faint voice call his name.
"Sora..." the faint voice called.
"Kairi!" Sora called in hope, as he turned to see who called him, Hara sat with a little smile on her face,"Oh..."
He walked over to her and helped her up, they both walked over to the Keyhole this time. They lifted up their Keyblades, but no effect happened.
"It won't work!" Goofy stated the obvious,"The Keyhole's not finished yet!"
They put their Keyblade's away, and thought.
"What can we do?" Sora asked.
"Maybe we've gotta go wake Kairi up," Ryoko suggested.
"I think you're right," Sora replied, turning to his heartless friend,"If we can free her heart... But... But how?"
"A Keyblade that unlocks people's hearts..." Hara repeated Riku's statement.
"I wonder..." Sora thought, he walked towards the mysterious Keyblade, as the others watched.
"Sora?" Goofy asked.
"Sora, hold on!" Hara cried.
"No, wait!" Donald yelled.
Sora turned to them and smiled, and turned the Keyblade inwards to him, and stabbed the Keyblade into his chest. A light shone from Sora's chest as his heart was being released. The Keyblade came out of him by itself and let out the other Princess' hearts. Each heart went to its rightful body. As the last heart came out of Sora, it went back to its rightful Princess... Kairi.
The girl opened her eyes slightly. Sora smiled as he glowed a bright, gold, he then closed his eyes again.
"Sora..." Donald cried, running towards him,"Sora!"
Hara stood and stared at her friend, a tear trickled down her cheek and onto the floor next to Ryoko, he looked up to find her wiping her tears away.
"Sora!" she screamed, trying to hold back her tears, running towards him.
Kairi got up slightly and looked to see Sora falling to the ground.
"Sora!" she cried, Hara stopped down the bottom of the stairs from the Keyhole, she'd waited so long to hear her voice again and now she did her world changed completely.
Kairi ran towards Sora and tried to stop him falling, but he turned into a star-like object and floated into the darkness.
"Sora!" Ryoko yelled.
"Come back, Sora!" Donald ordered, as his friend's left-overs sparkled away.

"What's..." Sora stuttered, as he fell deeper into darkness,"What's happening to me? Falling... Falling... Into darkness."

"Sora, are you really--" Kairi started, trying not to cry,"No. He can't be! I won't let him go!"
"Kairi!" Hara said, grabbing the girl's hand, she then thought back to her favourite memory.

"Hey, Kairi..." a small girl stuttered.
"Uh huh?" the other small girl turned round to her, they were holding hands, all they seemed to be standing in was darkness.
"We'll be friends forever, right?" the girl asked.
"I hope so, and if we're ever seperated, I'll remember you, I promise," the other girl smiled.
They ran through the darkness, smiling away.

"So, you have awakened at last, Princess," the deep voice that was possessing Riku said.
Hara let go of Kairi's hand and got out her Keyblade, she wasn't so mad about him possessing Riku, but more mad that her friend had been taken away from her.
"The Keyhole is now complete," a man appeared, wearing a strange outfit, unable to describe, but he had long grey hair, and was dark skin-toned man, the only thing to descibe is that he wore long white gloves,"You have served your purpose. But now it's over."
"Don't make another move!" Donald ordered, as the man walked towards them.
"Do you think we can stop him all by ourselves?" Goofy whispered to Donald.
"I don't know," Donald replied.
"With me you can," Hara whispered in reply,"Don't forget. I'm also a Keyblade master."
The man stopped suddenly, he started to twitch a little,"Impossible..."
A faint boy was seen, it was like seeing a ghost.
"No!" the boy yelled, trying to escaoe the man's body,"You won't use me for this!"
"Riku!" Kairi cried.
"Oh, so you know this betrayer too," Hara said, looking back at Kairi.
"You gotta run!" Riku warned,"The Heartless are coming! Even with the one Keyblade, you're in danger!"
Just then, Heartless appeared all around them. Kairi nodded at her friend, Hara ran in front to destroy the Heartless blocking their path.

"What about the Keyhole?" Goofy asked, as they were still running from the Heartless.
"Let's just get out of here!" Donald suggested.
As they ran down the long staircase, while Hara knocked back the Heartless, a strange Heartless seemed to have been following them the whole time. The Heartless finally reached them and just stood next to them.

"Confounded Heartless, get lost, will ya?!" Donald hit the Heartless on the head with his staff.
The Heartless turned to Kairi, as if he wanted her help.
"Sora?" she asked the little shadow,"Is that you?"
Hara lifted her Keyblade about to get rid of the Heartless for good, but she stopped herself, she dropped her Keyblade and held her chest.
"Sora has found a place in my heart..." that statement ran through her head, the Heartless turned to her and she smiled,"Sora..."
"Uh oh!" Ryoko cried, as the Heartless before had surrounded them again.
Donald, Goofy and Ryoko ran off to the sides to fight, Hara stood one side of the small shadow, ready to fight and Kairi stood the other.
"This time, I'll protect you," Kairi told the Heartless.
The Heartless surrounding them came closer and close, until they pounced on all three of them in the middle.
"Sora!" Kairi cried, and hugged the small shadow, Hara bent down and protected herself, under the shadows, but it was too much for the one Keyblade weilder to take.
As Donald, Goofy and Ryoko fought off the last couple of Heartless on the outsides.
"Kairi!" Goofy called.
A light shone through the pile of Heartless, knocking all of them back. There, stood Sora, holding Kairi close, while behind him, facing back to back, Hara held her Keyblade high and had her eyes closed. She pulled her arms down and still had her eyes closed.
"Kairi," Sora held her close,"Thank you."
Hara smiled and leaned on Sora quickly, she walked over to the others as Kairi opened her eyes.
"Sora..." she gasped, looking up at him.
"Sora!" Donald, Goofy and Ryoko gasped.
The remaining Heartless started to surround them, but the beast returned and fought them off for them.
"Go!" he ordered,"Now!"
"Come with us!" Sora pleaded.
"Time as a Heartless didn't change you then, huh?" Hara giggled.
"I told you before, I'm not leaving without Belle," the beast grunted,"Now, go! The Heartless are coming!"
"All right," Sora sighed.
"Finally, let's get out of here!" Ryoko ordered.

They left the ruins of Hara's childhood home home and headed back to her recent home.

uhhh only Danni n Vickiee but wots tht to u? they can do wot they like

Chapter 15​

The group remembered the tournament at the Colisseum, so they headed back there to enter.

Here's the battles:
10th Seed: Jungle Vice
Powerwild x4
Soldier x3
You should have no trouble with this seed.

9th Seed : Monkey & Magic
Powerwild x1
Green Reqiem x2
Red Nocturne x2
Yellow opera x5
Kill the monkey first, then attack the cluster of heartless mages.

8th Seed : Big Feet
Hammerlegs x1
Powerwild x4
Take out the 4 monkeys first, then the feet. Watch put for when the feet
raise up.

7th Seed : 6th Mage
Red Nocturne x5
Yellow Opera x5
Using Blizzard will not heal any of them, so thats a good attack to use
agaisnt them.

5th Seed : Nightwalkers
Large Body x1
Powerwild x5
Take out the monkeys, then the big blob guy.

4th Seed : Hard Hitters
Gauntlets x1
Blue Rhapsody x3
Shadow x4
Kill the normal heartles, then the blue guys, and then those hands.

3rd Seed : Indomitable
Large Body x2
Green Requiem x6
Kill the green things,because they heal the blobs then kill the 2 blob
guys. To easily get behind a blob guy, use dodge roll if you have it.

2nd Seed : Wild Corps
Gauntlets x1
Hammerlegs x1
Powerwild x4
Kill the monkeys, then the hands, and the feet. The order for the hands
and feet really doesent matter, just get rid of the monkeys first.

1st Seed : Shadow Battalion
Armored Torso x1
Yellow Opera x4
Blue Rapsody X4
Kill the Torso guy first, and then take out the rest of those annoying
freaky flyers.


"Yeah!" Sora cheered,"We're the champions!"
He held the trophy up high and all of them cheered, including Phil.

"Wow!" Hercules complimented,"And I didn't even hold back!"
"Now, i finally understand what you mean about strength if heart," Sora replied,"Mine comes from Donald, Goofy, Hara and, well, I guess Ryoko."
"Come again?!" Phil cried.
"If we stick together," Sora explained,"We're unbeatable. Not even Hercules stands a chance. With these guys beside me, I'm ready for anything!"
"But that's not exactly what I--" Phil was interupted by Hercules picking him up.
"Of course," Hercules replied, holding Phil up,"Your friends give you strength. Isn't that right, Phil? The five of you together make great heroes. And as a team, I'm sure you can overcome anything."
Sora and Hercules high fived and Hara hugged Ryoko.

Sora and Hara pushed the pedestal from their last visit, underneath the pedestal the Keyhole sat. Sora and Hara released their Keyblades and held them up. The tip of the Keyblades' fighting end flashed the icy blue, the Keyhole locked itself, and the world was sealed for now.
The five of them were now ready to overcome the obsticles of... Hollow Bastion.

Chapter 13​

The ghosts floated around, as the 5 of them walked into the town. They saw a crowd of people standing around and decided to listen in.
"And now," a small little man in a suit spoke,"Allow me to introduce, the master of terror, the king of nightmares-- Jack Skellington!"
In a black cauldron, full of green goo, a skeleton held his hands close to his chest and rose out of the goo, he ta da-ed himself, as he stood there, the little man who introduced him came running over. Ryoko ran behind Hara in fear.
"What's his problem?" Sora asked.
"Oh, he's always been afraid of skeletons," Hara replied, looking down at her frightened friend.
"Bravo, Jack!" he cried,"Bravo! Those ghosts will be a big hit at this year's Halloween."
"Thank you, thank you," the skeleton bowed,"But their movement still needs some work. It's not scary enough. I want to strike bone-chilling terror. I'm going to consult the doctor."
Jack wandered off to the Lab nearby.
"Then, I'll attend to the decorations," the little man said, and ran off aswell.
The 5 friends decided to follow Jack to see what this big plan was.

"I don't understand," Jack said to the doctor, reading a brown book,"Maybe the guidance system was damaged in the explosion."
"Nonsence!" the doctor disagreed,"My devices are always perfect!"
"Oh, I've got it!" Jack cheered, looking up from the book,"Why, of course! The Heartless need a heart! Doctor, do you think we can add a heart to that device?"
"Certainly," the doctor rode towards a grotty, brown thing,"A heart's not all that complicated. Let's get to work."
He picked up the grotty thing, it beated like a heart.
"To make a heart, first take a container with a lock..." Jack read out.
"We need the key to this thing first!" the doctor held up the grotty, beating bag.
Just then the 5 friends walked in, (right I can't remember what happened here so...) they then did something marvellous.
"My!" Jack complimented,"That was amazing! Uh, and you are..."
"Sora," Sora replied.
"And I'm Hara," Hara introduced.
"Well done, Sora and Hara," Jack congratulated,"I'd like you two to be a part of this year's Halloween."
"What's this Heartless doing here?" Sora asked, pointing to the Heartless lying on the floor.
"Oh, the Heartless came to town just recently," Jack explained,"What's frustrating is, I can't get them to dance with me. So, the doctor and I are trying to improve the guidance system." Jack walked over to the doctor, who was reading from a book,"He's quite a genius! Okay, doctor, let's continue. The ingredients for a heart: Pulse. Emotion."
"Terror," the doctor continued.
"Fear," Jack continued,"Hope and despair. Mix them all togeth, and we have a heart!"
The doctor rode his wheelchair over to the machine and turned it on, blue electricity flowed through the machine, but unfortunately, it stopped.
"It failed!" the doctor whined,"Maybe we're missing some ingredients. Let's try adding memory. Sally! Sally! Good-for-nothing girl! Don't know why I bothered creating her! Sally's got the memory we need. See if you can track her down."
"No problem," Jack nodded,"Would you guys like to come along?"
"Sure," Sora replied.
"Why not?" Hara smiled.
"I'll give you a reason, why not..." Ryoko whispered.

They wandered down the paths of the town, as they headed for the Graveyard they came across the small man who introduced Jack earlier.
"Jack!" he cried,"Jack! We have a major crisis! The Heartless are completely out of control! We can't stop them!"
"Hmm... Maybe our experiment triggered something," Jack thought,"Everything will be fine, Mayor. You have nothing to worry about."
They continued on their way to the Graveyard.

When they reached the Graveyard, Heartless were everywhere, they attacked the Heartless, until they stopped re-spawining. After the Heartless were gone, from one of the graves, a small, dog-like ghost came floating out, it's nose glew red.
"Zero," Jack asked,"Have you seen Sally anywhere?"
The dog flew to where Sally was, she whimpered a bit, but then stood up, she had been hiding from the Heartless.
"Is something wrong, Jack?" she asked.
"No, everything's going great," Jack re-assured her,"We're going to have the best Halloween ever. All we need now is your memory."
"'Memory'?" Sally asked,"You mean this?"
A small, dead plant was held tight in her hands, it was as black as the night sky.
They headed back to the Lab and Jack put the memory into the heart.

"Jack, I have a bad feeling about this," Sally told him, worriedly,"Why don't you try something else? There's still time."
"Nothing could beat what I've got planned," Jack replied,"Once we give the Heartless a heart, they'll dance just as I envision it. Trust me, you're going to love it!"
They then found out they needed 'Surprise', so they went back to the Graveyard to get 'Surprise', but they didn't know they were being watched.

"Lock!" shouted a small boy, in a red, devil costume, as he came out of the coffin in the Graveyard.
"Shock!" yelled a young girl, in a purple witch's costume, as she jumped out of the coffin.
"Barrel!" called an even smaller boy, in a purple and grey costume, he followed the young girl,"Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, I sure did!" Lock replied,"A heart! What should we do?"
"Gosh, you really are stupid," Shock insulted,"Isn't it obvious?"
"Tell Oogie Boogie!" Barrel told them.

"A heart?" a man that looked like a sack laughed at what the three children had told him,"That bonehead Jack is really making a heart? I'll be jiggered! That works for me! Ohh, when I get my hands on that... Well, I've got no hands, but I'm still gonna nab that heart and control the Heartless!"
As the sack man laughed, the three children shook with fear.

"There you go," the doctor said, holding the heart,"This time it's sure to work."
He rode over to the machine to place the heart in, but as he did so, they all got a surprise themselves.
"Ya!" Barrel cried, as he jumped and stopped the wheelchair.
The doctor flew out of the wheelchair, dropping the heart in progress, Lock, Shock and Barrel ran off with the heart. Jack and the others followed them, but as they went through the town, they lost sight of them.

"We lost them!" Sora sighed.
Jack tapped his leg twice, and from around the corner, Zero came zooming round.
"Zero, after them, quick!" Jack ordered the small dog.
Zero followed the youngsters' every move. Jack and the others ran to Oogie Boogie's manor.

"I knew Oogie Boogie was behind this!" Jack cried, as they ran up to the manor. They ran inside to find Oogie Boogie.

"You want it?" Oogie Boogie asked, holding the heart behind his back.
"Uhh... Duh," Ryoko replied.
"Well, then, come on over and get it!" Oogie Boogie chucked the heart into the air, it fell right into his sack mouth,"Now, let's see if I can get their attention. Oh, Heartless!"
Two Heartless came and sat by Oogie Boogie's shoulders, Ryoko had to keep himself from laughing, because he knew where that got him.
"This is it?" Oogie Boogie asked,"Nobody disrepects me! Nobody!"
The place turned into a giant roulette table. (Right, I'm gonna write this next bit as a walkthrough, just in case you want to know how to do it:
Oogie Boogie is hard, not 'cause he can only kill you, but 'cause he can trick you. Keep locked on him at all times, when the buttons shine bright, step on one when you're very closely lined with him, reason you need to stay locked on. You will then go into a cage-like area, so you can hit him. Keep repeating this until it's finished. Then, find all of the black bubbles that Oogie is getting power from, there are 7. Once you've done that, seal the Keyhole and go to Neverland. Now back to the story:
Black stuff fell onto the giant roulette table, as did Oogie Boogie, when the black things had eaten his sack-like figure.

"Huh?" Jack looked at the house, dust covered the house as it fell apart. Sora and Hara had found Halloween Town's Keyhole, finally. It was bigger than the one's they had seen before. They raised their Keyblade's, and the icy blue, beam shot once more and sealed the world off from anymore Heartless wanting to cause havoc.

"Sally, why didn't I listen to you?" Jack asked her, when they got back to the lab.
"Don't feel bad, Jack," Sally comforted,"We'll come up with another plan for Halloween. Next time, we'll do it together."

Chapter 14​

They stood on a wooden, floating ship. Sora and Hara walked along the deck, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy were nowhere in sight.
"I didn't think you'd come, Sora," a familiar voice said, from behind them, they both turned to see Riku standing above on a different deck,"Good to see you again."
"Where are Donald and Goofy?" Sora asked.
"And Ryoko?" Hara finished.
"Are they that important to you?" Riku replied,"More important than old friends? Instead of worrying about them, you should be asking..." Riku moved one step to the right, there sat a girl their age, she sat unconscious, not moving at all, maybe breatheing,"...about her."
"Kairi!" Sora and Hara yelled in unison.
"That's right, while you were off goofing around, I finally found her," Riku replied.
Sora and Hara ran towards him, but were stopped, by a man with a hook for a hand.
"Not so fast," he said,"No shenanigans aboard my vessel, boy."
"Riku, why are you siding with the Heartless?" Sora asked, him and Hara were surrounded by Heartless.
"The Heartless obey me now, Sora," Riku explained,"Now I have nothing to fear."
"You're stupid!" Sora yelled,"Sooner or later they'll swallow your heart!"
"Not a chance," Riku disagreed,"My heart's too strong."
"No, it's not!" Hara yelled,"One reason why you didn't get chosen by the Keyblade!"
"Riku..." Sora sighed.
"I've picked up a fe other tricks as well," Riku replied,"Like this, for instance."
He raised his hand and pointed his palm at Sora, a shadow replica of Sora's basic features, rose from the deck. Sora's eyes widened at what his friend had now become.
"You can go see your friends now," Riku turned his back on them, a trap door appeared under Sora and Hara's feet, they fell down the hole and landed in what seemed to be a dungeon,"Let's get under way, already. And keep Sora and his friend away from Kairi until we're ready to land."
Riku walked off and the man with a hook for a hand turned to the beared man next to him,"That scurvy brat, he thinks he can order me around!"
"What shall we do, Cap'n Hook?" the bearded man asked the other man.
"Nothing!" Captain Hook replied,"The hold is crawling with Heartless. Let them keep an eye on the brats."
"But Cap'n, you-know-who, is also down--" the bearded man replied.
"Ssh... Did you hear that, Smee?" Captain Hook asked,"Oh, that dreadful sound!"
"No, Cap'n," Smee replied.
"Are you quite sure?" Captain Hook asked, shaking Smee,"Did I imagine it? Oh, my poor nerves!"

"You don't say?" Goofy asked, looking up at Sora.
"Yeah, it was definitely Kairi," Sora replied,"I've finally found her."
"You mean, 'we'," Hara giggled.
"All right, then let's go up and talk to her," Goofy suggested.
"Yeah!" Sora agreed.
"Sounds great," Donald replied,"Okay, but first... How about getting off?"
Donald was at the bottom of the pile, then Goofy, then Sora and Hara, Ryoko was sat at the sides laughing.
"Oh, sorry," Sora giggled, Hara joined in.

After they had got themselves up, Sora and Hara jumped on some crates and looked out of a broken plank.
"Ahem!" a small voice said from behind them, Sora and Hara jumped down and looked for the person,"How ya doin' there? Looking for a way out?"
Out jumped a boy a bit older than them, he was wearing all green, except his shoes, they were brown and the feather on his hat was red.
"Who are you?" Goofy asked.
"I'm the answer to your prayers," the boy replied, Donald stared at him and tapped his foot,"Okay, then, fine, have it your way."
"But you're stuck in here too, aren't you?" Sora asked, confused.
"No, I'm just waiting for someone," the boy replied.
"Who?" Hara asked, just then a bright, golden light, shone and spand around her and Sora.
"Tinker Bell, what took you so long?" the boy asked the light, the light turned into a beautiful, blonde fairy, also wearing green.
"Great job," the boy said to the fairy,"So you find Wendy?"
"Aww," Hara said,"She's cute, that fairy." The fairy came over to Hara and bit her finger,"Ow! Viscious, too!"
The fairy made a noise at the boy.
"Hold on, there was another girl there, too?" the boy wondered.
Tinker Bell crossed her arms and went into a pout.
"Are you crazy?!" the boy asked,"There is no way I'm gonna leave Wendy there!"
"Aha!" Donald interupted,"She must be pretty jealous."
Tinker Bell flew over to Donald angrily, she kicked him in the nose fiercely. Ryoko laughed at Donald's pain and Tinker Bell flew over to him angrily too.
Ryoko groaned and pushed Tinker Bell away with his paw,"I'm not scared of a fairy."
"C'mon, Tink!" the boy pleaded,"Open up the door!"
"Ahem," Sora cleared his throat, to get the boy's attention.
"I'm Peter Pan," the boy held out his hand for them to shake.
"I'm Sora and that's Hara," Sora introduced and went to shake Peter's hand, but he took it away.
"Okay, we're in this together," Peter replied,"But only until we find Wendy."

They walked out the door Tinker Bell unlocked, well Peter flew out the door.
"So, uh, how come you can fly?" Goofy asked Peter.
"Any one can fly," Peter replied,"You wanna try?"
Peter put his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly. A couple seconds later, the golden light came flieing over to him, dust sparkling everywhere.
"Aw, haven't you cooled off yet, Tink?" Peter asked, he grabbed one of her fragile wings gently, and sprinkled the dust all over the five friends,"Just a little bit of pixie dust. There now you can fly."
Donald flapped his arms up and down and slightly rose off the ground, but then shot straight back to the ground. Tinker Bell flew over to him and silently laughed at him, getting him back for earlier.
They practised flying, although, because Ryoko was a lion he couldn't fly properly, instead he hung Hara's back.

In the room that the woman had been talking to Riku in, Riku and Captain Hook stood there talking.
"What?!" Captain Hook yelled,"So, Wendy's not one of the chosen ones?"
"There are seven, supposedly," Riku explained,"And Maleficent says, she's not one of them. Hoist anchor as soon as possible. Leave all the dead weight behind, including her."
"After the trouble of capturing her?" Captain Hook complained,"And why those seven?! What is Maleficent planning, anyway?"
"Who knows?" Riku replied, with his teenage attitude,"As long as it means getting Kairi's heart back, I couldn't care less."
"You're wasteing your time," Captain Hook shrugged,"The Heartless have devoured that girl's heart. I'll stake me other hand it's lost forever."
"I will find it, no matter what!" Riku persevered.
"Uh, Cap'n..." a voice stuttered from the speaker.
"What?" Captain Hook asked, through the speaker.
"The prisoners have escaped," Smee replied,"What's more, Peter Pan is with them."
"Blast that, Peter Pan," Captain Hook grunted,"All right, then! Bring the hostage to me cabin, Smee! Hop to it!"

"What is it, Tink?" Peter asked Tinker Bell.
Up above through the grid squared, metal floor, a girl in a blue dress with brown hair, heard Peter speak.
"Peter?" the girl asked,"Peter Pan?" She walked toward the metal floor and knelt down to it, to see if she could see Peter.
"Wendy!" Peter smiled.
"Please, hurry!" the girl cried,"The pirates are coming!"
"What!" Peter replied, shocked,"I'll be right up there! Just hold on!"
"Wendy?" Sora asked.
"Yes?" Wendy replied.
"Is there another girl in there with you?" he wondered, hoping Kairi was there.
"Oh, why, yes," Wendy replied, looking at the heartless Kairi sat there,"But she seems to be asleep. She hasn't budged an inch."
"Kairi?" Sora tried getting the poor girl's attention.
"Kairi!" Hara called.
Kairi moved her hand onto the metal floor, Sora tried to reach up to it, but he was too short. Hara hung her head as her long-lost friend couldn't speak to her, all because of the Heartless. Kairi tapped the metal flooring with her knuckle. Sora and Hara smiled, they giggled as they're friend seemed to be okay. Just then, someone walked into the room and took Kairi away, they moved too fast to be seen in detail. They ehard Wendy make a noise.
"Wendy!" Peter called,"Hey, let's get up there!"

They quickly ran into the room where Riku and Captain Hook were before. Sora and Hara ran in and stopped as they saw Riku with Kairi in his arms.
"Riku, wait!" Sora pleaded.
Riku stepped back a few steps, the poor heartless Kairi was defenseless. Riku made the shadow Sora from before appear. Riku left them to fight the shadow Sora. (Right back to walkthrough form, I'm going to continue writing fights in walkthrough form, because it's so much easier, until we get to good stuff, like Hollow Bastion and The End Of The World:
Go up to him and do some combos, then run away, or fly, whatever. As he loses more and more health, he will split into 3 shadows. If you have scan equipped (which you really should do) lock onto the one with the most health and attack it. After hitting him, he will go underground and hit you, if you want to avoid this roll around for ages, that's all I really know. Now back to the story:
After he'd been defeated, the shadow Sora fell back into the darkness.

Peter ran over to Wendy, she was lying in the corner, unconscious, he lifted up her head and looked at her.
"Wendy!" he pleaded for her awakeness, Tinker Bell flew around in a circle,"Come on, Tink! Not now! Well, this is as far as I can go. I've gotta help Wendy."
He picked her up and flew off. The others ran outside onto the deck.

"Quite a codfish, that Riku--" Captain Hook said to the group,"Running off with that girl without even saying goodbye."
"Run off where?!" Sora asked, angrily,"Tell me! Where did he go?!"
"To the ruins of Hollow Bastion," Captain Hook replied, without even needing to be bribed,"Where Maleficent resides."
"Hollow Bastion!" Hara repeated.
"But you won't be going there," Captain Hook smirked.
"I have to!" Hara cried,"That's my home!"
Captain Hook pulled out a lantern with Tinker Bell captive inside, Sora's mouth opened as he saw the poor fairy in perril.
"Unless you intend to leave your little pixie friend behind?" Captain Hook made them feel guilty.
Sora sighed and put his Keyblade away, he bowed his head, the Heartless surrounded them. Hara wasn't going to let Sora's depression cause the loss of his heart, so she got out her Keyblade and got ready to fight.
"Hand over the Keyblades and I'll spare your lives," Captain Hook offered,"Be glad I'm merciful, unlike the Heartless. So, which will it be, the Keyblades, or the plank?"
There was then a ticking noise coming from the water, Captain Hook turned to see what it was, there sat a green crocodile.
"It's him!" Captain Hook screamed,"The crocodile that took me hand! Oh, Smee! He's after me other hand! I can't stay here! Go away! Oh, I can't stand the sight of him! Smee, you take care of them!"
Captain Hook had already ran off when Sora and Hara stood on the edge of the plank. The Heartless surrounded the plank, as the two of them edged themselves off of the plank.
"Fly, guys!" a familiar voice ordered,"Just believe, and you can do it!"
Sora held out his for Hara to hold.
"Huh?" Hara whispered, looking down at the boy's hand and then back up at his face. Sora smiled to comfort here, she grabbed his hand tightly, they lept off backwards off of the plank, but as they moved faster and faster towards the crocodile's mouth, they flew back up. Hara looked and saw they were still holding hands, she quickly let go and giggled nervously, Sora smiled again, for some strange reason, whenever Sora felt smiled, Hara felt much happier and safer.
Peter swooped down and grabbed the latern that kept Tinker Bell captive. He set her free and they all landed safely on the deck.
"Thanks, Peter," Sora thanked.
"Hey, don't mention it," Peter replied,"You didn't think I'd leave you guys and Tink behind, did you?"

Peter and the others ran to Captain Hooks cabin, Sora and Peter stood on either side of the door. Hara stood next to Sora and giggled. Peter knocked on the door, he started his impressions.
"Is that you, Smee?" Captain Hook asked,"Did you finish them off?"
"Aye, Cap'n," Peter replied, doing the best Smee impression he had,"They walked the plank, every last one of them."
Captain Hook ran out and turned to see where Smee was, Peter crept up behind him with his small knife and poked the Captain in the lower back.
"P-Peter Pa--" Captain Hook stuttered,"Blast you!"
"Ready to make a splash, you codfish?" Peter joked,"Now, it's your turn to walk the plank!"
(Walkthrough..Urgh!
Right, Captain Hook isn't as hard as Sora's shadow, it's just the Heartless he always summons that makes him seem hard, you'll get more experience if you kill them. You should be flying at all times, when it's time, whack him and fly away. Repeat this, I know it seems long, but it is the best way to do it.
Now, story time:

Peter whacked Captain Hook into the water. The crocodile swam next to him and grinned. Captain Hook and the crocodile swam off, the crocodile chasing the Captain for ages.

Sora stood over the balcony and hung his head, Hara stood next to him with her hand on his shoulder.
"Uh, Kairi couldn't wake up, so maybe she really has lost her--" Goofy was stopped.
"Ssh!" Donald quacked.
"Sora," Peter sighed.
"I still can't believe it," he spoke,"I really flew. Wait 'til I tell Kairi. I wonder if she'll believe me. Probably not."
"Kairi never was open minded," Hara giggled.
"You can bring her to Neverland sometime," Peter suggested,"Then she can try herself."
"If you believe, you can do anything, right?" Sora asked.
"Right..." Ryoko wondered.
"I'll find Kairi, I know I will," Sora continued.
"No, Sora, you won't," Hara denyed,"'We' will! Together!"
"There's so much I want to tell her--" Sora continued,"About flying, pirates and everything else that's happened."
Just then, Tinker Bell came flying in front of Peter, trying to tell him something.
"What's that, Tink?" Peter asked,"What about the clock tower? You say, there's something there?"
They followed Tinker Bell to the clock tower, where above the clocks, Wendy sat, waiting for Peter and the others to arrive. They landed on the clock tower and walked over to Wendy.
One of the clock times were wrong, so Hara and Sora flew up and hit the clock until the time was right. The Keyhole was then revealed, Sora and Hara raised there Keyblades, and the icy blue, lights sealed the world off for good.

"Hey, Sora," the boy said.
"Hm?" Sora turned to him.
"When we grow up, let's get off this island," the boy suggested,"We'll go on real adventures, not this kid stuff!"
"Sure, but isn't there anything fun to do now?" Sora wondered, as he and the other boy walked out of the secret place.
"Hey, you know the new girl at the mayor's house?" the other boy asked,"She arrived on the night of the meteor shower!"
Sora walked out of the secret place, while the other boy turned to the door, a Keyhole was marked on it.

Riku panted, he was on his hands and knees on the floor, he was worn out from saving Kairi. He then kneeled on one leg and bowed to the woman in front of him.
"It was reckless to bring her here without at least using a vessel," the woman said,"Remember, relying too heavily on the dark powers could cost you your heart."
A noise was heard from behind them, Riku turned around quickly.
"A castaway," the woman stared at Riku,"Though his world perished, his heart did not. When we took the princess from his castle, he apparently followed her here through sheer force of will. But fear not. No harm will come to you. He is no match for your power."
"My power?" Riku asked, what power did he have power?
"Yes, the untapped power that lies within you," the woman explained,"Now child, it's time you awakened that power and realized your full potential!"
The green glow covered Riku once again, the power had been awakened.

"Peter, are you really going back to Neverland?" Wendy asked, as she walked along the top of the tower.
"Afraid so," Peter replied,"But we can see each other any time. As long as you don't forget about Neverland, that is."
Peter grabbed Wendy's hands to comfort her. Tinker Bell crossed her arms in a sulk, while Donald laughed at her jealousy, when Tinker Bell turned to him he closed his beak. She flew around, dust flying everywhere.
"Oh, boy," Peter sighed,"She's getting steamed again. Do me a favour, look after her for me, will ya?"
Tinker Bell flew in front of Sora's face.
"What?" he asked.

Chapter 15​

Standing in the middle of Traverse Town, Sora hung his head low.
"Sora!" Donald screamed.
"Now, just remember what Donald said to ya: no frowning, no sad faces," Goofy reminded.
"How can you be so cheerful?" Sora asked,"There's still no sign of your King! And there's still no sign of Cloud! Aren't you worried?"
"Of course we are," Hara replied,"But we're looking at the good side of things."
"Aw, phooey," Donald grunted.
"The King told us to go out and find the key bearers, and we found you two," Goofy explained.
"And Cloud told me that we'll be together someday," Hara explained,"So, I'm looking forward to that day, not worrying about obsticles that come between us."
"So, as long as we stick together, it'll all work out okay," Goofy finished,"Ya just gotta believe in yourself, that's all."
"Just believe..." Sora repeated.
"I believe in you," Kairi's voice rang through his head.

They flew out of Neverland and through a firework. Sora saw a little girl run towards an elderly lady, sitting in a chair.
"Where am I?" the girl asked the elderly woman.
"Long ago," the elderly woman began to tell a story,"People lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of the light. Everyone loved the light. Then, people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived... in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, the children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from eachother. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open. And the true light will return. So, listen child, even in he deepest darkness, there will always be a light to guide you. Believe in the light, and the darkness will never defeat you. Your heart will shine with it's power and push the darkness away. Do you understand, Kairi?"
"Kairi!?" a voice cried.
The small girl looked around, the elderly woman was gone. Sora reached out for the girl, but she faded away.

"Huh?" Sora gasped, as he awoke in the spot he was just in before, in the middle of Traverse Town.
"What's the matter?" Ryoko asked.
"Um, nothing," Sora replied,"Kairi... Did you call me?"

:) tis me the girl u wuv :) n the girl hu would like to feel the same back.... JOKE! i wuv u :)

tis u n tis me Kenni :) babyeee:)

Naminé :) I don't need an explanaition, there are too many reasons why I love her :laughing-smiley-004

But I have been told I could be Naminé, apparently I'm exactly like her :laughing-smiley-004

Chapter 11​

Sora and Donald fought over the controls of the Gummi Ship, meanwhile, a giant whale came closer and closer to the ship. Eventually, the wahale swallowed them whole.

"It's true!" a young boy, with brown spikey hair stated, he was wearing a white shirt and red shorts,"I saw it with my own eyes!"
"You sure you didn't just hear it this time?" another boy, slightly older, with grey-ish hair, wearing a yellow vest and navy blue, three-quarter lengths, replied.
"What difference does it make?" the young, brown-haired, boy asked, as they walked down the tree path,"There's a huge monster in there, I tell you!"
"All right," the older boy started,"Suppose there really is a monster... Think we can beat it by ourselves, Sora?"
"No problem!" Sora answered,"Let's do it! Listen, there, can you hear it growling? Sssh, quiet. We've gotta be careful."
They wandered into the secret place and saw no monster.
"See that?" the slightly older boy said,"It was just the wind making that noise."
"Aw man," Sora sighed,"I wish it was a monster! Hold on, what's that over there?"
The slightly older boy walked over to what seemed to be a door or a window and tried opening it.
"A door?" he said,"Or maybe a window? It won't open."
"Geez, is that really all that's in here?"
"What do you expect in a boring place like this? Hey, Sora."
"Hm?"
"When we grow up, let's get off this island. We'll go on real adventures, not this kid stuff!"
"Sure, but isn't there anything fun to do now?"
"Hey, you know that new girl at the mayor's house? Did you hear?"

Sora lay on the floor unconscious, Hara was knealing down to his level, trying desperately to wake him up. Donald tapped his foot against the ground and had his crossed, Ryoko glared up at where Donald was looking.
"Knock it off!" Donald screamed.
Sora looked up and saw Hara smiling, he was finally awake, they walked over to where Donald, Goofy and Ryoko were standing to see what was going on.
"Hey, Sora," Goofy smiled, happy to see he was awake,"Are you okay?"
"What're you guys doing?" he asked, as Donald and Ryoko looked up to see if they could see what was up on the high stacked planks of wood,"Where are we, anyway?"
Just as he asked, a blue and gold teasure chest fell from the sky, Sora and Hara jumped back as it almost landed on them.
"Uh, y'know," Goofy thought,"I think that big ol' whale Monstro just swallowed us. And for today's weather: expect showers."
Another blue and gold chest fell onto Goofy's shield, which was covering his head, it seemed to have hit it hard too, since it made a large gong sound.
"Heavy showers!" Goofy finished.
"Hey!" Ryoko screamed.
"Who's there?!" Donald called up to the high stacked planks of wood.
"It's me," a young wooden boy called in reply.
"Oh, it's just Pinocchio," Donald sighed,"Pinocchio!?"
Sora and Hara looked up too, to see if they could see this 'Pinocchio', just as they looked up Jiminy, the cricket who had come along on our journey, hopped onto Sora's shoulder.
"Pinocchio?!" he cried, looking up to see his lost friend,"Pinnoch, where're you going? Pinnoch!"
Pinocchio ignored him completely, and walked off with a few supplies from a chest he had found, he wandered off down the other stacks of wood.
"Come on, everybody," Jiminy ordered,"After him, quick!"
They jumped into the water and swam to the other side of the water filled place, they ran up to see an old man and Pinocchio on a small boat. The boat's only light source was a small lamp hanging from a part of the wooden ship.

"What've you got there, Pinocchio?" the old man asked, as the young wooden boy dropped the supplies he had found onto the floor.
"With this, we can get out of here, Father," Pinocchio replied.
"Really?" the old man asked, astonished,"With this big block? You think so?"
"It's true," Sora said from behind them, he and his friends were hanging on the edge of the boat.
"So, how did you end up here, Pinocchio?" Hara asked, Hara was able to always change her voice, she could have a sweet, tender voice or just her normal voice, while being polite she used her sweet and tender voice, so that their new becoming friends would feel safe.
They clambered onto the small boat and stood on the edge.
"Oh my!" the old man was shocked,"The whale swallowed all of you, too? My goodness."
"Yeah, looks like it," Ryoko replied.
"My name is Geppetto," the old man introduced himself,"I'm Pinocchio's father. When we got seperated, I traveled all over, looking for him. Thank goodness, we're together again."
As Geppetto explained himself, Pinocchio decided to go for a little stroll around the whale.
"So, you seem to know Pinocchio quite well," Geppetto picked up the large, green block and carried it to a table on the boat,"I hope he was a good boy in my absence. Well, we've all had quite a journey. Right, Pinocchio?"
The boy did not reply, but everyone turned to see where he had gone, but all directions led them to a small passage from where the boat was.
"Pinocchio?" Geppetto called.
The friends decided they'd save Geppetto the trouble and follow Pinocchio through the passage.

Pinocchio was looking round a wall as the 5 of them entered the chamber-like place.
"What are you doing?" Sora asked Pinocchio.
"Come on, let's go back," Hara suggested.
"Y'know, Geppetto's awfully worried about you," Goofy told the young boy.
"Pinocchio, stop fooling around!" Sora ordered,"This is no time for games!"
"That's coming from the most immature person I've ever met," Ryoko raised his eyebrow at Sora, and Sora just glared back.
The 5 of them wandered back to Geppetto, leaving Pinocchio to think about what he wanted to do.
"But, Sora!" a familiar voice called,"I thought you liked games!"
Sora turned back to see who had called his name.
"Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?" the boy asked.
"Riku?!" Sora was shocked to see his old friend there,"Wh-What are you doing here?"
"Just playing with Pinocchio," Riku replied, Pinocchio stood by Riku's side and didn't say a word, like the mindless puppet he was.
"You know what I mean!" Sora was starting to get annoyed,"What about Kairi? Did you find her?!"
"Maybe..." Riku shrugged,"Catch us and maybe I'll tell you what I know."
"Come on!" Sora yelled.
Riku grabbed Pinocchio's arm and ran off with him, he ran into one of the chambers, but with so many chambers to enter, would they ever find him?
"And he was your best friend?" Hara leaned in and whispered to Sora.
Sora glared at her, but it wasn't time for an arguement, they ran to find the two boys. Riku had placed Heartless in each chamber, and one chamber was boarded up, but there is always a way to get there.

"Why do you still care about that boy?" the woman from the secret room asked Riku, as he walked through the 4th chamber,"He has all but deserted you for the Keyblade and his new companions, after all."
"I don't care about him," Riku replied, but deep inside, Riku just wanted his friend back, or was the darkness swallowing him? "I was just messing with him a little."
"Oh, really," the woman replied, obviously not believeing Riku's confident statements,"Of course you were," she smiled smugly at him,"Beware the darkness in your heart. The Heartless prey upon it."
"Mind your own business!" Riku ordered, as the woman opened a portal and left the boy to his own business.

They headed for Riku and entered the chamber. Pinocchio ran away, as the 5 heroes ran after him. Riku stood and watched as the young wooden boy ran into another area of the whale.
"Riku!" Sora called, as Pinocchio ran off, he had lost concentration when he saw his friend,"What's the matter with you? What're you thinking?! Don't you realise what you're doing?"
"Yet again, it comes from you," Ryoko replied.
"I was about to ask you the same thing, Sora," Riku replied to Sora, not paying attention to what the young lion said,"You only seem interested running around and showing off that Keyblade these days."
"The guys got a point," Ryoko agreed.
"Do you even want to save Kairi?" Riku asked.
"I do..." Sora's heart sank as he heard his lost friends name, he hadn't seen or heard her voice for so long, Hara's heart also sank as she remembered her only friend, but she could only think about what had happened in the very, far past.
The moment was spoiled when a cry was heard from a different part of the whale. Riku turned to the direction of the cry and agreed to help Sora to find out who it was.

They ran into the bowels, where a lilac and blue creature sat, it had light blue tenticles and purple, cage-like abdomen, but inside that cage, there stood a frightened Pinocchio.
"You up for this?" Riku asked, turning his attention to Sora and Hara.
"No problem!" Hara replied, getting ready to fight.
"Let's do it!" Sora finished, also ready to fight.
Riku, Sora and Hara went in to attack the abdomen, but had to dodge the angered beast's tenticles. Their stradedgy was: whack, get whacked, heal. It seemed to work quite well.

The creature's tenticles grabbed the ceiling, and it jumped up, it spat out Pinocchio down a hole. Which Riku was quick to follow. The others then followed after him.

They landed on Geppetto's ship, but the water was starting to flow out oif the whale.
"Pinocchio!" Geppetto pleaded, he looked up to the high stacked planks of wood,"Pinocchio! Please! Give me back my son!"
"Sorry, old man," Riku replied, he stood on top of the high stacked planks of wood, with Pinocchio under one arm,"I have some unfinished business with this puppet."
"He's no puppet!" Geppetto denied,"Pinocchio is my little boy!"
"He is unusual," Riku agreed, as the others walked over to see what was going on,"Not many puppets have hearts. I'm not sure, but maybe he can help someone who's lost theirs."
"Wait a minute..." Sora thought,"Are you talking about Kairi?!"
"What?!" Hara turned to Sora in shock.
"What do you care about her?" Riku replied to Sora,"You have a new girl to be your friend!"
Riku walked off with Pinocchio, Hara blushed at what Riku had said, she didn't know that Kairi was so important. Geppetto asked if the others could help his son, they agreed, and headed for the stomach.

"Hey!" Sora cried,"Let Pinocchio go, Riku!"
Riku stood on a lilac platform in the whale's stomach, the middle part was surrounded by yellow acid, which probably shouldn't be touched.
"A puppet that's lost its heart to the Heartless..." Riku replied, not really paying attention to Sora's order,"Maybe it holds the key to helping Kairi. How about it, Sora? Let's join forces to save her. We can do it, together!"
Sora got out his Keyblade, he wasn't willing to leave his new friends stranded in this whale forever, especially not Hara, she needed to see Kairi again.
"What?" Riku was shocked at Sora's actions,"You'd rather fight me? Over a puppet that has no heart?"
"Heart or no heart," Sora explained,"At least he still has a conscience."
"Conscience?" Riku raised an eyebrow at that statement.
"You might not hear it, but right now it's loud and clear," Sora explained, as Jiminy and Ryoko headed over to Pinocchio,"And it's telling me you're on the wrong side!"
"Then you leave me no choice," Riku sighed.
"Pinocchio!" Jiminy cried, as he and Ryoko ran towards the nearly finished puppet,"Pinocchio!"
"Jiminy..." the worn out little boy said,"I'm not gonna make it..."
He let out a slight cough, but as he did so a white and yellow light shine from him, and he sat up.
"Oh!" Pinocchio's eyes widened,"I guess I'm okay!"
Jiminy jumped for joy, literally and Ryoko let out a beaming smile at the young boy.
"Huh?!" Riku looked up, as he heard a noise from above.
The Parasite from before, shot down the hole and landed in front of them. Riku made a portal and left as quick as he could.
They used the same stradedgy as before, although, without Riku it was harder, Sora and Hara attacked the abdomen as before.

The heart of the Parasite was let out.
"Run!" Donald screamed, as the Parasite began to collapse.
The acids in the stomach were going haywire.

"Riku!" Sora called,"Riku, where are you?!"
As the acids came out of the whale and were very dangerous, Hara ran up to Sora.
"Sora!" she cried,"Sora, there's no time! C'mon! Riku'll be fine, I promise!"
They ran out of the stomach and headed for their ship.

There, on a wooden vessel, Riku stood over the body of a young girl, but this girl wasn't a stranger, she was a very close friend.
"So, Kairi's like a lifeless puppet now?" Riku sighed.
"Precisely," the woman from the secret room replied.
"And her heart was..." Riku was having trouble talking, he was upset his friend had lost her heart.
"Taken by the Heartless, no doubt," the woman finished his sentence.
"Tell me!" Riku pleaded,"What can I do?!"
"There are seven maiden of the purest heart," the woman explained,"We call them the 'Princess' of Heart'. Gather them together, and a door will open to the heart of all worlds. Within lies untold wisdom. There, you will surely find a way to recover Kairi's heart. Now, I'll grant you a marvellous gift. The power to control the Heartless."
Riku shone a light green, the powers were drawn to him, like a moth is drawn to light. He turned to Kairi.
"Soon, Kairi, soon," he told his friend, hoping she would be able to hear him.

Chapter 12​

In the calm ocean, where the fish swam peacefully and everything was quiet, somehow, that had to be spoiled. Five lights shone and exploded, as Sora, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy appeared. Donald had turned into a blue and yellow octopus, while Goofy had turned into a turtle. Ryoko didn't change form, but did have gills now, so he could beathe. Sora was given a dark-ish, blue, fish tail, and Hara was given a purple-lilac, fish tail and a dark-ish, blue shell bra, yes, a bra, boys do not laugh. They decided to practise swimming around, but as they practised, another mermaid, with red hair, a green fin and a lilac shell bra, along with a yellow and blue fish, came swimming along.
"Come on, Sebastian!" the girl called.
"Ariel, wait!" the red crab yelled, as he tried to catch up with the free-spirited girl and fish,"Slow down! Don't leave me behind!"
The crab swam up to Donald who was upside down at the time and frowning, the crab's eyes widened when he saw Donald's face. The crab screamed at Donald, when he saw him. The crab swam in behind the young girl, as did the fish, as the others swam over to see what was going on.
"Oh, relax, Sebastian," the girl comforted,"They don't look like one of them. Right, Flounder?"
The fish crept out from behind and looked at them,"I don't know, there's something weird about them."
Sora laughed nervously, and Hara just smiled at them.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked, nervously.
"They do seem..." the girl swam by them,"A little different. Where are you from?"
"Uhh..." Sora stuttered.
"We're from kinda far away," Hara replied, she was more confident than the others, but she had never been there before either,"And we're not really used to these waters."
"Oh, I see," the girl thought,"In that case... Sebastian can show you how we swim around here."
"Ariel!" the crab cried,"King Triton will not like this!"
"Oh, don't worry," the girl replied, she must've been Ariel.
They practised swimming more, Sebastian seemed to be a good teacher.
"Good job," he complimented,"Now, let's move onto self-defense."
"Sebastian!" Ariel cried, pointing to white and black creatures, Ariel, Sebastian and Flounder swam off, leaving the others to the strange water creatures.
"Class is over!" Sebastian said, swimming into a giant clam with Flounder,"Good luck!"
Sora and Hara got out their Keyblades and got rid of the water Heartless, they then let the others know it was safe to come out.

Ariel showed them around for a bit, even though they were followed by the Heartless, they were having fun, until, a ZAP shot the Heartless.
"That was too close!" a man's voice yelled,"As long as I have my trident, I will not tolerate those creatures inside this palace."
"Daddy!" Ariel smiled.
"Oh, Ariel," her father sighed,"When will you listen? It's dangerous out there! Strange creatures lurk outside."
Sebastian cleared his throat,"Behold. You swim before the ruler of the seas: His Majesty, King Triton."
"And who are they?" King Triton asked Sebastian.
"They helped us fight off those creatures," Ariel explained.
"They don't look familiar," King Triton was now suspicious of our heroes.
"We're from an ocean very far away," Sora replied, he knew it was a lie, but he did live on an island, so it wasn't technically a lie.
"Yup!" Goofy agreed,"We came to find the Keyhole."
"The what?" King Triton raised an eyebrow.
"What's that?" Ariel was intrigued now.
"Well, it's a--" Goofy began, but was interupted.
"There's no such thing!" King Triton bellowed through the palace,"Certainly not here!"
"But there is!" Ryoko cried.
"But, Daddy..." Ariel pleaded.
"Ariel, not another word!" King Triton ordered,"You are not to leave the palace! Is that clear?!"
Ariel swam off in a sulk, but the others thought it was best to follow, just to make sure she didn't get in anymore trouble.
"Perhaps I'm being too strict..." King Triton sighed,"I'm just concerned for her safety."
"Of course, Your Majesty," Sebastian nodded,"But I must admit, now I'm quite curious about this Keyhole."
Sebastian started swimming off, but King Triton stopped him.
"That need not concern you, Sebastian. Have you anything to report?"
"Just as you suspected, Your Majesty, they seem to be coming from Ursula's grotto."
"I knew it! That sea witch is up to no good again! I see exile from the palace has taught her nothing."
"Yes, she poses serious danger."
"And I told you to keep Ariel away from such danger, did I not?"
"You Majesty, please, I, uh..."

Ariel showed the others her Grotto, but what she didn't know was that Ursula's eels were watching them enter.

"Those impudent fools will never find the Keyhole," a womn said, evilly, there was an image of Ariel, Sora and Hara in a pool of water that the woman was watching,"But the girl could prove useful. And I've got the Heartless on my side. Triton, my old friend... Your day is coming."

The five heroes, plus Ariel, decided to pay a visit to the sunken ship, it had sunk not long ago, and Ariel wanted some more for her Grotto. As they swam down to the ship, a shark appeared. This time, it was hard to fight, they couldn't run in the water, so they had to practise fast swimming. They attack the shark with their Keyblades and eventually it went down, they swam back to Ariel's Grotto before anymore sharks appeared. In Ariel's Grotto a shining, blue trident was glowing. Was it the Keyhole? But before they could do anything, someone was behind them.
"Ariel!" the voice called,"You've disobeyed me again! I told you not to leave the palace!"
The King had noticed the shining trident and lifted his golden one up.
"Daddy, no!" Ariel cried.
King Triton zapped the trident, it stopped glowing and Ariel resented her father even more now.
"How could you..." she sobbed, Ariel swam off, but as she did so, Hara started to feel the fear that the others had felt before.
Hara quickly hid behind Sora, as King Triton turned back to them.
"Young man," the King started, as he wasn't paying attention to the fact that Hara was hiding,"You're not from another ocean. You're from another world. Aren't you?"
"Huh?" Sora gasped, and Hara grabbed his shoulders tight,"Ow!"
"Come out from behind him, whoever you are!" the King ordered, Hara couldn't disobey that, he was a grown man and she was just a little girl. She slowly swam out and floated next to Sora.
"Then you two must be the key bearers," the King continued.
"How did you know?" Sora asked.
"You may fool Ariel, but you can't fool me," the King explained,"You don't know your dorsal fin from your tail."
"Actually..." Hara began, but then changed her mind, her fear started to take over.
"As the key bearers you must already know..." the King thought,"One must not meddle in the affairs of other worlds."
"Of course we know that, but..." Sora replied.
"You have violated this principle," the King interupted,"The key bearers shatter peace and bring ruin."
"Aw, Sora and Hara aren't like that," Goofy defended.
"I thank you for saving my daughter," the King continued,"But there is no room in my ocean for you or your keys."
The King swam after his daughter, Sora stared at his Keyblade and Hara sighed.
"What's wrong?" Sora asked.
"I know more than I should know..." Hara sighed,"I should've stopped you from meddling when we started this journey, I knew this would happen."
Hara swam off, no-one followed.
"Hara!" Sora cried.

Ariel sat and sobbed, as Ursula's eels swam closer and closer to her.
"My, my, the poor child suffers such deep sorrow," one eel spoke,"What a pity. If only there were something we could do..."
"Wait," the other eel spoke,"Maybe she can be of some help."
"Yes, maybe she can be of some help to you," the first eel replied.
"Who're you talking about?" Ariel asked.
"Oh, she would surely help you," the second eel swam about,"She'd make all your dreams come true."
"Ursula can help..." they both said, tangling themselves together and turning into black.
"You called, my dear?" the woman's voice we heard before asked.
"You're Ursula?" Ariel said, nervously,"I was just wondering if--"
As Ariel said Ursula's name, Hara swam in, but saw Ariel and Ursula and quickly watched from the wall she was next to.
"It's all right," Ursula comforted,"Helping others is what I live for."
"Lying sea witch!" Hara whispered, but unfortunately they could hear, Ariel and Ursula turned to Hara, but Hara quickly hid up against the wall.
"Let me guess," Ursula turned her attention back to Ariel,"You wish to see other worlds. That shouldn't be too hard. After all, your new friends came from another world."
"What?" Ariel looked at Ursula confused.
"But they had special help--" Ursula explained,"Those mysterious keys. Now, now. Cheer up, sweetie. You have something special, too. Now, listen carefully. I think the Keyhole they seek is somewhere in the palace. Now, my dear, if you can take me there without your daddy knowing... I can help you get to these other worlds you long for."
Hara heard every word of her secret plan, even if she didn't tell Ariel what she really wanted, Hara could work it out, she swam as fast as she could back to Sora and her friends, but it was too late, Ursula had already got the trident.

"The trident is mine at last!" Ursula cackled,"And I couldn't have done it without your help, my dear."
"Ursula, no!" Ariel cried, holding onto her father,"I didn't want this!"
"Why not?" Ursula asked,"Aren't you tired of your dear daddy's orders? Oh, yes, we had a deal, didn't we? Time for a little journey-- to the dark world of the Heartless!"
"We can not find the Keyhole," one eel said.
"The Keyhole is not here," the other one replied.
"What?!" Ursula hissed,"Why, we have company."
Hara had told the others and they followed her to the palace.
"I'm afraid you're a little late, handsome," Ursula chuckled, she vanished into the darkness, as Sora and the others arrived.
"Daddy!" Ariel sighed.
"The trident..." the King tried to say,"We must get it back."
"Come on," Sora ordered,"Let's go!"
Ariel followed them out and stopped them.
"Wait, I'm going with you," she told them,"My father is hurt, and it's all my fault! I have to stop Ursula!"
Sora nodded and agreed for her to come.
"That's right!" Sebastian said from behind them,"I'm right behind you, Ariel!"
They headed for Ursula's lair, there is no possible way to describe this place, but it one word, scary.

"Come out!" Donald ordered,"You can't run!"
"Your time has come!" Sebastian screamed.
"Y'know, yelling at her will probably make her mad," Ryoko told the two of them.
"That's the first time you've spoken," Hara commented.
"I couldn't think of any jokes," Ryoko replied.
"It's always jokes with you," Hara rolled her eyes,"Can't you ever be serious?"
"No..." Ryoko sighed.
Ursula came out and donald and Sebastian screamed. One of her tenticles whacked Ryoko to one side.
Each time the cauldron beneath her went red, they attacked it with blizzard, when it went blue, they attacked it with fire, until Ursula was completely stunned they started attacking her.
Her eels tangled up again and turned into a green smoke.
"You'll pay for this!" Ursula swam off.
They followed her to an unkown area.

"You pathetic fools!" she insulted,"I rule the seas now! The sea and all its spoils bow to my power!"
Sora and the others swam up and saw that now, Ursula was literally, a beast.
"She's huge!" Hara whispered.
"And REALLY ugly!" Ryoko whispered back.
They attacked the back of her neck, but that wouldn't work for long, she turned around to them quite a lot.
"Now, I'm angry!" Ursula yelled,"Time to teach you some respect!"
"SWIM!" Ryoko ordered, they swam as far away as possible.
The more Ursula yelled those two lines though, the harder it got to get to her neck.
"Now, I'm angry..." Ursula started, but Ryoko interupted.
"OK!" he yelled,"We get it! Time to teach us some respect! Whatever!"
Ursula then went in to attack Ryoko, he had gotten on her last nerve.
"MOVE!" Hara screamed, and grabbed Ryoko, they tumbled through Ursula's tenticles, and they found a way to her neck.
Sora, Hara and Ryoko swam up to the back of he neck, Ryoko stuck his claws into her to keep her still, while Hara and Sora attacked with the last few whacks of the Keyblades.
Ursula held her neck and let out an icy blue, breath. Lightning zapped around her as she fell deeper into the darkness. She screamed as her last few body parts fell deeper and deeper. A golden light fell on the trident and was ready to be taken to its rightful owner.

Ariel and the others took the trident to the Keyhole in Ariel's Grotto. The trident shone a golden light and showed the Keyhole to them, bubbles rose as the Keyhole was shown. Sora and Hara swam up to the Keyhole and held out their Keyblades, the bright, icy blue, beam went into the Keyhole from the Keyblades.
"Tell me, Sora, or Hara," Ariel swam over to them,"Your world, what's it like?"
"Oh, about that..." Sora started.
"Sorry for lying to you," Hara finished for him.
"It's okay," Ariel giggled,"Besides. If you can travel to other worlds, maybe I can, too. So many places I want to see... I know I'll get there someday. I'll find a way somehow. I'm sure of it!"
"Well, if you find it," Sebastian asked, sitting in a corner of the Grotto,"Do me a favour and leave me out of it."

They said there goodbye's and headed off to the next world...

Chapter 10​

In the streets of an Arabian city, in a musty gold-ish square, stood the woman from before with Riku and a man wearing a black robe. The man had a golden, serpant staff, it was almost the same gold as the building that surrounded them.
"And the Keyhole?" the woman asked.
"The heartless are searching for it now," the man replied,"I'm certain we'll find it soon enough. So, that just leaves..."
From above a red parrot squaked and came swooping down, flapping its wings, trying to stay in the air, he gently perched on the man's left shoulder.
"Jafar!" the bird cried, obviously stating the man's name,"I've looked everywhere for Jasmine! She's disappeared like magic!"
"Hm..." Jafar huffed,"The girl is more trouble than she's worth."
"You said, you had things under control," the woman replied, almost angrily, but yet she stayed calm.
"Agrbah is full of holes for rats to hide in," Jafar explained,"But, why worry about Princess Jasmine? With her or without her, surely this world will be ours once we find the Keyhole."
"We need all seven Princess' of Heart to open the final door," the woman explained in reply,"Any fewer is useless."
"Well, if the Princess is that important, we'll find her," Jafar assured,"Find Jasmine and bring her to me at once." Arabian heartless appeared behind the tall man and followed the red bird out of the small square they were in.
"Don't steep yourself in darkness too long," the woman warned,"The heartless consume the careless."
The man chuckled and didn't turn to her as he walked out of the square in search of something,"Your concern is touching, but hardly necessary."
For what both of them did not know, is that in behind one of the stalls, a young girl, with plaited black hair, was sat, listening to their every word.

When the five reached Agrabah, they were attacked by the Arabian heartless, these were stronger than the ones they had come across before, and some a lot larger, so, instead of fighting, they ran for safety in an alleyway. As they walked in they heard a noise, the young girl from before was hiding in behind the crates in the alley.
"Who's there?" she quietly asked,"Hello?"
They assured her it was safe to come out, so the girl climbed out from behind the crates and introduced herself,"I'm Princess Jasmine."
"I'm Sora, these are my friends, Hara, Ryoko, Donald and Goofy," Sora replied, the other four bowed in respect for the young princess.
"Aladdin?" a voice said from above, on the rooftop,"Where might I find this street rat?"
They looked up to see it was Jafar, standing over them,"Jasmine, allow me to find you some more suitable company, my dear princess. These little rats won't do, you see."
"Jasmine, run!" Sora ordered in a whisper.
"Come with me!" Hara whispered, she grabbed Jasmine's arm and ran out of the alley. Sora and the rest who were left, got ready to fight.
"Ah," Jafar said,"The boy who holds the key."
Jafar left, and heartless appeared in his place, the others didn't have time to fight, they had to help.
"Leave it!" Sora ordered and Ryoko made a dash for it, he had Jasmine's scent and wasn't going to loose it now, the rest followed. Ryoko had followed the scent to the desert, where they stood to look out at it, it was too wide-spread for them to walk, but luckily a flying carpet came swooping down and they jumped on, it took them across the desert and to a place called the Cave of Wonders.

There, a boy and his monkey were falling further and further into a quick sand pit, it looked like Sora, Donald, Goofy and Ryoko had got there just in time. Although, the heartless didn't think that when they appeared.
"Gawrsh, not again!" Goofy whined.
Sora held out his Keyblade and the boy grabbed hold and his monkey grabbed hold too, the boy was out and got out a lamp from his other hand.
"Genie!" the boy cried,"Get rid of these guys!"
He rubbed the lamp and a puff of smoke covered the area, a blue, genie? Came out and made a huge yell. He snapped his fingers and the heartless disappeared.

They went back to the desert and introduced themselves.
"I see," Aladdin said,"Thanks, Sora."
"Aladdin, what're you doing out here?" Sora asked.
"Same old stuff," he replied,"Hunting legendary treasure. Just paid a visit to the Cave of Wonders. I found that magic carpet, and this lamp." He oulled out a golden lamp from his pocket,"Legend has it, that whoever holds the lamp, can summon the--"
"Please, kid!" the Genie interrupted,"Leave the intros to a proffessional, the one and only, GENIE OF THE LAMP!! Rub-a-dub-dub the lamp and have your dearest wishes granted. Today's winner is... Aladdin!" Confetti was made and fell all over Aladdin,"Congratulations!" Genie continued.
"Any wish?" Donald asked.
"Patience, my fine, feathered friend," the Genie told Donald,"Any THREE wishes! A one wish, a two wish, a three wish! Then I make like a banana and split! Our lucky winner made his first wish--"
He leant down and whispered to Sora,"And let me tell you, what a doozy that wish was--"
Genie went back to speaking to the group,"So, he has two left! So, master, what'll you have for wish Number Two?!"
"Hmm..." Aladdin thought,"How about making me a fabulously wealthy prince?"
"Whoah!" Genie cried,"Money! Royalty! Fame! Why didn't I think of that?! Okay, you asked for it! A hundred servants and a hundred camels loaded with gold! Just say the word, and I'll deliver it in 30 minutes or less, or your meal is free! Hey, I'll even throw in a cappuccino!"
"No, thanks," Aladdin giggled.
"Okay," Genie nodded.
Aladdin thought for a bit,"I think I'll put that on hold until we reach Agrabah."
"Uh, why a prince?" Goofy wondered.
"You see there's this girl," Aladdin explained, a little nervous,"in Agrbah, named Jasmine, but she's a princess! And I'm... Aw! She could never fall for a guy like me."
"Hey, you never know, if she..." Ryoko stopped himself and thought.
"Oh, Princess?" Donald thought out loud.
"Jasmine?" Goofy continued.
"Oh, that's right!" Sora remembered,"She's in trouble Aladdin!"
"What?!" Aladdin exclaimed,"Well, c'mon, let's get going!"
They jumped on the magic carpet and headed for Agrabah. Unfortunately, the magic carpet wasn't fast enough with the weight of all of them on it.

As they glided through the desert, Genie was enjoying his short time out of his lamp, it was like a vacation for him.
"Ah!" Genie stretched,"Fresh air! The great outdoors!" Genie swooped around.
"I guess you don't get much, huh?" Sora replied.
"Comes with the job," Genie explained,"Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty-bitty living space. It's always three wishes, then back to my portable prison. I'm lucky to see the light of day every century or two..."
"Say, Genie," Aladdin offered,"What if I used my last wish to free you from the lamp? What do you think?"
Genie's face lit up,"You'd do that?"
"Genie, it's a promise, after we help Hara and Jasmine!"

They landed in Agrabah and found themselves dealing with heartless, Donald and Goofy kept them busy and Sora, Aladdin and Ryoko headed for the Palace. They found Jafar and Jasmine standing by the gates, but no Hara in sight.
"Setting your sights a little high, aren't you, boy?" Jafar hissed,"Back to your hole, street rat. I will not allow you to trouble the princess anymore."
Aladdin noticed the girl standing behind the monsterous man,"Jasmine!"
"I'm so sorry, Aladdin," Jasmine apologised.
"Genie, help Jasmine, please," Aladdin was rubbing the lamp behind his back.
"One wish left!" Genie said, holding Jasmine in his arms,"You're making this really easy, you know."
"I'm so sorry, boy," Jafar laughed,"I'm afraid, your second wish has been denied!"
The bird tht had been leading the heartless had grabbed Aladdin's lamp and brought it to Jafar. Aladdin looked to see the lamp had really been stolen, Genie dropped Jasmine as she fell into a large pot.
"I'm sorry, Al," Genie apologised.
The pot grew, spider-like, legs and Ryoko growled.
"And now, I bid you all farewell," Jafar said evily,"Attack!"
More pots grew spider-like legs and two of them broke out into fish type creatures. The pots joined together and Donald and Goofy had come to join them. They broke each pot as they tried to join together, Sora and Ryoko attacked the front of this fish type creature and it was eventually finished.
"Jasmine!" Aladdin cried, as each of the pots had been destroyed and there was no sign of Jasmine.
Jafar's cackle was heard in the distance and all of them were angry.
"To the desert!" Aladdin ordered,"C'mon! Let's move!"
They ran to the desert after the obsticles of heartless stood in their way, the magic carpet flew over and allowed them to jump on.

They headed for the Cave of Wonders, but the cave seemed to have been possessed. It's eyes shone and heartless appeared all around. Ryoko, Donald and Goofy kept the heartless busy and Aladdin tried to help, Sora attacked the eyes of the cave, and eventually the cave's mouth opened. They entered the cave and fell down a hole, where they found themselves in a cavern.
There stood Jafar and a depressed Genie, Jasmine lay on the floor and there, next to a platform, sat a tied up Hara.
"My first wish Genie!" Jafar ordered,"Show me the keyhole!"
Genie sighed and held his fingers up in the shape of a gun, above the platform that Hara was sat in front of a wall crumbled down and the keyhole was revealed. Hara ducked her head as the rocks from the wall rolled off the platform. Jafar cackled evilly and, Genie, Hara and Jasmine, were left helpless.
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang, with the help of Abu, the monkey, searched for the three jewels that would activate a door.
But as they searched, the woma who was helping Jafar, had made her way to where Jafar and the others were.
"That boy, again?" the woman asked.
"He's more persistent than I expected," Jafar whined,"Why not explain the situation to that boy Riku?"
Hara gasped, was Riku helping them? She couldn't trust him, but she never thought these were his expectations.
"Doing so may actually prove useful to our--" Jafar was interrupted.
In came running, Sora, Ryoko, Aladdin, Donald and Goofy. Hara smiled, she knew her friends wouldn't leave her.
"Wait a second..." Sora spoke,"Are you Maleficent?"
The woman disappeared and they were left confused.
"Jafar!" Aladdin cried,"Let Jasmine go!"
"Not a chance," Jafar replied,"You see she's a princess, one of seven who somehow hold the key to opening the door."
"Open..." Goofy repeated.
"...the door?" Donald finished.
"Your friend could also be a princess, but we are highly doubtful she is," Jafar turned to where Hara was.
"I'm no Princess of--" Hara was stopped as Jafar pointed his staff at her, she knew she shouldn't say anymore.
"But you fools won't live to see what lies beyond the door," Jafar continued,"Genie, my second wish!"
Genie looked up as his second order was about to be spoken.
"Crush them!" Jafar ordered.
"Genie, no!" Aladdin pleaded.
"Sorry, Al," Genie sighed,"The one with the lamp calls the shots. I don't have a choice."
Jafar lift ed his staff and blocked off the keyhole and any exits available to the heroes. Sora and the others were ready to fight. Ryoko ran towards Hara to try and bite through the ropes she was tied up in, but Jafar knocked him into the other wall, where he fell helpless to the floor. Hara sat helplessly on the floor, as Sora had to dodge the Genie and defeat Jafar. Sora tried to defend Hara, but if he went near her Genie would attack them both. Eventually, Jafar was knocked down by Sora's last hit of the Keyblade.

Sora, Aladdin, Donald and Goofy walked towards the Keyhole, but Jafar wasn't finished yet.
"Genie!" a voice cried from behind them,"My final wish! I want you to make me an all-powerful, genie!"
"Genie, don't do it!" Hara cried from the side.
Genie covered his eyes and pointed to Jafar, a puff of smoke appeared and the floor started to rumble. It started to fall apart, Ryoko eventually got up and ran to the edge of the room, Hara screamed in fright as she was going down as well as the floor. Luckily, Sora was fast enough to run and set her free, they ran to the edge of the room, and the floor crumbled down. Down beneath the floor lava was spilling everywhere, but they had no choice but to go down there. There were moving platforms down by the boiling hot lava, but the floor started to rumble once again.
"The floor can't get any deeper, can it?!" Ryoko asked.
There from the lava appeared a red genie, it let out a roar of laughter. Then appeared his bird companion holding Jafar's lamp. They realised they couldn't fight Jafar but they could try and get his lamp. They started attacking the bird and the lamp, but they started having boulders chucked at them. Eventually, the bird dropped the lamp and Sora picked it up.
"Okay, Jafar!" he called,"Back to you lamp!"
He held up the black lamp and Jafar was sucked back into his 'portable prison'. He let out a huge yell as he had been defeated.

Up above though, Jasmine had awoken and was looking down the whole in the ground. As she watched to see if she could see Aladdin, she heard footsteps from behind her. She turned and gasped and her world went dark.

The magic carpet had appeared in the hole and took the friends back to the top. They jumped off and the carpet flew around for a bit. Aladdin looked around, but saw no sign of Jasmine anywhere.
"Jasmine?!" he called, waiting for an answer,"Jasmine!"
From behind them the Keyhole shone and Sora and Hara lifted up their Keyblades and sealed the Keyhole. The room started to rumble again and started to fall apart once again.
"Whoah!" Goofy yelled,"We better get out of here!"
"Jasmine!" Aladdin cried, he wanted to stay, but Sora, Donald and Goofy dragged him over to the magic carpet.
"Aladdin!" Hara yelled,"She'll be fine!"
The magic carpet flew them through the cave and out made sure none of them got hurt, it flew them out of the cave's mouth and back to Aladdin's house.

"Uh, Earth to Al," Genie said, patting Aladdin's back,"Hello? You still have one wish left. Look, just say the word. Ask me to find Jasmine for you."
"That's sweet, Genie," Hara complimented.
"I..." Aladdin started,"I wish..."
Genie got ready to grant his wish.
"...For your freedom, Genie," Aladdin wished.
"Al!" Genie yelled, but his tail had become legs and he let out a yell, the golden cuffs on his hands had been taken away.
"A deal's a deal, Genie," Aladdin explained,"Now, you can go anywhere you want. You're your own master. ...But, if you can, it'd be great if you could go along with them, and help find Jasmine."
"Hmm..." Genie thought,"Sorry, Al, I'm done taking orders from others. But... A favour, now that's entirely different. I guess, I could give that a try." Genie put his arm around Aladdin,"After all, we're pals, right, Al?"
"Genie..." Aladdin looked at him.
"Just leave it to me!" Genie smiled and gave a wink, Aladdin giggled.
It was time to leave that world and head for the next...

"That smarmy vizier could've had 'em--" a male voice spoke, in a dark place, too dark to see who was talking,"If someone had stuck around to give him a hand."
"Hey, I did my part," a young boy's voice said,"I brought the princess, didn't I?"
"Jafar was beyond help," a woman spoke,"Consumed by his own hatred. One should beware of letting it burn too fiercely."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," the male voice interrupted,"I'm as cool as they come, okay? By the way, kid, have we got something special for you."
"Huh?" the young boy was confused.
"We had a deal, yes?" the woman reminded him,"You help us, and we grant you, your wish..."
On the table, that they were standing around, a holographic image showed a girl lying down, her eyes were closed and did not move a muscle.
"Kairi!" the boy cried, but as he did so, the light from the holograph shone on his face, the boy was Riku. Apparently, Hara was right to have not trusted him, but did not think of this as one of his expectations.
"Go to her," the woman ordred,"Your vessel is waiting."
As Riku turned to the exit, footsteps were heard as another figure entered the secret room.
"Just remember, this is no pleasure cruise," the figure said, he had a very different accent to the other men who had been around the table before,"It won't be a pleasant voyage."
"Why are you doing all this for me?" Riku asked,"What's the catch?"
"Catch?" the woman turned to Riku,"What's the catch? Silly boy." She bent down to Riku and touched his face,"You're like a son to me. I only want you to be happy."
Riku slapped her hand off of him and stepped back,"I seriously doubt that."
"Believe what you wish," the woman continued,"But lest we forget, I kept my end of the bargain."
Riku looked at the woman for a moment and then walked out of the room, the woman watched as he walked out of the room and thought deeply to herself.

thankyou so much it saves me the time of havin to get out the scenes!

Chapter 9​

The group had traveled back to Traverse Town and went to a place in a small cavern-type area. There was a small house with no lights on and looked a little wrecked. They decided to walk inside, the cavern light wasn't much, but the room was still pitch black.
"There's something about this musty place..." a voice said from a corner, Sora turned to see a girl walking towards him, and that girl was Kairi, had he found her? "It reminds me of the secret place back home," Kairi continued walking around Sora,"where we used to scribble on the walls. Remember?"
"Kairi?" Sora asked, in hope that it was his lost friend.
"Sora?" Goofy said from behind, unfortunately it was just his imagination taking over, Kairi was no longer there and his heart was filling with sorrow as he had just been dreaming or was it a dream? Just then the lights came on and a man with a blue robe on and grey beard appeared.
"Who're you?!" Ryoko yelled from inbehind Hara's legs.
The man looked at the lion strangely and shook his head,"I'm Merlin and I live here, what are you youngsters doing here?"
"Sorry, we just... Uh..." Hara tried to explain they weren't stealing.
"Don't worry, you all look too young to be able to steal anything from my home," Merlin chuckled, the group smiled and Ryoko noticed a book on a table.
"What's this?" he asked, jumping onto the bed next to the table.
"A book I found, but the pages have been scattered everywhere..."
"We'll help you look for the pages, we're travelling a lot, so, we might as well," Sora offered.
"Oh, thankyou!" Merlin smiled,"And in return you are welcome back here anytime."
"Merlin?" Hara caught his attention,"Are you a wizard?"
"Indeed, I am," Merlin replied, looking at the young girl,"Why do you ask?"
"What can you tell us about this?" she continued and held out her Keyblade.
"Oh my!" Merlin squeeled,"You are the weilders of the Keyblades?!"
"Uhh... I suppose," Sora muttered.
"You are free to practise magic here, anytime!"

The five of them nodded and headed back to the Third District. As they walked into the centre of the district, heartless! But they then disappeared, Sora and the others were ready to fight, but the heartless had already been defeated. The group looked up and saw a boy a little older than Sora and Hara, he was holding a mysterious blade, but the boy was familiar to Sora.
"There you are," the boy greeted, as if he was looking for them,"What's going on?"
"Riku!" Sora cheered, and walked over and pulled the boys cheeks, just to make sure it really was him.
"Hey, hey!" Riku pushed Sora's hands away,"Cut it out!"
"I'm not dreaming this time, right?" Sora asked.
"I hope not, took forever to find you."
"Riku!" Sora smiled, please to see his best friend again.
"So you're the mysterious, but loveable Riku?" Hara asked, looking up at Riku with a smile.
"Why? What has Sora told you?" Riku asked, suspiciously, looking down at Hara.
"Nothing, I just wondered," Hara giggled,"I'm Hara by the way, and this is Donald and Goofy and my friend Ryoko."
"Nice to meet you all," Riku waved at them. Heartless appeared once again and this time they did want to fight, they weren't hard to beat just a few whacks of the Keyblades and that was it really.

"Wait a second, where's Kairi?" Sora asked his old friend.
"Isn't she with you?" Riku asked, Sora bowed his head, he shook his head in sorrow.
"Well, don't worry, I'm sure she made it off the island, too," Riku stayed positive, and looked at Hara who gave him a funny look, she didn't trust Riku one bit, but then again would you trust someone who you've just met?
"We're finally free," Riku continued,"Hey, she might even be looking for us now." Behind the group a heartless appeared and Sora turned to see it.
"We'll all be together again soon, don't worry," Riku said,"Just leave everything to me. I know this--" He then heard a noise from behind him, he turned to see Sora holding his Keyblade in the air, Sora turned and put his Keyblade around his shoulders.
"Leave it to who?" he mimicked.
"Sora, what did you--" Riku was astonished, he didn't know what to say.
"I've been looking for you and Kairi, too, with their help," Sora said, gesturing to the other four people.
"Although, I've been searching for something else, Sora agreed to help me," Hara replied, turning to Sora, who decided to continue to Riku.
"We've visited so many places and worlds, looking for you," Sora continued.
"Really?" Riku asked,"Well, what do you know? I never would of guessed."
"Oh, and guess what?!" Goofy interrupted, grabbing Sora's shoulders,"Sora and Hara are the Keyblade masters!"
"Who would've thought it?" Donald replied, pointing to Sora.
"What's that mean?" Sora asked, looking down at his friend.
"So, this is called a Keyblade?" Riku asked, holding the sacred blade.
"Huh?" Sora looked up and realised it was gone,"Hey, give it back." Sora ran in to grab his Keyblade, but Riku jumped backwards, letting Sora stumble over.
"And he's the Keyblade master?" Ryoko joked.
"Catch!" Riku chucked the blade back to Sora.
"Whoa!" Sora cried, as he caught the item,"Okay, so, you're coming with us, right? We've got this awesome rocket! Wait 'til you see it!"
"No!" Donald screamed,"He can't come!"
"What?!" Sora back-chatted.
"Forget it!"
"Oh, come on! He's my friend!"
"I don't care!"
Goofy looked up and noticed that Riku was gone,"He's gone!"
"Riku?" Sora asked, looking around,"Nice going. Oh, well. At least he's okay. And who knows? Maybe we'll run into Kairi soon, too."
"To me, that's only wishful thinking..." Hara replied.

"You see?" a woman in a black cloak asked, holding onto Riku's shoulder,"It's just as I told you. While you toiled away, trying to find your dear friend, he quite simply, replaced you with some new companions. Evidently, he now values them far more than he does you."
Riku looked into the hotel window where his friend and his new companions were.
"You're far better off without that wretched boy," the woman explained,"Now, think no more of him, and come with me. I'll help you find what you're searching for..."

The fountain in the Third District spurt out water and the background of it all twisted and changed, then a purple light shone over this back drop and a giant keyhole was revealed. The group walked towards it, but before they could reach it, that heartless from the first visit to Traverse Town appeared once again. After defeating it the same as before, one heartless limb at a time, and then the body and head, the heartless soon fell apart. But, this time it rose again, connecting itself together, but then it stood on its hands and wanted to be fought again, but still it was beaten with some ease, it's heart was released into the night sky and disappeared. Sora and Hara walked up to the massive keyhole in the centre of the fountain, they raised their Keyblades up and sealed the town off for good. Although, it wouldn't be the last time they came to visit their friends, and Hara's family, as she liked to think them of.

Chapter 8​

They had reached the next world and saw a giant building. Two statues stood at each side of the door. They walked inside and saw a little goat standing on a pedestal.
"Um..." Sora began.
"Good timing. Give me a hand will ya?" the goat asked, not even looking at them,"Move that pedestal over there for me. I gotta spruce things up for the games.
"He's kidding, right?" Ryoko complained.
They tried pushing it all together, but not even five people could move this fat block.
"It's way too heavy!" Sora told the goat.
"What? Too heavy?" the goat joked,"Since when have you been such a little-- Oh. Wrong guy. What're you doing here? This here's the world-famous Coliseum--"
"Then how come I've never heard of it?" Hara interupted.
"Heroes only!" the goat continued,"And I got my hands full, preparing for the games. So run along pip-squeaks." Sora glared at the goat and Ryoko growled,"Look, it's like this. Heroes are coming from all over to fight ferocious monsters right here in the Coliseum."
"You got heroes standing right in front of you," Donald replied, crossing his arms.
Ryoko looked up at Sora,"Well, most of us."
"Yup! These guys are real heroes chosen by the Keyblades," Goofy boasted, grabbing Sora and Hara's shoulders.
"And we're heroes too," Donald smiled, Ryoko nodded in agreement.
"Heroes?! Those runts?!" the goat laughed.
"What's so funny? We've fought a bunch of monsters!" Sora cried. Ryoko growled at the goat and he stopped laughing.
"Hey! If you can't even move this..." the goat tried pushing the pedestal himself,"You can't call yourself..." Hara gave the goat a strange look and Sora crossed his arms,"A hero!" The goat fell to the floor, he panted franticly for air,"Okay, so it takes more than brawn."
Ryoko laughed and looked at Sora,"Takes a lot of brain power for you too!" Hara kicked Ryoko into the wall.
"Well, well, let's see what you can do!" the goat cried.
After defeating barrels, and scraping off wood. They went back to Phil.
"You know, you guys ain't bad," Phil complimented.
"I guess we're heading for the games," Sora giggled.
"Afraid not!"
"Why not?!" Hara cried.
"Two words: you guys ain't heroes!" Phil replied.
"That's four words!" Ryoko corrected. Goofy started counting on his fingers.
"Come on!" Sora pleaded.

They left the Coliseum in disgust, but then heard a voice behind them.
"Rather a stubborn old goat, wouldn't you say?" a man with a blue flame for hair said.
"You know, to most teenage girls, a man with a blue flame on their head would be weird," Hara commented.
"Who are you?" Donald asked.
"Whoa, hold on there, fuzz boy. Wait, let me guess," the man replied,"You want to enter the games, right?"
The man put his hand on Sora's shoulder,"Well, then, hey, get a load of this." The manmade a pass poof out of nowhere.
"A pass?" Sora was astonished.
"Sora..." Hara said, worriedly.
"It's all yours. Good luck, kids. I'm pulling for you, little shorties," the man then walked off.

They went out to the grounds, to get ready for their battles. A man with blonde, spikey hair, wearing a cape that covered his mouth walked by, was he entering the games? Sora and him met eye to eye, but Hara felt something familiar about him. It was time to enter!

They had won every battle so far and stood in the middle of the battle field cheering, Sora was pulling poses, while Ryoko insulted him, it broke out into an argument afterwards. The man from before and the man who gave them the pass were watching from in behind the pillars.
"Those little punks are your next opponents, okay?" the man with blue hair told the man with blonde hair,"Now don't blow it. Just take them out."
"The great God of the Underworld is afraid of little kids?" the other man asked,"Sorry, but my contract says--"
"I know! You think I don't know?! I wrote the contract! I know it says you're only required to kill Hercules in this tournament, but you've gotta fight those kids to get to him! Come on. Hey, it's like that old goat says: Rule number eleven: It's all just a game, so let loose and have fun with it! I man a casualty or two along the way is no big deal, right?" The other man walked off and Hades, the blue flame hair guy, watched him leave,"Geez. Stiffer than the stiffs back home. Still, suckers like him are hard to come by..."

It was time to fight Cloud, the guy Hades was talking to, remember him? Good! How could you forget? He's a cool character!
Sora and Donald darted right for him, Goofy stood aside. Hara and Ryoko tried tried to keep Cloud busy. After much jabbing and harm, they won. Cloud went to one knee and put his sword down. Sora walked towards Cloud and Hara, Donald and Goofy turned to Phil to cheer. Ryoko looked up past Cloud and saw something horrible, he ran to the side the battlefield. Cloud got up and turned around, Ryoko pounced and pushed Sora out the way. The giant dog crushed Cloud under his staircase-sized paw. Hara, Donald and Goofy turned in shock. Sora got up and gasped and Ryoko gulped.
"Oh, right, there was one other rule I forgot: Accidents happen," Hades chuckled and walked off.
The dog went down for Sora and Ryoko, but for their luck, Hercules, strongest man alive, held the dog up out of the way.
"Herc!" Phil called.
"Phil! Get them outta here!" Hercules ordered.
They all ran for cover inside, but Sora wanted to prove he was a hero and the rest agreed. Phil said they could go out, but this wasn't the competition, this was real. They went out to prove themselves.

Hercules had retrieved Cloud from under the paw, but he was unconscience for a while. Sora anbd his friends ran out to get rid of the dog.
"Kids, I got two words of advice for you: Attack!" Phil cried.
"That's one word!" Ryoko screamed, angrily.
Sora went under the dog while Donald and Goofy kept Cerberus busy. Hara and Ryoko climbed onto the dogs back and went for its head. Hara was knocked off though and crashed into the Coliseum walls. Sora gritted his teeth and Ryoko scratched the dog's head. Cerberus whined with pain, after a while he became tired and Hara got up and both her and Sora went for the middle.
Cerberus collapsed and roared. They went back inside the Coliseum where Hercules and Phil were standing.

"Thus, do I hearby dub thee junior heroes, and confer upon thee full rights and privileges and participate in the futture games. Further--" Phil read from a sheet of paper.
"Hey, what do you mean 'junior heroes'?!" Donald whined.
"You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero."
"So, what does it take?" Goofy asked.
"Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yourselves," Hercules explained,"Just the way that I did."
"No problem," Sora replied,"We'll start by proving ourselves in the games."
"There ain't gonna be any games for a while," Phil replied,"Gotta clean up the mess from that last battle first."
"Okay, we'll be back," Sora waved goodbye and all of them walked out, now it was time to go back to Traverse Town.
"I still can't believe those squirts actually beat Cerberus," Phil told Hercules.
"Just between us," Hercules whispered,"I'd already worn Cerberus down by the time those little guys jumped in."
"My lips are sealed."

Outside the Coliseum, they saw Cloud sat on the steps.
"Hey, are you alright?" Sora asked.
"Yeah," Cloud replied, but he didn't sound it.
"So, why did you go along with him, anyway?" Hara asked.
"I'm looking for someone, Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the powers of darkness, but it backfired. I fell into the darkness, and I couldn't find the light."
"You'll find it," Sora replied,"I'm searching, too."
"Me, too," Hara stated.
"For your light?" Cloud asked.
Sora and Hara nodded.
"Don't lose sight of it." Cloud put something into Sora's hand.
"How about a rematch sometime? Fair and square, no dark powers involved!" Sora asked, cheerfully.
"I think I'll pass," Cloud replied, flicking his hair, he then walked off.
"He reminds me of someone," Hara put her head down.

They left, ready to go back to Traverse Town.
"He's storng. He's kind. He's always there for you and he's handsome to the boot," Hades said, watching Hercules,"He's perfect. Perfect. Perfectly, infuriating! He makes me crazy! Wait a minute. What are you worried about? All the pieces are in place. Relax. Here's what you do, let Hercules train the kids. In the next games, I'll take care of them both. Who invited you to the party? Stay out of this. This is my show."
"As you wish. Fight to your heart's content," Maleficent replied. She left and Hades gave her evils. What was Maleficent planning? And why didn't Hara realise Cloud was right in front of her? And why hasn't sora found Riku and Kairi? Ok, you know the answer to the last one.

Chapter 7​

After, Sora and Donald decided to fight over the controlling of the Gummi Ship, they ended up in a jungle, everyone was split up, but Sora and Ryoko ended up together, after Ryoko fell on Sora though.
"Oww... My head..." Sora moaned, while rubbing it. He then heard a spitting and felt fluff on him.
"Get your hair out of my mouth!" Ryoko screamed.
"Get off of me!" Sora yelled.
"No, I don't think I will..." Ryoko teased.
Sora sat up knocking Ryoko off his back.
"Donald? Goofy? Hara?" Sora asked, seeing if he'd hear a reply.
"I don't think they're here."
"Naah! You don't say!"
"Don't get touchy!"
A growling sound was heard in the background.
"Don't growl at me!"
"I didn't..."
Both boys turned and saw a Sabor pounce out at them. Sora kept it busy while Ryoko looked for a weak spot, but then a man or monkey thing jumped out and attacked it with his spear. The sabor ran while it had the chance.
"Sabor, danger," the man informed.
"Um... Thank you," Sora said, gratefully.
"Thank you! He saved our natural lives! All you can say is thank you?!" Ryoko exclaimed.
"He's not speaking proper English... So..." Sora replied.
"The good thing is we're not dead... Yeah, yeah, yeah," Ryoko mimicked.
"Thanky you," the man said, he spoke very slow.
"Huh? Uh, what is this place?" Sora asked.
"This place. This place," the man repeated.
"It's like a talking to a fish..." Ryoko complained.
"Okaaay...where did the others go?" Sora asked,"Look, I got seperated from my friends, have you seen them?"
"I'd be better off with the fish..." Ryoko said to himself.
"Friends..." Sora said again, very slowly.
"Friends!" the man repeated.
"Right! My friends!" Sora said, estaticly,"There's two of 'em! The loud one is Dona--" Sora stopped himself thinking about their fight,"You know what? Never mind..."
"Look, have you seen a girl?" Ryoko mimicked the man.
The man gave him a strange look.
"Oh, fish come back!" Ryoko pleaded.
"I'm looking for my friends. Riku, Kairi and Hara," Sora changed his mind about Donald and Goofy.
"Look for Riku, friends?" the man asked.
"Right!" Sora nodded, he then looked behind the man and thought he saw Kairi.
"Kairi, friends?" the man asked again.
"Uhh... Right..." Sora replied, not concentrating.
"Hara, friends?" the man finally asked.
"Yes! For the love of God!" Ryoko whined.
The Kairi he thought he was seeing walked around.
"Friends, here," the man stated.
"Really?!" Sora asked, excitedly.
"*&&X%" the man said.
"Pardon?" Ryoko looked up at the man confuzed.
"Huh?" Sora looked confused too.
The man repeated himself and Ryoko stood up.
"Friends, here," the man repeated.
"Not sure I understand, but show me!" Sora asked.
"You're not sure, I'm positive, I don't understand," Ryoko replied.
"Take me to Riku and Kairi!" Sora pleaded.
"Tarzan," the man introduced,"Tarzan go!"
"This is hopeless!" Ryoko complained.
"And I'm... Sora," Sora introduced himself,"Tarzan go, Sora go, go!"
"Don't make me say it," Ryoko told Sora.
They followed Tarzan into the Jungle.

"Gawrsh, where are we?" Goofy asked,"I sure hope Sora, Hara and Ryoko's okay."
"Aw... Who needs Sora? We can find the king without them!" Donald replied, he went to grab his staff and saw a gorilla staring him in the face,"Huh?" Both of them screamed, and the gorilla ran leaving a little present. Not that type of present though.
A man came out of the bamboo path holding a gun, Donald and Goofy gulped.

Back with Sora, Ryoko and Tarzan, they had entered the tent where a tall lady stood and a familiar girl.
"Jane?" Tarzan asked.
Both girls turned towards them.
"Tarzan?" Jane replied.
"Sora! Ryoko!" Hara cried and ran up to hug them both.
"Oh, who's this? You know them?" Jane asked.
"Yeah, they're my friends!" Hara replied.
"Uh... Hi there... I'm--" Sora started, but was interupted.
"Oh, you speak English," Jane stated and Hara laughed,"So, then, you're obviously not related to Tarzan..."
"Unfortunatley, we'd be much better off if he was," Ryoko replied.
"Are you here to study the gorillas?" Jane giggled.
"Highly doubtful," a voice said from behind Sora and his friends.
The man with the gun walked in, following behind was Donald and Goofy.
"Sora! Hara! Ryoko!" Goofy yelled.
"Goofy! Donald!" the three others yelled.
Sora and Donald started happy dancing and Hara laughed.
"Now, you see why I don't do it," Ryoko giggled, he was being held by Hara at the time.
Donald and Sora looked eachother in the eye and then turned their backs on eachother.
"A circus of clowns. Not much use for hunting gorillas," the man insulted.
"Who you calling a clown, fat nose?!" Ryoko sniped back.
Hara covered the young lions mouth,"He didn't mean that!"
The man walked out of the tent by then.
"Mr. Clayton we're studying them, not hunting them!" Jane snapped at him,"This is research. Well, the more the merrier. Do make yourselves at home."
"It won't be merry, while Sora and Donald are fighting," Ryoko explained.
"Well, anyway..." Sora interupted.
"I'm staying," Sora and Donald said at the exact same time.
"I'd run, but they have the keys to the Gummi Ship," Hara said to her feline friend.
"Huh?" Sora asked.
"You guys, look what we found," Goofy drew there attention towards what the gorilla had left,"Look at this."

"Well, Tarzan?" Jane asked.
"Where are my friends, Riku and Kairi?" Sora asked.
Tarzan shook his head.
"Hey, I thought--" Sora started, but was interupted.
"That leaves just one place," Clayton informed, walking into the tent,"Young man, we've been in this jungle for a some time now. But we have yet to encounter these friends of yours."
"Well, I guess that means I have no chance of finding Cloud," Hara said, disappointedly.
"I'd wager they're with the gorillas. But Tarzan refuses to take us to them," Clayton continued.
"Really, Mr. Clayton. Tarzan wouldn't hide--" Jane informed, but then looked at Tarzan, but Clayton interupted.
"Then take us there! Take us to the gorillas! Go-ril-las."
Tarzan turned to Sora and Hara, he saw their faces and nodded.
"Tarzan... Are you sure?" Jane asked.
"Tarzan, go see Kerchak," Tarzan replied.
"Kerchak?" Jane questioned.
"He must be the leader. Perfect. I'll go along as an escort," Clayton explained,"after all, the jungle is a dangerous place."

They followed Tarzan to Kerchak, the large gorilla and a smaller one, were sat on some vines.
"Kerchak, please, listen to me!" Tarzan pleaded, but to the others it was just jibberish,"I know the nesting grounds are secret, but I trust them! You see, I want to help them, because... Because... Well, they need us."
The leading gorilla stared at Tarzan wth his grumpy, old face.
"Did you get that?" Goofy asked.
"No," Donald replied.
"Can you understand them, Ryoko?" Hara bent down to him.
"Funnily enough, I can," Ryoko replied.
"Kerchak!" Tarzan pleaded.
The gorilla just walked off,"Kerchak..." Tarzan gave up.
Tarzan and the other stood in a sulk, as the gorillas wandered off.

Clayton was found about to shoot a gorilla, back where Sora and Ryoko had started. Donald came running along and screamed, the gun fired diagonally, missing the gorilla completely.
"What's the big idea?" Donald cried.
Kerchak and the other gorilla were found on the still standing balcony, so Tarzan went to plead once more.
"Wait, Kerchak. Please!" Tarzan cried. The gorilla once again wandered off.
"You don;t understand. I was only trying to... Ah. A snakeslithered by, you see, I saved that poor gorilla's life," Clayton played fool.
"No-one's buying it," Hara snapped.
Tarzan glared at Clayton and then looked disappointingly at the floor.

They wandered back to the tent, where Jane ws ready to explode for what Clayton did.
"How could you do such a thing?!" she yelled.
"Now, Miss Porter, as I told you, I was not aiming at the gorilla," Clayton tried to cover it up.
"You are not to go near the gorillas again!" Jane ordered.
"All because of one mishap?" Clayton giggled,"Come on..."
"One mishap turns into 'on purpose'!" Ryoko exclaimed.
All of the people in the tent stood on Jane's side, except Cklayton, and they gave Clayton an evil glare. Clayton nervously laughed and walked outside of the tent.
"What am I doing with these imbeciles?!" Clayton asked himself,"Blasted gorillas! I'll hunt down every last one of them! I'll track them down somehow! I'll stake my life on it."
There was rustling coming from the bamboo and Clayton shot his gun. Something told the five voyagers that wasn't a gorilla.

The five of them ran outside, along with Tarzan and saw a bunch of Heartless surrounding a gorilla.
"Heartless!" Sora cried.
"We aren't blind!" Ryoko replied.
They had to travel to different areas of the jungle to fight off the Heartless.

They ran towards the cliff, but on the way there, they saw a pin like thing on the moss covered stump Donald and Goofy started at.
"What's that?" Sora asked.
"It looks like a pin, or a claw?" Hara replied.
Ryoko turned and saw the sabor that attacked before,"Uh... Guys?"
They all turned and saw the beast. Hara and Sora drew their Keyblades.
"My second chance to beat the snot out of it!" Sora exclaimed.
"Second?" Hara was confused.
"Do you have to be so graphic?" Ryoko asked.
Hara whacked Ryoko on the head, hard. Ryoko made a loud screach.
"That hurt!" Ryoko screamed.
"It was supposed to!" Hara yelled.
The sabor pounced right for Sora, he put his Keyblade in front of his face and pushed it back. The sabor then lept for Ryoko.
"It's heading right for me!" Ryoko screamed.
"You're meant to run!" Hara explained and then saw it heading for him and stepped in front with her Keyblade.
Hara, Sora and Tarzan attacked the sabor, until it was down for the count.

Back at the tent, Jane and the one of the gorilla's from before were laying there scared. Sora, Hara, Tarzan and the others ran into the jungle. Behind all the creepy vines in a gap in the walls, there sat Jane and the gorilla.
"Tarzan!" Jane cried.
There appeared many Heartless, it was an easy battle, once they had discovered they had to destroy the plant.

The cliff was covered in gorillas, trapped by Clayton and the Heartless. Sora and friends arrived just in time to save them. Clayton aimed his gun at one of the many gorillas.
"No!" Sora cried,"Clayton?"
"Not Clayton!" Tarzan said, worriedly"*&&X%! Not Clayton!"
They fought off the surrounding Heartless easily, but Clayton stood by the dead-end of the cliff and the wall burst open. Tarzan ran towards Clayton, but got shot, Sora and Hara turned to him. A chameleon thing must have been holding Clayton up.
Sora and Hara ran for cover and left Tarzan to fight for a bit. Then, they darted at the chameleon like thing and kept stabbing it with their Keyblades. The chameleon was visible now, they knocked Clayton off it's back.
"Sora!" Hara called," You go for Clayton! Me and Tarzan will keep invisible here busy!"
Sora nodded and kept attacking Clayton, getting shot many times, but eventually his health was gone. The Stealth Sneak's heart was gone. Clayton was about to shoot his gun one last time, but the Stealth Sneak fell right on top of him, with a splat of course.
"That's gonna hurt in the morning!" Ryoko joked.
The gorillas were left in peace, but Kerchak decided to chuck Sora and his friends on top of the cliff, with a loud thud, well you can guess.
Tarzan followed them by climbing up the vines and the gorillas left.
"Tarzan, home," Tarzan said.
They all followed Tarzan to in behind the waterfall, they then found in the vines at the top of in behind the waterfalls, a keyhole.
"A keyhole!" Sora cried.
"*&&X%" Tarzan repeated once more.
"This is your home, but that means..." Sora started, but Tarzan asked them to listen. You could hear birds and the thunderingness of the waterfall.
"Huh?" Goofy muttered.
"The waterfalls... They're echoing all the way here," Jane explained.
"*&&X%" Tarzan said, again,"Friend there, see friends."
"Oh, now I've got it, *&&X% means heart," Jane explained,"Friends in our hearts..."
"Heart..." Tarzan repeated.
"Oh, so that's what it meant," Sora said, disappointedly.
"Oh, Sora, I'm so sorry, but we still have a good chance of finding them," Hara re-assured, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Friends, same heart," Tarzan explained,"Clayton, lose heart. No heart, no see friends. No heart, no friends."
"Sorry about, what I said," Sora apologised to Donald.
"I'm sorry too," Donald apologised.
"Yeah, all for one! Huh?" Goofy cheered.
"We better close the keyhole, before any other Heartless come here," Hara stated.
Sora and Hara raised their Keyblades and sealed the keyhole. A gummi dropped, but none of them knew what type of gummi.
"A gummi!" Donald wondred what it was doing here.
"But it's sure not the king's," Goofy stated disappointingly.
A gorilla sniffed Donald.
"I think someone has a new admirer," Jane giggled. Hara, Sora, Ryoko and Goofy laughed along.
"No! No! No! No! Daisy would kill me!" Donald exclaimed.
They headed back towards the Gummi Ship and headed for the next world, the last one before they decided to head back to Traverse Town.