"Oh, this is terrible, terrible," Fauna murmured. Her green dress gently swayed in the breeze as she hung above Castle Oblivion. "They've taken that poor boy."
"Well, I don't see what the problem is," Merryweather said, arms crossed over her chest. Her wand beat an impatient rhythm in the air, sparks flying from the tip. "He beat Ansem, or whatever name he's calling himself now, didn't he? Why should these people give him any trouble?"
"Because, Merryweather," Flora said, gazing down at the castle, "Nobodies aren't like Heartless. Heartless are made from the Darkness of a Heart and while strong ones like Ansem can retain some semblance of intellect, they are mainly guided by emotions. That is the core of a Heart. But Nobodies…" she shook her head. "They are guided by the Will which is much more closely related to the Intellect. And Nobodies like these, that approach such human appearances, their Will and Minds were strong indeed. They will be able to plan like a Heartless could not."
"Well, what are we doing out here then?!" Merryweather exclaimed. She straightened her shoulders and threw her head back. "Let's go rescue him!"
"But we can't get in the Castle," Fauna said. "There's someone in there with magical abilities, and they are keeping us out."
"We can't just do nothing!" Merryweather said. She flew in a circle around her two companions, blue sparks trailing from her wand. "We should go find Master Yen Sid."
Flora stared silently down at Castle Oblivion. Finding Master Yen Sid would be the best course of action. But he had disappeared shortly after the boy called Sora had defeated Ansem. He had not said where he was going, but Flora supposed he had headed to the Realm of Darkness to find the King. But that was just her guess, she didn't know. And even if he was there, and even if they could get in the Realm of Darkness, and then even if they could survive long enough to find him, it would probably be far too late to help Sora. She sighed. "I wish we could Merryweather, but time is so short." Her eyes widened. Short. Why hadn't she thought of it sooner?
"What? What is it?" Merryweather asked coming to rest in front of her.
"Do you remember that world barely connected to the others that we visited with Master Yen Sid around seventy years ago?" Flora asked.
"The one with the man who had Master Yen Sid's name backwards?" Fauna asked, floating closer. She smiled. "He was such a funny man. He wanted to know all about the stories from all the different worlds."
"So?" Merryweather said. "What does that have to do with helping Sora?"
"Well, you'll remember, dears, that while at first glance it looks like magic didn't exist on Earth, we discovered it had just been driven underground. And we met that lovely little Elf Holly Short. I've kept in contact with her over the years. She's part of something called LEPrecon now and she knows a lot of high level fairies. Fairies that might be able to help us."
Merryweather nodded vigorously. "It's worth a shot," she said. "Let's go!"
"I agree," Fauna said.
"Well then," Flora said, extending her wand arm. "Let's be off!" She drew a small intricate pattern in the air, Fauna and Merriweather doing likewise. The three patterns hung suspended and glowed for a moment. And then, in a small burst of blue, green, and red light, the three fairies vanished.
