Niko stood at the altar, waiting for Sapphire to arrive. The day had finally come that he would marry the one he loved the most. Sapphire stood back away from the aisle. Since she had no living male relatives, Garnet had agreed to walk her down the aisle. He smiled at Sapphire.

"You look beautiful," he told her. "I don't want to give you away." Sapphire smiled and laughed, but his face grew serious. "If he ever breaks your heart, let me know, and I'll take care of him." Sapphire only laughed more.

"He wouldn't," she replied softly, "but I know you would."

Their was a cue in the music, and they knew it was time to walk down the aisle. Garnet took Sapphire's arm and they slowly emerged, Garnet in his suit and Sapphire in the dress she'd picked out only a few days prior. Their footsteps down the aisle were slow and calculated, and when they reached the alter, Garnet gave Sapphire away to Niko before sitting down.

Niko saw Sapphire and smiled as he saw Garnet bringing her to him. He looked at Knuckles who was standing next to him and smiled as Sapphire stood in front of him. Nicole appeared in front of them and smiled.

"Godddess aurora." Nicole said. "Before you we have two souls who are coning together in matrimony. Now, because a lot of you are seriously in need of getting to whatever it is you were going to do today, I'll make this quick on all of us. Now it is time for the bride and groom to present their vows."

Niko looked at Sapphire as he took a deep breath.

"Sapphire you are my life multiplied by a million." Niko said smiling. "You are more to me than life it'self and I will go through everything that I have to, sacrifice all that make me whole, to make you smile. I love you and I am so glad you have decided to marry me."

Sapphire had vowed a long time ago to never cry again. But as Niko spoke to her, she felt tears well up behind her eyes, and she felt them slowly fall down her cheeks as she smiled. This was happening. She as marrying the love of her life. She wiped at her tears before starting her own vows, which were similar but different than his.

"Niko... I firmly believe that you deserve so much better than me, but I'm so thankful that you chose me. I love you so dearly, and I don't know what I'd do if something were to happen to you. You're my life, my world, the only thing I need to live. If I have you, I have everything I'd ever need."

"As we all know that you want this, so you may now..." was all Nicole could say before a voice could be heard.

"Kiss?" The mysterious figure asked. "That I'd love to see. Excuse me, where are my manners? My name is Xehanort and thanks to Herato's death, I have risen once more. I came not to fight, but to inform the married couple of their time limit. You see, there are seven princesses I wish to acquire for my...personal ends. They're scattered across separate worlds and I have easy access to them. I'm informing you because you have no way of getting to them before me. But a...as the kids say, a heads up was in order. Enjoy the wedding."

With that, Xehanort bowed and disappeared. Everyone attending was in shock, mouths wide open. Nicole was the first to say a word after a while.

"As we were saying," Nicole continued. "You may now kiss the bride."

Nicole's very relaxed manner was practically unheard of. The "bride" was too busy mulling over what she had just heard to be kissed. Sapphire felt anger flow through her, and she remembered the letter she and Niko had received a few days prior. If she had acted on her gut instinct and pursued this evil... If she had gotten a head start... She should have known her happiness would have been in vain, that things would go wrong.

"Niko," she said very urgently, voice suddenly determined and cold. It was the usual way she talked, not the happiness filled voice from before. "We have to find those princesses."

Oh come on! Niko thought as he sighed. He wished Xehanort had shown up later. This wasn't a friendly drop in, it was a c***-block. Niko had planned everything and now it went completely to waste. Niko looked at Sapphire sadly. He knew what was at stake if they didn't leave now, but as he looked at all the guests and then to Nicole, Niko knew that his happiness with Sapphire was only gonna last for so long. Looking at the ring on his finger, he knew the bond he made with Sapphire, an unbreakable connection.

Knowing that his happiness would be put on hold until Xehanort was stopped, he looked at Sapphire once more.

"Yeah." Niko said looking to the audience. "Please go ahead and enjoy the reception guys. Sapphire and I have to save the world again."

Sapphire groaned and cursed. "We just can't catch a break, can we?" she muttered to Niko. "I need to change, and so do you. I'll meet you outside?" She kissed Niko quickly and softly before hurrying out, holding her dress in fists so she could run freely to leave quicker. She looked down at her ring. At least they were married, right?

Niko walked into the bathroom and changed into a black muscle shirt with a blue coat and blue pants. As he tied his shoes he felt an odd darkness nearby. He ran towards the source and saw odd creatures roaming around.

"What the?" Niko said. "What are those things?"

Sapphire changed into not her usual outfit, since she didn't have it with her, but black jeans and a sapphire blue tank top with combat boots. She ran outside and up behind Niko as he asked his question.

"Beats me," Sapphire muttered, pulling the gun out of the holster that she'd even worn under her wedding dress.

The monsters notice the pair and rushed them. Niko stood in front of Sapphire as a silver and red key shaped sword with golden trimmings appeared in his hands. He stood awestruck at what was in his hands, but quickly snapped out of it and rushed in at the enemies.

Sapphire's eyes widened as a key appeared in Niko's hand. They were just supposed to get married and be happy, but of course the weird shit had to happen. Sighing and shaking her head, she raised her gun and started to unload round after round into her opponents.

As they fought and more of the creatures appeared, eventually Niko began to get tired. As he fell to the ground the monsters took the opportunity to strike. Suddenly a talk man with whitish blue hair came and ripped through them like butter. Niko looked towards the man and passed out. Picking Niko up, the man turned his gaze to Sapphire.

"Xehanort was here, right?" He asked. "My name is Riku. Come with me."

"Why should we?!" Sarabi asked"

"I can help you get to the princesses." Riku replied opening a portal. "Come on."

With irritation, Sapphire realized she'd have to follow this Riku man. She had no other lead as to where the princesses were, and they were becoming overwhelmed by these creatures. Sighing, Sapphire hurried into the portal.

Riku looked to Sapphire and sighs.

"I can tell you're confused." Riku said.

"Of course I'm confused!" Sapphire exclaimed once they were to safety. "Some asshole crashed my wedding? Did you hear me? My wedding! And then those things showed up, and... And..." Sapphire groaned and shook her head.

"Where are we, anyways? Who was that guy? Will Niko be ok?"

"His name is Xehanort." Riku replied. "We're in the one place he can't touch, Disney Castle. Niko is going to be fine, he's just tired out. He'll be be okay. I'm sorry about your wedding, I'm sure it was beautiful."

"Sapphire?" Niko said. "You're okay. I'm glad."

Niko looked around at where he is and smiled.

"This is from my dream." Niko said. "I dreamt of this place. That means. You must be Riku?"

"That's right." Riku replied.

Sapphire shook her head. "No, that can't be possible. That was a dream, and... And..." She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "This is crazy. Insane."

She looked to Riku, not wanting to believe he was real. "You said you knew about the princesses."

"Yes. My friend is one of them." Riku replied.

"I just need to know how to save them," Sapphire said shortly. "We can't twiddle our thumbs and waste time if they're in danger."

"I know that." Riku said. There's someone who needs to go with you, however."

A small cricket appears on Niko's shoulder and hops on Sapphire's shoulder.

"This is Jiminy Cricket." Riku said. "He's here to take note of your experiences. You'll have a great journey ahead of you. I can't ecatly tell you two exactly where the princesses are and I can only tell you by taking chances and having a strong heart, you'll find them."

"So how are we getting to each world?" Niko asked.

"The gummi ship." Riku replied as he pointed towards a ship that looked like a Lego spaceship. "It runs on smiles though...so no frowning or it won't go anywhere."

This was literally Sapphire's worst nightmare.

Sapphire looked to Niko. "Is this real? Like, is there a cricket on my shoulder, and were we just at our wedding? Because this certainly doesn't feel real. And it doesn't make sense. And..." She groaned again.

"Who cares?" Niko asked. "This is so cool!"

"And you doubted him!" Saph said to Sarabi. "Shame of you."

"Oh shut up!" Sarabi said sighing.

"If you two want to save the princesses you might wanna suspend your belief for a moment and save them." Riku said.

"Right!" Niko said. "Come on, sapphire!"

Niko grabbed Sapphire's hand and runs off to the gummi ship.

"Whoa!" Jiminy exclaimed hanging onto Sapphire's shoulder for dear life. "Slow down!"

"Yeah, what the talking cricket said!" Sapphire added, yanking her hand out of Niko's and running on her own. This was literally insane, and she didn't like one bit of it. She groaned inwardly.