At the same time Helen leaves a crow that was watching the going on in the castle flew off minutes before. So we'll follow him first. He flies into a cave where his master who we all know is waiting. Maleficent extends her staff, inviting the crow onto the orb.
"So that boy's brat has been born," She says to the crow. The crow nods his whole head in responds which his master turned to the darkest area.
"Pete!" she calls.
"Yes your evilness," comes his voice as he steps into the light.
"Tonight you will find a way into that castle and bring me Sora's brat," orders Maleficent.
"Yes, Uh..." says Pete. "Would you mind going through your master plan to me again?"
Maleficent sighs while she rubs the bridge of her nose. "First we take the baby, and Sora will do anything to insure it's safe return. Maybe even as far as giving rulership of Radiant Garden to me, but none of that will happen unless we get that baby! Is that understood."
"Yes, yes your evilness," stutters Pete as he moves back into the dark part of the cave. Maleficent turns back to her crow servant.
"Go and keep an eye on the baby until nightfall," she sighs. "Make sure he doesn't screw up anything too bad." The crow flies off towards the castle. Meanwhile Helen has reached a cottage in the part of the old Radiant Garden town that's now being rebuilt.
"Why that that unbearable man!" shouts Helen as she slowly turns into an old woman. "I've played by the rules so far with only the exception that I've been using magic to make myself look younger, and what do I get, five thousand Munnies for my services in his will. That's it, one way or another they have to go, or my real name isn't Madam Mim. First of all I've got to make a back up devise to insure my success." She dashes to a potting wheel and begins crafting something.
"A boy to be Hi's perfect match," mutters Mim. "But when the time comes, after they marry and he takes the throne, the true side of him will come out." She works well into the night.
At the castle that night King Sora is just putting Princess Hi into a cradle when Lord Riku steps into the nursery. A man dressed up like a wizard with long white beard and hair carrying a big bag and a walking stick follows him.
"Sora," he says. "Merlin is wanting to see you right away." The old man walks in.
"Merlin," says a shocked King Sora. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to give Princess Hi an early present," he answers. He then takes a mobile that's the size for a doll house out and make it grow to normal size.
"That's very kind of you," says King Sora. "But you could have waited until we present Hi to the town to give her that."
"True," agrees Merlin attaching the mobile to the cradle. "But this one will protect Hi from danger, which I had predicted will happen sometime tonight."
"Riku!" barks King Sora. "Get Squall in here now!"
"No need to even tell me," replies Lord Riku as he dashes off calling Squall's name.
"Excuse me Sora I'll be going now," says Merlin.
"Thank you for the warning Merlin," thanks King Sora as Merlin poofs out. Within a few more minutes Squall dashes into the room.
"Lord Riku said you need me," exclaims Squall.
"Yes Squall, I do need you," responds King Sora. "Merlin came with a prediction of danger for Hi. He also left a way to protect her, but I want you to set up more guards on this floor."
"Of course Sora." says Squall. He walks towards the cradle and looks at Princess Hi.
"Don't worry little Princess Hi," he whispers to her. "As captain of the Radiant Garden Musketeers I'll have my men make sure that you and your parents sleep well tonight." He then takes his leave and within an hour he comes back to report to King Sora.
"I've got Tifa standing in front of the door to Princess Hi's room," Squall reports.
"Thank you Squall," sighs King Sora.
"No thanks are necessary," replies Squall as he leaves.
Sure enough, in the middle of the night Pete sneaks over the nursery balcony and in threw the double glass doors using a glass cutter. Just as he was about to touch Princess Hi some kind of force throws him across the room and made him hit the wall hard. The sound of him hitting the wall was so loud it alerted Tifa outside the door and woke up Princess Hi. Tifa bursts through the door and just as she tried to attack Pete a crow flies to her face. She shields her face with an arm. The crow got blasted with a beam of light that carried it into a wall with enough force to make a dent in it. The beam of light came from King Sora's keyblade as he stands in the doorway. During the fight Pete climbed out of the room the same way he got in. The force of hitting the wall knocked out the crow. At that moment Cloud and Yuffie enters. King Sora takes Princess Hi out of the cradle and cuddles her until she falls back to sleep.
"We heard noise," exclaims Cloud.
"It was Merlin's prediction coming true," exclaims King Sora as his eyes glows gold for a few moments. "Yuffie, take this bird to the dungeon and put it in a cage. Cloud, continue patrolling the halls. Tifa, you will join Cloud until Yuffie joins you." As they head off to do what they were told King Sora returns to bed where Queen Kairi waits for him.
The next morning after breakfast Kairi is playing with Princess Hi in the bed. King Sora walks up to her and plants a kiss on the side of her neck. They both jump at a voice.
"Kiss," chirps the voice. Both King Sora and Queen Kairi turns to where the voice came from. They see Princess Hi in Queen Kairi's lap looking at them.
"Kiss," chirps Princess Hi.
"Sora," gasps Queen Kairi. "Hi just spoke her first word."
"Indeed she did," grins King Sora skipping out of the bedroom like a little girl. "I'll tell everyone at work right now." In his office Lord Riku, Madam Mim back in her Helen form and Squall are waiting when King Sora skips in.
"Good Morning," greets King Sora.
"Sora, you look as if you're a kid again," says Lord Riku. "What happened?"
"Hi had just said her first word," answers King Sora. All three of the other people in the room stood there with their eyes wide.
"Hi spoke her first word," gasps Squall. King Sora nods his head grinning from ear to ear.
"That's impossible," gasps Helen. "That child had only been alive for a little less then one day."
"I know," exclaims King Sora. "which makes me think even more that she'll be a special person someday. Now Helen, what duties do I have for today?"
"Just more paper work," replies Helen. King Sora walks over to his desk. As he reaches the chair his keyblade appears and continues to glow.
"Looks like a world is calling for help," he exclaims. He then turns to Lord Riku.
"Take care of everything Riku," he says. Riku nods.
"I'll be back in time for Hi's presentation, tell Kairi that," continues King Sora.
"Just go," says Lord Riku. King Sora smiles as he casts a light portal and steps through it.