Destiny Islands…

Abruptly, Sora lurched forward, feeling a sudden disconnect and numbness throughout his body. "Kairi…! I-"

"Sora, what's wrong?" Kairi's eyes widened, realizing something was amiss. "Sora! SORA!"

Sora looked down at his own arms and legs, gaping in shock when he saw his limbs disintegrating into carbon dust. "No, no, no…!"

Sora collapsed entirely into black fragments, disappearing completely.

"SORA!" Kairi screamed, grasping futilely at the vanishing boy. "No, Sora, NO!" Tears streamed down her face in a panic. "What-what's h- happening?!"

On the beach, Sora and Kairi's other friends looked on in horror as Sora collapsed into nothingness.

Abruptly, another scream erupted.

"RIKU!" Namine screamed in horror and raced toward Riku, as she saw her dearest friend start to come part at the seams, flaking into carbon ash before her very eyes.

"Namine! I'm sorry, I don't know what's-" Riku reached out to his dear Namine, who clutched onto his hand for dear life, only for his hand to disintegrate second later.

"NO, RIKU! RIKU!" Namine fell to her knees, crying inconsolably. "I'm so sorry, I can't stop this, I can't- !"

"Roxas, NO!" Xion's eyes widened in shock and she grabbed on to her boyfriend, throwing desperate embrace around. "Don't go, please! Not you! Please! Anything but this!"

"ROXAS!" Axel shouted, grabbing Roxas' other hand.

"I'm so sorry, Xion, Axel…" Roxas gasped as he crumbled out of existence. "I couldn't…"

Xion fell to the ground as Roxas faded from existence, clutching desperately at the sand where Roxas' ashes had vanished away. "No, no, no no no…! This wasn't- this wasn't supposed- to happen-"

"How- how could this happen- ?!" Axel stared on in disbelief.

"Lea- !"

Axel felt a hand on his shoulder. The redhead turned around and his eyes widened in renewed horror.

"Isa, NO!" Axel reached out toward his blue-haired friend, who was rapidly coming apart. "Why? Why is this- this happening?!"

"Lea, I'm glad- glad we could get back- together again. Even just for a while," Isa breathed, his eyes tearing up, as he fell to his knees. Fragmenting pieces continued to fly off Isa and were swiftly whisked away by the sea breeze.

"ISA!" Axel cried out for his friend, but his hand only passed through thin air where Isa once was. "WHY?!"

"I- I don't feel to a g- good-" Olette groaned, dropping to her knees. "Wh- what's h- happening to me?"

"Olette!" Hayner and Pence cried out together, bending down next to their friend, panic feeling their hearts.

"Oh, god, I don't want to die!" Olette begged fearfully, as her arms began to crumble before her very eyes.

"No… no…" Pence shook his head frantically. "You- you'll be alright, all-"

Olette collapsed into Pence's shoulder. "I- I'm sorry-" She managed to gasp before bursting into ash.

"Your Majesty!" Donald Duck quacked in alarm, as King Mickey fell forward into the sand.

"Mickey!" Goofy turned over his fallen monarch.

"What's… happening… to me- " Mickey gasped as he began dissipating out of existence. "Tell Minnie… I'm sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't lead you two-"

"MICKEY!"

"No, this feeling… no…!" Aqua collapsed to the ground in dismay, as she realized her fate. "I'm- I'm sorry, Ventus, Terra… I can't… protect you guys… anymore…" The blunette shook, tears streaming down her face, as fragments of her body began to flake away. "I just wish… I had… more time with you… two…"

"No, Aqua, NO!" Ventus cried, hugging his friend. "Aqua, please- don't go! We need you!"

Terra too, embraced Aqua, consumed by helpless grief as he cried silently.

"Good- goodbye, Master," A high-pitched voice squeaked from behind Ventus, and he turned around to see his Chirithy holding his hand. A Chirithy that was quickly coming apart, the dream eater fading quickly back to the beyond from which it was created.

"Chirithy! Not you too! Aqua! Chirithy! No, no, no!"

Ventus and Terra collapsed crying as Aqua and Chirithy disappeared into oblivion.

Fatalities: Sora, Riku, Roxas, Isa (Saix), Olette, King Mickey Mouse, Aqua, Chirithy