WHOOOOOOOOOOOO! The chapter of the number three. Took me FOREVER to update. Sorry to anyone that wanted, oh whp am I kidding. Nobody wants to, yet that is.
Chapter 3: The World That Never Was
"Well fellas, are you all ready to go?" Mickey asked his teammates. "Maleficent might be expecting us, so keep your guard up."
As they proceeded out of the ship, they noticed the place still looked the same.
"Hey Riku. It's the Memory Skyscraper. Looks like it's locked." Sora said, noticing the lock on the door. "Wonder when Maleficent locked it. Haha, that stupid truck is still there too." He continued as they kept walking.
"Guys, here we are." Mickey said, "the entrance to the castle."
"Gawrsh, there hasn't been practically any heartless or nobodies. I wonder where they are?" Goofy said, hoping someone else had the answer.
"I don't think any of us know that answer Goofy." Roxas responded.
"Hey Roxas, do you still remember this place? What could the thirteen of you possibly do with that huge castle?" Sora asked.
"Truth be told, I don't remember that much about this place ever since Naminè messed with my mind."
"Heh heh, sorry Roxas." Kairi said.
"It's wasn't even Naminè's fault, so don't fret about it, okay?" Roxas told her assuredly.
"There's the entrance, and the light bridge is still active." Mickey said, "Let's go guys."
"Right behind you your Majesty." Donald chirped.
"Sora, I'm ready to help you guys out." Kairi stated, "I can fight. So please, don't treat me like a damsel in distress, okay?"
"I know, you're getting stronger Kairi. Don't worry about that okay, we'll do what we need to do." Sora told her. "But I will protect you with my life."
"Sora…"Kairi started, failing to hold in her blush.
"Come on you guys, let's go!" Riku yelled from the top of the bridge, and so they all entered the castle. But even as they walked throughout the castle, they still faced minimal resistance as they worked their way higher and higher.
"The proof of existence, eh. So that's what this room is." Sora said.
"Yeah, this is the way to get to all of our rooms, but they're supposed to turn red after a member's been defeated? They're all blue…" His voice trailed off, "Let's keep going guys!" And Roxas started running up towards the Altar of Naught.
"Come on guys, let's catch up with Roxas!" Mickey said as they chased him to the top. "Come on Sora!"
"But, but…" Sora stuttered, " I want to see Roxas' room!"
"No time, we have to follow him!" Donald yelled back.
"Fine," Sora muttered as he started after them, "but we are coming back here later!"
At the very top of the castle where Kingdom Heart's remains lay, there stood a tall, lanky woman dressed in black with horns protruding her head. She turned around and glared at all of the young heroes standing at the top of the stairs.
"So, you've finally made it here. I was expecting you sooner, you insignificant fools. Now why are you here!" She demanded of them.
"You knew we were coming, but you don't know why?" Riku said, "and you call us insignificant." Maleficent only glared at him as she turned to Mickey.
"We want you to tell us everything you know about Organization XIII." Mickey answered.
"Well, who said she knew that answer, hmm." A voice from behind Maleficent said.
"Pete! So, you're still following her around like a dog, eh?" Donald smugly remarked.
"Say what you want," he responded, "but you better leave if you know what's good for ya."
"We're not leaving till we get some answers!" Sora said as he and Roxas stepped forward.
Maleficent than spoke again, "Here's your answer. DIE!"
She than cast her magic and sent a powerful fire spell which created a wall of fire behind Sora and Roxas.
"Looks like we're going to have to face her alone Roxas. You ready?" Sora said with an excited look.
"Yeah, let's go!" Roxas responded excitedly.
"You will not win." Maleficent said, as she started to float in the air.
"Just like old times Maleficent" Sora stated.
"Old times, no. This is entirely new." She then waved her wand and sorcerer nobodies appeared out of nowhere.
"What! You can control nobodies too now!" Sora screamed in surprise.
But all she said was, "Get them." Next thing they knew they were dodging the magical cubes and started to attack Maleficent. "Fools" she smiled as a wall of fire surrounded her as more walls seemed to appear on the field. Then when they all disappeared, Maleficent was no longer there, and had moved from one pillar to another as she sent out a wave of her green fireballs. They barely dodged her attack which still lingered on the floor as the nobodies attacked with their cubes again. But with a well-timed reflect, Sora and Roxas knocked the cubes back at the nobodies, stunning them, then they jumped up and with a couple of aerial combo, defeated the sorcerers.
"You're next Maleficent!" Sora proclaimed as she started to fire a stream of fire at them. They ran to opposite sides of the area and both jumped in and attacked Maleficent, hitting her to the floor.
"How dare you, I'll destroy you!" She screamed as her figure started to change in the darkness. She turned completely black as her figure started to loom over their heads as wings sprouted from her back and she gained a great huge tail. By the time the darkness left her surrounding area, she had literally turned into a huge black dragon with a green underbelly. But she was too large to stand on the platform as she had to fly over them. She then flew down and to the side of the tower and placed her front claws on the platform, putting her bottom fight on the windows of the lower floors and breathed a huge stream of fire.
"Holy crap!" Roxas exclaimed as they dodged her fire breath.
"Uh yeah… I forgot to warn you about that." Sora told him.
"You sure did!" Roxas yelled as they dodged another stream of fire. Then she started to flap her wings with a great speed as it blew them back straight into the fire wall she made at the start of the fight. They hit the wall, but didn't go through and instead burned their backs and they screamed. They both fell and got away from the wall and Roxas asked, "What, what happened! You should have warned me about that! That was like a real wall!"
"I didn't know she could do that." Sora responded. "Looks like she's got some new tricks."
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"Sora! Roxas!" Kairi yelled as she saw their backs hit the fire. "We have to help them, she exclaimed as she turned towards Mickey.
"Hmm…But we can't seem to get through. Guys, come down with me." Mickey said as he started to go down the stairs which spiraled the top of the tower.
"Sure, if it'll help Sora." Riku said and so everyone agreed. So they all followed him down a bit, but when they reached the door, Pete was standing in their way.
"You ain't never gonna get past me!" He exclaimed as he started throwing little bombs up the stairs.
"These stairs are too narrow to avoid the bombs!" Riku exclaimed as they jumped up a bit.
"Hahahahaha! Is that all you got? And you want to defeat Maleficent, HA!" But even as Pete spoke, Goofy started running down the stairs with Donald on his back. So Pete flung a couple of bombs at them, but Goofy hit them with his shield, deflecting them. And before they could even hit the ground, Donald cast fire on them causing them to explode in Pete's face as he fell back. Then he saw Riku, Kairi, and Mickey run straight at him, keyblades at the ready, as they all attacked, flinging him down the stairs and into the next room.
As they proceeded, they saw Maleficent's feet clinging on to the narrow windows; two windows per foot. And as Pete got back up, they surrounded him as he encased himself in a small barrier and exclaimed, "I'm not beaten yet!"
But he couldn't do much as Riku's and Mickey's key blades hit his barrier head on and sent him flying right at one of Maleficent's feet. As it hit, she lost balance as they saw her face down by the window as she sent in a stream of fire, catching Pete in the draft after he bounced up, and sent him back riding on her fire. As he hit the ground, there was a small explosion as it blew them away a little. But Maleficent could no longer keep balance and she decided to fly up. But what she didn't notice was when she put her head down, Sora and Roxas had jumped on her back and were grabbing on for dear life as she took to the sky.
In the air, she then started to do some aerial movements to get rid of Sora and Roxas, but their grip was strong as they held on. But when she kicked off, she collapsed the part of the castle she was hanging onto as piece by piece, it started to fall apart. The top, with no more support, suddenly caved in and destroyed light bridges and platforms, sealing off an escape.
"Mickey, what are we going to do now?" Kairi asked in a scared tone.
"Well, we may have to jump from the pieces that are falling right now. It's the only thing I can think of that'll get us outta here quickly." He responded.
"But, it's so far…" Kairi stated as her voice trailed off.
"Hmmm, well, this has to go down somewhere. If we hold onto a piece and fall, we may be able to reach a safer place. But we have to hurry!" Riku yelled as the rest of the ceiling began to fall. "No time, we go now!" As they all grabbed some large pieces of debris and Riku grabbed Kairi and they jumped over the edge, not sure where they would land…
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"Roxas!" Sora screamed while hanging onto Maleficent, "We have to stop her!" While he was screaming, Maleficent did a loop in the air, forcing them to hang on for dear life.
"I know Sora!" Roxas responded. "But how?"
"How would I know!" Sora screamed back. They were both on her back, hanging on to her scales. Sora was just a few feet above Roxas on Maleficent's back as she started to fly down low and through the city. When she reached the entrance to the castle, she flew underneath the light bridge and dodged the falling debris as she started to spin. Sora and Roxas couldn't hold on as they both lost their grip and fell screaming.
Maleficent then started to fly out of the hole, but couldn't dodge all the rubble as a large piece came down on her head. She was almost out when she was hit again, this time not by debris, but by the two keyblades of Riku and Mickey as they smashed into the back of her neck. She reached the edge of the cliff as she used her claws to get a grip. As she struggled to get up, everyone on her back ran up her neck and jumped to safety. But as they landed, the ground Maleficent had grabbed onto and began to crack as it started to fall underneath their feet. She could no longer use her wings as there was too many falling pieces as she the cliff collapsed on top of her as she fell into the hole.
"Where, where is Sora and Roxas!" Kairi screamed as she realized they were nowhere to be seen.
"I, I don't know. They could still be at the top of that tower, or they could've fallen in the hole." Riku explained. "Either way, it doesn't look good."
"What are you talking about! We have to help them!" Kairi and Donald both yelled at Riku.
"Oh, and what do you think we should do, huh! Jump down that freaking abyss to who knows where!" Riku shot back. "I want them to be safe as much as you do, but what can we do?" He finished with a sad look on his face.
"All we can do hope for the best." Mickey told them.
"Sora…"
As Kairi began to speak again, suddenly Maleficent flew out of the darkness, and with a breath of fire, knocked some of the remaining rubble out of the way, but one large piece got through, and just as it was about to knock Maleficent out, it suddenly exploded. Maleficent then out flew out from underneath the castle, and just in time too, as what was left of the castle suddenly lost all it's remaining balance. Everybody just watched as the amazing castle fell into the dark abyss.
"SORAAAAA!" was all that could be heard after the castle collapsed…
"Sora..., Sora..., no Sora, you said you'd protect me, not hurt me…" Kairi sobbed.
Then Maleficent suddenly started to spin as two figures fell from her back as she went and landed in front of Memory's Skyscraper.
"Awww, isn't that cute Roxas, she's crying for me." Sora said as he and Roxas landed right behind them. "Come on Kairi, cheer up. You knew I'd be okay." He said with a cheerful voice.
She then swirled around and socked him in the chest, knocking him back. "How could I know that you idiot!" She screamed as she beat on his chest, tears streaming down her face, "How, how could I…"
"Kairi, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you. But I'm here again, and I'm never going to leave you again. Especially not like that." Sora reassured her.
"But Sora, sob, I was so, sob, worried" Kairi cried out as she threw her arms around him.
"Wow Sora, Roxas, pretty flashy entrance." Riku smirked, hiding his relief.
"Kairi, I…" Sora started, "I didn't mean…"
"I'll explain then," Roxas chirped up, "we used our keyblades to cling to the wall, and when Maleficent came down, we made a quick agreement to help get each other out. We would've made it even if she wasn't down there by using each other and our keyblades, but this way was much quicker."
"Well that's good and all, but will she give us any information on Organization XIII?" Donald asked.
"She may, or we may still have to beat it out of her. Roxas did say it was a quick agreement." Mickey said.
"Do ya think we can win?" Goofy asked.
"Of course we can!" Riku told them, "She's no match for us."
"Come on Kairi, cheer up. We're all together now, nothing else can happen." Sora kept on. "Come on, you ok?"
"Well… I guess you're right." She said as she started to get up, her tears finally stopping. "But Sora, you have to promise me to never, ever make me worry like that again!"
"All right Kairi, I promise." He said with a sincere smile. "Now, let's go confront Maleficent!" He exclaimed as he turned around. "We'll get that information out of her, no matter what!"
"Too bad Roxas, I really wanted to seee your room." Sora told him as they walked.
"Uh, no you didn't. Trust me." Roxas told him back.
"Right guys! Let's go!" Riku said as they walked down the path where they saw Maleficent looming body, and Pete right behind her.
"What! Even Pete got out, I wonder how." Donald asked.
"That doesn't matter, either way, we're just gonna have to beat him." Riku told him.
"Maleficent!" Mickey yelled out to her, "Are you going to give us what we want, or are we going to have to make you tell us!"
"Why would she tell yous guys anything at all!" Pete yelled back.
Maleficent then brought her head up and released a big ball of fire straight at them and watched as they all moved out of the way.
"Well," Kairi said, "looks like that's our answer."
They then split up and surrounded Maleficent while Mickey confronted Pete. Mickey jumped toward Pete, but Pete swung his arms around knocking him back. Then Mickey started to run straight at him as Pete but up his barrier, but with a flash of light, Mickey was behind Pete who was still laughing until, suddenly, his barrier was cut in two. Pete then felt his gut as he felt the full pain of Mickey's attack as he fell down.
"Maleficent, Pete is already down, you sure you want to continue?" Sora asked smugly.
But just then she swung around and hit Roxas, Goofy, and Mickey with her tail and knocked them down. She then tried to bite Sora, but he jumped right over her head as he struck her right on the side. She reared her head back up as she started to spew her flames again. Sora quickly got Kairi out of the way as Riku jumped over them and then quickly slid underneath her where he met Roxas, who had the same idea. They both then started to attack her underside relentlessly. Mickey then jumped on her back and ran up to her neck as he attacked with his key blade. She then dropped herself on top of Riku and Roxas and used her tail to knock Mickey off her back. But before she could do anything else, she noticed the ground where Roxas and Riku were was actually frozen from Donald's magic, and she then saw both Roxas and Riku simply slide out from underneath her. She then got back up on all fours, and she shot a large amount of fire into the air and watched as it exploded and started raining fire all around them. She then started shooting quick blasts in succession which followed each of her enemies. Sora jumped back towards Kairi and started to deflect every shot, but one hit him in the side, knocking him down as Maleficent stretched forward and attempted to bite Sora, but Kairi stepped up and hit her right under her chin, knocking her back.
"Nice one Kairi," Sora told her as he got back up, "you really have gotten stronger."
"Thanks Sora." she responded.
Roxas ran behind Maleficent while Sora charged her from the front. He dodged the fire still raining from above, and jumped up, and used firaga on the fire she already had out, making it's energy overflow, causing what was left to explode in Maleficent's face. Roxas then met Sora on top of her and used reflect to protect Sora from the blast. They then both jumped at her face, putting all their strength into their final attack. They smashed right into her, Roxas from the left, and Sora from the right. They kept pushing as they felt the energy escape from her. They then noticed they were no longer standing on top of a dragon and they both fell, landing gracefully on their feet. Maleficent was in her normal form again and was breathing quite hard.
"So, you gonna tell us what we want to know or what?" Sora asked her.
Instead of answering, she just pointed her finger at the door to Memory's Skyscraper and shot forth a small amount of energy which entered the lock, and disintegrated it from the inside out. Darkness then enveloped her and Pete and they just disappeared.
"Do, do you think they're still alive?" Goofy asked.
"I don't know, but it looks like there's something important in that skyscraper." Mickey responded.
"So then, what are we waiting for?" Riku asked them. "Let's enter Memory's Skyscraper.