7.) Those who plot against us.
Within a dark chamber watching over a magical sigil that projected the images of Dez, Rally, Lucas and Griffin sealing the keyhole after defeating Opposite Armor were a series of shadows.
"Those little squirts took down that heartless. Who would have thought it. Huh?" Hades said punching into his palm.
"Such is the power of the keyblades. Their strength is not their own." Jafar retorted.
The chubby Ursula quipped. "Why don't we turn them all into heartless. HA! That'll settle things quick enough."
"And those brats have sealed the second keyhole. Swoggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the look of them." Captain Hook waved his metal appendage about.
"Well you're not prize yourself." Oogie Boogie laughed aloud.
"SHUT UP!" Captain Hook held his hook to the sack monster's throat.
"ENOUGH!" Maleficent slammed down her staff to command order amongst her horde. "The keyblade has chosen them, will they conquer the darkness or will it swallow them?"
"Either way they are of no concern..." Walking through the dark corridor was a boy in a black suit with a crimson tie and matching red buckles that looped around his pants legs and the sleeves of his jacket. He had strange black hair that came down over his shoulders, the right side of his hair was silver and spiky sticking upward in a curling devilish fashion. His eyes glen red in the dark like a demon.
Walking with her was a chubby man with big heavy arms. "Pete?" Maleficent raised an eyebrow. "I thought I sent you to turn Yen Sid into heartless."
"Sorry Maleficent, don't work for you no more. This here, Lecter's promised me more than just a little power. I'm going to have the seat of the King and Queen Minnie as my prize heh heh." Pete laughed holding his gut.
Lecter grinned. "Pete, shut up a moment."
"Uh...yeah ok." Pete zipped his lips.
"Who are you?" Maleficent and her horde leered at Lecter.
The young key bearer simply shrugged. "I am a scientist, a man simply fueled by his own curiosity. That same curiosity has brought me here before you. I'd like to strike a deal with you...if you'll hear me out. Pete has let me in on your plan, and I have a more effective way to execute it."
Maleficent narrowed her eyes.
Meanwhile in Disney Castle...
Background Music: "Disney Castle Theme" Kingdom Hearts OST
The court wizard Donald Duck strolled through the royal halls towards the King's chambers with a hop and a skip in his step this lovely day. He had good news to tell the King, that the Toon Town had recognized a new racer for this week's racing event. As he walked through the halls Donald didn't notice there was someone approaching him from the front.
"Good morning." Donald said without opening his eyes. The figure he passed was one in a black cloak with a long zipper and a hood so far over his face he you couldn't see his face.
"Howdy." The cloaked finger gave Donald a two finger salute.
Donald's good mood put the cloaked figure in a good mood as well and he began to skip to the same tune as Donald almost to the beat of the Disney music. Suddenly Donald stopped, he realized there was an unidentified STRANGER waltzing the royal halls. With that the little white duck dashed back over to the cloaked figure and hopped in front of him. "WAAAAAAAIT!" He screamed in his raspy voice. "WHO ARE YOU?!"
"Whoa! Hahaha what a funny voice you have. Hey do you have a cold or something?" The boy in the cloak said rubbing the side of his hood.
"This is the King's royal halls, what are you doing here and who are you...whack!" Donald said pointing at him again angrily.
With that the boy pulled the hood off of his head revealing he had black spiky hair with gold eyes and ebony colored skin. (A/N: Book cover pic)
"My name's Kel, I'm here to see the King. I haven't been here before...sooo I'm a little lost dude." He rubbed behind his head while laughing.
"What do you want with the king?!" Donald grabbed his mage's staff.
Just before Kel could explain. "Kel? Is that you?" A high pitched and funny voice said from behind.
With that Kel and Donald turned around at the same time seeing King Mickey and his wife, Queen Minnie standing beside him. The both of them walked up to the two bickering men. "Golly, I haven't seen you since you were...well my size. Ahaha." Mickey laughed as he shook Kel's hand.
"King Mickey! Wow you're still funny looking ahahaha."
"Whack! Your majesty, you know this guy?" Donald asked with wide eyes.
Mickey nodded. "Yes, during my training with Master Yen Sid. I'd go to the Land of Departure for instruction. I'd often play with Kel on my visits. You were so little back then, now look at ya."
Kel smiled and thought back on those times. But he didn't have time to dwell on them, he immediately got into a serious tone. "Your majesty, if you have the time. I need your help. Something terrible's happened."
In the King's Study...
Once everyone had sat down in the royal library, Kel had explained everything that had befallen the Land of Departure. Lecter's betrayal mostly and his defeat as well as his home world's destruction. "Oh my..." Queen Minnie said covering her mouth.
"Thank goodness, your grandfather and your friends made it out okay." Mickey said.
Kel nodded. "Yeah, I opened a road to Master Yen Sid's tower at the last moment..."
Jiminy Cricket hopped up onto King Mickey's head. "I don't understand Kel, what is it you need from the King though?"
"I'd like to know that too." Donald crossed his arms and tapped his flipper.
"I can't defeat Lecter, controlling the heartless gave him new powers. I won't last a breath against him...I need new powers too. Back a long time ago, you told me about a Keyblade Master my Grandpa trained. His name was Terra, right?" Kel explained.
"I see, so you want the Ends of the Earth then?" King Mickey said and with that every's eyes jumped.
"You want to destroy the world?" Donald pointed his wand at Kel attempting to fire a spell.
"Relax, Donald." Goofy started.
Mickey shook his head. "It's a keyblade. The Keyblade Terra once used, if a Keybearer wields the keyblade of another keybearer it's said to give them untold powers. And with your new powers, you want to face Lecter as an equal."
Kel dropped down to his knees. "Please..."
"I don't understand, why come here? Your Grandfather knows of Terra as well..."
Kel looked away. "He wouldn't approve. He wouldn't let me do something like this...he'd probably say it's too dangerous."
"It is very dangerous, Kel."
"I fought my way through the Darkness, I found you!" Kel protested. "King Mickey, please...I have to stop Lecter before it's too late."
Mickey rubbed his chin. "Well, it's not like I didn't go out on misadventures myself under Yen Sid's tutelage. Okay, but only if you agree to go with Donald and Goofy at your side."
"WHAT?!" Donald and Goofy said at the same time.
"I wouldn't feel right if I'd sent you on this quest alone. Now listen carefully...Terra's power lies in the armor he once had. Because of the incident that happened all those years ago, we had to scatter the armor across many worlds..."
As the king began to explain suddenly the castle rumbled causing books to fall from their shelves and everyone to hold onto something. "What's that?" Donald, Goofy and Mickey as well as Princess Minnie, Pluto and Jiminy dashed outside leaving Kel alone. He looked down at his chest and pulled the black cloak off revealing his cloths underneath, a short sleeved black hoodie with metal SOLDIER like shoulderpads, a pair of blue cargo jean shorts that went past his knees and black sneakers with blue and black straps on them.
Sensing the darkness, he summoned his Kingdom Key D and dashed outside to see Maleficent and Pete standing in the royal courtyard surrounded by a horde of heartless.
