They arrived quickly as they entered some sort of factory inside the castle. "The Gummi Workshop. Wouldn't think we'd miss this place." Donald said.
"So this is your castle. Must be nice to be home." Sora said.
"Actually, something feels a bit different." Goofy said.
"You guys are back!" shouted a small voice as they saw two chipmunks running at them. It was Chip and Dale.
"Move it! Let's go!" Dale said.
"Queen Minnie needs you!" Chip said.
"Hurry! To the Library!" Dale said.
They climbed up the stairs and came out of a hedge shaped like a castle.
"Their workshop is under a hedge? Kinda cool." Ruby said before they saw heartless appear in the courtyard.
"Heartless? But they shouldn't even be in here!" Donald said.
"So this is the trouble?" Jexi asked.
'Definitely." Ladybug said.
Fighting off the heartless, they continued to move until reaching the library. Donald and Goofy both saluted. "Your Majesty Queen Minnie, we're back!" Donald said.
"Oh, I am so glad you two made it back unharmed." Minnie said.
"Your royal highness." Hope said bowing.
'Oh, its you! Weve met before in the town in the fruitball plaza. You left before getting your prize back then." Minnie said.
"I… dont suppose you have any ice cream left over?" Hope asked.
"Yeah, casue Pinkie ate up all of our supposed prize." Rainbow said.
"Sure. We still have ice cream." Minnie said.
"Your majesty! Why are Heartless in the castle?" Donald said.
"So those are the Heartless. Such horrible monsters. I'll go into further detail, but first, could you escort me to the audience chamber?" Minnie asked.
"Why of course." Hope said.
"Oh. But because of the panic, I forgot to warn everyone of the danger." Minnie said.
"We'll do and warn them!" Donald said.
"Yeah. You'll just have to go on without us." Goofy said.
"No worries. We'll make sure the queen gets to the audience chamber." Cat Noir said.
The group slowly moved through the halls of the castle keeping heartless away of the queen before reaching a large door.
"I had to seal this room as soon as the trouble started." Minnie said before the door was unsealed as a smaller door opened in the big one.
"WHat was the point of the big one then?" Usopp said as they entered.
Inside was a large room with two thrones but also in there were tower like heartless.
"Oh! Here too?" Minnie said.
"We'll make sure you stay safe." Sora said.
They headed down the red carpet keeping the tower like heartless back before reaching the throne.
Minnie looked over her throne before seeing the button. "Please, shield your eyes." Minnie said.
She pressed it and the whole throne moved off as a bright light came in, eliminating the heartless remaining inside. "Whoa." was all they could say.
"The room below is called the Hall of the Cornerstone. Our castle has always been safe from worlds that are evil...thanks to the Cornerstone of Light, which we keep down there." Minnie said.
"So why are the Heartless attacking now?" Cat Noir asked.
"Follow me and I'll show you." Minnie said leading them down to a room where a large orb of radiant light shined, but surrounding the room were large and sharp thorns.
"The thorns. They are the work of darkness. I'm certain this is the work of someone evil." Minnie said.
"Strange. It feels like we've seen these thorns before, but that was when….no. It couldn't be." Aqua said.
It was before the cornerstone that green flames roared and appearing before them was a projection of a familiar looking villain.
Donald and Goofy soon joined them in time to see this.
"Maleficent!" Donald shouted.
"Youre back, but how?" Hope asked.
"You truly are fools. As long as a single person remembers my malevolence and as well as darkness remains in at least one heart, I will always come back!" Maleficent said.
"Just what are you doing here, Maleficent?" Minnie asked.
"Ah, Queen Minnie. As radiant as always. I'm on a property venture. I seek to make this castle my very own." Maleficent said.
"Not while were here! You dont have anyone to back you up!" Hope said.
"Ah. But I don't need to. The thorns are a result of my spreading corruption. But unfortunately, I can't set foot on this world yet without feeling weak. This stone is the source. But, if I fill it with darkness…" Maleficent said trying to touch it only for it to zap back. "Well, it'll all be mine in good time. This castle will belong to me!" Maleficent said as she laughed before she vanished.
"Man, I cant belive shes back, even though we went through all that trouble." Hope said.
"Some evil doesn't die so easily Hope. It'll come back even if you don't want it to." Jexi said.
"Nothing like this has ever happened before. I looked through all of the records but I couldn't find a single thing." Minnie said. "So, I've sent out a request to someone who might know."
"Yes! I am here. No worries." said a voice as they saw Merlin walking down the steps.
"Wait, you know what is going on Merlin?" Hope asked.
"I'm hoping so." Merlin said looking at the cornerstone. "Ah. So that's it." Merlin said before summoning a strange door.
"Uh, what's with the door?" Yosuke asked.
"That door leads to a very special world. Its there that someone is causing trouble, resulting in all of this darkness. You are to go in there and stop them. Also, one more thing. Sora, on the other world, there should be a door similar to this one. As soon as you find it, lock it with your Keyblade." Merlin said.
"Well, if that's what we gotta do." Sora said as they approached the door.