Chapter 7: Haven Lost

George and Nihil finally arrived in Traverse Town, via warp.

"So, what do we do first?" George asked.

"We'll capture the worlds, one by one. We'll start with this one." Nihil replied. He then stopped and said "Also, I sense beings of light, and of great power.".

"Can you tell who they are?" George asked.

"Unfortunately, no. I can only sense them, not get details on who they are." Nihil replied.

George thought for a moment.

"I see. We should keep an eye on them. We can then make sure to draw them out and get rid of them." George said.

Just then, the Shadow Heartless that had escaped the fight the previous day spawned next to them, alerting the two to it. Nihil bent down to speak to it.

"What is it? Has anything happened as of recently?" George asked.

"Not exactly. One of the beings did leave the hotel towards the First District, but for reasons, I do not know." Nihil replied.

"Who was it?" George asked.

"One of the residents here. A little girl by the name of Rhyme." Nihil replied.

"She could be perfect to draw everyone out. Track her down and keep an eye on her. Then, when I give the order, let yourself be noticed. She will chase after you, no doubt." George ordered.

"Very well, but what will you do in the meantime?" Nihil asked.

"I will get the Keyhole to appear, so we can unlock it once we're done taking care of those people." George replied.

"Very well. It is located in the fountain. Ring the bell on top of the Gizmo Shop three times to make it materialize." Nihil said.

He then disappeared. Meanwhile, George teleported to the roof of the Gizmo Shop to the bell tower and destroyed the boards covering the bell. He then rang it three times and saw the fountain wall change into the Keyhole.

"Soon, this world will fall." George thought.


Meanwhile, Rhyme exited the Item Shop after buying a candy bar. She wanted to get a midnight snack before going to bed, so after everyone went to bed first, she snuck out to go buy something. It didn't take long to find the candy that she wanted, and she bought it and quickly left. She was walking back to hotel when she heard the town bell go off three times.

"That's odd. I thought the bell was boarded up. No one can get in." Rhyme thought.

Before she could continue her thoughts, she saw Nihil head down the street that led to the Alleyway. Not wanting the Heartless to get away to harm anyone, she decided to follow him. He soon led her to where boxes were stacked up to the point she couldn't jump over.

"Great. Now that is I call a wild goose chase." Rhyme muttered.

"Hello, Rhyme." a voice said.

She didn't have time to turn around. She felt something nip her shoulder, before her world went black.


"Location: Traverse Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

In the morning, Jubileena had been the last one to take watch outside the hotel. During her turn, she felt some darkness somewhere, but as soon as she sensed it, it was gone. She walked back into the Green Room to see Vanellope, Rancis, Torvald, and the Aldens waking up as well.

"Morning, guys." Jubileena greeted.

"Morning, Jubi. Anything happen for you?" Rancis asked groggily.

"No, not really. I did sense darkness somewhere, but it quickly went away as fast as it came. It must have been a small Heartless or something." Jubileena replied.

Before anything else happened, Beat came barging in suddenly. He looked frantic, like something scared the daylights out of him.

"RHYME! Where are you? Rhymeee!" Beat yelled.

Seeing that the girl in question was not in the room, Beat ran out and down the hall, still screaming. Neku, Joshua, and Shiki were also following him, all looking just as distressed as him.

"Neku? What happened?" Rancis asked.

"We can't find Rhyme. We remember that she was with us when we went to sleep, but when we woke up, she was gone. We already checked the other rooms, but she wasn't there. It looks like she isn't in this room either. Can you help us find her?" Neku asked in one breath.

"Of course we'll help. Let's go." Vanellope replied.

She ran out, with the others following. Once everyone was outside, they looked everywhere in the Second District, but they couldn't find her.

"Maybe she's in the other districts." Joshua said.

"You better hope she is, yo." Beat said angrily.

"Beat, calm down, okay? We will find her." Joshua said.

"We should split up. Me, Rancis, Jubileena, Torvald, and the Aldens will check the First District, while you guys can check the Third District. If we don't find anything, we'll regroup. Sound like a plan?" Vanellope asked.

Everyone agreed and split up.


"Location: Ink World, the Nintendo Realm of the Dream World, November 27th 2110"

In Inkopolis Plaza, there was a huge hubbub at Booyah Base. There were Inklings yelling and complaining about the stores being closed, and they were wondering why. The shopkeepers were all out back, discussing what to do.

"I don't know how we could have possibly lost so much merchandise! I remember locking up last night!" Sheldon cried.

"Me too. How could this happen?" Annie asked.

"Jelonzo made sure the body clothes were in the security!" Jelonzo added.

"I know I locked up for sure, yo. Either way, we've gotta get these squiddos to chill out. Anyone up for it?" Crusty Sean asked.

Annie looked down nervously, while Sheldon cleaned his glasses. After Octavious's theft, the four had not noticed the missing stock he took the day after the theft. But on this day, they finally realized there was stuff missing, but had thought that the stores had been robbed the previous night, not the night before when Octavious arrived in Inkopolis. Eventually, Jelonzo waved his tentacle.

"Jelonzo will do the taming of the squid children." Jelonzo said.

"Alright, man. Just be careful." Crusty Sean said, patting the Jellyfish on the back.

Jelonzo headed out in front to where the Inklings were still making a ruckus.

"Excuse me, squid children! Jelonzo is needing your attention!" Jelonzo shouted.

They all settled down and listened.

"Jelonzo and the other keepers of stores have been experiencing a robbery. Merchandise is missing as of the now. We hope you are understanding and that you will be waiting for stores reopening later today!" Jelonzo explained.

The Inklings all settled down upon hearing that, murmuring among themselves. Eventually, the crowd dispersed and the store owners came out front to meet Jelonzo.

"You the man, Jelonzo! I knew you had it in you!" Crusty Sean exclaimed.

Jelonzo blushed bashfully.

"It was not being a problem, Crusty Sean. Time to be getting back to the working now?" Jelonzo asked.

"Right. Let's try to make do with what we have right now." Crusty Sean replied.

They all headed into their stores and began work. From the crowd, Fushia, Moira, Skarlet, and Luna had happened to see the commotion and had heard what Jelonzo had said.

"Who do you think could have done something like this?" Luna asked.

"I don't know. Hopefully, they find whoever did soon." Skarlet replied.

Meanwhile, Octavious had finished his recon of Inkopolis Square and had moved onto recon work in Inkopolis Plaza. He was wandering around the plaza and taking in even the smallest of details.

"Once I'm done looking around in this square, I'll head back to Avina. We'll start up an invasion and get to work on conquering Inkopolis for her." Octavious thought as he walked.

He then noticed the crowd in front of all the shops and stood in a corner out of the way. Luna noticed him standing alone.

"Hey, I've never seen that Inkling before. We should go over and talk to him." Luna said.

"I don't know. That kid looks pretty shady." Skarlet said while narrowing her eyes.

Fushia looked over at Octavious, who was just staring directly at her. Her eyes widened and she gasped quietly. The Inklings fully dispersed and began to wander around the plaza like they always did, and Octavious disappeared in the dispersing crowd.

"Fushia?" Moira asked, looking back at her.

Fushia looked up and saw her sister and friends staring back at her, concerned.

"You alright?" Skarlet asked.

Fushia looked away, nodding.

"I'm okay." Fushia replied.

Moira saw she looked really upset, but didn't say anything.

"Okay then, let's head to the tower. Turf War's going to start soon." Moira said.


"Location: Traverse Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

Vanellope's group was looking through every nook and cranny of the First District. They checked the Moogle Shop, the Accessory Shop, and the café. They didn't get any answers until they got to the Item Shop.

"Excuse me, sir, we are looking for a little girl named Rhyme. Did you happen to see her last night?" Jubileena asked.

"Yeah, she came in here last night to get some candy. She didn't stay long, though. She just got her treats, paid for them, and left. May I ask what happened to her?" the clerk asked.

"We're not entirely sure ourselves. But at least we know that she was here first. Thank you, sir." I'm Reader-anon Universe Alden replied.

The clerk nodded his head. The group headed outside.

"Well, at least we got a clue of what she was doing last night. We should head to the Third District and tell Neku and his friends." Rancis said.

"Agreed, let's go." I'm Reader-anon Universe Alden said.

But as soon as they entered the Second District, they encountered a group of Invisible Heartless, led by a light blue Orcus Heartless. While Rancis, Jubileena, Torvald, and the Aldens dealt with the other Heartless, Vanellope fought with the Orcus. But as soon as she did, memories of Leni Loud and her started going through her head. She then realized who's Heartless she was fighting.

"Leni?" Vanellope asked, terrified to see what had happened to her friend.

The Heartless didn't respond to her comment and pushed her back into a wall. She slid down from where she impacted the wall and looked up to see the Orcus tower over her.


"Location: Twilight Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

It was the day after Lincoln came to Twilight Town, and he was worried about if he would ever find any of his sisters. He got up after a peaceful sleep he had the previous night.

"Man, as lumpy as this bed is, I still got comfortable enough to..." Lincoln started to say.

He suddenly heard what sounded like an argument outside his room and left to see what was going on.

"Oh, come on, Olette! You're already bugging us about it?" Hayner asked, annoyed.

"About what?" Lincoln asked.

The Twilight gang turned to face him.

"Good timing, Lincoln. Could you tell Olette off with this?" Hayner asked hopefully.

"I won't be able to without knowing what's going on." Lincoln replied.

"We all happen to have been given assignments that we need to do, but they are early for this time of year." Olette replied.

"Well, I admit, starting early on an important assignment doesn't make one glad, but she's right, Hayner." Lincoln said.

"Even YOU agree with this? Come on, Pence, please talk some sense to them." Hayner said, looking at the other boy hopefully.

"They are right, Hayner. We do need to get started the project, even if it is a little early." Pence said.

"Fine, we'll get on to it. Stupid independent studies, let's just get over it." Hayner said, defeated.

"Are you going to help us out, Lincoln?" Olette asked.

"Of course. You guys have been helping me out to look for my sisters. It's the least I can do for you." Lincoln replied, giving them a smile.

"That sounded like a friend of ours that came here a few times before would do, except it was having to do with his friends." Hayner said.

"Anyway, I happen to have an idea for the assignment. How about we explore the seven wonders? That could really get us a great grade." Pence asked.

"I don't know what they are, but that sounds good to me." Lincoln replied.

"Alright, we'll go investigate those rumors." Hayner said.

And with that, they left their hangout and headed to the Station.


"Location: Traverse Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

Neku, Joshua, Shiki, and Beat were in the Third District. There was a water fountain at the end of a wide open plaza, and there were many neon lights and two walkways that led up to a second level, where there were more buildings and a set of doors that led to the Second District. The group quickly started looking around. Neku and Shiki checked the empty house, while Joshua and Beat checked the old house that Merlin used to live in. They didn't find anything and met up in the middle of the courtyard.

"Where can she be?" Shiki asked, worried for the other girl.

"I don't know, but I hope we find her soon." Joshua replied.

"Me too, yo." Beat said, angered and worried for losing his sister.

"Beeeaatt?" a soft quiet voice asked.

Everyone looked to where the voice came from to see Rhyme standing in front of the door that led to the First District. Beat quickly rain over to where she was standing and hugged her.

"Rhyme, I'm so happy to see that you are okay. What happened?" Beat asked.

He then noticed that she was paler and her normal blue eyes were now yellow.

"What happened to your eyes?" Beat asked.

He didn't notice someone come from behind Rhyme, nor did he see that person punch him all the way back to where Neku and the others were. Everyone looked up to a figure wearing a black colored coat with the hood up and standing behind Rhyme. Rhyme, however, didn't seem bothered by the figure, as she actually looked happy to see him.

"Who are you? What did you do to Rhyme?" Neku asked in a battle stance, along with the others.

"Oh, what a shame, Rhyme. Your friends don't seem to know me." the figure said, while softly placing his hand on Rhyme's head.

"Well, why don't you show them?" Rhyme asked while looking up at the figure.

The figure nodded and then removed the hood, revealing George. Suddenly, Nihil and five Opposite Armors appeared, surrounding the group. There was nowhere to run, they were trapped. Joshua recognized George, as he had been told about him and shown a photo of what he had looked like back during the meeting with TheDisneyFan365.

"George, what happened to you?" Joshua asked.

"I don't know how you know me, but I've joined Avina and am searching for the Keyholes in certain worlds. But right now, I'm chasing after a group of enemies that are taking refuge here. I had to draw them and you out. Rhyme here did her job beautifully, having you all come out and split up. Right now, some other Heartless are dealing with them so I can deal with you." George replied.

Hearing what he was planning to do with the worlds, Neku quickly used Flowmotion to jump off of one of the Armors and did a flying kick to George. However, the dark purple haired boy moved Rhyme behind him to protect her, before grabbing Neku's leg and slamming him onto the ground. Joshua summoned his wings and charged at George. Hearing that, George teleported behind Joshua and kicked him into the wall. He then landed in a crouch and dodged a punch thrown by Beat. He kept dodging before catching Beat's hand and crushing it, bringing the blonde haired boy to his knees and then kicking him away. Shiki threw her cat toy into the air and it mutated into giant feral cat creature. Nihil went to deal with the cat, while George sent chains of darkness to hold Shiki. George then quickly back flipped over Joshua, who tried again to charge him, only for George to land on his back and slowly start to pull his wings off, before tearing them both off. Joshua landed in a crumpled mess, with his torn off wings next to him. George was then forced to block Neku's kick. Neku then backflipped again and went for a charged punch, but George easily caught it and threw the orange haired boy to the ground. George then walked up to him and stomped on Neku's arms and legs, breaking them, and then saw Nihil stab a hole through the cat creature with a fake Keyblade he carried, making it drop to the ground and transform back into a toy.

"Well, that was mediocre. Wouldn't you agree, Rhyme?" Rhyme asked.

Rhyme came out of her hiding place and nodded happily. George rounded up Neku and his friends in a line and summoned his Dark Keyblade.

"They should be here any second." George said.

He heard a few sets of footsteps coming from the entrance to the Third District. He looked over to the stairs to see Vanellope, Rancis, Jubileena, Torvald, and the Aldens appear, making him smile. They were all battered and bruised from the fight with the Orcus and Invisible Heartless, and judging from the looks on their faces, they didn't even defeat one of them.

"Glad to see you guys make it to the show, and now the grand finale can begin." George said.

He slashed Neku, Joshua, Beat, and Shiki across the chest all at once, making them all disappear into pieces of light.

"No!" I'm Reader-anon Universe Alden screamed.

He fell to his knees. Jubileena had tears in her eyes and covered her mouth with her eyes, and Alden was on the ground, quietly whimpering to himself.

"Look at that, Rhyme. They are heroes with extreme power and they are already losing hope." George said.

However, he was interrupted by a light that erupted from Vanellope. When the light ceased, everyone was amazed. Vanellope was now dressed in a set of armor. It was light blue-and-white, with black accents, and two identical swords were in her hands. The handles were made of licorice, and around them was a heart shape that was covered in random frosty, exactly like her kart. The blades were made of candy cane, and the form of the tips resembled her princess crown. Two keychains hung off the end of the handles, both in a chocolate chain and with a pendant exactly like the medal she had given to Ralph. On both pendants were written the words "Sweet Glitch". With newfound ferocity, she charged at George and unleashed a barrage of swings with the Sweet Glitch blades, but the dark purple haired boy quickly put up his guard and blocked them all. The two combatants then found themselves in a blade lock.

"Impressive. You've managed to awaken some new powers." George said.

It looked like he was barely pushing, but Vanellope was pushing with everything she had.

"You'll pay for everything you done, especially to Leni!" Vanellope said with anger in her voice.

"Oh, so you've met one of the Heartless, huh? She does her job very well, making sure no harm comes to me or any of my allies." George said.

He pushed her back and struck her across the chest three times, sending her back to where Rancis, Jubileena, Torvald, and the Aldens were. Rancis quickly knelt down to her.

"Vanellope, are you okay?" Rancis asked.

"No. I feel so much power, but my body can't handle it right now. I'm too tired." Vanellope replied.

Her helmet disappeared, leaving her in only her armor.

"We can't fight him now. We have to leave." Torvald said.

She created a portal to Richmond with her portal key. She and the others then quickly stood up, with Rancis holding Vanellope, and started heading towards the portal.

"No, you are staying here!" George said.

He shot dark chains to get them, but they quickly jumped in and the portal closed, making the chains impact the wall.

"Argghh!" George yelled angrily.

He cut a nearby streetlamp in his anger.

"Calm thyself, George. These things happen in life. You must not beat yourself up over this." Nihil ordered.

George took a breath and calmed down.

"Yeah. And it doesn't even matter anyway. We'll be killing two birds with one stone by possibly finding them in each world and destroying said worlds in the process." George said.

"Indeed." Nihil said.

George summoned the blue Orcus and a Corridor of Darkness, before kneeling down to Rhyme.

"Rhyme, I want you to follow this Heartless into the corridor. It will take you back to my boss's place to meet my comrades. They are nice and will be happy to have another person to serve with." George explained.

Rhyme nodded her head in understanding,

"Okay, George. Be safe, okay?" Rhyme asked.

"I will. Now go." George ordered.

Rhyme then took the Orcus's hand and it led her into the corridor, which closed behind them. Nihil approached George.

"Now that's taken care of, why not try summoning more Heartless to ravage all the districts while we go to the Keyhole?" Nihil asked.

"Right." George replied.

He opened his palm and allowed darkness to flow through his arm.

"Come forth, my servants! Harvest this world and spread the gospel of darkness!" George shouted.

Heartless started raining down on the districts from the sky, and the townspeople exited their homes and stores to investigate. As the Heartless fell to the ground, the townspeople begin fleeing in terror. The Heartless began to harvest them, and their screams seemed to only to make the scene more tragic. As the Heartless grew more numerous, the world itself began to suffer. The buildings fell from their shingles and the sky turned blood red.

"So, this is how a world is destroyed?" George asked.

"Yes. Isn't it a wonderful sight?" Nihil asked.

"How do we consume the world completely?" George asked.

"We must unlock the Keyhole of this world and taint that gateway with darkness. The energies resulting will blow the world to bits. The world's heart will be sent to the Door to Darkness, and all Heartless will feed from it's power. Just hold out your Keyblade towards the Keyhole and the rest will take care of itself. I shall accompany you." Nihil replied.

"No. I wish to be alone for a while. Oversee the harvestation of the town's districts." George ordered.

Nihil nodded and ushered more Heartless into the Third District. Meanwhile, George proceeded towards the Keyhole hidden in the water fountain and pointed his Dark Keyblade at it. An unlocking sound was heard as a stream of darkness pierced the light of the Keyhole. The hole vanished and a dark portal appeared in it's place.

"This must lead to the heart of the world." George thought.

He entered the portal. A door similar to the one that was in Royal Woods was seen as George entered a dimension of light. A giant illusory heart was seen in the center of the enclosed dimension.

"So, all I have to do is stain the heart in darkness, huh?" George asked.

He places his palm outward. Darkness streamed from his hand and pierced the light emanating from the heart. The color of the heart slowly changed to a purplish-black as the darkness began to consume it. That was when George began remembering old events in his past.

"So, let me get this straight. You guys also have the same last name as us?" Past George asked.

"There was a girl I used to know. She loved to draw." Past George asked.

"No, it's cool. Just don't hurt her, or you'll regret it." Past George said to Past Adam.

"Anything dear that I may have had has been taken away from me! And I'll reclaim it all using the darkness. The light has made things worse. It deserves to be destroyed!" George muttered as the heart was nearly consumed.

The heart turned purple completely.

"The deed is done. This world will soon die." George said.

He exited the portal and returned to Traverse Town. The buildings had been destroyed by dark thorns that had pierced the constructs, and hearts were seen floating up into the sky. Nihil was standing in the center of the pavilion.

"Well done, my friend. This world will perish in minutes. We must leave." Nihil said.

"How? We were warped here. And I don't have my portal key with me." George asked.

"Allow me to provide transportation." Nihil replied.

Nihil released a stream of darkness into the sky, and Monstro, who had been changed into a Heartless, hovered down towards the duo's location. It landed on the ground and opened it's mouth, providing entry.

"You all consumed Monstro?" George asked.

"It was easy. The creature is not capable of rational thought, so it turned into a Heartless pretty easily. Now, the next worlds we have to consume are back in your collection of worlds. What world should we consume next?" Nihil asked.

"Well, let's see... the first two worlds Avina wants right now are Wonderland and Olympus. Let's go to Wonderland." George replied.

"Very well, George. To Wonderland, my servant!" Nihil ordered.

Monstro lifted off and entered deep space. As George watched from Monstro's eyelids, Traverse Town collapsed in on itself and disappeared from the cosmos.


"Location: Twilight Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

"So what are the 'seven wonders', anyway?" Lincoln asked as the train started it's departure.

"Well, they happen to be a total of seven rumors that are unusual. They happen to be: the spooky steps, friend beyond the wall, moans from the tunnel, a doppelganger, an animated bag, alternate town, and the ghost train mystery. I've been investigating them a few times before and didn't find a clue about their mysteries." Pence replied, looking at a list of wonders.

"But with the four of us, we might find their secrets and get a good score on the assignment." Olette said.

And so, they waited as the train took them to a place called Sunset Terrace. Once arriving, they got out of the train.

"Okay, guys, let's start off with the spooky steps." Pence said.

They came across some steps.

"Are they the steps you were talking about, Pence?" Lincoln asked.

"That's right. According to the rumors, they count different going up and down. You see, Rai's the one who counted them. He's like, 'Every time I count, it's different, Y'KNOW?'." Pence replied.

"Let me see about that." Lincoln said.

He walked down the steps and counted, and then he went back up and counted.

"When I counted them, it was the same number as I went up and down. I may not know Rai much, but I do know that he's not very bright." Lincoln said.

"He's definitely right. So that means he just counted wrong." Hayner said with a snicker.

"Well, we still have the others to investigate, so let's go." Olette said.

They continued with their investigation and walked down an alley, going for Wonder #2.

"This is where the second rumor happens to be." Pence said, looking at a brick wall.

"What does it mean with..." Lincoln started to ask.

He was taken off guard as a ball suddenly shot out of nowhere.

"That ball came out of nowhere! We need a closer look." Hayner said.

They headed to the wall. As they got close, they saw something dark forming.

"Move!" Lincoln shouted.

A dark portal appeared and out came another ball.

"A dark portal? That must explain where those balls came from. Let's check out the others." Pence said.

They continued on until they reached a tunnel and walked in.

"Now as it has been told, there has been moaning coming from this tunnel. But where they look, they don't see anyone else." Pence explained.

Suddenly, they all heard the moaning Pence was talking about. As Lincoln looked around, he spotted an air vent in the corner.

"I think I found out where that moaning came from. From that air vent over there." Lincoln said as he pointed out the vent for them.

"No wonder no one found out where it came from. The wind going through it was the cause." Olette said.

They left to investigate #4 and came to a waterfall.

"So, how is everyone seeing doppelgangers of themselves?" Lincoln asked.

"Well, around here, people keep seeing a double of themselves from the corner of their eyes, but as they look, the double is gone." Pence replied.

As Lincoln looked at the water in thought, he noticed that it had his reflection.

"I think the 'double' is actually the reflection in the waterfall." Lincoln said.

The Twilight gang checked it out.

"He's right! We got tricked by a waterfall. It seems so far some of the rumors are bogus." Hayner said.

"Well, our next stop is Sunset Hill, where the animated bag is sometimes at. Let's go, guys." Pence said.


"Location: Ink World, the Nintendo Realm of the Dream World, November 27th 2110"

The stage that was selected for Turf War was Port Mackeral. Fushia, Moira, Skarlet, and Luna all had their weapons ready. Fushia had her Octoshot, Skarlet had her N-ZAP '85, Luna had a Carbon Roller, and Moira had a Hero-Scope. They were given the color cyan, while the other team had purple.

The timer started, and the team was off. Luna inked turf by rolling all over the map, while Skarlet helped by giving her cover with her N-ZAP '85. Moira went on high points of the port, picking off the other team.

"Fushia, you and I split up. Get to the western secret area and activate your special once you're in there." Moira ordered.

Fushia nodded and started heading to the sponge block next to the forklift on their side.

"Oh, look what we got here." a voice said.

Fushia turned to see a purple sniper standing on top of the forklift.

"You are going to be the easiest splat in my..." the sniper started to say.

He was suddenly splatted by Moira.

"Go on, Fushia. Activate your special. We only got thirty seconds!" Moira ordered.

Fushia nodded and had the forklift push her against the sponge. It pushed her through the forklift and she had it bring her to the wall, where she jumped through and into the secret room. She then pressed a button on the Octoshot, which allowed her to wield Tenta-Missiles, which was a new special that had been recently manufactured and allowed into battles. Fushia locked onto her opponents and pressed the trigger. Missiles shot out on the opposite team, who couldn't hit her from behind the wall, and the entire opposing side was splatted and sent back to their spawn point.

Just as they were, the bell rang, which ended the game.

Once the battle ended, Judd came onto his balcony on the top of the map. He looked around and picked up a flag. The Cyan team won, with 72.6% of the map being covered in ink, thanks to Moira's strategy and Fushia's missiles. The four walked out of the map, with each giving high fives and congratulating their victory.


"Location: Twilight Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

Lincoln, Pence, Hayner, and Olette made it to Sunset Hill and saw what looked like a garbage bag in the middle.

"According to the rumors, when someone looks away, they see that the bag went from one spot to another, even when they are alone here." Pence explained.

They kept a sharp eye on the bag. After a few moments, Lincoln spoke up.

"Nothing's happening." Lincoln said.

All of the sudden, the bag started moving around.

"Now it moves! Let's get it!" Hayner said.

They all spread out to stop it.

"I got it. I got it." Pence said.

He got close to the bag in order to get the bag, but instead, he tripped.

"I don't got it." Pence said, getting back up.

"That bag is mine!" Hayner said.

He got in front of it, but without striking quick enough, he instead got ran over.

"I can't believe I got ran over by a BAG!" Hayner said, upset.

"Almost got it!" Lincoln said, reaching out to the bag.

As the bag slowed down, the white haired boy managed to get a hold of the top.

"I got it!" Lincoln said, keeping a hold of it.

"Good going, Lincoln." Olette said, walking up to him.

"Let's see what's in that bag." Pence said.

As Lincoln opened up the bag, what came out surprised him.

"Charles?" Lincoln asked.

What came out was his own pet dog.

"You know that dog, Lincoln?" Hayner asked.

"Yeah, he's one of my family's pet. I have known him my whole life. But about three weeks ago, he had mysteriously vanished." Lincoln replied.

He came over to Charles.

"Where have you been, Charles? Our friends and family was worried about you." Lincoln asked.

Charles licked him on the face.

"Okay, okay. I guess what matters is that you're okay after all this time." Lincoln said.

The Twilight gang watched them.

"That's so sweet." Olette said.

Suddenly, one of Charles's ears went up and he ran off.

"Hey, where are you going?" Lincoln asked.

He and the gang ran after him, but they soon lost track of him

"I found him after so long and now he's gone." Lincoln said, really down.

"It'll be okay, Lincoln. For all we know, he may still be around town somewhere and we'll find him while continuing with the assignment." Olette said.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Lincoln said, feeling a little bit better.

"How about we continue with that assignment? Our next rumor is at that Old Mansion." Pence asked.

"Okay." Lincoln replied.


"Location: Tenebris, Umbros, Avina's Realm, November 27th 2110"

Xylnn had been given a coat just like George's and was exploring Avina's laboratory in Umbros. As she walked along, she was able to look around more of the building. The place was massive and could hold hundreds, maybe thousands, of people. She got so lost in it all that she accidentally found her way into a greenhouse. There were poison plants, white jasmines, roses, and hibiscus scattered throughout it.

"Well well, look who showed up." a voice said.

Xylnn looked over to her left, where Xyriel was standing a few feet away from her.

"Who are you?" Xylnn asked.

"Name's Xyriel, kiddo. What's your name?" Xyriel asked.

"It's Xylnn." Xylnn replied.

"Xylnn, huh? Well, hopefully you turn out to be of some use to Avina. Good luck, I suppose." Xyriel said.

Xylnn nodded.

"Thanks, Xyriel." Xylnn said.

Xyriel grinned.

"No problemo, newbie. Now, what was it that Avina told me about? Oh yeah. It's time to finally show you off to all the others. You ready to go?" Xyriel asked.

Xylnn folded her arms across her chest.

"Yeah. Lead the way." Xylnn replied.


"Location: Twilight Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

Lincoln, Pence, Hayner, and Olette crossed the woods and stood in front of the mansion's front gate.

"What is the rumor with this mansion, again?" Lincoln asked.

"Well, many people have mysteriously appeared from this mansion. Everyone in town believed that this mansion leads to an Alternate Twilight Town. We did a little searching here before with some friends of ours. So now, we should check it out ourselves." Pence replied.

The group entered the mansion.

"Man, this place must have been abandoned for a long time." Lincoln said.

They walked into one of the rooms.

"Whoa! Someone must have built some laboratory here." Lincoln said.

"That's right. Some friends of ours say that a man named Ansem is the one who built that laboratory. He even has a computer that takes you to that other town." Olette explained.

They came across a sliding door, and behind it was the computer that Olette was talking about.

"Alright, it's still here!" Pence said. He sat in front of it, typed in a few keys, and said "Okay, let's see now. Looks like I need to put the password in again.".

He typed in the password and a portal opened up.

"Wow. What password did you use, Pence?" Lincoln asked.

"I happen to have put in 'Sea-Salt ice cream' because it was Ansem's favorite." Pence replied.

"Come on, let's go." Hayner said.

He walked to the portal, along with the rest of the gang. As they came out, they looked around.

"It looks like we're in the same place." Olette said.

"I don't think so. Look." Lincoln said.

He showed them the computer, which was busted up.

"This must be that alternate town. Let's look outside." Pence said.

He headed towards the door. However, it wouldn't budge.

"Huh? It won't open." Pence said, trying to push it open.

"I think something out there is causing that door to stay closed. I think we should head back now." Lincoln said.

He and the Twilight gang went back to their town and left the mansion.

"Well, those six are now solved. Some were bogus, and some very interesting." Hayner said as he leaned on the wall outside of the hangout.

"All that's left is the ghost train, but we haven't heard about it coming today." Pence said.

Just then, Lincoln spotted something.

"Wait, is that it?" Lincoln asked.

He pointed out to what looked like a train, except it was purple and the windows were shaped like stars.

"It is! And it's heading to the Station. Let's go!" Olette replied.

They all ran to the Station as fast as they can and soon made it there.

"LOOK OUT!" Hayner shouted.

Several Shadow Heartless came from the ground, as well as some Soldier Heartless.

"What? Those are the same things that attacked my home!" Lincoln exclaimed in shock.

"No way! Forget about the train for now! Let's get out of here!" Pence said.

The four started to run away from the Station, but an invisible barrier appeared and separated Lincoln from the Twilight gang.

"Guys, help!" Lincoln shouted.

"Lincoln!" Olette shouted.

She, Hayner, and Pence ran up to him, only to bounce off of the barrier. The Shadow Heartless and Soldier Heartless came up to Lincoln to attack him, but before they could, a flash of light suddenly appeared and the same Keyblade from before appeared in Lincoln's hands.

"Again with this thing?" Lincoln asked.

He figured there wasn't any use in complaining and got ready to fight. He started to attack the Shadow Heartless first a couple at a time, making three hits as they vanished into darkness. A couple more Shadow Heartless attacked with their claws, but Lincoln moved out of the way. However, the last one got him from the back and made him stagger. Another one then slid up to him, and made him trip and fall to the ground. He got back up and went back to fighting them, and he wiped out the Shadow Heartless and Soldier Heartless remaining. One Soldier Heartless ran up to him and used it's right hand to claw him on the arm, while the others made some spinning attacks, but Lincoln moved out of the way and attacked them. One by one, the Soldier Heartless were wiped out and only one was left. Right as it was about to spin, Lincoln held the weapon in front of him and blocked the attack. And with one more strike, the Soldier Heartless was no more.

"Well... I'm glad... that's over." Lincoln said, panting a little.

"Lincoln, look out! Above you!" Olette shouted.

Lincoln looked up. The ground shook violently for a moment, before a very large set of sliver, red, yellow, and blue colored armor dropped from the sky. It formed together to make a Guard Armor Heartless.

"First, a giant shadow, and now some armor? Me and my big mouth." Lincoln muttered.

He quickly ran up to the armor and made some strikes on the legs. However, the gauntlets started to spin around and sent Lincoln flying to the Station's wall. As he got up, he quickly ran up and instead fought off the gauntlets. A few seconds later, the legs started to stomp around, but Lincoln dodged out of the way before attacking all four of them as quickly as possible. The armor then jumped into the air and slammed into the ground, barely missing Lincoln, before all the pieces fell to the ground, giving him an opportunity to attack. The gauntlets and legs were quickly destroyed, but the torso got back up and started spinning around. Lincoln ran as fast as he could to avoid it, and just as it stopped, the white haired boy ran up, jumped, and delivered the final blow. The torso started to shake around after he did so, before the head dropped, a big heart came out and floated into the sky, and the torso vanished. All of a sudden, some more Shadow Heartless appeared.

"Oh, come ON! Give me a break!" Lincoln said, annoyed.

Suddenly, lightning bolts appeared and eliminated the Shadow Heartless.

"Where did that lightning come from?" Lincoln asked.

"It came from me, Lincoln." a familiar voice replied.

Lincoln quickly turned to see Luan. She was holding some sort of staff, which had a blue handle and a green tip, and the top was round and had five short spikes with a star in the middle.

"Luan?" Lincoln asked in shock.

He tried to get up, but grunted and stayed how he was.

"Hang on, Linc, I'll help you. HEAL!" Luan shouted.

She raised her staff and a green glow appeared around Lincoln.

"Whoa! How'd you do that?" Lincoln asked, getting back up.

"After our world vanished, I ended up in the tower where Yen Sid lives." Luan replied.

"Yen Sid? He's here, too?" Lincoln asked.

"Not exactly. It's an alternate version of him. The Yen Sid we know is still back in Mysterious Tower, while the one I'm talking about is in another version of Mysterious Tower. He taught me the ways of magic and sent me here to find you. One of his reasons is because you wield the Keyblade." Luan replied.

"'Keyblade'? That's what this is called?" Lincoln asked, looking at his Keyblade.

He then realized what Luan had said about Royal Woods.

"Wait, what do you mean by Royal Woods "vanished"?" Lincoln asked.

Luan attempted to reply, but she was interrupted when the Twilight gang ran up to them after the barrier fell.

"I'm glad you're okay and... hey, you must be one of Lincoln's sisters. I'm Pence." Pence greeted.

"Yeah, I'm Luan." Luan greeted.

"The name's Hayner." Hayner greeted.

"I'm Olette. We happen to have been helping Lincoln look for you and your other siblings." Olette greeted.

Just then, Lincoln remembered something.

"Were the others with you, Luan?" Lincoln asked.

"Sorry, Lincoln, they weren't." Luan replied sadly.

"Oh. I thought they would... oh, I almost forgot. I'll be right back, guys." Lincoln said.

He left Luan and the Twilight gang at the station. A few minutes later, he came back with an ice cream bar in his hand.

"I'm back, guys. Here, Luan, you should try this out." Lincoln said.

He handed the bar to the older girl.

"What kind is this?" Luan asked.

"It's called Sea-Salt ice cream. It's really famous around town." Lincoln replied.

Luan decided to try it and took a bite.

"Man, Lincoln, this is saltier than you on a Sundae morning. Ha ha, get it? But yeah, it is salty, but sweet as well." Luan said, taking more bites.

"I had a similar reaction to it as well." Lincoln said.

"You used the WINNER stick for it, right?" Pence asked.

"Yes, I did. I did say I would save it of one of my sisters." Lincoln replied.

Luan suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, I almost forgot. We have to take the train, Lincoln. We need to go really quickly." Luan said.

"What? Wait, do you mean we have to leave town to go where you were at?" Lincoln asked.

"Yeah." Luan replied.

"Mind if we see you guys off?" Pence asked.

"Sure. Let's go, you guys. Me and Lincoln need to go." Luan replied.


"Location: Tenebris, Umbros, Avina's Realm, November 27th 2110"

The people that were helping Avina and had been in Umbros at the time were gathered in seats placed around Avina's meeting room. The furniture around the room was made of dark purple velvet and obsidian. There was an antique wooden table with a stained glass image of Avina, but she rarely used it to plan anything since she preferred to order a helper or a group to do one task at a time.

The room was also filled with scrolls, books, and monitors for maps of all worlds. They didn't just rest on shelves, as some even floated above the table, and if anyone needed them, they would automatically float down onto the table and float back up when done.

The floor was also illuminated in white. The doors were made of steel and designed with obsidian crystals, and there was a large black door on the far end from where Avina emerged if she decided to come to meeting, though she rarely ever did.

Avina began by speaking to the whole assembled group.

"Good day, friends. Today is a wonderful day for us." Avina said. She gestured down to Xylnn with a hand and said "I am pleased to announce that I have chosen another comrade to help us out.".

The room was silent as everyone looked at Xylnn. The brunette stood there with Xyriel standing nearby, her hood on.

"This is Xylnn, the Nobody of Lynn Loud." Avina announced loudly.

While the other minions, as Avina called her followers, talked among themselves, Xylnn took the opportunity to look around at some of the them and saw that each of them seemed to have a unique look. One was the same man Lincoln had seen near Royal Woods's Keyhole, another was the man she had met outside the mansion, and another was the same cloaked figure that had attacked Falchetto 1911. But Xylnn caught sight of one helper specifically. He was an elderly-looking man with tan skin, a bald head, and yellow eyes, and he was wearing a white and black coat with a red inner lining, which was worn over a white shirt with two thin black belts, as well as white gloves and calf-high black boots. He appeared to be in deep thought, and was unknown to her, reflecting back to when Avina had recruited him.


"Location: Tenebris, Umbros, Avina's Realm, November 19th 2110"

A week earlier in the World That Never Was, Xehanort and his twelve Seekers of Darkness had been discussing their next plan of attack against the Guardians of Light.

"We should start by attacking the worlds. That will draw them out." Ansem said.

"And leave ourselves out in the open like last time? As if." Braig said.

"We are a lot stronger than last time, Braig. They won't stand a chance this time." Isa said.

"That overconfidence of yours led to your defeat by Sora. Know your place, Isa!" Xemnas ordered.

Xehanort, who was sitting on his throne with his hand on his head, was thinking of a new strategy, but it was tough to do when his followers were throwing plans and backlash back and forth.

"ENOUGH!" Xehanort shouted.

Everyone in the room immediately went silent.

"You all keep coming up with mediocre and amateur plans, even with pieces of my heart inside you. Right now, we need to focus on finding our final Seeker of Darkness to combat our enemies. Now..." Xehanort started to say.

However, before he could continue, an explosion from outside interrupted him, and the door to the room came flying off the hinges. Quickly, all of the Seekers of Darkness got up, drew their weapons, and prepared for whatever was to come.

What emerged from the smoke was something none of the Seekers expected.

Avina entered the room and walked towards the Seekers in a slow but powerful stance. The aura she gave off frightened the Seekers of Darkness, who were very strong in their own right.

"Who are you? And why do you emit such a powerful aura?" Ansem asked.

Avina laughed.

"My name is Avina. As for why I'm here, I'm here to destroy your little boy band." Avina replied.

The Seekers simply laughed at her response. She looked like an ordinary and weak woman, and even if she was powerful, there were twelve of them and one of her.

"How do you plan to do that, girl?" Xehanort asked, chuckling to himself.

Avina's smile changed to a serious tone.

"Like this." Avina replied.

She simply snapped her fingers. Darkness suddenly started to pour out of the Seekers bodies, making them scream in pain and slowly disappear. It felt as if everything in their body was being sucked right out of them. The darkness collected into a mist that entered the Creation Gem. Within minutes, all of the Seekers were gone, leaving only Xehanort and Avina.

"Wh-What are you?" Xehanort asked.

Throughout his life, Xehanort had encountered many things that would make an average man run away, but would face them with no fear or thought of retreat, and had triumphed over many obstacles. However, this was the first time in many years that he had felt an emotion he believed he had suppressed: true fear. Avina walked up to him.

"Someone way beyond your understanding and power. But I'm feeling generous right now and am looking for more members to help me with a certain plan of mine. You fit nicely for the job. Should you choose to help me, I'll restore your comrades, and in return, I'll promise you the x-blade." Avina replied.

"How did you..." Xehanort started to ask.

"I have my sources. So, if you help me, I'll promise you it. But if you choose not to help, well... let's just say you'll end up like your little friends. So, what say you?" Avina asked.

"I... I accept your offer. I don't want to die." Xehanort replied.

Ainva smiled, and moved to clap Xehanort on the shoulder. He winced away at first, but then relaxed and nodded.

"You do me proud, friend. I know it is hard to accept, to understand, but now you will at least live long enough to appreciate your decision." Avina said.


"Location: Tenebris, Umbros, Avina's Realm, November 27th 2110"

The other minions started to leave, but Xehanort didn't. He stayed and continued staring down at Xylnn, who stared right back. After a few seconds, he vanished like the others.


"Location: Twilight Town, Kingdom Hearts Dimension, November 27th 2110"

Lincoln, Luan, Hayner, Pence, and Olette entered the Station and started heading over to the section of the building where the trains arrived and departed.

"So, how did you get here exactly, Luan?" Pence asked.

"I got here from that one purple train." Luan replied.

"You mean the ghost train?" Hayner asked.

"Yeah. It shouldn't be too far. Just a bit more walking." Luan replied.

As the group of five made their way through the crowds in the Station, a teenage girl was in a hurry to get on a different train. The girl had white hair and a chipped tooth, just like Lincoln, and she looked exactly like Lynn. While she maneuvered through the crowds in order to reach her train, she accidentally bumped into Lincoln, causing him to stop in his tracks. He turned his attention to the girl and noticed her white hair, her most prominent feature from the back. The girl had made it to her train on time, and once she was inside, she turned around to face the crowd. For a second, Lincoln made eye contact with the girl, to which the girl responded by looking somewhere else. Lincoln stood where he was, observing the girl in utter shock until the doors of the train closed and the locomotive began to leave the station. Never in a million years would Lincoln have thought that he would have seen what he saw.

"Lynn?" Lincoln asked.

The rest of the group noticed that Lincoln had stayed behind, and Pence signaled to the boy with his hand.

"Lincoln, come on!" Pence called out.

Lincoln broke out of the trance he was in.

"Sorry, I'm coming." Lincoln said.

He ran to catch up with them. Once he had, he contemplated what he had just seen. He saw a girl who eerily resembled Lynn, but she still had other features that distinguished the two. Could she have changed her appearance to sneak around without being discovered? But then, why did she look away when he made eye contact with her? And why didn't she ever try to find him if she was also in Twilight Town? He decided he would try to find her later and continued on with the others until they reached the ghost train.

"So that's the train you took, Luan?" Lincoln asked.

"That's right, Lincoln." Luan replied.

"You know, this is just like the time we had to say goodbye to some friends of ours when they first came to town." Pence said.

"I remember that. I wonder how they are doing right now." Olette said.

"Well, if we ever meet up with them, we'll tell them how you guys are doing." Lincoln said.

"Thanks, Lincoln." Hayner said.

"That's what friends are for, you guys. If it weren't for you, I don't know where I'd be right now." Lincoln said.

"Will we ever see you again, Lincoln?" Olette asked, a little sad.

"Of course, and next time, we'll bring the whole family." Lincoln replied.

"Great idea, Lincoln." Hayner said.

He brought his arm up and Lincoln did the same.

"It's a promise." Lincoln said.

"Come on, Lincoln! It's time to go!" Luan said.

"Coming!" Lincoln said. He turned back to the Twilight gang and said "Well, see ya guys later.".

And with that, Lincoln got on the train and closed the door. The train took off, with the Twilight gang watching.

"I'm going to miss him." Olette said sadly.

"I know. He did remind me of him." Pence said.

"Yeah, he does kind of remind us of Sora." Hayner said.

The train disappeared out of sight.


"Location: Tenebris, Umbros, Avina's Realm, November 27th 2110"

The Nightmare King was relaxing in his room in Umbros. It was very luxurious, with it being a bedroom and lounge, and it even had a coffee table made of skulls and femurs for a zombie theme. As the ghost relaxed, he saw a blue figure out of the corner of his eye.

"Hello, Lucina." the Nightmare King greeted.

He turned to see the blue cloaked figure that had attacked Falchetto 1911. The figure raised their arms and lowered their hood, revealing the Lucina from Iniabi's timeline. The Brand of the Exalt was back in her right eye, but it was now a black color, while her irises were a deep crimson color, and there were magical tattoos on both of her cheeks. Half of the skin on the left portion of her face was halfway rotted through, to the point that only the muscle fibers were left. Some of the bone could even be seen under the muscles and the cheek had a small hole, as if it was only beginning to tear. In addition, a brand that marked her ties to Avina was on her forehead. It was a reverse fleur de lis with two infinity symbols forming a cross-like shape. She crossed her arms, and her torso seemed to flicker in and out of existence. She shot an icy cold stare at the Nightmare King, who wasn't even the least bit intimidated.

"How long has it been since we've talked to each other?" the Nightmare King asked.

Lucina continued to give him a death glare.

"You're afraid of him." Lucina replied.

The Nightmare King laughed, knowing she was talking about Iniabi.

"Afraid of him? I'm not afraid of the boy! He was never a match to me. He was only lucky when he and his friends almost killed me before Avina saved me." the Nightmare King said.

"But you didn't kill him. Even after all these years, you're afraid that he'll come for you. You're afraid to face him." Lucina said.

"I'm not afraid of anyone! I don't have to take anything from you! You're a failure! After everything you did, you failed! You're nothing!" the Nightmare King snapped.

"You're a monster." Lucina said.

"You were misguided! You thought you could do things like defeat Grima, but you weren't even the one that took him out. By taking over the world myself and recreating it in my own image, I saved existence. Me, not you." the Nightmare King said.

"You think you're a hero?" Lucina asked.

"We're the same! I've done some ugly things, true, but so did you. You fought Chrom in Regna Ferox. You tried to kill Robin. You were going to kill your own mother in cold blood! You did some ugly things, but it was all your delusioned plan to "save" the world. You were willing to do what you thought needed to be done. Meanwhile, I've actually succeeded in recreating the world into something better. You will never understand." the Nightmare King replied.

He stepped towards Lucina and poked her in the chest to emphasize his words.

"People remember you as a hero, so by that logic, I'm a hero. I'm the greatest hero that ever lived! Me, not you. I did the right thing." the Nightmare King said.

Lucina just shook her head in disgust before disappearing from the room.