Who! An Update! This is a look at what happened to the Legacy. Sorry it so long, there were too many ways I wanted this chapter to go, I eventually went 'screw it' and picked one at random. Yeah... I was that undecided.

Two worlds appear in this chapter for it's now going into split P.O.V's: What happened to Jack, and what's going on on Sora's end.

Hmmm. I guess for confusion's sake, I'll put "Legacy" at the start of each separation and whoever POV next to it. And then something to represent Sora and co's point of view. Idk, I'll figure it out by next chapter.

Next chapters will actually have "Ark- (whatever)" in it's title, then regular chapter names after. This is planned to be really long so this way, you can skip to whatever Ark you want without getting lost.

Space

It's as if time slowed to a stop. They could only watch as the ship was engulfed in flames, then disappeared in an explosion of darkness that sucked in on itself until nothing was left. The whole caravan stopped in its tracks, even the enemy ships vacated the area temporarily to restrategize. Everyone on every ship froze where they were, hands over mouths, most started to cry.

Sora whimpered and fell to his knees as Riku pulled Sora into his arms.

Sora screamed over the still open comms.

Then the radio blared to life as everyone tried to figure out what the hell just happened.

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The Shera

There was a rush of activity as Cid demanded answers. Pete fell to his knees, slammed his fists to the ground and cried for his children. Yuffie had her hand over her mouth and caught the Kingdom in the corner of her eye. Jack…

Sora, Riku and Jack were on the island at Sunset.

The sun was low and the clouds were pretty for it was raining all day and then stopped an hour ago with the suns' rays reflected off the clouds and the foliage around them, making them shine.

Sora sat on the waters edge, cross-legged with li'l Jack in his lap.

Riku was bent over the waves, looking for more shells. There were shells of all kinds in piles around them.

Sora reached to his right to pick up another shell…

The Legacy

Everything got brighter and brighter, and louder as an explosion woke Jack up.

He bolted upright as he looked around. He and the other children were on the deck of the Legacy, which was falling from the sky, and on fire. The explosion turned out to be the engine failing, just barely keeping them in the air.

He looked over the side and saw land to his left, but it was very far away with what looked like a castle on the beach with a white wall surrounding it.

They were going to crash into the water!

Normal P.O.V.

Ariel, Eric and young Melody were having family time on one of the balconies overlooking the sea. There was a heavy rain storm that went on for several hours and finally let up, dark clouds fading in the distance. Carlotta suggested they spend some time outside with Melody who hated being cooped up inside and proceeded to towel dry some furniture on a balcony for them. Eric was reading a book while Ariel was playing with Melody's hair when a loud boom caught her attention. Looking up to the clouds she gasped and ran to the railing and pointed. "MOM!"

The Legacy broke the atmosphere and fell from their right, to the sea on their left. A trail of thick black smoke in their wake and pieces of the ship breaking off. Ariel looked to Eric who nodded and went to alert the guards.

The girls took a moment to watch the ship hit the sea causing massive waves before eventually slowing, but thankfully staying afloat. the two caught up with Eric.

Ariel asked Carlotta to watch Melody while she joined her husband in the rescue party.

Eric was proud of his people with how fast it took to get volunteers who knew what they were doing in this situation. Several people in town saw what happened and offered their services, while others stayed inside from fear of more falling ships and debris. Soon, a proper rescue party was established and set out within the hour with a few ships already out to catch any who fell overboard.

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Below the sea, the sun shone bright above the waves. The waves causing beautiful refractions and mini rainbows across the see floor. There was a storm that just let up a bit ago and various Human things and debris were scattered about. There was coral reef below and the various marine life were coming out of hiding. Some fish spotted several Human things along the sea floor and started counting down in their heads for someone out of habit. For they remembered how much a certain red-headed mermaid loved collecting these strange things. But now that she's living on land, her friends started collecting in her place.

And here they come:

Two young merfolk: A merman resembling a Human in their early-20's with a slender yet strong build, had blonde hair, slightly tanned skin with freckles, light blue eyes and a green tail. While the other, a mermaid of the same age. She was a slender and beautiful mermaid. She had brown, almost black hair, with brown eyes, tanned skin, pinkish red tail with hints of purple, and wearing a matching seashell top.

They were collecting human-things for a few minutes when he heard a loud sound above him. A ship crashed INTO the water!?

The mermaid nodded to him and then swam off to inform the sea king. He stayed behind to help with anybody who went overboard.

The merman left his bag of treasure, that used to belong to Ariel, on a nearby rock and swam to the surface, just in time to see a few young children (one boy and the other two are girls) fall to the sea. One looked like she could swim and grabbed the others' hand and swam for the surface, the other boy kept flailing about. He swam to the young boy who looked his way and seemed to freeze in awe or something. He's used to Humans reacting that way, so the merman gently grabbed the child in his arms and swam to the surface. Just in time to see the rescue party from the castle head this way from below the surface.

Recognizing one that belonged to Ariel and Eric, he went to the surface and waited for them. The young boy catching his breath in his arms caused him to pat the boy's back to help him cough up the rest of the sea water.

"Urchin!" Said merman smiled, recognizing a voice he hasn't heard in years. He looked up with a smile as Ariel waved and a few crew members dropped a rope the climbed down.

"Been a long time Ariel." His deep voice welcomed.

At this, the boy gasped and grinned at her.

"What, does a ship have to fall from the sky to get you to visit?" He teased as he passed the boy in his arms to her. Even though he knows the real reason why she can't. He was there during the incident and had her father explain the rest to both of them later on.

She sighed a little, apology on her lips when the boy sneezing brought them back to why they were here.

"We'll catch up later. I'll stay nearby incase others fall into the sea." He smiled before swimming off.

She watched him go for a moment before climbing the latter.

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As the rescue party got closer, the kids and a few adults were waving and cheering at being rescued. They were reluctant to tell them what happened though. 'World Borders' and all.

Meanwhile, Ariel was tending to the boy who kept trying to get her attention from under the towel she was trying to dry him with.

"Stop it! I need to talk to you!" He huffed as she finally stopped trying to dry him with a towel.

"That Urchin guy said your name is Ariel right?"

"Yes, I am the queen of the castle over there." Pointing to the castle in the distance. "My husband, Eric is over there leading the rescue." Pointing to said king talking to several people on the other end of the ship.

"I knew it!" He whispered.

"What?"

"But... I thought you were a mermaid like Urchin? No, wait... Ursula changed-"

"How do you know Ursula?" She suddenly became serious and lifted her hand to his cheek causing him to look at her.

"I know because my daddy told me the story."

"Your daddy..?"

"Mmhm! My name is Jack and my daddy's name is Sora!" He grinned as she stared in shock.

"He's your father?! Then that means-"

"Yeah, we came from another world. Our ship was attacked by Heartless and another lady I don't recognize. Next thing we know is we crashed here."

"I see... and where is your father?"

At that Jack froze, before looking to the sky. "I don't know. " He then whispered, "I don't think he knows where we are neither..." He sniffed.

"Hey hey, it's going to be ok. You'll see. Can you tell me who is your ship's captain? I'll talk to them and we can figure something out."

"You will?"

She nodded. He smiled in such a way, that she can definitely see the family resemblance.

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Space

Everyone wanted to search for the Legacy, but were forced to retreat because they were still surrounded. They more or less followed the Kingdom because Sora was more than happy to vent on any Heartless or Nobody in his path...

After a few hours, they finally broke free and was nearing Radiant Garden. Which made him even more mad when he saw how close they were.

Nearing Radiant Garden and finally entering orbit, Riku took a moment to get a look at the progress of restoring the town. The castle has really changed and looked to finally be done with construction. The town seems to have expanded, no doubt to the recent arrivals the last few years with a large ocean surrounding it with a large landmass where the Heartless battle was fought behind it. He noticed there were several flying things on glowing tracks he guessed were for transportation around the now-city surrounding the castle. Several vehicles were seen flying through the air, some looked like bikes and others were like cargo ships.

There was a large bridge leading to one of the small islands in the immediate area and what looks like a continent further out. The bridge acted like a highway connecting the islands and the mainland with some land based vehicles of various designs going along it.

On the closest island, and also the largest from what he can tell, looks like where the flying ships and Gummi ships are docked and being built or repaired. The complex resembled a wide volcano with the middle where the ships are being worked on while the rest are either in the water (regular ships?) or docked to mid air docking stations several meters above the water near the roof of the complex.

The Shera took the lead and told everyone to go inside and wait for instructions from those inside.

During docking, with which Donald and goofy took over and told them to relax, Riku did his best to calm Sora down. He was gripping the steering wheel so hard, his knuckles turned white and he was really tense and angry.

But even Riku was having mixed feelings about the situation. He just hoped they landed on a world they knew. He was hoping for friendly, but even he knew they weren't that lucky.

Sora eventually collapsed in his lap, officially numb to everything. Riku just wrapped his arms around Sora and held him close while he cried into Riku's arms. Looking around he deflated a little as well:

Of the dozen plus ships that left Traverse Town, only 8 made it out.

Barely...

Ariels's reaction to Ursula: This takes place about three years before Little Mermaid 2 with Morgana. Melody is 9 (movie she's 12).

The storm is basically mirroring the other storms caused by the Heartless but was held at bay because of King Triton. He's going to be pretty tired when Gabriella finds him... (Remember, he knew about other worlds already from an unexplained reason that you know I'll have fun with XD)

Ariels' friends: Urchin and Gabriella from the tv show in the 90's. For those who haven't seen it or vaguely remember,

Urchin is a merboy a little younger than Ariel who was approached by the Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp who was trying to find a territory to take over before Crab Louis arrived. Urchin is an orphan who lived alone and was tricked into stealing from the neptune ball. Ariel tried to both befriend and get him to apologize to King Triton. Eventually he did, after they stopped Crab Louis from stealing from the treasury. Ariel considers him part of the family and like a brother.

Gabriella is deaf and communicated through sign language. She is based off of a fan of the show who died fore the second season. Her friend octopus, Ollie, is her interpreter. They met when Ariel found a music box with a ballerina and saw a human girl doing ballet on the docks of her home. Ariel wanted to dance and Gabriella wanted to sing. After a crazy adventure trying to find a wish granting Starfish (who was a fraud and scared of being found out) the two became friends.

I am surprised these two weren't incorporated into the game. These are really good characters that are fun to write. (Keep in mind, I don't know sign language so will leave Ollie to interpret what she's saying.

Radiant Garden

Airships! Woo! Those floating things along the castle are those lifts both in and out of the castle you see in KH1, even that giant one near the top.

Since more people know about other worlds, Cid has been busy with his business.