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The OCs and their alter-ego that appear in this story belong to their respective authors. More information about them are found in the "Original Characters' Intro" chapter.

::KINGDOM HEARTS III Online HD::

-A Beauty Pageant's Rescue Mission-

Back at Midlight City High School.

The school's auditorium had transformed to look like a fashion runway and the entire student body were bursting with cheers and supports for their pageant-hopeful friends.

"WHAT'S UP LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE 15TH ANNUAL HOMECOMING BEAUTY PAGEANT!" cried out the host, who sounded very familiar.

All attention turned to Tidus, the host of the Homecoming Beauty Pageant, and the burst of cheer rose to a higher pitch level.

I HOPE YOU GUYS BOUGHT YOUR CAMCORDERS AND CAMERAS, CUZ THIS IS GONNA BE A PAGEANT TO REMEMBER! NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, PEOPLE! NO DOUBT!

Sierra approached her friends, appearing radiant in a beautiful sea-colored pageant gown. Her hair was styled to a bun to be similar to Cinderella's hair, she wore a small necklace with a star holding a diamond in its center, and she wore silk white gloves that reached down to her elbows. The biggest attention-getter was her face. She looked like an elegant woman!

"Guys, how do I look?" she nervously asked, catching her friends' attention.

"Oh my gosh, girl! You look so beautiful!" Taylor exclaimed before facing her boyfriend, "Right Matt?"

"Yeah!" Matt said forcefully, trying not to be mesmerized, "Real beautiful! So… breathtaking…like…"

"Yeah. What they said." Violet said unemotionally.

Sierra sighed frustratingly, "I feel like cheating!" she snapped, "I can't win the Homecoming Pageant looking like this!"

"But isn't it your dream?" Taylor spoke.

"It's not a dream for me if people recognize this face and not my real face!" Sierra then pulled out her radiant face on cue to reveal her true ugly face. That beautiful face was nothing but a mask.

Violet scoffed, "Well, somebody doesn't appreciate my art."

Sierra rolled her eyes before putting her radiant mask back.

"But it's the same face that got you into the Beauty Pageant." Taylor pointed out, "Without it you wouldn't stand a chance."

"I know!" Sierra said to Taylor before facing the offended Violet, "And I'm sorry about that, but…" she sighed, "I thought the guys were going after my Beauty Mark! What is taking them so long?"

The teens looked at each other, uneasiness showed up in their faces. Sierra noticed, "What's going on?"

The teens turned to Sierra, their mouth slightly opened as if they tried to say something but they can't.

"Guys?" Sierra placed her hands on her hips, "Something's wrong. I can sense it."

Matt sighed in surrender, "The guys got side-tracked."

"Huh?" Sierra fretted.

"Rian got tricked into eating a Poison Caramel Apple, and Snow White got captured along with him." Taylor revealed.

"What?!" Sierra exclaimed.

"The guys had to go back to stop him" Taylor said. "But I'm afraid they're too late."

"Well, we gotta do something!" Sierra exclaimed, "I thought Rian was one of the best players in the Kingdom Hearts world!"

"And he's apparently one of the stupidest persons in the entire world." Matt said.

"So, if that has happened, that means they got sidetracked on their mission to retrieve my Beauty Mark." Sierra sighed in defeat, "I guess I'll just have to compete looking like another person."

"No!" Taylor snapped, "No way am I gonna let this happen to my best friend!" she sounded fully-determined, "The Queen may have captured Snow White and Rian, but she has also captured your Beauty Mark! And we're gonna have to get it ourselves!"

Taylor turned around, pointed aimlessly and a beam of light shot from her finger, exploding into an aurora of fiery light to reveal a Keyhole Portal. She then faced Matt and Violet. "You go."

Matt and Violet got surprised.

"Hey! Why do we have to go?" Violet complained, "Can't I stay here, making fun of Sierra a bit more?"

Sierra frowned.

"No." Taylor said, "The more Keybearers in that world, the better for our chance at victory." She then faced Sierra, "Plus I have to supervise this whole pageant."

Sierra looked all teary, "Aw, you would do that for me?"

Matt stood up, "Well I'm in." he said, "I've always wanted to go to the Kingdom Hearts world anyway." He went into the Keyhole Portal without hesitation.

"Fine, I'll do it." Violet sighed before heading into the Keyhole Portal, "But there better be a reward for defeating the boss."

Taylor extended her hand and the portal vanished into it.

Back at the Dwarf Woodland, the guys, in their Keybearers' forms, finally reached the princess's home, only to find it completely thrashed and raided. They stood there in horror, investigating the place.

Blazen stepped near a half-eaten Caramel Apple, which he carefully picked it up with his fingers. He shook his head, "Thunder, you idiotic Keybearer!" he sneered, "Who in their right mind would fall for that trick?"

"A Caramel Apple…" Stone identified the snack in Blazen's hand, "…only Rian can't resist that."

"He can't?" Sharx asked.

Stone faced him, "That's his favorite snack."

"Ohh…" disappointed sighs resounded from Blazen and Sharx in response. Blazen dropped the Caramel Apple, "What are we going to do? One of our strongest Keybearers is now in the hand of a ruthless queen who is holding Sierra's beauty Mark!!" Stone exclaimed.

"And now she's holding her own stepdaughter hostage too." Blazen added, "Now can we go roasting time on her now?"

"She obviously had help." Sharx said, "Sage."

Uneasiness suddenly filled the air around the guys. They looked around as if they were hearing something eerie and spine-chilling. That was because they were hearing something eerie and spine-chilling.

"Guys? Do you hear that?" Stone whispered, "It sounds like… like…"

"Like we have company." Sharx answered.

"We gotta leave!" Blazen warned and the guys turned for the exit. Suddenly, the roof crashed on them, causing lots of smokes. The smoke cleared up and a massive heavyweight figure was revealed. Made of metal and covered in a dark-blue shade with gleaming blue eyes, it was blocking the guys' exit, ready to give them a hard time. They turned to face their front and saw a bunch of Neoshadows emerging and filling up the house like it was a house party. The guys were surrounded.

"We're trapped!" Blazen yelled.

The Neoshadows jumped on the Keybearers. The Keybearers quickly fend them off, feeling distracted by their presence.

"Get away from us! We got a big boulder standing in the way!" Blazen yelled.

"Watch out!" Stone warned as he watched the massive monster readying a punch. He nailed Blazen to the face, sending him flying to a wall. The monster then threw a punch at Stone. Stone blocked the attack, but the monster used his other arm for an uppercut in Stone's abdomen. Stone flew up in an arch, and landed right next to Blazen.

The monster then faced Sharx. Sharx took sight of a symbol in the monster's forehead. It was no heartless!

The monster suddenly brought a Hammer Fist down on him. Sharx raised his Keyblade, blocking the attack. But the monster put more force on him. The Keyblade couldn't hold on much longer and vanished at will. Sharx stumbled back. The monster delivered another Hammer Fist. Sharx raised his arm in defense, and a Super Armor shield attack suddenly enveloped him. The monster flinched.

Sharx quickly stood on his feet and hurled his Chain Lightning attack at the monster. The monster is pushed off the house, not far enough to keep the guys safe but enough to buy Sharx time. Sharx ran up to his friends, who slowly came to after the blow.

"Guys are you okay?" he asked.

"We…ugh… we're fine." Stone responded.

"We gotta leave. Now. This monster is no heartless." Sharx informed, "Come on!"

Suddenly more Neoshadows emerged behind them. They looked around for a way to run, but there was no opening. They were trapped.

"Crap!" Sharx exclaimed.

"We can't outrun them all before the monster approaches!" Stone informed, "It'll be too late!"

The monster quickly recovered and approached them. "We are too late." Blazen informed.

The guys braced themselves. Suddenly a humming was heard. The Neoshadows looked up and before they knew it a powerful holy light took over the room.

WHOOOOSH!

The Neoshadows vanished on cue, so did the brick monster. The boys saw the source behind the blast of light standing right before them.

"A Keyhole Portal?" Blazen muttered.

"That means someone's coming!" Sharx said.

"Who? Taylor? Sierra?" Stone tried to guess.

The portal spat out Matt and Violet. The teens landed on their feet, taking the appearance of their Keyblade alter-ego, Cross and Flora. Cross had a long sleeved white/black shirt and black pants, with a black sweatshirt that says 'Nine Orchids' on the back of it. Flora sported a violet-colored samurai dress with extremely long sleeved white top pulled back to her wrists, and wooden shoes. Her hair color, unlike Violet's, was green. Despite the appearance, the guys immediately recognized them.

"Matt Salazar?" Blazen exclaimed.

"And Violet Kitari too!" Sharx said.

"What are you guys doing here?" Stone asked him, but then he hesitantly added, "…in your dreams? Where you're not supposed to be?"

"Save it." Cross said, "We know your secret. About the game being real? Our powers being real? Our worlds being in real danger? Sheesh, get real! Why do you think we are dressed like that?"

"Comic-Con?" Sharx comically answered. Cross glared at him. Sharx gulped, "Sorry." The glaring continued. Sharx exploded, "IT WAS RIGHT THERE!"

"Hey, that Comic-Con joke was my line." Flora pointed out, "I'm just saying."

Cross ignored them and went on, "Taylor sent us. She thought after Johnny got himself captured and got Snow White captured, you guys might need backup."

"So she knows?" Stone asked, "And Sierra too knows?"

"If they didn't know, we wouldn't be here saving your butts from these heartless." Flora pointed out.

"Technically, you didn't save our butts. The Keyhole Portal did." Stone pointed out, "Whoo! Talk about seeing the light there. No wonder these creatures fled."

"Not all of them were heartless though." Sharx muttered as if talking to himself. But everyone heard him.

"What about the heartless?" Flora asked.

Sharx hesitated, seeing lots of eyes staring at him, demanding an answer. After all, he did mention the monster not being a heartless.

"Do you know something about that brick monster, Sharx?" Stone asked.

Sharx simply shrugged, "Just… never thought I'd see this monster again." He chuckled nervously, "At least not for real though. But can we move on? We gotta find Rian and Snow White!"

The guys left the house and traversed through the forest. There they crossed path with the Prince and the dwarves.

"You…" The Prince angrily said before unsheathing his sword and pointed at them menacingly. "What have you done with the Princess?"

"Who? Which princess?" Stone started babbling, "Nothing! Why do you think that? We didn't do anything to—!"

The prince moved his sword furthermore to barely touch Stone's throat. Stone gulped.

"Not helping right now, dude." Blazen informed him.

"You creeps captured Snow White!" Doc exclaimed, "We just came from our home and she was gone!"

"What? No! We didn't capture her!" Sharx exclaimed.

"You had an accomplice!" the prince accused, "A dark warrior, a female, wielding a sword the shape of a key!" the Prince then pointed out their Keyblades, "Much like the ones you are all wielding!"

The teens immediately knew what the prince was talking about: Sage. It's no brainer Snow White and Rian got both captured. The Queen had an accomplice in Sage. She was truly behind this.

"Okay, technically it's called a Keyblade." Blazen corrected the prince.

"Okay, stop!" Cross interrupted Blazen, before facing the prince, arms raised in surrender, "Please remain calm, sir Prince. We're the good guys. We'll never do anything to harm the princess. We were chosen to protect her. Heck, we're willing to die for her! Give up our hearts!"

"What?!" both Flora and Blazen hissed. The other guys just stood there, plain-shocked. "Cross! What are you doing? We didn't agree to that!" Blazen exclaimed.

Cross didn't listen. He summoned his Keyblade and tossed it to the ground right before the dwarves and the prince. Cross then reverted back to his regular Matt Salazar self. The prince appeared stunned. "You… you're just kids!"

"We are regular teens chosen to protect hearts in danger of these dark warriors you are talking about." Matt started to explain, "These guys are our enemies. And why do I say that? Because Snow White is our friend too. And our friend who was assigned to protect her was captured, trying to defend her. Don't believe us, but we, as Keybearers of Light, are willing to die saving the princess, with… or without your help."

Matt then turned to face his friends. "Right guys?"

Flora didn't hesitate to revert back to her Violet self. Then Stone, then Sharx, and finally yet reluctantly, Blazen. They all turned back into their regular selves.

"Right!" Violet said.

"Totally right!" Pierre said.

"Damn right!" Axel said.

"What they said." Talen said.

The prince and the dwarves couldn't believe who they were facing: valiant warriors ready to take a blow for a princess and their captured friend.

"You…" he uttered, "To take such noble sacrifices, at a young age even… is something I wouldn't dare myself to do back in my younger years. You five are truly—!"

"Hey, waitaminnit," Grumpy scolded, "you're not gonna fall for that bogus old wives' tale are ya, prince?"

The prince turned to face him and the rest of the dwarves. Doc gave an agreement nod to the prince and the prince smiled, already knowing what that nod meant. The other dwarves all smiled as well, but Grumpy was not too pleased. "Hey, what's with the big grin? I hate them grins! Hey! Them better not be—!"

"We will help you." the prince said to the teens, "Just give us the order and we will do it."

The teens all seemed tense.

"Err… prince?" Axel muttered, "We don't give orders."

"Oh?" the prince said curiously.

"We do it together!" Axel grinned.

xXx

Sage was staring at a water-like sphere floating above her opened palm. It was showing a reflection of the Keybearers, the prince, and the dwarves heading for the Queen's Castle.

"What's the latest?" the queen demanded.

"They're currently on their way to rescue their dear friend and the princess." Sage informed, before vanishing the image with only a closing of her palm. She faced the queen, "No way can they save their princess from Destiny now."

"What of that Keybearer, Johnny?" The Queen asked Sage.

Sage and the Queen watched a floating Rian in the middle of a room, hovering above a sigil. His heart appeared to be gradually leaving his body.

"What do you think?" Sage said, and the Queen smiled in response to that. "He too will meet Destiny."

"Sage, was it?" the Queen said, "You have made my day. Thanks to your help, you have retrieved for me the Beauty Mark stolen from me by that blond wench from that other world you have warned me about." She then revealed Sierra's Beauty Mark to Sage by opening her palms to her on cue. Sage smiled back.

"She will now live an eternity in pure ugliness." The queen added, "And as for Snow White…"

She approached Snow White, who appeared to be sleeping peacefully in a cold dark bed made of concrete with horns on each borders. Unlike Rian, her heart wasn't leaving her body.

"…who is as many fools say, as ravishing as I am, she will finally meet her destiny: eternity in true darkness."

Sage sighed happily, "Feels so good to make your dream come true, Your Majesty. Now if you'll excuse me, I shall go greet our incoming visitors."

Sage vanished into the corridor of darkness, leaving the Queen with Snow White and Rian. The queen went to face the mirror. The mirror showed her the reflection of Sierra instead of herself, the Queen. Since the Queen took Sierra's Beauty Mark she saw herself as the beautiful teen and not as herself, the Queen.

"Witness it, Snow White!" The queen addressed her sleeping stepdaughter, "I, your stepmother, am the most fairest of them all." She then approached her bedside, "And you shall never be the fairest, ever."

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On the Next upcoming Chapters of KH3 Online HD
(scenes subject to change in the episodes)

"I don't think your boys are ready to face this." Sage warned Cross, Flora, Stone and the dwarves.

xXx

"KYAAAAAH!!!"

The Queen's body suddenly yet in a grotesque way, morphed into a massive vulture, ready to attack Axel, Talen, and the Prince.

xXx

"Who are you?" Donald asked Phantamis.

"Nevermind who I am." He said with a creepy smile on the face, "Let's just talk about busting your little friends, shall we?

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Author's Note: Kami and Tenshu will debut on the next episode, in a flashback scene of Kami (Oops. Minor spoiler there) But who cares? I got plenty! Jean-Michel will debut in three chapters later, and finally Denzel and Trayne will debut together after him. And big surprise: a major KH villain will debut too! But you'll just have to wait till Episode 10.

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