Kingdom Hearts Alpha
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Chapter 10: The Quartet of Heroes Come Together
"Never mind with the small fries out here, Sora. Find their leader!" Leon instructed to the two Keybearers, before he took off to clear the 1st District area of the town.
As the two of them fought their way though, they eventually reached the Third District. As the two went down into the center of the District, Donald and Goofy were nearby, investigating when they were ambushed by Heartless.
"Gawrsh. Are these the Heartless guys?" Goofy asked curiously.
"Let's go get 'em!" Donald called out before they were blown out by a misaimed Fire spell, falling on top of Sora and Aqua. The four were dazed by the fall, before Donald and Goofy took notice of Sora's Keyblade.
"It's the Key!" they said excitedly, relieved to have finally found the person they were looking for. However, their relief was short-lived as a group of Soldier Heartless appeared before the group.
"Ready to fight?" Donald asked.
"Here they come!" Aqua called out as they began to battle against the Heartless.
(You have unlocked Co-Op mode. At any time, as long as they are around in your party, you can swap between Sora and Aqua, utilizing their different abilities and playstyles. When playing with a friend, you can aid each other in combat, or grief each other to steal their enemy kills. When you are not playing with a second player, lock onto Aqua with the R1 button and double tap the Triangle button to swap between Sora and are also times you can swap between the Keybearers and Donald and Goofy. But more on that later.)
"Hwuah!" Sora grunted out as he swung his Keyblade in a heavy spin attack that cut through most of the monsters, while Goofy honed in at the creatures to protect him from being scratched at. Meanwhile, Donald and Aqua took out more Heartless using homing fireballs at Shot-locks to defeat the remaining monsters.
After the monsters were cleared away, the group sighed in relief, before their calm was shattered by a giant armored torso clattered to the ground, with a pair metal limbs and head connected to it by some kind of telekinetic power. The armor was a vibrant set of oranges and blues, with a red and black insignia of a heart with a cross over top of it. This was the Guard Armor, leader of Traverse Town's Heartless forces.
{"Shrouding Dark Cloud" starts playing}
(Objective: Defeat the Guard Armor!)
The Guard Armor attacked the group by spinning its arms around its armored torso and attempted to carve up the team. Sora was nearly hit by the attack, but deftly dodged by a inch. He then stuck back with a leap and swing combo, knocking its feet off and splintering the metal into pieces. He was worn out by the time he landed, but fortunately for him, Donald threw over a potion to help heal Sora's fatigue.
"C'mon!" Goofy hollered, as he attacked the creature's torso, causing it to split apart and fall to the floor. "I got 'em!"
"Farewell!" Aqua called out as she fired a blast of light from her Keyblade, destroying the creature with a blinding shower of light. The monster then trembled in the air as its head clambored onto the floor and the heart inside the Heartless was released out into the sky and the being disappeared in a blur of electricity and aura.
(You have obtained the Brave Warrior accessory. Stats: HP- +3, Strength- +1)
As Rikku, Aerieth and Leon arrived in the Third District after the dust from the battle had settled, the duo began discussing over Donald and Goofy's search for Sora.
"They too have been seeking the wielder of the Keyblade." Leon explained. "Their King has disappeared and they need your help."
"Why don'tcha two come with us?" Goofy asked. "We could go to tons of worlds in our ship."
"Maybe I can find Riku and Kairi." Sora muttered to himself, lost in thought.
"And I have a friend to search for, too." Aqua said to Donald and Goofy.
"Sora, go with them; especially if you want any hope of finding your friends." Rikku told the boy.
"But you can't come along looking all pouty, understand?" Donald warned. "No frowning, no sad faces, okay?"
"Yeah!" Goofy chuckled. "You gotta look funny, like us!" Donald then pushed Goofy aside, to continue talking.
"This ship runs on happy faces."
"Happy?" Sora questioned with a pause, before he lifted his head up and showed off a big toothy grin, before loosening up.
"Now that's one funny face!" Donald and Goofy laughed, grateful that the young Keybearer had cheered up.
"Okay, why not? I'll go with you guys." Sora replied.
"I'm Donald Duck!" the duck introduced himself.
"Name's Goofy." the big dog added.
"My name is Aqua, student of Master Eraqus." Aqua replied with a subtle bow before placing her hand over top of Donald's and Goofy's as a symbol of their new bond of friendship.
"And I'm Sora." Sora said as the four of them had now officially become a team.
"All for one, one for all!"
(Donald and Goofy have joined your party.)
Meanwhile, in another world, a sinister group of figures watched over the new union of heroes.
"I can't believe that little speck of a kid took down that Heartless!" the first voice exclaimed with a fiery temper.
"Calm yourself. Even with the Keyblade's power, the child's strength is not his own." the second voice said with a slimy yet reassuring tone.
"Wouldn't be simpler to turn that morsel into a Heartless?" a gruff pompous voice added, growling audibly.
"Ah-hahahaha! Yeah, that'll settle things quick enough." a cackling woman's voice proclaimed.
"And that brat's friends are the King's lackeys and the girl from the realm of Oblivion! Swoggle me eyes, the lot of them are bilge rats, by the look of them." a pirate captain announced, as he recognized the other three members in Sora's group.
"You're no prize yourself, captain." a cold commanding voice called from the other side of the room, before he chuckled amongst himself as the captain fumed.
"Shut up!" the captain fumed, ready to plunge his shimmering metal hook into the other figure's flesh.
"Hook, Tarkin, enough." a new voice spoke in the distance, welcoming a shadowy figure behind her. "The Keyblade has chosen him. There is no doubt of that. But will it be he who succeeds in conquering the darkness, or will it be the darkness that swallows him? Either way, he could prove useful to us." The voice belonged to the evil witch of the Enchanted Dominion and the Evermoors: Maleficent, the Mistress of All Evil.
Back in Traverse Town, Sora and Aqua bid farewell to Leon and the others as the group of the town gave the heroes an Elixir, a mysterious book and a large pouch of Munny (the intergalactic currency) as a parting gift.
"Look out for each other." Leon told Sora.
"And this is from us." Donald offered as he gave Sora a scroll that taught a magic attack.
(Obtained the power of fire. You have learned the Fire spell, and unlocked the Magic command slot. Whenever you use Magic attacks, you use up Magic Points, or MP. This is measured by the blue gauge on your character's portrait. You can replenish magic by defeating enemies to gradually recover MP, or collect clear orbs or use Ethers to regain MP.)
"Now you can use magic too." Donald said before he turned to Goofy to ask him to present his gift to Sora.
(Obtained Dodge Roll ability. There are many types of abilities to unlock, which use AP. Equip them in the Abilities menu on the pause screen outside of battle. With the Dodge Roll ability equipped, tilt the left analog stick in any direction while moving and press the Square button to dodge enemy attacks.)
"So does that take care of everything?" Sora asked.
"Almost. I see big adventures ahead of us!" Jiminy said as he showed the group the journal. "It's up to me to keep track of it all in the Journal." The group then set out to travel to a new world.
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