AN* See previous chapters for disclaimer

Now before we start I want to apologize for this being such a short chapter but this one and the next one or two will be short just because I want to get to the main plot. So enjoy the fruits of my labor and as always R&R.

Chapter 10

Train napped in the back of the gummi ship as they flew towards their next world, his dream taking on an eerie tone. He sat on a high backed elaborate chair at a table with fourteen other seats, his near the head of the table. At the head of the table was the cloaked man that he had met in Hollow Bastion and he seemed to be all business.

"Welcome Train." He said.

"Who are you?"

"You are not ready to know who I am. However I am here to talk to you about the things that have been bothering you."

Train thought for a minute and finally decided on the most troubling question first.

"Why are the nanomachines acting up?" Train asked.

"An excellent start, though not one easily answered. The Lucifer nanomachines that Creed had developed were highly unstable, and should not have been used at all. When you used the burst railgun to defeat Creed you shorted them out, though temporarily. They are now coming back online, but chaotically and whenever a certain number of them activate it triggers the railgun, thus why it has been acting up. It should stop in a few days." The man explained.

"What did Creed mean when he said that 'The winds of change are blowing'?" Train said after thinking about the answer to his question.

"That I cannot explain just yet. Soon a great battle will be raged and Kingdom Hearts will grow closer to completion, when this occurs you will have to make a choice."

"What kind of choice?"

"You will be given the chance to go home, at the cost of your new friends lives. Or you can stay and possibly never return to your home and aid the keyblade master."

"Why did I get dragged into this place by the heartless?"

"Now that is an easy question. You attract the heartless, through no fault of your own. Your dark past draws them to you and thus when the railgun acted up it drew them in to you, trying to bring you into the darkness to join them. However somewhere along the pathway to the world of darkness your good nature interrupted them and they were forced to make a stop at a familiar place, choosing Hollow Bastion. Now that is all I can do for you now, you will be arriving at your next world soon, and I do hope you enjoy the outfit that I picked out for you. I feel that it would be time for you to get accustomed to wearing it again." The man said with a chuckle as the dream came to an end.

Train awoke to Donald yelling for him to wake up and get ready to disembark. Stretching and yawning he headed towards his comrades and entered the newest world.

Train saw that each of them had transformed into a monster like being, though his got him a little annoyed. He now had cat ears and his canines had extended to fangs, while his eyes had turned into those of a cat. Now what annoyed him the most was that his clothes had changed back into those of his days with Chronos, with a brand new black coat.

"Wow Train. You look terrifying." Goofy chortled as they walked towards the town.

"Really? Hey where are we any way?"

"This should be Halloween Town." Sora said as they entered the town to see the fountain gushing out green liquid and guillotines in several places. Train decided to go exploring and wandered off. He stood in a graveyard to see a ghost dog floating around and a young patchwork lady standing there.

"Hello." She said as she turned to face him.

"Hi." Train grinned, his new fangs showing.

"I haven't seen you around here before. Are you new here?" she asked.

"Yeah. I'm here with Sora, Donald, and Goofy. The name's Train Heartnet." He said as he leaned back with his hands behind his head.

"My name is Sally. If you are here with those three then maybe they can convince Jack to abandon his Christmas scheme." She said as she headed off towards town. After watching her go he continued to explore until he heard snickering behind him. Turning he saw three kids in costumes standing behind him.

"Trick or Treat?" they shouted.

"Trick." Train grinned. This caught them off guard, but the boy with the devil mask threw a small pumpkin at him, which he promptly dodged. He then heard a small explosion behind him indicating what the pumpkin had been.

"Run away!" they shouted as he reached into his pouch and threw a grenade after them. He listened to the boom that indicated that it had worked, laughing at the children.

"Someone has a mean streak." A cruel voice said behind him. Turning he saw Maleficent standing on a hill that had an odd spiral to it.

"Maleficent." He grinned.

"Young Train. I do not understand how one with such a dark heart can be so dedicated to doing good. Why don't you join me, and I can even get you back to your home." She said as she took a step closer to him her hand outstretched.

"Sorry, not interested." He laughed as his hand reached towards Hades.

"You are a fool!" she shouted "I have already begun my plans for this world. You cannot stop me!"

"Well let's find out." Train grinned as he drew Hades and fired three shots in the blink of an eye. Raising green fires she blocked the bullets and disappeared. Thinking quickly he decided to try and find her. Running into the forest that he and the others had started near he saw the young woman he had met along with a man that looked like Santa Claus. Before he could do anything a big bag with arms, legs, eyes, and a mouth ran over and grabbed Santa and ran into a tree shaped door that was on a tree. Giving chase he ran after the Santa-napper and followed him into a place covered with snow and a sign that read Christmas Town. Seeing the footprints he followed them into a large factory where Maleficent stood over Santa but was bumped by the giant bag creature.

"Just who are you anyway?" Train asked as he stood atop the stairs looking down on the factory floor.

"Oogie Boogie. Deal with that fool." Maleficent ordered but said villain was busy singing.

"The sound of the dice is like music in the air. Because I'm a gambling Boogie man, although I don't play fair," Oogie Boogie sang.

"Hey Oogie Boogie. I'm here to make a delivery." He shouted.

"A delivery? Of what?" he asked as Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Jack Skellington ran in.

"Just some bad luck." Train said as he gave Oogie Boogie a look that made even Maleficent shiver for a brief moment. Leaping up to the lighting fixture he unloaded all of his bullets, using the reflect shot to have them bounce into the Boogie man. By this time Maleficent had fled and left Oogie Boogie to deal with this mess. Train stayed on top of the lights as Oogie Boogie climbed into a control booth that operated the assembly lines that the others were standing on. Hurling a grenade up to where Oogie Boogie was he destroyed the glass floor which let Sora attack, performing a new form, Wisdom form. Donald disappeared and Sora started floating around firing lasers from his keyblade. Taking a running start Train leapt over Oogie Boogie and fired two bullets that split his seems revealing that all he was, was a bag of bugs. With the Boogie man defeated Train ran outside to search for any traces of Maleficent. After searching for several minutes he saw her atop the workshop watching him.

"You will soon serve me, even if it is as a heartless." She vowed as she disappeared in green flames and Sora told him that they were about to get going to the next world.