My Pov

I never thought there would be any other people besides us interested in other worlds. Ariel had taken us to her secret grotto and it was filled items from that came from the surface.

"Wow!" Salamon exclaimed.

"This is amazing!" Veemon said.

"Look at all the wonderful things Flounder and I have collected. I think it's from the outside world" To any person, it was a collection of random objects, but I knew to Ariel, these were treasures. "Someday, I'm going to see what's out there. I want to see other worlds. Does that sound strange?" Ariel asked.

"No. Not at all." Sora said.

"Me, Sora and our our friends are the same." I said.

"Hey, why don't we try to find that Keyhole you were talking about?" Ariel asked.

"But your father said-" Sora began to say.

"Oh, he treats me like a little girl. He never wants me to do anything. He just... He just doesn't understand." Ariel said. We left Ariel's grotto to look for the Keyhole.

No one's Pov

Unknown to them, the eel twins Flotsam and Jetsam, arrived in the grotto and allowed their mistress, the sea witch Ursula, to see them.

"But the girl could prove useful. And I've got the Heartless on my side. Triton, my old friend... Your day is coming." Ursula said. The evil witch laughed manically, confident she would succeed in her plan.

My Pov

Ariel told us that a place full of sunken ships was where her and Flounder would often find the objects she has in her grotto. We went to the place and went into one of the sunken ships. I noticed a small chest near a window. Shadow, Salamon and Veemon went over to it, but then a shark busted through the window! They swam back to us so fast they knocked me and Sora over. The shark snapped at us, trying to get to us. It backed out of the window and swam off. I had a feeling that thing would still be out there. Shadow was practically wrapped around my arm. I swam over to the and opened it. Inside was a crystal shaped like a trident.

'Haven't I seen this shape somewhere before?' I asked myself. Then I remembered. Ariel's grotto! I grabbed the crystal trident and swam outside. Of course, I had been right about where the shark had been waiting outside.

"Hikari, look out!" Ariel shouted. I turned and managed to move just before the shark could clamp down on me. However, I didn't anticipate on it turning so fast. It went to attack again and this time I was too terrified to move. I held Shadow close to me and waited for the painful death. However, I didn't feel anything. I looked to see Goofy had sunk into his shell and gotten in between the shark and us. The shark had clamped down on Goofy's hard shell and broke all his teeth. The shark swam away as fast as he could.

"You're both safe!" Salamon said, relieved.

"Thank you, Goofy!" I said. Shadow and Salamon nuzzled Goofy as if to say 'thank you'.

"Gawrsh, it was nothing Hikari. You and Shadow are my friends. I wasn't about to let that mean ol' shark hurt ya." Goofy said. I hugged my friend. I was happy to know Goofy would actually go that far to protect me. We arrived at Ariel's grotto. I handed Sora the crystal trident and placed it in the outline on the wall. We waited to see if there would be a reaction.

"Ariel, you've disobeyed me again!" a voice boomed. We all turned to see a very angry King Triton. "I told you not to leave the palace!" Then, he turned his attention to the crystal trident. His trident began to glow, raised it up and pointed at the crystal.

"Daddy, no!" Ariel cried. He ignored her and destroyed the crystal. "How could you..." Ariel swam out in anger and sadness.

"Young man and young lady, you're not from another ocean. You're both from another world. Aren't you?" Triton asked. He did know! "Then you must be the key bearer and the Princess of Kingdom Hearts."

"How did you know?" Sora asked.

"You may fool Ariel, but you can't fool me. Neither of you know your dorsal fin from your tail. As the Princess of Kingdom Hearts and key bearers, you must already know... One must not meddle in the affairs of other worlds." Triton said.

"Of course we know that, but..." I said.

"You have violated this principle. As the Princess of Kingdom Hearts, you are suppose to uphold order and protect the tranquility of the worlds. But, you've only shattered peace and brought ruin to them." Triton said. I felt a huge sting in my heart.

"Hikari's not like that!" Donald exclaimed.

"I thank you for saving my daughter. But, there is no room in my ocean for either of you or your keys." Triton said. I felt Sora grip my shoulder.

'Don't listen to him Hikari. You are bringing peace to the worlds. Not bringing them to ruin." Sora said. Salamon nuzzled my cheek, trying to cheer me up.

Ariel's Pov

How could my father do that? Why was he so against me helping them?

"My, my, the poor child suffers such deep sorrow." a voice said. I looked up to see two eels circling me.

"What a pity. If only there were something we could do..." the second eel said.

"Wait. Maybe she can be of some help."

"Yes. Maybe she can be of some help to you." the second eel said.

"Who're you talking about?" I asked.

"Oh, she would surely help you. She'd make all of your dreams come true." the first eel said.

"Ursula can help..." the second eel said. They burst into a cloud of ink.

"You called, my dear?" Ursula asked.

"You're Ursula? I was just wondering if-" I began, but Ursula stopped me.

"It's all right. Helping others is what I live for. Lei me guess. You wish to see other worlds. That shouldn't be too hard. After all, your new friends came from another world." Ursula said.

"What?" I asked.

"But they had special help- those mysterious keys." My hopes sank. I had nothing like that. "Now, now. Cheer up, sweetie. You have something special, too." Ursula said. I did? Ursula told me if I got my father's trident, she could help me see other worlds. I knew it was wrong, but...

My Pov

We swam back to the palace to see if Ariel was there. I suddenly felt a dark presence in the castle. We were almost to the throne room when I heard voices.

"The trident is my at last! And I couldn't have done it without your help, my dear." a voice said.

"Ursula, no! I didn't want this!" Ariel cried.

"Why not? Aren't you tired of following your dear daddy's orders? Oh, yes. We had a deal, didn't we? Time for a little journey- to the dark world of the Heartless!" Ursula exclaimed. I managed to look and see a half-octopus woman holding the trident and two eels circling around her.

"We cannot find the Keyhole. the first eel said.

"The Keyhole is not here." the second eel said.

"Enough!" I yelled. Ursula turned to see us.

"We have company. I'm afraid your a little too late, your highness." Ursula said. She disappeared in a cloud of ink. We had to get the trident back. Ariel came with us and we headed off to find Ursula. Shadow seemed to know the way, so we followed her. Must still be able to sense where the Heartless come from. We came to the skeletal remains that served as Ursula's domain. Inside, we found Ursula.

"Come out! You can't run!" Donald said.

"Your time has come!" Sebastian said. Ursula's glare scared both of them in silence. She threw a bottle into her cauldron and it began to bubble. King Triton had said that Ursula drew power from her cauldron. Salamon and Veemon fought the two eels.

"Terror Spiral!" Salamon said. She created a water tornado.

"Bubble Bomb!" Veemon said. I pointed Starlight at the cauldron and used Fira, Blizzara and Thunder, but it still didn't have much of an effect. That's when I remembered my Water spell.

"Watera!" I shouted. A powerful spout of water shot from my Keyblade, while Salamon and Veemon used their own attacks, and hit the cauldron. The two eels were hit by a bolt of lightning and evaporated in a green flames.

"You'll pay for this!" Ursula exclaimed. She disappeared. Shadow lead us to the Calm Depths where Ursula was. She lifted the trident into the air and became about ten times bigger. This had to be the toughest battle out of all the battles we've gone through.

"Hikari, together!" Sora pointed our Keyblades and shouted-

"Thunder!" we both shouted. We zapped Ursula and I guess it had been too much. She fell back into a cloud of ink and disappeared. A pillar of gold light came from the ground. It disappeared, revealing the trident. We returned the trident to the palace. King Triton then asked us to seal the Keyhole, which was hidden in Ariel's grotto. We went back there and the trident glowed. It lined up with the print on the wall and revealed the Keyhole. We pointed our Keyblades at it and sealed it.

"Sora, Hikari, tell me. Your world, what's it like?" Ariel asked.

"Oh, about that... sorry for lying to you." Sora apologized.

"It's okay. Besides, if you can travel to other worlds, maybe I can, too. I know I'll get there someday." Ariel said. I was happy to see Ariel keeping her spirits up. We departed from Atlantica and went onward.