The Sands of Time
The group had been transported to another world yet again. However, this world wasn't so ordinary though. The sky was darkened by clouds and they saw sand-like creatures with red eyes. They also had rings around their heads just like the one Pete had when they were at Mickey's Castle. The group spied on the sand creatures from a distant oasis. Mickey then said, "We're too late. This world's been already taken over. Now listen fellas. I'm only gonna say this once. We got to stick together this time around. I've heard of this place. It's called The King's Desert and from what I've heard it's not a good place for us to be in." Sora then said, "I suppose even if it weren't being controlled by Victor and patrolled by sand creatures it would still be a killing field then."
Riku looked and saw a nearby palace in the distance. "Hey your majesty is that the palace of Azad there?", Riku asked. Mickey nodded and said, "I've been there before. That was also when I was still a rookie. I helped out the people of Azad when they were being invaded ages ago. I don't know how I can help them out now." Sora then put his hand on the mouse's shoulder and said with a grin, "Just leave it to us. We'll save this world and everyone in it." Mickey couldn't disagree and they all decided to head off to the palace to figure out where the source of all the rings' power was. They soon entered into a large hallway that looked pretty beat up and broken down. They heard noises coming the main chamber of the palace and decided to go and investigate. They entered the large room to find a soldier in white pants and a blue royal shirt fought many of the sand creatures along with a dark skinned woman in a Red Indian dress who had a bow and a good set of arrows at her side. The soldier had brown hair and a slight beard at the bottom of his chin and face. He had a brown belt around his left shoulder down to his right hip and he had brown wrist pads he wore on his left and right arms. He had blue eyes and wielded a golden rimmed black sword with some form of Arabic writing in his left hand while in the other was a blue glowing dagger.
The woman beside him had gold leg chains on either side and golden wrist chains on each of arms. She had brown eyes and she had a tiny brown belt go across from her right hip to her left. They both looked and resembled that of Aladdin and Jasmine in a sense. They were fighting a big sand creature in blue clothing and he had a group of sand creatures all around him helping him fight off the proud soldier and the girl. The soldier plucked one guy off and then stared for the first time at the group of visitors in front of him. The soldier said, "Well, are you going to help us or what? These creatures are all over the place." The group ran in and then began fighting each sand creature in the room. Sora then tried to destroy a big creature except his keyblade got stuck in his body and he got brushed off like candy. "Hey what's going on? Why aren't they disappearing?" The soldier then said, "It's the curse. No matter how hard you try you can't destroy them. They're made of sand. I have to suck them into my dagger here." They saw a blue hued dagger and Sora then said, "Go ahead then. Be my guest!!" The soldier then sucked each creature one by one into his dagger. Finally when they were sucked into the dagger, an old man with a staff and in purple clothing came out and saw all of the commotion. "You won't get away next time foolish prince. Mark my words.", said the old man as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Sora then noticed that the prince's shirt was torn up and had blood on it. "Oh no, you're bleeding!!" Farrah caught on to this and screamed as loud as she could while the Prince and everyone else covered their ears. "Be any louder why don't you? We already have plenty of those creatures after us as it is.", the Prince said. Farrah took out a few bandages and strapped them on to the Prince's wounds. Mickey then saw the prince and said, "Say I recognize you. You're King Sharaman's son aren't you? You're the Prince of Persia!!" The Prince nodded and asked, "How do you know who I am?" Mickey then said, "I'm a king as well like your father. You see way long before you were born, I helped your father battle some of the most terrifying armies of soldiers and it was because of me that he then rose up to become the king of Persia. In that way we're sort of like allies you and I." The Prince looked away. He then said, "How can we be? Especially since I just killed my father." The group gasped and Mickey saw the clothing of his good friend by the fountains of the main chamber. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you're father was cursed too." The Prince yelled, "Every last one of them was cursed by me!! This girl here knew about the dagger and tried to stop me, but I was tricked. Tricked by that wicked old man we just saw. This girl here is Farah, daughter of the Maharajah of India. He appointed that old man to be his Vizier and yet he tricked me into opening the hour glass and unleashing an ancient power known as 'The Sands of Time'. Because of my actions, my father and Farah's father along with the rest of the people in Azad were consume by it. The girl and I have been trying to reach the Tower of Dawn ever since. Farah said that if I could get the dagger into the hour glass the effects could be reversed and all actions proved null and void."
Donald and the rest of the group were silent and feeling sorry about the poor Prince. Sora then said, "That's quite some story you have there. Trust me, it doesn't help feeling sorry for yourself. It only makes the pain stronger. Listen, I know we haven't known each other for very long, but I want to help you out. In fact all of us do, right guys?" Everyone nodded and the Prince then stood to his feet. "But why? This has nothing to do with you. I won't allow it. I won't allow any more innocent lives to be lost. Farrah and I were only lucky because I had the Dagger of Time and she had a golden medallion she carries with her." The group noticed the medallion hanging around Farrah's neck. Riku then said, "It doesn't matter what you say. We all make mistakes. I for one have made a lot in the past." Riku stared at Sora who looked at him with respect. "Yet that hasn't stopped me from doing right thing though." The Prince reluctantly sighed and said, "I guess seeing as how I'm never going to convince you otherwise, you can all come. But don't lag behind, I don't want to have stop unnecessarily." Donald then said in a mocking voice, "I don't want to have to stop unnecessarily. I have half a mind to go over there and…" Mickey then said, "Quit it Donald. Okay, I admit it. He does seem to be a little into himself, but he's the one who has the power to fight those things. We can't simply destroy these creatures. They have to be sucked into the dagger. Let's face it, he's the only one who has the power to do it." The group nodded and then headed off with the Prince and Farrah into the next room to find a bridge to the Tower of Dawn.
Meanwhile, the Vizier was up on the bridge to the Tower of Dawn staring at the night sky when a man in a hooded suit appeared from a dark portal. He was much different from the others because he carried a book with him. What's more he had a Persian accent when he spoke. The hooded man then said, "I hope for your sake that you make the same mistake again. My master has little patience for failure." The Vizier then said, "I wouldn't be treating your elders like that if I were you Ohsj." The hooded man jumped a foot behind the Vizier and said, "You'd better pray that you stay living the next time you say my name again. Otherwise you'll never live another day or gain the power of being an immortal god." He then disappeared leaving the Vizier alone on the brick built bridge.
The group kept traveling up and up the amazing splendor of the palace until they came up upon a bridge built to get to certain parts of the palace. It was here that they could cross to the other side and get all the way to the Tower of Dawn. As they walked across, the Prince fell through a broken piece of the bridge and Farrah had just caught him with both of her hands. "Whatever you do don't let go!!", the girl said. "Like I have a choice." As he got pulled up the group noticed that the Prince was turning red and then Farrah asked, "Are you feeling okay?" The Prince reassured himself and tried slicing the air with his sword to make himself look tough. "Hmm…Of course. I've never better. Why do you ask?" Farah giggled a tiny bit and then continued walking across. She then said, "Oh it's nothing. It's just that your face is a little red." The Prince covered his face with his hands and then saw the entire group laughing. "My face isn't red!! It's just all of this heat and humidity." Riku said, "It's not even humid up here. There's no fog or anything. It's clear as daylight." The Prince snorted and then walked off looking like a proud warrior. Sora then said, "Yeesh. The poor guy doesn't know a joke when he hears one does he?" Mickey then said, "Okay you two. Enough horsing around. We got to get moving."
They group was soon on their way, every time that a joke or response about love and not a way to the Tower of Dawn came up the Prince was constantly cutting everyone down saying this was no time for a picnic. The group was constantly getting mad at him, but pretty soon after battling many sand creatures they found themselves looking at a huge tower that was at least a hundred and fifty feet high. Farah gasped and said, "There it is. There's the Tower of Dawn." The Prince looked at the tower and said, "Sure it's high enough. But does it have enough danger in there. Who knows? We may even see some ghosts up there." He hid behind a rock and as Farah walked his way he spooked the living daylights out of her. He laughed a little and kept walking up the stairs, but Farah got a bit of a frown on her face. "That's not funny. You startled me!!" Meanwhile, Sora shook his head and said, "Those two are hooked on each other aren't they?" Tidus then said, "Yep. Like a wide mouth bass is to my grandpa's fishing lure." The group entered inside the tower through a broken window into the top of the tower to find a room covered in gold and precious trinkets of the Maharajah and in the centre on a tall ledge was the Hourglass. The Prince said, "Be right back." and he climbed up the wall and ran as high as he could up it and jumped on top of the tower. Farrah then said while the others stared at the room in awe, "Go ahead. Put the dagger into the hourglass!! Strike it in the centre of the dome." As the Prince put the dagger halfway through into the hourglass' dagger patch he pulled it back in fat defiance.
The Prince said, "My father's army sacked your palace." Farah gasped and so did everyone else as they saw the Prince pull the dagger wondering what he was doing. "He captured you as a slave." Farah then said, "What?" The Prince responded saying, "You have every reason to hate me." She asked, "What are you talking about?" "Now you want me to trust you." Sora then said, "What are you waiting for? Go on. There's no time!!" Then the group heard a voice chanting an ancient Arabic spell in a dark corner of the room. It was the Vizier with the Staff of Insanity. They entire group got blown away in all directions from the hour glass. The Vizier then commanded, "Give me the Dagger!!" Farah was blown away from a column and dropped the dagger on the ground just as the Prince caught her hand. "Oh no!! The Dagger!! He mustn't get the dagger!!" The Vizier saw it lying on the ground and reached for it. However, before he could touch it, the Prince let go of the column and grabbed the dagger with quick speed.
The group got blown away and fell through a dark hole in the room. The Prince had faced his enemy. He looked him in the eye and failed. What's more he lost everything dear to him. The entire group awoke on the ground injured and the Prince landed on a column having just grabbed Farah from her fall. She resisted out of his arms with an angry look on her face and jumped to the ground. She said, "You were there. The Dagger was in your hands. Why did you hesitate?" He stared at the girl with whatever light shone through the caverns and then stared to the ground. She turned away from him in utter disgust. Farrah continued, "You think you're more cleverer than everyone else. But you're just like the rest of them. Those soldiers. All they can do is fight. Why did I trust you?" She turned around and then knelt down and picked his chin up with her soft gentle hand. She spoke softly saying, "Why didn't you trust me?" The group stood up and held hands since the room was dark. Farah accidently got her foot pricked and the Prince said "Oops Sorry." Farah said, "Hold my hand. Don't let go." There was utter silence for a little while. The girl then said, "I didn't mean what I said." The Prince then replied, "No. You're right. All that's happened is my doing. Opening the hourglass, cursing our world, and even hesitating to put the dagger in the right spot at the right time was all my fault. I brought this on us. Especially on friends that wanted to help us too. Yet I could only think of honour and glory and nothing else." Then Sora said, "Prince." Farrah replied, "You are brave and good. If this is to be our final resting place, I'm glad that I'm with you." Sora felt a tear on his right cheek go down and pictured Kairi and him there talking and hugging each other. He shortly got snapped out of his day dream when Tidus said, "Don't bet your chickens on that. Look what I've dug up." The group then saw an opening big enough for everyone to get through and then the Prince asked, "Why should I bother. I treated you all like dirt this whole time." Sora then said, "What did I say about beating yourself up? It only makes you feel worse. Now come on." Sora then smiled and grabbed the Prince's hand as well as Farrah did and left the room to the outside. The nearby stairs lead to the top of the Tower of Dawn and their the hour glass was. They crashed through the window, but it was so high up that the ground was at least thirty feet below them. Farrah accidently slipped and took hold of the dagger which the Prince then took hold of at the blade's end. He then said as the group gasped and yelled Farrah, "Whatever you do don't let go!!" The dagger was getting pulled by Farrah's weight and the Prince's hands started to bleed from the blade cutting them. Farrah then let go of the dagger and the Prince yelled "Farrah" as they saw her plummet to the ground below.
They traveled to the bottom only to find that Farah laid dead. The Prince said, "No!! sob This can't be happening!!" The group couldn't say anything and pretty soon they saw more and more sand creatures surround the area. Tidus then said, "Hey Prince. We got company." Sora, Riku and Mickey took out their keyblades as well Donald and Goofy got their staff and shield out and Yuffie and Tidus got their handmade swords that Leon crafted. The Prince brought himself to his feet and wiped the tears from his eyes. He then said, "Here is where it ends!!" The group rushed in and finished every creature off as best as they could. Eventually though, Sora and the others couldn't quite budge after taking on more than a thousand of them. Sora then said, "There's too many." Yet the Prince was still going. He had nothing more to lose. His anger and sorrow were so intense it was fueling his energy and his blood pressure to fight off the creatures. As the last few creatures got sucked away, he then turned his attention to Farah. He weeped as he saw the girl lay there still and motionless. He then heard a voice say, "The girl is unimportant." Sora then said, "Says you!!" as he stood up with the keyblade in hand. Goofy then said, "Now's your chance Prince!! Put the dagger into the hourglass." The Vizier said, "Don't listen to them. Give me the dagger. Together we'll become the most powerful beings to ever walk the Earth!!" The Prince then said, "I'd rather choose death, than to fight by your side!!" He leaped onto the hourglass and put the dagger into the hourglass as the Vizier yelled in defiance.
The group was transported back in time and found themselves back at the oasis where a camp was and there were the Prince's soldier comrades. They had no rings and weren't cursed by the sands of time. They were indeed normal again. The Prince then told the group to follow him to Farrah's palace. When they did find themselves there, the princess was surprised, but listened to what they had to say. When the Prine had finally finished his story, The Vizier was there all prepared to attack. Next to him was a man in a hooded suit. Sora then said, "You're one of Victor's henchmen aren't you? Fess up." Ohsj then said, "That doesn't concern you boy!! My business is here with the Vizier and just for interfering like that, I'm going to teach you a lesson." Sora drew out the keyblade and said, "Bring it!!" Both the Prince and Sora were enclosed inside a barrier left to fight the two wizards alone. Sora then transformed into his armoured form with the sword of light in his left hand and the keyblade in his right hand. They both fought with everything they could, but Ohsj was too powerful. His spells were so powerful that they rendered the Prince's sword useless and Sora's transformation disappeared. Ohsj then said, "Such weaklings don't deserve the power of Sacred Protection!!" Sora then felt Kairi inside him and yelled as loud as he could. The spell disappeared and his transformation came back. He then morphed with the Prince to become Ankylo and what's more his elbow pads and knees pads and other odd armoured spots were blue instead of white this time. Ankylo then said with the Prince's voice and Sora's voice in unison, "You've messed up this world for the last time." He yelled Final Strike and the Vizier and Ohsj were blown away. When the smoke cleared and they went outside, the barrier was gone and Ohsj was weak and barely standing. "This isn't over!! You will suffer!! Make no mistake of that, you will suffer!!" With that he disappeared into a dark portal as the Vizier's body turned to dust and blew away in the wind. The group turned around to see Farah get captured by Victor. "Sorry about that. Yet business is business." As he disappeared, Sora and the Prince separated and just missed trying to catch Victor.
Mickey then stared into the sky with discontent. Tidus then asked, "What's the matter your majesty? We just beat the Vizier. Shouldn't we be celebrating now?" Mickey then said, "I wish it were that simple, but it's not. You see that." The group noticed that the people were being controlled by rings once more. "Because we went back in time, nothing really happened and the rings are just starting to appear. Looks like we're making another trip with you, Prince. The only way they'll disappear is if we head to the Island of Time and take out the source of them all." Riku then asked, "The Island of Time?" The Prince then said, "Of course. I too saw the rings appear from there. I didn't get touched because I had the dagger in my possession." Donald then picked up the Staff of Insanity which looked liked Jafar's staff except it was black with a golden rim. "Oh well at least we have this." The group nodded and then left to the Harbors of Babylon as the Prince had said to get a boat.
Note: The next chapters are all about the WW and T2T games made by Ubisoft obviously. So I'll try and make them as best as I can to their true essence as Ubisoft made them. This idea also came to me just because Disney is considering to make a movie based on the game. Whether they stick to the story is beyond my knowledge, but I do hope that they do since this franchise kept me going through some hard points in my life and have taught me a lot about depression and all that other issues with emo. people.