They walked out of the doorway and entered into a large chamber. There were none of the black vines and thorns climbing across the walls. And the Cornerstone of Light glowed with a dim light.
Rena looked over the group and found that they were all back to their original colors, instead of black and white.
Queen Minnie, Merlin, Chip and Dale were looking at the Cornerstone. As Sora closed the silver doors, Minnie and Merlin turned to them.
"Welcome back!" Minnie exclaimed. "Because of your bravery and efforts, the castle has been saved from the darkness. Thank you so much for what you've done!"
"Good work, you guys!" the two chipmunks laughed.
"Now I do hope that you didn't do anything reckless while you there." Merlin said.
"Of course not!" Donald laughed.
Sora, Goofy, Adrea and Rena giggled at Donald's reply. Donald turned towards the stairs and exclaimed: "Daisy!"
The four of them turned as well, and found a duck in a purple dress walking towards them.
"Daisy! I'm back!" Doanld laughed, running to the other duck.
"Who's that?" Sora asked Goofy.
"Daisy is Donald's very special sweetheart." Goofy replied.
"Really..."
"Donald! You forgot about our date again!" Daisy exclaimed. "You'd better have a good excuse this time!"
"But, Daisy...I" Donald began to explain.
"I know it's an important mission, but you could at least check in every once in a while!"
Donald looked over his shoulder at the other four.
"Guys!" he hissed. Then he looked towards the silver door again.
"Donald..." Merlin warned.
"Just be a minute!" Donald said, bowing to Merlin. He sprinted for the door, but Daisy caught him before he could touch the handle.
"Going somewhere?" she asked.
"Of course not!" Donald exclaimed, sprinting around the room, with Daisy on his heels.
The others all laughed, then Minnie exclaimed: "Oh, look!"
They stoped laughing and looked at the Cornerstone. It was glowing with the same light as the other items had in the other worlds.
Sora vanished along with the Cornerstone. A moment later they came back again, and Sora seemed rather smug about something.
"Daisy, we need Donald for a little while longer." Sora said, as Daisy and Donald walked up.
"How much longer?" Daisy hissed.
"Um, well..."
"I'll be back soon Daisy." Donald reassured her.
"Don't you worry, Queen Minnie." Goofy said. "We'll return."
"Please tell the king that we're still looking for him!" Sora said.
"I will." Minnie replied.
"See you soon!" Dale laughed.
"Think wisely!" Merlin said.
After they flew through space for a few hours, the landed on top of a stone wall. Adrea walked to the egde of the wall and looked out into the night. She could tell that they were on a shore, but what shore, she had no idea.
"This place is kinda...different." Sora said.
"It looks like the pictures from that old book at home." Adrea said to Rena, "You know, the one about the pirates."
"Which one? All the books you read were about pirates." Rena laughed.
That was true. Since Adrea could read, she had been the most interested into piracy and they ways of the sea. She hadn't taken much thought into anything important for a princess.
Suddenly, there were many screams coming from the town down towards the harbour.
"Something's up!" Sora exclaimed.
"Organization XIII?" Goofy asked.
"More likely thet Heartless!" Rena pointed out.
"One one way to find out then!" Adrea laughed, running down the stairs towards the harbour.
They ran down the stairs and came out into the harbour. Standing near a long dock was Pete and twenty pirates. One of the pirates had a short scraggly beard and he wore a black jacket almost like the members of the Organization did. A black hat sat on his head, and his eyes seemed to be glazed over almost as if he were dead.
"Pete!" Sora hissed, taking out his Keyblade. "What are you doing here!"
"See there? I knew it!" Pete said to the pirate in the black jacket. "Those are the punks I was tellin' ya about!"
"Who are you calling punks?"
"It's Sora, Donald, Goofy, Adrea and Rena to you!" Rena exclaimed, pointing her Keyblade at Pete. "And don't forget it!"
"That we won't." the pirate hissed, "And we'll engrave it onto your tombstone, to be sure."
"Haha!" Pete laughed, "I like your style."
"Men, half of you stay here and indulge these cullies. The rest, bring me that medallion!"
"Aye!" the other pirates exclaimed. Half of them left while the others surrounded the five of them.
"Aww, we only get to beat a few of you?" Adrea asked.
The pirate in black laughed, as they began to fight. Adrea slashed at ever pirate she could reach, but nothing worked. The five of them were pressed back to back with each, with their failure to defeat the pirates.
"It's no use!" Sora gasped.
"Aye, whaddya expect?" one of the pirates laughed. The moon came out from behind the clouds and all the pirates turned into decaying skeletons.
"Hey, watch out!" Pete exclaimed, "They can see ya! Stay away from their magic!"
"What for?"
"Weren't ya listenin' to me before?"
"Hey Pete, thanks for the tip!" Adrea laughed,
They began to fight again. All the pirates vanished into dust and the group of five turned to Pete and the piarte in black.
"This ain't over yet!" Pete growled. Then he and the pirate ran down the dock and out of sight.
"If Pete's here, then there's work to be done." Sora said.
"And that pirate looked pretty mean, too..." Goofy said.
"He was the captain." Adrea sighed.
"How could you tell if he was or not?" Sora asked.
"Trust me, I know." Adrea said.
"Maybe we can take that pirate ship for a spin!"
The others all looked shocked at Sora.
"I'm kidding!" Sora laughed. "Weren't those guys heading into town?"
"Yeah. We should make sure that they don't find the treasure they were looking for." Rena said. "Who knows what could happen?"
They ran into the town and saw a pirate running past them. Pulled over his shoulder was a girl, who was beating the pirate's back and yelling things like: "Where are you taking me!" and "Let me go! Help!"
Before they could run after the pirate, a young man wearing a brown jacket and pants and a white shirt ran past them. His brown hair was pulled back and his eyes were chocolate brown.
"Elizabeth!" he shouted. "Stop! Come back here you pirate!"
They ran after them and found that the man was surrounded by a small band of Heartless.
"Wh-what are these things!" he exclaimed.
"Watch out!" Rena cried, kicking a Heartless away from the man. "We'll deal with them! Take cover!"
"Thank you!" the man exclaimed, running through the Heartless and towards the harbour.
They fought with the Heartless, until none remained. The young man came back a moment later.
"That was amazing!" the man laughed, "My own fencing skills are not to be ashamed of...but I've never faced monsters such as those before."
"You really think we're that good?" Sora pondered.
"Did you find your friend?" Donald asked.
"I was too late." the man replied, "But I must save her! Would you help me?"
"Of course!" Sora exclaimed, "I'm Sora. This is Donald, Goofy, Adrea and Rena."
"And I'm William Turner. But you can call me Will."
"Okay, Will." Adrea said, "Let's go!"
"We've got to get to the docks!"
They ran through town and ran down the pier to find that a black ship with black sails was sailing away.
"We're too late..." Will moaned. "Those pirates kidnapped Miss Swann and took her to their ship. Now they've sailed and I'll never be able to find her..."
"Then she's long gone!" a voice said from the large ship beside them. "The Black Pearl is nigh uncatchable. Best find yourself another girl, mate."
They looked up and found a tall man watching them from the ship. He was diffidently a pirate. Maybe a captain who had been over thrown by his crew.
He wore blue pants, a white shirt, a brown jacket, a red bandana over his jet black hair and a black hat as well.
"Watch this, he'll say that he's a pirate and a captain." Adrea whispered to Rena.
"You..." Will said. "What are you doing on the Interceptor? She's off limits to civilians."
"Then it's a good thing that I'm going to commandeer her, then." the pirate said. "She'll make a fine pirate ship."
"A pirate!" Sora exclaimed.
"Captain Jack Sparrow, if you please."
"See?" Adrea whispered to Rena. "Now, he'll refuse to help because he doesn't see any profit in it for him."
"Take me with you." Will said, "Help me to find the Black Pearl and save Miss Swann. I got you out of that jail cell, Sparrow. Do this and your debt's repaid."
"You'll have to win fair lady's heart on your own, mate." Sparrow replied, "I see no profit in it for me."
"C'mon, Captian!" Sora excalimed.
"So, you can sail her, all on your own?" Will asked.
"Now, he will accept." Adrea whispered.
"You've a point there." the pirate said, pushing a thin board onto the egde of the ship. One end leaned onto the ship while the other was on the dock. Jack walked down the board and onto the dock.
"Thanks, Sparrow." Will said.
"CAPTAIN Sparrow."
"I'm Sora. This is Donald, Goofy, Adrea and Rena." Sora said.
"And I'm Will Turner." Will said.
"That would be short for William, I imagine." Jack said, turning to Will. "No doubt a name from your father, eh?"
"Yes."
"Well then, Mr. Turner." Jack laughed, "You get us ready to make way. I've some effects to liberate."
"Aye-aye. But hurry."
"Naturally."
Will climbed onto the ship. Donald and Goofy turned to Sora.
"Sora!" Donald exclaimed.
"You really wanna be a pirate?" Goofy asked.
"O-of course not!" Sora spattered, crossing his arms.
"What do you make of this Will?" Jack asked.
"I don't know." Rena said.
"We only just met him." Adrea said.
"Hmm..." Jack said. "I think my luck's about to change."
They set sail into the darkness of the world. Jack was using some sort of a compass to lead them to the Black Pearl.
"Why are you fixated on that compass?" Will asked Jack.
"It'll be she that leads us to Isla de Muerta, where Barbossa's headed." Jack replied, "Savvy?"
"How do you know?" Sora asked.
"Ah, lad..." Jack sighed. "He and I once had our eyes on a treasure, Aztec gold. 'Twas hidden on the Isle de Muerta. But he turned traitor and stole my ship."
"So he must be after the treasure..." Rena said.
"Treasure's already his. So's the curse upon it. I've no desire for treacherous spoils. But I'll be taking back what is mine, the Black Pearl."
Adrea sat on the floor of the ship, below the others. She hadn't bothered to listen to what they were saying. Sora and Rena came down and walked over to the other end of the ship, that got her attention.
They both leaned against the railing of the ship, looking out to sea. They were talking about something, but Adrea couldn't tell what it was.
She sneeked around them and she hid behind some barrels. She couldn't see them, but she could hear what they were saying.
"Where did you come from?" Sora was asking.
"Adrea and I came from a city called Moon Castle." Rena replied. "I think it was the only place where the moon was full every night."
"I came from Destiny Islands."
"Did you like it there?"
"It was my home, how could I not like it?"
"You seem to be fine away from it."
"Yeah. I know that it's okay now, and my friend is there...she's still waiting for me and Riku to come home..."
"Riku?"
"My best friend. He's like a brother to me."
"He sounds nice. Do you know where he is?"
"I have no idea..."
"I hope you find him."
"Thanks...Did you have any friends in your home?"
"I...I never had much time for friends, other then Adrea."
"You were really busy in your city, eh?"
"You could say that."
Sora was about to ask something else when Captain Jack called down to them.
"Come on! We're there!" he called.
'So that was it.' Adrea thought to herself. 'Riku helped us with Roxas, because he was trying to bring Sora back...But who is the female friend of Sora, that's waiting for him on Destiny Island?'
