A/N: Surprise! Bet you didn't think I'd ever update this story again did you? :)

Disclaimer before we start, this update is NOT leading toward a sequel! Sorry guys but my mind hasn't changed in the past couple years.


Epilogue


Ocean Falls - Cody's House

It was a beautiful day in the town of Ocean Falls, and a teenaged boy with chestnut-colored short hair and teal eyes sat on the sofa of his house, watching television with his beautiful blonde-haired, green-eyed girlfriend. Bridgette was resting her head on Cody's shoulder comfortably as they passed the time watching cartoons.

It had been a week since the two's outing to the beach. Cody's parents and sister had just left for a week-long stay with some relatives a few hours away, so the keyblade master had the entire house to himself for the week. Bridgette planned to spend the week at his house, so they could be together. And to make it even more special, two of their friends would be arriving to spend the week at Cody's house with them too.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Immediately, Cody and Bridgette grinned at each other as they hurried off the couch toward the door. Cody reached for the knob and opened the door to greet two fellow teenagers. One was a boy with tanned skin, dark eyes and shoulder-length black hair, who smirked at Cody and Bridgette. The other was a gorgeous girl with long blonde-hair and blue eyes, who was positively beaming at the sight of their hosts.

"Were you two waiting at the door?" Noah asked cynically. "That was fast."

"Very funny." Cody replied lightheartedly as the two geeks embraced each other. "It's been too long dude!"

"Yeah, I know." Noah dropped the jokes and grinned as Cody stepped aside to let everyone inside. After setting their luggage down, Lindsay happily lept toward Cody and Bridgette.

"EEEEEEEE!" Lindsay squealed in delight as she pulled Cody and Bridgette into a bone-crushing group hug. "Oh it's been so long! I missed you both!"

"It's only been a couple weeks though." Bridgette pointed out, reminding Lindsay that they often drive down to her town to see her.

"But that's like... an eternity for me!" Lindsay replied after letting the lovebirds go.

"Wow, Eternity's a big word for you Lindsay." Noah joked, earning a punch to the shoulder from Bridgette, who gave him a hug afterward.

"Good to know you haven't changed at all." Bridgette stated playfully, making Noah roll his eyes.

"Courtney says hi." Noah informed.

"Tyler too." added Lindsay.

After everyone reunited, Cody showed Noah and Lindsay around the house. Each would be sleeping in one of the guest rooms on the second floor, luckily for Lindsay, her's would have a private bathroom, while Noah would have to share the hall bathroom with Cody and Bridgette. The surfer girl of course would be sleeping with Cody in his room. After the tour, The former junior heroes returned to the living room to catch up with each other.

After a few moments of chatting about random topics, Cody grinned at Noah and Lindsay. "I see ya'll wore your old clothes." The former black and white mages wore the clothes given to them by Fauna for their journey to save the worlds.

"I see you two had the same idea." Noah replied in amusement, as Cody and Bridgette too wore the clothes given to them by Flora and Merryweather respectively. This made Cody chuckle.

"Yeah, we thought it would be appropriate since this is the first time the four of us have been together since we returned home." Cody explained, making Noah and Lindsay nod. The four were quiet for the next few minutes as they remembered various points of their journey.

Sadness crept it's way into each of the teen's hearts as they thought back to all of the friends they made along the way. King Mickey, Queen Minnie, Donald, Goofy, everyone else from Disney Castle. Then there was Leon, Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie, Cid, Tidus and Rikku. Not to mention everyone from the many worlds they visited while looking for ways to save their friends and their world. Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay missed them all, and it pained them that they could never see each other again. That was the price they payed for sealing Kingdom Hearts.

"So what're we gonna do first, you guys?" Bridgette inquired, trying to ease the tension in the air.

"Ooh, ooh!" Lindsay immediately piped up, raising her hand. "We should go to the mall!"

Noah raised an eyebrow. "That's your answer for everything."

"But you can do practically everything there! There's shopping, a food court, shopping, a movie theater, shopping... and did I mention shopping?" Lindsay counted on her fingers, making her friends giggle in amusement.

"Alright, the mall it is." Cody said, making Lindsay shriek with glee. "Maybe there's a movie we can see together there." the keyblade wielder got up from the couch. "Before we go though, I'm going to check the mail. I'll be right back." Cody informed his friends before walking out the door.

While the three guardians waited for Cody, Bridgette addressed Noah. "Soooo Noah, how're you and Courtney getting along?"

For the first time since they arrived, Noah smiled geniunely. "We've been good. She just got accepted to about twenty different universities, so she's taking time to go over each school so she can decide where she wants to go."

"Twenty?!" Bridgette exclaimed in disbelief. "Jeez, Cody and I were happy to be accepted to just one! And it's the same school!"

"Tell me about it." Noah said dryly. "I've only gotten about six."

"Yeah well, you're just lazy, Noah." Lindsay joked with a smirk, making Noah glare at her and Bridgette laugh. "So Princess Bridgette, which college did you and Prince Charming get accepted to?"

Bridgette rolled her eyes at Lindsay's nickname for her. Before she could answer though, she heard the door open and slam swiftly shut, and Cody practically hollared "GUYS! Guys, you need to see this!"

Alarmed, Noah, Lindsay and Bridgette spun around to see Cody sprint into the living room before pumping the brakes right in front of him. As the geek caught his breath, his friends looked see him holding a single white envelope.

"What, another college acceptance letter?" Noah asked plainly.

After Cody finished catching his breath, he showed them the letter in his hand. "Look at the mark!" he exclaimed. Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay looked at the envelope closely and felt their hearts stop at the sight of the purple mousehead in the center.

"No way!" said a stunned Lindsay.

"That's the Disney logo!" Bridgette exclaimed.

"That means it's from the King!" Noah said with wide eyes. "But how...?"

Cody wondered that question himself as he looked at the envelope in his hand. Was this for real? Was he really holding a letter from King Mickey? How had he even got this letter? The worlds were no longer connected to each other.

"Open it, Cody!" his girlfriend practically shouted. Cody didn't need to be told twice as he sat down in between Bridgette and Noah and opened the envelope. The first thing the teens saw was four shar-shaped crystals, each a different color: Teal, Blue, Red and Pink.

Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay immediately recognized these as gummi blocks. But not just any gummi blocks, these were star shards! The gummi that Mickey had used to travel the worlds while they used the Gummi Ship.

"Star Shards?" Cody questioned in disbelief as he looked down at these gummi blocks. "What're these doing here?"

"There's a letter too!" Bridgette pointed out, bringing out the white piece of paper and handing it to her boyfriend to read. Cody unfolding the paper to see that the writing was in cursive. Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay leaned in closer to Cody so they could all read the letter from Disney Castle:

Dear Cody! And Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay if you're there!

I'm sorry it's taken so long to get this letter out. As you fellas know, after sealing the door to Kingdom Hearts, the worlds destroyed by the Heartless had been restored, but it would also prevent any form of contact with the other worlds again. However, we recently found a way around that!

The four teens stopped reading momentarily and looked at each other in shock. What did he mean? They continued reading.

As you fellas know, Star Shards are special gummis that can teleport the users to other worlds without use of Gummi Ships, and they're rare amongst gummis. It took nine months for us to make, but the four Star Shards in this letter are special in that they are powerful enough to pass through the barriers separating the worlds from each other, allowing the user to travel to those worlds.

There's one for each of you. Cody, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah. To use them, all you have to do is hold the Star Shard and picture the world you wish to go to in your mind, and the shards will take you there. It was how I was able to get this letter and your shards to your world, so know that these special gummis do work. If you ever want to come visit Disney Castle, or any of the other worlds you visited on your journey, now you can!

Donald, Goofy, Minnie and I are all looking forward to seeing you again!

King Mickey Mouse

Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay finished reading as their hearts began to race. Bridgette and Lindsay had tears cascading down their cheeks, as Cody and Noah just sat with their jaws dropped. Happiness swelled up inside each teen. Was this really happening? Were they really about to see King Mickey again after nine months of thinking they couldn't ever again?

"Is this... real?" Bridgette choked back on her tears.

Cody picked up the teal Star Shard and inspected it momentarily before turning to Bridgette and smiling. "Only one way to find out..."

After regaining their composure, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay each picked up one of the other Star Shards. Bridgette held the blue, Noah the red, and Lindsay the pink, and followed Cody out of the house and into the backyard. The four teens stood in a circle holding their respective Star Shards, and took a moment to visualize a world with a gigantic white castle, with a huge courtyard with it's uniquely cut hedges, giant throne room and Gummi Ship hangar.

After visualizing the location, each teen said aloud the name of the same world. "Disney Castle!"

The effect was instantaneous. The Star Shards glowed brightly in their respective colors, making Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay's eyes widen. Then their forms were obscured by a bright light before they all turned into small stars. After hovering for a few seconds, the stars shot into the sky before completely disappearing from view.


It took a moment for Cody to feel anything. When he regained feeling in his face he noticed that his eyes were closed. He opened them, and what he saw almost sent him reeling.

Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay were right next to him, and they were looking around at their surroundings in disbelief. They stood in the middle of a vast, circular courtyard, with many flowers and neatly trimmed hedges growing all around. Some of the hedges were cut into anthropomorphic animals, wearing what appeared to be parade uniforms and each playing a different instrument. The courtyard was surrounded by tall stone walls, and Cody could see the turrets of the castle surrounding each side of the walls.

The keyblade master dropped to his knees as shock overwhelmed him. Bridgette was crying tears of joy once again as she fell close to Cody as well.

"I don't believe it..." Cody choked as tears fell down his own face. "It really worked..."

Noah looked closely at the giant hedge formation that lead toward the Gummi Ship Hangar like he couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Is this really happening?"

"We're really back!" Lindsay choked as she cried into her hands.

Cody cheerfully approached Bridgette and embraced her. The surfer girl cried into her boyfriend's chest until she calmed down.

Then a soft squeaky voice spoke. "It's been a while fellas!"

Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay spun in the direction of the entranceway to see them at long last Their friends. King Mickey stood next to his wife Queen Minnie, Donald Duck stood with Daisy while Goofy stood holding onto Pluto and Chip and Dale bounced wildly at the sight of their old comrades.

Almost instantly, Donald, Goofy and Pluto bounded toward Cody, tackling the keyblade wielder into a giant group hug while Pluto licked his face.

"Welcome back, Cody!" Donald cheered happily.

"It's been so long! Ahyuck!" Goofy cried gleefully.

"I can't believe it!" Cody exclaimed as he embraced the two friends who started his entire journey. Noah and Lindsay laughed good-naturedly as Bridgette ran forward to greet Donald and Goofy, while Pluto bounced around them ecstatically. The surfer girl, Donald and Goofy group hugged each other while Chip and Dale bound forward to say hi to Noah and Lindsay. While everyone greeted each other in tears, Cody smiled and turned toward the king and queen of Disney Castle.

Cody and Mickey and Minnie approached each other before meeting halfway. Cody kneeled down to smile at King Mickey. "Looks like we are able to meet again." Cody happily stated.

"Aha, yeah." Mickey replied with a smile. "We never forgot about you."

"And you all were always in our hearts." stated Cody finally as he extended his hand to shake Mickey's before pulling each other in for a hug. "It's great to see you again..."

"It's great to see you too..."

Cody and his guardians spent the entire day at Disney Castle catching up with Mickey, Donald, Goofy and the rest of their old friends. It was great that after being separated for what they thought would be forever, they could now see each other whenever they wanted. Over time, Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay would use their Star Shards to visit each of the worlds they went to on their journey, and the people they met on those worlds would be equally as happy to see them.

Their next stop was Hollow Bastion, which was undergoing a rebuilding process to return the world to it's former glory. Leon, Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie, Cid, Tidus and Rikku greeted them pleasently after thinking they wouldn't see each other ever again. Cody and his guardians would occassionally return to help them all rebuild Hollow Bastion until the job was done before spending their time with Leon's group more leisurely.

They would explore Wonderland with Alice, watch Hercules compete in the games on Olympus Coliseum, visit Tarzan and Jane, and their gorilla family in Deep Jungle, and go with Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable as guests to their Senior Prom. They would attend the wedding of Aladdin and Jasmine on Agrabah, visit Mulan at her family's house in the Land of Dragons, swim with Ariel and her aquatic friends on Atlantica, sail with Captain Jack Sparrow aboard the Black Pearl and visit the newlywedded Will and Elizabeth Turner in Port Royal, help Jack Skellington with Halloween Town's Halloween celebrations every year, babysit Simba and Nala's cub with Timon and Pumbaa on Pride Lands, and fly around Neverland with Peter Pan, Wendy and Tinkerbell.

After finding the locations of Merlin, Pinocchio and Geppetto, Beast and Belle, Snow White, Cinderella and Aurora, Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay would visit them just as much as everybody else, as well as hop inside the Hundred Acre Wood to go on adventures with Pooh Bear and his friends.

They would visit each world occassionally to see what all the friends they made on their journey were up to, and they would use the Star Shards to see their friends from Total Drama too. That way they could keep in touch with everyone.

And through it all, Cody and Bridgette spent every waking moment together. Who would've thought that two seasons on a crappy reality show, their world being destroyed by the Heartless, and restoring their world through an incredible journey would lead them to such a happy end.


The End


So yeeaaaaah, How've you all been? I bet you're wondering why after two years I'm updating this story out of nowhere. Well, recently I've been thinking that maybe the original ending I wrote for Kingdom Hearts: Cody's Story might be too bittersweet. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with how I wrote it, but it's kind of sad that Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay could never see any of the friends they made throughout Kingdom Hearts again. So I decided to go the game route, and add a secret epilogue ending to this story to hopefully end it on a happier note. I got the idea from a reader of mine named God of the Challenge, and it sounded like a good idea (hopefully he doesn't mind me doing it this way and after so long). And wouldn't you know it, the two year anniversary of the conclusion of this story was a few days ago! So this was the best time to do this.

I must say, it's weird coming back to this story after so long to update it, but I'm happy I did it. I hope you all are okay with me doing this one last update, as I was just trying to make this story better. But let me know what you think.

So yeah, I guess THIS is it! This is the real ending to Kingdom Hearts: Cody's Story! Thanks for reading guys and I hope you enjoy this special bonus ending :)