Kingdom Hearts: Endgame Chapter 2: Five Months Later, a Kingdom Hearts + Avengers Crossover fanfic

Now I know what you're thinking! Why is it 5 months when it was 5 years? This was one of the changes I was talking about.

I doubt Xehanort would want to wait 5 years until the next Keyblade War. Plus, don't want to keep Sora, Donald, Aqua, Roxas, and Ven from their families for 5 years after they're brought back.

There will still be similar dialogue and Morgan will still appear.

Anyway, enjoy!

5 months had gone by after Thanos had wiped out ½ of all life in the universe. And everyone was right when they said that the worlds would basically collapse. None of the worlds could cope with what had happened. And a lot of stuff had happened since then within the MCU.

Pepper had her baby and she and Tony named her Morgan. They moved to a cabin in the countryside.

Steve retired and ran a support group.

Since they couldn't leave to go back to Disney Castle, Sora, Donald, Roxas, Aqua, and Ven stayed at the Avengers compound.

Natasha had helped reassemble a new faction of the Avengers in addition to already-Avengers Sora, Donald, and Rhodey with Roxas, Aqua, Ven, Carol, Rocket, Nebula, and even Okoye becoming Avengers themselves. They tried to help out any way they could. Heartless, Nobodies, and Unversed were be lurking about, but they all did their best to stop them from hurting anyone. There weren't any Organization members or any of their allies attacking as they had other things to do.

Bruce and Clint's whereabouts were currently unknown.

At an abandoned cafe, Steve was running his support group while Donald sat in the other room. He wore his black sailor suit and white cap as he gazed at some pictures on his Gummiphone.

The first was of him, Mickey, and Goofy at the castle. Then, one of him and Daisy in their world-traveling and lady-in-waiting clothes. They were side-hugging as they stood in front of a sunrise. Then, one of him, Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, and Pluto on Christmas. Then, one of him, Sora, and Goofy in the castle garden. Then, one of him, Mickey, Goofy, Sora, Riku, and Kairi at the castle after saving Terra, Aqua, Ven, Isa, Ansem the Wise, Cloud, and Zack. Then, one of him, Daisy, Scrooge, Ludwig, Beakley, Launchpad, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, and Violet at McDuck Manor two weeks before the Infinity War. Finally, a picture of himself, Panchito, José, Daisy, Xandra, April, May, June, Ari and Humphrey in front of the cabana during his days at the Quackmore Institute.

Donald sighed sadly as he punched on what was his 8th slice of pizza that day. Like

Scrooge after the family left him following the reveal of Della's fate, Donald had gone into a state of sadness and defeat, munching away on pizza. Instead of soda, he drank beer. Luckily, he was always able to hold his liquor and not get drunk.

"Oh, I miss you guys so much." Donald said sadly. "Daisy… Mickey… Goofy… Minnie… Riku… Kairi…"

Donald then saw the pictures he took of Roxas, Lea, Naminé, Xion, Isa, and Myde together, and then one of Terra, Ven, and Aqua.

"I miss you four too." Donald said sadly as he saw Lea, Terra, Naminé, and Xion's pictures.

He gazed at a picture of himself and his nephews and figurative nieces. "I don't even know if you six are alive. Or Uncle Scrooge, or Uncle Ludwig, or just about anyone anymore." Donald said sadly.

Donald tried to put on a brave, but sad smile. "But at least I've got Sora. And Aqua. And Roxas. And Ven. And the Avengers." he said to himself. He then turned to his left. "And of course, you two."

We now see that Donald was talking to a watermelon shaped like Mickey, complete with two smaller ones glued to it, two pebbles for eyes, and part of it cut open for a mouth.

"Aw don't worry about it Donald old pal." Donald said, imitating Mickey's voice. "You still have all of us! Ha-ha!"

Donald chuckled weakly.

"Thanks pal." he said as he got out two bottles of beer. He set one down next to the melon. "Cheers."

The melon, obviously, just sat there as Donald gulped down all of his beer. Donald let out a loud burp.

*UUUUURRRRRPPP!*

Donald put his hand over his beak in surprise before chuckling sheepishly.

"Excuse me." said Donald, smiling sheepishly.

"That's great. You did the hardest part." came Steve's voice.

Donald set down his empty drink as he turned to his right and saw Steve taking to his support group in the other room.

"You took the jump, you didn't know where you were gonna come down. And that's it. That's those little brave baby steps we gotta take. To try and become whole again, try and find purpose. I went in the ice in '45 right after I met the love of my life. Woke up 70 years later. You gotta move on. Gotta move on. The world is in our hands. Even though it hasn't been even a year yet, let alone ½ a year, it's left to us guys, and we got to do something with it. Otherwise... Thanos should have killed all of us." said Steve.

Donald sighed heavily. He had accompanied Steve to these sessions for the past few weeks. He would listen in sometimes, even sometimes offer some advice. He wished he could move on. All of his friends wished that they could've. But they just couldn't.

"Alright. Thank you all for coming today and I'll see you next time." said Steve. "Tell your friends if you feel like they might need this."

Steve watched the members go. He sighed heavily before heading back to where Donald was.

"Hey Donald. How are you holding up?" asked Steve.

Donald sighed as he held up his empty drink. "I could be better." the mage said.

Steve nodded. "I know. I think we all could." he sighed. "We try to help others to move on, but I don't think that we can ourselves."

Donald nodded in agreement. "We seem to be able to help others from big missions to small talks like your sessions, but it doesn't seem like we can help ourselves." he said sadly.

Steve then put on a brave smile. "Shall I give you and… your friend a lift back to the compound?" he asked, while also looking at the melon.

Donald smiled a little. "We'd like that." he said as he grabbed the melon.

"Thank you very much Cap! Ha-ha!" Donald said in Mickey's voice.

Steve smiled as the two left.

Avengers Compound:

Aqua and Natasha were talking to Ven, Roxas, Rhodey, Carol, Okoye, Nebula, Rocket, and M'Baku through holograms. With Steve retiring and TOny now being a dad, Natasha was in charge. Aqua didn't have any missions, so she helped the Black Widow at the Avengers HQ. M'Baku sometimes joined these conversations because, despite not being an Avenger himself, Wakanda was an ally to the Avengers, especially after T'Challa took the throne two years before Thanos.

Natasha's hair had grown back to it's natural red and only the tips were blonde.

Carol had cut her hair down to a tomboyish style. The bottom part of it coming from her head was balck while the whole top was blonde.

Aqua wore a black t-shirt with a Star Wars logo on it, blue jeans with a lighter blue belt with a gold buckle, white socks, and purple tennis shoes.

Roxas and Ven wore their normal world-traveling clothes.

"Yeah, we boarded that highly suspect warship Danvers pinged." said Rocket.

"It was an infectious garbage scowl." added Nebula.

"So, thanks for the hot tip." Rocket said to Carol.

"Well, you were closer." said Carol with a smirk.

"Yeah. And now we smell like garbage." huffed Rocket.

"You get a reading on those tremors?" Natasha asked Okoye.

"It was a mild subduction under the African plate." Okoye replied.

"Do we have a visual? How are we handling it?" asked Natasha.

"Nat, it's an earthquake under the ocean. We handle it by not handling it." Okoye replied.

"Makes sense." nodded Aqua.

"How has the project been coming along?" asked Natasha.

"I oversee it every time we return." said Okoye. "Progress is going well with the new scientists we hired helping the ones who survived. They should be done within less than a week."

"That's good." said Aqua. "M'Baku, how have things been?" she asked the Jabari leader.

"With the death of King T'Challa Wakanda had been thrown into a state of chaos. So it was with a heavy heart that I've had to take up the mantle as acting king of Wakanda until a proper election can be held." M'Baku replied.

"Must be tough... keeping riots from happening." commented Rocket.

"I don't know how, but we seem to be holding up." said M'Baku.

"What about the Heartless, Nobodies, Unversed and the Organisation?" asked Aqua. "Have they been any trouble?"

"And rivalling kingdoms? Have they caused a problem?" added Natasha.

"Yes. But we haven't had too much difficulties fending them off thanks to Roxas and Ventus." M'Baku replied, gesturing to the two look-alikes.

"Whenever the Organisation shows their ugly faces… or cloaked faces, you can be sure we're there too whenever were not on other missions." Ven said with a grin.

"Ven and I have been making sure the Heartless, Nobodies and Unversed are kept under control all around the globe. I'd say the two of us have been managing." said Roxas.

"Yes, With their help we've been able to get rid of any otherworldly threats." M'Baku said in agreement.

Aqua smiled. "That's wonderful to hear. I'm really proud of you Ven, and you too Roxas." she said proudly.

"Thanks Aqua." smiled Ven.

"At least there's some good news. Keep up the good work Ven & Roxas." said Natasha.

"Count on it." nodded Roxas.

"Speaking of which, I heard that you two were assigned to Disneyworld and Disneyland." said Rhodey.

"How'd those missions go?" asked Natasha.

"There were a few Neoshadow Heartless, Assassin Nobodies, and FLood Unversed in Disneyworld." said Ven. "But it was nothing we couldn't handle."

"Disneyland was harder because there were Magnum Roader Heartless, Berserker Nobodies, and Tank Toppler Unversed." said Roxas. "But me and Ven managed to take acre of it."

"That's good." nodded Aqua. "And since you two are in California, we got a reading of some Heartless luring around a storage unit. I'd check it out, but with everyone busy, I'm helping Nat run things here."

"Just send us the address and we'll handle it." said Roxas.

"Thanks." said the bluehead.

Natasha turned to Carol. "Carol, are we seeing you here next month?" she asked.

"Not likely." Carol replied.

"But you are near Earth." said Aqua.

"Yeah, but I won't be for much longer." said Carol.

"What, you gonna get another haircut?" Rocket asked teasingly.

Carol gave the raccoon an irritated look. "Listen fur-face, I'm covering a lot of territory. The things that are happening on Earth, are happening everywhere, on thousands of planets."

"All right, all right, that's a good point. That's a good point." murmured Rocket.

"So you might not see me for a long time after I leave." said Carol.

"At least try to make it for Thanksgiving or Christmas." said Aqua.

Carol nodded. "I'll try. If not, I'll videochat." she told them.

"Sounds good." said Aqua.

"Alright. Uh, well. This channel is always active." said Natasha. "So, if anything goes sideways... anyone's making trouble where they shouldn't... comes through me."

Okoye agreed in her language.

"Okay." said Rocket.

"Alright." nodded Natasha.

One by one, Rocket, Nebula, Okoye, and M'Baku cut their calls.

Carol turned to Rhodey. "Good luck." she said as she cut her call.

Aqua turned to Roxas and Ven. "I almost forgot, how's Sora?" she asked.

"We contacted him a few hours ago before we got to Florida." said Ven. "He was able to handle those missions Nat assigned him to in Beverly Hills and that place where she and Steve found that bunker and discovered the truth about Hydra in New Jersey." Ven sighed heavily. "But, he hasn't been himself lately, even when trying to stay positive."

"Yeah. He blames himself for what happened and for losing Kairi, plus all our friends that died here." Roxas said ain agreement.

This got concerned looks from Aqua, Natasha, and Rhodey.

"It's not just that." Ven added.

"What do you mean?" asked Rhodey.

"Sora's been wielding the Keyblade since he was 14." said Ven. "I've been in his heart long enough to see all the battle's he's fought and in each and every one of those battles he won every time. He never lost a single time...EVER."

"Really? That's incredible." Aqua said in amazement.

Natasha smirked. "That's why he is a worthy Avenger in addition to being a Guardian of Light." she said.

"He may not be a soldier in modern units, but he has the heart of one." Rhodey said in agreement.

"Until 5 months ago that is." sighed Ven.

"Ven's right." nodded Roxas. "Sora worked hard for the people he loved and to become a Master. His loss at the hands of You-Know-who was the first one he ever suffered. Honestly, I think what that Titan hurt the most was his pride. He's very ashamed of his defeat."

"And with Xehanort still causing trouble and us not being able to do anything about it, I think it's hurting Sora more than any of us." said Ven.

Aqua, Rhodey, and Natasha now looked very concerned.

"Well, we'll just have to remind Sora that we're here for him and shouldn't let the guilt get to him." said Aqua.

The others nodded.

"Yeah. He'd do the same for us." nodded Roxas. "Anyways, we'll see you later."

"Bye boys." said Aqua.

With that, Roxas and Ven cut their calls. Rhodey was the only one left.

"Where are you?" asked Natasha.

"Mexico." the War Machine replied. "The Federales found a room full of bodies. Looks like a bunch of cartel guys. Never even had the chance to get their guns off."

"It's probably a rival gang." said Natasha.

"Possibly." nodded Aqua.

"Except it isn't." said Rhodey.

Natasha then began to realize what it was.

"It's definitely Barton." said Rhodey. "What he's done here, what he's been doing for the last few months... I mean, the scene that he left…"

Natasha started to show signs of sadness as she gradually teared up. Aqua looked at her in concern.

"I gotta tell you, there's a part of me that doesn't even want to find him." said Rhodey.

In an abrupt moment of silence, Natasha tried to chew her tears and emotional feelings as she ate a sandwich.

"Will you find out where he's going next?" the Black Widow asked.

"Nat…" began Rhodey.

"Please." Natasha begged.

"Okay." Rhodey said reluctantly.

Natasha tried her best not to cry as Rhodey cut his call.

Aqua looked over at Natasha with a soft, sympathetic expression.

"Are you ok Nat?" the Keyblade Master asked softly.

Natasha felt tears fall down her cheeks.

"Not really, Aqua." she said sadly. "I just can't believe something like this would happen to Clint."

Aqua nodded in agreement. "He lost his family to Thanos. Losing someone or some people you care about, it really hurts."

"She's right." came a voice.

Aqua and Natasha looked to see Sora enter the room, wearing his KHIII clothes. Sora hadn't changed much. The only difference was that his arm muscles were a bit bigger.

"Sora, you're back!" exclaimed Aqua.

Sora tried his best to smile, but a small one was all he could muster.

"How'd the mission go?" asked Natasha.

"Good." the brunette replied. "No casualties, creatures of darkness all defeated, and no Organization members."

"That is good." Aqua said in agreement.

Sora nodded. "And as I was saying Nat, we all have our ways of expressing loss." he said softly. "Some just aren't healthy."

Sora approached Natasha and clapped a hand on her shoulder. He tried to put on a reassuring face, but the SHIELD agent could see sadness in his eyes.

"I'm sure Clint is gonna be ok." said Sora. "When you find him, you can be the one there for him and help him get through it, even if he doesn't feel much better, at least it would be a start."

Natasha smiled, as did Aqua.

"Thanks Sora." said Natasha.

Sora smiled bravely. "No prob Nat. Anyway, I'm gonna go to the gym."

"Don't strain yourself." said Aqua.

Sora chuckled. But to the two female Avengers, it sounded forced. "I won't. I promise." he said.

With that said, Sora walked away. But Aqua and Natasha could tell that Sora's face had fallen as he walked away. He tried to be positive for them, but he couldn't be positive for himself.

San Francisco:

Roxas and Ven stood in front of the storage shed.

"This is the place." said Roxas.

"Why would anything wanna go in here?" asked Ven.

"Maybe to steal some stuff that would make them filthy rich or somethin'." shrugged Roxas.

Ven laughed. "Probably." he agreed.. "So, we just tell the guy who we are?"

"It is logical." said Roxas.

Inside:

Roxas and Ven wandered into one of the areas. Roxas had Two Become One summoned and ven had Wayward Wind summoned. The two spotted a few Shadow Heartless lurking around.

"Hey, get outta here!" shouted Ven.

The Heartless saw them and tried to attack.

Ven slashed two away while Roxas fired some orbs of light at some more. Roxas then fired an Ice Barrage spell to freeze the last of them in place and Ven destroyed the with a Firaga spell.

"Piece of cake!" smirked Ven as the two dismissed their Keyblades.

"You got that right." nodded Roxas.

Then, Ven spotted something behind one of the fences.

"Hey, is that Luis' van?" he asked.

Roxas looked in Ven's direction. There, sitting amongst a pile of old stuff was Luis' X-Con van.

"Hey yeah it is." said Roxas.

Luckily, the door was unlocked as the two went in for a closer look.

"It makes sense that it's in here." said Roxas. "Scott, Luis, Kurt, and Dave were wiped from existence, meaning X-Con lost it's only employees, so they didn't need the van anymore."

"Sad really." sighed Ven.

Then, Ven spotted something inside the van. It looked like gadgets.

"Hold on a sec." said Ven, narrowing his eyes as he opened the driver's seat door.

"Ven? Whaddya doing?" asked Roxas.

Ven opened the door and there, they saw a control panel over the dashboard.

"What's this doing here?" asked Ven as he got inside.

Roxas climbed over the hood of the van, landed on his back on some boxes, got up, shook himself off, opened the passenger seat door, and climbed in.

"It looks like advanced technology for a control panel." said Roxas. "But why is it in here?"

Then, a thought occurred to ven.

"Wait, Roxas… after we helped bust Hope and Hank out of jail, didn't Hank say that he would help Ava?" he asked.

Roxas started to catch on as he nodded. "Yeah. But Hank said that if they were gonna do that, they would need a smaller Quantum Tunnel as the last one they used was just for a rescue mission while the other one would be an in-and-out thing." he said to his look-alike. "And he said that Scott would do it while he, Hope, and Janet worked the controls and navigation."

Then, Ven remembered something else. "Wait… when we tried to find Terra, Lea, Naminé, and Xion, we found their Keyblades on top of Hank's lab, next to the van and a punch of controls… with three piles of dust behind them..."

Roxas and Ven's eyes widened.

"They must've been trying to get those particles for Ava the day of the snap." said Roxas in realization.

"Terra, Lea, Xion, and Naminé were there with them because that's where we found their Keyblades." added Ven. "So there would've been eight of them there… but we only found seven piles of dust…"

Roxas and Ven looked at the back of the van.

"Do you think…?" Ven began.

Roxas looked at the controls before looking back at Ven.

"Open the doors and clear a path." he told his look-alike.

Ven nodded as the two hopped out of the van. Ven opened the doors, revealing the tunnel. He then helped Roxas move some storage stuff out of the way.

"Alright, let's turn it on and hope for the best." said Roxas.

Roxas and Ven rushed back into the van. Roxas managed to turn on the machine as the tunnel powered up.

"Now or never." the former Nobody said.

"Let's do this." said Ven.

Ven pulled the lever towards him. The machine's sounds started to grow louder. Suddenly, something flew out of the tunnel and into the boxes. Ven and Roxas hopped out so see what had come out of the van.

And to their shock, laying on the boxes… was Scott Lang!

"Scott!" Roxas and Ven exclaimed in shock.

Scott's Ant-Man mask dematerialized when he heard them. He looked around at his surroundings, shocked.

Roxas and Ven ran up to him.

"You're ok!" Roxas said happily.

"Roxas? Ven?" Scott asked in shock. "Where are we? Where's Hope? And Hank and Janet? And Lea, Xion, Naminé, and Terra?"

Roxas and Ven traded nervous looks.

"Well… it's kind of a long story." said Ven.

"Grab your stuff and we'll tell you once we get outta here." said Roxas.

Scott nodded. "Right, right, ok."

Soon, the three were walking down an abandoned street. Roxas and Ven having told Scott everything. Scott had changed into some of his clothes and wore a sweatshirt and sweatpants while he brought his suit and other belongings in a wagon.

"So, ½ of all life in the universe is gone?" asked Scott in shock.

"For 5 months." Roxas said sadly.

"That's why you weren't released sooner. Hope, Hank, Janet, Terra, Lea, Xion, and Naminé were killed in the snap." said Ven.

"Luis, Kurt, and Dave were killed too." added Roxas. "That;s why the van was impounded."

Scott was horrified, then another thought occurred to him.

"Cassie?" he asked, worried.

Roxas and Ven exchanged unsure looks. They didn't see Cassie's name among the casualties.

"We're not sure." said Roxas.

"Uh, guys?" said Ven.

Roxas and Scott looked in Ven's direction and they stared in shock, Scott dropping the handle of his wagon.

The three stood in front of a memorial site filled with dozens of tall graves. The place was called, "The Vanished."

"What the hell is this?" asked Scott.

"I had no idea this was here." Roxas said in shock.

"A memorial spot for those turned to dust." Ven said in shock.

Scott then ran towards the graves, hoping that Cassie wasn't a victim. Roxas and Ven quickly followed, wanting to help.

"Cassie, Cassie, oh please no…" Scott muttered in fear.

"No Langs here." said Ven as he moved down a few lists.

"Or here." said Roxas.

"Please, please, plea-" Scott stopped when he saw his name on one of the graves, to his horror.

"Scott, what's wrong?" asked Roxas as he and Ven ran up.

Scott pointed at his name.

"Oh." said Roxas. "Everyone thought you were among the victims."

Ven noticed something. "But, wait, you're the only Lang on that list."

Scott's eyes widened.

"Come on, we're heading to Maggie and Jim's." he told them.

Soon, they had taken Luis' van to Maggie and Jim's house. Roxas, ven, and Scott hopped out. They ran to the front porch and Scott rang the doorbell.

The three waited for at least 30 seconds before they could hear footsteps. The door opened, revealing an alive Cassie Lang, who's eyes widened at the sight of her father,

"Daddy?" she asked.

Scott smiled in relief at seeing his daughter. "Hi Peanut." he said softly.

Cassie smiled happily as she began to cry. "You're ok!" she cried as she hugged her father.

"I'm here Cassie." said Scott softly as he hugged her back.

"I thought you were dead!" Cassie sobbed.

"I'm here now." Scott assured her, kissing her forehead.

Cassie giggled as Scott wiped away her tears. "You're the World's Greatest Grandma." she told him with a smile.

Scott laughed as he and Cassie hugged again.

Roxas and Ven smiled at the heartwarming scene.

Avengers Compound:

Aqua and Natasha were having lunch. Aqua was telling Natasha some stories.

"So you actually vouched yourself to try on the slipper?" asked Natasha.

Aqua giggled and shrugged. "Well, I had to stall until Jaq and Gus got Cinderella out of her room." she replied.

Natasha laughed, though to Aqua, it seemed just a bit forced.

"You know I'd offer to cook you dinner but you seem pretty miserable already." came a voice.

Aqua and Natasha looked over to see Donald and Steve entering the room, Donald still holding the melon.

"Hey guys." said Aqua. "How'd the session go?"

"It went alright." said Steve. "As best as it could."

"I looked at some pictures with my friend." said Donald, holding up the melon. "And boy were they real nice memories! You all have interesting lives!" Donald said in Mickey's voice.

Aqua and Natasha just blinked while Steve rolled his eyes good-naturedly.

"You here to do your laundry?" asked Natasha.

"And to see a friend." added Steve with a smile.

"Should we leave you two alone?" asked Aqua.

Steve and Natasha were taken aback by that, but before Steve could say anything…

"If it's not too much trouble." said Natasha, making Steve blink in surprise.

Aqua nodded. "Ok. Come on Donald."

"We're coming." said Donald as the two mages walked out of the room.

Natasha turned to Steve. "Clearly, your friend is fine." she told him.

"You know I saw a pod of whales when I was coming up the bridge." Steve said randomly.

"In the Hudson?" Natasha asked, raising an eyebrow.

"There's fewer ships, cleaner water." said Steve.

"You know, if you're about to tell me to look on the bright side. Um... I'm about you to hit you in the head with a peanut butter sandwich." said Natasha with a joking smile, which Steve returned.

"Sorry. Force of habit." said Steve as he took off his jacket and sat across from the redhead. "You know, I keep telling everybody they should move on and... grow. Some do. But not us." he said solemnly.

"If I move on, who does this?" asked Natasha.

"Maybe it doesn't need to be done." Steve shrugged.

Natasha seemed to be deep in her thoughts. "I used to have nothing. And then I got this. This job... this family. And I was... I was better because of it. And even though... they're gone... I'm still trying to be better." she told him solemnly.

"I think we both need to get a life." said Steve.

Natasha smiled. "You first." she said.

The both of them laughed.

On the roof, Donald and Aqua sat around.

"You're clothes look nice." said Donald after two minutes of silence.

Aqua smiled. "Thanks. Since we've been staying here for 5 months, I thought I'd blend in. I wear my regular world-traveling clothes when were on missions."

Donald nodded. "Me too. And so do Sora, Roxas, and Ven." he said in agreement. "Speaking of which, how's the team?" he asked.

"Everyone's on a mission." said Aqua. "Sora came back about a couple hours ago… but despite trying to be positive, he's really hurting."

Donald sighed sadly. "I'm sure he is. After a defeat like this, it really messed him up." he said.

"He's trying to be brave for all of us, but I don't think he can be to himself." sighed Aqua.

Donald sighed again. It hurt to see Sora, someone who was always positive and hopeful, to look defeated and sad.

Donald then chuckled a little. "You know, Sora always reminds me of Della at times."

Aqua was taken aback. "Oh really? How so?" she asked, curious.

Donald smiled. "Both were brave, determined, adventurous, funny, always the caring type. They try to help those around them." the more powerful mage replied.

Aqua giggled. "That sounds like Sora and Della alright." the more powerful Keyblade wielder nodded.

"Like Sora, Della would always try to make the best out of things." said Donald. "And if she came back from taking that rocket, I'm sure she would've been a great mother."

"I'm sure she would've too." said Aqua.

"Heck, she even sang a lullaby to the boys before they hatched." added Donald. "After I took them in, I sang it to them every night. Even after they hatched, I sang it to them. I still did as they got older, whenever they would ask for it."

Aqua smiled. "That's very sweet of the both of you." she said before looking curious. "How does it go?"

Donald smiled as he began to sing.

(Della's Moon Lullaby plays)

Donald: Look to the stars, my darling baby boys

Life is strange and vast

Filled with wonders and joys

Face each new sun with eyes clear and true

Unafraid of the unknown

Because I'll face it all with you

(Della's Moon Lullaby plays)

Aqua let a tear fall down her face with a smile. "That was so beautiful." she said softly.

Donald smiled. "Sora, Roxas, and Ven know the lyrics too. Before we rescued you, Ven, Terra, Isa, Cloud, Zack, and Ansem the Wise, I sang it for everyone. They all learnt it. I even let Tony sing it for Morgan." he replied. "I wouldn't give myself too much credit. Della was the true genius behind the song."

"But you sang it to Huey, Dewey and Louie when they needed to hear it. You are such a wonderful father-figure. You really are amazing, Donald." Aqua said proudly.

"Thanks Aqua." smiled Donald.

There was some silence before Aqua asked, "How?"

Donald looked puzzled. "Huh?"

"How do you have such strength to go on after everything you've lost?" she Mage Keyblade Master asked.

Donald smiled. "Because Ducks don't back down." he replied.

Aqua looked puzzled.

"Me and Della came up with that when we were young." said Donald. "It means that no matter what happens to us, we won't let it get to us, as we are stronger than that. Tough. Smart. Sharp. During my days being with Daisy, Mickey, Goofy, and Minnie, we never let anything stop us from living the best lives that we could. We never let any losses affect us so badly as our futures could be worse. That was the mistake I made after Della got lost in space. But not anymore."

Aqua smiled. "That is a very good thing to remember." she said fondly. "It helps keep us going."

Donald nodded in agreement. "Yeah. It sure is."

He paused before looking up at his fellow mage.

"Aqua, is it okay if I tell you something?" asked Donald.

"Of course, what is it?" asked Aqua.

"As a toon, I'm close to 85 years old, and 75 years ago I felt the same sense of loss I do now." said the feathered mage.

Aqua looked at Donald curiously. "75 years ago? You mean with your parents? They died in a car accident, right?" she asked.

"Yeah, but when I told you that I didn't tell you everything." said Donald. "Out of all of our friends that know the story back at the castle, you, Terra, and Isa are the only ones who don't know the story."

Aqua looked confused. "What do you mean?" she asked.

Donald sighed. "My parents were good people. My mother was so gentle and she always did her best to support our dreams. My father was a kind man who always looked out for us. Believe it or not my old man was actually a mage himself." he explained.

Aqua was surprised. "Your father was a mage too!?"

"He sure was. Though, he was always a little...overprotective." Donald replied, wincing at the last word.

"Really? I wonder if he passed that on to anyone?" Aqua wondered out loud.

Donald chuckled a little bit, knowing that she was talking about him.

"Yeah, I guess it runs in the family on his side." he nodded. "That and their explosive tempers. Guess you could say mine is a combination of theirs."

Aqua and Donald chuckled.

"So the temper is a family trait." giggled Aqua.

"Yeah, though there's more to it." said Donald. "Anyway, on the day our parents went to our Great Uncle Angus' will reading they left us to be taken care by Uncle Scrooge. That was the first time me and Della ever met him."

"You didn't know he was your uncle?" Aqua asked.

Donald chuckled. "Myde said the same thing. But no, we didn't he is a rich guy after all." he replied.

Aqua nodded.

"And it was also the day we went on our first adventure with Uncle Scrooge." added Donald before looking guilty. "Though, during that time Della and I became a little obsessed with trying to prove ourselves and Della's recklessness ended up getting her poisoned."

Aqua gasped. "Poisoned?!" she shrieked.

"There's no need to worry too much, Uncle Scrooge and I managed to save her on time when we got back home!" assured Donald before looking guilty again. "But...when our Dad found out… let's just say he went berserk."

Aqua shuddered at the thought. "What happened next?" the bluehead asked.

Donald sighed. "Dad was really mad at Uncle Scrooge so he forbade us from ever seeing him again and he forbade us from going on another adventure." he replied.

"The overprotectiveness I get, but that is too far." said Aqua, frowning.

Donald nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Della ran upstairs to her room crying. Adventure had been our dream and to hear our father take that from us was too much for her to take. Before I left I told my father that I...I...I said that...I hated him…"

Donald looked downcast while Aqua looked surprised. But she gave him a look of sympathy while patting his back.

"Don't dwell on that so much Donald, we all say things we don't actually mean when we're angry." Aqua said softly.

"I was so upset that I ran away from my home. I didn't want to feel like I was living in a prison but what I didn't know was that my father came to his senses after reading the last letter of Uncle Angus." said Donald. "Eventually when they found out that I was gone, they went looking for me. They did eventually find me about two blocks away, but then they spun out of control and…' Donald gulped. "...they crashed into a cement lamppost pillar and were thrown into a brick wall, already injured from the impact…"

Aqua gasped. So that's how horrific the accident was.

"The doctors did everything they could to save them...but they were to badly injured. Della and I watched our parents die right before our eyes as they said their last words and Uncle Scrooge and Aunt Matilda lost their youngest sister." Donald said sadly. "And… it was all my fault."

Aqua could see Donald crying with tears streaming down his face. She cried as well, not having felt this sorry for the feathered mage ever since he told her about the Spear of Selene.

"Oh, Donald…" she said sadly, bringing him in for a big hug and cried with him. "I'm so sorry. You didn't deserve to go through any of that. It must've been so awful for you."

"I'll never forget it… or what happened after." Donald sniffed.

Aqua calmed down a little as she asked, "What did happen?"

Donald sighed. "After our parents funeral, Uncle Scrooge decided to take us in and raise us as his own."

"I remember you saying that." nodded Aqua. "He's a good guardian for you."

"Yeah. He's a great man." Donald said in agreement.

"At least you and Della had each other." said Aqua.

Donald frowned sadly. "Actually… Della and I got into a big argument over what happened to our parents. And there are times I can't get out of my head what Della said to me that day." he admitted.

Aqua grew concerned. "What did she say?" she asked.

Flashback, to when Donald and Della were 10:

After the funeral of Donald and Della's parents, Quackmore and Hortense, Donald was checking on his sister, who suddenly glared at him.

" This was all your fault…" Della muttered,

Donald was hurt not just because it was true, but because these words are coming from her own sister.

"Della, I-" he began.

"You ran away!" Della snapped. "You forced Mom and Dad to come out looking for you and got got into that horrific car crash!"

Donald was lost forward and struggled to even speak. "I-I'm sorry! I-I never meant for this to-!"

Della got in his face and yelled at him.

"If it hadn't been for you Mom and Dad wouldn't have crashed and they'd still be here! This is all your fault!" she roared.

She pushed Donald and now he was the one getting angry.

"Well it's not like I wanted to get them killed!" he yelled back. He pointed at himself with his thumb. "How do you think I'm feeling right now!?"

"That's the thing! You only care about yourself!" Della yelled back. "You ran away just to spite our Daddy!"

Donald gritted his teeth. "That's a dirty rotten lie! You don't even know why I really ran away in the first place!" he yelled.

"Well I don't even want to know! Because we're done! Mom and Dad shouldn't have been the one to die…it should've been you! Not them! YOU!" Della snapped back.

Present:

Aqua was horrified. "That was a horrible thing for her to say!" she exclaimed, getting up.

Donald shook his head. "No… she was right. It was all my fault. I ran away, I'm the reason my parents came looking for me and died in that accident. It's all because of me that my Mom and Dad..." he trailed off, crying.

"No, don't say that Donald." Aqua said softly. "Accidents like that happen almost all the time. It was just extremely bad luck."

Donald sighed in reluctant agreement. "After that one argument we were no longer a brother and sister for 6 months."

"That's so sad…" Aqua said sadly. "But...you did patch things up, didn't you?" she asked.

"We did." nodded Donald. "Our fights got so out of control that Uncle Scrooge and Mrs. B took us to Él Dorado to patch things up."

Donald then shuddered in guilt. "But in there, we kept arguing so much that it broke out into a Violet fight." Donald then began to cry again. "None of us could think straight at all. I… I almost killed her… the one person I swore to protect after Mom and Dad died."

Flashback, during those events.

Donald and Della were in a cave, trying to figure out which way to go. But Della rudley brushes off Donald's idea.

"I don't need to listen to anything you have to say." she huffed.

Donald glared. "Well maybe if you'd listen to me up there instead of blindly charging in like an idiotic moron we wouldn't be in this mess! Now the both of them are violently glaring daggers at each other. It's your fault that this happened!" he yelled.

"I'd rather be an idiotic moron than have to stare at your dumb face and listen to your annoying voice!" she shouted back.

"That's funny; coming from the dumbest girl I know who's dumber than a turkey! That's why your name is Dumbella!" Donald shot back.

"Well you're a roast turkey because of your temper and that's why your Angry Bird! And what's more I refuse to work together with the so-called brother who killed our parents!" Della fired back.

That was the last straw as Donald's face turned vehemently red. He charged at his sister and delivered two punches to her jaw. "Shut up! SHUT UP!" he quacked furiously.

Della screamed as she's sent flying by the second punch and landed hard on her back. She got up rubbing her red cheek and glared at Donald.

"Okay…now you've done it…" she seemed.

The both of them have a stared down and get ready to clash without showing any signs of letting up.

The twins were now grappling each other, pushing against one another with all their strength.

"You're the worst sister ever!" Donald snapped.

"Well, you're the worst brother ever!" Della snapped back.

At first, it seemed like Della had the upper hand until Donald managed to push her off. Donald and Della make dash and landed a punch on each other's faces. The both of them were in pain but stood firm before beginning to trade blows. Both were delivering rapid blows with their fists and legs, Della delivered a spin kick with Donald managed to block with his right arm and he retaliated with a punch that Della blocked with both her arms. Both of their knee kicks collided and once again they were exchanging blows and they seemed evenly matched until Della grabbed Donald with a big smirk on her face, much to his shock. Della kneed him in the stomach, causing him to shout in pain before delivering right and left hooks to his face, bruising him a bit and then delivers flip kick to his chin, sending him back. Donald landed on his feet and lunges at her again only for Della to duck and grabs his sides, lifting him above her head.

"Let me go Dumbella!" Donald shouted.

"If you insist!" Della smirked evilly.

She gave him a toss and sent him sprawling across the ground. Donald managed to recover and ran over to land more punches only for Della to cockily evade them before grabbing Donald's arm, forcing him down to one knee and even twisting a little with a mocking smile.

"Give it up angry." scoffed Della. "You've become soft from 2 months of sitting on your lazy butt playing that stupid guitar while I've become hard from the adventures I've went on my own. I'd like to see you beat those-"

Donald cut her off by twisting his body enough to get up and deliver a spin kick to his sister's face. Della shouted in pain and landed on her back. She managed to get up but before she knew it Donald grabbed her and delivered two punches to her stomach, causing her to scream in pain. He then delivered two headbutts to her head, making her screamed louder and the third headbutt sent her flying. Della was on the ground groaning and holding her forehead in pain, her face is looking quite bruised up. Before she could get up Donald lunged at her again they were rolling on the ground towards one of the caves where the path headed downwards. Donald and Della were violently yelling at each other as they rolled down the cave.

A few minutes later they arrived in another one with only two separate pathways and the both of them were wrestling near a wall with Della pinned down but unbeknownst to them behind Donald was a strange small glowing mark.

"You left me you jerk! It was supposed to be me and you! That's how it was supposed to be forever! You ruined my life!" Donald roared furiously.

"You ruined YOUR own life Donald! And you ruined mine too!" Della roared back.

She kicked Donald in the stomach and stuck him against the mark, causing him to scream in pain and anguish from the extreme heat when the mark burns through the back of his hoodie. Donald dropped down to the ground and Della stepped back, horrified with what she's just done. She never wanted to hurt him like this.

"Donald! Oh my gosh, are you okay!?" Della asked, horrified. She rushed over and bends down. "What have I done!? I'm sorry, I-!"

Donald grabbed her in anger and kneed her forehead. Della screamed in absolute pain and agony from the hard blow and is then punched away. She held her already hurt forehead on the ground screaming and writhing in pain. Her forehead has a red bruise and Donald was barely standing. He held the top left of his back which now has a burn mark but he didn't care and just hatefully glared at his sister while walking towards her who was struggling to stand.

"Some sister you turned about to be." Donald seethed angrily. "You care more about yourself than the people around you. You think more about your feelings and never think about how others are affected."

He made one last lunge at her and they wrestled each other again but this time Della was no match for Donald as she was thrown to the ground and Donald jumped to knee her in the stomach, causing her to scream in pain and anguish. Donald then grabbed her by her scarf and lifts her head to see fear in her eyes but he doesn't care about that.

"You say I never felt anything for our parents. Well here's how I've been feeling." Donald said darkly..

He brought up his fist and began relentlessly pounding her without showing any signs of mercy. Della screamed in pain and anguish as she felt Donald constantly slam his fists against her face and they were much harder and painful for her. It becomes worse and her screams become louder when Donald begins mercilessly slamming both his fists into Della's stomach and he did it with tears gushing out of him.

"This just a fraction of what I've been suffering!" Donald snapped.

He hit her harder and she screamed even more.

"You don't even know what I've been through! You don't even care!" Donald yelled.

He did it again and then began to strangle his sister. Della was unable to get him off her and she began to choke. Donald's grip becomes tighter and Della felt herself dying.

It was at that moment Donald's eyes widened in horror, as he looked at his sister's scared and hurt face, reminding him of the promise he made to his parents and Della when they were 6 that he would protect her no matter what. Seeing that he was going too far with this prompts him to release Della immediately by throwing her to the ground and moving back. Della managed to catch her breath and the twins were on the ground panting, completely exhausted. Both of them were covered in a lot of bruises and dirt, their hair was ruffled, a burn mark on Donald's back and a red bruise on Della's forehead. Donald got on his knees to glare at his sister.

"Have you had enough Dumbella!?" he yelled.

"Stop calling me that!" Della snapped back, clutching her neck.

"I'll call you whatever I want you little brat!" Donald retorted.

"Ever since you got our Mom and Dad killed you've been nothing but a jerk!" Della shot angrily.

Della grunted when Donald tackled her in pure anger.

"Do not mention our parents!" Donald yelled.

"It's true! You were the one who ran away and got them killed in that accident!" Della reminded harshly.

"Shut up! I don't need you always reminding me that!" Donald quacked furiously.

"I'm not the one who ran away just because I wanted to spite our father!" Della yelled.

"Do not…tell me what I want!" Donald yelled.

"I don't need to tell you what you want; it's obvious!" Della scoffed.

Donald seethed in rage. "You were the one who wanted adventure and to take your anger out on me and I JUST WANTED A SISTER!" he snapped, tears in his eyes.

It was after this very sentence the fighting and struggling immediately stopped. Della was shocked hearing this and Donald was shocked from finally saying it. He put on a sad expression and released Della before reeling back and looking down while Della lifted herself up and looked at her brother with a sympathetic expression as tears were streaming down from his eyes.

"6 months ago I ran away because I couldn't stand seeing you hurting over our Dad banning us from going on any more adventures. I wanted to prove that I could take care of myself. I thought if I did then maybe we'd be free. All I ever wanted was to make you happy Della." Donald explained softly.

Della felt her anger go away, she put on a sad expression as she watched Donald continuing to cry.

"Because of me we lost our parents. You were all I had left in this world. I needed someone to help me cope with the guilt, to help me get through it. I needed you." Donald said sadly. "But guess what…you weren't there for me Della."

Donald's tone became tearful.

"Instead of supporting me you made me feel worse by blaming me for what happened…because it was all true. It's all my fault, all my fault!" Donald shouted in guilt and aTony.

Della could only sit there with an absolutely mortified and guilty expression as she watched Donald continue to cry. For months she was been blaming her brother for the deaths of their parents and the emotional turmoil it had put her through but what she refused to realize was that her brother took it harder than her. She made his guilt feel worse when she should've done something to help him. She knew this now but it was too late.

"I'm still haunted by what I did to our parents. I cry myself to sleep almost every night, unable to let go of the fact that if I hadn't run away then our parents would still be here…" Donald said guiltily, trailing off.

Donald began sobbing and tears left his face. Seeing this caused Della to tear up and let them stream down her face, feeling incredibly guilty and regretful for selfishly not considering Donald's feelings. Her tone became teary when she spoke.

"I-I didn't know. I was so caught up in my own misery that I didn't give any thought about how you felt." she said guiltily. "Donald I-I'm so sorry!"

She tries to comfort her twin as they cried but Donald knocked it off and punched Della in the jaw. She shouted in pain and landed on her back. Donald got up and angrily glares at her sister who looks back at him looking physically and emotionally hurt. In an act of anger he yanked off Della's scarf.

"You don't deserve this scarf! I brought it!" Donald said angrily and hurt. "Just leave me alone Della! Leave me alone like you always have!"

Donald ran off into one of the caves crying and sobbing hysterically, leaving Della to get on her knees tearfully contemplate the wedge she had created between her and her bother.

"Donald…" Della said in guilt and sadness as tears heavily streamed down her face and she sobbed quietly. "Donnie… what have I done…? I'm so sorry…I'm so sorry…Donald…"

Later…

Donald managed to twist his body to be on his back right next to his sister. The Duck Twins, despite their injuries, slowly hold out their hands to slowly reach out for each other as the beast approached. Their hands manage to connect and they held onto each other, both of them smiling as though they were one. The moment was interrupted when the dragon got in front of them and they prepared for the end.

"Goodbye Donald." Della said sadly.

The dragon breathed out fire but Donald refused to back down and got up in front of Della.

"NO!" he screamed.

By pure instinct he thrusted both his hands and to their greatest shock lightning blasted out of Donald's palm. He gasped in shock when he saw that his lightning blast was able to neutralise the flames and completely engulf the dragon. The beast roared in pain from the electrocution and dropped to the ground temporarily unconscious. The injured Donald and Della were incredulous and stunned as to what just happened. Della was unable to form any words and Donald looked at his hand in utter shock.

"Did…did I just-!" Donald began in shock. Electricity surged around his hands for a brief second. "I've seen this before…" he muttered to himself.

Donald's mind suddenly remembered the magic his father displayed to him when the kids were much younger.

"Donald…how did you do that?" Della asked in shock.

Before he could ask himself more questions he sees the dragon twitching, prompting him to run over to Della and hoist her by her shoulder. Della groaned in pain and Donald struggled a little.

"Come on, let's go sis." said Donald.

Donald managed to walk his sister behind a boulder and Della lied against it, although it seemed like she's near death and that made Donald desperate.

"Della…please, hang in there!" he begged.

"Donald. Leave me here. You gotta get out of this place." Della said weakly.

"Not without you! I'm not gonna lose you like how we lost our parents!" Donald begged.

"I can barely keep my eyes open. I don't think I can even move anymore." Della said weakly.

Donald began to cry and let the tears stream down his face, fearing that this may be the end for his sister.

"Della…I'm so sorry I abandoned you!" Donald said sadly. "If I hadn't ditched ya this never would have-"

Della gently touched his face with a weak smile.

"No…I'm the one who's sorry Donald." Della said softly. "You never abandoned me; I was the one who abandoned you for 6 months. You've always been there for me and I repaid you by getting mad at you and ditching you when you needed me." Tears began streaming down her face. "For that I'm really sorry Donald."

"Della…" Donald said sadly as he began to sob a little. "Why did you do this for me? That was meant for me! It shouldn't have been you..

Della looked at himself sadly. "Because…you're my brother…I already had to watch Mom and Dad die right in front of me…I wasn't about to lose the one person who I love most and makes up half of who I am too."

Donald couldn't help but be touched and let more tears stream down his face.

"Now please. Donald, go before that thing wakes up and kills us both. Whatever's about to happen to me I deserve it." Della said weakly.

Donald looked down in misery and for some reason anger.

"Bastard…" he hissed.

Della was puzzled. "What…?" she asked.

Donald glared at her. .You stupid bastard! Are you trying to insult me!?" he asked angrily.

Della was shrouded and confused. "What do you mean?" she asked.

"Who said that you'd just get to lay down and die right here in a place like this!? 'Whatever's about to happen to you, you deserve it!?' Do you really believe that?! I've spent my whole life with you and if there's anything I've learnt it's that you don't give up that easily. I thought 'Nothing could stop Della Duck!' Was that all just a lie!? Was our twin motto also a lie to you Della!?" Donald asked angrily.

Della was shocked. "No! They…they were all real Donald! I just don't want you to die because of me!" More tears streamed down her face. "It's my fault we're in this mess! I've already made you suffer enough!" she sobbed.

"I don't care if I have to suffer! I'd gladly go through any suffering if meant I'd be able to save you! No matter what you go on living till the very end!" Donald yelled.

Della was at a loss for words. "Donald…"

Donald held his twin's hand and warmly smiled at her.

"I'm not leaving you Della. If you're gonna die then I'll die with you! You're that precious to me sis and I'll always be there for you no matter what dumb things you do! You're my sister…" he said softly.

Della just smiled gratefully at her brother; touched that he was willing to die with her despite her mistreatment of him.

"Brother…" Della sniffed happily.

All of sudden as they were smiling at each other Donald felt something engulfing his hand. They look down to his palms holding Della were surrounded by green energy that was spreading across Della's body, much to their shock. The energy engulfed Della, be ridding her of all her burns. When the energy subsidies she was still covered in cuts and bruises but all her burns from the flames have disappeared much to hers and Donald's amazement. She looked at herself in shock.

"My burns…they're all gone! I'm alive!" she exclaimed in shock. She looked at Donald. "How did you do that!?" she asked,

"I don't know! First the lightning, then this, it feels like I've always known how to do this." he replied in surprise. Then he just smiled excitedly at his sister. "But who cares!? You're alive!"

He hugged on to his sister who cringed in pain.

"Hey! Take it easy, I'm still sore." she painfully reminded him.

Donald winced. "Sorry."

Della just smiles and tenderly hugged her brother back, though the moment was disturbed when the dragon smashes the boulder out of the way. They got up to face it but this time they looked at it with determined expressions instead of fear. The both of them then smirked at each other.

"You know, before I probably would've run away from this thing in fear." Donald remarked.

"I would've too but back then we weren't a team." Della said in agreement.

Donald held up his hand. "Ducks don't back down?" he asked.

Della grabbed it and they had a soul handshake. "Ducks don't back down!" she said enthusiastically and determined.

The dragon roared at the twins and they both got into a fighting stance.

"Come on ya big palooka!" Donald and Della said together.

After defeating the dragon:

Della helped Donald out of the cold freezing water onto land, both of them feeling very hurt and Donald seemed to be unconscious.

"Ow…I think I broke my everything bone." she groaned.

Della twisted her body enough to get on her knees panting heavily and then turning only to gasp in horror to see the state Donald's in.

"Brother!" Della screamed as she ran over to him ignoring her injuries and turned him around to lift his head up. The boy was looking soaked to the bone and more bruised up than before, putting Della in a tearful panic.

"Donald! Donnie! Look at me!" she cried. Her tone became tearful. "Open your eyes! Please, open your eyes! Please!"

Donald was completely despondent causing Della to fear the worse. She began to cry and sob once again.

"Donald…please don't leave me…please don't disappear from my life. I'm so sorry for what I did to you…I kept saying over and over again that I never needed you…but really…I was only lying to myself. I needed you more than ever." Tears dripped onto Donald's body as Della brought him in closer. "I love you Donnie. You're my family…my brother…my best friend…the other half of me." She fully brought him in for a hug, crying and sobbing hysterically on her brother, letting out all her emotions.

Unbeknownst to her, Donald's hand twitched a little and then she heard him coughing. She pulled back to see him slowly opening his eyes and smiling at her.

"Della…that was the cheesiest thing you've ever said…" he said teasingly.

"DONALD!" Della exclaimed happily.

Tears of joy gushed out of Della's eyes from feeling happiness unlike anything she's ever felt before. She tackles Donald for a big hug to which he gladly reciprocated. After about 20 seconds Della got up and held out her hand again for Donald to take. Donald was a little surprised at first but seeing his sister smile made him smile. This time, instead of slapping Della away he took the hand and allowed himself to be helped up. The both of them were warmly smiling at each other.

"Thanks sis." smiled Donald.

"Don't mention it bro." said Della.

Della's smile turned into sadness when she looked down, rubbing her arm in regret, worrying Donald.

"Donald, there's something I need to get off my chest. Do you think you could allow me to say it…? Please?" she asked,

Donald could tell what it was Della wanted to say and stood directly opposite of his sister, both of them facing each other with nervous expressions.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Donald, I just want to say…I'm so, so sorry." Della apologized, guiltily.

Donald was surprised. "Della…" he began.

" I'm sorry for blaming you for everything that happened. I'm so sorry for how awful I've been to you for 6 months!" Della sobbed.

"Della, you had a right to-" Donald began again.

"No just stop! Let me say this!" Della begged. That made Donald silent. "And most of all I'm so sorry for the terrible thing I said to you after our parents funeral and for every fight we've had since them. Ever since we were little you've always been there for me. Whenever I was upset you always did your best to cheer me up and on every adventure we've been on you've always risked your life to protect me. And I want you to know how grateful I am for everything you've done for me and for always being there." she tearfully continued.

Donald smiled. "Of course I'd do that Della. I'll always be there for you. You're my sister." he said softly.

Della nodded. "I know. And now looking back, all I remember are the good times we used to share." She smiled fondly at Donald and vice versa. "We laughed, we played, we cried, sometimes we fought…"

Donald chuckled. "Yeah. We sure did. Those were good times. Remember that time when you I fought a grizzly bear?"

"And almost died trying." Della added.

The both of them can't help but laugh.

"Sometime, I ask myself what happened to those times. How did things get so messed up between us?" asked Donald.

Della's expression became more regretful and almost tearful. "I was the one who messed up. Instead of being grateful for everything you've done to protect me and cheer me up I threw away and destroyed our bond by blowing up at you for what happened to our parents." she said sadly. "It was never your fault, if I hadn't acted like such an idiot back in the Amazon temple Dad would never have gotten mad at Uncle Scrooge and you wouldn't have run away. I was so caught up in how I felt about our parents dying I-I completely disregarded how you were feeling."

Her tone became a little tearful. "I ignored the grief you were going through…and instead of helping you like you were trying to do with me I made things worse by saying that you should've died."

Donald saddened upon being reminded of that argument and also seeing Della cry.

"I'm so sorry Donald. What I said was completely horrible beyond words." Della said guiltily. "I was lying to the both of us. I don't want you to die Donald. If it were you that died…I-I don't know what I'd do. What I said was wrong. I was so angry and upset that day that I didn't think about what everyone else was going through."

She looked at Donald with even more tears streaming down her face as she sobbed hysterically. Donald himself let a few tears drop down.

"When you needed me I let you down. I was just being selfish. And in the process, I completely hurt you." she said as she pointed to the burn scar still visible on his back. "I've been the worst sister ever. I'm sorry." Della sobbed apologetically as she drops to her knees crying. "Can you ever forgive me?" she asked.

Della sobbed hysterically, loudly and regretfully, fearing her brother's rejection which she wouldn't blame him for. But to her surprise Donald bent down and lifted her face up as she's crying. She saw him smiling at her with compassion on his face and tears streaming down his face.

"Don't cry Della. There's nothing to forgive. I'm the one who's sorry." Donald said softly as he helped her up and looked at Della directly in the eye. "You were right. Ever since our parents died I have been acting like nothing but a big jerk. I've been a worse bully than Crampelter. I kept telling myself I never needed or wanted you around but the truth is, I needed you more than ever. I've just been so mad at you for 6 months because…because what you said was true." Donald said as began to cry. "It was all my fault that Mom and Dad died. First I broke Dad's heart by saying I hate him, then I ran away, forcing Mom and Dad to look for us and then they got into that car crash. Because of me, they died. I ran away because I wanted to prove our Dad wrong and it was the stupid act of selfishness that caused both our parents to be gone from our lives." Donald looks down crying and holding his arm. "You had every right to be angry at me Della, I'm sorry. I'm the one that should've died in that crash…"

Della looked horrified as she came up to Donald and held his cheeks. "No! Don't say that! I caused all of it by selfishly trying to prove myself to Uncle Scrooge! I don't want you die Donald!" she cried. "If it had been you that died in a crash, none of us would stop grieving…especially me…you're my only brother."

"A brother that's been the biggest jerk in history." huffed Donald. "And to top it all off I…" More tears appeared and his tone became teary and shaky. "I almost killed you up there. You're my twin sister, I'm supposed to look out for you and protect you…but instead I ruthlessly pounded you like a complete monster and I even strangled you. I'm so sorry…for everything Della." he said guiltily.

Della just gave a forgiving smile. "It's okay. I deserved every bit of that… well…" she gave a 50-50 hand motion. "The strangling may have been a bit too far but the punches in the face and stomach were something I deserved. I guess I just needed some sense knocked into me. When I was walking down my cave all alone, I was so scared and frightened."

"You? Scared?" asked Donald, playfully scoffing at that. "Yeah right!"

Della giggled. "I know. Crazy, right? But really, I was scared. For the first time I felt true fear. I was all alone, in solitude. But when I faced that dragon alone and when you and I were reunited I remembered something."

Donald raised an eyebrow. "What did you remember?" he asked.

"I realized that I needed you. I can't stay mad at you forever, no matter what you do. I just can't bring myself to do it. I tried feeding my anger, I wanted to be a daily reminder that you could never make up for what happened to." she replied.

"How did that work out for you?" asked Donald.

Della looked down in shame. "I only ended up hurting myself, caused trouble for Uncle Scrooge and I ended up hurting you more than you already have been."

Donald warmly looked into her eyes.

"You know, when I was alone in my cave I remembered the same thing you did. I was more scared and afraid than I'd ever been in my life. When the both of us reunited and hugged again I remembered how much I needed you as well." he said to her. "Tell me Della, did you really mean it when you told I make up half of who you are?"

Della smiled. "Yes. I meant every word of it." She placed her hand over her heart. "You're a part of me bro. Without you…I felt completely empty."

Donald smiled. "You know what…that's exactly how I felt about you. You're the other half of me sis." He placed his hand over his heart. "You'll always be a part of my heart. Despite my bad luck you always did your best to spend time with me and you're the only person who understands me 100%. Without you, I'm an outcast to the world. I finally remember how much you truly mean to me."

Della beamed. "So do I. And the two of us fought together again."

"Just like old times…right sis?" asked Donald.

Della giggled. "You bet your tail feathers it was like old times bro!" she laughed.

The both of them burst out laughing; happy to have been able to once again feel the joy of working together like they used to in the past.

"Donald. I know I've been a terrible sister for 6 months. Do you think you can find it in your heart to give me a second chance and start over?" Della asked.

"Of course I can you dummy…if I can have a second chance." Donald replied.

Della laughed. "Of course I will. Are we still the Duck Twins?" she asked.

Their smiles grew wider, having missed that name.

"Duck Twins!" cheered Donald.

From his toon space Donald took out Della's scarf and presented it to Della.

"Here. I'm sorry I took it from you." he apologized.

Della sighed with doubt hinged on her face.

"Donald, I don't know. I don't think I deserve it after the way I-"

Donald cut her off. "Why? I brought it for you, remember?"

Seeing the reassuring smile on Donald's face made Della gratefully smile back and let go of enough doubt to take back her scarf and re-wrap it around her neck, completing her outfit again.

"Thank you…Donnie…" she said to him.

Donald chuckled. "I haven't heard that nickname in a while." he remarked.

Della smirked. "Well, you're gonna hear it a lot more from here on out."

Donald spreads out his arms compassionately with an almost tearful expression. "Wanna make this official with an awkward sibling hug?" he asked.

Della put on the same expression and spreads out her arms with the same compassion. "Sincere sibling hug." she replied. "C'mere you."

The both of them slowly wales towards each other, erasing the diminutive space between them and wrap their arms around each other for a warm, tender, brother-sister hug, thus officially rekindling their twin bond. They both cried onto each other's shoulder, letting tears of joy stream down their faces as they embrace, finding a huge amount of comfort and not wanting to let go of each other again. The Duck Twins had finally returned and were stronger than ever.

"Thank you Donnie…for giving me a second chance. You'll always be my brother and I'll always love you." Della said happily.

"I love you too Del. And I promise we'll never be apart like that again. No more guilt." Donald promised.

"No more guilt." Della promised back.

Present:

Aqua was astounded. She was hoffired by the fight, but relived when she heard that the two made amends in such a heartwarming way. But at the mention of Donald using magic at that age...

"You used magic at age of 10?! That's incredible!" she exclaimed.

Donald smiled. "I don't know how I did it. All I wanted was to protect my sister and it happened. I do know that my father somehow passed on his power to me. Merlin helped me harness it after my college years." he explained.

"So what happened after that?" asked Aqua,

"After we defeated the dragon and escaped the caves. It was there we found it's secret treasure: magic gems." said Donald. "They're like mini sure spells, but only for cuts and bruises. But if concentrated real hard by a magical individual, then their powers escalate to the max for injuries. Della and I each had one." Donald explained.

"That's a nice treasure." Aqua said, amazed.

"It was at that moment the Duck Twins were back and better than ever." Donald said fondly.

"That is so beautiful." Aqua said happily. "I'm so happy for you Donald."

Donald smiled. "Thanks. And after that, we had to face another enemy."

Aqua was intrigued. "What was it?" she asked.

"The Gilded Man." Donald said ominously. "It was said to protect the people of Él Dorado. But it went out of control and nearly killed everyone! But Della and I were able to stop it."

Flashback:

"Surprise!" shouted Della.

Della lands on the shoulder of the Gilded Man, staring right it in it's cold blood red robotic eyes without fear. The android releases Scrooge to try and swat Della but she manages to avoid getting crushed.

"Hey ugly!" shouted Donald.

The Gilded Man twists its head to see Donald leaping off with his two blasters.

"Geronimo!" Donald shouted.

He landed right near the neck and Della joined him. The Gilded Man released Beakley and attempted to squash them with both hands but the twins squeezed in through the gaps before they could get crushed. Scrooge quickly helped up Beakley.

"We've done our part Beakely; it's up to the kids! Now run!" he told her.

They made a run for it and the Gilded Man went after them. It hadn't noticed that Donald and Della were crawling inside him. Right now it looks as though they're crawling in a vent.

"Alright! We're inside! That's phase 1 done!" Della cheered.

"Now for phase 2! Total annihilation of the Gilded Man." Donald said, determined.

"And so the Duck Twins find themselves crawling in a vent of death within the deadly and destructive Gilded Man. What will they find in the belly of the robotic beast? Deadly lasers, haywire robots bent on blood and destruction. Let's find out." Della said in a narrator voice.

Donald can't help but roll his eyes.

"Even after months of depression you still can't help but do annoying narrations." he scoffed.

"Aww. Look at the two of us arguing like we used to before the craziness that happened 6 months ago." Della cooed playfully.

Donald can't help but smile with her.

"Good times, huh, sis?" he asked.

"You can say that again bro." Della laughed.

Suddenly, when Donald pressed against a weak part of the vent it broke apart and they slid down screaming. Donald hit the floor hard and Della landed on him.

"Some things never change." Della teased.

"Ha ha. I'm dying of laughter." Donald deadpanned.

Their eyes widened in surprise when they find themselves in a room filled with fuse boxes, gears, pipes and at the front is a huge red diamond connected to some more pipes. They got up and looked around in surprise.

"We must be inside the Gilded Man's core." said Della.

"All this technical stuff inside must be what's allowing it to function." said Donald.

Della grinned and brought up her wrench. "So what do you want a break first?" she asked.

Donald grind with her and brought up his double blasters. "Who cares?! Just smash everything you see." he replied.

Della laughed. "Couldn't have said it better myself."

"This robotic reckloose is about to feel the music! Literally!" He got out his walkman, put in a tape and turned it on, putting the volume at its loudest.

("Come a little bit closer" plays)

Just as the Gilded Man was about to catch up with Scrooge music blared out of its neck, causing it to stop moving and look at itself in confusion. When Scrooge and Beakley heard the music they looked at the Gilded Man in confusion, unable to find the source of the sound.

"Uh…should robots really be blaring out music like that?" Scrooge asked.

"Not that I'm aware of. No." Beakley replied.

The music was spreading across the city, prompting the chief and the surviving citizens to come out of hiding and listen out to the music while speaking out words of surprise and confusion.

Donald and Della were slowly and dramatically walking through the core chamber with grins on their faces as the music played. Donald rested one of his double blasters on his shoulder and Della had her wrench by her side. Donald test out his blasters and fired a shot at one of the gears, damaging it. Della spun her wrench and smashed it against some pipes, breaking them apart and forcing steam to come out.

The Gilded Man began to notice electricity fluctuating around it.

Donald and Della were now smashing random parts of the Gilded Man relentlessly. Donald fired shots from his dual blasters like there's no tomorrow at the multitude of gears inside the core chamber. The gears were broken off and landed on the floor with a loud thud. The shots were filling the walls with multiple holes. He began launching multiple shots into the air and then flew around the room.

Della loosened up a gear with her wrench and it spun out of control before rolling off and smashing into another gear. She smashed her wrench against multiple pipes and fuse boxes, completely breaking them to pieces. She then grinded her wrench against multiple vertical pipelines and had fun doing it.

Donald smashed his blasters against a couple of pipes as well before launching more shots. The twins came together and began to have the time of their lives. The two of them laughed in enjoyment as Donald spun around blasting out hundreds of energy shots that were causing destructive damage around the core chamber and Della continues smashing and grinding her wrench against the pipes as the music continued blaring out. Gears and pipes were sprawling across the room and it was having deadly effects on the android.

The Gilded Man was swirling with electricity. It held its head in pain before its arms began spinning in random directions, completely out of control in terms of its limbs. Its head violently spun around and the two agents watched with glee.

"I think it's safe to say that this is the kids doing." said Beakley.

"Absolutely." nodded Scrooge.

Donald and Della continued having the time of their life destroying the Gilded Man from within.

"Yeehaw!" cheered Donald.

"Woo-hoo!" cheered Della.

Donald then took a look at the red diamond at the front of the room which was actually the heart of Gilded Man. Della looked at it with him and they exchanged knowing smiles. The twins ran to the core and jump on the block it's on.

"Let's blow this thing up!" said Donald.

"With you all the way!" said Della.

Donald yelled out and launched a barrage of shots that pelt the core. Donald shot like there was no tomorrow and the hundreds of shots he blasts out cause a lot of cracks to form on the core. Della began launching a flurry of strikes at the core and repeatedly smashed it with her wrench as Donald blasted it with his blasters. When the both of them hit the core together the damage down caused electricity to swirl around it, sending them screaming.

They both hit the floor hard and when they look up they widen their eyes in fear to see that the entire place was falling apart and it looks like anything could crush them as the core uncontrollably swirled with electricity.

"Uh…run…?" Della asked nervously.

"I'm good with run." said Donald.

"RUN!" they screamed.

They made a run through the chamber and the Gilded Man was more out of control than ever as it geld its head in pain giving a rusted shriek as its eyes begin to crack and one of its arms fell off. Beakely and Scrooge watched in shock and amazement as the android began to fall apart but also horror for the kids.

"No! The children are still inside!" Beakley cried.

"Donald! Della!" Scrooge cried.

Donald and Della managed to make it backup to the top of the metal monstrosity and squeeze out through the gap.

When he spotted them climbing out, Scrooge pointed at the twins.

"There they are! Kids! Get out of that metal monstrosity! It's about to collapse!" Scrooge shouted.

Donald quickly pulled out Della but unfortunately the destruction of the core caused red beams of light to blast out from its chest. The beam of light blasted out from the neck, blowing Donald and Della off the android. Donald grabbed onto the Gilded Man's body to stop himself from falling but Della was too out of reach and ended up screaming down the golden giant and sprawled across the floor.

"NO!" Donald screamed in horror.

Deciding if it was going to die it was going to take someone with it the Gilded Man kneeled down and brought up its remaining arm to crush Della. She screamed in fear and absolute horror but Donald refused to allow it and leaps off towards his twin.

"DELLAAAAAAAA!" Donald screamed.

Donald tackled his sister and they rolled across the ground before getting crushed. They looked up in horror to see the Gilded Man attempting it again. He brought up his hand proceeded to smash them. The Duck Twins hugged onto each other brace themselves for the end. The hand crashed onto the ground, creating a large dust cloud.

Scrooge and Beakely have their mouths wide open in horror fearing the worse. They expected Donald and Della to be dead but to their greatest relief that wasn't the case.

When the dust settled, it revealed the fingers dug into the ground but Donald Della weren't crushed; they're were just beneath its hand. The Gilded Man completely shut down before it could finish the job and its eyes completely turned off.

Donald and Della were hugged on to each other for comfort, Donald providing the most protection. Della pulled back completely terrified from her near death experience. She looked at Donald with tears of fear streaming down her face but her twin brother comforts her by gently touching her cheeks and giving an almost tearful smile.

"You…saved me…" Della whispered.

"I promised. I promised I'd always protect you. That won't ever change Della." Donald said softly.

Della's fearful expression turned into a smile and her tears of fear turned into tears of joy and gratitude, incredibly touched by her brother's words and action. She gently touched his cheeks before wrapping her arms around him for a soft and tender hug.

"Thanks Donnie." Della said gratefully.

Donald was a little surprised but then smiled and affectionately wrapped his arms around Della reciprocating her hug. Scrooge and Beakely quickly ran over to the both of them. Donald was the first to come out and then helped up Della. They became happy when they see Uncle Scrooge running towards them. (1)

Present:

"That was a great story Donald." Aqua said in amazement. "Whatever happened to the Gilded Man?"

Donald thought for a moment. "Pretty sure we stuffed him in the garage over at the manor." he replied.

Aqua giggled. "Thanks for sharing with me." she said as she placed a hand on Donald's shoulder. "And hey, I know how you and Della felt about your parents not deserving to die." she said softly.

Donald looked up at her, curious. "Whaddya mean?" he asked.

Aqua sighed as she looked at her Wayfinder.

"You have a Wayfinder too?" Donald asked in surprise.

Aqua was taken aback. "You know what this is?" she asked.

Donald nodded as he pulled out the one Della gave him. "Della made one of these for me and for herself." he explained. "These things help remind us that no matter what happens, no matter how far apart we are, we'll always connected together."

Aqua smiled. "That's what I said to Terra and Ven when I made these for us." she said. She then sighed sadly as Donald put his away. "As I was saying before, I know you you and Della felt. After we rescued Terra, he was able to live his life again for only a month."

Aqua sniffed. "And then Thanos snapped his fingers, Terra was among those who were killed." she said sadly. "He didn't deserve this. He had just gotten to live his life again."

Donald patted Aqua's shoulder. "I'm sorry Aqua. A lot of people didn't deserve this. Terra, Daisy, Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Riku, Kairi, especially Lea, Naminé, and Xion." he said sadly. "Lea had gotten his heart back after his Heartless and Nobody were destroyed and Naminé and Xion got to be their own people like Roxas and Lena. And then Thanos snapped those three away."

Donald looked up at Aqua.

"But at least we have each other, right?" he asked.

Aqua smiled sadly. "Yeah. All of us."

Aqua stood up. "Thanks Donald. Come on, let's head back inside."

Donald nodded as the two made their way to the elevator.

Donald and Aqua walked back to where Natasha and Steve were.

"You guys good?" asked Donald.

Natasha nodded. "Yeah. We're good."

"Any missions?" asked Aqua.

"None right now." said Steve.

Just then, the doors flew open as Roxas and Ven ran into the room, to the surprise of the four Avengers.

"Guys!" called Ven.

"Roxas, Ven, you're back!" Aqua said in surprise.

"How'd the mission go?" asked Natasha.

"Good." said Roxas. "But you won't believe who we found.

"Who did you find?" asked Donald.

Then, Scott entered the room. "Uh, hey guys." he greeted.

"SCOTT?!" Aqua, Steve, and Natasha exclaimed in shock.

"Wait, as in Scott Lang? Ant-Man?!" Donald asked in surprise.

Scott nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, that's-that's me." he replied. "Oh, you must be Donald Duck."

Donald smiled awkwardly as he shook Scott's hand.

"We thought you were dusted." Steve said in confusion.

"What happened?" asked Aqua.

Scott began to pace as he tried to figure out here to start. "Have you ever studied Quantum Physics?" he asked the six Avengers.

"Only to make conversation." said Natasha.

"Alright. So... five months ago, right before Thanos, I was in a place called the Quantum Realm." said Scott. "The Quantum Realm is like its own microscopic universe. To get in there, you have to be incredibly small. Hope, she's my... She was my…"

Scott struggled to not tell the entire truth about his and Hope's relationship, but Roxas, Ven, Aqua, and Donald who had seen/heard about it, looked at him in sympathy.

"She was supposed to pull me out. And then Thanos happened, and I got stuck in there." continued Scott.

"I'm sorry." said Natasha.

"That must've been a very long five months." said Donald.

"Yeah, but that's just it. It wasn't. For me, it was five minutes." said Scott.

Donald, Roxas, Aqua, Ven, Steve, and Natasha were surprised.

"Wait, you were only in there for five minutes?" Ven asked in shock.

Scott nodded. "Yeah. The rules of the Quantum Realm aren't like they are up here. Everything is unpredictable." he replied before noticing Natasha's sandwich. "Is that anybody's sandwich? I'm starving."

He strode over to pick up Nat's sandwich, and bit into it.

"Scott, what are you talking about?" asked Scott.

"What I'm saying is, time works differently in the Quantum Realm. The only problem is right now, we don't have a way to navigate it." said Scott. "But what if we did? I can't stop thinking about it. What if, we could somehow control the chaos, and we could navigate it? What if there was a way to enter the Quantum Realm at a certain point in time but then exit at another point in time? Like... Like before Thanos." he explained.

"Wait, are you talking about a time machine?" asked Steve.

"No. No, of course not. No, not a time machine. It's more like a…" Scott trailed off before realizing that was what he was implying. "Yeah, a time machine. I know it's crazy. But I can't stop thinking about it. There's gotta be some way... There's gotta be...some w... it's crazy."

"Scott. I get emails from a raccoon." said Natasha. "And I'm friends with a talking duck who's supposed to be a TV character." she added, motioning to Donald.

"That's me." nodded Donald.

"And I'm friends with people who are supposed to be video game characters." Natasha added, gesturing to Ven, Aqua, and Roxas.

"Still pretty shocking." said Aqua.

"I know right." said Ven.

"We gotta tell Sora!" said Donald. "If there's a chance to get everyone back, then we're gonna need help."

"Go find him, we'll wait." said Steve.

"Right." said Roxas.

With that said, the four walked away.

The gym:

Sora was lifting weights. He wore his regular v-neck shirt, purple sweatshorts, white socks, and blue shoes.

"97… 98... 99….. 100!" Sora panted as he set the weight down.

Sora got up and wiped the sweat from his head with a towel. He sat down as he looked at some pictures through his Gummiphone.

He gazed at a picture of himself, Riku, and Kairi. Then, one of him, Donald, and Goofy. Then, one of him, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. Then, one of him, Aqua, Terra, and Ven. Then, another one of him, Roxas, Lea, Xion, and Naminé.

Sora sighed heavily as before he went into the locker room. As he got changed, he desperately tried hard to not cry. He felt like he hadn't just failed his friends, but everyone. ½ of all life in the universe was dead, including Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Lea, Xion, Naminé, and Terra, friends who he was very close too. He didn't know if his parents and his other friends such as Hayner, Pence, Olette, Isa, Myde, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, Scrooge, Ludwig, Beakley, Launchpad, Seifer, Rai, Fuu, Vivi, and the Restoration Committee were alive or not.

Sora sighed as he slipped on his jacket and looked out the window looking miserable.

Then, Donald, Roxas, Aqua, and Ven entered the gym.

"Hey Sora." said Ven.

"We got something you might wanna hear." said Donald.

Sora sighed heavily. "Leave me alone." he said sadly.

Ven, Roxas, Aqua, and Donald tarded concerned glances before Ven walked up to Sora. "Come on, you need to hear this. You used to be fearless, you would have given your life to save Kairi. And not just her, you risked your life to save all of us."

"You kept the hearts of me, Xion, and Ven safe for so long." said Roxas. "And you believed that me, Xion, and Naminé deserve to exist and you didn't hesitate to take that chance when it was given."

"You were willing to venture into dangerous places so me, Terra, Ven, and as a bonus, Cloud, Zack, Isa, and Ansem the Wise could have a chance to have normal lives again." said Aqua. "Even when I thought I couldn't be saved, you never gave up."

"Just like how never gave up on any of us or all of our friends." added Donald. "Sora, you never back gave up even during the darkest times. Because you cared for us, and weren't gonna let us down."

"Don't you know what that meant to us? You gave us all courage." said Ven.

Sora remained silent.

Ven then remembered what Sora once said to Beast during their second visit to his castle. "Hmph. Maybe you should've kept some for yourself." he muttered. "I mean, are you really going to throw your happiness away?"

Sora gasped a little from hearing his own words coming out of Ven's mouth.

Flashback, during the events of Kingdom Hearts II:

Sora, Donald, and Goofy were trying to convince Beast to come out of his room, make amends with Belle, and help them stop Xaldin.

"You used to be fearless. You would have given your life to save Belle. Don't you know what that meant to us? You gave us all courage. Hmph. Maybe you should've kept some for yourself." said Sora.

Present:

"Are you also really going to also throw away who you are just because of one battle you lost?" asked Ven. "You loved Kairi more than anything in the world, didn't you? She was the hope and light inside your heart. Well, we lost people we loved too."

"I lost two of my best friends from childhood right before my eyes before I lost Daisy." said Donald. "And when she died, I felt like I lost everything, especially after I had already lost Della and our parents. I know how you feel."

"Terra told me how Master Eraqus died." said Aqua. "He was heartbroken as he had found out Xehanort goaded him into fighting his own master, leaving him to be killed."

"Look, we have another chance to make things right." said Roxas. "We can get everyone back if you can help us."

"So don't throw away this chance." said Ven. "Do you really want to live in guilt forever?"

Sora absorbed their words before standing up. Something was flowing inside of him. It was something he hadn't felt in a very long time.

Hope.

"I know one thing." said Sora, still facing away.

"What's that?" asked Roxas.

Sora turned around with a determined expression.

"This world belongs to everyone who lives in it, the same goes for the people in all the other worlds. Xehanort will never be welcome near me." he said to them.

Donald walked up to Sora and held up his finger.

"Sora. Remember what I said when we first met. This boat only rides with happy faces. No frowning, no being sad." he reminded with a smile. "Now come on! Show me that happy face Goofy and I loved seeing."

Roxas and Ven chuckled at the memory while Aqua looked confused.

Sora looks away for a moment as though he refused until he turned again and bent down with the weird and funny smiley face he gave Donald and Goofy when he first met them.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Donald, Aqua, Roxas, and Ven burst out laughing. Ven and Donald basically had tears in their eyes.

"That is so funny!" Aqua laughed.

The laughter died down.

"Alright, alright, alright, let's go." Sora chuckled as they walked out of the gym.

The five met up with Steve, Natasha, and Scott again.

"Hey Sora, how are ya feeling?" asked Steve.

"Better Cap." said Sora. He gasped when he saw Scott. "Scott?! Is that you?!"

"Sora?" Scott asked in surprise. "Wow, you've really grown since the last time I saw you."

Sora chuckled. "I was de-aged during the Mark of Mastery Exam." he replied.

Aqua looked puzzled. "I don't remember that being part of the Mark of Mastery." she murmured to herself.

"So I hear that you guys have an idea on how to bring everyone back." said Sora.

"We're thinking of building a time machine." said Scott.

Sora was surprised. "A time machine?! Why didn't you say so?! I mean, we've time traveled before."

This took Steve, Scott, and Natasha back.

"You have?" asked Natasha.

"They have. I haven't." clarified Aqua.

"Yet." smirked Ven, making Aqua giggle.

"So who do we talk to about this?" asked Scott.

Sora, Aqua, Ven, Roxas, and Donald smirked.

"We know a guy." said Ven.

To be continued…

Next chapter, the attempts at time travel. See ya then!

(1) Special ghanks to Super Sayian Odd 3 for letting me use scenes from his story "Tales of the Duck Twins."