Of Keys and Hammers

by zcritic88

In a realm beyond, the Four Chaos has taken notice of a realm tied close to the heart. They squirmed into the darkness and sought to corrupt if to reach a prize beyond the light. Will the Light of Order, be able to repel this ancient evil?

56. Dropping Into The Mind

At the outskirts of the park, Aqua and Scrooge watched a grand light show light up, signalling the end of a productive day. "It's moments like these that draw so many hearts together, both young and old." He turned to ask. "Now, those Kharadron fellows sound like an enterprise on its own. If there is one thing that draws there kind towards venture, it's the chance of well earned gold. This aether gold don't sound like anything I laid eyes on though."

Aqua hummed. "If it's something pretty exclusive to the realms, they'll be leaving once this is all over and that's if we are lucky. That stuff is worth a lot more as a resource compared to the gold used for money." Scrooge nodded to that and pointed his cane at her. "Aye lass, that doesn't sound like something even the greediest of lots take for granted. Give me till tomorrow to sort this thing out and I'll be at the Realmgate at the crack of sun, you need a professional business man to talk with one."

Aqua shook on that. "Agreed, Halvek might get the full scope if he knows what Garland is capable of, but he isn't a believer of magic and it's hard to explain that part. I'll go talk to Bryn about how this is going to go so we can get straight to business tomorrow. I'll bet those kids had a good time." Scrooge counted on it. "I'm sure they have had their fill on the fun, they are going to need that to see the light in the end of the tunnel for tomorrow." Aqua felt that analogy made sense. "That light is after we kick Garland a new one and how the Realmgate opens up new possibilities to stay connected to those from the other side." She turned to leave and asked. "Don't tell them I came here," She left the park and for Scrooge to look forward to future possibilities, a monorail came sailing by to let the guests loose. Seeing the satisfaction in the crowd warmed his heart.

In the crowd.

Sora and Kairi realized Ken and Olette were keeping a secret of something and having odd smiles, the spiky haired teenager caught up with them and asked. "Hey, what gives?"

Ken was the first to realize he was found out and asked. "You really want to know?" Kairi blinked and realized. "You and Olette saw that?" The brown haired girl nodded and whispered to the two. "Yeah and we told each other that was close enough." She and Ken looked to each other with a nod, she vowed. "We're keeping this to ourselves, what's left is between you two."

Ken snickered with his own vow. "Unless someone is looking into our phones, this is a secret the worlds would only be shown." He pointed to the two. "By you two." He giggled like a child as Sora blushed. "...I... guess I can live with that. What are you going to do now?" Ken answered as he and Olette were unaware they were holding hands while holding bags of stuff. "I'm going to make sure Olette and her friends get home safely before heading back."

Olette blushed. "That be a little nice this late at night."

Kairi agreed with that and promised Olette. "Then maybe later we could talk about that diorama. It sounds way too silly to not pass up."

The group made it out of the park, where they waited for Riku, Donald, Goofy, Hayner and Pence to get out. Sora noticed Goofy having a parting farewell to Max and P.J and yawned. "If, any of us don't have anything else to do, I guess that means we can get going." Kairi sighed as Ken and Olette gave a farewell. "I'll go tell Master we're done with the park and most of us are coming back." She blushed in a pleasant memory as Riku gave his goodbye to the boys and approached ready to fall asleep. "*Yawn* What a night,"

An hour later at Radiant Garden.

Xion and the Replica left a train and were immediately greeted by red eyes from the shadows, half dropped and looked like they were apologizing about something. Xion sighed. "Thank you for saving us Shadey, we appreciated it." The Replica agreed with that. "We weren't asking you to leave because you were doing something wrong, it's because you turned into giant dinosaur monster and that might have turned into a misunderstanding."

He and Xion looked up to the stars as the red eyes disappeared, they felt the creature's presence with them and they walked towards a familiar house. Xion kept a watchful eye and asked. "We need to find Baldred first thing in the morning, that witch had a familiar air when she tried to chase that Coachman away." The Replica had a better idea. "We need to tell Ken's mom about THAT guy if he ever shows his face around here, I don't think it's going to be the last we seen of him and that woman needs to know about the warding spell and why it exists."

Xion agreed wholly as she and her brother reached the house and heard something unlocking. Finding a tired blonde woman in pajamas. "Next time, warn me if you're going to be gone that long. I been worried sick. Did you have a good time?"

The children nodded as the Replica answered. "One of the best nights we had, except for one detail we need to tell you about." The woman wondered what that was as the two closed the door and lead the woman into Ken's bed room. Alone, Xion spoke. "Someone from Dad's neighborhood found out what we been doing and tried to drag us back, tried to abduct us while in the park."

The woman gasped and asked. "Where was security?" The Replica answered that one. "Oh they were doing there job, that scumbag was using something called a corridor of darkness to do so, to appear from in between worlds. We are a bit worried he would do it again."

He closed the door. "So we have a favor to ask, don't freak out." He closed his eyes and focused his mind, giving off an odd glow of will power and caused a glow of light to rush from the room and all over the house. Ken's mother guessed. "That's so he and his buddies don't show up here?"

The Replica nodded. "As of now, you, you're son, you're son's friends and the people we know and trust in this town are able to get in and out easily, everyone else isn't coming in." The woman heard something small outside trying to get in and having a struggle, she opened the window and looked down from it to find a gnawing mouse trying and failing to get in. She laughed, went fully back in the house and closed the door. "Nice spell, you're Dad taught you that for that reason?"

The Replica nodded. "We don't see eye to eye, but he cares enough about us to teach us how to fend for each other." Xion was relieved of that and put a bag down, showing the herrerasaurus in the box. "Now that is done, do you want to hear what else happened? It was a fun time."

The mother sighed. "It's past midnight, I only stayed up so I can let you two in, I'll be in a better mood tomorrow." Xion sighed disappointed and felt drowsy. "Okay." The Replica patted her on the back as the woman yawned and looked at the dinosaur. "Nice dinosaur, I don't think I heard of this one before."

Xion explained. "It's a herrerasaurus from the Triassic Period and came before most of the dinosaurs you heard about." The woman jolted a mental spark. "That explains a lot, before it evolved things that is seen in other dinosaurs? Nice. Alright, I'm glad you are safe now. Sweet dreams."

She gave the siblings and affectionate hug and left them be. The Replica took off his jacket and sunglasses exhausted, he went to a bed and collapsed on it. "Good night." Xion agreed and went to another. "Good night."

At the Land of Departure.

Aqua finished giving a report to Mickey. "Scrooge said yes, we're on track." The mouse felt chipper about that. "With luck, the hardest part of this trip is getting back to Azyr where the Heartstone is and coming back here. It took three days to power the Heartstone the first time?" Aqua nodded. "And it hasn't been used for a while, so it might need to be recharged again. Until then, you're on your own."

"I'm back Master!"

Aqua looked towards the only path down the mountain and saw Kairi rushing to her, giving her a hello hug, the keyblade master hugged back and welcomed her. "Welcome back." The two let go, Aqua noticed a bag with something and asked. "How was you're trip?"

Kairi answered. "Long and fun, it's so late that it would be morning by the time I tell you it all." Aqua gasped and wondered as she noticed Sora, Donald, Goofy and Riku arriving, she gave a welcoming nod. "Then I suppose it be late for most of you as well." She decided. "There is some guest rooms you can use for now, I'll show you that once everyone is here."

Sora yawned. "T...Thanks, Ken ought to be here in a couple minutes." Riku explained why that was. "He is making sure some of our friends got home safely," He smiled sarcastically. "So once that's settled, we're making camp? I guess we're going to find out quickly tomorrow." Mickey agreed with that. "We need to make sure we don't leave any of the worlds Garland is attacking undefended, this could get hectic."

Riku heard someone coming and turned around to find Ken with his eyes half closed and looking like they were on the verge of falling asleep. "Well, how did that go?"

Ken was half asleep and answered. "We talked about some things, I'll talk about in the morning. Then Olette and I talked about the diorama project. She is taking care of Nodo and Crichton while I keep watch of Poly and Zurg." Aqua had no idea what Ken said and tried to think of something as Kairi answered. "Nodo, Crichton and Polly are three kinds of dinosaurs, all three of them from the same family as well." She giggled. "I got a Pentaceratops and a Chasmosaurus figure that might help make that diorama pop out."

She looked at the dazed Ken. "But not today, think it's about time we rest for the night? We got an early day." The half asleep boy nodded and approached the castle gate, Aqua opened the door and invited the group in. "Let's do that before you fall asleep."

She giggled as Ken followed the indoor light on instinct, Sora found it a little funny. "It yawn can take a lot out of us." He and the others followed as Donald and Goofy hesitated to go in, the captain of the guard turned to Mickey and asked. "Ain't you coming?"

Mickey shook his head. "Nah, someone has to keep an eye on the gate." Donald sighed and saw the cozy campfire. "Then I guess that someone isn't going to be alone." Goofy agreed with that as he and Donald rested by a Realmgate that had a glow with in, Riku looked back and was jolted awake by what was accomplished. "This is actually working?!" He stopped as Mickey answered. "Yep, we just need one more thing that can be handled tomorrow. Good night."

The more awake teenagers gave a good night back as Ken muttered in a zombie like trance. "Night King Mickey." He almost fell asleep and was woken up by an accidental button press and a toy shouting. "Bow before me!" The one armed boy gasped awake and realized he was nearly out. Aqua asked. "Come on, we're almost there, just fight it for a couple more minutes."

At a rather well kept shack in Radiant Garden.

Baldred rested on a mattress on a table and felt his mind in a deep sleep. He found himself on a cliff, overlooking a vast sea, feeling like he was at home. His eyes drifted to the endless water. A fiery voice whispered from behind him. "There is no more path, beyond the fog of a buried past and a future beyond certainty. What could possible await you?"

Baldred felt the voice an odd welcome and kept looking on, he reached his hand out and found a glowing heart, one looking grey, yet glowing in fire. "That, only I can decide, only I can see. Whether it is light or dark, I know the others would be blessed not to follow."

The voice chuckled. "Even when the Curse ceased to be? Even with all the worldly wonders? You're heart still yearns for more." Baldred answered back. "Such is a heart, such is the way of the humanity that's mine. To find... meaning." He put the burning heart close to his chest. "Are these illusions?"

The voice answered. "You shed the yoke that bound the ways of the world, you continued to exist, as others have forgotten even their names. You're journey is far from over; Young Monarch, Conqueror of Fear, Paladin of Justice, Master of Dark, what are thou truly?" The heart sank into Baldred's chest and he stood up, he turned to face a bonfire. "Nice titles, but it's just Baldred now. These worlds are becoming part of an endless cycle, what am I to do to bring them into balance?"

The fire crackled and the sight of glowing red eyes formed. "That is what we still seek, for the mending of the worlds to begin. The key that is beyond the cycle." Baldred knew what the flame was talking about. "The Key of Flames, the Key that opened my name. It too was cinders?" The eyes blinked. "The near Hollowed Heart has been filled with Life once more, but it seeketh embers. It seeketh, balance."

Baldred asked. "As it holds to the Light, it needs the Dark. This will not be the last time they come to me for the Dark, the other side of Men. Perhaps, I should seek them now?" The eyes in the fire agreed to that and sparkled in shock, the fire went out.

The warm world around slowly became cold. The sky turned to dark, to the point that Baldred couldn't see. The warrior felt a katana in hand and glowed his hand in fire, he slowly ignited the sword and used it as a torch, he found yellow eyes staring back at him and was spooked. He took a deep breath and braced himself, squirming creatures of darkness crawled after him enmasse.

SLASH! SLASH! ROLL!

Baldred slashed at the and dodged, he felt the Chime of Want in his free hand and saw the dark creatures approaching in greater numbers, trying to pin him down. PULSE! Baldred showed no fear and let loose a wave of light, vaporizing the horde. He put his chime close to his chest in a prayer and caused it to shine more, he raised it in the air and caused a yellow rune to form, striking bolts of lightning against the darkness. Giving the Warrior time to go down a free path that lead to a hole in the ground, it had a spiral stair way leading into the dark. A voice called out. "This world's heart was bound by Fire for ages past, yet the Dark grew." Baldred went down the spiral stair way in a trance, out of a curiosity, the voice continued. "The inhabitants coveted this Light. Blind to the Abyss that called to them, like one to lost children."

Baldred used his katana to light the way as he descended down into the darkness. "As the parent that seen the truth of those who hide behind that False Light. The flame is wondrous, but it never lasts." The katana's fire went out and Baldred saw the stairway more clearly. "Yet, the True Light is always there, even when you least expect it."

The voice paused, rather astonished. "Or is it you're true purpose, to thrive in the Dark?" Baldred hurried to the bottom, found a grey door and answered. "Nothing short of the night sky shelters me, I know what lurks. For what is me?" He opened it and found an pitch black void, Baldred gave a smile and stepped in, finding himself in a crypt most familiar. An angel like creature with an odd red emblem emerged and glowed its wings, firing beams upon the warrior. Baldred rolled forward and was pounced on the back by a black claw, he turned to find a shadow like creature rushing towards him. SLASH!

Baldred carved it in two, put the katana away and drew out his halberd, he rolled backwards to avoid a beam and saw a humanoid shadow crawling in the ground. Baldred took out a bone staff and used it to form a dark distortion that blocked another wave of beams. The shadow creature jumped out and kicked the knight, missing from the distortion, Baldred jumped back and spun his polearm to knock the shadow on its knees and slammed the blade at its neck. He turned to face the angel and focused the staff, glowing in blue light and flinging an orb of soul like energy, the angel flew above and was met with another cloud that pelted arrows upon it. Baldred finished it off with a massive arrow of energy that burst into many. Causing the angel to vanish into darkness and let loose a pink heart, Baldred felt satisfied with his answer. "I lurk and I know something is hiding from me in the Dark."

He went forward an endless hall as the voice asked. "You seek what is in the Dark? Not even knowing what is in here?"

Baldred shrugged without a care. "I'm here, for that is the only thing that should be here. Now come on out, unless you're scared of the Dark yourself." He found himself passing a doorway and into cave, finding a strange, white haired man with golden eyes, looking like he was offended, Baldred laughed arrogantly. "Found you, Abyss Seeker."

He stopped laughing as the Abyss Seeker formed a grey keyblade. "So this is how you traverse the Darkness? You dove in without looking back at the Light?" Baldred jingled his chime to a self oath. "I dove in, knowing that was all that awaits. But in the depths, I found what is hiding, something that should never be. Without it, there will be only me here." The Abyss Seeker looked ready for battle. "You delve this far and still you understand little. You will find only Darkness here."

Baldred looked to his right and jumped immediately, dodging an uppercut from a shadow demon with bandage like bindings and a heart like hole in its chest, he rolled back to avoid the man charging in a blink of an eye and letting loose a swift, yet brutal sounding combo. He swiped back with his halberd to counter, the man jumped back and shot a barrage of purple pellets at him, the warrior rolled under and struck again, he was side punched by the shadow demon and flew to his left, left open to a quick combo that sent him against a wall.

Baldred side jumped to the right and took out an orange flask, drinking from it and bringing his staff forward. The man vanished, Baldred ran forward and spun to find the Abyss Seeker once more, he raised his staff in the air and caused beams around him to fire. Catching the man off guard and forcing him to step back.

FLING!

Baldred shot a spear of energy. "You speak only of those that hide in the Dark. That's just another form of life," WOOSH! The Shadow Demon rushed from the ground and sent Baldred on his back, forcing him to roll and pull himself up, the Abyss Seeker hummed. "And where was your heart born from? Where did it go and why was it so Hollow?"

Baldred shrugged. "I'm never certain, where it went, nor do I care. As for the Hollowing, you denied me my peace and brought it to what Man gives. The cruelty nearly swallowed me, that is the Dark mankind has always shown."

The Shadow Demon rushed him again, Baldred dodged it and focused his staff to a different shade, a shade the man was familiar with. "And I suppose that cruelty is what lurks in what you call the Dark."

Baldred agreed and held his staff with both hands as it formed into a dark great sword. "All that hides in it, envy, greed, the wants I seek. It draws in the Dark and lashes out." The Abyss Seeker rushed after Baldred once more and was parried, the man felt what the blade radiated and looked fascinated. "This is what you made with your own Darkness? Something you will never have?"

He pushed back, Baldred rolled nimbly and confessed. "It's allure called to me upon the moment I set my eyes on it." PEW! He dodged the man and slashed the dark blade, causing a wave of darkness to cut at his foe. "Yet that Want is why I make this. A brilliance to satiate the envy."

The dark great sword looked more corporeal and the Abyss Seeker looked to be feeling the sting of pain. "And without that, you are alone in the Dark? In a world of nothing." Baldred snickered. "Nothing but me and the Light that isn't afraid of it anymore. It knows I mean it no harm, can the same be said of you? Are you jealous of it?"

The Shadow Demon appeared behind the Abyss Seeker with both hands raised up, Baldred rolled back and felt a rumbling shock wave, intimidating him and having him realize. "You are and you're trying to prove what about the Dark?"

The Abyss Seeker growled. "Enough! Look around you," He vanished again, Baldred kept his guard and tried to move, he felt something heavy holding his feet down, dark chains, something grabbed to his arms and forced him out of the grip of his sword, causing it to turn back into a staff of bone, more chains. It hoisted him up and caused him to kick wildly in the air, the chains tugged on its own and flipped him around to find the Abyss Seeker, Baldred stopped and chuckled. "I get it, it's everywhere around me. You still haven't changed my mind, keh, heh, heh, heh."

The man had a rather malicious smile at the unfazed knight. "Then look at what is with in, would the Light ever accept this?"

SWIPE!

Baldred felt the blade slash through his chest, causing a dark ooze to bleed out, the knight felt something rushing out and gave a yell of pain, a black specter flew out of his chest and caused a black mist to follow. The knight felt like something was blowing out from inside and clawing endlessly, the Abyss Seeker was blown back and kept a distance, Baldred panted and felt an odd heat crying out, the darkness burned in fire and let loose haunting screams and wails. Baldred gritted his teeth and hissed. "That's you're answer." He smiled under his helmet and irritated the Abyss Seeker more to where he asked. "And you're still content with staying in Darkness?!"

Baldred kept that smile, knowing it was getting under the man's skin. "How about you look what's right under this helm for that answer, it would make one of us feel better about this." The Abyss Seeker laughed sarcastically at him. "I'm not giving you the satisfaction. You're kind relishes Darkness much more than those of the Light would allow and where will they toss your heart when it is all over?"

Baldred hummed. "Would they? Would they pay heed to something that isn't among them? Or would they keep about the splendor of life?" The Abyss Seeker shook his head and felt there was little to nothing more he was getting out of him.

WOOSH!

The man heard something to his right and turned, he was sent flying by a wave of Darkness, Baldred looked to find a witch in tattered robes with five wisp like orbs floating around her, she tossed black fire balls at the chains to break them loose. The knight fell and was enthralled and shaking at the presence of the witch, he crawled back in a reeling fear, the Abyss Seeker shook off the dark attack and was seeing the odd reaction, the Witch giggled to Baldred. "Cheeky Undead, such bravado you held until you found something that came from the Dark."

She raised a finger at the burning dark storm and spun it to fly it back into the Knight, like she had absolute control. She had a more stoic stare to the Abyss Seeker. "It's regrettable that there are so many views that could never co exist. Those of the Light will see which holds more truth one day."

She formed a dark sword in the palm of her hands, the Abyss Seeker realized exactly what is wrong with the witch. "You were not exaggerating. What are you?"

The witch answered. "Just a monster of the Dark and I suppose you know what monsters do." She gave an uneasy smile at the Abyss Seeker as specs of light trickled from the ceiling above, Baldred cringed and got up to see the light shining in the cave, giving color like stars. The knight was drawn to the sight and wandered, the witch approached the Abyss Seeker battle ready and swung.

Parry!

The man easily pushed her back and saw a theory of his wandering off into the light. "And yet you aid this dark heart and send it back to where it doesn't belong?" The witch let her sword vanish and she pressed her hands together. "It is but a Want, something that will never be so long as they are in Chaos."

Her hands sparked in fire as the man asked more bewildered. "You believe these two elements could ever co-exist in harmony?" The witch rolled her eyes. "It's a Want he seeks, that could never be for a Child of the Dark." The man jumped back as the witch slammed her hands to the ground and unleashed a fire storm.

Baldred reached for the light and found a blackness above, he noticed ladders and chose to ignore the fighting in the back ground, he climbed up the ladders and reached to the exit of the cave. Finding himself back in the cliff side town, basked under a dark sky that had glittering stars lighting it up.

He found at the spot he was sitting at, a bonfire that was lit. He approached the bonfire and sat back to where he was, watching the sea trickle from the heavenly lights. He saw a comet rush across the sky and let loose a spark of light. The knight woke up in his shack and found it still night, he saw a letter was pushed through the underneath of a door, a letter. He got up and picked it up, he opened it and read it out loud. "Seek me in the belly, Dark Lord of Cinder. Heart... Karla?!" He put the letter away and opened the door for a venture. "Did Karla know of that dream?"

At the Land of Departure.

Aqua and Kairi watched Ken open the box of Zurg and the Polacanthus on a table, setting the emperor on top of the dinosaur. Ken looked amused and closed his eyes, he undid his cybernetic arms bindings and took it off, he put it in the case and tiredly laughed. "He be trying to do this."

Kairi looked at the two toys and saw the image a bit fitting. "But would Poly just take that?" Ken shook his head. "If she smells a good plant, she do what she wants. Ha, ha, ha." He felt a bed calling to him and was ready to close the door. "Night Kairi, night Mom. I'll see you early."

Aqua flinched as the door closed, Kairi was a little in disbelief and blushed. "He really is tired." Aqua chose to view that name she was called as exhausted slurring and guided Kairi to her room. "Y...yeah, everyone should be settling in by now. It's going to be early, so I expect you to be ready at the crack of dawn." Kairi yawned and agreed. "We'll tell you everything that's happened tomorrow," She went in the room and turned to her teacher, giggling. "Good night Mom." The second take caught the keyblade master more off guard, she stared at the closed door for a brief moment and turned for her own nightly schedule, not to far down to find a well kept, if barely used room to rest on.

She took off her shoes, closed the door and laid down on her back, trying to forget of what happened. She remembered a conversation from earlier and was instead more charmed. "So that's what she was talking about. Ha. I hope they don't make it a habit." She closed her eyes and felt her mind drifting away, until she felt herself on a couch in a castle with a dark, if welcoming atmosphere, she found an odd blobbish, mouse like creature flicking a remote switch at a t.v. Showing all kinds of strange events going on, one looked to be a snowy mountain, others being grassy planes and one of an island. The blob creature was annoyed and slipped the remote by accident, causing it to land on Aqua's lap, she took it and increased the volume. "If you're not going to decide, I will."

The show switched to strange, bipedal, cat like creatures grazing at plants, making less sense to her, the image panned towards a more menacing figure on a mountain, a green feathered, red necked, flying reptile with a long neck and beak, it wore a Mayan crown. Aqua heard drowning gibberish and wanted to switch out, yet felt compelled to keep staring. "Is this thing... preying on the cats?"

In a dream about an island.

Sora felt himself wandering a shore endlessly, unaware of what was going on, he found an odd two path trial, one leading deeper into the island and one leading further to the beach. The jungle looked promising and distracted him from two familiar voices, one of a confused boy asking. "Sora, what are you doing here?!" Sora focused back and found Ven with Stitch catching something on his scent and drawing out four laser guns. Sora chuckled and approached. "We came back from Disneyland a while ago and were told to rest up at the castle. The next thing I know after falling asleep, I'm here."

Ven felt that made sense. "So we're sharing the same dream?" He looked to a jungle and acted like he was use to it. "Alright, I guess this is where the dream is trying to take us." The sound of odd noises gave Stitch a reason to chase it down, the boys followed to a more grassy land, finding odd round, plush cats, purring and meowing. Stitch growled and fired upon them, causing many to jump back in shock and sprint away into the jungle like a bunch of odd cats, save for a big blue one that was resting on the grass bed, purring like a mortar boat.

Ven shouted. "Hey, knock it off, Stitch!" The alien grumbled and babbler loudly in an argument, Ven answered like he understood the words. "We had no idea if those things were going to attack us," He closed his eyes. "They were just," Plop!

He opened his eyes, Sora noticed the sound of water and of something trying to reach the surface. Ven jumped in after a sinking Stitch and left Sora to confront a sleeping cat that quickly opened its eyes awake, it barked and confused the boy more.

Swoop!

A familiar looking, green bodied, red necked reptile flew down beak first and grabbed the cat by the tail, it flew away to an odd Mayan pyramid, Sora gasped to that as Ven swam back up the surface with a wet Stitch. The older boy climbed to the center island and saw hints of the reptile with the cat. "What happened?" Sora answered with his keyblade drawn. "That's a Quetzalcoatlus, what's that doing here?!"

Ven pretended like he knew of the reptile. "Does that matter? Did it swoop down and take the cat?" Sora nodded, Ven sighed and drew his own out, he caused it to turn into a glide and jumped on with Stitch landing on front, guns ready, he asked Sora. "Hop on," Sora jumped on the glider, Ven focused and caused it to take off towards the pyramid like temple.

Oddly enough, there was nothing getting in the way save for a landing right at the bottom of the pyramid. The three jumped out and Ven changed his glider back to a Keyblade and looked at the top of the pyramid to find crown like nest. "Come on, let's go rescue that cat."

Sora and Stitch agreed, the trio raced up the long flight of stairs and entered a wide door at the top, finding the Quetzalcoatlus shaking its head with the cat in its mouth, obviously trying to swallow it whole. Stitch shrieked something and shot the reptile in the face, knocking the cat off and causing it to land on the ground like a stuffed animal, the Quetzalcoatlus turned towards the trio, it's eyes gave off an intimidating dull red and it flapped its wings in a caw.

WOOSH!

A strong gust of wind blew to try and blow the trio out the door, the trio braced through it. The reptile realized that didn't work and took flight, ready to do battle against intruders upon its territory. Ven noticed odd statues of various winged reptiles and asked. "You're thinking what I'm thinking?" Sora noticed and nodded. "I'll distract him, get on his back."

The Pterosaur King flew close to the trio's personal space and rapidly pecked at them, Sora changed his blade to the hunny pot and struck back as Stitch bit into its left leg. The Pterosaur flew back and pecked after Stitch, the alien fling to it's stump of a tail and caused it to turn its head, Sora aimed his keyblade high and shouted. "Thunder!"

POW!

A bolt of lightning struck the Pterosaur King and jolted its attention to the boy, it spin into a twister and charged at him in high speeds, Sora rolled out of the way and watched Ven jump on, Stitch rolled on the tail and clawed at the Pterosaur's rear as Ven struck the back of the reptiles head. The reptile's crown glowed and the beast gave a growl. PULSE! Light burst out and knocked the two off, Sora noticed as the Pterosaur flew to an upper platform and focused energy from the crown, into its eyes. "Hey, don't you think the crown is a bit strange?"

Ven quickly got up and remembered. "Yeah, that's the only reason it shook us off." Stitch saw the eyes glow burning and shot his laser guns at them, Ven yelped, grabbed stitch and made a bolt towards a left pillar, Sora ran to the right at the moment of the energy unleashing, the Pterosaur shot heat rays at the fleeing boys, it caused two patches of fire to form from the intense heat, the reptile shifted its eyes and flung the beams forward. The two reached far in the shelter of the pillars and watched the beams shoot to the door, they were blocked from sight by a fire wall and felt the radiated heat.

CAW! Thud!

The wall was disrupted by the Pterosaur, landing and looking towards Ven's direction, seeing the more prominent threat of two. It's eyes glowed once more and Sora took his chance to jump on the back of its head and attack the crown, trying to knock it off. The Pterosaur squawked and tried to scratch Sora off with its wings, Ven took the chance as Stitch jumped off his shoulder, the older boy caught the alien and tossed him like a basket ball, the alien landed on the top of the crown and taunted. "Bye bye crown." He shoved at the closest pillar and caused the crown to tip over from both the force of the push and Sora hitting the back, Ven focused and flung orbs of energy at the crown, causing an explosion that knocked it off. The Pterosaur dramatically watched his crown fall, saw it reach the ground and shook Sora off. The reptile jumped back and watched the party of three regroup, give each other a cheer and focus on the Pterosaur that flew into the sky.

Sora barked. "Hey, come back here." Ventus sighed and focused on the cat that was hiding in the corner. "Forget about it, let's get this guy out of here and-" PWTTH! PWTTH! PWTTH!

Light shined in the center and formed into something of a launching station, Sora recognized the noise and looked to find a green and white cart resembling a rocket ship. The lazy cat whimpered and made a run to the door, leaving the trio alone with the rocket that looked like it was going to launch. Ven whistled. "On second thought," Stitch agreed and made a rush to the front seat, Sora and Ven found the circumstances to be completely insane and jumped into a back seat. The glass closed and sealed away steam, a voice began a count down as the three saw a shadow flying high up in the sky, Ven noticed Sora smiling like a young child and was putting together what is happening. "Is this one of the roller coasters you rode in?"

Sora felt parts of the ship was familiar and nodded. "A little bit. Ha, I remembered getting a toy of that pterosaur as well." Ven took an interest. "I slept though all that, I guess this is you're head processing all that."

"Five!"

Stitch cackled wickedly and held to a large laser gun at the front, the boys noticed their own. "Four!"

Sora asked. "But how did you and Stitch get dragged into all this?"

"Three!" Ven had no idea as Stitch didn't care, the older boy answered. "Maybe...maybe it's cause I been wanting to go on another adventure. There hasn't been a whole lot for me lately, guess that made this adventure up."

"Two!"

Stitch pressed a trigger and caused a beam to shoot from under the cart, Sora sighed in pity. "It does get boring being cooped up in the same places. But who knows, one could be around the corner." "One! Lift off!"

The cart launched and flew into the sky, piercing the blue atmosphere and finding the Pterosaur King trying to make an escape through outer space. The reptile turned its head, squawked and tried to fly faster. The trio aimed their blaster and caused the cart to fire at it, the Pterosaur King flipped and flew backwards, it focused its will power and formed a black metal crown on its head. It flapped its wings and formed a vacuum to blow the cart back, it charged its crown and fired laser beams of light upon them. Stitch turned the wheel right to avoid the beams as Sora yelled. "Come on, after all that trouble?" The Pterosaur shot a missile of light at them, Ven pressed the trigger in reflex and shot it away. Sora fired his own at the reptiles crown, the Pterosaur King blocked with its wings and reflected the shot back, dealing a glancing hit. Sora noticed something in the center of the cart as Stitch tried to pilot a good shot, a keyhole.

PEW! PEW! PEW!

The Pterosaur shot eye beams again, the cart drifted left and slowed down as Ven noticed Sora trying to get up and putting the hunny like keyblade into the socket, the older boy panicked. "What are you doing, I don't think we're suppose to get out of the seat." Sora pointed to the keyhole hole. "There isn't a good time and this might help."

The Pterosaur King flipped and tried to accelerate, Ven felt it was a drastic measure thought of a better idea. "Shooting won't fix this, let's try giving it a little wind." He got up and put his keyblade into the hole, causing something to rumble. Stitch noticed the screen flaring something and held on, the boys noticed and made a rush back into their seats, seeing the words. "Engine Burst Activated."

The cart shook for a moment and Sora was the first to shout. "Oh no-" they felt a burst of speed push them deep in their seat, quickly catching up to the Pterosaur King and running him over, the reptile screamed as the passengers realized what they did was a horrible idea. The rush of speed lasted for an agonizing minute, Ven saw hints of an atmosphere and whimpered.

CRASH!

They felt the cart crash land and fling the Pterosaur King off, the trio had a look at a slightly pink landscape that had a distant group of towers and a vast, dark canyon bellow. The reptile landed on its back and slammed the back of the head on the ground, it tried to get up and cawed for a last stand, realizing it wasn't drawing power, it looked up to find its crown busted up.

The glass lifted open and gave the trio a chance to aim the blaster guns, they shot the Pterosaur King and knocked it back more, the reptile blew the wind at the cart in a stubborn attempt to fight back. The cart swerved to dodge and beams of light fired at the reptile, knocking the busted crown off its head and into the canyon bellow, Stitch pressed a glowing button and caused a larger beam to fire at the Pterosaur's chest, causing it to howl and and cover itself with its wings, looking like it was giving up. Ven asked the others. "Hold it, I think it's getting it."

Sora saw the animal shaking and backing away, feeling a cowering from the beast. "Yeah," He jumped off and looked upon the crownless beast. "You're finally giving up?" The Quetzalcoatlus unfolded its wings and whimpered, being more than convincing to tell the boy that it was calling it quits. It gave off a glow of light and condensed its form into something, a charm looking like Pterosaur wings. Sora picked it up as Ven jumped off with his keyblade and Stitch, the three heard a flicker and looked at the car to find it vanishing.

Stitch's ears lowered and realized he and his friends were stranded. Sora noticed a train station resembling part of a building, leading to a rail road leading into the grand, brain like tower that was surrounded by odd islands. One looking tropical, one resembling a golden castle, one looking like a familiar town under a castle, one resembling a story book and a damaged looking island with a collection of odd statues. Ven wondered. "This doesn't look normal, are we still dreaming?"

Sora felt it too weird to be reality and lead to the station. "Did any of that make any sense to explain if we ended up missing?" Stitch shook his head, the boys reached the station and found a familiar train awaiting them, a group of cell like creatures sorting out odd colored orbs. They noticed another boy looking confused with a ticket, one that Ven found near identical to himself, the boy asked the cell like recipient. "You're just going to let me go to the Mind Station and look after I asked? Okay... this isn't at all what she was worried about." Sora asked. "Roxas, what are you doing here?"

The boy gasped and turned around to find his other half looking at him awkwardly. "Ah... totally not trying to look into your mind for something even Namine wasn't able to find. How did you and-" He looked at Ven, who in turn looked at him, Roxas continued with only a slight pause. "you're friends make it here?"

Sora took a deep breath. "It's a long, crazy story." He introduced him to his silently staring friend. "Roxas, this is Ventus. We and Stitch ended up sharing the same dream, but I suppose this is as good of a time to get this through."

Roxas nodded and gave a relaxed smile as he introduced himself. "But you like being called Ven. You heard of me and thought people were exaggerating a little bit?"

Ven embarrassingly nodded. "It's hard to believe it until you start seeing it. Ha." Roxas agreed with that and stepped aside. "You're going to need to get a pass, just ask." The trio did so, Roxas tried to think about the next choice of words to say, a cell went to open the door way into the cart. The three got their free pass and went into the cart, Roxas followed in and took a seat, out of the presence of witnesses, he explained. "I was lying about what I wasn't here to do. There were a couple things at the park that kind of bothered me,"

Sora guessed to a name that stirred crestfallen emotions. "Xion?" Roxas nodded. "Namine is a master of memories, given time, she could do the impossible with them. If there is a memory she couldn't reach, there is a problem."

Ven put the rest together. "This place is like your minds? Since you're Sora's nobody, you're one and the same?"

Roxas nodded. "Kind of, the Mind and Heart are so different, yet they are connected by a similarity." Sora didn't get it as Ven gasped. "You think I was going into this when my heart hid in yours? Was this how we ended up sharing this dream?"

That concept did reach to Sora's brain. "Our hearts connected, so... yeah." He looked out the window to find the station. "I guess this is something we all have in common." Ven had a theory to speak of as the train tooted and started to move. "This mental world might be a metaphor to how we think, I think normally we would have a world like this all to ourselves and we wouldn't know it existed."

Roxas nodded. "What isn't in the heart is in here to process it to it. That might explain how a Nobody pretends to feel, this is how they remember it."

Sora went back in the train and agreed. "I guess without either, the other won't work as well. Without a heart, the whole thing would be fake and without a mind... the heart wouldn't be able to work."

The other boys nodded to that, Ven cringed in frigid terror. "That's what Aqua talks about when she says Chaos could attack you in the head before going for your heart. If everything is out of control, what would be forcing its way into your heart?"

Sora had a better one. "If the head is screwed up, that's all they need to do for us to be making pretty dumb decisions, no matter who's heart suffers afterwards." He asked Roxas. "If we were sharing the same mind when we joined up, then any memory of Xion has to be there. It kept bothering me when she got brought up."

The nobody felt it was mutual. "I might have heard something. Knowing that child trafficking scumbag was going after her made my time at the park even worse. That's when Namine tried to help me and I ended up coming here." He smiled confidently. "If those guys were okay with us coming here, getting the information should be easy."

Sora felt a vulnerable and asked. "Am I really that easy to read?" Ven shook his head as Roxas answered. "That's not the reason, you have no reason to keep those like me or Ven out." The other boy agreed. "I been a part of you for a while and Roxas is a part of you. If this was anyone else, I don't think those guys would let it happen." He looked at a curious Stitch. "As long as we can keep it a secret, nothing here leaves besides information on Xion." The alien agreed with that and stuck his head out, he let his tongue hang and drip spit as the train drove towards the center of the mind.

In a dream about a grassy mountain.

Kairi embraced the neck of a gently humming, blue stripped, Pentaceratops as Namine finished explaining something to her. "And that's where Roxas went of to. Something about Xion felt... important to him."

Kairi looked back to find her other half with a resting, green stripped, Chasmosaurus and suspected. "Ken will tell us more about what he is doing to help her and her brother when he gets the chance. But to think that was going on for a while, they were the ones he helped out with in rescuing Baldred too."

Namine nodded. "Something doesn't connect, I'm think I might know why, but for now, let's try putting together what he said about them before we conclude anything."

"RWAR!"

Rustle! A Polacanthus ran through a bush and made a run for his life, the Pentaceratops and Chasmosaurus wondered what that was and heard the bellowing of a beast and stood ready to defend their territory. Kairi and Namine recognized the roaring, the Princess drew out her keyblade and saw five head slither out of the trees, one of a familiar hydra like monster. The Kharibdyss gave a much more menacing droll to the dinosaurs and caused even them to make a run for it, a boy's voice shouted from behind. "Hey, get back here! What's gotten into you?"

The Kharibdyss sprinted forward and spun to confront its pursuer, an annoyed Ken, with his cybernetic arm attached, it gave a glow of dark clouds and laughed in combined spite, disappearing and causing the sky to rain. Ken found it hard to believe it. "This was on purpose?! It was chasing Poly on purpose?"

Kairi shouted. "Hey, what are you doing here?" Ken yelped and turned to find the girls. "What are you doing in my dream?"

BOOM!

Lightning struck, a storm brewed. Ken looked more miserable and wet as Kairi pulled her hoodie and asked. "Why are we sharing this?"

The boy shrugged as Namine had a wild guess. "Maybe you were thinking about the same thing, this doesn't happen often."

Kairi thought of one. "We are both students learning abou-" she realized what and asked Ken. "Do... you remember what you called Master Aqua before you went to sleep?" Ken looked embarrassed and nodded. "She totally was one, but I guess that filter was asleep at the time." The Princess giggled and tried searching for something. "But you are right. Now lets find something for you before you get too wet."

Ken sighed and didn't care, he drew out Cadia's Light. "Don't bother. I can't use my fire spells in this weather anyways." Rumble! Rumble! The three felt a quake and heard distant cries for help, Kairi wanted to help the dinosaurs as Ken looked up to the sky and found five twisters circling down upon a distant structure, sucking up the water, trees and parts of a mountain. Kairi gritted her teeth at the urgency. "If we don't stop that monster, it's going to destroy everything, Ken, do you know any place Namine can hide in while you were heading here?"

Ken pointed the way he came from. "There's a cave that is right to her right, down a slope. Can't miss it." Namine understood and was ready to take off. "There isn't a whole I can do right now. Be careful." Kairi smiled confidently as Ken caused a burning fire to form in Namine's hand, the Princess asked. "What are you doing?" Ken answered that. "Lending her something, just in case."

Namine felt it form into the burning keyblade, she wanted to protest and felt the fire compelling. Namine promised him. "I'll give this back, hurry." The two promised that they would and made a sprint across the forest, having a better view of the disaster, a mountain feeding into many rivers was being torn asunder by the super storm. They found a crichtonsaurus doing battle against five stone, serpent like heads that ruptured from the ground, one head was broken apart by the swing of the dinosaurs tail club, two rushed from bellow to bite into him and two of the heads opened a mouth and gave a glow of erupting lava.

SWIPE!

CRACK! Kairi swipped a whip of water to sever one of the two heads as Ken charged his gun and fired at the base of the neck, severing it with a single shot. The two biting heads turned to the two and hissed, they slithered into the ground and left the crichtonsaurus to lick its wounds.

The Princess gave the dinosaur a heal and sensed a slight tremor, Ken saw rumbling to the upper right and felt something forming together. "Those weren't snakes." Kairi shook her head. "And they are showing up at that ledge." She kept guard as Ken aimed for the ledge and fired, causing it to shake and move like an actual creature, it pushed something up and revealed the two serpent like heads, with the third severed ones reforming with the rocks.

The ledge crawled after them like a lizard, Kairi called it as she saw it. "An Earth Hydra!" The two heads glared at the keyblade wielders and gave a unified roar, the crichtonsaurus roared back in primal aggression and slammed its clubbed tail in a challenge, the Earth Hydra sprinted its body as its heads finished reforming. SLAM! The crichtonsaurus smacked its main body with its tail and was pinned down by the two heads, other three heads looked at the keyblade wielders and inhaled, two of the heads shot out streams of lava, Kairi rolled back as Ken jumped and side stepped, into the way of the middle heads breath, one of black fumes. Ken closed his eyes and caused the wind to blow the fumes away as Kairi focused upon the body, the boy opened his eyes to notice and used his wind magic to give Kairi a boost high in the air. She let loose a barrage of light upon the Earth Hydra and tore chunks of rock out of its body, Kairi flew at the creatures chest for a swipe that tore a glowing hole, she back flipped to avoid the heads snapping at her as Ken took a deep breath and focused on the earth. He stabbed the ground and caused rocks to quickly rise up under the two hydra necks wrapped around the dinosaur.

SNAP!

The dinosaur waddled free from the hydra and saw an exposed core in its chest, rocks slowly closed as the clubbed dinosaur swung at the chest, the hydra heads wailed and the body backed away. Kairi saw what the chest was and fling a glob of water at it, Ken fired another charged shot and pierced the chest, two of the hydra heads circled around the weak point and the dominate head shot heated rocks at the one armed boy. Ken jumped to the left as Kairi sprouted wings and flung a large rain drop of light at the lower heads, one was shattered, the dinosaur took his turn and knocked the head loose. Ken form changed Cadia's Light and fired a massive beam at the monster, blowing the stump of heads away and leaving behind the chest with a burning core. The Earth Hydra glowed bright red, forced the dinosaur to back away and erupted with heated rocks, Ken ran frantically and Kairi let herself drop, forming water around her.

SPLASH!

She caused a force of water to splash against the Earth Hydra, causing its heart to cool down, Kairi flipped her keyblade and posed like she was about to thrust, Ken and the dinosaur saw a glimmer of light and the sound of a girl yelling a battle cry. The Earth Hydra was stabbed in the heart by a watery harpoon of a thrust, Kairi gave one more thrust and sent the monster flying off the ledge and to crumble to pieces. The Princess looked down to find a river leading deeper into the chaos and an odd tubular raft of light. "Ken, I think I found where we are suppose to go."

The boy changed his blade back and looked down at the raft being pushed across the river. "And our ways leaving." Kairi saw that and made a jump down the ledge, Ken jumped after her, they landed and made a sprint to the raft. They jumped once more and landed in the slipper raft, Ken nearly fell on his back at the rough edge as Kairi grabbed a rail and caught his fall. Safely in the raft, they looked up to find the crichtonsaurus wanting to come with them, seeing that he was too heavy and gave a cry of good luck to them. The two waved back, the Princess yelled out. "Find somewhere safe, we got this."

The two sat down in the raft down the rushing rapids, Ken exhaled. "For a bunch of rocks, that thing was smart."

Kairi agreed and sat on one side, she asked rather amazed. "Ken, you realized you used stone, right?" The boy realized that and nodded. "That's step two completed, the world is ending and it gave me some of her aid."

He asked more confused. "Kharibdyss wasn't acting too out of the ordinary the last time it was chasing off a dinosaur from me. What possessed it to turn into a storm monster?" Kairi had no idea. "And it does everything you say, without question. It makes no sense for it to want to do this." Ken saw the raft heading to a wall of rocks at rapid speeds, yelped and used his keyblade like an oar to move it away from it. "Something happened, but that doesn't matter now."

Kairi turned to find the speeds going out of control and felt the raft beginning to spin wildly, she took her keyblade and used it as an oar. Rushing down into an odd nightmare.

In a dream about a snowy mountain.

Riku was in a cave of thin ice and was running to a better advantage, his keyblade was drawn out and he was taunting. "You and me Harlod. Let's see if your any tough."

RWAAAAAAR!

A humanoid figure in a cave way rushed out of a second cave way left to where Riku came from, a white fur yeti with dark blue skin, glowing red eyes and a mouth of white teeth.

THUD!

Harold leaped and made a quick, if intimidating entrance, the yeti wasted no time charging after Riku with a roar, the silver haired teenager vanished in the speed of light and was on a wall, ready to fling himself towards Harold. The yeti wasn't aware of where Riku gone of to and looked around confused. PEW! SLASH!

Riku leaped from the wall and slashed his keyblade against the yeti, Harold saw a small hint of Riku and was knocked on his rear. Pew! Pew! Pew!

Harold looked behind him and saw moon lit balls of energy flung at him, sending him flying. Riku saw the Yeti was dazed and afraid and taunted. "Not so fun being the scared one, isn't it?"

Harold turned to the boy, roared and charged, unaware that Riku split his keyblade in two, the boy side stepped to the left to dodge a smash and countered with a long flurry of slashes, juggling the yeti without much effort, Riku jumped above the yeti, formed his blades together into something oddly angelic and sent the yeti falling to the ground like a meteor, Harlod was dazed, tried to get up and found Riku standing above him with a keyblade pressed against his neck. "You're looking for round two? I can go all night."

The yeti whimpered and shook his head, growling out something that was meant to come off as "I give up, no more."

Riku chose to interpret it as such and stepped off the yeti. "Good, now get lost." The yeti sprinted back into the darkness he came, yelping like a scared animal, Riku noticed something left behind, a charm with the symbol of an angry, teeth filled face.

He picked it up and had a closer look, feeling like there was something waiting to be called. "Toot! Toot!"

He heard something from a path leading out, Riku had the pleasure of looking at a stary night sky at the mountain side and seeing a train like roller coaster waiting for him, he looked at the tracks leading to a familiar castle and got in the train like roller coaster, to no surprise, it didn't take much time for the roller coaster to pick up speed and journey to the castle in a series of twists, turns and drops. Riku took a deep breath in gratitude. "Least there's no dynamite."

Bleat!

The boy saw hints of goats playing around with sticks of dynamite, hints that there was a lot that could go wrong, he kept his guard for any more goats. The train eventually left the goat wasteland and was slowing down, it reached a station that had five bloatlings and a large blot like monster waiting in line, Riku rolled his eyes and waited for the train to stop, he got off and warned them. "Follow the rules and watch out for any goats." He stepped out and found a familiar path leading into a boat ride, where he found Oswald enjoying a tune and looking up to the stars.

Riku waved and greeted the lucky rabbit. "Long time no see, you're behind that?"

Oswald was a little surprised at the teenager and shook his head. "I wish, let's just say the lot of ya partying all night is causing you're heads to have strange dreams."

The rabbit smiled. "Not that it is a bad thing in this case. That power you and Sora found while getting through here is at it again." Riku hummed. "The flow motion? What's it doing?"

Oswald asked. "Think of something really fun, go ahead, try it." The teenager did so and felt something flickering in lights, a round river raft of light appeared with a geyser of water, he got on in curiosity and Oswald jumped in to join him. "With the right attitude, everything is like a river going with you."

Riku realized what that meant and focused, causing the raft to flow above the entry to the other ride and skipping the flash backs of annoyance, he smiled widely. "You're saying me and Sora can summon things like this?!" He looked back to find a stream of water and Oswald folding his arms, looking quite proud of him. "Only the rides you've actually been into, this is just one of them."

Riku pointed his thumb behind him. "That train was another, it must stink to have missed out on a few," The raft reached to a familiar place in the ride and the two got of, finding a clock tower looking chipper and calm, the tower gave a hearty greeting. "Hello Mr. Oswald, hello Riku, passing by?"

Oswald nodded. "Yep, helping him learn the ropes of what he, Sora and a couple others might be learning once they processed their day. How's the music holding up?"

The clock tower raised his hands and used them to make a bridge to an open door. "Much better than that song and if I get a little tired of one." He switched to another relaxing tune. "I'll put it away for a while and return to it later."

Riku felt glad for him. "So that way you won't have to deal with the same music, over and over again. I think I saw you're ride out there." He and the tower shivered, the machine guessed. "You didn't get on that, after everything that came from that song?"

Riku nodded and pointed at him. "You were the least insane thing we came across, but that song could drive anyone bonkers." The tower was astonished by the word least and Oswald signaled him to drop the topic. "Like the reason Riku and Sora came here before, you don't want to know."

The tower respected that advise. "And goodness I don't." Riku wanted to change the subject and asked the rabbit. "You think the others will find themselves here too?"

Oswald doubted that. "I kind of dragged your closest friends here to give them a heads up, but that was when they were napping at the park. They could be in there own dreams right now since they don't got a reason to wake up anytime soon. I was busy checking out what was going on about an hour ago, so I reckoned everyone out there is sleeping."

The rabbit realized. "There could be someone in the castle right now and they wouldn't know it," The Clock Tower listened. "That could be hard to explain to that someone, Mr. Oswald." Riku agreed with that. "Especially if they only heard of you, I'll explain what's going on."

The rabbit appreciated that and jumped to one hand. "Thanks, because that castle doesn't exactly have a welcome mat if you know what I mean and I think one of your friends doesn't take that kindly to dark looking places." Riku dryly coughed. "No, she wouldn't and she'll be suspicious to see you."

He jumped to the land and waved to the Clock Tower. "Thanks for the chat, it's good that you're doing well." The tower tilted his face. "The same can be said to you, good friend." The two travelers jumped to another hand and went through the gate, Riku took the chance and asked. "I know me and Sora might be learning fast about the flow attractions and I think Kairi heard of it, but is she going to be able to use that when she wakes up?"

Oswald twitched his ears and thought of it. "This would be her and Ken's first time using it, but they learned of it from you and Sora since you probably used the tricks you learned when you can. Oh, and you may have met a Dream Eater if you and the others are dreaming."

Riku asked. "Harold the Yeti? He is the mascot of the Matterhorn ride and of course, when I saw him through the ice, he wanted a piece of me. That didn't last long."

Oswald figured that was the case. "It depends on what the Dream Eater is made from, if they meet someone that figured them out, they'll go down like a chump. If not, eh, you're friends can handle them." The two walked down the junk riddled trial and Riku counted on it. "I guess Harold was suppose to be a nightmare-" He realized something and exhaled. "And it was probably a good thing he was the one I met. That Dinosaur ride was a little too real for me."

Oswald agreed with that. "If it is a scary ride, then Harold was trying to be a nightmare in comparison to what is already one. Be happy that it is so far back that you got to actually try to reach it." Riku refused. "No thanks, those Carnotaurs were the biggest part, for better or for worse." Oswald's ears stand at the mention of them. "Those scaly bulls? Yeah they are back there along with any other of the big nightmares." He shrugged it off. "But they're not here and they're not coming here."

The two found themselves at the castle and opened the door, finding the expected environment and seeing two bloatlings talking with a bigger, slobbering bloat clapping his hands excitedly. Oswald shouted out. "We're home guys, you found something new?"

The two bloatlings turned to two familiar faces, the slobbering bloat stood and gave the two a near crushing embrace, the closest thing to the answer of yes. The two pushed the arms away and were dropped as one of the bloatlings pointed to the hall way leading to the recreational room, the other blushed and gave enough of a hint as to who might be in the castle, Oswald asked. "Was it someone I met before?"

The gibbering bloat shook his head and gave away who was in the castle to Riku, the boy thanked him. "Aqua? That explains why you're acting like this." Oswald thanked the three. "Me and Riku will try to explain what she might have been watching. Thanks for keeping an eye on the place."

The trio grunted like they were saying "don't mention it." the boy and rabbit went along the path and found the repurposed throne room. To no one's surprise, they found Aqua trying to study where she was in and what she was observing. Riku shouted out. "Dreaming like the rest of us?"

Aqua quickly turned in shock to find Riku and a rabbit looking similar to a friend of hers, she asked the rabbit. "I think I heard of you, you're Mickey's brother... Oswald?"

The rabbit nodded. "It's nice to get some recognition. Yeah I'm him." He pointed to her. "And you are one of the three from the glass paintings around here. So Mickey knew of you."

He approached to look at an odd, flashy show about an angelic warrior on the back of a black scaled, wingless dragon, riding across a cataclysm unfolding, the two made quick work of an cloudy shark that had lightning teeth, with a thrust of a hammer like keyblade, a lightning breath and slashes of claws. The shark disperse into a hurricane and struck lightning bolts at the two, the warrior jumped off and flew to the sky as the dragon turned into a bolt of moon light. Together, they flew up into the sky and radiated a chilling aura, the angel closed her wings together and formed into something like the moon. The angel unfolded her wings and let loose a blizzard, disrupting the hurricane and causing snow to drop. Oswald was a rather speechless as Riku joined to watch and pointed out. "Is that Ana?! What's going on?"

Aqua tapped her forehead. "I think somewhere in this whole mess, nature is going completely wild, dinosaurs are running for their lives and I think the cause of it is in an epicenter." The show switched to the angel's point of view, the angel noticed something in the out of control river and something in the center of the land causing it to break apart. The angel flew towards a river bed in fast speeds as Aqua answered. "The other show ended with a rocket being launched into space... from a Mayan temple. Are these other peoples dreams?"

In a train on a station hovering over the chasm.

It deposited the four band party of Sora, Roxas, Ven and Stitch and into what looked like a library with odd orbs of various colors. Sora walked towards one of the shelves and picked a yellow orb up. "What... are these?"

Roxas cringed and rushed to get it out of his other halves hands. "Hold it, you don't even know what it is, in you're own head?!"

Sora kept his ground and held onto it. "Oh come on, it's got to be how this place works."

Roxas tugged back. "Exactly, do you know what can happen if you go around taking things apart here?"

Ven and Stitch chose not to get involved with the arguing, the calmest of the group asked the alien. "This is getting us nowhere, what do you think?" Stitch felt the sinking suspicion they were a misstep away to uncovering something disastrous and jumped in between the two, grabbing the orb and rolling back to Ven, the oldest of the boys grabbed the orb and held it closely, taking some control and using one of his hands to whistle sharply. "Knock it off, these things are kind of important."

He tapped around the orb as Roxas's eyes half dropped and his left hand was at his shoulder. "But do we have an idea what they are? Or why they are in this goofballs head? The last time his memories were screwed with, he ended up MIA for a whole year."

Sora felt that part was understandable. "That's why you're taking this seriously?" He looked like he owed Roxas an apology as Ven agreed with the nobody's intentions. "And we don't want that, but some of these are you're memories too and if we don't do anything with these, we won't be able to find out." Stitch pointed to the empty socket. "Put back?"

Ven nodded. "Right after we figure this thing out." He tapped it with his knuckle and found something rippling, he tried rubbing it and causing something to clear. It looked like an odd skeleton dressed in black and hat talking about something to a spiky haired teenager that was dressed as something of a vampire, with a stitched together creature resembling Goofy and a mummy resembling Donald. The skeleton offered to guide the trio somewhere and the boy in the memory asked. "A Halloween Town Christmas?" The spooky atmosphere, nightmarish toys and skeletal reindeer showed why that was a horrible idea and the boy asked his friends. "Want to go check it out?"

Sora knew what that memory was, took the orb and put it back in. "That wasn't one of Jack's best plans, but it lead us to Christmas Town." He smiled to that adventure as Roxas realized what was needed to be done. "It's going to take forever to find that one memory we are looking for."

Ven listened, looked at the library and realized how right Roxas was. "How many memories does one person have?!" He saw a blue orb and activated that, showing Sora, Donald and Goofy in a ship wreck with an undead pirate that hid from the moon light, looking more human. Goofy asked in regards to the effect. "Gwarsh. Maybe the reason we're all okay is because we are not from this world." Donald theorized. "There must be different laws." Sora in the memory agreed. "Yeah... we're all just passing through." The boy asked depressingly. "Wonder if when we'll see home again."

Ven put the orb back in its socket. "Okay that's that wasn't a happy memory." Sora was reminded of that. "All these memories in my head and we don't even know where to go? Should we keep doing this?"

Roxas hesitated to answer. "Are... we going to get another chance to learn about Xion if we leave?" Sora shook his head, took a deep breath and turned forward to the library with stored memories, some of which had three other colors, green, red and purple, he smiled like he felt a puzzle pieced together. "If yellow are happy memories and if blue are sad. Then maybe that's our clue."

Roxas guessed one of the colors and picked up a red orb. "This is probably-" He messed around with the orb and saw the image take form of him smashing a computer screen with a keyblade. "Angry."

He put that away as Sora had his pick with purple, seeing a memory of him, Donald and Goofy confronting an eldritch ship and having a sense of horror down his spine as he saw the vast void surrounding. He put it back silently and addressed. "Purple are the scary ones."

Ven had his pick of green, an image of an elderly, grey haired man in black with an army of odd armored heartless. He had little idea who he was and showed it to the other boys, Sora felt repulsed by the image and Roxas guessed. "These are disgusting ones. Put that back and we'll tell you who that guy is." Ven did so and asked. "Who was he?" Sora took a deep breath and answered. "Some guy that pretended to have light, when there was mostly darkness and evil in his heart. Riku and Mickey saw how crazy he really was and they didn't tell us the details. These are all the colors of the types of memories here?"

The three nodded, Stitch realized the generalization wasn't much of a help and asked. "Xion...sad?"

Roxas cringed at that idea as Ven called a time out. "If it was nothing but, then we wouldn't want to get through with this. Let's try narrowing it down to just sadness and joy, that ought to make it-" He noticed deeper in the library, rows upon rows of yellow orbs, Sora realized the biggest ordeal of the library. "We're going to get lost sorting all these out." A grumpy voice ahead yelled out to someone. "You think?! We're stuck out here and if he finds out, this whole place is going to shut down again."

The four found that an odd coincidence to hear, Sora awkwardly smiled. "Maybe we can ask for directions?" Roxas doubted that. "We really are lost if this is what we're doing." Ven sighed and lead the way. "Do we got a choice? Come on."

The four walked down the library towards a cross section, a more paranoid voice panicked. "They are going to be right there at the first right, I just know it." A snobbish, feminine voice responded to that. "Wouldn't have happen if you two didn't argue over him being here."

The voice sounded like she gave up on reasoning with two rather unstable people, the four hurried as the more angry voice yelled more. "Yeah, yeah, we just need to find a way back while Joy and Sadness try sorting out that girl. It'll be fine," The four reached the end of the library and saw three strange people bickering and traveling, one looked like a humanoid, red square in a black and red suit, another was a long purple humanoid in an attire that Sora remembered wearing over a year ago, looking terrified of being out of his element, the other was a green, feminine creature in a black and white attire much like what the red and purple creatures wore, looking half done with the two trying to keep another from over reaction.

She snorted and warned in one of the most elitist tones yet. "This isn't getting us any closer to home base. Those two aren't going to keep him busy without us."

The more panicking creature saw the three teenagers and the alien dog and froze. Sora felt an odd emotion reacting and yelped. "Ahh! Who are you?"

The red square focused on the voice and had his hand on his face, his forehead sparked flames and he yelled out to the sky, Roxas noticed what was going on with the colors and pointed to the green creature first. "Hold it, Disgust?" He pointed to the purple, petrified creature. "Fear?" then to the raging square. "Anger?" Roxas smiled widely. "Great, we're dreaming about what emotions would look like?" He stopped smiling. "This isn't going to end well."

The embodiment of Disgust folded her arms like she was the only one making any sense of the situation. "You went a little over board with that Dream and crashed into no man's land. You'll find it hard to believe how long it took for these guys to figure it out."

The embodiment of Anger stopped scorching and warned Disgust. "Don't remind me," He grumbled at the four. "Let's get this over with." The embodiment of Fear insisted. "This will blow the whole place straight to kingdom come." Anger looked like he didn't care. "Sure and maybe that will wake them up,"

He coughed as Ven felt he pieced together the bigger story. "Since Sora was dreaming of that weird adventure, most of you didn't think about where the three of us were heading towards until you saw things that were familiar, Roxas and what he wanted. That's how you ended up here?"

Disgust hummed. "You're about right." She asked Roxas. "And you ended up going into your own head to try and find..." she was lost trying to remember, looked him in the eyes and asked. "Xion?"

The nobody nodded. "I think... no, I know of her and I can't remember. You probably know why I came here since Sora and I share the same existence." Fear didn't want Disgust to answer. "Don't do it, they nearly lost both her and the whole place."

Sora guessed who the they were. "I guess they were you're other half as well?" Fear felt the shiver as Disgust made it brief. "You don't want to know, but they were pretty creepy and we had to sort them out. Think of them... like our own core memory now."

Anger was having a head ache thinking about it and directed to Roxas. "And all his memories are stored up there because if they ended here, it had been in the memory dump a week ago."

Sora and Roxas looked up to the brain like tower as Ven asked. "And since you three are stuck out here, we need to get you back up here before these two wake up. Think you guys know how to do that?"

Fear gasped to the idea and looked up the tower. "I think we do." Disgust guess to the idea. "We're going to jump our way there?" She looked to find tubes and realized how it could work as Stitch saw one leading to a nearby tube, behind the shelves, he pointed onward and Sora felt the idea shine. "We just need to find a tube we can jump on." He signaled they follow. "Come on, it can't be that far."

In the passage to the underground of Radiant Garden.

Baldred felt a foreboding darkness calling to him, he lit a torch and delve into the forbidden grounds. Finding little save for a water way, cob webs and snickering. The warrior took his katana and gave it a glow of sunlight as he approached the sound and found a large spider with two tribal goblins, the dancing shaman whistled to the back as the chieftain whispered. "Come on Skits, it's like Witchy wanted. Let's get outta ere."

The spider silently scurried to a tunnel with its cargo, clearing the way for a figure Baldred recognized from his dream, the witch laid on her side and looked upon him with glee. "You're no ordinary man to come this late at the call, that Abyss Seeker... or Dark Seeker, certainly taken an interest in the Dark with in you."

Baldred kept his guard and agreed. "Does he see the Dark as a force? Has my dabbling and babbling of it drawn such ire? You're Karla... are you truly a monster of the Dark?"

Karla nodded. "One of the many children of the Abyss, I know what you have done to others like me." She looked at Baldred's chime. "I know you have a scorn against me, for you learned from my sister, what I could do." The warrior hesitated to raise his weapon at her and put it away. "Yet surely you wouldn't have rescued me from that pickle and allow me to wander back into the light if you truly sought for Dark to consume the world." He lowered himself on his knees. "You haven't called me to chat either, I have some questions, but let's start with why."

Karla sighed and sat up. "Let's just say, I am indebted to one of an Ashen Heart and I noticed that one with a Heart of Cinder, wandered the world of Light. One who speaks of a True Light and is burdened by True Dark. That delightful man is thou?"

Baldred saw a wider smile, tempting him to come closer, he refused and answered. "I have seen it time and time again, yet here I am... back with in the Dark and before one who was born from it. What do you mean by a Heart of Cinder?"

Karla answered shamelessly. "You read why on the letter. Few have reached as far as you did, yet you took your place as a Lord of Cinder unlike any other. One who sought Light, Dark and in between." She swayed her hair like a charmed maiden. "And the balance between Light and Dark have fallen into disarray, time and time again. This time, the Dark has become tainted by Chaos itself and if left unchecked, will eventually consume all worlds. Those of the Light seek to vanquish the creatures of the Dark, but that will be for nothing against the Dark gods of Chaos."

Baldred asked confused. "So you wish for me to fight against those gods? Someone who has a dark heart?" Karla gasped and laughed at him. "Oh, no, even the noblest of hearts would be snuffed out by their power. Yours wouldn't last nearly long." She calmed. "Yet, there is a slim chance to banish the Chaos gods and bring the worlds into balance."

She took out an ashen tome and was gritting her teeth in pain, Baldred rushed to get it away from her and asked. "Is it in this? Or does it lead something that the Chaos gods would hate?"

Karla panted and tried to regain her composure as Baldred opened the tome and found braille, he recognized the markings. "This is a divine tome, why would a Child of the Dark have this?!" He realize. "That's the secret, Light... isn't going to defeat them and Dark would allow them to twist you." Karla nodded. "Alone, it's futile, but-" Baldred knew the rest. "But if united, a miracle would bring salvation. But what could unite them?"

Karla sighed. "It's not in this... holy tome. With in are miracles that a dear friend of mine learned from his journey and some, from the end of our world. You happen to know someone who could use this knowledge?"

Baldred answered without hesitation. "A Princess with a radiant heart and others so close to the True Light. Now what of the Dark?" Karla pointed to him. "That's what you need to seek. We're most certainly not going to get any help from the Dark Seekers. Through seven of the light and thirteen of the dark, could that lead to the True Dark?"

Baldred felt it fly past him for a moment and gasped. "The Princess's of Heart are those seven lights, but... I need to know about the Thirteen Dark, are they apart of something?" Karla wondered that herself. "I only heard of one half, but not so much of the other." Baldred held to one theory. "It is easy to sort out a dark heart, but would those last?" He shook his head. "I need to talk with an expert on hearts and that will be after tomorrow. Karla, you haven't came out here on a whim, have you?"

The witch shook her head. "Let's just say, one tied closely to the beyond, seeks to preserve the worlds and that little thing, called upon a little heretic like me to search for a lost heart. He called upon a dreadful beast that sleeps, to test the resolve of three Guardians of Light. In exchange for a couple favors, I would have new sanctuary, until the war against Chaos nears it's end." She laid on her other side. "In exchange for your aid, you would learn much about the miracles you adore and in turn, the Guardians of Light would not suspect this secret to be from a witch."

Baldred blushed under his helmet and ignored the temptation to stare. "If I find any of these miracles dark before I show them, you will join your sister soon enough. But if you are of you're word," he felt the words familiar. "then there will be no further quarrel."

He took the tome and stood up as Karla wished him well. "Do stay safe," Baldred turned his head back and whispered. "May you find a lasting shelter Karla."

He walked back where he came from and out of the passage, he opened the tome, using his fingers to read. "Blessed...Weapon?" He closed it back and felt the moon shining down upon him, like a comforting voice was praising him, a feminine voice asked astonished. "Baldred, what are you doing out here... what is that?"

The warrior looked to the direction and found Aerith, with a bag of late night groceries, Baldred took a deep breath. "I was woken up by an odd dream and it drew me here. This tome, could be of help for a cleric such as I and could it bring aid to our friends with keys? You happen to know braille?"

Aerith cringed and shook her head. "We might know a blind person that can read it, but it's way too late in the night and we don't got that kind of time." Baldred insisted his own plan. "Or I could study this now, I'm a light sleeper and these miracles are easy to learn." Aerith counted on that and noticed the ashes. "If we are extra early, there could be someone that might need to know of this. If it really is something that can help you."

Baldred opened the tome back and quickly read past the words, Blessed Weapon. He gasped at such devoted words and took out his katana, he shined his chime on it and caused it to give off a glow of heavenly light. Aerith was a little speechless, Baldred looked back the way he came in a much clearer understanding of why Karla was in pain holding the tome, he looked back to the tome and to Aerith, the same disbelief. "I should not have tried this, this is something... I need to research on before taking this to practice."

Aerith agreed with that. "I think there is a spell I know of that is like that. Holy. Let's get you back home, we got a lot of explaining to do." She lead the astonished Undead back into his shelter, the katana's light faded away as the warrior opened the door. "The Light works in mysterious ways and this could bring aid to many. Thank you for the company."

Aerith nodded to that. "If anyone has anything to say about you're heart, they don't anymore." Baldred relaxed and went in. "Good night Aerith, may the sun shine upon us tomorrow." The two parted ways, the knight closed the door and went to a table to further read the Ashen Tome, uncovering secrets long lost.

In a dream about the rapids.

Kairi flung orbs of light at falling rocks as Ken fired with her, the raft was spinning completely out of control and the Princess realized. "We won't last any longer in this," Ken noticed a shore next to a water fall and whistled, he pointed to it. Kairi saw it, focused and felt herself flowing in the speed of light, Ken gasped and mimicked that, he flowed off the raft and reached the river bed, the raft vanished in light.

Woosh! The intense rain was replaced by a chilly blizzard, Kairi chitter her teeth and looked around. "What is it now?"

Ken saw a path leading into a chasm and answered. "One crazy storm destroying the world." He pointed the way. "This leads to the center, if we beat the Kharibdyss, we'll stop this cataclysm?"

Kairi hoped so and saw something glowing descending down in rapid speeds, something in silver armor and with wings she squinted her eyes and asked. "Is that Ana?" Ken turned around, saw the rapidly falling Stormcast and yelped.

CRASH!

Ana landed and caused a force that knocked the teenagers off their feet, Moonfang formed and was astonished by the duo, she went to help them on their feet as Ana stood up and readied her hammer. "Sorry bout the rough landing. Do either of you two know what's going on?"

Kairi cringed and answered. "Kind of, one of Ken's summons went out of control and turned into this whole mess, the Kharibdyss."

Ana landed and caused a force that knocked the teenagers off their feet, Moonfang formed and was astonished by the duo, she went to help them on their feet as Ana stood up and readied her hammer. "Sorry bout the rough landing. Do either of you two know what's going on?"

Kairi cringed and answered. "Kind of, one of Ken's summons went out of control and turned into this whole mess, the Kharibdyss."

Ana found that beyond weird. "That thing? How? Why?"

Ken wanted to know that and walked down the path. "What matters now is beating it. Was this snow yours?" Ana nodded and followed. "It's the only way we could have gotten rid of the hurricane. This whole dream is starting to get all wacky."

Kairi followed and wanted to change the subject. "And not in a good way. Ana, we saw the Realmgates look now. Nice work." The Stormcast smiled proud as Moonfang trialed behind. "We need three people to send over to the other side and then we got to survive until they come back. With the four of us, that won't be a problem."

Ken and Kairi appreciated the pep talk as they heard roars from down the path, much like the Kharibdyss, except deeper and more numerous, something came in view that drew the four in. pool with seven tube like heads and a main, dominate head in the center. The lesser heads sucked in the earth, trees, flora and anything else unfortunate to fall in the destruction as the dominate head slithered in the center of the water and formed a whirlpool. Kairi aimed her keyblade and cased a flower to form as Ana raised her blade to the sky and caused lightning to crackle, Ken sparked in fire and aimed above the heads. The boy shouted. "Hey you sea salty jerk! We're over here."

The lesser heads stopped and looked at a trio finishing up a charged attack. The seven heads roared at the four and were ready to shoot something.

PEW!

Ken shot a burning beam that formed into a fire ball that fired laser beams at the heads, burning them up and luring the dominate head out. CHOMP!

It engulfed the fire ball and steamed out of its mouth.

BOOM!

Ana shot a lightning beam from the sky and caused it to form a rune as Kairi fired, the dominate head was pierced by a beam of light as lighting bolts crashed at the lesser heads. They howled from the rather brutal damage, four of them rushed at them as three readied an attack, the dominate head slithered down and inhaled, sucking in the ice storm. Each of the four fighters dodged the rushing heads, leaving the three heads to shoot a giant hose worth of pressurized water. The teenagers stood side by side and set up a reflect spell, the water kept pushing them and Ana joined with her own, giving off a brave light and deflecting the water.

SPLASH!

Moonfang heard something rush out of the water and looked to find a massive spiked tail, flailing around and trying to slam the trio. She charged, breathed lighting on it and pounced at the base to sever it, seven more tails took its place.

The Dracoth realized she was out numbered and roared to the three to keep going. "RWAAAR!"

The teenagers heard a roar from above and saw something crashing down to assist the Dracoth in battle. A Chasmosaurus and Pentaceratops rushed to the Dracoths side to shield it from the tails as a Nodosaurus, Polacanthus and Crichtonsaurus slide down at the approaching tails and rammed them. Leaving the trio to hurry, the heads shooting water went back in the depths as the four heads slithered towards their prey. Ken spun towards them and fired charged shots at two of the mouths, burning in their throats, Kairi flipped over a third and swung her blade fiercely, severing it. Ana had one more brutal for hers and flew to dodge, she crashed down on the heads skull and shattered it.

Ken focused and saw his Keyblade enlarge for a moment and shoot out a smaller pistol that looked to be part melta. The other shrank to become a matching set, the two angry heads went after him in high speeds.

PEW! PEW!

Small missiles fired from the pistols and into the mouths, causing a rupture in the two, another fire burned the heads to pieces. The stumps that were heads slithered back into the water and the hidden trio risen up and fired.

Kairi ran side ways on a wall as Ken shot at the head's necks and Ana flung her hammer at the shot water, causing electricity to flow into the heads and to cause the whole body to be electrocuted. The dominate head yelled out and spewed icy mists, freezing the water it's body surrounded, Ken flipped his pistols in the air and jumped high to see them merge into a rocket launcher, he fired three at the weakened heads as Kairi caused her keyblade to turn into light swords. She vanished and reappeared near the three heads for a quick sever, leaving just the main head remaining, the stumps of necks sunk into the water and slithered close to the dominate head that finished freezing the lake. The trio reached to the bottom, Ken let his launcher turn back into a keyblade as Kairi heard cracks.

BURST!

The seven heads returned, partially regenerating, the dominate head risen above the rest and gave a mighty roar, Ana roared back. "This madness ends, beast."

The main head shot out a geyser of water at the three and swerved it towards Ken and Kairi, the two had to roll to avoid it, the head swerved it to Ana and knocked her across the wall. The Stormcast flew out of the pressured force as the regenerating heads rushed to Ken and Kairi for a slam. The two made a high jump and landed on the necks of the beast, like in a flow, they jumped from one moving part to another, Kairi launched herself to the main heads neck and let loose a quick combo, she sparked in lightning and attacked even more fiercely as Ken rapid fired large, sun light fire balls at the main head.

BOOM!

Ana dived to the main heads skull like a lightning bolt, key first, she gave a brutal swing combo and was the last spark of annoyance for the Kharibdyss. It caused a twister of freezing wind to blow the three back, the lesser heads sank under the ice as the dominate head shot a twister of water from its maw, parts of the water froze up and pelted the three as hail stones.

CRACK!

The lesser heads emerged from the ice around the arena and shot icicles of frozen water.

CRUSH!

To make a tight situation worse, eight tails rushed out of the ice to try and slap the fighters. Ana flew to the left, Kairi jumped to the right with wings of light and Ken side stepped to the left. The dominate head caused the twister to burst into a blizzard, Kairi glowed a barrier as Ana braced with her wings and Ken surrounded himself with fire. The boy of the group shot another orb of fire above the dominate head and pointed downwards, causing it to shoot beams of fire at the beast, Ana questioned using the same failed strategy and as predicted, watched the Kharibdyss engulf it.

BOOM!

It burst in an inferno, the head coughed with its throat charred and fell on the ice, the other heads shrieked in pain and were nearly limp, Ana hummed impressed and form changed her keyblade into a spear like glaive, she flew down after the head and yelled a battle cry.

SLAM!

She cut deeply into the dominate head and caused the whole body to twitch in an electrical storm, the tails and heads fell in a slump, the dominate head didn't even screamed as it tried to get up, Ana jumped back and charged at the beasts neck, dealing a lethal blow that the teenagers felt. Kairi landed by Ken's side and was overwhelmed by watching. "Nice trick, using that lingering flame." The boy appreciated the compliment as the rumbling died down and the storm lessened its blowing, two of the Kharibdyss heads coughed something out and began fading away in light.

The trio realized something wasn't making sense and found Moonfang slowly approaching, impressed by the finishing blow and growling to the four dinosaurs, that were giving off their own glow of light. They gave a unified grunt as their essence formed into what the heads spit out. The teenagers slowly realized something and Kairi spoke out loud. "Was this whole thing a test?"

The Kharibdyss disappeared and the sky cleared, Ana guessed. "I...think it was." Kairi went closer to one of the baubles and found a charm being made. "And the dinosaurs became a part of the test." Ken went to the other bauble and noticed it looking like a slab of scales. "To see if they would follow us after we charge in?"

Kairi picked hers up, finding a charm looking like a spiky shield. "What more can we say, we inspired their hearts to help." Ken picked his up and looked to the Stormcast. "At least until the Kharibdyss got mad and drew its tails over here. Then we gave Ana the chance she needed to do her thing."

The Stormcast heard that and approached the two. "The two of you fought the most to get this far and I came along when I saw ya. This victory was your doing." She smiled widely and cheered. "For Sigmar! For the Light! Hip, hip." The teenagers cheered back. "Hurray!"

Kairi turned and found Namine appearing with the burning keyblade, the blonde girl looked bewildered for a moment and smiled proudly to the three. "You guys did it, that was a pretty scary storm."

The ice slowly cracked and Moonfang noticed a passage leading out of the lake, it barked something and Ana gave her approval, the Dracoth lowered herself and let the teenagers get on her back, Ana climbed on and let the dragon go up the path. Namine gave Ken the burning keyblade back and hummed in gratitude. "I didn't think I would have been able to handle the sound of that storm alone, that fire was what I needed to get through it. Thank you."

Ken didn't mind it. "It always gives a comfy feeling no matter where you are." He and Kairi looked at the charms and saw it disappear, fading to with in.

The group reached the top and saw a forest way with a lightly cloudy sky. A rainbow shined above and an odd feeling of harmony was felt, the sound of birds brought even more calming and to compliment it, there was a mountain over yonder. Ana asked. "What do you all think? Should we get a view of the world before we wake up?"

Kairi nodded. "With all of us, just about anything is possible, hey Ken... if the Kharibdyss was a kind of test, what brought it up to it in the first place?"

Ken shrugged as Namine wondered. "You got me there, but what you did... didn't really kill it." The boy felt a bellowing presence in his heart and agreed. "And he came back to me like it was no problem. Did he get this idea on his own? Or did someone or something brought him to it?"

The group wondered the mystery and Kairi suggested. "Should we try... asking it?" Ken answered. "Maybe, even if there was a reason, he almost destroyed this world. Ana, what do you think?"

The Stormcast answered bluntly. "A Kharibdyss is at the end of the day, a beast that only cares about food and territory. It wouldn't care about having that power, so I think talking it with him wouldn't hurt." The boy rested his head on his hands. "I'll try when we get to the mountain, I need to think about this."

He and the girls looked to the sky, Kairi asked. "Whether it is the darkest storms, there is always a lit sky waiting for us. Do you think the nightmare is over?" Ken nodded. "I think the worst is behind us. Kairi... did you think I crossed a line earlier with what I called Miss Aqua?" He blushed embarrassingly. "I really wasn't thinking straight."

Kairi giggled to him. "Not at all, I think it is pretty cute, but you're actual mom might want a word with you." Ken shook his head. "Nah, we actually talked about that, I'm a trouble maker."

The Princess wouldn't say that. "You haven't really done anything like that, even if you were getting there, you stopped before it got worse and that other incident gave more good than bad." Her smile lessened. "Just lay off the shipping. Would you like it if I did that to you?"

Ken smiled like he didn't mind. "I might take Olette on another park trip. She's nice." He understood the thought pattern. "But it can get annoying if someone looks at all of it as romance."

Namine asked. "In other words, it's okay if it really is getting that far and that's what's happening?" She winked. "Got ya."

Kairi pressed her finger at her lips at the insight as Ken apologized. "I still ought to tone it down and let Olette know to do the same." Ana looked annoyed at Ken. "Lad, there are things you ought to stay out of."

The boy took the warning as Kairi went back to the main subject. "But it's all behind us now. Ken, I might have called Aqua Mom myself. She's probably taking that well." Ana imagined that as Moonfang growled a smile, the Stormcast agreed. "It's the greatest pride a teacher can have, you might have tugged a couple of her heart strings." The teenagers hoped so and thought they saw a buck in the forest, quieting themselves and looking upon the nature.

In a library of memories.

Sora, Roxas, Stitch and Ven looked at a small collection of pipes, Roxas voiced the plan to the three emotions. "So, all some of us got to do is jump across the pipes until we get to the top while the rest of you hold on." Stitch agreed and climbed up a shelf for a better jump as Disgust observed and noticed two cells sucking out grey memories. "This seems way too easy." Fear realized it was and hid behind Roxas. "Oh, no. What if there is something watching us?"

Anger dismissed it with fierce arrogance. "If there was, we could take it on." Two of the cells over heard, saw unwelcomed visitors and approached to have them back away. "Move along, nothing to see, nothing in mind."

That confirmed Fear's suspicions as Stitch reached close to the top, Sora realized. "There's something in here that you don't want us to find?"

Disgust sighed snobbishly, the boy felt his question was too obvious as the more feminine cell answered. "Totally nothing as long as no one messes with the memories around these parts. We get these pink weirdo's sneak around here all the time, trying to get to the headquarters to the point that we had it."

Sora gasped and backed away. "Chaos Daemons were here?!" Roxas felt that was likely. "Tzeentch ones, they want to know everything about you so they can keep a step ahead. But that isn't why these two are trying to shoo us out."

The masculine one answered in denial. "Nope, we took a couple memories and thought up a way to chase them away. We put together one doozy that no daemon would want to go near." Stitch accidentally tipped an orb and caused it to fall, it was a memory of an annoying phone ring singing. "It's a small world after all."

Fear panicked and tried to pick it up as Anger sparked in annoyance and approached it. "Oh no, not this song again." The two bickered as the group felt a nearby tremor, the cells cringed and tried to leave. "Well, here he comes, you all better get out of here."

They rushed out as Disgust rolled her eyes. "I think they made a monster to guard this place. Like... how original." Ven gave credit where it was due to the cells. "Hey, if it's something tough for Sora to beat, then it ought to be tough for them as well. If it was a lot of them together, then it explains why no one else came here."

Roxas picked up a mental warning. "Together?! Ven, do you even know the kind of monsters Sora beaten up?"

Sora marked a couple and felt like something flew past him, he answered nervously. "I... lost count, but Jiminy ought to have them written down." Thud! Thud!

Anger and Fear stopped as they heard the noise and Stitch immediately jumped down in front of the boys to growl and draw out his laser guns. Sora sensed what was wrong and drew out his keyblade, Roxas drew his two and Ven flipped his, Sora asked. "You guys feel it too?"

The two boys nodded and Ven aimed his keyblade. "Let's see what it is."

PEW!

He gave off a flash of light and revealed a creature looking more furious. It had a bloated purple body with a face of a maw, floating mid air with disembodied feet resembling a green reptile, fist like arms that looked folded as they floated and complimenting the rest was a helmet with white horns and a black spike.

Sora recognized the parts and yelled. "This is a Heartless..." he corrected himself as he saw no emblem. "no," Roxas answered. "More than one of them put together."

The Dark Librarian flipped its hands playfully and juggled torches as its feet silently crawled in stealth as Ven asked. "But is it really a Heartless here?"

The emotions backed away and Disgust suggested. "Do you really want to find that out?" The four certainly didn't as Sora sighed. "It just looks like them, but if we don't beat it, we'll never get to the Head Quarters." He rally cried. "Let's do this!"

The feet disappeared as the the hands caught the torches and flared them up for an attack, the four attempted to dodge and saw it juggled the torches instead, the belly maw opened and vomited out an breath of green mist, catching Roxas and Stitch in the cloud and causing a burning sensation. Sora rushed at the head in reflex and attacked quickly as Ven struck in between, the head simply rolled back and crackled lighting in its horns as the belly face floated back in a daze. Roxas and Stitch ran out and saw the small head knock the attackers back with a thunder spell, Sora and Ven landed and were kicked around. The hands flipped the torches higher and unrolled to try and slap the nobody and alien into the ground. Roxas and Stitch dodged with a dash, the alien fired at where the other boys were kicked from as the nobody flung himself to the fight, exposing the feet and letting loose a combination of a bright light. The unfolded hands flipped to catch the falling torches and rolled high in the air.

Ven gave off a heal and looked up to the hands as Sora focused and flew above the hands trying to attack. His keyblade split into hunny blasters and he spun downwards, shooting a rain down and sending the lands lower. Ven flung balls of explosive energy and caused the hands to roll like blown paper, back towards the main body, Roxas and Stiches fast attacks caused the legs to give off a purple, glassy glow and compress into an orb. The duel wielding boy picked the orb up and shouted. "Sora, it's exactly like that one heartless. Take the arms out and we got this."

The belly gasped and spit out caustic bile at Sora as the head flipped after Roxas. Sora dodged the bile as Roxas ducked and let Stitch tackle it. Sora and Ven struck the belly face for a fast counter, the belly back flipped to escape and hovered upside down, the arms reached the eyes, unfolded and fluttered upward, resembling a pair of shoes, the hands shake the torches like maracas. The head flipped upside down, opened its helm and resembled something of an insects head. The hands reached to the upside down mouth as the head fired lightning bolts at the four. The cage like mouth opened to burp, the boys focused on the wall behind it and let Stitch climb onto Ven's back.

WOOSH!

They landed behind the Librarian and watched it blow a stream of fire, the helmet turned to them and fired an orb of energy, the group simply dodged the initial blast and saw it open into a rift of power, flinging explosive orbs at them. The other parts spun to the three, Sora rolled underneath them and let loose air magic, causing the legs to flap out of control towards Ven, who sparked in electricity and quickly slashed at them. The paper like limbs condensed into a red, glassy field and dropped into a red orb. The cage like body flailed down at Sora in an attempt to crush him and missed, giving Roxas and Stitch the chance needed to shoot it in the back with a laser beam and a beam of light, the cage gagged and condensed into a green orb.

The head realized it was alone and wildly flew at the closest foe it could, firing at anything it wasn't trying to ram. Sora changed his hunny spout into blasters and fired at the floating helmet, he covered it in sticky goop and caused it to slow down, Roxas took a swing, Ven jumped high and slashed downward to send the helmet off course and Stitch head butted it back in the air, Sora fused the blasters together into a launcher and fired a finishing blow, causing it to turn into two orbs, one blue, one yellow. The four panted and saw the three emotions looking from hiding, Fear stuttered. "Is... is it gone?"

He went to have a closer look as Anger looked annoyed that he was denied a fight and Disgust simply picking up what was dropped. Roxas had the chance to look into the green orb and found a chameleon like heartless with a human hunter on its back. "That was something." He tossed the orb to Disgust and whistled, the annoyed emotion grabbed it as the other two picked up the yellow and blue orb, they placed the five in a corner and wondered what else lurked in the mind scape.

Sora dismissed his keyblade and asked. "It had to have been a pretty deep end for you all to make this. Are you sure we need it?"

Disgust answered bluntly. "I don't like this as much as the rest of you," Anger agreed and shrugged. "But it isn't a real heartless and they said it keeps the daemons out." Fear didn't wish to think about it. "Yeah... it doesn't have an emblem, so it can't be as bad as the daemons. Nope, not something we have to worry about."

Roxas dismissed his blades and had his right hand at his hip as he corrected the emotion. "Like it or not, we have to leave this behind and let them rebuild it. It won't hurt anything that is suppose to be here, that's it's only other function."

Ven found that a relief. "And when this is over, we can just leave it be." He let Stitch get on his back and offered Disgust a ride. "We're just a jump up these pipes and we're home free."

The emotion cringed as Anger gave the silent order take the offer, the burning emotion got on Sora's back and calmly stated. "And then we can get things back to normal. It's just... a couple jumps away."

Fear got on Roxas's back and looked up. "Just don't look down and we'll be back home." The nobody imagined why. "That golem was the hardest part of getting there. You'll all be fine." He jumped on a flat edge of pipe, kept his balance and jumped to another, the others followed the climb up the head quarters tower, a climb towards the center of the mind.

At a gate leading into a glistening realm.

Ahriman was in disbelief at the architecture as Ztardon raised his hands in praise. "The Raven Lord has opened many paths for us." The Sorcerer turned to Archaon with a vow. "I will see that we have an etiquette amount of endless spells bound to our cause. It sounds like what ever the Seraphon are concocting in the Jungle of Teeth is the largest priority in the Realm of Ghur."

The Everchosen agreed with that. "And I will not allow them to go unchecked. While the Ratman bolsters a horde, I will see if this Ogroid is worthy of a venture into the Realm of Hearts. Keenfist the Shepard and the Untamed Beasts he guides."

Ahriman was most impressed by the names. "And an Ogriod is a rather intriguing specimen for the mutated Beastmen. One who is mighty enough to command the tribes of the realms with an iron fist." He looked at the fanatical Tzaangor Shaman and ordered. "And you, Ztardon, know what to do for the other?" The Shaman nodded. "Yes, I see a Thaumaturge who lords over Tzaangor on top of a tower of platinum. They will be enlightened to fates hand." Ahriman warned him. "One way or another, he will serve out cause, whether it if be under your wits or under me should you not return. Expect the Thaumaturge to be much more than cunning brute, he could tip the scales of power in our favor."

Archaon over heard that. "He might, this would be beyond the sight of that Demon and would allow Xehanort to once again witness the army of Darkness at our beckon call."

Ahriman hummed. "If to remind him that no matter our goal, the plan is to succeed if we know how to make it into OUR plan." Archaon nodded and got on his three headed nightmare of a steed. "For now, I will not tolerate anymore insubordination, but I sense you speak truth to your words." Ahriman admitted with a proud chuckle. "Oh this is all towards the Thirteen and my intention is to be finished quickly and return to remind the Guardian's of Light of that they are in a war they cannot win. What you done on Olympus was but an appetizer and it required many of them to best just three of the Varanguard."

Archaon smiled in spite. "And they will be fools to not consider that. Now go, see that you do not fail." The three headed nightmare flew to the citadel and left the Sorcerer and his minion to go to the gate.

Ahriman appreciated the opportunity allowed. "He has a long plan ahead and we should heed caution to that." Ztardon agreed. "For what does his plan mean for us?"

Ahriman didn't want to know. "Let's focus on the mission, we'll discuss this when we are out of Archaon's eyes." The two stepped across the realm gate and entered a Realm of Metal, they summoned a disk for each and flew off in different directions.

In a dream about a mountain.

Moonfang reached the summit of the mountain as Ana finished small talk. "And that's how the hall way formed. It really does look like the castle that was?"

Ken nodded as Namine answered. "I thought it be fitting since that place is taking you somewhere beyond the scope and you might end up losing something close to you," She cringed. "due to all the fighting that goes on in the realms."

Ken minded the caution as Kairi spoke the ill news. "I don't think Master Aqua is going to let either of us near that Realmgate, Ana?"

The Stormcast shook her head. "Oh no, neither of you two are ready to survive a trip that long into the Realms. Even if you two are powerful warriors, we're only mortal." The Dracoth smelled the air suspiciously and noticed a cave in the mountain. She walked in and the group found themselves in a cave with a hole in the top.

They found an odd hunk of rock and a fiendish creature sitting on top of it, the demonic form of Garland, with a gate way into a crystal palace. The teenagers jumped off and drew their keyblades as Ana leaped forward with her own weapon, fluttering and readying for battle, Kairi barked. "Garland, you have a nerve coming here."

Garland placed his lower hands together smugly and placed his upper right fist at his cheek. "This was your plan to stop me? To reach beyond the possibilities and use both wit and strength? The three of you think yourselves invincible."

The teenagers weren't answering as Ana casually answered with a smug face. "Oh we are just getting a little bit of help to undo the crystal keeping us from caving your face in. We figured you were watching us."

Garland raised a finger with his one hand. "And you have a night to spare before you muster an army. Time and time again, the Warriors of Harmony band together to vanquish the Forces of Discord, as it has been the eternal cycle."

Kairi remembered a bit of history and agreed. "Ever since that war I heard about that happened a long time ago, it seems to always be like that. Now, what are you planning this time?"

Garland stopped slumping and flew above the rock, he answered in a taunt. "To... encourage an idea upon foolish youths. The boys pet enacted the Great Will's test and the Maiden's pupils adverted Cataclysm. Do you truly believe such union would truly stop me?"

Namine felt something was off about the rock as Kairi answered bluntly. "Yes, we fought back worse before and you won't be any different?"

Garland gasped at the determination and laughed in megalomania as Namine approached Kairi from behind and faded into her. "You speak this before one who became a god, who has command over the power of Nature herself. You stand before the destructive majesty of her inevitable judgement." Kairi felt her eyes directed at the rock as Ken had an odd sweat and looked around to find the mountain suspicious, amusing the demon more as Ana found the structure familiar.

Garland sighed. "Some of you have witnessed her power first hand, yet you need to be reminded. Allow her avatar to enlighten you." He glowed his hands and caused a spec of wind to blow to the rock as he flew back into the crystal gate. Nothing seemed to be happening and Ken asked. "Is this really a mountain?"

Ana gasped as Moonfang roared that the trio hurry on its back, the Stormcast barked as Kairi slowly backed away from the rock. "You heard Moonfang, we got to get out of here before this volcano-"

Crack!

"Aak!" Kairi yelped as the rock opened two, burning red eyes, it closed and a figure moved as black smoke formed around it, she ran to the Dracoth as fast as possible as Ken watched the glowing eyes be consumed in the smoke. The boy sprinted and jumped on Moonfang's back in sync with Kairi. Moonfang dashed in an instant as Ana flew with them, out of the cave.

BOOM!

The tip of the mountain burst, lava flew all around, something bubbling emerged from the top, a dark red bubble of lava slowly taking form, it burst into fresh lava and revealed wings and the body of a bird. Kairi turned to ready a water spell as the Firebird looked down upon the fleeing party and shot a stream of lava at them.

BOOM!

It missed, yet tore a chunk of the earth away, she and Ken resorted to using a reflect spell as the Firebird fired again, at where Moonfang was heading towards.

BOOM!

The Dracoth was sent flying and rolling down the mountain, knocking the teenagers off and sending them rolling back first into a tree, Ken was upside down on his back as Kairi was face first in the dirt. Ana landed and helped them get up as she and Moonfang watched the Firebird sink into the mountain, lava flowed out of the volcano and at the tip of the flow, were yellow eyes. Kairi and Ken ran in instinct as Moonfang and Ana realize how fast the lava was going and how they needed to run as well. The Stormcast shot bolts of lightning at the lava to no avail as it reached close to the forest and set the trees ablaze, it rushed through the burning wood as an unstoppable tide, Ana flew backwards to the running teenagers and yelled. "We need to slow that thing down and get to higher ground, there is no saving this forest."

Kairi turned and saw the rapidly spreading fire, she focused her keyblade and slashed a stream of water, causing the lava to sizzle, cool, slow for a moment and have fresh lava roll over the dry. That was a second of time at best, Ken whistled to Kairi and slashed the ground with his two blades, breaking apart a small chasm and warning her to jump over it.

The lava following behind fell in the chasm, more rolled over it and reformed, Moonfang turned around to see the effort was doing next to nothing, glowed in moonlight and jumped to Ana as energy, the Stormcast felt the power and flapped her wings to blow a mighty blizzard, pushing the lava back and solidifying it. She flew down towards the sprinting teenagers that saw fresh lava heating the Firebird back up. "Keep running, that's all I got without going near it."

The duo understood and found themselves reaching a canyon, Ken gasped, aimed for the rocks above and fired, sending them falling down behind them and seeing the rocks heat up and slowly melting. The trio ran down canyon at slightly more even pace and to their horror, found another stream of lava the way they were going, the lava opened like a maw as Kairi found a rock leading up, Ken felt in sync and followed her, looking up a lower ledge to find more lava flowing, about to pour down at them. They looked at the walls to their left and right, Kairi jumped left as Ken jumped right to escape the dropping lava that took the form of a birds head. Both jumped to the opposite wall in a flow to avoid the lashing lava as Ana flew upward to the top of the canyon. The three reached the top, Kairi grabbed the ledge and flipped as Ken jumped from the far wall and landed, the Princess was on her rear as the one armed boy was on his knees. Wanting to have a breath, if the sulfur filling the air would let them. Ana landed and pulsed out cool air, giving the teenagers a refresh. The three looked at the world bellow, finding it engulfed in a fiery sea of burning trees and lava, complimented by the volcano continuing to erupt.

With nowhere else to run, they drew their keyblades as a wave of lava rushed up. Kairi swiped a slash that resembled a tide of water to send the Firebird back as Ana flapped frigid air to cool the lava of the foes form, giving Ken the chance to fire at the Birds head. Breaking the wave apart and causing it to recede, the lava bellow was far out of reach and it bubbled again. The Firebird emerged and raised its wings to resemble a wave of melting earth and fire, readying to strike in its last ditch effort to consume. Kairi felt another wave of terror and aimed her keyblade. "He's coming at us, are you ready?"

Ana aimed with a frigid glow as Ken aimed Cadia's Light. "Y..yeah."

The Stormcast yelled. "It's now or never. This bird has destroyed enough."

The three keyblades glowed as one as the Firebird's orange eyes glowed and its beak opened, it flew after them head first. PEW! Three beams shot out from the keyblades and shot the bird away, the water and ice caused the birds body to rapidly cool into more dull rock as the explosive laser beam caused the body to break down. Crack! In an instant, the Firebird broke apart and fell into the lava that began loosing its heat, the eruption from afar died down, yet the forest continued to burn.

The sense of danger was gone, yet the disaster reminded the trio of what really happened. Kairi noticed Namine sitting by the ledge and looking down as the moon light empowering Ana flowed out of her and returned to Moonfang, the girls sat side by side to watch as Ana stood in guard and Ken looked far. "That eruption caused all this?"

Kairi looked and nodded. "The lava reached pretty far, there goes the forest." She crouched, depressed at the mass destruction, Namine patted her on the back and looked at the positive. "At least we got away, but this is going to take a while to cool down."

Ana thought of something. "And, the ashes would make good soil, Kairi, how good are you with cura?" The Princess gasped to an idea. "That won't do on its own, but if we focused that, things will start growing again in no time."

Ken listened and cheered. "You guys are geniuses. If we all concentrate that, boom, trees and plants are back where the eruption burned. Garland thought to scare us out of trying by sicing that thing."

Namine nodded. "To try and show us that we can't really stop something that destructive. It's kind of true, but that's how life goes on." Ana summed up the cycle. "Life, destruction and beginning it all again."

Moonfang grunted as the group watched the burning, Kairi relaxed, despite the grim sight. "Fixing the destruction caused and going back to enjoying this dream. Ken, it's a good thing we did stop you from trying to learn lava magic." Ken whistled and sat down to watch. "Tell me about it, the last thing we need is causing this in real life. I think Miss is going to be pretty happy that we were able to jump like that and that I finally started using earth magic."

Kairi agreed. "That's flow motion, like what Sora and Riku were doing." She wondered about her friends. "They must be having their own dreams right now. I wonder if they know about this."

Namine wondered herself. "They might know tomorrow once we tell them. If Garland is able to pull strings like that, we're going to be busy to try and stop something like this from happening." Kairi agreed and promised. "And we will stop him."

In a dream about pipes.

Sora landed on a pipe that connected to the lower stem of the brain like tower and found no more, he looked at the top as Roxas and Ven followed, Anger asked annoyed as he held onto the boys back. "So that's how far it's going to get? How are we going to climb now?"

Sora had a quick spark of brilliance as Fear shivered and tried not to look down. "Easy, we jump at-" he found a window. "there and try to see if anyone is home." Roxas hummed in agreement as Disgust had criticism to the plan. "Nowhere we can grab onto, but they'll see us."

Stitch blabbered a plan and showed off his teeth, Disgust cringed as Anger was quick to agree with the alien. "Of course, that will get us in, no problem." Ven agreed as he tried not to look down at the canyon bellow. "Then we'll solve this little problem of Soras head and things will get back to normal."

The boys looked at the window, focused and made a high jump, the boys reached the edge of the window seal and held on, realizing it might not have been a safe option, Stitch climbed up Ven's head and reached the window, he bit at the glass and noticed something approaching, wondering what was going on. A yellow like creature with blue, spiky hair, a dress similar to the other emotions, if yellow and a feminine structure. The emotion saw cracks in the window, was approving of the thing working and caused something familiar to form in her hands, a blue keyblade with yellow orbs. She spun it at the window and caused it to open like a door, she turned and yelled. "Come on Sadness, let's get our friends in!"

Stitch felt that was convenient and went past the opening to find a short, blue, depressed creature with glasses and a blue outfit like the others, having a gentle smile and joining to help. Stitch turned to grab Ven's hand as the yellow emotion put the keyblade away and reached for Sora in an overly eager manner and Sadness tugging Roxas slowly. Together, they pulled the boys and emotions into the head quarters and resolved the small misadventure.

The boys and emotions were on their hands and knees, taking a moment to breath in as the more joyous emotion turned to the embodiment of Sadness. "I knew they would get here, we just needed to to keep him easy."

Anger was the first to get up and saw a rather small mess of orbs and signs that Joy and Sadness were having quite a difficulty keeping the mind in order, he heartily asked. "Sheesh, this place gotten scattered without us?"

Sadness answered gloomy. "We were never separated before and I don't think we ought to have gotten involved." Fear realized an important factor. "Sora's here, uh no."

Sora got up to find a rather advanced station with a console and a collection of orbs all around, he spaced out like he was in a dream as Disgust shrugged. "This isn't the first time he been to somewhere like here. So Joy, what we got to do?"

The Embodiment of Joy answered and lead the emotions to the console and had the boys and alien stand afar in the center. "We're in Dream Mode, so this will all be like a dream to them as long as they don't touch anything." She smiled awkwardly at the four and greeted them. "We... never thought this was going to happen, but thanks for helping the guys get back here. That could have been a problem if they were out while you were awake."

Roxas pictured why. "Then you would have to work without them. Thanks for getting us in," He wanted to ask something and saw some lights flicker as Sadness shyly pressed a button and caused a round black and white shelf of emotions to rise up, most of them dull and grey. "We know you came to try and remember someone," Roxas appreciated it and guessed. "Once me and Sora united, you guys had to sort all these out and add my own memories up here?"

Sadness nodded. "You and Sora are the same, but there were pretty important memories we didn't want the forgetters to touch. We couldn't get them to work again."

Joy held the keyblade and explained. "We been stuck with them for weeks and the only clue we got was the name Xion." She thought about what to do as Ven asked. "Why didn't you use that keyblade to unlock the memories and figure it out?"

Joy awkwardly kept silent as Sadnesss answered in a melancholic tone. "Because we're not the ones who could open them. These memories don't want to show itself to any of us."

Anger thought of something and had a rather fierce smile. "Because we're with Sora, while those guys were like memory cores of us. These are your memories so-" Fear openly protested against that. "What's that going to do to Sora if Roxas finds out?"

Disgust agreed with the concern. "Nothing good, this is a bad idea." Joy turned to the three. "Hey, guys, this was the reason Roxas came here and we wanted to figure out about Xion anyways. This could be our only chance." Ven agreed with that. "But once Roxas messes with that, he's on his own?"

Roxas agreed with that and approached the memories. "Because these are mine and if I can remember Xion, we will find a way to help her."

The emotions heard that and Sora approved. "Go ahead, we'll make sure it doesn't get out of control, this place, doesn't want to let Xion go either." Sadness heard and warned Roxas. "You know how these memories work?"

Roxas nodded. "Yellow is happy, green is disgust, red is anger, purple is fear and blue is sadness. Something happened to make them all faded out," He formed his two keyblades and aimed the more light colored at them. "I guess it's time they get some color back."

He tapped the collection and caused one of them to glow in a color, as expected, it was blue, he had a closer look and saw him and a black haired girl on a familiar tower, having ice cream together, two more orbs glowed in blue, another was him and Xion having a kind of mission together, while another was them hanging out with a certain man with red spiky hair. Two more orbs glowed blue and Ven realized what was going on. "Are all of these going to be blue?"

Roxas's curiosity turned into something of sorrow, he turned toward the other boys with a crestfallen manner. "We didn't see this coming?" Two more orbs glowed blue and the emotions realized something was going wrong, Sadness looked at Roxas and stood next to him to ask. "You missed her a lot?"

Roxas nodded as the blue took over the grey, Sadness gave him a comforting embrace to help him stand his ground, he hugged her back. "But why did I forget her?"

Sora had no idea about that and realized something, causing an orb to appear and flash an image of a particular Sorcerer. "That's what Ahriman was trying to get out of us. Was he the reason others started seeing her?"

Anger sparked. "Him?! Then how did she and Ken even meet?!" Joy tried to keep Anger under control as she pressed a couple buttons and had the memory of Ahriman turn off. "We'll figure that out once Sora talks with Ken, I'm sure there is a pretty good reason that happened."

The orbs revealed more of blue and circled into a large grey orb at the top. Roxas gasped to something and in sync, the orb shined blue and gave off a projection. One of a girl in a black hooded coat, she had a crazed expression on her face and extended her hand. She was shrouded in darkness and took on a form unnerving, a figure in white armor with pink highlights, greatly resemble Sora's shape, straight down to a helmet with spikes in a pattern like his hair. Sora was a little speechless as the Memory of Xion drew out a long, yellow and red sword and sprout green wings as she posed for battle in the same manner as Sora. Fear sensed what was going to happen and pressed a button, Sadness saw the ceiling ready a device as Roxas signaled her to get to safety, the emotion made a run for it and a barrier formed to contain Roxas and the Memory of Xion. Fear dusted his hands on a job well done. "Now we don't have to worry about this fight breaking anything."

Disgust wasn't amused. "Yeah, but Roxas is in there with her." Roxas didn't dare keep his watch away from the armored memory and yelled to the group. "I got this, it's just like the Librarian, beat her and she goes back to the memories." Sora shouted to him. "Go get it Roxas!" Ven shouted with him. "It's just a memory, you can do this." Stitch roared in agreement. "Roxas!"

The other emotions routed for Roxas, giving him a needed confidence boost, the Memory of Xion glowed her sword and flew at him with a slash, Roxas struck at her with his two keyblades to counter, the memory flew back and high above to try and stab him in the ground. Roxas rolled and the memory took the chance to rush after him, Roxas rolled again and performed one more counter, causing the Memory's wings and blade to disappear, she formed another blade that resembled an insects limb attached to string. Roxas remembered something and rushed to the Memory for aggressive attacks, the memory flipped to the left, tried to attack and met a pulse of light that knocked her back. A rift of light opened bellow Roxas and sucked him in place, giving the Memory time to hover and aimed the blade at him, at the tip, an orb of energy formed and fired many beams. Roxas tried to get out of the rift and avoided a handful of beams, feeling the rest, the rift faded and Roxas sprinted away from a slash, he healed and charged once more, the blade was knocked out of the Memories hands.

She gave a dark glow and formed an extra set of arms to compliment four curved swords. She rushed at him with all four blades swinging, Roxas jumped back and shot a couple fire balls, the Memory caused another disk of light to form and keep Roxas in place, the nobody focused upon the charging Memory and hovered, he placed his two keyblades together and charged an orb of light that burst into many. Sending the Memory flying back and landing on its knees, the form changed its armor's attire to look more crowned and have blade shoulders, in her hands were two pink swords resembling keyblades.

The Memory stood up and increased in size, Roxas slowed his breathing as the orb on the shelf shined and caused the arena to resemble a certain town with a bell tower, if vaguely. The giant swung her blades horizontally, Roxas rolled above the slashes and struck her at the chest, Sora and Sadness stopped cheering, like they realized what was to happen. The spiky haired boy asked. "Xion didn't go out of control like that on her own, someone did this to her and that lead to her-" Sadness nodded and watched the Memory fold her swords and caused a dark orb to pulse at Roxas. The Nobody was knocked back and saw the Memory raise her swords straight in the air for a smash, Roxas ran as far as he could as the Memory smashed the blades down. A pillar of light erupted from the slam and would have reached for the heavens if it wasn't for the roof, Roxas took the chance as the pillar faded, the Memory looked confused at what wasn't there and looked around to find a certain boy flinging himself with his two blades.

SLASH!

The Memory stilled as Roxas landed behind her, she fell on her knees limb and flickered in an odd dark, the nobody turned around to find someone falling out of the armor, a black haired girl with blue eyes, looking miserable, Roxas dismissed his keyblades and rushed to ease her fall. "Xion!"

He caught her and flipped her on her back, the girl gave off a blue glow as Roxas remembered how the story ended, the boy looked like he wanted to cry. The Memory of Xion gave a sweet smile and disappeared into a blue orb that floated into Roxas's hand, Sora, Ven, Stitch and Sadness noticed the barrier disappeared and went to comfort him, letting the boy cry. Sadness wanted to say something tried to think of how to word it and Roxas answered with his cheeks dripping. "She was my best friend... and I forgot about her."

The crying became worse and the emotions found it difficult to say something themselves. Joy realized something, snapped her fingers to an idea and waved her hand. "Hey, this could be a chance to help her and get her back."

The other emotions turned to her like it was an outrageous idea and Anger sizzled. "How, if Ahriman is the wise guy that brought her back, he done something to her?"

Fear agreed with that with paranoia. "What if finding her is a part of his plan?" Disgust rolled her eyes and smiled to Joy. "She ran away from him after rescuing that undead guy, she's far away from anyone stopping Roxas from seeing her again." She had a bright idea to compliment Joy's. "There is just one person that knows about how she is doing."

The cheerful emotion nodded as Roxas listened and answered. "Ken?" He stood up and wiped the tears from his eyes. "He's still dreaming about something... maybe I should drop by and visit him next."

He looked to Sora and Ven, who thought it wouldn't be a harm. "Thanks for having my back. Could you keep the fact that Xion's armor kind of looks familiar to someone a secret? He will freak out." The boys vowed as Stitch noticed Joy putting something in the console and pushing a few buttons, the alien asked. "Joy?"

The emotion knew she was caught and pressed a pink button, she gave a respectful nod to the four. "It was nice to meet you all, I'm glad we can all be a help, so this is one from me." The four dreamers found themselves glowing in strange light as Sadness explained. "This should get you back into your dreams, hopefully to those not as sad."

Roxas took a deep breath and had a smile to Sadness. "If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have learned what we needed about Xion. Sometimes a little sadness is good for you."

Sora agreed with that. "Sadness helps us care for each other when times are tough. So another sad dream would help us know there is something wrong." He gave Roxas a one armed embraced and Ven joined in. "It gives us a reason why we need to keep going." Stitch was the first to fade away in the light as Roxas promised. "Yeah, it's nice to know you look a like. We'll meet again and... maybe," he whistled as Ven was a little embarrassed by the words look a lot. "go out for some ice cream or something?"

The oldest boy answered. "Sure, just... don't bring up that we look like each other. Aqua had a long head ache because of that." Roxas had a wide smile, Ven smiled back and was the next to disappear in the light, followed by the nobody. Leaving Sora alone to turn to the emotions and wave goodbye. "So long guys, try not to make me say something silly when I wake up." Disgust hummed and promised. "We won't." PEW!

In the dream of an ashen land.

The lava cooled into a darkened tone and the ashen sky cleared to let down a star lit sky. Kairi and Ken gave a green glow and aimed their keyblades as Ana gave a glow of wind and aimed hers. A large keyhole formed in front of them, awaiting the gift of life. PEW! The beams made contact and the keyhole flickered, out from the other end came a glow, it spread across the land and caused grass and flowers to grow, trees raised up from the ashes and the charred remains scattered, Namine was amazed by the miracle as life returned. "And like that, the destruction became nothing but a memory."

Kairi and Ken gave each other a high five and gave Ana one. The Stormcast and her Dracoth noticed they were glowing in an odd light and relaxed, the warrior asked. "I guess this dream is over now? I wonder what the next one is going to be?"

Ken answered with a dorky smile. "Hopefully something cool, it's good to see things are going back to normal here." He approached Ana to give her an embrace. "Thank you." Kairi joined in with hers. "You're an amazing friend." Ana blushed proudly as Moonfang disappeared into her own dream. "And it's an honor to fight along side you. May the Light of the Storm guide your way in even the darkest of days."

She vanished and Ken noticed he was glowing, he gave Kairi a bow of respect. "This is weird, but fun. Forget what Garland was saying, we worked together to stop evil before, we can do it again." Kairi agreed with that and raised her fist with valor. "We'll wipe that toothy grin off his face soon enough. Don't ever loose that hope Ken."

The boy raised his fist up with the same kind of courage. "For the worlds and all we hold dear. For the Heart of the Worlds!" Kairi cheered. "For the Heart of the Worlds."

Ken vanished and left Kairi behind with Namine, the girls looked to be flickering at once, Kairi sighed. "He's like a little brother. No matter how we fight, he always has a good heart." Namine smiled for her. "No matter what, he's always himself. Hmm, if Garland was able to awaken that, then he might have a similar trick planned. With the elements, he can use that power, what could mix with them?"

Kairi answered without hesitation. "Life, with life, he can turn the elements into monsters like the Firebird. Monsters that will do as he says and cause chaos into the worlds if they are not stopped. We should warn the others about this kind of idea, they won't be like any Heartless, Nobody or Unversed."

Namine nodded and had a firm frown, they felt themselves flicker and found themselves on a beach, the blonde girl noticed someone familiar coming and looked to find a tree house, she asked her other half. "Tell him I'm not here." She made a run for the tree house and Kairi looked to find a confused Sora wandering lost.

The Princess had a frown to give to the unaware boy. "There you are, I've been waiting for hours." Sora yelped in surprise to see Kairi, who smiled. "Just joking, were you dreaming about this place?"

The boy scratched his head. "For a while, then I had an adventure inside my head. Me and Roxas found out about Xion," Kairi found a familiar bent tree to sit on and invited him to look at the night sky. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Sora answered with confusion. "Maybe later, it's kind of confusing and weird. But Roxas is a bit closer to getting his friend back." He and Kairi sat together, the boy took the chance to ask. "What were you doing?"

Kairi answered. "A dream about a big adventure and something to warn you and the others about. I think Garland has a big one for us tomorrow, he brought to life a bird made of molten-"

In an odd dream of Traverse Town.

Ken was in the middle of a mental break down and crouched on a park bench, trying to hide tears of his as the Firekeeper rubbed his back and kept him close to the bonfire. The boy noticed someone coming and the Firekeeper whispered. "Remember, this is a dream, thou could make it what thy wish."

She disappeared into ashes and left Ken to turn to the right, seeing someone approach from a street, Roxas. The one armed boy waved hello and hid his sadness with a smile. "Hey, didn't think I see you here again."

Roxas sensed what the boy was feeling and said hello with a rather sympathetic frown. "It's okay to talk about why this place is bothering you. You use to love this town."

Ken found himself struggling to say it and wanted to hit something. "I still do and every time I see this, it's the same, I'm reminded of what happened to it because some maniac found it annoying." He raised his voice and hissed. " f I ever see the Black Legion, or Abaddon again, I'm going to kill them for what they done." The boy sobbed helplessly, Roxas approached and sat next to him. "It's okay to feel that, the town didn't deserve it."

He gave Ken a one armed embraced, the crying became worse. "It doesn't and people I knew got hurt by the Black Legion or because of them." He tried to calm down and had a more mellow smile. "I had a dream before this of me, Kairi and Ana saving a world from a cataclysm," he looked to the Kharybdis in the corner and had a scowl. "One that he tried to cause and another we had to undo because of a Firebird. Khary, what were you thinking?"

The hydra monster flicked its main tongue at him to apologize and Ken guessed. "It was to test me and Kairi while getting us hoped up for tomorrow? If we didn't succeed, it was a dream to you anyways? Typical," He wagged his fleshy finger to him. "don't do it again."

The beast whimpered at the lecture, Ken focused back to Roxas with his mood lightened. "But him showing up made some of this feel better. If he didn't do what he did, me and the other students wouldn't have learned anything new. You and the guys dreaming odd dreams yourself?"

Roxas nodded and laughed to the silly memories. "It went all the way to me and Sora's heads. Literally." He stopped and asked. "I might have found some old memories about that girl you talked about. Xion."

Ken gasped and snapped his fingers. "That's why Sora was acting a bit strange when I talked about her, she was someone you knew?" Roxas answered rather eagerly. "She was a good friend of mine, but something happened to her and we had to say goodbye. Then I forgot about her, how... is she?"

Ken remembered and felt grim. "The bad first, she doesn't seem to talk about much of her life and she calls this other friend of mine her brother." He cringed to the knowledge. "Something happened, or you would have been the first person she would go to. You know about that?"

Roxas cringed himself. "We think someone brought her back to existence and there is only one person who might have that power. It's why Ahriman read Sora and me the other day, he's responsible for Xion being alive again."

Ken's mouth dropped. "And he is what she and Dupmic been calling Dad. Bad neighborhood, that neighborhood was that Castle." Roxas almost jumped. "Wha... how long?"

Ken shrugged. "I don't know, but finding out those guys had Baldred brought back to life and were making his time a complete nightmare was enough for them to try and rescue him and leave. Roxas, they been at Radiant Garden since, living with my Mom. If they were working with those guys, they would not have been attacked like they were at the park."

The nobody agreed with that. "But why would they lie about Ahriman?" Ken guessed from the tip of his mind. "Because none of us would have helped them so easily if we knew?" He had another theory. "I'll bet Ahriman has a lot to do with what happened with Xion, her condition and why she acts like she forgot about you. I'm going to settle that when I can."

Roxas raised an eyebrow and asked. "How? and don't suggest anything that would hurt her." Ken was offended and crossed his chest in a vow. "I would never do that to her or Dupmic. It's going to be tight, but I'll talk to them, they deserve better than to be used for some scumbags plans and having to lie about it."

The Kharibdyss agreed and yawned, flickering into a rift of light. Ken and Roxas looked at the strange thing, the spiky haired teenager took a deep breath and asked. "Please, I don't want her getting caught up in this again."

Ken stood up and was ready for a journey, "I'll see to that and then-" he pulled his burning keyblade out of the ground. "She'll be waiting to meet you again, all of you."

He gave a knights bow and walked to the rift, forming a wide smile as Roxas tried to stop him. "Hey, Ken." The one armed boy turned around. "You want me to pass word about you?" Roxas shook his head. "That's only going to work if I'm there." He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and smiled to him. "Thank you for being her friend. That means a lot to me."

Ken sighed. "Not a problem, I'll be seeing you tomorrow for the big battle. We got a handful." Roxas looked forward to that. "We had those before and it didn't stop us." Ken agreed and turned to the rift, jumping in and leaving Roxas behind. The spiky haired teenager saw the rift close and looked around. "What could be done to make him enjoy this town again?"

In an odd dream about a park.

Xion was having a typical dream of sugary treats, dinosaurs and a starry night sky. A Herrerasaurus curled up under a tree like a dog, next to a particular orange dog. She noticed someone entering the park, looking weirded out by the images, she gasped and approached with an ice cream bar in hand. "Ken?"

The blonde boy turned to the voice and was astonished by Xion leaping at him for an embrace, Ken blushed embarrassed as the girl asked. "What are you doing here in my dreams? You can tell me."

The boy stopped and saw a clear grass. "Ah... I'm not really a dream, but I was looking for you. Do you have a minute? It's kind of serious."

Xion wondered what and lead him to the patch, sitting down and offering him some ice cream as she looked up to the moon in the sky. "What you wanted to talk about?"

Ken sat next to her, took the ice cream and unwrapped it, seeing a chocolate image of someone he knew and took a bite, oddly not tasting pillow or his own teeth, but vanilla and chocolate. "Hmm. Gulp. Xion, would you tell me about the neighborhood you and Dupmic escaped from. Or that castle? Some friends of mine found out about where you came from."

Xion blinked, realized what Ken talked about and paused, looking rather scared, the boy took another bite, swallowed and looked her in the eyes with worry. "Xion, no matter what, I'll still be you and Dupmic's friend. But please tell me the truth, you don't have to lie to me anymore."

The girl felt the words and slowly spoke. "...Well, I don't really know much, but I was brought back by Ahriman and some guy that me and Dupmic were hiding from. That person, was what caused my whole condition to happen in the first place and Ahriman said enough that he both had something to do with why it wasn't worse and why I don't remember beyond that. Ahriman and Ztardon took care of us for a while, until me and Dupmic found out about Baldred. We had to get him out of there and we had to get out of there, me and Dupmic kind of knew that Ahriman needed us for something and we don't want to find out what that is."

Ken felt that was pretty hard to get through mentally. "That's why you two called him Dad. That is pretty hard to do to someone who was taking care of you and that makes me want to know more. Ahriman... let you and Dupmic escape?"

Xion nodded. "And we don't know how much of that was planned. Are you mad?" Ken scratched his hip with his cybernetic head. "Kind of and kind of confused. Nothing good is going to come out of that Sorcerer, he was with the Black Legion and those guys done too much evil for me to ever be okay."

Xion guessed with a forming feeling of disgust. "One of them is why you lost your arm?" Ken nodded and felt a hint of anger remembering. "Forget about my arm, they blew up a world I cared deeply about and I thought people were murdered." He realized he raised his tone and let go of the anger. "The only way for us to figure the rest out is to confront Ahriman and we don't have a plan for that. So were putting him aside for now, is there something about Dupmic I need to know?"

Xion nodded. "Before Ahriman found him, he was a replica of someone you knew and Dupmic is scared of meeting his real self." Ken sympathized with that feeling. "And unlike you, Dupmic still remembers what happened. So something happened that caused his death or something and he doesn't want to die."

He sat next to Xion and looked up to the sky. "Thank you for being honest with me. I found a bit about who you were, a guy I know, said you and him were very good friends and once we have the time, you might meet him again." Xion gasped and smiled wide. "Really?"

Glomp!

She embraced him. "Thank you, thank you." Ken hugged her back and couldn't believe how easy that was. "You and Dupmic can tell the rest of us what you told me, when you want to. The sooner we can figure out what is wrong, the sooner we can help you."

He asked. "So, anything you found at the park today? We never had the chance to really talk about the fun stuff." Xion nodded and looked to a roller coaster ride exactly like it was in the real world. "Me and Dupmic rode on a roller coaster called The Screamer. Would you like to ride on that with me?"

Ken turned and saw the roller coaster. "Wow, sure." Xion smiled widely and guided him to a path with no people. "It knocked the wind out of us, so I hope you're ready for that." Ken raised his fists. "Bring it on."

At a Dark Beautiful Castle.

Oswald pressed his hands together with a scowl as he stared at a turned off T.V. "So this wise guy woke the Firebird? That isn't a small thing."

Riku agreed with that and broke a sweat. "That thing destroyed a whole forest. But Kairi and the others defeated it." Oswald agreed with that. "They sent it back into its sleep, they pulled through." He stood up and pointed to the door. "I'm going to set off some fire works to make the bloats feel at home. They'll be at the door for ya."

Aqua hummed and asked. "Is there anything you have that can help us with Garland?" Oswald shook his head. "Besides raising spirits? You got the rest covered." He opened the door and saw a blonde, spiky haired boy that was astonished, both he and the rabbit yelped. "Aaah!"

Aqua gasped and asked. "Ven? What are you doing here?" The boy calmed down and answered. "I have no idea anymore." Oswald calmed down and introduced himself in a less than formal manner. "Aqua told me about you, I seen ya in one of the windows, yadda yadda." He raised his hand. "Names Oswald."

Ven shook the rabbits hand. "Did... I show up at a bad time?" The rabbit shook his head. "Nah, you and the other two were about to go watch some fire works while your here. You might have missed out on a show, but you'll know the story tomorrow."

Ven had his own to speak of and choose to keep it to himself as Aqua and Riku approached, the silver haired teenager gave the blunt. "Garland is a bit worse than we thought, but we'll handle him. The fire works ought to kill time."

He and Aqua stepped out as Oswald confessed. "It might not be like the fireworks at the park, but it's a good one to stare at. Thanks for stopping by, it's nice to meet ya'all."

He gave a smile of good will as the keyblade wielders left the room and walked outside, into a make shift park of cobbled together junk, with various bloat like creatures waiting for something. Riku chose to sit next to the bloats as Aqua and Ven sat next to each other to wait. The tips of the castle unfolded, let loose star like sparkles and shot out fire works galore, the sight gave the bloats much to marvel about and Riku was drawn in. Aqua and Ven watched the many sparks and colors bring some hope into the land, being drawn in into an endless wonder.