Sora had returned to Hollow Bastion, in the giant castle the restoration committee now owned, there they were introduced to Master Ansem's lab, where the first of the organization became the menaces they currently were. They were trying to figure out a puzzle concerning a door to darkness, inscribed on Asem's wall, when they heard the most relieving voice they hadn't heard in a while. "Say fellas, did you just say you were looking for the Door To Darkness?" Goofy Donald and Sora turned around immediately

"Your majesty!" They were about to pounce on him when he put his finger up to his lips and shushed them, to conceal his identity. It was indeed the king himself, Mickey Mouse, former apprentice and current master, king, and assassin by the looks of his odd robe he dawned on. For the longest while Sora, Donald and Goofy forgot to ask the question they had been seeking him out for, well,one of the more important ones at the very least. Sora finally had it click in his mind.

"Your majesty, we found a boy on our journey, Goofy said you two knew each other from your days apprenticing under Master Yen Sid". Mickey furrowed his brow and said

"Gee, well, I've met a lot of people on my days before becoming a master, could you describe him? Maybe a name?" Sora got this big smile on his face

"He has this weird keyblade, well, I'm not sure that it's a key, but it's a funny looking blade, it's double pronged, his name is Arthur". Mickey got this giant smile on his face

"Gee fellas, I haven't heard that name in a long time, this is wonderful news! I thought we'd lost him" Mickey looked down, recalling the events 10 years ago, at the Keyblade Graveyard. "After all of that, we couldn't find him, he'd just up and vanished without a trace, like he never even existed, we thought he might have… Well that's not the case, say, where is he? He's by no means helpless, he can certainly help you all". Sora's desire to rub it in Donald's face dissipated when he realized where Arthur was, everyone noticed the shift in the atmosphere.

All eyes were on Sora as he barely managed to stutter "I-I-I" Sora didn't get farther than that, everytime he got the words, he'd see the vacant look in his eyes, how hollow he was that whole time, how he bashed himself relentlessly until he literally couldn't, until his psyche was completely broken, and suddenly, he wasn't there anymore.

Goofy answered for him "well… Something happened to him, he got really still and wouldn't even talk to us, it was like his heart left his body-" Everyone turned in shock as Sora nearly lost his balance, hearing that was more than he could bear, and now Donald and Goofy knew that this wasn't just a non-issue, this was a burrowing issue that went way deeper than any of them thought. Goofy walked to Sora and let Sora lean on him, after he had managed to steady himself, they continued "we left him in Twilight Town, he should still be there". Mickey nodded and said "I'll see to him-"

"No!" Sora's voice rippled through the air and Mickey stared in shock, as did Donald and Goofy. Sora was never known to yell at anything. Sora seamed to find himself and said "I'm sorry, I don't know why I yelled like that, I-I'd like to see him as well, if you'll permit it". Sora didn't like lying, but the king needed some respect, but Sora didn't plan on not seeing Arthur the second he was free of this world.

The king nodded "I'm sure Arthur will be glad to see you again, but we have to finish up our work here before we can go see him". They all nodded and got to work, the harder they worked, the sooner they'd be reunited with Arthur

Mickey, Sora, Goofy and Donald made it back to Twilight town, they rushed form the train station to the hangout spot in record time. Hayner was freaking out, his one reliable habit he had switched in and out of shortly after Demyx claimed Arthur for the Organization, when he saw Sora he immediately shrunk, this set off alarm bells in his mind, something was not okay, and Sora feared finding out what. Hayner rushed up to him and immediately started rambling "okayIknowyou'regoingtohatemebutIpromiseIdidn'tmeanto-" Pence cut him off with a hug and Olette took over for him and explained the situation better.

"Look… Some weird guy came by, he claimed he could wake Arthur up, we didn't know what else we could do so we let the guy take Arthur… He hasn't come back but he swore he'd help save Arthur" Sora's breath caught itself in his throat, he wasn't angry or anything, he was just shocked.

He reaffirmed what he was told "so someone came to help Arthur, you're sure he didn't seem off?" Hayner returned to Sora, with renewed confidence.

"I promise he didn't seem off, he seemed to really want to help, I promise!"

Sora nodded and said "as long as you're sure, I trust you!" That was exactly what Hayner needed to hear, all of the weight he held on his shoulders lifted and the pit in his stomach closed up. Sora turned to Mickey and said "I'm sorry you couldn't see him"

Mickey shook his head and said "don't worry a thing about it! I'm confident he'll be okay!" They all nodded and Arthur turned to Mickey, They bid the trio farewell and made to leave, but something tugged on Sora's hand. When Sora turned he saw Hayners hand on his.

"Sora… I've been thinking of something… Well, I don't know where Arthur is, or Kairi, but, well, it's difficult to explain, but I think I tracked down Roxas, or at least have a lead on where he may be". Sora eagerly nodded and asked

"Where?!" Hayner jumped back out of surprise to the outburst.

Sora smiled shyly and rubbed the back of his head "sorry".

Hayner smiled back at him and said "follow me" everyone followed Olette, Pence and Hayner as they lead the others to the abandoned mansion, after a lot of explaining, they were on the lookout for a computer.