Chapter 3
Donald Duck turned his head left and right as he and Goofy entered Traverse Town. Well it's not much of a town, Donald noted silently. Few people were walking around the town. Traverse Town splits into three sectors, all connected together in the rough shape of a triangle. This is where everyone goes when they are outcasts of their own worlds, or if their world is destroyed somehow.
Goofy had taken off his armor before he left, preferring his regular travel clothing to one hundred and fifty pounds of plate mail. They had just entered town when Goofy looked around curiously, a foreboding feeling coming over him. He finally turned his attention to the sky, pointing up and getting Donald's attention. "Look, a star's goin' out!" Goofy pointed out and Donald awed in amazement as a star flashed and twinkled out of existence.
They stared up into the sky for a moment. The King was right. This is very serious. Donald turned toward Goofy. "Come on. Let's hurry." He said and Goofy nodded. Donald began walking up the steps, his arms crossed and a determined look on his face. "Where's that key..." Donald asked. "Hey, ya know, "Goofy said, following Pluto, "maybe we ought to go find Leon." Pluto sniffed and went in the other direction.
Goofy scratched the top of his head. "That's weird." Goofy thought silently to himself. "He usually doesn't get so off course like this." Goofy looked over at Donald who was still walking by one of the shops. "Uh, Donald. Ya know, I betcha that..." Goofy began but Donald cut him off with an annoyed question. "Aw, what do you know, you big palooka?" Donald asked, his arms still crossed and not straying from his course.
"What do I know?" Goofy asked himself and turned back where Pluto was just rounding a corner, his nose sniffing the ground as he walked. "Hmm... Come on, Pluto." Goofy yelled in that direction and without waiting he ran to catch up with the impatient Donald. Pluto didn't pay any heed to Goofy and continued to walk and sniff, letting his nose guide the way. Pluto looked up in surprise as he found a boy with brown hair leaning against the wall unconscious.
Pluto sniffs him for a few moments and then licks the boy's face. Sora woke up slowly and opened his eyes to see a weird dog staring him straight in the face. "What a dream..." Sora muttered and scratched his head, yawning and almost fully awake. Pluto speeds the process along a little bit by trying to tackle him into the wall. Startled, Sora shook his head quickly and noticed that he could feel what the dog did. "This isn't a dream!" Sora said.
He stood up slowly while Pluto wagged his tail in excitement. Sora looked at his surroundings. "Where am I?" He asked aloud, rubbing his head, confused, and took a few staggering steps forward. Sora didn't recognize anything of the walls. "Oh, boy." He said, a little worried about what he had gotten himself into this time. Sora finally took notice of Pluto and knelt down. "Do you know where we are?" Sora asked.
Pluto turned his head as if listening, a big dog grin on his face, and then bounded away. "Hey..." Sora yelled after it but Pluto didn't stop. That got rarely seems to listen. Sora sighed and looked down to try and find the Keyblade. It vanished again. Sora checked all over the alleyway for it but it's nowhere in sight. He sighed and began inspecting his wounds. Nothing too serious. Maybe a bruise here and there.
Sora moved out of the alley soon after, wanting to know where he's at. He stopped in his tracks when he rounded the corner. The place is small town area, with people standing around that he had never seen before. "This is totally weird..." Sora said, looking around in surprise. "I'm, in another world!" He looked around as he walked forward, taking in the sights and sounds of a new world.
Back at home the sights and sounds were trees and clear blue water and beaches, as well as the crashing of waves to lull you asleep and almost near silence if you wanted it. This is totally different. Not many people are around but noise still filtered in from everywhere. As he walked forward a few more steps he found a building and decided to go inside. He was greeted by a rough voice. "Hey there, how can I..."
Then he noticed Sora. "Aw, it's only a kid." A man behind a counter said. The guy had short yellow hair and a small piece of twig sticking out of his mouth. A pair of goggles rests upon his eyes, just underneath his hair. And he wore a white sleeveless shirt and looked to be the kind of guy you don't want to meet in a dark alley. "I'm not a kid!" Sora said, sounding annoyed but really just surprised. "And the name's Sora!" He informed, not wanting to be called "Kid" all the time.
The man batted his hands in the air to calm him. "Okay, okay, simmer down." He said and looked to see Sora looking around, turning slightly worried about his friends. "So why the long face, Sora?" The man asked, sound genuinely concerned. "You lost or somethin'?" Sora looked at the man, not really knowing if he can trust him. "No!" Sora said, defending himself but the guy smirked in disbelief. "Well, maybe." Sora finally admitted, taking a look around the room again.
"Where are we?" Sora finally asked and the man looked at him curiously as if the boy had just been hit over the head too many times. "Huh?" The man asked simply and Sora began to explain everything. He listened through it all and proceeded to tell him about Traverse town. "Traverse Town..." Sora said simply, trying the name out and it seemed to fit. "So, gramps," Sora asked, "is this really another world?"
The man glared at him. "Don't call me gramps!" He complained and identified himself. "The name's Cid!" They shook hands and he continued. "Anyway..." He began, pulling the twig from his mouth and putting it back in. "Not sure what you're talkin' about, but this sure ain't your island." He explained. Sora looked around again and thought about saying "Ya think?" But decided not to. "Hmm... Guess I'd better start looking for Riku and Kairi." Sora said, getting a little worried.
"Well, good luck with whatever it is you're doing." Cid said as Sora walked toward the door. "If you ever run into trouble, you come to me. I'll look out for you." Cid offered and Sora nodded back in response and walked back out into traverse town. He walks all over the part of the town, and decides to go through these large double doors. The draft coming through made it obvious it didn't lead to some house. He had to pass this really fat guy on the way to the doors.
"He looked slightly familiar." Sora thought silently but let it drop and pushed the doors open. It did indeed lead to another part of the city, a second district. This area was extremely quiet though and no one was in sight. He had a bad feeling about this but he walked forward anyway. He barely took three steps before a strange man fell to the ground in front of him, and turned, looking toward an area Sora could not see.
Suddenly the man vanished and his heart remained where his body was then drifted to the unseen area. Suddenly a void appeared in thin air and the heart is sucked in, then a strange hooded like creature appeared and immediately vanished. Sora ran forward in alarm, his eyes wide in fear and already beginning to expect what's happening. Again. Suddenly he was once again surrounded by Shadows.
"It's those creatures from the island!" Sora thought silently. And then the Keyblade flashed into his hand again. Sora had no time to react in surprise. The Shadows leaped forward, their favorite first attack, and Sora exploded into action, he swung his sword clockwise in front of himself and two of the Shadows disappeared in a black flame. The other was knocked to the ground, a little stunned.
The others soared over his head and landed on the ground, not yet attacking and a little surprised by the death of their comrades but showing no fear whatsoever. "Bring it!" Sora said, sounding confident, three more jumped at him and Sora rolled forward coming up underneath them and exposing their underbellies. He struck and two more vanished. Sora swung his Keyblade back around him in a fierce attack and cut through three more.
He looked around, trying to find anymore, and satisfied he lowered his weapon. He turned back toward the first district and stopped as ten of them melted up from the ground. "Ok....." Sora muttered under his breath, stepping back slowly. "This really sucks." He finished and ran in the other direction. There was a large drop-off in front of him and he leaped all the way down, landing on the ground and having to roll to avoid the claws of a Shadow.
He came up again and had to jump over another. Sora didn't know how he kept on avoiding the creatures, but he was always one step ahead of them. Sora couldn't avoid all of the attacks however, and he was soon bleeding in several places and panting. He rounded a corner at a dead run and shot forward just as two more Shadows made there entrance in thin air. Sora jumped between them and flashed his Keyblade left and right, killing both of them.
Sora rounded another and saw a door. "Finally!" He yelled and reached it, pulling the door open and turning to close it behind him. He panted and laughed slightly. How could they get him now? Sora turned around and nearly fainted. A couple dozen Shadows stood motionless before him, looking right at him! He saw another door and bolted in that direction. The Shadows moved then like one big shadow. He ran to the door and tried to open it. Nothing.
Sora turned around and looked frantically and noticed a large keyhole. He ran for it, suddenly knowing what he had to do but was met by a Shadow. His foot shot out and kicked it away and Sora plunged the Keyblade into the hole. There was a large unlocking sound and Sora laughed in relief and ran in that direction. Then four Shadow's tackled him to the ground. He struggled to get up bit couldn't and they all started raking his back.
Sora knew he could never get used to that pain. He struggled again, this time with an adrenaline rush, and threw them off, running towards the door and pulling it open. The Shadow's leaped. And with great satisfaction Sora slammed the door into their faces. Sora wiped his hands together as if a job well done and picked his Keyblade off the ground and noticed he was in the first district again. "No way!" Sora yelled.
No longer pleased he walked back to Cids shop. When he entered Cid turned to greet him. "Still haven't found 'em?" Cid asked. "Keep your chin up. Take another look around town." Cid suggested and Sora looked at him in disbelief. "Easier said than done." Sora muttered under his breath and remembered the extra flask. He pulled it from his belt and looked at it. Sora noted that the last flask resembled this one.
"Well, bottoms up." Sora thought and drank it all. His wounds stopped bleeding and the cuts vanished. Without saying another word Sora walked out of the shop, ready for more. He was about to head back to the third district when a voice stopped him. "They'll come at you out of nowhere." Came a disturbingly calm voice. Sora turned to see a handsome man, with black unruly hair. He wore a black overcoat and a white t-shirt underneath that showed of a necklace of a Lion.
He had a large sword hanging from his belt. The hilt resembled a gun holster. while it extended out into a blade. A gun and a blade built into one, Sora guessed. It looked massive. "And they'll keep on coming at you, as long as you continue to wield the Keyblade." The man pointed out, indicating the Keyblade in the boys very grasp. "But why?" The man asked, bringing his hand up to his head in confusion. "Why would it choose a kid like you?" He asked.
Sora glared at him. "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" He asked angrily. The man waved his hand flippantly in front of himself. "Never mind." He said and took a step forward. "Now, let me see that Keyblade." The man commanded more than asked. Sora jumped back out of reach. "What? There's no way you're getting this!" Sora yelled at him. Cid was at the window, watching all of this happen. "Stupid kid." Cid muttered to himself and watched.
"All right," The man said, drawing forth his blade, "then have it your way." Sora backed up and brought his Keyblade in front of him. "Me and my big mouth" Sora said to himself and went into a defensive stance.
When Keyblade and Gunblade connected it sent sparks into the air, burning it's gentle arch into Sora's vision. He ignored it and pressed back against the man, pushing him away and rolling back, putting some ground between them. The man charged forward and Sora brought his blade up and deflected the blow, coming under the sword as it flew out wide and cutting the man in the stomach. He stumbled back in surprise and clutched his stomach.
Sora thought he was done there, instead the man pointed his blade forward and fire snaked out from his hand, surrounding the blade and then shot out in the form of a fireball. It hit Sora full in the chest, and sent him flying backwards and hitting a wall. Sora's breath left him in a split second and he fell to the ground, breathing hard. The man walked forward and bent down over Sora, reaching for the Keyblade.
Sora promptly slammed the blade into the mans face, and he landed on the ground a few feet away. The man got to one knee, dazed and not looking like he could move anymore. Sora stood up and walked to him slowly, panting, his vision blurring. "Now...you're...gonna...you're gonna..." Sora took that moment to fall backward unconscious. "Aw, you're slipping, Leon." Came the young female voice behind him and he turned to see Yuffie.
"I went easy on him." Leon lied and stood up. "Looks like things are worse than we thought. A lot worse." Leon commented and Yuffie nodded.
Meanwhile....
Goofy looked around in concern. " Gawrsh, there's nobody here." Goofy pointed out. "Sure is spooky!" He finished, still getting an eerie feeling. Donald Duck was walking behind him, his arms crossed. "Aw, phooey. I'm not scared." Donald said defiantly. He felt a slender finger tap his shoulder and Donald leaped up into the air and landed on Goofy, holding onto him for dear life. "Excuse me." Came the gentle female voice. "Did the king send you?" She asked and Donald and Goofy turned to see her smiling.
Later...
Sora woke up and found Kairi above him. "Come on, lazy bum. Wake up." She said, bending over him and smiling. Sora leaned up forward, his back ached. "You okay?" Kairi asked in concern and Sora gave himself a once over. "I guess..." Sora said, scratching the back of his head and turning his attention to Kairi, he still felt a little dazed. "Those creatures that attacked you are after the Keyblade." Kairi explained.
"But it's your heart they really want, because you wield the Keyblade." She said. Sora didn't care about any of this he had found one of his friends. "I'm so glad you're okay, Kairi." He said, a smile on his face. "Kairi?" She asked in wonderment. "Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie." Came the reply and something flashed in Sora's vision and another girl appeared in Kairi's place. Sora blinked in surprise.
This new girl, Yuffie is her name, smiled at him. She wore a dark green tank top and the shortest brown shorts he has ever seen. She had black hair that was combed back as not to cover her eyes. She wore a headband barely noticeable under her hair and wore dark brown and orange gloves.
She looked young but deadly. "I think you might've overdone it, Squall." Yuffie said looking over to another person in the room. Sora noticed him as the guy who attacked him. He noticed his Keyblade sitting on the wall beside Squall. "That's Leon." Squall corrected, using the name he had chosen when coming here. Yuffie ignored him. "The Keyblade..." Yuffie said, noticing Sora staring at his weapon. "Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures. It turns out that's how they were tracking you." She explained.
"It was the only way to conceal your heart from them." Squall said, look at Sora. "But it won't work for long." He pointed out, grasping the Keyblade in his grasp and raising it into the air while saying, "Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one." He swung the blade to his left and it flashed out of his hand and into Sora's. Sora smiled slightly. "Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers." Squall said to him, walking forward.
"Why don't you start making sense!" Sora said, getting sick of being left in the dark. "What's going on here?" He asked.
Switched to a room with Goofy, Donald, and Aerith
"Okay, you know there are many other worlds out there besides your castle and this town, right?" Aerith asked. Donald nodded. "Yeah." And Goofy covered his mouth and said, "But they're supposed to be a secret." Aerith nodded. "They've been secret because they've never been connected." She explained to them. "Until now. When the Heartless came, everything changed."
Switches back to Sora, Yuffie, and Squall
"The Heartless?" Sora asked. Yuffie sat beside him, leaning back on her hands. "The ones who attacked you, you remember?" Yuffie asked. How could Sora forget? "Those without hearts." Squall explained. "The darkness in people's hearts-that's what attracts them. And there is darkness within every heart." Squall said. Yuffie looked to Sora. "Hey, have you heard of someone named Ansem?" Yuffie asked.
Switched to a room with Goofy, Donald, and Aerith
"Ansem?" Goofy asked, not recalling the name. Aerith shifted slightly. "He was studying the Heartless. He recorded all of his findings in a very detailed report." She explained. "Gawrsh," Goofy said, "uh, can we see it?" Aerith shook her head. "Its pages are scattered everywhere." She said. "Scattered?" Asked Donald. "Too many worlds." She replied. Goofy smiled and concluded, "Oh, then maybe the king went to find 'em." Aerith nodded and smiled.
"Yes, those were my thoughts exactly." Aerith said. Goofy looked to Donald. "We've gotta find him quick!" He said in alarm. "Wait!" Donald said. "First, we need that "key"!" He pointed out. Aerith nodded in understanding. "That's right. The Keyblade."
Switches back to Sora, Yuffie, and Squall
"So...this is the key?" Sora said, catching on and looking down at the Keyblade. "Exactly!" Yuffie said.
"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade." Squall said, moving away from the two. "That's why they'll keep coming after you no matter what." Squall finished. Sora thought that was a little contradicting but didn't say anything. "Well, I didn't ask for this." Sora said, holding the Keyblade in front of his face. "The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you." Yuffie said to him. "So tough luck." Squall said, leaning against the wall.
"How did all this happen?" Sora asked, thinking back. "I remember being in my room..." He stopped and jumped to his feet in shock. "Wait a minute! What happened to my home? My island? Riku! Kairi!" He yelled, looking down in despair. "You know what?" Squall asked, "I really don't know." Squall remained quiet and he walked over to talk to him. "Sooner or later, the Heartless will find you." Squall pointed out. "You'd best prepare yourself."
"Prepare yourself?" Sora asked in confusion. "To fight for your life." Squall said emotionlessly. "Are you ready?" Squall asked and Sora thought it over. He didn't ask for this nonsense. But he couldn't abandon his friends. Sora couldn't imagine a life without them. He looked up. "I'm ready!" Sora confirmed. Squall nodded and turned toward Yuffie. "Yuffie, let's go join Aerith. She should be there by now with the other visitors."
"Other visitors?" Sora was about to say but Yuffie yelled, "Leon!" The two turned to where Yuffie was pointing and a Heartless Soldier appears. "Yuffie, go!" Squall ordered and Yuffie bolted toward the door. She slammed the door open and smashed the unfortunate Donald between the door and the wall and surprising Aerith. "Yuffie?" Aerith asked and ran after her. Squall draws forth his Gunblade and Sora his Keyblade. "Sora, let's go!" Squall said.
Back in the room the door shuts, revealing a squashed Donald Duck. The Heartless Soldier had no wish battling the two by itself and it leaped through the window and into a back alleyway. "Don't bother with the small fry." Squall said. "Find the leader! Let's go!" He ran forward slicing through the heartless with his Gunblade. Sora brought his Keyblade up and jumped back as a Heartless Soldier tried to kick him.
Sora swung his Keyblade down, connecting with the Soldiers armor leg and sending it flying into some water that dominated about half of the alley, obviously leading to the sewers. The soldier got back up and charged him again, much to Sora's surprise, and hit Sora in the back, knocking the wind from him. Sora staggered forward and swung his Keyblade around quickly, connecting solidly with the Soldiers chest.
It flew back several feet and hit the wall, and fell to the ground. Sora turned away from it and heard a clinking of armor behind him and he turned in disbelief to find it getting back to it's feet. "Don't these things die?" He asked allowed and charged forward, slashing the Soldier into the ground where it finally disappeared. He turned around to find three more. "You have got to be kidding me." Sora said and charged past them.
He opened a door to his left and went through and shut it behind him, noticing that he's in the Second District. A mixture of Shadow's and Soldiers appeared advancing on him. Sora charged into the middle of them and kept swinging, his Keyblade connecting again and again, killing them all quickly.
He ran towards the third district without any problems and when he finally got there he walked slowly towards the middle, looking for another fight.
Meanwhile on top of a building nearby.....
Goofy looked down from a building as Sora got to the center. He felt something behind him and turned around curiously and a Soldier appeared. He brought his shield up and Donald, who was beside him, took out his mace. "Gawrsh, are these the Heartless guys?" Goofy asked, trying unsuccessfully to hide behind his small shield. "Let's go get 'em, Goofy!" Donald said bravely, swinging his mace. They both ended up getting kicked over the balcony.
Sora looked up and saw them falling and tried to get away but Goofy and Donald buried him. They all laid their for several moments, their eyes spinning. Sora was underneath the other two, his Keyblade in his right hand and splayed across the ground. Donald and Goofy both noticed it. "The key!" They both said at the same time. They were interrupted with a shaking sound and the grounded begin to shake, Donald stared in amazement as pillars erupted from the ground, blocking all the exits.
Donald, Goofy, and Sora stood up. They looked around as Soldiers gathered on the pillars and then jumped down, waiting to fight. Sora held his Keyblade, Goofy his shield, and Donald his mace. The heartless charged and Donald started off the attack by blasting one to nothingness with a fireball. Sora blinked in surprise and leaped into combat, slashing his sword down and cutting a soldier completely in half.
Goofy used his shield and threw a heartless into the air with it and Donald picked it off in mid flight with a fireball. Sora cut left and right, taking down one Soldier after another. These seem to be easier than the others. After the last one was either slashed, bashed, or bludgeoned, they all looked around curiously for another battle. Then they heard something above them and large pieces of armor dropped from the sky.
They connected together and it took a few moments for the head to come down. It spun around and the fight began. Donald held back, blasting the armor with a continuous barrage of fireballs. Goofy charged in, attacking one of the legs. Sora just stared at it in amazement. He has certainly fought bigger but still! Donald stopped casting fireballs and charged forward putting his mace to good use on the same leg.
Sora looked down at the Keyblade and noticed it was glowing fiercely again just like the time when he had fought that Darkside. He remembered well the destructiveness of his Keyblade when that happens. Sora charged forward then and came up to the leg they were attacking. He slashed his Keyblade at the leg, and surprisingly it seared all the way through. The armor stumbled for a moment as it's leg no longer responded.
But a few moments later it was able to walked without one of it's legs. Sora stared on in surprise and almost died when the arms began twisting like a tornado. It cut into his arm slightly and the pain nearly made him black out. Goofy threw him a vial and Sora drank it, healing instantly. Then the armor detached itself, the limbs moving away from the torso.
The last remaining foot moved toward Sora, who backed up slowly moving his Keyblade defensively in front of himself. The foot kept coming towards him and lean it leaped into the air above Sora and he looked up curiously and his eyes widened, he rolled out of the way just as the foot smashed into the ground where he was a split second ago. The foot moved toward him again before he could get his balance and kicked him hard, sending Sora high in the air.
Sora felt immense pain in his stomach as he flew up just in time to see one of the arms explode as Donald and Goofy ran to the next arm. Sora felt himself falling back down towards the foot. He got an idea and moved the Keyblade over his head, getting ready to swing with all of his might. Sora sliced down powerfully and seared right through the leg. It stayed there for a few moments, motionless, and then exploded.
Sora turned back to the main battle to see Donald and Goofy being hit around by the last remaining hand. Sora charged back into combat just as the hand started spinning like a twister again. Sora avoided it until it stopped spinning and then jumped onto the hand. Doing the same thing when he fought Darkside the first time, he rose the hilt of the blade into the air with the blade down. Sora plunged the Keyblade into the hand.
The hand shook violently, and then exploded, sending Sora to the ground. He laid there on his back, breathing in deeply for a few moments, trying to catch his breath and wondering if he could ever get used to combat. The last remaining parts are the head and the torso, which continued to move in the air and attacked my smashing its torso on the ground like a giant hammer. Donald and Goofy were smashed several times, getting injured and using potions.
"Such teamwork." Sora muttered to himself and got to his feet. He felt the Keyblade in his grasp, waiting for the kill. Sora charged toward it and yelled, "Give me a way up." Donald and Goofy caught on and just as Sora reached them Donald and Goofy each took a foot and boosted him into the air, sending Sora flying towards the torso at breakneck speed. The armor turned just as Sora cut into it's chest with all the strength he could muster.
Sora's Keyblade cut into the chest hungrily slicing in like a hot knife through butter and slicing the armor cleanly in half. Sora hit the ground hard and got his breath knocked away. The armor stood completely still for several moments then seemed to slowly sparkle out of existence. A large heart appeared out of the armor and shot slowly into the sky, disappearing from sight. Donald and Goofy ran towards Sora and helped him to his feet.
Later....
Sora, Donald, Goofy, Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith were all gathered around at the first district. "So, you were looking for me?" Sora asked curiously. "Uh huh." Both Donald and Goofy replied. "They, too, have been seeking the wielder of the Keyblade." Squall said from behind Sora, with Aerith and Yuffie to his left and right. Sora turned his attention back to Donald and Goofy. "Hey, why don't you come with us?" Goofy suggested.
"We can go to other worlds on our vessel." Goofy finished. "I wonder if I could find Riku and Kairi..." Sora said, looking down and frowning, seriously worried about his friends. Donald saw his opportunity and took it.
"Of course." Donald said enthusiastically, making Sora jerk his head up at him. "Are you sure?" Goofy asked, bending down and whispering in Donald's ear. "Who knows?" Donald whispered back and pointed toward Sora. "But we need him to come with us to help us find the king." Donald finished and smiled. "Sora, go with them." Squall offered. "Especially if you want to find your friends." Sora scraped his foot on the ground, still not looking happy.
"Yeah, I guess." Sora muttered. "But you can't come along looking like that. Understand?" Donald said, pointing at his sad face. "No frowning. No sad face. Okay?" Goofy laughed and said, "Yeah, ya gotta look funny, like us!" Donald pushed Goofy's face away from him. "This boat runs on happy faces." Donald explained. Sora looked up slightly. "Happy?" He asked. Donald and Goofy nodded. Sora tried the best smile he could, making it look really ridiculous.
Donald and Goofy stayed quiet for all of two seconds then burst out laughing. "That's one funny face!" Goofy said between laughter. "Okay, why not?" Sora said, feeling a little better, "I'll go with you guys." Donald moved his palm forward. "Donald Duck." He introduced himself. "The name's Goofy." Goofy said and placed his hand on Donald's. "I'm Sora." Sora said, placing his hand on there's. "All for one, one for all." Goofy yelled.
Meanwhile in a dark room....
"That little squirt took down that Heartless!" Hades yelled in surprise. "Who'd have thought it?" He asked and Jafar said, "Such is the power of the Keyblade. The child's strength is not his own." Ursula laughed. "Why don't we turn him into a Heartless? That'll settle things quick enough." Captain hook swung his hook at the image of the three would-be heroes. "And the brat's friends are the king's lackeys." He said in distaste.
"Swoggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the look of them." Captain Hook finished. "You're no prize yourself." Oogie Boogie teased and laughed. Hook turned on him threateningly. "Shut up!" Hook yelled back at the ghost. "Enough." Came the dark female voice and they all turned to look at Maleficent. Her dark black robes flowed on the ground gently. "The Keyblade has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness?" She asked.
"Or will the darkness swallow him? Either way, he could be quite useful..." Maleficent finished and they all turned back to look at the image. A new adventure has just begun. And it would push these three to the breaking point...and beyond