"What's going on?" Riku asked as they neared Hollow Bastion. "Look!" Sora looked out the window at the Rising Falls and saw Kairi. Maleficent was standing next to her.

Donald and Goofy landed the ship faster then they ever had before. Sora and Riku looked about three platforms away where Maleficent and Kairi were standing.

"Kairi!" Yelled Sora. Maleficent disappeared.

""Sora . . ." She said weakly. "Please . . . Listen I'm the thir-" Shadows phased from the ground and pulled her down. She disappeared. "Maleifcent's face appeared in a hologram.

"You fool." She said manically.

"You must enjoy playing with fire." Riku said.

"Trust me, I do." Slowly but surely, the waterfalls were changing to fire. The heat was eating away at the team. Their eyes burned. They felt their clothes getting hot.

"Blizzard." Sora managed to moan. The ice flew straight in the air and fell back to earth. It began falling into the fire, which was getting progressively closer to the platform everyone was on. (You know, the one with the save point in the game)

The falls began to cool down.

"RAGNAROK!"

"BERSERK!"

"RAGE!"

"ELEMENT!"

Sora jumped into the air and began attacking the Maleficent head. Goofy charged at the head and smashed it. Donald shot repetitive fire spells and Riku used his Element attack. At the same time, they used their follow-ups.

"IMPACT!"

"MAKE WAY!"

"INFERNO!"

"FORCE!"

The Maleficent head disappeared.

"HIIII-YA!" A voice screamed from the castle.

"Daphne." Everyone said together.

They all ran up the platforms and to an odd stone archway. Sora motioned for them to follow him. They walked up to an abyss, across which lay Hollow Bastion. The top of the castle, where, as Sora recalled, the chapel was located was shrouded in an odd mist.

A small round platform shot towards them. They were teleported onto it. It returned in the direction to the castle. Sora couldn't help thinking that they had almost died and they hadn't even reached the castle . . .

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"Maleficent, let them go!" Kairi shouted as she stared at Daphne, who was tied to a stone cross along with the other princesses. One heartless made Ariel drink a potion that changed her back into a mermaid. Two shadows were trying to tie down Ariel's tail, but every time they got close: WHAM!

"My dear. I have a small task for you to perform." Maleficent said slyly. "Go to your friends. They are at the castle gateway. When you get there, say 'power of heart.' Tell your little friend Riku to say 'power of dark.' Trust me. You'll enjoy what happens."

Kairi thought about it and agreed.

Ariel fainted. Maleficent walked over to see if she was all right. Ariel surprised her and smacked her into a wall with her tail.

"You'll pay for that!" Maleficent grabbed her staff and put it into Ariel's chest. She screamed. A protoplasmic head was drawn out of Ariel and placed into a vat. . .

Maleficent moved over to Daphne and took the Demean Ritus off of her neck. She cackled an evil laugh.

"You will pay dearly . . ." she whispered.

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"Heartless!" Riku said. Millions of shadows, a shadow army, appeared in front of them. Without reason, the heartless burst into smoke and disappeared. Kairi stood at the top off the stairs.

"Riku! Sora!" She ran down the stairs. She hugged Sora. Riku picked her up and spun hr around. She touched his chin. "You need to shave." She said. Riku rolled his eyes.

"Oh, um, Riku, You're supposed to say power of dark, and I'm supposed to say power of light." The room glowed brightly. A pink Keyblade appeared in Kairi's hands. It was like the Rose one Sora had, except it had a pink flower.

"We're the third Keyblade masters." Riku said. He realized everyone was looking at him. "Ansem said he was going to search for the other two Keyblade masters. He though dad was one of them."

"Why would Maleficent give us an advantage?" Kairi asked to herself.

"Maleficent told you about this?" Donald asked.

"Because-" said Riku. "She had to destroy all of the Keyblade's to keep us from locking the door. "What do we do?"

"We have to lock Kingdom Hearts." Sora said.

"What about the princesses?" Goofy asked.

"We free them." Said Kairi.

"But we have to-" Riku began.

"Free Ariel." Kairi finished for him.

"Rrrright. Of course, free Ariel. I know." Riku said, blushing.

"Let's go to the library." Said Goofy. Sora and Riku led the way up the staircase and to the library. Suddenly, the door behind them was opened and Beast came in.

"Belle again?" Sora asked.

"Yep." Said the Beast. "Kairi?"

"Uh-huh." Donald said.

"Let's go." Goofy called. He ran to a bookshelf.

Riku put his hand on his forehead. "Why the heck are we here?' He asked.

"For this." Goofy grabbed a blue book with gold embroidery. He opened it and light flew out. Everyone felt powerful.

"Was that some kind of invigorator, cause I feel great!" Riku said.

"Nope. Saw it last time we were here, but I didn't know what it did. Now I do. I read the back cover."

"What did it do?" Donald asked.

"Aeroga!" Sora yelled. He was right. All of their spells had been upgraded to level three.

"Detectraga, Maleficent, Pure Hearts!" A huge holographic map appeared in front of Kairi. Her eyes scanned it. "She's in the chapel. But it's odd. I'm getting two readings on each Pure Heart. A body and a soul. How could you lose your soul?"

"The Demean Ritus." Everyone spun around to see Ansem behind them. They all grabbed their weapons firmly. "Wait. I've seen the light. I'm here to help. If Maleficent destroys this world; she takes my world with it. That isn't going to happen."

Everyone looked suspiciously at him. "DETECTRAGA, DARK HEART!" a flash resounded, but I came from Riku, not Ansem. Everyone knew that Riku's heart was partially devoured but was protected now by the dark heart orb. "He's telling the truth." Said Kairi. "How can you help?" She asked.

"Name someone you can summon Sora." Ansem said.

Sora thought. "Ummm. . . Genie!"

"Guardian." Ansem said.

"Simba." Sora tested.

"Scar." Said Ansem.

"Tinkerbell?" Sora tried.

"Flotsam and Jetsam." He said.

Sora smiled. "Let's go then."

They walked out to the balcony by the front door. "TINKERBELL!" Sora called. He pointed his Keyblade into the air and Tinkerbell came flying down.

"FLOTSEM, JETSAM!" Ansem called. The eels appeared. They hissed and a wave circle appeared beneath Ansem's feet. It healed him. He jumped on Jetsam and Goofy jumped on Flotsam.

They all lifted into the air and took off into the menacing cloud of supernatural mist. They jumped off on a balcony just outside the chapel. "TIMERAGA!" Donald said. Ansem was engulfed in the portal of white.

"You're making him older?" Riku asked. "What good will that do us?" The portal retreated to reveal a 17-year-old Ansem. His white hair was pulled into a ponytail and his eyes were a bright, almost sky-like blue. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans that were baggy and a black sleeveless shirt with yellow stripes running down each side, almost the exact opposite of Riku's shirt.

"I'm still older." Riku said. "And I can drive." Riku pulled out a driver's license.

"So can we!' The other three pulled out driver's licenses with red ink spelling "FAILED!" written across them. Riku chucked to himself.

"Hey, guys." Donald said. "Look!" A small orb was lying on the ground in front of him. Sora placed it in his Keyblade. Apparently, the Trust orb made the Oathkeeper. The orb had a small star drawn on it. Kairi's magic stick appeared in front of her. It miniaturized and became an orb. She placed it in her Keyblade. She felt the key surge with power.

Riku realized this was a good time to summon his Keyblade. "Power of darkness!" A copy of the Ultima Weapon painted black appeared in his hand. His shield appeared in front of him and became an orb. Just as Kairi, he placed the orb on the one marble slot on his Keyblade and felt it surge with power.

"Awesome." Riku said.

Goofy (with his astounding dog hearing) noted that footsteps were approaching. Soon everyone else heard it too. Finally, the source was within range. The heartless clones were nearing the team, and unlike in Halloween Town, they didn't seem happy.

"I'll take care of them!" Riku said. He stepped forward. The Riku clone held out his hand and sound waves shot out of his hand. They hit Riku and he screamed in pain. He fell to his knees and covered his ears. The sound waves reached the rest of the team, but they couldn't' hear anything.

"Then I guess it's up to me!" Ansem ran towards then.

"Think they're related?" Kairi muttered to Sora, noting their disregard for the rules.

"They got the hair thing in common." Sora said shrugging.

The Sora clone slowly advanced on Kairi and Sora. They continued to back up at the same speed as the clone advanced. It took about six steps for them to remember that they were on a balcony on a castle overlooking an endless abyss. They had to fight.

Kairi made the first move, launching at the clone with enough force to knock him on his back. Sora got behind him and hit him with the Keyblade as a bat would hit a baseball. The cone was dazed and inches away from the edge of the balcony. Kairi lightly placed her Keyblade on the chest of heartless. She gave it a slight shove and it fell off of the building. She walked up to the Riku clone.

Sora stared at her, wondering why take on the most powerful. She said the answer. "he's heartless, and emotions are in your brain, not your heart." She grabbed the clone and kissed him. He about melted . . . until Kairi shot a fire spell at the defenseless heartless, they he really DID melt.

"Why didn't you kiss my clone?" He asked.

"Duh, this entire story is like a 'what will happen in TWO for all,' and it's a sign of me having a crush on Riku." She said.

Silence. "So why didn't you kiss my clone?" Kairi sighed and walked away.

Apparently, Donald and Goofy had done a good number on their heartless, because their clones were unconscious on the ground. "RIKU!" Kairi yelled, running over to him.

He looked up. He had aged three more years at least. "I'm twenty-one!" he said.

"so why didn't you get up?" Kairi asked.

"They used some kind of paralyzing spell. I couldn't move. Then I blacked out. How did you do against my clone?"

"She kissed him." Sora said, arms folded. Kairi looked at him and sighed.

"Com'n." she said. "We'll get you back to 18."

"Are you kidding me?" He asked. "This rocks! I feel great." Riku did a back flip, landing on Donald's clone, who moaned.

"You could always do that." Kairi said.

"Could I do this?" Riku picked Sora up and dropped him off the side of the building. Kairi gasped.

Riku thrust his arms outward and two wings appeared. He leapt off the building and soared downwards. He grabbed Sora and flew back up to the balcony they were on. Riku closed his eyes and the black wings folded up and dissolved.

Ansem was finishing the battle with the Kairi heartless. They had forgotten all about him.

He looked up at Riku. "Wow Riku, you've grown." Riku smiled.

"Oh, and check this." Riku held out his hand and floated Kairi into the air "Telekinesis." He said. Kairi was having so much fun flying. Even though Riku was controlling her movements. "one more perk." He said. His eyes began to turn black. Kairi's eyes turned black too. Kairi walked over to Riku and put her hand on his shoulder. "Hypnotism." He muttered as Kairi began to draw closer.

He felt a sharp pain on his head. Ansem had hit him. His eyes quickly regained their green-ness. Kairi's became violet once more.

"That was weird. I think I dozed of or something." She said. Ansem opened his mouth to tell her what had happened. Riku's eyes turned black again, and this time, Ansem's did the same.

"Yes, you did fall asleep. Right Ansem?"

"Yes." Said Ansem.

They continued into the chapel.

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Maleficent was nowhere to be seen. All that there was was a big vat. Sora looked into it. Aurora's voice echoed through the room. "Sora! Help us!" Her protoplasmic head looked up at Sora.

"Fred? Oh, hi Sora. Listen, can you get me outta here?" Daphne's head asked. Sora cautiously dipped his hand in the vat and grabbed a head. It was Belle's. He panicked and let go.

"Well," Maleifcents voice echoed through the chapel, bouncing off of all of the stained glass windows. "I see you've found the vat of lost souls." She cackled.

"Maleficent." She stopped laughing to see Ansem staring at her.

"Who are you?" she asked.

Goofy smiled "Well, gawrsh, he's An-"

"Andrick. I've come to assist the pure hearts." Ansem said,

Maleficent grinned. "If you wish to attempt to ruin my plans, you will be foiled. I will give you a chance though." Maleficent slowly walked towards her platform. She stepped onto it and lifted into the air.

"I don't think so!" Donald said. "GRAVITY!" The platform was smashed into the ground. Maleficent gasped.

"METEORS!" She roared. Thousands of black and blue meteors came crashing down upon them.

"TRINITY!" (The reason Sora is using Trinity is because I learned it, like, five minutes ago on KH and it rocks!) Everyone felt weaker from the loss of their magic. Sora held up his Keyblade and said, "This is it!" a ball of everyone's collected magic appeared. Sora shoved the Keyblade into the ground and did a break-dancy-type-thingy while holding onto the Keyblade. The area grew very bright. When the light faded, Maleficent was hurt badly, but still fighting.

She took the Damon Ritus and held it in the air. "Six princesses are enough!" She yelled. She sucked all of the princesses into the daemon Ritus and used their powers to transform into an almighty Dragon . . .

Yes, folks, Hollow Bastion is a two-parter! I wrote 8 pages in Microsoft word for the first part, so I just though, 'why not a two parter? I know you can't wait. Well, don't worry. Soon, very soon, if not now.