Chapter 7: Big Mistake
The Grave of Goofy is silent. It lays next to the same small stream Sora sat by not to long ago. The whole area was deathly quiet, that is, until a strange hooded man appeared from dark smoke,
"Hm…" he said in a low voice, "'Here Lies Goofy-May he rest in peace'. So, the Heartless finally got rid of one of those thorns then! His shell is unoccupied, while his soul 'rests' somewhere else. It seems his heart was to strong to be easily taken by the darkness, so his spirit is now at the one place that supposedly will keep him there forever. The Keyblade Master is getting close to Goofy's chi, and will meet him at Kingdom Hearts!" Ansem took off his hood, reveling a ghostly figure of the once powerful King, "This might be a stretch, but I cannot let him back in his body, so I will occupy it myself…."
Ansem took off his robe, and threw his ghostly self into the ground to find the shell, but his greed to become fully alive again made him forget that Goofy might not be unoccupied, and then he found the box, a pathetic attempt for a coffin, and he entered the small space, and stared at a cold and somewhat dead Goofy…
"There you are my minion, now you belong to me!" he tried jumping into him, but couldn't! He tried again and again, and came back up to the surface, "Why-I was wrong! Goofy-his spirit is still in his body! I assumed that Goofy did die, but he is merely unconscious, and-I…I do recall him snoring! His friends buried him alive!
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Goofy woke up from his coma, with no memory of Ansem ever trying to take his body,
"Sorry Sora-Donald, I ate the pancakes-" he said mumbling, "and…I didn't defeat the Heartless," he slowly opened his eyes, and saw the dark abyss, "Gwarsh, heaven sure is dark at this hour!" he turned around, and gasped, "Oh no! I went to the other place!!!" he began shaking and he put his hand forward, to touch cold cardboard, "I've been a good person! I don't deserve this!" he groaned, and moved his hand around, to touch his shield! "Wow! Maybe I am in heaven, only there's a power outage!" he picked up his shield and began hitting at the cardboard, and finally opened it, revealing dirt, "Waitaminute! I'm alive! EARTH!" he rubbed his hands on the cold, wet soil, and smiled, but instantly he turned into a frown, "I was buried! Donald and Sora must think I'm dead, aw man! Dumb muddlin' Heartless. And, how far am I from the surface? Gulp! I'll never make it to the top alive, and my oxygen supply will run out!" so thinking quickly, he took the point of his 'Save the King' and used it as a spade and shoveled upwards.
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What happened to Ansem? Will he ever find a body for his keep?
Will Goofy make it to the top?
If he does, how will he find Sora and Donald when they're already about 20 miles away?
Will Sora loose his Keyblade Attraction?
Where's Mickey, and what is he doing?
Will Riku get his answer, and watch Sora walk into Hollow Bastion to destroy this strange mummy man?
And what about Kairi? Will she help Sora to make a decision that will change his life and his quest forever?