"So what did he want?" Merlin asked upon Sora's return to the room, but Sora didn't answer. He wasn't paying attention to anyone except the one person who could help him get through to other worlds. He needed to speak to Cid. The only person from Hollow Bastion who had come back to live in Traverse Town, his argument for doing so being 'I promised that kid I would be there if he needed help!". Well here he was, and he needed help more than he would normally.

He ran for the First District gate, hoping not to be held up by too many Heartless on the way.

Cloud, Leon and Yuffie stood guard at the three entrances to the library as Aerith conjured up a portal that could take them to Traverse Town. The last thing they wanted was for some Gargoyle coming in and disturbing the magic field. Such a thing could put the plan on hold for at least a week, while Aerith regained energy, and they all knew: they didn't have a week.

Yuffie took a moment of her time to look behind and check how the portal was coming along. Registering Aerith's nod as a 'yes, I'm done', she called the others into the room.

Cloud blinked. "You expect us to go through. that?"

"Well sor-ree, Mr. Expectant. What would you have preferred?"

"Something a bit bigger than the sugar mouse I see before me." Cloud sighed. "How do we use it? You don't honestly expect us all to ride it through the time/space continuum without falling off or suffocating from lack of oxygen on the way do you?"

"Something like that." Aerith admitted, shrugging her shoulders. "I hold onto its tail, and you form a chain behind me. I say our destination and it. drags us through the time/space continuum to the location desired."

"Ohhh boy. I am not looking forward to this." Leon groaned, taking hold of Yuffie's hand as they formed the necessary chain. Yuffie squeezed it. She was scared too. Just before they took off, Leon remembered Yuffie's motion sickness capability. Too late.

The mouse took off, filling the room with a bright whiteness as it left.

Goofy ran towards Donald's room. Judging by the noise Donald was making, there were a lot of Heartless in there, at least thirty. All he knew was it was taking a hell of a lot of Thundaga spells to defeat them, and most Heartless could be defeated in a single shot of lightning. This meant there were either many, many small Heartless, or there were a lot of stronger Heartless. Or maybe even a mixture of the two. The thought scared him.

He ran into the room, only to receive an immediate bite from a Darkball. Noticing that the health gauge on his wrist had suddenly decreased by half, he realized that the Heartless were not just many in number, but also incredibly strong compared to what they had been last time he had seen one.

Using his Tornado technique, he slammed into the Darkball multiple times, not giving it time to defend itself. The Heartless collapsed, and he used the spare moment to revive Donald's MP. Donald started to use a volley of Thundaga spells again. The remaining Heartless evaporated, excepting five Wizards, which all countered at the same time with Thunder spells of their own. This battle would require physical skill, rendering Donald pretty useless apart from Curaga magic, which he was using regularly. Goofy charged the nearest Wizard, following it up with yet another Tornado, switching his focus from Wizard to Wizard as each one was destroyed.

Finishing off the last, Goofy allowed himself a sigh of relief, only to withdraw it again as the next wave appeared.