AN: Hey guys! Oh, I'm so sad, the next chappie is the last...wait, why am I sad? I still have the whole sequel! Yay! Sorry if the battle is confusing and stuff. Hopefully you'll understand the rest of the story. Thank you Zanisha for reading my DDR fic! I'm gonna try to post the second chappie today too!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts! –never gets old- j/k

Chapter 20: She's Back!!

Ansem was about to tell the guardian to drain the life out of Donald and Goofy, when something happened. Usually, when Ansem had taken someone's life, he got their power. But with Sora, he not only got his power, he got his heart. Because the light in Sora's heart overpowered the darkness in his heart, he was not affected fully by Ansem's attack. Instead of just taking Sora's spirit, Ansem took along Sora's entire body. Sora was too strong to be controlled by Ansem as Riku was.

Ansem grew stiff. Suddenly, his body began to stretch. His chest started to bulge out...in the shape of a fist. Then Ansem's head exploded as the Keyblade ripped through it. Sora punched through Ansem's chest and kicked his legs out. Out of Ansem came Sora! The guardian disappeared. Then, the black Sora on the floor, melted until only the skeleton was left, then it caught fire and disintegrated.

"Sora! Are you okay?!" Donald asked.

"Yah, I'm fine." He hugged both Donald and Goofy.

"What happened?" Goofy asked in both excitement and confusion.

"I don't really know exactly. I know that the guardian grabbed me and began taking my energy. I got so tired that I couldn't kick anymore-or breathe. I could feel something happening to my body. It felt like my soul left me. Then I woke up. I was scrunched up in a dark place. Then I heard Ansem's voice. For some reason, I could hear what he was thinking. He was about to send the guardian on you guys. I could see through Ansem, too. So I slowly stretched my arms and legs, and broke through Ansem."

"Garsh, that's really scary. I guess that's what happened to Riku, too. Except Ansem didn't take Riku's heart and body, so when Riku left Ansem, he didn't physically break through Ansem in Hollow Bastion like you did."

"I guess this Keyblade has more uses than one!" Sora said. He took a moment to catch his breath. "Well, Ansem's gone. What are we gonna do next?"

"Yes, what are you going to do next?" A voice said from behind them. A very familiar voice. Everyone turned around to see Vern! She didn't look the same at all. She had on a long, ripped black dress. Her hair was black instead of brown, and it hung down, covering up part of her face. Even her make-up was black-her lipstick, eye shadow, and nail polish. She looked like one mean girl, but she had a smile on her face.

"Vern!" Sora said, a little intimidated by her appearance. "W-what're you doing here?"

"I told you in Hollow Bastion that your time to die had not yet come. Well, my dear boy, it is time." She raised high up into the air like Ansem had done. She raised up her hands, blew fire into them, and then drew the Heartless Insignia with the fire in the air. The strange thing was that the fire stayed in the air. Then Vern screamed. The sound pierced everyone's ears. The scream was so high and screeching, it was like no other scream that anyone would ever hear times a million. Then Vern flew through the Heartless Insignia. She started turning her hands. Clouds started to form...underground! Sora, Donald, and Goofy could not reach Vern where she was. Since she used and controlled magic as an empress, she couldn't be hurt by it, so all they could do was stay still and watch Vern. Even if they could attack Vern, they still wouldn't move. That's how scary everything was.

The clouds were dark, and soon it began raining. Vern was conjuring a storm! Suddenly, a lightning bolt shot out from one of the clouds. It was headed straight for whatever was metal. Part of the Keyblade was metal. Everything happened so fast. Sora was pushed out of the way, and someone grabbed his Keyblade. Everyone heard the lightening strike something, but they weren't sure what or who was affected by it. There was smoke everywhere. When the smoke cleared. Sora, Donald, and Goofy got up. Kairi was also with them.

"I-I tried to stop her..." Kairi said sadly.

Sora looked to see Iqui, lying on the ground, holding the Keyblade. "Nnnooo!!!" The weird thing was, Vern was gone without a trace. The clouds and the Heartless Insignia were also gone. Sora ran up to Iqui. "Iqui, speak to me!" he said through tears.

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Sorry to leave you guys at a cliffie! At least it'll be the last cliffie ever for FDTA! Countdown: 1