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"So, I see the path has emerged at last." Riku said as he stepped up next to Maleficent. In front of them glowed a large multicolored keyhole. Riku's voice, however, was different somehow.
"Yes. The Keyhole to the darkness." Maleficent said to Riku.
"Unlock it and the Heartless will overrun this world."
"What do I care? The darkness holds no power over me. Rather, I will use its power to rule all worlds." Maleficent said boldly.
"Such confidence." Riku said as he lifted his hand. A flash of dark light surrounded it, and a Keyblade appeared in his hands. It was black, the handle was red, and the end of it was sharp. Riku held it to the Keyhole, but nothing happened.
"Oh! Impossible! The princesses of heart are all here!" Maleficent cried as she looked at the walls around her. Several young women and girls were surrounding them.
"Not all of them." Riku said as he lowered the Keyblade. "We're missing two important links. However, I know a way to get them both..."
Behind them, a loud groaning sound drew them away from Riku's plans.
"The king's fools are here. I'll deal with them myself. You stay here and guard the princesses." Maleficent said, moving away from him, towards the room behind them.
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"Does she REALLY need this long of a corridor until she reaches the main room?" Corita asked, panting as they ran up the long hallway.
"I guess she wants to tire out people like us before we reach the main area." Sora said as they neared their destination. Finally, they slowed down and found themselves in a massive room, made entirely of stone. in the center was a large platform and a few torches shone feebly through the darkness.
"I'm afraid you're too late." A taunting voice said. In front of them stood Maleficent, draped in black robes and carrying a large wooden staff. "Any moment now, the final Keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness. It is unstoppable." She said, an evil look in her eyes.
"We'll stop it!" Sora said as the group readied their weapons. "After coming this far, there's no way we're gonna let that happen!"
"You poor, simple fools." Maleficent said softly as she walked onto the center platform. "You think you can defeat me? Me, the mistress of all evil!"
The large platform began to rise suddenly as a blast of bright blue light filled the room. Maleficent was still standing on the platform that was above all five of them.
"Let's go!" Sora said, running forward.
"For Sora!" Corita cried.
"For the King!" Donald and Goofy cried.
"For Belle!" The Beast roared, lunging forward.
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A sharp pain in Sora's shoulder told him that he'd been struck by a thunder spell again.
"Donald! Stop it!" Sora yelled out to him.
"Sorry! It's hard to control!" Donald said, hitting his staff against the wall. "Stupid...useless..."
"WATCH OUT!" The Beast roared, knocking Donald away from the wall as a dark spell hit where he had been moments before.
"Wow...thanks!" Donald said gratefully to him. Meanwhile, Goofy was attacking Maleficent with Sora.
"Pathetic fools!" Maleficent cried as she knocked Goofy off the platform. Sora ran behind her and hit her with the Keyblade a few times before being knocked off himself.
"This is getting pretty tough..." Sora muttered to Donald. "Any suggestions?"
"I'll strike her with magic, then when her guard's down, you, Goofy, and Beast attack her with regular attacks."
"Great! Get Corita to help you, will you?" Sora said as he ran back into the fray.
The strategy worked pretty well; Maleficent was severly damaged after a while. However, she started summoning huge groups of Heartless to ward off the attackers while she struck them with magic. After the Heartless had been defeated, however, Maleficent was left vunerable again. Finally, Maleficent fled into a dark portal, leaving the attackers to defeat the Heartless she'd left behind.
"Where'd she go?" Sora cried, looking around.
"She went in there!" Donald said, running towards the portal. He was followed by Sora and Goofy, but the Beast stayed for a moment. With a quick look over his shoulder and around him, he growled softly and moved towards the portal himself.
For being the mistress of all evil, Maleficent was in pretty bad shape. Breathing hard, she moved forward into a huge room, even bigger than the last. Behind her, Riku appeared from the darkness.
"Do you need some help?" He asked her, but was interrupted as Sora appeared behind him.
"Riku!" Sora cried. Riku and Maleficent turned to face them.
"Is that-" Donald began, staring at the weapon in Riku's hands.
"Yes. A Keyblade." Riku said, holding up the dark weapon for them to see. "But unlike yours." He said to Sora. "This Keyblade holds the power to unlock people's hearts. Allow me to demonstrate." Riku said as he turned to Maleficent. "Behold!" He cried, thrusting the Keyblade into Maleficent's heart.
"Wha-" Maleficent cried, staring at the Keyblade.
"Now, open your heart, surrender it to the darkness! Become darkness itself!" Riku said with growing power. He then pulled the Keyblade out of Maleficent's heart, and vanished. Maleficent, however, began to glow with a bright green light.
"This is it! This power! Darkness... The true darkness!" Maleficent roared with happiness as she erupted into a blast of green and black flames. After a few moments, the fires vanished, and a massive black dragon had appeared in Maleficent's place.
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The Dragon's massive feet caused shock waves whenever it moved, and its claws were more than enough to skewer anything that got in their way. The fire that came from its mouth was scorching even from far away, and it was extremly agile despite its giant size.
Sora had lept onto the Dragon's back and began using his ability to throw his charged Keyblade at the Dragon's head. Donald stood at the sidelines, hurling magic spells at it's head. Goofy and Beast were trying to attack its head without being burned to a crisp.
Angrily, the dragon spun around very quickly, almost throwing Sora off. The Beast was hit on the side by one of its feet, and was knocked to the floor. A massive shockwave rattled the stone room, and bits of the ceiling began to crumble. It seemed the Dragon no longer wanted to defeat them - it wanted to kill them.
"Get up!" Goofy said encouragingly to the Beast, helping him onto his feet. Donald ran forward and handed him a potion, and ran out of the way again to safety. The battle was one of the longest and hardest they'd ever fought, and more than once one of them was knocked out. Eventually, however, the Dragon, who had been Maleficent, was very weak, as she'd already been weakened in the previous battle. The Dragon crumpled to the floor, and weak black and green flames surrounded it. Finally, only a bit of the Dragon remained.
"How ironic." Riku said, stepping forward out of the darkness. He moved forward towards where the flames were quickly dying out. "She was just another puppet after all."
"What?" Donald cried.
"The Heartless were using Maleficent from the beginning." He said calmly, facing them. "She failed to notice the darkness in her heart eating away at her." He stepped on the last remains of the Dragon as the flames died. "A fitting end for such a fool." He said, smiling slightly as he turned away from them and vanished into the darkness. The group stood there for a few moments before they turned to exit the large room. Vanishing into the portal, they found themselves back in the Castle Chapel.
Suddenly, Sora looked around wildly.
"Why is it so quiet?"
All of them began looking around, and finally Sora noticed something very important.
"Corita's missing!"
This wave of news washed over them and sunk in quickly.
"Maybe she's still in the room we were in before!" Sora said hopefully, running back to the portal, expecting
Corita to come through it, grinning happily.
She didn't come through.
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---Sora53: MUAHAHAHAHA!! I'm so evil...
Fans: Mmm...get to the next chapter!
Sora53: Oh, I've dreaded the next chapter ever since I started this fanfic because I know what I want to do with it, but it'll be hard to do...
Fans: WE WANT DEATH, DESTRUCTION, AND DARKNESS!!!!!!!---
Riku Fangirls: Riku!
Sora Fangirls: Sora!
Fans: Time to kick some evil butt!
Sora53: Ooh...something big happens in this chappie...muahahah!!!---
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I own Corita. Haha! You don't! Wait, come back! You...must...review!!!
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"So, I see the path has emerged at last." Riku said as he stepped up next to Maleficent. In front of them glowed a large multicolored keyhole. Riku's voice, however, was different somehow.
"Yes. The Keyhole to the darkness." Maleficent said to Riku.
"Unlock it and the Heartless will overrun this world."
"What do I care? The darkness holds no power over me. Rather, I will use its power to rule all worlds." Maleficent said boldly.
"Such confidence." Riku said as he lifted his hand. A flash of dark light surrounded it, and a Keyblade appeared in his hands. It was black, the handle was red, and the end of it was sharp. Riku held it to the Keyhole, but nothing happened.
"Oh! Impossible! The princesses of heart are all here!" Maleficent cried as she looked at the walls around her. Several young women and girls were surrounding them.
"Not all of them." Riku said as he lowered the Keyblade. "We're missing two important links. However, I know a way to get them both..."
Behind them, a loud groaning sound drew them away from Riku's plans.
"The king's fools are here. I'll deal with them myself. You stay here and guard the princesses." Maleficent said, moving away from him, towards the room behind them.
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"Does she REALLY need this long of a corridor until she reaches the main room?" Corita asked, panting as they ran up the long hallway.
"I guess she wants to tire out people like us before we reach the main area." Sora said as they neared their destination. Finally, they slowed down and found themselves in a massive room, made entirely of stone. in the center was a large platform and a few torches shone feebly through the darkness.
"I'm afraid you're too late." A taunting voice said. In front of them stood Maleficent, draped in black robes and carrying a large wooden staff. "Any moment now, the final Keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness. It is unstoppable." She said, an evil look in her eyes.
"We'll stop it!" Sora said as the group readied their weapons. "After coming this far, there's no way we're gonna let that happen!"
"You poor, simple fools." Maleficent said softly as she walked onto the center platform. "You think you can defeat me? Me, the mistress of all evil!"
The large platform began to rise suddenly as a blast of bright blue light filled the room. Maleficent was still standing on the platform that was above all five of them.
"Let's go!" Sora said, running forward.
"For Sora!" Corita cried.
"For the King!" Donald and Goofy cried.
"For Belle!" The Beast roared, lunging forward.
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A sharp pain in Sora's shoulder told him that he'd been struck by a thunder spell again.
"Donald! Stop it!" Sora yelled out to him.
"Sorry! It's hard to control!" Donald said, hitting his staff against the wall. "Stupid...useless..."
"WATCH OUT!" The Beast roared, knocking Donald away from the wall as a dark spell hit where he had been moments before.
"Wow...thanks!" Donald said gratefully to him. Meanwhile, Goofy was attacking Maleficent with Sora.
"Pathetic fools!" Maleficent cried as she knocked Goofy off the platform. Sora ran behind her and hit her with the Keyblade a few times before being knocked off himself.
"This is getting pretty tough..." Sora muttered to Donald. "Any suggestions?"
"I'll strike her with magic, then when her guard's down, you, Goofy, and Beast attack her with regular attacks."
"Great! Get Corita to help you, will you?" Sora said as he ran back into the fray.
The strategy worked pretty well; Maleficent was severly damaged after a while. However, she started summoning huge groups of Heartless to ward off the attackers while she struck them with magic. After the Heartless had been defeated, however, Maleficent was left vunerable again. Finally, Maleficent fled into a dark portal, leaving the attackers to defeat the Heartless she'd left behind.
"Where'd she go?" Sora cried, looking around.
"She went in there!" Donald said, running towards the portal. He was followed by Sora and Goofy, but the Beast stayed for a moment. With a quick look over his shoulder and around him, he growled softly and moved towards the portal himself.
For being the mistress of all evil, Maleficent was in pretty bad shape. Breathing hard, she moved forward into a huge room, even bigger than the last. Behind her, Riku appeared from the darkness.
"Do you need some help?" He asked her, but was interrupted as Sora appeared behind him.
"Riku!" Sora cried. Riku and Maleficent turned to face them.
"Is that-" Donald began, staring at the weapon in Riku's hands.
"Yes. A Keyblade." Riku said, holding up the dark weapon for them to see. "But unlike yours." He said to Sora. "This Keyblade holds the power to unlock people's hearts. Allow me to demonstrate." Riku said as he turned to Maleficent. "Behold!" He cried, thrusting the Keyblade into Maleficent's heart.
"Wha-" Maleficent cried, staring at the Keyblade.
"Now, open your heart, surrender it to the darkness! Become darkness itself!" Riku said with growing power. He then pulled the Keyblade out of Maleficent's heart, and vanished. Maleficent, however, began to glow with a bright green light.
"This is it! This power! Darkness... The true darkness!" Maleficent roared with happiness as she erupted into a blast of green and black flames. After a few moments, the fires vanished, and a massive black dragon had appeared in Maleficent's place.
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The Dragon's massive feet caused shock waves whenever it moved, and its claws were more than enough to skewer anything that got in their way. The fire that came from its mouth was scorching even from far away, and it was extremly agile despite its giant size.
Sora had lept onto the Dragon's back and began using his ability to throw his charged Keyblade at the Dragon's head. Donald stood at the sidelines, hurling magic spells at it's head. Goofy and Beast were trying to attack its head without being burned to a crisp.
Angrily, the dragon spun around very quickly, almost throwing Sora off. The Beast was hit on the side by one of its feet, and was knocked to the floor. A massive shockwave rattled the stone room, and bits of the ceiling began to crumble. It seemed the Dragon no longer wanted to defeat them - it wanted to kill them.
"Get up!" Goofy said encouragingly to the Beast, helping him onto his feet. Donald ran forward and handed him a potion, and ran out of the way again to safety. The battle was one of the longest and hardest they'd ever fought, and more than once one of them was knocked out. Eventually, however, the Dragon, who had been Maleficent, was very weak, as she'd already been weakened in the previous battle. The Dragon crumpled to the floor, and weak black and green flames surrounded it. Finally, only a bit of the Dragon remained.
"How ironic." Riku said, stepping forward out of the darkness. He moved forward towards where the flames were quickly dying out. "She was just another puppet after all."
"What?" Donald cried.
"The Heartless were using Maleficent from the beginning." He said calmly, facing them. "She failed to notice the darkness in her heart eating away at her." He stepped on the last remains of the Dragon as the flames died. "A fitting end for such a fool." He said, smiling slightly as he turned away from them and vanished into the darkness. The group stood there for a few moments before they turned to exit the large room. Vanishing into the portal, they found themselves back in the Castle Chapel.
Suddenly, Sora looked around wildly.
"Why is it so quiet?"
All of them began looking around, and finally Sora noticed something very important.
"Corita's missing!"
This wave of news washed over them and sunk in quickly.
"Maybe she's still in the room we were in before!" Sora said hopefully, running back to the portal, expecting
Corita to come through it, grinning happily.
She didn't come through.
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---Sora53: MUAHAHAHAHA!! I'm so evil...
Fans: Mmm...get to the next chapter!
Sora53: Oh, I've dreaded the next chapter ever since I started this fanfic because I know what I want to do with it, but it'll be hard to do...
Fans: WE WANT DEATH, DESTRUCTION, AND DARKNESS!!!!!!!---