Meanwhile, in a kingdom not too far away from our heroes (in fact the land that our heroes are in) lived a queen. Her husband had left her a long time ago to fulfill a quest. But day after day she waited and he never cam back. That queen's name was Minnie. She had never thought that he would be away from her for so long after their marriage. She sat in her rocking chair, silently staring out the castle window.

"Tea?" Daisy, an actually intelligible duck, said as she approached the doleful queen with a tray of tea in shiny silver china.

"No, thank you." She sighed abjectly. "Just bring me my comb."

Daisy did so obediently, even though she knew that the queen had no hair and therefore a comb was useless. But she still obeyed and gently handed the comb to her. Minnie began combing her black skin that appeared to be hair.

The room was silent.

"Daisy?"

"Yes, your highness?"

"Do you know the whereabouts of sir Donald or sir Goofy?"

"They haven't reported back since they left."

Again, there was silence.

Daisy took the tray away and exited from the large room into the open space in the middle of the castle. It was a large vast plain of green grass with a fountain in the middle of a mouse. Daisy stared at it with contempt.

"Soon all of it will be mine." She whispered to herself quietly.

It was immediately followed by a soft chuckle, not of evil, but of pity. She proceeded to walk down the castles endless corridors into a secret room only accessible to her. On the floor was an etching of her duck feet, when she put her feet on it, the wall would slide and reveal a small musky secret room. (Why no one ever noticed the footprint is still a mystery)

The door slammed shut and Daisy put down the tea set on a rotting wooden table inside. All was silent; the only sounds came from the dripping water that came from the cracks in the wall.

"Humph, must be raining." She said to herself, listening to the constant thumping noises. "It was good weather a while ago. O well. Now on to real business."

She took out a scroll and rolled it out on the table, knocking over the tea set as it unveiled. It was the map of the castle.

She took a small glass vile filled with what appeared to be black smoke. She also took out a small piece of paper, on it was written: Heartless Incorporated. She unfolded and read:

"Please use with extreme carelessness. Break glass and command. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Side effects include: mental insanity, power, power, power, the true darkness, and power…"

She dropped the paper onto the floor and cracked the vial on the table.

"Yes…" she chuckled. "The darkness, the true darkness! It is mine!" She started laughing hysterically.

One small heartless minion came out. Its clueless eyes looked around the room. And the thunder crashed violently.

"When will the rain stop?" Sora whined.

The trio was hiding out in a nearby cave in order to avoid the rain.

Donald was again quacking incessantly and Goofy was nodding.

"Do you actually understand that?" Sora asked Goofy.

"Not really, garsh."

The truth was out and Donald was hurt deeply, if only he had listened to his mother and took that Accent-be-Gone class.

They all stared at the rain silently.

"What was I like?" Sora asked suddenly.

The cave was filled with silence.

"Why am I carrying an oversized key? Or wearing these ridiculously large shoes?" He said. "First thing when I go to town, I am going to get a manicure."

"You're a boy, Sora, remember, garsh."

"Oh yeah."

The cave was once again silent, with only the monotonous sound of the rain heard.

"Hey, who's that?" Sora said jumping up as he saw a dark figure slowly approaching. Sora held the key out like a sword.

"He doesn't look familiar, garsh."

Donald started quacking, but then he stopped.