Chapter 22
Get up! A voice said.
Sora opened his eyes and saw he was in a entirely open white place, Kairi standing over him.
Sora, get up! Kairi yelled at Sora. Are you just going to let Ururl defeat you?
I can't stop him Kairi, Sora said to the red headed girl. He's too strong. I'm already dead, anyway.
No! Kairi yelled at him. The Sora I know wouldn't give up that easily. You can do it Sora!
She's right Sora. A new voice said, a Luke appeared. You still can defeat Urul.
But how? Sora asked them.
That's easy Sora. Kairi chided him. Even I know that. Use the Force.
How?
You will know when the time comes. Luke said. Remember, Ururl's power comes from the Force and the darkness of his own heart. And your Keyblade can manipulate the Force. Use the Keyblade Sora, and trust the Force.
Now, wake up! Kairi said and smacked Sora.
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Sora slowly opened his eyes, trying to adjust to the dim light in the cave. He saw Ururl walk away from Sora's body. Sora tried to get up, and immediately regretted it. Pain seared through his entire body, and Sora saw why: a huge gash mark had cut across his stomach. It hurt to move, but Sora new he must get up. He slowly lifted himself up, using the Keyblade for support. He fully erected himself and cast a Cure spell to heal some of the damage dealt to him, though only enough to allow him to move easily. The gash still remained and still hurt Sora, but he ignored it.
He had bigger concerns right now.
"Stop, Ururl." Sora said, wincing in pain.
"What!" Ururl around, completely surprised, but quickly regained his composure. "Well, it seems you are stronger than I though. I shall not make the same mistake again." Ururl started to activate his lightsaber, but before the blades sprouted Sora had already begun to move. He dashed towards Ururl, Keyblade extended planted it right in Ururl's chest.
Ururl gasped in shock, much like Leia had, and gasped again as Sora twisted and retracted the Keyblade. Ururl began to yell, but Sora could not tell if in pain or surprise. The dark glow around Ururl started to grow greater around Ururl, and darkness covered the entire room, but was soon diminished as another glow replaced it. It was a much softer, beautiful light, the most beautiful light Sora had ever seen. And it coming from Leia.
Leia had been freed from Ururl's power.
"What?" Ururl snarled. "How is this possible?"
Sora laughed weakly.
"Well, Ururl, you wished to know what other powers my new Keyblade has, and you've just witnessed one of them firsthand."
"But what did you do?"
"I guess you will find out eventually," Sora said. "I hate spoiling surprises." He dropped to the floor.
"No matter," Ururl said, turning to Leia. "If I can't control your power, Princess, then no one shall." He raised his lightsaber above him.
"Are you sure we are heading in the right direction?" A voice said, followed by a series of beeps. Ururl's blade stopped in midswing.
"It seems we have more visitors," Ururl said. "Strange, I did not sense them before."
As he looked toward the open door, two figures emerged. One was a golden plated protocol droid and the other was an astromech droid. What Ururl found strange was the golden protocol droid was carrying a blaster rifle in its arms, and the little astromech unit had many tiny protruding gun emplacements sprouting out of him.
"They now send droids to stop Ururl?" Ururl scoffed at them. "I can easily dispense with you two." He raised his hand.
"Oh my." Threepio said and prepared for the worst, but nothing happened.
"What?" Uurl asked surprised. He tried to Force push them away again, but nothing happened. Then he tried to blast the droids with Force lightning, but nothing happened. "What is going on?"
"The Force is gone from you, Ururl." Leia spoke suddenly in a gentle and powerful voice. She did not turn to address Ururl and was still looking in front of her, at something only she could see. "The Keyblade has stripped you of your power and has made you immune to the Force."
"That's impossible!" Ururl shouted at her.
"Is it?" Leia asked simply. "Perhaps, because you were so consumed by darkness, you had lost the Force already, and only now you have come to realize it."
"Stop." Ururl commanded.
"Now the only power you have left is your own darkness."
"Stop!" Ururl said again.
"But even then, you will soon have nothing."
"Stop!" Ururl shouted, his voice ringing through the cave. He laughed as the echo died down. "I still have enough power to destroy you all."
"Um, I'm sorry sir, but I am afraid I cannot allow you to do that." Threepio said.
Ururl stared hard at the droid. "And what can you, a mere droid, do to stop me? You do not even have a heart; you are nothing"
"That is correct, Ururl," Leia said. "He is a droid, he does not have a heart." She turned to face him, and Ururl felt as if he was turned inside out. "And that is why you have lost. Threepio, Artoo, do it."
"What?" Ururl said.
"Are you sure, mistress?" Threepio asked Leia.
"Yes, it is the only way."
"I suppose then." Threepio said, and he and Artoo opened fire on Ururl. Blaster shots lanced through Ururl body. It the fire fight ended soon.
Ururl, to everyone's amazement, still stood, though just barely.
"So, it seems I am defeated," Ururl remarked, and then regarded the droids. "I understand, the powers of darkness would not affect you, because you have no heart."
"But they did not need hearts to join in my party." Sora said weakly as he started to stand up, Keyblade in hand.
"Yes, I understand," Ururl said. "I thought I could conquer the darkness, but it seems to have conquered me." A dark light shot through Ururl's body, enveloping him completely. And then he was gone.
"It's finally over." Sora said.
"Not yet." Leia said.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"All must be returned to how it once was." Leia said and walked over to Sora. "Sora, you must release the light within me. Only then will things go back to the way they were."
"But if I do, then your heart powers will be gone."
"It does not matter," Leia said, and put her hand on Sora's shoulder. The touch warmed Sora, erasing his pain. "It must be done."
Sora nodded and injected his Keyblade into Leia. Twin beams of light came out of Leia's eyes and a light covered her, Sora, the droids, Luke's body, and as it spread throughout the cave, the planet, the system, the entire galaxy. And when the light disappeared, they were back on Coruscant in Han and Leia's apartment. Everyone was their.
"How'd we get back here?" Han asked.
"Leia did it," Sora said. "Using her heart."
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Because of Leia's sacrifice of her power, everything was returned to normal. Those who had been turned into Heartless came back alive and well, and all the destruction wrought by the Heartless had been repaired. Those who had been transformed remembered everything that had happened, but as if it was a dream. A dark and frightening dream.
Everyone returned to their daily lives, as did a young boy and his two companions.
"Well, we should get going," Sora said to everybody. They were about to board their repaired Gummi ship. "We still have another big fight ahead of us."
Sora looked around and reveled in everything being back to normal, and then frowned.
"If only it would be this easy to turn all the worlds back to normal." Sora said.
"Don't worry Sora." Donald said.
"We'll return all the worlds to how they used to be," Goofy said. "Don't you worry."
"Yeah." Sora said and smiled, then turned to Luke and the rest.
"Sora, it was great to meet you." Luke smiled warmly at Sora.
"Thanks, Luke, and thanks for everything you taught me."
"And Sora, if you ever come back here," Han said. "Give us a visit."
"Sure Han." Sora said.
Leia approached Sora and kissed him on the lips.
"Thank you Sora, for everything." Sora said nothing, only smiled.
"Master Donald, Master Goofy," Threepio announced. "It was a pleasure to meet you two. As well as you, Master Sora."
Artoo beeped farewell as well.
"Same here, for all of us." Sora said.
Jaina then went over to Sora and kissed him as well.
"Now, don't get in trouble without me now, okay?"
"Right." Sora said laughing. "Well, goodbye, everyone." Sora said and began boarding the ship followed by Donald and Goofy.
As the Gummi ship lifted off, the group on the ground looked on. They watched as the Gummi ship flew into the sky and was nothing more than a speck till it was gone.
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"Are we back where we started?" Sora asked.
"Yep." Donald said.
"Good, then let's get back to where we left off," He started changing his path. "But it's strange now, I can't feel the Force anymore. I know its there, but the power I got from Luke's training is gone now." He sat quiet for a moment. "Oh, well, that won't stop me, and it's probably best not to think about it right now. Let's go, guys." And with that, Sora flew the ship to the End of the World.
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"Do you think we'll ever see him again?" Leia asked Luke on his balcony later that night.
"I hope so." Luke responded.
"Yeah, I still have a lot of things to teach the kid." Han put in.
Leia smiled at her husband.
"Luke, do you think he'll be alright?" Leia asked.
Luke looked up at the night sky. As he watched the stars above, to his amazement, many more stars suddenly appeared in the night time sky. Luke smiled.
"I think," Luke said. "He'll be just fine."
End.
