"What's happening to the skies?" squeaked little Magnolia when she stared up into the darkness. She was frightened by the sphere that threateningly hovered over the island.
"Magnolia!" shouted Navani from behind. She turned to face him.
"Navani! Where's Cheisu? Where's Kairi? What's going on?" she rambled.
"I dunno. I've never seen anything like this before," Navani replied.
"I'm scurred," Magnolia shivered, clinging to Navani's side. "What do we do?"
"Come on, now, chin up and eyes forward," he said sternly. "We gotta go find Kairi and Cheisu. They may well be in danger."
"Okie dokies," Magnolia said, and skipped along behind Navani as he ascended the nearby ladder for the straw home ahead. He turned the corner to find Cheisu facing away from both of them at the opposite wall and knelled to the floor.
"Cheisu, have you seen-" Navani started.
"Get away from me!" he screamed. "Ah, my head! It's throbbing! It's aching!"
"You're just freaking out, Cheisu," Magnolia declared. "It's okay to be scared-"
"I'm not scared, Magnolia! Something's just weirding me out!" he replied.
"Cheisu?" Navani asked. He walked closer and quickly stepped back when he felt an aura of danger surrounding Cheisu. His hair began to turn a lighter shade of brown, then to an ash blonde.
"What's happening?" Magnolia whispered. She ventured closer to Cheisu. "Cheisu?" she asked as she touched his shoulder.
"Don't touch me!" he screamed, and she saw his eyes had flashed a blood red when he turned to face her. She screamed, but her shrill was shortened when her face turned pale and she fell straight back like a board onto the wooden floor. A pink light shone from her chest then faded into darkness.
"Magnolia!" Navani screamed. He ran for her and picked her up in his arms. He shook her, but she wouldn't awake.
"What is this?" Navani heard Cheisu say. Navani snapped his eyes warily back to Cheisu who was holding a sword in the shape of a large key in his hand.
"Where-" Navani started.
"Navani!" a voice called onto the shore. Navani left from the shelter and into the thrashing wind and rain to see Kairi standing on the violent shores, her hair in a fray and holding her arms in the chilling air, frightened.
"Kairi!" Navani shouted past the monsoon.
"Kairi?" Cheisu asked, and swept past Navani. "Out of my way, knave!"
"Where are you going?" Navani shouted after him.
"We gotta get outta here. You coming or not?" Cheisu answered.
"But he's having moodswings," Navani whispered. He looked down to Magnolia, who was still wrapped in his arms. "But if I don't go with him, Kairi may be in danger."
He followed Cheisu to the end of the dock after descending from the ladder with Magnolia clutched around his back.
"Where to now?" Cheisu asked.
"I have a pretty good idea," Kairi said, and fled from them towards the secret hideout. "Follow me."
They followed her to the secret hole buried behind the waterfall and into a long, damp cave. The door which was imprinted into the rock was now glowing a faint fuchsia.
"It's glowing," Navani observed.
Cheisu felt his hand waver out of control and found himself pointing this strange weapon, the key, towards a small keyhole that was glowing a royal blue. A dark beam emitted from the tip and poured into the keyhole. The door unlocked.
"Weird," Cheisu said, grinning and swinging around his new toy to show it off.
"Shall we?" Kairi said, hesitant about what may be on the other side. She turned and knob and stepped through into darkness, Cheisu following, and Navani, Magnolia unconscious in his arms.
"Woo boy," Sora said as he stepped through the large double doors and into a familiar town. Traverse Town.
"Where are we?" Aleisa asked.
"Traverse Town," Donald answered. "Does this mean we're in the wrong galaxy?"
Sora sighed. "I dunno. I just know I couldn't find Destiny's Island when I traveled in this Galaxy via the Gummi Ship."
"Gummi Ship..?" Aleisa asked, confused.
"Maybe we can have a professional build the Gummi Ship for us. After all, can't ya build one block by block?" asked Donald.
"Of course ya can. Done is many times before," said a gruff voice that trailed not too far behind them.
"Cid?" Sora asked. He turned to face the familiar old bag.
"Why, of course! You didn't think I wouldn't help you along if the chance arose, did ya?"
"So, if you're here, then that means the worlds really are connected?" Sora asked.
"Shoot, yeah! When I noticed a distortion whereas more fiends, or Heartless, started arising, I figured the worlds were connected again. Traverse Town is your primary town in this Galaxy. Most likely, you'd end up here first after passing the Squaresoft Galaxy."
"Are the others coming, too?"
"Dunno. I reckon if they got a way to get here, they might. If Leon and his gang can get here with the Ragnorak, that'd be great. Same applies to the Summoner from Spira and the Celcius, and Zidane with the Invincible."
"How do you know about all of these ships?"
"I engineered the blueprint for the Ragnorak and Invincible! The Celcius was developed under Cid! It's a name given to us geniuses, afterall."
"Can you guys talk later?" Donald quacked impatiently. "We need a Gummi Ship to find Kairi!"
"Don't forget, Donald. We gotta also find the King," Goofy added.
Donald sighed heavily. "Boy, this is gonna be fun."