The black dragon let out a ferocious roar. It tried stomping on Sora and friends, but they all jumped out of the way. It jumped and spun around in an attempt to attack with her tail. Sora ducked under the attack, but Donald and Goofy were hit. They both flew into a wall and were knocked out instantly.

Sora looked at his friends, and then sighed. He would have to fight by himself. Maleficent lowered her head and tried to bite, but Sora smacked her with the Keyblade and sent her back.

Maleficent then tried to spew out fire, but Sora jumped out of the way. He quickly hopped on her back and ran to her head. While standing on the back of her neck, Sora held up his Keyblade.

"Ars Arcanum!" He shouted. The Keyblade started to glow, and Sora rapidly began attacking. He was moving at nearly twice his speed. After six consecutive hits, Sora did a flip and slammed his blade down.

Maleficent growled in pain, and then tried to shake the tiny boy off. Sora flew into the air, but before falling, Maleficent used a massive claw to scratch him.

Sora fell on his back, but quickly jumped to his feet. He pointed his weapon at the dragon and shouted, "Fire!" A fire blast shot out and impacted on the dragon's nose. She hissed, but didn't notice Sora approaching her. "Ragnarok!" He said quickly. He jumped into the air and struck the dragon again with the same speed as before. After five attacks, the Keyblade formed a ball of energy and shot it at the monster. Maleficent collapsed.

"Hmm, now what?" Sora wondered as he entered the blank area. He arrived next to the keyhole of darkness within Hallow Bastion, and the dark Riku was standing in front of him. He was by himself for this battle.

"Keyblade wielder, it is time for me to end this," Riku said. A darker voice echoed from him. Sora instantly remembered the events that had taken place and realized that Ansem possessed Riku.

Sora held up his blade and Riku laughed. Riku swung his own blade at Sora, and then charged forward at an amazing speed. He leapt into the air and slammed down on Sora. The Keyblade master blacked the attack and then countered.

"Take this!" Sora shouted. He dashed into Riku, momentarily stunning him. He then dashed the other way, and repeated. He finished with a sonic boom. Riku stammered for a second, but regained consciousness.

"Here!" He shouted. A blue fireball shot out of his weapon and headed towards Sora. Sora used his blade to block the attack, but wasn't fast enough to realize Riku charging. The boy stuck his sword into Sora stomach. Sora winced, and then fell to a knee.

"Uh, you're pretty good," Sora wheezed. He slowly stood up. "Curaga!" A green light absorbed his body and then disappeared. "Come on!"

Riku jumped past Sora and slammed his blade down, but Sora blocked. He then attacked, Riku with a three hit combo and finished with a blitz attack. Riku then countered with his own attacks, and knocked Sora down.

"I've had enough!" Riku shouted. Sora stood up and attacked once again. Riku blocked, and then jumped back. "Now witness the true power of darkness!" The room darkened and Riku began to hover. With his sword held up, the boy of darkness charged forward. Sora did a somersault to move out of the way, but when Riku missed, he vanished and reappeared a few feet back. He then aimed at Sora again, and again, and again, but each time he missed. He finally hovered to the middle of the room and caused several beams of light to emerge from the floor. Sora was hit and sent back, but he landed on his feet. He ran to Riku and slammed his weapon down. Riku fell to the floor, ultimately defeated.

"Finally!" Sora said. He collapsed on the floor and shut his eyes. Instantly, he felt his wounds disappear, almost as if they were never there. He opened his eyes and stood up. He quickly realized that he was floating. Ahead of him was Ansem.