(Philia Speaking) Hi, my name is Philia. A while ago, I ended up getting sent away from my world, and now I have no memory of my past, other than my skills with a dagger and the fact that I was a treasure hunter. I am currently joining alongside my new friends Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy, as we journey to different worlds, and using the power of Sora's Keyblade to stop the dark threat known as the Heartless, and sealing the Keyholes before the Heartless take the hearts of the worlds.

Last time, our ship ended up getting slammed by a pirate ship in the middle of open space. As weird as that sounded, it became clear we were dealing with another ally of Maleficent; a pirate captain named Captain Hook. Not only that, but we also gained confirmation that Riku was really working for Maleficent, and that they found Kairi.

We got locked up in the brig of the pirate ship, but made friends with a young man named Peter Pan, as well as a pixie named Tinker Bell…well, all except me. I wasn't sure why Tinker Bell was irritated at my presence. In any case, the only reason Peter helped us out was because of a young girl named Wendy, who was also trapped on the ship.

We fought Heartless that were all over the ship, as well as shadow copies of Sora and I. We managed to discover Wendy and Kairi, though the latter didn't seem to be waking up. I didn't feel her heart at all, which was strange. However, before we could get ahold of her, Riku ended up taking her away. We managed to save Wendy, and Peter took her to somewhere safe.

We ended up getting on deck, but we also found ourselves in a hostage situation. And by hostage, we meant Tinker Bell in Hook's hand. I managed to save her, but ended up in a bind at one point. My focus and hastiness was causing trouble for me and my friends, all because my mind was too overwhelmed with the scary memories I gained in the prior world. However, thanks to Tink, who I somehow was able to understand, I learned to let go of my dread, and gained the power to fly in that world. Sora, Donald and Goofy all gained that power, too, and we took out all the Heartless, as well as Captain Hook, with ease.

Peter Pan brought us on the ship back to the other world where Wendy lived at, and we found the Keyhole, sealing it up. We gained a lot after the battle against Hook, including a navigation Gummi, as well as a new memory for me, which was a happy one. It gave me reassurance that my past wasn't filled with sadness and despair, but there was joy. Although, I do have a lot of joy in being around Sora. He makes my heart flutter for some reason. I wonder why?

(Cue 'Digimon Adventure Tri Opening 1 - Butterfly TV Size', music on Youtube)

My wings are full of images of holding back, They are still weak but I'm sure I can fly

(As the viewer zoom in on a grassy field, a red shape passes the viewer, revealing Sora in the distance. A light blue shape passes, revealing Philia, then a green one reveals Goofy, and a dark blue one reveals Donald.)

Oh My Love (guitar intro)

(The viewer zooms in and circles around to see the four of them standing there, looking off into the distance. The image becomes blurry as the title appears in front of them.)

I become a happy butterfly and flying the shimmering wind And I will go to see you right away

(Sora was asleep on the shore of the Destiny Islands, but was awoken by a voice behind him. He turned to see Kairi and Riku standing there by the raft, the latter looking somewhat annoyed by Sora's laziness while Kairi waved him over to help. Sora got to his feet and raced to his friends. The screen fades to white.)

Better you forget about unnecessary things, There's no time to joke anymore.

(The viewer zoom out of the white in Philia's eyes as she practices with her Sword Breaker, with Leon and Yuffie watching her. Her blade glowing yellow-green as she thrusted her blade forward in a Dagger Skill. She holds her position for a moment as Yuffie applauds her, then Philia lowers her weapon, looking up at the sky with a sad expression. The viewer looks into the sky, seeing the stars as they shined for a seconds, before quickly disappearing one by one.)

I wonder, wow wow wow wow wow, what will reach the sky

(The viewer zooms out as Maleficent comes into view, standing at the table with the shadowy silhouettes of her villainous allies, and Riku at her side.)

But, wow wow wow wow wow, don't even have a plan for tomorrow

(The scene changes to six of the seven Princesses of Heart, their eyes closed as if they were asleep. Kairi appears in the middle of it, her arms crossed in front of her as she opens her eyes and her body scatters into lights, replacing her position with Sora as he stood there beside Philia, Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy on Donald's head as the viewer shifts the angle to behind them, seeing the hundreds of Heartless in front of them.)

Living in a world of nothing after the infinite dream, My love to you is growing weak

(The four begin to display to the viewers their combat skills against the Heartless one at a time, starting with Sora, then Philia, then Goofy, then finally Donald, who rains down lightning onto the Heartless before the heroes charge in to continue fighting.)

My wings are full of images of holding back, They are still weak but I'm sure I can fly. Oh My Love

(The viewer passes the Heartless to see Riku standing at the end, reaching out to Sora as to invite him to the darkness, with the shadowy image of Heartless Ansem mimicking his movements. Philia clears the path for Sora as he races forward, reaching out to his friend. The view shifts to Sora's view, his hand reaching out to Riku as he and the darkness fade away into the light.)

Guitar solo ending

(The screen shines an image of King Mickey holding the Keyblade as Donald and Goofy looking in from the sides. The view shifts to a dark image of Aincrad as it crumbles away, with Philia's face looking to the viewer. The view zooms out as Sora pats Philia's shoulder, causing her to look and smile at Sora as he grinned back. The view zooms back even further to show quartet and Jiminy standing there, smiling at the viewers as they stood on the same hill as before, before the view shifts back to the sky again, with the flower petals flying by once again.)

Gummi Ship

"Wow!" The three boys gasped in awe.

"Told you it was a good idea to go back to other worlds." Philia told them in a somewhat pompous manner, with Tinker Bell sitting on her shoulder.

While they were heading back to the Olympus Coliseum, then Twilight Town, Philia suggested they used their newfound flying abilities, or rather gliding, to go to other worlds and gather treasure they were unable to reach before. While the boys all questioned such an act, their new ally in Tinker Bell stated that she would like to confirm that it was only her world where they could actually fly. Sure enough, they went from Wonderland to Agrabah, to even Halloween Town. The results were the same no matter where they went; their fly was only a glide, and there was treasure in places they couldn't reach before, including powerful Gummi pieces and Dalmatian puppies.

"Guess my pixie dust is only limited to my world…" Tink sighed, looking to Philia, "I'm sorry about that."

"It's okay." Philia replied, "Even if the power is not as strong, we still are able to use it a lot. And we got so much treasure from it!"

"With these, I bet we can upgrade our Gummi Ship!" Donald declared, raising up a Holy-G piece.

"Let's do that back in Traverse Town, when we install the navigation piece." Sora suggested, "Right now, let's prove ourselves as heroes by competing in the Olympus Coliseum!" They heard the signal make a sound, and turned to see they arrived at Hercules world. They locked in the coordinates, and descended down to the Olympus Coliseum.

"…Ah! I knew you junior heroes would come." Phil stated after seeing Sora's team enter the entryway into the Coliseum.

"We got word on the Hercules Cup, so sign us up!" Sora declared, puffing out his chest with confidence.

"Alright, but just'ta let you know that Herc's gonna be entering the tournament, too." Phil informed them, "Same with that spiky-haired fella that you took on in the Games."

"Cloud, too?!" Philia realized, "Well, this tournament just got a whole lot harder."

"Ah, we're waaay stronger than we were the last time we fought Cloud." Sora assured the team, "We can handle him."

"Sora, that cockiness will get you killed, you know?" Philia warned the Keyblade wielder, "It's obvious that if we got stronger after all this time, so did he."

"She's right." Goofy agreed.

"Don't act so smug, Sora." Donald scolded.

Philia and Sora turned to the anthropomorphic duck and said, in unison, "Like you're one to talk!" The two looked to one another, realizing what they just did, and the four heroes laughed at it.

"Hey! Save the jokes and jabs at one another AFTER the cup." Phil argued to the team, getting their attention, "Now, get in that coliseum, and show me what you're made of!"

"Right!" The team declared, and they marched together as one into the coliseum, prepared to take on the Hercules Cup.

The first five rounds had the junior heroes deal with Heartless groups, all of which were tough, but not tough enough for them to lose to in the slightest. Their teamwork and skills that they built up to this point was even better than the last time they were in this ring.

In the fifth round, they encountered a Rare Truffle Heartless, which surprised Philia a lot, since they were rare, but they gave a lot of experience to people if they juggled the Heartless in the air. The four ended up working together, juggling it back and forth to prevent the Heartless from falling to the ground. They ended up holding it in the air for about 37 times, before Donald accidentally fell over, causing the Heartless to land right by him. It applauded the team for their effort, before vanishing from sight.

"I had no idea Heartless were actually nice once in a while." Sora muttered, shouldering his Keyblade.

"I guess there are black sheep in every family, huh?" Philia stated, looking to her friends, before looking ahead as the next opponent stepped into the ring; Cloud.

"So, we meet again." He noticed.

"Cloud!" Sora greeted.

"It really has been a while." Philia stated, leading the team as they got into a fighter's stance.

Cloud looked to the four heroes, then noticed, "You still hold onto your light. And you've gotten stronger." He readied his Buster Sword as he followed this with, "But I won't hold back on you."

"That's just fine with us!" Philia stated, her dagger glowing light blue. She then launched forward as she unleashed her Side Bite Dagger skill, which Cloud blocked with his large blade. The attack did make him skid back a meter, but he went from defense to offense, ready to swing his blade at Philia.

"No you don't!" Sora reacted by leaping over Philia and swung his Keyblade to counter Cloud's blade, making him stagger. Donald and Goofy came around on either side to strike him with a smack of a shield and a blast of fire. Cloud endured, looking at the heroes, before giving a smirk. He saw this team was much stronger than when he fought them before. He readied his blade, and unleashed his Climhazzard, swooping upwards before coming back down onto the team. They backed off to avoid the impact and shockwave from the attack, skidding to a halt, before coming at Cloud again.

The four heroes backed each other up as Cloud threw everything he had at them, from his powerful swings to charging thrusts, to his Climhazzard that he tried throwing at them a few more times.

"Farewell…" he spoke up, concentrating as he gathered energy around him. The heroes knew he had saved something up, and was about to unleash it at them. He then started to fly about the stage, heading towards Donald & Goofy, slashing the two of them with lighting fast swings of his heavy blade. After two sets of these, he knocked them both out, and charged at Sora and Philia.

"Sora! We need to fly away from him!" Philia called out to him.

"Okay!" He answered, leaping high as he avoided a swing from Cloud, bouncing off of his sword to gain more air, and started soaring about the arena.

Philia leapt upwards, and Tinker Bell shot out of her pocket. The two girls did learn an extra trick through figuring out how to fly like they did before; Using a bit of pixie dust, Philia was able to perform a double jump in midair to reach a new height. The two combined their strength together, and ended up as high as Sora was. Tink flew into Philia's pocket once more afterwards while she was airborne.

"That's a new trick." Cloud noticed, "But I can still catch you up there." He soared up after the two, who used their aerial evasiveness to dodge the spiky-haired swordsman's swings.

After Sora avoided one swing, Cloud's attack ceased, and he started to fall. "Now!" Philia shouted as her dagger shined.

"Right!" Sora responded, diving towards Cloud, and unleashing an Aerial Sweep, unleashing a summersault slashing that sent Cloud upwards, followed by a diving Armor Pierce from Philia, that sent Cloud crashing into the ground again, creating an explosion of rubble. Philia came out of the cloud in a backflip, landing on the ground next to Sora, watching carefully if the battle was over or not. However, when he appeared, Cloud was on his back, too weak to move.

The bell rang, signaling the victory against Cloud, causing Sora and Philia to cheer in victory. Donald and Goofy, who were just now recovering, gave weak cheers at their wing against their opponent, too.

Cloud's body suddenly glowed, and his health was restored. He slowly got back onto his feet as the heroes gathered near him. "Not bad." He told the four, who smiled at the compliment. "Here…" He handed Sora something as he passed by him, and walked out of the coliseum.

"What did he give you?" Philia asked, and Sora looked down at his hand. It was a Keyblade Keychain, with a hard steel chain, and a yellow bird at the end of it for the medallion.

"I wonder what's it called?" He asked, examining the Keyblade, while Jiminy popped out of his pocket.

"I believe that's called the 'Metal Chocobo." He answered.

"What's a Chocobo?" Sora asked.

"I think that's a large bird of some kind." Goofy muttered.

"That's sounds crazy!" Donald squawked.

"Says the large bird." Philia followed, causing the others to laugh at this irony.

Their fights continued, with a couple more rounds of Heartless. Donald and Goofy were pretty worn out after their fight with Cloud, while Sora and Philia were still brimming with energy. They ended up dealing more damage in both fights.

"You guys doin' okay?" Sora asked the two as they were either bent over or sitting down, exhausted.

"Maybe…you guys can sit this one out." Philia suggested.

"But…what about…" Donald started, looking up to see the next person that came into the ring; Hercules, with Phil walking right by him..

"So you made it to the finals." Herc addressed the boys and girl, "Though it looks like two of you already are close to throwing in the towel."

"Too bad. Looks like ya ain't gonna do jack squat against Herc in your conditions." Phil bluntly stated.

Sora and Philia looked to their two dear friends, then at one another. They nodded in confirmation, and looked to Hercules. "We can take you on!" Sora declared.

"That's right. Donald and Goofy can cheer us on in the seats, while we work together and beat you!" Philia followed, "How about that?"

"You kiddin' me?!" Phil questioned, "Herc's WAY stronger than you two. Sure, you might stand a chance if it was all four of ya, but…"

"Hmm… Fine by me." Herc answered, getting onto the stage, and turning to Sora and Philia with his arms furled, "Show me what you got!" Sora and Philia raced up onto the stage in unison, as Hercules went to the other end. Donald, Goofy, and Phil all wandered to the stands, where they found seats to watch the match. They all got in ready position, as they prepared to square off with one another.

Suddenly, barrels appeared in one corner of the arena via magic. "What're those?!" Philia questioned.

"Just to give you guys a fighting chance." Herc answered, pumping his arms, and producing a golden aura. He then readied his fists, prepared to fight.

Philia charged forward, her dagger shining dark blue, before unleashing her Cross Edge Dagger Skill on Herc. However, the attack didn't do a thing to him. "What?!" She gasped.

"Sorry, but I don't get taken down that easily!" He declared, and he pulled his fist back, before unleashing a punch at Philia, who crossed her arms in defense, and got flown clear across the field, crashing into a pillar, cracking it on impact. Philia gasped in agony from the damage she was delivered, and crumbled to the ground.

"Philia!" Sora cried out, seeing the damage she was dealt with. He raced over to her, pulling out a Hi-Potion, and helped her down the drink. It healed the damage she was dealt with, but she was shodden up.

"Man…Herc's no joke." Philia told Sora, who helped her to her feet. They both looked to the said hero, who placed his fists on his hips, looking confident.

"If he could deal that much damage, then we need to come up with a strategy!" Sora told her.

"My attack didn't work on him." Philia pointed out, "I bet it's because of that aura. Is there a limit to it?"

Sora looked to the barrels, and saw Hercules make a leaping bound at them. "Watch out!" He cried, and he and Philia dove out of the way as Herc came down with a pair of hammerfists that caused a shockwave, nearly causing the two to fall over. "Okay, let me try something!" Sora told Philia, racing to the barrels.

"What are you doing?!" She demanded, seeing Sora pick a barrel over his head.

"He did say these would give us a fighting chance!" Sora recalled Herc's word, seeing Herc straighten himself up and turn to Sora, "Let's see if I'm right!" He tossed the barrel over Philia's head, slamming it on top of Herc. He fumbled, and his aura died away.

"It worked!" The Keyblade wielder cheered.

"Well, I'll be darn…" Philia muttered, "The barrels must have something in it that nullifies that aura."

"Stop!" Sora shouted, unleashing his time-stopping spell on Herc, freezing him in his place.

"Let's go!" Sora declared, and he charged past Philia, unleashing several slashes, ending with a Ripple Drive. Philia followed this with several slashes of her own, followed by a Side Bite Dagger Skill. The time spell died off, and Herc felt the full force of both attacks on him. He did get hit hard, but he was able to pull himself together rather quickly.

"Not bad, but I still have plenty of fight left!" He shouted, regaining his aura once more, and coming down with a hammer fist that nearly got the two had they not ran away from the spot.

"Alright, we have a strategy to make him vulnerable to our attacks." Philia stated, "But I'd rather not get hit by those punches again."

"Then we'd better keep each other's backs!" Sora told Philia, who nodded in agreement. They both charged at Herc, who wound up a punch, and went for Sora, who dodge-rolled out of the way. Philia used this opportunity to reach another barrel, touched it, and placed it on its' rounded side. She then pushed it forward to give it a little momentum as it came at Herc, who turned to see it coming. He was about to get out of the way when Philia came in with a surprise kick that sent the barrel flying forward too quickly for Hercules to dodge, and got a face full of it. It broke apart, and his aura died.

"Gotcha!" Sora declared, unleashing a flurry of slashed from behind. Herc turned during the attack, and countered with a punch that struck the Keyblade, sending it, and the Keyblade wielder holding onto it, flying away. He tumbled to the ground, nearly falling off the stage, but he rose into a sitting position, grimacing in pain. "That was not pleasant.

"Stop!" Philia shouted, putting Herc into her own time spell, before she prepared a dark purple glow from her blade, and she unleashed a Shadow Stitch Dagger Skill, striking him several times with slashes and kicks, hoping a paralysis effect would come into play from it. Unfortunately, the attack did not have the secondary effect that Philia was hoping for, as Herc came out of the attack injured, but still able, as he turned and did a hammer fist at her, his body glowing the aura again.

This time, it was Philia's turn to pay decoy, as she was running from Herc, who pulled out his sword, and begun to perform a tornado attack with it, spinning across the field after her. She ran as fast as she could, trying to avoid getting hit by the attack. Sora, at the moment, grabbed a fresh barrel, but saw no opening to toss it. He waited for Philia and Herc to get close, keeping his patience.

"Watch it, Herc!" Phil called out.

"Throw it!" Donald shouted from the stands, while Goofy had little flags; a red one with an 'S' on it, and a blue one with a 'P' on it.

"Not yet!" Sora retorted angrily, taking a moment away from the fight to glare at Donald, before turning back to see that Herc had stopped spinning, and looked rather dazed. He then grunted as he threw the barrel, and it struck Herc, putting him in a state.

"Now!" Sora shouted, unleashing the Strike Raid technique at Hercules while he was fazed. Philia unleashed Thundara after Thundara, amplified thanks to her Triton's Tooth dagger. The combined attacks did some pretty decent damage, before Herc regained himself.

"Come on, champ! This ain't NOTHING compared to a couple of monsters!" Phil spoke out like the trainer he was, "Use your head, not just brute force!"

"I won't go down that easily!" Herc told the two, unleashing another tornado attack onto the pair, going for Sora, who ran from one side, and being forced to Philia's side, who was taking an Ether to restore magic energy. She saw what was happening, raced over to Sora, and shoved him to one side to avoid getting hit. Philia's hair barely grazed the blade of Hercules's sword as they fell to the ground. Herc spun around and tried to get at them again, but Philia saw that he was near his breaking point, rolled to one side, and did a leg sweep that sent Hercules toppling to the ground, his blade flying far off.

"Nice!" Sora shouted, seeing Philia and Hercules trying to get to their feet again. Sora used another Stop spell on Hercules, freezing him in time.

"Let's…let's finish this." Philia told Sora, her Keyblade shining purple.

"You said it!" Sora answered, his Keyblade glowing too. The two then charged in and unleashed Rapid Raid and Ars Arcanum together, striking both sides of Hercules with their most powerful combo moves. Just as Hercules was coming out of the spell, he saw the two roar together as they struck from the same side, and sent Herc shouting in pain from the combined attack, and he soared into the stands near their three audience members, crashing into it hard. He rolled down each level on the stand, until he collapsed to the ground, defeated.

Sora and Philia panted as they stood their, giving everything they had into the last attack, but based on the results, it was clear. They had beaten Hercules. The bell rang, signaling the end of the match. Phil was dumbfounded, while Donald and Goofy charged down the stands, cheering for their two friends as they looked to one another, smiling.

"We did it…" Philia panted.

"We're the champs!" Sora answered, giving a fist pump at their victory. Donald hugged Philia at her win, while Goofy pulled Sora into a hug, too. They broke apart, and cheered as one at their win.

After the ceremony, where they received their trophy with their names on it, along with a new shield for Goofy, they returned to the entryway, waiting for Phil and Hercules to return. Obviously, Phil might be scolding the hero for not winning, or maybe not. After all, Phil did look pretty happy for Sora and Philia's team. Within moments, the two returned into the entryway

"You two were amazing!" Hercules complimented Sora and Philia, "Wow! And I didn't even hold back!"

"Hey, it was a tough match." Philia pointed out, "But I think our combined strength between Sora and I proved to be the true reason we won."

"Now, I finally know what you mean about strength of heart." Sora told Phil and Herc, "Mine comes from Donald, Goofy, and Philia."

"Come again?!" Phil questioned in surprise.

"If we stick together, we're unbeatable." Sora stated, "Not even Hercules stands a chance."

"I couldn't agree more." Philia followed, giving a soft and warm smile at Sora's words, "As long as we have each others back's, then I know we can handle any challenge that comes our way!" Sora nodded in agreement.

"But that's not exactly what I-." Phil started, but Herc picked him up under the arms as he responded, "Of course. Your friends give you strength. Isn't that right, Phil? The four of you together make great heroes. And as a team, I'm sure you can overcome anything." He raised a hand to Sora, who slapped his hand into it.

"Here. Another gift for winning the tournament." Hercules handed Sora and Philia two things; a new Keyblade Keychain, and a dagger. The keychain had a gold clip, thick, dark gray links, ending with a medallion like the medal on Herc's belt. The dagger had a silver curved blade, though not as curved as a kukri, It had black piece going down the blade, with a gold pegasus thinning down it, a gold hilt, and a marble hilt with a curved butt that ended in a silver piece.

"This thing is called 'Olympia'." Herc explained, "It is a very powerful weapon that can definitely land a strong blow. And that dagger is called 'Alexander'. It is powerful as well, and great with magic, too."

"Wow…" Philia gasped, her eyes dazzling at the sight of the dagger. Sora quickly equipped his new Keyblade, which transformed to take its' new form. The blade was marble white with gray edges, the name 'Hercules' going down the shaft, cloud-like teeth, column-like handle and sides of the guard, which had gold pieces attached to marble pieces that formed the full guard, the front marble pieces looking like pumped arms.

"I already feel how strong it is!" Sora stated, looking at the blade.

As Phil and Hercules wandered away, Goofy called out, "Hey, fellas. I bet if we use our combined strength, we could move that pedestal over there." He pointed the very pedestal that Phil asked them to move the first time they arrived in this world.

"Let's give it a shot." Sora answered, looking to Philia and Donald, who nodded in agreement. They wandered over to the pedestal, and Philia stopped to see something on the ground. It looked like a Trinity symbol but it was yellow. If that was required here, then maybe their combined strength could pull off a Quartet. Based on the color, a Yellow Quartet.

They gathered together on one side of the pedestal, with Sora, Philia and Goofy in front, and Donald pushing from behind Sora and Goofy. Philia and Sora's hands touched, and Philia blushed for a second. However, she shook her head, and focused. "Three, two, one, go!" Sora shouted, and the four pushed with all their might. Sora's hands started to glow a red aura, while Goofy's glowed green, Donald's glowed blue, and Philia's glowed white. Their combined strength was able to what not one of them could do before; they were pushing the pedestal to one side. As they did, a light started to shine from the ground they were revealing. They didn't look at it until after they pushed the pedestal fully off the place it was before.

When they backed off, they discovered where the light was coming from; a Keyhole, embedded on the ground. "Well, look at that." Philia muttered, looking down at it.

"We found another Keyhole!" Donald cheered.

Sora gave himself some distance, and raised his Keyblade high. The tip shined, then sparkled, as the Keyhole did the same. After a few seconds, the light bursted off the Keyblade, and their was the familiar locking sound. The Keyhole vanished before their eyes.

"That's another world's heart saved by the Heartless!" Philia declared, while the others nodded in agreement.

Gummi Ship

Goofy was happily looking at his new shield, which looked like Herc's medal, while everyone else was planning their next move. "We should still go back to Cid's to install that new Navigation piece we found in Pan's world." Sora stated, "Let's head over there."

"Before that…" Philia suddenly heard Tinker Bell's voice, and she popped out of Philia's pocket, resting on her shoulder, "…Seeing that power you four used to push that pedestal reminded me of something."

"Oh?" Philia asked.

"While I was flying around in Hook's ship, I saw a small room that looked like it had plenty of treasure boxes, along with a few puppies." The pixie explained, "But the door into it was too heavy to move for just one person. I bet if you go and open it…"

"Then the big treasure of Hook's ship will be ours!" Philia answered, "Now how could a treasure hunter like me pass that up?!" Everyone looked to Philia's expression, and knew that there was no talking her out of this. And it wasn't like them to pass up treasure, either. So, with a course set in mind, they chose to double back to Neverland again, so they could obtain the treasure.

The results: They found the heavy door Tinker Bell was talking about, and using their new Yellow Quartet, they pushed the door open, and entered within. True to Tink's words, there was treasure in there, with some very rare synthesis materials, more Dalmatian puppies, and on the highest shelf, they discovered a sealed box that had magic orbs, which boosted their Aero spells to Aerora. Safe to say, this was worth coming back.

After a warp flight once more, they made their way to Traverse Town once more, and descended the ship back down to where they placed it before. They entered the streets of the town, where they reunited with Cid once more, they handed him the new Navigation Gummi piece, and he went to go install it, which was gonna take a while.

Sora, Philia, Donald, and Goofy thought what to do next, and chose to deliver the gathered Dalmatian Puppies to their parents, who lived in the Second District. They finally gathered them together, and escorted them back to their family. The Dalmatian parents rewarded the heroes with several things, including healing supplies, synthesis materials, and a torn page to the storybook in Merlin's house.

"I think these might be all the torn pages that were not in the book." Sora assumed, "I'll go place them in and see what'll come of it."

"I want somethin' to eat." Goofy stated, rubbing his belly.

"I know some good restaurants in town." Philia answered, looking to Sora, "Want me to get you something while you go give these to Merlin?"

"Sure! I'm sure I won't be long." Sora told them, and they split up with one another, with Philia guiding Donald and Goofy to one restaurant, while Sora ran to Merlin's house. Jimmy Cricket decided to join Philia's group, too.

After a while of running and gliding over the floating stepping stones, Sora returned to Merlin's little house, where he greeted the occupants within; Merlin and the Fairy Godmother.

"Where might your friends be?" Merlin asked.

"They're out getting food." Sora answered, pulling out the several torn pages he carried, "I just decided to turn in these torn pages I found in other worlds. I think they're all the ones needed."

"Ah! I see." Merlin understood, examining the torn pages, "Well, why don't you place them in the book, and see what happens." Sora nodded in agreement, and walked over the book, placing the last torn pieces within it.

Sora waited for something to happen, then saw the book pages start to shine brightly. Sora shielded his eyes, and felt his body being pulled into the light. He braced himself, and felt himself suddenly started to fall. He opened his eyes once more, and was shocked. He was gazing down at the book, but it became so much bigger than before. Or rather, he might've become smaller. Whatever the case, the open book was pretty vast now. He could fit more than a 100 of himself now onto both pages.

"How did this happen?!" He asked as he landed onto the pages. He looked about, wondering on that question, while wondering what he could do in this state of being.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and Sora looked to his right. One of the white patches, which scattered around the two pages he was standing on, flashed, revealing of an empty meadow, with a triangular-shaped tent made of loose branches on it, in its' place. "Was that one of the torn pages fitting into place?" Sora asked. He paused, then decided to check it out.

He stepped on the spot where the meadow was at, and there was a flash of light once more. He suddenly found himself walking out to the said meadow, which came to life before him in a landscape. He was puzzled as to how he ended up in such a place. However, he also saw something else. There was a fallen tree trunk in the middle of this meadow, and sitting on it was what looked like a small, yellow bear with a red short-sleeved shirt on. He looked like he was thinking hard about something, as one of his fingerless paws was lightly knocking his noggin in thought. He could hear the bear repeating the words, 'Think, think.' Over and over again.

"Hi there." Sora greeted the bear, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Just thinking." He replied, getting a vocal sign of acknowledgment from Sora, "I was thinking of how to say goodbye to Pooh."

"Pooh?"

"Yes?" The bear asked. This gave Sora a clue.

"Wait a second. You're Pooh?" He asked, sitting on the log next to him.

"Yes, I'm Winnie the Pooh. Pooh for short." The bear greeted, "Who are you?"

"I'm Sora."

"Oh. Hello, Sora." Pooh greeted, "Have you come to say goodbye to Pooh, too?"

"Well, no." Sora answered, confused, "Why would I do that? We've only just met."

"Because everyone's gone away."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we all lived here in the Hundred Acre Wood." Pooh started, "And we'd take walks together, or play Pooh sticks. And every day, I'd eat some honey. Just one small smackers would taste very good right now…" he rubbed his tummy as he stated this, then sadly continued, "But now everyone's gone. All my friends, and my favorite Hunny Tree, too. Everyone must've gone away while I was napping, I think…"

He hopped off the log as he finished up, "So, who knows? Maybe I shall end up going away somewhere as well. But I wonder, how do I say goodbye to myself? Think, think, think…"

Sora remained silent as he looked down at the bear, wondering. Could this have something to do with the torn pages that went missing before? Could all of Pooh's friends be in those pages? If so, he had brought them back, which was the upside. That being said, he had to fix all of this, to help Pooh out with this predicament.

Suddenly, he heard a growl coming from Pooh's stomach, causing the bear to go, "Oh, my tumblr is getting rather rumbly." With that, he wandered away from Sora, leaving the meadow."

After he left, Sora muttered, "I know I told the others I would join them, but this feels serious. I have to help Pooh out!" So, after discovering a Mythril shard in the hollow tree, he left the meadow as well.

He followed a bright light, and found himself back on the pages of the book again. Only now, there was a new piece added. In the center of the left page was what looked like a wooden house built into the roots of a large tree. Seeing the new piece, Sora assumed that must be where he was suppose to go next. He raced over, and dove right into the new piece.

He suddenly found himself wandering through the woods towards the said house built within a tree. "I wonder if this is where Pooh lives?" Sora asked, wandering to the front of the door. He looked at a mailbox nearby and, sure enough, saw the name of the said bear on it. Not too worried about just barging in without permission, he entered into the house.

The interior was just the right size for someone of Pooh's size to live in, and had all the standards and necessities for a normal home. However, the only thing that seemed out of place was the insane amount of jars that littered the place. Pooh Bear, in particular, was in the middle of the room, with his head in an empty honey jar.

"Oh, bother. There's no more honey left." Pooh sighed, "If only the Hunny Tree would visit… Then I could eat my fill." Pooh placed the pot on the table nearby, and wandered out of the house, unaware of the guest that entered in.

"He must really want his honey…" Sora muttered, watching the door close behind. He turned when something fell out of the cupboard nearby. He turned to see an elixir bottle fall out, rolling on the ground towards Sora. He picked it up, inspecting it, then looked to the door. "Would he mind if I take this? Could be useful in our future battles." He pocketed the elixir, and left the house.

When he left, he suddenly encountered a new character; an owl, standing by the log outside the house. He turned to see Sora approach him, and stated, "Let me guess: You'd like to know what happens next." Sora looked surprised and puzzled at this sudden question by this random character. "Well, it is fortunate that you found the missing pages that were missing from the book before. If you please, can you help Pooh Bear and the rest of my friends out with his predicament?"

"Of course!" Sora answered, "I was kinda figuring that I should do something to help."

"Good!" The owl stated, "By the way, I'm Owl. I'm the only one who knows about the reality of our world, so don't go blathering a word to any of the others."

"Got it." Sora answered, and he wandered out of the place. It wasn't that he didn't know this was a thing, but knowing there was at least one person aware of the storybook made it a little reassuring.

He left Pooh's home, and saw the next piece of the storybook; on the upper left-hand side of the right page was a tall, curious tree, and it looked like there were bees and hive nests on its' branches. "That has to be that Hunny Tree Pooh was talking about." Sora assumed, "Better go see if he's there."

He entered the next page piece, and discovered his assumption was right. What was once an empty plain that he remembered before, he now saw that a rather tall addition was added; a large tree that reached towards the sky, with bees nests hanging from almost every branch. Sora's footsteps made the grass rustle, signaling his presence to a hiding individual in a hollow tree trunk on the ground nearby.

"Hello, i-is anyone there?" Out of the tree trunk came a very small individual, barely the size of Sora's foot. It looked like a bipedal piglet, with peach skin and a maroon body, stubby hands and feet, and large ears.

"Wh-Wh-What am I to do? I'm all alone." The little pig whimpered, "Pooh? Pooh? Where are you? It's me, Piglet." He suddenly saw a large shadow at his feet, and he turned to look up at Sora, who towered over him like a large monster. He panicked and ran away towards the tree.

"Wait!" Sora called out, but the scared little guy was already hiding behind one of the tree's roots. 'Guess I can't speak to him like this.' He thought to himself, 'And with the way he's acting, I don't know if the frontal approach would work, either. In that case…'

From Piglet's viewpoint, he saw Sora wander away absentmindedly. He sighed in relief, trying to recover for a few seconds after the stranger left. However, he suddenly felt a presence behind him, and turned. Instead of leaving, like Piglet thought he did, Sora ended up rounding the tree, getting up from behind him.

"Oh dear!" Piglet gasped, "I was j-just… Never mind. I'm sorry!"

Sora felt guilty for scaring the little guy, and crouched down as close to his level as possible. "Don't be scared. You're looking for Pooh, right?" He asked.

"You know Pooh?" Piglet asked, looking surprised at the boy knowing his friend's name. He sighed in relief, then started, "Oh, y-you see, I have something for him. I have to take it to Pooh right away!" He turned around, and saw something Sora didn't see, and called out, "Oh, Pooh!"

He raced around the tree, towards Pooh Bear, who had appeared onto the scene as well. Sora followed him around the tree, and sure enough, saw Pooh standing near the tree, sniffing up at it.

"Oh, I believe I smell a delicious something; a something like honey!" He noticed.

"Pooh!" Piglet dashed up to him as quickly as he could.

"Hello, Piglet. How have you been?" Pooh asked.

"Oh, I-I'm so glad to see you. I thought you'd gone away. I brought wh-what you asked for." Piglet raced to the fallen tree, entering into the hollow space, and pulling out what he was talking about; a blue balloon. He brought it over to Pooh, who took it into his hands.

"Thank you, Piglet. Now I can finally have some honey." Pooh stated.

"Really? B-But how?" Piglet asked, curiously.

"I shall hold onto the balloon, and fly like a bee up the Hunny Tree, see."

'But…that seems impossible.' Sora told himself, raising an eyebrow.

"But, if you take their honey, won't the bees be angry?" Piglet asked.

"Hm… Oh!" Pooh came up with an idea, and looked to Sora, "Hello, Sora. Would you be so kind as to chase away those bees, so I can get a small morsel of honey?"

"Sure." Sora answered, "Just leave those bees to me."

Suddenly, a shadow flew over them, and they looked up to see Owl fly down onto the lowest branch that could support his weight.

"Oh, hello, Owl." Pooh greeted.

"Good day, Pooh. What are you doing?" He asked, looking to the balloon in Pooh's hand, and to the others around him.

"Oh, I was planning to fly up with the balloon to get a smackeral of honey. And my new friend, Sora, is gonna keep the bees away."

"Ah! Splendid idea!" Owl answered, "Be careful with those bees. They will try to pop Pooh's balloon."

"But how is Pooh gonna fly up with that balloon?" Sora asked Owl.

"Why, with a little help from you, of course!" Owl answered, "Just give him a boost into the air, and he'll be able to fly like a bee in the air."

"Okay…" Sora answered, not getting the logic behind that. He grabbed Pooh in his arms, and after preparing himself, tossed Pooh into the air. Sure enough, Pooh started to float in the air thanks to his balloon, going to the hollows in the trees to scoop out some honey.

"Wow…that balloon really does work." Sora muttered in amazement. After a few seconds, sure enough, a swarm of bees came out from a nearby hive nest, pursuing the bear. "Better help out Pooh!" Sora declared, pulling out his Keyblade, and leaping up the branches, and swatting the bees away. Pooh started to eat up the honey from the first hollow. After a few seconds of this, he moved up the tree to the next hollow.

Sora continued to keep himself on the tree branches, whacking away bees as Pooh was gorging on more honey. Fortunately, it seemed taking out the bees had a bit of a recoil, pushing him back towards the branches whenever he whacked some away. Pooh kept climbing up the tree, where there was more honey than those down below. The highest hollow had an almost endless supply of honey. All Sora had to do was knock away bees before they even got close to Pooh Bear.

"It is rather funny what I will do for honey." Pooh stated as he was eating his fill.

After a few minutes of gorging himself while Sora fended off the bees, Pooh climbed out of the tree, rubbing his belly.

"Are you okay, Sora?" Piglet asked, seeing a few stings all about Sora's body.

"Yeah. I'll be okay." Sora responded, a little worn from keeping his balance while dealing with stings, "Still, I'm glad Pooh Bear got his fill of honey. Although…" He just noticed something as he looked about. "Pooh…isn't here anymore."

"Really? He must've wandered off again." Piglet assumed, looking about the place as well. He then saw something, and raced over to it as he stated, "But there's this nice shiny rock he left behind. Did Pooh drop it by mistake?"

Sora wandered over to the stone, and looked down at it. After a few seconds, he gasped, "I think I know this kind of gem!"

"You do?" The tiny fellow questioned.

"Yeah. I can summon an ally with this gem." Sora explained, picking it up, "I'm sure Pooh won't miss it, will he?"

"Well, knowing Pooh, I don't see why not." Piglet answered, "But what do you mean 'summon an ally'?"

"Well…let's just say this gem is magical." Sora explained carefully, trying not to say too much, before changing the subject, "In any case, you go on ahead and find Pooh. I've got somewhere else to go, then I'll catch up."

"Okay." Piglet answered, a little confused, but deciding not to question Sora. He waddled as fast as he could as Sora dashed forward out of the torn page scene, and onto the pages of the book again.

"Kay. Time to awaken this spirit." Sora told himself, and concentrated. His body shined as he closed his eyes.

Moments later, he opened them, and found himself in Merlin's study once more. The said wizard was speaking to the fairy godmother as they turned to Sora.

"Ah, I see you've returned to us." Merlin noticed, "Did you discover anything about the world inside that book?"

"I think so. I know that there's this bear named Winnie the Pooh, as well as a couple of other characters I met who knew him. But it seems like the pages that were torn from the book contained other friends and places he knows. I have to help Pooh reunite with his friends again, and return the book back to normal."

"I see…" a voice spoke up, and Sora jumped. Philia, Donald, Goofy and Jimmy had just entered into the house at that point. "I was wondering what was taking so long."

"You were taking too long!" Donald squawked, "Philia even ordered something for you, and you never showed up!"

"Sorry…" Sora apologized, rubbing the back of his head.

"Don't worry. We brought a doggy bag." Goofy chuckled, holding up a paper bag with Sora's meal inside of it.

"Jeez, Sora. You know you shouldn't keep a girl waiting." Tinker Bell huffed, sitting on Philia's shoulder.

"Don't get so angry, Tink. He was doing what he does best; helping others." Philia stated, "Are you done with helping your friend in the book?"

"I've only just taken care of a couple pages, but there's still a few more to go." Sora explained, pulling out the gem, "I just discovered this in the pages, and had to help awaken it."

"Ah! Another wandering soul waiting to be awakened." Fairy Godmother noticed, "Let me help it out." Sora handed the gemstone to her, and with a bit of magic, the stone shined and entered into Sora's Keyblade. "That soul's name is 'Bambi'. He is very gentle, but will help you with healing your magic and health while you fight Heartless. He might even give you more."

"That's helpful!" Sora noted, looking at his Keyblade with a smile.

"Big deal. I can regenerate stamina AND revive Philia in a pinch!" Tinker Bell huffed.

"Tink, this isn't a competition…" Philia muttered, "But you do have one point. Sora, you should hold onto that summon. If I have Tink, I'll be fine with a healing partner. You need to keep one on your person." Sora understood that logic, and decided to take the new gift.

"Well, I'd better head back into the book and see where Pooh is at." Sora told the others, walking back to the storybook, "I'll be back soon."

"Don't stay too long. We do have other ordeals to take care of." Philia reminded him. He gave a one-finger salute in response to this reminder, before pointing his Keyblade into the pages of the book, diving into it once more.

When he reappeared in the pages once more, he discovered the next part of the book to go to. On the far upper-left corner of the left page, there was another house made in a tree, only this one had vegetable fields in front of it. He raced over to the part, and dove into the next scene.

When he arrived, he found himself walking along a path in the middle of the said vegetable field, which also had a bridge and small creek going through the middle of it. He wandered over to the tree house, which had a sign that said 'Rabbit' nearby, indicating who owned the house. He was about to reach the door when the lid of the mailbox nearby fell down, making him jump. In there was a letter that suddenly fluttered to the ground at Sora's feet. He picked it up and looked at the front. The letter wasn't even in an envelope as it read:

"I hope we'll be finding more honey together soon! -Pooh"

"A letter from Pooh?" Sora noticed, "Maybe…I should put this back." He placed the letter back inside the mailbox, closing it up.

He suddenly sensed movement coming from the right side of the tree from where he stood, and wandered around. Looking into a small hole that led into the tree were the pair of Pooh and Piglet.

"Hey, you two." Sora greeted, making the tiniest of the pair jump, "What're you doing?"

"O-Oh, Sora!" Piglet noticed, "Look, Rabbit's house c-came back! But it looks like Rabbit isn't home. Pooh's been calling and calling, but the house says no one's there."

"The house 'says' no one's home?" Sora questioned, finding that very suspicious, then thinking, 'Maybe I should go and take a peek inside. Rabbit could be in trouble.'

He wandered away from the pair, and went to the front door. He opened it up just enough to look through a crack. The interior was a bit darker than Pooh's home, what with the lack of window inside, and a bit more organized, too. He could also see a rabbit character inside, who was a bit shorter than Sora, with yellow fur, with pale yellow fur on his belly, a pink nose, and black whiskers. He was hiding his presence as he stood near the very same hole Pooh and Piglet were looking into.

"Who is this person named Nobody?" Pooh asked through the hole, his voice sounding like he was starting to go through, "Nobody, have you seen Rabbit?"

"No! No Rabbit here!" The character responded hastily, "There's no one here!" He suddenly heard something digging through the hole, and he backed off to see Pooh's head pop through. He looked a bit crestfallen at being found out, as Pooh crawled out of the hole.

"Hello, Rabbit." Pooh greeted the character, as Piglet waddled in from behind. Knowing the person was recognizable to the bear, Sora looked relieved as he opened the door to let himself in.

"Why, P-Pooh. What a pleasant surprise…" Rabbit stated in a defeated tone, "Nice to see you, too, Piglet. And…" He looked to see Sora wander into the house, and asked, "…Is this a new friend?" Sora waved his hand in greeting the person, introducing himself in the process.

Rabbit sheepishly looked away from Pooh as he apologized, "P-Pooh, I'm sorry, but…I'm all out of honey at the moment." Pooh looked as if he was ignorant to this fact, as he sniffed about the place, going towards the oven.

"I smell a smackeral of honey somewhere in here." He noticed, his nose raised.

Sora wandered around the place, noticing Rabbit's anxiety on his face. Just as he wandered over one of the beams in the house, he felt something drip onto his hair. He touched what had landed on him, and looked at it. Due to the stickiness and look, he recognized it as…

"Honey?" Sora noticed, getting Rabbit and Piglet's attention. He looked up and saw, hidden on top of the beam, a pot of the said food.

"H-Honey? Now how did that get up there?" Rabbit questioned, his tone clearly stating he was faking surprise. He looked to everyone, noticing there was no way to feign ignorance to what everyone saw, and looked defeated once again as he said, "Would you like some, Pooh? Don't feel you have to, of course."

"Oh, thank you, Rabbit." Pooh answered, "I would like just a small smackeral. I'm quite hungry."

"Didn't he just eat a whole bunch from the honey tree?" Sora questioned in confusion.

"Oh, Pooh is always hungry." Piglet explained, as Rabbit did a bound to grab the honey pot from high up, and gave it too Pooh, who took it happily and started to gorge down on it.

Rabbit watched in anxiety as he saw Pooh dig deeper and deeper into the pot, muttering, "Um, Pooh…? You're not eating the whole pot, are you?" Realizing this was a stupid question, he sighed, "Once you start, there's no stopping you, is there…"

'I wonder if maybe I shouldn't have said anything…?' Sora mentally asked himself, looking to Rabbit's expression. Deciding to leave to prevent any further damage, he walked out of the house.

He was just wandering about the garden when he heard an outcry from the house. "H-Help! Please help Pooh!" He turned to see Piglet run his way, only to stumbled and fall at his feet.

"What happened?!" Sora asked, crouching down to pick him up.

"P-Pooh was crawling out of the hole again, and got stuck!" Piglet exclaimed, "We need your help, please!"

"Got it." Sora understood, and he went back the way they came. Piglet chose to go inside to help from within, while Sora wandered around the tree to the hole, seeing Pooh's top half stuck in the hole, his head and hand dangling out.

"Oh, how will I eat honey if I'm stuck here?" Pooh asked in a disparaging tone, "When it's lunch time, perhaps you could bring me a honey jar."

"I don't think that'll help your situation…" Sora muttered with a sweat-dropped expression.

"No honey 'til you're unstuck!" Rabbit shouted, coming around to join Sora and the stuck bear, "If Pooh doesn't slim down, my house will stay plugged up forever! If only there were something we could do…"

"Don't worry, Pooh. I'll get you out of there!" Sora assured Pooh, "We just need to find a way to loosen you…"

"Wait, I know!" Rabbit came to an epiphany, "A bit of carrot top juice will do the trick! I have a carrot patch on the other side of the stream. Carrot top juice is just the ticket to slimming down a Pooh!"

Suddenly, there was a sound coming from the bridge that led to the gardens. "Oh, no!" Rabbit exclaimed, rushing to the field. Sora turned and saw something, or rather someone, bouncing over the bridge. It looked like a tiger, what with appearance, plus the orange and black-stripped fur. Though, the one biggest difference between him and a regular tiger was the tail he was clearly bouncing on, like a pogo stick. He was bouncing all the way towards Rabbit and Sora, even breaking the bridge crossing the stream as he bounded towards them. He hopped over Rabbit, and pounced upon Sora, making the two of them tumble until Sora was on his back, with the new character on top of him.

"Hoo-hoo! Hey there! Name's Tigger! T-I-double-guh-RR. That's spells Tigger!" He greeted Sora, "Well, now! I don't think I've ever seen you before!"

"Hello, Tigger. You've just bounced my new friend Sora." Pooh told the new guy.

"Oh, Sora. I gotcha…" Tigger chuckled, then looked confused as he asked, "What's a Sora?"

"That's me!" Sora answered, a little dazed at the pounce he was delivered, "Why'd you pounce on me…?"

"Oh, cause that's what Tiggers do!" He answered, hoping off of Sora, and pulling him up as he shook his hand.

"Sorry, but I don't get it…" Sora stated, pulling his hand away from being shook so much.

"Well, let me tell ya…" He started, and he hooted as he begun to sing and dance.

The wonderful thing about Tiggers

Is Tiggers are wonderful things!

(Tigger sidestep dances one way, before sidestep-dances back to Sora)

Their tops are made out of rubber!

Their bottoms are made out of springs!

(Tigger stretches his face like it was elastic, then bounces on his tail in a spin)

They're bouncy trounce flouncy pouncy

Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!

(Tigger bounces around Sora with his feet before stopping in front of Sora, doing several jumping spins with his tail)

But the most wonderful

Thing about Tiggers is

I'm the only one!

(Tigger grabs Sora's hands as he bounces around him in a half circle before letting go as he bounces away from him)

IIIIII'm the only one! 'growl'!

Sora seemed a bit perplexed at the song and dance routine, but shook his head to refocus himself, and smiled. Tigger was definitely the most enthusiastic character he met in the storybook so far.

"Hey, Pooh! Say, you're lookin' mighty uncomfy today…" Tigger noticed Pooh's stuck state, "Is that some new exercise? Why, bouncin' around is a lot more fun." He started bouncing all about the place, with Sora trying to keep up with watching him.

"Why do you bounce around so much, Tigger?" Sora asked.

"Why? 'Cause bouncin' is what Tiggers do best!" He answered, "Speaking of which, my bouncin' spot has gone and disappeared! So for now, this'll be my new bouncin' ground." He hooted, and started bouncing all over the fields.

Rabbit watched from the fence, fairy disappointed as he stated, "Tigger's bouncing will ruin my vegetables! And if we don't give Pooh some carrot top juice, he'll be stuck forever. Please help me! Keep Tigger away from my carrots!"

"This is quite a fix. But I have just the solution." A voice came from above, and Sora saw Owl land onto the ground near the carrot patch Rabbit spoke of.

"What do I have to do?" Sora asked him, hopping over the fence to join him.

Owl went through an explanation to Sora on how to defend the carrot patch. Simply put, he had to block Tigger from bouncing on the carrots by using his body. If Tigger bounced on the carrots too much, they would be buried too deep to harvest. With the explanation understood, Sora went to work.

Tigger was particularly wanting to bounce in the area where the carrots grew anyway, so Sora had his work cut out for him. He rushed to any carrots that were in danger of being bounced upon. Tigger saw this, and thought he was being challenged by Sora to keep up with his bouncing. While one thought it was a competition, the other thought of this as a guarding project. The entire thing lasted for a minute, but Sora was able to save every single carrot in the field.

"Oh, what's goin' on?" Tigger questioned in shock, "Nobody keeps up with Tiggers! Maybe there's somethin' wrong with my tail…" With that, he hopped away from the carrot patch, leaving the vegetables alone.

Rabbit hurried over to Sora as he stated, "Thank you so much. Now I'd better make that carrot top juice. I'll get the carrots, so please wait inside the house." Sora understood, and walked back into Rabbit's house.

After a while of waiting, during which he decided to organize all the things in his magic pockets while talking to Piglet, Rabbit finally came back in, sighing, "Oh, what a day! I gave Pooh the carrot top juice. All we have to do now is push him out. Just a little push should do."

"Alright." Sora replied, walking up to the hole, where Pooh's legs and rear were sticking out of. He backed away, giving himself a running start, before charging forward, and shoving Pooh. Good news: he came out of the hole. Bad news: he ended up flying from the force of Sora's push, crashing into a pile of pots and vegetables. This made Rabbit petrified, and shake his head. Piglet covered his eyes at the sight of the damage from the other side of the hole. Sora had an awkward pause, realizing it was his fault, before nervously chuckling as he said, "…Sorry…"

"First my vegetable patch and now this…" Rabbit moaned.

From within, they did hear Pooh, who's head was stuck in one of the pots, saying, "Oh, bother. Where am I? It's ever so dark in here. Well, it isn't so bad, I suppose. There is plenty of honey." Sora decided it was best to leave the situation for the time being.

As he reappeared on the book pages again, there was a light as he cupped his hands, and a mythril shard dropped right into them. "Guess that's my reward for all that hard work." He told himself, pocketing the material, "Now, where to next?" He looked around and saw the next part that was added. On the complete opposite end of the book from where he stood, there was a rather stout tree with a swing hanging from it on a hill. With a what looked like sticks made to look like a tent. He raced over to the next page piece that appeared, and entered into it.

When he entered onto the scene, he saw a wide wooden bridge ahead of him, with Pooh and Piglet already there, hanging and standing on the railing respectively. Sora wondered how they ended up here before him, but decided not to ask. He also saw Rabbit by the tent-shaped assortment of sticks, and Tigger bouncing about the place up on the hill.

"Look, Pooh. Something is floating this way." Piglet noticed.

"I think you're right, Piglet." Pooh also noticed, "What could it be?"

Sora gazed at the water, and saw what they were seeing. Floating downstream with the water was what looked like a donkey with gray fur, and black fringe going down his back. He wasn't sure why it was floating in the waters like that, but he did hear Pooh call out, "Why, it looks like Eeyore! Hello, Eeyore, if it is you."

The donkey, Eeyore, raised his head as he was floating and noticed the pair. "Hello, Pooh. Yes, it's me." He answered in a rather lazy and pessimistic tone, "Could you pull me out? That is, if it's not too much trouble. Of course, you don't have to if you don't want to." He lazily floated along like no one was gonna care.

"Oh, d-d-dear. How will we get him out, Pooh?" Piglet asked, "I'm too small to do it!"

"I got him!" Sora called out, getting the attention of the storybook characters, as he dove right into the creek, and pulled Eeyore over his shoulders, taking him out of the water. Piglet and Pooh joined them as Sora placed Eeyore back on his feet.

"Thank you, Pooh. Thank you, other you." Eeyore thanked the pair slowly, "You know, floating along out there, it seemed like something was missing…And something's still missing."

Piglet looked around from behind the donkey, and looked startled at the sight of what he saw, or rather didn't see. "Why, Eeyore's tail is gone!" He exclaimed.

"Your tail is gone?!" Sora gasped, mentally questioning how that was possible.

"Is that what's missing?" Eeyore realized, looking behind him, to see his tail-less backside, "Let's see… Yep, lost it again."

"Again?" Sora echoed, now really confused.

"Wonder where it went this time." Eeyore asked, "It's not much of a tail, though I'm sort of attached to it. But I don't why anybody'd look for it. Probably won't find it anyway.."

"Sora, why don't we all look for Eeyore's tail?" Pooh asked the Keyblade wielder.

"Um…sure." Sora answered, wondering what the tail would be like and, more importantly, how to reattach something like it.

"Lost something?" Said a familiar voice, as Owl came down from the sky to join the team, "Searching from a high place is the quickest way to find it!"

"Then does that mean you're gonna fly up high and help us find Eeyore's tail?" Sora asked.

"Sorry, but my eyes aren't what they used to be. Too much reading, you know." Owl responded, "But I can give you advice. Of course, you don't have to if you don't want to."

"No! I don't mind getting some ideas." Sora retorted, "So, what idea do you have in mind?"

Owl turned himself around to face the tree on the hill. "See that swing up there? Take Pooh there." He was indicating the swing that was on top the hill, attached to the tree branch. "You're a bit too big for the swing, but Pooh should fit nicely." Owl continued, "I'll tell you more when you get there." He flew up to where the swing was at, waiting for them.

Sora guided Pooh towards the swing, though noticing and avoiding honey pots that were nearby. When they arrived, Owl went to explaining what they had to do together. Basically put, Sora had to swing Pooh high enough so he could search the area about. Sora's job was to push the swing at just the right time to send Pooh swinging higher and higher.

"Ready, Pooh?" Sora asked.

"Of course, Sora." He answered.

Sora started to push Pooh's swing, who went forward, then went back. When he went forward again, Sora pushed the swing at just right moment to swing Pooh higher. He did this a few times, timing the moment he needed to push the swing.

After doing this a couple of times, the swing swung so high, Pooh was shot out of it, into the air, and soared high above. "Oh no!" Sora exclaimed, not intending for this to happen. He watched as Pooh flew upwards, then came falling down…right on top of the stick-tent, making it collapse, and startling both Rabbit and Eeyore, who were next to it.

Sora covered his eyes at the collision, but opened them up to see if everyone was okay. He saw Pooh get up, assuring him that he was okay. Piglet and Tigger joined the other three, as well. Sora did hear Eeyore say, "That looks familiar…"

Sora arrived back down to the group, calling out, "Is everyone okay?!"

"Oh, Sora. Look what we found." Pooh told him, pointing to the ground. Sora got close enough, and saw what they were talking about. It was the very tail they were looking for, which had black fur at the tip, and a pink ribbon attached to it.

"Sora, would you mind reattaching his Eeyore's tail?" Rabbit asked the Keyblade wielder, picking it up and finding it to him.

"Reattach it?" Sora asked, taking the tail, and looking to Eeyore. For some reason, he was reminded of a game he played once during a birthday party. It was almost too similar to him. However, he decided to ignore the comparisons, and tried his best at reattaching Eeyore's tail.

"How's it looking?" Pooh asked as he, Piglet, Tigger and Rabbit watched Sora found the spot to attach the tail, and placed it on Eeyore's rear.

"There we go." He muttered, standing up straight, looking down at his work.

Eeyore looked back at it, swinging it back and forth like a dog wagging his tail. "It's not much of a tail, but it's mine." He stated unenthusiastically, "Thanks, everyone."

"I wish we could put the Hundred Acre Wood back the way it was, too!" Pooh hoped.

"I'll make sure that happens, Pooh." Sora assured him, looking to the storybook characters, "I'm pretty sure the next part is returning, soon."

"R-Really?" Piglet asked, "How do you know?"

"Oh, uh… Just a hunch." Sora answered, faking ignorance.

"I wanna see if my bouncin' grounds have returned!" Tigger hoped, bouncing out of the scene, hoping to see if he was right. Piglet, Pooh and Rabbit also left to check to see if it were the case, too, leaving Eeyore alone to admire his tail. After a bit, he, too, also left, with Sora right behind him.

Once Sora was alone on the pages of the book again, he saw the restored page suddenly glow, and out popped three magic orbs. "Alright! More magic power!" Sora cheered, as one of the orbs dove into his body, while the other two shot upwards.

Outside the book, Philia and Donald were practicing together on their magic, with assistance from Merlin. Goofy and Tinker Bell were having a cup of tea, with the Fairy Godmother, watching the two magic users strike targets with Fira spells.

"Good! You are getting the hang of it!" Merlin stated, watching the pair strike a couple of magic targets.

"I'm at least getting better at my aiming." Philia stated, lowering her dagger after her magic energy was low.

"It takes lots of practice to be as good as I am in magic!" Donald told her.

"Donald, you must remember; pride always comes before a fall." Merlin stated, "You never know when your pride will lead you to…" But before he could finish, Donald tried casting a Blizzard spell at a multitude of targets, only for the attack to accidentally backfire, and he ended up freezing himself.

"Talk about your bad karma…" Philia stated, while Goofy and Tink laughed at the backfire.

Suddenly, something caught her attention, and she turned to see the children's storybook glow, before a pair of magic orbs came out of it. They flew towards Philia and the frozen Donald, entering into their bodies. "Whoa!" Philia gasped, startled at the surprise magic boost that entered into her. She felt the power of time that came from the new power, and confirmed something. "My Stop magic. It's been boosted." She muttered, as Merlin unfroze Donald, who shook from cold.

"That, my dear, must mean your spell has been upgraded to the Stopra spell." Merlin responded, "A very useful spell, if I do say so myself."

"Sora must've discovered it while in the book." Philia assumed, "Can't wait to see what else he can pull from that book." She wandered over to the book, examining its' pages as the hero within had already entered into the next newly-added page.

Sora had just spent a little time with Pooh at his house, who was cold from the breeze after the swinging. Fortunately, Sora had his fire magic to help warm up the bear by making a campfire for him. He was thanked with a nice Mythril from Pooh.

The next scene he entered was composed of many large stumps, a see saw made from a fallen log, and even a massive pot in the middle of the place. Sora saw Tigger on the scene, as well as a new face, which looked like a baby kangaroo with a blue short-sleeved shirt on.

"Hey, Sora!" Tigger noticed him entering onto the seen, bouncing up and down with the new character on the seesaw, "This here is my bouncin' spot! We can bounce around her all day!"

"That's great to hear." Sora stated, looking to the new character, "And who are you?"

"I'm Roo! I'm Tigger's friend!" The little one greeted, "Nothing beats bouncin'!"

"You wanna bounce, too, Sora? It's lotsa fun!"

"Lotsa fun!" Roo repeated.

"Sure. Why not?" Sora responded, ready to make it onto the seesaw.

"To bounce with the finest, you'll need some pointers from the finest." Owl stated as he descended down onto the middle of the seesaw.

"But, Owl, you don't bounce around like we do!" Roo pointed out.

Owl paused for a moment, then answered, "I'm afraid you're right. I can't master everything, I suppose." And with that, he flew off, leaving Sora with a sweat-dropped expression, wondering what was the point of Owl appearing in the first place.

"Bounce this way, please!" Tigger declared, bouncing onto one of the large stumps, with Roo right behind him. Sora raced over to the stump, hopping onto it to join the pair.

"Here's a little warm-up. Watch and bounce like me!" Tigger told Sora, hopping from one large stump to the next, taller one. Roo was right behind him, bouncing just like him. They ended up on a grassy patch on top of a cliffside on one far side.

Sora stood on the edge of the stump, thinking, "I could just glide over there, but I would just be like Owl, won't I? I'll just have to hope my jumping skills are good enough."

Sora backed away from the edge, towards the center of the stump, then raced forward, and leapt off to the first stump. He didn't even give himself time to stop before twisting his body and jumping to the next stump. He kept up the momentum all the way towards where Tigger and Roo were at.

"Way to go, Sora!" Roo cheered.

"That was some good bouncin'." Tigger agreed, "But now let's try some trickier bouncin'!" He hopped his way back down the stumps to the point they started once more, followed by Roo, with Sora following the pair from behind.

"Now watch as I do what Tiggers do best!" Tigger and Roo then started bouncing about the stumps, this time bouncing around three stumps that formed a triangle, before reaching the next set of stumps, nearing the cliff they ended, but double-backing onto a different stump, before jumping back onto the cliff again.

"Now it's your turn, Sora!" Roo called out.

"Right!" He answered, looking around the stumps, remembering all the moves they made, before making his move. Unlike before, he did stop once in a while, making sure he was going to the right stump, before bouncing towards them. It took him a little while, but he memorized the steps and made it to Tigger and Roo.

"You're doin' fantastical, Sora!" Tigger stated, "Now onto the last one!" He hopped back down to the first stump again, with Roo and Sora right behind him. Once they were back, Sora watched as the two, who took a different route this time. Roo went to the seesaw, going to the far end, before Tigger jumped onto the closer end, launching Roo into the air. The baby kangaroo then put all his weight as he descended down, slamming onto the seesaw, and launching Tigger high up, making him land onto the tree branch far too high for a normal bounce. Tigger hooted from the tree branch, before bouncing down onto the stump near Sora, and bouncing from stump to stump, ending on the cliff again.

"I'll launch you onto the tree!" Roo told Sora, "Just hop onto the seesaw."

"Alright!" Sora answered, stretching his legs before taking a running leap onto the close end of the seesaw, launching Roo into the air. He once again placed all his weight down onto the seesaw, launching Sora high, surprising him. He ended up onto the branch Tigger was on before, questioning how Roo could launch him so high. However, deciding to ignore the laws of physics, he hopped back down onto the stump Tigger landed onto before, and leapt over to where Tigger was at.

"Hey, you've gotten mighty good at bouncin', Sora!" Tigger stated with joy, "What do you say, Roo?"

The said kangaroo joined the pair as he agreed, "He was really amazing! Hey, Tigger! I think he's ready for the big one!"

"Well, there's only one way to find out!" Tigger agreed, "Let me just bounce into that pot over there." By pot, he meant the massive pot on top of the hollow stump in the middle of the place.

"Hey, Sora! Tigger's gonna toss some nuts at you." Roo explained, "Try bouncin' them back at Tigger!"

"I'll do my best!" Sora answered, hopping onto one of the stumps near the pot, ready to play Tigger's game. Tigger then began tossing nuts out of the pot. Sora jumped and sent the nuts straight back into the pot with his Keyblade, making Tigger hop out of the pot with joy. After a few rounds of this, the nuts ended up breaking the pot, so they had to stop playing at that moment.

Sora spent the rest of the time in the bouncin' grounds with Roo and Tigger, enjoying the bouncing time with them, and finding items here and there, whether they were inside hollowed stumps and trees, on top of branches, or some he ended up getting from Owl, who wanted the rare nuts that were too thick in the trees for him to get to. The items ranged from materials, gummi pieces, or even things that empowered his body and skills. The rarest he got were Dark Matter and even Orichalcum.

After a long period of having fun, he decided to leave the scene heading back onto the pages of the book once more. The moment he did, however, the torn page suddenly became a Mythril piece, and he took it to use for crafting later.

"Alright, where to?" Sora asked, looking about, before seeing the newest page piece had revealed itself. On the bottom, left-hand corner of the left page, he saw a picture that looked like a muddy, winding path. Wondering what was in store, he decided to investigate it.

When he entered into the scene, he discovered the swamp-like area in front of him; a muddy pond within a ravine, with trees surrounding the edges of the ravine, and a small thicket that, from one side, was clearly hollow within. Pooh Bear was actually following muddy footprints which, based on what he was leaving behind, clearly belonged to him.

"Wonder what he's doing?" Sora asked, and he descended into the mud, causing it to splash upon landing. He approached the wandering bear, asking, "What are you doing, Pooh?"

Pooh turned to Sora, raising a paw as he whispered, "Shh. Quiet, or they'll get away!"

"Who?" Sora asked, looking confused.

"The people who took everyone away." Pooh explained, pointing at the ground, "See their footprints? We were all sticking together to make sure no one got lost again. But then, I saw some footprints that needed following. So I did. Suddenly, everyone was gone. Bad people must have taken them away!"

Sora listened and understood, from his perspective, what the real truth was. Pooh, on the other hand, was no where near a clever bear, so he had no idea the footprints he was following were his own. Heck, he could even see some of Pooh's friends here and there.

"Actually, Pooh, I think those footprints are…" Sora started, but wasn't sure if Pooh was really gonna listen to logic, so instead, he changed the subject, and said, "Anyway, I'll help you look for your friends."

"Oh, thank you, Sora." Pooh thanked him.

Sora then suddenly heard a sigh, and looked towards the thicket. Wandering over, he saw a shorter part of the thicket, and climbed right through it, to discover Eeyore within.

"What're you doing here, Eeyore?" Sora asked.

"Hello." The donkey greeted, "I was just lookin' for sticks to build my house…again."

"Oh…" Sora understood, recalling that they did accidentally destroyed his home while searching for his tail. "Well, this place already feels like a house." He pointed out, looking at the hollowed area within the thicket they were standing in. The sticks were tall enough to act like walls for a house, and the interior was more than big enough for Eeyore to rest comfortably in. In fact, it looked like everyone he met so far could fit into this place.

"Seems like a great spot to gather everyone once we find them." Sora summed up, "Time to help Pooh find his friend!"

He walked out of the thicket, and made sure Pooh was close as they wandered through the mud, where he discovered a large root of one of the exterior trees that arched down into the mud. As Sora looked around, Pooh looked up at the root, and saw someone on it.

"Oh, there you are, Roo!" Pooh noticed.

Sora looked up, and saw Roo up on the tree root, though he bounced down to join the pair. "What were you doing up there, Roo?" Sora asked.

"I tried bouncin' as high as Tigger." Roo explained sheepishly, "I was so busy tryin' to bounce, I forgot to watch where I was bouncin'!"

"Don't worry about it." Sora assured him, "Tell you what. Why don't you go into that thicket over there with Eeyore, and wait for everyone to arrive." Roo understood, and bounced all the way to the entrance into the thicket, where he entered in to wait.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side to where Sora entered in, he and Pooh discovered a dirt area with a few burrows, as well as a well that blew strong winds from within. There were also violet geraniums that were beneath an upper part of the glen, and butterflies glowed about them.

As Sora looked into the well, only for his hair to be blown upwards from the gust within, Pooh looked at the geraniums, sniffing them, before plucking a few. "These smell really lovely." He stated, holding them up high.

Suddenly, a few of the butterflies descended down onto the flowers Pooh held and, with something that felt like it was magic, carried Pooh up onto the next level of the ravine.

Sora looked to see where Pooh went, only to see someone come out of one of the burrows nearby. "Rabbit!" Sora gasped, startled at his sudden appearance, "How did you end up here?"

"Oh, Owl looked so intent on something, well, I just had to follow him!" Rabbit explained, "But then Owl flew off into the sky, and there I was, all by myself. I ended up hiding, fearing what might appear."

"Well, I know a better spot for you." Sora told Rabbit, and guided him towards the thicket, where he joined Eeyore and Roo.

The next person Sora met up with was Tigger, who was bouncing along a hollow log that acted like a bridge between two parts of the upper parts of the ravine. Once Sora made it up to that level using the gusty well, he had a chance to stop him, he finally questioned how ended up in this place.

"I saw Pooh walkin' away, so I bounced after him!" Tigger explained, "Then I bounced a bit too high, and I lost sight of ol' Pooh Bear!"

"Pooh's with me." Sora explained, pointing to where Pooh was at, who was looking about the place rather absentmindedly, "We're trying to find everyone else. Let me take you guys to the home base." He left Pooh behind for a moment to bring Tigger to the thicket to join everyone else, instructing him specifically not to go anywhere until everyone was gathered up.

Sora led Pooh through the fallen log, though he burned away something blocking Pooh's path through the log. They made it to the other side and, thanks to some butterflies around another geranium, made it to the highest level in the ravine, where they discovered Piglet within a hole at the base of a thick tree.

"Hello, Piglet." Pooh greeted the little guy.

"P-P-Pooh! Where are we?" Piglet asked, looking scared at his situation.

"I don't know where we are either, Piglet." Pooh answered, "But if we go back the way we came, we should find home."

Meanwhile, as Pooh was convincing Piglet, Sora ended up discovering Owl as he landed on the ground nearby, surrounded by bushes.

"I thought I'd better have a word with Roo about his bouncing." Owl explained his reasons for being there, "The next thing I knew, quite to my surprise, I was lost, too!"

"That is strange…" Sora agreed, "Why don't you go to that thicket over there. Everyone else is waiting." Owl understood, and flew off to the area Sora spoke of.

He returned to Pooh, wondering where Piglet went off to. "Piglet found a way down by those lovely flowers below." Pooh explained, "He's waiting for us, right now."

"Cool. Let's get him back with the others!" Sora told the bear, and they ended up going back down to the area Pooh spoke of. Sure enough, Piglet was standing by one of the smaller burrows, and joined up with him.

"How did you end up all the way up there, Piglet?" Sora asked.

"I-I'm not quite sure." Piglet shakily answered, "One moment, I was with everyone. The next, I was alone. I got s-scared when everyone disappeared, so I hid."

"Well, don't be scared. I know where everyone else is at." Sora explained, "I'll guide you to them." He guided both Pooh and Piglet back to the thicket, were everyone was still waiting for the last to join.

"Everyone's here!" Pooh cheered, glad to see the rest of his friends together.

"I'm glad you're all together." Sora told him, looking to everyone else who was grateful at the reunion. He did wonder how everyone got so lost. They acted like it just happened spontaneously. He wondered if this had to do with the fact that the torn page was only just connecting with the book. He wasn't completely sure, but at least things were okay for now.

"Sora, would you mind if we head somewhere where we won't get lost?" Pooh asked.

"How about the hill by Eeyore house?" Rabbit asked, "We'll meet you there, Sora."

"Sounds like a great place to meet up!" Sora understood, "I'll see you there!" With that, he left the muddy ravine, exiting the scene.

Once he leapt back onto the pages of the book again, the torn page glowed suddenly, and something flew out of it, landing into Sora's cupped hands as he caught it. It looked like a ring with a fancy design. He examined it, and placed it on his finger. He suddenly felt an energy from it, like he would gain more growth and experience while using it. Deciding to keep it on, he turned to where the hill page was at, and raced into it.

When he arrived, there was one big difference in the scene; It was evening. The sun had set, and the sky was lit in a purplish hue with stars and the moon far above. Pooh and his friends were all already at the top of the hill, with Pooh waving Sora from up on top to join them. He quickly made his way up to the top of the hill, and sat down with the others.

They began talking about all the events that happened that day, from the moment Sora first met Pooh, to how they met every one of his friends again, to all the fun and interesting tasks they had to do all throughout the time together. They laughed at the funny parts, they groaned at the worrisome parts, but all in all, it was a great day for all of them.

"I'm so glad we're all together again." Piglet chuckled, then looked down sadly as he recalled, "I didn't know what to do when I was all alone."

"Aw, Piglet, you gotta be brave." Tigger told the little guy.

"You weren't lonely at all?" Piglet questioned him.

"Lonely? Are you kiddin'?" Tigger asked, making a jump and looking confidently, "I'm a Tigger! The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one. But I do admit, friends are awfully fun, too!"

Sora watched Tigger as he spoke, but suddenly heard Pooh muttering, "Think, think…" Over and over again. He turned to see Pooh pondering, much like how he was the first time he met him.

"Hey, Pooh, what are you thinking about now?" The Keyblade wielder asked.

"Oh, well, I'm just thinking about what to think about." Pooh answered.

Sora chuckled at this. "Silly ol' bear." He told Pooh, who chuckled at this. Deciding things were over and done with there, he looked to the sky as he declared, "Well, I'm off."

"Sora, where are you going?" Piglet asked as Sora stood up, making his way to the edge of the hill.

"I'm gonna go look for my friends. They're waiting for me." Sora answered, turning to the group.

"Bounce on back again!" Tigger gave a hoot after what he said.

"I can't wait to bounce with you, Sora!" Roo added.

"Take all the time you need." Eeyore stated.

"I hope you find your friends!" Piglet prayed.

"You be careful!" Rabbit told him.

"If you need any guidance, I'll be the one you should talk to." Owl added.

Sora nodded in assurance, and hopped off the hill, wandering over to the bridge, as everyone waved him off in farewell. Sora punched the air in farewell to his new friends he met in this very strange book.

"Sora, don't forget…" Pooh called out, "We shall always be here. If you like to visit again, that is." Sora walked off the scene in a glittering of lights, disappearing from view.

Back in Merlin's home, Philia, Donald and Goofy decided to read the book Sora was in, seeing the big changes that took place, thanks to Sora repairing the book from the inside. He was even part of the story within the book.

"Sounds like he's just about done." Philia noticed, closing the book to the front cover, which she also noticed had drastically changed. On the cover was a picture of Sora, walking hand-in-hand with Pooh Bear, who also held Piglet's hand, while Tigger bounced along side them.

"It sure looks like Sora had a lot of fun!" Goofy chuckled.

"At least all those guys in the book are safe." Tinker Bell stated, with Donald nodding in agreement.

They suddenly saw something. The lock on the fastening buckle on the book suddenly shined, and it make a clicking sound, before vanish.

"Ah! Seems like Sora has locked that world's Keyhole away." Merlin noticed, "That boy did a fine job!"

"Agreed." Philia answered, opening up the book to where Sora should exit out of. In a few seconds, Sora did exit the book, landing on the floor in front of everyone. The book magically closed itself behind him.

"Hey, guys! I hope I didn't take too long." He hoped.

"Long enough to take care of that world." Philia noted, smiling at how proud she was in Sora's ability to fix up that storybook.

"But now it's time to get moving!" Donald squawked, "We gotta find the King!"

"Right. And Kairi, too." Sora added.

"And my memories." Philia finished.

"Cid did finally install the gummi piece." Goofy spoke up, "We should be able to go further in our vessel!"

"Right, then." Sora understood, "I don't know about you guys, but I'd say it's time to find everything we're looking for!"

"You do be careful now." Merlin told the group, "My intuition is telling me the worst is yet to come. Wherever you go next, better think wisely."

"We will." Philia assured him, looking back at Sora, adding, "Or, I'll at least do the thinking for the group."

"What does that mean?" Sora questioned suspiciously.

"Yeah, what he said!" Donald added.

"Nothing." Philia replied, walking to the door, "Just that I know who's the wiser one here in our group."

"True." Tinker Bell agreed, before the two girls exited.

Donald, Goofy and Sora looked incredulously at one another, before shouting, "Hey!" As they raced after Philia, who was laughing as she ran away. Sora was a bit irked at Philia's statement, but he smiled, nevertheless. The friendship he had with her and everyone else here was just as important, if not more so, than Pooh and his friends.

And that friendship was gonna put him, and all the others, to the test from what was to come.

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