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Chapter 2: Infinity Stones
As the guards secured the castle, and the King had hired a crew to repair the castle, they had the first family meeting with everyone in the same room in years. Anna, being the youngest of the family, was more confused than anyone, "Okay, since when did we have a brother? Why did no one ever tell me? What happened to him? Why did our Grandfather become a monster? Why didn't mom tell us she was from Northuldra? And since when did Elsa have ice magic?"
"Easy, Anna..." Her mother calmed her down, "We don't have all the answers ourselves but we're going to try to figure them out as a family."
Anna took a deep breath as Elsa told her sister, "Anna... you did know I had powers..."
Anna tilted her head in confusion, "Huh?"
Elsa looked a little nervous but when she turned to her twin brother, who gave her an encouraging smile, she finally worked up to courage to tell Anna the truth. She told Anna everything, from when they children, the beginning struck on the head, to why she had to shut her out. Anna blinked at that as she frowned, "No wonder why we never hang out anymore... This is all my fault..."
"No, no, wasn't you're fault..." Elsa reassured her, "It was mine... I shouldn't have been so careless with my magic."
"You were being careless?" Anna turned to her, "I wasn't the one listening when you told me to slow down... this was my fault."
"No... really..." Elsa shook her head, "It was mine."
Anna was about to argue when she shook her head, "You know what? Why don't we split the blame fifty-fifty? And promise not to shut each other out anymore... I promise we won't do anything you don't feel comfortable with..."
Sora then spoke up to his twin sister, "And if you like, I could help you to control your power without the need for your gloves so you can be more sociable than you have been lately."
Anna turned to her siblings as she slowly smiled, "That sounds fair to me..."
Both parents smiled, they could be the start of something good. Things seemed to go better than they hoped now that Sora was finally home. Elsa then turned to their mother, "Now then, Mom, why didn't you tell us you were a Northuldra?"
"I would like to know as well." Her husband nodded.
Sora starched his head as he sheepishly smiled, "I have no idea what a Northuldra is. Could somebody get me up to speed?"
"Well, it's a long story. Back when your grandfather...Before his passing. And before he became whatever that was in there." The King started.
"Elsa and I used to hear this story all the time," Anna beamed and whispered to Sora, "You'll love it."
"Far away, as North as we can go in Arendelle, stood a very old and very Enchanted Forest. But it's magic wasn't that of goblins spells and horse fairies. It is protected by the most powerful spirit of all of Arendelle. Those of Air, Fire, Water, And Earth. But it was also home to the mysterious Northuldra people." Agnarr retold the tale.
Sora raised an eyebrow, "Magical? You mean like Elsa or me?"
He shook her head, "No, they were not magical... They just took advantage of the forest gifts... Their ways were so different from ours... but they believed in the same God and they promised us friendship."
"And as a token of peace. My father built them a mighty dam, the one you see in the picture. To strengthen their waters." He continued, "Or at that's what he told me at the time... I had no idea that he..."
"Honey," His wife reassured him, "We know..."
Sora looked with concern, "Did anything else happen that day?"
"Well, I remember being so honored to get to go to the forest to celebrate it." He recalled, "I was not all prepared for what the day would bring... We let down our guard... We were charmed... And it all felt so... Magical. But something went wrong. The Northuldra were attacking us... It was a brutal battle.."
Elsa sighed as she concluded, "My father fell in battle, or so I believed, until today. The fighting enraged the spirits. They turned their magic against everyone... There was this... voice... And someone saved me... Untold, the spirit then vanished and a powerful mist covered the forest, locking everyone out and that night, I came home King of Arendelle."
He then turned to his wife, "And I didn't return there alone, did I?"
She sighed as she told him, "I should have told this a long time ago but... I... I was the voice... I was the one who saved you that day..."
Everyone in the group gasped in the room, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?"
The King blinked before nodding, "Of course... it was you... you saved me... but... why after everything my father did..."
"Unlike the rest of my people... I wasn't ready to condemn Arendelle for the actions of their King..." She answered, "And I saw you just as scared and confused as I was... from there I knew... you never knew about your father's betrayal... So, I managed to get you to safety before the mist came in... and kept us hidden until it was safe. I couldn't go back home and I not sure how Arendelle would take a Northuldra girl after what happened so I told no one of where I came from... even after our marriage... and after we had three beautiful children together... I wanted to tell you but I was scared..."
He took her head and smiled at her, "Iduna, you're my wife and my best friend, you never should have been afraid, I owe you my life. I just wish you told me sooner so I could have thanked you."
Iduna laughed sheepishly, "I guess it was pretty silly of me to keep this from the family..."
"Speaking of keeping things from family..." Anna spoke up getting everyone's attention, "I get why you kept the fact about Elsa's magic and why she had to shut me out, I don't like it, but I get it. However, why would you keep the fact that I have an older brother, who is, in fact, Elsa's twin, for the longest time? I almost..."
She froze up, turned to Sora, before adding, "...did something that would have made everyone regret that decision."
"I'm still confused by that by the way..." Sora stated with a confused look.
Elsa placed a hand on his shoulder, "Trust me, you're better off not knowing..."
Agnarr and Iduna sighed as they figured this day would come, as the latter told her, "You were only a few months old when it happened. One night, someone snuck into the castle and kidnapped Sora. No one knew that it happened until Elsa came to use concerned what happened to him."
"After that, I had the whole kingdom to a search for your brother but as years past we were beginning to lose hope," Agnarr told her, "We figured it would be best not to tell you until you're old enough to understand."
Anna blinked before saying, "Well, I'm almost thirteen now, so a little earlier would have been nice."
"I agree with Anna on this," Elsa nodded, "She had every right to know about our brother and what happened to him."
The whole family then turned to Sora as Anna asked, "So, what did happen to you?"
"I think... it's probably time you told us where you've been all this time," Agnarr agreed, "And when you received your magic and whatever you know about what happened to your grandfather."
Sora sighed as he told them, "Alright... but what I'm about to tell you. I've sworn secrecy to... so what I'm about to tell you stays only between family."
Seeing how serious looked about this, everyone nodded. Sora told them, "The night when I've been taken... it's still fuzzy to me but I remember what happened afterward. I remember waking up on Destiny Islands, which became my new home for almost eleven years."
"Destiny Islands?" Iduna raised an eyebrow, "I don't think they ever appeared on any of the written maps."
"I would have certainly remembered that name." Agnarr nodded.
"I didn't know at the time, but the islands were located on a completely different world," Sora explained shocking everyone in the room.
Anna gasped with deep interest, "Another world?! You mean like a whole another planet?!"
"Well, some of them were, most of them were like another reality," Sora explained to them, "Seeing is that most of them were on Earth. Just not our Earth."
"Interesting," Elsa stated as her eyes widened in shock.
"But... that's impossible..." Agnarr eyes widened as Elsa and Iduna stared at Sora with shock in their eyes.
"And yet it's true," Sora explained, "I've seen them. There are as many as the stars you see at night and more."
Everyone stared at shock as Sora continued, "I didn't know it at the time so I went to the D.I.P.D. for help."
"D.I.P.D.?" Elsa wondered.
Sora explained, "Destiny Islands Police Department. They were the guards that protected the islands. They did everything they could but they were unable to find Arendelle on any of their maps, I kept the fact that I was a Prince to myself because I didn't know how people would have reacted to it. A couple in the police took me in since I had nowhere else to go to."
"They were kind, raised me, taught me right from wrong," Sora continued, "Along with that, I made friends on those islands two of which became my closest and best friends outside of the family."
"Who were they?" Elsa wondered.
"There was Riku," Sora stated, "He's like the older brother I never had. He always has my back. He reminds me of Elsa a little... if she was a guy and didn't have ice magic..."
Elsa nodded before asking, "And?"
"Kairi," Sora answered as he smiled fondly of the memories, "She came to the islands months after I did, she was the one who gave us the idea of other worlds, and the three of us dreamed of traveling to them when we were old enough."
"And did you," Anna asked as she stared with great interest.
Sora nodded as he began to frown, "Yeah, just not the way we had planned..."
"What do you mean?" Iduna asked with concern."
"When I was fourteen, early in the morning before the day before planned to explore the other worlds on the raft we made, our islands were invaded by the Heartless." Sora explained, "Monster born from the darkness inside peoples' hearts. They lack any human emotion, acting only on animal instinct. They seek only to create more of their kind and they drag any world down to their dark realm to do it."
Everyone turned speechless at that as Sora continued, "During the events, I was chosen by the Keyblade. A weapon of light made to combat the darkness and is the only weapon that can destroy the Heartless."
"Chosen?" Agnarr raised an eyebrow.
"The Keyblade chooses its master," Sora explained, "And it chose me."
"With my new powers, I tried to fight off the Heartless and save my new home but there were too many," Sora continued, "And I wasn't strong enough yet. They consumed my world and separated me from my friends."
From that moment, everyone frowned at Sora's loss, before he continued, "That's when I woke up on another world called Traverse Town and met my other best friends, Goofy and Donald Duck. They were investigating what's been happening to the other worlds as well as searching for their own King."
"From there, we realized we had a common enemy and a common goal." Sora explained, "So, we joined forces and traveled to other worlds to look for our friends and save other worlds from the Heartless grip. We made a ton of new friends along the way too. We became heroes even."
"Wow... I'm related to a hero... and it's my own brother." Anna started in awe.
"I also came face to face of the man who discovered the Heartless, started this whole mess, and became one of my greatest enemies," Sora explained, "My former arch-nemesis, Master Xehanort."
Elsa blinked at that, "You had an arch-nemesis?"
"Yes." Sora nodded.
Elsa raised an eyebrow, "You?"
"Yes," Sora began to look confused, "Why is that so hard to believe?"
Elsa pointed out, "Well... you're you! You not exactly the kind of person to make enemies... and I doubt that's changed since we were children."
"Well, that's what happens when you're a hero," Sora explained, "You tend to fight monsters and bad guys to protect people. It's kinda in the job description!"
"But you're so... likable!" Elsa protested, "How could anyone be your enemy?"
"If those enemies are the nastiest people you could ever meet," Sora explained, "Nasty and nice don't mix well in the battle for light and darkness."
"He's starting to sound like you." Iduna smirked at her husband.
"Just what was this Xehanort planning to do with this monsters," Agnarr wondered, "What did he have to gain?"
"Well... legend believes that the worlds were once one..." Sora explained, "Protected by an unseen land called Kingdom Hearts. It was protected by its counter-part, the X-blade."
"Keyblade?" Iduna asked as she thought of Sora's weapon.
Sora knew what she was thinking, "It's not like the ones I carry. My Keyblades, as well as the others, were man-made in its image. The X-blade outclasses them all. Some people wanted to calm Kingdom Hearts for themselves and a Keyblade War was started which caused the X-blade to be destroyed and Kingdom Hearts along with everything else was swallowed away by darkness."
"However, small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children and rebuilt the world we know today, that's why the worlds are still scattered," Sora explained, "Xehanort knew this legend to and it made him curious to know what would happen if another Keyblade War would happen. He believed if he could start another one, he could use the power of both the X-blade and Kingdom Hearts to rebuild a world without darkness with him as the leader of its people. Even if his intentions were good, his methods were not and he still had to be stopped either way."
"He became a Keyblade Master to try to find a way to accomplish this, but by the time he did, he was already an old man," Sora continued his tale, "But that didn't stop him. He divided the heart of another Keyblade Wielder's heart, Ventus, created another one using his darkness and named him Vanitas. He gave Ventus to his old friend Master Earquas, who taught him alongside his own two students, Aqua and Terra."
"When he was strong enough, he used Ventus to clash with Vanitas, a pure light against pure darkness, to forge a new X-blade," He continued, as his family looked completely shocked, "While he placed his heart inside Terra, who was in a dark place after he tricked him into killing Earquas and stole his body and mind to become his new vessel."
"Creepy," Anna stated nervously.
"You said it." Elsa agreed when they heard that part.
"However, he didn't expect Ventus to fight back once the X-blade had been forged, which he nearly gave his life to do," Sora continued, "Aqua managed to get his body somewhere safe before going after Terra with Xehanort still in control. She tracked him down to a world called, Radiant Garden, and fought him. In the end, she ended up in the Realm of Darkness, after she dove in to save Terra from falling in as well."
"Later on, the guards of that world found a stranger with white hair lying unconscious here in the square, a man calling himself 'Xehanort.' Ansem the Wise, the ruler of Radiant Garden, took the stranger in, but that was a mistake. Xehanort betrayed his master, stole his research, and along with his fellow apprentices, separated his heart from his body." Sora explained as they noticed his families eyes widened in horror, "Xehanort's heart took his master's name, and traveled to the past to give his younger self instructions. He even briefly had control over my friend Riku. With him and a witch called Maleficent, he used the Heartless to search the Worlds for the Princesses of Heart."
"Princesses of Heart?" Anna asked in confusion.
"Remember when I said there's darkness in every heart?" Sora asked before continuing, "There's an exception, out there are seven maidens of light. Each completely not tainted by the slightest darkness."
"Wow..." Anna gasped in awe.
Sora continued, "There's one more thing, I should let you know about. There's another kind of monsters that we need to look out for..."
"What kind of monsters?" The King asked with concern.
"Whenever, someone becomes a Heartless, whether good or evil," Sora explained, "Their bodies start to have a will of their own. These are called Nobodies. The stronger their will when they were human, the more human the Nobody will look."
"So, when my father became a Heartless, a Nobody of him was also likely created as well," Agnarr assumed trying to understand all of this.
Sora nodded, "That's right, and the same thing happened with Xehanort too. His empty body stayed in the present, took the name Xemnas, and founded Organization XIII. Their goal was to prepare thirteen vessels for Xehanort's heart. They were planning on turning all the members into Xehanort."
"Hold on," Elsa gasped in horror, "They wanted to make more versions of him? Why would they do that?"
"Well, most of the members didn't know that at the time," Sora explained, "Most of them want to get their hearts back, unaware Xehanort was using them when the truth is... if they made good friends... even as a Nobody, they could get back their heart all on their own. Some of them are good friends of mine now."
"Why does that not surprise me?" Iduna nodded smiling, knowing that even without a heart, Sora finds a way to connect with people.
"Both Ansem and Xemnas goal was to use seven lights and thirteen darkness to clash with each other to reforge the X-blade and use it to open Kingdom Hearts," Sora explained, "That was until we found our friends, save the princesses, defeat Ansem, and put an end to the Organization."
"Ha! Take that Xehanort!" Anna smirked, "He should have known better than to mess with our family."
"Unfortunately, he was beaten yet, he still had one more plan up his sleeve," Sora explained.
"Oh, come on!" Anna complained, "What does it take to beat an evil old man?!"
"And all the while we were focused on the present Xehanort, Young Xehanort had been visiting the future to choose thirteen vessels of his own, hearts with strong enough ties to him to begin a new Organization, the Real Organization XIII." Sora told his family, "And by destroying both Ansem and Xemnas, we unintentionally brought back the real, Master Xehanort."
"No way!" Anna gasped in horror.
"His final plan was to use his Seekers of Darkness to clash with Seven Guardians of light or the Princesses to..." Sora began.
Just then, Elsa cut him off, "Let me guess, to reforge the X-blade and use it to open Kingdom Hearts."
"Yep!" Sora explained, "We knew if we didn't find our Guardians, Xehanort would just go after the Princesses again, so we went out to search for any Keyblade Wielder we could find. At the time, that included, Riku, King Mickey, and myself. Then a former member of the first Organization, Axel, as well as Kairi joined the Guardians as well."
"Well, that makes five," The King counted, "So, what about your other two Guardians?"
"It took some time, but we were able to rescue Aqua from the Realm of Darkness," Sora answered, "She then took use to Ven where I used my newest power, the Power of Waking, to restore Ventus's heart... and that made seven guardians."
"Great, you managed to gather your seven Guardians," Anna beamed before frowning, "But isn't that what Xehanort wanted? How'd you beat him this time?"
"Our plan was to catch Xehanort off guard and finally beat him," Sora explained, "We had a few close calls but we defeated his Seekers of Darkness and freed their hearts from his influence, and with the help of Donald and Goofy, we finally managed to defeat Xehanort..."
"YAY!" Anna beamed before pausing, "Wait did you really beat him that time or..."
"Yeah, we stopped him for good that time," Sora started before Anna went to cheer again, "But at a terrible price..."
Anna stopped cheering before asking, "Wait, what?"
"To ensure that I attacked him to forge the X-blade, he struck down Kairi in front of me," Sora explained.
Everyone in the room, became silent as Elsa placed a hand on Sora, "I'm sorry for your loss."
"Don't be," Sora told her, "I was told she was still alive, so after the battle, I used the Power of Waking one last time to travel to the past to restore Kairi's heart. However, I was warned that doing so I would pay a terrible prince doing so, but I didn't care. All that mattered to me was restoring her heart, which I did."
"Why would you do that?" His father asked with concern, "I know you wanted your friend back but would you risk your life to bring back your friend."
When Sora went silent, his face turned red, making Elsa comment, "Sora? What's wrong? Your face is all red."
That's when his mother realized, "You're in love with her..."
"What?" The king gasped.
"That's why it took so long for him to come back to us," She explained, "He wanted to protect her from Xehanort. Isn't that right, Sora?"
Sora blush only continued giving everyone's answer, as Elsa stated, "Unbelievable, that's the reason why you didn't come back to us, you fell in love?!"
"That is so romantic!" Anna cooed, "I wish I met a man who would do that for me."
"Let's wait a couple of years before that happens..." Elsa stated before turning back to Sora, "So, what happened next?"
"I knew I didn't have long, so I spent the whole day with Kairi," Sora explained, "After that, I ended up trapped on the Final World with no way to get out until I met a man named Yozora who wanted to save me but apparently trying to kill me."
"Wait, he wanted to save you but tried to kill you instead?" Anna asked in a criticizing tone, "How does that make any sense?"
"How should I know," Sora shrugged, "He put up quite the fight but I still managed to beat him which caused him to vanish..." He then dug deep into his pocket and pulled out the mysterious blue stone from earlier, "...leaving this in his place."
"What is it?" Anna stared at the stone as she tried to touch it, "Some sort of rock?"
Elsa held her back, "Anna! Don't touch it! We don't know what it can do!"
"Well, when I touched it, I could feel it's power," Sora explained, "Its power is unlike anything I've ever held except the X-blade, I hoped it would take me back to home to my friends but..."
"...it took you home to your family instead." Iduna smiled finally knowing how their son returned.
Sora nodded as he frowned a little, "Yeah, I couldn't remember at first tough... took me a while to figure it out..."
"Hey, you were only a child when it happened," Elsa reassured him, "And with everything that's happened to you, it's no wonder why you forgot."
"Still, back to the stone," The King stated, "You sure you never seen anything like it?"
"No," Sora answered, "Not until after I fought my grandfather, when his Heartless, dropped this..."
He then reached into his pocket and pulled out an orange stone, Iduna's eyes widened, "Another one? What does it do?"
"I'm not sure," Sora admitted, "But something tells this is the reason why our grandfather kept his human form and memories as a Heartless."
"What do you mean?" The King wondered.
"Well, Ansem, Xehanort's Heartless, while he was able to retain his memories even as a Heartless," Sora explained, "He was only able to have a human form due to his time controlling Riku. However, when we saw King Runeard's Heartless, he somehow retained his memories and was able to have a body despite the fact he may have a Nobody out there. It's extremely rare for that to happen. Only two were able to retain their memories as Heartless but even they lacked a body."
"And you think that stone, he was using is the cause of this," Agnarr assumed.
Sora nodded, "It's just a feeling I had. Then again, it makes me wonder, how did Yozora and Runeard's Heartless manage to get their hands on these? I mean, the latter won't have gone looking for this rock and take it. Someone had to give it to him."
"You don't think Xehanort's behind this," Anna asked, "Do you?"
"No, I saw Xehanort finally passed away myself. We all have." Sora explained, "But Xehanort might still have allies that could continue his work like Pete and Maleficent." He then recalled, "They said they were after some sort of black box..."
"...so these rocks could have been in the box they were after," Elsa realized, "And they gave them to Yozora and Runeard for their own purposes."
"Yes," Sora nodded, "Exactly, and I bet good money that there's more of these rocks out there."
"If they're as powerful as you think they are," His father realized, "They could threaten not just our world but all of them."
"Which is why I need to figure out what these are and make sure they don't fall into the wrong hands," Sora stated.
Agnarr thought for a moment before smiling, "I... might know someone who can help..."
Elsa's eyes widened, "You mean...?"
He nodded before telling Sora, "You're right... we need to figure this thing out before more people show up with these stones... there's telling what kind of damage these stones can do."
Seeing what her husband was getting at she added, "But this time, we solve this problem as family, and we'll figure out how to get you back to your friends."
Everyone turned to her as she explained, "I want to meet them... Especially's Sora's girlfriend."
Sora blushed again, "Kairi's not my girlfriend."
"But you want her to be~" Anna sang playfully making Sora blush harder.
Elsa turned to him with concern, "But you'll stay with us right?"
"Huh?" Sora raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, of course... This is my home but I also like to see my friends again... they probably think I'm dead..."
The King sighed before smiling, "That's fair. Let's get started."
Anna beamed, "Yes, road trip! BEST! NIGHT! EVER!"
Later that evening, Agnarr got the map to the hidden valley and for the first time in years, the whole family got in the royal carriage and rode off outside the Kingdom. Anna was more excited than anyone, they were actually outside the gates, and the whole family was together, she beamed, "Now, I need to find my true love, make sure he's not related to me, and all my dreams will have come true."
The King and Queen turned to each other with concern before the latter told Anna, "How about we wait until you're a little older for that dream to come true."
"But Sora met his true love already and he was way younger than I was..." Anna pointed out making Sora blush in embarrassment.
Elsa told her sister, "Take it easy on, Sora, I think he's shy about that idea..."
Anna blinked before apologizing, "Oh! Sorry!"
"Besides, Sora's relationship with Kairi is different..." Agnarr told his youngest daughter, "You'll meet a nice guy when you're older."
"Okay... I guess I can wait..." Anna admitted before sitting back down beside her siblings. Sora sat between his sisters since the older sister was quite ready to be that close to their little sister just yet and he had a better chance handling her powers than Anna.
Soon, they arrived at the valley as Agnarr called out, "Grand Pabbie! I need you!"
"Dad? They're rocks." Anna pointed out, "I don't think they can..."
Elsa told her, "Anna... just watch..."
Anna raised an eyebrow when the rocks began to roll towards them. Her eyes widened as she asked in confusion "Those rocks... are moving?"
The rocks unfolded to reveal themselves to be trolls, "It's the King!"
"It's the whole royal family!"
"Who's the boy with the spikey hair and strange clothes." The heard the trolls muttered to themselves.
Sora looked to himself, "What does everyone in the Kingdom have against my clothes?"
"They're trolls." Anna gasped in realization before turning to her brother, "Wait, how are you acting like this is all normal?"
Sora shrugged, "Eh, I seen stranger..."
"I believe him," Elsa admitted after here Sora's story before Anna nodded in agreement.
Just then, Grand Pabbie rolled in before saying, "There is strange magic here..."
The King gestured to Sora, "Grand Pabbie. This is my long lost son, Prince Sora Of Arendelle. He's..." He paused before turning to his son, "What did you call yourself again?"
"A Keyblade Wielder," Sora explained causing several gasps from the trolls.
"A Keyblade?"
"He's a Keyblade Wielder."
"He's a chosen wielder of the Keyblade."
All of the trolls chatters, recognizing that title. They all looked to Sora like he was a legend. And he looked at them all in surprise. Sora asked the trolls, "You all know what a Keyblade is?"
"They know everything magical about this world," His father explained, "And beyond it apparently."
Grand Pabbie turned to Sora with shock as he gasped, "Is it really true?"
Sora simply summoned his Keyblade as the trolls stared in awe, Anna perked up, "He even saved the universe... like three times!"
Grand Pabbie observed Sora's weapon, "Incredible... how long have you been chosen?"
"Since, I turned fourteen." Sora admitted, "My dad says you guys might know something about something I found that brought me back to this world and something that may be connected to it."
Grand Pabbie nodded before smiling, "Well... it's an honor to help the first Keyblade Wielder of light I've seen over a thousand years... I'll see what I can do... show me what you've found..."
Sora put away his Keyblade before pulling out the blue and orange stones, "Do you know what these are?"
Grand Pabbie observed the stones with intrigue and looked shocked. He gasped, "Oh... It can't be..."
"What's wrong? What are they?" Sora asked.
"These... are the infinity stones. I never thought they would be seen again." Grand Pabbie revealed.
"Infinity Stones?" Sora repeated.
The King added, "Just what exactly are they?"
"I'll show you..." Grand Pabbie told him before creating an illusion spell, "Once, at the dawn of time, there was nothing. And then during the events Genesis chapter 1, sent six elemental crystals hurling across the universe. These Infinity Stones each control an essential aspect of existence."
Each of the stones lit up as the Grand Pabbie named them, "Space. Reality. Power. Soul. Mind. And Time." He continued, "These Stones of infinite power equal to the power of the X-Blade itself."
The royal family's eyes widened in horror, they had only heard of its power from Sora, and if these Stones could rival that... Grand Pabbie continued, "There are those that have spent lifetimes to collect these stones to either rule the universe or destroy them..."
"So, how did Yozora or Runeard's Heartless managed to get there hands on these Infinity Stones?" Sora wondered.
"I don't know," He admitted before suggesting, "But I suggest you go to the last place your grandfather has been to... it could lead to a clue of what happened to the other stones. You must get them before they fall into the wrong hands."
He then turned to his father, "Let me guess, the last place he's been was the Enchanted Woods."
"Unfourtantly, you're correct," Angarr admitted, "With the mist, getting in there's going to be a bit difficult..."
Elsa gave it some thought before wondering, "Could Sora's Keyblade get us through?"
"Yes," Grand Pabbie nodded, "That could work. However, once you go in, you can't get out until you set things right."
Sora was fully confident that he can save the forest with the help of his family. If he can set so much right in other worlds. What's the problem in setting this world straight?
"No problem." Sora spun his Keyblade and grinned. "I got all the time in the universe."
Sora then turned to his mother, "Uh... you wouldn't by any chance recall where you used to live?"
"Well... as a matter of fact..." She smirked...
Later on, they were off again, and just like the last time, Anna was beaming off the walls excited to see what they'd do once they got there. At the same time, Elsa turned to her brother, "You sure you're up to this? You have already been through a lot tonight."
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Sora nodded, "A hero's work is never done."
Anna sighed as she sat down, "Yeah, I wish I had powers... so I could be a hero like you."
"Anna, you don't have to have powers to become a hero," Sora told her, "In fact, some of the heroes I fought alongside didn't all have powers either, they just made up with their skills and training."
"Aw... Really?" Anna smiled warmly.
"Absolutely. I knew of one with the same spirit, tough and... full of energy as you." Sora nodded recalling to Rapunzel.
Anna beamed as Elsa turned to her, "Don't get any ideas..."
"Too late," Anna replied, "Already in there!"
"Just don't do anything too crazy, Anna," Their father told his youngest daughter, "Wait until you get at least some training?"
"Stop the carriage," The Queen told the driver, "We're here."
Once the carriage stopped, everyone exited the carriage as everyone stared at the mist. Anna stared at the stones pillars, as she gasped, "Wow... it really does exist..."
Elsa also stared in awe as she observed the mist as she could her hear mother stated, "I can't believe I'm really back here..."
"It's strange..." Elsa raised an eyebrow, "I can't but feel like if I was given time for my powers to grow enough... I might have been able to get us past."
"Unfortunately, I don't think we have that kind of time," Sora admitted, "If these Infinity Stones really are as dangerous as we heard... we can't afford to wait..."
"So, how do we get through, my best knights have tried many years to get past for a rescue but," The King sighed, "We never had any luck."
Sora simply smirked, "Just leave it to me..."
Sora summoned his Keyblade and aimed it at the mist. At command as Keyhole appeared within the mist. The light then swirled around his the tip of his blade before shooting a beam of light. The beam struck the Keyhole as everyone heard it click like it unlocked something. The whole family stared in awe as the mist opened a path for them. Sora's eyes narrowed with determination, "Alright, let's go!"
Sora was the first to enter through the port before turning around to his family, "What are we waiting for?"
Everyone followed the Keyblade's Chosen One inside the mist, as everyone stared at their surroundings, before Elsa asked her brother, "You sure you know what you're doing?"
"Oh, yeah," Sora reassured her, "I do this sort of thing all the time. It's just the first time I'm doing it at my homeworld."
Just then, the mist began to close up once everyone was on the inside as Agnarr commented, "No turning back now..."
Iduna's eyes widened as she gasped, "I can't believe it... it's all still here..."
Everyone then began observing the Enchanted Foreset around them. Anna then looked around, "So... where are all the spirts?"
"It's best we don't find out until after we bring official peace to the Northuldra people," Agnarr stated, "There's a good chance they'll still be angry after what my father did."
"Mom," Sora spoke up, "You grew up here? Any ideas where everyone will be..."
"It's been a while," She admitted, "But I still remember this forest like the back of my hand." She then gestured ahead, "This way."
"And if any of my father's guards are still here..." Agnarr stated, "Then they'll likely be by the dam in the same direction."
"Lead the way then," Sora nodded, "We might be able to figure out who's behind the stones and free everyone trapped here at the same time."
The King and Queen lead through the forest hand in hand as the children followed them. Elsa then asked nervously, "Sora... you don't think there any Heartless in this forest, do you?"
"I wouldn't doubt it," He admitted, "I mean, Grandfather had to turn into a Heartless somehow." Both Anna and Elsa turned to him with concern as he reassured them, "Relax... I can handle anything the Heartless throw at us..."
Noticing they still looked kinda nervous before Sora told them, "Have I ever told you about the time, I single-handedly slain a thousand Heartless in battle."
Anna turned to him, her fear instantly vanished, as she turned to him eagerly, "Really?! All by yourself!"
"That's right!" Sora nodded, "All during the battle of Hollow Bastion."
"Come on! Tell us already!" Anna beamed as they continued to walk. Sora retold some of his journeys which seemed to cheer both Anna and Elsa up a little. Seeing how much he had already been through, they were glad to have him on their side and their family.
The deeper as they journeyed through the forest, the sooner the family spotted the dam as Sora continued, "Still, it was nothing compared to the time when during the Keyblade War when I charged in at a tornado of Heartless and..."
He then spotted the dam before telling them, "I'll finish my story later..."
"Just when I thought you couldn't get any more awesome!" Anna beamed before noticing the dam, "Whoa..."
The family then stared on ahead at the huge dam, as Sora asked, "Is this it?"
Agnarr looked at the dam, still standing in the distance. At first, it was an amazing sight to behold as a boy. But after hearing what his father did, and why the dam was built. He felt nothing but shame for why it was standing there.
"Yes. Unfortunately." Agnarr sighed. "To think, father took his time to built something magnificent. Only to use it to bring nothing but war and sorrow."
"Maybe that's why destiny is allowing us to come back now. So you can be better than him. And fix what he caused." Sora spoke to his father sincerely.
He nodded in agreement, "Right... now we just going to need to find everyone..."
Just then, his wife backed away, "I don't think that's going to be a problem."
All of a sudden, Arendelle soldiers and the Northuldra surrounded them as Sora summoned his Keyblade in hand out of instinct. However, neither side seemed to notice Sora's magical weapon in his hand. In fact, they seemed more focused on each other if anything. Anna's eyes narrowed at the locals' point their weapons at each other as she inquired, "Are... they about to fight each other?"
"Wait, guys look at their outfits." Elsa pointed recognizing the soldiers' uniforms.
A Northulda woman told both Sora and the soldiers, "Lower your weapons."
The soldiers slammed the swords against their shields as their commander told them, "No, you lower yours."
"They're Arrendellan Soldiers?" Anna realized.
An older woman aimed her spear at their commander, "Threatening my people, Lieutenant?"
"Invading my dam space, Yelena?" The Lieutenant glared at the woman.
"Why does that soldier look so familiar?" Anna inquired about the lead lieutenant of the soldiers.
Agnarr eyes narrowed at the Lieutenant, "That voice... it can't be..." His eyes widened, "Lieutenant? Lieutenant Mattias? Is that you?!"
The Lieutenant then turned to the King in shock as Anna recalled, "Oh, yeah! Lieutenant Mattias, library, second port on the left! You were our father's official guard!"
He blinked before his eyes widened, "Prince Agnarr?! You're highness, what are you doing here?!"
"It's a long story, old friend," He smiled at the Lieutenant as the Queen went up to the Northuldra leader.
She aimed her spear at her as she raised her hands in surrender, "Easy, Yelana... I know it's been years since we last saw each other but..."
She blinked as her eyes widened, "Iduna? Is that really you?"
She smiled and nodded before everyone on both sides stood down as the Northuldra leader wondered, "What are you doing with this Arrendellan Prince?"
"King, actually," She corrected before explaining, "Well... he is my husband."
Several gasps could be heard from both sides as Mattias asked the current King, "Is this true, your Majesty?"
"It is Matthias. Listen, the people of this land. The Northuldra are not the ones to blame for all of this. We are. Or to be clear..." Agnarr stated with a disappointing sigh, "My father is the one to blame."
Matthias's eyes widened as he whispered, "What are you say?"
"The dam wasn't meant to be a peace offering," He told the Lieutenant and the other Arrendellan soldiers much to their shock, "He wanted to weaken them so he could wipe them out."
Iduna turned to her people, "He had no idea about this. His father lied to everyone about this even his own son. He only just found out when his father came to Arendelle and attacked me and our children because of our bloodline."
"Children?" Matthias raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, right I guess introductions are in order," The King realized before gesturing to his children, "This is our eldest daughter, Princess Elsa of Arendelle."
Elsa did a polite wave before he gestured to his only son, "Her twin brother, Prince Sora of Arendelle."
"Sup!" Sora saluted with a grin.
Before gesturing to Anna, "And our youngest, Princess Anna of Arendelle."
Anna beamed, "Hi!"
Sora Keyblade vanished shocking everyone around them, as Mattias gasped, "That was magic!" He then turned to the Yelena, "Did you see that?"
She nodded, "Yes, I saw it. It was just as noticeable as his bizarre clothes."
"Again with my clothes?!" Sora asked, "What's wrong with my outfit?!"
"Maybe it's not the clothes..." Anna bit her lip nervously while looking at Sora's large shoes.
"Oh come on! You don't think my shoes are big, right?" Sora didn't give an answer from Anna looking meek and cheeky. Then he looked at his twin. "Elsa?"
"Actually, now that you mention it," Elsa remarked looking at Sora's shoes.
Sora looks down at his shoes and leans his head back groaned in annoyance, "Aaaaagh! It was a fashion statement back on the islands alright?!"
"Meaning you joined a circus?" Elsa joked with a teasing grin.
"Oh, ha ha ha!" Sora laughed sarcastically, "Can we focus, please? Confused natives and soldiers in need of info here."
"Hold on, back up!" Mattias spoke up, before asking the King, "Did you say, your father managed to get out of the mist and attack your family." After getting a confirmed nod, the Luetient asked, "How did he do this?"
"Because he became a Heartless," Sora explained, stepping forward, "He let his hatred towards the Northuldra people and magic corrupt him and the darkness swallowed his heart."
"Heartless?" Yelena raised an eyebrow.
"Creatures of darkness," Iduna explained, "Our son's been fighting them for a few years now."
"It's actually why we're here," Agnarr admitted, "Even since we learned the truth behind the mist, we come to set things right to the Northuldra and free everyone."
"We also came to solve another mystery," Sora admitted before revealing the Space and Soul Stones, "Did any of you see any stones like these?"
Matthias gave a good look at the stones before wondering, "Where did you get these?"
"You've seen them before?" Agnarr asked.
Mattias nodded, "When building the dam, your father managed to discover six of those stones... he never said where they came from but he said they would help us quickly finish the dam and strength in so it wouldn't be easily destroyed by anyone."
"Where are they now?" Sora wondered.
Mattias gestured to the dam, "Inside the dam, inaccessible to anyone. I'm surprised you somehow have those two stones."
As the family turned to the dam, Anna admitted, "Well... at least we know where they are."
"Well, guess the next step is an easy one," Sora stated as he summoned his Keyblade, "Take out the dam and get those stones."
"I wouldn't recommend that," Mattias warned them.
Yelena turned to him with a slight glare, "You mean after everything they told you..."
"Believe me," He told her, "If it was that easy, I would have done it the moment I was told that the former King had been behind this suffering but it's not that easy, if we knock it down the dam, it'll flood the fjord!"
Everyone in the royal family gasped in horror as Sora turned to them in confusion, "Okay, let's pretend I haven't been here for eleven years and have no clue what fjord means... Could someone tell me why this is bad?"
"Sora, Arendelle's on the fjord," Elsa explained, "If we destroy the dam, the flood with wipe out Arendelle and everyone in the kingdom living in it."
Sora's eyes widened, "Okay, that's bad."
"Let's go over the facts," King Agnarr stated, "We know the only way to free everyone is to destroy the dam, where the remaining Infinity Stones are, but if we do that, the flood will wipe out our Kingdom and everyone in it."
They nodded as Sora began to thing to himself before his eyes lit up, "I have an idea!"
Everyone turned to Sora as he explained, "I might be able to control the floods, calm them down so, by the time they reach Arendelle, it won't do any harm to anyone..."
"That's an awfully big might, Sora," Elsa pointed out even as Sora walked towards the dam.
Sora then held out the two Infinity Stones, "Then let's hope these are good for something, they might be the boost I need to calm them down..."
"Sora, no," His mother declared, "This could kill you!"
Sora simply just smirked, "Just another job for me."
He then leaped down from the cliff, as Mattias's eyes widened, before turning to the King, "Did your boy jump off a cliff?"
"Yep," Yelena nodded equally impressed.
"Sora!" Elsa ran to the edge and watched as Sora uses his magic gliding ability to fly over the trees down below.
Sora then ran up to the dam, as he summoned the Ultima Weapon Keyblade in one hand and the two Infinity Stones in the other. His eyes narrowed, "Let's do this!"
He then performed a shotlock at the dam charging a ball of light and throwing it at the dam, causing it to explode. The slight could be seen throughout the Enchanted Forrest, even by the spirts of the forest. As the flood came in, Sora looked down at the Infinity Stones before holding the stones tightly as he winced as their power charged Sora with infinite power!
The Soul stone charged Sora's magic tenfold as the Space Stone increased his range of magic even as the water consumed him. With his newfound power, he simply raised his Keyblade slowing down the floods...
At the Kingdom of Arendelle some panicked as the floods came in but were shocked when they saw tides of ocean calm down and came to a stop. Everyone in the Kingdom wondered what had happened...
Even underwater Sora sighed in relief as he knew everyone was safe as he released the stones as he muttered, "Man, what a rush..."
He then looked to the Kingdom of Arendelle, "Well... at least everyone's safe... now, where's the...
Right on cue, Sora spotted four glowing stone flowing throw the water, they were red, yellow, purple, and green. Sora recalled them to be the Reality, Mind, Power, and Time Stones. He smiled at the sight of the stones, "Ah, there they are... The remaining Infinity Stones!"
Just then he held out the Space and the Soul Stones as they joined the four Infinity Stones. He then turned to the Time Stone, "Maybe with this one, I can get some answers..."
He then held onto the Time Stone as Sora's eyes light green as it's power joined with Sora's...
Sora then found himself once again on the Keyblade Graveyard and looked around, "Hey, isn't this..."
He then spotted a man in an Organization coat sitting on a rock being approached by another man in an Orgnaiziotn Coat. Sora raised an eyebrow, "Wait, is that... the Organization?"
When the approaching hooded man approached the one sitting on the rock, there was a moment of silence, before the one sitting asked, "So?"
The second one removed his hood before revealing his face, Sora gasped as he knew his face, it was Xehanort from the past, but something seemed different about him, he didn't have yellow eyes. Xehnoart smiled as he observed the coat, "Yeah. It wards off darkness. It's useful."
"Told ya!" The hooded man beamed before asking, "So, how'd it go? The tour?"
Xehanort walked up to the mysterious hooded man before he sat beside him, "I learned... the reason for my existence."
"Ooooh," The man seemed intrigued, "Tell me more."
"All around the world, people live seemingly peaceful lives," Xehanort explained as both Sora and the mysterious man listened, "They believe themselves to be moral and virtuous, but it's all an act. Darkness lurks in the pit of everyone's heart. Their light is a total farce."
"Sounds like your trip around the world open your eyes," The hooded man commented as Sora raised an eyebrow, wondering who this man was as he continued listening in to the past events, "...but you got a bit more than you anticipated. Must've seen a lot of darkness."
Xehanort leaned back as he looked to the sky, "Those who are weak, or who desire great power, simply strip the strong of their power, and convince themselves they've earned it. That's how people get tainted by darkness. They believe what they want to believe, using hollowing reasons as justification. They repeat the cycle, and their darkness grows."
"Sounds like your trip around the world open your eyes," The hooded man commented as Sora raised an eyebrow, wondering who this man was as he continued listening in to the past events, "...but you got a bit more than you anticipated. Must've seen a lot of darkness."
Xehanort leaned back as he looked to the sky, "Those who are weak, or who desire great power, simply strip the strong of their power, and convince themselves they've earned it. That's how people get tainted by darkness. They believe what they want to believe, using hollowing reasons as justification. They repeat the cycle, and their darkness grows."
"So you're saying that the weak feel the need to justify their actions to maintain a sense of self." The hooded man shrug and through his hands up. "Can't let that slide?"
"No, it's better they be ruled by darkness. People carry delusions of having power, but it's a lie," Young Xehanort answered him, "They are like sheep pretending to be wolves. Though I admit, I can understand why."
The hooded man faked a shocked tone humorously. "Oooh, I've never heard that one before. A Keyblade Wielder wielding to the side with the darkness?" He uses a deep funny voice waging his finger and deadpanned, "Why not just let them be until the darkness consumes them?"
Young Xehanort leaned forward and clasped his hands together, "Because left alone, the world would fall to chaos. There needs to be order."
"You sure about that? Why not just sit back and watch it play out?" The hooded man asked him while standing up and pacing with his hands behind his back.
"Understanding hearts is difficult, more so the emotion within," Xehanort told him, "I simply realize that it's easy to dismiss what you don't comprehend."
The hooded man hung his man back and groaned a little, "All right, all right... The world needs you, I'll grant you that one."
"I don't know what I can do," Xehanort admitted, "...but I will act. What comes next is too important."
"I suppose letting false light dictate the future might be a... pretty lousy movie." The man stated before turning back to Xehanort, "So? You can make a change, you have that power. What do you want for the world?"
"Power, eh...?" Xehanort repeated before shrugging, "Who knows? My training's coming to an end, and the exam is not far off. Maybe I can get some clarity then."
"You're letting the exam decide?" The hooded man asked as he shook his head humorously, "Listen to me, the results don't matter. You believe the world needs you. Sounded like you know where you're headed."
Sora raised an eyebrow before Young Xehanort smirked, "It's funny. Somehow, I can sense where I'm supposed to go, and what I'm supposed to do." He then stared at his black-gloved hand in realization, "Yes, even this coat, there's a familiar about it, as if I'm meant to wear this."
Sora then understood that this must have been what happened after Young Xehanort returned to the past. He knew his future because of his time with the REAL Organization XIII. The path he etched into his heart. Then... who was the other guy? It couldn't be Xehanort's Heartless... he didn't have a vessel at the time. Then who else could he be? Just then, the hooded man hummed getting both Sora's and Young Xehanort's attention, "Hmmm... No... you'll ditch it soon."
"What do you mean?" Xehanort wondered.
"I mean that one day you're going to outgrow it," The mystery man explained.
Xehanort then asked, "How so?"
"If you truly possess great power, the darkness can't control you," The man continued to explain, "You won't need a silly old coat to keep you safe. In fact, you'll be the one controlling the darkness instead."
Sora's eyes widened, so it wasn't Ansem or Master Xehanort that told him to ditch the coat and rely on darkness, it was this guy. The hooded man then chuckles humorously, "Me, on the other hand, I'm too much of a scaredy-cat to ever take mine off."
Xehanort then leaned in curiously at the man, "Who are you really? Some kind of fortune-teller?"
"Well, I could lie to you and tell you that's what I am, when I'm actually a brilliant artist, or even a scholar," The man stated as he turned away, "I could tell you I dream of world peace, when I'm actually planning it's destruction. The truth is what you see with your eyes not what you hear."
After a moment of silence, Xehanort simply smirked, "So, your name?"
The man in the Organization coat turned to him completely dumbfounded, "What did I just...?!" He then sighed and shook his head, "Never mind, I guess there's no harm." Sora leaned in wanting to know that answer as well, "My name is..."
But just then his name was blurred out to both Sora and Young Xehanort much to their shock, "Huh?!"
After a moment of silence, the master simply shrugged, "I'm a Lost Master."
Sora and Young Xehanort blinked at that, "A Lost Master?"
The hooded man simply turned away before telling Xehanort, "May your heart be your guiding key."
Sora simply left the shocked Xehanort to himself, he was curious to know who this man was, what was his connection to Xehanort? As he followed him to another part of the Keyblade Graveyard as the Lost Master spoke to himself, "Well... Got my Champion of Darkness..."
He then reaches out from behind a cavern wall and pulled out a mysterious black box, "Now, I just need to find my Champion of Light."
Sora gasped, "Is that the black box Maleficent and the Organization were after?!"
The man looked like he was about to open it before pausing, "Ah... A wandering eye I see..." He then turned directly at Sora much to the teenager's shock. The man waved his finger, "Sorry, no peeking..."
He then blasted Sora away as he tried to catch himself as he went forward in time, seeing flashes of Arendelle and the Lost Master giving the Infinity Stones to King Renard...
Sora then found himself in Arendelle's castle, he wondered, "Am I back?" He then realized he was in the old childhood bedroom where he spotted himself, Elsa, and baby Anna sound asleep. He shook his head, "No, I'm still in the past... but why here?"
Just then, he spotted the Lost Master walk past them, "Now, let's see here... these are Renard's grand-kiddies... Let's take a looksie..."
He observed at Elsa and Anna before thinking to himself aloud, "Hmmm... these two have a strong light within them..." He then turned to Elsa, "This one even possess ice magic... Interesting... I see we got two potential New Hearts on this world..."
Then Sora blinked un shock, his sisters... they were apart of the New Princesses of Hearts? He then saw the Master turn to his younger self, "Oh, now what do we have here... this kid's got a strong heart... and what's this I see... a connection to a Keyblade Wielder?"
He then chuckled, "Well... we got a winner... congratulations, kid, you get to be our champion of light! Be this world's defender... but you're certainly not gonna go anywhere here..." He then pulled the child out of bed, "Let's get you somewhere more suitable for a champ... lucky for you I know just the..."
He then turned to present Sora, "Oh, you gotta be kidding..." He shrugged as he walked past him, "Well, no matter... you can watch this part if you want. Doesn't change a thing for me..."
Time then flashed for Sora again as he appeared on the islands where his foster parents took his younger self in as the Lost Master watched from a distance. He then turned to Sora, "So... you still have a body... so, you certainly didn't follow the rules of time... and I seriously doubt Merlin could foresee what's coming to send you back to watch these events take place... so how are you keeping up with me..."
He then snapped his fingers, "Ah! It's the Time Stone, isn't it? It's showing you the past, am I right?"
Sora then raised an eyebrow, "You really can see me?"
"Course!" He chuckled, "You seriously thought you're the only one who managed to learn a thing or two about the Infinity Stones... I just know about them a lot more than you do..."
He then taps his head, "So, judging how you're here must mean you somehow managed to change time and actually beat my champion of darkness." He then sighed, "Well, unexpected." He then turned to him, "But props to you kid! You did something my students, myself, and those before me failed to do!"
"Don't get me wrong," He stated, "I got back up plans in case something went wrong. In fact, you might already be in it consider where you are. I just want you to know what comes next is nothing personal."
Sora asked, "Wait... are you saying... you used both me and Xehanort to start another Keyblade War... for darkness to consume to the worlds?"
"Huh? Maybe you're not a dumb as I first took ya," The Lost Master comment, "Well, you're actually right! And trust me, it'll happen with or without me. All you can do is delay the inevitable."
"Why are you doing this?" Sora demanded.
The Master simply chuckled, "If I were you, I'd be less worried about my past and more concerned about my future..."
"Could you cut the sarcasm and start making sense!?" Sora snapped.
The Lost Master simply chuckled as he turned away, "You'll see shortly with that Time Stone of yours..." He then walked off, "May your heart be your guiding key..."
Sora reached out for, "Wait..."
Just then, he was sent flying through time seeing possible futures and timelines, a future where he never got the Keyblade, a future where he Riku fell in battle instead of Kairi, a future if Xehanort had actually won, a future where he managed to stay on the Destiny Islands and married Kairi, a future of what befell Elsa and Anna if he never came back, but none of those timelines mattered to him the flashes a possible future came before him. He finally came to the end, where he saw all his friends, the Guardians of Light fell in defeat. He spotted a large man as he grinned, "So, this is how it all it all ends. And I shall be waiting here for you!"
He then raised his infinity gauntlet with all the stones on there, "I am... Inevitable!"
He then snapped his fingers as the stones glow with light!
Sora's gasped underwater as he let go of the Time Stone in his hands. He blinked at that what did he just saw, who was that guy, why did he arrange the Keyblade War to happen, and what in the worlds was he planning? He then turned to the six Infinity Stones, he did know one thing, someone was after these stones and if he got him... trillions of lives would die, including his friends. He then looked to the surface, he realized he kept his family long enough. He then began to swim up to the surface...
Sora had done it, thanks to his actions the dam had been destroyed and stopped the floods from reaching the Kingdom. The Mist had gone away, with the peace to Arendelle and the Northuldra people had finally been achieved.
As much as the inhabitants wanted to celebrate their freedom. They were much more concerned for their savior. The last time anyone seen him, he was still in the flood when he destroyed. The royal family, the Soldiers, and the Northuldra people search the river for the Prince of Arendelle. Mattias turned to one of Yelena, "Any luck?"
"I haven't seen him, but I'll have everyone keep looking." She answered before calling out, "As anyone found him, yet?"
"I got nothing on my end," Honeymaren shook her head, "Ryder, do you got anything?"
A teenage boy that looked about her age shook his head, "Sorry, I'll try the reindeer." He then turned to the reindeer, "Have you guys seen the Prince?"
He changed his voice for one reindeer, "I haven't seen him."
He then ran up to another one, "What did he look like again?"
Ryder sighed, "C'mon. He's got spiky hair and strange clothes... he's very hard to miss."
However, Sora's family seemed more concerned than anyone, Iduna muttered to herself, "No, no, no... we just got you back! We can't have lost you again."
Her husband placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, "We'll find him. We won't leave this forest until we do." He then turned to his old Lieutenant, "Have you found anything..."
"No, your highness," Mattias shook his head sadly, "We'll keep looking but we're not sure anyone could have survived that."
"If any could," Anna stated, "Sora can. Right, Elsa?"
Elsa looked nervous worrying that she may have lost her brother for good when suddenly, Sora burst out of the water, causing her to beam, "SORA!"
Everyone turned to Elsa before spotting Sora as he swam to shore as everyone began calling out Sora's name. Mattias helped Sora out of the water as he told him, "We were beginning to think we lost you. How on Earth haven't you drowned?"
"Believe or not," Sora gave a small smile, "I actually learned to breathe underwater after some time. I can't drown."
His parents pulled him into a hug as his mother started kissing Sora's face, while his sisters and everyone else cheered before Sora's return. After they seemed to calm down, Elsa wondered, "Did you find the other Infinity Stones..."
Sora sighed before revealing all six of the Infinity Stones before Anna beamed, "Hey, you got them!"
Elsa asked with concern, "Why don't you look happier about all of this, this could help us figure out how our grandfather and this Yozora person got their hands of two of the stones."
"I... I think I know who gave it to them," Sora admitted, "And it was the same guy who took me as a kid."
His family paused at that before Iduna wondered, "Sora... I thought you said you couldn't remember who took you?"
"I did," Sora admitted, "But the Time Stone revealed the culprit. However, that's not what I'm worried about... someone else is after the stones..."
"Huh?" Everyone blinked at that as Agnarr wondered, "Who?"
"I don't know..." Before flashes from the Time Stone flashed images through Sora's head as he gasped, "And they know where they are! And they're coming now!"
"What are you talking about?" Iduna wondered.
Just then, a Corridor of Darkness opened up and several figures stepped out of the dark portal.
"Who are they?" Ryder asked as he and Honeymaren looked scared seeing these five aliens. A tall beasty one with a giant battle ax, one that looks like a goblin in a black coat armed with a golden spear, one that looks like a blue woman in black armor armed with some sort of spear, one that looked like a bald blue woman in a white coat, and one that looks like an old white space wizard.
"Trouble." Sora narrowed his eyes at them. Then he eyed his twin sister, "Elsa. Be ready, I'm gonna need you and your ice to back me up."
Elsa's eyes widened in horror at these aliens, as the black-armored woman known as Proxima Midnight turned to the Stones as she grinned, "It would appear that you were right, Maw. All six of the master's stones, they're here on this... primitive world..."
"I'm rarely wrong," Ebony Maw grinned, "The Infinity Stones energy signature has been extremely active upon this world as of late."
The other woman simply raised an eyebrow, " Hmm... it would appear that a Keyblade Wielder is on this world... I was beginning to think there was none left... which Union you think his agencies are to? Unicornis? Anguis? Leopardus? Vulpes? Ursus?"
"Doesn't matter, we'll kill him like the rest of his kind." Black Dwarf stated.
"Yes," Corvus Glaive grinned, "It has been eons since a Keyblade Wielder parished at my blade."
"Remember," Maw told them, "We're here for the Stones. So let's make this quick."
"Very well," Midnight nodded before turning to Glaive, "Come, my love, let us end their miserable lives and retrieve the Infinity Stones for the Master."
Sora summoned his Keyblade in his hand before going into his battle stance, "Do not let them near the Stones! Their master plans on using them to kill Trillions!"
"You heard the Prince, " Mattias told his troops, "Keep your guard up!"
The Arendellen Soldiers raised their shields and swords, as Yelana told the Northuda people, "Back them up. It wouldn't be neighborly if we didn't help."
The Northuda people aimed their spears at the aliens as Black Dwarf laughed, "Foolish humans, do you not know who we are?"
"We are the Black Order!" Supergiant stated, "And we've come for the Infinity Stones and you're lives! We cannot be defeated!"
"There's a first time for everything," Sora told them before changing his Shooting Star Keyblade into duel arrow guns and open fired about the Black Order. Midnight and Glaive merely spun their blades deflecting the magic bullets. Seeing that his bullets weren't doing any damage, Sora shifted his Shooting Star Keyblade pistols into a Magic Launcher.
"Let's see if you can handle this!" Sora then shot out seven rounds over toward the black order.
However, all of the shots were caught in the air by Ebony's telekinetic abilities.
"Aw man, they handled that." Sora groaned. Black Dwarf charged in battle ax raised as Sora changed his Keyblade back into Hero's Origin, which was still in shield form to black the attack before a giant fist came out actually pushing the brute back. He then transformed his shield into a chariot as a magic pegasus appeared as he grabbed the reigns and rode it and as it flew over the Black Order cast magic lightning upon them.
Maw used some of the debris from the destroyed dam to shield himself and Supergiant. Midnight and Glaive dodged the magic lightning while Black Dwarf just took the attack head-on. Once the attack ended, Sora switched into his Oblivion Keyblade as Midnight and Glaive engaged the champion of the light.
Mattias turned to his men and the Northuda people, "Let's give him some backup!"
They then charged in to engage the new enemy. Anna also wanted to join in but was stopped by her parents, as her mother told her, "Anna... no! Let your brother and the others handle this!"
"But he needs all of our help! He's already done too much today!" Anna protested. She then noticed Elsa hadn't moved from her spot, "Elsa? Why aren't you helping?"
What Anna didn't understand, Elsa refused to use her powers against anyone... at least with her grandfather... he was just a Heartless. Not truly alive. This Black Order... was something else entirely...
Maw turned to the Soldiers with slight amusement, "How cute... the humans are trying to fight back..." He then turned to Supergiant, "Care to amuse them?"
She grinned as she telepathically entered their minds making them see thousands of versions of them. Both the Northuda and Arrendellan Soldiers stood their ground as they tried to figure out which one of them was the real one. Supergiant grinned, "They're all yours, Dwarf."
Black Dwarf nodded before carrying in his battle-ax, ready to kill them. At the same time, Sora had gone from his normal form to dark form and from that, to his duel form as he caught the two Black Order members off guard by his ability to wield two Keyblades. He even managed to get some hits on them. As they recovered to reengage the hero, as Midnight commented, "This one is more skilled than the rest of his kind, beloved."
"Then killing him will be more satisfying than the others had been, my love," Glaive commented as Sora blocked both his and Midnight's spears with his Keyblades, "He should feel honored."
Sora's eyes narrowed in anger when his eyes widened in horror, he spotted Black Dwarf moving in to kill both the Arrendellan Soldiers and the Northuda People trying to fight off Supegiant's illusions. He managed to push both of his attacks off of him and commanded magic fire around him causing them to push back further. He then threw Oathkeeper at Black Dwarf knocking him back away from the people causing Supergiant and Maw to move to avoid the flying villain. When Sora caught his Keyblade, he turned to his sister, "Hey, Elsa, really could use some magic assistance right about now!"
"Uh..." Elsa hesitated, before telling him, "Actually, you're doing fine... um... keep up the good work!"
Both Anna and Sora looked to her shocked, as former told her, "You're joking, right?!"
"Yeah, I can take them or keep everyone else safe! I can't do both!" Sora stated as he found himself dodging Maw telekinetically throwing objects at him causing him to change tactics and Keyblades back to his Shoot Star's Magic Launcher as he preformed his finally attack causing Maw to go back to defense.
Anna turned to her, "Help him already, Elsa!"
Elsa looked down afraid at what might happen if she did but knew someone was going to die if she didn't do anything at all. At the same time, with the illusion temporary down, everyone moved in on Maw and Supergiant. The former was able to take away their own weapons and turn them against them. However, before they could hit anyone, Sora called out, "WIND!"
A gust of wind blew away all the incoming weapons and sent them back at the Black Order, Maw was able to block most of them but some managed to cut them much to their anger as Proxima Midnight declared, "Foolish humans! We shall have those Stones! I swear in Thanos's name!"
Sora raised an eyebrow, "Thanos?"
He then recalled the huge purple man with all the Infinity Stones in his vision from the Time Stone, as he realized, "So that's his name..."
Midnight then sent a bolt of lightning at Sora, but he was able to block the attack as Corvus Glaive leaped in to attack clashing blades with Sora once more. With Sora distracted, Midnight went right for the Infinity Stones, pushing the Soldiers and Natives aside. Sora pushed Glaive back and was about to chase after her when illusions created by Supergiant of several versions of Glaive surrounded him. He casted thunder as the spell struck both the illusions and the real deal as Sora chased after the villain. His eyes widened in horror, he wasn't going to make it.
Anna noticed this too, and despite her parents and sister's protests, she moved towards the Infinity Stones and grabbed the Space Stone right before Midnight could. As it's infinite power charged through her, she commanded all the Stones including the one she wielded to leave this world. The Infinity Stones began to glow but none brighter than the Space Stone. The Stones then flew off to the stars and far away from Arendelle, as Midnight's eyes widened in horror, "NO!"
After taking a few short breaths, Anna smirked as she crossed her arms, "HA! What are you gonna do now, blue lady?!"
She snarled at Anna aiming her spear at her making her smirk vanish, Midnight declared, "Miserable child! You shall suffer for that!"
Midnight prepared to strike at her when the wind blew in her face, "GAH!"
Sora then smacked her away with his Keyblade, as he helped Anna up, as she sighed in relief, "Thanks, I thought I was done for..."
"That wasn't me," Sora admitted when all of a sudden, a water horse came out of the water glaring at Midnight, the wind picked up blowing her to the others as Glaive cried out, "My love!"
Just then, a small ball of flames ran around them creating fire around the five of them. Black Dwarf demanded, "What magic is this?!"
Just then, they heard giant footsteps coming to them as two Earth Giants marched their way towards them, when Iduna smiled, "The spirits of the forest..."
Agnarr smiled with awe, "They're helping us..."
Elsa stared in awe as the Black Order realized this wasn't a fight they could win now, Maw stated, "This fight is pointless, the Infinity Stones are all the matter!"
Soon as they recovered, Midnight declared, "This isn't over! Once we have the Stones, Lord Thanos will kill you all!"
They then vanished in a Corridor of Darkness, just as an Earth Giant was ready to crush them. As the ball of fire calmed down to reveal it to be a small salamander glaring at where the Black Order was before he stuck his tongue out spitting at them. The salamander then turned to the royal family beaming at them, as Sora raised an eyebrow, "Those are the spirits of the forest?"
"It's kinda cute," Anna admitted as the wind blew around them playfully as they laughed.
Iduna laughed as she stated, "It's good to see you again, Gale."
As everyone laughed as the spirts seemed to be finally in peace, Sora turned to Anna, "See I knew you had what it takes... but next time... leave this sort of thing to me until you learn how to defend yourself."
Anna smiled, "Yeah, that's probably a good idea..."
"So," Elsa wondered, "Where did you send them?"
"I had them gone off to different worlds since I knew they exist," Anna explained, "It'll take them a while before they find them." She then turned to Sora with concern, "But what are you going to do? That Space Stone was the only chance for us to finally meet your friends..."
Everyone frowned at that as Iduna admitted, "I was really looking forward to meeting that girl you like..."
"I'm really sorry, Sora," Anna frowned.
Sora reassured her as she petted the water horse, "Anna, you did the right thing. If you hadn't done what you did, trillions of lives would have lost... you managed to buy some time for us to figure out what to do next..."
"Sora... what exactly did you see?" Agnarr wondered, "What did the Time Stone reveal to you that had you so worried?"
Sora sighed before telling them, "I'll explain everything once we're home..."
"Home," Mattias smiled, "Now, that's a word I never thought I would hear again..."
"Your majesty," Yelana spoke up to the King, "If those monsters show up again, we'll aid you in your fight against them. Whatever they are."
The King smiled as he shook the Native's leader's hand...
When they arrived home, Sora stood by the fire as he explained everything he saw in that vision to his parents after they sent the girls to bed, his mother blinked as she muttered, "Lost Master?"
"Yeah," Sora nodded, "He was wearing the same coat as the Organization once wore... he had his hood up so I couldn't see his face..."
"You sure he's not this, Thanos person?" His father asked, "The one wielding all six of the Infinity Stones in the future?"
"I'm sure," Sora admitted, "He had a different voice and different body built than Thanos. Though I have a feeling of what happened tonight... it was all his doing."
That did bring concern, the man that took Sora, this Lost Master. He kidnapped Sora and encouraged Xehanort to start another Keyblade War, and when he learned that he would one day defeat his Champion of Darkness, he brought the Infinity Stones into play. His father wondered, "So, what do you think his end goal is?"
"I don't know... and that's what scares me the most," Sora admitted before moving away from the fire, "The one thing that I am sure about... Is Thanos's goal."
"I think... For whatever reason, his end goal is to wipe out half of all life across the universe. If he gets all six Infinity Stones, he can do it with the snap of his fingers, like this." Sora snapped his finger as an example, "Just like what the Time Stone showed me..."
He sighed, "I gotta find a way back... I have to warn the others..."
Sora was about to leave the room when his mother stopped him, "Sora... no... without the Space Stone or this... Gummy Ship..."
He corrected, "Gummi Ship."
"You knew what I meant..." She told him before continuing, "Without both the Infinity Stone or your ship... you have no means of getting back to them and you're in no condition to travel! Look at you, you're exhausted!"
"You're mother's right," Agnarr nodded, "You already stopped a war that would have ended everything, you travel through time to save your friend's heart and get her home safely, fought this Yozora and my father, saved the castle twice, free everyone from the mist, calmed the spirits, and protected this Stone's from Thanos's Black Order. If you push yourself too much, you're going to get yourself killed. You need a break."
"Your sister had already sent the Stones far away into the other worlds," Iduna told him, "That will buy some time, plenty for you to take a nice long vacation. We'll find a way so you can see your friends. Kairi would want you back in one piece, am I right?"
They were right and Sora knew it. Kairi is a strong and patient girl. She had to wait for Sora to return before, she'll do it again. Sora sighed in defeat as he nodded, "You may be right..." He yawned, "I am really tired..."
Iduna then told him, "Then you better get you to bed... I don't want to see you up until you've gotten some decent sleep..."
He nodded before he turned to leave the room, "Good night..." As he walked off to the guest room where his mother showed him, he bumped into Elsa shocking him, "Elsa? Why are you still..."
"I'm sorry!" She told him, "I wanted to help but I was afraid how people would react and I might hurt someone... but if I had maybe we would still have the stones and those... people wouldn't have gotten so close to them and hurting Anna..."
"Elsa!" Sora raised a hand, cutting her off, "I get it... you've been concealing your powers for so long you didn't know how to react... I get it. I'm sorry to put you in the spotlight like that. I guess I'm so used to making new friends help me, Donald, and Goofy, even my other oldest friends... I just figured you would too when you weren't ready... I'm sorry..."
They pulled each other in a hug as Sora told her, "Tomorrow... when I'm up... I'll help you understand and control your powers better so you're no longer fear them."
"Um... tomorrow, Father planned you a surprise party to welcome you back to Arendelle. He ordered you a cake and everything..." She told him, "...don't tell him I said that..."
Sora paused before telling her, "We'll start training after cake..."
Back at the Keyblade Graveyard, Maleficent and Pete stood in front of the cell that contained Thanos. The latter turned to his boss, "You not seriously considering releasing this guy, are you?! The guy just told us he'd kill us if we did that!"
"You have my word, it would be painless." Thanos grinned.
Pete pointed to him, "See! He just said it again!"
Maleficent raised an eyebrow, "Hmmm... you may be right for once... his freedom would gain nothing to achieve our goal..." She then told him, "Come! We have a black box to contain!"
As they turned to leave, Thanos raised an eyebrow, "Black box?" He then slow grinned, "You seek the Stones of Power..."
Both villains turned to the Mad Titan, Pete's eyes widened, "What? You know what we're talking about?! And you know what's inside of it?!"
"Indeed," Thanos nodded, "I know because they once belonged to me." They turned to him as he continued, "I am Thanos. And the prize you seek are the Infinity Stones. Space. Time. Reality. Power. Soul. Mind. These six stones grant anyone with infinite power to either to conquer the worlds or destroy them."
"I'm guessing, you choose the latter," Pete assumed.
Thanos grinned, "Indeed... I even nearly succeeded, during the Keyblade War I managed to gather all six stones and planned to wipe out the Universe to please my mistress..."
"Mistress..." Maleficent grinned, "You work for someone... Who?"
"My mistress, Death," Thanos nodded, "Once I use the stones to destroy the Universe... I shall gain her affection." He then snarled, "I would have nearly succeeded if it hadn't been for the Master of Masters. Despite the fact, I sent the work to darkness... the Master took the Stones from me... and have me imprisoned here. Where I spent the next few eons waiting for my Black Order to free me and bring me my Stones."
"Why tell us all of this?" Pete wondered.
Thanos explained, "So you know, once I'm free... and if you get the stones first... then I won't stop until I've killed the both of you and take the stones for myself..."
Then Maleficent smirked, a plan already forming in her head, "If that's the case... then you need us to help you win Death's hand."
Thanos raised an eyebrow, "Explain..."
"Say you succeed, you're free and you use these Stones of Power to destroy the universe, what then?" Maleficent asked, "Once you destroy the Universe, Death could lose interest in you... with no one else to kill there nothing more her to stay with you for!"
Thanos slammed his huge hand on his cell making the whole room shake, "YOU LIE!"
Pete backed away from the cell but Maleficent stayed where she was, "But if you wiped only say... half the Universe..." Thanos raised an eyebrow with interest as she continued, "There would still be much left for you to kill... within time... you merely repeat the process and she'll stay with you forever... never leave your side."
Thanos placed his hand down before wondering, "And what would you gain from this?"
"I seek to rule all the worlds and destroy those who would stand in my way..." Maleficent grinned, "You and I share a common enemy... this Guardians of Light... I'll help you free you and give you the stones... in return... I will rule what's left. Do we have an agreement?"
Thanos slowly grinned, "Very well... I accept your terms..."
"Uh..." Pete raised his hand, "I hate to be the barrier of bad news... but right now those Keyblade wielders got the box now... How are we supposed to get it from them?"
"Servants of the Master, no doubt." Thanos thought aloud, "No matter, I have a solution to our problem..." They turned to him as he explained, "The Box can only be opened using the Stones of Power or the X-blade itself..."
"Thought you said that you had a solution to the problem?" Pete asked in confusion.
Thanos explained, "I never said that was the only way to get inside the box... I know the secrets of it... the box also contains worlds that survived the destruction of the Keyblade Wars."
"Wars?" Pete blinked, "There was more than one?"
Thanos nodded, "Yes... the Master realizing he could never stop history from repeating itself... has used the Keyblade Wars to his advantage as an attempt to ride the worlds of the darkness for good... only then does he plan on freeing the worlds within the box... and the Stones along with them..."
"...and he'll use the stones to destroy whatever remains of those worlds as he releases them." Maleficent assumed.
"Precisely," Thanos explained, "He also sent whatever Keyblade Wielders left to survive the previous Keyblade Wars as well as all of those who seek to stop his plan." He concluded, "However, I did find a way into the box, I sent my Black Order in there for the Stones. I can create a device that can do so again but I require a few things and it'll take time to construct."
"How can you construct anything in there," Pete wondered, "And give it to us to use afterward?"
Thanos answered as he picked up a rock in his cell, "This cell was made to make sure I would never escape, anything else..." He then threw the rock as it made it through undamaged, "...doesn't matter."
"In that case, tell us what you require and I'll require them," Maleficent told him, "Soon all of our desires shall be ours..."
And that will conclude today's chapter. And now you have a general idea of what's in the box. Wait, if the Stones and some of the fallen worlds are in the Black Box... then does that mean Sora and his family are in the Box as well?! Dun-dun-DUN~ You'll just have to check up to see. And if you haven't guessed it. There will be a total of six new worlds in the story. They've already been picked out and I'm sure you can even guess one of them... but that's not what will happen next. Next chapter we'll check up on Riku and he and the other Guardians are doing for their search for Sora... if any of you have played Re: Mind, you'll tell how well they're doing... but thanks to the Fairy Godmother, Riku finally makes contact with Sora. How will he react to Kairi being asleep for over a year for him? How does Elsa's training going? And how will this affect the KHverse? Finally, what will the Foretellers and Thanos have planned? Stay tuned! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Be sure to leave a review. Also, be sure to follow and fav. if you haven't already! See you next time!
