…..Chapter 3…..
In Yen Sid's tower, The keyblade master watches a world being under attack by a swarm of Heartless with his two young Appearances. Mickey can only watch on in horror, his mouth covered by his hands. "This is horrible, we have to help them!" He shouted, his brother Oswald nodded in agreement. He then turned around, keyblade in hand.
"Let's go be heroes, Mickey!" As Oswald ran out of the room, Master Yen Sid stopped him by magically lifting him off the ground. "Master, you always tell us that our job is to protect people from the darkness! Why are you stopping me!?"
"We are already too late to save them!" Yen Sid's crystal ball shows part of the land breaking off being sucked into a dark void. "Regrettably there is nothing we are able to do to stop it at this point."
This sends Oswald into a rage, Lightning being projected all over his body. The lightning forced Yen Sid to release him. "So we are just going to allow all those people to be consumed by Darkness! Are you a Keyblade master or a coward!?" Oswald turns to his brother Mickey. "You coming, Mickey?"
Mickey tries to step forward, eager to help his brother. However, looking at his master's face makes him hesitate. Oswald sees this and just walks away, never to be seen again.
~Now~
An upset Mickey finished explaining to Sora and Jezabela. "And the world was lost to Darkness. I thought Ozzie was gone for good." King Mickey looks up at Sora with a sad expression.
"Sometimes I wish I went with him, maybe I wouldn't have lost him."
"Then you would have been lost and many of us wouldn't be here today. I know I wouldn't be if it wasn't for you. You are a hero, Your highness!" Sora's upbeat nature begins to shine through as he says that, complete with a goofy grin. King Mickey's cheerful smile returns to his face.
Donald and Goofy enter the room, bumping into Sora. "Sora?!" A surprised Goofy questions as he bears hugs his old friend. "How Ya doing!?"
Donald just looks up at the much older Sora with a smug grin. "How nice of you to finally visit us, Sora." Then the court Wizard explodes into shouting at him. "We haven't seen you in years, you made us worried sick!"
Feeling guilty, Sora takes a knee to hug his fowl tempered friend. "Yeah, that was pretty dumb of me. I'm sorry Donald!"
Donald and Goofy take notice of Jezabela quietly standing in the corner. Goofy offers to shake her hand. "Oh, beg pardon miss, name's Goofy."
Jezabela enthusiastically shakes his hand, fangirling at the opportunity. "It's an honor, I'm Jezabela Skellington!"
Donald takes notice of her last name right away. "Wait did you just say Skellington? Are you related to Jack Skellington?"
"He's my father." Jezabela casually answered with both Donald and Goofy genuinely surprised. "He's also told me stories about how you three helped him save both Halloween town and Christmas town."
Goofy rubs his chain in confusion. "So what brings you Yen Sid's tower?"
To Answer his question, Jezabela summoned her keyblade. Sora pats the two on the back with a proud smirk. "Say hello to my new keyblade apprentice, guys. We haven't actually started training yet but she showed real talent back in Halloween town."
"Gawrsh Sora, Does this mean you're gonna start teaching at Aqua's school?" Goofy asks, leaving a clueless Sora confused.
"Oh yeah, Aqua has her own school."
"How did you forget? You lived with her when she found you on the Beach five years ago." Donald asks.
Sora started to visibly sweat, clearly uncomfortable talking about Aqua."Things started getting weird between us, So I had to leave."
"Oh please go on Sora!" A jealous Jezabela politely asks, a threatening aura can be felt by Sora. Her innocent looking smile sends a shiver of fear up Sora's spine.
~Realm of Darkness~
In a dark castle, a woman with a floating crystal ball steps into the throne room. A dark skinned woman dressed in a revealing harem girl outfit. Her glowing yellow eyes shine even in the darkness around her. "My lordship, I have news that may interest you."
She says to the dark king resting on his throne, a keyblade in hand. "Proceed, Orical."
The Oracle's crystal ball grows to gigantic proportions, filling the room. The crystal ball lights up, showing an image of Sora and the Dark King fighting in a Keyblade duel in a version of Halloween town falling to darkness. "It appears the Keyblade warrior who defeated Xehanort is fated to do battle with you. The three most consistent scenarios are You defeat him, claiming his heart as one of your own." Her crystal ball shows the Black Armored king standing over Sora's body, heart and keyblade in hand. Next it shows the Image of Sora running his keyblade into The Dark King's chest, freeing the thousands of hearts trapped within. "However, him Destroying you is just as possible."
"And of the third Possibility?" The King asks with almost playful enthusiasm, amused that he might have a worthy opponent in the future.
The Orical lecherously licks her lips under her veil, clearly enjoys possibility three. Her crystal ball shows Riku and a pregnant Kairi together with an enraged Sora turned away in tears. "This Keyblade Warrior is currently struggling with darkness from within himself, it is beautiful." The crystal ball now shows a Sora giving into darkness, transforming into a Darkling. The bodies of his friends at his feet, Hearts under his control. The Orical herself in his arms as his dark mistress. "With the proper guidance he could be groomed into becoming one of us." The image changes to The dark Sora in a black suit of armor, kneeling as the Dark King Knights him with countless lesser Heartless watch the ceremony. "A Black Knight of your court, ready to lay waste to any you command."
"You have my blessing to groom him as you see fit. A powerful ally or a worthy opponent matters not, it will amuse me all the same."
The Orical opens a Corridor of Darkness as her crystal ball shows a familiar desert Kingdom. "I shall begin with Agrabuh as Fate commands." A faint chuckle escaped her lips as she walked through the Corridor. "Home sweet home!"
The Heartless from Halloween town followed her.
~Yen Sid's Tower~
As Jezabela questions Sora on his relationship with Aqua, A young Disneylander plows through the doors in a panic. He bears a particular resemblance to Goofy, dressed in the Knight's uniform of Castle Disney. "Master Mickey, The H.D.S is going critical in Agrabah!"
Goofy pats the newcomer on the back. "Sora, meet my son Max!"
Sora is taken aback by the fact Goofy of all people has a son. "Wow I really have been gone a long time!"
"Sora what does H.D.S mean?" Jezabela asks by whispering.
"Heartless Defense System, it monitors Heartless on the many worlds and ranks them on something called a threat level!" He then pulls out his Gummi phone, showing the HDS as an app.Then he remembers Agrabuh was mentioned. "Shit! It had to be Agrabah!?"
Yen Sid takes notice of Sora's behavior regarding Agrabah. "I've noticed you tend to avoid that world after a particular visit two years ago. Care to explain yourself Sora? If memory serves, you are a close friend of Agrabah's royal family."
"Yeah and the Princess has claimed me as her fiance." Sora awkwardly answered with his face bright red. Donald and Goofy laugh hysterically at the news. Jezabela is glaring at her new master with murderous intent. King Mickey jumps out of his chair to shake Sora's hand, overjoyed at Sora's engagement. Master Yen Sid's expression remains unchanged even by this news.
"My goodness Sora, congratulations on the engagement! When is the wedding?" King Mickey is practically bouncing off the walls with joy.
Sora facepalms in frustration explaining the situation. "It wasn't really my choice. Aisha doesn't take no for an answer. You spend a week fighting Heartless with her and suddenly she declared me as her future husband."
"Are we just going to ignore the fact the Heartless are invading this world in force?!" Max bluntly points out in frustration.
Jezabela has a smug expression on her flustered master. "He's right Master Sora, Don't you want to rescue your future bride?" A clearly jealous Jezabela smirks at her new master's expense.
Sora looks at her with a twitching eye, a frustrated growl escaping his mouth. "Well, it would be a good way to officially start your training!" Sora and Jezabela start to exit the room, before Max stops them. "Want to come with?"
Max summoned a short keyblade with a curved blade with a silver star for teeth. "I've been training under King Mickey for this! I want some real action!" Max turns around to face his King and master. "Can I join them on this one your majesty?"
King Mickey nods in approval at the request. "I think it's a great idea!"
Max and Goofy hug before Max follows behind Sora with Jezabela.
~Agrabah~
In the Palace an older Aladdin and Jasmine fight the heartless invaders alongside their royal guards. The sky becomes pitch black as shadow rain from the sky. The much Older Aladdin has grown a black goatee. He swings his scimitar, destroying Heartless as they attack him.
The citizens flee as the dark monsters attack them in the streets. In the Bazaar, Sora and Company descend from a beam of light. "It's just like Halloween town!" A horrified Jezabela sees the chaos unfold around her. The reality of her decision has caught up to her. She summoned her keyblade to get ready to fight.
Sora casually changes the keychain on his keyblade to Oblivion, Not fazed by the Heartless surrounding them. Then he summoned Oath Keeper alongside Oblivion. "Let's hurry this up and get out of here before she shows up!"
Max and Jezabela both have smug grins on their faces. "Are you sure, I was looking forward to the wedding?" Jezabela mockingly asks Sora while throwing a pumpkin fireball at the mob of Heartless.
"You were not nearly this sarcastic in Halloween town!" Sora commented, baffled by Jezabela's change in behavior. His two keyblades charge up with Darkness and Light, destroying countless Heartless. A NeoShadow Sneak attacks Jezabela from behind, But a dagger comes out of nowhere to kill it. "Well dame, she already found me!"
A woman dressed in blue silk and gold jewelry jumps down from a building, holding a scimitar. Her hourglass figure tightly hugs her revealing outfit. Her long black hair is braided past her wide hips. "Long time no see, beloved!" As Sora is about to run away, the newcomer grabs him by the collar to kiss him.
"Oh hey Princess Aisha, I miss…."Sora is knocked off his feet with a single punch.
In the sky, The Orical observes this with a smile on her face. She sits on her floating crystal ball. "All is going according to fate."
