Alex sighed and turned to his friends, they had been loyal to the end. "The plan is…..You four get as far away from here as possible!" Alex said shocking everyone. "B-but Alex!" Ariel pleaded. "This is something I gotta do! I can't let anyone of you get hurt!" Alex went up to Stitch and rubbed his head. He went to King Mickey who nodded. He went to Jack who shook his hand. "Good luck mate!" Jacks said. And finally, Alex went to Ariel, Ariel just stared at him. Alex then quickly kissed her on her lips. "You guys are the best friends a guy could ever have!" With that Alex drew out his glowing Disney Blade and charged across the barren field toward Bald Mountain where Chernabog waited. "THIS BATTLE BEGAN MANY YEARS AGO! AND NOW IT SHALL END!ONLY ONE WILL EMERGE TRIUMPHENT!" Chernabog called down to Alex. "YEAH!" Alex called back. "AND IT WON'T BE YOU!"
Chapter 33: Knight on Bald Mountain
Chernabog laughed evilly when he saw Alex running toward his lair. Chernabog's hands began to glow red and two flaming orbs were shot at Alex. Alex rolled out of the way of the first. And jumped away from the second. Chernabog then shot a stream of energy which blew Alex back a bit. Alex tumbled to the ground but quickly got back up. And continued to go at Bald Mountain. "He's fast..." Alex thought. "But I need to be faster!" Suddenly the Disney Blade began to glow and Alex suddenly got a burst of speed. "I told you I would give you a hand here and there!" Xela said within his mind. Alex smiled. Chernabog fired more orbs at Alex, but with his new speed, he easily swerved out of the way. Chernabog then began to hurl flaming rocks at Alex. Alex stopped in place and held the Disney Blade like a bat. As the rocks came at him, he smacked them like a baseball, sending them toward Chernabog. Chernabog punched the rocks and shattered them to pebbles. "Not bad Disney Warrior, but I'm just getting started!"
Bursts of magic sailed thru the air as Yen Sid and Dark Mickey fought. "Well old man, you haven't lost your touch!" Dark Mickey complimented. "But you're slowing down!" Yen Sid knew Dark Mickey was right, he had been around for about centuries, and all that time had caught up to him. Yen Sid quickly fired a beam of energy at Dark Mickey, sending him to the ground. "Shouldn't you learn to respect your elders then?" Yen Sid taunted. Dark Mickey growled as he got up. "Sorry, I missed out on that lesson! Master!" Dark Mickey said putting emphasis on "Master" Yen Sid ignore Dark Mickey's sarcasm and fired another round of energy. This time, Dark Mickey parried the blow with his sword, and lunged in for attack. Yen Sid blocked with his staff and smacked Dark Mickey on the head with it. "Smacking you with my staff brings back memories!" Yen Sid said smiling as he nailed him on the head. Dark Mickey rubbed his head. "Careful while going down memory lane old man!" Dark Mickey jumped at Yen Sid. "YOU MIGHT GET LOST!"
Alex continued to dodge Chernabog's blasts, but he couldn't keep this up for long. He needed to go for a direct attack. Chernabog hurtled more rocks at Alex, which gave him an idea. Alex jumped at one of them and began jumping from rock to rock, to get to Bald Mountain. Chernabog saw the speck that was Alex coming closer and closer. Alex jumped of the last rock and jumped at Chernabog's face. Chernabog raised his arms and clapped, squeezing Alex between his massive palms. Chernabog laughed in triumph, but his victory was short lived, because something began to separate between his hands. It was Alex! Xela had helped him again by giving him the strength to free himself. "Oh c'mon Chernabog, you can't beat me THAT easily!" Alex jumped off his right palm and drew out his blade. He with a swift thrust, Alex swung his sword at Chernabog's face, giving him a diagonal scar across his face. Chernabog roared in pain and grabbed Alex. "That's it! I'm thru messing around!" Chernabog threw Alex into the air. As Alex looked own, Chernabog's hands began to glow. Chernabog then fired to straight beams of energy, and crossing them like an X and poor Alex got caught in the middle of the X formation. Alex screamed as he fell back down, landing at the base of Bald Mountain, where he was open to attack.
Yen Sid and Dark Mickey had come to a standstill as the two weapons clashed together, bring them to a halt as they tried to push each other down. "YOU WERE ALWAYS SCARED!" Dark Mickey yelled. "SCARED THAT I WOULD ONE DAY SURPASS YOU!" Yen Sid glared. "I knew that one day; the REAL Mickey would surpass me! But not YOU!" Yen Sid sent a surge of energy thru his staff, knocking Dark Mickey down. Yen Sid put his foot on his chest, ready to blast him. But it was then when he saw Alex's limp body on the ground. And Chernabog ready to drop a rock the size of the castle on him. "HEAL!" Yen Sid shouted as he blasted Alex with a burst of magic, waking him up. Alex looked up and saw the massive rock heading for him. Yen Sid shot another blast of magic at the rock, turning it into bubbles.
But that was a costly mistake, because Dark Mickey came out from underneath him and slashed Yen Sid in the back. Sending him to the ground. "YEN SID!" Alex cried as he ran over to the wounded wizard. Dark Mickey laughed in triumph. "Your powers are weak old man!" He said walking away. Alex ran over to Yen Sid. "YEN SID! Are you ok?" Alex asked. Yen Sid groaned. "Alex, I've done all I could…" Yen Sid grabbed Alex's wrist and Alex felt a surge of energy course thru his body, he was now glowing a faint blue. "Here is what's left of my power….Go forth and defeat Chernabog, only you can save us…." With that Yen Sid went silent as the night.
"No….NO!" Alex cried. Alex dropped his head, staring at the ground. "First the Forest Sprite, and now Yen Sid is gone also? How many people need to die?" Alex's thoughts were interrupted by Chernabog's laughing. He was laughing. Laughing at Alex's misery. Alex was not going to let their deaths go in vain. "Your not gonna take that are ya?" Xela said. "I'm going to give you the move that'll help you defeat Chernabog, but you only got one shot, and this is the last time I can help you" Alex felt another surge, with Yen Sid's, Xela's, and the Disney Blades power. He was just as strong as Chernabog. "Alright Chernabog, time for me to finish this!"