Chapter Fourteen: Fading Light
After much deliberation, we decided it would be best to go to Disney Castle and see why Mickey & Co. weren't involved in all of this. After flying around for a while, and yet another fantastic space battle involving several hundred Heartless and Nobody ships, we reached the Disney Castle. Setting down gently, we were immediately greeted by the hyperactive chipmunks: Chip and Dale.
"Sora! Sora! It's terrible!" Dale shouted.
"The Cornerstone of Light… it's broken!" Chip chirped.
"What? How's that possible?" Sora asked.
"Who knows? At any rate, we should go check it out. Come on, let's go," I said, walking forward into the courtyard. There was a swarm of Heartless… just the regular Shadows, but with the help of my friends and allies (who had followed me), we eradicated them all in fifteen minutes. I didn't even break a sweat.
"Let's go!" Sora shouted. We ran into the Throne Room at full speed, wiped another swarm of Heartless off the face of the Worlds, then plunged into the Hall of the Cornerstone. Instead of the proper Light-filled room, it was dark and shadowy. Though it was difficult at first, after my eyes adjusted I was able to make out the forms of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy.
"Hi, Sora! Who's this fella?" Mickey asked as soon as he could see us.
"I'm… nobody important," I told him.
"All right. Welp, I guess you're here because of the Cornerstone, huh?" he squeaked.
"Yeah… we heard it broke," Riku said.
"Gosh, I don't know what to make of it," Mickey said, scratching his head. "It just alluva sudden broke one day."
"I don't know what could break the Cornerstone of Light…" Sora said.
"I'm sure there are forces in these worlds we don't understand," Riku said.
"You're right, Riku. We can't understand everything," Mickey said. "But it's so gosh darn weird that the Cornerstone of Light would break."
"We've got to find what, or who, did this. If the Cornerstone of Light was broken…" Amy began.
"… then just about nowhere is safe," Jason finished. "We have to find what's behind it all. Otherwise, all the worlds could be plunged into darkness."
"Of course. But we've got things to do, as well," I said. "Then again, we'll probably find what we're looking for along the way. It always works out like that."
"Welp, I suppose you'd better be goin' then," Mickey said.
"You're not coming with us?" Sora asked.
"Sorry. I've gotta stay with Donald and Goofy to make sure the Castle isn't overtaken," he answered.
"We understand. Well, Sora, want to say goodbye to Donald and Goofy?" I asked him.
"All right," Sora said. He walked into the back of the dim room, said a few words, and came back.
"Well, we'll be seeing you," I said walking out. "So long," I muttered with a salute. We then, all of us, went back to our Gummi Ships. I pondered on how the Cornerstone itself could be destroyed.