Sora ran under the parked semi truck and desperately searched for Onyx. He stopped dead in his tracks as the life left his face and dropped to his knees before the shattered remains of her body. The bottom half of her torso was gone, as was her left arm and half her face. Miraculously; she was still conscious, but barely holding on. "I think...it's gonna take more that glue...to fix me." She struggles to get the words out as tears begin to fall from Sora's face. "...Why? Why did you do it?"

She reached behind her back with her one arm to grab hold of the pull string on her back. All these years and no one had ever pulled it before. She wasn't even sure if it was too damaged to work now. But she pulled it for the first time and chipper and joyful tone of her voice spoke her first voice clip. "You're my best friend in the whole world!" Sora just couldn't keep it together anymore. Wailing and balling his eyes out as he wrapped his arms around her broken head.

She pat his head to comfort him. "Please don't cry. I want you to be happy when you remember me...not sad. I've spent too many years wallowing in my own self pity and misery. Because of you...I could smile...I could laugh...I could...hope...for something...better. Someone...to care for...to play with...and...to love." As soon as the words left her lips, she closed her eye and drifted off into that Final Darkness. But Sora would not let go. He refused to let this be her end.

He summoned his Keyblade and pointed it at her body. A light radiated from the tip and brought an orb of light out from her body. Her heart had been liberated from her body as Sora brought it into himself for safe keeping. Sora then collapsed on the spot, clenching his chest as he felt a sharp pain course throughout his body as well as crushing force squeezing his heart like balloon in a vice grip. It was too much for him to bear. "Is this...her pain? The hurt she kept in her heart all this time?"

As Sora rolled on the floor in agony, his friends came to him. Sora couldn't really remember what happened after they came to him. He faded in and out of consciousness too often to get the full picture. He was able to get an idea though. Buzz and Woody thanked them for helping them fix their world, Donald and Goofy took Sora to the Gummi ship and flew to Traverse Town, and Sora regained consciousness on a bed in the Hotel. He found Aerith asleep at the the foot of the bed; likely having been working tirelessly to heal Sora.

He trades places with her and moves her sleeping body into the bed and leaves a flower at the nightstand for her as thanks when she wakes up. Just outside the room, Donald and Goofy pace around anxiously until Sora casually opens the door to them. Goofy rushes in for a hug, but Donald goes straight to chastising Sora and whacking him in the shin with his staff. "OW! Healers are supposed to heal, not hurt!" Donald reads him the riot act as Sora honestly started to have trouble understanding him about halfway through.

Sora went to the front desk to ask for room service. "Hey. Can we get some sweet tea in the Red Room? If you get if before I'm back, just knock. I'm sure she'll let you in." The receptionist replied. "Of course, sir. Will you and your big sister need anything else?" Sora tried to explain. "What?! She's not..." Donald and Goofy interrupted him with explosive laughter. Sora just shrugged it off. Not in the mood to get into it. "Fine. Whatever. Give my…'sister' whatever she wants." Donald teased Sora as he left the Hotel. "You're a good brother, Sora." Sora just flicked Donald's bill and bolted off before he could yell at him.

Sora moved through the town to First District to find Geppetto's house and knocks on the door. The old toy maker welcomes him inside. "What can I do for you, my boy? You here to see what I cooked up this time?" Sora waved off the suggestion. "I'm not here for Gummi blueprints today, Geppetto. I'm here to make a request. Do you take commissions on custom toy builds?" The old man patted Sora's back and let him over to his planning board. "For you, my boy? Anything. What are you in the market for?" Sora smiled in relief.

Sometime later, Aerith enjoyed the sweet tea her 'brother' ordered for her as Donald and Goofy joked with her about the whole thing. "Do you think if I started referring to Sora as 'Little Bro' from now on, that he'd get mad at me?" Donald was just waiting to answer her question, but Goofy answered first. "I think he'd love it!" Aerith would've doubted it if it came from Donald, but Goofy seemed so sure that she believed him wholeheartedly. Their discussion was cut short by a knock on the door followed by Sora's voice. "I'm coming in."

He opened the door as Donald and Goofy were shocked to see what he was holding. Cradled in the crook of his arm was that doll they saw that saved him. Well, not exactly. This one seems to be made of a light polished wood instead of porcelain. But other than that, it was identical. Aerith noticed it as well, but didn't understand the significance as she just thought if was funny. "Sora. I didn't know you liked dolls. That's cute." Sora rubbed the back of his neck. "Hey! I'm not gonna start throwing tea parties or dress up or anything. This is the ONLY doll I like."

Donald protested Sora's actions. "Sora! Meddling! World order!" Sora clamped Donalds bill closed. "Button your beak. That's a stupid rule anyways. Besides, I already paid Geppetto for it and there are NO REFUNDS. AND...technically, THIS toy was made in this world, but her heart came from inside of me. So..." Aerith connects the dots. "So, she's an extension of YOU...in a sense." Sora points at Aerith excitedly. "Exactly! It's a loophole! Deal with it." Donald fumbles around his words in an attempt to come up with an excuse.

Aerith inspects the doll closer and notices she hasn't moved an inch. "You said you put her heart in. So...does she talk?" Sora put her in both hands and looks at her motionless face. "Oh...well, she's really shy. Plus, there's this thing in her old world about 'playing the part'. ...Hang on. I got an idea." He kisses her forehead and she struggles to keep a straight face. She can't hold it in. Onyx squeals in embarrassment as she covers her face with her hands. Sora smirks at her. "That's payback."

After a long introduction to everyone in town, Donald insisted it was time to get back to their mission. Sora handed Onyx to Aerith. "Take care of her for me, won't you?" Onyx protested. "W-what?! No! I wanna go with you!" Sora gave her a stern look. "You can't come! It's way too dangerous! Where we're going...there's a lot worse things to worry about than...traffic." She makes a cute pouty face. She knew he was right, but wanted to be with him at all times as any toy does with their owner. Sora continued. "Besides, this is technically your home world now, so this'll keep Donald happy and hopefully keep him from tattling to Yen Sid on me."

Aerith held onto Onyx tightly as she smiled. "You can count on me! Anything for my Little Bro!" Sora rolled his eyes and tried not to laugh as he gave the two of them a hug. Onyx tried not to cry, but old habits die hard. Sora rubbed her head and reached into his pocket to grab something and handed it to her. "Aerith will look after you. But I want YOU to look after THIS." He hands her Kairi's good luck charm. "I hear reunions are guaranteed with these trinkets. And Kairi will kill me if I don't bring that back to her. So, I pretty much have no choice but to come back for you. Got it." She wipes away her tears and nods with a trusting smile as she treasures the charm.

Sora, Donald and Goofy all head out the World Exit as Sora waves off Aerith, Onyx and Geppetto. The door closes behind them and Geppetto starts throwing ideas at Onyx. "You know; my son, Pinocchio would love to play with those 99 puppies with you." Aerith sighs. "Ugh. I feel like a soccer mom setting up playdates for my toddler." As they walk back towards Second District, a silver haired figure watches them from a distance on the rooftop of the Accessory shop. He leaves without a word; leaving behind a single...solitary...black feather.

~THE END?~

*Who could it be now? Their may be a sequel series if enough people want one. Let me know what you all think. I'll try to finish more of my stories before I start another one.*