In a dark field, a bee like creature emerges from a mass of darkness. It's revealed to be Sectonia's old body except with a Heartless symbol where the heart should be.
The scene switches to the inn, where Sectonia wakes up with a start.
"Whoa, you okay? You look like heck." Sunset said.
"I'm fine. Just a nightmare." Sectonia said. "I saw...me. Or rather, my old body, but...as a Heartless."
"A..A Heartless?!" Sunset said nearly falling out of bed.
"Are you sure Sectonia?" Al asked.
"I would never forget such a haunting visage." Sectonia said.
"Well, you don't look like one. It was probably just a nightmare." Sunset said.
"That's...what I'm hoping." Sectonia said.
"Nooooooooo!" Ace screamed from one of the rooms.
"Sounds like Sectonia isn't the only one having nightmares." Sunset said.
"Oh for the love of...what is it Ace? Some of us prefer sleep." Leonis said waking in the bed next to him.
Ace had sweat pouring down his face and fear in his widened eyes like he saw something horrible.
"Ace...what is it?" Natsu asked.
"I saw something horrible, like a vision." Ace said as he put a hand over his eyes.
"A vision? Think clearly. What was it that you saw?" Jexi said.
"It felt so real, like I was actually there." Ace said as he began describing the vision he saw. "We were on some kind of war torn battlefield, but that wasn't the worst part. I held Al's lifeless body in my arms in front of Jago when he was possessed, and I saw Stoj, Mari, Maya, and Papalne on the ground lifeless as well. Oh god it was horrible!" Ace said as he began crying from the vision.
"Whoa. Calm down. No one is going to die like that." Ty said.
"Ace...I am so sorry for your losses." Dark said.
"No one died yet, you morbid idiot!" Leonis said.
"He's talking about his team. He saw a premonition where they all died…" Fox said.
"Not to mention that he has no parents and his brother is missing. He's been alone for far too long." Kurochi said.
"Agreed. But this war torn field in his vision sends chills down my spine." Fox said.
"Me too… its creepy." Hope said.
"Hmm. It could be he's gonna get caught in a war sometime in the future." Connor said.
"But it could be one of the possible future's I have as well if I went with Alm." Ace said.
"Hmm. True. Yesterday's little spat between him and Celica has sent a lot on edge." Jexi said.
"Is it ok if my team is one of the groups to go with Celica?" Ace asked. "If I go with her then the vision won't come to pass and it'll alter my future."
"You're making too big a deal out of it but...fine. You can be one of the four groups that follow Celica." Jexi said.
"Have we decided which groups will go with Alm and Celica?" Jago asked.
"David's group is going with Alm, we know that for a fact." Connor said. "For me...Think mine will go with the lovely Celica."
"Ok so that's one group with Alm and Two with Celica so far." Roy said. "What about you Hope? Jexi?"
"Hmm. I think I might go with Celica too." Jexi said.
"Three for Celica. That means one more, and the rest go with Alm." Takeshi said.
"I'll go with Alm." Ty said.
"Me too." Zexi said.
"Hope, Jack. It's down to you two." Connor said.
"Okay, clearly you wanna go with Celica, brother, so let's make it interesting. I'll flip a coin. Heads, you go. Tails, I'll go." Jack said.
"Sounds fair." Hope said.
Jack then flipped the coin as it flew through the air before Jack caught it. "Look at that. Tails. I win." Jack said.
"Nuts… Ah well. Fair is fair." Hope said.
"Don't worry Hope. We'll keep an eye on Celica." Ace reassured him before his eyes widened in realization. "Oh I almost forgot, I made something for each of the leaders." Ace said as he pulled out seven pendants similar to his but they were all clear.
"Whoa… sick." Hope said as his pendant was blue with the Blue Lantern corps symbol. The color slots were circled around the symbol.
"When did you have time to make these?" Jexi asked looking at his.
"When we were at the castle I made these pendants similar to mine but they will gain different colors based on the bonds you made with your teammates and will also have your symbol." Ace explained.
"Whoa, that's pretty cool. Speaking of which, has anyone seen David, Rainbow and Jesse?" Ty asked twirling his black and steel pendant that had the design of a dragon. The scales were the color slots.
"David told me they're stepping outside to discuss something in private." Ross said.
It was outside…
"What do you mean?" Jesse asked.
"Yeah...I've made a decision. After we're done here in Valentia...I'm gonna leave the Dimensional Heroes for awhile to train under my dad." Rainbow said.
"In that case… Do you mind if I come along?" Jesse asked.
"Jesse? Are you sure about this?" David asked.
"I am. After my fight with Vanitas, I realized that I have a long way to go before I can live up to my old master's teachings." Jesse said. "Plus, I don't want to end up dragging you guys down when I go off the handle with him again. I'm going to train so that I can keep my cool when I face him again."
"Hmm… I see you've put a lot of thought into this." David said.
"I did. Don't worry. Like Rainbow, it won't be for long. I'll come back once I get my bearings straight." Jesse said.
"Yeah. And I've worked out my goal too. With luck, we might finish at the same time." Rainbow said.
"Then you guys better come back soon." Roy said approaching them. "It won't be the same for Jexi and the girls without you Dashy. And don't worry my lips are sealed till were done here."
"Thanks. It would be more painful if I told them. And I know some of them would try and keep me around." Rainbow said.
"Same thing for me, Jesse. Make sure to write or give us a call when you get the chance so we'll know how you're holding up." David said.
"Hey Rainbow?" Ace said as he walked outside as well. "I'm sorry if I pushed you too hard. Can you forgive me?" He asked as he held his hand out to shake. "Friends?"
"No...I should apologize. I lost my temper and slugged ya. I'm sorry." Rainbow said.
"Apology accepted." Ace said as he pulled Rainbow into a hug as a Sky Blue color appeared on his pendant.
"Ah, that reminds me. Ace, did you and the other leaders discuss the formation?" David asked. "I was too wrapped up in this that I couldn't attend."
"It's alright. the groups going with Alm are you, Hope, Zexi and Ty. I'm going to follow Celica with Jack, Jexi and Connor." Ace said. "Also I made you this." He said as he held out one of the pendants. David's pendant was Ice Blue with a Snowflake design with the crystals representing the color slots.
"Wow… This is so cool!" David said. "Uh… Both figuratively and literally."
"I'm glad you like it also…" Ace trailed off as he sensed a dangerous presence. "Guys something is approaching us fast, whatever it is it's not human. Prepare for battle!" He exclaimed drawing his sword.
Dashing straight at the inn were a pack of Velociraptors that made the civilians flee in terror. The one in front was as the most unique, as it was half dinosaur, but it had cybernetic enhancements on its body and tail and blue crystal claws.
"A pack of Velociraptors, in medieval times. You don't see that everyday, huh?" Connor asked brushing up his Lone Star Pendant.
"No time for jokes! We have to take them down now!" David said.
"I betcha these things were sent by ARIA." Ace said.
"Most likely… Whoever that is." Jesse said.
"The Head of Ultratech who sent those agents after us." Ace said.
"Did any of them even give an explanation why?" Connor asked.
"Doesn't matter. Right now, we need to focus on driving these dinos out." David said.
"Sorry Velociraptors but your about to go extinct." Ace said as his eyes glowed White Blue and a silhouette of Shiva appeared above him. "Huh?" The Silhouette engulfed Ace in a bright light as a bow made of diamond dust appeared in his hands. "What is this?" He asked as he pulled the string and an arrow of ice appeared as he took aim. "Are you guys seeing this?"
"Clean as day. Use it!" Connor said.
"Alright. Firing!" Ace shouted releasing the arrow as it encased one of the Velociraptors in Ice. "Holy Crap!"
The raptors quickly followed the alpha's orders. Some of them started breathing streams of fire to melt the one encased. While doing that, the Alpha targeted the groups. She sent a pack to surround the groups as she went for the closest one, Ty. She ran at him before skidding to a halt, firing a stream of flames as her skid created sparks, she stared at Ty before snapping her jaws.
"I think I know you." Ty said. "There were a bunch of you guys on sale on the black market awhile back. They called you guys Stalkers. Didn't know Ultratech made you. But i think the buyers spoke about a vicious one like you. It is you, isn't it? They call you Riptor."
Riptor snarled and then charged at him.
"You're a quick girl ain't ya? Too bad, I don't dig reptiles!" Ty said grabbing her by the jaws and flipping her onto her back, breaking it. "King! Do that… petrification thing with your spear!"
"I'm on it." King said. "Form three: Fossilization! Plus form five: Increase!" King said as the spear multiplied as they jabbed into the velociraptors as they quickly turned to stone.
"(Impressive…)" Hisako said.
"I didn't know you could combine your Sacred Treasures effects together." Betty said. "Do they all do that?"
"No. That was an experiment of mine that turned out well." King said.
"ARIA's gonna be a little curious to find these guys turned to stone all at once." Hope said.
"It'll take her awhile to figure out how to reverse it." King said.
"Alright Velociraptors you are…. Outta here!" Ace shouted as he galactic punted the dinosaurs back to ARIA.
"Geez! Those were stone. You realize they'll shatter on impact right?" King asked.
"Don't worry. I put a nullifying spell on them so they won't shatter when they return to ARIA." Ace reassured.
"You do realize this means they'll come after you again, right?" Alvin asked.
"Besides those dinosaurs, we ran into Cinder, Sadira, Fulgore and Spinal twice. But we'll be ready." Ace said.
"And since we're splitting off, they'll have a hard time picking us all off." David said.
"Right, also what do you make of this Bow?" Ace asked as he held out the Diamond Dust Bow.
"Looks amazing." David said. "Shiva really has outdone herself with this one."
"I think the other Eidolons may be capable of this as well, turning into weapons." Ace theorized. "It'll be easier for me to call upon them like this while on this world."
"Also, since the Dimensional Heroes won't be with us for a while, I think we'll bring a few extra hands out." David said as he released the Tapu Guardians, Leonora released Oscar and Teresa, Leia sends out Reshiram, Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion, and Mayumi brings out Necrozma.
"That reminds me. Hope, shouldn't we bring...her out for a bit?" Titanica asked.
"Oh right." Hope said as Lunala created an ultra wormhole. Crawling out of it was a small child with red and orange hair and feather like attachments to it.
"How cute! Who is she?" Ace asked.
"Her name is Suzaku. She's a Phoenix Beastman." Hope said.
"Can I hold her?" Ace asked.
"Sure. She's been cooped up on the ship for awhile." Hope said.
"Oh my goodness you are the cutest thing I've ever seen." Ace said as he held Suzaku and tickled her a bit and she laughed.
"She's grown a bit since last time." David said.
"Yeah. Well, she did get burned to ashes and had to reborn herself." Hope said. "She's just recently grown enough to get a human form back."
"Really? You've been keeping her up on the ship for a year, and NOW you decide to bring her out?" Lloyd asked.
"She was but a little chick. But I spent time watching and reteaching her things." Inga said.
"We've been treating her like family. I know i'm not the best when it comes to being a dad, but a part of me felt responsible for her rebirth when we fought her in Vah Rudania and she was killed by Fireblight Ganon. I wanna be the one to help her be the person she was before she died. Even if she is immortal." Hope said.
"Immortal?" Ace asked.
"Phoenixes are rare creatures. Everytime they're killed, they're reborn from their own ashes." Daisy said.
"Do they still retain their memories?" Ace asked as he held Suzaku.
"Hard to say. No one's ever documented such an occurrence." Daisy said.
"But she's our responsibility. And I'm not letting go of it, ever." Hope said as Suzaku smiled. Suddenly one of the slots on his pendant lit up with a fiery mix of orange, yellow and red. "Whoa… so that's what it feels like."
"You'll get used to it." Ace said.
"Well, guess it's time to split up." Jexi said.
"Yeah, take good care of her." Ace said as he held Suzaku out to Hope.
"I intend to." Hope said proudly.
"Well, off we go." Jack said as the four groups going with Celica headed off.
"I hope we see eachother again!" Ace shouted waving to the four groups going with Alm as he walked away with his team and the other three groups.