"MALEFICENT?!" Sora and Riku exclaimed at the same time. They had not heard anything from or about her in nearly four years, nor did she ever come up in conversation. Prior to the battle versus Xehanort, she had vanished after relocating the location of the seven Princesses of Heart, never to be seen or heard from again.
"Yes," Yen Sid answered. The stars have once again sensed the dark fairy's presence among us, though her exact location has yet to be pinpointed.
"Master Yen Sid," Sora asked, "Is is possible that Maleficent is planning something? Do you think…" Sora hesitated to continue. His mind was on Kairi, "that she may be going after the princesses again?"
"Knowing Maleficent," Yen Sid started, "She may be planning to do so. But it is curious…"
"What is?" Riku asked.
"It is curious, because of what has been going on with the state of the worlds. I have been paying much attention to the skies, and what has come to my attention is that a star has recently blinked out."
"Wait, so does that mean…" King Mickey began.
"Master Yen Sid," Riku began, "A girl…or yesterday I found a young woman washed up against the beach. She mentioned seeing heartless. Do you think that these two events are connected?"
"Yes…I believe that is plausible. When a world is lost to darkness, a surviving person from that world may find refuge elsewhere. I find it likely that she is from this fallen world. Did the woman mention other details about how she arrived to your world?"
"She mentioned a storm…" Riku began. Everything clicked. Riku remembered the night the Destiny Islands had been swallowed by darkness.
"Master Yen Sid," said King Mickey, "If this woman had escaped from her fallen world, shouldn't she have found her way into Traverse Town?"
"In all other circumstances Mickey, yes. But every circumstance has it's own story, and it's own destiny to go along with it. The keyblade had found it's way to Sora even though it was not passed along to him by way of another Master. It is possible that there is reason the girl found herself there that day."
"But Master Yen Sid," asked Sora, "what about the heartless? They have found their way to the island as well. Is Maleficent looking to sink the other worlds into darkness?"
"That is my fear, Master Sora. Tell me, where is the girl that you speak of?"
"Kairi is watching over her," answered Riku, "and protecting the islands as well."
"Very well. Mickey, you take Donald and Goofy and visit the worlds that I sense a dark presence in. Sora, Riku, head over to Radiant Garden immediately. Explain to Merlin in the others what we have just discussed, and warn them of any possible future dangers."
Ok guys, I know I have some explaining to do. I know it's been over 3 months since I've updated this story, and I'm really REALLY sorry, and I'm sorry this chapter was so short (we'll find out where Krissa is now in the next chapter ;) Life has been really busy for me lately because I'm now…STUDENT TEACHING! Yes, I FINALLY get my degree in May. It's been hard for me to take the time to plan anything out for this story, but I definitely have not forgotten about it as there are a few stories I am anxious to tell. Hopefully the release of KH3 (likely in the far off future) will fill in the holes, but I'm not complaining about that yet.
So please, if you haven't forgotten about this story, and you're still reading (or if you're new lol) PLEASE let me know by leaving a review. I'll continue to work on it has often as I can. Hint for the next world: if you love stories of extreme loyalty, love, and spaghetti, I think you'll enjoy it ;)