A/N: Happy Mother's Day, guys! This would've been updated last night had I not spent the whole day helping out my cousins. Anyway, -gets all shy and stuff- So apparently I'm a good writer? I'm glad to hear because I keep getting worried that people will be turned off by this story. So danku. Also, I realize that if you were to watch the Little Mermaid Two, Morgana wouldn't be so violent. Psh, come on, this is a Teen rated story, so we have to spice things up. In other words, please don't watch Little Mermaid Two for the sake of seeing a very insane and violent octopus. Once again, this chapter has some spoilers for the movie!

Disclaimer-Kingdom Hearts still isn't mine. Neither are any of the characters besides Keira and Quince. :D

"Persistent witch," grumbled Riku as he chopped away at several pieces of ice that were trying to entrap him. The sky flashed green and more Heartless appeared in the area; he heaved an impatient sigh.

Sora landed in front of his best friend, swinging at a Wyvern. "You're not getting tired already, are you, Riku?"

Riku raised his eyebrows. "Not getting cocky, are we, Sora?"

Sora's face broke into a large grin, "Whoever defeats the most Heartless-"

"-Doesn't have to wear one of Kairi's dresses?" bargained Riku with a smirk.

Sora shook his hand. "You're on!"

Kairi shook her head, frowning, "Why one of my dresses?"

"Because yours are so pretty," answered Naminé as she pulled Roxas' jacket tighter around her shoulders.

With amusement in her eyes, she asked, "So, they want the loser to be pretty?"

Both girls shook their heads, "Boys."

XxX

"Keira, Cloud!" Tifa ran as fast as she could toward her two friends as Cloud returned to the glacier where everyone else was. "Do you miss being a mermaid, Princess?" she asked, half-laughing at Keira's fallen expression.

"Yes," she admitted, feeling her blood rush to her cheeks. "Though, honestly, if I'm underwater again, it would be too soon."

Tifa followed Cloud's gaze up to Morgana. "Should we storm the fortress?"

Cloud nodded, settling his sword on his shoulder, "Yeah, let's." He glanced back at Keira for a moment and added, "Stay here." She nodded with disdain as Tifa and Cloud ran off.

"Keira," mumbled a weak voice as Melody slowly stood and approached her. "I'm sorry."

"You didn't know; it's okay."

Melody, however, shook her head. "No, it's not," she replied in a soft voice as her eyes drifted up Morgana's maniacal form and down to the frozen merpeople and animals in the water. "I have to make this right," she said in a louder, more confident voice as she looked over to Keira. "Please, will you help me?"

Keira considered Cloud's words for only a moment. 'Since when have I really listened to Cloud anyway?' She nodded, grasping Melody's hand as if they were having a formal agreement. "Alright, let's do it."

XxX

Axel, who had finally forced himself off the ship and onto the icy mass with everyone else, glared at the surrounding water and ice. "Of all places we could be, we have to be at sea. At least I can melt the ice." For good measure, he sent a blast of fire at a large chunk of ice as it sprouted from the ground.

"Axel!" called Roxas as he joined him, doubled over and panting.

"You left those two alone."

"Kairi can use her keyblade; that should do them some good."

Axel laughed at his naïve friend. "Hey, hey. Don't doubt Naminé."

Roxas looked a little abashed. "I know that she could fight if she wanted to."

"Of course you do," replied Axel, playfully hitting his friend on the back. He lifted up his chakrams and got into a battle stance as several Air Soldiers surrounded them.

"Hey, I do!" insisted Roxas, glaring at his friend as Oblivion and Oathkeeper flashed into in his hands.

Axel smirked. "First one to one hundred doesn't have to face the wrath of Naminé when she's told about this?"

Roxas grinned, "Deal."

XxX

Kairi fished into her pocket for the paopu fruit keychain, attaching it and making Oathkeeper revert to Radiant Destiny. "I like this one a lot," she decided with a smile as the keyblade became covered in flowers. Naminé rolled her eyes a little and giggled, but their moment was cut short: a blur of black streaked past Kairi, knocking Radiant Destiny out of her hand.

"Shadows!" exclaimed Naminé as a group of them jumped on Kairi, knocking her on the ground and burying her. Her eyes went wide with fear as her struggled underneath the group. It would be easy for such a large group of Heartless to take the princess' heart. "Call back your keyblade, Kairi!" The keyblade wielder seemed unable to hear her beneath the pile. Naminé looked around, wildly, but no one was near enough. She inhaled deeply and closed her eyes. 'Let me do this one thing, please!'

A flash of light appeared in Naminé's hand as it became weighed down by something heavy. Naminé forced her eyes back open to examine the keyblade, which was made of white metal. The bottom of the keyblade had depicted a wave; the middle featured a paupou fruit with a yellow star beside it. Its hilt was an interesting shape, resmbling the zipper on Roxas' jacket. The keychain, the crown that Sora wore around his neck, lightly hit the body of the keyblade from the momentum in which it appeared. "Chain of Memories," she mumbled, staring at her weapon with awe, but, she reminded herself, she did not have time to admire the keyblade; her other was still struggling with the Shadows. "Kairi!" Naminé copied every movement she had ever seen Roxas or Sora make, swinging Chain of Memories at the Heartless and destroying them with ease. When the cloud of black faded, Kairi reappeared, on her knees, clearly exhausted.

Kairi's eyes went wide at the weapon in the Nobody's hand. "Naminé, you can wield a keyblade?"

Naminé now allowed herself to stare at Chain of Memories with a certain fondness. "I guess that I wanted to help you so badly that I freed my true potential." They turned at the distant voices of Axel and Roxas calling their names as the two joined them.

Axel destroyed a few of the straggling Shadows, "You two alright?"

"We're fine," answered Kairi, her eyes not leaving Chain of Memories.

Roxas stared at it with incredulity, "A keyblade? How?"

Naminé put a hand to her heart. "I wanted to help everyone so badly and when Kairi was in trouble, I guess that my heart finally granted my wish." Roxas understood; Naminé didn't want to be weak or the damsel in distress, she wanted to help.

XxX

Melody and Keira found it surprisingly simple to reach the fortress as they were interrupted by nothing and no one. "Awesome," she decided before looking to the younger girl. "When we get to the top, I'll distract Morgana so you can get the Trident and give it to your grandfather."

Melody nodded, her heart relaxing just a little that she would not have to deal with Morgana again as she looked up at the intricate ice that made up the fortress. "Sounds good to me, it's not going to be easy to get up there, though."

At this, Keira smirked. "Luckily for us, ice is still sprouting from the ground." She grabbed Melody's hand and pulled her to a spot where the earth was shaking, and, in an instant, they were standing on a steadily growing piece of ice.

Melody did not seem very pleased about this, staring at the shaking structure beneath them, "Now what?"

"We jump from piece of ice to piece of ice," answered Keira as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, eyeing a taller piece of ice growing across from them.

This pleased Melody even less, "What?" She did not receive an answer as Keira jumped to the other piece and stood up almost at her full height, crouching slightly to keep herself from falling.

"C'mon, Mel," called Keira, "Just believe in yourself and you can make it." Her words did nothing to reassure her, so she took a different route, "Look at them, your family, your friends," She pointed to the sea and land where everyone was struggling against Morgana's reign. "We've got to help, don't we?"

Melody swallowed, nodding slowly as she noticed her parents. "Okay. I can do this." She took a few steps backwards before running as fast as she could in order to clear the large gap between the two chunks of ice. Keira grasped her hand and pulled her up. "I did it!"

"See?" Keira turned around to get her bearings.

Tifa and Cloud had made it to the top and were attempting to fight the practically immortal octopus while Morgana cackled and used several of her tentacles to restrain them. Cloud cursed as she pulled them back a little. "You lose, dears," she informed them in a very dangerous voice. With her limitless strength, Morgana held up Cloud and Tifa before hurling them off of the top of the fortress.

Keira's eyes went wide, her hair standing on end. "Cloud, Tifa!" Her eyes tracked the two as they disappeared beneath the water and waited for them to resurface, but they did not. 'They're fine. I know they're fine. They have to be.' For another few minutes, she stared at the water, but still nothing. She heaved a shaky sigh before glaring up at Morgana. "Melody, let's do this. And remember, don't be afraid."

Melody curled her fingers into fists. "I won't be, we can do this!" Keira decided that there was no time to waste as she flung herself at an actual piece of the fortress, stabbing Shadow Heart into the ice to keep herself from falling.

When Melody looked like she was going to try the same thing, Keira ordered, "Keep riding the ice, Melody."

"O-okay," Melody waited for another ice spire to grow while Keira grasped onto another piece of ice with her free hand while trying to free Shadow Heart with her other hand and feet. In hindsight, she realized that the plan was extremely dangerous, but she was riding the adrenaline rush that Morgana's attack on Cloud and Tifa had given her. When she pulled Shadow Heart free and stabbed it into the other piece of ice, she nearly cried with relief and pulled herself up. She repeated the same thing with a higher piece, this time having a piece of ice beneath her feet to help her out.

Melody only had to wait another moment for a spire to grow before her. Her heart was pounding painfully against her chest and, despite the cold, she could feel sweat trickling down the back of her neck. She bit down on her lip as her fear became so sharp that her stomach actually hurt. She inhaled a single deep breath before charging at the next piece of ice, her hand sliding as she barely grabbed it. She attempted to dig her nails into it, though that proved no good, as it became quite clear that she would fall off within a moment.

At the foot of the fortress, Donald quacked with disbelief, "Wah! Look!" He pointed fervently at the two girl's scaling the fortress.

Eric felt his blood run cold at the sight of his daughter slipping off of the ice, "Melody! No! She's going to fall!"

Melody was panting and she felt panicked as she used her left hand to grip onto the ice tighter, a difficult feat as the ice was making her fingers go numb quite quickly. Her father's cry ascended all the way up to her. 'No! I can't give up!' His words, his fear, made her all the more determined and, with a shot of luck, Melody pulled up her body onto the ice completely and quickly crawled away from where she had just been hanging on; the spot she had just been broke and plunged into the water below. Her courage faded as fear set back in.

"Melody, don't give up!" Someone shouted from below; Melody quickly looked down and saw her mother determinedly fighting off Morgana's power in an attempt to see her daughter. "You can do it, honey, I believe in you!" Her heart beat a little faster at the words of encouragement; coming from her mother, the words meant a lot.

"I can do it," repeated Melody as she stood. Fortunately, during her hanging time, several tall spires had grown, allowing her to ascend the rest of the fortress and sneak up on Ursula's sister.

Keira chanced a brief glance over her shoulder, relieved to see Melody now following her up at a quick pace. 'She has a lot of heart. Sheesh, I'm surprised she isn't a Princess of Heart, too.' She was almost to Morgana and stabbed Shadow Heart into another higher part of the ice only, this time, the ice was too hard for the keyblade to pierce. Her reaction time had been dulled by the cold and numb feeling that filled her body, and her feet slid off of the ice, panic overtaking the relief as she released the ice. She was too surprised to scream, only able to squeak as she fell past Melody.

Below, several people shouted her name, but there was nothing she could do, nothing for her to grab onto. Sora thought quickly, pulling a box out of his pocket and sprinkling some golden dust over himself, Ultima disappearing as he soared into the air. He met her long before she fell, descending a little from the force of her fall. "Hey, we've still got a while to go before we can get to Maleficent or your friend. There's no turning back now." Keira looked at him, clearly surprised. "I know you want to save Quince from the darkness because I've been there. It won't be possible if you die, though," he added with a grin. She managed a faint smile of her own as her eyes returned to the top of the fortress where Melody had bravely seized the Trident. "He'll need you to help him just like Melody needs you now."

"They're too far. I can't help," she mumbled.

Sora laughed. "Of course you can! Here." With one hand supporting her, he used the other to grab a handful of pixie dust and sprinkle it over her. "Okay, this is what you have to do to fly: think of a happy thought."

"Eh? What?" Keira's 'what' turned into a scream as Sora dropped her and, below, Naminé and Kairi smacked their foreheads. 'Happy thought, happy thought. Uh, not dying would make me happy. Or, I guess...' Keira closed her eyes and felt her body stop. Reopening her eyes, she noticed that she was floating in midair. "Yes! Thanks, Sora!"

Sora nodded, a grin still on his face. "No problem. You just needed some confidence - and a little push." She laughed at his choice of words. "It's not that hard to go up or down, just push yourself a little."

"Alright, are you coming, too?" He was about to answer when they were interrupted by Morgana pushing Melody backwards and, having reclaimed the Trident, pointed it a large chunk of ice. A beam of light halved it, sending the ice hurling toward Roxas, Naminé, Axel, and Kairi.

Sora quickly took off toward them, "Sooner or later." He reached them with moments and picked up Kairi by the waist.

Roxas glared at him as he flew off. "Thanks, Sora!" He turned to Naminé, "Can you still use portals?"

She nodded, holding out her hand, "Of course." A swirling vertex of black and purple appeared just beyond her pale hand.

"Let's go." Roxas gently pushed Naminé in first before he and Axel followed.

Glancing down, Melody found herself at the very edge of the icy platform. She swallowed hard and stared back at the octopus. "End of the line, sweet cakes." Morgana's smile was twisted and loony-looking, and she could only stand there and wait for the octopus to attack. Instead, Morgana screamed in pain; Keira had slammed Shadow Heart into one of Morgana's tentacles, and Morgana whirled around with a ferocious glare.

"Aw, did I hurt you?" Keira asked in a mock-baby voice. Morgana raised the Trident without a word while Keira mouthed, 'now' to Melody. The clang of metal on metal sounded as Morgana slammed the Trident at Keira, who blocked with Shadow Heart. Melody jumped up and grasped the Trident and, taken by surprise, Morgana could not stop her as her powerful weapon was yanked out of her hand.

Morgana's face became even more nightmare-inducing. "You little-" She wrapped a tentacle around Melody's legs and tugged her toward her and, with another, grabbed Keira and held her away from them so that she would not interfere. Melody whimpered, and, unsure, held pointed the bottom of the Trident's staff in what she clearly thought was a menacing way. "Wrong end, sweetheart," cackled Morgana, surprised when the little girl smirked and slammed the bottom into one of her tentacles

As Morgana screeched in pain, Melody hurled the Trident behind them with as much power as she could manage. "Grandfather, I think this belongs to you!"

"No!" screamed Morgana as she watched her precious weapon fall and, in a fit of rage, hurled both girls over the edge. Mind reeling, Keira could not come up with a happy thought but, as they fell, she looked toward Melody. Using all of her might, she pushed Melody so that she would hit land instead of sea where, hopefully, someone would catch her.

All of the sea creatures had been returned to their normal states, making it possible for Dash to slid across the ice and become a cushioned landing for Melody as King Triton caught his Trident and sent Morgana a glare that would've frozen anyone to the core. "Never again will you trouble my family, never!" His voice rumbled loudly as he pointed the weapon at Morgana.

Morgana's body froze. "This is gonna hurt." A bright light shot out from the fork and hit her but, instead of frying her in an instant, she became engulfed in ice. At the same time, her castle began to collapse.

Undertow looked around as the stingrays hovered around him."Heh. Guess we'll just be goin' then." They began to swim away, but they did not get too far: Sora, Kairi, Roxas, and Naminé were in the water waiting for them.

Four keyblades were pointed at the creatures. "Guess again." The stingrays hissed as Undertow stared and water became kicked up during the struggling, hiding the scene. When the water calmed, only the wielders remained. Roxas blew on the tips of Oblivion and Oathkeeper while Naminé giggled.

"Jump ship, fellas!" ordered King Mickey as the collapsing of the fortress made violent waves rise.

Nearby, Tifa and Cloud had towels wrapped around them. "Where'd Keira go?" asked Tifa as she looked around, not relieved by Mickey's downcast expression.

Eric had Melody in his arms and was walking toward Ariel, who was still in the water by the ship. "She saved Melody, but... she must have fallen into the water." Melody's eyes were closed; she appeared unconscious.

Ariel's eyes blazed with determination. "Then, we need to find her." Without another word, she dove underwater.

XxX

Keira could not tell exactly how cold the water was as her body had gone completely numb, though she somehow still managed to maintain a grip of Shadow Heart. She swung it in an effort to move upwards but only did so with a little effort and was unsurprised when she continued to sink. Her bangs partially covered one of her eyes, only allowing her to see through the right, and, dimly, she noticed Morgana's ice-encased heading for the sea floor. 'Serves you right, you evil sea witch.'

When someone's hand grabbed her arm, her body jumped only a little. She decided to blame her not noticing another person on the fact that all of her senses were numbed. She tried to adjust her eyes and saw that a beautiful redhead was pulling her up, and immediately assumed it meant her end, 'A mermaid angel? That's interesting.'

"Thank you, Keira, for helping my daughter." The angel spoke as Keira's eyes shut.

A/N: Okay, next chapter is the last one here! And then we might go visit another world for no reason but to have fun. I don't think I have anything else to say, so see you all next chapter!