Sora, Riku, and Kairi saw something crash from the sky, in a flaming ball.
"What was that!", Sora shouted.
"I don't know", Riku said back. It landed a few miles from here, let's go check it out.
The three friends sprinted toward the crash site, they followed the pillar of smoke. It took about fifteen minutes to get there, and they were ready to faint when they arrived. They saw the large gummi ship, in flames, and the survivors.
"Is that the Queen?", Sora asked.
"I think so", Riku said. "Hey, Queen Minnie!"
The Queen looked at them and waved them over to her. Sora, Riku, and Kairi ran over to her.
Kairi asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yes", the Queen answered.
Despite the fact she said yes, she seemed very stressed and her clothes were covered in dirt and soot. Then they noticed Simon, a tall man, with neatly combed hair, despite the crash.
"Who is that?", Sora asked.
"I am Simon, the Grand Advisor to His Majesty", Simon replied. "Who might I ask are you?"
"I'm Sora", Sora said.
"I'm Riku", Riku added.
"Hey, I'm Kairi", she said.
"Pleasure to make your acquaintance", Simon said.
"Are you guys the only ones?", Sora asked.
"Well, us and…the pilot", Simon said gravely. "But…"
Simon turned to the body of the pilot, who had blood trailing down his mouth and eyebrow.
"He did not survive the crash", Simon concluded. "…Now you say that you're Sora, the Sora I've heard about?"
"Yes, that's him", Minnie said.
"You might be able to help us", Simon said. "First, I need to fill you in."
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One of the generals, at Disney castle approached Drazen, who now sat in the throne.
"Drazen", he said.
"What is it?", Drazen asked.
"The Queen's gummi ship was shot down", the general said.
"Down?", Drazen asked. "Does that mean that it made it to Radiant Garden?"
"I suppose but…", the general started.
"But she may still be alive", Drazen interrupted. "We need to find her and kill her and anyone else that may have survived."
"Let me take care of that", Maleficent said. "After all, we had a deal."
"Very well", Drazen said. "Have you controlled the Kingdom?"
Maleficent responded, "Yes, My Heartless have the people in line."
"But they're not stealing hearts?", asked Drazen.
"Why no, I did as you wished", Maleficent said.
Drazen looked at the general.
"You're dismissed", he said to him.
The general turned around and left. He went out through that small door that opens in the very large one.
"I hope you disposed of that man sent to warn the King", Drazen said you Maleficent.
"Now I told you that I did. Is my word not worthy of your trust?", Maleficent questioned. "Have I not been true to my word?"
Drazen paused and said, "Yes, you have, my apologies."
"Apology accepted", she said with an evil grin.
Unbeknownst to Drazen and Maleficent, eyeballs in a painting moved about, watching them and eavesdropping. The eyes withdrew into the wall.
The bearer of the eyes said to his companion, "We gotta go to tell the King."
"Let's go", his partner returned. "Good thing they don't know about these secret passageways in the walls.
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"So you got the letter we sent to the King?", Simon asked Kairi.
"Yeah, I got it and then we all read it", answered Kairi. "And then we left to help."
"Well, you could help us get the last of what can be salvaged", said Minnie.
"Sure", agreed Sora.
Over the next several minutes, they spent their time looking through the ruined ship, still flaming in some places gathering food, clothes, anything that could be of help to the journey to find civilization, which could be a while. Sora then had a notion that needed answering.
Sora asked, "How did you know the King would be at our world?"
"Well, it is a long kept secret known only to world rulers", replied Simon. "It comes from ancient legends of the Keyblade War. That the center of all the worlds is located deep in the ocean and the ocean connects all the worlds there. From there, you could go to any world."
"What did I tell you?", Riku bragged.
"Wow, you really were right, Riku", said Sora.
"What's that in the sky?", asked Kairi.
They saw gummi ships hovering above in the sky.
"Gummi ships!", yelled Simon. "They may the ones that shot us down!"
Heartless beamed down from them. Shadows, Neoshadows, Soldiers, and Shadowballs all came down. They were completely surrounded by them; there had to be at least one hundred total. Sora erected his armed and tried to call forth the Keyblade, but nothing came.
"I can't get my Keyblade!", Sora said distressed.
"Me neither!", Riku shouted.