as the the sun set on twilight town its inhabitants began to slumber. sweet dreams took hold of lave and snow reminded of better days within their dreams. however gale was once again haunted by his past, his dreams taking him on a journey of his time within the realm of darkness. within his dream his eyes slowly opened as a blinding light shined down on him from a crack within the blackened sky. as his eyes adjusted he could her the shrieks of those closing in on the poor soul. his eyes began to adjust the confusion dispersed as the memories came back to him.
his team infiltrated the city fighting shades of all shapes and sizes boosted by san fransokyos creations. in hopes of finding a solution they decided to search for tadashi, unfortunately they instead found themselves to master callagan. the man was frozen stiff with fear as he hid under a desk. trish had always voiced her opinion of how weak of heart she believed this man was to the group. however, gale did not want to believe it until now. they managed to bring the man to his senses enough to discover that tadashi had made his way to the tear in the sky. his plan was to detonate his latest creation by overloading it with the fail safe he created. trish believed it was best for the four of them to save hiro's brother. hiro and gale both believed they needed to escape but trish refused to have it. that was when gale pretended to agree with her patting her on the shoulder as he whispered a sleeping spell gently in her ear. the shock of his most trusted friend causing a rift in his heart. pushing back his regret he ordered groot to take her home to their guild, the world the two built together with their bare hands. groot speed of with calligan in toe, as hiro thanked gale with all his heart. they set off one last time only to lose tadashi and gale sacrificing himself sheilding the overload and the shades within the darkness. san fransokyo was sealed off from the rest of the worlds that day believed to be lost to time and darkness.
Gales eyes finally regained their focus. he froze steadying his blade as shades encircled him. it was a battle gale would lose if they attacked all at once. to his surprise though, they lingered as if affraid to step forward. he looked up again at the crack realizing the light shining down was infact a remnant of tadashi's design. he sat basking in its light for some time, the reality of the situation slowly setting in. he got to his feet ready to break through the front lines and find his way out. gale waited until he saw a break in their formation, darting through this world blanketed in darkness.
the shades took chase following the beacon that was gale. the light slowly fading to a dull grey as the darkness began to change the unfortunate soul. unaware of the changes within gale ran... and he ran with no end in sight. a barren world full of valleys and paths of rock jutting through the wasteland like coral. Gale began to panic as the shades closed in, he had entered the territory of the pureblood shades. their lion forms hiding inthe shadows as their eyes gave away their postions. distracted, gale fell tumbling down a vast gully as he fell he landed in a garden thick with dead shriveled plants. as he looked on for a place to hide his eyes taking in the vast castle in front of the man. the shades let out a roar as they came down from above. his mind went blank as he ran for the door barely making his escape slamming the doors behind him as the shades pounded determined to ensnare their prey. he waited some time until the pounding had ceased, he lept up exhausted not sure what to do next. he began to explore the castles inner depths unsure what he would find.

as he made his way through the castle he was quite surprised by the lack of life. there wasn't a shade site, as he explored a thick lay of dust filmed over everything he touched. somehow the air was becoming easier and easier to breath as he began to adjust to the world, although at the time gales eyes even to this day were blind to this fact. he turned a corridor in that twisted maze, only to find an ink-black creature with beady yellow eyes and antannaes protruding from its head. its head bobbed back and forth as if oblivious to his exitense. at first gale believed it to be a new form of shade until he lept to strike it. his blade faded through the creature hitting the ground as the heartless slashed it's claws at him. gale spun away, with all limbs intact, black smoke began to pour from the scratches on his arm. his attacks did nothing as he kept up his assault, slowly it sank in that this was not a shade at all. he ran realizing he would lose his life here if he did not escape. the heartless only looked mindlessly as he ran off, heartless began to gather ready to follow the man to their deaths.
As gale made his way back to the first floor a giant sword swung down in his path. a hulking black figure flying on delicate demon wings stood in his path gale used his snipers spirit drive mode. his sword turned into a light rifle to give him an advantage in distance. as he tried to gain space more of these strange creatures came cutting off his escape. with all options lost gale prepared to give in dropping his weapon falling to his knees as it turned back into a sword as he closed his eyes. to his surprise the end did not come as an enchanting blue haired girl flew past him, all the creatures exploding in a spray of black mist. she turned to him offering him a hand back to his feet. his eyes lingering on her keyblade, its shape had reminded him of one man he fought before... he carried a similiar weapon. one glace at her though and he could tell she was different almost big sisterly.
as he made his way to his feet they exchanged greetings, there was little time to chat but seeing another being of light comforted both souls. Aqua showed gale quite a bit teaching him about the heartless as they treaded through the castle looking for an escape. the thought of two forms of darkness shocking both parties as they made their way to the banquet hall of the castle. the door creeked open as they pushed it open together, as they stepped through they came upon a gorish scene as the heartless and shades began to rip each other to shreds. the heartless fought a losing battle as they were devoured by the shades with ease. overwelmed by their sheer numbers the heartless dwindled away, until all that was left was the shades dancing around one humunoid shade as it plucked the last of the heartless devouring it whole. the fight was fierce as the perfect combo of aqua's support and gales speed ripped through their ranks. the red eye overpowered them preparing to rip through gales chest as aqua tosed her keyblade inbetween them as a barrier formed freezing both of them in their tracks. Gale struggled to break free from the spell reaching out to grab her weapon. as his fingers touched her weapon the spell wore off as the queen shades hand attempted to rip the blade from him. the keyblade glowed bathing them in light as they shot of into the sky leaving aqua alone in the sleeping castle. a castle connecting two sides of a lost kingdom.