"Sora!"
"Ow, what?" asked the boy after being woken up from his slumber by a familiar duck.
"Donald! And Goofy!" he yelled back happily after understanding who had slammed into him with hugs. Pushing them away a little Sora was pleased to see his two companions well and happy. For once they weren't covered in mud and things Sora probably didn't even want to know, though the boy thought Queen Minnie and Lady Daisy were the ones to be thanked for that.
"So you woke up too, sleepy-head," smirked Riku from somewhere near them and Sora also heard Kairi's giggling.
"Are we finally here?" asked the younger boy and stood up. Noticing that he was still wearing his pyjamas, he said, "Uh, can you give me a minute?"
Laughing, the other four exited the gummy ship and before the door closed Sora heard Goofy's flabbergasted voice, "What are you all doing here?"
Changing quickly the keyblade barer ran after his friends who had already exited the gummy hangar and were well on their way to the library where the King and Queen were waiting. He was running through the courtyard when he saw movement from the corner of his eye and summoning the keyblade he rose his arm just in time to block the sudden attack from the tiny shadowy black creatures who had surrounded him.
"Heartless?" he thought out loudly as he defeated the small band who had attacked him.
In another minute he had breezed through the castle and throwing open the door of the library he panted out, "Heartless… in the courtyard!"
Things like "Oh dear!" and "Are you alright?" were heard from anyone except King Mickey who was frowning very hard.
"My King?" asked Donald uncertainly and everyone became quiet as they waited for the King to answer.
"This is very bad. I shall go find out what I can find about the Heartless, but first I want to hear your story," said Mickey and Sora, Riku and Kairi launched into their tale about Roxas and Axel.
When they finished he said, "I don't know anything about the Organization coming back to life, but it must also be looked into. I think that if you want to find out more about Roxas and the other Nobodies you will have to go to Twilight Town and Radiant Garden. Perhaps Leon and Merlin have some information or there might be something in the Old Mansion."
Sora nodded seriously and Riku and Kairi exchanged a knowing look before respectively smirking and smiling.
"Oh, but Mickey, what are you going to do?" asked the Queen a bit shakily.
"I shall go talk to some old friends about the Heartless. It might have something to do with Maleficent," answered Mickey. Then he turned to Donald and Goofy and said, "I want you two to stay here and keep the castle free of any Nobodies and Heartless so that we have a safe place where we can meet up. Should our friends or I need your help we will summon you, so be ready." With those words the mouse pulled on his characteristic black coat and with a sweet kiss to his wife's cheek he ran off towards the gummy hangar.
"You Majesty!" yelled Donald and Goofy after him, sad, that they were to stay behind, but they understood why the King had ordered it.
"I guess we better go too," said Sora quietly because he was sad too to leave his two friends behind. After seeing him so down Donald and Goofy stood taller and smiled at him saying, "We will see you soon!"
Sora nodded at them and after a bow to the Queen, Sora, Riku and Kairi also left.
"So, where are we going to go first? Radiant Garden or Twilight Town?" asked the girl as they stepped into their ship.
"Lets try Radiant Garden first, maybe Leon and the others do know something," decided Sora and Riku piloted the ship towards their new destination.