Hi, I'm back. I know I haven't updated in a long time. Sorry for the wait. I putted two new stories a while ago, and I've been busy with them. Anyway, here's the new chapter. Enjoy.

Inside the Ice Castile…

"Your Majesties," Neon said. "They're coming."

Cecelia and Lavendra stared into the crystal ball. They could see Sora on a sled, while nine dogs were pulling it.

Excellent, my plan is working. Lavendra thought. Now to see if he really is the one I'm looking for.

"Get the Heartless to take down the Keyblade Master and his canine friends." Lavendra ordered.

Cecelia gave a puzzled look to her great, great, aunt.

"What are you thinking?" She asked. "Sora has all of the ice crystals and I thought the plan was to lure him in here."

"Are you judging my plan, dear niece?" Lavendra said in angry tone.

Cecelia gave a frightening look. Never had her aunt said something that dark.

"N-No, of course not, Aunt Lavendra." She said.

"I thought so," Lavendra said. "Now, release the Heartless."

"Right away." Cecelia said.

She snapped her fingers. Soon hundreds of Heartless appeared.

"Go, and attack the Keyblade Master." Cecelia ordered the Heartless.

The Heartless then disappeared to do what they were ordered.

Sora was enjoying the sleigh ride. The cool wind blowing in his face as he and the dog sled team were on their way to the Castile. He never thought dog sledding could be so much fun. Balto and the others were going in an excellent paste.

"Wow, in this speed, we'll be there in no time, guys." Sora said to the team.

"Glad to hear that you're enjoying this, Sora." Balto said.

"Uh guys," Star said. "How exactly are we gonna get into the Castile? I can't see a door."

"Don't worry, Star." Sora said. "I got it all covered."

Just then, when things were going so well, Heartless appeared. Balto, not wanting to stop, turns left to avoid them. Kodi and the others were pulled by Balto's unexpected turn. More Heartless appeared. Balto growled.

"Guys, follow my footsteps to avoid the Heartless!" He ordered his team.

"Got it!" The team replied.

Sora brought his Keyblade.

"And I'll cast a fire spell to any Heartless that gets close to you guys!"

Balto was excellent of getting the team away from the Heartless' attacks. It wasn't easy for the team (especially Star) to know which way Balto was going to go. They nearly lose balance whenever Balto would do a sharp move. Ralph would complain that Kirby is pulling him with the strap.

"Now is not the time to goof around, guys!" Kodi and Dusty shouted.

Then, four fat Heartless would slide on their bellies, going towards the team. Sora aimed his Keyblade at them.

"FIRE!" He shouted.

Each of the flames hit the fat Heartless, pushing them away.

"Thanks, Sora." Balto said.

"Not a problem." Sora replied.

Just then, dozens of soaring Heartless were going towards the team. Sora saw them. He only knew one spell that would take them down. But there's a good chance that it'll hit the team. Sora had no choice.

"THUNDER!"

Bolts of lightning came out of the tip of his Keyblade, destroying the soaring Heartless. Surprisingly, none of bolts were not even close to the team. The team gasped.

"I didn't know you could that, Sora!" Kodi said.

Sora made a little laugh.

"There's other spells I could do." He said.

Just then, an attack from a Heartless hits Star, causing him to hit the ground, hard. The dogs in front of Star were pulled by that. Everyone stops; Sora gets of the sleigh and went to the fallen dog.

"Star! Are you all right?"

Star tried to get up. But he couldn't. The dogs looked at him.

"It looks like he's hurt badly." Nikki said.

"Star! Please get up!" Kaltag begged.

Star opened his eyes, staring at Kaltag. He couldn't speak.

"Old buddy, please say something!" Kaltag said, tears were in his eyes. "Anything!"

"It's all right, Kaltag." Sora said. "I can heal him."

He then lifted up his Keyblade and shouted:

"Star! Heal!"

Some sort of green leaf-like things landed on Star, healing him. Star got up, amazed how completely healed he is. The dogs gasped.

"Why, I'm as good as new!" Star said, excitedly. "How did you do that, Sora?"

Sora just scratches the back of his head, smiling.

"It's just something I can do." He replied.

Kaltag went and hugged Star.

"Star, you're all right!" He said, excitedly.

Kaltag then growled and hit Star on the head.

"Ow! What was that for?" Star asked, rubbing his head.

"That's for getting me worried sick!" Kaltag shouted.

Sora and the dogs laughed. Star looked and saw something.

"SORA! BEHIND YOU!"

Sora quickly turns around. Dozens of Heartless were coming towards them.

"You guys get out of here!" Sora said. "I'll handle this!"

Balto unhook himself from the straps.

"Not without me, you're not!"

Sora nodded. Both of them attacked. Sora took down the wolf-like Heartless, while Balto was taking down the soldier-like Heartless. Then, half a dozen fat Heartless appeared. Sora tries to hit their backs, but they cornered him. The fat Heartless used their bellies, pushing Sora from one fat Heartless to another. Balto tries to get stopped them. But one fat Heartless swings its big hand at Balto, pushing him away. Sora couldn't escape. He was trapped. Then all of a sudden, Balto's eyes started glowing. He then felt some sort of energy charging inside his mouth. Balto opens it. White energy shot out from it. It hits one fat Heartless, destroying it. Balto shot out more energy at the rest. After the last Heartless was gone, Balto saw Sora on his knees. He walks up to him.

"Are you all right?" Balto asked.

Sora gets up.

"Yeah," He replied. "Where did that energy blast came from?"

Balto was lost of words.

"I not sure how but…It came…from…"

"HELP!"

Heartless have cornered the dog sled team. Sora and Balto ran to help them. The Heartless were about to attack. Just then, Balto's eyes started glowing again. A second later, the Heartless stopped.

"Huh?" everyone asked.

The Heartless appeared to have frozen in time. Sora looks at Balto.

"Did you do that?" He asked.

"I…think I did." Balto replied. "I don't know how though."

Sora digs into his pocket and brought out the feather Aniu gave him.

"'The feather will unleash the power my son and granddaughter hold.'" He said, repeating what Aniu said to him. "Of course!"

Just then, the Heartless were moving again. Sora and Balto started attacking. Balto shot out energy blasters and Sora took the Heartless down with his Keyblade.

"How am I doing this?" Balto asked.

"It's the feather." Sora said. "It unleashed your true power, Balto."

The dogs' eyes were wide open and so were their jaws.

"Dad…" Kodi tried to say. "How…did…you…do that?"

"Balto…" Kaltag said. "What…happen to you?"

"Are you…really…Balto?" Star asked.

Balto didn't know what to say to them.

"Let's…just get into the Castile." He finally said.

They were on their way again. Because of the Heartless, it is taking them longer to get to the Castile than it's supposed to. But now, they're close.

"We're almost there, dad!" Kodi said.

"Finally," Dusty said. "I thought we'd never get there."

"Yes, hang in there, Jenna." Balto said to himself. "I'm coming for you."

"Keep up the paste, guys." Sora said. "You're doing great!"

Just as things were too good to be true, the massive eagle-like Heartless was back. This time, it was a lot bigger. It dive towards them, but missed.

"What the heck is that thing?" Dusty asked in shock.

"Trouble." Sora said. "Guys, keep running. I got an idea."

Without hesitation, the dogs kept running.

"All right, birdbrain!" Sora said. "It's payback time!"

The massive eagle-like Heartless was going down towards them. Its claw was wide open.

"FIRE!"

Sora shot out flames at the Heartless, which squealed in pain. The Heartless then tried its other claw.

"FIRE!"

Flames then hit that claw of the Heartless. The eagle-like Heartless was squawking in pain, which means that it's off guard. Sora jumps onto the supply cart of the sleigh.

"Listen guys, I want you to follow the Heartless at a safe distance." He instructed the team. "If it looks like it's getting too rough, get out of here."

"Wait! Sora! What are you going to do?" Balto, Kodi, Dusty, Kaltag, Star and Steele asked.

Sora smiles at them.

"Just watch." He said.

With that said, Sora jumps all the way high up to the eagle-like Heartless' head. The team gasped, but kept going. Sora started attacking the Heartless' head with his Keyblade. The eagle-like Heartless tries to get him off by spinning and doing loops. Sora holds on tight by hanging on to its feathers.

"Nice try, birdie." He said.

The eagle-like Heartless was getting frustrated. It started to screech. The screech was so loud that Sora had to cover his ears. The eagle-like Heartless saw this opportunity and turned upside-down, causing Sora to finally fall. The soft snow broke his fall.

"Sora! Are you all right?" The team asked when they got to him.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Sora replied.

"OH NO!" Star shouted. "Big bird is coming back!"

The eagle-like Heartless was flying close to the ground, going strait towards Sora and the team. Its mouth was wide open. Sora had his Keyblade ready. Balto, however, had his eyes glowing again. Soon, the giant Heartless froze. Sora took one glance at Balto.

"Thanks."

Sora then started attacking the Heartless. He then made one powerful combo, causing the Heartless to go all the way up into the air and falling onto the snow with a big thud. The team started cheering.

"Way to go, Sora!" Star cheered.

"That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen!" Kaltag said.

"Yeah, there's nothing that can beat you!" Dusty said.

"Thanks guys." Sora said, smiling.

"Wait guys." Balto said. "It's not over yet. Look."

The eagle-like Heartless was getting up. It screeches in anger. Then it starts flapping its wings, causing a powerful wind. The wind was blowing massive piles of snow towards Sora and the team.

"Everyone, get behind me!" Sora shouted.

The team did what they were told. Sora then put his Keyblade in front of him, creating a force field. It kept Sora and the team from being buried alive. When it stopped flapping its wings, the eagle-like Heartless went into the air again. Sora went back onto the sleigh and the team started running. The eagle-like Heartless flew towards Sora. It was about to make its screech again.

"Not this time!" Sora shouted.

He aimed his Keyblade at the eagle's eye.

"FIRE!"

Flames hit the eye. The eagle-like Heartless squealed in pain. Sora took this opportunity and used the fire spell on both of its wings. The Heartless went down. Sora got off the sleigh and starts attacking its head. After receiving one more combo, the eagle-like Heartless was finally defeated. A heart came out of its chest, going up into the sky. Then it disappears. Sora spins his Keyblade with his right hand.

"Don't mess with this prey." He said.

The dog sled team jumped for joy.

"You did it, Sora!" Ralph said.

"That was amazing, Sora!" Kodi said. "You kicked its tail all right!"

"Hey, we all did it." Sora said. "You guys were great. Nobody was kidding. You are the greatest team there is!"

"Aw, stop, Sora." Dusty said. "You're making me blush."

Everyone laughed.

"Come on," Sora said. "Everyone's waiting for us to save them."

"Yes Sir!" Everyone said.

"Balto, would you lead the way?" Sora asked.

Balto nodded.

"Let's get going, team." He said.

Sora gets back onto the sleigh and the team takes off again. Balto didn't know how he got these new powers. But he's going to use to save Jenna. When they finally got to the Castile, Sora used his fire spell to open a wall. Then him and the team went inside, ready to save the people and dogs of Nome.

End of chapter. If you haven't read my new stories yet, please do. I'd really appreciate it.