Ch.5

First Stop: Radiant Garden

Once they were off Sora was up in front piloting the ship and looking for any world that's in trouble of the darkness. Apparently, all of the worlds were in trouble since he couldn't see any one of them except one. That world seemed to look like Radiant Garden, but it was on the verge of getting in trouble cause shadows are starting to cloak it.

"Hey guys, I think that's suppose to be Radiant Garden," Sora announced.

"Yeah, it is. Quick let's get over there," Donald said.

"Since it's the only world we can see. But hopefully we'll see the other worlds too," Goofy cited.

"OK, guys hang tight."

As Sora blasted through the shadowy clouds he had to fight plane-shaped heartless that blasted despair. Once the heartless stopped attacking Sora saw the darkness that surrounded the tower of Radiant Garden. The ship finally landed, and when they got off most of the people weren't even there. It was almost like a ghost town. Then Sora saw a familiar face across the stairs. It was Tifa waving at him. Then he saw Yuffie right behind her.

"Hey, guys!" Yuffie said.

"Hey, Yuffie, Tifa!" Sora greeted.

"So," Tifa continued as she jumped down from the stairs, "What brings you guys down here?"

Sora asked, "Oh, nothing really. But have you guys seen any wired stuff lately?"

"Well, nothing really. Besides at the fact that heartless are showing up like crazy. And plus there's these dark shadows everywhere. Oh, and Merlin has been seeing these light creatures in his crystal ball. Come on we'll show you," Yuffie answered.

"You heard her guys. Come on," Tifa exclaimed.

So they all followed Yuffie until the somniums appeared right in front of them. Then everyone got into their battle positions. Sora slashed his keyblade at the somniums and it just disappeared like how a heartless would disappear. Then Donald used thunder and that defeated almost half of the enemies and Goofy used his shield to squish many of them. Then all of them were finally gone. Everyone was exhausted but that didn't keep them down, so everyone followed Yuffie into Merlin's house. Once they got in they saw everyone who was part of the restoration committee.

"Hey everyone!" Sora shouted.

"Same to you," Leon said.

"It's good to see you," Aeris exclaimed.

"Oh, Sora! I'm so glad to see you. Come here quickly I want to show you something," Merlin shouted.

They all went around Merlin's table and they all saw these flashing, fluorescent colors in his crystal ball. Then a keyhole appeared right in the middle of it.

"Now, Sora raise your keyblade," he commanded.

He did so and light shot out of the keyblade and it unlocked s secret message. The message said: Find the five you'll be free. Possess the dark you'll be pleased. Then Sora started to wonder what that meant and he wondered what the five were. After that happened the crystal ball just turned into its regular clear state.

"What does that mean?" Sora asked.

"Well, that my friend you have to figure out yourself," Merlin replied.

Tifa then asked, "Um, Sora could you meet me by the gate I think I may know the clue to that?"

"Sure."

"Do you know what it might mean?" Donald questioned.

"Beats me," Goofy responded.

Sora answered, "Well, we're about to find out. Let's go."

They all dashed out through the door until Merlin called him and asked him if he had any magic in his hands yet. When Sora answered Merlin automatically gave him some of his magic. Now he has the ability to cast spells and other type of magic. They all followed Tifa to the gate and when they arrived she showed them a spot that was white. Sora and Goofy stood right in front of it and that caused Donald to start jumping.

"Hey, let me see! I deserve to see it!" Donald shouted as he jumped.

"What is this?" Sora questioned.

"It's a mark left by the light. They're trying to find their way out," a mysterious voice said.

The mysterious person came out of the shadow and revealed himself.

"Cloud," Tifa said surprisingly.

"Hello, Tifa, Sora, Donald, and Goofy."

"Hey, Cloud!" Sora shouted.

Cloud just gave them a polite nod and he walked up to the spot. He pointed out that it was symbol of the people who are trapped in the world of the dark.

"So this is just a sign from the people who are trapped?" He asked.

"Yes, it is. So you probably need to help them," Cloud replied.

"Sora, look!" Goofy yelled.

Then the dark somniums started to appear as well as heartless and the nobodies. Everyone scattered to their battle positions until most of them started to go for the gate. But that was when Sora started to attack most of them. Tifa was just in front of the gate, guarding it to make sure that they won't go out into town. Donald used his thunder and that wiped out most of them, but that wasn't enough to take out all of them. Sora then started to slash his keyblade like crazy. Once most of them were gone Cloud attacked and now they were all gone.

"That was real close," Donald quacked.

Then a keyhole appeared right where the spot was. Sora lifted up his keyblade and it unlocked someone. That someone was a white creature that said to them, "Now, that you have freed me. Free the other four. But be careful one of them are fake, yet it's might be a risk you're willing to take." Then the creature disappeared. Now, that really started to make Sora wonder.

"Well, we've got to get going now. More worlds to saves," Sora told them.

"Yeah, and I have a feeling that the other worlds have more dark creatures there," Goofy added.

Tifa said, "Come visit us though."

"OK, Bye!"

Sora waved and then they were off to another world to save.