Chapter 5

Aimala enters a large room. In the middle of the room was a large table with what appeared to be a large green gem in the middle. Surrounding the table was Maleficent herself, Jafar; next to him was a blue man with his head on fire, then a woman with octopus tentacles for legs. Next to the woman was a sack looking individual followed by a pirate dressed in red. Next to the pirate was Janis. Aimala walks up to the group.

"Thanks for joining us Aimala" said Maleficent. She slowly approaches Aimala with an angered look. "Now would you mind explaining the details of why you failed to deliver the princess like I told you?!" Maleficent's voice was more demanding and harsh now.

"Hey give the little green bird a break" said the fire man. "This is the first time she screwed up. 3 out of 4 ain't bad right."

"Stay out of this Hades" said Jafar. "Our daughter owes us an explanation."

Aimala looks at the many eyes on her and takes a deep breath. "I ran into a snag on the island that forced me to…improvise the original plan."

"Improvise?" said the sack man. "Sounds like a bunch of baloney to me."

"No seriously, After I got done talking to you, I managed to find a way to open the keyhole…but things changed when Riku summoned a keyblade.

The whole room goes silent.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" said Jafar. "A keyblade, really?"

"I mean it; he summoned a keyblade in the middle of me opening the keyhole and nearly locked the world up."

"Utterly ridiculous" said the Pirate. "There hasn't been a keyblade wielder in over 10 years why would one suddenly pop up now?"

"The fact that one popped up now is very problematic to us, Hook" said the octopus woman.

"I say we get rid of the little bugger right now" said Hades. "Before he becomes a problem later on."

"Wait" said Maleficent. She turns to Aimala again. "You're sure he can summon a keyblade?"

"Positive" said Aimala.

Maleficent turns to the others. "Then let's use this as an opportunity instead. We can just convince this keyblade wielder to work for us, then gaining the other princesses will be easy."

"That's if he wants to work for us. He seems quite skeptical of us" said Jafar.

"Then we just need to give him the proper motivation." Maleficent turns back to Aimala. "Do you think you can convince Riku to work for us?"

Aimala thinks for a minute. "He's quite weary of me. To work with us, he would have to gain something like reuniting with someone he cares about. Unfortunately, that's not going to work because the only people he cares about is Sora and…." Aimala pauses for a moment realizing Riku's connection to Kairi. "He does have a thing for the Princess. We could use that a leverage."

"But, you have no idea where she is" said Jafar. "What would be the point?"

"I promised him that I would help find her. That could be motivation enough to get him to help right?"

"A risky gamble, you have no idea if you will be able to—"

"Quiet Jafar" said Maleficent. She thinks for a second. "We have a better chance if he thinks we will help. I say we go with Aimala's plan."

As the three of them talk, Hades activates the table. The gem in the middle glows and shows an image of Sora with the keyblade that Riku summoned.

"Hey guys, I hate to burst your bubble but you should see this right here" said Hades. Everyone turns and sees the image of Sora fighting what appear to be shadowy figures in armor.

"What?" said Aimala. "How did he get Riku's keyblade?"

"Riku's keyblade?" said Jafar. "So there are two keyblade wielders huh?"

"But keyblade wielders all have different keyblades, if this boy has Riku's keyblade that would probably mean that Riku won't be able to summon it" said Maleficent.

"Meaning Aimala's plan is useless now."

"Let's not jump to conclusions. If this boy is eliminated they there's a possibility that Riku can summon the keyblade again."

"That's quite the buggy plan if you ask me" said the sack man.

"Shut up Oogie Boogie" said Hook.

"If we're to handle this situation, we should focus on how" said the octopus woman.

"And what do you suggest Ursula?" asked Maleficent.

"Let's send someone to deal with this keyblade wielder."

"I say Aimala should go. She caused this mess so she should fix it" said Jafar.

Aimala sighs. "Fine, I'll go deal with him." Aimala turns getting ready to head to the door.

"Wait" said Maleficent. "I prefer you to do something else." Aimala turns to Maleficent.

"What do you wish of me Mother?"

"Another princess of heart; she is present in a place called wonderland. I wish for you to handle her capture to make up for losing the other one."

"Maleficent, are you sure you want to—"

A green flame starts to emerge from Maleficent. "Are you questioning my orders Jafar?"

Jafar backs away. "No, I'm not."

Maleficent turns to Aimala. "Make sure you don't fail again."

Aimala bows to Maleficent. "As you wish Mother." Aimala exits the room.

"So how are we going to deal with this?" asked Ursula. "Will one of us be going to take care of them?"

"No," said Maleficent. "I do believe the Guard Armor Heartless will be of sufficient power to take care of our little problem."

"The Guard Armor?" said Janis

"But Aimala just recently made that heartless. Will it be ok to send it out so soon?" asked Oogie.

"It will be fine" said Maleficent.

Suddenly the sound of footsteps echo throughout the room. A large disembodied pair of feet walks into the light. Next were a floating chest plate and two disembodied arms. The last thing to come into the light was a floating head which when put together create a giant looking heartless monster.

Maleficent smiles. "Let's see the keyblade wielder survive this."