Over the last ten years Disney Castle hadn't really changed much. Mickey had gone form being a prince to king, and Donald had finally asked Daisy out, but other then that it was exactly the same as before. The same light, open, castle. The same perfectly sculpted shrubbery in the garden.

Aero had spent a lot of time in this place while her friends were on their last adventure. Mickey had been one of the first to side with the chaser's during the great divide. In fact, had his father not died the day before, leaving him the crown, he would have been at Sunset Horizons with the rest of those doomed to die.

After the divide, those who hadn't sided with Thanroe were banned from Kostose. Mickey and his father had allowed Disney Castle to house the 'rebellion.' It was one of the only worlds that could defend itself properly. The cornerstone of light could easily keep away the darkness Thanroe was using.

Most of the time Terra, Ven, and Aqua convinced Aero to stay behind. It was for her safety, then said.

Safe she might have been, but that didn't stop her from feeling useless and unwanted. She was not a trained fighter or magician. She didn't even really have the skills necessary to protect herself form attack, but she could have helped them. Her visions would have helped, along with her satiric mind.

But no, she was left behind like a dainty little princess. It was frustrating then and it was frustrating now. She knew that the same would be asked of her again, but this time she wouldn't bend.

Aero kept going over the conversation in her head, trying to imagine her friends every arguments and what she would say in rebuke. It didn't help that she couldn't see the conversation before hand but that was just the way her gift worked, or didn't work in this case.

"Aero are you alright?" Her sister asked.

Aero just smiled and nodded. It would do no good to bring the subject up prematurely.

Mickey showed them into the library where the old fart himself was waiting. Aero inwardly groaned. Great. Now she was going to have to listen to the old bastard's self important mumble-jumble about how he was the greatest thing since canned cheese. The man acted as if he knew everything there is to know. If you ask him a question that he doesn't know the answer to, he'll simply say that the matter wasn't important or relevant.

Aero kind of thought it was ironic in an annoying way. The old man acted as if he knew everything and people believed he knew everything, but in reality, outside the realm of complex magic, the old man knew squat. In contrast, the small little girl hailed as all knowing in some parts of the worlds would be the first to admit if she did not know the answer.. Although she would be the first to admit that she didn't know everything, as her title promised, she did know more then the 'master magician.'

Everyone gave a little bow, except Aero.

"Hello, Yen Sid." She said as politely as she could, although she chose forgo his customary title of 'master.' Aero almost never adhered to custom when it came to titles. She would only use them when she felt them earned. (Except in the case of royalty that were also her comrades in arms. Then it would feel a little off to her.)

"Show some respect!" A small duck quacked. Donald hadn't recognized her.

"Oh I'm sorry. I do humbly beg your forgiveness." Her voice was overly sarcastic as she gave a deep exaggerated bow. When her forehead was almost touching her knees, she turned her head to the right and made a funny face towards Riku.

Aqua and everyone else who happened to know Aero pretty well and the way she felt about the master rolled their eyes. Mickey just whispered to Donald to let it go. He knew that this was the most 'respect' his master was going to get from the girl.

Yen Sid was not amused. For some reason the little physic girl had always had some sort of grudge against him, yet she would never so much as hint at why that was.

"Master Yen Sid, what are you doing here?" Sora asked.

"The King recently sent an envoy," he paused to motion towards Donald and Goofy, "to my tower asking questions about the Court of Kingdom Hearts, and I felt it necessary to explain it in person." Aero found it a chore just to stay awake during his monotone lectures, but she did her best, after all it was her who indirectly asked him to come.

"The court of Kingdom Hearts?" Riku asked. He had spent a year trying to undermine the dark. In that time he had learnt a lot of things about that which the bad guys had coveted, but never had her heard this mentioned.

"Kingdom Hearts may be a living, growing organism, but it has no mind of its own. Therefore it needs living minds to work…" he paused at the confused looks everyone was giving him.

"You mean like a jelly fish?" Aero asked, this time generously curious. The room was silent as people turned to give her looks questioning her sanity.

"A jelly fish…" Aqua said stupidly. Over the years she had heard her sister say some pretty outlandish things but this one took the preverbal fruit cake.

"A jelly fish is a living organism comprised of approximately ninety-nine percent water, with no brains and no anis. So yes, like a jelly fish."

"Yes like a jelly fish. May I continue?" It was obvious the old forger was grinding his teeth in frustration.

"By all means." Aero had tried to be as polite as possible to him, but that plain went out the window. He was just one of those people her gift gave her reason to hate, but she was unable to explain why without giving away secrets of a third party that she had no reason to hurt.

"As I was saying, Kingdom Hearts needs living minds to work. So it entrust different tasks to individuals. Most often these individuals are born with this power and have no knowledge of it.

"The court has both light and dark members, each with there own task to perform. The princess of light guard the Door to Darkness while the princes of darkness guard the Door to light. Kingdom Hearts can be reached by either door. There are other members, but I do not know who they are or what part they play."

"So there are bad guys guarding Kingdom Hearts?" Goofy asked.

"No. Dark doesn't necessarily mean Evil and Light doesn't necessarily mean Good." Aero explained.

"Oh." It was clear no one got it, but she didn't feel like explaining further.

"What I would like to know is how did you know to ask me about the court?" Yen Sid asked his former student.

"Well that's easy! Aero asked me to."

Yen Sid, Aqua and everyone else turned to look at the girl once again. It was clear she was silently being asked the same question.

"My sources tell me that that's what Thanroe and Morse are after."

"Morose!" Aqua cried. Last time she had been an even larger pain in the ass then her mother (which in it's self was saying something) and Aqua really didn't want to have to deal with it again.

"Who's Morose?" Kairi asked.

"Malificent's youngest." Aero replied offhandedly, not realizing the onslaught of questions this would lead to.

"Maleficent has a kid!" Sora shouted in horror.

"Two."

It took a moment for him to process this. Maleficent had not only one but two kids? But that meant…

"Twins?" Riku asked, on a similar thought train as his friend.

"No. Malaton's a couple years older then his sister, why?" Aero asked, unable to pick up on what exactly they were getting at.

"But…but that would mean…" Sora stammered, while Riku shared his look of horror. Oh, so that's what this was about.

"Yes. That means someone slept with her not once but twice. In fact it was two different people." She said shortly, causing everyone besides Yen Sid to shutter.

"What kind of sick, twisted person would…" Riku couldn't even finish that sentence while Yen Sid's face twitched.

Aero just let her lips twist upwards a little. It was clear that something he said was funny. What ever it was she wasn't sharing.

"Don't worry Malaton won't bother us. Right now our problem is his sister." She remarked.

"And his mother." Her sister mumble under her breath.

"She won't be a problem. Melrose saw to that. She's most likely dead, but forgive me if I don't greave." Aero explained, knowing most others shared her sentiments.

"Can we stop this? This is getting way to crazy for my taste." Lea interjected.

"So how do we find out who these members are?" The King asked. His little head was bent in thought.

"I could always ask my source. He may be able to figure it out." Aero offered.

"Just who is this mysterious source?" It was clear the Aqua was more then a little suspicious.

"That's for me to know and you to find out."

"So we will find out?" Aqua asked, a hard edge to her voice. It was more a command then a question. Aero had always liked to play some things close to the chest but this was going a little far, even for her. The entire idea made Aqua uneasy. For some reason she had a deep since of foreboding that she attributed to her sister's shiftiness.

"Eventually, Inevitably." It was clear that this was something Aero would put off for as long as possible. It's wasn't that she was ashamed of working with Blaze, quite the contrary, but she didn't need Aqua's interference.

Sora decided to take Riku and Kairi on a tour of the castle with The King, Donald, and Goofy as their guides. Aqua, having spent very little time in the castle herself, decided to go with them, thus leaving her sister with Yen Sid and the Queen.

"May I speak with you alone?" Yen Sid's deep monotone asked.

"Sure pops." She replied, trying to ignore the oddity of the situation.

"You should not trust him." He said simply as soon as they were out of the Queen's earshot. There was no need for him to clarify who he meant, for there was only one person it could logically be.

The remark was obviously meant in good will, but it made Aero more then a little angry. This was not his place. He had no right to judge Blaze.

"You have no right to tell me who I should and should not trust. I have complete faith in Blaze. But maybe if you had actually done your job, them maybe you wouldn't have to worry about in whom I place my trust." Despite being whispered the words were harsh.

Yen Sid's face registered a slightly surprised look, although in all honesty this shouldn't have been news to him at all.

"Didn't think I knew, did 'ch?" She asked slyly. "Don't worry, I won't be the one to out your not so little secret, but only because it's not only yours. Now if you'll excuse me," she said leaving him in the dust before he decided it was best to go somewhere else. Aero couldn't tell where he was going, not that she really cared.

"Oh I'm so happy you're back!" Minnie cried when the old friends finally got a moment to themselves.

"Me too. How have you been?"

"Just fine." Minnie replied with a slight glow about her. Aero gave her the once over to confirm her suspicions.

"A little better then fine the way I see it." She replied just to see her friends reaction. This would be all the confirmation she needed no matter if Minnie herself admitted to it.

Minnie just blushed and couldn't answer.

"Dose Mickey know?" Aero asked suddenly sympatric.

"No. I just found out myself and now he's going to have to leave again and…" Minnie just started sobbing. She wasn't the kind of person who cried. Normally she just had to be strong, but for some reason she just couldn't help it.

"Why don't you tell him? I could probably convince him that it would be better if he stayed here. We'll have enough help and it would look rather odd if a whole bunch of people started going from world to world. It's best that we keep it light." Most of what she said was simply to make the hormonal mouse feel a little better. The part about getting Mickey to stay behind was not, however. She needed him and he would want to be here.

"You're right." She said before calling for a page. When he arrived she instructed him to lead Aero to the King and his guest and to ask him to come see her.

"Sure thing your Majesty." He replied respectfully.

"Thank you Max."

It didn't take them long to catch up with the others in the hall of the cornerstone. Mickey was showing everyone the castle's pride and joy. Little did he know, the stone would soon be replaced.

"Hey Mickey!" Aero called as she rushed down the steps. The little mouse turned to look at her with a slightly questioning glance. "The Queen wants to see you in the library. Don't worry we won't get lost or anything just go see what she wants."

"Well gosh, whatever for?" He mused aloud.

"It's a surprise."

"Well in that case… You guys will be okay, Right?" The mini monarch asked his guests.

"Well be fine." Sora assured him.

Once Mickey had left Aqua turned on her sister and demanded and explanation. She had noticed that Aero was practically bouncing with excitement. Something was obviously going on. Something big and Aqua had had enough of secrets.

"You'll find out soon enough." Aero replied, still a little giddy. The Queen's news was not the only reason she was excited. No something a little bigger had her wound up.

She had not planed it exactly this way to begin with. All she had known was that she had to get everyone into the hall of the cornerstone for it to work. Mickey being gone was a bonus, because this might just get ugly and she didn't want him involved. In this respect Sora's eagerness to share his experiences with his friends and Minnie's timing could not have been better for her. Both circumstances placed the right people in the right place for…

"What is that!" Kairi said in surprise as she pointed to a portal in the north west corner of the room. It was like a black hole swirled with brown and a dusty yellowish orange color. Everyone stared at it for a long moment before Aero was able to swallow back the heartburn her excitement had caused.

"It's a portal." Donald quacked.

"But where does it go?" Sora asked to no one unparticular.

"Only one way to find out." Aero shouted as she grabbed his wrist and pulled the boy through. She knew everyone would follow but in a way she kind of hoped that they wouldn't.

Once everyone was through the portal she heard the agonizing gasp of the last person to come through. Aqua. All was silent for a moment as she waited for the accusations to come. She didn't have to wait long.

"You knew. You knew that this was were the damned thing went, yet you still pulled us through. Why?" She breathed. " I won't do it. I can't."

Aqua turned her face away from Sunset Horizons without losing that excruciating look of horror that turned her sister's blood to ice. Aqua gave another gasp when she saw that the portal had closed behind them. That she was unable to escape.

Her sister's pain was more then enough to break her heart, but Aero hardened herself against it. Sacrifices had to be made for the greater good and Aero had made more then her fare share. Unfortunately it was someone else's turn.

"There is something you must see." She whispered just loud enough for everyone to hear as she continued to pull Sora along the dusty path. It would appear that she knew exactly where she was going, even though the seer had never stepped foot on this particular world a day in her life.

Unbeknownst to the rest of them, she was following a small shadow, just big enough to see but only if you were looking for it.

"What is this place?" Riku asked as the shadow lead then through the fields of Keyblades.

"A graveyard or a storehouse. However you want to see it." She answered, never stopping in her race. She gradually increased her pace so that no one would notice except the boy she was dragging along with her.

When they reached the top of the cliff they were climbing, the shadow disappeared and she knew it was time. Today was the first day of the rest of there lives. Aero knew that nothing would ever be the same. That was how she wanted it. The same was always boring unless it was the same she wanted.

"Sora look at that." She said somberly pointing down. The boy followed her gaze thinking that she was finally showing them what she was talking about.

Everyone was still approximately a hundred or so feet behind them when she pushed him off, so they had no time to stop her.

Aero watched as Sora's hand desperately grasped the ledge, trying to pull himself up. He had almost gotten his grip to the point that it would be nothing to provost over the ledge when he saw Aero's solemn face hanging over him.

"I'm sorry Sora, but sacrifices must be made." She said as she stomped on his fingers a little harder then necessary. As he fell he realized something: she wasn't sorry at all.

Ha, ha what a cliffy. That's what you guys get. Only twenty-seven views and zero reviews? Come on, you guys can do a little then that.

Okay so this chapter was written well before the last one was posted. It still hurt.

On another note, any ideas on what Minnie's baby will be? Boy? Girl? Any suggestions on names? I know it seems kind of sudden but I've always wondered, I mean they've been married for how long and they're mice for goodness sakes you think there would be at least one Mickey Jr. running around or something. Plus this is my reason of getting rid of an unnecessary character (my cast is getting way too big). Aero did promise to convince him to stay right?

R&R my friends!!