- Castle of Dreams -

Dylan looked at the bright blue sky as he looked around "Wow it's so bright out!" he said to himself as he suddenly saw a large white castle that had a town next to it not to far in the distance "Whoa..." he said to himself as he started to walk towards the town. As he walked he was taking in the beauty of the forest he was walking though "Twilight Town certainly doesn't have this..." he said to himself as he then looked back at the cloudless blue sky "And the sun is so high in the sky, Twilight Town's has never moved..." he commented, thinking about his home town.

Dylan did already feel slightly home sick but he was more happy to actually have a chance to see other worlds. 'And help those in it!' the little voice in the back of his head said as he finally arrived to the surprisingly large town and looked around, seeing the many shops and stores. As he walked his stomach started to rumble in hunger as realized he hadn't eaten since he left his house. Dylan walked into a shop to see whether or not he could use his munny, as he walked around the clothing store he saw a woman pay with exactly what he had 'At least my munny is acceptable...' he thought as he left the store in search of someplace to get something to eat.

As he wandered around the town taking in everything he suddenly got a shiver down his spine as he looked at an older woman and two young women who he guessed were her daughters. The older woman did nothing but give Dylan goosebumps as he looked at her, the two daughters didn't give him as bad a feeling. "Anastasia, Drizella!" the woman's cold voice snapped "Remember why we are here, you two must find a wealthy nobleman and get him to fall in love with you, this way we will be able to have a higher social standing!" the woman practically ordered as the two young women nodded their head "Of course Mother, leave it to us! Right Anastasia?" the brunet whom he guessed was Drizella said to the red-head "Of course!" she agreed, both seeming to wish to please their mother. "Good, now go!" the Mother ordered as the two daughters scurried off.

Dylan shook his head as he walked away "That woman is horrible! She doesn't want her daughters to marry for love, she just wants to use her daughters to live comfortably!" he growled to himself, completely shocked at what he just saw. "She acts like love is something that can be manipulated and controled...she doesn't know a thing..." he sighed as he then remembered that he was starving. As he started his search again, he couldn't help but feel a bit of pity for the two daughters. 'They are just being used, and the worst part is I think they know it!' he thought to himself as he continued to wander.

After a while Dylan thought he was going to die of hunger when he suddenly caught whiff of the smell of fresh-baked bread. He quickly followed his nose as he came to a small bakery, where the divine smells came from. He quickly walked in where he was greeted with so many different pastries and backed goods he didn't know where to start. "Can I help you?" he heard a man's voice as he looked up and saw a somewhat chubby, blonde-haired young man and Dylan smiled "Everything in the bakery smells amazing, what would you suggest?" he asked as a thoughtful look crossed his face. The man seemed to take the question as he started scanning though all his baked goods.

Finally after a minute he smirked "Hmm if your hungry I'd suggest a loaf of bread, this batch just came out of the oven about five minutes ago, then I'd suggest a couple of these cookies which are also fresh out of the oven..." he said, motioning to each thing. Dylan smiled as he took out his munny pouch "I'll take you word, I'll take a loaf of bread and a few cookies..." he ordered, paid, and walked out the door as he took a bite of the loaf of bread. "Mmmmmm" he grumbled to himself, the bread was still warm and it tasted so good. As he started to walk away he noticed the red-haired woman, Anastasia seemed to be following her nose to the bakery, just as he had. He noticed the baker had started moving some of his goods and suddenly the came face to face.

Dylan knew that it was rude to stare but his curiosity was peeked when the two seemed to really hit it off. He then smiled 'Maybe she'll actually find real love and not the fake kind her mother wants...' he smiled as the two of them seemed to be getting along even better. He'd just taken another bite when he felt a hand shove him into the wall, causing him to drop his cookies into a puddle nearby "Get out of my way!" he heard a female voice say to him as he turned to glare at the daughter he saw from earlier "Mother I found her!" she called out as the cruel woman walked past him, the very fact that she was near him sent shivers down his spine again. Something was seriously up with that woman.

He quickly forgot his bad feeling as the Mother quickly made her way into the shop "Anastasia!" he heard her call out as they stepped into the bakery. He couldn't hear what they were saying but his heart fell when he saw the heartbroken look on Anastasia's face when she tried to say something to her mother. Drizella seemed to be sizing up the baked goods and apparently mocked them as she dropped one of the fresh-baked loafs that he ordered earlier on the ground with a look of disgust. A few more words were said before the mother had her two daughters following her out as he saw Anastasia sent a sad look back at the baker. "Anastasia how could you even consider such a low-class worker! How do you ever expect to live as comfortably as Cinderella if you try to get with that common rabble!?" he heard the mother hiss, hearing extra venom when she mentioned Cinderella. He noticed a dark aura surround the mother as she continued to scold her daughter. 'So that's why she gives me a bad feeling...' he thought to himself as he eyed the darkness.

As they walked away he couldn't help but only feel pity for Anastasia since Drizella seemed to be just like her mother. He then thought of something "Cinderella eh..." he said out loud as he began to think. Maybe this Cinderella could help get Anastasia and the Baker together. Soon enough he started asking around if anybody heard of Cinderella, many of them said no which soon started to lower his morale. As he walked around he saw a beautiful blonde woman wearing a simple house dress walking away from a vendor who was selling flowers 'Maybe I could ask her, she looks like she might know people...' he thought as he trudged over to her, becoming worn out from his search. The young woman looked at him and gave him a smile that really brought back his morale for some reason "May I help you?" she asked in a kind voice as Dylan scratched the back of his head with a smile "Excuse me Ma'am but you wouldn't happen to know anyone by the name of Cinderella would you?" he asked, taking notice of the surprised look on her face.

She soon started to giggle slightly as she looked at him "Well MY name is Cinderella, what might you need?" she asked as she smiled at him. Dylan couldn't believe his luck of just finding her like this "Would you happen to know he a young red-haired woman named Anastasia, would you?" he asked as he folded his arms. She then gave him a surprised look "Why yes, she's my younger step-sister...why do you ask?" Dylan then smiled as he explained everything that happened with the baker and her step-sister. By the end of the story Cinderella was frowning as she shook her head "I see, my step-mother never was the kindest woman..." she said with a sad tone. Dylan nodded his head at the statement "I was wondering if you could help me, she looked really happy with the Baker and I want to help them out..." he said as he saw Cinderella go into deep thought for a moment.

"Hmm I think I have an idea..." and soon she went to explaining her entire plan, which seemed almost flawless. And soon both of them went to action and started their own part of the plan. Dylan wrote a "Love" letter that was signed to Anastasia and placed in, who he now knew was Lady Tremaine's mailbox. The letter said that he saw her in town and that he was an extremely wealthy nobleman and wished to see her out front a high-class clothing store, but without her mother of sister. After the letter was taken in, not even twenty minutes later Anastasia was rushed out of the house by her sister. She was wearing a decent looking pink dress with her hair in red tendrils and got in a carriage that was waiting. And Dylan quickly took his leave and made it back to town.

This was where Cinderella came in, once Anastasia made it to the store Cinderella quickly approached her and explained everything to her. Anastasia tried to look mad but failed as Cinderella took her to get a makeover while Dylan went to get the baker. From there he explained to the baker about Anastasia and he quickly agreed, quite happy that he would be able to see her again. Dylan and Cinderella soon led both of them to a fountain where the two of them spoke for a bit while Dylan and Cinderella watched in hiding. Dylan was in awe of Cinderella's handiwork, Anastasia was no longer wearing the stiff looking pink dress from earlier and now wore a more simple pink dress that did not have the poof the other one did, and her hair was no longer in tendrils but was simply down which made her look much more charming. The Baker had also put a simple pink flower in her hair, which only added more charm.

Everything was going so smoothly until the worst possible thing happened, Lady Tremaine suddenly appeared along with Drizella as she quickly went to work tearing down all the work he and Cinderella had done "I knew this was going to happen!" she growled as Anastasia looked down at the ground "I told you that you were to good for this low-class rabble and what do you do anyway!?" she hissed, her green eyes narrowing as she spoke. She then took the flower out of Anastasia's hair as she stepped on it, which caused the baker to finally speak up "Hey! You have no right to tell her who she can and can't love!" but he quickly clamped up as Lady Tremaine's eyes narrowed at him "You are rabble, you have NO business speaking to me!" she then turned as she sent a sideways glare at Anastasia "Now come along Anastasia, you will stop this foolishness at once!" just as she was about to walk away Anastasia said something amazing.

"No..." the word was so simple but spoke volumes of how much Anastasia grew "What! Did you just say to me!?" Lady Tremaine hissed as she glared at a faltering Anastasia, who quickly put up a brave front "I said no mother! I love him and there is nothing you can say that will keep me from being with him!" she said in a strong voice as the two of them quickly held hands. Drizella had a look of utter shock while Lady Tremaine had a mixed look of shock and anger. Suddenly a dark aura surrounded Lady Tremaine as she turned to Anastasia and the Baker "You dare...disrespect ME!?" she hissed as darkness started to come off of her in waves.

Suddenly the darkness started to surround the flower that Lady Tremaine stepped on earlier as the darkness started to take shape into a flower type heartless that was a couple of feet taller than the fountain with plant like tentacles holding it up. The baker hid Anastasia behind his back as the two of them started backing up, even Drizella backed away a bit. Lady Tremaine however seemed unaffected "If you wish to disobey me then you can! Come Drizella, we shall leave them with our new friend!" she said as she walked away, Drizella quickly following behind.

Dylan quickly sprang into action as he looked at Cinderella "Go get those two out of here, I'll deal with that...thing!" he ordered as he summoned his Sweet Memories keyblade. Cinderella quickly nodded as she ran over and rushed the Baker and Anastasia away. Dylan gulped as he held his keyblade pointed to the ground. He was so nervous, this would be his first time actually fighting with his keyblade. He quickly stood his ground as the heartless sent a tentacle at Dylan as the first attack.

- Olympus Coliseum/Meg's Room -

Ashley sighed as she woke up from the harsh training "Ohh I'm sore all over.." she sighed as she stared out the bedroom window.

- Authors Note -

Hey everyone I just wanted to say this before anyone gets confused. In my head cannon, time moves at different paces depending on the world. For example: Time would move at the same pace for worlds like Radient Garden, Destiny Island, Twilight Town, ect.

While in contrast Disney worlds would move a much slower pace. So an example of this would be like in chapter 3 when Meg said "You know Sora? I haven't seen that kid in about a year, hows he doing?". This would mean that Sora didn't visit them a year ago in normal time, they litterally mean a year ago in their time. So if Sora were to visit now, they would be surprised at how much he's grown.

In my head, for each disney world time moves at different paces. So say in Cinderella's world Aqua, Terra, and Ven were brought up, She's say they were there a couple month's ago since time moves much slower there.

I just felt the need to explain this, just for future referance.