The day of Princess Hi's sixteenth birthday everyone's doing last minute work before sunset. As the king King Sora tends to the people, Queen Kairi plans the party and Master Terra, Aqua and Ventus trains Princess Hi and the three other older keybladers and starts training the newer ones in the Royal training grounds. With Princess Hi they are trying to make her transform again.
"No, no, no," sighs Master Aqua for the sixth time. "Let me see. We'll need Namin'e's help with this."
"Yes, you go do that while you think about how I can learn to control this power!" snaps Princess Hi snaps as she heads to the lake and jumps in. Whenever she was stressed she would jump into a body of water and thanks to the gills she got as a baby she can stay there as long as she wants, like to cool down. She comes up when she sees Master Ventus's hand in the water giving her the signal to come up.
"It's almost time for lunch," exclaims Master Ventus when Princess Hi broke surface. "How about you go change into dryer clothes." On the way Princess Hi stops outside the door King Sora comes out of his office. She likes to listen to what's going on.
"Ok, last request for the agenda for now," announces King Sora.
"The last request is from Aerith," responds Helen. "After Tina Branford had mastered her powers she moved onto mastering the art of healing with Aerith. Now she's confident that she's ready to go into business herself. Aerith thinks she can open her own clinic. All they need is your approval."
"Of course they can open a new clinic," says King Sora. "I was thinking that the other end of town could use a nearby medical clinic. I'll write the letter telling them they can go look for a place over there, you can go on your lunch break."
"Thank you King Sora," thanks Helen. Then Princess Hi hears the door shutting behind her. That's when Princess Hi enters King Sora's office.
"Hm, dad," says Princess Hi. When King Sora turned towards Princess Hi his smile turns to that of concern.
"I see that training today got too stressful for you," exclaims King Sora.
"Yes, a little," replies Princess Hi. "They were trying to get me to transform again, but what I wanted to do was learn to control my power. How did you manage to control your's?"
"Right before I used my power against The Evil Keyblade Master Xahanort I thought about my friends and those he hurt," answers King Sora. "That filled me with light before I concentrated on the deed to vanquish Xahanort. Why do you ask?" So Princess Hi tells King Sora about her encounter with Helen the night before.
"Well it is true about Eraqus and Xahanort getting destroyed because of their obsession," says King Sora after Princess Hi was done. "But Riku got back to normal thanks to me and Mickey helping out, Terra 's help was Aqua and the memory of Ven and you just heard about me. You want to hear a little more on how you can learn to control your power?"
"Of course," responds Princess Hi.
"Do you remember the world I told you about where I met teenage girls that can transform into fairies?" asks King Sora.
"It was called Magix Universe," replies Princess Hi.
"That's right," says King Sora. "Well they sang this song to introduce themselves. Now I will sing a piece of it that can help in this situation." Then he starts singing:
Close your eyes
and open your heart
Believe in yourself
That's how it starts
Dreams will come true
Just wait and see
The magic's in you
and the magic's in me
"Now you think about it for a moment while you get ready for lunch," chuckles King Sora.
A few minutes later Princess Hi comes into the dinning room in clean, dry cloths. Lord Riku and his kids were the last to enter. As they all are sitting down princess Hi asks the question that surprises everyone.
"Master Terra, Aqua, Ven, after lunch can we do one last training round before me and my friends play?" she asks.
"Of course we can," agrees Master Terra.
So at one in the afternoon the four of them stands in the royal training grounds again.
"Now I've been thinking that Namin'e could show us the memory and emotions you've expearianced during your fight," offers Master Aqua.
"That wont be necessary," exclaims Princess Hi as she closes her eyes. Suddenly she transforms right in front of the keyblade masters' eyes.
"Wow," is all Master Ventus could say at that moment. After a while Princess Hi turned back into her usual form.
"Now that I managed to transform again I'm going to play before dinner," says Princess Hi.
"Ok, we will just go report this to your father," replies Master Aqua.
When Princess Hi enters the dinning room with the other kids they see the adults sitting at the table with grins on their faces.
"We all heard that you transformed again during training," says Lord Riku.
"Well I did have a little help from dad," exclaims Princess Hi as the kids sits down as well.
"But in the end it was you that transformed," responds King Sora. "Both inside and out. If you keep it up you will be a great queen someday."
"Thanks dad," says Princess Hi.
"After dinner go straight to your room," says Queen Kairi. "I picked a beautiful birthday dress for you to wear to the party. I also picked out some jewelry for you to wear."
"Me and Xion will help you straighten your dress and put on the jewelry," offers Roxas.
"Thanks Roxas," says Princess Hi.
An hour later Princess Hi, Master Roxas and Master Xion steps into Princess Hi's room.
"Hi, your mom told us what's going to happen," says Master Xion as Princess Hi steps behind the changing screen and Master Roxas passes her a dress. "You will be escorted to the party as usual. There will be cake and presents."
"Ok Xion," says Princess Hi. "Come zip up the back for me." Xion walks around the dressing screen and in one minute both of them walks out from the screen. Princess Hi is in a golden colored cocktail dress with a white scarf. She steps in front of the mirror and Master Xion picks up a diamond necklace with so many diamonds on it. She also puts a golden tiara on Princess Hi's head. Master Roxas is crouching down smoothing the bottom of the dress out. Master Xion finishes off with make-up. When everything is done a knock sounds from the door. Once Princess Hi calls that's it's ok to enter Lea is the one to enter.
"Hi it's time," he exclaims.
"She's ready," says Master Roxas holding a pair of shoes for Princess Hi to slip in.
In a few minutes Master Roxas, Xion and Lea enters the town square. Once King Sora sees them he steps up to the Mic.
"My people, I thank all of you for your help in celebrating my daughter's sixteenth birthday," begins King Sora. "Originally this would mean that you single men will have two years before she comes of age to date her and one of you get a chance to marry her, but the attack on The Radiant Garden is changing that plan. Maleficent was the master mind behind it. Hi with two other keybladers will leave tomorrow to fix the chaos that Maleficent will spread while the rest of us come up with a plan to rid the universe of her once and for all. For today though we are going to enjoy ourselves. So let the celebration begin!"
While someone is cutting the cake people present Princess Hi their gifts. The Three Good Fairies steps forward first. They are holding up a white cloak that looks like the hood can be removed.
"We've given two more of these for your father to give to the two teammates you choose," says the blue one.
"Along your journey you might want to hide the fact that you are a princess," says the green one.
"You can take it apart and rearrange it to make a skirt," says the red one. Next comes King Mickey holding a star shard.
"This is an upgrade to Communicate Star," says King Mickey. "Since your parents didn't let you go to other worlds alone the one you have only covers the whole world you're on. This one can transmit across the universe. So you can call home any time, any where and we can call you too." With a toss of the star shard it flies into the star pocket. Next comes Master Terra, Aqua and Ventus comes forward with a book.
"Here's a book with lessons we'll want you to do on your free time during your journey," Master Terra bluntly says.
"I'll see what I can do," replies Princess Hi. After those the rest of the people give her their gifts.
That night before Princess Hi goes to bed she meets up with King Mickey.
"Excuse me Mickey, can I ask if you can make me a certain star shard?" asks Princess Hi.
"What kind of star shard do you have in mind?" asks King Mickey.
"I'm thinking of a star shard that can make one or more copies of a thing," answers Princess Hi.
"I'll see what I can do," responds King Mickey.
"Thanks," replies Princess Hi as she walks to her room.
Meanwhile an exhausted Madam Mim kneels in front of Maleficent panting.
"Sorry...my lady," pants Madam Mim. "I... used part of... my... last... energy reserve... for this."
"I do know that," responds Maleficent. "I also know why. That girl is becoming like her father. She's becoming a threat to all evil. She could even be my downfall. That's why I called you here. If that happens I'll need someone to revive me. I know what that lock did, but I might be able to leak my powers through it." She waves her hand over the orb and glows black and green. Soon so did Madam Mim (think of what happened with Terra in KH BbS).
"I just put a link to my powers in you," continues Maleficent once the light fades. "Once I have been defeated my powers will seep into you. Then you will have what it takes to revive me."
In the morning Princess Hi just put her new tiara and new shoes into her backpack when Helen walks in.
"Your father wishes to summon you to The Keybladers Meeting," announces Helen.
"Thank you Helen," replies Princess Hi putting on the backpack. She walks to the meeting room and sees all of the keybladers sitting around the table when she enters the room.
"Good, you're here," says King Sora as Princess Hi takes a seat. "Have you decided which keybladers will be your two teammates?"
"Yes I have," answers Princess Hi. "But first I request that the students I choose be given their Master Qualification Exams with me, since judging by my achievements I'll be taking it early."
"We will consider that request after all this is over," replies Master Ventus. "As long as they study with you on your spare time things will look good for that request."
"Then the two keybladers I choose are two of my classmates," says Princess Hi. "Ingius and Leopan are the ones who's going with me."
"Excuse me Hi," interjects Pupa Ningyo. "Why are you choosing both of them? I was just as good as you were during our lessons. So I should be one of the ones to go with you."
"That is true," agrees Princess Hi. "However, this will be a great learning experience for the ones on a lower level. You will do fine staying with Terra, Aqua and Ven. Besides we'll need you to help them teach the newer keybladers."
"Alright, fine," gives in Pupa Ningyo.
"That's a very wise choice," comments King Sora. "But also very risky. You will have to protect both weaker teammates from attacks they can't defend themselves against. Are you prepared for that responsibility?"
"Yes I thought about that," answers Princess Hi. "That's why I talked with Mickey last night. Is the star shard I asked for ready?"
"Yes it is," responds King Mickey holding a star shard. "It's called Copy Star. Just touch it to what you want copies of and say how many copies you want." With a toss the star shard flies into the star pouch.
"Ingenious," comments Lord Riku. "So now you can make copies of things to help protect your teammates." Everyone else agrees to Lord Riku's comment.
"Now that's settled you must be off right now," says King Sora as everyone stands up and says their goodbyes. He then hands Princess Hi the good luck charm Kairi made years ago.
"This charm can turn into another keyblade," continues King Sora as he gives a cloak that matches the one given to Princess Hi to her teammates. "The keyblade is called Oathkeeper. I'm giving this to you so that you'll have a second keyblade to fight with if needed." After Princess Hi and her two teammates puts their cloaks on, with Leopan putting his over a sash Lord Riku gave him once that signifies that he's the son of the lord of The Radiant Garden, Merlin Suddenly poofs into the room.
"Princess Hi I need you help immediately," says Merlin quickly. "A powerful sword has been stolen from a kingdom on my homeworld."
"Go Hi," encourages King Sora. "Go help your first world-in-danger." Merlin with the three future keyblade heroes and heroin disappears in a puff of smoke to the keybladers' first world.
Ok I admit the backpack, map and the star pocket stuff comes from the series Dora the Explorer, but the kinds of powers the stars have are my idea.
The world Sora refers to near the beginning is the world based on the series The Winx Club and the song he sang was the beginning of the theme song.
The next world is based on the movie Quest for Camelot. It isn't Disney but I like to think it as the sequel to The Sword in the Stone.