This chapter of Princess Hi's journey opens in a forest. A young man is surrounded by heartless. The young man has brown spiky hair and wearing a red jacket. His weapons are two swords. His right leg is hurt, so he's not putting much weight on it. One of the heartless lounges at the young man, but is struck down in midair when a keyblader comes in for a drop landing. Two other keybladers drop lands in the middle of the circle of heartless. The three keybladers form a triangle around the young man. The three keybladers' keyblade armor disappears in sparkles of golden dust, leaving Leopan, Igneous and Princess Hi wearing their cloaks and hoods.
"OK you two," says Princess Hi as she summon two keyblades. "Let them have it." Suddenly beams of light shoots out of their keyblades until all of the heartless are gone. That's when the young man collapses on the ground, that is, if Igneous wasn't fast enough to catch him. They help him to the nearest tree where they sit him against. Princess Hi quickly takes off the young man's right boot and pulls up his pant leg. His pant leg has three tears in it, but where the middle tear was is a long cut on his leg. The wound and a big part of the area around it is black and black smoke-like mist is rising from it.
"What happened here?" asks Princess Hi.
"When those creatures attacked me... one of them... got me with its claws," answers the young man, between labored breaths. "I tried to heal myself... but it kept failing."
"I see," mutters Leopan. "Darkness got into his leg through that heartless' claws. He still have a lot of light in your heart that it is taking a long time for the darkness to turn him into a heartless."
"This reminds me of one of the stories your dad told us Himoxie," exclaims Igneous. "The one with the darkness filled lanterns."
"I remember that one," says Princess Hi. "He lit them by him shining light in the lantern while someone else lit the lantern. Maybe we can do something like that here."
"What are you thinking?" asks Leopan.
"Lie him down first and let him bite down on a stick," instructs Princess Hi. They do that.
"Now, Leopan, Igneous, hold his leg down while I cut his leg with a beam of light," continues Princess Hi. "I'm strong enough to light up the whole infected area. I'll hold the light in his leg while one of you heal up the wounds."
"I'll do it," volunteers Leopan. Princess Hi only nods. So they get into position begins the plan. Once Princess Hi starts cutting the young man's body, minus the held down leg, arches and he lets out a muffled moan of pain. Princess Hi cuts the young man's leg lengthwise. Yellow light covers his entire leg. Princess Hi quickly dismisses her keyblade and puts her hands over the new wound.
"Now!" yells Princess Hi. Leopan casts a heal spell and the wounds heals up nicely. Once it is all over Leopan and Igneous lets go of the young man's leg Igneous removes the stick from between the young man's teeth. The young man remains laying there taking deep breaths.
"Thanks," says the young man.
"Any time," replies Leopan. Princess Hi offers the young man a hand in getting up, he accepted it.
"My name is Himoxie. That's Leopan, and that's Igneous," introduces Princess Hi. "We're keybladers that has chased the source of those creatures called heartless from world to world, to here."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Lloyd," says the young man with wide eyes. "You're saying that the source of those creatures is here now?"
"Yes," answers Igneous.
"Have you seen a tall woman all in black with green skin?" asks Leopan. "Her name's Maleficent."
"No," answers Lloyd. "But I'll ask my friends. They are scattered around the world. It's a good chance one of them have seen this Maleficent. One of them is just outside this forest. We'll go together." Lloys starts walking, and the keybladers follows.
"Lloyd, Maleficent is collecting powers," says Princess Hi. "Is there anything here that can give her great power?"
"Yes, there is," answers Lloyd. He take out a pouch from a pocket of his sweat pants. Once he untied the pouch he pours a few red gem things.
"These are exspheres," Lloyd explains as he shows the three keybladers them before putting them back as he had them. "They are power enhancers. I'm collecting them to be destroyed."
It took five minutes from where they were to get to the edge of the forest. Fog that is pretty thick is seen up ahead. The three keybladers hits a clear barrier once they've exited the forest, but Lloyd goes on through.
"Sorry," apologizes Lloyd. "You'll need permission from the guardian of this area to pass through. I'll go get him." Then he disappears into the fog.
Around five minutes later Lloyd comes back with a man with blue hair that is tied up in a low ponytail.
"Himoxie, Leopan, Igneous, this is Yuan. He is the guardian of the area inside the barrier you're outside of," introduces Lloyd.
"Lloyd has told me about his meeting you," exclaims Yuan. "I was also told by someone else about the keyblade and the multi-world fact. Can I see your keyblades?" All three keybladers summons their keyblades.
"As I live and breath," mutters Yuan in amazement before he become serous. "Come in. There's something we must talk about with no eyes looking in, and no ears hearing what's being said." The three keybladers walks through the barrier and follows Lloyd and Yuan through the fog. Once the got through it they see a breathtaking sight. They see a cliff three times as big as a man with a waterfall going down the side of it and into a river flowing through the fog off to one side, Luscious green grass and one tree sapling in the middle.
"Wow," exclaims the keybladers.
"Yes, I know, it's all breathtaking," says Lloyd, drawing the keybladers attentions to the two local worlders. Lloyd and Yuan walks to stand on each side of the tree sapling and turn to face the off worlders.
"This is what I wanted to talk to you about," says Yuan, pointing to the tree sapling. "Since you know about the threat that's befalling our world you must know how to protect this tree."
"This tree produces this world's life force," explains Lloyd. "If anything bad happens to it this world could die in an instant."
"Well, I do have an idea," exclaims Princess Hi. The three keybladers quickly forms a group huddle. A minute later they break apart. They point their keyblades up and shoots a beam of light at one spot above them. A keyhole appears on the barrier, shines blinding light and then disappears.
"That should do it," exclaims Leopan.
"Now everything connected to darkness can't get through the barrier," finishes Igneous.
"How would we know that it works?" asks Yuan.
"Just look at the fact that there are now shadows anywhere," replies Princess Hi. True to her word there are no shadows at all.
"That's a relief," exclaims Lloyd. "Now we can concentrate on finding Maleficent. We will split up and talk to each of my friends." He then tells the three keybladers which friend to talk to and where to find them. Princess Hi will talk to two girls named Colette and Marta, Leopan will talk to a guy named Zelos, Igneous will talk to a man named Regal and a woman named Presea, Lloyd will talk to Sheena and Yuan will talk to a woman and a boy who are siblings named Raine and Genis. Turning the two Copy Star Shards into Communication Star Shards they let each of the two local worlders barrow them. Princess Hi uses her powers to locate each target and relays locations to the others. Then they separate.
Princess Hi finds the two girls together in a town called Palmacosta. She lands her keyblade rider nearby. Colette and Marta noticed her coming in for the landing and runs up to her.
"Wow, what was that you were riding?" asks Colette. "I've never seen anything like that."
"It's called a keyblade rider," answers Princess Hi. "I'm a keyblader from a different world. Me and two of my friends who are also keybladers are here chasing after the source of black creatures. Have you ever seen a very tall woman all in black with green skin?"
"No, I haven't," says Marta.
"Sorry," says Colette. "I haven't seen her either."
"Thanks anyway," smiles Princess Hi. Suddenly Princess Hi's Communicator Star Shard starts beeping. She calls it out and answers it. A holographic image of Leopan and the rest of the ones they gave a link to appears above the star shard.
"Himoxie, Igneous, she's here in Meltokio," says Leopan. "She is here at the palace. She came to the king in his throne room demanding that he gives her all of the exspheres that hasn't been destroyed yet, or else she'll unleash even more heartless in this world. He refused, so she's unleashing the first of the new wave on him. Zelos is with me protecting the king, but we need back-up here pronto."
"On our way," responds Princess Hi and the others. Princess Hi puts the Communicator Star Shard away and summons her keyblade rider.
"Wait, we're coming with you," says Marta.
"Can you two fight?" asks Princess Hi. The two ladies answers this question by taking out their weapons.
"Climb into that part," replies Princess Hi, pointing to the carriage. The two women runs into it and they take off.
It took no time at all to reach the palace of Meltokio. Once there they see that the others are there, both keybladers and local worlders and the people they were asked to find. Princess Hi and the two women drops where the others are.
"Leopan, Igneous, we are going after Maleficent," orders Princess Hi. "The rest of you keep the heartless off of the king." The others nods in affirmative and the keybladers works their way through the heartless to Maleficent, who's on the other side of the throne room. The second they break through they unleash beams of light from their keyblades at her. They do that until maleficent retreats into a dark portal. Once she's gone the heartless follows her.
"Whew, it's finally over," sighs Igneous.
"Himoxie, look," says Leopan, pointing out the next keyhole in the sky. Princess Hi lock the keyhole like she did with all the rest.
The next morning
The next morning everyone but Princess Hi are in the the sitting room outside the kings office. Leopan has his cloak on and closed around his body. The mayor of Iselia is there talking to the king about lending resources to his village in the king's office.
"Where is Himoxie?" asks Yuan. "I didn't see her at breakfast this morning."
"I caught her coming in last night an hour till sunrise," says Leopan. "She said she'll have breakfast in the kitchen when she wakes up. She spent the whole night getting a surprise ready for Lloyd."
"Really?" says Lloyd. "What for? It's us that should be doing something for you three. You've saved this world."
"Maybe," says Princess Hi as she enters the throne room with a man with red hair. Princess Hi is also wearing her cloak, but it's not closed around her body, and the hood is up. A smile instantly spreads across Lloyd's face when he sees the person that's with Princess Hi. The other local-worlders all gasps in surprise.
"But I still want to do this," continues Princess Hi. "To reunite you with your birth father for good." Lloyd doesn't waste a second. He runs up and he and his birth father embraces each other in a hug.
"How did you know he's my birth father?" asks Lloyd once the two of them parts.
"You were always so sad, so I took a peek in your heart," explains Princess Hi. "I saw all you went through. So I decided to fix as much as possible. I had to call on the help of a fellow keyblader named Pupa to rearrange the position of an extra world called The World that Never Was to make it close to this one. And to move Derris-Kharlan to the world. After that I brought your birth father here myself. I also got The Key of Memories, Namine, to make everyone in this world have dreams about what you, your group and half-elves went through."
"SO YOU HAD A PART TO PLAY IN GIVING ME THE NIGHTMARE I HAD LAST NIGHT!" screams the mayor as he walks out of the king's office.
"In order to teach you and the people of this world a lesson, yes," replies Princess Hi.
"Himoxie, you said last night we can tell them our secret now," says Leopan.
"Yes, let's do that," replies Princess Hi. Princess Hi and Leopan takes off the cloaks to reveal that Princess Hi is wearing a tiara and Leopan is wearing his sash. The local worlders look upon the two keybladers with wide eyes.
"My real name is Princess Hi of the world The Radiant Garden," explains Princess Hi. "Leopan is really a young lord."
"YOU MEAN YOU LIED TO ALL OF US TOO!" screams the mayor. "HOW DO I KNOW YOU THREE ARE NOT ALSO SOME FILTHY HALF-ELVES!"
"I do sense that they have the ability to do some kind of magic," says Yuan. "But they are human. I also understand their reason for lying to us."
"I also understand about the lie," agrees Raine. "If word gets out that a princess is out and with minimum protection then who knows what bad things could happen."
"THAT DOES NOT EXCUSE THE FACT THAT THEY LIED AND GAVE EVERYONE NIGHTMARES!" screams the mayor.
"In fact, it does excuse the fact that they lied," says the king walking out of his office. "You don't want a war between two worlds when we are running out of Manna. And about the nightmare thing, as long as they don't really hurt people, and only to teach a lesson we can not learn awake, then I think I can forgive them for that."
"BUT THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED RIGHT NOW!" screams the mayor as he draws a sword (AN: He doesn't have a weapon in the game, but for the sake of the story he does). He charges at Princess Hi with his sword pointing right at her. Princess Hi summons a keyblade in each hand and blocks the mayor's sword with one, steps forward and slaps the mayors back with the other so that he'll be pushed away farther. Princess Hi makes sure that her keyblades are like metal rods, harmless.
"Mr. Mayor, calm down," sooths Princess Hi. "You are letting your anger cloud your mind."
"She has a point there," says Leopan. "With your mind as clouded as it is now, you'll never have a chance at defeating Hi. She's stronger then Igneous and I put together and doubled."
"He's right," agrees Igneous. "She's only going easy on you now."
"SH#% UP!" screams the mayor as he turns his fury onto Igneous. Princess Hi quickly activates the power of the speedsters in her bracelet she got in The Universe of Heroes and runs in-between the mayor and Igneous. She blocks the mayor's sword and kicks him where the sun don't shine, making all the males in the room flinch. Princess Hi transforms into Goddess Form, reaches her hand forward and uses her powers to grab a hold onto the Mayor's heart. The mayor freezes as he clutches his chest. The others gasps at this change in Princess Hi's battle ability, and for the local worlders, the fact that she has wings.
"You've tried to attack a person who hasn't even lied about anything, and that is unforgivable," states Princess Hi, with a voice that echoes on its own. "Just be glad that I'm going to let you keep living." Princess Hi releases her hold on the mayor's heart and he crumples on the floor in a heap.
"But due to your actions I will punish this world instead of helping it," continues Princess Hi. "Every person on this world will go to bed and dream about the wrongs they committed that day. From now, until the world dies. However, the descendants of Lloyd and his group will remain to guide the new people through their lives.
"Princess Hi," says Lloyd, who is first to come out of his shock. "What was that?"
"That was a sample of what she can do," exclaims Leopan. "You see. She and her father has this ability to control hearts. She used that power to hold the mayor in place. She can go further then that, but, she's not that kind of a person to just do that."
"Those wings," mutters Yuan, the others recovered from their shock.
"That is the form she uses when using those kinds of powers," exclaims Igneous. "She calls it Godess Form." Suddenly Princess Hi's Communicator Star Shard rings. Princess Hi answers it. It is King Sora.
"Good morning Father," greets Princess Hi.
"Morning Hi," responds King Sora. "Pupa told me that you are done with the next world."
"Yes we are," replies Princess Hi. She tells King Sora what happened on this world.
"Ah, I see," says King Sora after she is done. "Please let me talk to the king of that world."
"Of course Dad," smiles Princess Hi.
"Oh, and Hi," says King Sora before Princess Hi enters the room. "I am proud of you for protecting your friend and teammate." Princess Hi enters the waiting room. There, the mayor is recovering on one of the sofas. The local worlders and the other keybladers turns when Princess Hi enters the room. She walks over to the king.
"My father wishes to speak to you," says Princess Hi, handing the Communicator Star Shard to him. The king takes it and enters his office.
"Princess Hi, the dad that raised me wants me to give you this," says Lloyd. He hands her a necklace. It is a gold like pendent with a big red jewel in the middle of it on a gold like chain.
"The jewel is an imitation of the exsphires," continues Lloyd as Princess Hi hooks it around her neck. "It will give you a power boost. So now you have something to help you fight Maleficent from this world." As soon as Princess Hi is done putting the necklace around her neck it glows. Her new necklace and the one King Sora gave her disappears and a new keyblade appears in her hand. Keyblade of Rejuvenation is what Princess Hi says it is. Then she dismisses it. Everyone gasps.
"Princess Hi, your wings," exclaims Kratos, the red haired man. Princess Hi looks behind her. She sees that her wings, that have been out since her little fight with the mayor, has turned turned transparent white. She looks down and sees that the two necklaces she received, her dad's and Lloyd's, had fused together. It is now a gold pendent with The Radiant Garden's symbol on it with the red jewel as a sun on a gold chain.
"Wow, now I don't need my keyblade rider to travel from world-to-world," Princess Hi relays to the others after hearing it from the heart of the world.
"That is so cool," comments Igneous excitedly. Then the king enters the room and hands the Communication Star Shard over to Princess Hi.
"Your father has just gotten word about your next destination," explains the king. "There will be more keybladers coming for the mayor's trial, but you're not needed for it." Princess Hi turns to the holographic image of King Sora.
"What is it Father," exclaims Princess Hi.
"Maleficent is heading towards a world called World of Spirits," exclaims King Sora.
"We're on our way," responds Princess Hi. They end the call and the three keybladers walks to the courtyard of the palace. Their local worlder friends and Kratos follows them.
"Excuse me, Your Highness," exclaims Marta.
"Please, call me Hi," says Princess Hi. "That's what my friends call me. Plus I like it when they do that."
"OK," agrees Marta. "Will we see you three again?"
"Yes," answers Princess Hi. "I know my father and I bet that while your king was talking to him they talked about making a link between this world and ours."
"So we can even visit your world too?" says Genis.
"Yes," answers Princess Hi. Once the group reaches the courtyard they say their goodbyes, slap on their keyblade armor, Leopan and Igneous summon their keyblade riders, Princess Hi opens a Light Portal and they fly off.
Sorry about the long wait. I have other fanfictions and my life to work on. The next chapter will be for Tales of Vesperia. I also came up with an a new world for this story. One based on the TV show Xiaolin Showdown. See you then.