To Yen Sid's House We Go

Sora, Donald, Goofy, Rufus, Aladdin and Iago stared at Lea. The girl was writhing and struggling, clutching her head with her hands. She began to scream. "Let me goooo!" she cried and shook her head around and around. "I…I'm Lea!" she cried. "I'm not Axel! I…am…Lea…"

Roxas shook his head from inside Sora. Poor Axel he said. He's having a rough time in there. And the last thing he needs is to have trouble getting back into his own Other.

"He's going to be alright" said Sora to Roxas. Everyone was so involved in watching the struggle that they did not even notice Sora talking to himself. Rufus walked over to Lea and grabbed her arm, pulling her to her feet.

"Lea, stop this!" he said. "You're fine! That strange man can't hurt you---" Lea threw him to the ground with surprising strength and snarled at him. She went back to clutching her head again. She pulled at her red hair, taking chunks of it out. "Who am I?!" Lea screamed again. "I…I…" she fell to the ground and was silent, staring at the sand. "I am Lea…" she muttered once and then stopped.

"Is she going to be okay?" asked Aladdin. "What just happened?"

"Lea merged with Axel, 'cause he's her Nobody" said Goofy. "I guess it didn't go too well."

Lea suddenly sat up and began to cry. Sora felt a cold wind on his back and turned around. A Dark Corridor opened and out stepped Maleficent and Pete. "What's going on?" asked Pete.

"What are you doing here?" asked Donald suspiciously. He still didn't trust the witch and her henchman to help them with their Organization XIII problems.

"I have come with a message for the three of you from the eminent Yen Sid, and Merlin." She whapped Pete in the side with her staff because he was staring at Lea who was muttering and talking to herself. "Give them the message, you fool" she demanded.

"Oh! Yes, right" said Pete as he took out a stained bit of parchment. "Here it is, kid" he said to Sora as he took the paper. Donald and Goofy gathered near him as he unwrapped it. Sora's blue eyes scanned it and he gasped. "N…no! This can't be!" he said as he read closer the terrible message on the paper:

Dear Sora, Donald, and Goofy

Things have taken a turn for the worse while you have been gone. Now Nexumair has found out about our little alliance and has tried to arrest everyone. Kairi was right about him, I'm afraid. I only wish I had listened to her in the beginning. We might have been able to prepare for the attack. The Bastion Knights broke down the door of my house and took Aerith, Cloud, and Yuffie. They surrendered without a fight, thinking it was some kind of mistake. I knew otherwise, and I'm afraid that I did a few terrible things to some of them with my magic. I teleported to Yen Sid's tower and have taken refuge there, along with Maleficent and Pete. We (not Pete) have reached a terrible and disturbing conclusion. If Xemnas is successful in taking the hearts from Tine and absorbing them into himself, something worse than a universe of Nobodies might occur. See us at the Tower for more details of the destruction.

Signed,

Merlin.

"This is terrible!" said Donald. He began to run toward the building that contained a Gummi port. "We have to talk to Yen Sid now!" he grabbed Sora and Goofy's arms and began to pull them along.

"Hold on, Donald" said Goofy as he came along. "No need to pull my arm off!"

Sora stood still, holding the letter.

"Come on Sora!" Donald called.

"What about Axel?" Sora asked. He looked at Lea. "We can't just leave her like this. We have to get them both help."

Rufus stepped up to Sora and put his gun in Sora's face. "I don't know what you've done to Lea, but you're going to reverse it, or you'll be a dead Keyblade Master." He groaned suddenly and slumped to the floor, unconscious. Pete rubbed his fist.

"Hmm, he has a hard skull" the former Disney Castle dweller muttered.

"We'll take them with us" said Sora.

"Why should we do that?" Maleficent asked. "The magical energy to transport them will drain from what I'm trying to save up for the final spell."

"What final spell?" Donald asked. "What do you have planned?"

"That is my business, duck" Maleficent snapped, turning away in a flutter of violet and black robes. "Now, why should I transport this worthless scum, and expend even more energy than it will take to transport you all and your Gummi ship?"

"Please?" asked Sora. "Just let them come with us, alright Maleficent?"

Donald made a clucking sound of disgust, hearing Sora beg Maleficent for something. It made him sick to his stomach.

"Is there a problem?" the witch demanded. Sora glared at Donald to be quiet.

"None at all" Sora said in a meek, begging voice.

She's enjoying this Donald thought, making the eternal boil of his temper go into overdrive.

Maleficent motioned to Pete who carried the comatose Rufus Shinra and the muttering and crying Lea to them. She began to chant.

"Bye, Aladdin" said Sora. "We'll be back again. Thanks for the help!"

"No problem!" said Aladdin. He didn't ask what was going on. He had a feeling that it would be beyond him, and just make his head spin.

As Maleficent chanted the teleporting spell, Sora saw his surroundings begin to waver like heat waves. Blue and red light sliced through the fabric of the air and he could see swirling stars and galaxies in the holes. He heard Maleficent tell Pete to stop being such a baby and stop hanging onto her. Then all went blank.