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Chapter 6- The Voice of an Angel

"Go with them Sora, they'll help you find your friends." said Leon after Sora had beaten the giant Guard Armour Heartless.

Sora nodded and shook hands with Donald and Goofy, his new found friends

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"We should stock up on potions and such before we leave, Sora." advised Donald as he, Sora and Goofy passed the shop where Donald's nephews were.

"Ahyuk, yeah." said Goofy with a laugh. "Potions are vitti…vittle…"

"Vital!" Donald corrected his forgetful friend as they entered.

"Aw, I don't think we'll need any." Sora flapped a hand. "We're strong enough. Look how easily we beat that big Heartless back there!"

Sora felt a feathered hand thwack him over the head.

Donald glared at him angrily. "From here on everything will get harder! The next set of Heartless will be stronger than the ones we've encountered here, no doubt."

"Fine then..." Sora pouted and they entered the shop.

"Uncle Donald!" screeched three small white ducks resembling the magician. They leapt at him and tackled their uncle to the ground.

"Ah, phooey." complained Donald and he pushed the boys off of him.

"Ahyuk, we're here to get some potions." Goofy chuckled as he talked to Louie.

Louie nodded and went behind the counter. He grabbed a bag and towed it out. "That'll be five-…"

All six of them fell to the floor as an earthquake shook the shop. A bright light flashed from outside the windows. Sora was the first to get up, Keyblade in hand.

"What's going on?" he demanded.

"Maybe we should check out the alley?" suggested Goofy as he pointed to the back window that still shone.

The trio left and ran to the alleyway out the back.

"Whoa…"

All three of them gaped with wide eyes. Just above them a large portal swirled, full of strange symbols and ancient writing. Three beams of light shot down onto the ground and then combined to make one shaft. The portal did nothing more, like it was waiting for something.

"Sora, you go look." Donald and Goofy pushed the fourteen year-old forward.

"Aw, I don't want to!" Sora moaned, looked over his shoulder at them.

"But you're the Keyblade Master!!" Sora's 'companions' pointed and yelled at him angrily.

Sora gulped and edged towards the light. He stopped a metre away from it, hoping that nothing was going to jump out and attack him. Nervously he poked the beam with his Keyblade. Sora looked at it suspiciously and proceeded to stick the blade end of the Keyblade in. The light turned a black colour. Sora started to bring his Keyblade out but then realised it was stuck. He could feel something holding onto the end of his weapon.

"Donald! Goofy! Something's got the Keyblade!!" shouted Sora, panicking.

"Whaaa?" screeched Donald. "Come on, Goofy!"

The two grabbed onto Sora's back and began to pull. Slowly the end started to emerge. Sora's eyes widened. There was a hand holding onto the Keyblade… A human hand with soft creamy skin… Sora shook the Keyblade to try and loosen the hand's grip, but it held fast. Grunting, all three of them heaved the metal weapon out. The portal grew brighter and brighter until it blinded them.

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"Master of the Keyblade, Wielder of the Light." whispered a soft voice.

"…huh…?" Sora couldn't see a thing, he was in complete darkness. "Who's there?"

"Help me Keyblade Master… Help me remember who I am. You must help me to remember. There is still something important I must do, but I cannot remember what it is. Help me Keyblade Master…"

*****

"Erk…" Sora rubbed his head and went to sit up. He halted as he felt something lying on his chest.

"Sora? Are you alright?" asked Goofy as he awoke. "Ooh… who's this?"

Donald also awoke and walked over. The duck grinned slyly. "Is she your girlfriend, Sora?"

"What?! What are you talking about?"

Sora raised his head and saw a girl his age with long slivery-blond hair sprawled on top of him. Sora noticed she had a creamy complexion and was very pretty. He blushed when he saw that she was wearing not much more than a dress made of faded, torn rags. Slowly Sora wriggled out until the girl's head was on his legs. He stared at the pair of black and white wings on the girl's back.

"It's…, it's her…" he breathed, thinking back to his dream where he was falling through the sky and a girl like her grabbed his hand.

"Huh?" asked Goofy.

"Her, I mean, she, err... I've seen her before, in my dreams. Well, at least I think it's her. The wings are familiar." Sora tried to explain to his friends.

Donald inspected the girl enquiringly. "We should bring her to Leon. He'll know what to do."

Goofy gently picked the girl up and the four of them headed towards the Third District.

Sora put a finger to his lips as he thought about the words that voice had whispered to him whilst he had blacked out. 'Help me to remember...' he repeated slowly in his head as he followed.

*****

"Who is this strange girl?"

"No doubt she's here to help the Keyblade Master in his quest."

"Ha! She won't be of any use to him! We should just turn her into a Heartless!"

"She looks like a filthy bilge rat to me."

"Oh, everything looks like a bilge rat to you! You need a better monocle, old man."

"What?! How dare you-you bag of bugs!"

"Silence! Both of you!" commanded a new voice. The dark witch Maleficent leaned on her staff as she watched the image before her. "She would only have appeared lest it was for something of great consequence. Nevertheless, I feel as if she could be of some interference to our plans if we allow it. We must keep a vigilant eye upon her."

The shadowy figures glared at the girl and wondered about her reason for coming.

"However," Maleficent continued. "Will she help the Keyblade Master to defeat the darkness? Or will the darkness defeat her?"