"What? Is it Terra's" I didn't know what to say.
"Of course it's Terra's. I slept with that fat bastard because he made me feel like I needed more. Like I needed one last time before I settled down." Aqua sobbed. She still kept crying after a good five minutes.
"Hey, it's okay. Cheer up. Think about it. You're gonna be a mom now. A new life's going to enter yours and you'll love it more than life itself."
"Yeah but it'll still have the smae fate as the rest of the babies born in a public hospital."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that if a public hospital gives birth to a baby, Organization XIII take it because they're afraid that'll grow up with the war and overturn them."
"Oh," There's not much I could say, "Aqua, I promise you that by the time that baby is born, I will end this war."
Her crying stopped a little, "Promise?"
"On my heart."
She actually smiled and the, she was ecstatic. "Oh Riky. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"It uhh... was no problem."
"Not only do I believe in you, but you've given me the hope to have this baby regardless of Organization XIII. And I want you to know that I'll do anything to help you find that castle."
We walked back to the ship with nothing but good news. Terra's reaction was better than I expected when he found out he was going to be a dad and that I'll end the war for him and Mickey was glad that we had two more alliances. We celebrated with the Halloween Town citizens for hours. It has the dead of night and I was staring over the border of holidays when I heard footsteps behind me.
"So how're you gonna do it?" they asked. It was Mickey.
"I don't know. I can start by finding the castle. We have over 700 soldiers. about 550 gummi ships and more if the craftsmen pull through. We can launch a siege that'll keep from babbies and onto us."
"That's a perfect and logical plan... but..."
"But what. I think it's good. it'll be better if we get more soldiers and ships, but I don't see that happening."
"What if they see us coming? What if they're prepared?"
"Well, they won't be. It'll be a complete surprise. The only person who can sense rebellion or unusualness is Zexion and he's long been dead."
"I know, but.... There's a strange feeling in the pit of my stomache that's telling me that this is a very bad idea."
"I don't think it'll work either but what choice do we have? Aqua's pregnant and time's running out. All I'm saying is that people are dying and it's up to us to save them. We're the heroes, Mickey, we have to win."
Mickey looked a little more distraught than usual. "At the castle we have 50 war tankers, if we can track down castle oblivion, we can transport soldiers there. We hae a shot, but it's up to you if we take it."
I paused and thought about it, "I'll take it."
Morning had come. Mickey took Kairi, Aqua, and Terra to the Disney Castle. He left me on my own to find a gummi ship and find the Caslte That Never Was.I borrowed Santa Clause's. His was one of the fastest in the worlds. I knew it could find the castle by sundown. I saw a trail of darkness on the scanner. It only shows 2 years changes at a time and the last changes was last year. I saw the pattern. They started at 6 stars north and 5 stars west. 65 was the number lines in LOVELESS in 1732. The next was 17 stars north 3 stars west. Then number of lines in A WORLD NO HEART in 1733. And so on. The last was 4 stars north 57 stars west. 475 was the lines in SOUL CAPITULATE in 1798. The next poem in the series was NOT THE WAY TO THE LIGHT. It had 129 lines. So they were either at 1 star north 29 stars west or 12 stars north 9 stars west. I'll try the first one. I only found the world of the Pride Lands. So I went to the next. There it was. It was the castle. I contacted Mickey.
"Riku! You don't understand how great that is. Not only did you find the castle but you did it in less than an hour. Meet me at the Disney Castle."
"Got it."
I shut off the transmitter and flew to the casle I went to the Audience chambe, it was full of soldiers from all of the worlds we visited. The Hollow Bastion militia, Shang's Army, The Card Soldiers, Mickey's Royal Knights, Halloween Towns people, Christmas Elves, Phil's champion fighters and he broght the worlds best pilots for the gummi command. Mickey was sitting up at the throne with He beckoned me to stand beside him. An apprentice was always to stand at the right on his master. Mickey began:
"Soldiers. For this battle, there is no discrimination of worlds, no dividing of haratige. This battle is of honor, purity, and the ultimate light. You have all gone down in history. As the men who stopped the corrupt Organization XIII. They've taken our lives and our freedom. We live in fear of thier fist. It's time the fear stopped. We have found thier base. We divised a plan. Now my apprentice Riku will explain."
I walked to the side of the room and took out my pointer. There was a projector screen with Terra turning the slides.
"Okay. The castle is at 12 stars north 9 stars west. It is right between Beast's Castle and Olympus Collosium. We currently have it under watch. Now the city under has a bridge activated by emptiness. We have the Sould Eater to open that up. Now Phil's champions will fight at the gate of the castle. They'll be backed up by the Card Soldiers. You guys should fight together. If you work together, you can clear a path for Hollow Bastion's flyers to come in at the lowwer landing point. You all will go up to the Transmitter room and take out the main transmitter. With out command we'll have a smooth ffight both on air and on land. Now the onl land plan is for Terra to lead Shang's army and take out any other Nobodies that may cause trouble. Now in the air, we'll have Phil's flyers, Card Gummis, and the Royal flyers to take out the ships. Mickey and I will take our own personal gummis into the core and take on the member with the Hollow Bastion militia with us. Now if any shipd get damaged, return to the garage and have one of the elves or monsters fix it. Any questions? No? If your not up to the challenge, leave. If you are, scream."
The noise was ear busting loud in the chamber. We had done it. We had a shot to win.
"Mickey?"
"Yeah, Riku?"
"Where' Kairi? Or Aqua? I haven't seen them since we got here."
Mickey sighed, "Riku, Kairi can't get involved in the war. Yet she can't go back to Destiny Islands till it's over. Aqua's pregnant and unable to fight. I had to leave them at Hollow Bastion."
"What!? They need to be here Hollow Bastion's dangerous."
"They don't need to fight. Besides, Leon and the gang can protect them in Hollow Bastion. It's full of heartless excenpt when Leon, Tifa, Yuffie, or Cloud are aroud. And Aeith id an expert curer. It's the perfect location."
I didn't like the idea. But it was the best one. "Fine, but once we win you have to promise me to return her to me."
"Fine. Good night, Riku."
I remebered that I had to find my father's grave. I went to the graveyard at the castle. It had to have some kind of clue. I went to the latest one. Xehanort, the apprentice of Ansem the Wise. He was a good man gone bad. Rest in the underworld, my friend. :it read. I dug up as far as i could until I reached the coffin. I opened it and... it was key. There was a note under it. It read:
"Son, You may never be alive to recive this, but I trust my master with my life. Give this my friend, Mickey, and ask him where the Aviation Minerva is. He'll give you my old friend. Good bye and Godspeed, young prince."
I took the key to Mickey. He couldn't believe it. He took me to an old garage and the greatest gummi ship I had ever seen was in front of me. It had a battle shape and hot rod purple with yellow stripes. There were plenty of guns and warp bootsers. It was part of the Falcon set. It was a Falcon 6 to be exact. The Aviation Minerva was a true masterpiece. I had found the ship I'd sae the world in.
