Part I. Betrayal for Real
As I woke up, Gregorio and Yoris were not with me and I seemed to be at the middle deck of the ship. As I explored, I saw Riku looking at the lower deck saying, "I didn't think you'd come, Sora."
Then, I saw Windelle (wearing a pirate captain's hat and eyepatch) at the deck above me saying (soft enough for Riku not to hear), "Didn't expect you, Rael."
As I gasped, (and heard Sora gasp too, but at Riku, not at my name) They both said, "Good to see you again."
As Sora asked for Donald and Goofy (and as I asked for Gregorio and Yoris), they said, "Are they that important to you? More important than old friends? ("What are you talking about?", I said,"They have been friends for only as long as you have been.") Instead of worrying about them, you should be asking about her."
As they stood aside, I saw Kairi appear next to Riku, and Florina to Windelle.
"Kairi!", Sora called out.
"Florina!", I called out.
Riku and Windelle then said to Sora and Me respectively, "That's right. While you were off goofing around, I finally found her."
"Searching blindly would've gotten me sick just worrying! Besides, my rocket's batteries drain when there are negative emotions.", I called out.
I then heard a gruff voice say, "Not so fast. No shenanigans aboard my vessel, boy."
Pirate Heartless then surrounded me under the command of a Wutai associate who called himself Geng.
"Windelle, why are the Heartless on your side? (I heard Sora say that too to Riku)"
"The Heartless obey me now, Rael(Sora). Now I have nothing to fear.", Windelle(Riku) said to me(Sora).
"That's stupid of you. They'll swallow your heart, sooner or later.", we said to them.
"I won't let that happen. My heart's too strong."
"Windelle…(Riku…)"
"I've learned a couple more tricks too. Like this." and then a Shadow Replica of me appeared. "You can go see your friends now." And I was dropped into a trap door and lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was on top of Gregorio and Yoris and next to us was Sora with Donald and Goofy. As Sora told about Kairi, I whispered to then about Florina and Windelle.
"You don't say?", Gregorio and Goofy said.
"Yup, It was absolutely Kairi(Florina) I finally found her.", Sora and I said.
"All right! Then let's go up and talk to her."
"Yeah!"
"Sounds great. Okay, but first…", Yoris and Donald said. "How about getting off!"
"Oh sorry." And we did. As we looked about to get out (since the room we're in is locked), a voice then said, "How ya doin' there? Looking for a way out?" then a boy in green 'forest' clothing flew (yes, flew) toward us.
When we asked who he was, he said, "I'm the answer to your prayers."
When we looked blankly at him, he said, "Okay, then. Fine. Have it your way."
"But you're stuck in here too, aren't you?", Sora asked.
"No. I'm just waiting for someone."
'Who?"
Then a light and a Green Requiem Heartless (which somehow lost its emblem) flew to the 'boy in green'.
"Tinker Bell, Requiem, what took you so long?" As the light 'imploded' to reveal a pixie, then the 'boy in green' said, "Great job. So you found Wendy?"
Some twinkling.
"Hold on. There are two more girls there too?"
More twinkling.
"Are you crazy? There is no way I'm gonna leave Wendy there!"
"Aha. She must be pretty jealous.", Yoris said and laughed. (I saw Requiem shake itself left and right as if sighing)
Tinker Bell then flew to Yoris and kicked him at the face and flew away.
"Come on Tink. Open up the door!"
As I cleared my throat, he introduced himself as Peter Pan. When Sora was about to shake his hand, Peter Pan pulled his hand away saying, "Okay, we're in this together, but only 'til we find Wendy."
Seeing no other preferable choice, we agreed. As the door was opened, we walked out and walked on. When Gregorio suddenly asked how come Peter Pan (refusing to be called just Peter) can fly, he said, "Anyone can fly. You wanna try?"
When we stooped stunned at him, he whistled and Tink and Requiem flew to him. When he said, "Aw, haven't you cooled off yet, Tink?" she then flew up and sprinkled 'pixie dust' on us.
When Peter Pan told us to fly, Donald jumped and flapped his arms, but just fell down as Tink laughed. Shrugging, Peter Pan tossed a green Materia at me which had a cloud (Float).
"Maybe that could help.", he added
As we walked on, Tink suddenly twinkled and when Peter Pan asked what was going on, a redhead girl in a blue nightdress appeared in the grille above us, and called out his name and told us to hurry; the pirates are coming.
"What!", Peter Pan gasped. "I'll be right up there! Just hold on!"
Just then Sora and I asked Wendy (which was the name of the girl we were talking to) if there was another girl with her.
"Oh, why, yes. There are two, by the way.", she replied. "But they seem to be asleep. They haven't budged an inch."
We then called out their names (Even I called out Florina by name).
Then Sora said to me, "Huh? have we met at Destiny Islands?"
I then said, gesturing to Yoris and Gregorio to remain quiet, "Don't jump to conclusions. There are other girls out there by that name. In fact, I even heard of a girl sharing your name, Sora. Even his (Peter Pan's) name is commonplace. Donald's is too."
Just then we heard Wendy's voice in distress, and Peter Pan told us to hurry, which we did.
"Why are you continuing this charade?", Yoris asked me.
"Didn't you and Gregorio want this?", I responded
"Oh, right."
When we reached the Captain's Quarters (according to Peter Pan) we saw Riku and Windelle holding Kairi and Florina (whose head was covered by a small sack). When we told them to wait, A shadow replica of Sora and me appeared. Though they had every single capability as we did, we were smarter and we soon eliminated them.
We then found Wendy unconscious. As Peter Pan came to her Tink and Requiem came over to him, but he silently waved them off. "Well, this is as far as i can go. I gotta help Wendy." and he flew off.
Part II. I Believe I Can Fly
When we exited the cabin, we were at the ship's deck as we were face-to-face with Geng and Captain Hook (at least according to how Peter Pan described him, complete with hook) who said, "Quite a codfish, those two — running off with those girls without a goodbye."
"Run off where? Tell me, where did he go?", Sora demanded.
"Now you're stupid. You think they'll tell you even if they knew?", I said to Sora.
To my surprise, they told us, "To the ruins of Hollow Bastion, where Maleficent and Xin reside. But you won't be going there." as they held up a cage holding Requiem and Tink. "Unless you intend to leave behind your little pixie and 'Heartful' (I then realized that Requiem had a heart symbol instead of the Heartless emblem)? Hand over the Keyblade and I'll save your lives. Be glad I'm merciful, unlike the Heartless. So which will it be? The Keyblade, or the plank?"
When I stole Sora's Keyblade and tossed it to Capt. Hook saying, "Here!", he caught it, but it returned to Sora's hand as I said, "It can't be wielded by just anybody. And Sora won't join your side."
Just then, we heard the ticking of an alarm clock as Capt. Hook said, "It's him! The crocodile that took me hand! Oh, Geng! He's after me other hand! I can't stay here! Go away! Oh, I can't stand the sight of him! Geng, take care of them!"
The Heartless then surrounded Sora and led him to the plank while Geng himself stopped us. As I silently casted Float to Sora, I heard Peter Pan saying, "Fly, Sora! Just believe and you can do it."
And he was able to do just that (whether it was by Peter Pan's words or by my spell I did not know.) and as Peter Pan stole the cage from Geng, they landed in front of him.
As he released Tink and Requiem, Sora thanked him and Peter Pan replied, "Hey, don't mention it. You didn't think I'd leave you guys here, did you?"
As Geng leaped up to Capt. Hook the Heartless came upon us, which we were easily were able to take care of. Peter Pan then tricked Hook and Geng down, then poked them on the butt with his knife.
Peter Pan then said, "Ready to make a splash, codfish? Now it's your turn to walk the plank!"
Just then, Heartless appeared all over the place and While Goofy (Donald was out, AGAIN!), and my Co. (myself included in this case) took care of them, Sora and Peter Pan handled Geng and Capt. Hook. Whenever any of us fell off (I need not worry about Peter Pan), I casted Float on them and they flew back to the ship since it lasts for 15 seconds only outside the ship. A few minutes later, Sora knocked Capt. Hook out of the ship (and 2 green Materia with a dot {Mini} and a statue {petrify} and also a yellow Materia with a meteor shower {Combo Shots} flew to my hands), and Peter Pan stabbed Geng in the heart and he faded into darkness.
After all that, Goofy said, "Uh, Kairi couldn't wake up, so maybe she's really lost her–" but I Silenced him with the Silence spell (which wore off seconds later).
"I still can't believe it. I really flew. Wait 'till I tell Kairi. I wonder if she'll believe me. Probably not.", Sora said.
"You could bring her to Neverland sometime.", Peter Pan said. "Then she can try it herself."
"If you believe, you can do anything right? I'll find Kairi. I know I will. (And, silently, I just knew I will meet Florina again.) There's so much I want to tell her– about flying, the pirates, and everything else that's happened."
Just then Tink 'told' Peter Pan about something in the 'clock' tower. We all then took off, with Tink's pixie dust and my Float Spell to England's Big Ben, where Wendy was waiting. We then flew to one of the Clock's faces and saw the Keyhole appear and Sora locked it. We then flew back to Wendy who had a chat with Peter Pan.
"Are you really going back to Neverland?", she said to him.
"Afraid so. But we can see each other any time. As long as you don't forget about Neverland, that is."
As they had a 'romantic time', Donald laughed and I tossed three paopus to Wendy and Peter Pan saying, "I hope the seeds grow in Neverland and in here too."
Just then Tinker Bell flew to Sora and Requiem flew to me and when Peter Pan told us to look after them for him, we agreed. We then teleported back to our Gummi Ships and as Sora headed for Traverse Town, I decided to take a long nap as we cruised for Olympus Coliseum since the Hercules Cup was up.
Once I woke up, we teleported down (helmets on), saw Sora and Co there too (must have slept a long time) and we attended the Hercules Cup. We battled well as always until it reached 4th Seed, where we had to fight Cloud AND Barret (meaning Sora's Co can attack Barret and we can do the same with Cloud).
-This battle is up to you to imagine, heheh.-
After a long and hard showdown, we eventually took them down and they quietly left without a word. After 2 more battles against the Heartless, we eventually reached the Hero of Heroes: Hercules. Though his golden aura unnerved us, Sora had the daring to lift a barrel and toss it at him. As his aura faded (probably because of that), we were able to strike him and he flinched due to the impacts. (While he's invincible, i.e. he has an aura, he can still land hits even while we're hitting him) As he was about to headbutt Sora, I blocked the blow and was sent flying above Sora towards the Coliseum wall. I turned around just in time to land my feet on the wall, and bounced back, tumbling forward. As I saw Hercules swinging his sword about and fending of the blows of my companions, I landed a couple of shots and one of them landed on his sword handle as it flew away. Just then, I saw a gold ring appear around Hercules and it exploded, but not before I was able to call Sora to get out of there. When the dust settled, Hercules was still there and Sora and I were the last ones standing.
-How the last moments of battle go is up to your imagination-
After holding up the trophy we received after defeating Hercules, we headed back to the entrance as Hercules commented that he was amazed by our teamwork; he didn't even hold back.
"Now I finally know what you mean about strength of heart.", Sora said. "Mine comes from Donald, Goofy, and these guys (me, Yoris, and Gregorio)."
"Come again?", Phil said.
"If we stick together, we're unbeatable. Not even Hercules stands a chance. With these guys beside me, I'm ready for anything!"
"But that's not exactly what I–"
"Of course. Your friends give you strength.", Hercules said. "Isn't that right, Phil? The three of you together make great heroes. And as a team, I'm sure you can overcome anything."
Just then, the Keyhole appeared and once Sora locked it, we bid farewell, then headed for Hollow Bastion via our Gummi Ships (we wore our 'Shin-Ra' masks here).