Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic nor any character used in this story.

Note: This Fic is written, assuming the reader HAS played the Kingdom Hearts game series. (Especially I, II, Re:Coded, and Birth by Sleep.) And has watched the first season of MLP:FiM at the least.

Special Thanks: I would like to thank Siegfried432 for helping me with the editing of this chapter.

Chapter 4

The Darkness Strikes

In a dark room stood a figure in one spot, shone in a single ray of light, his shape hidden by a dark robe, covering their head. The tapping sound of footsteps could be heard if one were in the vicinity. The sound kept increasing in loudness and, soon, it stopped. "Well? How did it go?" the cloaked figure asked the darkness. "It goes as planned, but tell me why not come out and start it up? We already have the pieces we need." A voice was heard, then a foot came into the light. The owner of the voice stepped inside; it was the same masked boy that Riku had fought. "Not yet," the cloaked figured replied "we still have a certain friend we need to make it all complete. But that's where you come in Vanitas. Make sure she follows that boy… that will be the best time to strike." Vanitas merely nodded before turning around and walking away. "Very soon, Celestia, everything you treasure will be in the palm of my hand, just like your precious elements." thought the cloaked figure. A cruel, maniacal laughter rang out through the darkness as he disappeared into the void.

Back in Ponyville, the situation in the library was a bit tense. "Wha-What's going on?" Riku asked the Princesses. "Wh-Why are you arresting me all of a sudden?" "You dare to feign ignorance?" Celestia said angrily. She pointed her hoof at Riku's Cutie Mark "That is all the proof we need to have determined who you are!" "Wh-what do you mean Princess?" Twilight asked frantically trying to calm her beloved mentor down. "Uh-oh" Donald quietly quacked. "Gwarsh, if she knows what that symbol means, then Riku is gonna be in trouble." Goofy whispered to Donald. "Yeah, we got ta explain to her that Riku's symbol is different!" Donald whispered back.

"Twilight Sparkle, in your letter, you said you were attacked by the Heartless, did any of them have a symbol or an emblem emblazed on them?" Celestia asked her student. "Uh umm, uhh" Twilight stammered as she tried her best to remember exactly what did the monsters that attacked her look like. She recalled the black weird rabbit things, but they didn't have anything on them, the large round ones however… She remembered something that resembled a crossed-out heart, and the large knight like monster with the floating limbs, seemed to have had one as well. "I… I remember seeing something on them, but… I'm not sure." Twilight stated looking down on the ground feeling ashamed of not paying attention to her surroundings. She looked at Riku's flank trying to picture the symbol that she could swear she glimpsed at when Goofy and Donald were fighting or at least the large monster that Riku defeated.

Then it hit her, she recalled something that looked really similar to the cutie mark on Riku's flank, yes in fact even the color and silhouette matches. However, there seemed to be some differences. "I remember now, princess!" Twilight exclaimed she turned to her teacher, "I remember it does look similar to the Riku's Cutie Mark, but it's different!" Twilight stated. "Yes, I know my faithful student." Celestia nodded. "W-Wait!" Donald started, "it's not what you thi-" "Silence! My sister still speaks!" Luna spoke in her Royal Canterlot voice. "I'm glad you remember, Twilight, my faithful student, allow me to tell you the reason why the mark on this pony is so similar." Princess Celestia spoke. "That mark is the symbol of the Heartless; it shows the corruption of the darkness upon one's heart stolen from the original owner." She said with contempt in her voice. Twilight's jaw dropped, she was very surprised although, she knew from Riku's explanation that the Heartless stole hearts caused ponies to disappear, she didn't realize it perverts them into becoming monsters.

Twilight looked to Riku hoping that it wasn't true but with a guilty look on the silver colt's face just confirmed it. "But that is not all; there are also those who control the Darkness." Celestia continued. Riku's eyes widened with fear, along with Donald, Goofy, and Twilight's, who looked to Riku before back to the Princess. "The Darkness cleverly will disguise itself as a promising power to those with weak will and weak of heart." Celestia pointed her hoof at Riku's flank. "That symbol is proof that he, although not of the Heartless, holds the power to control them! He allowed his own heart to be taken in by the Darkness!" Twilight gasped and even Princess Luna had a look of shock on her face. "N-No! It's not like that!" Riku defended. "You cannot lie to me, Dark Keybearer." Celestia claimed.

She motioned for her guards. "Take him into custody; we shall have them taken to Canterlot Castle for interrogation." Celestia commanded her knights. "Yes, your majesty!" The two Pegasus knights acknowledged as they proceeded to Riku and his friends, Riku looked to Twilight, his eyes pleading for help. Twilight Sparkle saw and thought back to how they met up, how he was trying to save his friends and how they saved hers. She ran in front of the knights. "Wait!" Twilight cried, "Twilight Sparkle! What is the meaning of this?" Luna questioned the purple mare. "I-I'm sorry, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, but I… I just can't believe that Riku and his friends had something to do with Heartless, not after saving us like they did. Please, Princess, let me investigate their ship! They left their ship from when they arrived here backing the Everfree Forest! I know I could find something to prove they're not corrupted!" Twilight cried with pleading eyes.

Celestia looked at her star pupil and, for a moment, had shown a moment of empathy but as she looked to Riku, she regained her resolve. "No, I'm sorry, Twilight Sparkle, but I can't allow the risk of this pony possibly letting the Darkness into Equestria." Celestia answered as she shook her head, giving her student a sorrowful look, understanding her concerns but she had no choice, this pony could be dangerous; the symbol of the Heartless on his flank was proof enough of that. "Guards, move and keep Twilight Sparkle away from the prisoners, and escort them outside to the chariots." Celestia commanded the guards "Yes ma'am!" They responded. With looks of concerns on Riku, and a look of disappointment and shock was on Twilight's, the two knights pushed and poked Donald and Goofy together with Riku forming a line and having them walk out the door, the two escorting them at the end of the line.

Riku tried to whisper to Goofy and Donald "Guys, we're gonna make a break for it. We can't afford to get caught like this, we're the only ones who can help Sora right now and we can't do it in jail." "Bu how do we do it?" Donald whispered back. "I have an idea, I'll cause a quick flash with my keyblade and then we all split up and head to the forest where the gummi ship is." Riku explained. "Gwarsh, wouldn't that make us seem pretty guilty?" Goofy whispered concerned. "We don't have a choice, Goofy." Donald whispered. "Then I'll give the signal and that's when we make a break for it." Riku whispered. The three nodded and Riku counted under his breath.

"1…" They were approaching the chariots.

"2" The Princesses just got out of the Library.

"3" Twilight trotted after them.

"NOW!" Riku yelled, before summoning his keyblade and caused an incredible bright flash that blinded everypony save the escapees. "No! Stop them! They can't be allowed to escape!" Celestia commanded as she covered her eyes. But it was too late, as the guards were recovering their sight, the three friends split apart and ran deep into the town. Fortunately for Riku and his friends, it was still early, none of the ponies were awake or starting the day yet, so they were able to run around uninhibited.

As the three split up, so did their pursuers, including the two Princesses. Princess Luna was about to use her Royal Canterlot Voice to wake up every pony in Ponyville to help capture the runaways. However, her sister had stopped her before she could, her reason being that this could cause an unneeded panic in the town, thus they chased them instead. After what seemed to be three to four hours, by this time, Princess Luna had lost sight of the three fugitives, but something else caught her eye. It was a little blue shadow-like creature it didn't really resemble animal but it certainly acted like one, it was all twitchy, with its red eyes and had two antennae resembling jagged lightning bolts.

It saw Luna and quickly scurried away through a dark alley. "A Heartless!" Luna thought. After all no creature in Equestria ever looked like something that strange. She followed it into a dark alley as it kept running, swerving several corners. Finally, she saw the creature stop and look back and disappeared into a black void-like sphere. By about this time, many ponies were out starting their day, surrounding Princess Celestia in admiration and honor that their fair rulers would come to visit their town, helping the three make their escape.

At the edge of town at the Everfree Forest's entrance, the three friends met up. "Great to see you two made it." Riku said with relief in his voice. "Of course! We ran around so often, this much is nothing!" Donald quacked proudly. "Shall we get going then Riku?" Goofy asked. "Yeah, we got to get to the gummi ship and get to Master Yen Sid's tower to tell him what happened to Sora." Riku answered with hint of sadness in his eyes. The other two looked down sorrowfully about the lost of their friend. "Come on, before one of them finds us." Riku said "Halt! You shall not go any further!" shouted a disheveled Princess Luna; she came up to them panting. "You shall not escape!" "Princess Luna, wait!" shouted a gasping purple mare. It was Twilight Sparkle running as fast as she could up to them. "Quick run for it!" Riku told his two companions. As they dashed off into the Everfree Forest, Princess Luna gave chase.

The three ran into the forest with the two other ponies in pursuit. It wasn't until about what seemed to be an hour of running, a beam of magic shot out, almost grazing his flank. He looked backed to see Princess Luna, she was gliding through the forest as she chased them. The three fugitives cried in surprise, not expecting the Princess to glide in an area with so many trees obstructing her. Apparently, capturing them was just that high a priority. Just then, Princess Luna's horn glowed before firing another shot at Riku. The silver colt grimaced as the shot flew past grazing his cheek. "Princess Luna, please stop!" Twilight shouted as she kept running after them. She was breathing pretty hard as she wasn't used to so much running. Ignoring her sister's student's pleas, Luna prepared another shot again as she continued gliding ever closer to Riku's position.

"Riku!" Donald cried. "Up ahead, we got trouble!" Riku looked ahead and spotted something that made him worry, ahead were several Shadows and Soldier Heartless running around. They looked like they were waiting, as they were just standing some behind trees and bushes with a few others in the tree branches up ahead. Riku looked to Donald and Goofy as they were running, shouting to them. "Guys, we should take out those Heartless! We can't let the Princess and Twilight get hurt!" "Right!" Both Donald and Goofy yelled back in agreement. The three continued running until they were about half way past the horde of Heartless.

Once they did, they turned around, summoning their weapons. Luna tensed up believing they were going to fight back. "No! Don't do it! Riku! Donald! Goofy!" Twilight shouted, she couldn't believe her eyes. In her mind, thoughts raced. "The three were about to hurt Princess Luna! Princess Celestia was right!" She gritted her teeth, tears started forming as she felt her trust betrayed. "Twilight! Princess! Duck!" Riku yelled. "What?" Princess Luna and Twilight cried in surprise before they both lowered themselves down to the ground. Twilight had sided herself next to Princess Luna, who was covering her head with her front hooves, Twilight followed suit, before rays of Prismatic lights blasted forth from Riku's Keyblade. "Take this! RAGNAROK!" Riku yelled muffled by the keyblade in his mouth.

The Prismatic lights shot everywhere as though they were seeker missiles annihilating all the Shadows that were on the ground, hiding in the bushes and behind some tress behind Luna and Twilight. At that point, Donald yelled out something as well. "Take this! BLIZZARD!" The fowl loudly quacked before a large shard of ice shot forth from his wand, splitting into three smaller shards and shooting forward, hitting three heartless that leaped from the trees planning to attack Luna and Twilight. "I got ya covered! STRIKE RAID!" Goofy cried as he threw his shield at the last Shadow that appeared. As the round shield smashed through it, it suddenly returned to Goofy like a boomerang. The three fighters turned around, landing from the leap they were performing earlier, facing off against the next horde of Heartless ahead. Princess Luna was stunned. She had expected the three to attack them, not to suddenly save them from monsters. She was confused… why would they save her? Was it a plot to lower her guard? That must be it, right? After all, those two non-pony creatures were friends with a pony that has the symbol of the Heartless. They have no reason to help her, unless they were plotting something, right? Yes, that must be it, her sister has never been wrong about things like this, she trusts her judgment and will capture these two off-worlders for her.

Twilight was surprised to say the least, but not shocked. In fact, she was quite relieved, she knew those three were good at heart after all. They saved her friends and her and obviously never showed any ill will to them. She was ashamed though; She thought they were going to attack Princess Luna. She should have had more faith in her friends after all. Just because they just met yesterday doesn't mean they weren't trustworthy. She had to prove their innocence somehow, to pay them back for what they did for her and her friends. She turned to see Princess Luna, hoping this act of heroism helped change her mind about the three. As she saw the Princess' face, her own was crestfallen; the Princess didn't seem to have changed her mind at all, she turned back to the three wondering what she should do.

The three in question were fighting for their lives as Heartless after Heartless jumped at them. Riku skillfully vaulted his Keyblade in ways that took out more than one Heartless each strike, while Donald was using his Thunder spell to take out the Heartless in trees while keeping an eye on his friends in case he needed to heal them. Goofy was giving the Heartless a taste of his shield as he slammed into them before knocking them away. The three friends went back to back after finishing their attack, starting to get surrounded. "Donald," Riku asked the duck "can you use a high level Thunder spell to take out these things?" "I can't," Donald quacked "the Heartless in the tree tops keep dodging my attacks."

Riku looked up and around at the Heartless in the trees, he noticed all them were Shadow Heartless while on the ground were all Soldiers. This is strange, it's like they're using the Shadows as shields for Donald's Thunder spell, but that's not possible… that's too much strategy for the Heartless who are incapable of such thought. They're all instinctive unless… something… or someone is controlling them… but who…? Could that person have also been the reason they were attacked in space, the reason that attack happened to Sora? These thoughts raced through Riku's head until something broke him out of it.

"Look out Princess!" Twilight cried. Riku looked back to see the two mares being attacked by three new Heartless, in fact he never even seen these kinds before! Each of these three resembling… a pony!

The Heartless were all white and armored like the knights that serve the Royal family. However, on their heads was a different type of helm that resemble something similar to knights in a book he read as a kid. The face that's showing resembled that a Jack O' Lantern with a jagged mouth and bright yellow eyes in a dark face being completely round. Their manes were like grey spikes on the spine of a dragon. On their flanks… was the Heartless symbol. They each had a distinguishing feature, one had a pair of bat-like wings, its mane resembled a fin like a plane. Another had a black drill-like horn, as was its tail. The other, however, had a long flail-like tail; on the end, a large spiked ball.

They were closing in on Luna and Twilight. "G-g-get back!" Twilight shouted. Her horn glowed and a nearby broken branch floated up and started swiping at them. Princess Luna smiled thankful for Twilight trying to protect her. Though, of course, it was unnecessary after all she most definitely has more magic and more control then Twilight did. The thought, though, wasn't crossing through Twilight's mind right now. "I've got to protect Princess Luna!" Twilight thought. "Yaaaaaah!" she cried as she charged at the Heartless with her tree branch, she swung wildly using her magic, hoping they'd back off. Unfortunately, for Twilight, the Heartless just kept their distance as Twilight kept swinging at them, until the mace-tailed heartless swung, turned around and hit its tail, smashing the branch into splinters. "Aaaah!"

"Twilight!" Everyone cried. Gritting her teeth in anger, Luna's horn glowed as well. She pointed her horn on her attackers and blasted forth several beams, the wingless Heartless ponies swerved while the one aerial took flight, charging at Luna going pass Twilight. "Oh no, you don't!" Riku cried as he readied his keyblade, dashing forward at an incredible speed, zooming past three Heartless Soldiers, taking them out, and consecutively dashing again. He missed, as the mace-tailed heartless leaped out of the way before bringing down his tail. Before it could hit Riku, though, he turned his head to block the strike right before impact, causing the Heartless to lose balance as the rebounded force bounced back, flipping the creature into a spin before landing on its back, dizzy.

While stunned, Riku went after the other Heartless attacking the Princess, as he begun to swing his keyblade at the horned Heartless. Its tail started spinning before launching at Riku. Fortunately, for him, a certain Water fowl was looking out for the silver colt. "BLIZZARD!" Donald quacked loudly before firing a large shard of ice at the spinning missile, freezing it. "Thanks Donald!" Riku yelled to his waterfowl friend before jumping on the still moving froze drill as a stepping stone, leaping off and swinging his body in mid-leap, turning to a drop kick. Smashing into the Heartless's face, he bounded off of it, spinning twice in the air before launching himself into a thrust, moving at incredible speed and covering himself in a flaming ring, shouting "FIRE SURGE!" Dashing past the horned Heartless, Riku smashed through the winged one, incinerating it.

As the creature was knocked away from the attack, Riku turned around along with his head, swinging his keyblade down as he struck the horned heartless on the head. He continued the assault with a combination of strikes. With each strike, he dashed back and forth, passing through the creature while it was in mid-air. Twilight Sparkle was in awe, her mouth gaping open at the amazing scene before her. Although, she understood the mechanics of swordplay from reading Shining Armor's, her brother, training manuals and watching him practice before, the spectacle was completely new to her. "Nopony can ever move that fast." She thought. She noticed something from the corner of her eye though as the mace-tailed monster pony moved ever closer to Princess Luna, who didn't noticed as she too was awestruck by Riku's swordplay, "Princess look out!" she yelled. Upon hearing Twilight's cry, Riku rushed to where the Princess was, striking the mace-tailed creature.

"I think that's the last of em." Donald quacked as he looked around to see if there were anymore Heartless around. "Gwarsh, I think you're right, oh wow! Go get-em Riku!" Goofy cheered. Donald looked to where Riku was fighting, joining his friend in the cheering. As the two cheered on, Riku was zooming back and forth, striking between the three monsters all as though it were a blur.

Princess Luna was incredibly shocked. She had never seen any pony move so fast. She backed up as if not to get in the way as Riku rushed through the creatures. Seeing her back away, he landed in the middle of all three, who were all stunned from the constant attacks. Riku shifted from the main handle to the outside hilt, pointed his weapon straight up shouting "Light, I'll show you my FAITH!" As soon as he said that, a ring of light blasted forth from the keyblade's tip as the ring expanded columns of light appeared. They spread along with the ring, spinning around as well as following the expansion of the ring. The Heartless dissipated freeing the captive hearts the creatures had.

As soon as the battle was over, Donald and Goofy went up to check on their friend to see if he was alright. Twilight followed suit, while Princess Luna had just gotten over her shock of seeing such incredible display of magic. "That was incredible!" Twilight claimed. "Indeed, your display of magic was an incredible feat." Princess Luna agreed. "However, that does not excuse the fact you tried to run while under arrest." The Princess of night looked onto Riku with a harsh glare. Twilight and the others were looking sullen, seeing as there was no changing the Princess' mind. Twilight looked up to her, asking "But, Princess Luna, you saw what happened, didn't you? Riku saved you from those monsters." "That may seem to be the case, Twilight Sparkle, but how can we be sure it was not an orchestrated performance to gain trust?" She questioned the purple mare back and looked over to the three. Outraged, Riku cried out "I swear we didn't have anything to do with the Heartless!"

"It's true your majesty!" Donald quacked pleadingly, "We were trying to get back to our ship." "Yeah!" agreed Goofy. "To run away correct?" Princess Luna questioned. "No, it does not matter right now, you're coming with me, back to Ponyville, so we can meet with my sister and we WILL get back to Canterlot." "I'm sorry, Princess," Riku apologized "but we can't do that, we can't explain exactly but we can't afford to stay in captivity." "What? How dare you!" Princess Luna started. Then, from out of nowhere, a black bolt shot out from the shadows of the forest hitting Princess Luna.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Luna screamed as the bolt coursed through her very being. She collapsed, unmoving. "NO!" They all cried, rushing to her side, checking to see if she was okay, "Princess Luna!" Twilight cried in worry. She tried to check her pulse but something stopped her "Ah!" Twilight cried in surprise. "Who are you? Show yourself!" Riku yelled at the direction from where the bolt came from. Riku listened, as Donald tried using his Cure spells in order to heal the fallen Alicorn.

"Don't worry, that wasn't meant to actually hurt her." A voice from the forest claimed. "That voice!" Riku thought. I heard it from somewhere… It can't be! Riku looked carefully, as the bushes rustled as the mystery assailant decided to show themself. It was a pony as well, but strangely dressed, though to Riku, he knew where it came from. It was a pony-styled version of the clothes he saw the masked boy in his dream wore. Even the helmet was designed to leave the ears open, by which the young stallion noticed was a white creamy color.

"You! Wh-where did you come from? Why did you attack the Princess?" Riku demanded. The masked pony merely laughed, condescendingly, he pointed a hoof at them. No… he was pointing at- The Princess? Riku thought. Hesitatingly, Riku looked to the Princess, but didn't notice anything. Suddenly the Princess, had a large black mist enlarging itself under her. "No!" Riku cried in terror, he knew what that mist was, he hurried over there hoping to stop the mist. Unfortunately, the masked pony appeared from the ground from a dark hole that appeared from nowhere, barring the way. "Move!" Riku commanded. "Are you stupid or something?" the masked stallion mocked "Of course I'm not going to move." He preceded to detach the lower part of his helmet revealing his mouth then with sudden black flames summoned a familiar keyblade. Riku's eyes widen in surprise. "That… Keyblade." Riku started, "I knew it! It's him!" Riku thought. "You're that guy I saw in my dream!" Riku proclaimed. "Vanitas." The masked stallion stated, "That's my name. Memorize it." "Vanitas?" Riku thought. "Why are you getting in my way? Why did you attack her?" He demanded.

Vanitas merely laughed, as he got into a stance. Riku looked helplessly towards Princess Luna and Twilight, he turned back to Donald and Goofy. "Goofy! Donald! Go help the Princess and Twilight, hurry!" "Right!" the two shouted as they ran to the two mares. Though, as soon as they started, they were lifted into the air, floating, unable to move. "Bwaaaah!" Donald cried in surprise. "Whoa! What's going on?" Goofy yelled in puzzlement. Vanitas's keyblade was pointed at them, he was chuckling at them. "Stop it!" Riku yelled as he charged, he leaped preparing to slash at his opponent. Vanitas brought up his weapon preparing to block as the two stallions are about to have another rematch. Their keyblades crossed as they began to lay furious blows against each other.

"Guys! Hold on, I'm coming!" Twilight yelled, as the unicorn ran towards the two. "Are you two okay?" the purple mare asked concerned. "Gwarsh, we'll be alright, Miss Twilight." Goofy comforted Twilight. "We're not hurt or anything, we just lost gravity here." "Forget about that! Twilight, listen to me!" Donald quacked furiously, "You don't have to worry about us, we'll be fine in a little while, and this kind of spell doesn't last that long, you gotta help Riku!" "What? But what about Princess Luna?" Twilight asked surprised and confused. "From what I can see, I think Riku has things under control. But Princess Luna is still hurt, she doesn't seem to be moving, and I don't know what that black lightning thing was or what it did to her, and-"

"Twilight! Please listen!" Donald interrupted. "Riku can help the Princess, but he can't get to her because of that guy!" Donald pointed to Vanitas. "Riku can help the Princess? How? What is it? Please tell me!" Twilight pleaded. "Just help Riku distract the other one long enough for Riku to get to the Princess!" Donald quacked irritated. "But how?" Twilight inquired "I can't fight! And I don't think any of the magic I know can help stop him!"

"I can help you with that, Twilight, I can teach you the type of magic me and Riku use, that way you can fight!" Donald explained. "Really? How? What am I supposed to do?" the unicorn asked. "Just close your eyes." Donald quacked. Doing as she was told, Donald put his staff on her horn, and a small light glowed as though synchronizing with her horn. After a small time passed, the light subsided. "There… you should know the fire spell now." Donald quacked. Twilight was amazed, when she closed her eyes, she could feel the warmth of Donald's magic and how to call upon the source of fire, the warmth of the sun… the immense strength of the heat. She opened her eyes as though she felt a sense of enlightenment, and some hint of fear, as she also understood the destructive power this spell could bring.

"Okay, Twilight, go help Riku! You can do it!" Donald quacked with full confidence. "Okay!" Twilight said, as she nodded her head, she rushed off, to help Riku in the strange stalemate. As she ran, Twilight concentrated on the magic in her horn, it started as it usually did, her horn glowing purple, but then, after a tic, the color of her magical aura changed from purple to a orange red, Twilight could feel the heat swelling up inside of her horn. Building up like steam from boiling water in a kettle, it kept building up until, finally, it condensed itself to a point, "FIRE!" She casted. From her horn, the spell blasted forth a fireball. The fireball in question sped to Vanitas, who turned around and parried it away. Seeing this opportune opening, Riku attacked.

As he swung his keyblade, an explosion was heard nearby. "No!" Riku cried. He looked to the direction of the explosion. It was the place where Princess Luna was laying. What he saw though came to quite a shock. Twilight Sparkle had fear in her eyes as did Goofy and Donald. Nearby, a large dark fog appeared where Princess Luna was, and black lighting blasted forth, coursing around the ground with crackling energy. "W-What's happening?" Twilight cried in terror as she heard a cackling laugh that she had not heard for at least over a year ago, it filled her entire being with a sense of fear.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I HAVE RETURNED!" A dark voice shouted from the mist as it subsided. A black mare in blue armor was revealed, she wore an intricate blue helm on her head, with her mane and tail as though it were the night sky, on her chest plate was the symbol of the Heartless, looking exactly like Riku's. The thoughts running through Twilight's head were all in denial: this can't be… why would this even happen, how could this even happen, the elements of harmony had gotten rid of her… but there always the possibility of chaos to return but I just never thought that…

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