Part I. Lost Friends
As we left the door, we suddenly saw two lost companions; Riku and Windelle (but where was Ilsa?). As we came over to them, not being able to believe they were here, I then asked where Ilsa was.
But they merely asked us, "Why are you so happy? Let us know if we're getting in the way of something more important."
"Of course not…", Sora said.
"You can come with us.", I told them. "Together, we can -"
"Hmph. Spare us. You've forgotten all about us, haven't you?"
"Are you crazy?!", Sora said. "We've been looking all over for you guys."
"But not anymore."
"What do you mean?!", I asked.
"Now all you're looking and thinking about is Naminé. You don't care about us at all. You care much more about Naminé."
"Naminé?", Sora asked.
"As if we can only have one friend at a time?", I said.
"Hmph. I knew it. She's the only one you care about. Just because you want to see Naminé, Sora… Doesn't mean she wants to see you. She… Doesn't even want to look at you."
"Why not?!", Sora demanded.
"Ask your memories. If you bothered to remember why Naminé left the islands… Maybe you'd know why."
"Did I… do something? Is it my fault?", Sora asked himself.
Our two friends then changed to Dark Form and told Sora to go home. "We can take care of Naminé. Any one who tries to go near her (as they summoned their weapons) goes through us!"
Riku then rushed at Sora, who defended with his Keyblade, and Windelle went for me, as I blocked with my shield.
"Please! Come with us, Windelle.", I pleaded. "I have no Naminé to go to. Let Riku defend her by himself. You are an Agent, like Florina and the others!"
He harshly replied, "I've abandoned that now and made an oath to stay with Riku no matter where he goes!"
Sora was saying to Riku, "What's your problem?! We finally found each other."
"No! You don't care about me. Naminé is not the ony one sick of you!"
They then jumped back, then engaged us in battle. They were a real pain in the *** since they were not only our friends, but very proficient fighters as well, even if their methods were just like in our battle with them back at Hollow Bastion. Still, we came out the victors with the help of Card Breaks and Summons, particularly the Sleights Omnislash(Cloud) and Catastrophe(Barret).
We then collected the goodies and the Aero card as well as the Disable card (Immobilize is just like the Sleight Bind and Blind would not me of much good on those who can fight without sight). When the 'battle matrix' dissipated, they fled upstairs and we pursued them. But when we got to the next floor, they were gone. When Florina asked Sora if he was okay, he replied that he is.
"But… Riku and Windelle are different."
When Yoris wondered out loud if Ansem and Stickee were the cause, he was reminded by Goofy that they have been defeated. Just then, Donald exclaimed that the King, Django, and Ilsa may be in danger.
I then reminded Sora that Riku is his friend, then said that this is Castle Oblivion, where memories are lost and found. "We'll find a way to restore their memories."
"Sora?", Donald asked. "Remember the promise we made?"
When Sora turned around, Goofy said, "Keep smiling, no matter what! Remember that!" Sora then nodded and, after a vote, we selected 100 Acre Wood.
Part II. 100 Acre Wood
-I can't believe I'm doing this chapter about the 100 Acre Wood. If you don't like it, then just skip this.-
When we entered, I found out only Sora and I were the ones who managed to enter the world. As we traversed the forests a bit, we found a yellow stuffed bear with a red shirt sitting under a tree next to a young boy with brown hair, a yellow collared shirt, cyan shorts, white socks up to just below the knee, and black shoes.
As the bear introduced himself as Pooh, the boy did so too as Christopher Robin. Just after we introduced ourselves as well, Heartless suddenly appeared around us and before we could tell them to hide, only Pooh did so while Chris pulled out a red mallet ("I was just coming home from croquet practice.", he says. ) and wielded it the same way Sora does with his Keyblade.
The 'battle matrix' then initiated and as we battled, I noticed that Chris is Sora's Friend Card and that none of our other companions (Donald, Goofy, Florina, Yoris, and Gregorio) are appearing. By then, the battle was over and when Chris asked us why these dark creatures were here, we said that we had no idea and that we have to find its commander to stop more from coming. He then volunteered to join us, Pooh tagged along for protection, and we got the Key of Beginnings.
-When called out by Sora, Chris swings his mallet like Sora's 1-2-3 strike combo, 2 cards make him do Sliding Dash, 3 cards have him do 8 side swings at the front then a slam-
-Since this is a fanfic, and doesn't exist in either KH CoM or its remake, I will describe the rooms. In 100 Acre Wood, the walls are thick walls of trees, the 'hoppables' tree stumps, the 'breakables' empty hunny pots, and the 'strikables' wooden sign posts-
Once we found the Room of Beginnings, we found an orange tiger plushie with a springy tail who was bouncing on the Heartless attacking him.
When Chris said to him, "Tigger, get out of there. I do not want you to get hurt by those things.", I remarked to him, "But Tigger seems to be able to protect himself and is having fun doing it. Let's help out instead." he agreed and the three of us rushed in to help Tigger (while Pooh hid behind a tree), after the battle, Tigger joined the party as my Friend Card. As we got the Key of Friendship (which had the Peace symbol), the Bambi Card and the Flit Card(one of my summons), we left to find the respective door.
-This world seems to be different from all the others where the keycards are only Beginnings, Guidance, and Truth-
After finding Idyll Romp and Buzz Blitz (Flit zips around the arena confusing enemies), we found the Door of Friendship, and saw Piglet (Chris called out his name as he does with all proceeding characters in the 100 Acre Wood) on a tree stump and surrounded by Heartless on the ground below. We then came over to help him as Pooh hid again.
-When called out, Tigger bounces three times on the Heartless. Stocking two cards of him doubles frequency and power of the bounces, while three have him do the Whoopty-Dooper Loopty-Looper Ally-Ooper Bounce (Whoo-Do-L-Layo Bounce for short) and zip back and forth, hitting enemies in the process-
After rescuing him, Piglet instantly rushed to Pooh who comforted him, saying it was all right. We then got the Key to Bravery (which had a red glowing heart) as well as the Sleight Confuse (even if I have its card but as I saw in future battles, the sleight has a longer-lasting effect than two of the Confuse card), we found the Door to Bravery and there, we saw Kanga and Roo being pursued by Heartless and were coming in our direction, once both bypassed us and huddled with Pooh and Piglet, the rest of us (Me, Sora, Chris, and Tigger) then readied ourselves for the battle.
It was relatively easy and after they were gone, they tagged along with us for the same reasons as Pooh and Piglet, and we got the Key of Faith (which had a 'sword-in-the-stone' symbol) and the Sleight Bind (which works like my Immobilize). After accessing a Moogle Room to 'trade' cards, we found the Door of Faith. There, we saw Rabbit trying in vain to prevent Shadows from attacking his garden patch with a shovel.
"Take that! And that!", he said as he pounded his shovel on a Shadow, making it disappear, only for another one to appear behind him and kick him at the tail.
"Hey, Long Ears!", Tigger hollered out. "Need assistance?"
"Of all who could ask that, does it have to be you?"
"Just let him and us help you out, for goodness sake.", I said as we went to help him out. After we got rid of the lot, Tigger and Rabbit had a heated conversation, with each bickering so fast that if I did not know the speakers, I would've thought they were chipmunks.
It then ended with, "You really think I'd be friends with you, Tigger? After all that-"
"Enough!", Sora shouted out and both fell silent.
"Technically, you don't have to try and become best of friends with one another.", I then said. "Alliances need not require friendship. (Though it makes it stronger.)"Rabbit and Tigger then looked at one another, shook paws, and soon Rabbit joined us in our 'expedition'. When we left the Room, Rabbit was now one of my Friend Cards, we got the Sleight Synchro, and received the Key of Guidance (at last).
-When called out, Rabbit does four strikes with his shovel dealing significantly less damage than Chris, and more stocked cards have him strike harder and faster-
In the Room of Guidance, we saw Owl doing a sermon on a tree branch with Heartless below, trying to nab him (None of the Heartless in the 100 Acre Wood were the flying sort). Once we 'rescued' Owl, he then came to say that the black beings (the Heartless) have been commanded by a large Heffalump and that they came from out of nowhere. We then got the Key to Wisdom (which had a lightbulb symbol) and left the Room of Guidance.
Soon, we found the Room to Wisdom and saw Eeyore surrounded by Heartless and one of them held his tail. We helped him out and busted the Heartless (as well as retrieved his tail), and once Eeyore has retrieved his tail and after Kanga asked, "Are you okay, Eeyore?", he replied, "Don't worry, they were merely messing up with my tail. But thanks anyway for asking.". He then gave us the Key ofHumility (which had a clear orb symbol). After more exploring, we found the Door of Humility, and there we saw a bunch of mole holes and Gopher as well as a couple of Shadow Heartless popping out and in them again and again. Since this reminded me of an old arcade game, I asked Chris, "May I borrow your mallet for a minute?"
"Uhh, sure.", he replied as he gave me his mallet.
I then went for the holes and pounded every Heartless that popped out of the holes, though I accidentally hit Gopher once in a while. Once the 'game' was over, Gopher himself popped up, and said, "Dang you, bonker! My head would never be the same again!" as he rubbed his head.
"I'm terribly sorry.", I said. "I was quite out of practice in this."
"But thanks for helping me out there. You really saved me from those black shadows."
"Who's this fella, Pooh?", Chris asked, since he apparently haven't acknowledged him ever before.
"Ahh. This here is Gopher. And Gopher, this is Cristopher Robin."
Then Piglet told Gopher their adventures with Chris as Eeyore did likewise, albeit vice-versa. Once that was done, we found the Key of Shortcomings (which had exclamation symbols), and set off to find the door for it (in case you forget, after getting the Key, it was back to Sora and me outside the Door of Humility).
After crossing the Moogle Room again and 'trading' cards (Man! This floor is large!), we finally found the Room of Shortcomings, and there, we saw a blue bird called Lessie, according to Rabbit, flying around, zipping past Heartless who were trying to catch her. Once we had come to the rescue and defeated every Heartless, she thanked us and wished to join the fight, despite a few protests by Rabbit and a sermon by Owl about the consequences. In the end however, she became Sora's Friend Card, and we got the Key In Distress (which had a "chained heart" symbol). Once we left the Room of Shortcomings, we set off to find the Door In Distress, and crossed it.
There we saw a small purple Heffalump (according to Pooh) named Lumpy (according to Roo) cowering and surrounded by Heartless. Once we rescued him, he told us tearily that a fellow Heffalump had perished in the Heartless onslaught trying to protect him.
Owl then concluded grimly, "It may have probably became the Heartless, as Sora and Rael call it, that is attacking the woods now with its minions."
I grimly said, "I'm afraid there's no way to save him, but once we defeat his Heartless, his heart will find peace."
We then got the Key To Truth (finally), and we were outside the Door In Distress.
After crossing the Moogle Room yet again for more 'trading', we finally found the Door to Truth. There, we sighted the Giant Heffalump, which was the size of an African Elephant, and even resembles one, albeit black and purple, with the Heartless Emblem between its eyes.
"That's him.", Lumpy and Owl called out at the same time.
"Then let's get this over with.", Sora said. "You guys run and hide."
As Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Eeyore, Gopher, and Lumpy went to hide, Sora, Chris, Tigger, Rabbit, Lessie, and I got ready to fight as the 'battle matrix' initiated.
As Sora charged at the Heffalump Heartless, I hung back and circled it, firing away all the while, since I knew NOT to charge at elephants, especially those like this one. My first move served well because the Heffalump swung its trunk at Sora and sent him flying to a tree. Seeing that he was about to be impaled by the evil pachyderm, I came to the rescue by performing a Ice Discus at it. It then turned around and started shooting (what the heck?!) coconuts at me. Even as I did my best to fend them off, one conked on my head and I was left stunned for a second or two, and all the while the Heffalump was coming for me. Luckily, Sora had hopped on it and summoned XR, who fired his lasers point blank at the head of the Heartless, dealing considerable damage, then he disappeared. While that happened, I used a "Wight Knight" Enemy Card which enabled me to jump on to the Heffalump's back, where Sora was. There, I performed a new ability; (the previous one I call Solar Sabre) Spinneret, where the shield I hold spins in a high velocity, (the section where I hold it mysteriously remains stationary), effectively deflecting attacks more and, in this case, act like a buzz-saw as I sliced into the Heffalump's head which, perhaps thankfully, spewed out black gas (I'd faint at the sight of a lot of blood up close). Just then, the heffalump raised its forearms, dropping us off on its back, then to our surprise, just before we landed on the ground, it kicked at us with its hind feet, sending us to another tree. We got up with difficulty, then after I used Cure, I called in Tigger to do the Whoo-Do-L-Layo Bounce. In a few seconds, he was all wound up, and the Heffalump had turned around to face us. Then when Tigger let it all loose, he was flying to the dark pachyderm, then he rebounded to me as I blocked, sending him back to the Heffalump. When Tigger went to Sora, he rebounded him with his Keyblade as Tigger went for the dark beast once again, stunned . This sequence repeated a few more times alternating with me and Sora, then Tigger was 'dismissed'. Seeing the onslaught of bounces was over, the Heffalump charged at us and just before it could impale any of us with its tusks, Sora jumped up high, and striking the beast's face, while I slumped down with my shield up to defend against the tusk. Then, after reloading my deck, I drew out my DirLuxun and fired away at the evil pachyderm. As the Heffalump backed away and staggered in pain, Sora landed next to me as I got up and moved back, then I called out Rabbit who slammed his shovel multiple times, then was dismissed. Sora followed up by calling out Chris who did 8 swings, then followed up with a slam, finishing off the Heffalump. We then got the goodies and the Heffalump Card which stops enemies from breaking any magic cards we use for 20 attacks.
Once the dust settled, Pooh and the others got out and saw us do victory poses (which I will not tell you what they are).
"All right! Now the Hundred Acre Wood is safe now.", Sora said.
"Now we can live in peace again!", Lessie cried out in joy.
"Right…", Rabbit said as he rolled out his eyes, then stared at Tigger.
"Well, look at the bright side.", Gopher told him. "Tigger only goes as far as annoying you while the Heartless are much, much worse."
"Ya got a point there.", Tigger remarked.
"Well then, it's time to go, Sora.", I said to him.
"Are you guys leaving?", Roo asked.
"I'm afraid so.", Sora said.
"We still have friends in danger and we must go and save them.", I continued. And at that, we said goodbye, found ourselves in front of the exit, and then we crossed it.