"So Rachel, I talked to Maleficent," Hades said. I looked away from him. I was putting on new gloves; my hands were hurting from all the fighting they were having me do. I'd fought and beaten everything in Hades' Underworld. My clothes had taken a beating as well as my hands and feet but my ankle was no longer sore, though the area where Maleficent had touched me was purple and black. "She's decided you've proved yourself loyal, you haven't tried to escape since Hollow Bastion and you turned away your friends."

"Yeah, so?"

"Well," He cleared his throat, "You have a new mission." I looked up expectantly, "You've done very well in the trials and I'm not sure there's much else we can possibly test you on. So you are off to Halloween Town to see how Oogy is handling the heartless."

"Oogy?"

"He's not very powerful, he just tries to be. He's extremely intimidating though and Maleficent wants you to help him out as much as you can because Riku is still on his way back on the Captain's ship," Hades put his hand on my shoulder, making me turn and look at him, "Hope I see you again kid." He turned to walk away.

"How exactly do I get to Halloween Town?" I asked.

"Make a portal." And with that he had disappeared.

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After an hour of figuring out how the portal worked and making sure I could do it without leaving a limb behind or anything I finally got the coordinates correct for Halloween Town. I'd ended up in a dark room that looked like an evil Casino. There was a huge bagman standing on one side of the room, playing with a set of die.

"Who are you?" He asked, his voice oddly creepy and deep.

"I'm here by orders of Maleficent," I said, walking around the room looking at all of his 'toys'.

"What happened to the boy?" I rubbed my finger along a sharp blade, making him twitch slightly.

"He's busy," I answered curtly.

"Well what does she want you here for?"

"She wanted me to check up on you," I smiled, really enjoying this power I had over him. "Need any help?"

"No," He answered roughly, "The little Trick-or-Treaters are off collecting a heart for me and I'm sure the brat with the keyblade isn't far behind them." I nodded still walking around and enjoying the pleasure in making him nervous.

There was a loud crash from outside. The room shook and a bit of dust floated down from the ceiling. "WHAT was that?" He asked.

"You could go find out." He hoped down from his post and walked to the door. He opened it.

"WELL! What do we have here?"