Chapter 7

Train was deep in thought as Donald piloted the ship towards the next world. Once they landed they found themselves in an actual hangar.

"So this is your world Donald and Goofy?" Sora asked.

"It sure is Sora." Goofy said. Then two chipmunks wearing mechanics aprons ran down the stairs.

"Thank goodness you guys are here!" one shouted.

"The castle is filled with heartless!" the other shouted. All of them looked shocked and ran up the stairs to enter the Disney Castle proper. They exited from a hedge castle look alike and were standing in a rather large garden. Then the heartless appeared in large numbers. Splitting up they each took a side of the hedge castle and fought off the heartless for minutes until they finally stopped appearing.

"How are there heartless here? I thought this place was protected somehow?" Sora asked Donald.

"I don't know, but maybe the queen will." Donald said as he led them into one of the hallways. Running at times Donald led them to a large chamber door but Train stopped just outside it.

"The heartless are coming. I can hear them. You guys go talk to the queen and I'll deal with anything coming on this end." Train said as he faced the hallway. Without a word they entered the room while Train watched the heartless coming in large numbers. Loading only his regular bullets he began shooting into the crowd, taking out the heatless as they moved towards the door. After defeating the first wave the door opened and Donald and Goofy ran out.

"Where are you going?" he yelled.

"To alert the palace staff." Goofy yelled back as the two of them ran. After a few minutes Sora and the queen left the room and told him that they were heading for the giant door in the middle of the hallway. Running with them he fired several shots into heartless that were getting too close. Once they entered the throne room dozens of flying heartless appeared.

"Oh no. Not here too." The queen said. Thinking quickly Train took out a grenade and told them to cover their eyes. He then tossed the flash grenade into the crowd of heartless and waited for the small ball to shine the intense light.

"Run! They won't be blinded for long!" Train yelled. Thr three of them ran through the crowd of heartless until they reached the throne on the opposite side of the room. The queen then started looking for something on the back of the chair while Sora and Train fought off the approaching heartless. Suddenly the platform they were on started sliding to the left and a burst of light shone from the opening, destroying the heartless.

"Please. This way." The queen said as she led them down the stairs and into a large room. The outer edge was surrounded by black thorn vines and in the center of the room sat a large sphere with swirling light in it.

"This is the corner stone of light. It has protected this castle from the darkness since the castle was built. But now these dark thorns have appeared and I don't know what to do." The queen said as Donald and Goofy returned.

"Ha ha ha ha ha." Someone laughed.

"Who's there?" Sora shouted.

"Then green fire appeared near the corner stone of light and a woman in black emerged.

"Maleficent?!" Donald shouted.

"Who?" Train asked.

"She used to lead the heartless. But we defeated her back at Hollow Bastion." Sora said, keyblade at the ready.

"You fools couldn't have killed me. You are too weak." Maleficent said, coldly "And who might you be?"

"That's none of your concern." Train said as he showed her his evilest glare.

"Ahh. Your heart is filled with darkness, and yet you don't attract heartless." She said clearly curious "But that will have too wait."

"What are you doing here Maleficent?" the queen asked.

"Ahh. Queen Minnie. I have simply come here to take this marvelous castle. However it is too bright for my tastes. I shall have to darken it up a bit more." She said as she faced the corner stone of light. Moving before they could realize what had happened Train was above her with Hades drawn and had fired one bullet right at her head. Raising her staff she blocked the bullet but didn't see Hades heading straight for her face. With a solid thunk Hades smashed into her, causing her to step back from the corner stone of light.

"You are a foolish young man. I shall enjoy turning you into a heartless when the time comes." She said as glared at him. Surrounding herself in the green fire again she disappeared.

"Well now what?" Train asked.

"We should go get Merlin." Goofy said.

"Yeah. He'll know what to do." Donald agreed.

"You guys go get the old man then and I'll stay here and guard the corner stone of light." Train said as he reloaded Hades. The three of them then returned to the gummi ship while Train leaned against the corner stone of light and took a nap.

* well here is part one of this world. I will post art two shortly so please enjoy the short chapter.