To Guest: Alright, i'll do just that!
Sora woke up, seeing that he was on a balcony. "Huh? This is...Traverse Town." He said and then looked down. "Hey, what's with my clothes? Must be more of Master Yen Sid's magic." He said. "...Wait a minute, what happened to Sabrina and Riku?" He wondered and jumped up to get a better look. "RIKU! SABRINA! HELLOOOOOOO! RIKU! SABRINA!"
"Shut it."
"Huh?"
"Talk about noise." A body lowered itself, surprising Sora and making him fall and he faceplanted.
Twister (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)
"Sora, right?" He asked.
"Yeah, but, uh...how do you know that?"
The boy checked Sora's hand. "Looks like you're not a Player."
"A Player?"
"C'mon, keep up. In the Game." He showed the palm of his hand, showing a timer. "Players get marked with a time limit. And this Game, I can't afford to lose. I need to find my Game partner. "
"Okay..." Sora put his hands over his head. "I don't know about any 'Game,' but can I help?"
"What? Time out. Do you trust every total stranger you meet? Look...sorry, you're no good. You're not a Player. And my pact's with someone else."
"Okay, so we can't be partners. Why don't I just help you out as your friend?"
"Now we're friends? It's not that easy."
"Not saying it is, but...you could make it easier."
"Yeah, sounds great...whatever." He walked away.
"Cool. Lead the way." Sora requested, then watching the boy doing fancy Flowmotion as he was running off. "...Whoa...cool." He said as he tried the same thing...though he kept accidentally faceplanting into walls.
One looooong trip to the second district later...
"Hey, I didn't catch your name." Sora said as he caught up with him...and then Nightmare Dream Eaters surrounded the both of them.
Night of Fate (Kingdom Hearts)
"Dream Eaters!" He exclaimed.
"That's a weird name."
He sighed. "Not me. Them."
"Right...I knew that." He said, watching the boy summon up a Necho Cat as it took out a Meow Wow.
"Don't let 'em surround us! Let's split up!" He told Sora.
"Got it." Sora nodded, summoning his Keyblade.
"Oh uh, and...it's Neku."
"Huh?"
"Neku Sakuraba. You asked."
"Neku Sakuraba." Sora repeated and then chuckled. "That's a mouthful."
"No, it's really not."
Sora chuckled. "C'mon Neku! Let's take 'em!" He exclaimed as he slashed the Meow Wows and Komory Bats with ease, and then a Kooma Panda appeared. "I got it!" He exclaimed and slashed it, but it didn't do anything as the Nightmare simply punched him away.
"You gotta use Flowmotion!" Neku told him as he used his Necho Cat to attack the Meow Wows.
"Flowwhat?"
"You know...the one that you TRIED to do but you kept faceplanting into walls?"
"Oh..." He nodded as he ran to the Kooma Panda as he rushed right towards the bear and then circle around it. "COME ON!" He yelled, slashing it from behind and launching it on top of a Komory Bat, crushing it. "FIRE!" He yelled, using it to get rid of them both.
Dream Eaters (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)
Sora put away his Keyblade and looked at the Necho Cat. "These things with you...they're Dream Eaters too?"
"Yeah. If I'm gonna survive the Game, I'm gonna need some extra help. Think you can control them?"
"Sure...I guess."
Flashback
Magical Mystery (Kingdom Hearts II)
"If we are ever to strike down Xehanort, we need the individuals King Mickey spoke of in his letter." Yen Sid said. "We must lead them out of sorrow and slumber, and back to our world. To do so, seven Sleeping Keyholes must be found and unlocked, and a great power retrieved. As you know, every world is walled off from the next, preventing travel between them. In the past, you could bridge these gaps because the walls were broken, or because you could open special Lanes with your Keyblades. But your new goals, the 'Sleeping Keyholes', are harder to reach."
"You'll recall, in your first journey, that you brought many worlds back from the darkness...but some never returned completely. They still sleep, cut off from all outside channels. Not even the Heartless can enter. But these sleeping worlds are said to have their own manner of darkness."
A small Meow Wow appeared on his desk. "They are called Dream Eaters, and there are two kinds. Nightmares which devour happy dreams and benevolent Spirits which consume the Nightmares." A Spirit Meow Wow appeared next to its Nightmare counterpart. "The Dream Eaters will guide you, just as the Heartless once guided you, to the Keyhole you seek at the heart of each world."
End flashback
Traverse Town (Kingdom Hearts)
Sora and Neku walked in the third district and then they stopped. "I brought you Sora! We had a bargain!"
"What's the matter, Neku?" He asked and then he turned to see a figure in a familiar Organization cloak, as his eyes widened. "No way!"
Shaded Truths (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
Suddenly, the figure jumped off. "Hey! That wasn't the deal! You said you wouldn't hurt him!" Neku exclaimed as he ran to him.
"Don't! Neku! They're too dangerous!" He exclaimed as he tried to run to them, but then he suddenly got sleepy. "What...? Why am I so...sleepy?"
Meanwhile...
Riku woke up in the Third District, looking around. "Huh? Am I in...Traverse Town?" He looked down. "My clothes have changed." He said and then realized something. "Sora! Sabrina! Where are you?"
He turned around and walked to the fountain. "I remember we fell overboard after Medusa attacked...and I think we opened a keyhole. So...this must be one of the Sleeping Worlds." He looked at his hand. "My Keyblade...it just sort of...popped into my hand when I needed it most. Right...it's started."
"Wow! Where's your portal?"
"Huh?" He looked up to see a guy...with sort of a female voice of all voices as he was sitting on top of the fountain.
"It takes something special to jump between grounds without one."
Calling (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)
"Who are you?" Riku asked.
"My name is Joshua."
"What do you mean 'Portal'?" I swear, if Sabrina was here, she'd be all over this guy talking about that game. He thought.
"Are we just skipping past the part where you tell me your name?"
"Riku."
Joshua chuckled. "Hello there, Riku. Portals are like gateways that link up our worlds. Apparently, the world you and I are standing in right now...well, there are three copies of it. It's sorta been split in three pieces. Portals are what let folks like us cross between them."
"There can be three of a world?"
"The world is as many things as people need it to be. The concept that we all live in the same world...that's just in our heads. Surely you knew? I'll tell you what, Riku. I've got a little errand for you."
"Sorry, I don't trust you." Riku walked away.
"Aw, at least hear me out! I'm looking for a girl named Rhyme. She's the key to the Portal. And on the other side, who knows who we'll find? Maybe even your friends Sora and Sabrina."
Riku stopped walking and turned to him. "You know Sora and Sabrina?"
Joshua chuckled. "Now I have your attention." He jumped off the fountain. "But, unfortunately, I don't know where they are. If they're not in this version of the world, I can only assume they have to be in the other ones. Simple logic."
"Okay, you want to find Rhyme? You got it. Let's go." He said as they took off together, while Riku took down any Nightmare that was coming right for him. "Joshua, why don't they ever attack you?" He wondered.
"They meaning Dream Eaters? They won't go after you unless you're a dreamer. Which is funny, because I've got plenty of dreams."
"But they're definitely attacking me..." He muttered. "So...you think I'm a dreamer?"
"Every human being is a dreamer. I had a friend once who said he never dreamed of anything, but it turned out that his were the most powerful dreams of all. You sort of remind me of him. Why don't we give your dreams shape? In this world, they take form as Dream Eaters, which can become great allies."
One Komory Bat dreamt up later...
"I gotchu now, Joshua!" A voice exclaimed as they turned to see some rapper of sorts.
Tension Rising (Kingdom Hearts II)
"Once I take you down, yo, me and Rhyme is goin' back to where we belong!"
"Beat...how many times do we have to go over this? You've been tricked by that rogue in the black coat."
Riku looked at him in surprise. "What? Black coats? But that's..."
"I'm telling you you've made a friend of our enemy."
"Just can it, aight?! Your inverse psychiatry ain't gonna work! LET'S GO! DREAM EATERS!" He yelled, but a Spirit Kooma Panda appeared and ran right towards Riku. "What?! Man, not cool!" Beat exclaimed, hearing Joshua laugh.
One beat up Spirit later...
Traverse Town
Beat growled under his breath. "You know what? Forget it." He sighed. "This is stale, yo."
Joshua walked over to him. "Playing the tough guy 24/7? I'd be worn out too."
"I just...wanna protect the one person who matters."
"I know the feeling." Riku said and then he put his hand over his head, his eyes drooping. "Why am I suddenly so...sleepy?"
Another Flashback
Magical Mystery
"Long ago, in the age of fairy tales, the World was filled with light...a gift, many believed, from an unseen power known as Kingdom Hearts. You see, Kingdom Hearts was protected by its counterpart, the X-Blade, so that none could ever lay hands on its mysteries. But in time, the World was overrun by legions who wanted the light all for themselves, and the first shadows were cast upon the land."
"These warriors crafted Keyblades in the image of the original X-Blade, and waged a great war over Kingdom Hearts." Yen Sid continued. "We call this the Keyblade War. But though the war extinguished all light within the world, the darkness could not reach the brightness in every child's heart. With that light, the World was remade as we know it today, with countless smaller worlds shining like stars in the sky. As for the real X-Blade, it did not survive the battle. The two elements that created it, one of darkness, and one of light, shattered into twenty pieces. Seven of light; thirteen of darkness."
"And as for the source of all the light...the one true Kingdom Hearts...it was swallowed by the darkness, never to be seen again. As long as it remains there, even the brightest world will have its dark corners. After all, light begets darkness, and darkness is drawn to light. For this reason, some decided to use the Keyblade...a weapon designed to conquer the light...to defend the light instead. These were the first heroes of the Keyblade." He finished, while Riku clenched his fists.
End Flashback
Traverse Town
Sabrina woke up in the Second District and looked around. "Wait a second...i'm in Traverse Town?" She wondered and then looked down. "What the crap? What's with my clothes?" She asked herself. Her Fairy Tail shirt was replaced by a dark red T-shirt and her fiery shorts were changed into blue shorts with some lightning on it. The T-Shirt also had the Smash Bros symbol right below her chest.
She then looked at her hand, seeing the Fairy Tail mark and sighed with relief. "Well, at least this mark is still here." She said and then looked at her hand, seeing another mark as she looked at it in confusion. "What the? I don't remember having THIS on my other hand." She said. "Well...one thing's for sure...the test has started."
She walked around. "Sora? Riku?" She called out to them. "Okay, either this is someone's idea of a sick joke or they went off without me." She muttered. "Sheesh..."
"Looking for someone?" A voice asked as she turned to see a girl walking up to them.
Laughter and Merriment (Kingdom Hearts II)
"I guess you can say that." She nodded. "Um, who are you?"
"Shiki, I'm looking for a guy named Neku. Have you seen him?"
"Uh...no." She shook her head. Should I tell her I just woke up here? She wondered.
"Oh, that's a shame." Shiki sighed. "By the way, what's your name?"
"Sabrina." She replied.
"That's a cool name! Why don't we tag along so we can find him?"
"Alright, I'm trying to find Sora and Riku as well."
"Sora and Riku? Who are they?"
"Sora's my brother and Riku..." She blushed.
"Ooooh..." Shiki had a wide smile on her face. "I see, you're totally a couple. There's no need to hide it from me." She winked at her. "Well come on, let's go find those guys...and hopefully Neku is with them!"
"Right." She nodded as they walked around, talking to each other and then suddenly as soon as they got into the First District, a couple of Meow Wows, Kooma Pandas and Komory Bats surrounded them.
Night of Fate
"Not these guys again!" Shiki exclaimed.
"Shiki, find some cover. I'll deal with these things." Sabrina told her, summoning her Master Oathkeeper Keyblade as Shiki ran off as she ran to the Dream Eaters and slashed them.
A Kooma Panda punched her from the side, as she was launched to the wall, but she recovered and as soon as she hit the wall, she launched herself and spun like a drill to the Dream Eater and then jumped up and slashed down, making a shockwave that blasted the Komory Bats and Meow Wows away. "Whoa...how did I just...?" She wondered. "Oh never mind that." She said and used Fire on a remaining Komory Bat, destroying it.
Traverse Town
"That's taken care of." She said. "Okay, Shiki. The coast is clear." No response. "Shiki?" She walked to where she was hiding. "Hey, are you okay?"
When she got to Shiki's hiding spot...she wasn't there. "Oh for the love of..." She muttered. "I swear, if someone kidnapped her..."
"Actually, someone didn't." A voice said as she turned to see Joshua walking up to her. "Hello, I'm Joshua." He introduced before Sabrina could say anything. "I just got done talking with Beat and Riku in the Second District."
Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
"Huh? That can't be right, I was just there! There's no way Riku or that...Beat guy was there."
Joshua chuckled. "That's because there's another Traverse Town...in fact, there's three of them."
"THERE'S HOW MANY?!" Sabrina yelled.
"Three." He replied. "And each of them, Riku and Sora are in the others."
"Oh great..." Sabrina sighed. "So much for a rendezvous." She muttered.
"Oh, by the way...do you know how to shape your dreams into a Dream Eater?" He asked.
"Uh...no...?"
One tutorial later...
A Kooma Panda appeared in front of Sabrina. "Aww, he's so cute!" Sabrina exclaimed, as the Kooma Panda then hugged her. "Oh! This guy's a hugger!"
Joshua chuckled. "Well, I'll leave you to it. I gotta find Rhyme." He said. "Hopefully, she can't be too far off." He walked away.
"Rhyme...Beat?" Sabrina wondered. "Interesting names." She said as she started walking. "Alright, now I need to find Shiki." She told herself and then suddenly stopped walking, her eyes drooping. "What the heck...why am I getting so...sleepy...?" She wondered and then fell to the ground, but the Kooma Panda caught her and laid her head on his belly.
Back with Sora...
Traverse Town
Sora got up. "Where is he?!" He exclaimed, getting up and looked around. "They're both gone..." He folded his arms. "Before I fell asleep, Neku said that he and that creep in the coat had a deal. But what was the deal?" He wondered. "Are the two of them in league? That can't be right. We never even found Neku's partner. I guess I should just take a look around."
Riku
Riku got up. "What happened...did I fall asleep?" He looked to see Joshua and Beat gone. "Where are Joshua and Beat?" He wondered.
"Hey, do you mind?" A voice asked as Riku turned to see Shiki being chased by Nightmare Meow Wows, forcing Riku to chase after her and then when she was cornered, he jumped in their way, facing the Nightmares.
"Stay back." He ordered, holding Way to the Dawn.
One Nightmare clean up later...
"Seriously, thanks." Shiki thanked him. "I'm Shiki, how 'bout you?"
"Riku."
"Thanks, Riku." Shiki smiled.
"Sure." He walked off.
"Hey! That's it? You chat up a girl and then say 'sure', and walk off?"
Riku turned around. "I'm bad at this. Sorry." He apologized. "Look, it's not safe here. You should go home."
"If it's dangerous, how can you just leave me here? Aren't you my knight in shining armor? Well?" She winked at him.
"Kn-knight?! You've got the wrong idea."
"Omigosh, I was so just kidding." She turned to him. "You get out much? You remind me of this guy I know. Well, good thing we met."
"Yeah, great." Riku nodded.
Shiki looked at him and then it clicked. "WAIT A SECOND!" She yelled. "You said your name was Riku, right?"
"Uh...yeah?"
"I met this girl named Sabrina! She said she was looking for you and this Sora kid?"
Riku's eyes widened. "You've met Sabrina?"
"Sure did! Though...when she told me to get to cover when those things attacked, I somehow wound up back in the second district. Like I teleported or something."
"And that's when I saw you running from those Dream Eaters..." Riku muttered. "Well, I'm sure Sabrina is around here somewhere..."
With Sabrina...
Sabrina woke up. "Ugh...who's the wise guy of putting me to sleep?" She wondered and saw the Kooma Panda holding her. "Oh, thanks." She said and got up, then seeing a holographic Riku not too far off with Shiki. "Hey...that's..." She smiled. "HEY! RIKU! SHIKI!" She called out to them, but they didn't hear her as they walked away.
"Dude...are you deaf?" She wondered and then sighed. "The next time I see the guy, I'm totally gonna tell him off for ignoring his girl." She muttered. "But why is Shiki with him? Hmm...this totally doesn't make sense."
The both of them then noticed the mailbox dancing around. "Huh?" She wondered as she walked to it, and then it bounced away, revealing some sort of passageway. "Whoa." She said and then hopped down into it.
"Okay, so I'm in some sort of...post office." She said and then looked at a rail. "I wonder..." She then got on the rail and immediately rode on it. "Whoa! This is totally like a grind rail!" She exclaimed, grinding around the post office.
As she was grinding, she saw Sora right next to her on another rail. "Sora?"
"Huh?" Sora turned his head to see a holographic Sabrina. "Sabrina?" He asked as he didn't see where he was going and fell off the rail. "WHOA!" He yelled as he screamed all the way down and faceplanted.
Sabrina winced. "That's gotta hurt." She said and then jumped off, landing near him. "Are you okay?"
Sora got up, shaking his head. "Ow..." He muttered as his Meow Wow was cutely pawing him and seeing his sister in front of him, seeing her mouth the words if he was okay. "Yeah...just a headache..." He muttered.
Sabrina smiled. "Even though you can't hear me...I love you." She said and then ran off.
"Uh...what'd she say?" Sora asked. "She loves me because she can't hear me?" He tilted his head. "I don't get it."
As soon as he got out of the post office, he wound up in the fourth district a couple minutes later. "Wow! Never been this way before!" He exclaimed and noticed a little girl with a Moogle. "Oh! What's that?" He asked and ran up to her. "Hey, um...any chance you're Neku's partner?"
Have a Nice Talk
"Huh?" She turned to Sora. "Um...i'm not really sure. All I know is that my name is Rhyme."
"You mean...you lost your memory?" Sora asked. Oh dear, if Sabrina knew about this...she'd get completely angry. She told me this amnesia thing has been done to death...but honestly, I don't even care considering I don't watch anime.
"Yep."
"Oh, sorry."
"Aw, it's no big deal." Rhyme dismissed it like it was nothing. "You know what they always say...'sometimes memories just need a little help getting out'." She recited from memory.
"Yeah, that's true." He smiled as Rhyme nodded. "Huh...a little help..." He then snapped his fingers. "I know! Maybe Neku can jog your memory! Come on, Rhyme, let's go find him!"
"Right!" Rhyme nodded.
Riku and Shiki walked together, looking around. "Over there!" Shiki exclaimed and ran off.
"Hey! We should stick together!" Riku told her, but then he heard a scream. "Perfect." He muttered and ran in her direction. "You can't expect me to-" He stopped, seeing the same figure Sora saw, as Shiki's little...teddy...cat...thing was lying in front of its feet. "Shiki! No way..."
Villains of a Sort (Kingdom Hearts)
The figure kicked the stuffed animal to Riku. "How did you get here?"
"Who are you?"
"By choice or chance? You cannot control what you're not aware of." It walked to Riku. "This wakeless sleep will be your prison...to wander forever."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll have to answer to...this guy." Joshua told Sora.
"Him again..." Sora growled under his breath.
"Riku! Don'chu listen to that punk!" Beat's voice exclaimed as he turned to see Beat and Shiki. "Shiki's gonna be fine! She told me whassup. Hoodie here set this whole thing up, yo!"
Sabrina turned a corner and saw everyone in the area, but all of them holographic. "Oh for crying..." She muttered and saw the hooded figure. "Are you for REAL?!" She yelled. "I thought the Organization was eliminated!"
"He promised to send Shiki back to our world, and you was the cost of travel." Beat continued. "Yo, this is seriously one half-baked excuse for a mission. Betchu ain't even a Reaper."
The hooded figure took off his hood, revealing to me a young man. "All right, who are you?" Riku asked.
The boy didn't do anything, but simply raised his hands up in the air, as three Hockomonkey Nightmares appeared, two of them were holographic for each Keyblade weilder while one of them had no feet.
"Three of them?!" Sora exclaimed, and then noticed Sabrina summoning Igneel's Flame. "Oh, that explains it." He said, summoning his Keyblade as the Hockomonkey he has to face went up on the roof. "GET BACK HERE!" He yelled.
The one with no legs went inside the building as Riku followed it, while the Hockomonkey looked at Sabrina. "Alright, let's see what you can do." Sabrina said, as her Kooma Panda got ready.
Untamable (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)
Sabrina ran towards the Hockomonkey and slashed it several times before it jumped up and kicked her away, then punched her to a wall, but then Sabrina countered with Flowmotion and knocked it away. "How do you like that?!" She exclaimed.
The Hockomonkey roared at Sabrina and attacked her, but she dodge rolled and then used Fire at it, and then the Kooma Panda jumped up and punched it to a wall as Sabrina used Strike Raid on it.
Sabrina then ran to it and jumped upwards to slash downward, but the Hockomonkey got out of the way and then fired his boxing gloves to home in at her, but Sabrina went over to a light post, used Flowmotion and easily got rid of the boxing gloves, then ran to the armless Hockomonkey and slashed it multiple times, then getting punched away by its newly regenerated arms, but she Aerial Recovered and landed in the water.
Kooma Panda picked up a chunk of concrete and threw it at Hockomonkey, knocking it down to the ground as Sabrina jumped up and did her execution move, as Hockomonkey roared in pain before it faded away. "And see you later." She waved, high fiving Kooma Panda.
Traverse Town
"Sora...i'm sorry I tricked you." Neku apologized.
"Ah, it's no big deal." Sora smiled. "Oh! Neku, this here is Rhyme...is she your partner?"
"No, she's not. My partner is Shiki." Neku replied, pointing to a holographic Shiki. "Her."
"This is so messed up, man!" Beat exclaimed. "She's right here in front of me and...I can't reach her!" He exclaimed, referring to Rhyme as he attempted to touch her, but his hands went right through her.
"If your hearts are connected, you'll reach her." Riku told him.
Beat sighed and looked at Rhyme. "Rhyme..."
"Beat..." Rhyme said, looking at him.
"Neku..." Shiki sighed.
"Shiki..." Neku frowned.
Riku looked at Sora and Sabrina and sighed. "Sora...Sabrina..."
Sora growled under his breath, sighing. "Sabrina...Riku..."
Sabrina smiled a little, but then sighed. "Sora...Riku..."
Someday (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)
Suddenly, they disappeared except for Sora, Sabrina, and Riku. "In their world..." A voice said as they turned to see Joshua. "Something happened that brought their existence to an end. To keep them from fading altogether, I gathered up the very last remnants of their dreams and looked for a place to give them refuge. It was then this world appeared to answer my call, and Rhyme's dreams allowed us to reach it. Here, I thought they might have a chance...that the pieces of their dreams could make them whole again."
He turned to them after looking at the water. "Imagine my surprise, when I realized dreams take bodily form in this world. It struck me...by linking their dream pieces back together, maybe I could make them exist again. Maybe I could give them another chance."
"It can't be that simple." Riku said.
"Well, why can't it? By ourselves, we're no one. It's when other people look at us and see someone, that's the moment we each start to exist. All they needed was for someone to see them, connect with them. And the three of you were a big part of making it happen."
The three of them looked at each other and then to Joshua. "Joshua, just...who are you?" They all asked.
Joshua smiled. "Let's say...a friend." He said as wings appeared behind him and he then flew off, shocking the three of them.
Is that guy a friend of Pit? Sabrina wondered and then a Keyhole appeared in front of them, shining brightly. They all looked at each other and then aimed their Keyblades at the Keyhole and fired beams of light at the Keyhole.
Flashback
Magical Mystery
"One dream is connected to another, which means we must choose in which Sleeping World you will begin. I will return you to the Destiny Islands just before they were swallowed by the darkness and plunged into sleep." Yen Sid told them. "Once dreams took you, you must let them guide you to the Sleeping Worlds. As there are seven pure lights, there are seven Sleeping Keyholes. Unlocking these will both grant you new powers, and free the worlds from their wakelessness."
He looked at each of them. "Complete this task, and return here safely, and I will name you three...true masters."
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And with that...Traverse Town is done! ...At least, until they come back of course.
As for the worlds that i'm replacing minus this and World That Never Was, it's a secret!