Chapter 18: Mercury Lighthouse and Mogall Forest
Arthur, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Twilight, Tod, Tor, Amity, Kirby, Katara, Isaac, Garet, and Ivan follow Mia out of Imil Village and find her going for what looks like a tower and so they arrive at the tower as well.
(Field Theme: Mercury Lighthouse)
(Mercury Lighthouse)
The group arrive at the tower known as Mercury Lighthouse and they find Mia.
"Someone is here..." Mia said.
"Huh?" Goofy asked.
"Somebody is in here... You can hear it too, right?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, I can." Isaac said.
"Alex is the only one other than I who can enter Mercury Lighthouse. This statue is blocking the way." Mia said.
"I got this." Twilight said, casting Quake to destroy the statue.
"Wow, you can use power like that?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, it's called magic." Twilight said.
"Isaac, Ivan, and I use Psynergy." Garet said.
"Psynergy...? That's what it's callled?" Mia asked.
"Weren't you using Psynergy to heal someone?" Katara asked.
"It's a special power handed down to members of the Mercury Clan from generation to generation. I call this power Ply, a power generated through meditation." Mia said.
"The Mercury Clan sounds a little like people in Vale." Garet said.
"So, they're like sworn protectors of a special power, right?" Sora asked.
"Yeah." Isaac said.
"I need to get going. I need to find out who just entered the lighthouse." Mia said, going into the lighthouse.
"We should go after her and see what's going on." Arthur said and Tod nods.
"Agreed. There could be Heartless in there and I'm not sure if Mia is used to fighting them." Amity said.
"Let's go!" Tor said, as they go into the lighthouse.
The group enter the lighthouse, but they find Mia surrounded by Volt Viper Heartless.
"This is terrible... Monsters are in Mercury Lighthouse... How can this be?" Mia asked.
"Heartless!" Donald said, taking out his staff.
"We gotta do something!" Isaac said, taking out his sword.
The group confront the Heartless.
"Stand back, Mia!" Sora said.
"We got this!" Garet said.
(Information: Defeat the Heartless while protecting Mia!)
The Volt Vipers unleash lightning attacks, but Arthur triple slashes with Excalibur and then uses Confusia's chaos magic to rain down chaos energy, causing confusion, allowing Sora to use Sonic Blade and dashes all over and delivers one final dashing attack while Isaac slashes with his sword followed by casting Quake, but the Volt Vipers slither around while unleashing electric attacks. Goofy uses Charge while Kirby double swings his hammer while Ivan casts Whirlwind, but the Volt Vipers deliver electric bites to deal shocking damage to the group, only for Donald to cast Earth followed by casting Fira while Tor uses Sword Thrust while Garet double slashes with his sword followed by casting Flare, but the Volt Vipers deliver electric whips. Katara counters and shoots ice needles while Twilight unleashes magic orbs and sends them to attack followed by casting Frostra while Amity shoots pink fireballs, but the Volt Vipers slither around while unleashing more electric attacks, only for Sora to summon Simba, who uses Proud Roar and unleashes a powerful roar while Arthur summons Naturae, who unleashes vines and rains down rocks and they defeat the Heartless.
"Thank you." Mia said, leaving.
"Hey, wait!" Donald called.
The group chase after Mia in the next room, but they find two sides, so they go for the right to arrive at a chamber full of water and they go through the chamber and later arrive at a hallway, where they find Mia.
"The path is blocked again... What will I do?" Mia asked.
Isaac finds a statue blocking the path and so he uses Move to remove the statue.
"There you go." Isaac said.
"Thank you again." Mia said.
"You should stop going off on your own. I know you're kinda an expert on this, but this place is dangerous." Sora said.
"Do you have any business with the lighthouse?" Mia asked.
"Actually, yes." Isaac said.
"I thought so. I'm sure there are more places ahead I can't face alone, but only those of the Mercury Clan can enter this place." Mia said.
"But..." Arthur was cut off.
"I sense something special about you people. I feel I can trust you." Mia said.
"Then let us come with you and we can work together." Sora said.
"Very well. Thank you." Mia said.
(Information: Explore the Mercury Lighthouse!)
The group continue moving through Mercury Lighthouse and they arrive at a chamber with valves and using the valves, they manage to get past the chamber and enter the next chamber, but they find Soldiers, who attack, but Arthur slashes with Excalibur while Sora slashes with his Keyblade while Donald casts Blizzara while Goofy uses Tornado while Twilight casts Blazra while Tor uses Sword Spin while Amity uses her Abomination to attack while Kirby swings his hammer while Katara water whips. As they continue through the lighthouse, the group use a statue to press a switch to open the door and go for the next room while dealing with more Heartless in their way and find a hole on the floor, so they go through the hole, taking them to a different room, where they find another statue.
"He, who honors the heart of the goddess shall stand at the center of all, like a swan in the center of a rippling pond." The statue said.
Mia uses Ply in the statue, giving the group the ability to move across the water and so they use the ability to continue moving through the lighthouse and arrive at a chamber with a water wall, so they manage to get through the water wall and keep moving while dealing with more Heartless in their way and later, the group arrive at a chamber full of water, so they move across the water to get past the chamber and later arrive at a chamber with more valves. Using the valves, something happens in the lighthouse, so the group exit the right side of the lighthouse and go for the left while fighting off more Heartless in their way and find another statue, as well as more valves, so while solving the valve puzzle, the group manage to get to the statue and use it to press the switch to open the door and head for the next room. In the next room, the group find another statue, only for Isaac to use Move, revealing another door and they find more valves, which they use to shoot water to reveal another chamber with more water walls and by traversing the water walls, the group arrive at a hall, where they find another statue and Isaac uses Move to keep going through the hall and they arrive at a room with a rainbow.
"He, who honors the goddess of rainbows shall be guided to the heavens upon wings of fluid grace." The statue said.
Mia uses Ply on the statue, making the water rise.
"The rising water shall take us. Come with me." Mia said, going for the rising water.
The group follow Mia on the rising water, taking them somewhere.
(Lighthouse Aerie)
The group are at the top of Mercury Lighthouse.
"Wow, that's some water." Tor said.
"We must REALLY be high up." Donald said.
"No time for gawking. We need to keep going." Katara said.
The group start moving through the aerie, but they find a giant blue orb.
"We're too late! The lighthouse has been lit!" Garet said.
"But, that's...impossible...! There's no way the beacon can be lit without the Mercury Star..." Mia said.
"Uh, Mia... The Elemental Stars were stolen from Sol Sanctum on Mt. Aleph..." Isaac said.
"Are you saying you're healers from Sol Sanctum?" Mia asked.
"No, we're from Mt. Aleph, but we're not healers." Garet said.
"We're from a village called Vale to get the three stolen Stars back." Isaac said.
"Did you say Vale?" Mia asked.
"Yeah and our village was there to protect Sol Sanctum, but the Stars were stolen." Garet said.
"That sounds like my clan... I have failed in one duty placed on me..." Mia said.
"Isaac! Garet!" A voice called.
"Huh?" Sora asked, as they see four figures.
The first is a young man with long brown hair and wearing a brown tunic with a green cloak.
The second is is a girl with pink hair tied to a ponytail and wearing a pink dress with a purple cloak.
The third is an old man with white hair and wearing a brown cloak.
The fourth and final figure is a young woman with blonde hair, pointy ears, and red eyes.
"So it's you, Isaac..." The young man said.
"Felix!" Isaac said.
"So that's Felix..." Arthur said.
"So, those kids are still alive? Did you come all this way to save Jenna and Kraden?" The young woman asked.
"Not just that, but we're after the Elemental Stars!" Garet said.
"In other words, they're here to stop us. Let's deal with them before they cause trouble." The young woman said.
"Hold it, Mendari!" A voice said and they see a young man with light blue hair, pointy ears, and red eyes and with him are Kay and Azula.
"K-Kay..." Arthur said.
"Azula!" Katara said with disdain.
"Oh, Saturos... They want to..." Mendari was cut off.
"I heard everything. You were lucky to survive that eruption in Mt. Aleph. You've endured so much, only to throw your own lives away? Very well. If that's your wish, then it will be granted." Saturos said.
"Actually, Stauros, I'LL give 'em that wish!" Kay said, pounding his fist into his other hand.
"Oh, you like games, do you, Kay?" Saturos asked.
"No offense, but I'm bored and I want a bit of fun. These little bugs'll be fun to squash!" Kay said.
"Looks like you've been saved the trouble. Besides, they're not worth your attention." Azula said.
"You're right, Princess. Perhaps I'll stay and watch how much their powers developed." Saturos said.
"Saturos..." Mendari stops talking.
"Mendari, meet us at the next lighthouse!" Saturos ordered.
"Very well. Come along, Felix and make sure your sister behaves." Mendari said.
"Felix..." Jenna stops talking.
"Isaac and Garet shouldn't have come after us..." Felix said.
"Isaac, Garet... I'm sorry..." Jenna said.
"See you, Saturos." Mendari said, as they leave.
"Jenna! Kraden!" Isaac cried.
"Uh-uh! Ya gotta deal with me, Blondie!" Kay said, confronting the group.
"Why are you doing this?" Mia asked.
"Why? 'Cause it's fun to be on the winning side!" Kay said.
"Heh, you? On the winning side? That's funny, Kay, 'cause I don't see how you're winning!" Amity said.
"If anything, YOU'RE on the losing side!" Sora said, taking out his Keyblade.
"We'll see about that after our plan's complete." Kay said.
"That's not gonna happen!" Tor said.
"Kay, stop wasting time and just destroy them!" Azula said.
"Yeah, yeah, I got it! You're actin' like that cockroach Gideon!" Kay said, but eyes at Arthur. "First..." Kay dashes at Arthur and punches the blond boy in the gut, knocking him out.
"Artie!" Sora cried.
"Why'd ya have to do that?" Goofy asked.
"You're HORRIBLE!" Twilight shouted.
"There! Now I won't have to be distracted by Wart, considering he's easy pickings. Okay, you lot, who wants to go down first?" Kay asked.
"Now you've gone and done it!" Tor yelled.
"You're a horrible person and we're stopping you!" Katara yelled.
"Just how dangerous is this guy?" Garet asked.
"Not that dangerous. He's just a dimwit." Donald said.
"I'LL SHOW YA WHO'S THE DIMWIT!" Kay shouted, taking out his sword.
(Boss Theme: Squirming Evil)
(Information: Teach Kay a lesson!)
Kay triple slashes at the group with his sword followed by a giant slash, but Sora blocks the attack and delivers a counterattack with two horizontal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz and then casts Thunder while Isaac delivers four slashes with his sword followed by a diagonal slash and then casts Earthquake while Tor uses Sword Thrust to strike, but Kay retaliates with a leaping sword slash and then delivers a giant sword swing. Goofy blocks the attack with his shield and then uses Charge while Garet delivers heavy slashes with his sword followed by casting Flare Wall while Amity uses her Abomination to deliver a double hammer fist strike, only for Kay to take out his bow and starts firing three arrows at the group, who dodge out of the way, but Kay keeps firing more arrows. Katara uses her Waterbending to create water arrows and shoots them at Kay while Mia casts Frost to deal ice damage while Twilight casts Triple Frostra and unleashes three ice crystals, but Kay double slashes with his sword followed by a giant diagonal slash, only for Ivan to cast Plasma and unleashes purple lightning to strike down at the brute while Kirby uses Stone while Donald casts Fira followed by casting Earth, but Kay backs off to fire more arrows.
Before Kay can fire more arrows at the group, Mia casts Tundra and unleashes ice shards to counter against Kay while Katara unleashes a water beam to strike while Kirby uses Hammer Spin to strike, only for Kay to retaliate with swinging his bow and then double slashes with his sword, but Amity summons two giant Abomination fists, as they transform into hammers and then try to bash between to get Kay, who retaliates and tries to attack Amity with his sword. Garet triple slashes with his sword and then casts Volcano to cause burning damage on the brute while Donald casts Thunder followed by casting Blizzara while Tor uses Dancing Blade, only for Kay to take out five daggers and throws them at the group, but Goofy blocks the daggers with his shield and throws it at Kay, knocking him back, but he shoots more arrows. Twilight uses Telekinesis to get rid of the arrows and then lifts Kay and slams him to the ground twice while Ivan casts Whirlwind, but Kay strikes back with swinging wildly with his sword and then delivers a roundhouse slash, only for Isaac to block the sword attack and the two lock swords and Isaac casts Quake to strike at Kay, who fires arrows. Sora deflects the arrows and then uses Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade four times and then delivers the final Keyblade throw, but Kay retaliates with throwing more daggers at the group, who dodge out of the way, only for Tod to bite the brute's leg, making Kay grab the fox and throws him, but Sora catches Tod.
"You lot are startin' to irritate me!" Kay yelled.
"Feeling's mutual!" Sora said while Tod growls.
"Guess I should start gettin' serious!" Kay said, taking out a red stone.
"What's that?" Goofy asked.
"Hehehe! This here is a Magic Stone. Maleficent gave these to me. Once I use 'em on a weapon, it's enhanced with the magical power of the stone! Now, let's see what this baby can do!" Kay said, putting the red stone on his sword, as it lights with fire. "NOW we're talkin'! You lot are in for it now!" Kay said.
"Using cheap tricks is not gonna help you, Kay!" Katara said.
"Not when we have our own way of winning a fight!" Isaac said.
"In fact, lemme show you the difference between your sloppy combat experience and mine!" Tor said, taking out a Water Mote and putting it on his sword while putting a Fire Mote on his shield.
"Hehehe! Ya think you're better than me?! Prove it!" Kay said.
Kay charges at the group and delivers slashes with his fire coated sword followed by slamming it on the ground, unleashing fiery shock waves, but Mia casts Ice and unleashes ice to strike while Katara double water whips followed by firing a water beam while Tor delivers four slashes with his Water Mote sword followed by unleashing a waving slash strike, but Kay backs off and fires four arrows at the group, who dodge, only for Kay to fire more arrows. Ivan casts Ray to strike Kay with lightning while Kirby uses Final Cutter, but Kay vertical slashes with his sword followed by leaving fiery trails and then uses his sword to unleash a fire disc at the group, only for Garet to retaliate with casting Fire at Kay while Amity unleashes a giant pink fireball and throws it, causing burning damage. Kay keeps trying to slash at the group with his flaming sword, only for Donald to cast Blizzara while Twilight unleashes magenta lightning to strike and then fires magic bolts while Goofy uses Tornado, but Kay keeps attacking with his sword followed by unleashing another fiery shock wave and then fires four arrows. The group dodge Kay's attacks, only for Kay to thrust his sword on the ground to unleash more fire, but Isaac slashes at Kay with his sword followed by casting Quake while Tod uses Skullbash and deals damage to the brute while Sora delivers three vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz and then casts Earth and after enough attacks, they send Kay back.
"Had enough, Kay?" Twilight asked.
"I can't believe YOU'RE Artie's brother! As far as I'm concerned, you're NOT his brother! In fact, I'm more of a brother to him than you!" Sora yelled.
"I've had it! Nobody disrespects Kay and gets away with it!" Kay yelled.
"Having trouble, Kay?" Saturos asked.
"Will you hurry up and deal with them so we can hurry to the next lighthouse?" Azula asked.
"Just shuddup and lemme handle this!" Kay yelled.
"We can go for as long as we can!" Garet said.
"You know you can't win. Your mind's pretty weak to stop us." Ivan said.
"Why you...!" Kay growled, charging at the group.
During the fight, Arthur is still unconscious, but then, something starts poking him and it's a black cane.
"Hey, kiddo! You gonna get up or sleep all day?" A voice asked, making Arthur open his eyes to look up and see a figure, who is a young man with bright yellow eyes, blond hair and wearing a yellow suit with a white shirt under it, black bowtie, black pants, and a black top hat. "Seems like you took a solid hit from your dimwit of a brother." The man said.
"Wh-Who are you...?" Arthur asked.
"Oh, silly me. I've forgotten my manners. Name's Bill. Bill Cipher." Bill introduced, taking off his top hat while bowing. "And I know who you are, Arthur the wielder of Excalibur or is it okay if I call you Artie? Anyway, you could say I'm somewhat of a world traveler, like you and Key boy over there. I came to this world to find that Keyhole and Faerie Heart to protect it from the Heartless." Bill said.
"You're traveling around worlds too? Where are you from?" Arthur asked.
"Not important. Listen, kid, I've heard much about you and despite all of that...you, you have potential to be a strong warrior one day, but Sora and the others? They're just holding you back and don't think highly of you, but I think I can help ya with getting stronger. All I ask is for a small FAVOR in return." Bill said.
"Favor? You really think Sora doesn't care about me...?" Arthur asked, but he sees Sora and the others fighting Kay. "Oh, no! Sora! I gotta help him!" Arthur said, getting up.
"You really wanna help him? Remember what I just said about them. Don't you realize after Sora finds his real friends, he's gonna leave ya in the dirt? What do you make of Sora anyway?" Bill asked.
"Simple, he's my friend. He's one of the first friends I've ever made since I started this journey. There's no way he'd abandon me. He's more like of a big brother, who's always there for me and I wanna do my best and help how I can." Arthur said, grabbing Excalibur and charges to the fight.
"Hehehe! He's got heart, I'll give him that. Let's see how long this lasts." Bill said, smirking.
The group continue fighting Kay and they knock him back again.
"That's IT! Time to end this!" Kay yelled, as he tries to attack.
Just then, something blocks Kay's sword and it's Arthur, who stands in front.
"Artie?" Sora asked.
"What?! Whaddya think you're doin', Wart?!" Kay demanded.
"Standing up to YOU! Leave my friends alone! And by the way, it's ARTHUR!" Arthur yelled pushing Kay back.
"Since when'd YOU grow a backbone?!" Kay demanded.
"Last chance! If you mess with my friends, you're dealing with me!" Arthur said, standing his ground.
"Why you little...!" Kay growled.
"Enough, Kay!" Azula yelled.
"What?" Kay asked.
"We're wasting enough time." Saturos said.
"Indeed we are." A voice said, revealing to be a young man with blue-green hair and green eyes.
"Alex...!" Mia said.
"Him again?" Garet asked.
"What's he doing here?" Isaac asked.
"It's been a while, Mia." Alex said.
"Do you realize what you've done?" Mia asked.
"Of course. I have freed a great power that has been sealed away long ago." Alex said.
"The power of Alchemy..." Isaac said, making Bill smirk in secret.
"Are you crazy?" Twilight asked.
"Do you not understand? The Mercury Lighthouse has limitless Psynergy." Alex said.
"But that means..." Mia stops talking.
"We are both masters of Water Psynergy." Alex said.
"So, she's an Adept too..." Garet said.
"But wait, if the Mercury Lighthouse has limitless Pynergy, that would also mean Isaac, Garet, Ivan, and Mia were at full power, but what about Stauros?" Katara asked.
"He's aligned with Mars, the clan of fire." Alex said.
"And it doesn't take a genius to figure out that fire and water are polar opposites. Why do you think Kay fought in Saturos' stead?" Azula asked.
"So, that's why, huh?" Isaac asked.
"Yes and I would have lost to this lighthouse." Saturos said.
"And now from watching us, you know what we're capable of..." Sora said.
"That's not fair!" Amity yelled.
"Well then, I think we've spent too much time here as it is." Azula said.
"Yes, it's time to go." Saturos said.
"Hey, stop!" Sora called, but Bill uses his cane to block the way. "What're you doing? Who're you?" Sora asked.
"Calm down, kid. Now's not the time to be dealing with them. Just wait until the right moment." Bill said.
"Huh?" Sora asked.
"I would listen to that man." Alex said, as he and Saturos leave.
"Well then, shall we get going, Kay?" Azula asked.
"Hmph! Next time, you won't be so lucky and as for you, Wart! You'll PAY for standing up to ME! In fact, Dad's gonna be hearin' about this." Kay said, shocking Arthur.
"Wait, you're saying Lord Ector is..." Arthur stops talking, as the two leave.
"They got away!" Donald said.
"And they still have the Elemental Stars!" Ivan said.
"Shoot and we couldn't even save Jenna and Kraden..." Garet said.
"I couldn't stop them from lighting the beacon..." Mia said.
"Don't talk like that! We're still gonna stop 'em!" Sora said.
"Right! We're not done yet! We just have to find out where the next lighthouse is." Arthur said.
"Sora... Arthur... You guys are right! We can't give up now!" Isaac said.
"We just gotta stop 'em from lightin' the other lighthouses." Goofy said.
"We need to go after them!" Mia said.
"So, you're gonna help us, Mia?" Katara asked.
"Yes." Mia answered.
"But what about the people of Imil? They're still sick." Amity said.
"Don't worry. 'The fountain shall be filled as long as light fills the lighthouse'. That's an old saying. The fountain will run over with healing waters. As long as the fountain continues to flow with the Water of Hermes, Imil will be fine." Mia said.
"Good enough for me." Tor said.
"By the way, this is for helping me." Mia said, giving Sora Water magic and Arthur Hydro magic.
"Thanks, Mia." Sora said.
"But what about you? In fact, who are you?" Amity asked.
"Oh, sorry! I forgot my manners! Name's Bill Cipher. I was the one, who helped wake up Artie after that punch he got. Anyway, like you guys, I happen to be a world traveler and I'm here to find the Keyhole and the Faerie Heart before the Heartless do." Bill said.
"Really?" Twilight asked.
"Yep and I just so happen to hear about you guys, so I came this way to seek your help." Bill said.
"Um, okay. You did help Artie, so I guess that's fair." Sora said.
"Plus if we're together, we'll be able to find what we're after." Arthur said.
"Great! I look forward working with my new friends!" Bill said, smiling.
"Well, with all that out of the way, we need to find out where they're headed next." Twilight said and they nod.
The group use the lift to leave the top of the lighthouse, but before they can continue, Katara sees flowing water.
"Hmm, if the healing water of Hermes is flowing..." Katara said, bending the healing water into her waterskin. "There, that should help Tret, I hope." Katara said.
"Smart thinking, Kat! I'm sure we'll help Tret in no time!" Bill said.
"Um, thanks, Bill." Katara said.
The group leave Mercury Lighthouse and continue their journey, as they leave the snow field and make their way back to the grassy plains.
"We need to head back to Kolima Forest and rescue Tret before the forest dies." Arthur said.
"Right. I managed to take some of the healing water, so it should help." Katara said.
The group make their way back to the Bilibin Barricade and hurry their way back to Kolima Forest and they find Tret and Laurel.
"Okay, now, Katara!" Sora said.
"Right!" Katara said, bending the Hermes Water onto Tret.
"I...feel a great power spreading through me... Life flows through me again." Tret said.
"Tret... As you have recovered, so has the forest." Laurel said.
"Forgive me for worrying you, Laurel. You, young ones. You have a favor to ask of me?" Tret asked.
"That's right. We need you to please turn everyone in Kolima back to normal." Isaac said.
"Yes, of course! I must hurry." Tret said, using his power to revert the trees back to people. "It is done. The people of Kolima are cursed no more." Tret said.
"Oh, boy!" Donald cheered.
"Thank you so much, Tret." Twilight said.
"That tree is REALLY powerful. No wonder Giddy tried to get rid of him, but doesn't matter." Bill said in his mind.
"I had this power when strange gemstones fell from the sky." Tret said.
"You don't think they were Psynergy Stones?" Garet asked.
"Probably, but for them to cause trouble..." Isaac stops talking.
"That human boy knew of my power and wanted to bring me to my end, along with all of Kolima. He used his power of darkness to wound and poison me. He must also know of the stones and he will want them for himself." Tret said.
"That sounds a lot like Gideon." Amity said.
"Those gems have brought a great evil to the world..." Tret said.
"Beyond the river...an evil forest has risen up to the south of the river." Laurel said.
"That sounds like we'd better head over to the south and investigate that." Twilight said.
"It's likely Gideon'll be waiting for us there." Sora said.
"Oh, I'm sure he will." Bill said.
"I must thank you all for saving me and Kolima." Tret said.
"It was nothing, sir." Arthur said, smiling.
The group leave Kolima and continue their journey across Weyard and later arrive somewhere else.
(Kolima Bridge)
The group arrive at the bridge and cross it and they continue heading south, where they find what looks like a dark forest.
"That must be the forest Tret mentioned." Katara said.
"If Gideon's there, then we gotta go in." Sora said.
"But the forest seems pretty dark and we could get lost." Goofy said.
"Don't worry about that. See, I have a certain power that help cross the forest no problem. Just follow my lead and we'll be fine." Bill said.
"Wait, what can you do, Bill?" Arthur asked.
"Just stay by my side and we'll get through together. Shall we?" Bill asked.
"Guess we don't have a choice." Garet said.
"Let's go." Isaac said, as they go into the dark forest.
(Field Theme: Mogall Forest)
(Mogall Forest)
The group arrive at the deep forest and begin moving, where they come across stumps, so Bill uses a power to make the stumps reveal something, which are Powerwilds, who attack, but Arthur slashes with Excalibur while Sora slashes with Kingdom Key while Tod uses Tail Whip while Donald casts Gravity while Goofy uses Charge while Twilight shoots magic beams while Tor double slashes with his sword while Amity shoots pink fireballs while Kirby swings his hammer while Katara water whips while Isaac casts Quake while Garet casts Flare while Ivan casts Plasma while Mia casts Frost and they defeat the Heartless. The group continue moving through Mogall Forest while using logs to clear the way, as Bill uses his magic to on the stumps, making green monkeys come out and lead the group, who continue to the next area of the forest and keep exploring while dealing with more Heartless in their way while crossing wooden bridges, clearing more logs and rocks, and Bill using his magic on the stumps for more green monkeys to keep going through the forest, despite it being a maze, but they manage to find their way ro get through and later arrive at an open area of the forest.
"This place is kinda big and long." Donald said.
"How much longer until we get out?" Amity asked.
"I feel like we're getting close." Arthur said.
"And it's as close as y'all're gonna get!" A voice said, as they see Gideon.
"Ugh, not this brat again..." Garet said.
"Get lost, Gideon!" Sora said, pointing his Keyblade.
"Oh, no! I warned y'all what would happen and I can't let you fellers get in Saturos' way of bringin' back the power of Alchemy! I'll might even combine that power with the power of darkness while bringin' an end to your world!" Gideon said.
"That's NOT gonna happen!" Katara yelled.
"Oh, that's where you're wrong, but I think it might happen. You don't know what Giddy's capable of." Bill said in his mind.
"You failed to stop the Mercury Lighthouse from bein' lit and now we're on our way to light another. I'm on a tight schedule, so here's a nice playmate fer you!" Gideon said, summoning a giant Heartless that looks like a giant dark blue ape with yellow eyes, black spiked balls for fists, black chest, and the Heartless symbol on its chest.
"A Heartless!" Amity said.
"Not good..." Ivan said.
"Bye-bye now, y'all!" Gideon said, leaving.
"We can't let him get away!" Mia said.
"We gotta take care of that Heartless first!" Sora said.
"Lemme give you guys a hand!" Bill said, taking out his cane while taking off the top of the cane, revealing a blade.
(Boss Theme: Shrouding Dark Cloud)
(Information: Defeat Busterwild!)
The Heartless known as Busterwild attacks the group with its spiked fists, only for the group to dodge and Arthur aerial slashes at the giant Heartless with Excalibur followed by an aerial somersaulting slash while Sora also aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by casting Thunder while Isaac slashes with his sword followed by casting Earthquake while Bill delivers four slashes with his cane blade and then unleashes blue fireballs and shoots them. Busterwild jumps away from the group and uses its spiked ball fists to slam together at the group, only for Amity to summon two Abomination fists to hold the spiked ball fists, as she shoots three pink fireballs while Katara creates ice daggers and throws them at the giant Heartless while Mia casts Tundra, but Busterwild jumps high into the air and into the forest's tress. Spiked ball fists come out from the trees to get the group, who dodge, but more spiked ball fists keep attacking until Busterwild comes out and then tries to slam its spiked ball fists, but Ivan casts Ray and unleashes lightning while Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Earth, but Busterwild sends one of its spiked ball fists to attack. Tor blocks the attack with his shield and uses Sword Thrust while Tod uses Bite, but Busterwild slams its spiked ball fists together to attack, only for Kirby to multi jump over the giant Heartless and then uses Stone to a drop on it, stunning the Heartless, allowing Garet to cast Fire while Goofy uses Tornado. Busterwild retaliates with slamming its spiked ball fists on the ground to create shock waves, only for Twilight to unleash magenta lightning followed by casting Blazra to cause burning damage, but Busterwild jumps for the trees again and sends out its spiked ball fists to attack the group, who dodge and Busterwild comes out to swing its fists, only Arthur to cast Volt while Sora casts Water.
Busterwild jumps up and down in anger and spin attacks with its spiked ball fists all to try and get the group, who dodge and Bill casts Stop to freeze the giant Heartless and then teleports all over the place while slashing with his cane blade and then unleashes a giant blue fireball, causing an explosion while Tor uses Sword Spin while Ivan casts Plasma while Kirby uses Final Cutter, only for Busterwild to jump away while sending its spiked ball fists to attack. Twilight casts Shell to protect the group and then unleashes a magic concussive blast while Amity uses her Abomination to creat spiked fists and it delivers a giant punch while Mia casts Ice, but Busterwild slams its spiked ball fists on the ground to unleash more shock waves. Garet slashes at the giant Heartless with his sword followed by casting Volcano while Donald casts Thunder followed by casting Fira, but Busterwild delivers its spinning attack with its spiked ball fists, only for Katara to send out two water beams to strike, only for Busterwild to swing its spiked ball fists to strike at the group, but Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Rocket while Isaac double slashes with his sword followed by casting Quake. Busterwild retaliates with slamming its spiked ball fists on the ground to unleash shock waves, only for Tod to aerial strike with his stick followed by Skullbash while Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by an aerial spin slash and then casts Fira while Arthur uses Confusia's chaos magic to summon chaos pillars. Busterwild jumps away from the group and tries to attack with its spiked ball fists, only for the group to dodge, as Bill casts Stop again, freezing the giant Heartless, allowing Isaac to cast Earthquake while Arthur and Sora charge and they both deliver their cross slash between Excalibur and Keyblade and they finish off Busterwild, who stumbles, roars, and falls while a giant heart flies out, as the giant Heartless disappears.
Sora's and Donald's Earth magic upgrades to Earthra while Arthur's and Twilight's Quake magic upgrades to Quakra.
"That'll show ya!" Donald said.
"Don't get cocky! We need to get out of here." Amity said.
"I believe we're at the end of the forest." Mia said.
"In that case, let's go. This place is creepy." Tor said.
"Right. Oh, and Bill, thanks for helping us with that Heartless. You really are good." Arthur said.
"I hate to brag, but I am pretty powerful and it's a pleasure to be fighting alongside you two." Bill said.
"Uh, ditto. Anyway, let's get outta here." Sora said, as they make their way out of Mogall Forest.
Here's Chapter 18 and that's part 2 finished, which means we only got two more parts until Golden Sun is finished and moving on. That's all from me. Chapter 19/Golden Sun part 3 is coming. See ya later and have a good day. Also, if you suggestions on helping with Arthur's growth as a character, kindly let me know via review or PM me.