As they returned to the palace, they found that Triton had not only recovered, but seemed to be in a much more agreeable mood. His eyes widened with relief seeing his daughter alive, and seeing his trident in her hands. Though at the same time, both of them found it hard to say anything to each other. Everyone looked at the father and daughter with worried expressions as Ariel handed her father the trident with tense silence.

Finally, Ariel broke the ice, saying, "Daddy...I'm sorry." Her apology made Triton sigh regretfully as he looked back at Ariel. "It's my fault. You followed Ursula because...I wouldn't let you follow your heart. And when you found that crystal, I lost my temper and destroyed it." With their apologies done, Ariel and Triton looked each other in the eye and smiled. Soon their awkward regret was replaced by embracing each other tightly.

Sora and the others smiled at the sight of the father and daughter making up. The only one who didn't seem to be smiling was Weiss. She looked quite sullen. No...envious. She and her father argued often, but having things cleared up between them rarely happened. Even when he did apologize, it never felt half as genuine as Triton's.

"Weiss? Are you okay?" Sora's voice snapped the downcast Schnee heiress out of her thoughts. "Huh? Oh, yeah. Everything is fine." Weiss said, turning away with no intent of sharing what was truly creating the cloud hanging over her head. Ruby noticed it too and her face immediately shifted with concern for her partner.

But before either she or Sora could inquire further, Goofy spoke to King Triton. "Oh, yeah, the crystal. Why did you destroy it?" Letting go of Ariel, the sea king turned to the group with a regretful expression as he explained himself. "The crystal held the power to reveal the Keyhole. The Keyhole is dangerous. I had to keep you away from it at any cost."

He knew all along then. About the Keyhole. It made sense though since he knew about Sora being the Keybearer and how he as well as the rest of his friends weren't from this world. Ariel looked to her father, unsure exactly what to say. "Daddy..."

"But that was before you realized we're not here to 'shatter peace and bring ruin' right?" Yang said cheekily with her hands on her hips. Despite her less-than-formal tone, Triton nodded tersely to her then looked right at Sora. "Keybearer. I have one more request: Seal the Keyhole. My trident also holds the power to reveal the Keyhole. Will you do it?"

Sora smiled at Triton and gave him a firm nod. "Of course. That's what we had in mind from the start." he assured the monarch who smiled gratefully and handed the trident back to his daughter. Ariel smiled as she accepted the trident, looking at her father with a tilt of her head. "Where is the Keyhole, Daddy?" she inquired.

Triton smiled unexpectedly playfully at his daughter's inquiry. "You should know better than anyone. It's in your grotto." The whole group went wide-eyed with realization. No wonder Triton went darn near ballistic when he saw they had the crystal. That indentation where the crystal was meant to go was where the Keyhole was! "Really...Sora, let's go." Goofy said, cheerfully turning toward the entrance of the palace.

Just as Sora nodded, Triton suddenly called out, "Before you do, there is one more thing I wish to give you. As way of making up for my mistakes." Sora turned around and swam up to the royal merman curiously. "What's that, King Triton?" Sora asked. Triton reached outward, willing the trident to his hand as he shifted toward Sora. "Keybearer. No...Sora. Thank you for saving my ocean. And most of all, for saving Ariel. I shall help unlock more of your Keyblade's potential with the power of my trident." Sora's eyes widened with surprise at Triton's words, before he smiled with a quick nod. "Of course, sir!" Without hesitation, he summoned his Keyblade. Everyone watched intently as he held it outward before the sea king, who followed suit, touching the prongs of the trident against the tip of the Keyblade. The trident began to glow and spark with arcs of bright, yellow lightning which slowly began to arc further down the Keyblade. Within moments, Sora's keyblade was covered in sparks which illuminated brightly before vanishing in a flash.

Though Sora could not sense it, he felt that something within him grew stronger as he watched the sparks fade into his Keyblade. "Thank you, King Triton." he said with a small bow of his head. And with that, the sea king gave the boy a genuine smile. "And one more thing before you go. Something you have earned along with the location of the Keyhole." As everyone began wondering what else King Triton had for them, the king suddenly called out, "Sebastian!"

The tiny red crab swam up to Sora with something held within his claw. It looked like a sheet of paper. "After you defeated Ursula, I saw this where she vanished. I'm not sure about what it is, but his majesty thought you might make better use of it." he said, unraveling it and looking at the words at the top. "All it says is 'Ansem Report 3', and a lot of things I don't understand."

Everyone perked up and surrounded Sora at the mention of that particular name. Sure enough, the moment they saw the paragraph trailing down the page, they knew for certain. "Yeah. Another Ansem Report. Just like the others." Ruby said, earning a nod from Sora. "Guess this means that Ursula was with Maleficent, just like Jafar." Blake said with a much more serious expression.

"We'll take a look after the Keyhole has been sealed." Donald said, prompting everyone to turn on their fins and follow Ariel back to her grotto. Sebastian accompanying them, likely to report to Triton when Sora's task was complete.

As they returned to Ariel's grotto, she held the trident out in front of the indentation. It floated out of her grasp, its three pronged head lighting up as it aligned with the symbol on the wall. The indent of the three prongs was soon filled with light forming at the small stone edge sticking out the ocean floor. Bubbles sprung up from from the stones, gathering above and in front of the trident. A new source of light took form in the bubbles place, becoming a flat surface like a screen. As the light dimmed, there was the dark shape of the Keyhole.

Summoning his Keyblade, Sora aimed the tip at it, the tip illuminating with a surge of light, releasing the beam of light into the Keyhole. The familiar clicking noise rang throughout the grotto as the Keyhole they vanished into a final flurry of bubbles floating up to the small crevice of the ceiling to Ariel's grotto.

"Alright. Another world saved." Jaune said with pride and relief. Pyrrha smiled at him while Ren had to hold Nora's booming enthusiasm down. Team RWBY exchanged a cheerful foursome of smiles in the wake of yet another victory.

"Tell me Sora. Your world, what's it like?" Ariel asked. Her question reminded Sora of the other thing they needed to do. Even if she was feeling better, they still had to apologize to Ariel. "Oh, about that... sorry for lying to you."

Ariel simply giggled and assured Sora, "It's okay." Her ease of forgiveness threw Sora and the rest of the group off. They hadn't expected her to forgive them for lying when they first met. "Uhh, wow. I gotta admit, I didn't expect you to forgive us so easily." Ruby said, rubbing the back of her neck with embarrassment. Once again, Ariel gently reassured them. "You saved our entire world from Ursula and the Heartless. I couldn't possibly be mad at you. And besides, if you can travel to other worlds, maybe I can, too." Ariel said, swimming upward toward the open hole at the top of her grotto.

"Uhh, that's really nice and all, but I'm not sure if you shou-" "Of course you can." Ruby interrupted Weiss's warning, making the Schnee heiress sputter and glare. "Ruby!" Weiss and Donald both hiss in hushed voices. "Aww, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. After all, Ariel's not the kinda girl who'd go around messin' with the world border." Goofy assured. "ORDER!" Donald corrected for the umpteenth time. "Oh come on, guys. Let her dream. After all, if it weren't for Sora, Ruby, Donald, and Goofy going to all these other worlds, we would never have reunited in the first place." Yang said. Weiss found herself at a loss for what to say. "As much as I understand where Weiss is coming from, I agree with Ruby." Blake interjected with a smile. Something which Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren agreed with as they smiled at each other.

Ariel twirled as she ascended, letting the sunlight shine upon her as thoughts of the worlds beyond and the wonderful people just like the new friends she'd made in Sora and his friends filled her mind. "So many places I wanna see. I know I'll get there some day. I'll find a way, somehow. I'm sure of it." The gentle hope in Ariel's voice was more than enough to make everybody smile.

Well everybody except a certain crab. "Well if you find it, do me a favor and leave me out of it." Suffice it to say, Sebastian had enough adventure for a lifetime.

But with all that said and done, it seemed that their work in this world was done. "Guess it's time we all get moving. This world is saved and we still need to find your other friend." Pyrrha said, smiling ever pleasantly. "Aww, I was enjoying zooming around down here." Nora said with a sigh. "Nora." Only to get a pointed look from Ren. "Yeah, I know. World order." she said with a more demure tone, earning a smile and a pat on the head from Ren.

"Oh! Before you go?" Ariel spoke up swimming back down toward on of the shelves in her grotto. Rummaging about, she soon grabbed something and presented it to Sora. "This is from my collection. I want you to have it."

Sora curiously looked at the item as he reached forward and gently took it. "Another piece of paper?" he said curiously. "It's no Ansem Report...It looks similar to those pages we found in Agrabah and in Monstro." Ren said with a curious hum. His words caused Ruby to push past Weiss sharply with a cheery smile "Oh! It's one of the pages to Pooh's book!" Weiss let out an annoyed mutter as she rolled her eyes in the wake of her partner's enthusiasm...though smiled, seeing that they had something to help restore Pooh's book.

"What a haul." Yang cheered with a small laugh. To think they'd go from thinking coming to this world was a mistake, to leaving with a sealed Keyhole, another defeated villain, and a haul of special papers! Hopefully all their worldly visits would be as fruitful from now on.