CHAPTER 15.7: Sora's Chain Of Memories Part 7
[Open to Sora's Dive to the Heart]
[Play Kingdom Hearts 3 - Dive Into The Heart -Destati- Third Inception - Extended]
Naminé had just finished answering the various questions the group had after viewing the memory of Master Yen-Sid.
Eda: So, let me get this straight for us to make sure we understand; Master Yen-Sid was not only a Keyblade wielder himself in his youth, but he taught the King how to be one.
Naminé: Yes.
Luz: And this Gummi Ship was a spaceship that was not only used by Sora, Donald, and Goofy to travel to different worlds but also crafted from a rare, unique material called Gummi that can only be found in rare shops or outer space?
Naminé: Yes.
Willow: And the Nobodies are just the bodies of people whose hearts had left but somehow move on their own by some sort of mysterious lingering magical essence and that by their non-existence meaning that they're not alive in a traditional sense unless their hearts return to them.
Naminé: Yes.
Gus: And Sora apparently can have multiple Keyblades because of special powers from that outfit and from deep within his heart and also has Keychains than can transform and upgrade his Keyblade?
Naminé: Yes.
Amity: And Organization XIII is a group of dangerous Nobodies with dark magic and weapons of their own?
Naminé: Yes.
Pause between them all.
Eda: Ok. I'm old. I've seen many things I thought strange. Be it in this world or Luz's...
Luz: I've also seen strange things here in the Boiling Isles, and I've read many fantasy books with convoluted story plots...
Eda/Luz: And Sora told us the gist of this stuff...
Group: But this is kind of nuts.
Naminé: Yes. Sora's life story does seem beyond incredible at first. But, over time, you'll get used to it.
[End Kingdom Hearts 3 - Dive Into The Heart -Destati- Third Inception - Extended]
Luz: Although I'm wondering what kind of worlds Sora's been to?
Eda: That's got my interest too. Who knows what kind of hijinks he got himself into all the time before coming here.
Naminé: I can give you a quick example if you'd like?
Luz gasped slightly in excitement.
Luz: Can we?
Naminé: Sure.
Naminé motions her hand to bring forth a memory frame not affected by the damage. The frame places itself in front of the group.
Naminé: Here's one.
But before the group could watch, Naminé snickered a bit, which they noticed.
Eda: What's with you?
Naminé: Brace yourselves for what you're about to see.
Willow: What do you mean by that?
Amity: Did something crazy happen to Sora?
Naminé: Oh no, not at all. Just watch.
The group gathers around, and the memory starts with an underwater setting.
[Play Under the Sea (English) ~ Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Remastered OST]
Suddenly, a crab jumped on a higher ground level and started playing music with clam shells. And what happened next made the group drop their jaws. They saw Sora had not only transformed into a merman but was also singing.
Sora: *singing* The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.
He was also dancing with a mermaid they were familiar with, Ariel. Not only him but Donald and Goofy were there dancing as well, transformed into a turtle and an octo-duck. The group couldn't believe what they were seeing. Luz and Willow couldn't help but blush immensely as soon they heard Sora had sung a line.
Sora: *singing* Darling, it's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me~!
He swam toward Ariel, did a front flip, and performed jazz hands. The two, who had never seen Sora shirtless before, looked at the boy's upper body and noticed that he had a very toned and fit body, which... sent signals.
Luz/Willow: *thinking* Ohh, my titan...
The memory ends with Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Ariel striking a pose when they finished singing.
[End Under the Sea (English) ~ Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Remastered OST]
Naminé sends the memory frame away and turns to the group.
Naminé: Wasn't that fun?
The group expressed their thoughts on what they had just seen.
Eda: Hmm, let's see... Hero, cook, magic-user, dancer, and singer... The kid's got many talents.
Amity: That's an understatement. Who knows what else he can do.
Gus: And apparently, he lifts! No wonder he's strong.
Gus flexes his left arm and looks at it.
Gus: Man, I gotta start working out.
The three then noticed Luz and Willow... in their little worlds right now.
Luz/Willow: *whispering gibberish*
Gus: There they go again...
Amity looks at the two with an almost cracked smile, mostly at Luz.
Amity: *left eye twitches* Honestly...
Eda: I got it.
Eda slightly karate chopped the two girls' heads with a smirk.
Eda: Down, girls. Less drooling, more focusing.
-RECORD SCRATCH-
Luz and Willow's eyes widened in embarrassment, and they tried to deny Eda's words.
Luz/Willow: *panicking* What?! N-no! That's not what's happening here!
Naminé giggles.
Eda turns to Naminé with a smirk.
Eda: ...You showed that on purpose, didn't you?
Naminé quickly denies that question.
Naminé: Oh no-no. I just thought it would be a fun example. With all the worlds Sora's been to, he often had a fun time learning and experiencing the cultures those worlds had to offer. Case in point, the music festival in Ariel's world, Atlantica.
Eda: *eyes squinting* ...I'll buy that.
Gus and Amity can be seen shaking their heads and going "tsk tsk tsk" at Luz and Willow, which makes the two chuckle in embarrassment.
Eda: Ok! Now that that's out of the way, Naminé! What's next?
Naminé: Ah, yes.
[Play Kingdom Hearts 3 - Dive Into The Heart -Destati- Third Inception - Extended]
Naminé presents the next memory frame in need of repair. The memory frame shows a landscape surrounded by deep blue mountains under the sunset.
Naminé: Do you recall the Grand Hall? The place where your battle with Riku took place?
The group nods.
Naminé: That was in the world known as Hollow Bastion. This is the outskirts of that world.
Luz: Meaning we're heading back into Hollow Bastion?
Naminé: Correct. Here, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and many allies scattered throughout the outskirts to combat an invasion.
The group became surprised.
Group: Invasion?!
Naminé: *nods* The invasion was known as The Battle of 1000 Heartless.
The group's jaw slowly dropped with widened eyes.
Eda: Please tell me you're joking...
Luz: 1000...
Willow/Gus/Amity: Heartless...
Eda: You're telling us we have to take down 1000 Heartless?!
Naminé, with a blank expression, nodded.
Naminé: ...Yes.
Gus: How in the heck did 1000 Heartless invade a single world?! Was the place being swallowed by the darkness like Sora's home?!
Naminé: No. Organization XIII initiated the invasion. They used the Heartless to get to Sora and as a means to introduce themselves to him.
The group was in utter disbelief.
Luz: That's nuts! Sora hadn't even met them yet, I'm guessing, and they already went after him just like that?!
Naminé: Of course, Sora and his allies managed to defeat them. In any case, you all must defeat 1000 Heartless to repair this memory. Fortunately, this task won't be difficult as you might think. Just...time-consuming. The Heartless aren't that strong, so the only strategy I recommend is using wide-range attacks to eliminate multiple Heartless at once.
Eda: Ooh, boy. Alright, kids, are you ready for this?
The teens nod.
Eda: Let's go.
The group entered the memory frame and found themselves within the land they had seen. Of course, due to the fires, Hollow Bastion was devoid of color, filled with tiny embers floating around. Seeing this sends chills down the spines of the group, as the current state of this memory is practically a living nightmare like some of the previous ones. However, they had no time to take in the scenery as the 1000 Heartless suddenly appeared and surrounded the group. However, these Heartless are different from the previous ones they fought. One half of the Heartless are larger, and the other half are smaller. The larger ones are very thin, humanoid Heartless clad from head to toe in black, grey, and silver armor. Its spherical, pitch-black head and glowing, yellow eyes are visible in its helmet, and there are two red spirals decorating its visor. It also carries a sword with a gold guard and handles. Its Heartless emblem is on its abdomen. While the others are bronze-colored, funnel-shaped, mechanical-looking with a diamond-shaped opening in their front, exposing their glowing, yellow eyes. Two black, rectangular guns are mounted on either side of its body. Each of these guns sports a silver, pyramidal spike on both ends. In addition, a silver ring acts somewhat like a gyroscope hovering around its base, despite not being directly connected to the Heartless. This ring bears a vague resemblance to the top half of the Nobody symbol. It has a silver spike on the top of its head, and its Heartless emblem is just below the opening of its eyes. The group looked all around them and gritted their teeth a bit.
Naminé: These Heartless are known as Armored Knights and Surveillance Robots.
Luz seemed to have been interested in that.
Eda: Oh, dang. Look at 'em all...
Luz: *prepares three fire glyphs cards* 1000 Heartless... *thinking* Robots? So robot Heartless are a thing?
Willow: Even though Naminé said they're not that strong...
Gus: They sure do look tough.
Amity: Let's see... 5 of us, 1000 of them... We each need to take down 200 to win this.
Eda: Was the math necessary? We just need to mow them down.
Naminé's voice echoed around the group.
Naminé: Remember, wide-range attacks are a must to defeat them efficiently. If any of you have spells that reflect attacks, that will help you even greater.
Eda: I have a spell like that.
Gus: So do I.
The group then notices the Heartless approaching them.
Eda: Alright! Everybody stick close and watch each other's backs!
[End Kingdom Hearts 3 - Dive Into The Heart -Destati- Third Inception - Extended]
Teens: Right!
[Play Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Sinister Shadows- Extended]
The group then spreads out to unleash their attacks, so they don't accidentally get in each other's way. Eda eliminates 5 Heartless by performing a fireball spell, Luz eliminates 3 with her fire glyphs, Willow eliminates 4 with her thorned vines, Gus eliminates 3 with his illusion constructs, and Amity eliminates 5 with her abomination. The battle went on as Eda and Luz switched between various attacks to eliminate the Heartless ranging from ice spells to light spells. They regrouped in the center as soon as they saw more room around them.
Eda: Naminé! How many are we at?!
Naminé: You are currently at 200.
Luz: Eda! Duck!
Eda does so, and Luz quickly activates a fire glyph and shoots at a Surveillance Robot trying to sweep behind Eda.
Eda: Phew! Thanks, kid.
Eda then creates lightning bolts around her and the teens to take out 10 Surveillance Robots, and Willow uses her thorned vines to swat 7 of them away. Meanwhile, Luz actives four ice glyphs, one on her hand to create an ice sword as she wielded back the fight against Riku and the other three to pierce through Armored Knights. Next, Gus created an illusion of himself running circles around 4 Armored Knights and successfully tricked them into attacking each other. Finally, Amity made her abomination slightly bigger to mow down through at least 8 Armored Knights. The group reassembled again after a little while as more room around expanded even more.
Naminé: You are currently at 400.
The group readied themselves, and some of them started to feel fatigued.
Luz: *pant* How's everyone doing?
Eda: Same as the rest of you, I'm guessing. Starting to get a little tired.
Willow: Sora had beaten these things by himself, right? I'm starting to question if Sora's really human.
Amity: Now, THAT'S a thought.
Gus: Let's keep going.
The group scattered again to fight off the remaining 600 Heartless. However, several Surveillance Robots suddenly positioned themselves above the group and flew straight down to bombard them. Eda and Gus noticed this.
Eda: Hey, dweebus!
Gus: Got it!
Eda: Everyone to the center!
The group reassembled into the center, and Eda and Gus prepared the reflection spell that Naminé recommended. As the Surveillance Robots drew closer, the two activated their reflection spells, repelling and destroying all the remaining Surveillance Robots in one swoop. The group cheered before scattering off to finish off the Armored Knights. After a long while, 5 Armored Knights remained. The group started to become exhausted, panting for breath.
Eda: Five...
Luz: More...
Gus: To...
Amity: Go...
Willow started to tremble, almost falling to her knees.
The Armored Knights charged at the group with their swords, ready to strike.
Eda: HURRY!
Eda shot a lightning bolt at hers, Luz slashed hers with her ice sword, Gus's illusion construct punched his, and Amity's abomination struck hers. This was it. One last Heartless remained. However, in a shocking turn, before Willow could finish hers, the Armored Knight had swatted Willow away with its free arm, causing her to yell out in pain. Everyone else was shocked.
Luz/Eda/Gus/Amity: Willow!
Willow rolled across the ground and stopped after a quick skid. The Armored Knight approached Willow as the others struggled to cast a spell of their own to help her. Luz even fell to the ground, struggling to get back up.
Luz: Willow!
Willow struggles to stand as well, barely being able to look up and see the approaching Armored Knight. The Armored Knight stands in place and readies its sword, preparing to finish Willow. Willow could only look in horror as she pleaded and struggled to cast a spell to destroy the Heartless. The Armored Knight brings down its sword to end it as Willow closes her eyes and can only hear the others cry out her name.
[Silence]
After a while, Willow opens her eyes again and realizes that she's ok. She looks up again and becomes shocked to see what happened. It was Amity, standing between Willow and the Armored Knight. Amity had used an abomination to hold the Heartless at bay.
Amity: Stay...away...from...Willow...!
Amity, struggling to stay standing, gave her abomination a command.
Amity: *pant* A-abomination! A...attack!
The abomination does so, and the Battle of the 1000 Heartless reaches its conclusion as the group is transported back to Sora's Dive to the heart by the white light.
[End Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Sinister Shadows- Extended]
The group tried their best to cheer, despite groaning about the battle they had just gone through.
Naminé: Oh my goodness! I'm so glad you're ok!
[Play Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Roxas- Extended]
Naminé became relieved to see the group was successful in the memory and all came back alive. She then rushed over in an attempt to tend to their wounds until she and the group heard a voice. The group turned their heads to the voice to see that it was Sora, the 1st fragmented Inner Sora. The group is happy to see him again, although they're too exhausted to express it physically.
Luz: *pant* H-hiya, Inner Sora.
Eda: *panting* Good to... see ya.
Gus: *pant* Give us *takes a deep breath* a minute.
The fragmented Inner Sora rush toward the group.
Inner Sora (KH1): I saw what happened! I'm so glad you all made it!
Willow: *takes a deep breath* Yeah. It... was... too close.
Amity raises her right hand, pointing upwards, grunts in agreement, and lets her hand fall.
Inner Sora (KH1): Let me help you guys!
The fragmented Inner Sora used a cure spell to help rejuvenate the group. Of course, due to this being 1 out of 3 Inner Soras, the cure spell wasn't powerful, but it was sufficient enough to help the group at least sit up.
Eda: Huh. *stretches out her arms* *yawn* That helps, thanks, kid.
The rest of the group also express their thanks to the fragmented Inner Sora, to which he nods.
Inner Sora (KH1): You all did great.
Luz: I can't believe you had to fight them all yourself.
Gus: Seriously.
Inner Sora (KH1): Yeah, it was... really tough.
He then turns his head to Amity and Willow, somewhat sitting close to each other, and approaches them. He goes to Willow first and kneels, placing his hand on her right shoulder.
Inner Sora (KH1): I'm so sorry for your scare. If I were stronger, I would've stepped in.
Willow shook her head and smiled at the fragmented Inner Sora.
Willow: Don't be. I understand. You're not complete without the other halves.
Inner Sora (KH1): Yeah, if there's one thing I don't like in life, it is not being able to help out.
Willow: Don't worry. We'll have you fixed up in no time.
The fragmented Inner Sora nods and stands to make his way towards Amity, which jolts her in fear, remembering that this ordeal was her fault. With this, she adverts his eyes by closing hers and turning her head away, bracing herself to being harshly reprimanded for her actions. But instead, he kneels and places his hand on her left shoulder, causing her to open her eyes slowly and make direct eye contact. Amity, confused and scared, see the fragmented Inner Sora giving her a soft smile.
Inner Sora (KH1): You managed to push yourself to save Willow just in the nick of time.
Amity just sat there, staring into his eyes.
Inner Sora (KH1): Great work.
Amity: ...I...
Inner Sora (KH1): Again. We'll talk about that when this is over.
The fragmented Inner Sora stands and waves to the group.
Inner Sora (KH1): Bye, for now.
The fragmented Inner Sora then fades away as the group waves back, all for Amity, who was still in her thoughts on what was to come. Finally, after a long rest, the group gets on their feet and stretches their bodies, feeling ready to go. But of course, with the memory now restored, Naminé brings forth the memory frame, prepared to be viewed. So, naturally, the group gathered around the memory frame.
[End Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Roxas- Extended]
The group and Naminé nod, and the memory start to play. It begins with Sora, Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey running on the outskirts of Hollow Bastion. The four stopped to find an army of Armored Knights Heartless standing in place.
King Mickey: Huh?
Sora: What's with them?
Goofy then notices a corridor of darkness appearing on top of a close-by plateau.
Goofy: Hey!
The four look to where Goofy was pointing and see a man wearing the Organization XIII black coat. He has orange eyes and tanned skin. His hair is long, reaching to about mid-back, silver in color, and some of it falls over his shoulders. The man turns to the four.
Donald: It's the guy who's NOT Ansem!
Goofy: You mean, it's his Nobody!
Sora: The leader of Organization XIII...
The two sides stared at one another until King Mickey spoke up.
King Mickey: Wait a minute. Now I know!
The group was wondering what King Mickey meant by that until he dropped the bombshell.
[Play Showdown at Hollow Bastion - Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMIX]
King Mickey: Now I remember! Xehanort! Ansem's apprentice!
Xemnas immediately gave off a sinister grin.
Willow, Gus, and Amity were confused about King Mickey's talking, while Luz and Eda unnoticeably twitched in anger.
Luz/Eda: *thinking* Xehanort?!
King Mickey: The leader of Organization XIII is Xehanort's Nobody!
That piece of the info gave Willow, Gus, and Amity a somewhat better understanding. This "Xemnas" was one of two halves of this Xehanort. And what Donald said earlier, Ansem was the other half. Meaning, that Ansem and Xemnas we're both this Xehanort.
King Mickey then summons his Keyblade and goes after Xemnas.
Sora: Let's go!
The trio readied their weapon. But before Sora, Donald and Goofy could do anything, the Heartless army surrounded the three.
Sora: Move it!
Donald: We can't let Xehanort get away!
Sora: Right!
The three looked back at one another and gave each other a thumbs up. The three then split up and fought off the Heartless army. After that, the trio had to defeat 1000 Heartless on their own.
[End Showdown at Hollow Bastion - Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMIX]
[Play Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Sinister Shadows- Extended]
The group couldn't believe it. As if Sora wasn't impressive enough, they witnessed one teen. ONE teen singlehandedly defeated 1000 Heartless.
Luz: We struggled like heck to beat 1000 Heartless as a team. And he just... does it by himself.
The rest nods in agreement. Amity was really in awe of witnessing this. She truly admired just how strong he was on his own at this certain point. She then shudders at her memories of the Convention. She wouldn't want to imagine what would have happened if Sora had gone against her. When Sora had defeated the 1000th Nobody, the group roared with cheers.
After defeating them all, Sora ran through and stopped to catch his breath. Donald and Goofy caught up with him just as he was doing so. Sora turns to them.
Sora: Where's the King?
Donald and Goofy looked around until they saw King Mickey defeating an Armored Knight.
Donald: There he is!
Sora: Come on!
[End Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Sinister Shadows- Extended]
The four ran towards King Mickey.
Donald: Your Majesty!
King Mickey turns back to see the trio and back at Xemnas.
King Mickey: Xehanort!
Xemnas: How long has it been since I've abandoned that name...
Sora: Out with it, Nobody! Where's Luz (Kairi)? Where's Riku?
Xemnas: I know nothing of any Luz(Kairi). As for Riku...
Xemnas turns around to face the four in a taunting manner.
Xemnas: Perhaps you should ask your King.
Xemnas then activates his corridor of darkness to leave, but King Mickey tries to stop him.
King Mickey: Stop!
Just as Xemnas disappeared, King Mickey soon jumped through the Corridor of Darkness. The trio tried to chase after them, but they vanished.
Sora: He's gone...
Sora then sits down, feeling frustrated and repeatedly slamming his fist onto the ground while being comforted by Goofy. Donald looks at the two with sympathy.
Donald: Sora, Goofy.
The group also showed sympathy for Sora.
Group: Sora...
The trio suddenly noticed something happening in the distance and then heard a voice behind them.
?: Way to fall right into their trap.
[Play Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Organization XIII- Extended]
The trio turns around to see a red-haired man wearing an Organization XIII coat, folding his arms while leaning onto a wall. Luz and Willow recognized this man.
Luz/Willow: Axel!
Eda: Axel?
Gus: Wait—
Amity: You know him?
Luz and Willow nod at Amity.
Luz: Before the... fires...
Amity winced.
Luz: Willow and I saw the photos of him and Sora's other friends. Although...
Luz, Willow, and the others looked back at the memory.
Luz: This must be before they became friends...
Back at the memory, Sora, Donald, and Goofy ran in front of Axel, readying their weapons to fight. Axel then approaches the trio.
Axel: C'mon, it's a set-up by Organization XIII. Xemnas is using you to destroy the Heartless— that's his big master plan.
Donald: Xemnas?
Axel: The guy you just saw. He's their leader. Got it memorized? X-E-M, N-A-S.
Goofy: Organization XIII wants to get rid of the Heartless?
Axel: Man, you're slow.
The group felt irritated by Axel's remark.
Axel: Every Heartless slain with that Keyblade releases a captive heart. That is what the Organization is after.
Donald: So what are those guys gonna do with the hearts?
Axel: I'm not telling.
Donald: Tell us!
Sora: You... you're the one who kidnapped Luz(Kairi)!
The group became shocked at this.
Eda/Luz: He kidnapped Kairi?!
Willow: But why?
It was then Luz and Eda remembered Sora's story.
[Sora: Sometimes, we came across a new villain group called Organization XIII during all of this.
Luz: Organization XIII?
Eda: And they are?
Sora: They a group of thirteen Nobodies. They were also after Kingdom Hearts. They wanted its power to fill themselves with darkness. And unfortunately, they had me helping them without a choice.
Luz and Eda's eyes widened a bit.
Luz: How?
Sora: To achieve their goal, they summoned heartless all over the worlds that were around, and of course, I couldn't let the heartless attack people and the worlds they were in, so I had to take them out and release the hearts they had consumed and the Organization collected them to access Kingdom Hearts. They even kidnapped Kairi.
Luz lowers her head.
Eda: Dang.]
They continue to watch the memory.
Axel: Bingo. The name's Axel. Got it memorized?
Sora: Where is Luz(Kairi)?
Axel hesitates to speak.
Sora: Please. Just tell me!
Axel: Look, about Luz(Kairi}... I'm sorry.
Suddenly, another voice was heard.
?: Axel!
Axel became startled when a Corridor of Darkness appeared.
Axel: Uh-oh!
Axel activates his Corridor of Darkness to escape immediately. Sora tries to go after him but is stopped by a man putting his arm out in front of Sora. The man is revealed to wear an Organization XIII coat. He has long, frayed blue hair framing his face, though slicked back in wild spikes at the top. Behind, it reaches down to his mid-back and is cut slightly neater. He also has an X-shaped scar between his yellow eyes that extends to about halfway up his forehead in one direction and under his eyes in the other.
Organization XIII member: We'll ensure he receives the maximum punishment.
Sora: I don't care about any of that! Just let me into the realm of darkness, ok!?
The Organization XIII member turns to Sora.
Organization XIII member: If it's Luz(Kairi) you're worried about, don't. We're taking very good care of her.
Sora: Take me to her.
Organization XIII member: Is she that important to you?
Sora: Yeah. More than anything.
The group sympathized with Sora's plea.
Sora: Show me how important.
The group was in suspense at this moment until they witnessed something they never thought they'd see. Sora lowers his head, gets on one knee and hand, then gets on both hands and knees, bowing and begging.
Sora: Please.
This completely surprises not only Donald and Goofy but the group as well. They had the basic idea that Kairi meant a lot to Sora, but to be willing to bow and beg before the enemy. It was a complete shock. The group showed nothing but sadness and sympathy because Sora was ready to do this for Kairi. Amity, however, was the most shocked due to her past encounters with Sora before they became friends. Specifically, their duel back at the Convention. Amity became haunted by her memory of making the demands that Sora bowed before her and admitted her superiority. Seeing this before her eyes have made her appalled not only at the Organization XIII member but also at herself for her past behavior. She thought to herself that if she could take that all back, she would, in a heartbeat. But instead, she grits her teeth and clenches her fists in anger, which Luz and Willow notice. Luz tries to calm Amity down, while Willow looks at Amity with sympathy. They then continue to watch the memory play out.
Organization XIII member: So, you really do care for her. In that case—the answer's no.
The group was enraged at the Organization XIII member's denial of Sora's plea. They, coincidentally, shouted out one thing along with Sora in the memory as he angrily got on his feet.
Sora/Group: You rotten...!
Organization XIII member: Are you angry? Do you hate me?
The group grits its teeth at the Organization XIII member.
Organization XIII member: Then take that rage, and direct it at the Heartless.
The Organization XIII member snaps his finger and summons Armored Knights Heartless.
Organization XIII member: Pitiful Heartless, mindlessly collecting hearts. And yet they know not the true power of what they hold.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy readied their weapons to fight.
Organization XIII member: The rage of the Keyblade releases those hearts. They gather in darkness, Masterless and free...until they weave together to make Kingdom Hearts. And when that time comes, we can truly, finally exist.
The group was starting to process what the Organization XIII member was talking about. Essentially, this was their plan; capture hearts to re-complete themselves. Luz and Eda had another recall of Sora's story.
[Sora: I learned all that from an Organization member named Saïx. But as I was being explained, Maleficent showed up and challenged Saïx for the right to achieve Kingdom Hearts and told us to escape and come up with a plan to beat Organization XIII.]
Luz: *whispering to Eda* That guy with blue hair...he must be Saïx.
Eda: *nods* Hm.
Suddenly, another voice was heard. This time, a female's voice.
?: What in the world do you think prattling on about?
A pillar of green fire appears behind the trio, and Sora looks back to see a woman. Upon closer look, the woman is green-skinned, has shining, yellow eyes that are heavily shadowed with violet make-up, and her lips are painted red. Her head is topped with a black-horned headdress, and she wears a long, tattered black robe with purple trim and maroon flare edges, along with these other physical descriptions and the fin-like spikes on the sides of her neck. She also carries a staff with a green orb. This woman gave off evil vibes to the group, especially Eda. They turned to Naminé for answers.
Luz: Who is that?
Naminé: That is Maleficent.
The group's eye's widened, minus Gus and Amity.
Group: That's Maleficent?!
They turned to look at her and remembered different times her being mentioned.
Willow, Gus, and Amity remember from the previous that Pete was talking about her and that Sora, Donald, and Goofy had defeated her. Luz and Eda recalled the last memory, but they remember the first time she was talked about by Sora thanks to his story.
[Sora: The three of us traveled to lots of worlds, saving them from the heartless. But, as we were doing that, we learned that a group of villains had planned to take over their worlds.
Luz: These villains... who were they?
Sora: The leader at the time is named Maleficent; The Mistress of Evil.]
As the group was looking, Luz shared her thoughts.
Luz: That's gotta be one evil witch. I can feel it.
Eda: I hear ya, kid. This lady screams, "bad vibes."
Everyone else agrees as the memory resumes.
Maleficent: Kingdom Hearts belongs to me!
Maleficent smiles sinisterly.
Maleficent: The heart of all kingdoms, the heart of all that lives. A dominion fit to be called Kingdom Hearts must be MY dominion!
Sora: Maleficent, no! No more Heartless!
Maleficent: I do not take orders from you!
It was then that Maleficent summons five Heartless to surround the Organization XIII member to attack.
Saïx: Fool...
However, the Organization XIII member snaps his finger and summons five Dusk Nobodies to counter the Heartless, defeating them. This surprises Sora as the Dusks turn their attention to him, Donald and Goofy, ready to attack.
Sora: Oh no!
Sora braces for the attack until Maleficent appears in front of the trio and summons a wall of green fire.
Maleficent: While I keep these creatures at bay, you devise a way to vanquish them—forever!
Sora: Maleficent!
The Dusks then pounced on Maleficent.
Maleficent: Do not misunderstand me. I shall have my revenge on you yet.
More Dusks then pounced on Maleficent.
Sora: Maleficent!
Maleficent: Leave! Now!
Sora: I don't take orders from you!
Sora was ready to fight the Dusks but was stopped by Donald.
Donald: Sora! C'mon!
Sora: But...what about...
The trio and the group see that Maleficent has been completely dogpiled as her green flames disappear.
Saïx: Now then. Where did we leave off?
The Organization XIII member snaps his fingers to switch out the Dusks in exchange for Armored Knights and Surveillance Robots Heartless. They surround the trio as they readied their weapons to fight.
Sora: Which side are guys you on anyway?
Saïx: The Heartless ally with whoever's the strongest.
The Organization XIII member then motions a command to the Heartless to attack. Sora slays two Armored Knights, and their hearts are released as the Organization XIII member observes.
Saïx: Yes, Sora! Extract more hearts!
Saïx then disappears by activating his Corridor of Darkness. The released hearts then vanish into thin air with dark magic.
Sora: No! The Hearts!
Sora then blocks an Armored Knight's attack. As he, Donald, and Goofy fight off the Heartless, Sora begins to question his life so far that led to this point in this quest.
Sora: Maybe everything we've done... Maybe it was all for nothing. What am I supposed to do if I can't use the Keyblade!?
The group became disheartened to hear Sora talk like that. To them, it isn't like Sora to wallow in self-doubt. Then, suddenly, Maleficent's voice was heard.
Maleficent: Imbeciles! You can't be trusted to do anything!
Sora: Huh?
A dark portal suddenly appears from below the trio, and they fall through it.
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They then wake up in a completely pitch-black void.
Goofy: What's this place?
Sora: It must be the Realm of Darkness!
Sora looks around.
Sora: Luz(Kairi)! Riku!
The trio looks around a bit more, and then Donald notices a completely hooded Organization XIII coat holding a blue box.
Donald: Who's there!?
As they approached the Organization member, they disappeared into a Corridor of Darkness after leaving the box behind. Donald then picked up the box.
Donald: What is it?
Goofy: Are ya sure you wanna open...
Donald opened the box.
Goofy: that?
The box reveals a photo of a group of teens and a blue popsicle. As Donald takes the contents out of the box, Goofy takes the photo and inspects it. The group of teens consists of three boys and one girl.
Goofy: Gawrsh, it's the gang from Twilight Town. There's Hayner, Pence, Colette...and, uh, um...
Sora: Roxas.
Luz, Eda, and Willow took notice of that.
While Luz and Willow already know what Roxas looked like thanks to a photo of him back at Hexside, Eda was shocked to see the face of Roxas.
Eda: *thinking* No way... It can't be...
Donald: You know him?
Sora: No... The name just popped into my head... This is Roxas.
Donald proceeded to taste the popsicle.
Goofy: Are you sure you wanna eat...
Donald tastes the popsicle.
Goofy: that?
Donald: Salty... No...sweet!
The group wondered why Donald would just taste a popsicle out of a box like that.
Suddenly, the popsicle started to float high in place, Sora's Keyblade automatically appeared in his hand, and intense magic energy began to emit from the Keyblade's teeth. As this is happening, a crown-shaped symbol, made of light, appears beneath him. Sora then became surrounded by light and accompanied by a gust of wind. The pitch-black void was suddenly with golden light partially blocked by black clouds. It was then that the popsicle shot up a beam of light, creating a keyhole-shaped light in the sky, which Sora pointed his Keyblade at and shot a beam of light of his own.
Sora: Not yet! I gotta look for Luz(Kairi)!
The memory ends there. The group and Naminé looked at one another.
Naminé: Let's start with what you just saw Sora did.
