Hey boys and girls, I hope you all had a good Christmas vacation :)
So this chapter will be having our heroes heading off to Disney Castle/Timeless River, what will our heroes have in store as they travel to the castle, and the Remnant teens, Oswald, Ortensia, and Stitch meet the feared witch, Maleficent…
So Timeless River….man it's going to be difficult because I need to figure out how to think of what the Remnant teens and Stitch would look like in those types of cartoons, Oswald and Ortensia already look like characters from 1930's cartoons, so they will be fine.
Anyways, sit back, grab the popcorn, and let's get on with it.
To RonaldM40196867: Eh, weird but cute. Mmhmm. I don't know…let me get back to you on that. I don't think so. Idk, because if you ask me, Grimm and Heartless are similar as they are beings of darkness.
To KnightSpark: Yes, but that won't happen till later on. I have a system, I'm going to do one new Disney World and one new anime world like in a pattern. But that won't happen till after the group heads back to Twilight Town.
To Gamelover41592: Thanks :)
To Robbeeyy: Thanks, you too :) Never seen Star Wars Rebels, and I'm not interested in putting in Marvel properties at this time.
To Twilight Seigan: Thanks, you too :)
To Jacob9594: Yea.
To Cujo: You think so?
Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Disney, and Square Enix.
RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and creator Monty Oum (R.I.P.)
World Lane
As the heroes were traveling throughout the lane, they were all talking about how they would be getting the pages back.
"So where do you think the Heartless took them?" Sun asked. That was the question that got on everyone's minds, where did the pages go?
"Well, wherever they are, we're getting them back!" Ruby exalted with determination.
Sora looked up at her and nodded his head. "Don't worry Ruby, we will. They have to be indifferent worlds someplace, we just need to find them." He said to her while keeping his eyes peeled out on the lane.
Ruby was even more worried. Not only did she have to worry about her sister and her team possibly under torture, but also the fact that she just met someone, and that person just lost his memory of her….this was alot to take in a bit.
Ruby just placed her hands on her face and wiped it a bit, feeling a bit tense at the moment. Jaune noticed her and he then placed his left hand on her right shoulder and rubbed it for comfort, ruby then placed her hand down to see Jaune giving her a genuine smile, Ruby was still a bit concerned though, knowing that Jaune was putting on that smile for her, but knowing that he too is going through it. But still, she was happy and smiled back at him, without blushing a bit though.
"Hey!" Sora said. "We are coming up to another world!" He said as everyone then looked up to see what the world was going to be. As they got closer, the world began to take shape, it appeared to be a large castle with a white and blue design on it, with a field and houses on the bottom.
When Donald and Goofy saw the word they both were shocked."Hey, it's Disney Castle!" Donald said as Goofy and he both pressed their faces up against the window glass, smashing their faces in awe.
Sora and the others were a bit confused at the matter, not being familiar with the world, nor familiar with how Donald and Goofy were acting. But as they continued to act happy, Sora must have figured it out.
"Donald, Goofy, that's your homeworld?" the keyblade wielder asked them with shock, making the duck mage and dog knight nod their head with smiles. "Wow…"
"Wait, you just realized that now?" Jaune asked with raised eyebrows, he was not making fun of him, but very curious.
"Actually yes," Sora said to him…but then turned to Donald. "Hey, why didn't you guys ever tell me about your world?" He asked.
"Well gawrsh, you never asked." goofy said with a shrug of his arms, making the others look at him with raised eyebrows. "I guess we also never told you that Donald is the Court Mage and I'm the captain of the Royal Guard." He said.
Sora then looked at him and blinked like an owl. "Uh…no, you didn't."
This prompted Goofy to look at him some more and blink as well. "Well, now you know!" He said with a smile, making Donald sigh a bit in annoyance.
Disney Castle
The ship had arrived in the world through a weird-looking hole that looked like a mouse's head.
"Ah, it feels good to be back in the hangar after a long time,'' Donald said with a smile on his face, a smile that Goofy returned and nodded his head at the statement. But then the two of them frowned for some reason, they wouldn't put their fingers on it…but something from a bit off about the place.
"Hmm,'' Goofy said while rubbing his chin.
"What's wrong, Goofy?" Ortensia asked him.
"It's just…I don't know, something doesn't feel right here." And he wasn't the only one who felt it, Donald also felt it too.
This prompted everyone to look at the dog knight and duck mage and was confused, but before they could ask more questions, they heard some chattering coming from up top and turned their heads to see two chipmunks up and there and coming down to greet them. They were both wearing some uniforms, but one had a black nose and the other had a red nose. The black nose was Chip, and the one with a red nose was Dale, they served as operators of the Gummi Ship.
"You guys are back!" Chip said with a smile as he and his brother scurried up to the heroes.
"Wait, this is Chip and Dale?" Sun asked as he and the rest of the Remnant teens looked at the chipmunks. "Interesting."
"Oh, you're both so cute!" Ruby said as she picked them both up and smiled at them.
Dale then sorta giggled. "Oh, well-" He said as he began to blush, but Chip slapped him upside the head.
"Now's not the time to blush!" Chip said, but not before turning to Ruby and blushing himself. "The castle is in danger though!"
Dale then got out of his senses and shared his brother's look of concern. "Yea, the queen needs your help!"
This prompted Donald and Goofy to be shocked. "Queen Minnie! Is she alright?" Goofy asked with worry in his voice.
"We just need to get to her!" Chip said, ignoring the dogs' question. "You all need to get to the library and hurry," He said as he and Dale scurried out of there, leaving the heroes behind.
Sora and his party all faced each other. "Alright guys, let's go!" They all agreed and ran after the chipmunks.
5 minutes later…
They all made it to the top of the stairs and opened up the doors. When they all got outside, they're now in a courtyard that was all green, with yellow and green grass, and some tapestries looked like animals playing instruments and the castle was near behind them all.
The weight made everyone (sans Donald and goofy look amazed and in awe at the beauty of it.
"Wow…look at this!" Jaune said with amazement. "We could easily take a nap here if we wanted to."
"Uh…actually," Goofy said. "I kinda do..most of the time." He said sheepishly and everyone either signed or giggled at the dogs' nature. But Stitch was confused.
"No danger.." He said. "Where danger?" He asked.
"Agree with Stitch," ruby said/. "Chip and Dale said something about danger, so where is it? It seems like everything is alright." She said,
And right as she said that darkness appeared and an army of Soldiers and Shadows made their presence in front of them all. This made some look at Ruby, who then had a sheepish grin. Sorry…" she said with an embarrassed tone of voice.
5 seconds later….
They all fought as best as they could, but the Heartless were still coming forward, even using their abilities didn't help.
"Damn it, they keep coming!" Sun said as he slapped a Soldier away with his staff.
"Let's just get to the library!" Sora said as they all immediately made a run for it, knowing that they were just being held back and all made a run for it.
After entering the castle and fighting off more and more Heartless, they all finally saw a large door at the end of the corridor that was overlooking the courtyard and they all made a run for it, ignoring the Heartless coming at them all.
Finally, they all made it to the library and they were out of breath as they painted a bit. It was so confusing, why was there Heartless here? This was something that Donald and Goofy asked.
"You mean you never see Heartless here?" Sora asked.
Donald shook his head no. "No, the castle and the city in total has such a strong light that Heartless should not be able to come near it….why are they here?" He asked as he breathed heavily again.
"Oh, are you all alright?" A sweet voice asked as they all looked up to see who spoke to them, they all saw an anthropomorphic female mouse with big round ears, had a fair complexion, and was wearing an elegant ball gown with short, ball-like sleeves, with the top of the gown being pink with red lining. The pink section on the bottom sported flower-like patterns and also had a second layer underneath that was salmon-colored and a third layer that was red and pleated. She also had on white opera gloves, and a gold tiara on her head. This was Minnie Mouse, the queen of Disney Castle and Mickey's wife.
As soon as they saw her, Donald and Goofy both stood up and got in position. "Queen Minnie, we have returned!" Donald said with seriousness.
Minnie smiled at them. "I'm so glad you're here." She said to them both, who smiled a bit. But then Sora and the others all went up to them and joined.
"So, where is the king?" Sora asked, much to Donald's annoyed tone. Sora was showing some disrespect toward a queen and Donald didn't like it one bit.
"Oh, sorry your majesty,'' Donald said before roughly pulling on Sora's arm, getting him down to his level. "This is our friend Sora." He then turned to the Remnant teens, Oswald, Ortenisa, and Stitch. "And these are Ruby, Jaune, Sun, Oswald, Ortensia, and Stitch!"
When Minnie looked at them her eyes brightened. "Sora!" She said with a smile. "I heard alot about you from the king's letters, he says you're a very brave young man."
Upon hearing what she said about him, Sora then adopted a blush on his face as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Well, I mean…"
Minnie then looked up at the Remnant teens and smiled. "And I am very pleased to meet you three." She said,
"Ye, the pleasure is our majesty," Ruby said with a smile. "But you look so cute though!" She said with a slight squeal.
"RUBY!" Donald exclaimed. "Don't be rude!"
Ruby then glared at him. "How was I being rude? All I said was that she looked cute!"
But Minnie defused the situation. "Now, come down now, Donald, there was no harm in saying that. But Ruby, thank you though." The mouse queen said with a slight giggle. When she got a look at Oswald and Ortensia, her smile then got big. Oswald? Ortenisa? Oh, it is so good to see you both again!" She said with a grin as Ortensia went up to her and held her hand.
"I know, it's been too long!" the cat said with the two girls giggling a bit, making the others look confused.
"Wait, your majesty, you know them?" Goofy asked.
Minnie nodded her head. "Yep, they usually come to visit at least every other month." She said with a smile. This made everyone look on with confusion, you learn something new almost every day….
Stitch then went up to Minni And grinned. "Hiiii!" He said, exposing his large set of teeth, which prompted Donald to pull him back by the scruff of his neck. But Minnie didn't mind and called Stitch cute, making the alien jiggle a bit and blush.
"Sorry to interrupt," Jaune said, getting back on track. "Why are there Heartless in the castle?" He asked. "Donald said that there was supposed to be some special light here that prevented them from coming."
As soon as he said that, Minni then adopted a look of worry on her face. "Oh my, so those are the Heartless!" She exclaimed with worry. "The king told me about them but I didn't know they could be so..scary!" She said,
Sora then looked at her with determination. "Don't worry, we can handle them." He said to her, with everyone else nodding their heads in agreement.
Minnie turned to them all and gave a small smile. "Sora, I know I can count on you and everyone else here." He said, but then her eyes went wide. "Oh no!" She said, making the others concerned. "Everyone else in the castle! I forgot to tell them about it, We need to make sure that they're alright!" She exclaimed with worry.
This prompted Sora and Ruby to grin and nod at each other. "Alright then, we'll go tell them then!" Ruby said with her fist in the air, making Donald and a few others look surprised.
"Wait, you mean the entire castle!" Donald asked with shock, but Goofy shook his head.
"We just need to spit it all out, Donald!" Goofy reassured him, making Donald sigh again with some relief.
"I'll tell everybody what's going on, what's going on!" Sora said, but Donald shot hsi idea down.
"Sora, you and the others don't know the castle and will wind up just getting lost!" He said to him, Sora then realized what Donald meant and got confused.
"Well, what do we do then?" He asked as everyone tried to think of a solution, but Ruby was the one who spoke up for them all at first.
"I got it!" She said to them. "Donald, Goofy, Sun, Ortensia, and Stitch will warn everybody about the castle. Sora, Jaune, Oswald, and I will stay here with the queen. Does that work?"
Everyone looked at each other and gave it some thought, one group went to warn people, the other stayed to make sure the queen was in good hands, it sounded like a good idea. Everybody nodded their heads in agreement.
"Ok then!" Ruby said with a smile. "Sun, am I in your Scroll contacts?" She asked. Sun then got into his Scroll and checked his contacts, he said no to Ruby and the young reaper had to put his contact in her Scroll and Jaune did the same thing. "Great!"
"Everyone!" Minnie said to them all. "Before we leave, I am going to escort my group to a place below the throne room. Donald, you and your group meet us there once you are done, understand?" She asked.
Donald answered with a salute. "You got it, your majesty!"
"Alright then," Jaune said. "Let's all split now and meet back up later."
"Got it!" Donald said.
"See y'all later!" Goofy said as they led their group out of the library to parts unknown, but not before Ortensia gave Oswald a quick kiss on the cheek before departing
Sora then turned towards Minnie and looked at her. "So, where do we need to go?" He asked her.
Minnie then looked at them all and looked serious. "There's part of the castle that I blocked off before the Heart Turned Me, I want you all to accompany me there. Can you all do it?" She asked them.
This made the teens and the rabbit salute her and made her giggle and they all proceeded their way out of the library back to the main hall. But unfortunately, the area was surrounded by Shadows and Soldiers. But even with their group shortened a bit, Sora and the others managed to take them all down with no issue at all.
After fighting off a wave of them, they all managed to come across a door right in the hall that was blocked off by a purple barrier of some sort, and Minnie then held her hand at it. "Once the Heartless showed up, I made sure that this room was sealed off to prevent them from getting in." She said as the barrier then lit up and vanished right before everyone's eyes.
"Well, now all we gotta do is go through it," Jaune said as they all looked at the large door. "And figure out…how to push this very…massive…door." He said with a sweatdrop.
"Alright then!" Sora said. "C'mon everyone, let's push it right-" but as soon as he was about to finish his sentence, a smaller door on the main large door opened, allowing for Minnie to go in with a smile on her face, and make the others baffled a bit. "Or…we could do that…" He said, as everyone then sweatdropped a bit.
(Eyecatch featuring Minnie and Ortensia laughing with each other as their husbands glare at each other.)
(Eyecatch featuring Yang standing in a dark background, with a man in black coat looking down at her.)
Throne Room
Finally, the group all made it to the throne room, where the area was all white and the throne chair for King Mickey was at the very end of the corridor, but then something happened, a bunch of Heartless had appeared. The new Heartless resembled a tower of sorts, with its body being tall and pyramidal. The front and back parts of the body were red, with the Heartless emblem on the front above its round head that was at the bottom. There were small silver spikes at the top, with yellow spies at the bottom, a curled antenna at the top of its head, and the red on its back and front had some yellow lining to it, and the face had yellow eyes and a jagged mouth. That was called the Bolt Tower, and there were a lot of them!
Minnie looked at them and gasped with fright. "No, no, no, no! Not here either!" she exclaimed with fright and worry. But Sora, Jaune, Ruby, and Oswald were ready.
"We got them!" Sora said as he and the rest of the group all got out their weapons and started to attack, Sora ran up to one of the towers and used his keyblade to slash it right in the face, causing it to disappear. He then saw a posse of them and his keyblade gave off an icy mist. "Blizzard Raid!" He said as he threw the keyblade like a boomerang over at them, when the Heartless got hit, they all froze up instantly, and then when the keyblade was coming back to Sora, it hit the frozen Heartless, shattering them all into pieces.
Ruby had Crescent Rose and slashed up a whole bunch of them. "Fire!" She said as he unloaded a bunch of Fire dust bullets onto a group of Bolt Towers.
Jaune used his sword to stab into a Tower's head, and he then used his shield to deflect a bolt of lightning that was fired, but it deflected and it hit another bolt tower. That gave Jaune an idea. "Guys!" Jaune said to Sora, Ruby, and Oswald. "When they fire off those bolts of lightning or whatever, try to deflect them right back at the casters!" He said as Minnie was now right behind him.
That was when the group had a perfect idea, when two towers tried to fire off lightning bolts, Sora and Oslwad both deflected it right back at them, not only destroying them but also destroying their buddies that were nearby.
Minni Was watching it all and then got a determined look on her face. She was not going to stand by and let them do all of the work for her, so she immediately walked right up to the front of the group, much to their confusion.
"Your Majesty?" Ruby asked with nervousness and confusion. Minnie then glared at the Heartless and raised her right hand, which had a weird-looking ring on it.
"Get out of my castle…" Minnie spoke in a calm but angry tone of voice as her hand then gave a light aura and with a mighty command she yelled out. "LIGHT!" Then a boost of light aura radiated off of her and it gave the Heartless in the room mighty impacts, knocking them all back into the walls with big thuds.
Sora and his party looked on with amazement and awe on their faces. "Wow!" Jaune said, but then it was short as some of the Heartless was beginning to regain consciousness. "Guys, their mobile!" He said.
"Quick, get to the chair!" Minnie said as she and the others all made their way towards the throne chair in a dash before the Heartless could regroup up.
It took the group a little while to get to the chair, but they finally made it. But now the Bolt Towers were already starting to approach them all, making them get their weapons out.
"Jaune!" Oswald said to him, getting the knights' attention, Oswald then jumped on Jaune and cupped his ear to whisper something, whatever it was, it made Jaune's eyes go wide with awe.
"Really? You think so?" Jaune asked, with Oswald nodding his head in agreement. "Let's do it!" He said as he and Oswald got their weapons and smirked at the oncoming heartless, Jaune used hsi aura to make his sword glow and he patted Oswald's shoulder, making the rabbits' energy go up and for his keyblade to glow up as well. "Blade Dance!" They both shouted as they then threw their perspective weapons, and as the two were thrown they merged and began spinning into some sort of cyclone, which was sending out lots of razor winds at the Heartless, with each one of them going down instantly with no issues. And with that, all of the Heartless had vanished, leaving only Sora's group and Minnie.
"Well, that takes care of that. "Ruby said ss he put Crescent Rose away and turned to Minnie, your majesty?" She asked.
"Huh? Oh yes." She said as she then went up to the chair and touched it with her hand, when he did that, the floor underneath began to move out of the way, revealing a secret passage under the throne chair, and making the others look with awe and surprise. "It's right down here," Minnie said to them all as she then went to the stairs. "The room below us is called the Hall of the Cornerstone." She said as the others then got behind her to look down at the corridor of stairs to see where it led to.
"Cornerstone?" Jaune asked, making Minnie nod her head.
"Our castle has been safe from worlds that are evil, including Heartless, thanks to the Cornerstone of Light that we keep down here." She said as she made her way down the stairs, the teens looked a bit confused, but decided to follow her down.
"I'll let Sun know where we are so he and the others can find us," Ruby said to them as she got out her scroll and sent Sun a text message, but as she did she took a glance to check her teammates' statuses. "Alright, still good, but I still can't seem to contact them, what did the Organization do with them?" She asks, while she was relieved that their auras were still in the green, she was very concerned as to why they weren't answering. "Guys, please be ok." Ruby thought with concern.
Meanwhile…
Sun and his group were taking down many Shadows and making sure the other residents of the castle were escaping or hiding.
"Is that everybody?" Goofy asked them. Sun and the others all looked around and nodded their heads.
"Yea, I think we got them all," Stitch said as he put his blasters away. But unknown to him, a Heartless was approaching him very quietly and the others didn't even see it right before the Heartless could come any closer, they were walls topped.
"LOOK OUT!" They all looked up to see a figure jump down in front of them and use a shield to block an attack from a Soldier, and he then used his sword to stab a Shadow right in the face, causing both enemies to disappear.
The figure sighed a bit before turning his head back to the group. "Hey, are you alright-" but he stopped as soon as he saw Goofy. The figure was around an inch shorter than Goofy, he had the same facial features, but he had a small scruff of hair. He was wearing gray armor with armored gauntlets, leg pads, and brown boots, and wore a knight helmet as well that he wasn't wearing. He carried a short sword with a blue handle, the pommel being simple and gold-colored, the gold guard being curved a bit, and the blade being stylish and gleaming with silver and there was a Mickey symbol on the hilt as well, he carried a shield that bared some similarities to Goofy's shield too. This was Max Goof, Goofy's son.
When Goofy got a look at him, his eyes widened. "Maxie?" Goofy asked, looking surprised.
Max himself was surprised. "Dad?" He asked, and as if there was some sort of bomb, the two of them ran towards eachother and glomped each other into a tight hug. "Dad! Your back!"
"Oh, Maxie, I'm so happy to see you again soon, H-yuck!" He said as the two dogs laughed and hugged it out.
Donald and Ortensia were both smiling at the scene, but Sun and Stitch were confused.
"Who's that?" Sun asked.
"That's Max, Goofy's son." Donald explained to him This made Sun and Stitch look surprised, they didn't know Goofy had a kid. Interesting….
"Oh, cool!" Sun said with a smile.
Goofy and Max ended the hug to see each other. "Maxie, what are you doing in this armor?" He asked.
Max chuckled. "Well, after you left, Queen Minnie had me go under training to be the new Captain of the Guard." He said. But when he said that, it made Goofy look confused.
"Really? But I thought you didn't want to join." Goofy said to him.
Max sighed. "Yea I know, but someone had to do it." He said. "But I'm so glad you're here again, where have you been this whole time?" He asked his father.
Goofy then gulped and looked behind at the others. "Maxie, this is going to be a long story that I will explain once we catch up to the others. Sun, can you pinpoint their location?"
"Yep, follow me!" The monkey Faunus said as they all made a run for it, but Max was still confused.
"Wait, what do you mean, what's going on?" He asked. "And what were those things?" He asked.
Meanwhile…
Minnie and the rest of Sora's group were down the stairs under the throne to come across a large room. The room was rather dark, with a bright stone right in the middle of it, but the most distinguishing thing about the room was that a whole bunch of thors were all over the place, the only area not covered with thorns was the stone in the middle.
"What you all see before you is the castle's cherished Cornerstone." She said to them all, who was admiring the stone with awe. But then Minnie adopted a look of concern. "But the thorns." She said as everyone all looked around to see the thorns, all of them sprouted around. "They must be the work of someone very evil!" She exclaimed with worry.
Ruby got out Crescent Rose. "Should we cut them all down? That might help, right?" She asked, and she wanted the only one with that on her mind, Sora and the others got out their weapons.
But before Minnie could respond they heard footsteps and saw Goofy's group coming behind them. "Guys!" Sun said to them. "We got here as fast as-Woah!" He said as he and the others looked around the area and spotted the large Cornerstone and were awed by its beauty. "That's one big stone!"
"Shiny…" Stitch said with his eyes sparkling at such a massive sight.
"That's one big huge rock!" Max said with his eyes looking on with wonder, but then some of the others looked at him with confusion.
"Goofy, who's that?" Ruby asked him.
Goofy then smiled and brought Max over. "Guys, this is my son, Max!" He said, when Max gave an awkward wave, the others were pretty surprised, with Sora being the most, as Goofy never mentioned having a son before.
Sun saw the looks on Sora and the other's faces and shrugged his shoulders. "Yea, we were surprised as well." He said.
Goofy was about to introduce the others to his son, but before he could there was the sound of flames going off at the front of the Cornerstone, green flames that had a black aura.
"Wait a minute…" Sora said as he got out his keyblade. "I can recognize this fire anywhere," Sora said as he, Donald, and Goofy got into fighting positions, and from the look of what they're doing, Ruby and the rest got into positions as well.
As soon as the flames vanished, there stood a figure but looked more of a silhouette. She was a tall woman who had light green skin and wore a long dark cloak that went all the way down to her feet where some of it dragged behind her. She also wore a headset that resembled horns, and she carried a long staff with a green ball on it. She also had a ring on her right middle finger. This was Maleficent, the so-called 'Mistress of Evil.' Sora and his party had a run-in with her during their last adventure, but now for some unexplained reason, she has returned.
"Maleficent!" Donald and Goofy both exclaimed as they got in front of Minnie.
Sora himself was a bit confused, why was Maleficent here? He thought she was killed back in Hollow Bastion. So how was she here?
Jaune and the other Remnant teens looked at the witch with surprise. So this was Maleficent? Not someone they expected, but if she was bad news like Sora said she was, then they were going to join him in fighting her.
Maleficent took a good look at the others and chuckled evilly. "Well, well, well, what have we here?" She asked smugly. "Of it isn't the wretched Keyblade wielder and his two lackeys." Sora, Donald, and Goofy both glared at her hard. Then she took a gender at the Remnant teens, Oswald, Ortensia, and Stitch. "Oh? And more lackeys I presume?" She asked.
Jaune glared at her as he had his sword pointing at her. "And you must be the Maleficent that Sora warned us about. What do you want?" He said with an angry tone of voice.
Maleficent then ignored him as she then turned to Minnie. "Ahh, Queen Minnie, as radiant as always," MAleficent said as she gave the mouse queen a bow of her own.
But Minnie was not as enthusiastic. "Going back to Jaune's question, what are you doing here?" She asked.
Maleficent sighed. "You see, I am here on a property venture if you call it. I want this castle for myself." When she said that, the other heroes all glared at her some more. "But unfortunately, it is a bit too…bright for my taste." She then turned her back to face the Cornerstone. "So I guess I'll just have to fill every single room in this room with my touch of darkness." She said with a wicked grin.
Jaune pointed his speed at her again and Ruby cocked Crescent Rose. "We're not going to let that happen!" He exclaimed to her.
Minnie glared hard at the witch. "You better stop right now, if you know what's good for you!" She exclaimed.
Maleficent was not deterred with any of their threats, however. "Oh, how frightening!" she said with smug and sarcasm. "But if you wish…I'll stop…" She said to them, surprising a few of them. "Just as soon as the Castle belongs to me!" she said as she then raised her arms and vanished in a flash of green flames, ending with her cackling evilly as the group all looked around.
After her laugh ended. Sora put hsi weapon away and glared hard. "What a hag." He said with disgust.
"So that was Maleficent?" Ruby asked them all as she put Crescent Rolls down, making Sora nod his head. "Man, she was ugly," she said, prompting a few of them to snicker about it.
"Oh dear," Minnie said, making the others go over to her with concern, and Ortensia placed her hand on Minnie's shoulder." Nothing like this has never happened before," she said with worry in her voice.
"Is there a way to fix it?" Stitch asked her.
But Minnie shook her head. "No, I looked all over the library records, but I couldn't find a single clue about it anywhere." She said with concern.
Now the others were wondering about what to do. If these thorns are due to dark magic, they are going to need help from someone who might have an idea. Ruby didn't think her cutting idea would work either.
"I got it!" Goofy said to them. "We should go see someone who knows alot about this stuff that ain't in any book!" He said to them, surprising a few of them, not expecting this type of wisdom from the dog knight.
"Master Yen Sid?" Oswald asked them.
"No, h;e probably busy at the moment…" Donald said as they began to think of who they should call….but then Donald's eyes went wide. "Merlin!" Donald exclaimed with a realization on his face.
Minie then smiled and nodded her head. "Yes, that's a great idea! Merlin might know about this whole mess." She said to them.
Sora's party turned out to be the best. "We saw him in Hollow Bastion right?" He asked.
"Yea, let's go!" Sora said.
"Wait!" Ruby said. "What if the Heartless come back while we're gone?" She asked. This made everyone present take her words and realize that she had a point, what were they going to do if the Heartless came back and attacked?
That was when Ruby got an idea. "I know, Jaune, Oswald, Stitch, Goofy, and Sun will stay here to guard the queen. Sora, Ortensia, Donald, and I will head over to Hollow Bastion." She said to them all.
The others all looked at each other and nodded their heads, this seemed like a good plan. "Alright then!" Sora said. "E and my group will head back to the hangar, you all stay here. We'll be back soon." He said as he and the others all ran out of the chamber.
When they all left, Goofy then turned to his son Max, who was trying to process what was going on here. Goofy smiled and wrapped an arm around his son. "Maxie, allow me to introduce you to my friends." He said as the introductions began.
Hollow Bastion/Merlin's House
Sora's group all made their way back to Hollow Bastion and immediately ran for Merlins' House, easily taking out any lower-ranked Heartless that came near them, when they got to Merlins' house, they didn't bother turning the knob, they just busted right in.
"MERLIN! MERLIN!" Sora shouted, trying to get the wizard's attention.
"The castle's in danger!" Ortensia called out to him, but there was no answer. But after a few minutes, a puff of smoke appeared in front of them and Merlin was right there.
"Now, now, what's all the racket? I was-oh, it's you, kids!" Merlin said to them, but then they all went up to him. "Well, it seems like you all learned a little something since I last saw you." He said
This prompted Sora and Ruby to look surprised. "Really?" they both asked in unison.
Donald however quacked at them all. "Let's talk about the problem!" He said to them, getting Sora and Ruby back to their senses. "Maleficent is back!" Sora and the others nodded in agreement.
"Merlin's eyes widened, "Where at?"
"Inside Disney Castle!" Ruby exclaimed. "And not just her, there are a whole bunch of Heartless in the castle as well!" She exclaimed. And this prompted Donald to go on a tirade on what's going on.
(Eyecatch featuring Sora and Oswald facing a Behemoth Heartless.)
(Eyecatch featuring Ruby on a cliff looking out over the horizon, with the images of Pyrrha and Penny in the background.)
Disney Castle/Hall Of the Cornerstone
Meanwhile, everyone else was still in the hall guarding the place, so far, there have not been any Heartless attacks, so that was good. But they still had to be on their guard.
"And that's where we are pretty much at!" Goofy said to Max. Goofy had told his son about all the adventures he went on with Sora and Donald, the worlds they visited, the villains they fought, the fact that they were sleeping for many years, and the situation with Ruby's friends and how they were going to rescue them all.
"Wow, that's amazing Dad!" Max said to him, making the older Goofy blush a bit. "But why didn't you ever come back to visit?"
Goofy looked at him. "I'm sorry Mxxie, I wanted to, but it was such a long mission, and I wanted to come to see you after we closed the Final Door, but we all got separated and had no way to get back."
Max looked at his father and he looked like he was hurt. Max hadn't seen his father in over a year, he was happy to be with him again, but he was just so upset about not being with him.
"Maxie," Goofy said, playing a hand on the boy's shoulder. "I know you're upset, and you have every right to be, but I am here now. Alright?" He asked.
But before MAx could answer his question they all heard Donald's voice from somewhere, and in a bright puff, Sora's group were finally back in the hall.
"The Queen is in danger and everything!" Donald said, and it looked like they were not paying attention to their surroundings.
"Oi!" Sun said to them. "Welcome back." He said, prompting Sora and the others to look around and realize that they all made it back.
"Well…umm..see? We made it back! Safe and sound!" Donald said, crossing his arms, trying not to look like an idiot in the process.
Merlin sighed. "Let me take a look." He said as he walked on over to the Cornerstone and examined it. "Hmm, very interesting…" He said.
Minnie looked up at him with a look of concern. "What's the matter, Merlin?"
"Oh dear," The wizard said with a look of dread. "This is not good I feel as if it's very severe." He said.
After a brief sigh, he closed his eyes and began to wave his hands as he chanted. "Hockety pockety wockety wack. Abra cabra dabra nack!" He said as then with a puff of smoke a Door appeared before them all, it was a silver door with a unique design, with a fleuron top, and the door was also shimmering, almost as if lights were going off of it.
The others looked at the door with wonder and awe, what kind of door was it and where does it lead to?
"What's that?" Stitch asked with awe as he went up and started to sniff the door.
Merlin smiled. "That my furry friend is a door to a special world." He said to them. That made everyone look with wonder, a special world? What was so special about it? "Someone from that world is responsible for the anarchy that is going on in this castle as we speak." He said to them,
"Merlin, I knew we could count on ya!" Goofy said with a smile as Sora, Ruby, and Jaune went up to it.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go get 'em!" Sora said as he was about to pull the handlebars, but not before being stopped by Merlin again.
"Now, now, just a moment please1," the old wizard said, stopping the three tense from going on. "OF course the person responsible must be stopped, that's for sure. But there is another identical door just like this one somewhere in that world."
"Really?" Oswald asked with his arms crossed.
"Yes, and I believe that whoever is responsible for this madness, must be utilizing that door, so as long as that door remains open, then the castle is doomed. Sora, Oswald, as the only two keyblade wielders of your party, you both must find that other door and make sure to lock it up with your Keyblade's." He said.
Sora and Oswald both looked at each other and nodded. "Alright, we won't forget." they both said in unison. But Merlin had one more thing to say.
"Now one last thing. All of you will be heading off into a very special world." Merlin said to them as he turned to face the door. "While you're there, the person in that world might try to tempt you both into doing something dark. So you must resist that temptation at all costs." He said as he said that, his eyes turned to face the back, obviously looking at a few select people.
"What do you mean by that?" Ortensia asked with worry in her voice.
Merlin faced the group again. "Don't, worry about it, I have full faith in you all." He said with a smile on his face. "Now go on, I'll stay here and protect Queen Minnie." He said to them.
Goofy then faced MAx. "Maxie, you stay here, alright? I'll be back real soon." He said.
Max was a bit unsure, but he swallowed the nervousness and smiled. "Alright dad, I'll hold your word for it." He said with a smile.
Goofy smiled and he joined his group once again as Sora then opened up the door when they did there was a gleam of light for the inside. What world would this strange door take them? Would they find the culprit responsible for the darkness that loomed over the castle? The only answers they were going to get were through that door.
"Everyone ready?" Sora asked the group, who all nodded. "Let's do this!" He said as they all went through the door and vanished in a gleam of light.
And we're going to stop there folks :)
So I originally wanted Disney Castle and Timeless River to be one chapter, but then I decided to dial it back a bit because it was a bit too much for me to handle. My stress is still going on…
Anyway, next time the group will be going to Timeless River, I still need to figure out what Jaune, Ruby, Sun, and Stitch will look like though so it might take me some time.
As usual, please don't forget to read and review. I'm always happy to hear from you guys and happy to answer any questions you might have for me.
See you all next time as our heroes head off to the Timeless River :)