Here we are once again. I don't really have much to say to begin the chapter, so we'll just get to it.

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Here's chapter 6.

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Chapter 6: The Mysterious Tower

On Sunset Hill, there were three figures present. There was Naminé, who was sitting on a bench with a notebook in her lap; Axel, who was standing up; and then there was a hooded man who didn't show their face.

Walking to the wooden railing, Axel leaned up against it and watched the train as it left. "Guess that's that." stated he, as the train kept on going.

"Let's go." said the hooded figure to the other two. Axel didn't get how exactly they were going to pull that off, noting the current situation.

"Go where? It's not like we have homes to return to. We don't exist, remember?" Axel reminded them, as he stood upright.

Naminé slightly nodded. "Yes, it's true. We may not have homes. But there is someplace I want to go… and someone I want to see." The blonde girl looked down at her notebook, where there was a picture of Sora and Roxas holding hands.

"Same here." Axel looked over to the hooded man. "So, you think you might let us go? I know you're here to get rid of us, but…"

Naminé looked at the hooded figure surprised before pulling her notebook closer and looking at it once more. "DiZ wants to get rid of me?" she asked to herself. She was in disbelief at the time.

"Go." ordered the hooded man once again.

"You sure about this?" Axel questioned. The hooded man and Naminé looked at Axel, and then, the hooded man looked at Naminé.

"I owe you both." He then stated, causing Naminé to stare at him.

She didn't understand why he did. "For what?"

"Castle Oblivion. You helped us."

"Heh, you don't have to tell me twice." Axel said back. He opened up a dark portal upon moving his arm. Naminé focused on Axel, before shifting her eyes back and forth to the two figures a few times. Axel nodded, and then Naminé faced the hooded man. She clutched her notebook in her arms.

She smiled at the hooded man. "Thank you."

She finally stood up from the bench and headed slowly towards the corridor of darkness, keeping her eyes on the hooded man. Letting go from her gaze, she ran into the portal, and lastly, Axel walked in after her. He closed the portal behind him, leaving the hooded man behind.

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(The Mysterious Tower)

The train finally arrived to its destination and pulled at the base of a Mysterious Tower on an island in the starry sky. The base of the tower had symbols of moons and stars inscribed on its base. Knowing that this must've been their destination, Sora, Donald and Goofy got off the train.

Unfortunately, after they got off the train, it disappeared. All that was left were the tracks that had allowed the train to get there. Sora giggled nervously knowing that now, they couldn't really leave (since they had no clue where the Gummi Ship was at this moment). "There goes our ride…"

Then, they noticed someone standing at the doorway of the tower. They were pretty big and burly, and like Donald and Goofy, they also appeared to be some kind of anthropomorphic creature. They looked to be some kind of cat.

So, Sora, Donald and Goofy decided to approach him. He seemed kinda suspicious at the moment, especially if he was hanging around the tower like this.

"What's goin' on?" Donald asked the cat.

"I sent some of my lackeys inside to see if the master of this here tower's as big and tough as they say. Word is, he's a real powerful sorcerer. Which would make him the perfect bodyguard for me. See, it don't matter how tough he is-once he's a Heartless, he'll do as I say!" said the cat, who still wasn't looking at Sora, Donald or Goofy for that matter.

He should've been a bit more secretive about what he was doing though and at least looked behind him. But no, he didn't do that. Donald was visibly dismayed. "A Heartless?" he asked.

"That's right. They're those things that come outta the darkness in folks 'hearts. Why, with all those Heartless at her side, my dear friend Maleficent is gonna conquer everything! And since I got me a debt to pay, I'm goin' 'round to a bunch of different worlds and buildin' an army of Heartless, special for her. Why am I talkin' to you pipsqueaks anyway? Go on, scram! I'm behind schedule as it is." Wow, this guy talked a lot.

Too much, in fact. He basically revealed his plan (and did reveal his plan) without even looking at who he was talking too! Good grief.

Goofy didn't really approve of this idea. "You oughta find somethin' nicer to do."

"Says who?" asked the cat. He finally turned around saw who he was talking to, seeing a very unimpressed Sora, Donald and Goofy.

"Wha…AAH! It's you!"

Donald and Goofy spoke in unison upon revealing this guy's identity. "Pete!"

"What are you two nimrods doin' here!?" asked Pete.

"What are YOU doing here?" Donald yelled back.

Sora was in the dark about what was going on. "You know him?" he asked.

"We sure do! Pete's been causin' trouble for ages! His Majesty banished him to another dimension a long time ago. I wonder how he escaped." Goofy responded.

Pete laughed before grinning and putting a hand on one of his hips. "You wanna know how, eh? Well, Maleficent busted me out, that's how! And now your world-no, no, no, all the worlds-are gonna belong to yours truly. Cause Maleficent's gonna help me conquer 'em!"

Oh, Maleficent. They knew that name from somewhere. "Maleficent… huh." Sora stated.

Then, the trio giggled. They were unsure if Pete was aware of this, but…

Well, Maleficent was long gone. In fact, she was basically gone for about a year. Did he not receive this news yet, or…?

"What are you laughing at!? Why, Maleficent's power is so great-" began Pete, who was about to speak of Maleficent's glory, only to be interrupted by Sora before Pete could even start.

"She's toast!"

"Huh?" asked Pete. He didn't seem to be getting the memo, which was unfortunate.

"Sorry, but Maleficent can't help ya now." Goofy explained.

Still, he didn't get it. He was close, but it was still a nope. Pete demanded for some answers. "Whaddya mean!?"

Pete finally got it when Donald started snickering. And apparently, he did know somewhat of the fact that Maleficent was basically dead. "You! So you're the ones that did it!"

Sora put his hands behind his head and looked away a moment. "Well… we mighta had something to do with it."

As a result, Pete wasn't pleased. He was angrier, really. Summoning Heartless to avenge Maleficent (or something), he shouted, "Heartless squad! Round up!"

Shadow heartless rose up from the ground.

…Really. This was the best Pete could do at the moment? Wow.

Well, maybe he had some more powerful Heartless trying to take down the tower master, but honestly, this was sad. The shadows surrounded Sora, Donald and Goofy, who fought them off and easily took them out. Pete was taken aback. "Y-you just wait! Nobody, and I do mean nobody, messes with the mighty Pete!"

"So, 'mighty' Pete, who lives in this tower anyway?" Sora asked, not really believing the "mighty Pete" thing, but thought he had an idea of who happened to live in this tower.

I mean, Pete did send Heartless after the guy after all. So he probably did have an idea of it.

"Oh, ya don't know, eh? Well, it's old Yen Sid. 'Course he's probably a Heartless by now!" exclaimed Pete.

Donald had a slight fangirl moment before asking. "Master Yen Sid lives here!?"

The first to even go into the tower was Donald, who bolted up the steps and slammed open the doors. He ran in, leaving the other three outside in the dust.

"Yen Sid is the King's teacher!" explained Goofy, putting Sora into awe.

"Wow. Sounds powerful!" exclaimed Sora.

Basically ignoring Pete and his existence now, Sora and Goofy ran into the tower, leaving Pete behind. Pete's jaw dropped, and he was left there as the doors closed.

The journey up the Mysterious Tower was very long. Like, it didn't realistically look like the tower was that tall, and that the stories in between were supposed to be there. Plus, to make it all worse, there was tons of Heartless on the way up (thanks to ol' Pete), so you'd probably have an idea of what they were doing on the climb up.

Though they wondered what they would see next as they got ever closer to the top floor.

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This was a pretty short chapter, I guess, though I decided I'll wait until the next chapter to finish the tower. Despite I haven't written about a lot of combat at this time, it would be fairly boring and would stretch the chapter a little too much.

Next chapter, they will reach Yen Sid and get their new clothes. But, they'll also find another person waiting for them.

I don't really have much to say other than that.

Like usual, please review if you'd like, please try to refrain from flaming and please tell me how I can improve.

I will see you all in the next chapter.

Ciao!