Hey, guys, I have returned with a new chapter for you all.

Last time, Yen Sid was attacked by The Horned King, but he was thankfully saved at the last minute by Lea, and not just that, but Disney Castle was raided by Pete and his new companions. But with Sora, Riku, and Kairi by their side, they can win…right?

I do hope you're enjoying the story so far.

To RonaldM40196867: Heartless will always here, as long as there's darkness within every heart. Yes, I do have a new Heartless in mind…but I won't spoil anything ;)

To the Guest: Thank you. I hope you like the story :)

Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Disney, and Square Enix.

Hollow Bastion/Merlin's House

"Maleficent?" Donald asked him.

Mickey looked at Donald with a grim face. "Even worse than that witch." He said as he took a deep breath. "We are facing an ancient evil, a warlock who is named Morda, or better known as…The Horned King." As Mickey said that, Merlin conjured up an image of the evil lich for them all to see.

The sight alarmed most of them, Donald quaked out of alarm, and Goofy gulped nervously while shaking a bit. Sora, Riku, and Kairi were the most alarmed. As even though this was just an image, the three teens could feel the darkness and evil radiating off this creature.

"I get why he is called that." Sora said, while trying to joke, but found himself a bit unnerved.

Merlin nodded. "A long time ago, in the world of Prydain, there was an evil lord by the name of Arawn." As Merlin conjured up more images to tell the story. "He had attempted to use an ancient relic called the Black Cauldron to conquer many worlds under his rule."

Kairi gulped a bit. "But…what does that have to do with that…creature?"

"Morda was his champion in his quest." Merlin said to them. "It was during that time when Yen Sid was still a Keyblade Master. He had heard of what was going on, and he and Arawn fought each other, with Morda joining in." He said with a big sigh. "Yen Sid defeated him, and the darkness in his heart caused Arawn to be sucked into the Black Cauldron." He said.

The others sighed in some relief following that, but it was quickly replaced by grimace since they are now informed about Arawns champion. "But…Morda…what happened to him?"

Merlin sighed. "After Yen Sid defeated Arawn, Morda vanished, and Yen Sid lost track of him, we assumed that he had simply perished without his master…but it appears we were wrong."

Mickey then spoke up. "Morda apparently used dark magic to cast his soul aside, becoming some sort of lich, and he now goes by the name of the Horned King...and he is going to finish what Arawn planned to do."

"To accomplish this goal." Merlin began. "He has killed Maleficent and stolen her powers." This made the others gasp a bit. "And to top it off, he has assembled a dark council to aid him in his quest. He is going to use the Black Cauldron to create an army of the dead and use them to rule over all worlds….and become a God amongst men…"

Mickey was right...This situation was more dangerous and terrifying than the Organization or Ansem! But the most shocking thing of all was that Maleicent was killed! The so-called Mistress of all Evil herself was done away...of course it was at the hands of an ancient evil warrior…but it was still pretty shocking.

"But wait!" Sora said. "You said Master Yen Sid fought them right?" He said. "Maybe he can fight them again!"

"Sora, Master Yen Sid is retired," Mickey said to them sternly, but then that stern turned into a bit of sadness. "Besides…there's nothing he can do about it right now anyway…" He said. This caught the others' attention as well.

"What do you mean?" Donald asked.

Mickey looked at them all. "The Horned King attacked Master Yen Sid." He said. "And not only did he destroy the tower…but Master Yen Sid's magic was taken as well." He said.

"WHAT?" Everyone (sans Mickey and Merlin) shouted at once, and pretty soon the entire place was in an uproar, with Donald and Goofy shouting at once and Sora and Riku shouting and all of that. Kairi just stood there and looked at the ground in silence, while she didn't meet Master Yen Sid, she had heard about how powerful he was.

Mickey saw the commotion and tried to stop them. "Guys!" He said, but it fell on deaf ears. "Guys?" He called out again, but to no avail…what was he going to-

BOOM

"SILENCE!" Everyone turned and much to their surprise, they saw Master Yen Sid himself standing before them all, and in response, everyone stood up and looked directly at him.

"Master Yen Sid!" Donald said with utmost respect. "We heard about what happened, are you hurt? Do You need any-" but he was stopped as Yen Sid held his hand.

"Everyone," He said to them. "I am fine. I am still a bit weak from the attack, but I am fine regardless." He said as he took a deep breath and went to sit down. "Now, Sora, Riku, Kairi, you understand why I had Merlin and King Mickey send for you all." He said, and the three nodded.

"Yes sir," Riku said. "If the Horned King really is as dangerous as Maleficent, Ansem, or the Organization, then we need to stop him." That made Yen Sid nod his head.

"Exactly, Morda must be stopped at all costs. That is why you are all here." He turned to Sora. "Sora, this task will be too much for just you, Donald, and Goofy to face on. So that is why Riku, Kairi, and Mickey will be accompanying you all as well." He said, with everyone nodding heads. "No doubt that like Maleficent, Morda has assembled his own army of villains..all of you must be on your guard." He warned.

"Yes sir." They all said to him.

But Kairi raised her hand. "But why me though?" she asked. "I can't even fight." She said,

"Kairi, you were a big help fighting the Heartless with me in the Castle that Never Was." Riku said to her.

"Well yea, but still I'm not as tough or strong as you or Sora though…" She said a bit.

Yen Sid sighed. "I understand Kairi, and if I could then I would make sure you got trained, but we are on a deadline at the moment. I will have Merlin give you a basic course of magic, but the rest…you will have to learn on your own."

Kairi didn't seem so sure though, but she felt a soft hand touch hers and she looked at Sora, who gave her a reassuring smile and nod. That was all she needed before turning her attention towards Yen Sid and smiling determinedly. "I won't let you down, master." She said to him,

The old master smiled at her a bit. "I'm sure you won't." He said to her as he then had something else to say. "Now I need to tell you all something else, you will be accompanied by someone else." He said as then a dark corridor appeared before them all, and Lea came right out, with a cheeky smile.

"Yo." He said with his grin.

At that moment, everybody in the room suddenly got on the defensive as Sora and Riku had their Keyblades out, and Donald and Goofy got their weapons out as well. "Axel!" Sora exclaimed.

Lea sighed. "Nope, the name's Lea…got it memorized?" He asked with a cocky grin before adopting a neutral expression. "Listen, I understand you dont trust me, but that was back when I was a Nobody..I'm completely me again." He said to them all with a smile.

"Everyone." They all turned to Master Yen Sid. "forgive me for not explaining sooner but when the Heartless and Nobody of a strong person are both eliminated, it can make that person become whole again." He explained.

Sora and the others looked at Lea, who simply rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "So…your Heartless was defeated at one point…and then yo-Axel died…it made you become whole again?" He asked.

"Yes." Lea said as he then sighed and took a seat. "Listen, I remember my time in the Organization, and I am not proud of the things I did, from betraying the ones at Castle Oblivion…well they were trailers anyway." He simply shrugged. "But Kairi," He addressed the teen who flinched a bit. "Listen, I don't expect you to forgive me right away for kidnapping you. But I wish to extend my fullest apologies to you especially. I lost someone close to me and..well…I thought kidnapping you would have helped me see him again."

"Roxas…" Sora said to him. "You wanted to see Roxas again…" He said, with Lea nodding his head.

Kairi then went over to where the older male was sitting and looked at him. She could see the feeling of regret in his eyes, and could see how serious he was in his apologies. She then looked at the group behind her, wondering what she could do. She then took a deep sigh and turned her attention back to Lea.

"Lea," She said to him. "While I'm not too happy about what you did…nor am I happy about being used as bait." Lea then looked down a bit, expecting her to say something like this. "But," His eyes then looked up at her. "If this situation is really as bad as Master Yen sid said it is…then I would love for us to start all over again." She said to him with a small smile.

Lea was a bit surprised by the gesture. He thought that Kairi would have given him the cold shoulder or brushed his attempt of forgiveness off, he felt as if he deserved to be hated…but nope. Kairi was forgiving him right there and now, he then eyed the room and could see the others all smiling at him and nodding. Even though there was still some anger in Sora;s heart for what hsi Nobody did to Kairi…he couldn't blame Lea for it, and so..he forgave him.

Lea then gave a small sniff and put his head down. "Thank you very much." He said as a long tear came down his eye, with everyone smiling at him. But then he quickly sniffed and wiped the tear away, not waiting to lok sappy in front of them. "Well…anyway, the reason I am with him is because I Was going to see the old wizard about learning to wield a keyblade, and-"

"Woah, woah, woah, wait right there pal!" Donald said with shock. "You want to be a Keyblade wielder?" He asked, with Lea nodding his head.

"Yep, I mean Roxas wielded one, and I want one as well." He said with a shrug. "But anyway, I was going to see him, and I saw his home blown up by that undead creature, and before it could deal with the final blow, I saved him right then and there," He said with a proud smile on his face.

Wait, you saved Master Yen Sid?"Riku asked with a shocked tone of voice,a tone that matched the reactions on everyone else's faces, and Lea nodded at them. "Dang…"

"And Lea." The man turned to Mickey who looked at him. "You still have no idea how grateful I am for you doing so…I just wish there was more I could do." He said.

Lea smiled. "Well…my training of course." He said as he turned to the others. "You want to see?" He asked as he then flexed his wrist and in a flash of fiery smoke, his keyblade appeared right in his hands, making everyone look surprised. "Well, what do you think?" He asked them all cockily.

However, unknown to them all, they were spotted by a small insect with glowing red eyes.

Horned King's Castle

BOOM

A section of the Horned King's lair was destroyed by the undead monarch, who's eyes were glowing red with anger as dark flames appeared on his hands. Pete and Creeper were both cowering in a corner while Hades was watching him, with a cocktail in his hands.

Hades raised his eyebrow at him. "So something tells me that you weren't able to get rid of the old man." He said, and the Horned King glared at him with his red eyes, and Hades simply nodded. "Well, there's my answer." He said as he took a sip of his drink.

The Horned King growled a bit more as he stared into the cauldron, looking at the scene from his insect, and he narrowed his red eyes at them all. While he was a bit mad about his assassin plan being ruined, at least he was able to steal the wizards magic...but to him, it wasn't enough.

Hades then went over and took a glance at the group. "Oh boy, that kid again?" He asked.

The Horned King looked at him. "You know that boy?" He asked.

Hades nodded. "The one with the brown spiky hair that wears the really big shoes? Yep. Names Sora." Hades said as he walked back to his seat. "Lets just say he has a knack of getting in the way of evil plans, he bested Maleficent the first time and he apparently took on some organization or something..I don't care much for details." He said. "After I got beat the first time, and dealing with that idiotic cat, I stopped caring for Maleficent and her plans.

The Horned King looked at the good and then back at the cauldron. "That boy and his group are an obstacle." He thought. "So if Yen Sid wishes to play that game…then we shall play." He then looked over at Pete. "PETE!" He shouted, causing the large cat to scramble over to him. "You know what to do!"

"Y-Yes sir!" the large cat said as he then went through a dark corridor and vanished.

The Horned King then looked back into the cauldron and stared at everyone inside with a dark glare. "Your lights…I will snuff out." He said as his eyes glowed red.

Merlin's House

"Alright now." Merlin said as he had both Kairi and Lea stood together as he had his wand out. "Now for you both, I am going to start you off with some strong magic." He said as he then twirled shi wand around. "Higits, figitus, migitus, mum!" He said as both Kairi and Lea were both engulfed in bright aura. Both of them felt a strange feeling inside. "Now Listen you two. I have given each of you basic magic, like fire, ice, cure, that sort of thing." He then turned to Lea. "Lea, since you are already an expert in fire attacks, you got an upgrade."

"Sweet." Lea said with a smile.

Merlin looked at Kairi. "Kairi my dear, I know it's a short time but you will have to master your spells as you go about our journey"

Kairi smiled and nodded. "I won't you down." She said to him with a smile.

"Alright!" They all turned to see Sora, Riku, and Mickey with a large bag. "We were able to pack up a bunch of Potions and Ethers for our trip." He said as he placed the bag down. "We're almost ready to head on out."

Riku looked down at Mickey and gave him a concerned look. "Your Majesty, will your world be alright?" He asked.

Mickey nodded. "Minnie will ensure the safety of our world and the Cornerstone." He said with a relieved smile, but it then turned to nervousness. "Although, after what happened…I just feel a bit hesitant to leave her there by herself." He said.

Sora looked at the king and smiled. "Hey, she was able to handle herself when we rescued the Cornerstone of Light." Sora said, but then smiled. "I mean of course I was there of course to help her."

Mickey looked at the young Keybladd wielder and smiled. "Yea..I guess so." He said. He then looked at Kairi, who was laughing a bit with Goofy, and he smiled. "She can handle herself."

As the group were all getting their potions and other stuff ready, Master Yen sid was sitting on the bed and looking at them all with a concern look on his face. He didn't doubt that they were strong, since they tangled with the likes of Ansem, Xemnas, and Maleficent. But The Horned King was something else entirely.

"Worried?" Yen Sid looked to see Merlin coming over to sit with him.

Yen Sid sighed a bit. "A bit my old friend." He said with a heavy sigh. "I don't doubt them, but Morda is something else entirely. Arawn was not easy to beat." He said as he remembered that battle, him as a younger Keyblade Master fighting against the evil warlock-warlord.

"I remember." Merlin said with a sigh. "To think that a brute such as Morda can be able to steal magic though…" He said. "And I assume that the only way to get your magic back is if he is destroyed."

Yen Sid nodded. "It is the only way. Morda has to be stopped at any cost." He said to his fellow wizard. Of course, Merling did not object to it though. Morda was an evil monster who had to be stopped, and this time he had to be put down for good.

20 minutes later….

Everyone was finally ready for their trip, and everything got loaded onto the Gummi Ship. And since there was a larger party this time, Merlin used his magic to expand it a bit, allowing more people to fit inside.

But before they all got ready to leave, they were halted. "Everyone!" They all turned to see Yen Sid at the door with a look of seriousness on his face. I wanted you before, and I will want you again, Morda is not to be underestimated." He said with a sigh. "If you thought Maleficent, Ansem, and Xemnas were bad…Morda is something else entirely."

Mickey looked at his master and nodded with determination. "Don't worry master, we will see to it that the Horned King is taken down." He said, with the others nodding their heads in agreement. Yen sid inwardly sighed a bit, he felt as if they were seriously underestimating the situation. Mickey could see the worry on his face and he spoke again. "Master, I already made the mistake of underestimating the Organization, I will not underestimate any foe again." The young mouse said to him.

Donald however took a glance at Sora and narrowed his eyes a bit. "Well…maybe someone will." He thought a bit.

"I wish you all the best of luck." Merlin said with a small smile.

"Thank you Merlin." Sora said as he then looked towards his companions. His two best friends Riku and Kairi, his other two best friends Donald Duck and Goofy, and finally the two newest additions King Mickey and Lea smiled. He was happy that for this adventure he was having them all with him. He was still a bit uneasy around Lea due to his Nobody being responsible for kidnapping Kairi, but he knew that he had to swallow those thoughts and let them go.

"Is everybody ready?" Mickey asked as everyone nodded. "Ok then, let's get going." He said as everyone nodded and went inside the Gummi Ship. After a few minutes the ship began to lift from the ground as Merlin and Yen Sid both looked up.

"Worried?" Merlin asked, and when Yen sid didn't respond, he had his answer. "Don't worry my old friend, they will win for sure."

Yen Sid wanted to believe him….but he wasn't just so sure though. "Please make it back alive...all of you." The former master thought. Finally, a wormhole appeared in the sky and the Gummi Ship took off.

And we're going to stop here folks.

Anyway, let me know what you all think. Do you like the story so far? What do you like about it and what do you hate about it? Let me know.

Also what worlds do you think the group should go first? Now let me clarify, they will go to the villains' worlds, but there will be some other worlds too.

Anyways, 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 go into their first world!