Kingdom Hearts III: The Army of Light

by J. Tom

Sora and his team are now traveling the worlds to save them from Master Xehanort's wrath and recruit friends both old and new to join their army of light. But as their adventure goes on, things become harder for them. Tougher foes, dangerous fights, all leading up to the final battle that'll determine the fate of all the worlds. My version of Kingdom Hearts III. Rated PG-13.

28. Chapter 28: Magical Mayhem

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Now the rescue and the wedding is on! As well as THE funniest moment in not just the enemy entire movie, but in the whole Cinderella movie trilogy.

Also, another intense scene is about to happen...

Enjoy!

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The king was still being measured as Sora, Kit, and Co. ran past him.

"I have to go." Kit said as he ran past.

"Go?" the king asked in confusion. "But you're about to be married." he added as he tried to chase after Kit, but ended up running in place on a long piece of cloth, slipped, and fell on his back.

"But these guys and the talking mice say she's the wrong girl." Kit explained as they ran out the door.

"Son! Wait!" the king called as he got up and tried to run after Kit. But his pants string got caught on something and it tore his trousers off, revealing his pink underwear.

The 21 ran down the stairs.

"Son! Talking mice? Son?" the king called as he grabbed onto the stair railing and slid down it.

"Whoo-hoo!" Jaq, Gus, and Mary cheered as they watched from the top of the stairs.

"And two bluebirds." Kit added.

"Talking bluebirds?" the king asked as he slid past the group.

"No, the bluebirds weren't talking." Kit chuckled.

"It makes sense when you've seen it." Ven commented, getting nods in reply.

The king hopped off the railing and blocked the group's path. He then took notice of the Keybearers.

"Who are you lot?" he demanded. "And how did you get into my castle?"

"Oh, these are my new friends." said Kit.

"I'm Sora." said Sora. "That's Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Lea, Isa, Myde, Aqua, Ven, Terra, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia."

Everyone politely waved hello.

"Nice to meet you, your majesty." Mickey said respectfully as they all bowed.

"Why thank you." the king smiled before turning serious again. "Now what are you doing in my castle?!"

"Dad it's ok." Kit said calmly. "They helped us deal with those weird creatures roaming around the castle."

"We're pretty much experts when it comes to handling them." said Lea.

"I see." the king nodded before looking at Mickey and Minnie. "Are you two the talking mice?" he asked.

"Oh no your majesty." said Mickey. "We may be mice, but we're not the talking mice your son mentioned."

"They're little brown mice in clothes that you can hold in your hand." Minnie added.

The king stared in confusion.

"Again, makes more sense when you've seen it." said Ven.

"Look, Dad…" Kit began.

"This is ridiculous!" the king said in annoyance before facing the world-travelers. "I don't know what you lot have been saying to my son," he said before facing Kit again. "But you agreed to marry the girl in the glass slipper. I was completely with you on that one!"

"And I will." Kit replied.

"Huh?" the king asked, taken aback.

"Just as soon as I find her." Kit added, everyone nodded.

"By the way, you do realize you're in your underwear, right?" Ven asked, awkwardly.

"I-ch-wha-" The king stammered before holding hands out and saying, "I forbid you to take another step down these stairs!"

Everyone stared. Kit then glanced to the left then back at his dad, smiled, and calmly said, "OK."

And then out of nowhere... Kit jumped out of the open window.

"AH! SON!" the king screamed.

Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Lea, Isa, Myde, Aqua, Ven, Terra, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia stared in complete shock, eyes wide and jaws dropped. They did not expect that.

"Did… D-Did he just jump out the window?!" Sora asked after 5 seconds.

"Yep." said Riku.

"Definitely." said Aqua.

"I did not see that coming." said Terra.

"Well… if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Ven shrugged before jumping out the window as well.

Shrugging, everyone did the same. Aqua and Terra were the last ones to go before they faced the king.

"By the way, the ball was very nice." said Terra as he jumped out.

"Let us know when there's another one." added Aqua as she jumped out.

"Everyone come back!" the king shouted as he leaned out, just as some servants grabbed him so he wouldn't fall. "We'll find you a doctor! WE'LL HAVE YOU LEECHED!"

As everyone held onto the branches of the trees growing against the castle, Kit whistled and his horse came up and he landed right on it. Sora and his friends landed on the ground.

"Would you guys like a horse?" Kit asked.

"No need." said Donald. "We have our own rides."

Kit thought for a moment before asking, "Magic?"

"Magic." nodded Oswald.

Kit nodded back in understanding.

No sooner did the servants get the king out of the window, the elderly ruler tried to run down the stairs, only to step on a small potted plant and tumble down the stairs, the servants wincing when he landed.

Kit and his horse cornered a guard while Sora and his team held their Keyblades at him.

"The servant girl. Where is she?" Kit demanded.

The king ran down the front stairs. "Guards! He's gone completely mad!" he shouted as he ran around.

"Your Majesty!" the Grand Duke shouted as he ran down the stairs.

"Stop my son!" the king ordered.

"Your blood pressure!" the Grand Duke exclaimed.

At that moment Kit ran up on his horse, followed by Sora and his team on their gliders.

"Stop! Stop!" the king shouted as he stood in front of them with his hands spread out.

Everyone stopped.

"Dad, trust me. And trust them." Kit begged.

"Son! I do trust you." the king panted. "It's the talking mice I'm worried about."

Jaq, Gus, and Mary, having heard that, pouted indignantly as they put their hands on their hips.

"There's nothing to worry about your majesty." said Ven as he rode his gilder up to the window where the mice were.

"Ven Ven?" Jaq asked in confusion.

"Hope on." said Ven.

Shrugging, the three mice jumped onto the glider. Ven then swirled down and stopped amongst his friends, scooped the three mice up in his hands, and held them out to the king.

"These mice are nothing to worry about. They're really friendly." Ven assured the king.

Jaq, Gus, and Mary waved hello.

The king stared, unsure what to make of that as Ven set the mice down.

"Anyway, as much as we'd love to explain everything, we have a girl to find." said Sora as Ven got back on his glider. "Lead the way Kit!"

"You got it Sora!" said Kit as he whipped his horse's lead. "Hiyah!"

Kit sped off on his horse with Sora and Co. not too far behind on their gliders.

"Son!" the king called as the Grand Duke came up.

"Close the gates! Close the gates!" the Grand Duke shouted.

The man in charge of the gates heard the Grand Duke's order and ran to the crank that controlled the gates. He tried with all of his might to move it, only succeeding at getting stuck spinning around o n the crank as it increased speed.

The front gate began to close as the guards came running up.

"Kit, heads up!" called Myde.

"I see it!" Kit said as he whispered to his horse reassuringly, "It'll be fine. Don't look up. Hiyah! Hiyah!"

As Sora and his team flew over the gates on their gliders, Kit's horse jumped the guard,s who toppled into one another, and made it passed the gates, just as they closed.

"Nice job boy!" cheered Kairi.

"Now that's a good horse." commented Xion.

"Good boy." Kit congratulated his horse, giving him a pat on the neck.

"Yeah!" cheered Jaq.

"Bravo!" cheere Mary.

"Go get her, Princey!" cheered Gus.

The king and the Grand Duke watched them all go.

"I'll send the troops after him at once, Your Majesty." the Grand Duke said nervously.

"No, let him go." the king said softly as a smile crept on his face.

"But... but, Your Majesty, the wedding." the Grand Duke stammered in confusion.

"Let him go." the king said again with a smile.

The king then turned around and saw Jaq, Gus, and Mary behind him, along with the two bluebirds. The Grand Duke turned around as well and shrieked in alarm.

"Don't be afraid. We're not gonna hurt you." said Mary with a smile.

"T-T-T-T-Talking m-m-m-m-m-mice!" the Grand Duke stuttered.

"Calm yourself ol' boy." said the king as he picked the mice up in his hand. "So, you three are the talking mice my son and his new friends mentioned?" he asked.

"Zugk zugk." nodded Jaq. "I'm Jaq."

"I'm-a Gus!" said Gus.

"And I'm Mary." said Mary.

"Those are nice names." the king mused.

"Cinderelly gave them to us." said Gus.

"Cinder… elly?" the Grand Duke asked in confusion.

"Let's go inside and we'll tell you all about it before they all come back with Cinderelly." said Jaq.

Shrugging, the king walked back inside as he talked with the mice, followed by the bluebirds. The Grand Duke followed as well, unsure of what to make of this.

Unbeknownst to them, Lady Tremaine had seen everything from one of the outside balconies, a deep frown on her face.

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Castle That Never Was:

Ansem, Xemnas and Young Xehanort stood in the Grey Room as they watched the guards escort Cinderella on a ship, ready to be taken away from the kingdom. At that time, Vanitas teleported in.

"So far so good huh?" he asked with a smirk.

"Not necessarily." Xemnas replied, not bothering to look back at Ven's darkness. "Cinderella may be banished from the kingdom, but the Keyblade Masters and the prince are on their way to rescue her."

Vanitas grunted in annoyance. "Those idiots just won't leave well enough alone now will they?" he muttered.

"It's in their blood for being defenders of the light." said Young Xehanort.

"Luckily, I've sent a squad of Heartless to cut them off." said Ansem.

The three versions of Xehanort in the room turned to Vanitas.

"You made sure that she'll be picked up, correct?" asked Ansem.

Vanitas smirked. "Yeah. Karnage is on his way to pick her up. All he has to do is take her, wreck the ship, and then bring her back here. The kingdom won't suspect a thing. Not that it'll matter once it's being ruled by Lady Tremaine under Maleficent's rule. I would've taken her myself, but as a being of darkness, I know I can't without endangering her to said darkness." he replied.

"Excellent." said Xemnas. "Let us hope that this singing pirate will get us our spare Princess of Heart here without any disruption."

"But if there is, we always have backup plans." Young Xehanort smirked.

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Castle of Dreams:

A guard led Cinderella to a cargo ship. Cinderella just stared as she slowly walked up the walking ramp. She paused as she looked back. She could see the castle just over the houses near the docks. Cinderella just sighed as she boarded the ship before looking back again.

(More Than a Dream Reprise from Cinderella II: A Twist in Time plays)

Cinderella: I've always dreamed

That my life could be

Like a fairy-tale

A perfect fantasy

But it was nothing more

Than a dream.

At that moment, the plank was lifted onto the board, the anchor was hoisted out of the water, and the sails were unveiled. Cinderella sat on a barrel, placing her head in her hand. She felt like it was all over now.

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Meanwhile, Kit was racing along on his horse on the forest trail as Sora and the world-travelers rode alongside him on their gliders.

"How much longer until we reach the shipping docks?" asked Oswald.

"We'll be there quite soon." Kit replied.

Then, Lea noticed something up ahead.

"Uh guys, we got company at 12:00!" he called out.

Everyone looked ahead and their eyes all widened.

Swarms of flying Heartless were heading towards them. Rapid Thrusters and Gummi Copters flew through the forest at the group.

"Heartless!" exclaimed Aqua.

"Those of you with secondary Keyblades or other weapons, slay all the Heartless!" called Sora. "Those who don't, protect Kit and his horse!"

"You got it Sora!" said Minnie.

Kairi, Naminé, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia maneuvered their gliders closer to Kit and his horse.

Sora summoned Master's Defender, Riku summoned Way to the Dawn (courtesy of Riku Replica in his heart), Aqua summoned Brightcrest, Terra summoned Darkgnaw, Ven summoned Frolic Flame, Roxas summoned Oathkeeper and Oblivion, Xion summoned Replica Kingdom Key, Donald summoned Mage's Staff, Goofy summoned Knight's Shield, Lea summoned his chakrams, Isa summoned his claymore, and Myde summoned his sitar.

"Come and get us ya little pests!" Lea taunted.

Sora fired orbs of light at some of the Heartless before he destroyed six of them at once with a Blizzaga spell. Donald fired various Thunder spells at some more before he casted Thundaga Shot on six more, obliterating them instantly. Goofy kept the Heartless away from him by performing Goofy-Tornado in place on his glider before he threw his shield like Captain America, which sliced away five Heartless before returning to his grasp. Riku slashed at some Heartless while trying to maintain his balance on his glider. When a swarm of seven Heartless nose-dived at him, Riku quickly destroyed them all with a Dark Firaga spell. Aqua dodged some of the Heartless as they tried to knock her off her glider. The bluehead then held up her Keyblade and used Exo Spark to electrocute eight Heartless to death. Terra bashed the head of his Keyblade into the Heartless' heads when they came near him. The oldest brunette then unleashed Firaga Burst that incinerated six Heartless. Ven casted Blackout to confuse six Heartless before he used Triple Plasma to finish them off. Roxas spun his duel Keyblades around, slashing away any Heartless trying to attack him. He then held both Keyblades together and unleashed Double Blizzaga on the Heartless. Xion used Tornado on a group of seven Heartless before she unleashed Raging Storm to destroy them.

Lea tossed his chakrams all around the Heartless as they swarmed around him.

"Come here, I'll make it all stop!" the pryo taunted.

As another hoard of Heartless raced towards him, Lea set his chakrams on fire.

"BURN BABY!" Lea yelled as he threw them hard.

The chakrams collided with the hoard of Heartless, causing them to explode in flames as the chakramsa flew back into Lea's grasp.

Isa slashed and bashed the Heartless away with his claymore while he balanced himself on his glider. He then raised his weapon up as the spiked part glowed.

"Do you feel it, the moon's power?" Isa taunted. "Moon, SHINE DOWN!"

Isa aimed the spiked part of his claymore at the Heartless, and a moonbeam shot out from it, obliterating the Heartless in the process.

Myde bashed his sitar against the Heartless, He found it hard to balance on his glider, but he was able to keep himself from falling off.

"Water!" Myde shouted as he quickly strummed his sister rapidly as orbs of water surrounded him.

As the Heartless drew closer, the mullet-haired man smirked and shouted, "Got you now!"

Myde strummed a loud chord, sending the orbs of water at the Heartless, exploding on impact, killing them instantly.

Soon, all of the Heartless were gone. Those who were fighting dismissed their weapons.

"Thanks everyone!" Kit said.

"No problemo! A-hyuck!" said Goofy.

"There's a village coming up ahead!" called Isa.

Everyone looked ahead.

"We're getting close!" Kit called.

Kit's horse skidded to a stop at a hill ledge as Sora and the others stopped their gliders.

"I can see a ship starting to leave!" called Terra.

"Then we have no time to lose!" said Kit. "Hiyah!"

Kit whipped the horse's lead and he took off into the village. Sora and his team followed suit.

They all raced through the village, careful not to crash into any buildings or objects. They soon came to the docks. Some porters were moving some barrels in front of their path. Kit's horse jumped them as Sora and his friends flew over them.

"There's the ship!" called Daisy.

Suddenly, Kit's horse skidded to a stop. A small building was blocking their path.

"Dammit, it's getting away!" groaned Myde as they saw the ship begin to enter the fog.

"We'll find another way!" said Kit. He maneuvered his horse around the building and up to the lighthouse.

"What's he doing?" asked Roxas.

"Whatever it is, it's gonna be good." Sora said with an eager look.

Kit rode his horse up the stairs inside.

"Come on, boy! Nothing to it." Kit encouraged his steed.

The horse then saw that they were heading towards the outer deck. He grew nervous, but Kit was determined as he whipped the lead again saying, "Hiyah!"

The horse suddenly skidded to a stop, launching Kit off his saddle.

Kit flew out of the building, flying through the air and shouting loudly.

"KIT!" everyone exclaimed.

But their worries vanished when Kit suddenly grabbed onto a loose rope on the ship and swung down.

"Whoa, look at him go!" exclaimed Sora.

"Come on, let's join them." said Riku.

As Kit swung down, he took out a dagger. He let go of the rope and stuck the dagger in the sail and slid down, tearing the sail apart.

Cinderella heard the tearing and looked up in surprise.

Kit slid down before he let go of the dagger and landed on the ship. He got up and looked around as if thinking, 'Did I just do that?' before smiling at Cinderella.

Cinderella stared in shock as Kit made his way towards her. Was this actually happening? Was the prince really here right now? She couldn't believe it.

Soon, Kit walked right in front of Cinderella. At that time, Sora and his team landed on the ship and dismissed their gliders. They watched Cinderella and Kit, eager to see if she could lift the spell off of him.

"Remember me?" Kit asked.

Cinderella could only smile. Kit brought up his hand. Cinderella brought hers up too. Their hands interlocked as they smiled at one another.

In Kit's mind, instead of Anastasia, he remembered encountering Cinderella in the forest prior to the night of the ball, and then dancing the night away with her at said ball before she ran off at midnight.

Lady Tremaine's spell had been lifted.

The two interlocked both hands as Cinderella happily embraced him in a hug. Kit gladly returned the gesture as he spun her around.

Sora and his friends smiled at the scene. Kairi, Aqua, Xion, Naminé, Minnie, Goofy, Daisy, and Ortensia even managed to shed a small tear.

Kit then got down on one knee and held Cinderella's hand in both of his own. "Will you marry me, Cinderelly?" he asked.

"Yes, but... actually, (giggles) it's Cinderella." Cinderella happily replied.

Kit beamed as he held Cinderella in the air and spun her around.

"Cinderella!" he chortled.

The twenty world-travellers applauded with cheers.

After setting Cinderella down, the two residents of the Castle of Dreams walked towards the travellers.

"Now you two can finally be married!" Aqua beamed.

"Just as you were meant to be." Ven smiled.

"It's a wonderful dream come true." Cinderella sighed happily.

"What about the Tremaines and their cat?" asked Oswald.

"We'll deal with them when we get back." said Sora. "But for right now, we'd better head back and explain the whole situation to the king."

"I think Jaq, Gus, and Mary have that covered." said Naminé.

Suddenly, what sounded like a cannon firing echoed through the air.

"The heck was that?!" exclaimed Isa.

"Sounded like a cannon!" exclaimed Goofy.

"Are we under attack?" asked Cinderella, nervous.

Suddenly, what looked like a cannonball narrowly missed the ship. It landed in the water, making the ship rock back and forth. The crew immediately jumped into the water and swam back to the docks.

"Yep, we're under attack!" cried Myde.

"But I don't see another ship!" said Kit, looking out in the distance.

Terra glanced up at the sky and saw a large figure emerging from the sky. It came out of the clouds, revealing what looked like a large airship.

It was mainly grey, with the front of it resembling a pointy beak with the tip painted gold, two large engines resembling blimps painted purple with orange flat planks around it, a glass dome on top, large twin fans facing the front, and a large cream spiky fin in the back. The words "The Iron Vulture" were painted in black along the side.

"Guys, I think we're experiencing an air raid." Terra told everyone else, pointing above.

Everyone looked up and saw the Iron Vulture.

"What is that?" asked Cinderella.

"Looks like some sort of airship." said Aqua.

The front hatch of the ship opened up. Don Karnage stood in front, wearing a parachute pack. He turned to his pirates.

"Keep the ship steady my singing crew!" he said. "I'll enter negotiations. If they fail, wait for my signal, and send in the battleship!"

The pirates saluted as Karnage jumped out of the ship, doing a jungle call. The wolf nosedived towards the ship before he pulled the parachute. As soon as he was 10 feet in the air, he slipped off the backpack, drew his sword and landed on the ship in a dramatic pose.

"It is I, the famous singing pirate, Don Karnage!" he said dramatically. "Hold for applause."

"Who?" asked Goofy. (1)

"Wait a minute…" said Sora as he pondered to himself before gasping. "Oh yeah! Donald's family told us about you! You're the captain of those singing pirates that rob people in the sky!"

Donald gasped. "Sora's right! And you guys robbed my uncle's plane after one of their adventures!" he said accusingly.

"Correct!" said Karnage as he spun his sword around. "I may be a singing pirate, but I am still a pirate! Plungering fools on air and on land! Plus, I'm obviously the best singer here!"

Donald scoffed. "Please, I'm the best singer here!" he snorted. He was about to sing when Oswald clamped his beak shut.

"Not the time Donald." the lucky rabbit said.

"So why are you here Mr. Karnage?" asked Goofy.

Karnage aimed his sword at Cinderella. "I am here for that maiden!" he said.

Cinderella's eyes widened as Kit held a protective hand out in front of her.

"Why do you want her?" demanded Terra.

"It's not me who wants her." said Karnage. "My bosses, who can help me and my crew take over Cape Suzette, want her. Just in case their new Seven Lights cannot be found."

The 20 Keyblade Master's eyes widened.

"Xehanort!" exclaimed Sora.

"Why would they have a moron like you help them?" asked Lea.

Karnage scoffed. "As I said before, I may be a singing, dancing, swashbuckling pirate that soars across the sky, but I am still a pirate!" he replied. "And that woman is coming with me!"

"Not happening." Riku said firmly as he summoned Braveheart. "Cinderella isn't leaving this kingdom."

"And you can't do anything about it!" said Sora, summoning Winner's Proof.

"Oh really?" Karnage smirked before clearing his throat and looked to the sky. "Send in the (like an opera singer) BackUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!"

At that moment, the hatch on the Iron Vulture opened up. Four Nobody ships dropped out from it and landed in the water. Dusk, Creeper, and Gambler Nobodies rode on them as they approached the ship Sora, Cinderella, Kit, and Co. were on.

"Gadzooks!" Sora gasped before adding, "Which is also the name of my one-man show." and pulled out a pamphlet and handed it to Ven. (2)

The pamphlet had an image of Sora on a stage holding a microphone. The title read, "Gadzooks!" And the headline said, "A one-man show starring Sora."

"Do you carry these everywhere?" Ven asked as he looked it over.

"Yep." Sora replied with a smile.

"Are those Nobody ships?" Mickey asked in surprise.

"Yep." Isa said, immediately recognizing them.

"I recognize those!" exclaimed Donald. "We fought them in the Caribbean!"

"Yeah! Luxord tried to use them to sink our ship when we were racing him!" said Goofy.

"Did you really think I wouldn't try to take one of the original Princesses of Heart without backup?" Karnage smirked.

"Princess of Heart?" Cinderella asked in confusion.

"I'll sink this dingy ship of yours and take her, unless you surrender her now!" Karnage continued as he aimed his sword at the group.

"Don't count on it!" snarled Sora.

Karnage smirked. "Fire!" he shouted.

The ships opened cannon fire. Cannon balls narrowly missed the ship as everyone ducked.

"We gotta take out those ships!" said Mickey, summoning Kingdom Key W.

"I'll handle Don Karnage!" said Sora as he clutched his Keyblade.

"Us too!" Donald and Goofy said in unison, summoning Unbound & Premium Mushroom and Royal Radiance & Ultimate Mushroom.

"We'll stop the Nobodies!" said Riku as he turned Braveheart back into his glider.

Everyone else followed suit and they soared to the ships, splitting up into four teams.

Riku, Aqua, Mickey, and Oswald landed on one ship and summoned Dual Disc, Treasure Trove, Kingdom Key W, and Classic Tone.

Kairi, Terra, Minnie, and Ortensia landed on another and summoned Destiny's Embrace, Mark of a Hero, Starlight, and Zero/One.

Roxas, Isa, Naminé, and Max landed on another ship and summoned Rejection of Fate, Blue Moon, Shooting Star, and Fenrir.

Ven, Lea, Xion, Myde, and Daisy landed on the final ship and summoned Victory Line, Flame Liberator, Twilight Blaze, Mystic Water, and Spellbinder.

They began to attack the Nobodies.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy stood ready to fight Don Karnage when Cinderella and Kit came up to them.

"Mind if we join in?" Cinderella asked.

Sora smiled. "Sure. Gives us an even higher advantage against this wolf pirate." he replied.

"I wish I had my sword with me." Kit grunted.

"I gotcha covered." Sora said as he said, "Fusegu!" before summoning and tossing two Keyblades into the air.

Cinderella caught Diamond Dust and Kit caught Sora's version of Star Seeker.

"Thank you Sora." smiled Cinderella.

"Hey, no problem." Sora said modestly.

Karnage scoffed. "You three may be Keyblade Masters, you may have fenced with your father the king, and you may be just improvising for this fight, but you have no idea what kind of pirate you're about to fight." the sky pirate said to the five. "I am a black belt in sword-fighting, I've robbed numerous aircrafts and always got away with their loot, I even robbed Scrooge McDuck of all people! You'll never beat me!"

Sora smirked. "We've fought pirates before Karnage. If Donald, Goofy, and I can handle the likes of Hector Barbossa and Davy Jones, then the five of us can sure as hell handle you!" he shouted back.

(Lightning Angler Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts III plays)

Mission: Defeat Don Karnage!

Party Members:
Sora

Donald Duck

Goofy

Cinderella

Prince Charming

Sora and Karnage charged at one another and clashed weapons. Karnage managed to push Sora back and tried to strike him, but Sora beat him to it as he side-kicked Karnage in the stomach, making him stumble back. Karnage tried to slash at Sora, but Donald bashed him in the head and then blasted him back with a Firaga spell. Karnage angrily slashed Donald across the chest, only for Goofy to perform Goofy-Tornado, bashing him in his face multiple times with his shield. Karnage kicked him away, but he was struck in the stomach by Sora firing a Blizzara spell at him. Karnage ran at Sora, but was struck across the face by Cinderella using Diamond Dust. She then tried to block Karnage as he attempted to slash her. They clashed their weapons several times before Karnage kicked her away. Goofy then casted Deep Freeze at the singing pirate, but Karnage was quickly able to break free from it as he socked Goofy in the jaw. Karnage tried to slash him, but Kit was able to slash him across his back. Using his fencing skills, Kit was able to sword fight well with the wolf pirate while not getting slashed or stabbed. Karnage tried to strike from above, but Cinderella was able to bash him across the back of his head and then slammed her loaned Keyblade into his stomach. Sora followed up that attack with a Water spell. Karnage angrily slashed the two across their stomachs, but Donald came to their aid by casting Thundaga Shot at the wolf before he cured Sora and Cinderella.

"How do we do those spells?" asked Cinderella.

"Just call to them in your hearts!" said Sora. "They won't be as powerful as ours, but they'll still be effective!"

Cinderella and Kit nodded as they charged back at Karnage and tried to slash him. Being an expert pirate, he was able to clash against both their weapons easily. Karnage was able to sweep them off their feet, but he wasn't able to hurt them as Donald casted Zero Gravity, levitating the wolf in the air and Goofy blasted him into one of the sails with a Crawling Fire spell.

Karnage snarled as he got back up and charged back at them.

Cinderella called to a spell in her heart and shouted, "Water!"

Immediately, a water spell struck Karnage, much to his surprise.

Kit saw this and called to a spell in his heart saying, "Thunder!"

A Thunder spell struck Karnage.

"There you go!" Sora praised.

Karnage growled as he got back up.

"You can't beat me!" he shouted as he ran for the heroes, swinging his sword around.

Sora jumped and ducked from Karnage's swinging, slashed him, and then casted Firaga Burst against the pirate. Karnage quickly recovered and kicked Sora away, only for Goofy to trap him in place with a Bind spell before he casted Pulse Tracer on him. Karnage snarled as he jumped up and slashed Mickey's Captain of the Guard away. But his small victory was short-lived when Donald casted Blackout against him and then performed Mine Square on the pirate. Cinderella used that advantage to bash Karnage against his stomach before casting Fire on him. Karnage tried to strike her with his sword, but as he raised it up, Kit slashed him across his back and then casted Blizzard on his feet. Just before Karnage could escape, Donald casted Triple Pursuit against him. Goofy then threw his shield into Karnage's head before he casted Icicle Mine on him. Donald then jumped over Goofy and casted Flame Fall on the pirate.

"Is there any way to stop this guy?!" Donald groaned.

"I have an idea!" said Sora. "Everyone hold him down with something!"

Nodding, Donald, Goofy, Cinderella, and Kit used Gravity spells to hold Karnage down. Sora stepped forward, switching Winner's Proof with Kingdom Key.

"Let's finish this, Don Gar-baage!" Sora taunted.

Sora changed into his Limit Form and charged at the dizzy wolf. Sora jumped up and performed Sonic Rave. Karnage tried to stab Sora, but the brunette slid by the pirate, casting Strike Raid against him. Karnage struggled to maintain focus as Sora casted Last Arcanum on the villain before backflipping away from him. Sora held Kingdom Key up and casted Zantetsuken, striking Don Karnagae hard, making him drop his sword and fall unconscious.

(Lightning Angler Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts III ends)

With Don Karnage unconscious, Donald and Goofy dismissed their weapons and Sora dismissed his three Keyblades and his clothes transformed back to normal.

"That was good fighting you two." Sora complimented Cinderella and Kit.

"Thank you Sora." smiled Cinderella.

Just then, the rest of Sora, Donald, and Goofy's friends came back on their gliders, which were quickly dismissed.

"Nobody ships?" asked Sora.

"Disappeared into the darkness as soon as all of the Nobodies were destroyed." Max replied.

"And Don Karnage?" asked Daisy.

"Out like a light." said Donald, gesturing to the unconscious pirate.

"That's good." Mickey said with a smile.

"So now what?" asked Goofy.

"Now we head back." said Riku.

"And get the wedding on." Kairi added with an excited smile.

"What about Karnage and the Iron Vulture?" asked Myde.

"Leave Don to be picked up by his evil pals." said Sora as he summoned Kingdom Key. "As for his fellow sky pirates, let's give them our version of a what for."

The other 19 Keyblade wielders grinned as they summoned their signature weapons. They wanted their Keyblades at the Iron Vulture and fired numerous orbs of light. Seeing the attack from down below, the pirates scrambled for the controls and drove the Iron Vulture out of sight.

"Done and done." Ven smirked as they dismissed their weapons.

"Come on, let's head back to the castle." said Kit.

Donald ran up to the steering wheel and steered the boat back to the docks. As soon as he stopped, Sora, Riku, and Aqua lowered the anchor, and Lea and Isa moved the boarding plank to the docks.

"It's a good thing this ship didn't steer too far from land." said Isa.

Everyone walked off as Kit helped Cinderella onto his horse before he got on.

"Come on, let's head back to the castle." said Kit.

"I wonder how we're gonna explain this to the king." said Roxas.

"I think Jaq, Gus, and Mary have that under control." said Ven.

Cinderella giggled. "If I know my mice friends, I think the king knows plenty." she said.

"You think they performed a song again?" asked Kit.

"Most likely." Cinderella laughed.

"I'm just glad this whole magic manipulation fiasco is over." said Kairi.

---

At the castle:

"It's not over yet!" Lady Tremaine said as she burst through the doors into hers and her daughter's home.

"What?" Drizella asked.

"They think they can ruin my plans. I think not." Lady Tremaine scowled.

"Who?" Anastasia asked.

"The Prince. He and his friends have gone after Cinderella." Lady Tremaine replied with a snarl.

Anastasia was shocked. "But... I thought he loved me."

"Mother!" Drizella called.

Lady Tremiane and Anastasia walked over to the window Drizella was at and looked through it.

Outside, Cinderella and Kit rode in on the latter's horse, followed by Spora and his team on their gliders, which they quickly dismissed. They stood in front of the king and the Grand Duke. They couldn't hear what they were saying, but whatever it was, it made the king hug Cinderella.

Anastasia gasped.

"Guards! Guards!" the king called.

Two guards ran up and the king pointed to the window of the Tremaines' bedroom. They quickly ran back inside the castle.

Lady Tremaine gasped as she closed the curtains.

"It's no use. The magic didn't work." Anastasia lamented. "It wasn't as powerful as their…"

"You want the Prince to love you?" Lady Tremaine demanded just as there was pounding on the doors.

"Well, yes. Yes, of course I do. More than anything." Anastasia quickly replied.

"Then do exactly as I say." Lady Tremaine said as she held up the wand.

In a bright flash of green magic, the three were teleported out of the room just as the guard broke in.

---

In another room in the castle, the king was resting on a large chair as Cinderella placed a washcloth over his head. She and Kit were at his sides, Jaq, Gus, and Mary were giving him a good head rub, and the 20 Keyblade Masters stood around them. Liek they had thought, the mice had explained everything to the king while Sora, Cinderella, and Co. filled in anything they missed (while also avoiding the whole alternate timeline thing).

"Using magic on my son. The nerve." the king said indignantly.

"You can say that again." said Sora.

"I don't know what I would do if someone used magic on my son like that." said Goofy as he held Max close to him.

At that moment, the Grand Duke came in. "Your Majesty, we've gone over every inch of the castle. It appears they have fled." he said.

The king's eyes shot open. He jumped up so abruptly at the Grand Dukethat the washcloth fell onto the said duke's eyes. "Then search my entire kingdom! I want them found and arrested, immediately!" he shouted.

"Whoa, take it easy your majesty!" exclaimed Lea.

"Yeah, they won't get far on our watch." added Ven.

"But right now, you should rest your head." Aqua said calmly.

Cinderella and Kit helped the king luke back down. "Keep in mind that I'm an old man and my heart can only take so much." the king muttered as he faced his son. "Please, please, please, tell me that this is the girl you intend to marry." he begged.

Cinderella and Kit smiled at each other.

"All the stars are shining brighter, Dad, just like you said." Kit replied.

The king beamed. "Then what are we waiting for?!" he exclaimed as he jumped out of his chair again and began dancing with the Grand Duke, much to the latter's surprise and everyone's amusement. Jaq and Gus began to mimic it, making Mary giggle. "Fetch the florist! Bake an even bigger cake. The wedding is on tonight!"

---

As soon as everyone left to either get ready or wait, Xion suddenly grabbed Lea, Roxas, Aqua, and Terra and dragged them to the dining room.

"Whoa Xion, what gives?!" exclaimed Lea.

"Is everything ok?" asked Aqua.

"Everything's fine." said Xion before looking unsure.

"Are you sure?" asked Roxas.

Xion frowned. "Well... actually no." she admitted.

"What's wrong Xi?" asked Lea.

Xion sighed. "It's just... I've been doing some thinking ever since we overhead the king tell Anastasia how he met his late wife."

"How did that happen?" asked Roxas, curious.

"They met when they both reached for a seashell." Xion replied. "As soon as their hands touched... that's when they knew they found each other."

"That's so sweet." Aqua said with a smile... briefly glancing at Terra.

"And ever since I've heard that story..." Xion began, feeling nervous. "I-I've been doing some thinking about that and everything that's been happening recently and well, I..."

"You want to tell ven how you feel?" Roxas finished.

Xion gasped and glanced up at her fellow Keyblade Masters, who were all looking at her with soft expressions.

"H-How did you know?!" Xion asked.

Lea chcukled. "Xion, we've seen the way you look at Ven from time to time." he replied.

"Same thing with Ven." Terra added.

"We know you like him." said Roxas.

Xion sighed. "Yeah, it's true. I do like him. I have for while. Ever since we all started living at Disney Castle together and we've all gotten to know each other a little better, I felt like he was another brother to me." she said. "Then during our little conversation on top of Scott's house in the MCU, I suddenly started feeling something I never knew I felt before. Then when I remembered this was how Sora felt around Kairi, I immediately knew I started to like Ven more than a brother."

"And you want to tell him how you feel?" asked Aqua.

"Yeah." Xion nodded. "After the incidents where I was snapped from existence by Thanos and the both of us getting turned into Jombies, plus hearing the king's story, I really want to tell him. I'm just... not sure if he likes me back, or if he'll even want me."

Aqua knelt down to Xion's level. "Xion, I know for a fact that Ven likes you." she said. "Even though he never said that deliberately, I could tell just by looking." she said with a smile.

"Yeah. Ven has lots of friends who are girls, but we can tell he has a fondness for you." Terra added.

"And I'm sure he'll want you Xion." said Lea. "You're a great girl. You're your own person that makes you unique from Kairi and Naminé, former replica or not."

"Ven's always willing to make new friends." said Roxas. "He doesn't judge someone until he gets to know them. And he likes you for who you are, just like he does for me, Naminé, and Lena since we're alternate forms who became our own people. He'll love you for who you are Xion."

Xion smiled. "Thanks guys. I'm just a little nervous about talking to him."

"Hey it's normal." said Roxas. "We both know it wasn't easy fro Sora with Kairi."

"Just go out there and be yourself." said Aqua.

"No matter what happens, you and Ven will still be on good terms." said Terra.

"Ok. I'll give it a go." said Xion. She was about to leave when she turned to Roxas. "Roxas, you're not jealous are you?"

Roxas was taken aback but smiled as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Xion, I do love you, but I always saw you as a sister to me."

"Same." Lea chimed in.

"And you liking Ven doesn't change our friendship in the slightest." Roxas added.

Xion smiled as she hugegd her friend. "Thanks Roxas."

Roxas smiled back as Xion left to fine Ven.

"I think everything's gonna work out ok." said Roxas.

"Same." said Lea before looking at Aqua and Terra and said teasingly, "How long until it's your turn?"

Aqua and Terra spluttered in shock. Roxas couldn't help but chuckle.

"And when will you do the same with Naminé?" Lea asked the former Nobody.

"Wait what?!" Roxas spluttered, blushing.

Lea just laughed.

---

At that time, Ven was up on the castle roof overlooking the sunset.

"Sure is a nice sunset huh?" came a voice.

Ven turned around and saw Xion.

"Oh hey Xion." Ven greeted.

"What'cha doin'?" Xion asked with a smile. (3)

"Just gettin' a good view of the sunset." Ven replied. "Care to join?"

Xion's smile grew. "I'd like that Ven."

Xion took a seat next to Ven.

"Sure is a good view." Xion mused.

"Yeah, yeah it is." Ven said in agreement. "Y'know, I was thinking about the king's story he told Anastasia after we got back from rescuing Cinderella."

"Oh really?" asked Xion.

"Yeah." the blonde nodded. "I just found it pretty amazing how the king met his queen right when their hands touched."

"Yeah I thought that too." Xion as he hugged her knees to her chest. "Who would've thought that just by touching a certain someone's hand, you'd know that they were the right one for you."

"Love does work in mysterious ways." Ven shrugged. "But hey, whatever works for two lucky people to be together forever."

"Agreed." Xion giggled.

The two sat in silence for a while.

"This is nice." Xion said after a few minutes. "This reminds me of the moments I'd have with Roxas and Axel back in Twilight Town after missions."

"Up on the clock tower with sea-salt ice cream?" Ven asked.

Xion nodded.

Ven then looked nervous as he looked and Xion and asked, "Say Xion, what's Roxas like to you?"

Xion looked taken aback. "Whaddya mean Ven?" she asked.

"I mean, what's he like to you? How do you view him?" Ven asked.

Xion thought for a minute before smiling. "Roxas was my best friend. He still is Lea too. I see them as my older brothers. In fact, I see the members of this team and those back in the castle as my honorary siblings, plus other adult figures in my life." she replied. "But…"

Ven looked confused. "But what?"

"But… then there's you Ven." Xion replied.

Ven was taken aback. "Me?"

"Yeah. You're not like the rest Ven." said Xion. "Sure, like a bunch of our friends, you're strong, brave, and generous. But, there's just this special sort of kindness and bravery in your heart that makes you stand out. You're always willing to help others and make new friends. You look out for all of your friends and you don't let people like Vanitas try to bring you down. You may be similar to Sora in many ways, but what makes you unique from him is that you overcame some shyness in you and you've come a long way since then."

Ven smiled. "Thanks Xion. And y'know, you're pretty cool too. You started out from someone who thought she didn't deserve to exist to someone who doesn't care about whether she's human or not and is willing to help others. You're strong and brave too Xion, and a great hero, replica or not. You made yourself your own person like Roxas, Naminé, and Lena did and I find that pretty cool. You're an awesome person Xion. And I will always remain true to that." he said to ehr.

Xion smiled as she let go of her legs.

"Thank you Ven. That's very sweet of you."

Ven just smiled as the two gazed at the sunset. They unconsciously let their hands touch. Before they even realized it, Ven and Xion began to hold hands together.

"I really like this." said Xion as she looked at Ven. "And I…" she said before trailing off.

"Yeah?" Ven asked as he looked at her.

"I, well, y'know." Xion stuttered, unsure how to say it. "Well, the thing is Ven… I… well… I like… you…"

Ven smiled. "So do I Xion."

Xion was taken aback. "Y-You do Ven?" she asked.

"Yes. Yes I do." Ven smiled. "You're an awesome woman Xion. I thought I'd never get to tell you that after Thanos killed you in the snap. But now… I'm glad I got to."

Xion smiled. "Me too Ven. Me too."

The two gazed at each other with warm smiles on their faces. Suddenly, there was a green glow coming from the bottom of their visions.

"What was that?" asked Xion.

"I dunno." said Ven, narrowing his eyes. "But from all of the green glows appearing today, I think I know who it is."

Xion looked serious. "We'd better find everyone else."

---

Downstairs, the rest of Sora's team were in the ballroom. Donald, Goofy, Daisy, Oswald, and Ortensia were playing cards, Myde was strumming his sitar, Kairi and Naminé were sparring, Aqua & Max and Isa & Terra were chatting, and Sora, Riku, and Lea were talking with Mickey listening in.

"So Poirot was willing to let them go even though they all participated in murder?" Aqua asked.

"Cassetti was the one who murdered Daisy, which led to those evenst ruining the lives of everyone on that train that committed the murder's murder." said Max. "Hercule could see why they did it, and didn't see them as killers. Just people who were finally set free from the pain. That's why he and Bouc wouldn't turn them in."

"You know, I can actually see that." said Aqua. "I think I would've done the same thing." (4)

"So how did he hide the money?" asked Isa.

"By buying gold and melting it down so he could disguise it as a red Ferrari 250 GT Lusso 'owned by Steve McQueen.'" said Terra. "They estimated it's weight compared to the cost would be $45,000,000.00, the same equivalent to all the money that was stolen."

"Then how did they get the car out of the building if it were over 50 stories high?" asked Isa.

"Using the window washer." Terra replied. "Josh planned to have it lowered to Mr. Fitzhugh's vacant apartment, which was still under renovation, so they could get it into the elevator." (5)

'Interesting." mused Isa.

"You must be outta your minds! Joe Louis was the greatest boxer who ever lived. He was badder than Muhammad Ali, he was better than Sugar Ray, he was badder than Mike Tyson! Like a bulldog! He was badder than him too! He whipped Mike Tyson's ass, he whipped all their asses!" said Lea.

"What about Rocky Marciano?" asked Riku.

Lea rolled his eyes. "Oh, there they go! There they go! Every time I start talking about boxing, some wise guy's gonna pull Rocky Marciano outta their ass! Rocky Marciano! Rocky Marciano! Let me tell you something once and for all! Rocky Marciano was good, but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't shit!" he stated.

"He beat Joe Louis' ass!" Riku reminded him.

"That's right, he did whip Joe Louis' ass!" said Sora.

"Joe Louis was 75 years old when he fought!" said Lea.

"I don't know how old he was, but he got his ass beat." shrugged Sora.

"Joe Louis had come out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano! The man was 76 years old! Joe Louis always lied about his age! He lied about his age all the time!" Lea exclaimed.

"Funny you should mention that." said Mickey. "One time when I was at the movie theater with Minnie on a date, we were seated right next to Frank Sinatra."

"Really?" Sora asked.

"Oh yeah." nodded Mickey. "Being curious, I asked him, 'Frank, you hang out with Joe Louis. Just between me and you, how old is Joe Louis?' Know what Frank told me? He said 'Hey, Joe Louis is a hundred thirty-seven years old.' Of course, I didn't believe him."

"Ah, whatever." Lea muttered. (6)

Just then, Ven and Xion ran in.

"Guys!" they called.

Everyone took notice.

"Ven? Xion? What's wrong?" asked Roxas.

"We think Cinderella's in trouble." said Ven. "Xion and I saw a green glow."

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Come on, we'd better get to her room." said Aqua as she summoned Stormfall.

Everyone summoned their signature weapons and ran down the hall.

---

During that time in Cinderella's room, said young lady was getting ready for the wedding. She wore a beautiful white wedding dress. Jaq, Gus, and Mary were helping direct the birds on how to tie her veil as they sat on top of the full-length mirror.

"Duh, no. This a way? Uh, uh, uh. No, no, no, no... thatta way." said Gus.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Yes!" said Jaq when it was finally in place.

"Oh you look so beautiful!" Mary said with a smile.

"Thank you Mary." Cinderella smiled.

"How lovely you look, my dear." came a voice.

"Stepmother?" Cinderella asked in alarm.

Everyone looked around, but couldn't see her. Suddenly, Lady Tremaine appeared from the closet, stroking Lucifer.

Gus lept into Jaq and Mary's arms while the bluebirds hid behind the dresser.

"It appears you were right, Cinderella." Lady Treamine said as she let Lucifer jump into the bed before pulling out Fairy Godmother's wand. "The Prince does want to marry you. And marry you he shall."

Cinderella looked confused when suddenly, the doors burst open. There stood Kairi, Xion, and Aqua, the latter having her foot sticking out.

"She's dressed." she said outside.

The other 17 Keyblade wielders ran in.

"Sora! Everyone!" Cinderella exclaimed.

Lady Tremaine scowled and Lucifer growled.

"Watch it Lucifer." Isa siad with a harsh glare.

"Not one move Tremaine!" said Sora.

Lady Tremaine, however, was unfazed. "Ah yes. Cinderella's new friends." she mused. "The ones they wanted me about."

"They?" asked Goofy, confused.

"Who's they?" asked Donald.

Ven's eyes widened. "The Organization!" he exclaimed.

Lady Tremaine smirked. "Smart boy."

"Why would you lower yourself to work with scumbags like them?" Terra sked with a glare.

"The Organization and their allies can provide me and my family with everything I want." Lady Tremaine replied. "And I have it all right here. And it will truly belong to me when I'm through with all of you."

"That's not going to happen." snarled Cinderella. "You tried to ruin this wedding before, but you won't do it again."

"Yeah! Especially with us around!" said Sora.

Lady Tremaine chuckled darkly.

"What are you laughing about?" asked Riku, confused.

"Oh this wedding won't necessarily be ruined." Lady Tremaine replied.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Naminé.

"As I told Cinderella, the prince will marry her." Lady Tremaine replied before looking back. "Anastasia."

Everyone looked at where Lady Tremaine appeared from. No one was there. Lady Tremaine frowned.

"Anastasia!" she demanded.

Footsteps sounded out. And then, to the heroes' shock, out from the dark area came Anastasia… as Cinderella!

"Or should I say... 'Cinderella.'" Lady Tremaine smirked.

Cinderella gasped. Sora and Co. gasped too.

"No. Way." said Riku.

"Oh my god…" gasped Kairi.

"Holy shit…" gasped Terra.

"That's what that glow was." Ven murmured.

"What have you done?" Cinderella snarled to her stepmother. "The Prince won't be fooled."

"The Prince will never know. He'll be perfectly happy." LadyTremaine replied coolly.

Cinderella turned to her transformed stepsister. "But will you, Anastasia? Will you be happy?" she asked.

"I... I want what you had." Anastaisa admitted, guilt in her voice.

"But do you even love him?" Cinderella asked.

"Is your own happiness worth it if Cinderella suffers?" asked Sora.

"Yeah? Who is this benefitting?" Ven asked. "You? Or your mother?"

Anastasia looked at Cinderella, then at the world-travelers. Her guilt began to grow more. All she wanted was to be happy, to have the life Cinderella had in the original timeline. But now, she was starting to see that this probably wasn't worth it.

"I…" she began before Lady Tremaine shoved her to the side.

"Love!" she scoffed. "Look where it's gotten you."

"Alright that's it!" Sora snapped. "Get her guys!"

But just as they began to run at the evil woman, Lady Tremaine quickly spun around and aimed the wand at the 20 Keyblade Masters. The tip of the wand began to glow.

"Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!" Lady Tremaine shouted as a blast of magic shot from the wand.

"Look out!" cried Mickey.

But it was too late. All 20 Keyblade wielders disappeared just as the magic struck them. Cinderella, Jaq, Gus, and Mary stared in horror. Even Anastasia was shocked.

"No!" Cinderella cried out in horror as he angrily faced her stepmother. "What did you do to them?!" she demanded.

"I sent them to where I'm sending you now." Lady Tremaine smirked as she held up the wand again. "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"

Another burst of magic shot out from the wand. Cinderella tried to cover herself, but it was too late as the magic engulfed her.

"Cinderelly!" Jaq, Gus, and Mary screamed in horror as they jumped from the mirror into the magic, disappearing as well.

The two bluebirds could only watch in horror.

---

Outside in a garden yards away from the castle, a horse was munching on some grass near an old pumpkin.

Suddenly, green magic began to swirl around the pumpkin. The horse enticed and quickly trotted away. The stems began to grow long and windy.

The inside of the pumpkin opened up and Cinderella appeared. Her wedding dress was torn, her shoes were gone, and her hair was messed up. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Lea, Naminé, Xion, Isa, Myde, Aqua, Ven, Terra, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia then appeared, only they were shrunken once again to the size of regular mice and were tied to the inside pumpkin walls.

"Whoa!" gasped Sora.

"Where are we?!" cried Daisy.

"What the hell is this?!" asked Lea.

"We're trapped!" cried Minnie.

Jaq, Gus, and Mary then appeared.

"Cinderelly!" cried Jaq.

"What's happened, Cinderelly?" asked Gus, scared.

The pumpkin then stopped growing. It was now similar to Cinderella's pumpkin carriage, only more rotten like the Cursed Carriage. A small window opened up just before it was covered by vines as Cinderella tried to reach out to the horse. Said horse tried to run away, but the vines suddenly wrapped themselves around it and forcefully dragged it back.

Back in the castle, Lady Tremaine turned to Lucifer.

"Lucifer, make absolutely certain that all 24 of them don't come back... ...alive." Lady Tremaine said to her cat.

Lucifer grinned maliciously.

"Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo."

Lady Tremaine sent Lucifer away in a blast of magic.

Outside, Lucifer appeared above the carriage. He began to meow in pain before it turned into grunts that sounded human. Before long, Lucifer had transformed into a human!

He had white skin, shaven stubble around his mouth, black hair, a grey hat with a red feather, a light grey shirt, a red bandana, a grey jacket, dark grey pants, a blakc belt with a gold buckle, and black boots.

Lucifer looked at his new form then cackled deviously.

"Huh? Lucifer?" Cinderella gasped when she saw him.

"What is it Cinderella?" asked Riku.

"Lucifer's been turned into a human!" Cinderella replied.

"Oh shit I know what this is." grunted Max.

"What is it son?" asked Goofy.

"That wicked old hag is making her pet send us all to our deaths!" Max replied.

At that moment, Lucifer grabbed a cracking whip and whipped the horse shouting, "Hiyah!" before laughing.

The horse took off in a panic and raced away. It ran through the forest as the fog began to roll in.

"I really, really don't like this!" Myde said scaredly.

"None of us do Myde." said Naminé.

"How are we gonna get outta here?" asked Donald.

"If only we were as strong as Steve and Bucky then we could burst through these vien ropes." said Goofy.

"Cinderella, do you think you can try and break them?" asked Sora.

"I'll try." said Cinderella.

Cinderella tried to tear the vines holding Ven to the pumpkin wall since he was closer, but it was no use.

"It's too strong!" said Cinderella with a frown. "We need something sharp!"

"Shame we can't summon our weapons." grunted Oswald.

---

Disney Castle:

At that time, Lena was lounging around on the couch playing on her phone.

"Well, this game's boring." she muttered. "I wonder how Uncle Donald, Sora, and the others are doing."

Lena used her magic on the TV, which showed Cinderella in the pumpkin trying to free Sora from the vines. She could also see through the hole in the pumpkin that they were going very fast.

"It's too strong!" Cinderella said with a frown. "We need something sharp!"

"Oh no!" Lena gasped in horror when she saw the ate her friends/family were in.

"Shame we can't summon our weapons." grunted Oswald.

Lena's eyes widened.

"Hang on a minute," the magic teen said to herself. "Can't summon their weapons and yet they need something sharp…"

Lena had an idea as she ran out of the screening room.

In the hallway, Seifer was chatting with Rai, Fuu, and Vivi.

"So Vivi, how's the magic coming along?" asked Seifer.

"Oh it's going great!" Vivi said excitedly as he tossed his staff up an down. "Donald's lessons are really working wonders."

"Bet you can't wait to go on the battlefield." said Fuu.

Before Vivi could reply, Lena sped passed them.

"Whoa! Lena where are you going in such a hurry?" Seifer asked in surprise.

"I just need to find something!" Lena said as she ran into the room she shared with Webby, Lena, and Violet.

"Wonder what that is." said Vivi.

"Hey, if it's a girls thing, we leave it, y'know?" said Rai.

"Whatever. Let's just go back to the Secret Forest and see what we can do." said Fuu.

Lena searched the room before she spotted what she was looking for: The Diamond Dagger.

"Bingo." Lena smirked.

Lena picked it up in her right hand and had her left hand glow in the magic.

"I hope you guys get this." said Lena.

In a flash of purple, the Diamond Dagger was gone.

"Hey Lena, mind helping me and June with another con?" came Louie's voice. "We're going after Mark Beaks!"

Lena grinned. "Sure thing Lou!" she called. "I hope they got that dagger."

---

Castle of Dreams:

Inside the pumpkin, there was a bright flash of purple magic as the Diamond Dagger landed in front of Cinderella.

"Oh my! What's that?" Cinderella asked.

"Looks like a knife." said Mary.

Sora and his friends' eyes widened.

"That's Lena's Diamond Dagger!" exclaimed Donald.

"What's it doing here?" asked Ortensia.

"Who cares!" said Xion. "Cinderella! That knife is a Diamond Dagger and very sharp! Use it to free us!"

"Right!" Cinderella nodded as she picked up the Diamond Dagger. "We need to stop this thing."

"Right away, Cinderelly." said Jaq, saluting.

"You got it!" said Mary.

"OK, OK. Chop-chop." nodded Gus, saluting as well.

Cinderella quickly, but carefully, sawed the vines holding Ven in place before the dagger broke them. Ven landed on the ground.

"Yes! I'm free!" said Ven. He ran over to the mice. "I'll help you three deal with Lucifer."

"Are you sure Ven?" asked Aqua.

Ven smiled up at the female bluehead. "Don't worry Aqua. I fought that fat tabby before. I can do it again." he said.

"And I'll help too."

Ven looked and saw Xion run up to him after being freed by Cinderella.

"Lucifer won't know what hit him." the old Organization's Number XIV smirked.

Ven nodded. "Thanks Xion." he turned up to his friends. "The rest of you protect Cinderella until the five of us get Lucifer outta here!" he called.

"Sure thing Ven!" said Sora.

Carefully, Ven, Xion, Jaq, Gus, and Mary climbed out onto the vines. Ven, Xion, Jaq, and Mary went one way while Gus went another.

"Gus! Can you reach the pin?" asked Ven.

"Zugk-zugk." said Gus as he scurried underneath the carriage.

Ven, Xion, Jaq, and Mary scurried across the carriage towards Lucifer. They carefully climbed up the cat-turned-human's clothing and made their way to his hat.

At that time, Cinderella cut the vines holding Myde and he landed on the bottom of the pumpkin.

"Yes! I'm free!" he cheered as he joined his friends.

"While they stop Lucifer, we need to find a way out of this pumpkin!" said Cinderella as she set Diamond Dagger on the pumpkin ground, which Mickey quickly put in his toon space.

Sora summoned Kingdom Key. "Then let's make one!"

Summoning their signature Keyblades, everyone tried to fire multiple spells at the pumpkin to break it, but not so strong that it would cause them to crash violently. Cinderella tried to bash the pumpkin with her shoulders.

Outside, Gus made his way to the pin and tried to loosen it. But Lucifer spotted him and tried to reach out and grab him. Gus managed to dodge Lucifer's gasp, but only narrowly

"Gus Gus!" Jaq gasped.

"Hold on Gus!" called Mary.

Jaq and Mary slid down Lucifer's hat and pulled the front of it in front of his eyes. Lucifer quickly grabbed his hat and tossed them away.

"Jaq! Mary!" Cinderella cried out.

Luckily, the hat got stuck to one of the vines. But Lucifer had already gotten Gus!

"Gus, hold on!" cried Cinderella as she stepped out and climbed the vines.

"What do we do?!" cried Xion.

Ven had an idea. "Summon your Keyblade and get ready to cast a spell." he said. "For now, get to the front!"

Xion nodded as she and Ven summoned Wayward Wind and Lost Memory.

Lucifer held Gus in his grasp and was about to eat him when,

"Lucifer!"

Lucifer turned and saw Cinderella glaring at him. "Let him go!" she demanded.

Lucifer just looked at her before dropping Gus!

"Gus!" Cinderella cried.

Luckily, Gus landed on the vines. He nearly slipped and fell, but Jaq and Mary caught him just in time.

Cinderella sighed in relief.

Lucifer was about to grab them when,

"STOPZA!"

Everything froze in place. All except for Xion and Ven, who stood on the horse's back, Keyblades out.

"Well that worked out well." said Ven.

Suddenly, Lucifer began to move.

"Ven, look out!" cried Xion.

She quickly blasted Lucifer back off the coachman's seat and onto the path with a dark Firaga spell.

"Guess it doesn't have much effect on the wand's magic." muttered Xion.

"The spell won't hold for long." said Ven. "Come on, let's give this naughty pussycat the punishment that's never been given to him."

Xion smirked. "I'd like to do that."

Lucifer got himself up and sneered at Ven and Xion who jumped down from the frozen runaway and got into fighting positions.

(Vanitas Second Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep [Ven's side] plays)

Mission: Defeat Lucifer before the Stopza spell unfreezes!

Playable Characters:
Ventus

Xion

Lucifer reached down to slash the heroes, but Ven ducked out of the way and fired Firaga back at him. Lucifer snarled as he smacked Ven away, but Xion struck the villain back by jumping up, slashing his face several times, and then fired Triple Plasma. Ven ran around Lucifer and fired ten orbs of light at the cat-turned-human. Lucifer turned around and tried to snacth Ven with his teeth, but did a backflip, kicking Lucifer in the nose. Lucifer grabbed his nose and stumbled back. He growled and tried to smash Ven, but he ducked out of the way. Lucifer then tried to stomp Xion, but the former replica blasted his foot with Wind Tracer, making Lucifer fall over. Lucifer got up and tried to pounce on Xion, but Ven rejoined her and the two combined Firaga spells, using Double Firaga to blast Lucifer up in the air.

Lucifer crashed against a tree. He snarled as he got up and threw some stones at the two. Ven and Xion managed to dodge them and Ven casted Exo Spark on Lucifer, electrocuting him as Xion blasted him back with a Pulse Tracer spell. Lucifer got back up and swiped the two off their feet, knocking them to the ground. But before Lucifer could grab them, Xion used Wateraga to blast him back. Ven then jumped up and casted Quake against Lucifer, launching him into the air once again.

"Ven! Give me a boost!" said Xion.

Ven cupped his hands together and Xion jumped off of them into the air. As Lucifer tried to shacth her in his hands, Xion casted Raging Storm against him. Lucifer crashed into a tree and landed on the dirt path.

Xion landed on the ground and faced Ven.

"Let's finish this!" she said determinedly.

"Yeah!" Ven said excitedly.

Ven and Xion ran at Lucifer with their Keyblades in hand. Ven unleashed his Cyclone Command Style, surrounding himself in blue-green aura while Xion released her limit break, her weapon engulfed in a large blue blade of light.

"Bring it!" shouted Ven.

"You're gone!" yelled Xion.

Ven rapidly tossed his spinning Keyblade back and forth while Xion unleashed a flurry of slices to knock Ven's Keyblade like a ball, giving it a boost in speed and power as it slashed Lucifer. The process repeated until Ven caught his Keyblade initiating the next phase.

"Wind!" yelled Ven.

Ven tossed his Keyblade for his Wind Raid technique, tossing Wayward Wind and surrounding it in green wind energy as it spun and sent its targets into the air, allowing Xion to slash her Keyblade that sent out columns of light, hurting Lucifer as he hurtled into the air. The process repeated three more times until Ven caught his Keyblade. The both of them nodded to each other.

"Give it everything you got!" said Ven.

"We won't give in!" said Xion.

They both tossed their Keyblades high into the air. Ven and Xion put their hands together and summoned a glow of light. The two Keyblades straightened out and were engulfed in green and orange light as they combined together to form one Keyblade like Sora and Riku's combined Keyblade. Ven and Xion floated up side by side until they reached the handle of their combined blade which kept glowing brighter until it became a huge pillar of light. With a loud yell both Ven and Xion brought down the pillar of light that blasted Lucifer, sending him screaming until he crashed on top of the carriage's coachman seat, dazed and surprised.

(Vanitas Second Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep [Ven's side] ends)

Ven and Xion dismissed their weapons and ran to join Cinderella on the carriage just as the Stopza spell wore off. At that moment, the horse and carriage were speeding down the path again. Lucifer was starting to regain consciousness as Cinderella looked around.

"What happened?" she asked.

"We'll explain later!" said Ven. "But Lucifer's down for the count!"

Cinderella saw Lucifer struggle to get back up on the coachman's seat. As Lucifer looked back at Cinderella, the blonde grabbed one of the vine stems of the seat and broke it off, sending Lucifer flying off, screaming in terror as he bounced off the path.

"Bad kitty!" Cinderella snarled.

Lucifer crashed into the water. He emerged from it and laid on a log, the spell having worn off, making him a cat once more as he groaned in defeat.

Meanwhile, the horse was still running fast with the pumpkin carriage. Working together, Jaq, Gus, and Mary lifted the pin and the horse was separated from the carriage.

At that moment, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Terra, Aqua, Roxas, Lea, Naminé, Myde, Isa, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia joined Ven, Xion, and Cinderella on top of the carriage.

"What'd we miss?" asked Mickey.

"Lucifer's gone and we're free from being dragged away!" said Ven.

"That's great!" beamed Minnie.

"Uh, guys!" Myde cried out, pointing ahead.

Everyone looked forward and gasped. Up ahead, the path that went by a mountain ledge had collapsed!

Cinderella looked down and saw the horse still running.

"Jaq! Gus! Mary!" she called.

The three mice quickly climbed the vines and Cinderella put them in her pocket. She was about to grab the others when Sora held up his hands.

"Just jump!" he shouted.

"What about you?" Cinderella asked, worried.

"Just save yourselves and that horse! We'll be fine!" sad Naminé.

Reluctantly, Cinderella nodded as she jumped off onto the horse, pulling the vines around it back so it would skid to a stop.

"Get ready!" Sora shouted as he summoned Kingdom Key.

All 20 world-travellers jumped from the coach and Sora casted a gravity spell that slowed their descent. They landed on the ground, rolling across the path until they grew back to normal size.

At that moment, the pumpkin carriage flew off the edge and crashed against the rocks, breaking into several pieces as they slid down before coming to a stop. A green mist emerged from the wreckage past the cliff.

Cinderella could only grimace at the image of her and all her friends meeting a bloody death had they not gotten out of there in time. She stroked the horse and had the it come over to the world-travelers.

"Is everyone ok?!" she called.

"Yeah, yeah we're good." said Isa as they got up.

"Yeesh, what a ride." gruntled Max, rubbing his head.

"So that's what our deaths were supposed to be: over a cliff." muttered Terra as he looked at the damage down below.

Sora turned to Ven and Xion.

"Although we didn't see it, nice job taking out Lucifer you two." he praised.

Ven and Xion smiled.

"Ah it was nothing." Ven said modestly.

"And thanks for freeing us Cinderella." Aqua said to the oldest blonde.

"Of course." Cinderella smiled. "It was just lucky that the Diamond Dagger appeared out of nowhere for me to use."

Mickey saw that it had fallen out of his toon space when he landed and was laying on the ground. "How did it end up in the pumpkin in the first place?" he wondered out loud.

"Maybe Lena wanted to see how we were doing and when she saw us trapped, she used her magic to send it to us." said Sora as he picked it up.

"Just proves she's nothing like Magica at all." Kairi said with a smile.

Sora placed the Diamond Dagger through his belt as Cinderelal got off the horse.

"You must be exhausted." she said comfortingly. "Think you can find your way back?"

The horse nodded and trotted away. Everyone then looked ahead. They were a long ways away from the castle. And the wedding was about to happen as well.

"Now what are we gonna do?" asked Jaq, worried.

"Well, I'm not gonna miss my own wedding." Cinderella said with determination.

"Whoo-hoo!" Jaq and Gus cheered.

"Come on, let's get to the wedding!" said Sora as he summoned Kingdom Key and turned it into his glider. "Hope on Cinderella."

Cinderella carefully climbed on Sora's glider and held onto the brunette as Sora sailed off. Riku, Kairi, and the others quickly followed suit with their gliders and flew off in the same direction.

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At the castle, the wedding bells were chiming as the guests sat in the pews that had been brought out for the occasion.

Anastasia, who was still disguised as Cinderella, stood next to the king holding a small bouquet of flowers. But she was still feeling nervous and guilty.

"Oh, thank you, my dear. This is all his mother and I have ever wanted. To know that our son has found his true love." the king said happily.

Anastasia looked up to where the prince was standing on the altar. He wore an attire similar to the one he wore the night of the ball with some differences: a white top, gold shoulder pads, a white belt with a gold buckle, white pants, white dress shoes, and a gold sword holder attached to his belt.

"So, you know it's love when you touch someone's hand, right?" Anastasia asked. "At least, that's what I've heard."

"Why, yes! That's what I've always thought." the king chuckled.

Anastasia looked away as she looked at the seashell the king gave her in her grasp. At that moment, the band began to play. Anastasia wrapped her arm around the king's and they began to walk down the aisle.

Kit smiled happily as he watched his father bring his "bride" towards the altar. What he didn't see was that behind the gold curtain, Lady Tremaine and Drizella were watching with a wicked smirk on the latter's face.

The king brought Anastasia to the altar and then sat next to the Grand Duke.

The priest cleared his throat. "Dearly beloved…" he began.

"So far, so good, Your Majesty." the Grand Duke said happily.

"Hmm? He's not married yet." the king frowned.

"...to join together this man and this woman…"

"My one and only Cinderella." Kit whispered to Anatsaisa, who frowned sadly.

"...in matrimony."

"We're almost there." Lady Tremaine grinned.

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Outside, Sora and his team sailed up to the front gates of the castle and landed on the other side. Gliders were dismissed as they ran up the stairs when the guards blocked their paths with their weapons.

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"...Cinderella, take this man as your lawfully wedded husband?" the priest asked.

Lady Tremaine and Drizella were watching when they suddenly saw the large group outside the doors.

"You don't understand, we must get inside." they heard Cinderella say.

Looks of horror went across their faces as Lady tremaine whispered loudly, "Just say it. Say, I do.'"

"I…" Anastasia began. Kit looked confused.

At that moment, Jaq, Gus, and Mary slid out of Cinderella's pocket. Jaq and Maery went up the pant legs of the round guard and Gus went up a pant leg of the thin one. The guards began to yelp and jump around like crazy.

"That works." shrugged Terra as they all pushed against them.

"I…" Anastasia began when she grabbed Kit's hand. Kit suddenly felt nothing as he looked at his "bride" in surprise. Remembering Cinderella's words and knowing that this wasn't what she truly wanted, Anatssia finished with, "...don't."

The audience gasped as Sora, Cinderella, and Co. skidded to a stop. They too were shocked to hear Anastasia say that.

"Anastasia." Cinderella gasped.

"Cinderella." Anastasia greeted back.

The priest and the guests all stared in shock at the two Cinderellas in the room while Kit, the king, and the grand Duke stood speechless. The priest fainted.

"What's going on here?!" exclaimed Prudence from the guests.

Sora stepped forward and pointed at Anastasia. "That Cinderella is an imposter!" he shouted.

The audience gasped as Myde played the "Dun dun dun!" sound on the organ with a grin.

"An imposter?!" the king exclaimed.

"By her own mother's doing!" Ven added.

The audience gasped again as Myde played the "Dun dun dun!" sound again.

"MYDE!" his teammates snapped.

Myde grinned sheepishly with his hands in the air. "Sorry." he said as he walked back to them… only to come back and play the last key on the right before running back to them.

"Spoiled little ingrate." Lady Tremaine scowled as she and Drizella angrily emerged from the curtains. "I've given you everything you ever wanted, Anastasia!"

"But I want someone to love me, for me!" Anastasia argued back.

"And all you care about is getting into the royal life Tremaine!" Sora snarled.

"Yeah, you want your daughters to marry into royalty so you could have it that way!" added Donald.

"You don't care about what they truly want at all, especially Anastasia!" said Goofy.

"And you abused Cinderella her entire life ever since her father died!" snapped Ven.

"And you made your own daughters treat her like shit instead of their own sister!" added Aqua.

"Well you won't be using anyone for your personal gain anymore" yelled Terra.

"Guards! Guards! Seize that woman!" the king shouted, pointing at Lady Tremaine, who pulled out Fairy Godmother's wand.

Guards from the front, left, and right came charging towards the altar.

"Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!" Lady Tremaine shouted as she cast a spell into the air.

A large green swirl appeared, making the audience gasp.

"Everybody duck and cover!" Riku shouted.

The guests quickly did so.

Lady Tremiane quickly sent a surge of magic at the guards in front, turning them into chickens, much to the king and the Grand Duke's shock. She sent another surge to the guards on the right, turning them into pigs. Then she did it again to the guards on the right, turning them into rabbits.

Lady tremaine grinend at the world-travelers who had ducked and covered alongside Cinderella and Kit.

"It's too late to stop us now." she said with a wicked grin, matched by Drizella.

"Too late is just enough time." Ven smirked. (7)

"Get that wand!" Sora shouted as he summoned Kingdom Key.

"But watch out for the magic fellas!" called Mickey.

Lady tremaine sent several surges of magic at the world-travellers. They all managed to dodge them while the guests got out of the way. And surges that tried to strike them they bashed away with their Keyblades.

Lady tremaine was about to send another surge of magic at them, when three objects landed on her.

"What on earth?!" she exclaimed.

It was Jaq, Gus, and Mary, who had climbed through the inside of the walls and dropped from the chandelier.

"MICE!" Drizella shrieked.

"Mice?!" Anastasia asked in alarm.

"It's ok! They're friendly." Cinderella assured her transformed stepsister while they ducked from another blast.

"Got ya now mean old lady!" Gus taunted as he crawled all around the old lady.

"You're finished!" Mary shouted as she yanked Lady Tremaine's hair.

"You hurt Cinderelly and her friends no more!" Jaq shouted as he, Gus, and Mary crawled up to her arm and bit it.

Lady Tremaine shrieked in pain as she dropped the wand.

"I got it mother!" Drizella yelled as she ran for it.

"Oh no you don't!" Ven yelled as he ran for it.

Ven tried to grab the wand, but Drizella shoved him out of the way and grabbed it first. She aiemd the wand at Ven and a surge of magic shot dewon. Ven managed to leap away from it, but as soon as the surge hit the ground, the impact sent Ven flying into the organ. Ven crashed into it as he laid against the remains, feeling dizzy,

"Well that's music to my ears." Ven said dizzily as a broken organ pipe bounced off his head.

Lady Tremaine then grabbed Jaq, Gus, and Mary and threw them off of her.

"Jaq! Gus! Mary!" Cinderella screamed.

Cinderella, Kit, and even Anatasiasa ran forward. Cinderella caught Jaq, Kit cuaght Gus, and Anaatssia caught Mary.

"Are you ok?" Cinderella asked.

"Zugk-zugk!" Jaq replied with a thumbs up.

"Not for long!" Drizella chortled as she held up the wand.

"There it is! Get her!" shouted Sora.

The Keyblade wielders ran at Drizella, but the green-clad Tremaine quickly drew it down. A surge of magic blasted the floor, cueing Sora and Co. to get knocked on their backs down the aisle and Cinderella, Kit, and Anastasia to the right. Jaq, Gus, and Mary had dodged the attack by running over to the chairs the king and the Grand Duke sat in.

Lady Tremaine took the wand back from Drizella and held it up.

"You meddling nuisances had interfered for the last time!" she shouted.

Ven, who had gotten up from the broken organ, gasped when he saw Lady Tremaine aim for his friends. An extremely risky idea came to Ven's mind as he made a determined look. What he did next, he didn't regret.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ven screamed as he ran forward.

The moment Lady Tremaine brought the wand down and a surge of magic left the swirl, Ven jumped in front of everyone as the magic blasted him. Everyone watched in horror as Ven screamed in pain before he suddenly… turned to stone! Ven's stone body then landed on the floor with a thud.

"VEN!" Sora, Riku, Kairi, Aqua, Terra, Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Lea, Isa, Myde, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Max, Oswald, Ortensia, Cinderella, and Kit screamed in horror.

"VEN-VEN!" Jaq and Gus screamed.

"OH NO!" Mary cried.

"Oh my!" the Grand Duke stammered.

Anastasia, the king and the guests all gasped.

Lady tremaine faced her transformed daughter. "And now for you!" she sneered.

Anatssia paled.

"Oh turn her into a toad, Mother." Drizella said eagerly.

Cinderella stepped in front of Anatasia. "Stop! No more!" she shouted.

"Ha! Even better." Lady Tremaine grinned as she brought the wand up.

"Cinderella!" Kite cried.

"Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!" Lady Tremaine shouted.

A surge of magic shot out from the swirl as Anatsisa hid behind Cinderella.

Kit's eyes widened. "No!" he shouted as he ran forward.

Kit drew his sword from his sword holder and ran towards Cinderella and Anastasia. The magic reflected off the metal sword.

Lady Tremaine's eyes widened as the surge was heading towards her and Drizella!

"No!" she cried.

But it was too late. The magic struck Lady Tremaine and Drizella, making them disappear. All that remained in their spots was the wand.

Everyone watched them disappear as the magic swirl faded away.

---

Outside, Lady Tremaine and Drizella reappeared… as toads. Then, a shadow loomed over them.

"Oh don't worry you two. This isn't over yet." a smooth voice said, evil in it's tone.

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Everyone just stared at what had just happened.

"I can't take much more of this." the king groaned, rubbing his head.

Anatssia came from behind Cinderella and gratefully held her hand. She turned to Kit. "This is the real Cinderella, your true love." Anatsaisa said with a smile as she grabbed Kit's hand.

Anastasia brought Cinderella and Kit's hands together and they intertwined.

"It's you." Kit said happily.

Cinderella smiled. But her smile vanished when they heard someone sobbing. Cinderella and Kit looked and saw Aqua kneeling behind Ven's stone body, followed by Xion.

"No… no…! No, Ven…" Aqua sobbed as she knelt down, stroking Ven's hair she cried.

"This… this c-can't be happening…" Xion choked through sobs.

"Ven…" Sora said sadly.

"You saved us Ven." said Terra as tears fell down his cheeks.

The king and the Grand Duke stood amongst the group surrounding Ven's stone body.

"He was a true hero." the king said solemnly.

Everyone was now over the shock and were down saddened by Ven's death. Kairi, Naminé, Aqua, Minnie, Daisy, Ortensia, Cinderella, and Mary instantly cried into Sora, Roxas, Terra, Mickey, Donald, Oswald, Kit, and Jaq's arms as they all cried. Goofy and Myde tried not to cry hysterically. Gus began to sob hysterically as Jaq tried to comfort him, tears staining his eyes as well. Riku, Lea, Isa, Max, the king, and the Grand Duke stood silently, the first four shedding silent tears. Ven had his team and died from it.

"Ven. You're our hero t-today." Aqua said through tears as she stroked Ven's stone face. "I'm so proud of you..." she stuttered as she cried into Terra's shoulder.

"You saved us... and you couldn't save yourself..." Terra said as he cried.

"You knew what would happen and you were willing to save us." Xion said as she cried some more. "Ven... you were one of the most friendly people I ever met after becoming my own person... you were like another brother to me... but after our talk at Scott's house, I realized I loved you more than a brother... after the Snap I never thought I'd see you again... and then it was all fixed... you always looked out for us like we do for each other... protecting us... and you sacrificed yourself to save us all... and I never got to tell you that... I love you Ven..."

There was a long silence.

Anatsasia looked on saldy when something caught her eye. It was Fairy Godmother's wand.

"Wait!" she called.

Everyone looked at her.

"Anastasia?" Cinderella asked, wiping away her tears.

"What is it?" asked Sora.

"Hey may not be gone forever." Anatsisa said as she ran over and picked up the wand. The transformed woman took a deep breath as she held it tight. "I hope this works. Bring this brave young man back to his family. Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo."

Anastasia aimed the wand at Ven and a surge of white magic shot out and hit Ven's stone body on the Terra's mark symbol. At first nothing happened. Then, the stone around Ven began to disappear!

Everyone watched in shock as the stone on Ven was soon gone. Ven was still frozen when he suddenly shot up with a gasp. Everyone jumped back. Ven looked around as he caught his breath.

"Uh…" he began. "Is everyone ok?"

"VEN!" Sora and Co. cheered as they all instantly hugged Ven. Cinderella, Kit, Jaq, Gus, and Mary cheered as they joined in the hug. The audience cheered.

"Ha ha! It's a miracle!" the king cheered as he shook the Grand Duke around.

"Q-Quite ind-deed sire!" the Grand Duke stuttered.

"You're alive!" Aqua cheered.

"We're so glad you're ok!" said Terra.

Soon, they all let him go.

"You saved us Ven." Sora said proudly. "You're a true hero."

"Uh… thanks." Ven said dmodelty, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Seriously Ven, you risked your life to save us." said Lea.

"You really have come a long way." Aqua said proudly. "Worthy of a Keyblade Master."

"Thank you Ven." said Terra.

"Yeah." said Xion as she spun Ven around to face him. "Thank you Ven. That was very brave and very noble of you."

Ven smiled. "I just saw what had to be done and did it." he replied.

"Even the simplest good things some do are still noble." Xion said before she held Ven's hands. "Which is why I'm not gonna regret what I'm about to do next."

Ven looked puzzled. "Huh? Whaddya mean Xion?"

Xion smiled bigger and said, "This."

And before Ven knew it, Xion placed her lips on his. Ven was taken aback, but slowly grew into the kiss.

"AWW!" Kairi, Naminé, Aqua, Minnie, Daisy, Ortensia, Cinderella, and Mary cooed at the lovely sight.

"Way to go Ven!" cheered Sora.

"Nice job Ven." Terra smiled.

"Go Ven-Ven!" Jaq and Gus cheered.

Ven and Xion separated their kiss.

"I guess we're like Sora and Kairi now." Ven chuckled.

"Yes. Yes we are." Xion giggled. "I love you Ventus."

"I love you too Xion." Ven smiled. "Oh, and just Ven is fine."

Xion laughed.

Anastsia then held up the wand. All eyes were on her as they wondered what she was about to do. Luckily, Anatssia aimed the wand on herself and said, "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo."

White magic swirled Anastasia as she was transformed back to her normal self in her pink dress.

Cinderella approached her stepsister.

"Anastasia?" she said, getting her attention.

Anastaisa wasn't sure what Cinderella was gonna do when she was suddenly wrapped in a hug by her.

"Thank you." Cinderella said gratefully.

Anastasia smiled.

Sora and his team smiled at the scene.

"I guess there are still people out there who can change." said Sora.

"Pity about her sister though." said Max.

"At least Anastasia still had good in her heart." said Aqua with a smile.

Suddenly, the doors burst open. Everyone gasped and looked back. The two guards outside were suddenly thrown to the ground. And there, walking inside with an evil smirk on his face as a familiar boy in a red and black bodysuit with jet-black hair.

"Oh I'm sorry, am I interrupting the wedding?" Vanitas asked with a smirk.

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Cinderella's unbanished and is finally back together with Kit! Anatsisa's redeemed, Lady Tremaine Drizella, and Don Karnage are defeated and the wedding is almost done! But now Vanitas is back! What's he gonna do?

One last chapter to go!

(1) The Casagrandes episode "Cursed!"

(2) The Loud House episode "Stage Plight"

(3) Xion's first voice actress, Alyson Stoner (who also plays Kairi in Re:Chain of Memories, 0.2, III, ReMind, and Melody of Memory), plays Isabella Garcia-Shapiro on Phineas and Ferb, whose catchphrase is "What'cha doin?"

(4) Murder on the Orteint Express (2017 film)

(5) Tower Heist

(6) Coming to America

(7) The Loud House episode "Family Bonding"