Now the final chapter of this world, as well as a few other things at the end.
And just a heads-up, chapters and any one-shot stories I may think of may not come as often as before because I start my second semester of college soon.
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Vanitas walked down the aisle as he approached the heroes.
"Sorry to crash the wedding ladies and gentlemen." he said casually with an evil smirk. "Just some important business to take care of. Don't want to be a part of it or witness the possibility of this ballroom being painted blood-red, I suggest you scram."
The guests screamed as they ran out the front doors. The only ones who remained were Sora, his team, Cinderella, Kit, Jaq, Gus, Mary, Anastasia, the king, the Grand Duke, and the priest (who was still unciosus from fainting earlier).
"Hello you fine group of idiots." Vanitas greeted as he stood in front of the group.
"Vanitas!" exclaimed Ven.
"Hello brother." Vanitas snarked. "Good to see you again. Oh, and congratulations on your relationship with the puppet. I'm so proud." he added sarcastically.
Ven and Xion glared.
"Who is this man?!" the king demanded.
"An enemy of ours." Terra replied. "Those strange jittery creatures come from him."
"What the hell do you want now Vanitas?" asked Sora, glaring at his evil lookalike.
"What do you think dumbass?" Vanitas asked with a smirk. "I'm here to accomplish what Don Karnage and the Tremaines failed to do: Take Cinderella for the superiors."
"Take me?!" Cinderella exclaimed.
"Why do you want her?!" demanded Kit.
"I think I know why." Sora said. "You want her because of her pure heart."
"Well look who's become smarter since the last time I saw him." Vanitas snarked.
Goofy was confused. "But I thought you lot were looking for the New Seven Hearts." he said as he scratched his head. "Cinderella's among the old ones."
"The Seven what?" Cinderella asked in confusion.
"It's complicated, we'll explain later." said Terra.
"It pays to have the originals just in case we don't find them." Vanitas replied. "Tremaine sent Lucifer to take you lot to your graves before I could come in and take the two Princeseses of Heart with me, risk of tainted darkness or not. Of course, Magica's worthless creation messed that up. So I decided to take matters into my own hands. Once I get rid of you pathetic wastes of breath, I'll take Cinderella and Kairi with me."
"I'm not going anywhere!" Kairi said defiantly.
"And neither is Cinderella!" snapped Ven.
"And you will leave this castle, my order!" the king said sternly.
Vanitas only laughed. "Sorry 'Your Majesty,' but I don't take orders from you." he snarked.
"You won't leave, then we'll force you!" Sora said as he summoned End of Pain.
Vanitas laughed evilly.
"You'll force me?! What a lark!" he cackled. "That's why I got myself some backup."
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound.
"Goodness gracious, what's happening?!" the Grand Duke asked nervously.
"Whatever it is, it doesn't sound good." said Naminé.
Suddenly, a large Behemoth Heartless burst through the front doors. It was cyan, with its back, legs and upper head being navy blue. It's feet were dark grey, and both its toes and its horn were crimson red. In addition, the upper half of its tusks were ice-blue.
Flying above it stood a large Gargoyle Heartless. It had dark grey skin and was covered by a dark purple bodysuit with roughly stitched-on light purple sleeves that ended in a gold zig-zag trim and jagged edges. The purple color extended to cover the head and horns, and the horns also featured black stripes.
Both were covered in green magic that swirled around them.
"Cheese and rice!" Lea screamed. (1)
"What the hell are those!?" cried Xion.
"Lady Tremaine and Drizella's Heartless." Vanitas replied casually. "Made straight from the darkness of their own toad hearts, although it did leave them out for the count."
"Toads?" Donald and Daisy asked together.
"Yeah. That last spell Tremaine tried to use on all of you that was reflected off of Charming's sword and onto them."
Then, Vanitas summoned Void Gear and held it up. Suddenly a large purple swirl surrounded the twenty travellers, Vanitas, Cinderella, Kit, Anastasia, the king, the Grand Duke, Jaq, Gus, Mary, and the two Heartless.
"What's going on?" Mickey asked, scared and confused.
"I really don't like this!" said Minnie.
Before anyone could say anything, the entire group was no longer in the castle ballroom. They were now in a dark dimension, surrounded by clouds in different shades of purple. They were all floating.
"And to make this even more fun…" Vanitas began as he looked at the Gargoyle, who screeched.
Suddenly, surrounding everyone were dozens of Heartless. There were Shadows, Rainy Loudmouths, Fiery Globes, and Eliminators.
"Heartless!" Riku, Terra, Lea, and Isa exclaimed together.
"Wait, I thought Vanitas controlled the Unversed." Ortensia said in confusion.
"Behemoth and Gargoyle got me covered and you outnumbered." Vanitas smirked. He turned up to Anastasia, the king, and the Grand Duke. "And you three get front row seats to watch!" he said as he snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, the three thrones from the throne room emerged from the cloudy background. Seeing that they couldn't escape, Anastsia turned to the king.
"Hide this!" she whispered, holding out the wand.
The king nodded as he took Fairy Godmother's wand and hid it in his sleeve, just as the thrones scooped him, Anastasia, and the Grand Duke up and they were tied to them by vines across their wrists, ankles.
"It's showtime." Vanitas smirked.
"Get ready guys!" said Sora as he clutched End of Pain.
Riku summoned Counterpoint, Kairi summoned Destiny's Embrace, Ven summoned Lost Memory, Terra summoned Chaos Ripper, Aqua summoned Brightcrest, Roxas summoned Two Become One, Xion summoned Twilight Blaze, Naminé summoned Shooting Star, Lea summoned Flame Liberator, Isa summoned Blue Moon, Myde summoned Mystic Water, Mickey summoned Kingdom Key W, Minnie summoned Starlight, Donald summoned Comet Staff and Unbound, Daisy summoned Spellbinder, Goofy summoned Golem Shield and Royal Radiance, Max summoned Fenrir, Oswald summoned Classic Tone, and Ortensia summoned Zero/One.
Suddenly, Cinderella and Kit began to feel odd in their right hands.
"Cinderelly? Princey?" Jaq asked. "You ok?"
"I feel something weird in my arm." said Cinderella.
"So do I." said Kit.
Suddenly, in bright white flashes, Keybaldes appeared in Cinderella and Kit's grasps!
Cinderella's Keyblade had a beige color scheme. Its guard was circular and resembled the carriage she took to the ball, with cyan wheels at the base of the guard. The handle and the inside of the guard was a dull brown, and there were three towers on the base of the blade. The blade was a thin shaft, ending with a tower, and the teeth were a small, cyan snowflake. The Keychain was beige, with the token being a beige version of her glass slipper.
On Kit's Keyblade, the guard was similar to the grand clock with the numbers being Roman Numerals, blue diamonds surrounding the numerals for 3, 6, 9, and 12. The handle was silver with a gold ring above it. On top of the guard was Cinderella's carriage with two small white castle towers with dark blue roofs in between it and the wheels, with what looked like a white crown on top of it and the sword wheels on the bottom. The base was a castle tower with a blue roof and two smaller ones on each side, all with blue roofs. The teeth was Cinderella's carriage again, only with more detail on the wheels. They keychain was three blue diamonds with one tiny gold ones in between each, and two more that attached to a white version of Cinderella' glass slipper. (2)
"Oh my goodness!" exclaimed Cinderella.
"WOW!" Jaq, Gus, and Mary said in awe.
"Didn't see that coming." Kit muttered in surprise.
"Cinderella's magic?!/My son is magic?!" Anastasia and the king exclaimed together.
"My goodness! Such unexpected occurrences today!" the Grand Duke commented.
"They're this world's chosen wielders." Minnie said in surprise.
"Use those Keyblades like you did against Don Karnage!" said Sora.
Cinderella and Kit nodded as they grasped their weapons like the other 20.
"Mice-mice help too!" said Jaq.
"Yeah! Mean boy no match!" said Gus, pumping his fists.
"Alright, you three stick with sneak attacks." said Naminé.
"Of course!" said Mary.
(Vanitas Final Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep plays)
Mission: Defeat Vanitas and the Heartless
Playable Characters:
Sora
Donald Duck
Goofy
Riku
King Mickey
Kairi
Ventus
Terra
Aqua
Roxas
Xion
Lea
Naminé
Isa
Myde
Queen Minnie
Daisy Duck
Max
Oswald
Ortensia
Party Members:
Cinderella
Prince Charming
Assistants:
Jaq, Gus, and Mary
Vanitas flew forward and locked Keyblades with Sora. They clashed several more times before the brunette pushed the Organization member away. Sora tried to attack again when Vanitas signaled the Heartless to attack. Multiple Shadows flew at Sora. Kairi came to his side and the two slashed at the Heartless before they combined Firaga spells, unleashing a Double Firaga that destroyed them. Ven flew around dodging attacks from the Fiery Globes before he blasted them away with a Mega Flare spell. Terra slashed at some Rainy Loudmouths before he dodged an attack from the Gargoyle. Terra slashed at it before he knocked it away with a Quake spell, only to get blasted by Vanitas using a Dark Firaga spell. Vanitas signaled for the Behemoth to attack. It swung it's large feet, knocking Sora, Kairi, Terra, and Ven away, noly for Donald to blast it in the face with a Double Thundaga spell from his staff and Vanitas right in the stomach with Sparkaga from his Keyblade. Goofy then performed Goofy-Tornado against the Behemoth before he blasted it in the face with a Firaga spell. Suddenly, the Gargoyle knocked Donald into Goofy and screeched loudly before it was blasted back by Aqua with a Wateraga spell, knocking it into a group of Fiery Globes. Naminé slashed at said Fiery Globes and destroyed them with a Blizzaga spell. Oswald flew around, slashing at some Shadows before he was surrounded by eight of them. Oswald quickly held Classic Tone up and casted Exo Spark to destroy them all. Ortensia blocked some attacks from two Eliminators before she used Blackout to confuse them. The two Heartless crashed into each other and Ortensia destroyed them with a Balloonga spell. The Behemoth flew at the group, only to get struck in the face by Lea's chakrams. Lea caught them with a smirk and then switched them out with his Keyblade and then blasted it in the emblem with a Firaga Burst spell.
At that time, Vanitas recovered and tried to attack Ven, but Mickey flew forward and the two locked Keyblades. Mickey slashed at Vanitas when the Organization member slashed his Keyblade against his head. But Minnie came to Mickey's aid as she struck Vanitas in the head herself and then she and Mickey combined Blizzaga spells, unleashing Double Blizzaga against him, sending him hurtling back. Isa slashed at some Eliminators with his Keyblade before they slammed him around with their shields. Isa summoned his claymore and combined weapons to summon a Moonbeam that destroyed all three of them instantly. Riku dodged the Gargoyle's attacks and casted Mine Shield to slow it down. The silverhead then held Counterpoint up and then blasted Drizella's Heartless away with a Meteor spell. Naminé slashed at some Rainy Loudmouths before they tried to pile on her. Luckily, the female former blonde Nobody was able to duck away from the attack, flew up behind them, and then casted Ignite to destroy them. Roxas blasted at some more Shadows before they soared up and tried to strike him from above. Roxas held Two Become One up and casted Pulse Tracer to destroy them before they reached his face. The Behemoth bashed Mickey and Minnie into Riku, Roxas, Naminé, and Isa, knocking them away in the dimension, almost crashing into Anastasia, the king, and the Grand Duke. Xion then avenaged them by casting Icicle Mine on the large Heartless. Daisy came up as Xion's back up and blasted Lady Tremaine's Heartless with a Flame Fall spell. Vanitas tried to strike the two, but Max, Keyblade held out in his hands, charged forward and shoved the jet-black-haired villain away. Vanitas snarled and slashed at Max, but the king's captain's son managed to dodge said attacks and then slashed Vanitas back before knocking him farther away with a Transcendence spell. Myde ducked from the Gargoyle's attacks as he clutched his Keyblade and sitar. The mullet-haired man managed to bash the Heartless in the face with the base of his large instrument before he casted Ice Barrage from his Keyblade to knock it further away. Cinderella and Kit attacked the Shadows, mostly slashing them into darkness. Jaq, Gus, and Mary assisted them by climbing around the creatures of darkness and yanking on their antennas to prevent them from attacking. That gave Cinderella and Kit a better advantage of slashing the Heartless away.
Sora blocked several more attacks from Vanitas.
"Face it moron, this world's timeline's already screwed up." Vanitas sneered. "Just hand over Cinderella!"
"Like I'd listen to you, ya bastard!" Sora snapped as he suddenly socked Vanitas in the face. Sora then spun around and kicked the villain away.
Vanitas snarled as he attempted to strike Sora, but was blasted away by Aqua using a Blizzaga spell.
Sora looked back and saw Anastasia, the king, and the Grand Duke struggling to break free. Sora then remembered Lena's Diamond Dagger in his belt. Sora took it out and was about to fly over to the three when he saw the Gargoyle Heartless heading towards him. Sora then had an idea.
"Jaq! Gus! Mary!" he called.
The three mice jumped from a Fiery Globe as Cinderella slashed it away.
"Zugk-zugk! What is it Sora?" Jaq called.
Sora tossed the dagger. "Free those three!" he called.
Jaq, Gus, and Mary caught the dagger.
"You can count on-a us!" Gus saluted.
Sora nodded as he tried to dodge the Gargoyle.
Jaq, Gus, and Mary flew around to the trapped residents of this world.
"Oh look sire, it's the mice." said the Grand Duke.
"Don't worry, we'll free you!" said Mary.
The mice worked together and tried to free the king first.
"So how do you know Cinderella?" asked Anastasia, curious, despite the fight going on.
"Cinderelly take good care of mice-mice after freeing us from those traps." said Jaq.
"Oh yes. She dresses us, feeds us, and gives us a home." said Mary.
"In return, we help her with anything she needs." said Jaq.
"Cinderelly really nice." said Gus.
"She sounds very nice indeed." said the king.
Anastasia then looked at Gus a little closer.
"Wait, weren't you in my teacup before the night of the ball?" she asked.
"Zugk-zugk." said Gus. "Gus-Gus hiding from Lucifee."
"You mean Lucifer?" asked Anastasia.
Gus nodded.
"Lucifee always give mice-mice a hard time." Jaq said with annoyance.
At that moment, the three mice freed the king.
"Why thank you." the king smiled. He grabbed the dagger. "Let's free the rest."
The king freed Anastasia from the ropes first and then the Grand Duke.
"Thank you sire." the Grand Duke said thankfully.
The six saw the fight up ahead. What caught their eye was Riku, Xion, Naminé, Mickey, Minnie, Max, Cinderella, and Kit trying to attack the Behemoth.
"There's gotta be a way we can help." said Anastasia.
"But we don't have any weapons." the Grand Duke pointed out.
"Improvising could work." said the king as he rubbed his chin. "But how do we do it?"
Gus looked back at the floating thrones.
"Uh, what about those?" he asked.
Everyone looked back at the thrones.
"Good idea Gus-Gus!" praised Jaq.
"Yeah! We're all floating in this weird place. So you three can use them on that monster." Mary said in agreement.
Anastasia, the king, and the Grand Duke looked at one another.
"It's worth a try." the king finally said.
At that time, Sora switched out End of Pain with Oathkeeper and then changed into his grey and white Light Form. The Gargoyle shrieked as it tried to snap it's jaws at Sora, but the brunette escaped that attack by doing an Aerial Dive attack. Sora then rushed at the Heartless and unleashed Radial Blaster, launching blade projectiles at the creature of darkness. The Gargoyle shot forward in rage at Sora, but Sora flew over it and performed Rising Spiral, sending Drizella's Heartless flying. Gripping Oathkeeper, Sora unleashed Black Hole, sending a pillar of light that obliterated the Gargoyle Heartless completely as a heart emerged from it to Kingdom Hearts.
Ven turned to Aqua and Terra and did some hand gestures as Vanitas closed in on them. This time, the two understood.
"Sounds good!" said Terra.
"Let's do this!" said Aqua.
"Follow my lead!" said Ven.
Ven, Terra, and Aqua came together and surrounded themselves in a green aura and 18 small green blades of light. They slashed Vanitas faster than lightning. Vanitas snarled as he held Void Gear up and attempted to slash at them.
"SEE YA!" said Ven.
The three of them spun like a cyclone with Lost Memory, Chaos Ripper and Brightcrest to unleash a massive energy whirlwind that sent Vanitas up higher in the air. The blades of the wind slashed him repeatedly.
"I'll take it from here!" said Terra.
Terra switched Chaos Ripper with Ends of the Earth and transformed it into its Ultima Cannon form, taking aim at the Organization member. Ven and Aqua held out their Keyblades in front of them with him.
"SAY GOODBYE!" said Terra.
The three of them shot a massive ball of orange energy surrounded by green and blue beams of light that sent Vanitas hurtling back in a massive explosion. Terra switched Ends of the Earth back with Chaos Ripper.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" Vanitas yelled as he zoomed back at them.
"My turn!" said Aqua.
She spun around like a ballerina, shooting out bullets of light with Ven and Terra floating beside her along with the small magical cyclone she created to blast out green and orange bullets of light. The three of them fired in all directions to blast Vanitas away once more.
"FAREWELL!" Aqua yelled.
They spread out their bodies to unleash a bigger blast.
"Aqua, Terra! Together!" said Ven.
The three of them came together and held out Lost Memory, Chaos Ripper, and Brightcrest together, aiming them at Vanitas. Their Keyblades gathered green, orange and blue energy.
"LIGHT!" they yelled.
The trio unleashed a beam of light surrounded by wind, earth, and water energy that exploded against Vanitas, making him scream in pain before he fell unconscious, Void Gear disappearing next to him.
The Behemoth smacked the group attacking it away and was about to charge at them when…
"TALLY HOOOOOO!"
Anastasia, the king, and the Grand Duke came flying forward with the thrones in their grasps, the king having shouted earlier. The lack of gravity allowed them to move the objects easily. With a thrust, the three smashed the thrones against the Behemoth's face, splintering wood scarring it in the process.
"Oh yeah!" cheered Jaq.
"Woo-hoo!" cheered Gus.
"Marvelous!" cheered Mary.
Sora beamed as he saw an opportunity. He changed back to his normal clothes and switched out Oathkeeper with Kingdom Key, just as Mickey, Donald, and Goofy pushed Anastasia, the king, and the Grand Duke out of the way of the distracted Heartless.
"Cinderella! Kit!" he called.
"Sora!" said Cinderella.
"Let's finish this!" said Kit.
The Behemoth flew at them, but Sora, Cinderella, and Kit held up their Keyblades and created a forcefield of magic. Moving their weapons around, they managed to move the force field around and bash the Behemoth multiple times.
"My turn!" said Cinderella.
The forcefield turned into an orb of magic surrounding the three in white magic. Cinderella aimed her Keyblade and all the magic turned into a surge of magic that crashed into the Behemoth.
"Heads up!" Kit shouted as he lunged forward and used his fencing skills to slash at the Behemoth before giving it an uppercut up the throat.
"Let's finish this!" said Sora.
"Together!" Cinderella and Kit said in unison.
The three aimed their Keyblades high up together as a swirl of white magic swirled around them.
"Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!" the three yelled as the magic combined with a light beam from all three Keyblades combined collided into the Behemoth, destroying it as a heart emerged from it to Kingdom Hearts, and creating a bright white flash that engulfed the entire dimension.
(Vanitas Final Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep ends)
The bright flash ended and soon, everyone found themselves back in the ballroom. Vanitas laid unconscious on the floor from Ven, Terra, and Aqua's combo attack.
"We did it!" Sora cheered.
Everyone cheered.
"Well done everyone!" said Mickey.
"That was quite the experience." murmured the Grand Duke.
"Yes indeed." the king nodded. "Now then, you go tell the guests that it is safe to come in."
"Yes sire!" the Grand Duke nodded as he ran off.
"Say Sora, we believe this belongs to your friend." said Jaq as he, Gus, and Mary held up the Diamond Dagger.
Sora smiled as he took it and tucked it into his belt. "Thanks, you three." he smiled.
"What about him?" Kit asked, gesturing to Vanitas.
Vanitas suddenly groaned as he got to his hands and knees, using the right hand to clutch his side.
"Ok fine, you win." he grunted before smirking. "But know this; I'll always come back." he said before teleporting away.
"Well at least he's out of our hair." said Naminé.
Soon, the Grand Duke and several more guards led the guests back in and they all filled the pews.
"I think there's still one last thing we have to do." said Cinderella, looking at Anastasia. "Right Anastasia?"
The redhead nodded.
Cinderella turned to the king. "If I may Your Majesty, I would like the wand back please."
"Oh of course." the king nodded as he pulled out the wand from his sleeve and handed it to Cinderella, who took hold of Anastasia hand with her free one.
"Bibbidi-bobbidi…" she began before looking at her stepsister.
"Boo." she finished.
A surge of magic came from the wand and out from the blast… was Fairy Godmother! She was still on the pedestal, but was no longer a statue.
"Oh, goodness! I certainly am stiff." she grunted as she adjusted herself.
"Fairy Godmother!" Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Aqua, and Terra exclaimed as the whole team ran up to her.
"Oh hello everyone!" she smiled.
"How are you feeling?" asked Kairi.
"Oh couldn't be better." Fairy Godmother replied. "So, you got sent to the past as well?"
"Unfortunately." Isa said before shrugging. "But luckily, we were there to help Cinderella stop her stepmother."
"Quite lucky indeed." Fairy Godmother said in agreement.
Anastasia walked over to the king, who had sat back down in his seat alongside the Grand Duke.
"Your Majesty... ...I don't deserve this." Anastasia said regretfully as she handed the seashell over to him.
The king gave her a forgiving smile as he held Anastasia's hand. "Everyone deserves true love." he said softly.
Anastasia was taken aback, but smiled as she suddenly hugged the king. He was surprised, but patted her on the back.
After handing Fairy Godmother back her wand, Cinderella took Kit's hand and they stood at the altar.
"Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!" Fairy Godmother said as a bals of magic hit Cinderella, restoring her dress.
"Thank you." Cinderella said softly.
"She looks so beautiful." Kairi said with a smile.
Riku frowned. "It's a shame that we have to fix the timeline now." he said. "Then they won't remember this."
"Hmm…" Fairy Godmother said as rubbed her chin before smiling. "Perhaps I can help with that."
Sora's team faced her.
"Whaddya mean Fairy Godmother?" asked Roxas.
"Let's wait until the guests leave." she replied.
Sora and his friends all looked at each other, but nodded.
"Well? Does anyone want to marry my son?" the king asked.
Cinderella smiled at Kit. "I do." she said.
The priest regained consciousness as he said, "I now pronounce you husband and wife." before falling unconscious again.
Cinderella and Kit smiled at one another before embracing in a passionate kiss as everyone applauded.
The king sighed in relief as he laid back in his chair with a smile, the Grand Duke patting his shoulders.
Anastasia smiled at her stepsister earning her true happiness, knowing that she may find her own soon.
Everyone then heard cheering. They looked up and saw that Jaq, Gus, and Mary had scampered up to the rafters and they, along with the bluebirds, were scattering flower petals in happiness.
Fairy Godmother turned to Sora and his friends.
"Well now, as lovely as this happily ever after is, I believe that I have a timeline to fix and I need to return all of us to the present." she said.
"That's right." nodded Mickey.
"But didn't you say that they're gonna remember this whole adventure?" asked Xion.
"They will dear." nodded Fairy Godmother. "But it takes several steps to make this happen. First, we erase the memories of you lot from the events that have happened since this morning."
She waved her wand around as she, Sora, and Co. all disappeared in a flash of magic. Magic also swirled around everyone in the ballroom. Cinderella and Kit made their way down the aisle greeting everyone, followed by Anastasia, the king, and the Grand Duke. None seemed to notice that 21 people had disappeared in a flash of magic.
Sora, Fairy Godmother, and Co. appeared outside the gates to the pathway up to the castle.
"So they don't remember us?" asked Terra.
"Only you and Ventus from the events prior to morning." Fairy Godmother replied. "Though Jaq and Gus still remember Aqua from when she helped them get the key to Cinderella's room."
"But won't I still be there when Lady Tremaine tries to mess with the glass slipper?" Aqua asked.
"Speaking of which, we should erase Past Aqua's memories of our encounter too." said Oswald.
"Then I'll be right back." said Fairy Godmother.
She waved her wand and disappeared in a flash of magic.
Dwarf Woodlands:
Past Aqua and the seven dwarfs watched Snow White and the prince ride off on the latter's horse as Fairy Godmother appeared in a flash of magic inside the dwarf's cottage. She waved her wand around her head to listen to Aqua's thoughts.
'I hope my future self and her friends have everyone under control.' Past Aqua thought to herself.
Fairy Godmother aimed her wand and a surge of magic hit Past Aqua in the head without her even realizing it. She listened in again.
'I hope Terra and Ven are ok.' Past Aqua thought.
Satisfied, Fairy Godmother disappeared again.
Castle of Dreams:
Fairy Godmother reappeared in front of Sora and Co… but behind the gates.
"Oh my." she said in surprise.
"Yeah…" Sora said awkwardly.
Fairy Godmother disappeared and reappeared on the right side of the path.
"So how's my past self?" Aqua asked.
"Doesn't remember a thing." Fairy Godmother replied.
"Good." nodded Aqua. "Now I think we can fix the timeline."
Ven seemed to be pondering something.
"Something on your mind Ven?" asked Xion.
"Yeah." Ven replied. "It's just that, Anastasia already found true love in a baker from the village and yet she somehow forgot about that before she got a hold of Fairy Godmother's wand."
"That's right." Kairi said in realization. "I bet Lady Tremaine gave her memory loss with a whack on the head so she'd forget about him and come back to the house to do the chores with Drizella."
"It's a shame though." said Sora. "Even though Drizella sided with her evil mother, she and Anastaisa were raised by her to be abusive to Cinderella, treating her like shit and all that."
"Tragic villains." noted Lea.
"There's gotta be a way for them to have a happily ever after themselves, away from their mother." said Sora.
"And Lucifer." added Ven.
"And Lucifer." Sora nodded.
Fairy Godmother pondered to herself.
"Well, I'm not one to change the past, but perhaps I can make a small adjustment." she said.
"What do you have in mind?" asked Mickey.
Fairy Godmother smiled as she raised her wand. "Just watch as I take you back to your proper timeline. Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"
A blast of white magic shot from the wand and surrounded the group of 21.
"Here we go again!" Myde said scaredly.
A gap formed in the magic, showing the group of 21 the timeline. It showed the events that had happened during the entire day (without Sora and his friends) rewind all the way to the moment Lady Tremaine, Drizella, and Anastasia arrived from the normal timeline. It showed Aqua falling off the stairs again.
"Fail!" Lea chortled as he, Myde, and Donald chuckled.
Aqua rolled her eyes.
The following memories were shown:
The explosion from the Cursed Carriage, harming the Treamines before Aqua fought it to protect Cinderella.
Aqua heading off to the next world.
Cinderella and Kit's original marriage celebration as the king picked up her glass slipper for her, getting a kiss on the head from her, making him smile and blush.
Everyone chuckled.
The Castle of Dreams falling to darkness.
Everyone watched in horror.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy meeting Fairy Godmother in Traverse Town as she examines the summon card that would summon Simba.
Cinderella inside a pod getting her heart back alongside Snow White, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine, and Alice after Sora destroyed Riku's dark Keyblade in his sacrifice to save Kairi.
The Castle of Dreams being restored from Ansem's wrath.
Cinderella and Kit returning from their honeymoon.
Cinderella, in an ugly pink dress and hairstyle, trying and failing to perform the necessary duties for a princess.
Cinderella's idea for the royal banquet being a success.
Fairy Godmother turning Jaq into a human.
Sora and Co.'s jaws dropped.
"So that's what Jaq looked like as a human." Naminé commented.
"Don't you mean Sir Hugh? A-hyuck!" Goofy chuckled.
Everyone laughed.
Jaq accidentally making the elephant at the spring fair go on a rampage with the king still on board.
Fairy Godmother turning Jaq back into a mouse, making the elephant skid to a stop in fear, launching the king into the air and onto a seat on the Ferris Wheel… commenting how he could see his castel before waving to the cheering crowd.
"He just rode on an elephant that went on a rampage, gets thrown onto the Ferris Wheel and that's his response?" Lea asked incredulously.
Cinderella, Gus, and Mary congratulating Jaq for his bravery. Mary then kisses Jaq. Jaq then happily kissed her back.
Anastasia meets the baker in his shop.
Cinderella helps Anastasia freshen up in a new look.
Jaq, Gus, Mary, and the mice helping Lucifer look nice for the castle's cat Pom-Pom.
Anastasia gets ready to meet the baker as she dances dreamily to the music from her music box. Lucifer, who's dreamily dancing with Pom-Pom's ribbon, gets picked up by her and the two dance. Lady Tremaine walks by the room as this happens. She stops and looks back to see Anastasdia brushing her hair. She's about to leave when she sees Lucifer dance in place with the ribbon and land on his bottom. She says nothing as she closes the door.
Everyone laughed.
Lucifer wins Pom-Pom's heart... only for them to attack the mice, which leads to Pom-Pom getting a water bucket on her head, making her break up with Lucifer and he receives a broomstick on the head from the mice.
"Some people just never change." Minnie sighed sadly.
Anastaisa stands up to her mother when she's with the baker and Cinderella looks on proudly.
At the royal ball, Cinderella dances with Kit and Anastasia dances with the baker as the redhead thanks the princess for her help in her finding true love.
The mice all working on the book about the banquet, mouse-turned-human tale, and Anastasia's uncommon romance.
Cinderella reading said book in the library as she, Fairy Godmother, and the mice all sat in chairs on long pillows by a warm fire in the fireplace.
Sometime later, Anastasia is daydreaming about the baker when Lady Tremaine sneaks up behind her with a shovel and whacks her unconscious.
"So that's how Anastasia forgot about the baker!" Kairi gasped.
"That old bitch is just as bad as Gothel!" sneered Daisy.
"Do not fret." Fairy Godmother said with a smile. "You wanted the stepsisters to have a proper happily ever after after the horrid way they were raised? You got it."
Fairy Godmother raised her wand and a surge of magic hit the image of the timeline.
The memory of Lady Tremaine giving Anastisa memory loss of the baker rewinded and faded to show another image of Anastasia, in tears, telling Cinderella, Kit, the king, the Grand Duke, Prudence, and Cinderella's Ladies-In-Waiting, beatrice and Daphne, what her mother tried to do.
The castle guards led Lady Tremaine away onto a boat with her hands tied behind her back. Two more guards followed with Lucifer and Pom-Pom in cages onto said boat as well.
"As you can see, Anastaisa avoided memory loss of her true love and ran to the castle." Fairy Godmother explained. "Cinderella just so happened to be in town again at the time in disguise when she found her. Seeing that her stepsister was in trouble, she took her back to the castle. Anastasia told them everything that had happened. The king ordered Lady Tremaine arrested for such abuse on both Anastasia and much more on Cinderella after her father's untimely death. Lady Tremaine was banished from the kingdom, along with Lucifer since the mice revealed the kind of trouble maker he was to them, Cinderella, and the other animals at the house in the adjacent barnyard."
"And the castle cat?" Donald asked.
"Pom-Pom caused too much trouble in the castle as well after the mice, birds, and Cinderella's dog Bruno moved in." Fairy Godmother explained. "A week after the mice made that book, the rest of the castle couldn't talk about them. But Cinderella, Prince Charming, and I helped the mice convince the staff that they were all harmless. And they proved their worth. Pom-Pom was enraged and attacked. The final straw for the king was when she almost swallowed poor Gus."
Everyone gasped in horror.
"Luckily, the king saved Gus before that could happen." Fairy Godmother continued. "He was enraged. In agreement with everyone in the castle, Pom-Pom was banished from the kingdom. Around that time was when Anastasia found Cinderella. Lady tremaine, Lucifer, and Pom-Pom were banished to another kingdom where they were locked up for their crimes, decreasing the risk of them breaking out and getting revenge."
"And Drizella?" asked Kairi.
"See for yourselves." Fairy Godmother smiled.
Not long after the boat took Lady Tremaine, Lucifer, and Pom-Pom away, Cinderella and Anastaisa approached Drizella, offering her a chance at a better life. Drizella hesitated, but eventually complied. The three rode back with Kit, the king, and the Grand Duke back to the castle.
"That was nice of them!" Minnie said happily. "Now Drizella's away from the abused life like her sister and stepsister."
"So now what?" asked Max.
"Now, our return!" said Fairy Godmother.
The image of the timeline disappeared along with the magic swirl around the group. When it cleared, it revealed them standing inside the castle ballroom in front of the doors.
"Whoa…" everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"Are… are we back?" asked Terra.
"See for yourselves." said Fairy Godmother.
Everyone looked ahead and gasped.
There, Cinderella and Kit came in from the back in the same clothes they wore the night of the ball and for their anniversary celebration. Jaq, Gus, and Mary were on Cinderella's shoulders. At that moment, the king, the Grand Duke, Prudence, Anastasia, Drizella, the baker, and Cinderella's two Ladies-In-Waiting, Beatrice and Daphne, came in from the other direction.
The Grand Duke wore a different collared attire similar to his regular one. He wore a high-collared, turquoise jacket, dark teal pants, a tasseled, gold pauldron on each shoulder, a blue belt with a teal, and a dark teal sash over his left shoulder and right hip.
Drizella also wore a different colored attire similar to her regular one. Her ribbon was light green and her dress was chartreuse-and-olive
Anastasia was dressed neatly. She wore a different shade of purple long-sleeved gown as her collar resembled a short cape with a dark blue jewel at the center. Her red hair was loose and wore a purple choker and brown flats. She also wore golden rounded earrings on her ear and matching three golden bracelets on her left wrist.
Beatrice was tall and slender with sandy-blonde hair and dark blue eyes and wore a cornflower blue dress with purple lining.
Daphne was shorter and chubbier with brown hair and blue eyes and wore a salmon pink dress.
The Baker was a chubby man with a fair complexion and honey-blond hair. He wore a dark blue tuxedo with a lighter colored ascot with black hard sole shoes.
Jaq, Gus, Mary, the king and Prudence wore their regular attires.
"The timeline really is fixed." said Terra. "Which means that the timeline Lady Tremaine created is gone."
"It's come undone, all of it." said Lea. (3)
"Welcome back everyone." the Grand Duke greeted.
"So I take it the anniversary dinner was a success?" the king asked.
"Oh it was wonderful." Cinderella said happily.
"Fairy Godmother, the mice, and our new friends put together quite the scene for us all to enjoy." Kit said in agreement.
"Where are your new friends?" asked Prudence. "Did they follow you back?"
The five shook their heads.
"No they just disappeared." said Cinderella. "Fairy Godmother did too."
"How strange." said anastasia.
"How odd." Drizella said in agreement.
"Where do you think she went?" asked the king.
"Right here, dear!"
The residences of the castle looked and saw Fairy Godmother walk up with Sora and Co. behind them.
"Oh there you are!" exclaimed Cinderella. "Where did you wander off to?"
"It's… a long story." Sora awkwardly answered.
"Though it's kinda hard for us to explain." said Mickey.
Everyone looked confused.
"Duh, whaddya mean?" asked Gus.
"You'll see." said Fairy Godmother with a smile. "Or rather, you'll remember. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!"
A blast of magic surrounded the heads of Cinderella, Kit, Anastasia, Drizella, Jaq, Gus, Mary, the king, the Grand Duke, and Prudence.
"What's going on?" asked Daphne, nervous.
"I haven't the faintest idea." Beatrice replied, more confused than scared.
When the magic faded away, those who had been affected looked on in surprise before they faced Sora, Fairy Godmother, and Co.
"I… I remember!" Cinderella gasped in surprise. "I remember Stepmother with the wand."
"So do I!" said Kit. "And when she casted that spell on me!"
"When mother made the glass slipper fit me." said Anastasia.
"Being a toad." Drizella shuddered.
"Lucifee as a human!" said Jaq.
"Anastasia as Cinderelly!" said Gus.
"The runaway pumpkin!" said Mary.
"You posing as a royal mouse catcher!" Prudence said as she looked at Cinderella.
"That crazy magical wedding!" the Grand Duke shuddered.
"And that battle in that weird world with those creatures and that man dressed in red and black!" said the king.
"We remember it all!" said Cinderella.
Beatrice, Daphne, and the baker looked confused.
"I'm sorry, but what are you all talking about?" the baker asked.
"How did the slipper fit Anastasia if it wasn't her size?" asked Beatrice.
"And when was Cinderella a royal mouse catcher?" asked Daphne.
Everyone looked at one another.
"That took place in an alternate timeline thanks to Anastasia and Drizella's mother, Lady Tremaine." said Riku.
"What did she have to do with this exactly?" asked Prudence.
"During Cinderella and Kit's anniversary, Fairy Godmother lost her wand and Anastasia found it." said Sora.
"I just wanted all of our troubles to be over at our rundown home, but she used it for revenge against Cinderella." said Anastasia.
"But I thought you found your true love in the baker." the Grand Duke said in confusion.
"Her own mother wanted her to forget about him so she could come back to the manor and work as a servant alongside Drizella." said Kairi. "So she gave her memory loss with a shovel. Fairy Godmother prevented that from happening with her magic."
"I see." the Grand Duke mused, rubbing his chin.
"Mother reversed the timeline to when the Grand Duke came with the slipper." said Drizella.
"By that time, I was still locked in my room when my mice friends helped free me." said Cinderella.
"Then Tremaine used the wand to make the slipper fit Anastasia and destroyed the one Cinderella had so she couldn't prove it was her." said Lea.
"I had my suspicions when Anastasia came into the room as the girl in the glass slipper, but her mother cast a spell on me so I would think she was the girl I met in the forest and then the ball." said Kit.
"At that time, I was determined to show the price it was me." said Cinderella. "Sora and his friends accompanied me, Jaq, Gus, and Mary to help."
"And what's when she posed as a royal mouse catcher apparently." added Prudence.
"I almost reversed the spell when I had the wand, but Stepmother beat me to it and had me banished." said Cinderella.
"That's horrible!" exclaimed Daphne.
"But how were you saved?" questioned Beatrice.
"Mice-mice show Princey tha truth through son!" said Jaq.
"And it was quite the song." Kit added with a smile.
"We found Cinderella and after dealing with a new enemy of ours, brought her back." said Donald.
"And just by touching the prince's hand, the spell was broken!" said Goofy.
"But mother had one last trick up her sleeve." said Anastasia. "She used the wand to make me look like Cinderella and sent her, her mice friends, and those twenty people away." said Anastasia. She looked at her stepsister, her stepbrother-in-law, and the Keybearers and asked, "How did she do that by the way?"
"She teleported us into a rotten pumpkin carriage and made Lucifer a human coachman." said Sora. "The idea was that he'd send us all to our deaths while an enemy of ours named Vanitas kidnapped Cinderella and possibly Kairi as well."
Everyone who wasn't there gasped.
"The twenty of us were trapped in vines." said Kairi before smiling. "Luckily, our friend Lena sent us a special weapon to the carriage so Cinderella could free us."
"Xion and I dealt with Lucifer before we all escaped the carriage." said Ven.
"We got to the wedding just in time." said Xion. "And you all remember what happened then right?"
"Of course." said Cinderella. "Anastasia said 'I don't.'"
"That old woman turned many guards into animals." said the Grand Duke.
"Ven sacrificed himself to save his friends before Anastasia restored him with the wand." said Kit.
"Mother and I were turned into toads." Drizella shuddered.
"And then there was that battle with that black-haired boy and those monsters." said Anastasia.
"It was quite the scene indeed, being able to fly like that." the king mused.
"And then Cinderelly and princey got married!" said Gus.
"And after that, I erased the memories of everyone in the castle so I could fix the timeline and then give them back to you." Fairy Godmother finished.
"Wow… that's quite the adventure." the baker commented.
"But in the end, it looks like everything worked out in the end." said Sora.
"So I guess you two live in the castle now?" Kairi asked the Tremaine siblings.
"Of course they do. I let them live with us." said Cinderella with a smile.
"She let me live with them first not long after mother tried to give me memory loss like you said." said Anastasia. "Since I fell in ,ove with this nice baker, I asked if he could move in with us."
"Cinderellla convinced me to let him move in like she did with her stepsisters." said the king. "And this fine young man here is great in the kitchen. He is a very good baker."
The baker smiled.
"They gave me a chance for a better life. A chance at redemption. Actual happiness mother never gave me." said Drizella, looking at Cinderella and Anastasia thankfully.
"Well that's nice." smiled Minnie.
"We're also Cinderella's third and fourth Ladies-In-Waiting." said Anastasia.
"Beatrice and Daphne have been showing them how to do so." Prudence added, said ladies nodding in agreement.
"Oh! Just like me to Minnie." said Daisy, getting a smile from her queen/best friend.
"Do you still have the seashell the king gave you Anastasia?" Ven asked the redhead, curious.
Anastasia smiled as she pulled it out. "I sure do." she said as she held it close to her heart.
"Glad to see everything worked out in the end." said Sora.
"And I want to especially thank the 20 of you for your help." said Cinderella with a smile. "Thanks to you, the timeline is fixed, my stepsisters are redeemed, and our world is safe from the darkness.
"Is there anything we can do to repay you?" asked Kit.
Sora and Co. traded glances.
"Well there is one thing." said Donald.
"We're assembling an army to stop our enemies from wreaking havoc across the worlds, especially since this world fell to darkness before." said Riku.
"We were wondering if anyone wanted to join." said Sora.
The castle residents traded glances. Cinderella and Kit stepped up.
"I'll help." said Cinderella.
"Me too." said Kit.
"Mice-mice help too!" said Jaq.
"Yeah! Mice-mice fight bad guys!" said Gus, putting up his fists.
"We may be small, but we can be very helpful." said Mary.
"Oh we know that. We have several friends back at Mickey and Minnie's castle that are very helpful despite their small sizes." said Kairi, thinking of the Rescue Rangers.
Kit faced his dad. "Dad, I know it seems risky but-"
Kit was cut off by the king holding up his hand and smiling. "Say no more son. You and your wife are helping protect my kingdom and our world by protecting the rest at the same time. I've fought many battles before you were born. I know you have it in you." he said.
"Thanks Dad." smiled Kit.
"And we'll help you learn how to use your Keyblades." said Naminé.
"You can still summon them right?" asked Ortensia.
Cinderella and Kit looked at their hands.
"Not sure." said Cinderella. "How do you summon yours?"
"You call to it in your heart." said Aqua as she summoned Stormfall.
"It's also in the snap of the wrist as well." said Lea, summoning Flame Liberator.
Cinderella and Kit traded glances before holding out their hands and closed their eyes. And then in bright flashes… their Keyblades appeared.
"WHOA!" all the castle residents exclaimed.
Fairy Godmother only smiled.
"There ya go!" said Ven.
"This is…" Kit began, studying his new weapon.
"Amazing…" Cinderella finished.
"So are they… magic now?" asked Prudence.
"This world chose them to be it's Keyblade Wielders." said Sora.
"So, what are ya gonna call 'em?" asked Myde.
The two thought for a minute before they replied.
"Stroke of Midnight." said Cinderella.
"Enchantment Night." said Kit.
"Good choices." said Oswald.
"You might want to change out of your dress clothes before we leave." said Donald.
Cinderella and Kit nodded as they walked off, the castle residents following them.
Cinderella's room:
Cinderella was getting ready to leave as she tied a light blue bow in her hair. She was now in a different version of her maiden attire. The bottom of her dress was blue with the top halved being a lighter shade with a sky blue undershirt, and brown shoes.
Down below, Jaq, Gus, and Mary were saying goodbye to their mice and bird friends.
"Do you have to leave?" asked Mert.
"It sounds dangerous." said Bert, Mert's identical twin.
"Yeah, but mice-mice always loyal to Cinderelly." said Jaq.
"And those meanies won't-a see us comin'!" said Gus.
"But we'll be ok," said Mary as she came up with her paws behind her back.
"Well… ok. As long as you know what you're doing." said Luke, the shortest mouse of them all dressed in mint-green.
"Take care of Cinderelly and the prince." said Suzy, the female mouse dressed in blue.
"And come back safe and sound." added Perla, the mousette dressed in purple.
"Don't worry, we will." Mary smiled as she held out something for Jaq. It was a blue jacket with three yellow buttons she made for him before the Spring festival. "Remember this Jaq?"
Jaq smiled. "How could I not? Thanks Mary." he said before taking the coat and giving Mary a kiss on the cheek. Mary giggled and blushed.
"Alright fellas, ready to go?" asked Cinderella.
"Zugk-zugk Cinderelly. Zugk-zugk." nodded Jaq, slipping on his blue coat over his orange one.
The mice all waved goodbye as Cinderella allowed Jaq, Gus, and Mary to climb onto her shoulder.
As Cinderella began to walk away, a brown bloodhound dog came up, looking sad.
"Don't worry Bruno." Cinderella soothed as she petted her dog. "We'll be back before you know it. You'll help take care of the mice, right?"
Bruno happily barked in agreement.
Cinderella giggled as she petted him. "Bye Bruno!" she said as she exited her room.
Soon, Cinderella, Kit, Jaq, Gus, and Mary arrived back in the throne room where Sora and Co. were waiting. Fairy Godmother was there too.
Kit now wore the attire he practiced his fencing in: a white long-sleeved collared shirt, red pants with a gold stripe, golden belt, and black dress shoes.
"You ready to go?" asked Sora.
"Yep." said Cinderella as Jaq, Gus, and Mary jumped from her shoulders and onto the floor in front of her and Kit. "We said goodbye to everyone and they wished us luck."
"We're ready." said Kit.
"Nice." said Sora before noticing Jaq's jacket. "Hey, nice coat Jaq."
"Thanka ya Sora." Jaq smiled. "Mary made it for me."
"You got good sewing skills Mary." Minnie complimented.
Mary giggled.
"By the way, what should we call that attack we did together?" Sora asked.
"How about... Dream Striker?" Cinderella suggested.
"I like that." nodded Kit.
"Me too." nodded Sora.
"I feel like something's missing." said Lea.
Then, Fairy Godmother's wand began to glow and floated out of her grasp and into the air.
"Oh my goodness!" she exclaimed.
"Ah, there it is." said Lea.
"What's happening?" asked Cinderella, taken aback.
"Nothing to worry about." assured Xion.
Ven summoned Wayward Wind and held it out in front of him as a crown emblem appeared under his feet. The wand shot a beam into the air, revealing a keyhole. Ven aimed Wayward Wind up and a beam shot out from it into the keyhole as a locking noise was heard.
The six residents of the Castle of Dreams were in awe, especially the royals and mice.
"Duh… what was that?" asked Gus as Fairy Godmother's wand returned to her grasp.
"The gateway is open!" said Donald.
"Now we can leave and get back home!" added Goofy.
"In that case, I'd better head to Radiant Garden to see if they need anything." said Fairy Godmother. "Then I'll check in on Master Yen Sid, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather at Mysteroisy Tower. Perhaps I'll pop by the Secret Forest and help with the raining."
"See ya then!" said Mickey.
Fairy Godmother nodded as she vanished in a swirl of magic.
Mickey pulled out the Gummiship remote and pressed some buttons. 23 beams came down and engulfed the group, one managing to engulf Jaq, Gus, and Mary as they were all beamed back up to the Gummiship.
Gummiship:
Jiminy was watching Wayne's World when everyone beamed in.
"Oh hey everyone!" Jiminy greeted, pausing the movie. "How was the Castle of Dreams?"
"Crazy." Myde replied.
Jiminy cocked an eyebrow. "How so?" he asked.
"We'll tell you later." said Daisy.
"Wayne's World huh?" Lea asked, seeing the movie. "What did ya think of Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey with long hair?"
"Pretty interesting." Jiminy replied.
"I liked Tia Carrera in that movie." said Kairi.
"Same." said Naminé.
At that time, Cinderella, Kit, Jaq, Gus, and Mary were looking around the ship in awe.
"What is this place?" asked Cinderella.
"Our transportation from world to world!" said Goofy as he took the pilot's seat.
"I've never seen anything like this before." said Kit as he looked out at the Lanes-In-Between.
"Where we come from, inventions are very ahead of their time." said Minnie.
"Especially from friends of ours that are extremely smart." Ven added in agreement.
"Fascinating." Cinderella said in awe.
Goofy took the pilot's seat, Donald took the co-pilot's seat, and Max took the weapon's seat.
"Alright fellers! Next stop, Disney Castle!" said Goofy.
And the Gummi Ship sailed away.
Secret Forest:
In the training area, Hayner, Pence, Olette, Dilan, Even, Aeleus, and Ienzo were training the army. Since they were bored earlier, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June were watching them.
"Ok Keybearers, let's see how well your Fire spells are." said Even as he used his shield to surround them in ice.
Using their Keyblades, Aladdin, Jasmine, Woody, Buzz, Milo, Kida, Rapunzel, and Eugene casted Fira against the ice from all directions, shattering it.
"Good work." Even said approvingly.
"Now put out these flames." said Ienzo.
Ienzo had his Lexicon engulfed in blue flames before he sent it to fly around the eight, surrounding them in a circle of blue flames.
"I've never seen blue fire before." Rapunzel commented.
"Should we use a water or an ice spell?" asked Milo.
"Let's do water." said Woody. "Firefighters use it all the time against regular fires."
"Works for me." said Buzz.
The eight used Watera to put out the flames.
"Good work." Ienzo said with a few small claps.
"How was it that their water spells were less powerful than their fire spells?" Huey asked curiously.
"Fire is more deadly than water." April pointed out. "Guess they were just being careful."
"Now, try to destroy this rock pillar." said Aeleus as he slammed his axe-hammer against the ground, creating a large rock pillar.
The eight looked at one another.
"What's a good spell that can destroy a large rock?" asked Aladdin.
"Depends." said Milo. "Is it granite, igneous, pumice, something like that?"
"Yeah, I don't think it matters." said Eugene.
"What about Raging Storm?" suggested Jasmine.
"Ooh yeah! That sounds like a great idea!" said Rapunzel.
"But not so powerful that we end up knocking everyone off their feet." said Woody.
Aiming their Keyblades, all eight unleashed a Raging Storm spell that destroyed the rock.
The Duck girls and Duckburg Six cheered.
"Way to go you guys!" cheered Webby.
"That was awesome!" Dewey exclaimed.
"Thanks guys." smiled Rapunzel.
"I see everything's coming along nicely."
Everyone turned and saw Sora and Co. walk up with Cinderella, Kit, Jaq, Gus, and Mary behind them. It had been Mickey who spoke.
"Oh hey guys!" greeted Pence.
"How was the mission?" asked Olette.
"Chaotic." Lea replied. "But we got through it and brought more recruits." he added, gesturing to the new members.
"Sounds good." said Hayner. "And if you're looking for the other members, Seifer, his crew, the Restoration Committee, and the Turks are training them."
"Good to know." said Riku.
"Wait, are you Cinderella?!" Webby asked eagerly as she ran up to the princess.
Cinderella giggled at Webby's enthusiasm. "Why yes, you've heard of me?" she asked.
"Of course! I read all about the Princesses of Heart!" Webby replied.
"Wait a minute…" said Jasmine as she walked up and gasped. "Cinderella?"
Cinderella gasped. "Jasmine? Is that you?" she asked.
"It is!" the Arabian princess replied as she hugged her fellow Princess of Heart. "You haven't aged a day!"
"Neither have you!" Cinderella laughed.
"They know each other?" asked Kida.
"They're both among the 7 Princesses of Heart like me." said Kairi.
"They all got to know one another before they went back to their restored worlds." added Naminé.
"So she's a princess like the three of us?" Rapunzel asked, gestrying to herself, Kida, and Jasmine.
"Yeah but she married royalty like Aladdin." said Roxas.
"And there he is." said Ven, gesturing to Kit.
"Nice to meet you all." Kit said with a smile.
"Pleasure's ours, fellow prince." said Aladdin, shaking Kit's hand.
Webby bent down to the mice's level.
"And who are these little guys?" she asked.
"I'm Jaq." said Jaq.
"Imma Gus!" said Gus.
"And I'm Mary. Jaq's girlfriend." said Mary.
"Aww!" Webby cooed. "You guys are so cute!"
"Ok guys, you can rest for a while." said Hayner to the army.
"The others should be done soon." added Pence.
The army nodded as they went to their temporary homes.
"Where will we stay in this world?" asked Cinderella.
"A temporary home will appear through magic." Sora said.
Down a path, they saw several houses that had appeared across or next to temporary home Aladdin, Jasmine, Cassim, Genie, Iago, and Abu were staying in.
Woody and Buzz's home looked similar to Buzz' spaceship from his TV, but with a cowboy hat on top.
Milo, Kida, Audrey, Mole, Sweet, Cookie, and Mrs. Packard's home was similar to one of Atlantian houses back in Atlantis.
Finally, Rapunzel, Eugene, and Pascal's home was a house with a pattern similar to the tower with a purple roof and a stable in the back for Maximus.
Though some magic, a new home appeared next to Woody and Buzz's house. It was in a similar design of the castle with a blue roof.
"And there you go." said Sora.
"Thank you." Cinderella smiled as she, Kit, and the mice entered their temporary home.
As soon as they were out of sight, Reno and Rude came up behind the Keybalde wielders, apprentices, and nine best friends. They were still dressed up as cops.
"Hey you lot, we're back." said Reno.
Everyone turned around.
"Hey Reno. Hey Rude." greeted Terra.
"Ah, your back."
Everyone turned and saw Rufus, Tseng, and Elena walk up. It had been Tseng who spoke.
"Everything work out ok?" Tseng asked.
"Yep." nodded Rude. "We would've been here an hour ago but we had deal with some crooks resisting police officers."
"Wait, why are you guys police officers?" asked Sora.
"I blew up Malaysia." Reno replied. (4)
"Ah. That explains a lot." said Riku.
"Luckily, our shift was only for today." said Rude.
"Well we're done with training for the day." said Rufus. "But you can come back to the company building for some leftovers from yesterday's potluck."
"Sounds good." said Reno.
"We're gonna head back to Radiant Garden." said Ienzo.
"And we'd better head back to the castle for dinner." said Mickey.
"Tea Time's cooking out." said Lena.
"Sounds great." said Aqua.
They all began to walk to the portal.
"So did anything else happen there?" asked May.
Xion looked at Ven. "Well... one thing did." she said with a smile, taking the brunette hand. Ven smile back.
Hayner, Pence, Olette, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June gasped.
"Wait, are you two together now?" asked Huey,
"You bet." said Ven.
Webby squealed in happiness. "OHMYGOSH! You guys are such a cute couple!" she cheered. "Congratulations, you two deserve each other SO MUCH!"
Everyone chuckled at Webby's enthusiasm.
"Thanks Webby." Ven smiled.
"Hey Lena?" said Sora.
"Hmm?" the magic duck asked.
Sora smiled. "Thanks for your help."
Lena was surprised, but smiled back. "Oh, well, your welcome Sora." she replied.
Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Violet, April, May, and June looked puzzled.
"Huh?" said May.
"How did she help you guys?" asked Louie.
"We were in a tight spot." said Mickey. "We were trapped by strong vines."
Sora pulled out the Diamond Dagger from his belt. "And then this thing appears in the carriage and Cinderella used it to free us." he added as he handed it back to Lena, who accepted it.
"Whoa!" Dewey said in amazement.
"Wait, how did you know that they were in danger?" Violet asked.
"I was bored so i decided to see what these guys were up to." Lena replied. "When I saw them trapped and heard Oswald say that they needed something really sharp, I immediately sent my Diamond Dagger there so Cinderella could free them."
The kids were surprised but smiled happily. Webby hugged Lena.
"Way to go Lena!" she cheered.
"Just proves that you aren't like Magica at all." Louie said proudly.
"No biggie." Lena said modestly.
"Actually it was." Aqua contradicted.
"She's right." said Xion. "If it wasn't for you Lena, we would've died in a crash off a cliff."
The kids gasped.
"Are you serious?!" exclaimed Dewey.
"Sadly, yes." said Isa.
The kids then smiled at Lena.
"You're a hero!" cheered Webby.
"Nice job Lena!" cheered Dewey.
"That's my girl." Louie smiled.
Lena smiled and blushed at the praise. "Gee, thanks guys." she said.
"C'mon fellas, let's get some grub." said Mickey.
Everyone nodded as they continued walking.
"So when do you think we'll head to another world?" asked Kairi.
"After all the timeline chaos, I think we need a break before we do." said Sora.
"Plus, I think we'll have nothing too major to worry about for a while." said Ven.
"I won't be worried as logn as I'm with you." said Xion, holing Ven's hand.
Ven smiled as they walked along.
"Ven's right." said Lea. "I mean, what's the worst that can happen?"
Agrabah:
Liquidator and Bushroot were in Jafar's old home.
"Here's today's question: Why are we here?" asked Liquidator.
"Looking for something Jafar wore so we can get a DNA sample." said Bushroot. He then spotted something out of the corner of his eye. "Perfect!"
Slipping on some gloves, Bushroot took hold of a piece of clothing.
"What's that?" asked Liquidator.
"A spare attire from when Jafar was a Royal Advisor." said Bushroot. He took out a cue stick. "Now to swab for DNA skin cells. Keep a lookout." he said as he began to swab.
"Right on!" Liquidator saluted.
Pride Lands:
Steelbeak peeked into the den of Pride Rock.
"No lions here Heron!" he called to the F.O.W.L. agent.
"Keep it down!" Heron hissed as she slipped on an eyeglass. "We don't want attention from anyone else while I look.
Heron got on the ground in front of Pride Rock.
"Let's see here. This was where Scar fell from when he was pushed off of Pride Rock. There must be a loose lion hair here somewhere."
Heron pulled out a duster and dusted the dirt. Then, a small thin black hair was revealed. Heron picked it up with a pair of tweezers and pressed a button on her eyeglass at it scanned the hair.
"Searching, searchin, aha!" Heron exclaimed. "It's a lion hair alright! A mane one at that. And since this is a black hair, it must belong to Scar as he had a black mane."
Heron placed the hair in a bag.
"Alright Steelbeak, let's go." she said as she snapped her fingers on her non-robotic hand and a corridor opened up.
"Ha! Easiest mission ever!" Steelbeak grinned.
Land of the Dragons:
Marluxia and Larxene snuck into the palace through a corridor. They were in a room with various swords and other weapons.
"Why are we here again?" asked Larxene.
"To find Shan-Yu's sword." said Marluxia. "He wielded it in his gloveless hand, so it should have a a DNA signature on it since he wielded it so much when leading the Huns."
Larxene looked around until she saw a sword right across from them.
"Bingo." she smirked. "I remember seeing him wield that during a mission here."
"Grab it and we'll take it back for the geniuses to swab for a DNA sample." said Marluxia.
Larxene grabbed the sword and followed Marluxia back through the corridor.
Atlantica:
Pete and Mortimer were wearing scuba gear as they swam down to Ursula's old home.
"So where can we find a DNA-thingy sample?" asked Pete.
"Something she uses often." said Mortimer.
They swam around until they found what looked like a white hair next to Ursula's old mirror.
"Here we go." Mortimer smirked as he grabbed it. "White hair just like that crazy octopus."
"Morgana's the crazy one." said Pete.
"Whatever. C'mon, let's get back to the castle." said Mortimer.
With that, they swam out.
Kingdom of Corona:
Megavolt and Quackerjack were walking around the tower Gothel kept Rapunzel in.
"How did we get stuck looking for DNA samples of the dead?" Megavolt groaned. "I work in electronics and you work in toys."
"I know!" said Quackerjack. "You'd think this would be easier."
Quackerjack went up into Gothel's old bedroom and saw something on her nightstand. It was a hairbrush she usually used on Roaunel's hair when it was still long and golden.
"Hmm." the crazy toy maker thought as he stroked his chin. "Hey Megavolt, I need some light ever here."
"Ok ok ok I'm comin'." the weasel groaned as he came over, brought out a spare lightbulb and used hsi electricity to power it up.
Quackerjacks's eyes widened when he saw that in the hairbrush were small black strands.
"Yes!" he cheered, picking one up. "A piece of Gothel's hair!"
"Huh. That was easier than I expected." Megavolt commented. "Let's head back."
Castle That Never Was, The Sanctum of Time:
Xehanort and Maleficent were standing with Magica and Shellgoose in front of the hourglasses that had their tops taken off. Negaduck came out of a corridor of darkness.
"How is my old apprentice?" asked Xehanort.
"Vanitas is doin' well in recovery." said Negaduck. "That wolf pirate is still out like a light."
"Any word from our teams?" asked Maleficent.
Negaduck grinned. "They should be back by now."
At that moment, five corridors of darkness opened up. Marluxia and Larxene came out of one, followed by Pete and Mortimer, Black Heron and Steelbeak, Megavolt and Quackerjack, and Bushroot and Liquidator.
"You got the samples?" asked Felldrake.
"We sure do!" said Liquidator.
"Though this one's a bit wet." said Pete.
"No matter." said Xehanort. "Now Magica and Felldrake can use this DNA combined with their magic to bring our allies back to life."
"But this isn't all of our fallen allies." said Megavolt.
"Sa'luk, Rourke, and Helga will be a different strategy we'll accomplish in the future." said Xehanort.
"Davy Jones could be brought back, but the aftereffects of his curse prevent us from doing so." added Maleficent.
"Forte was destroyed as a piano, so he won't be coming back either." said Larxene.
"And Gozer was vanquished without a trace." said Marluxia.
"Oogie Boogie can be taken care of through manipulating three little brats." added Pete.
"But for now, with these samples, we can start replenishing our numbers on the side of darkness." said Maleficent. She turned to her fellow magic-users. "You ready?"
"Ready." Magica and Shellgoose said in unison.
Shellgoose used the staff to levitate the hair samples of Scar, Usrula, and Gothel into three hour glasses.
Blakc Heron swabbed a DNA sample from Shan-Yu's sword and it along with Bushroot's DNA skin sample from Jafar's spare clothes were extracted by Magica and sent them into their own separate hourglasses with her magic.
"It'll be a while until they develop back into who they originally came from." said Felldrake.
"We'll have plenty of time." said Xehanort. "Good work everyone. Now dismissed."
The scavenger teams left through a corridor. Xehanort, Maleficent, Magica, Negaduck, Felldrake, and Shellgoose watched as the samples started to move around slightly.
"The spell seems to be working." Shellgoose commented.
"Indeed." nodded Xehanort as he smiled evilly. "No matter how many times the Guardians of Light slay our allies… we'll always get them back…"
To be continued…
The Castle of Dreams is safe and the timeline's restored! But now the Seekers of Darkness are gonna try to get some of their fallen allies back.
Special thanks to jdimock for the name of Kit Charming's Keyblade "Enchantment Night" and how the timeline was fixed.
Next chapter, Sora and his team go to a world where it's a winter wonderland… when it's supposed to be summer.
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(1) The Loud House episode "Scales of Justice"
(2) Before Midnight (2019) Keyblade by ExusiaSword on DeviantArt.
(3) Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated episode "Come Undone"
(4) Johnny Test episode "Runaway Johnny"