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.

39. Chapter 39: New Friends, New Recruits

UPDATE: After looking over this chapter, I realized that it was WAY too long. So I decided to split up what was originally one chapter into two.

The NEXT chapter will be Monstropolis.

Here get some visitors and their stories lead to Sora and Co. getting nine extra teammates.

Guest - Kronk doesn't attend ALL of the meetings. They'll find out in the future.

Enjoy!

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Secret Forest:

Ludwig, Gyro, Fenton, Gandra, and Fethry were standing in front of the simulation machine, working the controls. It had been upgraded so it would be more stable.

Leon, Cloud, Aerith, Yuffie, Tifa, Cid, Zach, Reno, Rude, Tseng, and Elena, weapons and fists out, were getting ready to test it out.

Hayner, Pence, Olette, Seifer, Rai, Fuu, Vivi, Rufus, Genesis, and Angeal were observing it.

"So the upgrade is finished?" asked Olette.

"That's right." nodded Fenton. "Fethry's idea was a pretty good one."

"But it was due to all the rushing and late night work that it didn't go so well." said Gyro.

Fethry chuckled sheepishly.

"But thanks to corrections and proper hours, we were able to make this a proper training simulator for the army." said Fenton.

"But to be sure it's safe, we're gonna test it on the trainers first." said Ludwig.

"Just make sure that we don't get caught in any explosions." said Yuffie.

"Don't worry. If something happens, we're all on standby with our spells." said Hayner, summoning and dismissing Phantom Green.

"And we'll be ready to get any emergency personal involved with a simple 911 call." added Angeal.

"Alright, let's start this puppy up!" said Zack.

Gyro turned on the switch and some lights powered up.

"Ooh! So cool!" Vivi said in awe.

"Pretty good for 21st century tech." nodded Seifer.

The Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee and the Turks readied themselves.

"We're ready." said Leon.

"Send in the Shadow Heartless!" said Fethry.

Gandra pressed some buttons and robot replicas of said Heartless appeared.

"Alright, move in!" said Cloud.

Cloud, Leon, and Zach slashed at the Heartless with their swords. They dodged their attacks by ducking and jumping.

"Yeah! Child's play!" cheered Zack as Leon and Cloud rolled their eyes fondly.

"Bringing in the Assassin Nobodies." said Gandra.

More robot replicas of said Nobodies appeared. Aerith, Yuffie, Cid, and Reno ran at them.

Reno electrocuted one of the Assassins while Aerith slammed her staff against it.

Yuffie tossed her ninja stars at another Assassin, trying to distract it as Cid slashed at it with his spear.

"So far so good." mused Fuu. "But what about the Unversed?"

"Adding them in… now!" said Fenton.

Monotrucker Unversed replicas arrived in the simulation. Tifa, Tseng, Rude, and Elena ran at them.

Tifa dodged one punch before socking one in the face. Tseng caught it by the arms and swung it away. The two black-haired allies ran up and side kicked the Unversed together, sending it toppling over.

Rude ducked from another Monotrucker's fists as he uppercutted it in its "jaw." Elena spin-kicked it right in the face. The two Turks then charged at the Unversed replica. Rude grabbed it, flipped it over his shoulder and slammed it to the ground as Elena socked it in the face twice, finishing it.

"Wow, they are good!" said Pence.

"They are trained for this sort of stuff." said Angeal.

"But isn't this a waste of material?" asked Olette.

"Hoo hoo! Not at all!" chuckled Ludwig. "We also designed a special 3-D printer within the simulation to create the replicas of the creatures of darkness."

"And using a duplication ray, we were able to replicate special chips in order for them to act and fight like the Heartless, Nobodies, and Unversed as described in Jiminy's journal." added Gyro.

"That is so cool!" saud Hayner.

"You said it. And it looks like the simulator's working perfectly." added Seifer.

"It does, yes." nodded Rufus. "I would say that the test is complete. And it passed with flying colors."

"Agreed President Shinra." said Genesis as he watched the ones from Radiant Garden and Midgar finish off the simulation enemies. "This will be helpful to all of the army members, including us, prep for the Keyblade War."

"Those robots won't kill us, right?" asked Pence.

"Not at all." assured Fenton. "Even if they are designed to think and act like the enemies, they're also programmed not to kill."

"Yeah, better to be alive than dead from training, y'know?" said Rai.

"Couldn't agree more Rai." came a voice.

Everyone looked over and saw Sora, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Naminé, Xion, Lea, Isa, Myde, Ven, Aqua, Terra, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Oswald, Minnie, Daisy, Max, and Ortensia walk up. Kuzco, Pacha, Kronk, Chicha, Chaca, and Tipo weren't far behind.

It had been Sora who spoke.

"Hey guys!" called Yuffie.

"Welcome back." smiled Aerith. "We see that you gained more members."

"Actually three." said Roxas.

Those testing and watching the simulator blinked in confusion.

"Three? I count six." said Reno. "Unless the kids aren't fighting."

"No they're not." said Riku. "Anyways, this is Kuzco, Kronk, Pacha, his wife Chicha, and their kids Chaca and Tipo."

"Hey there." Kuzco smirked.

"Hello." greeted Pacha.

"Hey." waved Kronk.

"Hello." said Chicha.

"Hi!" said Tipo.

"Hello!" said Chaca.

"Nice to meet you guys." said Hayner as introductions were made.

"Say, are you two twins?" Pacha asked Lea and Reno.

The two redheads chuckled.

"Nah, we're totally separate people." said Reno.

"Believe us, we reacted the same way." said Elena.

"And it never gets any easier." gruffed Rude, though he was smirking.

"So which one of you lot are fightin' in the Keyblade War?" asked Cid.

"I am, and so is Pacha and Kronk." said Kuzco.

"We brought my family because I don't want anything happening to them with your enemies threatening all our homes." explained Pacha.

"Especially since we're expecting child number three." added Chicha, patting her stomach.

"Oh congratulations!" smiled Aerith.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" asked Yuffie.

"We're not sure, but we'll be happily surprised." Chicha replied.

"And I'd be happy to cook for the army as well." said Kronk as he pulled out a tray of spinach puffs. "Who wants a spinach puff? Careful, they're hot."

Everyone blinked.

"When did he have time to make those?" asked Pence.

"On the Gummiship." Minnie replied.

"In that case, let us introduce you to the Army of Light." said Leon. "Follow us."

The Restoration Committee led the group six to the temporary homes.

"By the way, we saw that the simulator was a success." said Mickey.

"Yeah you guys really kicked ass, 'specially you Elena." said Myde.

"Thanks, though it was only on a starting level." smiled Elena.

"And it was a test." added Rude.

"Still, that means we know that it's working." said Riku. "This way we can al practice fighting our enemies."

"You really outdid yourselves here." said Kairi.

"It is what we scientists yearn to do." Gyro said proudly.

"Or as a personal hobby." added Gandra.

"With that said, we must be going too." said Rufus. "With the simulator a success, I have to return to my office in Midgar and get back to work."

"As do we." said Tseng. "Vincent's been covering for us after we came here."

"I was wondering where he was." mused Ven.

"Good luck. We'll be back either tonight or tomorrow." said Tseng.

"And we will be going with them." said Genesis. "Angeal and I are helping them."

With that, Angela, Genesis, and the Turks followed Rufus to the portal.

At that moment, Gladstone walked up.

"Hey Fethry, since you're done, you ready to head to that variety show?" he asked.

"Variety show?" Aqua asked, bemused.

"Oh yeah! They're hosting one at the theater, the same one Sora performed his one-man show at." said Fethry.

"I won two tickets and Fethry was the only one who was available." Gladstone said.

"And I was happy to say yes. See you guys later!" said Fethry.

"Bye you two!" waved Mickey.

And Donald's two cousins left for the portal.

"With that said, we'd better head back to the lab and make sure that Manny and Li'l Bulb still have it in one piece." said Gyro.

"And I'm gonna head back to my apartment." added Gandra.

"You guys take care." said Naminé.

"We will!" beamed Fenton as the scientists left.

Sora and Co. then walked to the homing area for the army where they joined the Restoration Committee, watching Kuzco, Kronk, Pacha, and his family interact with the army. A house similar to Pacha's had been spawned for the six to stay in.

"So we got another royal member in this army huh?" mused Kida.

"I don't mean to offend you, but you seem pretty young to be an emperor." said Jasmine.

"I get that a lot." Kuzco said. "I'm 18, which is considered an adult I guess."

"Me too!" Rapunzel chimed in.

"I'm about that age." said Anna.

"Yeah so I was left in charge as my parents are away. And I am enjoying the life." the emperor continued.

"Especially since someone helped change your ways." Pacha smirked.

"What does that mean?" asked Milo.

"Eh… long story." Kuzco said sheepishly.

"Don't worry, he's a much better person now." Pacha said, much to Kuzco's relief.

"So we got another fellow cook here huh?" Cookie asked, examining Kronk's spinach puff.

"Oh yeah it's a gift." Kronk said casually. "I found it was my passion since I was a boy. I dabble with recipes both existing and my own creation. Of course sometimes I forget which one is which."

"Hey look at it this way Cookie, you get to relax from cooking." Audrey said with a half-baked smile.

"Take a load-off." Mrs. Packard deadpanned.

Cookie laughed. "Well if you all are insistin'." he said, walking off.

"Now we have a good chef." Sweet said in relief.

"Agreed, no disrespect to Cookie or anything but I am liking what Kronk made here." said Aladdin, munching a spinach puff.

"Would you two like one?" Cinderella asked Woody and Buzz.

"Much appreciated Cinderella, but toys don't eat." Buzz said pilotly.

"Yeah closest thing we'd get is pretend tea parties." said Woody.

"How so?" asked Cinderella.

"Andy's sister Molly likes to do them." said Woody.

Everyone watched the army interact fondly.

"They really know how to take a liking to one another." smiled Sora.

"Well they will be fighting alongside each other when Xehanort makes his move." said Terra.

"So did we miss anything while we were gone?" asked Naminé.

"Well we managed to bring in four more members ourselves." said Hayner.

The team's eyes widened in surprise.

"Really? Who did you recruit?" asked Riku.

"Us." came three voices.

Sora, Donald, Goofy, Roxas, Xion, and Ven's eyes widened as they turned to the side and saw three familiar faces walk up to the group. It was the Gullwings.

"Hang on a sec…" said Sora as he examined them. "Wait, Yuna, Rikku, Paine? Is that you guys?" he asked.

"It sure is, you lot." smiled Yuna.

"Wait, are these the Gullwings listed from Jiminy's journal?" asked Kairi.

"Yep. That's us." giggled Rikku.

"I thought they were pixies." Naminé said in confusion.

"Of course you would think that." huffed Paine. "But yeah, we're human again."

"Courtesy of Merlin." said Yuna. "He finally found the right spell to turn us back to normal."

"And thank god. Now we get to wear our regular clothes." said Paine.

Yuna wore a purple pleated, flower-patterned hakama, black boots, a black spaghetti-string camisole under a white sash that wrapped around her neck and over her chest, and a yellow patterned obi with a chōchō musubi knot and a decorative obidome to clinch the cords. Two separate, kimono-like pink and white sleeves secured by purple cords complete the outfit. She wears a blue-beaded earring on her right ear, hidden by a lock of her hair, woven into blue beads with gold rings around the larger, middle bead, a silver necklace of a hibiscus flower along with a matching ring on the pinky of her right hand, a silver ring on the middle finger of her left hand and two bracelets, one beaded and one silver, on her right wrist.

Rikku wore her medium-length blonde hair in a high ponytail with two braids hanging down, decorated with orange feathers. Two shorter sections of hair parted to her left and framed her face. A pair of bobby pins, one blue and one green, crisscrossed the left side, a pair of flared green dolphin shorts with an orange belt and an orange sleeveless tank-top with side straps and two long blue ribbons hanging from the back. She wears a pair of goggles around her neck, a pair of boots, a gauntlet and arm guard for her right arm, and a large protective forearm mitt for her left. Around her right thigh, she kept a pouch for her alchemy materials and equipment. Rikku had yellow-painted fingernails.

And finally, Paine wore a black leather ensemble complete with high-heeled boots, elbow-length gloves, and a folded top, a silver pendant threaded with a barbed wire chain, a belt buckle with a skull-motif at the base of the blade that also appears on the belt buckle of her Warrior ensemble.

"I must say, you guys look great." commented Kairi.

"Aw, thank you!" smiled Rikku.

"So wait, now we have two people named Riku?" Myde asked.

"Oh, mine has an extra K." said Rikku. "And before you ask, Leon and the others told us about you all."

"Well… I guess that makes sense." shrugged Riku. "Tell you what, if we're ever in the same area, they cal call me Master Riku since I am a Keyblade Master."

"Ok!" Rikku beamed.

"So you really know about all of us?" asked Mickey.

"Yep. It was long but now we know which one of you is which." nodded Paine.

"Why were you guys pixies to begin with?" asked Lea.

"Maleficent, that's why." huffed Paine. She pointed to Sora, Donald, and Goofy. "Then these three turned us around… for the promise of treasure in our future."

"And I had no choice but to do so to keep them on our side." huffed Leon.

"But over time, we enjoyed being around them." said Yuna.

"They even joined the Restoration Committee." added Aerith.

"We recruited them after they stopped by Merlin's house." said Cid. "We heard that when they were humans, they could really put up a good fight."

"And low and behold, they're a part of the Army of Light!" beamed Yuffie. "They still sleep in our world because that's where they're from, but still."

"That's wonderful!" beamed Minnie.

"We're glad it is." smiled Yuna. "With that said, we're gonna go mingle with them."

"So see you guys later!" smiled Rikku.

"See ya." said Paine.

And the Gullwings walked off.

"Gotta say, it was nice seeing them again." smiled Goofy.

"They haven't changed a bit." mused Donald.

"By the way, who was the fourth member you recruited?" asked Oswald.

"Someone from Twilight Town." said Olette.

"And you'll never believe who." added Seifer, folding his arms.

"Who?" asked Sora.

"That would be me."

Everyone turned and was surprised to see Setzer, a Struggle Bat Tournament Champion, walk up to them. He wore his regular clothes.

"Hello Sora. Donald. Goofy. It's been a while, hasn't it?" the longer silverhead smirked.

"Setzer? You joined our army?" Sora asked in surprise.

"I did indeed." Setzer nodded.

"How do you even know about the other worlds?" demanded Donald.

"I have my connections." Setzer replied. "I stay quiet for the whole World Order thing. And given that this Xehanort person practically wrecked it, there's point in hiding it now is there?"

"The seven of us were in Twilight Town to get more Sea Salt ice cream after the shops ran out." said Hayner. "We stopped by the Bistro Scrooge funded and had a chat over some food."

"And it just so happens that Setzer is nearby and able to hear us y'know?" added Rai.

"We tried to deny the idea of other worlds but he told us what he just told you." said Pence. "And he offered to help."

Sora and his team were surprised.

"You actually offered to help?" Roxas asked.

"Indeed I did." Setzer nodded. "After our last encounter things happened in between now and then. A group, known as the Returners, especially a Ms. Terra Branford, helped me change my ways during a journey they were on. While I still find myself boasting, I try to tone it down as they rubbed off on me, as one would say."

"Plus, he is a great Struggle Bat fighter like the seven of us, Sora, and Roxas." added Seifer. "And since me and my crew were able to redeem ourselves, 'cept Vivi 'cause he's the best of the four of us, we decided to let him join."

"Well that makes sense." said Riku. "As long as you behave yourself, you can help us."

"I plan to." Setzer nodded.

"Great!" Sora smiled. "So are you staying here or in your homeworld?"

"I'm the only Twilight Town resident that's part of the Army of Light who goes back there to sleep." said Setzer. "Now then, I'm going to write letters to my friends in the Returners. It was nice to meet you all."

And with that, Setzer walked off.

"Wow, he really has changed." mused Ven.

"A lot can happen in the span of a year or more." said Aqua.

"Yeah! Iago redeemed himself!" said Goofy.

"And so did Hector Barbossa." said Roxas.

"Loki and Bucky too." said Xion.

"With that said, we're gonna head back to the castle." said Mickey. He faced the six humans from Radiant Garden. "Care to join us?"

"We'd be happy to." smiled Leon.

"Yeah it's been a while since we spent more than an hour there." smirked Zack.

And with that, the large group headed towards the portal.

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Disney Castle:

Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Ven, Aqua, Terra, Roxas, Lea, Xion, Naminé, Myde, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Ortensia, Hayner, Pence, Olette, Leon, Cloud, Aerith, Yuffie, Tifa, Cid, Zack, Seifer, Rai, Fuu, and Vivi made their way upstairs and into the main hallway area.

They saw Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June talking by the front door.

"So we made it look like Launchpad really was suffering from ice fever and then the seller unwittingly admitted it was all a fake." said Louie.

"That brought upon him a bunch of unhappy customers." Lena chuckled. "Man it was so cool to see."

"I'll say, that man got what he deserved." said April.

"Yeah I like scamming people, but not to the point where they're hysterically tricked." said June.

"Still can't believe the two of you did that while we were on Mt. Neverest." said Huey.

"But hey, at least you helped Launchpad until Uncle Scrooge finally calmed him down." said Dewey.

"Though that part of you two getting squished into Launchpad's sweat was pretty gross." Violet gagged.

Louie and Lena shuddered.

"Sometimes we still feel it." Louie muttered.

"You guys telling stories again?" Mickey chuckled.

The ducks and hummingbird noticed the group.

"Whoa, when did you all get here?" asked May.

"Not too long ago." said Xion.

"So you're telling them the story of Mt. Neverest?" asked Donald.

"Yep! One of our favorite adventures!" beamed Webby.

"So how was the new world?" asked Huey.

"Pretty interesting to say the least." said Riku. "It was an empire and we had to deal with potions that turn people into animals."

"Sounds awesome!" Webby grinned.

"And this guy kicked Magica's ass." added Lea, nudging Sora in the arm.

The kids gasped.

"You fought Magica? All by yourself?!" Lena exclaimed.

"It was pretty hard but I was able to hold my own." Sora replied.

"You would've loved it, just like when I fought her in the Shadow War." Donald added.

"That would've been so cool to see!" Dewey grinned.

At that moment, Scrooge walked in from the hallway, followed by Ludwig.

"Alright family, Beakley's visiting an old S.H.U.S.H. acquaintance, Launchpad's meeting a friend in St. Canard, and Duckworth is busy tending to the kitchen." he said.

"Thanks for the update Scrooge." said Goofy.

"Now then, are we expecting anything or anyone in the next couple of hours? I have a board meeting." Scrooge said.

"Those buzzards again?" Isa asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Sheesh, what are they nagging about this time?" asked Cid.

"Expenses over in New Quackmore and Spoonerville." Scrooge sighed.

"Spoonerville? A-hyuck, that's our home away from the castle Maxie!" Goofy chuckled.

"I know Dad." Max said.

"New Quackmore, that's where the cabana was, wasn't it?" asked Aerith.

"That's right." nodded Daisy.

"I still can't believe it's part of the castle grounds now." said May.

"Yeah how did it get over here again?" asked June.

"We used Dr. Hank Pym's growth technology to shrink it, bring it to the backyard, and then regrow it." said Roxas.

"That's also how we made Woody and Buzz the size of an average adult." added Terra.

"Cool." mused June.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

"I thought we weren't expecting anyone." Scrooge said in confusion.

"Did anyone call us while we were gone?" asked Mickey.

"Not that we're aware of." said Hayner.

"It's probably a solicitor." said Donald as he went over to the front door and opened it without looking.

Suddenly, something large tackled Donald and everyone watches in shock as a the large figure has Donald wrapped in a massive hug before revealing himself and laughing.)

It was a tall, muscular stork with flowing blonde hair, wearing a gold silk tunic, bronze bracelets and sandals.

It was Storkules, a famous Greek hero from this world's version of Olympus.

He had Donald wrapped in his body for a bear hug much to the mage's charigin.

"Huzzah!" he cheered.

As Storkules laughed, he tossed Donald before catching him again in another bear hug and laughing once more as everyone else could only stare in bewilderment. Storkules hugged Donald for so long he was now stuck against his pecks.

"Oh GLORIOUS DAY! May the fates sing our meeting Friend Donald! MAGE OF THUNDER! SAILOR OF THE SEVEN SEAS!" he cheered.

"Hi, Storkules." Donald muttered.

"Uh...okay…" Riku muttered.

"What...are we witnessing?" Seifer asked.

Daisy giggled at the sight of this scene.

"Who's the tall bird?" asked Ven.

"I believe he's a stork." said Tifa.

"Looks like he's Greek given his attire." said Terra.

"And why is he hugging Donald like he's a teddy bear?" asked Pence.

Storkules looked surprised at the sight of Donald's friends.

"Why if it isn't Donald's family!" he said happily as he sat Donald down and ran over to Scrooge and shook his hand. "Friend Scrooge McDuck, richest of all the world's ducks! How wonderful it is to meet you again!"

Scrooge sighed with an exasperated smile. "Yes yes, good to see you again Storkules."

Storkules approached Webby and the triplets. "And Donald's nephews, Hubert, Dewford, and Llewellyn Duck! It is so nice to see you again! You as well Webbigail!" he exclaimed, wrapping them in a bear hug, making Lena, Violet, April, May, and June giggle.

"Hey Storkules!" Louie weakly wheezed.

"Long time no see buddy!" added Dewey.

"Have you gained more muscle?" asked Webby.

"Why indeed I did!" Storkules laughed as he set them down.

He then noticed Daisy and gasped, pointing from him to her and picked her up.

"Be this lovely woman your romantic other!? By Hephaestus hammer you look very ravishing Miss Daisy Duck! Donald was not kidding when describing you!"

"Um...thanks…" Daisy replied with a small smile.

Storkules noticed the ring in Daisy's finger.

"HARK! A ring shinier than Narcissus' reflection! Such an artifact could only mean the next step in a romantic relationship!" he claimed.

"That's right! We're engaged." said Daisy.

"I proposed a while ago." said Donald.

"So it is true! My best friend and his romantic other is to be wed!" Storkules cheered. He picked up Donald and held them tight. "And I'm in time for the wedding feast, HUZZAH!" Storkules brought the Duck Couple in for a bone-crushing hug, causing them to choke. "Oh, pleasant cohort Donald! I'M TRULY HAPPY FOR YOU! YOU'RE FINALLY MARRYING THE TRUE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE! A women like you fair Daisy must be overjoyed!

Donald and Daisy were beginning to lose oxygen and choke more.

"Thanks...friend...Storkules." Donald wheezed.

"So...this is your friend?" Daisy asked.

"Please, don't..." Donald ubmled.

"Who the heck is this guy?" asked Lea.

"I dunno but he's kinda weirding me out." said Hayner.

"It's like he's got a flare for dramatics." commented Tifa.

"More like flare for overdramatic." quipped Cid.

"He seems lovable." said Kairi.

"We still don't know your name, though," said Sora.

Storkules gasped as he dropped Donald and Daisy. "Magnanimous Donald must've told you tales of Storkules!" he said as he began flexing. "Colossus of Corinth! Hero of Heliopolis!" He bent down to Donald on the ground. "And my most proudest accomplishment: Best Friend to Donald Duck."

He grabbed an unamused Donald's wrist and they both did a secret handshake which he ended with an exploding fistbump like on Ithaquack.

Some of the group snickered.

"Say, Donald has told us about you." Sora said in realization. "He mentioned you a couple of times and told us about a friend he made on Ithaquack who's considered a legendary hero."

Kairi bent down to Donald a little. "He thinks of you as his best friend? Aww! That's so sweet!" she gushed.

"And cute too!" gushed Olette.

"Uh...I wouldn't go saying we're best friends. I'd say we're more good friends." Donald slowly clarified.

Storkules just laughed. "Thy tongue still be as quick and mighty as me!" he said, giving Donald a couple of pats on his back, digging him into ground up to his shoulders.

"Could someone help me out?" Donald asked.

"Are you recording this?" Roxas asked Lea.

"Yeah! Every second!" Lea laughed, holding his Gummiphone on the camera app.

Daisy helped Donald out and he looked to Storkules with a smile.

"Either way, it's good to see you again Storkules. How did that apartment and job I helped get work out for you?" he asked.

"Oh it was wonderful!" Storkules beamed. "After some time, Father deemed me responsible enough to come home after that."

"Gotta say it's pretty cool meeting an ancient celebrity like you." said May.

"Yeah, you look like you can bench press 1000." added June.

"I gotta say I am such a big fan!" said April. "I've heard of your adventures and I was amazed by them all."

"As am I." said Violet. "I am fascinated by Greek history as I am with rare languages."

"Why thank you!" Storkules smiled.

"So wait, if you're here! Does that mean your sister is here too?" Webby asked excitedly.

"Sister?" everyone who had never met Storkules asked, confused.

"3...2...1…" Storkules began knowingly.

Suddenly, a feminine figure gave a jump scare when she dropped down in front of was a tall bird with light cream hair worn in a long updo ponytail that is past her waist, wearing a blue gown, with a bronze crown.

"HAAA! GOT YA!" she shouted.

Everyone yelped in surprise.

"Selene!" Huey, Dewey, Louie & Webby exclaimed happily.

"Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby!" Selene grinned.

Selene hugged the four ducklings.

"Oh man I am so happy to see you!" she said happily.

"So are we!" Dewey smiled.

"Did you primp your dress? It looks beautiful!" said Webby.

"Aw, thank you!" Selene smiled.

Selene set the kids down and walked over to Scrooge. "Heya Scrooge! Good to see you!" she said, shaking the billionaire's hand.

"Pleasure is all mine Selene." Scrooge smiled.

Selene then hugged Donald and Daisy, who gladly hugged her back.

"Hi Selene!" Daisy greeted.

"It's so good to see you again Sel!" Donald grinned.

"I'm always happy to see two of my favorite ducks." Selene said as she let them go.

"Who is that?" asked Aqua.

"That's Selene, Goddess of the Moon!" said Dewey.

"She and Mom were good friends apparently." added Huey.

"Good of the Moon, huh? Impressive." Isa mused.

"I still find it cool that the worlds each have their own gods." said Ven.

"And we're in the presence of two of this world's here." added Naminé.

"Storkules and Selene aren't the only ones who's joining in on the party." came another voice.

Donald, Daisy, and even April, May, and June's eyes widened in surprise as entering through the front door was a human toon. She had tanned skin, long black hair that reached her shoulders, and wore a gold crown-like headband on her head with a red gem and wings on the sides, a gold strapless chestplate that reached her waist, a white shirt that was short in the front and long in the back, gold gauntlets, one gold armband on each arm, gold sandals, and gold leg covers that went from her feet to her knees, and a gold necklace with a red gem.

It was none other than Xandra, the Goddess of Adventure and she was wearing sunglasses. She removed them and smiled at an ecstatic Donald, Daisy, April, May and June.

Those who never met her before gasped in awe and shock.

"A human!?" Isa exclaimed.

"Xandra!" Donald, Daisy, April, May and June cheered.

Donald ran up and jumped to give Xandra a hug which she happily returned.

"Donald! Great to see ya!" Xandra greeted warmly.

"It's good to see you too, Xandra! It's been a long time since we saw each other in person!" Donald grinned.

"It sure has! last time we saw each other was when you gave me the presidency for the institute." Xandra said as she let go.

"I'm still sorry you lost it." Donald said sympathetically.

"Hey don't worry about it." Xandra said dismissively. "I see that you've made a lot more friends since then. By the way, I like that outfit. Is it your mage outfit?" she asked.

Donald chuckled. "No, it's my world-travelling outfit." he said.

"Well I gotta say, you look spiffy either way." Xandra said, making Donald chuckle again.

"Hi Xandra!" Daisy greeted as she walked up.

"Daisy!" Xandra smiled as she hugged the Lady-in-Waiting.

"It's wonderful to see you here!" Daisy grinned.

"The feeling is mutual. And I gotta say, I'm loving the new outfit!" Xandra said.

"Why, thank you!" Daisy giggled.

"So you still giving Donald a fair chance?" Xandra asked.

"Every day and vice-versa." Daisy said. "Our relationship is as solid as your armor."

"Great!" Xandra beamed.

"Hey Xandra!" the Duck girls greeted.

"April! May! June! Is it really you three?!" Xandra gasped.

"In the feathers!" May smirked.

"Wow! Look at you three! You girls… haven't changed at all. What's going on?" Xnadra asked, confused.

"It's a long story." April replied.

"Well, either way, it's great to see you three." the Goddess of Adventure smiled. "How've you been?"

"We've been A-okay!" June said.

"And I see a lot of friends and/or acquaintances have been made since I last saw you five." Xandra said.

"That's putting it lightly." chuckled Sora.

"So you're Xandra! Donald has told us all about you!" Ven said.

"I've been dying to meet you!" Webby said giddily.

"THE Xandra!" Huey grinned excitedly.

"The Goddess of Adventure!" Violet added, almost squealing.

"That's right people! I am Xandra!" Xndra said proudly as she clashed her armbands together to create a flash of lightning. "GODDESS OF ADVENTURE!"

She posed while glowing and her hair flowing as if there was a breeze, fireworks exploding all around her.

Everyone stared in awe while Donald, Daisy, April, May, June, Storkules, and Selene gave knowing smiles. Sora and Dewey each took a picture. Webby began to have another joy overload.

"Wow… she's amazing!" Kairi said in awe.

"Now that is how you do a pose." commented Zack.

"Boy, I'll say." nodded Lena.

"I can't belive I am in the presence of the Goddess of Adventure!" Webby said excitedly as she ran up to Xandra. "Hi! I'm Webby! I read a lot about you. Is it true that you fought alongside famous gods who take care of a tree that makes planets?!"

Xandra laughed. "All true Webby." she said.

"And you hail form greece right?" Webby asked.

"What gave it away? Was it the clothes?" Xandra joked.

"Show her the bow and arrow!" called Selene.

"Oh yeah! Thanks for the reminder!" Xandra said as she summed her bow and arrow.

"WHOA!" everyone said in awe.

"She's like a magical Hawkeye!" exclaimed Roxas.

"So cool!" exclaimed Myde.

"I am liking these three already." commented Oswald.

"So what brings you guys to the castle?" asked Daisy.

"Well Ithaquack is nice and all, but we needed some time away from the island." said Selene.

"So friend Xandra suggested that we visit friend Donald and his family for a little while." said Storkules. "And when we arrived at McDuck manor, there was no one inside."

"How did you know that?" asked Lea.

"Oh simple, there was a sign." Selene chuckled. "And under it it said that security systems and cameras were on."

"Then I remembered these two saying that Donald and Daisy work at Disney Castle in secret." said Xandra. "So we took some cabs and here we are."

"How did Zeus allow you to come here?" asked Dewey.

"Oh Father didn't want us too." Storkules said. "But one stern look from Mother Hera and he relented."

Selene and Xandra laughed. "Yeah, Mom really knows how to keep Zeus in line." said Selene.

"How come you didn't call?" asked Donald.

"Simple, we wanted to surprise you." Xandra replied. "All 7 of us."

"7?!" everyone exclaimed.

"Who else is coming?" asked Aerith. "More friends of yours?"

Suddenly, they could all here the buzzing of a biplane outside the doors.

"I think that's one of them now." said Selene.

Everyone ran out down the front stairs into the front yard to see a plane fly overhead. And someone jumped out from it.

It was a green Brazilian parrot, sporting a matching tan suit and hat, a black bowtie, and yellow gloves. His beak and feet were orange, while his tail consisted of mixed red and blue feathers. He was also carrying a black umbrella with a brown hook.

It was one of Donald's old friends, José Carioca.

No sooner did he jump out of the plane, he opened up a parachute to slow his descent. He then began to play his umbrella like a horn.

Then, they all heard the strumming of a guitar. They all looked to the side and saw another bird-figure under a tree strumming a guitar, wearing a poncho. He took it off and laughed before playing a small solo bit.

The bird was covered with auburn feathers, with white feathers on his hands up to his mid-arm. He wore bright red charro pants, a short bolero jacket with gold lining, spurs, and a belt with holsters, all topped off with a large sombrero. He also had a brown belt with a silver buckle with holsters that held smartphones instead of guns.

It was another one of Donald's old friends, Panchito Pistoles.

Panchito jumped forward and landed in front of the group just as José landed next to him. They laughed as they struck a pose, fireworks exploding around them.

Everyone stared in awe as Sora, Ven, Lea, Yuffie, Zack, May, and Violet took pictures.

"José! Panchito!" Donald exclaimed excitedly as he ran up to his old friends.

"Donald!" José cheered happily.

Donald jumped into the parrot's arms as they each jumped on their feet around the area while holding onto each other Panchito clapping and stomping his foot until José tossed Donald into his arms.

The three birds then crossed their arms and held them in a triangle formation. They each high-fived and tapped their feet against each other's.

They then stacked their fists on top of each other's.

"Squak, crow, quack, I got you back!" they said as they faced back-to-back, wiggled their tail feathers, and went back-to-back further together.

"Secret handshake?! Cool!" April said excitedly as she held her hand up to June, only for the purple-clad triplet to lick it, much to Aprils' annoyance.

Louie snickered.

"Wait, José and Panchito? As in the Three Caballeros?!" Sora asked in surprise.

"Those two are Donald's old friends from Quackmore University?" Kairi asked in surprise.

"They sure are!" Mickey chuckled. "Boy, it's been a while since we've seen them."

"Yeah, they don't like they've changed a bit." added Goofy.

"Oh it's so good to see you guys again!" Donald said happily as he hugged his fellow Caballeros.

"It sure is mi amigo!" Panchito smiled.

"Aye, it's been too long, we just had to comeback." said José. "The Three Caballeros are reunited again!"

They faced everyone.

"¡Saludos amigos!" Panchito said happily. "It's an honor to be at Disney Castle once again!"

"Well we're happy to have you two back." Mickey smiled as he, Minnie, Goofy, Daisy, Max, Scrooge, Ludwig, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, April, May, June, and Xandra walked up to them.

"King Mickey and Queen Minnie! I must say those new threads are quite ravishing." José complimented.

"Why thank you!" Minnie giggled.

"And our good dog-themed friends, Captain Goofy and his son Maximilian!" Panchito smiled. "Aye caraumba, the last time we saw you Max, you were shorter!"

"Yeah you guys came to my graduation." Max chuckled.

"And now my boy is finished with college and helping out at the castle." Goofy said happily.

"And Daisy, how lovely it is to see you again." José smiled as they each kissed Daisy's hand, making her giggle.

"Hello boys, been a while." she said.

"And Scrooge you old miser, still the richest duck in the world?" asked Panchito.

"You know I am." Scrooge boasted.

The two chuckled.

"Ah Professor Von Drake. Tell us, how are your experiments going along?" asked José.

Ludwig chuckled. "We're still pushing the boundaries to greater heights." the scientist duck replied.

"Oh and look at you four!" José grinned as he looked at the Duck boys and Webby. "Have you gotten taller?"

"Maaaaaaybe." Dewey said slyly.

"We only saw you guys a few months ago." chuckled Huey.

"Yes, but it still feels like FOREVER!" Panchito said dramatically.

"Still got the flare." mused Louie.

"Well we're always happy to see you guys!" Webby chirped.

The two birds looked up at Xandra.

"Xandra! It's so good to see you dearest old friend!" Panchito said as the two birds hugged her.

"Most good indeed! Thank you for the invite!" José added.

"Of course you two!" Xandra smiled. "How could I not? By the way, that was an impressive entrance you both made. You've really outdone yourselves."

"Why thank you Ms. Goddess of Adventure." José said, flattered.

The two then gasped when they spotted the female triplets.

"¡Ay caraumba! April?! May?! June?! Is that really you two?!" José asked.

"Sure is." May smirked.

"In the flesh and feathers." added June.

"It's so good to see you guys!" April said happily.

"Aye it is! You three haven't aged a day! How is that even possible?! We haven't seen you in years!" Panchito asked.

That last part confused everyone else.

"Haven't aged a day?" Kairi asked, confused.

"Haven't seen them in years?" added Terra.

"What are they talking about?" asked Zack.

"You got me." shrugged Lena.

"It's… a long story." May said with a sheepish grin.

"And I see you made a BUNCH of new friends." said José, looking at the group.

"Aye, including a BUNCH of non-human toons." added Panchito.

They all waved hello.

"Why don't we do introductions inside?" suggested Sora.

"Good idea!" Minnie said approvingly.

Everyone made their way inside the castle as Sora shut the door. But no sooner did he shut it, ot fell down on it's own, much to everyone's shock.

"What the heck?!" exclaimed Roxas.

"How did that happen?" asked Kairi.

"Sora closed it gently." added Aerith, confused.

"Maybe we have termites?" Myde suggested.

"If we did, more stuff would've been broken," said Oswald.

"And the door would be sawdust." added Max.

The Three Caballeros, Daisy, Xandra and Duck Girls looked at each other with knowing expressions.

"Oh boy…" June muttered.

"Hey, that's my catchphrase!" Louie pouted.

"What...just happened...?" Sora asked, confused, as he approached the door.

"You'll find out my friends…" said José.

"In 3, 2, 1…" Donald began.

Then, out of nowhere, popped a pink Aracuan Bird with red hair, a yellow beak, and red tail feathers, with a Woody Woodpecker-like facial expression. He wore a white long-sleeved collared shirt with 2 gold buttons, a blue belt with a silver buckle carrying various tools, a blue nametag, and a white cap with blue goggles around it.

It was Ari, the Caballero's old caretaker for the cabana.

Ari releases a high-pitched scream in Sora's face, causing everyone except for those who know to yell and reel back in surprise. Ari began doing his crazy crazy bird song while walking left, right and even up and upside down.

"Ra da da da da da da da da da da da da da da! Ra da da da da da da da da da da da da da da!" he sang as he walked around the edge of the screen.

He squawked as he popped his head around in crazy places. Even out of Kairi's dress.

"HEY!" Kairi shouted, pushing her dress down.

He popped out of Seifers hat and stood on his head.

"What the hell!?" Seifer shouted.

He also popped out of Scrooge's tophat and stood on his head.

"Oy!" Scrooge exclaimed.

And then out of Sora's hood much to his shock as Ari jumped down and continued singing his song.

"What the fuck!?" exclaimed Roxas.

"Who or what is that!?" exclaimed Ven.

"That's Ari." Donald replied calmly.

"He was our cabana's caretaker." said Xandra.

"And a good friend at that." Panchito said fondly.

"Though wherever this guy goes a door always breaks down." June added.

Ari twirled a yellow drill as he sang. The strange bird then studied the door frame as a lot of mathematical equations appeared around him from his head. He quickly took measurements of the door frame with rulers and a measuring tape, using his legs to rise up around it. He then tossed the old door out and replaces it with a new one he brought out of his toon space and used a power drill to fix it in the frame, causing everyone to cover their ears in pain as he sang.

"Where did he get the door from?" asked Sora.

"Obviously from his toonspace!" said Oswald.

"But a door that big?!" added Hayner.

"That drill is too loud!" shouted Louie.

"Ach my ears!" shouted Scrooge.

"And I thought my mother's singing was terrible when she had the flu!" shouted Ludwig.

After finishing the repairs, Ari slammed the door with a victorious squawk only for it break and crush him.

Nearly everyone gasped.

"Ohmyogsh!" Kairi and Aqua exclaimed in unison.

"It crushed him!" cried Naminé.

"Relax, he's fine." Donald said calmly.

For no reason at all Ari dropped down from above and gives his high-pitched scream.

Everyone blinked, trying to comprehend what they just saw.

"What...did we just witness...?" Vivi asked nervously.

"We just witnessed a crazy bird, y'know?" Rai replied.

"Crazy is putting it lightly." Cloud remarked.

"He sure has a way with tools like Gadget." said Xion.

"Xandra wasn't kidding about him." Selene said to Storkules.

"Dude, this bird doesn't make any sense even by toon standards!" said Myde.

"Nothing makes sense about Ari, amigo." said Panchito.

"In fact, the only thing that makes sense in this world is that nothing makes sense." said José.

Everyone stared at José in surprise.

"That... actually makes sense." said Goofy.

"Makes sense since that is the new normal these days." said Sora.

"Hmm, where have we heard that before?" Lea pondered.

Flashback:

"In fact, the only thing that makes sense in this world is that nothing makes sense." Korg said to Thor, Roxas, Xion, and Axel.

Present:

"Oh yeah, that's right." said Lea.

"He's… kinda cute." Kairi admitted.

"A fascinating type of bird." Violet mused.

"This is the weirdest bird ever...even by toon standards…" Scrooge said.

"Do you wanna know something crazy? We weren't allowed to fire him." Donald revealed.

Everyone barring those who new looked at Donald, José, and Panchito in surprise.

"You mean you had to pay this guy forever?" Lea asked incredulously.

"No, no, no. Not forever." José said, shaking his head.

"Just as long as we lived." Panchito classified.

Daisy blinked. "That's the literal definition of forever."

Ari then walked up to Sora and held out his hand with a smile. Sora smiled back as he took the crazy bird's hand ans shook it.

"Huh. When he's not crazy, he's pretty decent." mused Huey.

"Like Launchpad." joked Lena.

"So is that everyone you three invited over?" Isa asked the gods.

"Goodness no!" Storkules replied. "There is one more left."

"Who's the last guest you invited?" asked Riku.

There was a knock at the door.

"That must be Humphrey." said Xandra as she opened the door to reveal a…

"BEAR!" everyone screamed in alarm.

"HE'LL MAUL US TO SHREDS!" screamed Xion.

"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" shouted Hayner.

Everyone was about to run in a panic when Ari ran circles around them.

"Ari, what are you doing?!" shouted Terra.

Ari squawked and suddenly hugged the bear, much to everyone's astonishment.

"Wait, you guys are friends with that bear?" asked Ortensia.

"We sure are!" José smiled. "That's our friend Bear Rug."

"Or Humphry as he prefers to be called." said Panchito.

"It's true. And don't worry, he won't hurt you. He's a softie." Donald said reassuringly.

"Yeah, think about it like your friends in the Pride Lands." said April.

Everyone calmed down when the Bear Rug gave a polite hello, though it was mixed with roaring.

"Well, the grizzly does seem decent." said Lea.

"And did you say he was a bear rug?" asked Sora.

"Yeah! He was a bear rug in our cabana." said June.

"And a magical artifact brought him to life." added May.

"Why am I not surprised at this point?" Riku mused.

"So what brought him to life?" asked Yuffie.

"A mystical artifact known as the Spark of Life." said Xandra.

"Well at least we know he's a good bear." said Aqua.

Humphrey gave a flattered smile.

"So you know the seven of us know, but what about the rest of you?" asked José.

"Yeah Donald told us about his nephews and best friends, and showed us pictures, but we don't recognize the rest of you." said Selene.

"Then allow us to introduce ourselves." said Sora. "I'm Sora."

"I'm Riku." said Riku.

"My name is Kairi." said Kairi.

"Roxas." said Roxas.

"I'm Naminé." said Naminé.

"I'm Xion." said Xion.

"The name's Lea." said Lea before tapping the side of his head. "Got it memorized?"

"Ba da dum!" Ari replied, giving a thumbs up.

"Isa." Isa said.

"My name is Aqua." said Aqua.

"I'm Ventus, but you guys can call me Ven." said Ven.

"My name is Terra." said Terra.

"Sup? I'm Myde." said Myde.

"Name's Hayner." said Hayner.

"My name's Pence." smiled Pence.

"I'm Olette." Olette greeted with a smile.

"Name's Seifer." Seifer said.

"I'm Rai, y'know?" said Rai.

"Fuu." said Fuu.

"Oh, I'm Vivi!" said Vivi.

"Leon." said Leon.

"Cloud." said Cloud.

"Name's Zack." greeted Zack.

"I'm Aerith." Aerith greeted.

"Whazzup? I'm Yuffie." Yuffie grinned.

"I'm Tifa." said Tifa.

"The name's Cid." said Cid.

"Name's Lena." Lena smirked.

"Violet Sabrewing," said Violet.

"I'm Oswald, Mickey's brother," said Oswald.

"And I'm Ortensia, his wife." Ortensia finished.

The seven newcomers gasped.

"Mickey, you never mentioned that you had an hermano!" exclaimed Panchito.

"Technically, I'm his half-brother." said Oswald. "And it's kinda complicated with our relationship."

"Do not fret my new rabbit friend!" Storkules beamed. "Whatever complications, we can face it all together!"

"No need Storkules." Minnie giggled. "Mickey and Oswald already faced it together."

"Yeah! And they truly are great brothers now." nodded Ortensia.

"So why don't we all talk over some food like Sora suggested?" asked Minnie.

"Yeah, it is almost dinner time." Mickey said in agreement.

At that moment, Duckworth appeared.

"Dinner will be ready within 30 minutes." the ghost butler said. "Perks of being a spirit."

"Whoa. Ghost butler." Selene commented.

"Fascinating!" Storkules exclaimed.

---

Later, everyone was sitting down to eat.

"So what brings all seven of you to the castle?" asked Mickey.

"You mentioned that it was a surprise." added Max.

"Well life on Ithaquack is nice and all, especially since under Zeus' nose and with Hera's permission I can take myself and fellow gods anywhere with the Atlas." said Xandra. "But I wanted to try a different place outside of the book."

"And we were talking about companion Donald and how he's usually working at the castle these days like the noble man he is." said Storkules.

"And that was when we came up with the idea to make a surprise visit to the castle." said Selene. "It had been a while and we wanted to see you guys again."

"That's so sweet." smiled Webby.

"Don't you like the god-living life?" asked Ven.

"Oh we do, it's pretty fun." said Selene. "But sometimes, we like to kick back, relax, cut loose, and hang out whether the people we visit are gods or not."

"And then I thought we could have a little reunion as well, especially since." Xandra smirked. "So I called up José, Panchito, and then Ari and Humphery and we took different rides to get here."

"And it certainly was a surprise indeed." Minnie giggled.

"And we're very glad to have you here." said Daisy.

"Yeah the McDuck family told us about their adventures with you two Ithaquack gods." said Xion.

"Yeah, like how you all performed in the games." said Olette.

"And how you all took on this world's version of Hades." said Isa.

"And how Donald revealed himself to Scrooge and Della as a mage in the process." said Sora.

"And Daisy and especially Donald told us about the adventures that went down at the institute." said Naminé.

"Yeah like how Donald, José, anch Panchito inherited the cabana from their ancestors to start it all." said Zack.

"Is it true that this Hades is no longer a threat here?" asked Ven.

"Quite so!" said Storkules. "Father managed to bring him down to size, both in status and in power."

"That's good." said Riku. "One Hades is enough to deal with."

"Obnoxious but dangerous to no end." added Cloud.

"And Selene, you and Della were best friends right? Always pulling pranks on one another and others?" asked Kairi.

Selene laughed. "That's right! Those were the days." she said fondly.

"And I still find it surprising that my Donald became president of the Quackmore Institute!" Storkules.

"We were all in shock too." said Aqua,

"My faithful companion, why did you ever give it up?" Storkules asked.

"Being president was nice and all, but it wasn't for me." said Donald. "So after a couple of months, I gave the presidency to Xandra and moved back in with Scrooge and Della and Daisy moved back to her old house."

"It was an honor I carried for five years." said Xandra before her face fell. "Then after the institute somehow lost all of it's funding, I had to resign. So I stayed in an apartment until Doanld told me about Ithaquack."

"We welcomed Xandra with open arms… aside from father but mother set him straight." said Selene. "And she's been a real blast over there."

"So what happened to the rest of you after that?" asked Kairi.

"Panchito and I got an apartment before we went our separate ways with our careers." said José.

"Ari and Bear Rug roomed with us until then." added Panchtio. "Now they own it."

"Beru gu gu gu!" Ari stated.

"They also mentioned that Xandra was trapped in a book." said Aerith.

"At first we thought that meant you read a lot." joked Yuffie, getting some snickers.

"But now we know that you were actually cursed to it." said Tifa. "How exactly did that happen Xandra?"

Xandra got up and revealed the Golden Atlas attached to her back and opened it up. A magical image of the cosmos in space appeared over the dinner table.

"Ooh!"/"Aah!" everyone said in awe.

"Whoa!" gasped Sora.

"Hot dog…" Mickey breathed.

"Well I'll be!" exclaimed Goofy.

"Holy shit!" exclaimed Lea.

"Impressive…" said Terra.

"Look at that…" breathed Aqua.

"Now that's how ya grab a whole group's attention." said Cid.

"Across the globe and beyond are a multitude of mystic points where myths and legends are born." said Xandra as images of various beings like the Moa, the Minatour, the Goblins from Stonehenge, King Arthur, and many more appeared around the Earth.

"That is so cool!" exclaimed Dewey.

"Utterly amazing…" breathed Violet.

"The atlas is a map to it all, but only I can harness its power." Xandra continued. "As Donald may have told you, centuries ago the dark wizard Lord Felldrake came in possession of the atlas and bound me to the book. He wanted me to take him to these places."

The image showed Felldrake cursing Xandra into the atlas while everyone watched in shock.

"So that's why you're trapped!" exclaimed Yuffie.

"That monster!" snarled Webby.

"And against your will too?!" exclaimed Kairi. "What an evil bastard!"

"While there, Felldrake disrupted the balance of mystical forces, bending them to his evil will, and built an army to take over the universe." Xandra continued as the image showed Felldrake doing said evil deeds.

"Oh my gosh…" whispered Xion.

"No way!" exclaimed Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

"Jesus this guy is nuts." said Seifer.

"And I thought Sephiroth was mad." muttered Cloud.

"Yeah this guy is bad news outside of the staff." said Sora.

"The only army that could be more dangerous as that would be Thanos'." said Isa.

"Well both versions are dead." reminded Mickey. "One was slayed and the other was erased from existence."

"Still, this looks pretty intense," said Oswald.

"No kidding Honey Bunny." said Ortensia.

"Felldrake's victory seemed certain… until they appeared; The Three Caballeros!" Xandra went on.

The image showed Donald, Jos, and Panchito's ancestors, the original Three Caballeros.

Everyone applauded.

"The original Three Caballeros!" cheered Sora.

"That's our ancestors alright!" grinned Panchito.

"And they are looking magnifico in their armor!" added José.

"They look exactly like you three." commented Myde.

"Yeah, but we're more handsome." Donald boasted.

Everyone rolled their eyes.

The Caballeroes stormed Felldrake's stronghold and, using the power of three magic amulets, they used their power to trap Felldrake in his own staff for all of eternity." Xandra said.

"At least until these guys' days at the institute," said Selene, gesturing to the Caballeros' descendants.

Everyone watched the Cabs sue their magic to trap Felldrake in the golden staff as it;s eyes glowed purple.

"Yeah but you can blame Sheldgoose for that." said April.

"True." the goddess nodded.

"I swore I would become their most trusted ally, and we journeyed to many magical realms, undoing the evil of Felldrake, while searching for a way to free me from this book." Xandra said as the image showed the Cabs and goddess fixing Felldrake's damage. "

"But during one of our most dangerous adventures… my book was closed…" Xandra said as the memory showed the brave heroes facing off against dragons on a thin rock mountain and the atlas getting closed in the struggle before falling down. "...and wasn;t opened for centuries."

Everyone was in shock and awe.

"Trapped in a book for hundreds of years…" murmured Violet.

"That sounds horrible!" exclaimed Naminé.

"A lot of us know what it's like to be trapped in a prison Xandra." said Zack.

"He's right, both me and Zack were trapped in the Realm of Darkness for over a decade." said Aqua.

"And I was trapped there for a year alongside our good friend Ansem the Wise." said Cloud.

"I was stuck in a coma without my physical heart longer than them," said Ven.

"I was possessed by our enemy, split into different beings, and then repossessed again." said Terra.

"Lea, Myde, and I, along with our friends Dilan, Aeleus, Even, and Ienzo were trapped as beings without hearts for a decade as well thanks to the same enemy." said Isa. "After we were restored, Myde and I were temporarily back in that position for a new group."

"But in the end, it was thanks to all of our friends that we were freed from those fates." said Lea.

"And I was freed from that fate too, thanks to Ari unlocking the lock and the Cabs opening it" said Xandra. "And after I was freed, I initially distrusted them, thinking that they were imposters. But I eventually grew to trust them, and I helped them through many adventures that shaped them into the new Three Caballeros."

The images showed Donald, José, Panchito, and Xandra on their adventures at the World Tree, Stonehenge, the Nazca Lines, Mexico, and Camelot.

"Now that was such a cool story!" exclaimed Dewey.

"I loved those effects!" said Pence.

"Very impressive!" nodded Mickey.

"Say Xandra, mind if I take a look at the atlas?" asked Sora.

"Be my guest Sora." Xandra said, handing the golden book over to the brunette.

Sora looked at the atlas and was fascinated by how it looked. He passed it to Kairi, who passed it to Riku, Terra, Aqua, Ven, all around the table until it got back to him.

"I never knew books could look so shiny." said Olette.

"Such a fascinating item." said Scrooge.

"I knew books could take you places, but I never imagined literally." chuckled Ludwig.

"It looks pretty powerful." said Roxas.

"Oh it really is." nodded Xandra.

"So cool…" Sora said as he gazed at the atlas again.

Mischievous looks crossed April, May, and June's faces as they went over to Sora.

"Hey Sora, you know something funny about this book?" April asked.

"Uh sure." the Keyblade wielder nodded.

"All you have to do is take out the bookmark," said April.

"And then something amazing happens,"said June.

Shrugging, Sora began to take out the book mark, much to Xandra's horror.

"WAIT! DON'T TAKE THAT OUT-!" Xandra started to shout.

But Sora had already taken it out before Xandra could finish and she disappeared in a flash of light, much to everyone's surprise.

Donald, Daisy, José, Panchito, April, May, June, Ari, and Humphery burst out laughing.

Sora then opened the book as Xandra looked around in shock.

"Whoa!" Sora gasped.

"How did she do that?!" exclaimed Kairi.

"Simple, she's bound to the book." said José.

"It closes, she goes… es." said Panchito.

"I never knew that could happen, did you?" Storkules asked his sister, astonished.

"Not at all." Selene replied, equally surprised.

"Now that is funny." chuckled Myde.

Riku, Kairi, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, and Violet walk up to Sora in interest as Dewey grabbed the book.

"OK, let's be reasonable-" Xandra began before Dewey closed it, making her disappear.

Everyone laughed.

"Ok yeah, that is funny!" chuckled Lena.

Dewey opened the book again and Xandra appeared. But he kept closing it and opening it, making her disappear and reappear multiple times.

"Please-! (disappears, reappears) Would you-! (disappears, reappears) Stop-! (disappears, reappears) Doing-! (disappears, reappears) That-! (disappears, reappears) Ok, you've had your fun, now-"

But Dewey closed the book again as many people burst out laughing or just chuckled in amusement. Dewey gave the book back to Sora, who had a few turns again. After that, Kairi, Louie, Lena, April, May, June, Ven, Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Lea, Myde, Donald, Goofy, José, Panchito, Ari, Hayner, Pence, Olette, Zack, and Yuffie each had a few turns while everyone else watched, amused and unsure what to do.

---

After an hour and after Duckworth had cleaned up everyone's plates, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Violet, April, May, and June were still messing with the atlas while everyone else either mingled, used their Gummiphones, slept, or played some games in the main hall.

At this point, whenever Xandra reappeared, an annoyed expression was on her face.

"It gets funnier every time that we do it!" laughed Huey.

"I never thought that by the 500th time it would still be funny, BUT IT IS!" laughed Dewey.

"Oh man this is so good!" giggled Lena.

"Normally I don't enjoy stuff like this, but this is so funny!" laughed Riku.

"I guess we rubbed off on you!" smirked Kairi.

"We sure did!" said Sora.

But the moment Sora turned his head, Xandra quickly snatched the atlas from him and placed the bookmark in.

"That'll be enough of that." she said, relieved.

At that point, everyone noticed that the disappearing and reappearing had ended and they all gathered around once more.

"Man how I missed that." Donald said fondly.

"With that said… you guys really meet King Arthur?" Violet asked the Cabs excitedly.

"We sure did! And we trained under him as well!" Panchito said proudly.

"We learned Came-lot in Camelot!" joked Xandra.

Everyone but June, Isa, Cloud, and Cid laughed while they deadpanned.

"And is it true that you guys once went on an adventure to a tree that actually creates planets?" asked Myde.

"We sure did!" José said. "And we met some of the most powerful gods there; Venus, Mars, Neptune, all of them fine fellows."

"And gardeners." Panchito added. "I quite enjoyed learning about tubers from them."

"A what?" Zack asked.

"Don't ask! Please for the love of cod don't ask!" Donald said in exasperation.

"And is it true that the Three Caballeros and Xandra once took on lava lizards from Stonehenge?" asked Lena.

"We sure did!" José said proudly. "They were creepy, especially their queen."

"But thanks to Donald, we were able to stop them and get the Moa back to their jobs." said Xandra.

"Even though the Moa don't take vacations, they knew how to party." said Panchito. "As did Ari."

Ari did a spinning dance move on the table.

"He does look like a party animal." Cid mused.

"And while that was going on, we had to make sure that Donald and Daisy's date went according to plan since they were in a tough spot in their relationship." said May.

Daisy winced, but Donald patted her back reassuringly.

Those who didn't know about April, May, and June being there blinked.

"Wait a minute, this doesn't make any sense, how could you three have been there? This was all 60 years ago, way before you three were even born. How could you have possibly been there during your aunt's college year?" Myde asked, confused.

April, May, and June gave sheepish smiles.

"Uh...funny story actually. You see, it all happened about a year ago." May revealed, much to their surprise.

"This one time we were visiting Disney Castle, Gyro was presenting his TimeTub to Mickey and Minnie." explained April.

"I remember that." Mickey said.

"So, do I." said Scrooge. "I sent him to present the Time Tub in order to raise awareness of McDuck Enterprises in Disney Town. What does that have to do with any of it?"

"We may or may not have snuck into his room and played around with the TimeTub out of childlike curiosity." June said sheepishly.

"You totally snuck in and played around with the Timetub out of childlike curiosity, didn't you?" Louie smirked.

June nodded.

"Gyro caught us playing around in the Time Tub and by that time we accidentally turned it on and got sent blasting through time and space." said May.

"The four of us ended up 61 years in the past as a result and because Gyro's time tub was in the prototype stage it didn't have enough power to take us back to the future." said April.

"So you guys got stuck in the past?" Sora said in shock.

"Yep." May nodded.

"How did you survive?" asked Kairi.

"We tracked down Aunt Daisy's old house and we explained the situation to her." said May.

"When the did, I agreed to help them by pretending that they were my nieces while Gyro re-fueled and repaired the Time Tub."

"Wait, you didn't even know that they were your nieces?" Scrooge asked in surprise.

"We couldn't tell her. If we did, that would mess up the time stream." said April.

"It took two months, but then Gyro fixed the tub and we were back in our own timeline." concluded June.

"And in that time, we assisted Donald, José, Panchito, Xandra, Ari, and Humphery in their adventures." said April.

"I find it interesting that you three were let in on the Caballeros secret and yet Daisy wasn't considering that she's older than you." Lea remarked.

"They were already in too deep and we couldn't risk putting anyone else in danger." replied Xandra. "Daisy eventually found out after Sheldgoose and Felldrake were defeated."

"Speaking of which," Riku said with an awkward look. "Those two and Leopold are back."

José, Panchtio, Xandra, Ari, and the bear rug spat out their beverages (Duckworth hadn't gotten to them yet).

"WHAT?!" they exclaimed.

Ari squawked in alarm.

"Yep. They've teamed up with many of our enemies." said Naminé.

"FELLDRAKE!" snarled Xandra. "I thought we saw the last of him after Sheldgoose destroyed his staff!"

"Turns out his mind got stuck in Sheldgoose's mind and they lasted like that for a while until Magica De Spell freed them." said Terra. "

"Where is he?!" demanded Xandra.

"Whoa easy there Goddess of Adventure." Lea said quickly. "Those two and Leopold are at the Castle That Never Was."

"But don't even think of going there." Donald said firmly.

"Yeah, a full frontal assault in the Castle That Never Was is a basic death trap." said Goofy.

"Trust us, we did it ourselves to save some of our friends." said Xion. "We were almost trapped there after Hades blew up the Gummiship."

"Different Hades, not yours." Minnie clarified to Storkules and Selene.

"But believe us, Felldrake is not much of a threat anymore." said Daisy. "So no need to worry about him or Sheldgoose or Leopold."

Xandra calmed down.

"I suppose that's fine." she relented.

"Say Panchito, is your name really Panchito Pistoles?" Kairi asked.

"Not necessarily." Panchito replied. "The 'Pistoles' part came from the pistols I usually keep in my holsters. I replaced them with smartphones, y'know, for safety purposes."

"Smart move." Leon said in approval.

"So what is your real name?" asked Dewey.

"My real name is Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero Gonzalez." Panchito said proudly.

Everyone but Donald, Daisy, José, Xandra, Ari, and Humphery blinked.

"Uh… how do you say that again?" asked Scrooge.

"And how did you get such a long name?" asked Sora.

"Well…" Panchito said as he dragged Donald and José with him to the edge of the dining room. He then moved a couch in and sat in between them as he looked through a scrapbook.

(My Name Is Panchito from House of Mouse plays)

Panchito: My name is Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero Gonzalez

My mother Maria was born in Bahia

The daughter of grandpa Morales

His name was José and later one day

He married my grandma you see

Her name was Sophia and she had Maria

Maria then later had me

He then showed them a series of pictures of his family on the wall.

Panchito: My great aunt Michelle had a sister Raquel

Whose maiden name used to be Alice

She was growing up, too, in Lima, Peru

and married Roberto Gonzalez

While he had Raquel, they had Miguel

Who grew up in Ecuador, see

Then he moved to Bahia and married Maria

And he and Maria had me

During this, he showed them a much larger scrapbook, dressed Donald as a baby, tossed him over to José, who transformed his clothes into a tux and tophat before he dressed Donald in a wedding gown. They ran over to a baby carriage where Panchito was, where he grew into a taller version of himself with a suit and suitcase with a BAHIA label on it. He then brought over the scrap book as a literal family tree grew and the three danced on top of it.

Donald, José, and Panchito: Ay, yi, yi, yi

He's Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Gonzalez

Why, why, oh, why

José: You have a first name, they're really too long

Panchito: I'll try to explain so follow along

Panchtio then showed them pictures on the literal family tree.

Panchito: And my father and mother, they married each other

The best man was cousin Romero

The minister came and went by the name

of Father Francisco Quintero

Well, it turns out my mother, her favorite brother

was called Junipero, you see

So my father and mother, the priest and the brother

are names that were given to me

They flew up in balloons before they popped. As they descended, Donald held onto Panchito's leg while José flew down with his umbrella.

José: That's why he's Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero Gonzalez

Panchito: Descended from family in Mexico,

Chile, Brazil and a couple in Dallas

And when I go out and people all shout,

"Who could that possibly be?"

Why Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero Gonzalez

that's me!

The Cabs all joined together under a red spotlight as the song ended.

Everyone applauded.

"That was amazing!" cheered Sora.

"Way to go guys!" cheered Kairi.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!" cheered Dewey.

"Quite a story about a long name." chuckled Lea.

The Caballeroes took a bow.

For the rest of the night, everyone listened to the adventures of the gods and the Caballeros even when dinner was long over.

---

Later that night, Sora Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy led José, Panchito, Xandra, Ari, and Humphery to the castle's backyard.

"So why did you bring us out here?" José asked.

"We have a surprise for you guys." Donald replied.

"Take a look fellers!" Goofy said.

The six guests gasped.

There, right in front of them was the cabana itself.

"Is that…" José began.

"The cabana?!" Panchito added.

"It sure is! A-hyuck!" chuckled Goofy.

"All the way from the Quackmore Institute." said Mickey.

"We cleaned it up so it could be like a spare guest house." said Kairi.

"This is amazing!" Xandra said as she stepped inside.

The guests looked around in awe. The cabana had been well cleaned and organized. The bookshelf, knight armor, masks, chairs, desks, tables, paintings and artifacts were still around, the map of the Earth was still shining, the TV had been upgraded to a mini Flat-Screen. The bathroom and bedroom looked the same, as well.

"Wow… it feels like so long ago." José muttered in awe.

"It almost feels like… we're back home." Panchito added.

Ari squawked in agreement.

"How did you even get the cabana here?" Xandra asked.

"One of our friend sin the MCU, Dr. Henry 'Hank' Pym, specialized in size-technology when working on a suit that would later be known as Ant-Man." said Mickey.

"After Roxas led a mission there, Hank allowed us access to many of his growth and shrinking disks." said Sora.

"And after they got back, we made a deal with the people of Quackmore to take the cabana since Donald did techianlly inherit it to begin with." said Kairi.

"And we hired professionals for the wiring and plumbing." Sora added.

"That is amazing!" José said, impressed.

"Wait, what about the basement?" asked Panchito.

"Ludwig, Gyro, and Fenton had one built a while back." said Mickey.

"It looks the same alright." said Donald. "We just enter it differently."

Donald walked over to a new mounted lever next to the map and pulled it. The center bookshelf descended and turned into stairs.

Everyone made their way downstairs and gazed in awe at the remainder of the artifacts the original Caballeros had collected years ago, as well as the painting of them.

"WOW…!" they said in awe.

"It looks exactly the same!" exclaimed José.

"And it took three scientists you mentioned to build all of this?!" added Panchito.

"Plus some construction workers hired by Scrooge. The scientists made sure it was safe underground." said Mickey. "Our wizard friend Merlin helped too."

"It was a hard job, but we managed to make it happen in record time!" beamed Goofy.

"This is amazing you guys!" Xandra said happily.

"Thank you so much for preserving our old home!" José said thankfully.

"And all of the memories that come with it from both past and further past!" added Pahncito.

"Aw shucks, it was our pleasure!" smiled Goofy.

"And you know if you guys ever wanna move in, this cabana is yours." smiled Mickey. "You can stay here when we're on duty, and come back to Duckburg when we're escaping the royal life for a while."

Ari and Humpherey said stuff in their language.

"They agree." translated Panchito.

---

Upstairs in the castle, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June watched the six world-travelers exit the cabana from their room.

"They seem to be happy to have their old home back." quipped Louie.

"Well after all the adventures they went on, why wouldn't they be?" Webby said.

"You three are lucky, you got to be on their adventures when you accidentally went back in time." Dewey told the Duck girls.

"Not necessarily, we always held down the fort." said April.

"And kept Aunt Daisy away from everything." said June.

"But we did help by snooping around Sheldgoose's mansion for information." said May. "And we kinda helped out in the final battle against him, Felldrake, and Leopold."

"Plus, we did join in on the Camelot one." said April.

"Yeah, they all sounded so cool." said Lena.

"It would be amazing if we could go on an adventure like the ones discussed at dinner tonight." said Violet.

"Yeah it would be a dream come true!" Dewey said with a longing look.

"What do you mean? We go on adventures with Uncle Scrooge all the time!" said Huey.

"Yeah but I get what Dewey and Violet are saying." said Webby. "Those adventures are cool and all - and rightfully so - but going on an adventure to fight bad guys and protect the innocent like Sora and his team do."

"Exactly! To be part of an adventure with a whole team of Keyblade-wielding masters!" Dewey said dramatically.

"That does spell out a death sentence." Louie reminded them.

"So does every other adventure we've been on!" reminded Huey.

"I'll admit, it would be pretty cool to come along on an adventure like that." mused Lena.

"Yeah! Slaying Heartless, Nobodies, Unversed, and so MUCH MORE!" Webby exclaimed.

"It would be nice to relive those days again." said April. "Maybe we can ask Aunt Daisy or Uncle Donald or Sora to let us come along."

"Those chances are very slim, April." Violet sighed as she sat on her bed. "All 20 of them are experienced Keyblade Masters - some more so than others in terms of years - but it still applies. They're adventures are more of missions."

"But they still have a fun time." said Dewey.

"Besides, their missions are always a success and they come back with more members for their army." said Webby. "It would be so exciting!"

"But the question is, how are we gonna convince them to let us come along?" asked April.

Louie, Lena, and June smirked. "We've got something in mind." they said.

---

The next morning, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Lea, Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Isa, Ven, Aqua, Terra, Myde, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia were showing José, Panchito, Storkules, Selene, Xandra, Ari, and Humphery around the Secret Forest.

"I gotta say, this place looks so nice and peaceful." mused José.

"The parrot is correct!" Storkules exclaimed. "And you say you're training your own private army here?"

"We wouldn't say 'private', but yeah we've been recruiting other Keyblade wielders and any additional friends of theirs to help us fight our enemies," said Lea. "Got it memorized?"

"They seem like pretty dangerous enemiess." mused Selene.

"Trust us, they are." said Ven. "They made a bunch of ours and our friends lives a living hell."

"Which is why with the help of our new allies, we can take down Master Xehanort and his forces and save the worlds from total darkness in the Keyblade War." Aqua nodded.

"Sounds exciting!" Panchito commented.

Ari screeched in agreement.

"There they are!"

The group looked over to see Huey, Dewey, Louie, April, May, June, Webby, Lena, and Violet walk up to them. It had been Dewey who had spoken.

"Morning kids!" Goofy greeted.

"Glorious morning to you young noble warriors!" greeted Storkules.

"What brings all of you to the Secret Forest?" asked Oswald.

"We're glad you asked!" Louie smirked. "You see, me, my brothers, and our honorary sisters - three of whom are soon to be distant cousins not related by blood - were talking last night."

"About what?" asked Sora.

"About adventures and missions!" Webby replied. "We're always fascinated by the adventures you guys always went on when fighting the forces of darkness."

"And by the adventures we talked about with all of you last night at dinner." added Huey.

"And how we always wished we could get such an experience with going on an adventure with any Keyblade wielder, master or not." added April.

Everyone traded glances.

"What are you kids getting at?" Donald asked suspiciously.

The nine suddenly piled up in front of each other in front of the group.

"WE WANNA COME ON THE NEXT MISSION SLASH ADVENTURE!" they all said in unison.

They all toppled to the floor.

"Wait, WHAT?!" Donald and Daisy exclaimed at the same time.

The kids propped themselves up.

"You guys wanna join our team the next time a world is in danger?" asked Kairi.

"Yeah! That was what we emphasized." said Lena.

"Uh uh! No way!" Donald said firmly.

"It's too dangerous!" added Daisy.

They were met with nine deadpanning looks. The other 18 Keyblade wielders traded glances.

"Come on Uncle Donald, Aunt Daisy, we've been on dangerous adventures before with you and Uncle Scrooge." said Dewey.

"Yeah but these are different!" said Donald.

"Are they really Donald?"

Everyone looked at Sora in surprise.

"I mean, perilous adventures, fighting bad guys, the satisfaction of a job well done? It kinda is the same." said Sora. "I mean, sure we have creatures of darkness to fight, but even with them involved it's not really that different from the adventures Scrooge takes you guys on."

"Sora's right." nodded Xion. "And remember when the Unversed attacked the Dream Festival? These guys helped us stop them from hurting the people in town."

"And we did discuss having them fight alongside us in the Army of Light." said Aqua.

The nine kids' eyes lit up.

"You did?!" Dewey cried.

"Well we did agree that you guys can fight." said Riku.

"And you work well as a team." added Mickey.

"Plus, most of you are nearing the same age Sora and I were when all of this started for us." said Kairi. "And Lena's only a year younger."

"And Donald, you did say you would ask them when the time was right, remember?" Minnie added.

"And that would apply to you Daisy since your nieces are a part of their Friendship Circle." added Ortensia.

Donald and Daisy were now on the fence about their decision.

"We figured you guys wouldn't be sure, so Lena, June, and I came up with four reasons as to why we should join you." said Louie. "One, my brothers, Webby, and I fought in the Shadow War and helped you and the family take down Magica. We held our own during that fight and even though we did get hurt, that always happens on an adventure and we got through it… despite one certain event…" he added as he gazed at Lena sadly.

Lena gave Louie a reassuring pat on the back, making him smile, and then spoke up. "Two, we're practically the next generation of fighters alongside many of the humans that are a party of your team." she said. "We could shadow you - no pun intended - and learn how to do this sort of thing. We know how to fight, but hey, we're always learning."

"And three, we already have experiences on dangerous adventures in different ways." said June. "The Duck boys and Team Magic with Uncle Scrooge, April, May, and I with Xandra and the Three Caballeros, we got a bunch of experience we can use."

"Plus, Lena's magic." added Dewey.

Everyone processed what they had said.

"They do raise a lot of good points when you think about it." said Ven.

"They only listed four." Myde said in confusion.

"They are still valid." said Naminé.

"Well I think it's a great idea!" Storkules proclaimed. "Teaching young and daring adventures how to fight and protect on a whole new level they can learn on, defeating evildoers! Why, it's right up their alley!"

"Seriously Storkules?" Donald deadpanned.

"My bro is right." said Selene. "They are the next generation and I see potential in them for it. Plus, they'll have plenty of protection from all of you."

"I agree with my fellow gods." said Xandra. "I mean Donald, you, José, and Panchito started out as rookie heroes and look what happened, I and the girls helped shape you into The Three Caballeros You learned through daring aventures!"

Ari and Humpehry nodded in agreement.

"They do raise a point." said José. "We were young and inexperienced. They are young, but experienced."

"Makes sense to me." nodded Panchito.

"Look, the last thing we want is to put kids in danger," said Isa. "But these nine have proven themselves time after time again."

"It would be a good learning experience." nodded Oswald.

"And they have good skills that can help us if we ever need it." nodded Naminé.

"They have the qualities Scrooge has when it comes to adventuring." added Sora. "Dewey, Webby, and May are tougher than the toughies."

"Huey, Violet, and April are smarter than the smarties." said Riku.

"And Louie, Lena, and June are sharper than the sharpies." finished Lea.

"Yeah and you did promise to talk to them about joining." reminded Myde.

"And this would be a chance for them to decide." added Max.

"You see, they all agree with us." said Violet.

"So can we please go with you guys on your next mission?" asked May.

"We promise to behave." said Huey, holding up his hand. "Woodchuck's Honor."

Donald and Daisy traded unsure glances.

"Well…" they began.

The kids suddenly went up to the two ducks with beggin expressions.

"Pwease?" Dewey begged as all nine kids gave doe-eyes.

"Oh no. They're using the puppy-dog faces!" Donald cried as he and Daisy tried to resist.

The nine kids' eyes grew bigger.

"Oh now that's one way to do it." chuckled Lea.

Isa snorted in amusement.

"Must… look away…!" Daisy cried.

But the kids were just too cute to ignore!

"Ok kids you can come!" Donald finally relented, Daisy agreeing. (1)

Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June cheered.

"We're going on a mission! We're going on a mission!" they cheered.

"As long as you promise to behave!" added Donald.

"And stay with us." added Daisy.

"Follow us and you can't go wrong." Sora said with a smile.

"You got it Sora!" Dewey said.

"I think you all made the right decision." Panchito said confidently.

"So when do we leave for our first mission in another world?!" Webby asked eagerly.

"When we get told that one's in trouble." said Terra.

At that moment, they saw the Ranger Plane fly towards the group. Chip, Dale, Monterey Jack, and Gadget were inside it. Zipper and Foxglove flew close behind.

"Hark! Who might they be?" Strokules questioned. "Much tinier heroes that we've never met?"

"Remember Stork, just because they're small, that doesn't mean they don't stand tall." said Selene. (2)

"So true." nodded Xandra.

"It's the Rescue Rangers!" smiled Sora.

The plane, fly, and bat landed on the ground.

"Greeting your majesties, world travelers, and new visitors!" Dale said as the rodents got out of the plane.

"We were hoping we would find you here." said Chip.

"We aren't interrupting anything are we?" Gadget asked.

"Not at all." smiled Kairi.

"So Rescue Rangers, what brings you here?" Mickey asked.

"We were in the lab watching Gadget work on an invention while my Cheesecake was baking when the alarm started blaring louder than a dingo in serious pain." said Monty.

"Yeah yeah yeah!" said Zipper.

"Nothing bad happened right?" asked Xion.

"Not at all!" said Dale. "Well, not to us at least."

"The computer detected another world in danger of the darkness." said Chip.

"And it's just that, but it looks like a new one too." said Foxglove.

"So we came here straight away." said Gadget.

"Thanks for telling us fellas." said Mickey.

"Well guys, it looks like your first mission with us is starting now." Sora said to the kids, who grinned excitedly.

"We just gotta make sure Beakley's ok with Webby going." said Goofy.

"Oh! I texted Granny this morning. She's alright with it." Webby said, showing her phone to the group.

The text message read: As long as you behave, keep safe, and defeat the bad guy, it's fine with me. They hurt you, I. HURT. THEM.

Everyone felt uneasy at that last part.

"OK… let's go!" said Sora.

With that, the group ran for the portal back to the lab.

"Have fun!" called Panchito.

"Kick some bad guy butt!" said Xandra.

"Save the world!" said José.

"You go guys!" cheered Selene.

Ari squawked farewell while Humphery waved.

"So who wants to go to Tokyo?" Xandra asked, pulling out her atlas.

Everyone raised their hands/paws.

"I would like to get more inspiration for my inventions." said Gadget.

"Then Tokyo we go!" said Xandra, snapping her fingers.

And the group of 13 vanished in bright lights.

---

Gummiship:

Everyone arrived in the cockpit of the ship where Jiminy was waiting for them on the panel.

"I was in the lab uploading my latest journal entries to the computer when the alarm went off." the cricket said. "So I came straight here."

"Good on ya Jiminy." Mickey beamed.

"And I see we have some new visitors." Jiminy commented as he looked at the hummingbird and eight ducks.

"Yep! The kids are coming with us on this mission." said Sora.

"They'll be shadowing us so they can have an idea of what's to come if they decide to join the Army of Light or not." explained Terra.

"They convinced us with a lot of good points." said Goofy.

"And then they gave their aunt and uncle the sad-puppy-dog look." Max chuckled. "I'm so proud."

"Thank you Maximilian." Violet smiled.

"Well the more the merrier then." Jiminy smiled.

"We're actually inside the new and improved Gummiship!" Webby said excitedly.

"It's so cool!" Dewey said in awe. "Look at all the buttons and levers!"

"And all of the radars and dials!" said April.

"And I thought the controls in the Sunchaser were amazing!" said May.

"I only ever got to see the controls of the original Gummiship." said Huey. "But these look amazing!"

"And there's a lot of leg room here." added Louie, sitting in a chair.

"I can get used to that." said Lena as she sat down. "Ooh, and my butt can get used to this seat."

"They are comfy seats." nodded Lea.

Sora sat in the pilot's chair, Aqua in the co-pilot's chair, and Riku in the weapons chair.

"Ooh! Can I try blasting a Gummi Heartless if they try to attack?!" Webby asked eagerly.

"This is no time for stupid questions… yes you sure as hell can." Riku replied.

Webby squealed excitedly.

"Alright, is everyone ready to go?" asked Sora.

"I did a headcount. All 29 of us are here." said Kairi.

"And I'm entering in the coordinates Chip and Dale sent us." said Oswald.

"Then let's get ready to launch!" said Sora.

"Alright, we're going on a mission!" Dewey cheered.

"Watch out Heartless, Nobodies, Unversed, and Organization XIII, we're gonna kick your evil butts!" Lena grinned.

The hanger doors opened just as the Keybalde Masters remembered something that made their eyes widen.

"Uh you might wanna hang onto something fellas." Mickey quickly advised.

"Why's that King Mickey?" asked Violet.

Suddenly, the large arrow lit up and the trapdoor under the Gummiship opened up and it feel through it. Everyones screamed as they either want into the air or held onto something for dear life.

Sora managed to steadily bring the ship to a halt. Because of the sudden drop, Webby, Violet, and Louie landed on top of Dewey, Huey, and Lena respectively. They looked at who they landed on and the six immediately blushed and giggled sheepishly before they helped each other back up.

"What… the hell… was that…?" April asked, trying to steady her shaking legs.

"Yeah… that's the alternate way we leave the castle in this thing." said Max.

"Why did you even install that?!" exclaimed May.

"It was a budget issue." Minnie replied.

"I could've sworn Ludwig, Gyro, and Fenton fixed it." said Sora.

"I'll talk with them and maybe see if they can get Gandra, Manny, and Li'l Bulb to help them when we get back." said Mickey.

"Good idea, I don't fancy puking my breakfast out." June muttered.

"Alright, let's move!" said Sora.

And the Gummiship sailed to its destination.

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Lanes-In-Between:

Gummi Heartless, consisting of Hunter-Xs, Ghosts, and Ghouls were blasted to smithereens by Webby as Riku watched her with a proud smile.

"Nice shootin' Webs." Riku smirked.

"Thanks Riku!" Webby chirped.

"Now why don't you shoot down that Reaper's Wheel heading towards us?" Riku suggested.

Webby looked, smirked, and got ready to fire.

"I AM THE GODDESS OF DESTRUCTION!" Webby screamed as she blasted the Gummi Heartless away. (3)

"Man, look at her go blasting away all those Heartless." commented May.

"Yeah, she handles weapons like a dream." Dewey said fondly.

"What was that?" May asked.

"NOTHING!" Dewey said quickly.

" So far it does look like bringing them along was a good idea." said Naminé.

"Yeah, and Huey, Violet, and April can stop sketching the constellations." said Roxas, pointing at the three nerds.

Naminé looked and saw the three brainiacs gazing out of the window, sketching down the constellations they spotted.

"So what do you think we'll find in this new world?" Ven asked aloud.

"Hopefully more potential allies for the Army of Light." said Terra.

"And if not, good friends!" said Goofy.

"Adventure calling our names!" Dewey said excitedly.

"I'm still wondering about the last two of the New Seven Hearts." said Sora.

"And I'm still curious about this Black Box Maleficent's interested in." said Isa.

"You sure you were never told the specifics about it?" asked Aqua.

"Positive." Isa replied.

"Neither was I." said Terra. "I still have some bad memories of being Terranort, but only hearing about a Black Box, no details."

"I was usually left out of the loop, being a benched-vessel my second time as Demyx." said Myde, strumming his sitar.

"Aw I'm sure we'll find more answers to all of that eventually fellas." smiled Mickey.

"But for now, we should just chill back and relax while we get to our destination." said Louie, playing on his phone.

"He does have a point." shrugged Oswald as he cuddled next to Ortensia, making her giggle.

"Ugh, so cheesy." gagged Lena.

"Bet you wish that was you and Louie." teased June.

Lena spluttered and blushed redder than Huey's shirt and hat. "W-W-Wh-What?!" she exclaimed.

"Oh nothing!" June said innocently.

"Hey, I think I spy the next world fellers!" called Goofy.

Immediately, everyone looked through the front window and spotted the new world up ahead. It appeared to be a large factory with a few smokestacks and a logo that was a large blue M with an eye in the center. A bunch of doors with different colors and patterns connected by moving cables were underneath. There was also a large helicopter hovering over the left of the factory.

"What's this a factory?" asked Donald.

"Kinda looks like it." said Roxas. "We've seen a few factories during our Organization and Avengers missions."

"But what the heck is with all the doors?" asked April.

"Perhaps the factory makes doors?" suggested Violet.

"That would be something." mused May.

"Perhaps there is more to this factory than meets the eye." said Minnie.

"Queen Minnie's right." said Sora. "Let's check it out and see what kind of trouble's lurking about."

Everyone nodded as Sora parked the car. They faced their nine additions.

"Now remember kids, this is your first mission with our team." said Donald. "Stick by us at all times."

"And don't cause any trouble." added Daisy.

"Unless that trouble saves our hides." said Lea. "Got it memorized?"

"Yes." the ducks and hummingbird said in unison.

"We do want to help you guys." smiled Webby.

"It'll be fun!" grinned Huey.

"That's the spirit!" smiled Sora. "Now before we go down, you guys are gonna need weapons."

"I do have my khopesh from Toth-Ra." said Louie, bringing out said golden weapon.

"And I still have my trusty Diamond Dagger." said Lena.

"As for the rest of us, we can always have Uncle Donald and Goofy give us their staves and shields." said Dewey.

"Or Lena can make us some." added June.

"We actually have something else you fellers can use." said Goofy. "Follow us!"

Shrugging, Huey, Dewey, Webby, Violet, April, May, and June followed Sora, Isa, Donald, Goofy, and Mickey down the hall of the Gummiship until they arrived at a room. Goofy opened the door.

The room was filled with various devices include rays, swords, and all kinds of weapons.

"Welcome to our secret weapons vault!" said Donald.

"Secret weapons vault?!" Huey, Dewey, Webby, April, May, and June exclaimed in unison.

"I thought you had one in the castle." said Violet.

"Oh that's for the bigger stuff." said Donald. "We keep these on the ship in case we get extra recruits."

"Or if we're up against enemies Keyblades might not be enough to handle. Enemies vary a lot." said Sora as he gestured to a weapon on the wall. "Like this one we can use if were attacked by one of the royals or a member of Parliament Professor Von Drake invented."

"AWESOME!" the kids cheered as they ran to the wall.

"Dibs on the twin blue shiny sabers!" said Dewey. The handles were black (the end being cone-shaped). On them handles were square components and the swords coming out of it were bright, glowing blue, the tip of the blades are arrow-headed and they're split in two all the way across to their square components.

"Dibs on the shiny pink persian blade!" said Webby, holding a bright, glowing pink Persian sword, nicely curved, smooth and sharp at the tip and with a black handle.

Dewey ran over to the wall and Dewey jumps on to take the twin sabers and holds both with a smirk.

"Now, this is more like it!" he grinned.

"It'll take experienced hands to wield those weapons." said Isa.

"Good thing these hands are experienced, then." Webby grinned.

"What about the rest of you?" asked Lea.

"I got myself a Spirit Guandao." said Huey.

"I believe I will prevail with this Energy Mace." said Violet, holding a violet mace that was colored similar to Lena's magic.

"Ooh, I'm taking this Sun Glaive." said April, holding a yellow and black polearm. The top held a sun emblem and sticking out of it is a silver blade with glowing yellow engravings.

"Starfire Sword!" grinned May, holding a single-edged orange sword coursing with flames inside. The handle was double-edged, dark brown and holds 3 orange gems.

"I got a Khopesh too!" said June, holding a shiny silver triangular shaped khopesh with a purple handle. "I'm calling this puppy Viper Khopesh."

"Decided on the names already huh?" mused Lea.

"They must really like them already." chuckled Sora.

"We do we do! cheered Webby.

The kids rejoined everyone in the cockpit.

"Sweet weapons guys!" Louie grinned.

"We're totally kick bad guy ass with these things!" grinned May.

"I CAN'T WAIT!" cheered Webby.

"Then let's get to it!" said Sora. "Mickey, beam us down!"

"You got it Sora!" Mickey nodded as he pressed a button.

The Gummiship was engulfed in a bright light as Jiminy blocked his view. Once it died down, the 20 world-travelers, the Duck Boys, Duck Girls, and Team magic were gone.

"Now to wait until there's stuff to document." said Jiminy as he sat down on the panel, pulling our a small book from his coat. "Let's see, 5 across, a word to describe 'heroic.' Ooh! 'Brave'!"

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Castle That Never Was:

At the Altar of Naught, Ansem, Xemnas, Sephiroth, Maleficent, Pete, and Mortimer were overseeing everything via Maleficent's magic.

Xemnas wore his cloak whole Ansem and Sephiroth wore their regular outfits.

"So those meddling Keybearers got nine more pipsqueaks to join them?" Pete asked before laughing. "What a joke!"

"Yeah, those nine will just get in their way." laughed Mortimer.

"They may be small and young, but they aren't to be underestimated." said Xemnas. "Hubert, Dewford, Llewellyn, and Webbigail participated in the Shadow War against Magica De Spell. And they got out alive."

"April, May, and June Duck have gone against Lord Felldrake alongside Xandra and the Three Caballeros outside of their own time." said Ansem. "And that Violet Sabrewing has been learning vast knowledge about magic since the Shadow War."

"And that Lena is Magica's creation," said Sephiroth. "While she isn't as powerful as our sorceress, she still holds powerful magic, and is dangerous." He smirked. "A shame Magica is still out cold from her battle with Sora. She would want her chance to get rid of her traitorous creation for good."

"None of that matters now." said Maleficent. "They are in the next world." She turned to Pete and Mortimer. "Find Randall Boggs, have him and our inside helper know that they will be expecting unwelcome company. But they must keep a low image so as to not get caught."

"Don't worry Maleficent, we can do that perfectly." Mortimer smirked.

"That's what you said about making Yzma's Heartless extremely powerful. And now that lavender kitten is out cold from the battle." snarked Sephiroth.

"Hey, it was still a good idea!" Pete pouted as a corridor opened up. He huffed as he and Mortimer walked through it before it disappeared.

"Remind me why this world is of great importance." said Sephiroth.

"The world of Monstropolis had a hand in helping resurrect one of our members of the new Organization." replied Xemnas.

"Indeed." nodded Ansem. "While Maleficent and Magica were able to bring Vanitas, Xemnas, and I back to life, Vanitas' heart was still incomplete. Without Ventus' heart, he lacked the strength to help us."

"Even with a piece of Xehanort's heart, it wasn't enough to help him regain his power." said Xemnas. "It would take quite some time for him to be back to full power."

"And that was when we found a world that could help." said Maleficent. "A world that could turn what they use for power to help them, into power that could help us. Magica and I used that power to give Vanitas the strength he had back before Terra, Ventus, and Aqua met their decade-long fates."

"And I've never felt better."

The four villains turned to see Vanitas stroll up the steps to the altar. He was in his bodysuit.

"That world has a company that contains such negative emotion that I needed in order to funcion as I am." said Vanitas. "Such a shame that it was already suffering some… shortage problems." He smirked. "Not that it's any of our concern. The Unversed collected enough of that emotion to help further reconstruct my heart. Combined with a piece of Xehanort's I'm as powerful as I was since I was released from Ventus' heart."

"And enough to help us in the Keyblade War as a Seeker of Darkness." nodded Ansem.

"Almost." Vanitas said as he approached the image. "If I were to be more stronger than I already am, I still need my brother's heart. And then I will be as powerful as I was when I wielded χ-blade. And with master Xehanort's heart as a part of me, I will be able to eliminate Ventus for good."

"So are you volunteering to monitor that world?" asked Xemnas.

Vanitas chuckled. "I've recovered since the last battle at the Castle of Dreams." he replied. "And I still have plenty of tricks up my sleeve."

"Then we wish you luck." said Ansem. "And be sure to help out our associates in that world."

"Done." Vanitas said.

He then slipped on his cloak, opened a corridor of darkness, and walked through it.

To be continued…

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And now we're on our way to Monstropolis! And Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, Violet, April, May, and June have joined the mission! Will they prove to be a big help? We'll see in the next chapter.

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And we also got four more additions ot the Army of Light: Yuna, Rikku, and Paine (now in human forms) and Setzer Gabbiani as well! And yes, his redemption persona is baed off of the events in Final Fantasy VI.

Special thanks to Super Sayian 3 Odd dialogue.

(1) The Casagrandes - Fails From the Crypt

(2) Thomas and Friends - Little Engines song

(3) Gravity Falls - Not What He Seems

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Dedicated to Gilbert Gottfried

The voice of Iago the Parrot Aladdin and Kingdom Hearts franchises.

February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022