well, no one else is posting so, might as well update the story with the next chapter to keep the thread going. here's chapter three.
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Chapter three: Return of darkness.
“Smoke!” was the first word Sora heard the next day. He sat up, and there was smoke surrounding him. He went low to the ground, and saw that the smoke was coming from the kitchen. As he crawled in, he spotted a fire extinguisher on the wall. He grabbed it and pointed it at the stove. As the smoke cleared, Sora saw Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy who had a chef’s hat, and a “kiss the cook” apron on.
“Ahuck, breakfast?” said Goofy, holding up to Sora, a pan with a piece of round ash that may once have been a pancake.
“Um, thank’s…” said Sora. “But I’m not hungry.”
There was a knock on the door.
“Hey, you guys in there?” they heard Yuffie say.
“Yeah. Where else would we be?” asked Sora.
The door opened and Yuffie came in accompanied by Leon, Aerith, Cid, and Merlin.
“Guess who’s here,” said Yuffie.
“Who?” asked Kairi.
“Come see for your self’s,” said Yuffie.
They walked over to DiZ’s study again, and found someone conversing with Relzark. The man was actually a giant humanoid mouse, whom they all recognized at once.
“King Mickey!” they all said in unison. He jumped when he heard them, but then turned around, and greeted them.
“Hey there,” said Mickey.
“What have you been doing?” asked Sora.
“Well, that’s another story for another day,” said Mickey. “Right now we have a serious issue to tend to. I think I know what’s up with the heartless.”
“Yeah?” they asked, desperate to find out what was happening.
“I may be wrong of course,” said Mickey.
“Yeah?” they repeated.
“I think kingdom hearts has been opened.”
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“So, what are we gonna do now?”
“Be quiet!”
It may have been sunny outside, but in the deepest part of an old castle in ruins, it was quite dark.
“But, Maleficent,” said a large man to a tall woman, as they walked down a flight of stairs. “You still haven’t told me anything about the plan.”
“You needn’t worry about that, Pete,” said Maleficent.
“Well how am I supposed to help if I don’t know anything?” said Pete.
“Just do what I tell you,” said Maleficent. “You will learn of the plan in due time.”
“So just what are we doing here?” asked Pete.
“Looking for something.”
“What?”
“You’ll soon find out.”
They had reached the bottom of the stairs, and were standing in front of a door with no knob, but a keyhole.
“Great,” said Pete. “Now what?”
“Do you think that we would just come down here unprepared?” said Maleficent. She pulled something from her robe, a key. She then put the key in the lock, turned it, and they heard a click.
“What are we looking for again?” asked Pete.
“I’ve already found what I was looking for,” she said closing the door and locking it back up.
“But you didn’t take nothing,” said Pete.
“I did not have to,” said Maleficent, an evil grin appearing on her face.
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“What do you mean ‘Kingdom Hearts has been opened’?” asked Sora, puzzled.
“Well, the door to Kingdom Hearts. Do you remember the door we locked?” said Mickey.
“Yeah,” said Sora.
“Well, that wasn’t just the door to darkness, it was the door to Kingdom Hearts.”
“We know that already,” said Riku.
“Yeah, well, Xehanort unlocked it,” said Mickey.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. I thought we already got rid of Xehanort,” said Sora.
“Not the real one.”
“Okay, I’m confused,” said Sora.
“You see, there was another Xehanort, the real one. The one you defeated was just his dark soldier, Mentior.”
“Mentior?” asked Sora.
“Yup, he was Xehanort’s apprentice. A while ago there were three keyblade wielders: Terra, Aqua, and Ven.” Said Mickey.
Ven. This sounded familiar to Sora, but he couldn’t tell why.
“They fought against Xehanort eleven years ago. They won, but just barely. Xehanort was sent to sleep, and Mentior took on his and Terra’s appearance. And, of course, stole the name Xehanort.”
“So, we’re actually facing the real Xehanort now? The real, real Xehanort?” asked Sora.
“Uh-huh,” said Mickey.
“And Mentior is his dark soldier's real, real name?”
“You got it!”
“Okay, thanks for filling us in,” said Riku. “But we need to figure out what we’re gonna do about this real, real big problem.”
“Beat him of course,” said Sora.
“I don’t think you understand. It’s not that simple, there’s more,” said Mickey.
“What is it now?” asked Sora.
“Well…” he began. “Xehanort not only unlocked Kingdom Hearts, but he’s going to all the worlds trying to unlock keyholes. Of course you don’t have to worry about the keyholes you already sealed. ‘Cause once they’re locked, it’s impossible to unlock ‘em.”
“Déjà vu,” said Donald.
“Tell me about it,” said Sora. “How in the worlds are we supposed to get there before him?”
Riku was the one to answer this question.
“Isn’t it obvious?” said Riku. “It’s me.”
“Huh?”
“Oh for goodness sake,” said Riku. “I have the ability to detect dark beings, remember?”
“Oh yeah,” said Sora.
“Sheesh…”
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“Anything yet?” said Sora.
“I told you, Sora, I’ll tell you as soon as I pick something up,” said Riku.
It had been two days sense King Mickey’s arrival. They had been preparing incase Riku felt something going on. Cid had made sure the gummi ship was in perfect shape, Riku had given his flower keyblade to kairi, saying it “wasn’t exactly his style”, and him and Sora had trained her in battle, and the rest of the gang just went on with their usual business. Except, Merlin. He remained locked up in his house, and said that he had a special surprise for Sora.
“Wait,” said Riku closing his eyes. “I- I think I am getting something.”
“Well?” asked Sora.
“Yeah, it’s Xehanort all right,” said Riku.
“Then I guess we should move out,” said Kairi.
“Wait!” they heard someone call. They turned and saw Merlin running towards them.
“I… have something… for you,” he panted.
“What is it?” asked Sora.
“This,” said Merlin, as he held up his palm. In it, there was a glowing orb of energy.
“A drive orb?” asked Sora.
“Yes,” said Merlin. “I thought it might be of some help. Go ahead, take it.”
He did as Merlin said, and took it. At once, he started changing, or rather, his clothes started changing. They turned camouflage, and two keyblades appeared. One was, the Kingdom Key, the other was, Spellbinder.
“Wow,” they all said.
“That’s stealth form,” said Merlin. “It gives you the ability to sneak around, unseen.”
“Thank’s, Merlin,” said Sora.
“No problem,” said Merlin. “Now get a move on.”
“Bye!” they all said.
“Hey, wait! Your not leaving without us are you?” said Donald, running up to them with Goofy and Mickey.
“Of course not,” said Sora. “Hop on.”
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“Wait! Don’t go any further,” said Riku, hours later. “It’s coming from here.”
“What’s the place called?” asked Sora.
Donald looked at the screen.
“Toy Land,” he said.
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i tried to make it longer this time. can anybody guess what world i'm thinking of?
edit: oh yeah! i forgot. mentior is latin for fake, phony, etc.