Greetings fellow readers and writers! This is my next Kingdom Hearts story and I hope you like it! Okay, this takes place just after the end of Volume 10 of my Beyond the Door to Light, where Sora and his friends, and Hayner and his friends teamed up with heroes from other worlds to save the realms of light from Maleficent and a bunch of new baddies. This fic will cross Kingdom Hearts with The Twilight Saga, His Dark Materials and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, among other cool stuff that will come along as they emerge from my imagination. I'll add disclaimers to each chapter for each new element added. Now I don't won any of the stuff in this fic, except for my original characters, so please don't sue me, I'm only trying to tell a good story.

Also, I want to point out that I had a falling out with my beta reader. This writer, whom shall remain nameless, wanted to change my stories to fit what he saw as a good story. I disagreed with his changes, and with other issues, to the point that I am no longer associated with this writer and have removed the changes, going back to my original story. It's not perfect, but it's what I feel is right and true to myself. If the writer whom shall remain nameless disagrees with me, then don't read my stories, and please don't review the story either because I don't want to know what you think if all you're going to do is disrespect me and my imagination.

Sorry for ranting like that, I'm just trying to tell you all how serious these few weeks have been for me.

And now, without further delay, please enjoy…

Kingdom Hearts: Beyond the Door to Light

Volume 11: Search for the Keys

By AndrewK9000

Chapter 1: Clash at Pixy Hollow

"Is that it?" Aiden asked as The Intrepid Heart settled into orbit around a mostly water world that had various small islands, while one side of the world had a huge clock tower. "Is this really it? Or have we gone through another weird time/space mess and come at somewhere else?"

"That's Neverland alright," said Sora, "we're finally here."

"It's about time," said Riku, "I was starting to think that we might never get here."

"I'm just glad we're somewhere," said Tess, "after that insanity in that dream world, I'm just happy to be going someplace real."

"You said it," said Kairi.

Our heroes had just finished visiting several worlds in the realms of light, each world an adventure unto itself. Yet with each world they visited, they left with one special item, a gold key that, apparently, unlocks a special item, The Sacred Talisman of Zumakalis, that's in a hidden vault in Traverse Town.

Joining Sora, Riku, Kairi, Aiden, Tess, Donald and Goofy on their latest journey was Jacob Black, a Native American shape shifter who can turn into a huge wolf. Jacob happens to be bonded to a half human, half vampire girl who was separated from him and is now traveling throughout the worlds with another group of heroes.

Also joining Sora and the others was Lyra Silvertone and her daemon Pantalimion or just Pan, also from another world. Lyra and Pan come from a world where the souls of humans exist as animals. Lyra has the ability to use a special item known as the Alethiometer, which can answer any question. As it turns out, Lyra's first love, one Will Parry and his Daemon Kirjava, were with the other group of heroes.

Jacob and his soul mate, one Renesmee 'Nessie' Cullen, were forced out of their world by one Gideon Graves, a true Villain of the worst kind. Sora and the others learned that Gideon had hunted down Nessie because he thought she was the one he needed, but she wasn't, so he used a curse that blasted Nessie, Jacob, her family and his packmates, out of their world and scattered them across the realms. Sora and the others promised Jacob that they would find the missing ones.

As for Lyra and Pan, they volunteered to leave their world to stop Gideon and his vile plans, which involve convincing Maleficent that all Gideon wanted was Kairi. In truth, Gideon needs Kairi who, as both a Princess of Heart and a Keyblade Wielder, is the one he wants. Gideon plans to place Kairi under his control so he can kidnap the new Princesses of Heart and use them to open a door to limbo and release the real enemy; Light Yagami, otherwise known as Kira, a man who sees himself as a god.

All of this and more Sora and the others learned in an artificial dream. In the dream, Sora and his friends met up with the other heroes, consisting of Hayner, Pence and Olette of Twilight Town, as well as Nessie, Will and Kirjava.

As the two groups met in the dream, Ansem the Wise revealed himself to Sora and the others as alive and well, and working with one Young Watari, who works for the infamous L Lawlett, otherwise known as Ryuzaki. Many questions were left unanswered, but both groups of heroes had enough to realize that they were into something bigger than they could have imagined.

But there was hope. Ryuzaki explained that The Sacred Talisman of Zumakalis had the power to destroy Maleficent, Gideon and Kira, assuming all 13 gold keys that unlock the talisman can be brought to Traverse Town before Gideon gets his hands on Kairi.

Both sets of heroes promised to find the remaining keys, as well as Nessie's family and Jacob's pack, before meeting up in Traverse Town and unsealing the talisman.

"We've got three of the keys," said Kairi, while Aiden and Tess held up said golden keys, "while Hayner and his team have three more."

"There's still seven to find," said Riku.

"And we have to find everyone who's missing," said Lyra as she, Pan and Jacob walked onto the bridge, shortly followed by Roxas and Naminé.

"Not only is Nessie out there getting into trouble," said Jacob, "we have to find my packmates, and the Cullen's."

"So how many of the vampires are out there?" Roxas asked.

"Well there's Bella and Edward, Nessie's parents," said Jacob, "then there's Alice, Jasper and Emmet, and Rosalie."

"I've got a feeling that you don't like the last one that much," said Naminé.

"Me and Rosalie don't have a really happy relationship," said Jacob, "which is kinda good considering how much vampires and wolves never really like each other in the first place."

"Well I'm glad things worked out for you," said Sora, "and we'll get you, Nessie, your friends and her family all back together soon."

"Just as soon as we find all of those gold keys and unseal the talisman," said Aiden, "whatever it is."

"You'd think Ryuzaki would at least tell us what the talisman looks like," said Tess, "so we'd know it when we see it."

"It's the only object in the sealed vault," said Lyra as she looked at her Alethiometer, a golden device the size of a large compass with 36 symbols on the face, three small hands that could be moved by three wheels along the sides, which are used to ask questions, and a fourth, larger hand that moved on its own and represented the answers.

"Can the Alethiometer be used to find which worlds have keys on them?" Sora asked.

"I've already tried," said Lyra, "but there's no answer. It's the Nobody-control items blocking it."

"We're going to have to go after every single Uridium item in the realms in order for the Alethiometer to work again, aren't we?" Kairi asked.

"What bugs me is that Maleficent's allowed herself to be duped by Gideon and his minions," said Riku.

"There's always someone worse," said Roxas, "if it's not Maleficent, it's that fake Ansem, Xehanort's Heartless, or it's Xemnes, and now Gideon."

"And I'll be Kira next if we're not careful," said Naminé.

"Then there's not a moment to wait," said Sora, "let's go to Neverland already!"

Just then Sidney, the ship's artificial intelligence program, materialized next to Aiden, startling him, "I only have a bit of advice for you crazy heroes."

"Don't do that!" snapped Aiden, "are you trying to give me a heart attack?"

"Just keeping you all on your toes!" said a grinning Sidney, "so, have fun down there and if you need any help, just give me a call."

"I've got the ship on speed dial," said Riku as he held up his cell phone.

"Good," said Sidney, "oh, and remember to wipe your feet before you come back up. This ship is my body and I want it kept clean."

"We always keep the ship clean," said Kairi.

"Well just be sure that you remember," said Sidney.

"We will," said Sora. He and the others then headed for the transporter room.

"So what can we expect on this world?" Jacob asked as they got onto the transporter pad.

"Oh, not much," said Roxas, "just fairies and pirates."

"We'll we've seen fairies and pirates," said Kairi, "but I've never seen them together, not awake that is. The last time I was here I was little more than a breathing doll."

"Well this time we're going to show you around," said Roxas, "I remember hopping around all sorts of small islands. And of course, there's Captain Hook."

"Oh, yeah, Captain Hook," said Sora, "that guy's just a cuttlefish, or codfish, whatever Peter called him. But that doesn't mean he's not dangerous, so if we run into Hook, be careful."

"We're always careful when it comes to Villains," said Kairi.

"Well now we have to be extra careful," said Sora, "we now know what the baddies want with you. I'm not going to let that jerk Gideon have his way with you."

"I hope not," said Kairi, "the thought of being turned evil so I can hunt down and capture the new Princesses of Heart makes me shudder," she then shuddered, "you see?"

"What about me?" Aiden asked, "I'm the one with the faces of the last two Princesses in my head. Maleficent's gonna trawl my brain if she gets her hands on my head."

"And such a precious head it is," teased Tess.

"Darn right my brain is precious," said Aiden as he stubbornly crossed his arms, "so let's just get those damn keys already."

They all got onto the transporter pad and prepared to beam down, "keep the light on, Sidney," said Sora.

"Will do," said Sidney, "energizing."

The next thing Sora, Riku, Kairi, Aiden, Tess, Donald, Goofy, Jacob, Lyra and Pan knew, they were all on the beach of a tropical island.

"Now all we have to do is find Tink," said Sora.

"Easier said than done," said Riku.

But then a certain blond pixy flew up and hovered in front of Sora's face. She had a highly annoyed look about her as she glared at Sora, as if saying 'why haven't you come already?'

"So that's a fairy?" Lyra asked in an amazed tone.

"How should I know?" Jacob asked.

"That's Tink alright," said Roxas.

"Uh…hi, Tink," said Sora, "sorry about not coming to see you sooner."

Tink stubbornly crossed her arms and turned away.

"I said I was sorry," said Sora, "and I want to thank you for the Pixy Dust, it's really been a help."

"It has," said Roxas, "and I'm sorry I couldn't helped you better when I was here. I was just following orders and didn't know better. Honestly, if I knew what I know now back then, I would have helped you first and foremost when you asked me."

"What do you want from them?" Kairi asked Tink, "they're apologizing for their ignoring you, what more do you want?"

Just then Peter Pan flew down out of the say, startling Aiden, "she's just being stubborn," said Peter, "I kinda've been ignoring her as well, what with helping Wendy and her brothers. You must be Kairi, nice to see you awake for once."

"Is the whole freaking universe out to give me a heart attack!" said an irate Aiden.

"If you can't take the heat," said Peter as he hovered with his hands behind his neck, "then get out of the water."

"That doesn't make any sense at all," said Tess, "then again, not a whole lot as made sense since I joined up with these maniacs."

"Well you're the murdering psychopath," said Aiden, "I'm just an alchemist with a reluctant quest on his head."

"Peter," said Sora, "that's Aiden, he's cool. You already know Riku, but he's okay now." Sora then introduced Tess, Lyra and Pan, and Jacob.

"You guys certainly are out of this world," said Peter as he hovered around Lyra and Jacob.

"And you're certainly different," said Lyra, "I've seen some strange things in my travels, but never someone who can fly like this."

"This worlds' just full of surprises," said Peter.

"I'm sure we'll see a lot," said Jacob.

By then Tink had warmed up again to Sora and Roxas. By her gesturing she had forgiven their lack of contact with her. Sora and Roxas then introduced Kairi and Naminé to the blond pixy.

"So, Peter," said Sora, "any trouble with the Heartless lately?"

"Oh, just the usual stuff," said Peter as he did the backstroke in midair, "nothing I can't handle, but then these fish monsters that walk on land showed up and attacked Pixy Hollow."

"Pixy Hollow?" Kairi asked.

"It's where all of Tink's friends live," said Peter, "where they get their magic and help keep the seasons of the worlds going. Without Pixy Hollow, the seasons wouldn't exist and everything would be dull and lifeless."

"That's horrible!" said Naminé, "life needs the changing of the seasons."

"Tell that to the demons," said Peter.

"Tink," said Sora, "exactly what's going on?"

Tink then began chattering in her bell-like voice, but Sora and the others didn't understand her at all.

"This is getting us nowhere fast," said Riku, "there's got to be a way for us to understand her."

Jus then Tink looked like she had remembered something extremely important. Sora then realized that Tink had two pouches of Pixy dust, her normal one and one colored blue. She took a some dust from the blue pouch, the dust was also colored blue, and sprinkled some on Sora.

"Can you hear me now?" Tink asked.

"I can!" said a surprised Sora, "how did you…?"

"Special Pixy Dust from the Blue Harvest Moon," said Tink, "let's just say that Blue Pixy Dust has special qualities."

"You can understand her now?" a confused Kairi asked.

"Let me share the love," said Tink. She then flew to Kairi, Riku, Aiden and the others and sprinkled them with some Blue Dust.

"We can finally understand you, Tink!" said Roxas, "this is awesome!"

"I know," said Tink, "but we can celebrate later. We've got a lot of trouble. Sora, my friends and I can really use your help, you and your friends."

"We're on it," said Sora, while Kairi, Riku and the others nodded in agreement."

"Am I the only one who thinks this is weird?" Jacob asked.

"You think fairies are strange?" Lyra asked, "I once met people who are so small they can ride on dragonflies."

"Oh, that must be so cool!" said Tink, "I'd never thought about that. I'll have to try it sometime, but that can wait. Come on! I'll show you all to Pixy Hollow."

…Neverland…

"So exactly what's been happening, Tink?" Sora asked as the blond pixy showed our heroes across the land.

"It started a few days ago," said Tink, "these…things… these monsters, they showed up with a huge army of Heartless and other things. They tried to destroy Pixy Hollow, but every fairy in Neverland stood together and we all combined our powers to force them away. The big monsters couldn't come close because Pixy Hollow has its own magical protection, but the smaller monsters, including Heartless, they could get closer, so they're the ones we had to worry about."

"That's what been bugging me, Sora," said Peter, "how come there's a whole lot of Heartless around here again? I thought you took care of that problem."

"We did seal the Keyhole for Neverland," said Sora, "but the baddies, they found a way to go around that."

"It doesn't seem like they can do it again any time soon," said Kairi, "otherwise we'd really be in trouble."

"Well, we managed to force the baddies away," said Tink, "but they could come back at any time, and who know what they'll try next? I've got all sorts of ideas on how to protect Pixy Hollow, but there's not much that my friends and I have to work with."

"Well, show us what you have and we'll make the best of it," said Sora.

"And we'll all help," said Kairi, while Riku and the others nodded in agreement.

"That's so great of all of you," said a smiling Tink, "come on! Pixy Hollow is this way! Oh, I can't wait to introduce you to all of my friends!"

Far out to sea aboard the Jolly Rodger, three demons were planning a vile scheme with Captain Hook. The three demons were all dressed like pirates and had water predators attributes. One was like a hammerhead shark, the other like a piranha and the third had an elongated neck and a snake-like head, like a sea serpent .

"What exactly is it you malevolent monsters want?" Captain Hook asked.

"It's not what we want," said the hammerhead demon, "it's what our lord and master, Gideon Graves, wants."

"Mr. Graves wants chaos across the worlds," said the piranha demon, "and the best way to cause chaos is to ruin the balance of nature."

"And the best way to do that is to destroy Pixy Hollow," said the sea serpent demon. "Especially their Home Tree. And you, Captain Hook, are going to help us do it."

"And why should I help you devilish demons?" Hook asked.

"Because if you don't," said the hammerhead demon, "we'll destroy your ship and eat you down to your bones."

"And then we'll eat the bones," said the piranha demon.

"But if you do help us," said the sea serpent demon, "we'll reward you with treasure beyond your wildest dreams."

"What kid of treasure do you say?" Hook asked as he stroked his moustache in a thoughtful manner.

"Imagine enough gold, silver, gems and other forms of precious goods to fill this ship ten times over," said the sea serpent demon, "and then imagine a ship big enough to fill it all."

"That be a lot of treasure," said Hook, "but I already have a ship. The Jolly Rodger has served me well for many a year. I'd be hard pressed to part with her."

"Ah, yes," said the hammerhead demon, "humans and their bonds with material possessions."

"Alright then," said the sea serpent demon, "imagine instead your own island where you can store the treasure, complete with a castle in which you can count that treasure to your heart's content."

"Tempting," said Hook, "very tempting indeed. But not good enough. You see, that blasted Peter Pan is a friend of the fairies, which don't exist by the way."

"But they do exist," said the piranha demon, "otherwise there'd be no need to destroy their home."

"I know that," said Hook, "I only denied their existence because every time someone says that they don't believe in fairies, one of them dies somewhere."

"Fair enough," said the piranha demon.

"I know what you want," said the sea serpent demon, "you wish for the demise of Peter Pan."

"I loath that boy," said Hook through gritted teeth, "I hate him so much, and not just for the loss of me hand," he held up his hook, "I'd repay him a thousand fold, but he only have two hands, where I only have one!"

"We can arrange it so that you can torment the boy until there is nothing of him left," said the hammerhead demon.

"Yes, that may work for me," said Hook, "but it's still not enough for my assisting you."

"Then there is only one other thing in which we can offer you," said the sea serpent demon, "the crocodile who took your hand."

"You can bring me hand back?" Hook asked hopefully, "I'd give me right eyetooth for me hand back."

"Unfortunately bodily reconstruction isn't one of our talents," said the piranha demon, "however, we can offer you revenge."

"We can arrange it so that the beast who ate your hand is delivered to you trusted up for the kill. We will deliver the monster for you to kill."

"Swoggle me eyes!" said Hook, "I'd gladly accept revenge. Very well, I'll do it. Consider Pixy Hollow destroyed." he then looked up to the wheel of the ship, "Mr. Smee! Set course for Pixy Hollow!"

"Aye, captain!" said Mr. Smee as he turned the wheel of the ship, "we're on our way! We should be within canon range inside two hours."

"Excellent," said Hook, "we'll blast them all to the moon!"

"You just need to get us there," said the sea serpent demon, "we will do all the necessary work."

"The magic of the fairies prevents our kind from even coming close to their Home Tree," said the hammerhead demon, "that tree is the source of their Pixy Dust, without which they cannot fly outside their native realm and deliver the magic that changes and balances the seasons."

"However, if humans were to show us the way," said the piranha demon, "if they were to arrive in fairy territory first and invite us in, then there would be nothing to stop us from destroying the fairies and their magic, forever."

"I'm beginning to like this plan of yours," said Hook, "but you'll never get to the wretched fairies, not with that blasted Peter Pan as their friend."

"You just get us to where we need to go," said the sea serpent demon, "we'll worry about the details."

At that time one of the Pirate-type Heartless had taken the wheel, allowing Mr. Smee to walk up to Hook, "uh, Captain? Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, with no disrespect of course, we depend on nature for the wind. Without the wind, what kind of pirates will we be?"

"Rich kinds, Mr. Smee," said Hook, "rich beyond our wildest dreams. After this act of villainy, we can all retire and live out or days as kings! And that blasted Peter Pan will be no more!"

"If you say so, Captain," sighed Mr. Smee.

"And that croc," said Hook, "that horrible croc who took me hand, he'll finally get his as well!" he then laughed loudly, but then stopped as a faint ticking sound was heard, "What's that!" Hook asked as he trembled with fear, "oh no! The croc's back! Come to eat the rest of me!"

"Oh, forgive me," said the hammerhead demon as he held up an old fashion pocket watch, "that's just me, checking the time."

"I don't know why you insist on keeping that outdated piece of junk," said the sea serpent demon, "everyone else in Mr. Grave's employment has gone digital," he pointed to his PDA, while the piranha demon held up his Mobile.

"I'm just nostalgic," said the hammerhead demon as he put his watch back into his pocket

"We'll don't scare me like that!" snapped Hook, "I'm under enough stress as it is!"

"You might want to try relaxation techniques of some sort," said the sea serpent demon, "even we demons get stressed out sometimes."

"Maybe you should go on a vacation, captain," said Mr. Smee.

"Tempting," said Hook, "but there's so much to do and so little time to do it all in."

Just then the sound of a clock ticking could be heard again.

"Oh no!" shouted a terrified Hook, "it's the croc! He's back to eat me!"

"Sorry," said the hammerhead demon as he held up his cell phone, who's ringtone was like a ticking clock, "that was me again."

"You really need to get a life," said the piranha demon.

"You really need to get a life," said the hammerhead demon in a mocking tone, "I'll give you a life," he then answered his phone, "yeah, it's me…really? You caught one of them? Which one? Oh, not the one we were hoping for…that's still fine. We can use that one to lure the others into a trap. I'll call back when we're closer. By then we'll have come up with a plan." The demon then disconnected his call.

"What happened?" the sea serpent demon asked.

"One of our lieutenants just captured one of the fairies," said the hammerhead demon."

"Is it the one who's always around that blasted Peter Pan?" Hook asked, "that wretched Tinker Bell?"

"Unfortunately that one wasn't with the group that my subordinates stumbled on," said the hammerhead demon, "but we can use the one we caught as bait for the fairy whom you, Captain Hook, has had a grudge on."

"No," said the sea serpent demon, "I have a better idea."

"And what would that be?" the piranha demon asked.

"Instead of capturing more of the fairies," said the sea serpent demon as he grinned viciously, "we use the one we have as a hostage in order to allow us safe passage into Pixy Hollow."

"What a devilishly deviant idea," said Hook as he too smiled viciously, "force the little brats into destroying themselves, all to save the pathetic life of one of their own."

"I don't know if that's a good idea, Captain," said Mr. Smee, "how do we know that the fairies would risk everything just to save just one?"

"Because that whole 'needs of the many outweigh the few' bull is just that," said the piranha demon, "bull. Humans would go to extreme lengths to save the life of an individual, even at the cost of several, and fairies are the same."

"Then that's what we'll do," said Hook, he then spoke to the Pirate Heartless at the helm "change course so we can rendezvous with the lesser demons!"

The Heartless helmsman nodded in acknowledgement and turned the ship.

"Soon, Peter Pan," said Hook to himself, "soon we'll finish this once and for all."

"Why didn't you tell us you were so creative?" Sora asked Tink as they all continued across the island to Pixy Hollow. Tink had just told Sora and the others about all the various defensive gadgets she had created to defend the home of the fairies of Neverland, all of them out of random items that had washed ashore of the world from the other worlds, items known to the fairies as Lost Things.

"She's a Macgyver," said Jacob.

"What's that?" Lyra asked.

"It means that Tinker Bell is very good at coming up with incredible things with the simplest of things," said Riku.

"Exactly," said Jacob.

"I don't know what you're talking about," said Tink, "but let's just say I have a knack for Lost Things, and how they work. Ever since I came into being I've been inventing things that's helped all the fairies of Pixy Hollow in their work, all sorts of gadgets and gismos that help get the work done faster and better."

"Sounds cool," said Aiden, "I'd like to see some of these inventions of yours."

"I'd be happy to show them," said Tink.

Just then the sound of five girls screaming could be heard. Sora and the others saw five fairies flying out of the jungle.

The first of the five fairies had an Asian complexion with long black hair, brown eyes and wore a blue and white dress and blue shoes. She had an aura of a positive mind and a kind heart and the serenity of water.

The second fairy had an African American complexion with black hair tied back with an orange hair band and brown eyes. She wore a bright yellow and orange dress and yellow. She had the aura of a perfectionist who always looked on the bright side of life.

The third fairy had bright red hair and green eyes. She wore a stylish red and pink dress and pink shoes. She seemed to have an aura of someone full of advice and loved beauty for beauty's sake.

The fourth fairy had long brown hair in a single braid held back in a green hair band and brown eyes. She wore a brown shirt and short pants and brown shoes. She was a go-getter who loved adventure for adventures' sake.

The fifth fairy had long purple hair in a long ponytail and held in place with a purple hair band and gray eyes. She wore a purple tup and pants and shoes. She had an aura of passive-aggressiveness, with a touch of a superiority complex but balanced with a good heart.

"Tink!" exclaimed the blue-haired fairy, "thank goodness we've found you!"

"Silvermist," said Tink, "Rosetta," she looked at the red-haired fairy, then at the African American Fairy, "Iridessa," the brown-haired fairy, "Faun," then to the purple-haired fairy, "Vidia, "what's wrong?"

"Oh, it's just awful!" said the red-haired fairy, speaking in a Southern Belle accent, "it's the worst thing that could ever happen!"

"Oh no!" said a shocked Tink, "what happened, Rosetta? Was it the demons; did they attack Pixy Hollow?"

"Huh, no," said the red-haired fairy, Rosetta, "not it's not that."

"It's worse," said the Africian American fairy.

"It's not Booble and Clank?" Tink asked, "are they alright, Iridessa?"

"They're fine," said Iridessa.

"And before you ask," said the brown-haired fairy, "everyone else back at Pixy Hollow is fine.

"That's a relief," said Tink, "but what happened? Faun, tell me."

"I…uh," said the brown-haired fairy, Faun, un an unsure tone, while the other fairies looked like they were holding back something terrible from their friend but didn't know how to tell it.

Tink then looked at the purple-haired fairy, "Vidia, tell me, please."

"We were looking for where the demons were hiding," said the purple-haired fairy, Vidia, "so that we would know ahead of time when they would try to attack Pixy Hollow again. We didn't find the demons, so we headed back for some more Pixy Dust. We meet Terence about halfway…and…" she looked like she was about to get to the worst part but just couldn't say it.

"Oh no," said a shocked Tink, "no, not Terence. Is he…?"

"He's not dead," said Faun, "at least we think he's still alive."

"We wound up running into the demons," said Iridessa, "and had to fly for our lives as they tried to get us. I managed to blind one of them."

"And I had several of them running in circles after me," said Vidia.

"But then the demons threw a net at us," said Rosetta, "Terence pushed us out of the way, but he got caught instead."

"We tried to save him," said Faun, "but the demons teleported away. We tried to find him, but there's no trace of them, anywhere."

Sora could tell that Tink was devastated by this.

"We'll find Terence, Tink," said Peter, "we all will," he looked at Sora and the others, "won't we, guys?"

"Of course we will," said Sora, "a friend of Tink is a friend of ours," he looked at Kairi, Riku and the others, "right?"

Kairi, Riku and the others all said "right!" and "of course!"

It was then that the five other fairies noticed Sora, "Oh," said Rosetta, "you're the human who helped Tink and Peter that one time."

"And you're that guy who wouldn't help Tink all those times she asked you for help," said Irridessa to Roxas in an accusing manner.

"I was under orders at the time," said Roxas in a matter of fact tone, "it's not that I didn't want to help, but I had missions to accomplish."

"Well, aren't you special," said Vidia in a sarcastic manner, "guess we can't count on you for help." she then saw Naminé, Kairi, Riku, Aiden, Tess,, Lyra, Pantalimon and Jacob, "and who are these people?"

"Can't you see they're Sora's friends?" Peter asked.

"That's right," said Sora. He introduced Kairi, Riku and the others.

"A word of warning about Jacob," said Aiden, "he can turn into a wolf."

"And this pine martin can talk," said Tess as she pointed to Pantalimon.

"Well you can turn invisible," said Pantalimon.

"Well aren't you all weird and interesting," said Vidia.

"Ignore her," said Faun, "she's got issues."

"I don't have issues," said Vidia in an insulted manner, "not any more," she then flew right up into Sora's face, "and just so you and all your friends know, I'm the fastest Fast-Flying fairy in all of Pixy Hollow."

"What does that mean?" Riku asked.

"It means, sweetie-pie," said Vidia as she smiled disarmingly, "I can do this!" she then blasted Riku with a huge gust of wind, nearly knocking him off his feet.

"Different fairies have different magic," said Peter.

"Ain't that the truth," said Silvermist as she caused several drops of water to rise up out of a nearby puddle and circle around Aiden's head, while Iridessa focused a beam of gentle sunlight around Lyra and Rosetta caused a multi-colored flower to form from a tree, which floated down and landed in Kairi's hand, while Faun called a sparrow out of the air and it landed in front of Tess.

"So you each help out in nature," said Lyra, "incredible."

"Just as incredible as that strange clock you have," said Tink as she looked at Lyra's golden compass, "I can't figure out how it works. What is it?"

"It's not a clock," said Lyra, "it's the Alethiometer, and it tells the truth. You ask it any question and it will give the answer. The answers aren't always easy to understand, but they're always the truth."

"Can it find Terence?" Tink asked in a hopeful tone.

"I can certainly try," said Lyra. She turned the smaller hands on the Alethiometer to the desired symbols and went into her trance as the larger hand went around the 36 symbols. The big hand went around several times, stopping at one symbol, then another, until finally Lyra got the answer and she came out of her trance.

"He's being held by several lower demons on the other side of the island," she said, "and they're waiting for a pirate ship that's carrying their leaders."

"There's only one pirate ship in these parts," said Peter, "The Jolly Rodger, and wherever that ship goes, Hook is at the helm."

"And if Hook's teamed with the demons," said Roxas, "then things have gone from bad to worse.

Riku had then called Sidney on his cell phone, "Sidney, can you send us a complete map of the island?"

"I'm compiling the map as we speak," said Sidney, "just text '3301' up to me and I'll send you the map and an app in which to use it."

"Right," said Riku. He then text the number up to Sidney. A few seconds later the phone had downloaded a holographic projection app which showed a 3D image of the island.

"We're here," said Peter as he pointed to one spot on the map, "I've seen the island from the air enough times."

"The Alethiometer said that the demons are holding Terence near a large rock shaped like a skull," said Lyra.

"That's Skull Rock," said Tink.

"Then that's where we'll go," said Sora.

"Wait a second," said Aiden. He then grabbed Riku's phone, "hey, Sidney? Are there any apps that I can download?"

"None right now," said Sidney, "that map feature is the only one I have available. But I have several ringtones in my database for your listening pleasure. Just text '2301' to access the library."

Aiden texted on his phone to the computer and after browsing for ringtones, he selected one. Seconds later his phone rang to the Hannah Montana song 'Best of Both Worlds.'

"That is so awesome!" said Kairi as she and Sora pulled out their cell phones and downloaded Hannah Montana ring tones. Kairi had 'Pumping up the Party,' while Sora had 'Nobody's Perfect,' and Riku had just finished downloading 'I've got Nerve.'

"What fantastic human things," said an astonished Tink as she flew around everyone's cell phones.

"Oh, there she goes again," said Irridessa.

"Once Tinker Bell's seen a human thing," said Silvernmist, "there's hardly any stopping her."

"Tink, focus!" said Rosetta, "Terence, remember?"

"Or would you rather just let the demons have their way with your boyfriend?" Vidia asked.

"I…what?" Tink asked in a dumbfounded tone, "he's not my boyfriend? We're just…really good friends."

"Well your really good friend is at the not-so-tender mercy of those horrible things that want to destroy us all," said Iridessa.

"Right, let's go save Terence," said Tink.

"So just who is Terence?" Kairi asked.

"He's part of the group of fairies responsive for gathering Pixy Dust for all of us," said Faun, "without Pixy Dust, we wouldn't be able to fly outside of Pixy Hollow."

"And he's Tink's boyfriend," said Vidia in a teasing manner.

"We're just friends!" said Tink in an insisting manner, while her face blushed bright red.

"Sure you are," teased Faun, while the other fairies giggled.

"Just chill, Tink," said Sora, "leave everything to my friends and I."

"Yeah," said Aiden, "we'll take care of everything."

"Demon-slaying time!" said an eager Tess. She then blinked as she remembered something important, "oh, wait," she pulled out her gold key, "has anyone seen something like this?"

"Or this?" said Kairi as she pulled out her gold key, while Aiden held out his.

Tink and the other fairies looked at the gold keys closely, "um…no," said Rosetta, "can't say that I have."

"They're beautiful," said Faun, "but we've never seen anything like them in Neverland."

"Or on the mainland," said Iridessa, "the human world."

"I've never seen anything like them in the Lost Things," said Tink.

"Maybe there isn't one on this world," said Aiden as he, Kairi and Tess pocketed their keys.

"Maybe," said Tink, "but then, Lost Things wash ashore all the time. Maybe it'll turn up while you're here."

"And we can always look for it," said Peter, "it could be up in a tree somewhere."

"We don't have time to look up every single tree in the world," said Tess, "we've got demons to slay!"

"Then let's get going already!" said Aiden, "Skull Rock, here we come!"

"We'll be arriving at Skull Rock in a few minutes, captain," said Mr. Smee.

"Outstanding," said Hook, "we're that much closer to finishing that blasted Peter Pan once and for all!"

"How fascinating it is," said the piranha demon, "the human obsession with revenge."

"The length a man would go to pursue that revenge," said the hammerhead demon, "even if it leads to his own annihilation."

"Captain Ahab has to go hunt his wale," said the sea serpent demon.

"Oh shut up!" said Hook, "this is my business, my revenge. You're just here to ruin nature for the worlds, which I could care less what happens. You just get ready to destroy Pixy Hollow, and I'll focus on Peter Pan."

"That we'll do," said the sea serpent demon, "that we'll do."

A few minutes later the ship dropped anchor off of Skull Rock. Mr. Smee rowed Hook and the three demons ashore were several Pirate type Heartless, as well as Air Battler types, and three lower demons that had eyestalks and crab claws for hands, were gathered inside the huge skull-like outcropping.

"Where is the prisoner?" the hammerhead demon asked.

"Right here, boss," said one of the crab demons. Right in the middle of the cavern of the skull cave was a small cage in which a male fairy; blond wearing a yellow shirt with a tan vest and pants, sat glaring angrily at his captors.

"Hmmm," said Hook as he looked down at the caged captive, "I honestly had no idea that there were boy fairies."

"Oh they come as boys and girls," said the piranha demon, "and as it turns out, this particular fairy is of the class that is responsible for the cultivation of Pixy Dust."

"Is that so?" Hook asked.

"We've interrogated the little pest," said another of the crab demons, "this one happens to have a relationship with the fairy that hangs around with Peter Pan."

"Can this be?" Hook asked in a delighted tone, as if Christmas had come early, "we have the love of that wretched Tinker Bell in captivity?"

At that the fairy in the cage, Terence, angrily shouted at Hook and the demons to leave Tink alone, but all the baddies heard were bell jingling.

"I think you've struck a nerve, captain," said Mr. Smee.

"That I have, Smee," said Hook in a smug tone, "that I have," he glared down at Terence, "I cannot wait for your girlfriend to show up, just so we can capture her and end all of you wretches fairies once and for all."

At that Terence shouted up at Hook, "you'll never destroy us fairies! We're responsible for the balance and changing of the seasons. And Tink isn't my girlfriend! We're just friends!"

"Did any of you understand any of that?" Hook asked the demons, "I certainly didn't."

"I believe the little vermin was being defiant about his species impeding extinction," said the sea serpent demon, "and then he was defiant about you hurting his girlfriend. I could be wrong about that, my skills in other languages are lacking."

"Look who needs a life now," mocked the hammerhead demon.

"I'll pay you back for that later," said the sea serpent demon in an annoyed tone.

Just then the sound of two wolves howling in the distance could be heard inside the skull cave.

"What's that?" said a very nervous Hook, "Smee? What is that sound?" he asked as he cowered behind his subordinate, "is it the croc?"

"I don't think it's the croc, captain," said Mr. Smee, "in fact, I don't know what it is."

"Haven't you ever heard a wolf howl before?" the piranha demon asked.

"A wolf?" Hook asked as he began to calm down, "oh yes, it is a wolf."

"Two wolves actually, captain," said Mr. Smee, 'but it is strange. There really aren't any wolves in Neverland, none that we've seen anyway."

Just then a third wolf howl was heard, followed by another from the first two. The three wolves then howled together, then things were quiet for a while.

"That was definitely odd," said the piranha demon.

Just as our heroes were trekking across the island to Skull Rock, they stopped as they heard two wolves howling. "I didn't know there were wolves here," said Sora.

"There isn't any," said Peter, "not that I've ever seen."

"There aren't any wolves," said Faun, "hawks and other birds of prey, but no wolves."

Sora and the others then noticed that Jacob had tensed as he listened to the wolf howls face out, "I know those howls!" he exclaimed. Jacob then phased into wolf mode, not caring that he destroyed his clothes. Jacob then howled long and loud.

"What's he doing?" Tess asked as Jacob finished howling.

As Jacob's howl echoed across the island, it was answered by two more wolf howls. Jacob and the two other wolves then howled together. Jacob's tail shook with excitement and he ran off into the trees like a bolt of lightning.

"That was…weird," said a shocked Iridessa.

"Did that guy just turn into a wolf?" Silvermist asked while the other fairies hovered in the air with dumbfounded expressions.

"We warned you that Jacob could do that," said Lyra as she and the others began to go after Jacob, "what, did you think we were lying?"

"No," said Vidia sarcastically, "we totally believed you."

"Well, we believe you now," said Tink.

"Gee, thanks," said Aiden.

They caught up with him about a mile away in a clearing, where Jacob was happily running around with two more huge wolves.

"They must be members of his pack," said Kairi, "we've found two of them.

"Pan," said Lyra to her daemon, "you can understand Jacob when he's a wolf; what are they saying?"

"The new wolves are part of Jacob's pack," said Pantalimon, "the slightly larger one is called Quill, the other is Embry. Jacob's expressing how happy he is to see them, who happen to be his friends from before they became shape shifters. They're telling Jacob that they've arrived on this world about an hour ago."

"That can't be right," said Aiden, "Jacob said he and Nessie got blasted out of their universe and into this one several days ago."

"And that Jacob's pack and Nessie's family were blasted with them," said Tess, "that's what we found out in that artificial dream from that Ryuzaki guy."

"Well that's what the two other wolves are saying," said Faun, "Jacob's telling the other two that he got to this universe a few days ago. They're finding it hard to believe, but they believe him now."

"That doesn't make sense," said Tess, "how can Jacob be here several days ago, but his friends only got here just now?"

"The only thing I've got to explain this is Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey," said Kairi.

"That's your explanation for everything," said Aiden.

"Well it helps make things sense," said Kairi.

"How much longer are you going to use that?" Riku asked, "it's starting to get a little annoying?"

"As often as I can," said a grinning Kairi.

"Oh wait," said Faun, "Quill and Embry, they're telling Jacob that they can't phase back into humans."

"What?" Sora and the others exclaimed.

"That's what they're saying," said Pantalimon, "they've been trying to phase back since they arrived in this world, but they just can't. Jacob's asking why they can't. He's really upset about it."

"Well of course he's upset!" said Riku, "if I could turn into a wolf or any kind of animal, which is cool in its own right, and I couldn't change back, I'd be upset."

"How could they be stuck in wolf form?" Sora asked, "I thought that it was in their blood to turn into wolves and back into humans at will."

"I think it may have something to their being blasted," said Kairi, "maybe because they were wolves at the time when Gideon blasted Jacob, Nessie and the others, maybe the curse that sent them here not only sent them here, arriving at a different time, but also locking them in wolf mode."

Just then Jacob phased back into human form, "that makes sense," said Jacob, "Quill and Embry have tried to change back ever since they've gotten here, and it's really freaking them out that they're stuck. So, any ideas on how to fix this? 'Cause I've got nothing right now."

"I've got an idea," said Aiden, "how about putting some clothes on."

Riku then dialed up to the Intrepid Heart, "Sidney, can you beam down some of Jacob's clothes?"

"He went wolf without taking his clothes off again?" Sidney asked. She sighed, "I'll send them down right now." Almost instantly, a set of Jacob's clothes beamed down next to him.

"Thanks, Sidney," said Riku.

"I aim to please," said Sidney.

"I asked how we can fix this?" Jacob asked as he got dressed, "these guys have been my friends before we started turning into wolves," he indicated Quill and Embry, who were sitting on their haunches, looking very frustrated at not being able to turn back into humans.

"I'm their pack leader," said Jacob, "I'm responsible for their wellbeing, but I don't know how to help them."

"Just calm down, man," said Aiden, "we'll figure out something."

"I don't want to calm down!" said a frantic Jacob, "my friends are in trouble and I don't know how to help them!"

"You said that already," said Sora, "trust me, Jacob, we're going to fix this somehow."

"Then how are you guys going to fix it?" Jacob asked

"We'll think of something," said Riku.

"But right now we have to save Tink's boyfriend," said Kairi as she gave Tinker Bell a knowing look.

"He's not my boyfriend!" Tink insisted as she blushed bright red again, "Terence and I are just friends."

"What about my friends!" Jacob exclaimed, "the ones who can't change back into human? What about them!"

"We don't know!" snapped Aiden, "we just don't know. Now shut your trap and give us a chance to think, for the love of the gods."

"We're not miracle workers," said Riku, "if we're going to help your friends, Jacob, we'll need time to figure out exactly what happened to them."

"We only have a theory of what happened to them," said Kairi, "with no way to prove it right now, so all we can do is solve the problems we can at hand, then worry about everything else when we have time."

"We will help Quill and Embry," said Tess, "Just as soon as we figure out how to help them."

At that Jacob began to calm down, "alright, but just help them when you can help them."

"It's on our 'to do' list," said Kairi.

"Alright," said Jacob, "I'll let Quill and Embry what you just said. They're still freaked out about being stuck."

"They heard every word," said Pantalimon, "and they're starting to calm down."

"That's good," said Jacob, "normally I'd need to make the pack calm down if they're all upset."

"Oh, that's right," said Aiden, "you told us that the alpha of the pack can take control of the pack if necessary. So, we're all okay with this for now? That we'll fix Quill and Embry when we figure out what to do?"

"I've got no problem with this," said Lyra, while Sora, Riku, Kairi and the others also stated that they were alright with the situation.

"Any chance you can ask that gold compass of yours what the enemy is planning?" Jacob asked Lyra.

"It couldn't hurt to try," said Lyra as she sat down and asked the Alethiometer. A minute or so later she had her answer. "There's several demons already at the rock, with Hook also there. They're preparing for multiple approaches, from the air and from the sea."

"They'll be ready if we try to attack from the water or from above," said Riku.

"Which means that no matter what we try," said Kairi, "they'll see us coming."

"And knowing Hook," said Peter, "he'll be ready to blast us out of the water and the air."

"How are we going to save Terence if we can't swim or fly?" Tink asked.

"Uh, Tink," said Rosetta, "fairies don't swim."

"We can't fly is our wings are wet," said Silvermist to Sora and the others.

"Oh," said Sora, "I didn't know that."

"How are we going to do this?" Kairi asked, "if they've got eyes watching the water and the skies, it kinda narrows our options."

"Isn't it obvious?" Peter asked as he did the backstroke in the air, "if they'll see us from above, then we attack from below."

"What does that mean?" Tess asked.

"We attack from below, of course!" said Aiden in an excited tone, "below!"

"What are you talking about?" Tink asked, "wait…below! Yes! Below!"

"Can someone fill in the rest of us who have no idea what you're talking about," said Jacob.

"I think I get it now," said Kairi, "below."

"Below," said Sora.

"Below," said Riku.

"Below," said both Roxas and Naminé.

"Below," said Lyra and Pantalimon.

"I still don't get it," said Tess.

"Just think about it," said Riku, "when you can't attack by sea or air, what's left."

"Land of course," said Tess, "but the enemy is on an island, so…"

"And island where the water isn't all that deep," said Roxas.

"Oh," said Tess, "now I get it, below."

"What are you talking about?" Jacob asked, while Quill and Embry also looked worried.

"I'll tell you as we go along," said Aiden, "I've got a lot of transmutations ahead of me today."

"We're completing the trap as we speak," said the piranha demon, "we have the water around the rock mined up to 100 yards away in all directions. These mines are located at varying depths, so the fools won't be able to attack on or beneath the waves."

Out on the water surrounding Skull Rock were hundreds of Heartless that were like sea mines, colored black and red.

"And we have cannons and snipers waiting for an aerial attack," said the hammerhead demon, "so even if they all have been doused in Pixy Dust, they'll be blown out of the skies."

Around the island's skull face and openings were several cannon Heartless, while several Pirate Heartless held flint-lock riffles, while the air around the island was full of Air Pirates and Air Battlers and other swarms of flying Heartless.

"Is this to your satisfaction?" the sea serpent demon asked Hook.

"Absolutely," said an impressed Hook as he eagerly wrung his hands in anticipation, "this time, this time that blasted Peter pan and those wretched Keyblade brats won't know what hit them!"

"Uh, captain?" said Mr. Smee, "what happens if the brats see all that we've done to get ready for them?"

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

"Oh," said the piranha demon in a tone that said he realized that he and his comrades had made a tactical error.

"We forgot to include stealth into our planning," said the hammerhead demon.

"The fools, fools they may be," said the sea serpent demon, "they'll see our defenses from a long way away."

"Well that's just fine and dandy," said an irate Hook, "how are we supposed to blast the brats into oblivion if they see their impending doom coming and avoid it?"

"I don't know," said the sea serpent, "we'll have to reevaluate our strategy."

"And soon," said the piranha demon.

"It doesn't matter what you jerks plan!" said Terence, "when Tink and the others show up, they're going to clean all of your clocks!"

"What's that blasted pest jingling about?" Hook asked.

"I believe he's warning us that his companions are going to make us suffer," said the hammerhead demon. At that the demons and Hook laughed viciously.

But then the sound of a ticking clock could be heard again.

"Just when are you going to get a proper ring tone for your phone?" the sea serpent demon said to the hammerhead demon.

"It's not my phone," said the hammerhead demon, "or my PDA."

Just then Mr. Smee saw something floating in the water just outside the range of the minefield, something that was big, green and had lots of sharp teeth.

"Uh, captain?" said a nervous Mr. Smee, "I think we have a problem."

"What is it, Smee?" Hook asked as he looked out onto the water and saw…

"Oh no! It's the croc! It's here for real! He's here for the rest of me!"

Indeed the crocodile, who had eaten Hook's hand and had taken a like to the taste, was floating in the water outside the minefield, as if waiting for something, as if waiting for an opening in the minefield, or for Hook to come out from Skull Rock.

"It's just a lizard," said the piranha demon, "an overgrown newt."

"It's actually a reptile," said the sea serpent demon, "but it's still just an animal."

"That's no ordinary animal," said Mr. Smee, "this animal has it out for the captain."

"Well whatever history you and that lizard have, Hook," said the piranha demon, "you can relax. There's no way that leather hoard out there can get past our defenses."

"Huh?" Hook asked as he began to calm down, "oh, that's right. We are protected." he leaned out of one of the openings of the skull cave and shook his fist defiantly at the croc, "just try and eat me, you mangy purse and boots! Just try and get here!"

The croc merely sat there water, glaring up at Hook with hungry eyes, yet also saying that he was willing to wait as long as it took, just so he could eat Hook.

"I can outwait you, you water-logged iguana!" shouted Hook, "we'll see who rusts first!"

"Uh, captain?" said Mr. Smee, "we don't have much in the ways of supplies here. The crock may just be able to outwait us."

"What!" exclaimed Hook.

"Oh for crying out loud," muttered the sea serpent demon, "I'm starting to think that teaming up with this idiot wasn't such a good idea."

"You're only realizing it now?" the piranha demon asked.

"If you have to complain," said the hammerhead demon, "talk to Mr. Graves when we get back to New Hollow Bastion."

"I'll do that," said the sea serpent demon.

"Okay, then, Mr. Smee," said Hook hesitantly, "what now?"

"You could always get the lizard to try and attack you," said the hammerhead demon in a mocking manner, "and get it to destroy itself in the process."

"That's not a bad idea, captain," said Mr. Smee.

"You know," said the Piranha demon, "that might just work. If the mines don't dismember the beast, then the cannons and snipers would."

"Then that's what I'll do!" said Hook. He then leaned out of the cave opening and shook his one hand defiantly at the croc, "Just try and get me, you revolting reptile!"

But the croc just sat there in the water, glaring up at Hook, as if daring him to come down and face the croc himself.

"I don't think he's coming here, captain," said Mr. Smee.

Just then the cave floor shook violently, then stopped.

"Now what?" the sea serpent demon asked. The skull cave then shook again for a second, then stopped.

"Is this world prone to earthquakes?" the hammerhead demon asked.

"Not that I am aware of," said a nervous Hook as he glanced up at the cave ceiling, "what if the ceiling collapses, Mr. Smee?"

"I'd say we'd be buried alive, captain," said Mr. Smee, "if we're not instantly crushed to jelly first."

"I don't want to be buried alive!" said a now terrified Hook as the cave shook yet again, only this time the shaking was much stronger, as if the source of the quake was closer, "or crushed to jelly! I'd rather take me chances with the croc!"

Just then the entire island of Skull Rock shook as a sphere of yellow light about 15ft in diameter appeared in the cave floor. The light faded as the shaking stopped, revealing a large hole where the light was.

From that hole emerged Sora, Riku, Kairi, Aiden, Tess, Donald, Goofy, Lyra, Pantalimon, Jacob, Quill, Embry, Peter, Tink, Silvermist, Vidia, Rosetta, Iridessa and Faun.

"Transmuting a tunnel under the water and up into the cave," said Tess to Aiden, "wickedly awesome."

"I'd say my best idea yet," said Aiden, "but that's just my opinion."

"Tink!" shouted Terence.

"Terence!" shouted Tink.

"We'll have you out of there in no time," said Peter.

"Don't rush yourself," said Terence, "I'm in no hurry."

"What are you blasted brats doing here?" Hook demanded.

"Isn't it obvious, you old codfish?" Peter asked, "we're here to stop you and your fiendish friends."

"Well isn't this a fine mess we're all in," said the sea serpent demon as he and his demonic comrades glared at Sora and the other heroes, "here you brats circumvent all our carefully laden plans to destroy you."

"What can I say?" Sora asked, "we're the good guys."

"There's just no respect for decent villainy any more," said the piranha demon.

"You start respecting human rights and the lives of innocent people," said an irate Riku, "and we'll start respecting you!"

"Don't play games with us, boy," said the sea serpent demon, "I happen to get plenty of weird things for free in my breakfast cereal."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Tess asked, "oh, never mind, let's just do this."

"That's my line," said Aiden as he rubbed his wrists, "don't try to copy me. Alright! Let's do this!"

Sora, Riku, Kairi, Aiden and Tes held up their right wrists, with the special watches that Tron made for them facing outward. The five of them then pressed the red buttons on their watches, all of them shouting "Henshin!"

With different color flashes, the five Keyblade Wielders were encased in their own armor, designed by Tron as well. Sora's was red, Kairi's was blue, Aiden's was yellow, Tess's was green and Riku's was black.

"Swoggle me eyes!" exclaimed Hook, "that brat Sora couldn't do that before!"

"I've changed a lot since we fought that one time, Hook," said Sora.

"What a pity you won't be able to fight him again!" said the sea serpent demon. He and the other demons then called in all the Pirate and Air Master-type heartless, as well as several other types of Heartless.

"Oh this is not good," said Faun as she, Irridessa, Silvermist, Faun, Vidia and Tin clustered together.

"Gee, what makes you think that?" Vidia asked sarcastically, "the demons or the hordes of Heartless."

"Sora," said Jacob as he threw his clothes off, "you and the others take care of the Heartless. We'll take care of the demons." At that Quill and Embry growled in agreement.

"You, take care of us?" the sea serpent demon mocked, "I think you're more full of yourself that you realize."

"A mere human," laughed the piranha demon, "this has got to be a joke."

"The joke's on you, fish face!" shouted Jacob. With that he phased into wolf mode and growled menacingly at the demons.

"The shape shifter," said the sea serpent demon, "well, isn't this a surprise." He didn't get a chance to say anything else, for Jacob rushed at him, while Quill attacked the hammerhead demon and Embry took the piranha demon.

At the same time Sora, Riku, Kairi, Aiden and Tess attacked the assembled Heartless.

"Hey!" shouted Hook, "what about me?"

"You're all mine, codfish!" shouted Peter as he flew at Hook, who hastily drew his cutlass and the two of them dueled.

Amid all the confusion of the battle, Tink and her friends were just trying to avoid getting hurt. They flew around one Heartless after another, dodging an enemy attack here, then dodging either a Keyblade attack, snapping wolf teeth or a sword blade. Yet Tink was intent on reaching the area of the cave were Terence was still locked up.

But dozens of Heartless and the crab demons stood in their way.

"We can't get to him, Tink," said Irridessa as the fairies took refuge next to a rock that was close to a larger rock, providing some cover against the enemy, "if we try to fly over there we'll be sliced to ribbons!"

"We have to try," insisted Tink, "we can't just leave Terence there!"

"Why not?" Faun asked, "He's in a cage, which right now seems safer than anything else in this battle." The fairies then ducked as a Pirate-type Heartless fighting Aiden, nearly stepped on the rock hiding them. Aiden then destroyed the creature and moved onto another Heartless.

"I have to help him," said Tink, "I have to help Terence."

"Why do you have to if he's not your boyfriend?" Vidia asked. The fairies then ducked again as Jacob and the sea serpent demon grappled and nearly rolled over their hiding place, before carrying their fight elsewhere.

"Can't Peter help us?" Silvermist asked.

"I think Peter has his hand full right now," said Rosetta as she pointed to one side of the cave, where Peter and Hook were still fighting.

Just then two Pirate Heartless had found where Tink and the other fairies were hiding. One of the creatures kicked aside the rock they were hiding, while the other raised it's blade for a killing blow.

But then Lyra and Pantalimon rushed in and destroyed the two Heartless, "need any help?" Lyra asked.

"Just say the word and we'll deliver," said Pantalimon.

"We have to get over there!" said Tink as she pointed to the far side of the cave.

"Easily done," said Lyra. With her sword and Pantalimon's teeth and claws, the two of them quickly cleared a path through the Heartless for Tink and her friends. She then drew the attention of the crab demons.

"Did you know that I spent weeks serving on a gyptian boat?" Lyra asked the crab demons, "that I helped fish for crabs?"

"We didn't do that?" Pantalimon said in a hushed tone, "not crab fishing anyway."

"I know," said Lyra in a hushed tone, "but they don't know it." Lyra then glared at the demons, "that's right, I eat fiends like you for breakfast."

"Get her!" shouted one of the crab demons, in which the three of them rushed at Lyra. She and Pantalimon fought the creatures, while Tink and her friends reached the cage.

"Terence!" shouted Tink as she tried to unlock the cage, "did they hurt you at all?"

"I'm alright, Tink," said Terence, "they surprised me, that's all."

"Well we'll just have to go without surprises for a while," said Tink as she struggled to unlock the cage, "just enjoy some quiet time."

"Just the two of us," said Terence.

"Exactly," said Tink.

'So you are boyfriend and girlfriend," said Vidia, "I knew it."

At that Tink shouted "He's not my boyfriend!" while Terence shouted "She's not my girlfriend!" both of them blushed heavily.

"Let's worry about who's what later," said Faun, "and focus on getting out of here."

"Hopefully without getting crushed," said Rosetta as they all ducked from one of the crab demons as it was thrown across the cave by a particular strong sword attack from Lyra.

Finally Tink had the cage unlocked. Terence busted out and the fairies all tried to fly back to the tunnel that Aiden made. But there were still a lot of Heartless running around the area.

But then Roxas burst out of the tunnel, "I can't believe I got lost down there!" he shouted as he summoned his Keyblades and began hacking the baddies apart.

"I knew I shouldn't have turned left at that underground cave system," said Aiden as he and Tess finished off a pair of Air Masters, "I had to turn around from there and start the tunnel in a different direction."

Naminé then got out of the tunnel, "remind me to ask Sidney to get a GPS feature for everyone's phones."

"But we don't have satellites for GPS," said Kairi as she bisected a Pirate from top to bottom.

"I'm sure Sidney can work something out if we ask her nicely," said Naminé. She then dodged a claw swipe from a crab demon. She retaliated by blasting it with a Blizzaga spell, followed by a Thundaga spell, "guess what I picked up from Hecate's spell book!" she shouted. She then incinerated a diving Air Pirate with a Friaga spell, then impaled another through its neck with an ice spear.

With Roxas and Naminé helping, the area was soon cleared of Heartless, but Jacob and his pack still fought the three big demons, while Peter still dueled Hook, and it looked like Peter was completely dominating the fight.

"Why won't you lose!" Hook shouted as Peter forced him towards one of the openings in the cave. "Why can't I destroy you, you blasted boy!"

"Because I'm the good guy," said Peter as he playfully flew behind Hook, forcing him to turn around, while facing the cave opening, "and you're the bad guy," he then got behind Hook again and jabbed his knife into Hook's rump, causing Hook to cry out in pain and accidentally fall out of the cave opening, "and the bad guy always loses to the good guy."

Hook fell onto one of the Heartless mines. It detonated, blasting Hook into the air. He was merely singed, but he wound up landing on the edge of the minefield, right in front of the croc, whom eagerly licked his chops.

Screaming in terror, Hook tried to swim back to the rock, with the croc giving chase. The two of them entered the minefield, each setting one of the Heartless mines. They both got blasted into the air and wound up coming down onto another mine and got blasted into the air again, and again and again and again.

The multiple detonations caused everyone inside the rock to stop fighting and look out and watch Hook and the croc keep getting blasted.

"Oh, that poor crocodile," said Faun.

"He's fine," said Vidia, "it's that pirate who's in trouble."

"Oh dear," said Mr. Smee, "the captain's in a world of hurt right now."

"Don't just stand there, Smee!" shouted Hook as he landed on another mine and got blasted, "help me!"

"It'd be wrong to let them both suffer like that," said Kairi.

"Yeah," said Riku, "but, they're bound to run out of mines soon enough."

"Not soon enough," said Aiden, "I got this," he aimed his Keyblade at the minefield and transmuted the explosive Heartless and disabled their detonators, rendering them harmless.

Hook and the croc landed in the water and took a few seconds to recover. But then as they got their breath back, Hook ran atop the water for his life as the croc chased after him.

"Mr. Smee!" shouted Hook, "get the ship ready!"

"Aye-aye, captain!" shouted Mr. Smee. He directed the remaining Pirate Heartless to follow him to the rowboat and they pulled for the Jolly Rodger, while Hook ran out towards the ship with the croc right behind him.

"There goes our partnership on this world," said the hammerhead demon as they watched Hook reach the ship just after Mr. Smee got their. Hook got aboard the ship as the anchor was hoisted and the sails unfurled. With the croc still behind them, the ship headed out to sea.

"Mr. Graves isn't going to like this," said the piranha demon.

"But we still have an opportunity to please Mr. Graves," said the sea serpent demon as he looked at Kairi, "the girl that Mr. Graves desires is here."

"Over my dead body!" snapped Sora as he, Riku, Aiden and Tess got around Kairi with their Keyblades raised.

"I was hoping you'd say that, brat," said the sea serpent demon as the two other demons stood to either side of him, "by coming here, Keyblade Wielder, you've signed your own death warrants!"

"You're not the first baddies who thinks they can beat us!" said Aiden.

"But we can defeat you!" said the hammerhead demon.

"And we will!" said the piranha demon.

With that the three demons merged into…something else. At first it was just a huge black blob of seething flesh, limbs and distorted facial features. But then the mass solidified into a chimerical demon with ten legs that ended in razor-sharp points. The creature had three heads. Two were up front and were the faces of the hammerhead and the piranha demons. The face of the sea serpent demon was on the tail which was that of a sea snake.

"How do you like us now?" the three demons asked in one voice.

"I think you demons have sick imaginations," said Tess.

"Then you're a fool!" shouted the chimerical demon, "What can you do against us?"

"This," said Tess as she went invisible, while Riku, Aiden and Sora attacked the chimerical demon head on. At the same time Jacob and his pack ran to the side for a flanking attack, while Donald, Goofy, Lyra and Pantalimon stayed with Kairi.

Sora blasted the chimerical demon with a Fireball attack, but it blocked the spell with a blast of water from the hammerhead head. The piranha head then spat a bolt of lightning at Sora.

He dodged it only to jump out of the way of a flamethrower attack from the sea serpent head.

Riku ran up to the creature's legs in order to cut one of them off, but his Keyblade merely scratched it. He then rolled out of the way as one of the legs tried to impale him with it's razor-sharp point.

Aiden tried to transmute the ground beneath the creature into spikes, but the creature's body was like armor. Aiden then got out of the way as the creature shot both ice and lightning attacks at him.

"It's useless to fight us!" said the chimerical demon, "we cannot be defeated!"

The sea serpent tail then shook violently, as if something was on it. It convulsed and threw something against the wall, something that turned out to be Tess. She became visible as she hit the wall.

"Well, that sucked," said Tess as she slid to the ground.

Riku ran over and helped her up, "what happened?" he asked.

"I was trying to go for it's eyes," said Tess, "but that didn't work out."

"But the eyes might just be it's weak spot," said Riku, "we just have to get to it," he then looked for Sora, who was with Aiden, Jacob, Quill and Embry as they tried to attack the creature from different sides, "Sora! Go for the eyes!"

"Right!" said Sora. He then threw a Strike Raid at the eyes of the hammerhead. The Keyblade hit and destroyed one of the eyes, causing all three heads to roar in agony. It thrashed around wildly, randomly lashing out. It was all our heroes could do to avoid getting blasted or impaled.

But then one of the razor-tipped legs stabbed Aiden in the legs. His armor protected him from the worst of the damage, but he was scratched pretty bad.

"This thing is seriously pissing me off!" shouted Aiden as he aimed his Keyblade to the air above the chimerical demon, transmuting it into explosive gas, "somebody send a spark over!"

"Rodger!" shouted Donald as he sent a Fireball at the cloud of gas, igniting it. The blinding flash and concussive blast forced our heroes off balance, while the fairies took cover behind rocks. The blast shook the entire cavern and dislodged several stalactites, threatening to bring the entire chamber down. But the shaking stopped and Sora and the others recovered from their disorientation. They saw that the explosion had top of the chimerical demon.

Riku then blasted the hammerhead head with his Dark Aura, destroying one of its eyes, while Sora threw a Strike Raid at the sea serpent head, destroying another eye of the creature.

"You're only making things worse for yourselves!" shouted the chimerical demon. It then released a massive pulse of dark magic from its entire body, forcing everyone back from it.

"You'll all suffer for this!" shouted the creature. It then rushed at Kairi, knocking Sora and Aiden out of its way.

The creature then shot a blast of fire, thunder and ice at Donald, Goofy and Lyra. Donald countered the thunder attack with an thunder attack of his own, while Goofy blocked the fireball and Lyra blocked the ice attack with her sword.

But then the demon charged through them and tried to grab Kairi with its hammerhead head.

Kairi jumped out of the way, only to get ensnared by the sea serpent tail.

"You're coming with us to Mr. Graves!" shouted the triple-headed demon.

"I don't think so, you creep!" shouted Kairi as she tried to stab the sea serpent head's last eye, but she kept missing, her Keyblade hitting only the armor-like skin of the creature.

"Let her go!" shouted Sora as he rushed at the demon but it knocked him with one of its legs, sending him in an out of control roll towards the wall of the cave, slamming to a stop against the hard rock.

"No!" shouted Kairi as she continued to bash her Keyblade at the sea serpent tail, but to no avail.

"She belongs to Mr. Graves!" said the demon, "and there's nothing you brats can do to stop us from taking her to him!"

"I beg to differ!" said Roxas as he rushed at the demon with his two Keyblades ready to eviscerate the creature. Riku then maneuvered and ran at the chimerical demon from behind, with Lyra trying to attack from the left. Donald provided cover with Thunder, Ice and Fire spells.

The demon knocked first Roxas, then Riku and Lyra back with it's legs, then sent out more spells from the Piranha mouth, forcing Donald to back away and take cover.

Just then Jacob leapt at the piranha head, his powerful jaws biting out its last eye. The creature thrashed about in agony, but it still held onto Kairi with its sea serpent tail.

Sora then got up, "Kairi!" he shouted, "I'm alright!"

"I never doubted for a second, you lazy bum!" said Kairi. She then threw a Strike Raid at the last of the sea serpent's eyes. It missed, but then the spinning Keyblade hit it on the return trip to Kairi's hand.

Yet the creature refused to let go of her. It thrashed about and sent out another massive pulse of dark magic that knocked everyone back.

"You insolent mortals will pay for this!" shouted the creature as it tightened its grip on Kairi. With only one eye left in the head of the hammerhead, it summoned a huge Dark Corridor, "after we deliver Mr. Gideon his package."

"No!" shouted Sora as he ran at the demon, but it just kicked him away.

Just then there was the sound of a roster crowing, and Peter dove from the cave ceiling and stabbed the hammerhead in its remaining eye.

Now completely blind, the demon went completely berserk. It trashed about more violently as it lost control over the Dark Corridor, which collapsed in on itself and vanished. The demon finally released Kairi. She fell to the ground and Sora grabbed her and pulled her out of the way.

Just then Lyra ran forward with her Alethiometer held up, "there's a weakness in its armor!" she shouted, "there's a soft spot in its underbelly!'

"Great," said Tess, "how are we going to hit the underbelly?"

"Like this!" said Riku as he ran headlong at the demon and slid underneath it. He then saw a very small spot un the underbelly that was soft and he stabbed it with his Keyblade.

The creature roared in agony as Riku got out of the way of it's thrashing body. As it lashed out blindly, Sora and the others saw that the weak spot had expanded, forming cracks along the armor-like skin of the demon.

Sora, Aiden and Tess then ran at the demon and the three of them in turn stabbed the demon in the weak spot, each attack enlarging the weak spot.

Roxas then ran at the demon and delivered two strikes, then ran back just far enough for Lyra to jump on his shoulders and leap at the demon

At the same time Jacob, Quill and Embry went for the legs again. They finally managed to bite through enough legs to force the monster onto its back, leaving the weak spot open to attack as Lyra came down and stabbed it again. The demon was left jerking around on its back.

Kairi then walked up to the crippled demon, "This is what I think of Gideon!" snapped Kairi as she stabbed the weak spot, "he can rot in hell forever!"

The massive amounts of damage caused the demon to dissolve into green slime, which soon dissolved into nothing.

"And that's how we deal with Villains," said Kairi as she and the other Keyblade Wielders deactivated their armor.

"Is everyone alright?" Sora asked, "anyone hurt?"

"Nothing hurt but my pride," said Tess.

"I'm fine," said Aiden as he held his scratched leg, which was more than scratched.

"I got it," said Kairi as she used her healing magic to clean and close the wound. Within seconds Aiden's leg was completely alright.

"I'm alright," said Riku, "and guess what I found?" he held up a gold key similar to the ones our heroes have found so far.

"Where was it?" Sora asked as he and the others gathered around Riku.

"It was under a rock," said Riku as he pulled out a string and threaded the key onto it and placed it around his neck.

"Well now we have four," said Aiden as he, Kairi and Tess held up their keys.

"And we've gotten rid of more of Gideon's goons," said Jacob after he phased and got dressed.

"Yeah, but now we have another problem to solve," said Riku, "how to fix your friends."

"You do know what this means," said Aiden, "we're going to have to take them with us and look for a means to cure them."

"Then you're leaving already?" Peter asked, "just when things were starting to get fun?"

"You call this fun?" Tess asked, "I call it insanity, but that's just my opinion."

"We'll come back when things calm down, Peter," said Sora, "but right now, my friends and I have to keep moving."

"You saw how desperate that monster was out to get me," said Kairi, "if we stay here, it's only a matter of time before the baddies send another bunch of demons."

"Well, if you have to go," said Peter, "just remember that as long as you have fun, it is fun."

"What does that mean?" Aiden asked, "oh, never mind, we'll figure it out later."

Just then Tink flew over to Sora and the others, "I can't thank you guys enough for helping me and my friends. If you ever need my help, you know what to do."

"I'll keep the summoning spell at the front of my mind," said Sora.

"You and your friends take care of yourselves," said Kairi, "especially you and Terence, Tink, especially now that you're boyfriend and girlfriend."

"We're not…!" shouted both Tink and Terence.

"Oh yes you are," Vidia interrupted, while the other fairies giggled, "you don't go through a horrific experience like this without getting closer."

At that both Tink and Terence blushed, but they both held hands and smiled at each other.

"Glad that worked out," said Riku as he pulled out his cell phone, "Sidney, we're ready to come up. And we have two others with us."

"New heroes?" Sidney asked.

"You could say that," said Jacob after he phased back into human mode and got dressed, while Quill and Embry nodded in agreement.

"We'll see you later, Peter," said Sora. A few seconds later he and the others beamed back aboard The Intrepid Heart.

"Well that was weird," said Iridessa as the fairies and Peter flew out of the cave. Peter went off towards the hideout of the lost boys, while Tink and her friends headed for Pixy Hollow, "weirder than anything else that's happened."

"At least we're all together," said Faun, "and no one got hurt."

"And two of us finally realized their feelings for each other," said Vidia.

"You're going to tease us about that from now on, aren't you?" Terence asked.

"You'd better believe it," said a slyly grinning Vidia.

"I'm just glad that things are alright again," said Tink, "and we can all get back to what we do best."

"Keeping nature flowing," said Silvermist.

"A fairy's work is never done," said Rosetta.

"But as long as we all work together," said Tink, "we can do anything." She, Iridessa, Silvermist, Faun, Rosetta and Vidia then did a hands-in.

"Faith…" said Iridessa and Silvermist.

"…trust…" said Faun and Rosetta

"…and Pixy Dust!" said Tink and Vidia.

As they flew on towards their home, Tink and Terence held hands again. There were no words spoken between them, but none were needed. They were just happy with being with each other.

"Well, that was definitely the weirdest adventure yet," said Tess as our heroes left the transporter room.

"And the most dangerous so far," said Sora, "the demons almost got Kairi."

"They're getting way too close," said Kairi, "one mistake and Giden will have exactly what he wants."

"No way we're letting that happen," said Jacob, "Gideon made a lot of trouble for Nessie and me, so no way is that bastard gonna get his way."

Just then Sidney appeared in front of our heroes, "what is this?" she asked in an annoyed tone as she pointed at Quill and Embry, "you said that you were bringing up friends, not wild animals!"

"They're not wild animals," said Jacob, "they're my friends," he looked at the two wolves, "aren't you, guys?" at that Quill and Embry nodded in agreement.

"They may be your friends," said Sidney, "but if they make a mess on this ship, you people have to clean it up."

"We already keep the ship clean," said Sora, "and we do all the cooking."

"What more do you want?" Roxas asked.

"I just want you to remember that this ship is my body," said Sidney, "and I like to keep my body healthy."

"We'll do that," said Riku, "but we should take the ship out of orbit. We don't know what kind of space forces the enemy have right now."

"Maleficent and Gideon could send space Heartless after us," said Aiden, "I didn't think of that."

"Then we should be going then," said Sidney, "so, do you have a destination in mind?"

"We could head back to Radiant Garden," said Kairi as they walked to the bridge, "and ask Merlin about fixing Jacob's friends."

"Or we could ask Yen Sid," said Sora, "in Twilight Town."

"Either wizard would surely know what to do," said Riku as they reached the bridge and the assumed their stations, "but where should we go first?"

Everyone looked at a holographic map of the worlds. Neverland was highlighted in green, representing the ship in orbit around the world.

Just then the communications terminal chimed, signaling an incoming transmission, "it's from The King!" said Kairi.

A holographic imager then showed King Mickey. "Your majesty!" said everyone.

"Hiya, guys!" said King Mickey, "how's everything going?"

"Well, so far we've been to five of the worlds," said Sora, "and fought a lot of Heartless and demons."

"And we know what the enemy is planning," said Kairi. She and the others gave The King a brief summary of what Ansem the Wise, Young Watari and Ryzaki told them in the artifical dream.

"So that's who L. Lawlett is," said King Mickey, "and Ansem has been working with him all along."

"You knew that Ansem was alive?" Riku asked.

"Yes," said King Mickey in a sheepish tone, "he asked me to keep things quiet while he worked, so…"

"It's alright," said Riku, "he had his reasons for not wanting the enemy to know he was alive."

"Well he still had no right to mess with everyone's dreams," said Jacob.

Sora and the others then introduced Jacob, Quill and Embry to King Mickey.

"So now Jacob is separated from his one true love," said Kairi, "she's working with others somewhere else in the worlds."

"And Jacob's friends are here as well," said Aiden, "we've found two of them, but they're stuck in wolf mode."

"We were wondering if either Merlin or Yen Sid could help them," said Sora.

"I'll bet they could," said King Mickey, "I'll tell you what. You give me a little time, and I'll arrange a conference between you guys, Merlin and master Yen Sid."

"A video conference?" Riku asked.

"With Yen Sid and Merlin," said Sora, "we could definitely figure out how to help Quill and Embry that way."

"And at the same time help you guys with your powers," said King Mickey, "I've been doing a lot of research lately, and I'm almost done putting together a new training program."

"More training?" Aiden whined, "we had more than enough of that from Nodoka Sensei."

"This'll be a lot different," said King Mickey, "you're gonna learn Keyblade moves and spells that'll completely blow away any Heartless that Maleficent and the other baddies throw at you, moves and spells that'll help you eventually become Keyblade Masters."

"Keyblade Masters," said Sora in a thoughtful tone, while Riku, Kairi, Aiden and Tess also looked thoughtful.

"I'll get back with you when we're all ready over here," said King Mickey, "and good luck with everything on your end." With that the transmission ended.

"Keyblade Masters," said Riku, "you don't see many of those any more."

"Aren't we supposed to take some sort of test for that?" Kairi asked.

"The Mark of Mastery," said Riku, "Ansem the Wise told me about it once."

"Well that's something to look forward to," said Tess, "but right now we have to decide wehre to go."

"Well," said Sora, "since The King is going to arrange for us to talk to Yen Sid and Merlin," he looked at the map of the worlds and pointed to Beast's Castle, "I thought we'd check in on Beast and Belle."

"Sounds like a plan to me," said Riku as he sat down at the helm and laid in the course, "ready to go whenever everyone's ready."

"Then let's go!" said Sora. With that Riku pressed the button and the ship jumped into hyperspace.

…Somewhere in Time and Space…

"Well," said Pete as he and Hektor Nightfist, a Hakonian with shoulder-length brown hair and reddish-brown eyes and wearing a green and white martial artist outfit, stood on a large hill overlooking a river valley, "they're not here."

"I never said finding Reddik and Rakel would be easy," said Hektor, "but we have to."

"Yeah, I know," said Pete, "those two crazy kooks are supposed to be your new leaders, assumin' we can find them."

"We have to," said Hektor, "otherwise my people are doomed to extinction."

"Well your people won't be saved if we're just sitting round here on our keisters," said Pete as he summoned a Dark Corridor, "let's keep lookin'" with that he and Hektor went through the portal, which closed up after them.

The end of chapter 1.

Next chapter we switch to Team Hayner as they explore the fantastic sights and sounds of Wonderland, and a certain vampire princess is reunited with some of those she loves. Reviews will be rewarded with cake and pie. See you next time!