Prologue
Assemble the Keys
Peace. That is what had been achieved in the part of the universe that Sora's journey had touched. While this part was probably just a tiny part compared to the much more significant whole, it was still peace. With the creation of the World Defense System, or WDS, a few hundred years ago that peace could finally be taken to other worlds. It would weaken, or even defeat, Heartless, Nobodies, and even Unversed in the worlds without the denizens ever knowing of their existence or being affected by their existence.
The World Defense Committee has also expanded beyond the small team that once resided in Radiant Garden. While their main headquarters are in Radiant Garden, with subsidiary branches in Traverse Town, the Land of Departure, and Twilight Town, they do have agents that reside in some worlds where certain nodes of the system are located. Utilizing both the WDS and its agents, the WDC is capable of monitoring the worlds within the reach of the system and can quickly respond to any threats that may appear if need be.
Even though a few threats have surfaced since the system's inception, it is thanks to the swift response of the WDC and the power of the WDS that these threats were very quickly dealt with. As such, peace continued to reign. Maybe not so on a basis of individual worlds, but definitely so on a wider scale as a whole when it came to the balance between worlds.
However, on this one particular day in one particular world, things were anything but peaceful.
It was currently a day like any other in this peaceful, scenic world. In this world sat a towering, white castle that seemed to be something straight out of a fairytale that was surrounded by a large city.
That city was named "Toon Town". It was populated by a wide assortment of rather interesting looking figures.
The castle was known as "Disney Castle".
All castles have a King and everywhere one went in "Toon Town" one would see this King's symbol. One larger circle with two slightly smaller circles on top to represent a face and two round ears.
This king, who was beloved by his subjects, was a mouse. His name was King Mickey. 400 years ago he had been an ally in Sora's fight. A hero who helped bring peace to the worlds. Currently this hero was sitting on his throne, talking to his Queen, Queen Minnie, who sat on the throne next to his. While she may not have been a part of that fight she was by no means weak. Queen Minnie herself was quite a powerful White Mage, able to wield some very powerful Holy and Healing magic.
The throne room was huge! It seemed like its current two occupants were the size of tiny dolls compared to the vastness of this giant hall. Even the doors that led into it seemed like only giants could push them open.
That is until a small, normal sized "door" in the bottom part of one of the large doors was suddenly slammed open, revealing the secrets of these huge doors to anyone who may have been watching.
"YOUR MAJESTY, YOUR MAJESTY, ITS AN EMERGENCY!" screamed a raspy voice as a figure burst into the throne room. As he burst in, feathers went everywhere. This was a duck garbed in the attire of a Mage. This was the Court Mage of Disney Castle.
Donald Duck.
A hero who, despite having no Keyblade of his own, fought alongside Sora all those many years ago. He is a very powerful mage, capable of wielding immensely powerful magic.
"Whoa there pal. Calm down. What's the problem Donald?" asks Mickey as he quickly gets up from his throne. Donald was known to be prone to freak outs, but it had been a while since he had seen his good pal's feathers this ruffled.
"There's no time to explain, its the WDS! It's seen something strange!" said Donald as he was stomping his foot.
Minnie and Mickey looked at each other, flashes of concern crossing their eyes.
"Well what are we waiting for. Let's get going right away" said Minnie as she stood from her throne.
"Right. Let's go" said Mickey.
The trio were soon in the library, staring at what seemed to be a large computer screen. This terminal wasn't the castle's main terminal, but did still allow for the examining of many things going on and held a large amount of data.
"And you're sure that it isn't a glitch fellas?" asks Mickey to a pair of two small chipmunks, each in suspenders with one of them wearing goggles.
"That's right your majesty!" responded the goggle wearing chipmunk, Chip.
"We've run like a billion tests. It's not Heartless, Nobodies, Nightmares, or Unversed! Whatever this is, its nothing we've seen before!" responded the chipmunk without the goggles, Dale.
Mickey looked at the data before him. A strange, unknown signature. It was weak, immensely so, but it was still *there*, which was the issue. He seemed to be in deep thought.
"Oh my, it seems to have appeared in multiple worlds, how concerning…" said Queen Minnie as she stared at the screen.
"What's worse is that in two worlds in particular this footage was found" explained Chip as he used the bracelet on his own wrist to let him interface with the computer despite his dimmunitive size. An image appeared. It showed two heartless. Two Soldiers.
They looked like small figures made of shadow, about a few feet tall. They seemed to be more like stuffed dolls or toy soldiers given the armor they were wearing. One seemed to be weaker, lethargic. It was surrounded in a blue glow that seemed to make it weaker until it vanished.
The other… had no such blue glow at all. Rather than that, suddenly a diamond appeared near the creature and blasted it with light, eliminating it. The diamond then disappeared. The elimination method wasn't what shocked Mickey though.
"Heartless not weakened by the WDS" murmurs Mickey, eyes widening.
"Well it's not the first time we've seen Heartless immune to the weakening effects a-hyuk" explained a voice from the doorway as a new very, very tall figure walked in. He was a dog, wearing the armor of a knight. Rather than a sword though, he only had a shield on his person. A Royal Knight of Disney Castle.
Goofy.
A hero who, just like Donald, also fought by Sora's side all of those years ago.
"There ya are Goof. I see you slept well" said Mickey as he pointed to Goofy's head. There was both grass and flowers stuck to the side of his face, indicating that he had been napping in the gardens once again.
"Ahyup. I founds me a new hidin' spot." The dog knight gave a laugh in his drawl, much to Donald's chagrin as his face reddened and he stomped his foot in fury.
"Goofy! You lazy bum! I oughta…. GRAAHH" he began to shake in rage, feathers falling everywhere as he began to angrily wave his wand at Goofy. He wasn't using any magic, just threatening to club the knight.
This just made Goofy laugh. Despite how Donald got, the two were very good friends.
"Still, you are right Goofy. This isn't the first time we have seen Heartless immune to the weakening effect. That being said… this strange signature is concerning. The fact that we've had multiple Keybladers appear in Traverse Town in recent times as well…" Mickey trailed off, rubbing his chin as he closed his eyes in contemplation.
"It can't be a coincidence" he confirmed. "Although I certainly hope it is" he murmurs with a heavy sigh.
"What do we do your Majesty?" asks Goofy.
Mickey looks to the Mage and Knight. "Donald, Goofy. I need you two and Ame to go investigate this world." Ame just so happened to be a descendent of Sora and Kairi and was also a Keyblader just like her ancestors were.
The two gave a salute and a united "Yes your Majesty!"
But Goofy faltered as he looked to Mickey. "But uhh… your Majesty. Gwarsh, Chip and Dale said there are two worlds. What about the second one ahyuk"
"The WDC has acquired several new Keyblader recruits recently. With all of the other Agents busy on missions, this should be a good mission for them" said Mickey. "Plus, if there are immune Heartless we are dealing with, the power of the Keyblade will be helpful."
"Are you sure they are ready your majesty? I mean they haven't even become real heroes, let alone Junior Heroes!" said Donald, a bit concerned but also unable to stop himself from puffing up his chest proudly as he reminded everyone of how he, Sora, and Goofy were declared real Heroes by Mount Olympus.
"They will be fine. I believe in them. Ame also says they have potential as well and expects good things from them." said Mickey.
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"Hmm. Is that so? You got it your Majesty. I'll be there in a lickity split" said a charming voice in a happy-go-lucky tune. Sitting in a tree in the garden new Radiant Garden WDC headquarters was a girl in blue. Just like the rain she was named for, she gently floated down from the tree.
She then saw her bracelet flash again. "You want me to bring the newbies? You sure? Guess that makes sense since everyone else is busy with the latest Expansion at the moment" She sent her response. "Alright, but they aren't really ready for a mission like that yet, what to do…" She began to ponder.
The WDC had been shocked that not just one, but several new Keybladers had suddenly been registered by the WDS around the same time. Not only that, but they even suddenly appeared in Traverse Town all around the same interval. This was quite shocking as aside from her and King Mickey, there were currently two other Keybladers they knew about. Neither of them were here at the moment.
One of them hadn't been seen in a while either.
"Well Yuria told me that Elim has been itching for more fights. Guess I can send her to accompany the newbies. She'll get the assignment she wants and will be forced to socialize. Win win." Having decided that, Ame sent some messages with her Communicator before heading on her way.
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"Dammit, this isn't what I meant!" cursed a blue haired youth as she slashed a burning blade through a humanoid training dummy in a fit of anger. This rather upset, blue haired youth was Elim. There were many broken dummies in this training room. Each of them had damaged parts, but the parts that were absolutely destroyed were parts that had an image of a red skull taped to them.
She sighs heavily and stabs her sword into the nearest dummy as she walks over to the table where what seems like an intricate wine decanter is sitting. She puts the decanter to her mouth and it begins to glow blue as water pours from it, which she drinks. She grabs the Communicator she had next to the decanter after taking her drink. There were a few other things on said table as well. A rather worn, but sturdy knapsack, a few rings, and a large leather bound tome. The leather the tome was bound in was a dark purple.
Just as she suspected, with the message that Ame had sent her she had also been gifted the Comm numbers of the other new recruits. Sighing heavily, this tomboy sword wielded sends a rather simple, direct message to the new Keybladers. After all, today was their day off.
These new Keybladers had appeared a couple of months ago and, via the instructors of the WDC, had received training in combat, magic, and other such basics that would assist them in better understanding how to utilize their new Keyblades from some of the WDC members. Of course, they had also been given the promise that once they became strong enough they would receive assistance on heading back to the worlds they came from, provided their worlds weren't connected in the next WDS expansion.
After all, their worlds had only gotten into the detection range of the WDS. They had yet to be incorporated into it, so sending them home via teleportation through the WDS was currently impossible. With the exception of one of them who just so happened to be from Twilight Town.
That was all the message from Elim said, this "Elim" being someone that these Keybladers had never met before. After having sent that to the new Keybladers she decided she would hit the showers before they arrived to cool off.
The Debriefing Hall in the WDC HQ was a large room with a large computer in it. There would be no one else present when the Keybladers would arrive in the Debriefing Room. Of course on their way they'd see various residents of Radiant Garden, some of which weren't human like the Moogles, and some members of the WDC. None of the higher up members seemed to be around though.
They were all busy.
With only two people present in the Debriefing Room and the meeting having not started yet, the new Keybladers would get a little bit of time to get to know each other a bit, or perhaps mentally prepare for whatever this "Mission from the King" is about. None of them had even met the King before or had even seen what he looked like, so this would be their first time seeing that as well.
The only thing that was known was that, like Ame, the King was another Keyblader.
The new Keybladers had been given an option of either a dorm in WDC Headquarters or their own residences, provided by the generous Hewie, Dewie, and Louie McDucks, who took over the now retired Scrooge McDuck's businesses and were a bit older now.
Perhaps on the mission they'd be able to put their newest skills they picked up during their training to good use?
Who knows.
Whatever it was, if it was from the King and cancelling their days off then it was no doubt important.
As each of the new Keybladers arrived they'd see that very same blue haired youth who made a mess of the training room. Her hair was done up in a long ponytail and she was wearing garb befitting of either a knight or adventurer of some sort. Elim was not a Keyblader, so by her sheathed on her hip was a sword of a rather intricate looking make.
She was currently pursuing the pages of that large, leather bound tome. As each Keyblader arrived, she only spared them a passing glance before returning to the text of her tome. It seems that this person is the rather antisocial type.
Sitting in the front of the room was Ame, who was sitting closer towards the entrance of the room. She seemed to be laying her head on what seemed to be a large, round, blue pillow that was on the table. Whenever anyone entered, she'd give a smile and a slightly lethargic wave. She was definitely a much more sociable person.
The Keybladers would have seen Ame before a few times as she had helped train them in how to utilize their Keyblades on several occasions. The only one of these two individuals that the new Keybladers had yet to really meet was the girl reading through that large, purplish, leather bound tome with a rather serious expression on her face.
Assemble the Keys
Peace. That is what had been achieved in the part of the universe that Sora's journey had touched. While this part was probably just a tiny part compared to the much more significant whole, it was still peace. With the creation of the World Defense System, or WDS, a few hundred years ago that peace could finally be taken to other worlds. It would weaken, or even defeat, Heartless, Nobodies, and even Unversed in the worlds without the denizens ever knowing of their existence or being affected by their existence.
The World Defense Committee has also expanded beyond the small team that once resided in Radiant Garden. While their main headquarters are in Radiant Garden, with subsidiary branches in Traverse Town, the Land of Departure, and Twilight Town, they do have agents that reside in some worlds where certain nodes of the system are located. Utilizing both the WDS and its agents, the WDC is capable of monitoring the worlds within the reach of the system and can quickly respond to any threats that may appear if need be.
Even though a few threats have surfaced since the system's inception, it is thanks to the swift response of the WDC and the power of the WDS that these threats were very quickly dealt with. As such, peace continued to reign. Maybe not so on a basis of individual worlds, but definitely so on a wider scale as a whole when it came to the balance between worlds.
However, on this one particular day in one particular world, things were anything but peaceful.
It was currently a day like any other in this peaceful, scenic world. In this world sat a towering, white castle that seemed to be something straight out of a fairytale that was surrounded by a large city.
That city was named "Toon Town". It was populated by a wide assortment of rather interesting looking figures.
The castle was known as "Disney Castle".
All castles have a King and everywhere one went in "Toon Town" one would see this King's symbol. One larger circle with two slightly smaller circles on top to represent a face and two round ears.
This king, who was beloved by his subjects, was a mouse. His name was King Mickey. 400 years ago he had been an ally in Sora's fight. A hero who helped bring peace to the worlds. Currently this hero was sitting on his throne, talking to his Queen, Queen Minnie, who sat on the throne next to his. While she may not have been a part of that fight she was by no means weak. Queen Minnie herself was quite a powerful White Mage, able to wield some very powerful Holy and Healing magic.
The throne room was huge! It seemed like its current two occupants were the size of tiny dolls compared to the vastness of this giant hall. Even the doors that led into it seemed like only giants could push them open.
That is until a small, normal sized "door" in the bottom part of one of the large doors was suddenly slammed open, revealing the secrets of these huge doors to anyone who may have been watching.
"YOUR MAJESTY, YOUR MAJESTY, ITS AN EMERGENCY!" screamed a raspy voice as a figure burst into the throne room. As he burst in, feathers went everywhere. This was a duck garbed in the attire of a Mage. This was the Court Mage of Disney Castle.
Donald Duck.
A hero who, despite having no Keyblade of his own, fought alongside Sora all those many years ago. He is a very powerful mage, capable of wielding immensely powerful magic.
"Whoa there pal. Calm down. What's the problem Donald?" asks Mickey as he quickly gets up from his throne. Donald was known to be prone to freak outs, but it had been a while since he had seen his good pal's feathers this ruffled.
"There's no time to explain, its the WDS! It's seen something strange!" said Donald as he was stomping his foot.
Minnie and Mickey looked at each other, flashes of concern crossing their eyes.
"Well what are we waiting for. Let's get going right away" said Minnie as she stood from her throne.
"Right. Let's go" said Mickey.
The trio were soon in the library, staring at what seemed to be a large computer screen. This terminal wasn't the castle's main terminal, but did still allow for the examining of many things going on and held a large amount of data.
"And you're sure that it isn't a glitch fellas?" asks Mickey to a pair of two small chipmunks, each in suspenders with one of them wearing goggles.
"That's right your majesty!" responded the goggle wearing chipmunk, Chip.
"We've run like a billion tests. It's not Heartless, Nobodies, Nightmares, or Unversed! Whatever this is, its nothing we've seen before!" responded the chipmunk without the goggles, Dale.
Mickey looked at the data before him. A strange, unknown signature. It was weak, immensely so, but it was still *there*, which was the issue. He seemed to be in deep thought.
"Oh my, it seems to have appeared in multiple worlds, how concerning…" said Queen Minnie as she stared at the screen.
"What's worse is that in two worlds in particular this footage was found" explained Chip as he used the bracelet on his own wrist to let him interface with the computer despite his dimmunitive size. An image appeared. It showed two heartless. Two Soldiers.
They looked like small figures made of shadow, about a few feet tall. They seemed to be more like stuffed dolls or toy soldiers given the armor they were wearing. One seemed to be weaker, lethargic. It was surrounded in a blue glow that seemed to make it weaker until it vanished.
The other… had no such blue glow at all. Rather than that, suddenly a diamond appeared near the creature and blasted it with light, eliminating it. The diamond then disappeared. The elimination method wasn't what shocked Mickey though.
"Heartless not weakened by the WDS" murmurs Mickey, eyes widening.
"Well it's not the first time we've seen Heartless immune to the weakening effects a-hyuk" explained a voice from the doorway as a new very, very tall figure walked in. He was a dog, wearing the armor of a knight. Rather than a sword though, he only had a shield on his person. A Royal Knight of Disney Castle.
Goofy.
A hero who, just like Donald, also fought by Sora's side all of those years ago.
"There ya are Goof. I see you slept well" said Mickey as he pointed to Goofy's head. There was both grass and flowers stuck to the side of his face, indicating that he had been napping in the gardens once again.
"Ahyup. I founds me a new hidin' spot." The dog knight gave a laugh in his drawl, much to Donald's chagrin as his face reddened and he stomped his foot in fury.
"Goofy! You lazy bum! I oughta…. GRAAHH" he began to shake in rage, feathers falling everywhere as he began to angrily wave his wand at Goofy. He wasn't using any magic, just threatening to club the knight.
This just made Goofy laugh. Despite how Donald got, the two were very good friends.
"Still, you are right Goofy. This isn't the first time we have seen Heartless immune to the weakening effect. That being said… this strange signature is concerning. The fact that we've had multiple Keybladers appear in Traverse Town in recent times as well…" Mickey trailed off, rubbing his chin as he closed his eyes in contemplation.
"It can't be a coincidence" he confirmed. "Although I certainly hope it is" he murmurs with a heavy sigh.
"What do we do your Majesty?" asks Goofy.
Mickey looks to the Mage and Knight. "Donald, Goofy. I need you two and Ame to go investigate this world." Ame just so happened to be a descendent of Sora and Kairi and was also a Keyblader just like her ancestors were.
The two gave a salute and a united "Yes your Majesty!"
But Goofy faltered as he looked to Mickey. "But uhh… your Majesty. Gwarsh, Chip and Dale said there are two worlds. What about the second one ahyuk"
"The WDC has acquired several new Keyblader recruits recently. With all of the other Agents busy on missions, this should be a good mission for them" said Mickey. "Plus, if there are immune Heartless we are dealing with, the power of the Keyblade will be helpful."
"Are you sure they are ready your majesty? I mean they haven't even become real heroes, let alone Junior Heroes!" said Donald, a bit concerned but also unable to stop himself from puffing up his chest proudly as he reminded everyone of how he, Sora, and Goofy were declared real Heroes by Mount Olympus.
"They will be fine. I believe in them. Ame also says they have potential as well and expects good things from them." said Mickey.
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"Hmm. Is that so? You got it your Majesty. I'll be there in a lickity split" said a charming voice in a happy-go-lucky tune. Sitting in a tree in the garden new Radiant Garden WDC headquarters was a girl in blue. Just like the rain she was named for, she gently floated down from the tree.
She then saw her bracelet flash again. "You want me to bring the newbies? You sure? Guess that makes sense since everyone else is busy with the latest Expansion at the moment" She sent her response. "Alright, but they aren't really ready for a mission like that yet, what to do…" She began to ponder.
The WDC had been shocked that not just one, but several new Keybladers had suddenly been registered by the WDS around the same time. Not only that, but they even suddenly appeared in Traverse Town all around the same interval. This was quite shocking as aside from her and King Mickey, there were currently two other Keybladers they knew about. Neither of them were here at the moment.
One of them hadn't been seen in a while either.
"Well Yuria told me that Elim has been itching for more fights. Guess I can send her to accompany the newbies. She'll get the assignment she wants and will be forced to socialize. Win win." Having decided that, Ame sent some messages with her Communicator before heading on her way.
———
"Dammit, this isn't what I meant!" cursed a blue haired youth as she slashed a burning blade through a humanoid training dummy in a fit of anger. This rather upset, blue haired youth was Elim. There were many broken dummies in this training room. Each of them had damaged parts, but the parts that were absolutely destroyed were parts that had an image of a red skull taped to them.
She sighs heavily and stabs her sword into the nearest dummy as she walks over to the table where what seems like an intricate wine decanter is sitting. She puts the decanter to her mouth and it begins to glow blue as water pours from it, which she drinks. She grabs the Communicator she had next to the decanter after taking her drink. There were a few other things on said table as well. A rather worn, but sturdy knapsack, a few rings, and a large leather bound tome. The leather the tome was bound in was a dark purple.
Just as she suspected, with the message that Ame had sent her she had also been gifted the Comm numbers of the other new recruits. Sighing heavily, this tomboy sword wielded sends a rather simple, direct message to the new Keybladers. After all, today was their day off.
These new Keybladers had appeared a couple of months ago and, via the instructors of the WDC, had received training in combat, magic, and other such basics that would assist them in better understanding how to utilize their new Keyblades from some of the WDC members. Of course, they had also been given the promise that once they became strong enough they would receive assistance on heading back to the worlds they came from, provided their worlds weren't connected in the next WDS expansion.
After all, their worlds had only gotten into the detection range of the WDS. They had yet to be incorporated into it, so sending them home via teleportation through the WDS was currently impossible. With the exception of one of them who just so happened to be from Twilight Town.
Meet me in the Debriefing Hall at Headquarters. Your days off are cancelled. It's a mission from the King.
That was all the message from Elim said, this "Elim" being someone that these Keybladers had never met before. After having sent that to the new Keybladers she decided she would hit the showers before they arrived to cool off.
The Debriefing Hall in the WDC HQ was a large room with a large computer in it. There would be no one else present when the Keybladers would arrive in the Debriefing Room. Of course on their way they'd see various residents of Radiant Garden, some of which weren't human like the Moogles, and some members of the WDC. None of the higher up members seemed to be around though.
They were all busy.
With only two people present in the Debriefing Room and the meeting having not started yet, the new Keybladers would get a little bit of time to get to know each other a bit, or perhaps mentally prepare for whatever this "Mission from the King" is about. None of them had even met the King before or had even seen what he looked like, so this would be their first time seeing that as well.
The only thing that was known was that, like Ame, the King was another Keyblader.
The new Keybladers had been given an option of either a dorm in WDC Headquarters or their own residences, provided by the generous Hewie, Dewie, and Louie McDucks, who took over the now retired Scrooge McDuck's businesses and were a bit older now.
Perhaps on the mission they'd be able to put their newest skills they picked up during their training to good use?
Who knows.
Whatever it was, if it was from the King and cancelling their days off then it was no doubt important.
As each of the new Keybladers arrived they'd see that very same blue haired youth who made a mess of the training room. Her hair was done up in a long ponytail and she was wearing garb befitting of either a knight or adventurer of some sort. Elim was not a Keyblader, so by her sheathed on her hip was a sword of a rather intricate looking make.
She was currently pursuing the pages of that large, leather bound tome. As each Keyblader arrived, she only spared them a passing glance before returning to the text of her tome. It seems that this person is the rather antisocial type.
Sitting in the front of the room was Ame, who was sitting closer towards the entrance of the room. She seemed to be laying her head on what seemed to be a large, round, blue pillow that was on the table. Whenever anyone entered, she'd give a smile and a slightly lethargic wave. She was definitely a much more sociable person.
The Keybladers would have seen Ame before a few times as she had helped train them in how to utilize their Keyblades on several occasions. The only one of these two individuals that the new Keybladers had yet to really meet was the girl reading through that large, purplish, leather bound tome with a rather serious expression on her face.
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Shun was lounging around in the dorm room she'd been given directly at the headquarters of the World Defence Committee. At least at first, Shun had thought it would be the smartest to just take one of the offered dorm rooms, she specifically picked the smallest she could find, she didn't need that much space for herself anyway and that way she'd have less to clean and take care of, not that the room wasn't still an absolute mess.
