It was another day at Master Yen Sid's place. Sora and his pals had just gotten back from some rigorous training at the Olympus Colosseum, and get some in touch with old friends from worlds they had seen before. Sora was back in action up to the full strength he remembered having, plus some upgrades. And the heartless and nobodies seemed to be quiet for the time being after Ventus, Terra and Aqua had been brought back to the team of light.
As the entered Master Yen Sid's office, they came to see Riku, Mickey, and Yen Sid all there. "Hey guys, been a while. what's with the gathering, is Kairi coming as well?" Sora asked.
"No, she was receiving some help from Aqua to learn some new skills with her own keyblade. But we are glad to see you have returned. There is something we must discuss," Master Yen Sid informed in quite a weary manner.
Sora raised an eye brow, "Okay."
He, Donald and Goofy all came to stand at attention to listen to what Yen Sid had to say. "Now Sora. While it is true that you have regained the skills you lost, along with some new abilities, I'm afraid I must invoke another task on you," Yen Sid sighed.
"So, me, Donald, and Goofy are heading on another mission together?" Sora pondered.
"Unfortunately, this time, Donald and Goofy will not be able to accompany you. This is a task you must venture out on your own with. There is another world that has surfaced. While there is no presence of Heartless or Nobodies in this particular realm, there is a darkness there, and if you do not go there to help soon, I fear that it will fall to that darkness, even more powerful than anything we've seen before. It is a land that possesses great magic, even more so then my own, or my dear friend Merlin. But that magic can fall to the wrong wielder and be used for dark purposes. While it is true that dark magic can be beneficial, it also must be handled with great care, and some in that world are not so careful with it. One being in particular is very powerful. They will use their dark magic to play tricks on you, and turn you. You must be vigilant Sora," Yen Sid warned.
"You got it. But One question I do have. Is there anyone there who will be able to help fight this darkness? I understand taking care of a world's personal problems all ourselves is not something we can just do whenever we wish, and that they do need to take on these challenges themselves'. I'll be sure to help them whatever way I can," Sora exclaimed.
"Yes, you make a fine point young Sora. There are beings in that realm whom you will have to help? And given time, they may start to grow on you, perhaps require your assistance more then you realize. But this venture, it will test you. You must be prepared to take on this darkness. I can not tell you what that darkness is, but do not let it win," Yen Sid urged.
"Alright. I'll be careful," Sora assured him.
"Sure wish I was going with you to make sure you don't become lazy," Riku joked.
"Hey, you were the one who took forever trying to wake me up," Sora fired back.
The two had a laugh before Sora turned his attention back to master Yen Sid. "I have prepared a Gummi Ship to take you to this new world by autopilot. Now I suggest you make haste," Master Yen Sid urged once more.
"Right. Onto the new world," Sora replied.
And with that, Sora was soon on board the gummi ship. "Alright, time for blast off," Sora told himself.
Just as the engines were revving up to full power, all of the sudden, he saw a down arrow. "Uh oh," Sora chuckled.
Soon the ship dropped downwards, making Sora scream. "Riku, was that really necessary?" Mickey grumbled.
"Oh, come on, it was for old time sake," Riku admitted.
Both could hear Donald and Goofy chuckling in behind them.
Back on board the gummi ship Sora sat in the pilot seat thinking, wondering what new adventures awaited him. What new friends would he meet. What dangers lurked in the new world. He wasn't thinking much about Master Yen Sid's warning about the darkness. He felt the wizard was being overbearing, and needed to let him sort things out on his own. Just then, the computer announced, "Approaching destination."
Sora looked out the window and saw the new world. It looked similar to a world he had seen before, but he couldn't think of which. Just then the computer began to blare it's alarm. Something was targeting the ship. Sora scanned the area, and soon saw a dark blue aura approaching fast. Sora took the ship off auto pilot, and just when he thought he had evaded the blast thrown at him, it was as if it had a mind of it's own and once again flew right towards his ship. It soon struck his port side wing and sent his ship spiraling. "WOOOOOOOW!!!" Sora screamed, as the ground of the new world was fast approaching. After that, he blacked out.
When he woke up, everything was blurry. All Sora could see were shapes, and shadows. But many of the voices he heard were feminine. And their tones sounded like ones of worry. And the shapes were of a variety of colors. One figure seemed to stand taller then the rest. One word that he could make out was "Princess". So he knew royals ruled this particular world.
As his eyes came into focus, and his ears were able to make out what was being said, he was in for a bit of a shock. There, all around him were talking ponies, of all different colors. And many of them appeared to be nurses and doctors. Two stood out however. A very tall, and very powerful looking mare, with a horn and wings. She donned a crown atop her head, which immediately told Sora that the mare was of royal status, and there was a lavender colored mare with a horn standing next to her. He knew these two to be unicorns, but one unicorn had wings. So was she also a pegasus? Granted he had only heard about creatures such as these through stories, but he never saw them in person before. But he also saw pegasus looking mares and stallions, along with normal looking ponies, with neither horns, nor wings.
"Oh look, he's up," the lavender mare said.
"Wow, take easy there young colt, your skull's taken a good knock," said a mare with a pure white coat and, if he didn't know better, she had a red cross painted on her flank.
"Wh-Where am I?" Sora asked as she laid him back down on the bed he was in.
"You are in a hospital in Canterlot my little pony. We found you after some sort of contraption fell out of the sky and into the lake near the city. You gave my faithful student, Twilight, and her little dragon, Spike a good fright. They pulled you out after you crashed. I don't recall seeing you around before dear. I am Princess Celestia. Do you have a name young one?" The tall mare inquired.
"My name is Sora, your highness. Um, please don't take this as an insult, but, are you a unicorn with wings?" Sora asked.
Celestia chuckled, "My my, I can tell you are not from the land of Equestria, young one. Here, I am what is known as an alicorn. I possess traits of all three of the pony tribes; unicorn, pegasi, and earth ponies. I suppose that bump on the head must have made you forget you are an alicorn as well my dear."
Sora was a bit surprised. He figured, due to the clothes the three good fairies had given him, he no doubt looked like them to not make the situation too awkward, but to be told he was an alicorn, like the princess herself, that was something he didn't expect. Maybe a unicorn like her student might make sense, since he himself possessed magic, or a pegasus, since he was fond of flying a lot, but an alicorn? That was a bit to take in.
"I can see you do still need a little while to recover from the crash landing, but once you are ready, I shall have a guard escort you to the throne room. Right now, I must attend to my subjects. They're all a little shocked to see another alicorn in the capital," Celestia said.
"If it is alright, I'd like to keep the colt company, your majesty," Twilight insisted.
"As you wish, my faithful student," Celestia nodded.
As Celestia trotted away, Twilight turned back to Sora. He knew she had questions on her mind. So did he. They would have a lot to talk about as the doctors made their way out to give the two some private time.