After the events of battling Ansem, Star Mage, and Maleficent, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and the Mane Seven have went off to help search for King Mickey and Riku. Throughout searching for them, they have took a break and started resting. When it turned night time, they went to sleep. Red SoarDash woke up from his sleep. Then he realized that it was night time still. He sighed and sees his other friends still asleep. Fluttershy starts waking up as she yawns. Then she notice that Red was awake too.
"How come you're awake Red," asked the shyful pony.
The red stallion turns to Fluttershy and said, "Oh hey Fluttershy. I just couldn't stay asleep I guess."
Fluttershy went to sit with him. Red notices, but he lets her sit with him.
She asked, "Do you think we'll ever return home?"
Red thinks about this. It's been a couple of days since they had been taken to these strange worlds. He was very worried if they won't return to their home again. Especially since all the lanes are closed again after defeating Ansem.
He answered, "I... Honestly don't know Fluttershy. It's hard to say if we'll ever see everyone again."
"Oh," said Fluttershy.
She looked down and sighs. Red sees this and gets close to her. He hugs her and looks at her.
"Hey.... I'm sure that maybe we'll see Equestria again. Trust me," said the red stallion as he wanted her to smile.
Red didn't like having the shyful pony be very sad. He wanted to make sure she was at least happy while on this journey.
Lucky for him, she was able to smile after his kind words.
She smiled said, "Thank you Red."
Red smiles also, but he started to yawn.
"We should definitely get some sleep if we want to find Riku and King Mickey," said the red stallion.
Fluttershy then had this idea, but she was nervous about saying it.
"H-Hey Red.... I was wondering if.... nevermind," said Fluttershy.
He looks at her as he was interested in what she wanted to say.
Red asked, "What is it?"
Fluttershy then started blushing as she said, "I was um... wondering.... if it won't be so much trouble.... that I could sleep here.... with you."
This causes him to blush.
"S-sure," said the red stallion.
He started to lay down as she lay down with him. They both slowly went off to sleep.
Later on, Sora now wakes up. He looks around as he notices everyone is asleep. Then suddenly he hears a voice.
"Along the road ahead lies something you need," said the voice.
Sora was confused until he turns to see who it is. But no one was there.
The voice spoke again as Sora turns around to finally see him. It seems to be someone in a black coat.
The stranger said, "However. In order to claim it you must lose something that is dear to you."
The stranger disappeared as as Sora was confused on his words.
Then later on, the others had woke up. They all started to head off in search of Riku and King Mickey.
Pinkie Pie then suddenly asks, "Are we there yet?"
Applejack answered, "No."
They kept walking until Pinkie Pie asks again, "How about now?"
Rainbow Dash tells her, "Pinkie Pie. We won't get there faster if you keep asking that every 5 minutes."
Pinkie Pie then says, "I know but it's such a loooooooonnnnnnnnggggg walk."
They continued on walking until in front of them is a very large castle. Then they all decided to walk in as they look around. The room seems to be white and has a door that leads to a room.
As they look around Goofy asked, "Hey, ya think it's okay to barge in?"
Donald tells him, "But we gotta do it, if we're gonna find the king..."
This makes Goofy surprised as he asks, "The king?! King Mickey's here?"
Donald said, "Something just told me he'd be here, okay?"
Goofy asks, "Really? 'Cause now that ya mention it, I was kinda thinkin' the same thing."
Red says, "Weird.... I'm also thinking the same thing."
Fluttershy asks, "Really? You also think Riku and King Mickey are here too?"
Red nods at her and she says, "Yeah... It's very weird. It's like I feel that they were here earlier."
This makes everyone very confused.
Sora then said, "Seriously? Me too! One look at this castle, and I just knew: Our very best friends, they're here."
Goofy then said, "A-hyuck! Guess great minds think alike."
Applejack says, "Ah don't think so sugarcube."
Rarity asks, "What do you mean Applejack? Isn't it good that we all think that they are here in this castle?"
Applejack replied, "It is good Rarity. But isn't it very weird how all of us somehow have this feeling?"
Then Jiminy Cricket came out of Sora's hood and says, "She's right guys. It can't be just a coincidence."
Donald then says, "Oh, no, Jiminy. Ya don't mean that-"
Jiminy cuts him off and replied, "Yep, I had it too, mm-hmm! I had the exact same feeling."
Goofy then said, "Gawrsh, maybe it's contagious."
Twilight said, "If it is then maybe we should check out this castle."
Sora said, "All right."
He then starts walking to the door that leads further in the castle.
Donald then exclaims, "Wak! Where are you going?!"
"That way. To the door. Are ya scared," asks Sora as he smirks.
Rainbow Dash asks, "When did you become such a scaredy bird Donald?"
Donald got upset by their teasing as he said, "Aw, don't be ridiculous! Come on, let's go, Goofy!"
Fluttershy says, "I don't know... Maybe it's a bad idea entering here."
Red tells her, "I'm sure we'll be okay."
Pinkie Pie says, "He's right! It's not like anything totally scary or confusing is gonna happen!"
Goofy then suddenly said, "Hey, fellahs, shouldn't we shut the door behind us before we go? Guys!"
They turned to see what Goofy saw. They saw it was the guy in the black coat that Sora saw earlier.
Sora then yelled, "That's it! Who are you?"
Sora, Red, Rarity, and Twilight summoned their keyblades. Donald summoned his staff and Goofy summoned his staff.
Rainbow Dash exclaims, "Hey you! Might wanna leave or we'll have to deal with you!"
Rarity asks, "Who even is this?"
Pinkie Pie answers, "Must be a new terrifying bad guy."
Donald suddenly exclaims, "Wak! It's a Heartless!"
Twilight says, "I don't think it's a-"
Donald cuts her off and continued, "I'll try some magic! Thunder!"
He casts a spell but... nothing happened. Everyone looked at him in confusion.
"Come on. Thunder! Thunder," said Donald as he kept trying to cast the spell.
Donald then tries his other spells by saying, "Come on... Blizzard? Fire!"
Nothing happened again.
Donald asked, "Why isn't it working?"
Pinkie Pie said, "Maybe you staff is broken."
Donald tells her, "Magic staffs don't break!"
Red asks, "Then what else can it be?"
Suddenly, the stranger says, "I should think it's obvious. The moment you set foot in this castle, you forgot every spell and every ability you ever knew. In this place, to find is to lose, and to lose is to find. That is the way in Castle Oblivion."
Sora asks, "Castle Oblivion?"
The guy in the black hood tells him, "Here you will meet people that you have known in the past. And you will meet people you miss."
Sora then says, "I miss? Riku! You mean Riku's here?!"
The mysterious man said, "If what you want...is to find him..."
He then suddenly went through him. Sora then went to strike him, but the stranger in the black coat vanished away from him.
Sora turns to him and glares.
Red asks, "What did you do?"
He answers, "I merely sampled his memories. And from them, I made this."
The stranger shows off a card. Then he throws it at Sora and he catches it.
Sora asks, "What's this, a card?"
He tells him, "It is a promise for the reunion you seek. Hold the card to open the door. And beyond it, a new world. Proceed Sora, Red SoarDash, Twilight Sparkle, and Rarity. To lose and claim anew, or to claim anew only to lose..."
Then the stranger vanished.
Sora looks at the card that was in his hand.
Rainbow Dash asks, "Should we listen to him? He seems suspicious."
Applejack says, "It could be a trap."
Twilight then said, "Well whatever it is, we should make sure to be careful in case he does something bad."
Sora said, "C'mon. Let's go."
They walk to the door as Sora looks at the card. Then he points it up. His card disappears and it made the door open. A bright light was showing.
Red says, "Guess we should walk forward then."
Twilight tells her friends, "Remember guys. Be careful and don't lose your guard."
They nodded at her as everyone heads through the door.
Sora, Red, Twilight, and Rarity had entered the strange world. What's very strange about it is that it looks exactly like Traverse Town.
Red said, "What...? Okay now I'm confused."
Rarity said, "You're telling me darling."
Sora said, "But this can't be right. How are we back in Traverse Town?"
Twilight said, "This is probably because of the guy in the black coat."
Then suddenly the guy in the black coat appears behind them.
He tells them, "What you see isn't real."
They turn and see him right there.
The guy in the black coat continues, "This town is an illusion created by your memories ingrained in that card."
Sora was confused as he asked, "My....memories?"
Everyone else was also confused.
Twilight asks, "What do you mean by 'his memories...?'"
Jiminy jumps out of Sora's hood and looks at them.
"Forget about that! We lost Donald, Goofy, and the other ponies," exclaimed Jiminy.
They heard him as they look around. They tried calling them, but nothing was heard. Then they turn to the guy in the black coat.
Red then asked, "What did you do with them?!"
It was an angry tone. He was very concerned if he lost his friends again after working so hard to find them when he travelled to other worlds during their first adventure.
The guy in the black hood tells them, "They are at the mercy of the cards now. Master the cards, and their strength will be yours again."
After the guy in black coat explained to them what they need to know, they noticed that Donald, Goofy, and the other ponies is running to them. They seem to be alright.
Red looks at them and says, "Thank Celestia you guys are here. I thought we were all separated again..."
Sora asks them, "Where have you been?"
Donald answers, "You tell us! When you opened the door, we saw a strange light...and the rest is just...blank."
Jiminy Cricket was confused as he says, "Gee, that doesn't help. Try to remember what happened. I have to keep my journal up to date."
Rainbow Dash says, "Yeah yeah cool it. Just give us a minute."
Suddenly, Donald and Goofy notice that their clothes have changed to what they wore on their first adventure.
Goofy asks, "Hey, Donald, where'd I get the new clothes?"
Donald exclaims, "Wak?! Me too, Goofy! Somebody's been messing with our clothes!"
They then look at the stranger in the black coat.
Sora asks him, "Could it be the cards again?"
The guy in the black coat tells them, "That is for you to ponder. Master the cards and make your way through the castle. But from here, you walk alone."
Everyone was in shock to hear this. He wants to have Sora, Red, Twilight, and Rarity walk alone.
Goofy exclaims, "Alone?! We can't let our friends go alone!"
Donald nods and says, "Yeah! They can't do anything without our help!"
The keyblade wielders look at him while being annoyed with that response.
Rainbow Dash thought, 'Oh really? Last time I remember, you ditched us back in Hollow Bastion.'
Sora says sarcastically, "Thanks a lot Donald."
Goofy asks while concerned, "You sure you'll be okay?"
Sora nods and says, "Of course!"
The other keyblade wielders nodded at Goofy.
Twilight then says, "You want us to go alone? Fine. We'll do what you say."
The stranger scoffed and said, "Hmph, the heroes speaks boldly. Go, then. The rest of Castle Oblivion awaits. Walk the avenues of latent memory, and you shall meet someone dear to you."
Jiminy then mutters, "I've got a bad feeling about this..."
Sora tells him, "Relax, Jiminy. We'll be ready for any tricks he's got up his sleeve. How hard can it be to figure out these cards? All we have to do is use one in front of that door over there."
Sora said as they can see another door that leads them to another room.
Applejack asked them, "Are ya sure about? We can follow y'all without him knowing."
Rainbow Dash nods and says, "Yeah! We can take him on if he tries to stop us."
Twilight says, "It's not like we have much of a choice. Seems like we have to play by his rules for now."
Rarity said, "Which could be unlucky for us."
Pinkie Pie asks, "But what if he pulls something out of his sleeve? Like a secret ambush which involves other people like him but have some sort of secret mission that involves us."
They look at her while confused.
Donald asks, "Where did you even come up with that?"
Pinkie Pie answers while smiling, "...Just a hunch!"
Sora then says, "Well let's get going then."
They were about to leave. Fluttershy looks at Red and asks, "Are you sure about this Red? This could be very dangerous."
Red nods as he sighed.
"Yeah. You gave a point. But it's not like we have a choice. Otherwise he might do something bad. But trust me. We'll be okay," said Red as he smiles at her.
Fluttershy nods as he starts to head out with the others.
Fluttershy then thinks, 'Why do I have this bad feeling...'
After a while Sora, Red, twilight, and Rarity were moving through rooms. They fought against heartless that appeared there. But they were struggling a bit while fighting. They were so used to fighting together as a team with their friends. They never thought that they would have to fight alone.
After a while, they were in another room as they were taking a break.
Sora says, "Hmm, fighting alone isn't as easy as I thought..."
Red included, "You're telling me..."
Just then they notice a bunch of cards appeared. Then they glowed a bright light. Their friends had shown up. This surprises the keyblade wielders a lot.
Rarity exclaims, "Aah! At least warn us before popping out of nowhere like that!"
Donald exclaims, "Hey, it's not our fault! We don't know what's going on!"
Then they notice something behind them. It was Pluto, King Mickey's dog.
Sora exclaims, "Pluto?!"
Fluttershy smiles as she pets the dog as this seems to make her happy.
"What a cute dog. I never seen him up close. I wonder how did he get here," said the shyful pony.
Donald asks, "The real question is: What's Pluto doing here?!"
Goofy tells him, "There's nothing strange about that. We came to Traverse Town with Pluto, didn't we?"
Donald and Goofy was confused about this, until Jiminy pops out of Sora's hood.
Jiminy Cricket tells them, "No, wait! According to my journal, it was before you met Sora, Red and Twilight that you came to town with Pluto!"
Donald exclaims, "Wak! He's right! We were chasing after Pluto, and that's how we ended up in Castle Oblivion!"
Pinkie Pie asks, "But aren't we in Traverse Town?"
Jiminy Cricket answers, "Well, it's not really Traverse Town. I think the card created this Traverse Town inside Castle Oblivion!"
Twilight then says, "So that guy was telling the truth. This card really did take us to Traverse Town."
Rainbow Dash suddenly exclaims, "Aaghh! Who cares about all that? It's too confusing!"
Sora says, "You're telling me." I don't know where we are, but let's just keep moving forward defeating Heartless! We'll get somewhere!"
Applejack says, "Let's hope ya right Sora."
Suddenly, they heard a family voice that is behind them.
"You'd better be careful, or it's the Heartless that are going to defeat you," said the voice.
They turn and notice that it was Leon.
Sora exclaims, "Leon, it's you!"
Twilight says, "Thank Celestia that we are able to see you again."
Red asks, "But wait. What are you doing in Castle Oblivion?"
Leon was confused as he asked, "Castle Oblivion? What are you talking about? This is Traverse Town. And how do you know my name? Who are all of you?"
Everyone was confused as he tells them that he doesn't know them.
Rarity asks, "A-are you serious darling?"
Leon answers, "I'm serious. I've never met the likes of you before."
Sora tells him, "Quit playing, Leon! We all fought the Heartless together! You know that!"
Leon shook his head no. Then continued, "Look, I don't know what you're talking about. I don't even know your names."
Goofy asks sadly, "You don't?"
Leon tells them, "...Sorry."
Pinkie Pie exclaims, "I can't believe it. How can you have forgotten about us? We're your friends! You have to know us."
Leon shook his head as he continues, "I feel for you, but you've got the wrong guy. Happens all the time. Don't take it so personally, Pinkie Pie."
This made everyone even more confused. First Leon said he doesn't know them, now he easily remembered her names.
Sora then exclaims, "So you do know our names!"
Leon was confused as he said, "Now, now hold on! Why do I know her name, Sora?"
His eyes widened. Now he suddenly knows Sora's name.
Rainbow Dash exclaims, "Okay what kind of prank are you trying to pull?! I mean pranks are easily funny but now is not the time for pranks!"
Leon then answers, "There is no pranks Rainbow Dash. I honestly don't know- Wait... now I know your name...?"
Goofy whispers to his friends, "You think Leon's just kidding around?"
Donald answers, "If he is, it's not funny."
Fluttershy asks, "I hope he isn't trying to mess with us."
Leon asks, "Who's kidding around, Goofy? You, Donald, and Fluttershy are the ones who-"
Applejack exclaims, "See! Ya do know their names. Ah'm pretty sure you know the rest of our names as well."
Leon asks himself, "I don't get it... Something's wrong with my memory. What's happening here?"
Twilight answers, "That's what we're trying to figure out. Seems like there is some weird power that is messing with your memories."
A female voice spoke, "She's right Leon. Aerith was onto something like this."
They look to see Yuffie walking towards them.
Yuffie said, "She said she sensed some uncanny kind of power. And asked us to look into it. Well, this is as uncanny as it gets. Maybe you should take them to see Aerith."
Sora asked, "Y-You know us Yuffie?!"
Yuffie answered, "Yep! Looks like you know me too."
Leon asked Yuffie, "You know them?"
Yuffie answered, "Nope! Total strangers. But I definitely know their names. Strange, yes, but convenient! We can skip the introductions."
Leon was confused by how calm she was during this.
"How is it that you can accept this situation so easily? I don't get you," asked Leon while looking at her.
Yuffie then tells them, "Well, I'm gonna run ahead and fill Aerith in. Leon, you give them the grand tour. See ya later!"
She then starts walking off as Leon turns over to the others.
He sighed and says, "I guess it's no use pondering over it. Come on, follow me. But there are Heartless wandering around town. I'd better teach you how to protect yourself in battle."
Leon then spent a couple of minutes teaching Sora, Red, Twilight, and Rarity more on fighting with cards. They finally finished after a while.
Leon asked, "Think you've got the hang of it?"
The red stallion answered, Think so. Seems complicated, but I'm sure that we'll figure it out a lot more better."
Leon then tells them, "Here, I found this lying around. You take it. Remember what I told you and make good use of it."
They look and sees that it is a card of Simba.
Eventually, they made it to one of the rooms in Traverse Town. There they met Aerith.
Red asks her, "Did you forget us too Aerith?"
Aerith looks down and says, "I don't know whether to say "nice to meet you" or "good to see you again." I don't think I know you all, but I still feel like you all belong here."
Yuffie agrees by saying, "Yeah, exactly! Like we've never met, but it still doesn't feel weird knowing your names."
Pinkie Pie says, "But we did met! We were taking on those mean heartless! You have to remember us...."
Her friends look at her as they were very concerned.
Leon thinks about this for a second. Then he says, "It feels like you're right... But I can't remember."
Sora said, "Then I guess you won't remember what you told me. In Hollow Bastion, when I sealed the Keyhole: 'We may never meet again...'"
Leon continues what he is saying, "...but we'll never forget each other."
Rainbow Dash exclaimed, "Ha! You do remember!
Yuffie's eyes widened as she told Leon, "She's right, Leon! I remember you saying that too."
Leon sighs as she starts thinking about this. Then said to her, "I guess I can't write it off as a coincidence, then."
Then Aerith told them, "I don't have any memory of it, but somehow I still remember. I think your heart is doing the remembering for us."
Sora was very confused. So was everyone else.
So he asked, "My...heart?"
Twilight asks, "But how?"
Aerith starts to explain, "We don't know you, Sora, but your heart is full of memories of us together. Those memories must resonate in our hearts, too. Maybe they tell us things we couldn't otherwise know."
Leon asks her, "So you're saying that Sora's memories are affecting ours?"
"His memories do seem to have a certain power," said Aerith as she nods at him.
Applejack suggests, "Maybe it's like that guy said then."
Fluttershy says, "So... this town is just an illusion then like he told us....?"
Sora said, "Even created from my memories."
Aerith continues, "And...there's someone special to you in this town?"
Sora asked, "How did you- Ah, I get it. My memories are resonating with yours, telling you what happened. Yeah. A friend of ours is somewhere in this town- I mean, Castle Oblivion."
Yuffie asks, "Castle Oblivion? What's that? There aren't any castles in here."
Fluttershy tells her, "Well uh.... That's not quite what he meant Yuffie."
Red then said, "Maybe we should take a look around. Maybe we can find something else that can help us out."
Leon nods before saying, "Then go have a walk around town. There are Heartless, but that's no problem for you."
Sora smirks and asks, "So you know we can fight?"
Leon gave a small smirk and said, "I can't say I know, but I feel like believing you. Let's leave it at that."
Later, they went on ahead to look around. Pinkie Pie seems upset.
Goofy notices this and asks, "Hey Pinkie Pie. Are you okay?"
Pinkie Pie sighs as she starts to say, "It's just.... How could our friends forgot us?! We're supposed to be friends! Friends never forget each other!"
Donald suggests, "Maybe the castle is messing with their heads."
Twilight says, "Could be...."
The shyful pony suggests, "Maybe it has some weird magic that effects everyone here."
Rarity said, "Though I'm sure they will be fine. After all they did remember us again."
Rainbow Dash then says, "Yeah. I mean even though they did forget us, at least we got them to remember us."
Pinkie Pie asks, "But what if we forget them like they forget about us...."
That made everyone go in silence.
What if they really did forget everyone they met? Leon, Yuffie, Aerith.
Rarity said, "That... is very upsetting..."
Sora then says, "Maybe the guy in the black coat really is behind it."
Applejack asks, "Ya think so?"
Sora then explained, "Yeah. Probably from that card he gave me of Traverse Town."
Red tells them, "Then we should probably question him them."
Everyone but Pinkie Pie nods as they agree with him.
Red then tells her, "Hey.... It will be okay. Even if we do forget them, our hearts will still remember them."
She hears this and smiles slightly. Then she nods. They then start moving on, but Pinkie Pie stayed.
She thought, 'I hope you're right Red...'
Then she puts on a fake smile and follows them.
They made it to the second district as they see Cid.
He notices them and greets them, "Well, whaddaya know. It's Sora and the ponies!"
This confuses him as he says, "Wait, what am I saying? I don't know you. But you do LOOK like a Sora, what with the spiky hair and baggy pants..."
Sora chuckles nervously before saying, "It's okay, Cid. That's my name."
Cid chuckles and said, "So! You've heard of me, eh? Well, I can't say as I'm surprised."
They nod at him.
Twilight then says to him, "Anyway, maybe you can help us out. Our friend is supposed to be somewhere in this castle- I mean town. Any advice or any tips?"
Cid explains, "Your friend, huh? Lately all this town sees is Heartless. Can't even take two steps without gettin' attacked. In fact, this plaza's the worst. Word is, a jumbo-sized Heartless shows up when that bell rings. If you value your hide, you'll get outta here while the gettin's good."
They were shocked when they heard this.
Goofy then said, "Gawrsh, maybe we should leave."
Sora turns to them and asks, "Don't you want to see the Heartless?"
Donald exclaims, "NO we DON'T!"
Applejack tells him, "We gotta deal with the heartless threat feather-butt before we leave outta here."
Then suddenly, the bell starts ringing.
Donald exclaims, "The bell!"
Then the ground starts rumbling.
Fluttershy notices something falling down.
She exclaims, "G-Guys! Look out!"
They look up and saw the Guard Armor heartless appeared.
After fighting it off, Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith catched up to them.
Yuffie asks, "So your friend wasn't here?"
Sora shook his head and answered, "No. I don't think we'll find him in this town. But he's somewhere in this castle. I just know it.
Cid was confused and asks, "Castle? Like this whole town's inside some humongous castle? Hoo, that's rich!"
Leon tells him, "He's probably right, Cid. We may not understand what's going on, but Sora and his friends does. They can see that reality is bigger than just this world."
Pinkie Pie mutters, "I hope you're right..."
Leon nods at her and tells her, "You'll be okay. No matter what shape reality takes, you can handle it. I may not remember you or your friends, but I know you in my heart."
She looks at him and smiles as she thanked him.
Yuffie tells them, "Take care, Sora."
Cid then says, "I'm a little lost...but best of luck anyway."
Leon, Yuffie, and Cid all walked away from them. Then they started walking, until Aerith stopped the keyblade wielders.
Sora asked her, "What's up?"
Aerith tells them, "I don't have all the answers, but I had to tell you something. Sora's memories created this town, right?"
Red nods and answers, "Yeah. The guy in the black coat gave us this card."
Aerith then continued, "If that's true, then this town is just a figment of your mind...and so are we."
They were all confused.
Sora then exclaims, "But...you can't be a figment! You're standing right here. The town is here, too!"
Aerith explains to them, "But I'm not really me. I don't remember the things I should. And I sense things I shouldn't. Sora, beware your memories. In the journey to come, you'll be faced with more illusions. Sometimes the shadows of your memory will deceive you, try to lead you astray."
Sora asks, "So... what exactly does that mean?"
Aerith says to him, "I'm sorry. I'm just another illusion. The truth is out of my reach. Just stay strong Sora. Don't let the illusions distract you from what's truly important."
Sora answered, "...Okay."
Donald yelled, "Sora! Red! Twilight! Rarity!"
They all look at them.
Applejack asks, "Are y'all ready to go?"
Twilight tells them, "Yeah we'll be there in a minute!"
Then they turn to see that Aerith was gone.
Sora exclaims, "Aerith? Aerith!"
Fluttershy asks, "Is everything okay guys?"
Rarity answers, "Wasn't Aerith right here? We were talking with her."
They look at them confused.
Goofy says, "Aerith left with Leon and the others, remember?"
Sora asks, "Huh?!"
Pinkie Pie tells them, "Yeah. It was like you were talking to a spooky ghost pony."
They walked toward the others as they were about to leave. As they left, Sora stayed behind and looks back at the place where Aerith talked to them.
"Is this what she meant...," asked Sora as he left also.
They walked back into Castle Oblivion as they see the stranger in the black coat again.
He asks, "Did you enjoy meeting your memories?"
Sora answers, "....Yeah. It was good to see everyone."
They all glare at the stranger. Then Twilight asked, "What are you even trying to do? Sora has to be your main focus right? What is it you really want from him?"
The stranger in the black coat didn't bother saying anything. That was until another guy in a black coat showed up. This time he isn't hiding his face. His hair was red and spikey, he was tall, and he has teal eyes.
He greets all of them by saying, "Hello!"
The guy hiding his face asked him, "What do you want?"
The guy with red hair chuckles before answering, "No hogging the hero."
The stranger was amused by his words. Then he threw cards at him. The red headed stranger caught them easily.
The guy in the black coat says, "Then perhaps you'd like to test him."
Then he disappeared, leaving the guy with red spikey hair with Sora and the ponies.
"My show now, keyblade masters. Who am I? Oh, my name's Axel. Got it memorized," asked the guy with red spikey hair named Axel.
Sora answers while confused, "Uh...sure."
Axel smirked before saying, "Good. You're a quick learner."
Everyone looked at Axel was they were worried about what he was gonna do.
Axel then said, "Now that we're getting to know each other better..."
Suddenly, he starts summoning fair on his hands and wrists and out came his weapons. Which are Chakrams.
Everyone was shocked by this. The keyblade wielders all summoned their keyblades and everyone else got ready also.
Axel continued, "...Don't you go off and die on me now!"
The keyblade wielders' friends turned into cards as they were ready to fight against Axel.
Red rushed to attack Axel, but he dodged and counter attacked him.
Axel then threw his chakrams at Red and it hurt him effectively.
Sora jumps up and tries to strike him from above, but Axel quickly blocks his attack.
As Axel was about to attack Sora, Rarity tries to attack but Axel quickly attack them both.
Twilight goes to strike at Axel, and their weapons clashed together.
"Y-you're....pretty tough.... for a princess....," said Axel while struggling against Twilight's keyblade.
The princess of friendship didn't say anything as she kept struggling against him. Unfortunately for her, Axel leg sweeps her quickly.
Then he starts throwing fire balls at all of them. They rushed and blocked the fire balls.
Red then uses a card that has Donald on it. He yelled, "Donald!"
Donald appeared and said, "Haha! Now take my spell!"
He said as he launched a spell at Axel. But.... it was a fire spell. Which powered up Axel.
Axel then chuckled and said, "Hehe! Thanks!"
Red glared at Donald and asked, "What the hay was that Donald?!"
Donald glared back at Red and tells him, "It's not my fault! I used blizzard and it somehow made me use fire instead!"
Suddenly Axel jumps from them as he starts to charge up and he was surrounded by a aura made of fire.
"BURN," exclaims the guy in the black coat as he launched a fire wall at them.
The fire wall, hits them both as it hurts them badly. They groan in pain as they glared at Axel.
Sora then used a Simba card and summoned him. Simba glared at him and launched a powerful roar which damaged him.
Simba unsummoned and they rushed towards Axel to attack him.
He gets hit by them. Then he strikes at them. They get hit and then attacked him a lot faster.
They were clashing their weapons against each other. Then Sora quickly rushed and did a final strike.
It seems like Axel was defeated. They then notice cards were shown to them. It was from other worlds they have been to before.
Goofy said, "Another one. What's it do?"
Jiminy then says, "Hmm. Kinda looks like the card you used when you made Traverse Town."
Red said, "Must be for more worlds."
The brunette teen said, "Then I guess we're gonna need it to keep going..."
"That's right," sais a voice as it belonged to Axel. It seemed like he took no damage form those attacks they did to him.
Axel walks to them and asks, "Did you really think after that introduction, I would give up oh so easily?"
Twilight then tells him, "You were testing us weren't you?"
Axel smirked and nodded at them.
"And you passed. Congratulations Keybearers! You're ready now! Ready to take on Castle Oblivion," said the red haired guy in the black coat.
He continued, "You will need to follow your memories. Trust what you remember and seek what you forget. Then you will find someone very special."
Applejack asked, "Ya mean King Mickey and Riku?"
Axel ignored what she said and told them, "You will just have to give some more thought to who it is that's... most important to you. Our most precious memories lie so deep within our hearts that they're out of reach. But I'm sure that you can find yours, Sora.
Sora was very confused as he asks, "Why me?"
Axel explains, "You have lost sight of the light within the darkness. And it seems that you've forgotten that you forgot."
Everyone but the keyblade wielders was extremely confused.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie both asked, "What?"
Sora looks down and mutters, "The light within darkness..."
Axel then raised his hand to him and asked him, "Would you like me to give you a hint?"
They look at Sora to see what he is going to say.
Fluttershy asks, "Sora.... Do you want to take it?"
Sora thinks about this. He wants to figure this out. To see what he meants by someone that's important. But.... this has to be something he needs to do for himself.
So he tells Axel, "I'm gonna figure it out for myself. If you're in our way...."
Donald quickly gets in front Sora and says, "Don't worry, Sora! We'll protect you!"
Axel was impressed as he chuckled. Then he said, "Good answer. Just what I'd expect from one of the Keyblade masters. But be forewarned... When your sleeping memories awaken, you may no longer be who you are now."
Then he disappeared... What he said made everyone confused and slightly freaked out.