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// Chapter 6: The Pegasus and The Unicorn 
// Story: Kingdom Hearts: Heart of the Twilight 
// by Sora Sentry 
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Sora and Riku told the girls everything about them, where they come from, that there’s a lot more worlds aside from theirs.

“And we came from a world called Destiny Islands” Sora concluded and the girls were speechless at this.

“Yep I knew you would react that way, it’s hard to believe that there are more worlds out there besides this one” Riku said to them.

“I knew it, but I wasn’t really sure of it” Twilight said to them still trying to process this “But taking in account that you two are so different from everyone else here especially you Sora so then it is true”

“Different?” Sora asked her.

“Yeah, the way you are it’s…” Twilight was saying to him and she blushed a bit “Very unique, even for this world”

“Heh, guess I couldn’t trick you eh?” Sora said as he smiled.

“Nope, i’m too smart for that” Twilight said to him with a confident smile as she adjusted her glasses.

“Heh, yes you’re a clever girl” Riku said to her with a smile as he crossed his arms.

“So, if you came from another world, does that means you’re aliens?” Pinkie asked them and Riku sighed.

“No Pinkie, we’re humans like you girls, let’s just say that in the majority of the world's they’re inhabited by humans” Riku answered her with an annoyed face.

“So how many worlds exist Riku?” Sunset asked her very curious.

“A countless quantity of worlds” Riku answered her and she as well along with the rest of the girls were surprised.

“And how many worlds have you been to? If you don’t mind me asking” Fluttershy said to them curious as well.

“Well, several worlds, so much that we lost count” Sora answered her as he shrugged.

“My you two must be very cultural by visiting so many other worlds” Rarity said impressed as she put her hand on her hip.

“Yeah, kinda” Riku said to her as he shrugged

“But there’s also another thing” Sora said to the girls “You see this world as well as the rest are nothing more but pieces of a universal puzzle”

“Wait what? Are ya sayin’ that the worlds of the universe used to be just one?” Applejack asked him surprised.

“Yes, they all used to be one long long ago” Riku said to the girls and they gasped in surprise.

“But if they were all one, what happened?”  Sunset asked very confused and curious.

“Did a huge earthquake break the world?” Pinkie asked as she shaked to represent her question.

“Nope” Sora answered her as he shocked his head “It’s a long story”

“I like long stories” Twilight said to him with a smile as she crossed her arms , then Riku and Sora looked each other and then Sora shrugged at him and Riku nodded to tell him that they have to tell them a certain story.

“Okay we’ll tell you” Riku said to the girls.

“Yay! Story time!” Pinkie said with a big smile on her face excited.(Music stops)

“Long Long ago, in the age of fairy tales when all worlds were one…” Sora began to tell the story.

“People lived in peace and there was nothing but light back then..” Riku continued 

“Woow” The girls said at the same time impressed.

“The light came from an unseen land known as Kingdom Hearts” Sora continued.

“Kingdom Hearts?” Twilight asked curious by the land.

“Yes, the heart of all worlds and so the door to all of them, a world that contains infinite power, light and knowledge, it could grant someone the power of a god” Riku answered her.

“Woow…” The girls said impressed once again.

“From Kingdom Hearts came the original world and so people’s hearts” Sora explained.

“Wait, you’re referring at the world’s center is its heart?” Sunset asked.

“Yes, that’s right, the worlds also have hearts, because they’re living beings like plants, animals and us humans that inhabit them” Riku answered her.

“Wow. That’s deep” Rainbow said to him.

“Anyway” Sora said “The light was a gift from Kingdom Hearts itself, the people loved the light, however time passed and people began to want the light for themselves by avarice”

“And that’s how darkness came into existence in people’s hearts” Riku continued the history.

“Well that’s very obvious that everyone would want it that badly” Applejack said as she crossed her arms.

“But it’s veeery ironic to think that light was what made darkness real” Pinkie said as she put her hands on her hips.

“The strong rays of the sun create dark shadows, for example getting jealous at someone that’s better than you at something or covet at something too much” Riku explained to the girls.

“What we mean is, all of the universe is made of light and darkness, you can’t have one without the other” Sora said to the girls.

“So true” Twilight said to him.

“Well, there are some exceptions that are only made of pure light or pure darkness” Riku said as he waved his hand.

“Exceptions?” Sunset asked.

“Yeah, but we’ll explain that to you later” Riku answered her.

“So it was the darkness that made the worlds scatter apart?” Rarity asked.

“Yes that right” Sora answered.

“You see, the people began to fight amongst themselves for the light breaking out a war” Riku explained and the girls were surprised by this.

“Oh my” Fluttershy said.

“Yep, the war was so intense that made the original world submerge into the darkness along with Kingdom Hearts” Sora said to the girls and they gasped in surprise.

“And the world was lost in darkness forever?!” Pinkie asked still surprised and then all of the girls and the guys gave her an annoyed face.

“Pinkie, this world is nothing but a part of that original world” Riku said to her keeping the same face.

“Ups. Hehe sorry” Pinkie apologized as she rubbed the back of her head with a shameful smile.

“So, if that happened how are the worlds here today?” Rainbow asked.

“We’re getting there” Sora said as he crossed his arms.

“Well, even if the darkness consumed everything, it couldn’t reach the light in the hearts of children” Riku explained to them.

“Because of their innocence and pureness” Sunset pointed out.

“Exactly” Riku said to her with a smile as he pointed at her with his right finger.

“When the world was swallowed by darkness then it was shattered into countless pieces so with the light from the hearts of the children the worlds were rebuilt as we know them today” Sora said to them.

“I see” Twilight said.

“The survivors from the war decided to protect the light instead of taking it and keep the worlds seperated from each other so that disaster would never ever happen again” Riku continued.

“So that explains everything” Applejack said to the boys.

“That’s right. Tell me girls, what do you see in the sky at night? ” Sora asked them.

“Stars” Sunset said to him “What else?” And then the girls’ eyes got as wide as round plates as they realized something.

“No way!! Are you guys saying that the stars are…?” Twilight was asking them.

“Yep, that’s right girls, the stars in the sky are the other worlds shining in the distance” Riku said to them with a smile on his face.

“The light is from the people that reside within those worlds” Sora said to them with a smile as well.

“Wooow…” The girls said at the same time impressed and surprised by this.

“My mind just…” Rainbow said as she moved her hands making the representation of a mind blowing and she made the sound of an explosion with her mouth.

“Mine too” Pinkie said to her.

“So all of the stars are actually worlds?” Sunset asked them.

“Not all stars, some are just simple stars as you might know and others represent the heart of someone” Riku explained to them.

“If a star goes out it could mean that someone died or a world got destroyed” Sora continued the explanation.

“I just can’t believe it, to think that all along we were watching the worlds in the night time” Twilight said having a hard time processing this.

“Now, different realms do exist were the worlds are set” Riku said to the girls.

“Realms?” Sunset asked him.

“Yes, first, the realm of light, where we are now, in this realm most of the world's exist here, second the world in-between, the realm between light and darkness, some worlds closer to light and some closer to darkness, third the realm of darkness the opposite of the realm of light, where there is nothing but darkness, when a world gets consumed by darkness they end up trapped in there, but they could be restored and finally the realm of sleep, the realm that exists within people's dreams” Riku explained to them.

“Amazing, this is very interesting” Twilight said with a smile on her face.

“Also in the realm of sleep there are also worlds that are trapped in an endless sleep when they are restored” Sora continued the explanation.

“And they could be unlocked if someone goes inside it” Riku said.

“But how you might wonder, it’s complicated” Sora said.

“Who would’ve thought it? Our adventures here are small things compared to the bigger things out there” Sunset said.

“Yep, hard to believe that, huh?” Riku said to her with a smile on his face.

“Yeah” Sunset said to him with a smile as well.(Music stops)

“There’s so much about this that I would like to learn” Twilight said as she looked up to the sky.

“Stop your horses there Twilight” Sora said to her “It’s good that you wanna know more about this but looking so much for knowledge or the truth never ends well”

“That’s right Twilight, there’s some storytelling that I would prefer not to tell now” Riku said to her.

“Yeah, right, i’ve learned that myself” Twilight said to the boys as she remembered her past actions.

“It’s okay Twi, everyone makes mistakes, what’s important is that you learned from it” Sora said to her with his usual warm smile as he put his right hand on her shoulder.

“Thank you Sora” She said with a smile as she blushed and played with her hair and then everyone smiled at this.

“And never forget something very important that all the worlds have in common and share” Riku said to them with a smile.

“And what could it be?” Sunset asked him.

“There are many worlds out there, but they all share the same sky, one sky, one destiny” Sora said to them with a warm smile and then all the girls smiled at his words.

“That’s so deep, nice and true” Twilight said to him keeping her smile and this earned a chuckle from Sora

“Thanks, one of my best friends wrote that to me in a letter not too long ago” Sora said to her as he remembered Kairi’s letter a bit blushed.(Music stops)

“Hey, another question guys, what exactly are you swords?” Sunset asked them.

“Oh right, I almost forgot” Sora said to the girls and then he and Riku summoned their keyblades to them.

“Wow” The girls said impressed.

“These are the keyblades, swords in shape of key as you can see” Riku explained as the girls looked at them closely.

“I have to say Riku that yours has a very unique style with the demon and angel theme and Sora is quite simple but nicely simple” Rarity said to them.

“Uhh thanks?” The boys said to her.

“These ‘keyblades’ are magic weapons, right?” Rainbow asked them.

Well you see…” Sora began and then the two boys explained about the keyblade and how it works, the magic spells, the key function and the superhuman powers that the wielders receive from it also that the keyblade only chooses its wielder by the strength of their heart, someone from the light or from the darkness and that it can be only wielded by its wielder and other wielders as well they explained them about the creation of the keyblade and the original X-Blade, Kingdom Hearts counterpart, made of a perfect balance of light and darkness and the keyblade war that cause the world to get dragged by darkness with kingdom hearts and the X-Blade shattered into 20 pieces, 7 of light and 13 of darkness and that Kingdom Hearts now remains into the deepest abyss in the realm of darkness.
“...And as long it remains there even the brightest world will have its dark corners and even in the deepest darkness there will always a little bit of light” Sora finished their explanation and the girls were impressed by this.

“So that’s what happened to Kingdom Hearts huh?” Sunset said to them and the guys nodded in agreement.

“Still it’s amazing, it’s just simply amazing that such powerful weapons like the keyblades exist” Twilight said amazed by the keyblade.

“Yeah, when i met you Riku something was telling me that you were special Riku” Sunset said to him a bit blushed and this made Riku a bit blushed as well.

“W-well yes, only people like us can use the keyblade as we told you” Riku said to her still a bit blushed “And thank you for saying that about me”

“And I also felt the same when I met you Sora, but I never thought you would be that special” Twilight said to him a bit blushed.

“Heh, well thanks” Sora thanked her with a smile on his face.

“Well, the way that you described the keyblade would make anyone want one, like me” Rainbow said to the boys as she pointed to herself with her thumb.

“That’s right Rainbow, people would want one of these, but like we told you only people with strong hearts can have it” Sora said to her as he raised his keyblade and pointed at it with his left hand.

“However, there’s also some other way to have a keyblade, one is killing the wielder of a keyblade, and second if a keyblade master pass the power to someone worthy of it” Riku explained.

“Keyblade master?” Fluttershy asked them.

“It’s basically the rank above a normal wielder” Sora answered.

“To be one, a wielder has to pass the mark of mastery exam” Riku explained to them.

“I see” Sunset said to them understanding 

“And you’re looking at one right now” Sora said to the girls as he pointed at Riku with his left thumb and the girls were impressed once again.

“Are you one Riku?” Twilight asked him.

“Heh, yeah that’s right, you see, Sora and I took the exam but only I passed” Riku explained to them.

“Hmph, why am I not surprised?” Twilight said as she crossed her arms unimpressed.

“Hey i’m not a dumb, it wasn’t a regular exam from school” Sora said annoyed at her.

“Then what happened? If you don’t mind mind me asking” Fluttershy asked him.

“Our enemies set a trap for me and Riku saved me, that’s why they only named Riku a true master” Sora explained to them.

“Talking about the bad guys, you said that they were the ones who sent those monsters to attack us, right?” Rainbow asked them.

“Yeah” The guys answered her at the same time.

“What were those monsters?” Twilight asked them, then Sora sighed and he and Riku explained about the heartless, the two types of heartless, the emblems and the purebloods, that the emblems were artificial and the purebloods come from the realm of darkness and that they look for people's hearts and if they take them the victim turns into one of them also if someone is consumed by darkness they turn into a heartless as well, also that they look for the heart of one world and if that happens the world is consumed by darkness and gets destroyed and the greatest heart of all, Kingdom Hearts and the girls were impacted by this, so much that they were speechless.

“And the only way to destroy them is with the keyblade, because of this, the heartless constantly attack a keyblade wielder so they could take his or her heart” Riku finished their explanation.

“Huh, good to know that you guys are here to deal with the heartless” Sunset said still a bit scared and relieved.

“Yes, but those heartless are like vampires that look for hearts endlessly, how horrible!” Rarity said scared.

“But one question, the emblem heartless release hearts unlike the purebloods because they’re artificial?” Twilight asked a bit curious.

“Yup, if that happens someone could capture the hearts that they release, if that person captures enough hearts they could create an artificial kingdom hearts” Sora explained to her and the girls were surprised by this.

“However, an artificial Kingdom Hearts only grants someone the power to created a brand new world unlike the real Kingdom Hearts that grants the power of a god like I said” Riku explained to them.

I see, but who created the emblem heartless?” Sunset asked.

“Someone used some kind of crazy machine because this person wanted to know more about the heartless?” Pinkie asked trying to guess and this left Sora and Riku surprised and with their eyes widened.

“How did ya know?” Sora asked her.

“Meh, just a hunch” Pinkie said with a smile as she shrugged.

“Well, that’s right Pinkie, our worst enemy created a machine that created the emblem heartless, because he was doing research about the heartless, so he could study them better” Riku said to her.

“And again you guess it Pinkie" Rainbow said to her as she gave her a pat on her back.

“Heh, sounds like it isn’t the first time she guessed something” Sora said as he put his hands on the back of his head and the girls nodded in confirmation.

“Anyway, this is the consequences of looking in deep things that you shouldn’t, because of this, now the emblem heartless are now around the worlds as well as the pureblood heartless and they can’t vanquish forever, they are darkness made real, and darkness would never disappear” Riku explained them.

“I see” Sunset said to them “But some can have control over them?”

“Yes, but it’s very risky because they could end up eating the heart of that person” Riku answered her.(Music stops)

“But what about the grey ones?” Twilight asked then Sora explained to them about the nobodies, that they are the body of someone with a strong heart when they turn into a heartless, they are spirits that goes on even as its body fades from existence, because of this they don’t truly exist, they could whether have a monster shape or a human shape depending of the strength of their will.

“So the nobodies are like g-g-g-ghosts…?” Fluttershy asked terrified.

“In a way yeah” Sora said to her and Fluttershy then began to shake in fear and then Sora rubbed her back to calm her down.

“Don’t worry Fluttershy, Riku and I can get rid of them, if they try to hurt any of you” Sora assured her and Fluttershy’s face got bright crimson and looked the other way timidly.

“T-thank you S-sora” She said to him still with the same face.

“Heh, no prob Flutters” Sora said to her with a big smile. 

“But one question guys, the nobodies with a human appearance apart from having their minds and memories, they wouldn’t have hearts since they’re nobodies?” Twilight asked the keybladers and then Sora looked the other way a bit angry as he checked his right fist.

“Wrong, that kind of nobodies can grow some sort of replacement with time, in that matter those nobodies are not different from us humans” Riku explained to the girls without noticing Sora’s expression, however Riku did notice that’s why he explained that to the girls to distract them.

“I’m confused right now” Sunset said to Riku confused.

“Well you see girls, if a nobody with a human appearance is exposed to the natural world it will eventually grow its hearts replacement, but if they make it think that it’s empty it will end up being just like the lower nobodies, an emotionless and empty shell of a person” Riku explained to the girls as Sora’s expression became a depressive face as his memories of Roxas still flashing back in his head.

“But that’s horrible” Sunset said a bit shocked by this.

“It truly is Sunset” Riku said to her agreeing with her “But that’s how it is and anyway nobodies weren’t meant to exist in a first place, and they’re destined to return to darkness”

“Another thing, knowing that keyblade wielders have strong hearts, if they would became a heartless they would also became a nobody of that kind, it’s logical” Twilight said to Riku and he nodded in confirmation as Sora just remained lost in his nobody’s memories “My question is, a keyblade wielders nobody would still be able to use the keyblade?”

“Yeah, that’s right Twilight” Sora answered her as he snapped out of his thoughts keeping the same face.

“Sora? Are you okay?” Twilight asked him a bit worried for him “You seem sad”

“No, i’m okay, i’m just...a bit tired that’s all” Sora lied to her, Twilight knew something was wrong with him as she kept a worried face and Riku was worried for him as well but he didn’t show any expression, he knew why he seemed depressed. 

“Hey, what happens when a nobody is destroyed?” Applejack asked the boys.

“If I get it well, when a heartless is destroyed the heart is released and returns to who lost it” Twilight said to them.

“That’s right girls, when a nobody is destroyed the essence of the body is released, when the essence of the body and the released heart come together the original person is restored” Sora explained as he moved his hands to represent his explanation.

“Whew, good to know that” Sunset said a bit relieved.

“So in a way, the split in two of one person is just temporary” Twilight said and the guys nodded in confirmation “It’s very interesting”(Music stops)

“Also there’s another thing” Riku said to the girls and then he explained about the Dream Eaters, the spirits that served as the protectors of dreams and consumers of nightmares and are like pets in a way, and the Nightmares that attack dreams and devour happy dreams.

“And in the sleeping world you could create one of them to be your protector” Riku finished his explanation to the girls.

“Interesting, dreams that take a physical form in the shape of  an animal, I would like to see one” Twilight said with a smile.

“Me too they must be very cute creatures” Fluttershy said with a smile as well.

“Yep, they are cute, but also good protectors, they’re not just pets” Sora said to them with a smile on his face.

“Sora and I have ones on our own, but they’re in the realm of sleep now” Riku said to them.

“Ooh, now I get it, your pets are dream eaters” Sunset said understanding.

“Heh, yup, that’s right” Riku said with a smile as he put his hands in his pockets.

“Well, those are all the variants of creatures that exist around the universe” Sora said to the girls.(Music stops)

“Well, that was a good moment of learning” Twilight said as she crossed her arms with a smile on her face.

“Heh, good to know, since it seems that you like to learn new things” Sora said to her with a smile.

“Well, she’s an egg-head, what did ya expect?” Rainbow said to them with a grin on her face.

“Hey!!” Twilight said a bit upset at her and then everybody laughed, including Twilight.

“But are you guys gonna tell us about those men in black?” Sunset asked interrupting the moment ”We need to know who they are”

“Oh, right” Riku said a bit unsure.

“We could tell you girls but we’re not sure if we should or not, we don’t know if you could take so much” Sora said to them worried a bit.

“Of course we can, if we stick together we could face anything, right girls?” Rainbow said to the guys with a confident smile and the girls nodded in confirmation with smiles on their faces, Then Sora and Riku smiled at this.

“Yeah, you’re right girls” Sora said to them keeping his smile.

“But, to understand what’s happening right now, you must know how we’re here now” Riku explained to the girls as he crossed his arms.

“Uuh! Your origins?” Pinkie asked with a smile on her face.

“Yes, Pinke, the story of how Riku and I gained the power of the keyblade” Sora said to her.(Music stops)

“It all began a year ago, when Sora and I were just normal boys, dreaming to leave Destiny Islands…” Riku began to tell the story, then the boys told them about their first adventure, how Sora gained the keyblade, him traveling from world to world alongside Donald and Goofy facing the heartless, looking for Riku and Kairi as well sealing the keyholes and saving the universe for the first time, leaving out that Sora turned into a heartless and Riku’s actions, then they told them about their second adventure, reopening the keyholes, facing the nobodies, looking for Riku and saving the universe once again and going back to their home with Riku, leaving out what happened in Castle Oblivion, Riku and Mickey overwatching Organization XIII and Roxas and the Keyblade Master exam after that.

“Short time after that we set off on our third adventure, but Master Yen Sid called us and he told us to come here, and that’s how we’re here now” Riku finished the story and the girls had faces of astonishment.

“Oh my, you two are like knights in shining armor!” Rarity said with a big smile on her face “Especially you Sora, knowing all you did for everyone” She said to him with a blush on her face.

“Okay?” Sora said to her as he took a step back awkwardly.

“Yeah, you two are like super duper heroes” Pinkie said with her usual big smiles on her face.

“You two are amazin’ guys” Applejack said to them with a smile on her face as she held her hat on her head with her left hand.

“You are more amazing that I thought” Fluttershy said to them as she looked at Sora blushing.

“I’ll say it again, you two are way cooler than me” Rainbow said to them “It hurts to admit it but it’s true”

“Sora...How can someone so young with that personality could do so much in less than a year and still be the same? Riku did almost as much as him, but he changed, but how could it be that Sora almost didn’t change?” Twilight thought wondering more about Sora “He’s indeed special and very extraordinary” She thought of him as she blushed.

“And it was good that at the end you could go back home Riku” Sunset said to him, then Sora and Riku chuckled as Sora scratched the back of his head.

“Thank you for saying that girls” Riku began with a smile on his face, but then he turned his head to the other side as he looked down as his smile disappeared “But…i’m no hero, trust me”(Music stops) Riku said depressed and Sora got depressed as well and the girls,especially Sunset got confused at this.

“What do you mean Riku?” Sunset asked a bit worried for Riku.

“We told you Sora’s side of the story, but not mine” Riku said still depressed.

“Aw darling you can tell us anything, we’re your friends” Rarity said to make him feel better.

“Well…” Riku began unsure if to tell them or not, fearing on how they’ll see him.

“C’mon partner, friends are there to help other friends” Applejack told him to make him feel better.

“We won’t judge you Riku” Sunset said to him as she put her hand on his shoulder then Riku took a big breath as he got ready to talk.

“The most part of our first adventure...I was the one who caused the problems, I was the one who caused our island to get destroyed and...I took away Sora’s keyblade and with it his friends, cuz’ in a way it was mine, but I lost the right to use it, that’s why it passed on to Sora and he owns it now by his heart, I opened myself to darkness and caused nothing but trouble, my mistakes ended up being problems for my friends” Riku said to the girls depressed and Sora was sad for him and confused, he thought that Riku surpassed that but it looks like he hasn’t completely yet and the girls were impacted by this and their eyes widened, especially Sunsets, she was so shocked by this…

“Riku…” She thought feeling so sad for him, looking at him sad it hurts her so much inside that it breaks her heart and she just couldn’t ignore him, she has to do something but she was so impacted by this that she didn’t know what to do.

“I captured the princesses of heart, tried to kill Sora and I was used by the seeker of darkness that stole my body and used it to finish his plan and I would be dead if it weren’t for Sora, back then I only threw away those who are important to me and…” Riku continued his story and the more he was telling it the more impacted the girls were and the more that Sunset was feeling badder and badder for him “I forgot what friendship was…” Hearing that definitely breaks Sunset’s heart, the girls gasped in surprise by this “I was all alone for a time, feeling guilty and ashamed of what I did, things so horrible that no one would forgive me for and I didn’t have the strength to go back home or even look at Sora’s face again, but time passed and then I was able to go back, but I just don’t get it, I feel just like I felt back then, almost like those feelings came back to haunt me” Riku ended his story as he looked at his hands, Sora was sad for him, the girls as well also they realized that in a way Riku is just like Sunset except that he’s a boy and from another world, and Sunset was about to cry for him, almost like if she can feel his pain in her heart.

“I...i can’t believe, Riku you...were in the same darkness as me, you know exactly how I felt, you’re just like me…”  Sunset thought as she remembered how she felt before the the battle of bands, she was on the verge of crying, the feeling of pain she felt for Riku was unspeakable. Sora was about to do something for his brother-in-heart but…

“Riku…” Sunset called his attention “I have to say something to you” Sunset said to him and both Riku and Sora were fearing that she was about to say what they were thinking and the girls had sad faces because they knew exactly what she was going to say to Riku “I know how you feel...actually, I wasn’t any different from you back then” She began and Riku and Sora were impacted and their eyes widened at this “When I first arrived here I used to be evil and treated people badly and then time passed and I ended up being hated by everyone except my friends, so to put it simply I know exactly how you feel, alone, guilty and ashamed” Hearing that left Sora and Riku speechless. 

“...I knew it” Riku said to her and this made her gasp in surprise “But I didn’t wanna believe it, ‘cause you...the way that you are, I just couldn’t believe it ‘till I heard it from you” 

“But the point is that you’re not the only one that knows how it feels to go through something like that” Sunset said to him with a worried face as she put her hands on her chest.

“Sunset...you...really are just like me, but…” Riku thought as for Sora it seems that he was thinking the same “Maybe so, but there’s a clear difference between us...unlike me, you have a strong light, one light that I lack, I knew it when I met you, that you have that kind of light unlike me” Riku said to Sunset as he looked to the other side and Sunset felt sad for him “You saw that I control darkness, I can’t change it even if I want to” He continued as he raised his left hand and from it an orb of darkness appeared “It’s the way I am, it came from within me, I can’t fight it or hold it back, so even if you know how I feel, that doesn’t mean that you know how hard it was for me, I know what you’ve done and even if they were bad things, what i’ve done is worse and I was in a deeper darkness and pain, the darkness within me is proof of that” Riku said as he looked at the orb of darkness in his hand and Sunset felt worse for him.

“Riku…” She said to him worried for him.

“I won’t force any of you if you don’t want to be my friends, no one would like to be friends with someone like me” Riku said to the girls sad and depressed, Sora was very worried for Riku, he knew there was something wrong with him but...before Sora could do something, Sunset put her right hand below Riku’s left hand and Riku was taken back by this as he gasped in surprise.(Music stops)

“Don’t say that Riku, the girls and I aren’t scared of your dark powers, i’m actually impressed by it” Sunset said to him with a kind smile on her face and Riku eyes widened from surprise.

“Y-you what?” Riku was so shocked by Sunset’s words that he couldn’t speak well.

“What I said Riku, you don’t need to use light to prove that you have a strong light within you, when I met you I could feel the strong light within you” Sunset said to him keeping the same smile, Riku still shocked at her kind words so much that he couldn’t say a single word “I know that you aren’t a bad person, besides it’s amazing that you can control the darkness within you like that and use it for good”

“You really think so?” Riku asked her still shocked.

“Yeah, you’re braver than me, usually one should run away from the darkness but you faced your own darkness and you gained total control over it, I admit that it scared me for a moment but I can feel that you never changed even after use your dark powers, that’s why I said it’s amazing” Sunset said to him keeping her smile and Riku eyes widened once again from surprise.

“She’s right Riku, remember all the things you’ve done to make up for your mistakes, what you’ve done for me before I woke up and after that and saving my life at the keyblade master exam, you are a hero, even if you don’t believe that, a hero is a hero only when everyone else recognize his actions” Sora said to him with a determined frown, then Riku began to remember all that he’s done while Sora was in a slumber to recover his memories and what he did at the keyblade master exam.

“...Yeah, you’re right Sora, like you always are” Riku said to him with a smile on his face.

“There, that’s much better, always try to smile and be happy, we don’t care about your darkness, everyone has it, I know you’re so strong that you don’t lose control of yourself or give up to it” Sunset said to him keeping her smile and Riku nodded keeping his smile. “Also if you need light, don’t worry Riku…” Sunset began and then an orange-amber aura glow appeared on her hand and then the aura passed to Riku’s hand and that turned Riku’s dark orb into a glowing light orb with an orange-amber color and this surprised everyone especially Riku so much that his eyes widened at this.

“Light…” Riku said impressed as he looked at the light orb created by Sunset’s magic.

“Yes Riku, us, your friends can be your light, and don’t worry about your past now, the only thing you can do is move forward to be better and better and never forget Riku things may come, and things may go, some go fast, and some go slow, few things last that's all I know, but friendship carries on through the ages” Sunset said to him with a warm smile as she put her left hand over his shoulder and he couldn’t help but smile at this as well.

“Yeah, you’re right guys, my past is not today I can’t change it, but I can change my future, and I choose to move forward to be better and better to make the best tomorrow possible” Riku said with a big smile to his friends as he let the orb in his hand disappear.

“That’s the Riku that I know” Sora said to him with a big smile of his own as he surrounded him with his right arm and Riku chuckled at this and the girls smiled at this and Sunset giggled a bit by this scene.

“Hey, what are you laughing at?” Riku asked her.

“Hehe I can’t help it, you two would make the weirdest brothers” Sunset said as she kept her smile and the the guys looked at themselves and then they laughed as well as Riku crossed his arms and Sora put his hands on the back of his head.

“Heh, thanks guys I really needed that, I really appreciate it, especially from you Sunset” Riku said with smile to her a bit blushed.

“Sunny” Sunset said to him blushed.

“Huh?” Riku was confused at this.

“You can call me Sunny if you want” Sunset said to him more blushed than before as she looked to the other side timidly and rubbed her right arm. 

“Heh, fair enough, Sunny” Riku said to her with a smile on his face, hearing Riku call her like that made her smile timidly as she blushed even more.

“I’m glad that you feel better now” Sunset said to with a smile and then suddenly Riku touched her forehead with his two first fingers of his left hand, she was surprised by this.

“You really knew how help me” Riku began “Thank very much that” he thanked her with a warm smile and the made her blush again.

“Hehe, it’s been a long while since the last time you did that” Sora said to Riku with a smile as he put his hands on his pockets.

“Yeah” Riku said to him keeping his smile.

“Huh?” Sunset was confused by this.

“You see Sunny, when I was little I used to touch my friends on the forehead like I did with you, it’s a way to say that they’re special to me, so in short, you’re very special to me Sunny” Riku said to her with a warm smile once again blushed and this made Sunset even more blushed.

“T-thank you” Sunset said to him with a timid smile very blushed as she looked to the other side and rubbed her left arm.(Music Stops)

“It’s a cute scene and all, but I have some questions about your story guys” Twilight said to the guys interrupting.

“Oh right I almost forgot that” Sora said to her.

“First, how did you end up in that slumber?” Twilight asked him.

“Yeah, now that i’m thinking about it you didn’t say what happened between your first and second adventure” Sunset said to them.

“Well, to put it short, the Organization XIII set a trap for Sora so they could take away his memories and use him as a puppet, in order to restore his memories a girl named Naminé put Sora in a pod to restore his memories, it took a year to do it, while he was asleep Mickey and I overwatched the organization” Riku explained to the girls.

“Naminé is a witch that has power over my memories and those connected to me, she was used by the organization to change my memories, it wasn’t her fault, she was forced to do it” Sora explained as he remembered Kairi’s nobody Naminé.

“How cruel!” Rarity said angry at this.

“And what happened to her?” Rainbow asked them.

“She went back to where she belongs” Riku said with a smile as he remembered how Naminé and Roxas becoming one with Sora and Kairi.

“That’s good to know” Sunset said with a smile.

“Second question, If you two had beaten this Organization XIII, how is that they’re back now?” Twilight asked to the guys.

“Well, it’s a bit complicated, but we’re getting to that” Sora said to her.

“And third question, who is Kairi?” Twilight asked Sora as she crossed her arms, Sora hadn't noticed, but everyone else did notice that she sounded a bit jealous.

“Weeell, she’s our other best friend” Sora said a bit blushed as he rubbed the back of his head with his left hand and Riku laughed a bit “What?” he asked him a bit angry.

“Oh nothing” Riku said to him with a sarcastic smile on his face and Sora just glared him with an annoyed face “Anyway, she’s a princess of heart, like we told you they don’t have darkness in their heart, so Kairi has a heart of pure light, that’s why she was kidnapped in our first adventure” Riku explained to them.

“Huh, that make sense” Applejack said.

“And she can use a keyblade?” Sunset asked them.

“That’s right, as of now she and another friend of ours are training with Donald, Goofy and Mickey” Sora answered her with a smile on his face.

“You gotta be kidding me! Even a princess has a keyblade” Rainbow said angry at this.

“Hey, Kairi is strong like me and Riku!” Sora said angry at her.

“Now now, don’t fight guys” Riku said trying to calm them “There’s a reason, when she was little a keyblade master passed the power of the keyblade to her, it wasn’t ‘till recently that she began to use the keyblade, in fact I was the one who gave her her keyblade”

“But it wasn’t ‘till a while ago that we knew that” Sora explained.

“I see, I would like to meet her” Sunset said with a smile and the girls nodded in agreement with smiles on their faces as well, expect for Twilight she looked to the other side with an annoyed face as she crossed her arms.

“I could teach her how to be cool like me” Rainbow said with a proud smile as she pointed at herself with her thumb.

“Yeah, it would be nice to have a friend like her” Fluttershy said with a smile as well. Sora and Riku were glad that they would like to meet Kairi, however Riku noticed Twilight upset.

“It’s noticeable that she’s jealous, this could not end well” Riku thought a bit worried about Twilight.(Music stops)

“In any case, how come Organization XIII came back?” Twilight asked to the boys.

“Well…” Riku began and then he and Sora told them about Xehanort and his plan, then the true goal of the true organization XIII and what happened during the keyblade master exam, as well their intentions here…

“That’s why they’re here, to take you all out of the picture” Riku finished the explanation and the girls were speechless at this.

“WE'RE DOOMED!!!” Pinkie yelled panicked and the girls began to talk among themselves panicked and the boys looked at each other with annoyed faces and then Sora sighed.

“CALM DOWN ALREADY!!” Sora yelled at them and they stopped talking.

“Look, you’re not going to get killed, we’re here not just to stop the heartless and nobodies, we’re also here to protect you” Riku said to them to calm them down.

“But they are 7 and you’re just two” Sunset said scared.

“We can deal with them, you don’t have to worry Sunny, as long as Sora and I fight together, there’s nothing we can’t do” Riku said to her with a smile.

“Besides, this is nothing new, we’re used to being at a disadvantage and we always made it through with flying colors” Sora said with a smile as well to them as he put his arms behind his head.

“Well, good to know that we now have bodyguards that can defend us from those villains” Rarity said relieved.

“Heh, well in a way, you’re right Rarity” Sora said to her keeping his smile.

“But maybe we could help ya guys” Applejack said.

“Yeah, if we use our magic-” Rainbow was saying but she was cut off by Riku.

“No Rainbow, that’s exactly what they’re after, you’re magic, the same magic that came from that portal behind you” Riku said as he pointed to the statue.

“H-how did you guys know about that?” Twilight asked shocked by this.

“We felt that there was something weird with the statue and then I tried to touch it and my hand just went through it” Sora answered her.

“And master Yen Sid told us about a portal that goes to an alternative dimension, when Sora’s hand when through it I did the same, that’s when we knew that the statue is the portal, and you’re all here, so it confirms that the magic and light from that world flows within you and you make sure that nothing happens to it, am I right?” Riku explained to them.

“Geez, you two joined the pieces very well” Rainbow said to them as she put her hands on her hips.(Music stops)

“Well, you’re right Riku, and the name of that world is Equestria” Sunset explained to the boys.

“Equestria?” Riku repeated a bit confused.

“Why do I have a feeling that world has something to do with mythical equines?” Sora asked as he crossed his arms.

“It’s because in Equestria, there are mythical equines, like pegasus and unicorns” Sunset explained to them.

“You know so much about it huh?” Riku said to her.

“Weell, it’s because, I…” Sunset began a bit ashamed as she played with her index fingers “I used to be a unicorn from Equestria…”

“So what?” Riku said to her and she was surprised at his answer.

“You don’t mind it?” Sunset asked a bit blushed.

“Of course not Sunny, Sora was once a lion cub” Riku said to her with a smile as he pointed at with his thumb “And besides you’re human now, so I don’t mind if you used to be a unicorn mare” Riku said as he shrugged with a smile on his face and Sunset blushed a bit at his words.

“Yep, it was weird to have paws instead of hands” Sora said as he remembered his adventure in the Pride Lands.

“Yeah, remember the feeling of having hooves it makes me feel the same, hands are awesome” She said to him as she gave him a thumbs-up and Sora and Riku did the same as they chuckled.

“Wait, how did you turn into a lion cub?” Twilight asked very curious.

“Oh, well in some specific worlds I have to transform into a specific being to fit in, like a vampire, a merman, a digital being, an elf, a black ‘n white cartoon and of course a lion cub” Sora explained to them as he remembered all the times he turned into another being and counted those times with his fingers

“I’ve just turned into a digital being” Riku said to them as he put his hands in his pockets and shrugged.

“Woow!” The girls said impressed.

“And how does that feel?” Twilight asked Sora.

“Not much different” Sora asked her.

“But wait, did you turn into a vampire? If you don’t mind me asking” Fluttershy asked him.

“Well not exactly a vampire, I was just wearing a costume that made me look like a vampire and then an elf” Sora answered her as he remembered his adventures in Halloween town and Christmas Town.

“And what about the old cartoon thing’” Applejack asked him “Did ya went inside an old TV?”

“Not exactly, it was old, but not a TV” Sora answered her as he remembered his adventure in Timeless River.

“And the digital being?” Twilight asked both Sora and Riku.

“We went into worlds inside computers” Riku answered her and Sora nodded in confirmation

“Oh like an artificial world created with a computer program?” Twilight asked with a smile on her face interested.

“That’s right Twilight” Riku answered her with a smile on his face.

“Also Sora you must have looked like a cutie as a lion cub” Pinkie said to him with a big smile.

“Yes, I think the same” Fluttershy said with a smile as well agreeing with Pinkie

“Yeah, kinda” Sora said to her as he rubbed the back of his head, the girls then began to imagine Sora as a lion cub.

“Hmm, thinking about, it must be hard fighting without hands” Sunset said to Sora.

“Yeah, I had to use my mouth to hold my Keyblade, after that my mouth hurts” Sora said as he grabbed his jaw and moved left to right.

“Good thing that it didn’t happen to me” Riku said to the girls

“Also dear, you said that you also were a merman once, is that true?” Rarity asked him.

“Yes, that’s right” Sora answered her.

“So does that mean that mermaids are real?” Twilight asked him.

“Yup, one of my friends used to be one, now she’s a human” Sora said as he remembered his adventures in Atlantica.

“Oohhh, I really want to meet a mermaid and be one, it would be very fun” Pinkie said with her usual big smile and the girls gave her a awe-look.

“You know what kind of mermaid I mean” Pinkie said a bit annoyed, the guys were confused at this but they don’t mind it.

“Heh, sounds like you would like to meet magical creatures Pinkie” Sora said to her with a smile.

“Exactly!” She said to him as she quickly got near him which took him by surprise “You don’t have any idea of how much I envy the both of you, you must've met a lot of magical creatures in the other worlds” She said to the guys as she pointed at them.

“Well yeah, but-” Sora began but he was cut off by Pinkie.

“Oh! I got an idea if I stick with the both of you I could get to meet a magical creature!” Pinkie said excited with her usual big smile.

“Ehhh okay?” Sora said a bit awkwardly.

“Don’t worry, she’s always like that, you just get used to it and love it” Sunset said to them with a smile on her face.

“Heh, welp at least that means life will never be boring if she’s around” Riku said with a smile.

“Exactly tall guy, and never forget it!” Pinkie said with a big toothed smile and the guys chuckled at this and then she made a big gasp.

“I can’t believe that i’ve completely forgot it!!” She said panicked.

“What?” Sora and Riku said at the same time.

“I forgot to make a welcome party for the both of you!” Pinke said to them and they were confused by this.

“A party?” Sora asked very confused.

“That’s right my friend Sora, when I meet someone new in town I throw a party for him or her, that’s the way I am” Pinkie said as she shrugged with a smile on her face.

“Heh, so you’re a party planner?” Riku asked with a smile on his face as well.

“That’s correct, i’m the best party planner around here” Pinkie said with a proud smile “Now making a party for you is another thing, you come from another world, making a party for you would be something big, the chance to the the best party planner in the universe, that sounds good” This made the boys chuckle a bit, they realized that Pinkie is nice and funny, she reminds Sora of Genie from Agrabah.

“Hmm, now that I think about it, we actually don’t have a party for our birthdays” Sora said to Riku.

“Oh yeah, we did celebrate them back at home, but we haven’t had a true party” Riku said to him as he crossed his arms then when they glanced at Pinkie again they saw her speechless and they could see her right eye twitching.

“Uhh Pinkie?” Sora asked her.

“You okay?” Riku asked her as well.

“NO WAY!!! You didn’t have your birthday parties this year!?” Pinkie asked them surprised.

“Yeah, but-” Sora was cut off by Pinkie once again.

“No buts!” Pinkie shut him up as she put her right index finger over his mouth “It must be awfully sad that you two didn’t have your birthday parties this year” She said to the boys as she hugged the two of them with a crying expression on her face, the boys were awarded by this but they looked at the girls and they gave an expression of follow suit.

“Ahhh yeah, it was kinda sad” Sora said to her and then she let go of the guys and raised her right finger in the air with a big smile on her face, they could tell that she had an idea.

“I got it! You guys are going to have a welcome and birthday party!” She said to them with a big smile on her face.

“Um Sure Pinkie, we would appreciate that” Riku said to her with a smile on his face as well.

“Yeah, it’s been a long time since we went to a party, it would be nice to do something normal for once” Sora said with a smile as well.

“Normal?” Twilight asked “Well, our lives aren’t normal either”

“So true, but yours are more normal in comparison to ours” Riku said to the girls as he crossed his arms.

“Well you two don’t have to worry, you just leave this to your auntie Pinkie” She said to the boys as she grabbed Sora’s head and then touched Riku’s nose with her index finger “You're going to have the best surprise party ever!”

“But it’s only a surprise when we don’t know it” Riku said to her.

“Oh I get it, you mean a party that will surprise us when we less expect it” Sora said with a big smile to her.

“Ya got it” Pinkie said with a big smile as well.

“Ehem. I meant to ask you Sora, but Pinkie interrupted me, How did it feel to be a merman?” Rarity asked him.

“Well, not much different from being a human, but having a dorsal fin instead of legs feels like having the two tails united, and I also felt naked since I wasn’t wearing my t-shirt” Sora answered her and this turned Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Twilight bright crimson by imagining him shirtless.

“Hmph Who would have thought it? Lea was right, girls sometimes can be more dirty than us boys” Riku said noticing this.

“W-well in any case, what else do you know about the anomalies here at the school?” Twilight asked the guys trying to change the topic.(Music stops)

“We figured out that the most obvious cause of them, is the darkness from Equestria, even the brightest world has its dark corners” Riku said to the girls.

“Thinking about it it’s true” Sunset said to them.

“Can you girls tell us your side of the story?” Sora asked them.

“Sure” Sunset answered him, then She as well as the rest of the girls except Twilight told them about the 3 anomalies at Canterlot High, the Fall formal, the battle of bands and lastly the last Friendship games.

“And that’s what happened” Sunset finished the story.

“I see, man, who would have thought that so many crazy things would happen at this school” Riku said as he crossed his arms.

“Yep, that’s how it is” Rainbow said to him. 

“So, let’s see if we get it, at the fall formal you stole an ‘element of harmony’ from Equestria which only caused chaos and in the end it was returned” Sora said recalling what they told them about the fall formal and they nodded in confirmation, however they left out the things related to the Twilight from Equestria.

“Like months after that there was a Battle of Bands in which 3 girls that used to be another kind of mermaids that has the power of negativity and they caused chaos in the school making  everyone fight each other” Riku said recalling what they told them about the battle of bands and they nodded in confirmation, but once again they left out the things related to the Twilight from Equestria.

“Weird, for some reason the negativity thing sounds familiar to me for some reason” Sora thought about this.

“And a little after that the last friendship games came around, at that time Twilight was studying the anomalies here and she took part of the magic from the portal and some of your magic and put it into a device and Cinch as well as some of her students forced her to use it to cheat, but using it only caused damage to reality, but Sunset stopped her and fixed the damage” Sora said recalling what happened at the last friendship games 2 weeks ago, and once again the girls left out the part when the Twilight from Equestria showed up after the games ended, Twilight got depressed at the mention of this event as for Sora he got angry at the mention of Cinch and for some weird reason he got a bit sad as well at the mention of this event as the memories of Roxas flows into his head again.

“Yes, that’s basically all that happened here” Sunset said to them as she crossed her arms and then she and Riku noticed that Sora seems sad.

“Sora? Are you okay?” Sunset asked him a bit worried.

“Um? Oh yeah i’m fine don’t worry” Sora answered her, but Riku knew that there was something bothering him “Twilight, are you okay?” Sora asked her worried.

“Yes, it’s just that it makes me feel depressed mentioning that event” Twilight said as she looked the other way as she rubbed her right arm Sore then felt sadder for her it was like he could feel her pain in his heart, the hurt was indescribable “Oh I almost forgot, one of the consequences of the anomalies was…” Twilight began.(Music stops)

“Me” Spike peered his head out of Twilight's backpack.

“Huh, he can talk” Riku said not impressed at this.

“Cool” Sora said with a smile at this and then Spike jumped off from the backpack and walked toward the boys.

“Are you not surprised that I can talk?” The little dog asked the boys.

“Nope, we’re not” Riku said to him as he put his hands in his pockets.

“One of the things we see often around the worlds is talking animals” Sora said to the girls and Spike.

“Seriously?!” Fluttershy asked him surprised.

“Um yeah, there are talking animals in several worlds, it’s something very nice” Sora answered her as Riku nodded in agreement.

“Excuse Flutters for that, at this point you should know that she’s an animal lover” Spike said to them and then Sora grabbed him.

“Nah, that’s cool, animals are cool” He said with a smile on his face as he cuddled Spike and Fluttershy blushed at Sora’s words and the way he cuddled spike“And beside you’re still cute” Then Spike waved his tail and he licked Sora’s face and it makes him chuckle.

“Heh, you’re a good boy” Riku said to him as he pet Spike’s head and then he jumped to Riku’s arms “Woah” Riku then grabbed him and then he licked his face, and it makes him chuckle a bit as well.

“Hey, what’s that about lil’ dog?” Sora asked him keeping his smile on his face as he grabbed back Spike.

“My way of saying thank you for saving the girls and me, I watched everything from Twi’s backpack, I also heard everything, you guys are the best guys around here and the universe” Spike said to the guys as he pointed at them with his paw and the guys chuckled at this.

“Hey, I remember that when we were little you wanted a talking pet” Riku said to Sora with a smile.

“Oh yeah, heh and you told me that there weren’t any talking animals” Sora said to him as he smiled as well.

“Hmph, it’s amazing how much things changed, to thinking that anything is possible in the universe, one must open their minds to it” Riku said and this made everyone smile at this. 

“It must be amazing seeing various talking animals around the universe” Twilight said to them as she took her dog back.

“Yep, actually our friends Donald, Goofy and Mickey are anthropomorphic animals” Riku said to the girls, but Sora seemed confused at that word “It’s a fancy way to say that they have human characteristics” Riku explained to him

“Oh right” Sora said to him understanding.

“Really?” Sunset asked them and the boys nodded in confirmation.

“Amazing, it would be interesting to meet them” Twilight said interested with a smile on her face.

“Yes it would” Fluttershy said with a smile as well.

“I agree too” Spike said with a smile as well.(Music stops)

“Before we continue, let’s see if we get what you guys told us” Rainbow said as she crossed her arms and they nodded in agreement.

“So you said that there’s this old man named Xehanort who began making a plan years ago” Sunset said to them and she shuddered “Gosh, by just saying his name gives me the creeps”

“Yes, that’s right Sunny, years ago Xehanort began making a big plan that’s been set into action for a few years now and we didn’t have the smallest idea of it until recently, he’s an old keyblade master with great power and knowledge, and he has several backup plans for pretty much any scenario” Riku explained to the girls.

“And you said that this old man possessed a younger keyblade so he could live longer, right?” Rainbow asked them.

“Yeah, he did, it was a part of his original plan” Sora said as Riku looked down and clenched his fists, Sunset noticed this.

“Geez, he would do anythin’ to be young again” Applejack said as she put her hand on her hip.

“And this creepy old man’s plan is to recreate that ancient ‘X-Blade’ and open Kingdom Hearts, right?” Pinkie asked them.

“Yes, to that end he has to gather the 7 beings of pure light, that is the 7 princesses of heart, and the 13 fragments of pure darkness, that is his Organization XIII, however they lack a 13th member, so as of right now they are incomplete” Riku explained to them.

“If he succeeds in joining together all of the pieces to recreate the X-Blade and open Kingdom Hearts, then a new Keyblade War will be unleashed” Sora said to them.

“Is he insane!? You said that the last time the world was almost destroyed for good, why in the world would he want to make a new war?” Rainbow asked.

“He is insane, his goal is to make the new war so he can bash away the universe and use the power of Kingdom Hearts to recreate the universe in his own image” Riku answered her, the girls seem scared at this.

“But don’t worry, this time it will be only his 13 Seekers of Darkness and us, the 7 Guardians of Light” Sora said to calmed down.

“Yes, Sora, me, Mickey, our 3 missing friends and Kairi, also Donald, Goofy and our other friend Lea would help us to face the new war in front of us” Riku explained to them.

“Kairi? But isn’t she a princess of heart too?” Twilight asked confused.

“Yeah, but she can defend herself now” Sora answered her with a determined smile.

“I hope nothing happens to you guys” Sunset said worried for them, more for Riku.

“Hey, don’t worry Sunny, we’ll come back here with our friends, in any case we have to finish our studies, and what better place than here” Riku said to her with a smile on his face and she smiled as well as she blushed a bit.

“So, some time after he possessed that poor young man he voluntarily gave up his body, right?” Rarity asked “Meaning that he turned into a heartless?”

“Yes, that’s right, he split into a heartless and a nobody” Sora answered her.

“He took the name from a wise man named Ansem the wise so he could hide his true identity and move on with his plan, the heartless was Ansem, the seeker of darkness and the nobody was Xemnas, the superior of the in-between, because Xehanort freed his heart at free will, his heartless kept his sense of self” Riku explained to the girls.

“And you said that the seeker of darkness traveled back in time to find the young version of Xehanort?” Sunset asked them.

“But I thought that time travel doesn’t exist” Twilight said to them.

“Well, you’re wrong Twi, to travel through time one must leave their body behind, and there has to be a version of yourself waiting at the time and destination, and you can only move forward as per the laws of time say and you cannot rewrite the events that are destined to happen, if he could break the rules we wouldn’t be here, the seeker of darkness found the younger Xehanort and gave him the power to travel through time as much as he likes, so he could gather vessels for Xehanort in case the original members of Organization XIII can’t be of any use to him. the younger Xehanort was the guy in black that talked to you” Riku explained to the girls.

“Yeah I know it’s very complicated and hard to understand, even for us, and if the young Xehanort came back to his own time the memories and experiences from the future will be erased, still the appointed path is etched in his heart, meaning that from then on a cycle will begin, repeating that over and over again” Sora explained to them.

“Geez, and I thought those kind of things existed only in science-fiction movies” Rainbow said to them as she crossed her arms.

“And, you said that the organization’s true goal was to make each member have a piece of Xehanort’s heart so they could have pure darkness within them, right?” Sunset asked them.

“Yep, actually they even tried to make Sora one of them as I told you” Riku said to them.

“I still can't believe that” Twilight said a bit shocked at that.

“But it’s true” Sora said to her.

“Well, that’s weird, cuz Sora is the hero and the hero can't turn evil by the villain” Pinkie said confused as she put her index finger on her chin.

“Pinkie this isn’t a story, this is reality, but yeah that was unusual and no one saw that coming” Riku said as he put his hands in his pockets and shrugged.

“Xehanort already knew what would happen because everything goes as he planned, and if it doesn’t he has a backup plan for that” Sora explained

“For example, the reason why the seeker of darkness captured the princesses of heart was because he was gathering the 7 light fragments and he created a special keyblade with the hearts from those princesses, with that keyblade he planned to open the door to darkness that in the other side was the realm of darkness and in its depths Kingdom Hearts, however Sora destroyed that keyblade and the hearts went back to the princesses, stopping that plan, still Xemnas was gathering heats to create an artificial Kingdom Hearts, however Ansem the wise ruined it, stopping that plan as well” Riku explained to them.

“That special keyblade was also meant to be the half of the X-Blade, being made of the princess's hearts, right?” Sunset asked trying to guess.

“Yep, that’s right Sunny, the reason why Xehanort wanted to get Kingdom Hearts apart from creating a new war was to use it to put his darkness into 13 empty vessels” Riku explained to the girls.

“I understand that, but I think that it’s horrible that Xehanort wanted to turn you into a member of that evil organization” Rarity said to Sora a bit blushed.

“Umm, but it’s okay, i’m fine” Sora said to her as he rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.

“Sounds like Xehanort won’t stop until he reaches his goal” Sunset said to the guys a bit worried.

“Yeah, but we’ll stop him once and for all” Riku said to her with a determined frown.

“Also, he wants to take us out of the picture, ‘cause of our magic, right?” Applejack asked them.

“Yeah, if he does do it will affect the whole universe, putting the balance in his favor, there’s so much in risk in this mission, that’s why we can’t fail, but don’t worry AJ, Riku and I will protect you all” Sora said to her as he put his hand over her shoulder and she blushed a bit.

“Thank you Sora” She said with a smile on her face still a bit blushed.

“Still...that doesn’t include Twilight” Riku said as he looked at her “She don’t have any union with the Equestrian magic” This made Twilight look down depressed and the girls as well as Sora and Riku felt bad for her.

“But wait, you guys said that Xehanort could use anyone to reach his goal, right?” Sunset asked them and the guys nodded in confirmation “Well, if that’s true, then we have to cancel the games”

“Aw what?!” Rainbow asked complainingly.

“I don’t want it either, but cha gotta understand Rainbow, it’s fer the best” Applejack said to her as she put her hand on her shoulder.

“No, we have to continue with the games” Riku said to the girls.

“Listen girls, if we enter the games we can have a clearer view of the events, that way we can see who is under the control of Xehanort not to mention if everyone found out that there’s a group of crazy people waiting to kill all of them they’d panic and in the ensuing chaos he’ll attack” Sora explained.

“That makes sense and I agree with that” Rainbow said with a smile.(Music stops)

“Hmm, okay if you say so guys” Sunset said a bit unsure then Twilight got more and more depressed because Xehanort’s plans reminded her of what she did at the last Friendship Games so she let go of Spike and turned around and began to walk to the school.

“Twilight?” Spike asked to her a bit worried and everyone else noticed that, especially Sora.

“I’m just going to take a walk” She said emotionless, however Sora could feel her sadness then she walked inside of the school, the girls were sad for her and then Sora began to walk in the same direction as Twilight.

“Hey, where are you going?” Sunset asked him.

“I’m going to talk to Twilight” Sora answered her with a determined frown “I have to help her”

“Why? You just met her yesterday if I understand it. Why do you want to help her that badly?” Sunset asked him.

“Because she’s my friend no matter how long we’ve known each other, if my friend is sad I can’t just ignore her” Sora answered her keeping the frown and then Sunset smiled at this.

“Heh” She chuckled “He’s just like our Twilight” She thought about Sora with a smile on her face.

“You really care for her, that’s something really sweet of you Sora” Fluttershy told him with a smile on her face as well.

“Yeah, somethin’ tells me, that ya can do something for ‘er” Applejack said to him with a smile too.

“Indeed, you have a special talent that makes everyone else feel better around you” Rarity said with a smile as well.

“Yup, like me you can make everyone smile” Pinkie said with a big smile on her face.

“You really are special Sora” Rainbow said to him with a smile as well.

“I know that if you try to help her you could reach her” Sunset said to him as she put her hand on his shoulder.

“If you, me and Riku try to help her we can heal the pain in her heart” Sora said with an excited smile on his face.

“That’s right Sunny, actually we were going to tell you that, but this isn’t the moment right now” Riku explained to her

“Okay” Sunset said to him.

“One more thing Sora before you go to talk to her” Riku said to him.

“Okay, what’s up?” Sora asked him.

“Remember that I told you that I didn’t know what was the bad thing that Twilight did at the last friendship games? That was a lie, I actually know, Flash told me, but to make sure I asked the other students around, also the girls omitted that certain detail when they told us what happened” Riku explained to him “Isn’t that right Sunny?”

“Yes, that’s right” Sunset said to him a bit sad.

“So? What is it?” Sora asked them and then Riku sighed.

“Well, Twilight did create portals around the place by accident, but in one moment, the corrupted magic took possession of her, turning her into a demon, when that happened she created more portas to get to Equestria regardless of the fact that it would destroy this world in the process” Riku explained to him a bit sad and the girls were saddened by this as well and then Sora gasped in surprise and his eyes widened.

“Why didn’t you tell me that?” Sora asked them.

“I’m sorry Sora, I thought that it wasn’t necessary for you to know it and also I didn’t want you to see Twilight as a monster” Riku explained to him as for the girls they kept their sad expressions.

“Riku, remember that my view of you didn’t change when you were consumed by darkness, and my view of Twilight won’t change no matter what she’s done, she’s still my friend” Sora said to him with a determined frown and then Riku smiled at this.

“Heh, right, I guess sometimes I think things too much” Riku said to him keeping his smile and then Sora and the girls smiled at this.

“You really are something very special and unique Sora” Sunset said to him with a smile.

“That’s how he is” Riku said with a smile to her.

“Well i’m going to talk to Twilight now” Sora declared to everyone.

“We’re counting on you” Riku said to him with a nod and then Sora nodded in understanding and then he walked to the school.

“Now that he’s gone, I want to ask you something girls” Riku said to the girls.

“Okay, what is it?” Sunset asked him.

“Is there another Twilight Sparkle?” Riku asked them and then the girls were shocked by his question.

“W-why would you say that?” Sunset asked back still shocked.

“From all that i’ve learned about Twilight and what happened there are things that doesn’t make any sense at all, also it can’t be that she would change that much, that’s why I think that there’s actually another Twilight Sparkle” Riku explained and then Sunset sighed in defeat.

“Guess we couldn’t trick ya, huh?” Sunset said to him as she put her hand on her hip.

“So there really is another?” Riku asked her.

“Yes, she’s the one i’m best friends with, it’s a long story” Sunset said to him.

“Welp, we have time, I would like to hear that story” Riku said to her with a smile as he crossed his arms.


***


Twilight was walking in an empty hallway with a sad expression on her face as she looked down.

“When I thought that things wouldn’t get any worse for me this happens, now there are monsters invading the world, an evil organization controlled by an evil old man, whose plan...is no different from what I tried to do back then, and to make it worse they’re after my only friends and I could lose them forever” Twilight thought on the verge of tears.

“Twilight!” She heard Sora’s voice call her and then she turned around and saw Sora running toward her.

“What do you want Sora?” Twilight asked him emotionless but Sora could feel her sadness and it hurts him inside.

“Twilight, listen to me, I know that things seem extremely bad but you don’t have to worry, Riku and I can take care of this” Sora said to her to make her feel better.

“I know that, but i’m okay, really i’m just trying to process all of this” Twilight lied to him and then Sora sighed and he put both of his hands on her shoulders.

“Twilight I know you’re lying, I know why you’re sad, it’s because of all of this, that you could lose your friends forever and I know what happened in the last friendship games, I know that you turned into a demon, I know that you wanted to take over Equestria and you almost destroyed this world and Xehanort’s plan is no different from what you did” Sora said to her and her eyes widened at this “I don’t know how or why I know this, but something in my heart is telling me that, so you can’t lie to me Twi, ‘cause i’ll know how you’re really feeling” Sora said to her with a frown on his face.

“...Then why are you still being nice to me?” Twilight asked him and then tears began to fall from her eyes and this made Sora’s eyes widened “Why are you still at my side?! Why do you keep doing this?!” She asked him as she kept crying and then she pushed him to break from from his grasp “I just don’t get why! Why?!” She yelled at him and this made Sora’s heart break.

“Because we’re friends” Sora answered her and that made her eyes widen.

“How can you say that? We’ve only-” She was cut off by Sora.

“It doesn’t matter to me how long we’ve known each other, once we’re friends we’re friends forever” Sora said to her with a determined frown as he nodded and this made Twilight look down as she clenched her fists as she kept crying.

“But why do you want to be friends with someone like me?! I’m a monster!” She yelled at him crying even stronger and this made Sora clench his right hand and then he once again grabbed her by the shoulders.

“Listen to me Twilight Sparkle and listen well” Sora said to her in a serious tone “You’re NOT a monster, sure you made grave mistakes in the past but you’re still alive and you can make up for what you did, don’t live in the past anymore, it’s just like Sunset and Riku said, your past is not today, you can only move forward and try your best to be a better person” Sora said to her with a frown and this made Twilight’s eyes widen.

“But how are you sure that i’m not going to do something like that again?” Twilight asked him still crying.

“Oh c’mon, stop with that nonsense Twilight, you’re not going to do something like that again” Sora said to her as he let go of her “And how i’m sure of it? Because we’re friends no matter what” He said to her with a determined frown and this made Twilight’s eyes widen once again.

“Just what is a friend...to you?” Twilight asked him with her eyes still watering.

“You can’t explain something like that with your head, but every time I see one of my friends sad…” Sora said to her as he softened his expression and Twilight looked directly at Sora’s eyes “It...hurts me” Hearing that surprised Twilight and her eyes widened once again “It hurts me so much that I can’t just leave things like that, especially when it happens to you Twilight, when I saw you crying yesterday it hurt me so much that I just couldn’t ignore you, and after learning everything that happened to you it hurts me more and more and now that I saw you like this it hurts me even more, I can feel your pain and sadness in my heart as if it were my own”  Sora said to her as he put his right hand on his chest, hearing that touched Twilight’s heart.

“But I have nothing to do with your mission, you have no reason to be at my side” Twilight said to him sadly as she looked the other way but then Sora smiled.

“Maybe not, but who cares? I can be here with you while me and Riku attend to our mission, a keyblade wielder also helps anyone who needs it, even if it has nothing to do with the mission” Sora said to her with a warm smile on his face remembering what Riku told him.

“Are you really willing to go that far to help me?” Twilight asked him.

“You know that I definitely would, that’s a promise, from me to you” Sora said to her keeping his warm smile as he extended his pinkie finger to her and then she did the same and they both joined their fingers.

“Okay, it’s a promise” Twilight said to him and then they let go their fingers and Twilight looked at him “A promise…”

“So Twi, ya feel better now?” Sora asked her keeping his smile as he put his hands on the back of his head.

“Well a bit,but-” She suddenly received the most meaningful hug from Sora to console her.

“It’s okay, just let yourself cry as long as you need to, i’m here to help you get through it” Sora said as he kept hugging her and then she got surprised once again and her face got very blushed, but then she began to let her tears fall from her eyes over Sora’s shirt as she hugged him back. 

“Don’t worry Twilight, I won’t go until you get better, I promise” Sora said to her with a warm smile once again, and then he let go of her.

“Thank you Sora” She said with a smile as well, then Sora gave her his handkerchief to dry her tears “Thank you again” She thanked him as she took the handkerchief and dried her tears with it.

“No prob Twilight” Sora said with a big smile on his face as Twilight kept her stare on his eyes, it was like looking at the sky.

“Now I notice how beautiful Sora’s eyes are” She thought blushed as she kept looking at his eyes, she could lose herself looking in his eyes and look at them the whole day.

“Twi? Are you alright?” Sora asked her making her go back to reality.

“Huh? Oh yeah, i’m fine” She said with an awkward smile as she played with her hair.

“Well i’m glad that you feel better Twilight” Sora said with a smile to her.

“Twily” She said to him very blushed.

“Huh?” He was confused by this.

“You can call me Twily if you want” Twilight said very blushed at him as she rubbed her left arm and looked to the other side timidly.

“Oh! that’s what Shining Armor your big brother calls you” Sora said with a smile remembering Shining.

“You know my BBBFF?” Twilight asked him.

“Your ‘Big Brother Best Friend Forever’ you mean? Yeah I do, I met him and Dean Cadence 20 minutes ago in the library” Sora explained to her.

“How did you know the meaning of that?” Twilight asked him confused.

“Meh. Just a feeling” Sora answered as he shrugged.

“Oh okay” Twilight said to him.

“Well then Twily, let’s get back to the others” Sora said to her with a smile and Twilight blushed by the way he called her.

“Okay” Twilight said with a nod still blushed and then the two of them began to walk toward the outside of the school, then Twilight looked at Sora and then she looked to the other way timidly very red, then a thought crossed her mind “Could it be that...my wish came true?” Twilight thought remembering her wish from the shooting star two nights ago “Sora…” She said to call his attention.

“Yeah?” He asked her.

“Thank you” She thanked him with a warm smile on her face still very blushed.

“For helping you?” Sora asked her.

“That and being my friend” Twilight answered him keeping the same smile and then Sora chuckled giving her a warm smile of his own.

“You’re welcome Twily” Sora said to her keeping the same smile and this made her even more blushed and she looked to the other side timidly as she played with her hair once again, then they continued walking.(Music stops)


***


Meanwhile back outside of the school, Sunset and the girls explained to Riku about the Twilight from Equestria and what she did at Canterlot High.

“And that’s basically all about her” Sunset finished the explanation.

“I see. Hmph talk about doubles” Riku said as he crossed his arms.

“Please Riku. Don’t tell anyone, it was suppose to be a secret” Sunset begged him as she put her hands together.

“Don’t worry Sunny I promise I won’t tell anyone” Riku assured her.

“You gotta make a Pinkie promise” Pinkie said to him.

“That’s not necessary Pinkie, I always keep my promises” Riku said to him as he raised his hand and then she looked at his for for some seconds .

“Oki Doki Loki” She said to him with a big smile.

“Weird, you always made everyone do that promise” Rainbow said to her as she crossed her arms as she raised a brow.

“If he says that he won’t tell anyone then he won’t tell anyone” She said to her as she shrugged with a smile on her face.

“Also Riku takes Equestria as an alternative version of this world, less surprising” Sunset explained to him.

“Which means that at the other side there must be a portal that goes here, as well alternative versions of the girls here” Riku said as he got into his thinking position.

“Yep, that’s right” Sunset said to him as she nodded in confirmation.

“Y’know you're taking this very well Riku” Spike said to him as he was in Fluttershy’s arms “Because when I learned that there’s another Twilight with another me my mind blew”

“We didn’t want to tell anyone because we thought no one will understand it” Fluttershy said to him as she cuddled Spike.

“Actually...believe or not I understand it very well, me, Sora, Kairi and Lea understand knowing that there’s two versions of oneself out here, especially Sora, but that’s a very complicated story that I would prefer not tell you right now” Riku explained to the girls.

“Why not?” Sunset asked him confused.

“It’s complicated, but I might tell you later” Riku said to her trying to not tell nothing about Roxas and Naminé.

“And tell me, do you think we should tell Sora? He also deserves to know since you guys told us your secrets” Sunset said to him.

“No, not for now at least, Sora thinks that the Twilight from Equestria is the one from here, let's  him think that for now” Riku said to her as he crossed his arms.

“Why? I don’t get why to lie to ‘im” Applejack said to him.

“I told you that Sora understands that there’s two of one person, however he’s acting a bit weird lately” Riku explained to the girls.

“Weird in the bad sense of the word?” Pinkie asked him.

“Afraid so, Sora in one moment is acting like himself but in the next moment he acts in a melancholy way” Riku explained to them.

“Don’t you think he’s just having a bipolar episode?” Sunset asked him.

“That’s right Sunny, but that never happened to Sora until yesterday, it could be because of Twilight, she’s affecting Sora somehow, but there could be another reason, but it’s complicated and i’m not sure if it has something to do with this” Riku explained to the girls.

“But why do you think Twilight is affecting Sora? And by the way, is there a specific reason for him to wanting to help her that badly?” Sunset asked him.

“I can answer both with a single answer, you see…” Riku then explained the girls about Sora’s dream two nights ago and how Twilight’s heart was so cracked that it was on the verge of breaking and how Sora united his heart with hers to heal her.

“And that’s why I think Twilight’s sadness is affecting him” Riku finished his explanation “It’s the truth believe it or not”

“Well actually I do believe that Riku” Sunset said to him then she put her left hand on her chest and look down depressed “But gosh, I never thought that Twilight’s heart would be that damaged”

“Hey don’t be sad Sunny, you did the best you could for her, now let Sora help her” Riku said to her as he put his right hand on her shoulder to make her feel better.

“Thank you Riku” She thanked him as she blushed a bit.

“You’re welcome” Riku said to her with a smile “Besides if Sora, you and me help her Twilight will be just fine, trust me”

“Yeah, you’re right Riku, but what I don’t get is why do you think Sora could help Twilight?” Sunset asked him.

“Sora has a special ability to heal people's hearts from their sorrow, Sora did something like this before, not on this level but he did, I could tell ya stories of him fixing another person's heart before” Riku said to her with a smile on his face.

“Heh. Welp I can say that he seems to be good at that” Sunset said to him with a smile on her face as well.

“That’s what he does, that’s my best friend for ya” Riku said keeping his smile as he put his hands in his pockets.

“I hope that Sora can help Twilight” Fluttershy said worried for her.

“Me too” Spike said worried for his owner as well.

“He will help her, he just needs our help, if all of us help him we can save Twilight” Riku said to everyone keeping his smile a bit enthusiastic “Whaddya say girls and Spike?”

“Yeah, let’s do it!” Rainbow said with a big smile on her face.

“Absolutely” Rarity said with a smile on her face as well.

“I’m with y’all” Applejack said with a big smile on her face as well.

“Oki Doki!” Pinkie said with her usual big smile.

“I agree with you” Fluttershy said with a smile as well.

“I’m in too!” Spike said with a big smile as well.

“Yeah, you’re right Riku, let’s do it” Sunset said to him with a big smile on her face and this made Riku chuckle. Then Sora and Twilight came back.

“Hey guys we’re back” Sore greeted everyone with his usual big smile as well as Twilight.

“Hey there, everything’s fine?” Riku asked them.

“Yep, Twily and I are just fine” Sora said as he and Twilight walked toward everyone else.

“Hey, I thought you just let your brother call you like that” Sunset said to Twilight as Spike went toward her and she picked him up.

“Ummm, well I thought that I would just let him call me that” Twilight said blushed.

“Hmmm, I wonder why” Spike said sarcastically with a grin and this made her blush more.

“W-well, it’s because we’re friends and I thought that I could let him call me like that because of it” Twilight said still blushed looking to the other side.

“That’s right Twily, we’re friends” Sora said to her as he put his hands behind his head and smiled and she smiled back at this then everyone else smiled at this.

“Well then, everything would be fine girls if we’re around nothing bad will happen to you” Riku said to the girls with a smile on his face as Sora walked to his side.

“Yeah, everything will be just fine, you can trust us girls” Sora said with a big smile on his face as well and the girls nodded in agreement with smiles on their faces as well.

“We really appreciate that you two are willing to protect us” Sunset said to the guys with a warm smile on her face.

“Yes, Thank you boys” Twilight thanked them with a warm smile as well and this made the boys chuckle, but then...something unexpected happened...(Music stops)Sora’s and Riku’s bodies for some strange reason began to glow into sparkling auras, Sora’s into a bright red aura, Riku’s a bright blue aura, both surrounding their bodies this made the girls gasp in surprise and it took  the boys by surprise.

“W-what’s going on?” Sora asked confused as he looked at his body.

“I don’t know” Riku said to him confused as he did the same.

“Guys calm down, it’s nothing bad” Sunset said to them trying to calm them down.

“Hold a sec…” Sora said as he looked at his hands then he realized something and then he looked at Riku “Riku, this feels just like a drive from” Sora said to him and then Riku looked at his hands as well.

“Yeah, you’re right, so that must mean that…” Riku said to him as he nodded at Sora knowing what to do as well as Sora nodded back, however the girls seem confused at what they were saying.

“Girls maybe you should take a step back” Sora said to them so the girls took a step back

“If this is like the drive forms then…” Sora thought “Ready Riku?” He asked him.

“Yeah” Riku answered him as he nodded. Then Sora and Riku crossed their arms in front of their chests and then a burst of light appeared and then it died down…

“Huh? Strange, nothing happen” Sora said confused looking at his hands and legs, but the girls looked at him and Riku with shocked faces, they were speechless.

“Umm, I wouldn’t say that boys” Twilight said still shocked.

“What? Do we have something on our faces?” Riku asked them.

“Weeell, not exactly on your faces, maybe you should look at yourselves” Sunset said to them still a bit shocked without knowing how to explain what happened, then they turned their heads to see each other and…

“WOW!!” The two boys said at the same time extremely surprised and shocked, they couldn’t believe their eyes… They boys did change, both Sora’s and Riku’s ears changed turning pointed upwards and behind Sora’s back there were angelic wings in the same color as his hair, brown and both boys grew tails at the bottom of their backs, Sora’s tail was of the same color of his hair as well and also spiky like his hair as for Riku’s it was also the same color as his hair, silver.

“W-what happened to your ears?!” Sora asked shocked at Riku as he pointed at him.

“My ears?! Look at yours!” Riku said to him doing the same “A-and you have wings on your back!”

“What?!” Sora said and then he looked at his back and saw his new wings “I have wings!” He said shocked.

“Sora, you also have a tail” Riku said to him still shocked pointing at his new tail.

“Huh?” Sora said and then he saw his new tail “I have a tail…” Sora said a bit scared then he turned back to Riku and saw his new tail “Riku, you also have a tail too” He said to him as he pointed at Riku’s new tail.

“What?” Riku said and he looked and saw his new tail “Wh-what happened to us?” He asked still shocked and confused by what happened.

“Don’t be alarmed guys” Sunset said to them to calm them down.

“Hold on a sec...I know this” Riku said to everyone “Flash told me that sometimes you girls also had this happen to you”

“How did you forgot to tell me something like that?” Sora asked him as he crossed his arms.

“Well, it’s because it sounded unbelievable so I didn’t believe it, I thought it was special effects” Riku explained.

“Well, for your information we really transformed” Rainbow said to Riku a bit offended as she crossed her arms.

“If you girls know what happened to us, please explain: Why did our ears change” Riku began as Sora touched his right ear “Why do we have tails and why does Sora have wings on his back but I don’t” Riku said to the girls.

“Well I don't know how but somehow you guys absorbed Equestrian magic” Sunset answered them and their eyes widened.

“Yeah, that makes sense, remember Riku, we touched the portal yesterday” Sora said to him remembering what happened yesterday.

“You’re right Sora, and when we did, somehow we absorbed Equestrian magic into our bodies, that’s why we have tails and these pointed ears” Riku explained to him as he touched his right ear “And the reason why you have wings on your back Sora, it’s ‘cause you absorbed  pegasus magic as for me I absorbed unicorn magic, the reason why you have you have pegasus magic and I have unicorn magic must be ‘cuz those would be the mythical equines we would be” Riku finished his explanation

“Huh, that makes sense, but you don’t have a horn on your forehead” Sora said to him as he crossed his arms.

“Of course not silly, look at my hands” Riku said to him with a smile as he raised his hands and there was a sparkling glowing blue aura emanating from them.

“Wow…” Sora said impressed and this made Riku chuckle.

“As you can see I can use unicorn magic through my hands” Riku explained as he let the aura disappear and he lowered his hands.

“That’s very awesome” Sora said to him with a big smile on his face.

“But I just don’t get how you guys have Equestrian magic, it doesn’t make sense at all” Sunset said to them very confused.

“She’s right, this is just unbelievable, you two have Equestrian magic, but you two are from another world and you don’t have doubles in Equestria” Twilight said confused as well as she walked toward Sora and grabbed his left wing.

“H-hey watch it, it’s new” Sora said to her a bit uncomfortable “And what did you mean by doubles?” He asked as Twilight let go of Sora’s wing.

“Well you see, in Equestria there are doubles of everyone that live here as ponies” Riku explained to him “However as you know not everything there is exactly like here, so there could be people here that aren’t in Equestria”

“Oh I get, so the girls have the magic from their doubles in Equestria, right?” Sora said.

“Yep, that’s right” Riku said to him with a smile “Still, there must be a reason why we could absorb the magic” Riku said as he got into his thinking position.

“That’s right, there’s still missing something here” Sunset said as she put her hand on her chin. And then Sora’s right hand began to glow in a bright purple color and for Riku’s left hand it began to glow in a bright amber-orange color.

“Huh?” Sora said as he raised his hand and looked.

“Again?” Riku said confused as he did the same. And then when the glow died down two marks appeared right at the center of their palms, in Riku’s hand was Sunset’s sun as for Sora his hand had Twilight’s starburst.

“Wow…” The two guys said impressed by this.

“What happened?” Sunset asked confused.

“Look” Riku said as he and Sora extended their arms to show the marks on their palms “It’s just like the sun on your diary Sunny” Riku said to her

“And mine is just like the starburst on your hair clip Twily” Sora said to her, looking at this made Twilight and Sunset a bit blushed and confused.

“I don’t get it” Twilight said still a bit blushed and confused.

“Me neither” Sunset said still a bit blushed and confused as well.

“Oh now I get. This must be the reason why we have Equestrian magic” Riku said understanding what happened.

“Yeah, me too, they had Equestrian magic before us, when we made an emotional contact with them the magic stayed in our bodies instead of disappearing because we’re not from this world” Sora explained understanding what happened as well.

“Yep, that’s right, heh you’re getting smarter y’know?” Riku said to him with a smile on his face and this made Sora chuckle.

“So, putting it short, you have the magic from Equestria because you forged a bond with Sunset and Twilight and the marks on your palms are proof of that?” Spike asked confused.

“Mm-hmp” Sora nodded his head in confirmation.

“Yep” Riku answered him.

“But i thought that Twilight wasn’t connected with the magic” Sora said to Riku confused.

“I said she wasn’t connected with the elements of harmony, but she’s indirectly connected to the magic of Equestria, it’s because she’s now with Sunset and her friends, and don’t forget the she stole the magic from the portal, so she'd still be compatible with the magic” Riku explained to Sora

“Oh, now i get it” Sora said to him understanding.

“B-but it can’t be that we had forged a bond that fast, we only met yesterday” Twilight said very blushed as for Sunset she looked the other way very blushed as well.

“Why did you get so nervous? Geez you can be sometimes shyer than Fluttershy” Sora said to her.

“He’s right about that” Fluttershy said agreeing with him.

“But the important thing here is that, are you guys okay?” Sunset asked them.

“Are you kidding?!” Sora said to her as he began to move his wings to fly “This is the best thing ever!!” Sora said with a big excited smile on his face as he flew into the air.

“He’s right, this is not bad, not bad at all” Riku said with a smile a bit excited as he used one of his new powers, telekinesis on his keyblade to make it spin around himself and then he let it fall into his right hand “This could be very useful” This leaves the girls so impressed that they were speechless once again and then Sora came back pushing a cloud near the ground.

“You knew that the pegasus could move clouds without destroying them?” Sora said with a big smile on his face.

“I do, because in Equestria the pegasus are the ones in charge of changing the weather” Sunset explained to him, as Sora is sitting on the cloud.

“Huh, that makes sense” Sora said to her.

“Hey, how does that cloud feel?” Pinkie asked him with a smile on her face.

“It’s very nice and soft, I could easily fall asleep on this thing” Sora said to everyone with a smile on his face “Still if someone that’s not a pegasus is around the present cloud it can’t be undone” Sora explained.

“How did you know that?” Sunset asked him.

“Just a feeling” He said as he shrugged and then he stood up and a cloud began to float back to the sky.

“But how did ya guys know how ta use yer new powers?” Applejack asked them.

“Well ya saw that I can almost fly, this is way easier” Sora explained.

“And i’m very skillful with magic” Riku explained as well.

“And you fly high and came back here in 10 seconds flat! That's just so awesome!” Rainbow said to Sora with a big smile on her face “How many times do you have to break the speed record?”

“What can I say? Speed is one of my things” Sora said with proud smile on his face.

“And I have to say that you two look well like that” Rarity said to them with a smile as well.

“Um thanks” Sora thanked her.

“Talking about looking, if remember well what Flash told me when you transformed you hair grew to make it look like a tail right?” Riku asked them.

“That’s right Riku” Sunset answered him.

“If it’s correct then why we have real tail?” Sora asked.

“Maybe because we’re too manly” Riku answered him joking and this made everyone laugh for a while.(Music stops)

“But also the way that you turned on your forms is also very peculiar” Sunset said to them.

“Peculiar?” Sora reply confused.

“Come to thinkin’ it. How did you girls turned on yours?” Riku asked them.

“Easy, singing” Rainbow answered them with a smile on her face.

“Singing?” The two boys repeated confused.

“That sounds a bit girly” Riku said and this made the girls look at him a bit annoyed “That wasn’t an insult”

“So, every time you sing you transform?” Sora asked them to make sure.

“Yep, you see Sora, for us to transform we need to have good vibes, singing is the best way to do it” Sunset explained to them.

“Ah that makes sense, being here with you made us very happy” Riku said to them with a smile on his face.

“And that produces good vibes, that’s why we didn’t transform ‘till now” Sora said with a smile as well, hearing this made everyone else smile too.

“Also, we already have magic so the Equestrian magic that we’ve gained mixed with our magic, creating a different and unique magic, that’s our forms they’re different from yours, and also it works different” Riku explained to the girls.

“Different how? if you don’t mind me asking” Fluttershy asked.

“Well, i’ve figured out how the forms works as well its limitations” Riku answered her.

“Okay then, explain man” Sora said to him as he crossed his arms.

“First we’ve only needed to gather good vibes once, after transforming the first time now we would only need to gather light within us to transform, despite our emotional state, still we could also transform gathering good vibes, but the first one it the best and the quickest way” Riku explained.

“Huh, just like a drive form” Sora said to him.

“Drive form?” Twilight asked curiously.

“Basically they’re forms that I can use to have a temporality upgrade in a specific area of my skills, magic, strength, both are made stronger along with my special attacks” Sora explained to her about the drive forms.

“And you could use them now?” Spike asked him.

“No, I need Donald and Goofy, you see to use a drive form I need the power from Donald and Goofy but they aren’t here, there’s one I can use by myself but in any case it’s not necessary right now” Sora answered him.

“Well Sora in a way these forms are just like the drive forms, they have a time limit and the more we used the more they will last and the stronger they will be and they’ll reload faster” Riku explained to him.

“That’s cool” Sora said with a smile.

“Yep it is cool, but we can’t use In the rest of the worlds, because Equestrian Magic only exists here and in Equestria, still if the girls go to another world the magic will follow them, so in that case we could use these forms in another world if the girls were in that specific world” Riku explained to him.

“And that would never happen, right?” Sunset said to them.

“Who knows, maybe when all of this is over we could come back and take you girls to another world” Riku said to her with a smile on his face.

“I would like that” She said to him a bit blushed and Riku blushed as well but then he looked to the other said a bit timidly.

“Um. Anyway, these forms have specialities, for example, I have a unicorn's magic as for you Sora you have the speed of a pegasus” Riku explained.

“But I can also feel much more stronger now” Sora said to him.

“That’s right me too, with these forms we can do a lot more now, like this we’re almost invincible” Riku said to him. 

“So with your new forms it would be easier for you to deal with the organization” Twilight said to them with a smile on her face and they nodded with smile on their faces as well.

“Also now that I have these unicorn powers I could figure out a way to use them to prevent the organization to ever enter this world again” Riku said to the girls.

“Like create some sort of barrier around the world?” Sora asked trying to guess.

“Yeah something like that, but we still have time to figure that out” Riku said to him “And one last thing, like the drive forms these forms have a max level, I can say that something would happen when we reach it”

“Like what?” Sora asked.

“Beats me, but I can feel that these forms have a second transformation, it would make sense that when we reach the max level with these forms we’ll have access to the second transformation” Riku explained.

“Well I have a second transformation so you could be right Riku” Sunset said to him as she remembered her phoenix mode.

“Well that’s sounds very awesome Riku” Sora said to him with a smile.

“Yep, it is, still we’re not used to these new powers yet, to reach the max level we need to master our new abilities completely” Riku explained to him.

“Welp don’t worry guys, because we’re going to help you train your new skills” Rainbow said to them with a smile on her face

“That’s it boys ya need experts with this kind o’ magic” Applejack said to them with a smile as well.

“Hmm, y’know? You’re right girls” Sora said to them with a smile on his face.

“Yeah, you know better about this magic than us, it’s logical that you would help us train” Riku said to them with a smile as well.

“Yay! We’re coaches now!” Pinkie said to the guys with a smile on her face.

“Well you asked for it, but we won’t make things easy for ya” Sunset said to them with a confident smile on her face.

“Haha, well I would like to see what you have in store for us” Riku said with a confident smile on his face as well as he put his hands in his pockets.

“We’ve faced more harsh things in the morning more than you did in your whole life” Sora said to them with a confident smile as well as he crossed his arms.

“Okay then boys, but before all that you should turn back to normal first” Twilight said to them.

“Oh right” Sora said as he and Riku switched back to their normal forms, this left the girls surprised.

“How did you come back to normal that easily?” Sunset asked them.

“Easy, these forms are just like the drive forms we just thought about going back to our normal forms” Sora explained.

“Simple as that” Riku said to them as he crossed his arms.

“You two really are amazing” Twilight said to them with a smile on her face and this made the guys chuckle.

“Here you are boys” Everyone heard a familiar voice and they turned to see the principals as well as Cadance and Shining.

“Principal Celestia?” Sora asked.

“Vice Principal Luna?” Riku asked.

“Shining and Cadance?” Twilight asked.

“Hey there, looks like you’re all friends now” Shining said to them with a smile on his face.

“Um yeah that’s right” Riku said to him.

“What’s going on? Did we do something wrong?” Sora asked Celestia and she giggled a bit.

“Don’t worry guys, you’re being good, actually we came here to tell you something” The principal said to the guys with a smile on her face.

“Okay, what is it?” Riku asked.

“I am sure you two have a little mouse friend called Mickey” Luna told them with a smile on her face as well.

“Huh?!” The two guys were surprised by this.

“You know Mickey?” Riku asked surprised and confused.

“That’s right, he came to visit us 2 days ago and he explained us everything including that you two would came here today, you’re just like he described to us” Celestia explained them.

“Hmph And here I thought that it was almost like you were expecting us, I knew something was strange” Riku said as he crossed his arms and Sora sighed.

“Typical of Mickey, always hiding things from us” Sora said a bit irritated as he facepalmed.

“Hey I know Mickey better than you, he doesn’t like to hide secrets either, being a king also means he has to make hard decisions sometimes” Riku explained to him.

“Yeah, I know that” Sora said to him as he crossed his arms.

“Wait, did you say that your friend is a King?” Sunset asked them.

“That’s right Sunny, Mickey is not just a keyblade master but also the King from his world” Riku explained to the girls. 

“And Donald is his royal wizard and Goofy is the captain of his royal knights and Riku and I take orders from him, so in a way like Rarity said we’re like knights ‘cuz we work for him” Sora explained.

“In any case, Mickey also told us the reason why you two are here, and he asked us to look after you” Luna explained to them.

“Heh Mickey always looked after us, that’s the way he is” Sora said with a smile on his face.

“We really appreciate that you’ll look after us, thank you” Riku thanked the principal with a smile on his face as well. 

“You’re welcome boys” Celestia said to them keeping her smile

“Also they told us everything about this so we can also look after you, if you need something don’t be afraid to ask us, okay?” Cadance said to them and then the one memory of Aqua crossed the minds of Sora and Riku.

“Okay, thank you Dean Cadance” Sora thanked her with a smile.

“And also we’re grateful that you also want to protect Twily as well” Shining said to the boys with a smile on his face as well.

“You don’t have to worry Shining, Twily will be more than safe if we stick with her” Sora assured him with a smile on his face and Shining’s eyes got a bit widened by how Sora called his sister.

“Sis, did you let him call you like that?” Shining asked his sister.

“Emmm Well I just thought that it would be okay to let him because we’re friends” Twilight answered her older brother as she blushed.

“Is something wrong with that?” Sora asked him.

“Heh No, on the contrary, it’s something good, that means that you’re special to her” Shining answered him with a smile as he rubbed his head and this left Twilight surprised by his reaction.

“Well then we have to go back and in a few minutes you have to go back to classes, if you need something go and look for us okay?” Celestia said to the teenagers.

“Promise that you’ll be good and please whenever you’re fighting the enemies try to not damage the school it happened two times before and we wouldn’t like it a 3rd time” Luna said to the boys.

“Don’t worry we’ll be good, right Riku?” Sora said with a smile on his face.

“Yeah, and we won’t damage the school” Riku said to the principal with a smile on his face as well.

“Okay then, we’ll see you later, we hope all of you get along very nicely” Cadence said with a wink that made Sunset, Riku and Twilight blush but Sora was just smiling.

“Take care guys” Shining said to the guys as he rubbed Sora’s head with his right hand and he rubbed Riku’s with his left hand “See ya later sis” he said to Twilight

“Bye brother” She said goodbye to her older brother as she grabbed Spike and the adults went inside the school.

“That was a bit weird, I expected that my brother would have a serious look on Sora but he gave him a smile” Twilight said to her pet still surprised

“And also he was okay with Sora calling you ‘Twily’, it’s the first time I saw him being nice with a guy that’s your friend” Spike said to her still surprised as well.

“Hmph I got an idea of why” Riku said to them knowing perfectly what the reason was and this made Twilight very blushed because she got the hint.

“One question Twily, does your brother already know about the magic and everything that happened here?” Sora asked her “And that Spike can talk?”

“Yeah, since the last games the magic became something normal in my house” Twilight answered her with a smile.

“And yep, the whole family knows that I can talk, the weird things here are not so weird for us” Spike answered him.

“Well looking on the good side we can count on the adults in this” Riku said with a smile to them and then the bell ring sound indicating that the next classes are about to begin.

“Well we have to go to classes now” Sora said.

“I got an idea, let’s meet at the music room next break, ‘kay?” Sunset said to them.

“Okay, and after that we could go to the gym so we could begin to train” Riku said to the girls and they nodded in agreement.

“Well i’ll take a nap, wake me up next break” Spike said as he went into Twilight’s backpack and she put her backpack on.

“Okay, see ya guys” Twilight said goodbye to the boys.

“See ya next break” Sunset said goodbye to them as well.

“Later” Riku said goodbye to the girls.

“See ya later”  Sora said goodbye to them as well and they went inside the school.


***


The girls were walking in a hallway going to their next class.

“What a long break” Rainbow said to her friends.

“Yeah, it felt like it passed hours but it was just 30 minutes” Sunset said agreeing with her.

“But you were right Sunny, there are bad guys again and this time they're here for us, good thing that Sora and Riku are here to defend us” Pinkie said to her with a smile on her face.

“But there’s something that I don’t get, how did you know how to cheer Riku up? It was if you knew exactly what he needed” Twilight asked her.

“Well actually that was it, somehow I knew how he felt and what he needed” Sunset answered her.

“Well darling that may be possible because of your bond with him” Rarity said to her and this made her blush.

“Maybe” She said blushed.

“But also he’s just like you” Rarity said to her and this made her even more blushed.

“Thinking it well girl, he’s been through the same things as you, and you and him share other things as well” Rainbow said to her.

“It’s like looking at yourself in a mirror, but he’s taller, his hair is different and he’s muscular” Pinkie said as she counted those facts with her fingers.

“Yeah, he just needs to wear the same clothes as you” Rainbow said joking, hearing this made Rarity put her finger on her chin thinking about something and then she smiled having an idea in her mind.

“Well to be honest with you…” Sunset began as she got very blushed “I resisted the impulse of kissing him, I admit i’m in love with him”

“Oh darling that is wonderful, because Riku is the right guy for you” Rarity said to her with a smile on her face.

“Yeah, ya don’t have to worry we’ll help cha make him likes ya” Applejack said to her with a smile on her face as well.

“Thanks girls, I really appreciate that” Sunset thanked them with a smile on her face as well.

“And say Twi, what Sora did to let him call you ‘Twily’ huh?” Rainbow asked her with a sly smile and this made her very blushed.

“Nothing special, I just let him because we’re friends, that’s all” She answered her still very blushed as she looked to the other side “Sora...you turned out to be someone special and unique among the unique...and i’m glad that we met and that we’re friends” She thought about Sora still blushed as she smiled and then they continued walking to their classes.


***


The boys we’re walking in another hallway to their classes with notebooks on their hands.

“Well now we’ve find the girls, now we have to protect them and then find out how we could prevent the organization to ever enter to this world again” Sora said to Riku.

“Yep, but we don’t have to rush in this we still have time” Riku said to him and he nodded in agreement.

“Looks like we’ve chosen the right school to go to study” Sora said to him with a smile.

“Heh right” Riku said to him with a smile as well.

“Say, I saw that you got red several times at the break, it was for Sunset?” Sora said to him with a sly smile and this made him blush a bit.

“That doesn’t matter” Riku said still a bit blushed as he looked to the other side.

“Also she’s just like you, it‘s like if she was you as a girl” Sora said to him keeping his sly smile this made Riku a bit more blushed “Even you have a bond with her as well her mark on the palm of your hand”

“Whatever” Riku said as he kept looking at the other side.

“Admit it, you love her” Sora said to him making a big sly smile.

“Can we please not talk about this now?” Riku asked still blushed.

“Hehe i’m just teasing you Riku, you don’t have to be like that, it’s something completely normal man” Sora said to him with a smile and Riku still blushed looking to the other side, then they saw Flash and his friends in the middle of the hallway.

“Yo guys” Flash greeted them with a smile on his face as well as his friends.

“Hey Flash” Sora greeted him with a smile on his face and then they both made a hive-five.

“Hey there” Riku greeted him with a smile as well doing the same.

“We were going to classes, wanna come with us?” Flash kindly asked them.

“Yep” Sora answered him with a smile nodding.

“Sure” Riku answered him with a smile as well and then they all walked to the classroom.

“Hey guys, what did you do on break?” Flash asked them.

“Meh, nothing special” Sora answered him with a smile as he shrugged.

“Yup, just a normal break” Riku answered him with a smile as he put his right hand in his pocket, then Sora’s right hand glowed in a shimmering bright red aura and for Riku’s left hand it glowed in a shimmering blue aura and they looked at their hands and they smiled, because they were happy for their new powers and then they made a brofist with those hands without being noticed and they continued on their way to the classroom.(Music stops)


To be continued...