Kingdom Hearts F.I.M: From One To Another

Pinkie finally let go of the man’s arm and let him to fall to the ground, trying hard to catch his breath.

*Huff* "Forgot *Heave* how tiring *Cough* running could be," the man wheezed.

Pinkie paid him no mind as she continued to look around the outside of the castle. “Alrighty! So what sort of adventure awaits us today?”

“Pinkie,” the man sighed, “I really don’t think I’m up for this yet. I’ve just become human again… I haven't really--”

Pinkie hopped right into his face and smiled, “Then this is the perfect chance to break it in, silly! I’ve got it! We’ll solve the mystery of the heartless,” declared.

“The… mystery of the heartless?” he asked.

Pinkie nodded resolutely, “Yup. Those mean old Darkside thingies are made from those small bug heartless right?”

“Yeah…”

“And bugs... have nests,” she concluded, “Agrabah has a heartless infestation and we’re gonna find it and get rid of it!”

“Pinkie, I’m not sure that’s how--”

“Come on let’s go!” Pinkie grabbed the man’s arm once again and dragged him off deep into the city. They scouted out a few places before finally coming to a stop at the home of an elderly woman. Sometime during the search, Pinkie picked up a detective's hat and bubble pipe. Blowing a few bubbles from her pipe, she knocked on the door.

An elderly women cracked open the door and peered out hesitantly, “Hello?” she asked.

“Excuse me, miss,” Pinkie began in a serious voice. “Me and my tall friend here heard that the people of this town have been seeing strange black bugs crawling around. Is this true?”

“Oh yes! I saw one the other day. Just scurried around my living room, but the moment I took my eyes away, it was gone.”

“I see, do you mind if we come inside to investigate?” Pinkie asked.

The woman’s face lit up in recognition. “Oh, I remember you now! You were with the Sultan yesterday. Please, come in!”

“Thank you, ma’am.” Pinkie and the man walked into the women’s home. It was small, humble, and there didn't seem to be anyone else home. Pinkie noted how messy the house was. Dust and various things were littered across the floor and walls.

“I’m very sorry about the mess. I live alone, and I can’t clean the house as well as I used to. I must ask though,” she said, looking up at the silent man. “Who is this handsome gentleman? I’ve never seen him around before.”

“This is…” Pinkie trailed off, she eventually realized that couldn't call him Genie. The women would never buy it the way he was now. She pulled him over and whispered quietly. “Do you remember your real name?”

The man shook his head sadly. Pinkie turned back up to the women and put a hand on her chin.

“I’m sorry but his name is a matter of security. You may call him by his code name: John Smith.”

The women smiled warmly. “Oh, how exotic. Please make yourself at home. I’ll make some tea.” The women walked off to what Pinkie assumed was the kitchen. The man looked at her blankly.

“John Smith?” he asked.

Pinkie shrugged, “It was the only thing I could come up with at the moment. Now, let’s investigate.”

The two began to look around for a few minutes before coming to a singular conclusion, “We’re not gonna find anything in this place,” surmised Pinkie. “We should clean up a bit first.”

‘John Smith’ nodded and picked up the first few objects around him, accidentally knocking over a vase of some sort in the process.

“Sor-” John backed away fro the vase and bumped into a nearby bookshelf, causing several books to fall.

Pinkie came behind him and held him still. “Genie,” she whined, “we’re trying to clean the mess not help it.”

“If I had my powers this wouldn't be that hard,” he sulked.

Pinkie patted his back, “It’s fine. Lets start by picking up the--”

Suddenly, the entire building began shaking. The bookshelf and the rest of it’s contents fell over completely. After several more various crashes, the fierce shaking finally stopped. Slowly, the man looked over nervously at the old women who staggered back into the room, liquid stains dripping from her clothes.

There was a beat of silence before something exploded from the ground. Pinkie once again found herself blasted into the air, this time alongside a now powerless Genie and an innocent women. Acting quickly, she activate her magic to slow down time. Everything around her drastically decreased in speed. Jumping from rock to rock through the air, she brought the man and the old women together before finally landing softly on the ground, just in time for time to resume and everything to come crashing down around her.

“Oh, my gosh! Are you two alright?” she cried.

The women wearily rubbed her head, “I-I think so. I’m just a bit shaken up. What in the world just happened?”

Slowly, the man lifted himself from the ground and looked upwards with a shocked expression. Pinkie followed his gaze and mirrored his expression. Rising from the rubble of the destroyed building was a Darkside. This one was only about a third the size of the first, but still fairly large.

Out of the corner of her eye Pinkie noticed several other explosions with several other small Darksides rising from the ground.

The former genie fell to his knees in despair. “So it was all for nothing….”

Pinkie quickly ran up and hugged him, “No it wasn't! Look! None of these black snooties are even half the size of the other one. I can fight these!”

With that, Pinkie took off to tackle the closest one. Jumping high into the air, she pulled out her keyblade and held it out in front of her. Closing one eye, she focused in clearly on the Darkside.

“Shotlock complete!” she announced, “Pink Blur!” Instantly, Pinkie charged forward in mid air, zooming back and forth around the Darkside and striking it mercilessly. By the time she was finished, the titan fell and dissipated back into darkness. Landing, she gave the man a wide smile, “See! I can do it!”

Without any hesitation Pinkie ran off to fight the next enemy.

The man simply sat there, feeling more useless than ever. “Yeah… wish I could too.”

~~~

“That’s it!” Dash announced, “It’s not here!

After the group had reached the bottom level of the lions cave, everyone went to work looking for the keyhole.

The only problem was that none of them knew how to go about doing so. Aladdin pointed out that all Sora had to do was point his key at it. Knowing this, everyone spent the next half hour simply began waving their keys around waiting for something to happen.

“I told you all,” Twilight sighed, “We need a master here to find the keyhole.”

“And I told you, Sora wasn't a master when he locked it.”

Spike leveled a glare at both of them, “And I told both of you to stop arguing and--” Suddenly, the entire cave began shaking.

“Wh-What the hell?” Spike cursed. Rainbow and Shia jumped to the sky and regained their stability. Looking down from the air Dash noticed something the others didnt.

“Guys! Look at the ground!” she screamed.

Everyone looked to their feet. Hundreds of black spots covered the ground around them, most of them slowly rising above the surface. It didn't take long for all of them to gather together in the center of the room and arm themselves.

“Where in the world did these critters come from!?” AJ asked.

“Do we have to fight them?” Shia worried, sliding behind Twilight.

Twilight looked around as more and more heartless began to rise from the ground. None of them were attacking yet, but the sheer increasing number of them unnerved Twilight.

“I-I don’t know. This could be a sign that the keyhole is opening… or that we may have found some sort of heartless gathering nest. Either way….” Twilight trailed off as she tried to figure out what to do next.

Spike too analyzed his surroundings, “I think we may have walked into a trap.”

Twilight gave him a confused look, “Why do you think that?”

“Think about it. We came here to find the keyhole and make sure it was sealed. Instead, we find a pool of heartless. Also, the heartless weren't here when we first showed up. We should get back to the castle. I’ve got a bad feeling.”

Dash hovered near him, “No way, we need to get rid of these things here before they escape.”

Spike turned to face her completely, “No! You guys have just recovered from something exactly like this. I can’t risk it happening again. Twilight, can you just get us back?” he pleaded.

Twilight nodded, “Spike, you know I trust your instincts… but if let loose these heartless could destroy the kingdom!”

“Which is why we need to get back.”

Dash ignored him and rushed forward anyway,“Forget that! There isnt a Darkside around this time. We can take them!”

Spike turned back just in time to see her unleash a hail of thunder on the crowd of heartless. With her attack, all of the heartless began to rush the rest of the group.

Spike obliterated the first few to charge his way. “Damn it, Dash!” he groaned.

Dash let go of the thunderstorm she created and watched as it tore apart her enemies. “Jeez,” she scoffed, “Calm down. Look, we’re wiping the floor with these things!”

Aladdin jumped back to avoid the crazy attacks of the other girls, “I hate to admit it, but she’s right, the heartless by themselves aren't a challenge.”

Twilight stayed near the back to keep an eye on Shia who took one look at the black bugs and nearly fainted. “But they just keep coming. How long have we been at this?”

Shia slowly leaned her head out from behind Twilight, “T-t-ten minutes. I agree with Spike; can we leave now?”

Twilight blasted a heartless that tried to attack her. “I’m not sure we should stay either.”

AJ momentarily stopped punching and turned to Twilight, “Well, I think that we had better come up with another idea. Even ah can’t keep fighting forever.”

“That settles it. Everybody regroup!” Twilight ordered. “I still think we should look for the keyhole later. With this many heartless its bound to be here.”

Spike lept up and grabbed Dash out of the sky before returning to meet Twilight. Before she could complain, Twilight activated her magic and teleported them back to the entrance of Agrabah.

The first thing Twilight and the others caught when they reappeared was the sight of pink blur crashing into the ground in front of them.

A voice groaned out from the crater, “Goddammit! I told her we couldn't just jump into that thing. Agh, my head hurts like hell.” A long figure rose up from behind the dust.

Twilight recognized the voice and took a step forward. “Pinkamena?”

The dust receded and revealed a girl that looked nearly identical to Pinkie. The only differences being the girl's hair, keyblade and gaze. One was flat and dull, another was sharp and dangerous, and the other was cold and dark. Upon hearing Twilight’s voice, she turned to the group.

“Yo,” she greeted.

Twilight gave her a confused look. “H-Hi… Why are you here?”

Pinkamena moved her long hair out of her eyes. “Can’t come out and say ‘yo’ every once in a while?”

“Well--”

“Never Mind that you might wanna turn around,” she interrupted.

“Why would we--” Twilight’s sentence died in her throat when she and the others turned around. High above the Kingdom of Agrabah, shining like the sun, sat a gigantic glowing keyhole that covered the length of the kingdom. A single large crack covered the front of it. From the crack, a blackish red substance oozed l and poured down into the center of the kingdom. Right onto--

“The castle! Jasmine!” Aladdin screamed, running right through the gate.

The rest of the girls turned toward Pinkamena with frantic looks, “Pinkamena,” Twilight began, “what’s going on? What happened.”

Pinkamena absentmindedly scratched her head, “Let’s see. According to Pinks; Genie was sad so she tried to cheer him up. Umm, something about heartless. Wasn't really paying that much attention to be honest. Ehh, basically there are Darsides in the city and they’re trying to break open the lock on the keyhole.”

“What!” Twilight screamed.

“Damn!” Spike spat, “So it was here the whole time.

“One more thing,” Pinkamena continued. “John said that some dude named Jafar is escaping.”

AJ tilted her head, “Who’s John?” she asked.

“It’s the name Pinkie gave to Genie now that he’s human and doesn't remember his real one.”

“Girls!” Twilight yelled, “Agrabah is being destroyed! We need to help them!

At her command everyone stiffened and lined up, eagerly waiting for orders.

Twilight walked down the line, “Rachelle, you fly above the city and try to get to the castle, find out what’s happening first. Spike, Jackie, and Pinkamena, you three run through and meet up with her. Whatever is breaking that keyhole would be gathering there and we have to stop it. Rarity and Shia we need to evacuate the city and heal anyone who’s been injured by the heartless.” Stopping at the end of the line she called out, “Ready?”

“Yeah!” everyone cheered excitedly before instantly stiffening back up in formation.

Twilight turned back toward Agrabah, “Go!”

Dash instantly took off high into the air, while Spike and the two girls dove into the city, jumping from roof to roof towards the castle. Twilight and Rarity took foot under Shia and maneuvered through the streets of Agrabah.