Sora walked the grounds of Radiant Garden? Hollow Bastion? Radiant Hollow? He still hadn't figured out what he wanted to call this world yet.

"Garwsh, I hope everything is alright." Goofy muttered.

Donald shrugged but looked around suspiciously either way. Every since their ship was summoned to Hollow Bastion they have been on high alert. He didn't want to say anything but Donald felt like they were being followed.

Yet he never saw anyone.

Maybe it was just the stress... he missed Daisy.

The trio continues to walk until they close in on Merlin's house. As they walked around the corner they several Heartless coming out the front door before vanishing.

"Uh-oh."

"C'mon!"

They run towords Merlin's house. Bursting through the front door they see Merlin lifting himself off the ground.

"Well, now... took your time, did you?" He asked humorlessly.

"Oh, was it you who summoned us Merlin?" Goofy asked.

Merlin's face soured, "Yes, yes... But it seems I used too much power in doing so, and those infernal Heartless..." His voiced. trailed off. Even Donald could tell Merlin used up too much magic to summon them. However, he shouldn't be that spent if he just summoned them.

"So what's up?" Sora asked.

"Well, I happened to stumble across this in the Zero District."

With that he pulled out a very familiar book out of his sleeve and handed it over to Donald.

Sora's eyes light up. "Pooh's storybook!"

Merlin chuckled, "That's right. I know you're a good friend of Winnie the Pooh, Sora-that's why I summoned you. And when I did, I was attacked by the Heartless. Of course, I fought back with some rather powerful magic, but then I began to fear the book would be damaged, so I… Oh! Now, just a moment. Leon and the others need to hear this too. I-I'd better go find them. Be back in a jiffy."

Merlin disappeared in a puff of smoke. Donald rolled his eyes impatiently, "What a show off." He muttered under his breath.

Sora kept grinning eagerly, "I wonder what Pooh is doing?" His voice was playful, as if it was a suggestion and not a question.

Donald glanced at the book then back at Sora who was giving him big blue puppy eyes. "Wanna find out."

"YEAH!"

Donald backed up and opened the story book. He watched as Sora began to get sucked into the book. His body glowed with a bright light until he was a glowing outline.

Yet it wasn't just him. Donald almost dropped just book as he saw 2 additional outlines next to Sora. But before he could mention it. Sora was sucked into the book.

Donald looked into the book in his feathered hands. He glanced over at Goofy.

"What the heck was that?!"

Sora felt himself slowly float down to the pages below. He let out a slight breath of relief as his feet landed on the pages below.

He took a moment to take in the storybook. Pooh's world was such a special place for Sora. He couldn't wait to see Pooh again.

Making his way from the main map, Sora entered the area which held Pooh's home.

The world came alive around him. A path formed beneath him as the forest came alive. Sora continue down the path until he reached a small clearing with a large tree that had a grown around a cute little house.

His smile widened when he laid eyes on a small yellow bear sitting on a log.

"Hey, Pooh Bear! How you doing? Finding enough honey lately?" He asked eagerly. At the end of the day Sora was still just a child with too much weight on shoulders. And Pooh's world was the perfect place to relax.

Pooh looked at him with an innocent smile, "Oh, yes. In fact, I was just about to do my stoutness exercises. Would you like to join me, Sora and Sora's friends?"

"Friends?"

Pooh jumped off his log. Sora waited for Pooh to touch the ground. But he never did. Instead he floated in suspended animation.

"Pooh Bear?" Sora reached over to touch Pooh and was violently thrown out of the world.

Sora grunted as he landed back in Merlin's house. Donald and Goofy were no where to be found while Pooh's book was perched on a desk.

'What just happened?' There was a small explosion coming from outside.

"Sora! Hurry!"

There was trouble and Sora knew it. He ran outside to find Donald and Goofy mid-battle with the heartless. Goofy glanced at him.

"Did ya bring the book Sora?"

The book? The book! Before Sora could turn back he spotted several Solider Heartless exiting the house with Pooh's book in tow.

"Hey!"/"Give that back!" Sora and Donald shouted.

Sora gritted his teeth, he wasn't going to let the heartless take Pooh. Together the trio readied their weapons and attacked.

-x-

With a final slash of his keyblade Sora destroyed the last heartless. Pooh's story book fell to the ground. Sora carefully picked up the book and inspected it. The book was now tattered and the cover was slashed. He frowned "You think it's okay?"

Goofy scratched his head, "Gawrsh, maybe ya better go back and make sure Pooh's alright."

"But what about Merlin?" Donald protested.

Goofy wanted to say something but the worried look in Sora's eyes stopped him. "Well, I guess we could explain..."

Sora's eyes light up. "Great!" He quickly handed the book to Donald.

Donald opened the book slowly this time. Sora's body glowed, and just like before, there were two other figures next to him before they all disappeared into the book together. Donald turned to Goofy, "Please tell me you saw that."

-x-

Sora felt different when he reentered Pooh's world. It was unsettling.

"Pooh! Pooh Bear! Pooh- oh," Sora found Pooh where he last saw the bear, sitting on the log. Sora let out a sigh of relief at the sight of the bear safe and sound as he ran to the log. "I'm so glad you're okay, Pooh."

Pooh looked up at him, "And I'm glad you came to visit. But you see, I was just about to begin my stoutness exercises. Perhaps we could visit a bit later... Somebodies-I-Don't-Know." The yellow bear hopped off the log and began to stretch.

Sora felt a bit taken back. "Oh, sure... So... how's Piglet these days?"

Pooh gave Sora a strange look. "I don't think I know anyone by that name. But, maybe your friends know." Sora could feel Pooh look past him. "Now where was I? Oh, yes. My stoutness exercises."

"Pooh? Hey! Pooh?!" Sora called out but the bear paid him no mind. "My friends?... Did he mean Donald and Goofy? Or Riku and Kairi?" Feeling dejected Sora's gaze fell to the ground. Sora looked down at the page below him. He felt uneasy as he stared at his shadows. Two very different shadows laid before him.

Two very different shadows than his own. He stumbled backwards. "What the- Something very weird is happening here. Maybe I'd better go back and ask Merlin about this.

"Something is wrong with Sora, Merlin. I'm telling you." Donald shouted.

Merlin frowned. He didn't expect Sora to display any effects following his awakening. Yen Sid had told him to keep his eyes open, but for what, the wizard didn't say.

"How so, Donald?"

Goofy scratched his head, "Well, Sora's been awful moody even for a teenager. And then he gets weaker and stronger at random times, it's like he lost control of his power."

"Yeah!"

Merlin thought for a moment, his mind flashed back to the boy he housed for a few days, Roxas. Now that he thought of it, they looked very similar. Perhaps Yen Sid knew more than he was letting on.

"Well, now that you mention it boys, there was this strange thing that happened before you woke up and-"

Light emerged from the book, Sora reemerged.

Merlin smiled, "-Couldn't be bothered to wait up for an old wizard, eh?" He teased.

Sora chuckled nervously, "Sorry about that..."

The wizard pointed to the book, "How are things in there?"

Sora's smiled turned into a frown. "Well... Pooh seems to have forgotten all about me. And not just me - all his other friends, too."

Merlin's face fell slightly at the condition of the book, "I was afraid of that... " He took the book to inspect it. "... I suspect it has something to do with those pages the Heartless stole. You'll have to collect the torn pages and repair the book and put things right. This book is one of the world's most cherished elements. I'd been meaning to tell Leon I'd found it, but perhaps we should keep it between us for now."

The Trinity Trio smiled at him, "We will!"

Axel loomed over the two teenagers as the regained their balance. "What the fuck just happened?"

Roxas shook his head, "Where are we?"

"Back in our hideout back in the Gardens. Seriously what happened, you and Xion just spaced out for a while. It was creepy."

"We saw him, Sora." Xion mumbled.

"What?"

Roxas shifted uncomfortably, "It was weird... like one moment we're with you then everything got... flickery? Next thing I knew we were standing next to Sora in a book."

"But Sora couldn't see us, even though we were right there next to him. And there was this talking bear? He could see us."

Axel gave the two confused looks. "A magic books that turn you two to ghost... Sounds normal enough." He said clearly frustrated. "As if we don't have enough problems. How are you feeling by the way? Ready to finally stay out of the Sora-zone?"

Roxas flexed his wrist as he felt for the keyblade. "Almost, for me at least." Roxas glanced at Xion. "Have you... summoned it yet?"

Xion shook her head."Not on my own, the only time was when Sora unlocked the world..."

Axel sighed, he had a feeling she didn't want to summon her weapon, not that he could blame her. The GPS beeping softly near-by, Sora was on the move again. Axel watched as Xion fiddled with the gadget. "Where's he's heading to now?"

Xion frowned, "The coliseum."

A/N: What's better than three unfinished fics... that's right another one! However the fourth KH Au won't be posted until the whole thing is finished. That being said, I dont want the sea-salt trio to meet the trinity trio until they visit the worlds the second time around. Although maybe Donald and Goofy will met them before hand. I also want to go back and spell-check the previous chapters. I mean, I could get a beta-reader, but since I don't have a regular upload schedule I don't think that could be fair to the beta-reader.

Next up, Demyx time, more Anti-Sora, and guess who's getting nerfed!