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This is basically a story about what I imagined KH3 might look like written down.

Kingdom Hearts 3:Absent Souls

As Dug led the group to a cavernous opening not far off from the waterfall close to the edge of Paradise Falls, the five heroes all seemed to start to get a bit antsy, though none were sure of why. When they finally reached their destination, they saw that inside the cavern was a large silver blimp with "Spirit of Adventure" painted onto the side. Still pulling the house, they stopped in front of a walkway inside. At the same time, Sora and Kairi both felt soft pulses, causing the two to clutch their hearts.

"What's wrong?" asked Riku.

"Just… that feeling, you know?" explained Sora.

"Do you mean it might not be safe?" asked Russell. "We should hide Kevin then!" Before anyone could object, Russell quickly led the giant bird, which he decided to call Kevin, inside of Mr. Fredricksen's house by throwing some chocolate through the front door. Despite protests from Dug, as he wanted to bring in Kevin too, the group finally went inside of the blimp. The interior was like a museum. It was full of ancient looking fossils, weapons that looked hundreds of years old, and even scattered pieces of art.

"Master Muntz!" Dug called while the others still observed. "I have brought some guests!" With that, a door opened from much down a hallway out of the museum room and out stepped a slender old man with a scowl on his face. He wore what a pilot would wear in the 50's, and even had a helmet with goggles, despite the blimp having windshields.

"May I help you?" Muntz said in a suspicious tone.

"Charles Muntz!" burst Mr. Fredricksen. Muntz looked more confused than suspicious now. "The great explorer himself?"

"Why, yes; that's me," Muntz said with a smile on. "And you all are?"

"That's Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Riku, and Russell," Mr. Fredricksen explained, pointing them all out. "And I'm Carl Fredricksen, your biggest fan!"

"Oh, I'm sorry if I seemed a bit suspicious," started Muntz. "I'm always happy to meet a fan. Stay for some supper."

"Sounds great!" chimed in a hungry Donald. Muntz led the group to his dining chamber, where he had more dogs with collars like Dug waiting to take orders and bring them all food. They all sat and were all brought hot dogs to eat and said thank you as Muntz seemed to be more relieved than anything. As they happily ate, Mr. Fredricksen felt he had to get something answered.

"Mr. Muntz, how come you've disappeared from the states for so long?"

"Well," Muntz began, deep in thought, "you may have heard that I was seeking a large bird thought to be instinct. Everyone called me a fraud despite me telling the nonbelievers that the bones were fresh. I've been here, making sure I bring one back alive." He looked up at a large skeleton that they hadn't paid attention to. It looked eerily familiar.

"Hey, that looks like Kevin!" Russell said.

"Kevin?" asked an intrigued Muntz.

"Yeah, he's a giant bird that follows us, we have him…" Mr. Fredricksen stopped Russell short. The heroes looked amongst themselves nervously.

"Do you mean…?" Muntz started before looking out a window and indeed seeing the bird on the roof of the levitating house. "You know, I've heard a lot of interesting and fake stories about newcomers here. Someone making maps, a botanist seeking samples, a couple on their honeymoon. Never about a man fulfilling his wife dreams with a floating house though… I'd love to see how that one ends." Muntz had a devilish smile on his face.

"Gee Mr. Muntz, we weren't looking for the bird, we were just looking for some bad guys."

"Bad guys try to take what's not rightfully theirs," Muntz said with a malicious look. He snapped his fingers, as it was apparent his brain had snapped. Out of charcoal colored portals, creatures that looked like the heartless dogs appeared. Instead of having the heartless emblem however, they had that black circle with white spikes like on that keyblader's jacket. Everyone stood up immediately ready to either run or fight. Sora and Kairi felt the pulses again, though nothing happened yet.

"Guys, get out of here!" Sora shouted to Fredricksen and Russell. They did as told and started to run out, but were stopped by more of the dogs. Donald and Goofy started charging forward in front of Fredricksen and Russell to clear a path for them, which they followed outside. Sora, Kairi, and Riku took care of the few soul-born dogs remaining, and then turned their attention to Muntz.

"How were you able to summon those things?" asked an angered Riku.

"With some help," said what seemed to be two voices. A white portal with navy and violet streaks appeared and out stepped the evil keyblader. This time, Roxas and Naminé burst out of Sora and Kairi. The man snickered, his red and green eyes still seemingly unfazed by absolutely anything.

"Kairi, Naminé, head outside and see if they need help. The three of us will take care of this guy." Sora explained. The two hesitated, but then ran out.

"Who are you anyway?" asked Riku.

"My name is Archer, and I want you three gone," he stated simply. Muntz walked out with an evil look, leaving the room open to the four of them. Archer drew out his dark realm keyblade and took a stance. Sora and Riku took stances as well as Roxas summoned his two keyblades. "Nice trick," Archer commented. "Lets make it even." He proceeded to summon a second keyblade into his left hand. His right keyblade took the the shape of the oblivion, while his left took the shape of what looked like the oathkeeper, but it was solid black. It even seemed to be fuming a black aura.

Undeterred, the three took turns charging at him, mostly evenly matched. They would take turns crossing blades until one of them was hit. This simle pattern of having a numbers advantage continued until Archer was clearly being overwhelmed, not being able to handle all three. He suddenly yelled and blew all three of them back. As they all rose again, he started sinking again into a portal, panting. His eyes still seemed completely blank as he said, "Have fun with the absentsouls."

"Absentsouls… is that what they're called?" Sora questioned as the other two shrugged while panting. Roxas began to become transparent again and the three instinctively ran out the blimp. They saw Kairi, Donald, and Goofy all fighting off a few more of the dog-like absentsouls as Naminé, also conversing between solid and transparent, helped Fredricksen and Russell get the house moving again. The three heroes, who had just joined the fray, helped finish off the few remaining absentsouls, just as Roxas and Naminé disappeared once again.

"Is everyone okay?" Sora asked. They all nodded as they panted. Everyone seemed fine.

"We ran into that keyblader again," stated Riku. "He said his name was Archer."

"Archer?" Donald asked, clarifying the name.

"Yeah, he had two keyblades…" Sora said, thinking of what just took place.

"Two…?" Goofy asked, amazed. They fell silent as they all realized they still didn't have any real answers, besides what the creatures were called now.

"Mr. Fredricksen, lets get your house to that waterfall!" Russell suddenly stated, encouraged.

"Yeah!" Donald yelled in agreement.

"Are you sure?" Mr. Fredricksen asked, a bit in disbelief.

"We'd love to help," Kairi stated honestly. Fredricksen simply nodded and started tugging. The others soon joined him. It wasn't a far walk and it was easy as Kevin and Dug led the way. They finally reached the waterfall as the house finally stopped floating. Fredricksen went ahead inside and looked around. He almost seemed dissatisfied. The others joined him inside as he sat down on an old, square, rigid chair. He had grabbed what looked like a photo album with "My Adventure Book" written on it and started flipping through it. His dissatisfaction turned to pain as he flipped through the pages, knowing that his wife was gone and nothing had changed bringing the house. At the end of the book, however, there scribbled was "Thanks for the adventure, now go have a new one!" He was shocked to see it, and softly smiled.

"Russell, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Riku, thank you all so much," Fredricksen said in a sad but firm tone.

"Just doing our jobs!" Sora said, speaking for the group.

"Yep! And now I can get my assisting the elderly badge!" Russell said happily. Mr. Fredricksen simply laughed. There was a knock on the door that broke the aura. Fredricksen quickly stood up and mumbled in confusion as he went to answer it. On the other side of the door was Muntz, with a shotgun and an angry look on his face. The heroes got in the way and stood their ground, drawing out their magical weapons. Muntz let his guard down as Kevin and Dug started cawing and barking at him wildly, forcing him to step back in shock. He didn't look where he was going and ended up tripping backwards. He yelled as he suddenly fell back into the waterfall and plummeted down.

"Master! You're safe!" Dug said as he returned to a surprised Fredricksen. The two shared a happy moment, as his new master playfully scratched Dug. Soon after, Kevin started cawing loudly towards a ridge not too far.

"What's he doing?" asked Donald.

"She is calling to her babies," Dug explained.

"Kevin's…a girl?" Russell questioned out loud in shock. Kevin rubbed her beak against all of them and started walking off in the direction of her babies, looking back at one point to see them all waving.

"Russell, lets go home," Fredricksen said to the little boy.

"Are you coming with?" asked Russell.

"I am. It's time I started a new adventure," Fredricksen said, looking at his house. "Will you all need a ride?" Fredricksen jerked his head in the direction of the abandoned blimp with a smile.

"We're fine, thanks," Sora said.

"Yeah, we've got some other places to go," added Riku. Fredricksen smiled and bent on one knee to attach a grape soda bottle cap to Russell's satch of badges.

"For assisting the elderly performing above the call of duty," Fredricksen began, "The Ellie badge." Fredricksen attached the bottle cap with a clothespin and the heroes lightly clapped. Just then, a beam of shot from the pin and opened a keyhole in the sky. Sora did his usual maneuvers and shot light into the keyhole, assuring safety for the world.

"It's time for us to go for real," Sora stated.

"Will you visit us?" Russell asked.

"Sure, right guys?" The rest of the group happily agreed. They all shook hands one last time and were beamed back into the gummi ship, ready to embark on their next journey.

And so ends the Paradise Falls world saga. I obviously had to do edits for length, like how they do in the games themselves. For those who review and those who read, thank you! If you want to see a specific world, just tell me in the comments. All reviews are welcome.