Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

As the group of keybladers sailed towards Ursula's lair, they found a large flash of glowing light at the entrance.
"Oh no! Ursula's already made a deal with her!" Sebastian cried, swimming fast with flounder scuttling behind. Ariel was found by the entrance, dressed in new write rags. She was struggling to breath seeing as how she somehow managed to turn human thanks to Ursula. She was flailing her legs and gasping for air, which her new human lungs desperately needed.

Everyone pulled together to make sure she got to the surface in time, allowing her to take in a big gasp of air, as she tried to struggle her way towards the shore. She couldn't swim well with her new human legs, so Sebastian and Flounder assisted her to more shallow waters.
"Are you alright Ariel? What happened?! How did this happen?!" Sebastian asked frantically.
Ariel opened her mouth, with no sound coming out, moving her hands to try and communicate.
"What's wrong with her" Aux asked.
"Maybe she traded her voice to get her legs!" Flounder wondered allowed.
Ariel nodded as she tried to stand, before falling back into the ocean.
"You can understand her?!" Sebastian asked.
"Of course, Ariel and I are best friends! I can translate for her...." He turned to Ariel as she mimed what she was trying to say.
"She says that she went to Ursula and signed a contract... She became human by trading her voice... aaaaaannnddd... has to kiss the man she loves by sundown to keep it permanent," Flounder finished.
"PERMANENT?! Oh mon, your father is gonna have my shell for this! And if I tell him, he's just gonna come rushing and keep the kingdom unguarded! I have no choice but to keep my eye on you! At the very least I can make sure nothing bad happens to her." He turned to the rest of the party. "Flounder and I will make sure she is safe!"
"And gets that kiss!" Flounder cheered.
"Not the priority!" Sebastian scolded. "The rest of ye must go to Ursula and get that sea witch to undo this mess!"
Before Sebastian could finish his instructions, a man with quaffed black hair arrived on the beach. "Hello? Is anyone there?"

Everyone his into the water as Ariel struggled to stand. The man stopped to try and help her onto her feet. "Whoa, easy there..." The man who helped her was Eric; the same person who was used to make the statue she was fawning over. Ariel opened her mouth to greet herself, but no sound came out. "What's wrong? You can't speak?" Eric asked. Ariel shook her head. "Oh, well.. where did you come from?" She looked towards the ocean, Eric looking onward, unsure of what to make of it. "Hmm.. well either way, I want to help you. You shouldn't be here all by yourself."
Eric began to walk off with Ariel as Sebastian, Flounder, and the rest of the party watched.

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"I came from the island of Moto Nui," Moana said. "The darkness began to spread to our island, so I went off to search for Maui. I need to help him restore the heart of Te Fiti before the darkness keeps spreading." She quickly shoved the hook onto Maui's hand. "And soon as we help get your hook mojo back, we'll be ready for anything Ta Ka can throw at us," she said cheerfully.
"Which will most likely be violent heaps of lava," Maui said pessimistically.
"Come on... let's just start with something small and work our way up."

MISSION START!

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Kida examined Ananta's crystal closely as they walked. "Your crystal is similar to that of my people. That warm feeling you gave makes sense now."
"It does?" Milo asked in confusion.
"She is an empath. The feelings that others have around her are amplified in her presence. My people have a similar trait when exposed. Our people have a rich culture that I myself need to learn more of," Kida replied.
"You know, Kida... the most we ever hoped to find... was some crumbling buildings, maybe some broken pottery. Instead, we find a living, thriving society," Milo added.
"We are not thriving. True, our people live... but our culture is dying. We are like a stone the ocean beats against. With each passing year... a little more of us is worn away."
"I wish there was something I could do..." Milo lamented.
"I have brought you to this place to ask you for your help. There is a mural here... with writing all around the pictures." Kida stopped in front of a large mural with detailed writing
Yeah, well, you came to the right guy. OK, let me see. Let's start with this column right here..." As Milo examined he made several gasps and exclamations throughout his discovery. It was only about a minute, but his fascination was quite real.

"This is amazing! A complete history of Atlantis! It's just like Plato described it.... Well, he was off on a few details, but-"
"The light I saw. The star in the middle of the city. What does the writing say about that?" Kida asked.
"I don't know yet. But we're gonna find out..." He said, examining another side of the mural, he gasped before stepping back. "The heart of Atlantis!"
"What?"
"It's the heart of Atlantis! That's what the shepherd w-was talking about. It wasn't a star, it was... it was some kind of crystal... uh, like these!" He pointed to the crystal around her neck. "Don't you get it? The power source I've been looking for... the bright light you remember- they're the same thing!"
"That cannot be..." Kida said unsure.
"It's what's keeping all these things... you- all of Atlantis alive! It's like a living heart of the world!"
"Then where is it now?"
"I don't know, I don't know. Maybe it needs a key to unlock or a crystal to activate... You'd think something this important... would have been in the Journal, but... Unless... The missing page," He said, searching through the journal. "If only I had that page... I'm sorry Kida."
"It's alright," she reassured. "I have already learned much than I ever thought possible... Thank you Milo."
Milo blushed for a moment. "Well uh, you know it was nothing really just a uhh... simple translation of foreign linguistics- anyone coulda done it," he sniffed, pulling his belt high.

 

Somehow Karina found herself leading the party without intending to. As she swam off, first she heard something with Luna and Aux going on, but she was far enough ahead at that point that she didn't catch much of her. Karina glanced to her side, expecting at least Beuce to be there with her, but he and Steel fell back to talk to Aux after Luna's little explosion. It all felt so backwards to her. Usually she was the one hanging in the back and going off at people. Whatever had happened to her after Lea made her a leader, she didn't like it, it felt weird. Either way, someone had to pay attention to something outside group conflict, and it looked like this time it would be her.

As they got closer there was a flash of light and they were too late. "Damn it!" Karina cursed as they got closer. There was no sign of Ursula but Ariel was there gasping for breath under water. "For Zues sake! Of course this would happen. Lets get her to the surface." They needed to protect the princess but of course no one would listen to her, and now things were going south and quickly. She helped Ariel to the surface where a man greeted her. Karina watched rather skeptical, even after Sebastian said they would stay and keep an eye out. "We will try and be quick. I don't trust him, or this situation. When we are done, I don't care if he smites me, I am going to have a word with that damned king of yours." Karina grumbled before diving back down to find Ursula, looking at the rest of the group. "We better hurry, I know she was obsessed with the people on land, but I don't think it will be safe for her, not with all the crap that has been going on lately. Lets make this quick."​

 

Maui clapped his hands, trying to shake off any nerves, preparing to take Kel's request. "Okay you can do this, you can do this, just a bird, just a bitty bitty bird. You're awesome.. I'm awesome..." He continued trying to sych himself up like this. It took several minute before he was finally ready with his large fish hook in hand. "Okay.. bitty birdie comin' up! CHEE-HOO!" He yelled out, the hook glowing as he was turned into a chicken. He wasn't exact;y impressed with it, but it still counted.
"A ha! I did it!"
"See? You don't have to be afraid of taka anymore," Moana said, patting his little chicken head.
"Yeah haha, wait why?..." he asked suspiciously.
"Because..."
"Wait-"
"Your.."
"Don't say it."
"Already..."
"MOANA PLEASE-"
"Chicken!" She smiled, prompting Maui to glare at her through his chicken eyes.
"Okay... new bird."

Maui thought back to his past transformations as AJ suggested a larger bird. "Bigger bird, bigger bird... Alright, going for a giant hawk now... CHEE-HOO!" He yelled, managing to transform into a giant hawk roughly the size of everyone else. He flew the air joyously at the sign of getting his mojo back. "Yeah baby! Maui's back!" he shouted flapping in the air. "Come on, give me something bigger!"

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Ursula chuckled under her breath as the party swam back down towards her lair. Ursula was a light purple sea witch. She was a large woman with half her body being that of an octopus. She had short white hair and thick red lips.
"Are you Ursula?" Aux asked aggressively.
"The one and only handsome?" Ursula asked in her deep baritone voice.
Aux shuttered under his breath.
"I suppose you're here about Triton's daughter, but I'm afraid you're too late." She gleefully showed them a solid gold contract with her signature. "She signed a binding contract. If she doesn't kiss lover boy by sundown, she's all mine.. And a princess of light will do us just fine... I'd be happy to trade for her, but I doubt you have another princess of heart just lying around...."
Aux did his best not to look at Luna.
"Of course, if you would be willing to take Triton's trident for me, I could of course... make this contract go away... Then little miss princess will be safe back in the ocean instead of in the cold human world where she could be... he he... vulnerable." Ursula was not making this easy for them.
"Why don't we just take you down now and save the trouble?"
Ursula waved her finger. "Nice try big boy, but this contract is binding until the terms have been completed.. If anything happens to me, then Ariel goes down too..."


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Castur sighed and shook his head at Milo's words. It was just as he had predicted. Of course people would come seeking for some sort of fabled magical energy source. Given the discrepancy between the Atlanteans' secret technology and the weaponry of the "explorers" he could make a good guess as to how valuable this "Heart of Atlantis" was. He shook his head and sighed to himself in frustration recalling the all too familiar attitude of his home's governing body. If any opposing power had something shiny it would be theirs no longer. And seeing as how this energy source not only powered the city but kept its people alive...

"I'm pretty sure I know why Rourke's people are so heavily armed. I've seen this before." Castur spoke up. Seeing as how this was no longer a time for games and masks he took the opportunity to remove the stolen helmet to reveal his face. "You can bet on Rourke being here simply to steal that Heart." He glanced over at the others. "The name's Castur. We met before, Ananta, Ignis. I wasn't exactly myself when we first met. Arctus was just another mask I was wearing, so to speak. Sorry for the games but I was dragged into the Black Coats before I had a chance to know who I was working with before and I didn't want to make that mistake again." He glanced over at the one remaining keyblade wielder who wouldn't have recognized him and, to prove a point, Castur briefly summoned his keyblade and called it off. "Finding the Heart of Atlantis is nice and all but if what I'm saying is true, it'd be more efficient to take Rourke out first before he gets a chance to act."

 

"It is his own damned fault." Karina muttered to Steel. "Perhaps if we point that out to him, he will just give us the damned thing. I don't feel like getting smited by the king of the sea. I am pretty sure he hates me enough, and I just got back." She would rather not die before she got to see everyone else again, and before she truly figured out what was going through her own mind with those around her. Caster, for example. It was hard for her to explain her feelings about him, but she enjoyed her time with him. But on the other hand there was Beuce, who always made her feel accepted, and okay about herself and she didn't want to accidentally do something to make either of them hate her. She would need time to sort that out, and trying to steal from the king of the sea might mean the time wasn't there. That being said they couldn't just leave Ariel to try and kiss that prince on her own. They had to do something to help. "We will see what we can do, but Beuce is right we want to make our own contract so you don't screw us over as well. Is that a deal?"​

 

"You've got yourself a deal my little guppies..." she grinned. "I, Ursula, of sound mind and body to hereby swear to return princess Ariel back to the sea in return for King Triton's trident." The signed her name under the dotted line. "All you have to do is bring the trident to my grotto, and it'll render Ariel's contract null and void. Regardless if she gets the kiss or not." She turned the glowing contract towards the party and summoned a quill for them to use. "Just one of you has to sign the scroll and the deal is done."


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Maui did as instructed and transformed himself into a shark, diving into the ocean. He swum with his fin sticking out of the water, and stuck his head out, grinning from the success of his transformation. "Aww yeah! Shark head AND shark body baby!" Swimming towards the shore, he grinned with his sharp teeth waiting for them to suggest something else. After Kaida and Stratos' suggestion, he still stood their with a dumbfounded shark grin. "Yeah, I don't know what any of those are... But check this out!" He dove underwater for a brief moment before emerging to jump out of the water, turning into a large whale. He raised his blubber eyebrows as he landed back on the ocean, covering the entire party on shore with sea water.

"Moana shook all the water out of her hair and smiled. "Next stop Te fiti!" Maui transformed back to normal and returned to shore. "It's official. I'm awesome again, he cheered, twisting his hook and placing it on his shoulder. "And hey, after this fight... you guys can call me anytime. I owe you that much."
The mystic ocean rose from the water doing a little wave.
"I guess the ocean wants to help too," Moana smiled.


THE PARTY GAINED THE MAUI SUMMON!
LEARNED TIDAL WAVE!

MISSION COMPLETE!
AJ leveled up! (52)
Kel leveled up! (52)
Stratos leveled up! (52)