Simo couldn't help but fee; that something was wrong here. Oh sure, the ship was amazing, and it looked like he was going to get to go on a long adventure so soon after having arrived on this world...but still 'this doesn't make any sense; why would anyone alter the security footage to make it look like we were the ones who sabotaged the...whatever that thing was? Also, how did they know that all of us would meet up? Not only that, but how can these judge people still think we were the ones to blame when they had to have seen us fighting those monsters? Also, they didn't seem to put much effort into trying to capture us after we ran away. Sure they were busy with the monster, but I would think that we would be a high enough priority to at least warrant some sort of effort to catch us, in fact it looked more like they were trying to protect us. Hell, we had to learn that we were wanted by...whoever this guys is. We're a few variables short of an algebraic equation.........this sounds so awesome!' he mentally cheered. Then he addressed the others "Well, we're all clearly in some kind of conspiracy deeper then the ocean. I don't know about the rest of you, but I find this extremely exciting. I say we just go with the flow and see where our adventure takes us. Oh and by the way; shotgun!" he cried as he hurried to claim the seat on the ship that was next to the pilot's

Elim's response was somewhat cold. He didn't feel particularly weak. He felt like he could take on a hundred of those things! But that would certainly be unwise. When Serene walked out of the room, Kasus couldn't help but feel out of place. What was with everybody? "Sheesh" he muttered, placing his hands once again behind his head. "I guess everyone's a bit tense." Kasus sighed. Maybe they've got some issues. Everyone here are outlaws now, after all. This was exactly the type of life Kasus yearned for, but that doesn't mean the others should be so happy about it. He was glad to hear that Simo was as excited as he was though. When he shouted shotgun and began running, Kasus was taken aback. "Wha- Hey! No fair!" He then raced Simo towards the passenger seat.

Being the only one who knew much about this ship, Jared found himself in the captain's seat, where the main controls could be accessed. For a while he stayed quiet, choosing instead to concentrate on flying rather than be reminded of the fate that had befallen the group. He especially didn't want to think about what the old man meant when he said he would buy them time, and what that would imply about his fate. Dion was tough as nails, Jared knew that much, but those Judges were like a whole other level. He quickly tried to erase those thoughts from mind. He would see the old man again one day, he was sure of it. So instead he thought about the ship he had apparently just inherited, and remembered something vital about it.

"Guys," he said, probably sounding like he was changing the subject, "the good news is, this ship's armor is still fully functional. She won't be shot down any time soon." of course, because he began that sentence with "the good news is..." obviously meant he had to follow up with some bad news, "Unfortunately, she was also decommissioned some time ago, which means her weapon payload has long since been removed. That means if any ship engages us we won't be able to shoot back. It'll be dangerous, but we need to find another Gummi Ship port and soon if we want any chance of defending ourselves while out in space."

"Plus," he began, adding another thought to the discussion, "we won't get anywhere by just aimlessly wandering. We need some kind of plan, and I say we do what the old man suggested and find the ones who are truly responsible for what happened. That all being said, does anyone have any ideas for where to start?"

As Serene wondered the halls one of the guys, announced something over the intercom

"Guys! the good news is, this ship's armor is still fully functional."

"She won't be shot down any time soon."

Serene did not know what that really meant. That they would be protected if they got shoot? As she thought to herself, but shields only last so long. Then She had her assumption confirmed

"Unfortunately, she was also decommissioned some time ago, which means her weapon payload has long since been removed. That means if any ship engages us we won't be able to shoot back. It'll be dangerous, but we need to find another Gummi Ship port and soon if we want any chance of defending ourselves while out in space."

"Plus," he began, adding another thought to the discussion, "we won't get anywhere by just aimlessly wandering. We need some kind of plan, and I say we do what the old man suggested and find the ones who are truly responsible for what happened. That all being said, does anyone have any ideas for where to start?"

And there it was they where all outlaws with a ship that they could not fight back with. Fear it was something that she did not like. It made her angry to be fearful. Serene was then reminded of Moon In-Sun. Where was he? That since of fear deepened and she became angry. How was she going to find him? He was her only home and now he was gone. She turn and headed to the cockpit where her now captain of the outlaws was. She wanted answers and she wanted them now!

Kasus sat on the floor, crossing his legs as he pondered what the group could do next. It took a few minutes, but he recalled months ago when a pilot had approached his shop and asked Fargo if he was selling any Gummi Ship parts. Kasus eavesdropped on the conversation, and the pilot had talked about some industrial world by the name of Quark, where the pilot had come from. It was the only thing he could think of, but considering the situation, it was at least somewhere to start.

"I once met a pilot who said he was from a world called Quark." Kasus said aloud, breaking the silence in the room. "He said it was some kind of industrial world, and that's where a majority of Gummi Ships are coming from nowadays. I'm pretty sure they'd have what we're lookin' for, and even if they didn't, someones bound to point us in the right direction."

Excitement overcame Kasus as he realized he had yet to visit another world, that would be the first step in the adventure he had been craving so long. He wondered how many worlds the others had been to. It wouldn't hurt to ask, they may even end up getting to know eachother. Being thrown together in a shape and called outlaws can really make you forget you're surrounded by strangers. "I've never been to another world before, so this is pretty exciting to me.[b]" Kasus declared. [b]"How many worlds have you guys been to? I feel like I could explore 100 in a day.

Serene had gotten to the cockpit where there was a group of them.

"I once met a pilot who said he was from a world called Quark." The firey red headed boy had said. He continued on.

"He said it was some kind of industrial world, and that's where a majority of Gummi Ships are coming from nowadays. I'm pretty sure they'd have what we're lookin' for, and even if they didn't, someones bound to point us in the right direction."

"I've never been to another world before, so this is pretty exciting to me." The boy seemed to think this all was some kinda game.

"How many worlds have you guys been to?"

"I feel like I could explore 100 in a day."

Serene though about that question how many world she had been to and with out even thinking said three. She continued in a strongly almost angry tone.

"What in the hell where those things and why did they take my friend?"

"How do we know we won't run into them again and what happens if we get caught by one of those those creatures? Or those people in white coats?"

Her mind was swimming at this point and it felt like she started to ramble on and what about she was not sure. All she knew was that she was scared and she though if she talked it might go away.

"Quark?" asked Thatch in response as he keyed something in on the ship's computer. On screen, a star chart was loaded up, showing them various dots, some labeled with names and others labeled as uncharted. He continued typing, doing so with a single hand while the other was kept firmly on the ship's controls. He keyed in the name Quark and the chart on screen zoomed in a bit on one of the dots, and showing a highlighted line that traced from the world to where he presumed was the ship's current coordinates, "Hmm, well it's a bit of a trip, according to this, and it says there's a WDS there as well, meaning there's a good chance we'll have to go incognito somehow. But it's our only real chance so I suppose we'll just have to cross that bridge when we get to it."

And that was about when Serene came back into the bridge, beginning to ask questions in rapid fire mode, "Alright, hang on. The ship's got a captain's log so we'll just see if it has any answers." he said as he keyed something else into the computer. At that command, the screen switched from a star chart to series of journal entries that were signed by the ship's previous captain, "Come on, old man. Don't let me down now." said Jared as he scrolled through the entries, "This one looks promising." he said before clicking one of the selections, allowing the entry to be viewed on screen by everyone in the room.

It was a pre-mission log, detailing the purpose of the ship and the assignment it was being used for. Like the old man said, it was an exploratory vessel, meant for the purpose of finding uncharted worlds and establishing contact with them. Along with the mission summary, the log explained some of the dangers the crew would likely face, namely the Heartless. Heartless, as the log explained, were creatures from some kind of parallel realm referred to as the "Other Side", that often emerged into this realm and fed on the darkness in people's hearts, preying on them and turning them into Heartless themselves. This knowledge was credited to a report written by someone called Ansem, who had apparently conducted thorough research on Heartless and the "Other Side" over a thousand years ago, even learning how to create his own "synthetic" Heartless marked by a Heart-shaped emblem they bore on their body somewhere. Just like that armored thing. So this Ansem guy created it? Weird. The entry went on to explain that all things, even the worlds themselves, had "hearts", and these hearts were like a doorway to the Other Side where Heartless came from. The heart of a world, as written in the report, is symbolized by a Keyhole hidden somewhere within it, one that only a weapon called a Keyblade could seal, effectively locking out the Heartless and preventing them from consuming the worlds. Keyblade...? Isn't what Dion called that thing I obtained?

"Well, I guess that answers some of our questions..." said Jared, closing the entry and reopening the star chart, "...but we have a slight problem. Quark is probably our best chance at rearming this ship. Problem is, it's a bit far way, and the ship's shields and engines are likely to run out of power before we get there. But don't worry, these things run on special energy cells that automatically recharge over time when the ship isn't in use. So if we just make a couple of pit stops along the way we can keep them good and charged. Here," he showed them the route to Quark, pointing out that a handful of other worlds were on the route toward it, "see these other dots? These are other worlds that we'll have to pass by on the way, so we should be safe to use them as pit stops to recharge the ship. Looks like we'll be arriving at the first one momentarily. It hasn't been charted yet, so we won't know what world it is until we actually arrive. Kind of exciting when you think about it, like opening a birthday present or something, you know?"

Elim wasn't talking with the others. No instead she was quite busy below deck, training with a determined look on his face. They were utterly powerless to stop that large creature and probably would have perished if it hadn't been for not only that strange blade, but the people that showed up afterwards to dispatch it. Those people were most likely stronger than that armored creature in the second and stronger form it adopted. If that was the case and it was people like them that were after their little group then they stood no chance. Even those weaker Heartless seemed to put up a decent fight against them and those things were most likely small fry.

Luckily this space below the deck seemed to be outfitted with exactly what Elim needed for training, which wasn't much. Just some objects he could set up as training dummies to practice on. They were good for practice, but Elim really wanted to test his blade against more of those Heartless. After all her teacher once told him that an hour of battle is like one hundred hours of training, or something along those lines anyway. Still training was good for sharpening one's technique and basic strength building and that was what Elim was taking the time to do. He was stuck here with these people for now, so Elim would just follow them until a chance to get back on the hunt for his prey presented itself.

Of course its not like Elim hated their company. No, not at all. He just would rather be chasing those who took everything from them and cleaving their heads from their shoulders. With this thought his flame cloaked blade slashed straight through the head of the makeshift training dummy, the young blue mage panting softly as he sat down. Currently he was not wearing his armor. No he had set it aside and chose a different ensemble for training. A white tunic and brown cloth pants. Essentially the standard outfit of any one from more medieval times, not that Elim knew that of course.

His, or rather her as without the armor one could see Elim's slightly more feminine physique that was hidden by the armor if they got a good enough look (which Elim didn't actually care about staying in disguise around these people), hair done up in a ponytail as usual so it wouldn't get in the way. Elim peered down at his blade as he sat down on the ground for a short breather, the reflection in its shiny surface showing a fiery glare as his fist clenched tighter around the grip. "Ill kill all of them...all of those accursed bandits...I swear it." This thought of anger, and a short breather of course, gave Elim new found vigor as he got back to training, testing different weapons this time. Warhammers, scythes, maces. The style his master taught him did not teach singular mastery of one weapon, but instead a spread focus in several different weapons since different weapons were best for different opponents.

He even tested something else. A bow. The sword could transform into one, but no arrows were provided. No Elim used something else. Magic. By pouring magic into the bow arrows of wind or fire could be shot from its string. A good technique, but one that was by no means battle ready since Elim just thought of it. That was what the ship travel was for though as Elim kept up training, only stopping for short breathers to drink a bit of water every now and again. Elim had no intention of going up there with the others to converse. If they needed him he would be down below, using his time wisely. He would let the others plan their course since with Elim's more backwoods world origin there was no way she could provide any viable input and he knew that. All of this stuff about Gummi Ships, Keyblades, Heartless... all of it just flew over Elim's head the entire time.

So until either someone came down to talk or they arrived at their first destination Elim would keep to herself down below deck, training and preparing herself as best as she could for whatever fights that lay up ahead before them.

Serene was stopped by the ship's captin. "Alright, hang on. The ship's got a captain's log so we'll just see if it has any answers." It seemed so natural to Serene as he type out stuff on a board of keys. Which gave Serene more confidences. The star chart that was on the screen disappeared and then appeared a series of journal entries. She glanced over them as Jared said "Come on, old man. Don't let me down now." and scrolled through the entries, "This one looks promising." he said before clicking one of the selections, allowing the entry to be viewed on screen by everyone in the room.

Jared began to say. That it was a pre-mission log, detailing the purpose of the ship and the assignment it was being used for. Like the old man said, it was an exploratory vessel, meant for the purpose of finding uncharted worlds and establishing contact with them. Along with the mission summary, the log explained some of the dangers the crew would likely face, namely the Heartless. Heartless, as the log explained, were creatures from some kind of parallel realm referred to as the "Other Side", that often emerged into this realm and fed on the darkness in people's hearts, preying on them and turning them into Heartless themselves. This knowledge was credited to a report written by someone called Ansem, who had apparently conducted thorough research on Heartless and the "Other Side" over a thousand years ago, even learning how to create his own "synthetic" Heartless marked by a Heart-shaped emblem they bore on their body somewhere. Just like that armored thing. So this Ansem guy created it? Weird. The entry went on to explain that all things, even the worlds themselves, had "hearts", and these hearts were like a doorway to the Other Side where Heartless came from. The heart of a world, as written in the report, is symbolized by a Keyhole hidden somewhere within it, one that only a weapon called a Keyblade could seal, effectively locking out the Heartless and preventing them from consuming the worlds. Keyblade...? Isn't what Dion called that thing I obtained?

"Well, I guess that answers some of our questions..." said Jared, closing the entry and reopening the star chart, "...but we have a slight problem. Quark is probably our best chance at rearming this ship. Problem is, it's a bit far way, and the ship's shields and engines are likely to run out of power before we get there. But don't worry, these things run on special energy cells that automatically recharge over time when the ship isn't in use. So if we just make a couple of pit stops along the way we can keep them good and charged. Here," he showed them the route to Quark, pointing out that a handful of other worlds were on the route toward it, "see these other dots? These are other worlds that we'll have to pass by on the way, so we should be safe to use them as pit stops to recharge the ship. Looks like we'll be arriving at the first one momentarily. It hasn't been charted yet, so we won't know what world it is until we actually arrive. Kind of exciting when you think about it, like opening a birthday present or something, you know?"

Exciting Serene did not know about she still wanted to know the biggest question that was in her mind. Where was Moon In-Sun? What had those Heartless done to them. Would she ever get to see him again? The thought she was thinking she keep to herself. She had learned quickly that it did not help blurting them out. Everything was so uncertain to her. The only the that she knew was that she was going to Quark. She could not remember every hearing of it. So it would be an adventure. Deep down she a worry but was excited. Something Moon In-Sun had said to her before she left was that what ever happened she would learn who she truely was and that excitement the other where feeling startd to fill her body. A tear ran down her face as she though of him. She quickly wiped it away hoping the others did not see it. She did not want them to think she was weak. Even thought this was the weakest she had ever felt.

Simo had never heard about this place called 'Quark', however that wasn't really saying much. Not only did he not know the name of his home world, but he had also forgotten the name of this one. He was honestly fine with whatever everyone else decided to do. Hell, the only reason he even came to this world in the first place was because the Gummi Ship to it was leaving sooner then the others, that was quite literally his only reason for choosing this world (although he was glad that he made that choice now). "I'm cool with anything. I don't really know the names of any other worlds that we could go to, so I'm willing to just let the rest of your plot our course" he told the others "although I must admit; I'm pretty curious to see what an 'industrial world' looks like. It sounds like it could be a lot of fun." While Simo knew what both the words industrial and world meant, he had no idea what something that required them to be put together in order to properly describe it would look like. 'Geez, I only left home a few days ago and now I'm already involved in some big adventure. I'm surprised it took dad this long to leave himself!'

And so, at long last, the Gummi Ship touched ground on a new world. Jared killed the ship's engine, allowing it and the shields to begin recharging, "Well," he said, getting out of the captain's seat and instinctively stretched his arms out as if he'd woken up from a nap, "It's gonna be a while before the energy cells are fully recharged, so we might as well kill some time and explore. But I think we should have something of a rule to follow. Either we stay on the ship or we stay together, going off on our own on some world we've never heard of is just asking for trouble, and the last thing we need is someone getting lost." as he said that, he grabbed up the spear that the old man had given him and clicked it into a leather holster strapped to his back. True, he had the Keyblade and could technically just use it, but the old man made a good point when he said that a backup weapon was never a bad idea. With that done, he left the bridge and first past by the holodeck door, knocking on it lightly, "Hey! You still in there?" he called out to the person he hoped was still inside, "We've landed so if you wanna take the chance to look around we're all going now!"

Whether he got a response or not, Thatch turned and headed for the main hatch entrance to the ship, "Here goes nothing." he said as he hit the switch to open the ship's main door. It slid open with a hiss, and then the first thing the intrepid adventurers felt was a bone chilling wind coming from outside. A look outside didn't tell them much about where they had landed, because there was ice as far as the eye could see, "Oh g-great. Figures the first place we come to is covered in ice. Well, how cold could it possibly be?" he asked the others before volunteering himself to step outside first. It was cold of course, but the main source of the cold seemed to be more from the wind than the ice itself, curiously. He took a cursory glance around and then blinked, "What the? No way!" he said, taking another few steps toward what he saw and pointing it out to the others, "Is that... is that what I think it is?" the object he pointed to in the distance was none other than a ship of all things. Yes, a ship, with sails and everything covered in snow and stuck in what Jared now feared was a frozen harbor, "Jeez, what kind of place is this?"

Further in the distance, he spotted something else. A town! It was also covered in snow and ice, and even had a dock with more ships frozen in place, "Look, a town! Could mean people. Might as well see if anyone's home." he told the others, then began walking toward the frozen town. And so the journey began, its first steps taking place on a seemingly... Frozen world.

Serene watch big eyed as Jared opened the hatch. She could not believe how cold it was. She was not prepared for this. But a part of her still wanted to go out and step on to the frozen land. She said out loud with a surety "I have never seen snow." Her mind wondered and as it did a memory came to her mind. A hot summer breeze as she lay in the grass and tow other children her age playing around her. She laughed as another made a funny face and chased the other around as she started to make flower crowns with the daisy that where around them. As they all stepped off of the ship this memory brought warmth to her and the cold did not seem to bother her as much.

Elim had sat down for a break before the ship had landed, hearing something that was different than their mid-flight travel. To affirm Elim's suspicions a knock upon the door along with a call that they had landed and were going to explore came from outside the door. "Alright..." was the somewhat quiet response that Elim gave to whoever knocked upon the door. Elim drank the last bit of water in his Decanter of Endless Water, a gift from her master that made adventuring alot easier in terms of not needing to worry about water. It was the only magical item he bequeathed to her. Her own armor and sword she had made herself with what her master had taught her.

After putting on a more sturdier set of clothing and donning his armor Elim stepped outside of the room, going towards where the exit door had been as he assumed everyone was headed there. Naturally donning his armor took a short bit so everyone had gotten there first and Jared had already stepped outside. Elim felt the cold but did not shiver as he was a bit too strong willed for that. Plus these winds were like the winds of Icewind Dale, where Elim had to spend a majority of his time after his master died tracking down the Crimson Skull Bandits since that is where they decided to make base next according to rumors before fleeing to the other worlds. Of course Elim still felt cold, but wasn't going to show it. His armor also helped shield him from the harsh colds, which was nice. Had these people never gone adventuring before? What were their... 'worlds' like in that they could just sit around and do nothing.

"Reminds me of Icewind Dale back at home on the northernmost part of the Sword Coast back in my... world as I think it is called." These were the first words that Elim spoke aloud to the group since he left for training and ones that alerted the others to his presence. After loosely wrapping a makeshift scarf around his mouth and neck, to help keep the sting of breathing in icy wind away, he stepped off the ship into the harsh winter environment, figuring that he might as well go with them. Who knows, maybe her prey fled to this world? Either way just sitting in the ship training all day wasn't going to get anything done.

The young blue mage was a bit paranoid of what they could encounter here on this strange world though. Frozen wilderness back in Ithelia certainly didn't hold friendly creatures. From polar bears and winter wolves to even creatures like ice wyrms (which Elim always ran or hid from since he knew that facing one alone was suicide), Elim didn't trust the frozen wilderness more than he trusted the regular wilderness. So naturally a hand was always on his sword as they walked towards the town, Elim not really choosing to interact with any of them unless they decided to talk to him. He had never really traveled with others before besides her teacher so naturally conversation and social graces were not Elim's strong suits.

Simo could tell right away that something was very wrong here. First off; the ocean was frozen, something not as easy as freezing, say, a small puddle of water while fresh water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, seawater freezes at about 28.4 degrees Fahrenheit. It was also clear that whatever happened here took the natives by surprise since there were still ships in the harbor. Whatever had happened wasn't natural, most likely magic of some kind "guys...I get the feeling that the people of this world are going to need our help a lot more then we'll need their's." The question however remained; who, or what did this. The first thing that came to his mind were the strange creatures from the last world 'sure, none of them had ice magic...but who's to say that what I saw before were the only types that existed?' he stepped off the ship with a look of deep concern on his face

Our help? Thought Jared as he briefly pondered Simo's suggestion. As much as he would like to help with whatever this ice age was, magic was something he just didn't understand that well, "Wish I knew how. I salvage shipwrecks for a living, this sort of thing is totally beyond me..." he said to Simo as they all walked. After that he stayed quiet for a bit, listening to the crunching of their footsteps on the snow and ice. From somewhere in the town, an alarming shout was what got Jared's attention.

"They're attacking again! Guard the Prince!" it came from the direction of a castle that Jared imagined would have looked prettier if not for the jagged icicles that protruded from it's roof and walls. Simo was right, this was definitely not natural. But there was no time to think about that right now. Jared spotted the source of the shouting, soldiers in uniform stood their ground, holding halberds or crossbows and preparing to go to battle against... whatever it was they were shouting about. There were seven of them in total, one of them fairly big and with a round body, and flanked by a half dozen smaller creatures that seemed to just float in the air. The floating ones all had conical shapes and pointed hats for heads, but four of them were aquatic blue and the other two were more of a striped, icy blue. However, all the creatures sported a heart-shaped emblem on their chests. The very same one found on the armored creature that attacked Lunaris.

"Heartless!" said Jared sharply to others, pointing to the emblems before brandishing his spear, "Come on, let's go help!" and with that he broke into a run, charging right past the soldiers and into the fray. He'd chosen to wield his spear instead of the Keyblade because he thought it best not to show it off everywhere the group went.

Cue Battle Theme - Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

The little Heartless looked far to tiny to do any damage...which meant they must use magic, just like some of the smaller beasts back home. Their ability to fly and use long range attacks made them deadly to anyone unprepared...Simo was not one of those people. Quickly tacking aim, he fired off a shot at one of the ice blue flying pot creatures, while sending then other into the ground with gravity for someone else to deal with. The aquatic blue ones responded to this by casting water magic at him, which he deflected with Reflect "Go! I'll provide covering fire" one thing he had learned about magic using creatures was that it became a lot harder for them to use their magic while under siege. If he could just keep up the pressure, then they would't be able to help their larger friend

More of these blasted things. A small smirk appeared on Elim's face as he drew his blade. It was time for some more practice. "Lets go." With that he charged forward towards the small group of Heartless, blade raised. As he charged forward he focused a small bit and chanted 'Fire!". The moment he did magic sparked through his blade as flames licked to life across its surface as he charged. Thanks to Simo's cover fire not as many would have attacked Elim as he charged. "Die beast!" With a cry he slashed one of them, the flame imbued blade dealing a heavy dose of damage, weakening it considerably as it began to fly up after reeling from that attack.

Elim wasn't going to let it get away though. Suddenly a flash of blue light covered his weapon and in the next moment it was a bow, the transformation of his weapon taking place rather quickly as Elim aimed the arrowless bow at the creature. Fire was still licking the bow's surface now from Elim's earlier spell, but now it was gathered to the string. With a single pluck of the bowstring an arrow of flame shot out at the creature, striking it clean, the fiery arrow ending the beast. One down, six to go. Elim was about to make a charge for the larger heartless, but unfortunately he couldn't.

The moment he returned to its sword shape he suddenly cried out loudly, nearly falling forward, but keeping his feet as a blast of ice magic hit him square in the back. It sent chills through him and the icicles nearly stabbing him in the back had it not been for the boy's armor, instead probably leaving some very nasty bruises on his back. Still, he grit his teeth through the pain before suddenly something changed about Elim. A strange blue glow seemed to travel through his veins, his blue eyes also shimmering strangely, a smirk appearing on his face.

"That may have hurt, but... now its mine!" Elim, gritting his teeth and enduring the blast of ice to his back, some of the damage reduced by his armor but it was still a pretty bad blow, launched a blast of fire at the creature who attacked him from his hand with the Fire spell before suddenly turning towards the Large Body, deciding to attack it before it attacked the guards by doing something different. That same blue glow that had been going through Elim's veins and shimmering in his blue eyes before after he got hit by the blizzard spell now forming in his hand. "And now it'll be your downfall!" Thrusting his palm towards the Large Body, the young boy chanted out one word. "Blizzard!" A blast of ice shot out his palm, heading straight for the Large Body now.

Kasus sprinted through the snow and ice with haste, following the footsteps of his comrades. Although the wind practically blasted his face with freezing cold air, he couldn't help but enjoy it. The feeling of being on a new world overcame him and he was filled to the core with excitement. He could see a town in the distance, and even a castle, both oddly covered in ice. It didn't really look natural. As Kasus came closer he could make out a crowd of people in front, including his comrades! to his dismay he saw spells flying everywhere. For a moment he pondered whether our cover had already been blown, but as the situation came into view he could see the enemy; Heartless!

Kasus pulled out his twin blade and sprinted even faster towards the battle. He caught up with Simo who appeared to be giving covering fire and waved at him with a smile as he sprinted by. In the mist of the battle, a large, round heartless was the first thing that caught his attention. He was running at full speed now through the battle as the Large Body was blasted with ice. The Heartless reeled back but remained standing, and so Kasus charged at it gripping his twin blade. "I've got it!" he shouted as he launched himself into the air, aiming straight for the heart shaped emblem. Kasus attempted to impale the Large Body Heartless, but as soon as his blade made contact with it's chest Kasus' attack was deflected and he was launched backwards and slammed into the icy floor.

"Ouch..." He murmured as he sat up, confused as to what happened.

They where everywhere heartless! Serene's heart was heavy but as she sliced into one of the smaller dark one's with her nunchucks it disappeared and gave her a little more hope. And a glimmer of light came to her mind. Maybe I can find Moon In-Sun this way. If I defeat them maybe I can find him. She ran in the air and attacked another one. The bigger one reflected her attack and bounced her back. She ran toward it again and swept through the air as it took the hit. This time taking more of an impact. She hit it again and again sweeping through the air it still did not seem to take much damage. She thought to herself. These ones are tuff! She took a deep breathe and prepared for the next attack. As she closed her eyes she saw another memory. It was back with those bandits. They had surrounded her. She was standing in a fighting stance her hands out. She spoke out loud and strong. "You pick the wrong girl to fight with. She felt her hands start to get hot and opened her eyes quickly looking down. Her hands where on fire. It was not a lot. Just a flame here and there. She grabbed her nunchucks more tightly and prepared for her next hit. The hit seemed to take more of an impact but this creature was strong. Stronger than the heartless she had fought on Lunaris. She had dodge a hit and was behind it now. She prepared for the hit and soon figured a weak point. The creature then made it more difficult to hit to in the back. As she kept on fighting the rest of the memory came back to her with each hit. Almost reacting the moment. These moment where not as painful the more they happened. She fought amongst her new comrades as strong as she could. As she thought to her self this was more comfortable and home like than she would have ever though. In that moment these comrades had become brothers to her.

Having been in the lead, Jared was first on the scene. With a swing, he arced his spear in a sweeping blow at some of the flying ones, but they managed to float out of the way. He suddenly had the suspicion that this wouldn't be quite as simple as the creatures on Lunaris proved to be. He saw one of them charging up with magic and had to leap out of the way to avoid being impaled by the icicle it shot down at him. Just then he heard a gunshot and the one that had fired off the spell was knocked back and vanished in a similar manner that it had appeared. And then, some invisible force began forcing another dark blue one closer to the ground. Perfect. Jared jumped on this opportunity, lunging as fast he could and successfully impaling the Heartless on the blade of his spear, it too disappearing in much the same way as the other.

At this point he might have focused on the big one, but the two lighter colored fliers were now directing their attention squarely on him. They looked slightly bigger, which probably meant they were more powerful in some way. And boy were they! The first one cast a spell that unleashed a brief torrent of water like a fireman's water hose. The spray of water was too fast for Jared dodge, and the liquid nature of the water made it impossible to block or deflect so he had no choice but to take the hit, the spray knocking him off his feet and into the snow and ice below him. He staggered to his feet as quick as possible, but his new-found wetness made him even colder than before, as he was now visibly shivering violently and could barely hold his weapon straight as a result. Still, he fought the pain of the cold when he saw the second was about to use its spell and threw his spear at it as hard as he could. The weapon lurched through the air and embedded itself in the chest of the Heartless before it could cast its spell, causing the thing to stagger back and cancel out the charge of its magic.

Then he noticed it. The other one turned around! Its aim was now directed at the young man the soldiers called a prince. The prince stood in wide-eyed surprise, frozen in terror as the Heartless began making its move, "Oh no you don't!" cried Jared as he lurched forward, finally summoning the keyblade and throwing it squarely at the creature only to quickly call it back to his hands and repeat the throw two more times, "Eat this!" he shouted upon performing the last throw, a maneuver that was enough to jar it out of casting its spell but not quite enough to kill it. He could only hope that perhaps Simo's cover fire might finish it off before it could move to attack the Prince again.