Morgan was batting her eyes in ever increasing confusion, even as Lucian hugged her. "I don't remember anything... the last I can remember was, we were about to get on some sort of, flying boat, and the island was falling apart, and then everything went dark..." She had no memory of speaking to Lucian about anything important, nor giving him any sort of thing to protect." With a sigh, she said "I can't even remember where my home is, and now I can't even remember things I have done recently... but, thank you Lucian. I feel like, I wouldn't be here anymore if it weren't for you. So whatever it is I did, I guess I picked the right person."

Merlin leaned forward, stroking his beard. "Memory issues is it? I see... that is unfortunately something you will need to recover from on your own in time. Using magic to heal memories is a touchy subject, and very dangerous. One could easily erase memories entirely, or create new false ones that never happened. Plus, my blue magic is far from the best for such an act regardless. I see you remember me well enough now that you have seen me. Perhaps throughout your journey you will find new things to return your memories to you." He looked between the two before saying "Assuming that is, you will be accompanying this young lad on the journey he must take."

Morgan thought about it, before nodding, but there was a moment of realization as she looked at Lucian, asking the question he was no doubt asking himself. "Wait, where is everybody else? Did everyone get on that flying boat? Why is it only you here?"

-After giving Lucian a moment to respond to Morgan, Merlin answered his own question. "That's how it is, is it? Another world has fallen to darkness. Troubling news indeed... I am terribly sorry lad. I wish I could say something to give you some amount of comfort but, little is known about the fate of worlds that fall to darkness, only that those who are left behind, are typically never seen again. The King will certainly want to know of this... ah, tell me, what did you call your world? Or, what was your home's name as you would best know it?"

Once again he would let Lucian answer, before continuing with his answer. "Parents often raise their children up on pedestals, telling them they are greater than they can imagine, to instill in them a great confidence. Many a young girl are called Princess by their parents and treated like royalty in their younger years, though few actually hold the title. But for you, I feel they perhaps were a touch more, literal in their meaning." Stroking his beard, he gave it some thought, before he headed toward the door. "I remember a book given to me by the King, it may hold the answers you seek, if I can just remember where I left the blasted thing. It wouldn't be here in the shop, no no, far too rude to make it seem as though I would sell a gift such as that. And so it must be in my tower." Looking back, he added "Under normal circumstances, I would caution rest given your previous condition. But seeing as these are no normal circumstances, I believe you may 'walk it off' as they say! Come on then, the both of you. We will travel to my tower and there I should be able to find the book that can tell you what you need to know, if such information exists of course. Worry not, we will travel by magic, we'll be there before you can say Alaka- ah, no, best not do that again. Right, off we go!" he marched his way out the door and down the stairs, assuming the two would follow.

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Meanwhile, back in the tower that Taivas and Dotty had entered, a symbol on the floor had begun to glow after they entered. And when the bookcase was knocked over, much more started to happen, though they likely didn't notice as they dealt with their own... issues. It was only after Dotty questioned whether they should seek out the wizard now or later, that Taivas might notice a nearby statue had lit up, with glowing greenish gold lines all over it. There was a terrible sound of grinding stone, as its head turned to look at Taivas, before it stepped down from its pedestal, sword raised, and started to move toward the two.

Worse yet was, as they were focused on the lost puppy, the statue nearest them was far from the only threat, as at least half a dozen other statues had stepped down from their Pedestals, each with unique weapons and appearances, including names on the Pedestals, no doubt of the Knights they were statues of. They moved slowly, but were covered in magical runes that would absorb any magic used against them. Not to mention being made of stone meant they were quite sturdy to begin with.

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Taivas

Tavias looked annoyed at Dotty, who just picked up the puppy. He assumed it would try to bite her as soon as she tried to scoop it up. But was more surprised by her oddly sniffing the poor dog. Hiding a smile as Dotty was told to shut up about Poodlewolf, whatever that was. “Nice to meet you, Freckles. I’m Taivas.” He waved his hand before limply resting it on his side. He was in disbelief that he had just introduced himself to a dog. “Umm yeah, please don’t try and sniff that poor dog's butt. I bet you’re those dalmatian’s kids. Better take ya home before…” Of course he could see some statues coming alive before he could finish.

“Keep that dog safe, I’ll handle them.” Taivas smiled, summoning his keyblade. He summoned some shadowy arrows, firing them at the farthest statues. He ran towards the statues, and he raised his keyblade to try to take down the closest statue.

Dotty smiled as Taivas reached over to the puppy to introduce himself. "No, silly, i'm not one of Pongo and Perdita's kids, didn't you hear me? They're my grea-great-great-" As she continued the loud crunching and grinding of stone suddenly disrupted her train of thought. "Ummmm... Han?" She asked wondering what the sound was. She sniffed the air. "Doesn't smell good"

"A dark presence approaches. Quickly, put the mask on." Zen-Aku ordered.

"No, Han says to look after Uncle Freckles!" She sighed.

"Which you can do a lot more effectively if you put the mask on." He said. Although, from the looks of things, Taivas was strong enough to deal with them on his own for the moment. Probably better not to put the strain on Dotty making her transform so soon after the previous one. Plus, this might give the ghostly Org a better opportunity to study his form and function if he didn't also have to focus on keeping himself safe. "Alright, sit there and watch, but if one of those statues gets too close, put the mask on to protect him." Dotty sat down and watched the battle start to unfold. Freckles sat next to her and barked his adorable high pitched bark at them.

"Is that strange pet something like Thunderbolt?" Freckles asked her between barking "And that would make you Lil' Lightning." Dotty looked almost horrified at the drawn parallels.

"UNCLE FRECKLES, ARE YOU BLIND?! THAT'S CLEARLY HAN THE HANDSOME!!!"

"Well, obviously you aren't being that you're pets, but he does act a lot like ol' Thunder." The puppy responded.

"Uncle Freckles, how many times have i told you, nobody watches your old Black and White shows anymore!"

"Never, this is the first time we've met." Freckles responded.

"Wait, you don't remember me?!" A small tear rolled down her face. "But i was your favourite!" She then realized something. "Unless..." Zen-Aku watched the gears in her head grind together, before quickly hyper fixating on Taivas, to try and block out the inevitable reference to- "Episode 71! Twisted Terror of the Time Terrier! Like when Han doesn't recognize Poodlewolf because he goes back before they even met!" She looked up at Zen-Aku with a beaming smile "That's why Han doesn't recognize us! We went back in time! He always said he didn't want to say his name before he was Han, Taivus must be his REAL name!!! Dylon's gonna be so jealous that i know something he doesnt!" She laughed maniacally as if suddenly the deepest knowledges of the unknown universe had been made clear to her.

As shadowy arrows flew toward one of the statues, there was a light that glowed on its chest with a symbol of an arrow. However, before they connected, the statue blurred, and in a flash, switched places with another statue, this one having a symbol of a magical scepter on its chest. In fact, that was the very weapon it held in one hand, a large staff-like scepter. The statue now standing in the way of the attack raised its hand, as if to catch the arrows, absorbing the magic into its arm, before turning to Taivas to fire it right back at him.

The other statue that Taivas moved to attack directly had the symbol of a sword on its chest, and considering they seemed capable of swapping places, this one must ahve been content with its opponent, as it raised its sword to parry his keyblade, locking the blade with him, intent on holding him in place as his magic was deflected back at him by the other statue.

Not that Taivas could know, but he had chosen his opponents, as all the other statues stood and watched, as if prepared to step in only if necessary. But by attacking two of them, two had attacked him. Not that the one with the sword seemed particularly interested in waiting to be picked as a target, as it was the one initially moving in to attack on its own.

Slow though the statue was, it pushed back against him with incredible power, breaking the connection of their weapons to shove Taivas back, so that he slid away. It held its sword up, pointed at him as it took on a prepared stance, taking one step at a time toward him.

Just then... there was a flash of light from up the stairs, and voices that followed.

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Taivas

Tavias pushed his foot forward, trying to overtake the statue. But it was much more challenging than it looked. It was obvious to him these statues were under some powerful spell. “Tsk, bastard.” He cursed under his breath while applying more body weight to his attack. His hands and arms became quickly consumed by the shadowy mist that had appeared before. "If you guys can switch places to negate the damage, let’s see if you can survive a black hole.” Pushing away from the statue by kicking it. One hand was held high up in the air as the shadow was forming into a ball in his hand.

The ball was slowly becoming larger and larger. The light in the room started to dissipate and dim. The room was quickly filled with the sudden feeling of foreboding. But Tavias’ attack slowly disappeared when he noticed the light coming from above a flight of stairs. “What the hell is that?” He said softly, looking back at the statue. His ears tried to listen carefully to the voices that were speaking. Two males and one female were having a conversation. Tavias tried to focus on recognizing the voices, but he couldn’t remember them. “Follow me, Dotty; whoever controls these statues is up there. Maybe we can get them to deactivate these things.” He said, standing between the statues and Dotty. Looking back to make sure she was still holding onto the puppy. Tavias slowly started moving backwards towards the light. His keyblade was held in front of him in cause they tried to attack them.

Lucian looked down when Morgan asked where everyone else was. “I… don’t know,” he admitted quietly. “Zac got some of us onto his ship and we escaped, but… we couldn’t save everyone… Alias, Hoshi, and uh… well you? Stayed behind…” He swallowed, then quickly added “But they’re tough. I’m holding on to the hope that they’re out there, somewhere.”

When Merlin asked what world he came from, Lucian quickly responded with. “Destiny Islands. Up until today, it’s the only world I’ve ever known…” He rubbed the back of his head.

Lucian was hopeful when Merlin said he had a book that might have answers. And followed him down the stairs.

Dotty got up as she was told, holding Freckles with his paws on her shoulder, with her hand supporting his backside. "Absolutely!" She chirped with a stiffled giggled. "Taivas!" She continued to hold back the excited giggle as she said his name, thoroughly convinced that her insane theories were indisputable facts. She started running up the stairs towards the light, then running into the boy, the girl and the wizard. "YOU'RE THE WIZARD POODLEWOLF AND TAIVAS NEED TO TALK TO!!!" She yelled at the old man, accusatorily.

"Is that really a wizard?" Freckles asked, sheepishly. She then pulled him from her shoulder and held him up to look at Merlin, as if pointing a gun at him.

"Big pointy hat, long white beard, glasses, yup, definitely a wizard." She replied to the puppy. She then looked the other 2 up and down. "Hmmmm..."

"There's something bout teenagers with attitude that is getting under my skin..." Zen-Aku growled. "Be prepared to give me control." Dotty turned to the invisible spirit.

"Nah, it's a wizard, they're always helpful. So, what did you want to ask him?" She asked. Zen-Aku stood and thought for a second, so many questions, but now wasn't really the time.

"Ask him to help us with he monsters downstairs." He replied. She gave him the thumbs up.

"There are weird killer statues downstairs, Poodlewolf asks if you can help us?" She asked the wizard.

"Manners" Both Zen-Aku and Freckles replied at the same time.

"Mother says to always ask nicely and remember please and thank you." The puppy replied. Dotty rolled her head around her shoulders, clearly annoyed by being told off by the pair of them.

"Ok, Uncle Freckles." She then put Freckles down on the stairs and curtsied, holding her skirt wide as she bowed "Please?" She asked, politely this time.

Merlin lead Morgan and Lucian into what looked like a broom closet. He motioned them both inside, before squeezing in himself, and then he said a few words even Morgan didn't understand, and there was a flash of light, and the door flung itself open. Merlin stepped out, and they were now in a completely different place! In fact it was rather dark, and so with a wave of his wand, torches lit up down the hall, and toward the stairs.

"Come come, this way... I'm sure the book should be downstairs somewhere, guarded, by..." He heard quite a bit more noise than he expected from his own home, considering nobody else was supposed to be here. "What in the blazes... did I leave the door unlocked again? Confound it I need to put an automatic lock on that thing." He went marching down the stairs to see what all the fuss was about, when he nearly jumped out of his own skin as someone came running right back up at him. He raised a wand, ready to turn them into... a weasel, was the first thing that came to mind. However, he saw someone behind them as well, and as soon as Taivas came into view, holding a Keyblade, Merlin's eyes went wide.

"Oh my, quite the eventful day isn't it. Here I was about to turn you into something quite strange and send you on your way to start a new life in the wilderness." He gave a hearty laugh, before he reached out, giving the puppy, and then Dotty a pat on the head. "Alright, let's go fix this little misunderstanding. But I trust you will know better in the future than to waltz right into a Wizard's home uninvited."

Walking down the stairs, he raised his wand, and said "Alright everybody, very well done, but it's just a misunderstanding. Back to your pedestals." And with that, the statues paused for a moment, before turning to their pedestals and walking back to them, taking on the poses they had first been in when Taivas and Dotty first entered, although... the one that had given Taivas the most trouble, the one with the sword, seemed to keep its head turned toward the group for some reason.

"There we are, now, what brings the two, three, er, however many of you to my home?" Merlin said, though before they could answer, he said "Ah right, the book." and wandered off to the bookshelf that had been toppled over. "What a mess, would you mind assisting me?" Sure he could have fixed it with magic... but Taivas had to fix his mistake himself.

About that time, Morgan came down the stairs, and she was about to say something to Taivas, happy to see someone else who had survived the island. But before she could say anything, in an instant, every statue in the room dropped down onto a knee, bowing their heads toward her... just a little dramatic.

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Taivas

Tavias turned around and looked surprised, seeing Lucian and Morgan standing beside the wizard. He seemed surprised that the two survived fighting that giant shadow creature. But he was somewhat glad they made it out alive. The blonde man smiled, putting his keyblade away. “So you guys got out okay. What happened to the others? Are they with ya?” Taivas said before looking over at Merlin. “Sure, whatever gramps.” He scolded him while begrudgingly helping Merlin clean up the mess downstairs. It wasn’t his fault; he was just looking for some answers, and he wasn’t looking for a fight.

While helping the old man clean up, he stopped to ask him a question. “Well, I’m here looking for my friends, and I was told you might be able to help. Have you seen any of these people?” Taivas took off the locket from around his neck. Handing it over to Merlin. He hoped the old man had seen or met one of them and could be told where they went.

He looked at the statues that were bowing towards Morgan. “Why are they doing that? That's weird.” He thought, rubbing the back of his neck.

Alias and Alice found themselves following the trail of the White Rabbit into a forest. They eventually lost track of him and took a break in a clearing to see if they could figure out where he had gone.

"Oh. Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit!" Alice cried out. "I could've sworn he went this way. Do you suppose he could be hiding?"

Unbeknownst to them two mysterious figures were hiding behind them. "I doubt it." Alias replied. "What would he be hiding from?"

"Me, of course." Alice replied spritely.

"Why are you chasing him anyway?" Alias asked.

"It's not polite to chase people!" Two colorful and stoutly men yelled out as they jumped from behind the bushes. "Even little white rabbits too!"

Alice was startled and jumped behind Alias. "Wait. You saw Mr. Rabbit? And I'm not 'chasing' him, chasing him. I'm trying to find out where he's going in such a hurry."

"This reminds me of a story." The one with a collar labeled 'Tweedle Dee' said.

"Ooh. I love stories. But we can't tell a story without introducing ourselves." The one with a collar labeled 'Tweedle Dum' said.

"Ooh. You're right, my brother. You see, we're the Tweedles. I'm Dee."

"And I'm Dum."

"Your name is Dumb?" Alias asked. "Your parents must've hated you."

"Our parents are very lovely and love me. It's Dum, you dumb dumb."

"Dum, you can't be calling people dumb. Even if they are dumb." Dee said trying to calm his brother, but he didn't appreciate Alias' words either.

Suddenly a dark and yellow-eyed raven perched atop a tree in the clearing. He squawked out before speaking. "A couple of dumb dumbs. Won't even fight for your family's honor." Interesting. He seemed to be able to speak in this land of wonder. Perhaps he and his Mistress could overthrow this world's incompetent Queen and rule here. Dark magic flowed with his words entering the ears of the Tweedles to corrupt them with darkness and anger.

The Tweedles were surrounded by dark shadows, the shadows were then absorbed into their bodies to corrupt their hearts. "Um... Alias?" Alice asked nervously.

"Don't worry. I'll protect you. Run, find the rabbit. I'll catch up with you." Alias said, conjuring his keyblade and getting in a defensive position.

There was that mysterious blade again. Whenever Alice looked at it whatever fear threatened to consume her melted away. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. "Good luck, my knight. Thank you." She said before running off into the forest.

Alias was startled by the kiss and almost missed one of the Tweedles rolling towards him like a bowling ball. He swung his keyblade to send him back, but didn't have enough time and space for a proper follow through. He barely pushed the rolling Tweedle back. "Wait! I'm sorry!" But he wasn't hearing it. He rolled backwards to boost his momentum before rolling towards Alias again.

This time Alias was prepared. He calculated how fast he was moving. This reminded him of his time back on Destiny Islands. He missed home so much. You see, not everyone on the island fought with wooden swords or any other practical weapon. There were a few loose cannons with arms matching their descriptions. They threw super fast volleyballs at their opponents. One good hit from one would have you seeing Paopu Fruit. He leapt into the air as the giant Tweedle Ball approached. Once the Tweedle was under him he slammed down on it with his keyblade using his force and momentum to counter his, bringing them to a stop. The two fell to the floor with Alias on top of him. He looked at his collar to read, 'Tweedle Dee'. The shadows released their control over Dee, leaving Alias grateful for that. He didn't want to have to really hurt him. "I'm sorry about what I said. Your parents love you and your brother. Where is he?" Dee was conscious, but was still a bit too dizzy to answer.

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Alice was seeing light once again. She was about to exit the forest and was seeing a nice two story house. Could that be Mr. Rabbit's? Before her question could be answered she heard the sound of twigs being broken behind her. She turned around to see one of the Tweedles charging straight towards her. She's heard of raining men, but she didn't think there were rolling ones too. She wished Alias were here. He'd be able to protect her.

No. Since when did she wait to be protected? This world was even changing her. Dinah would be so disappointed in her. She faced the rolling Tweedle confidently and extended her right arm and put up her palm. "You stop right there!" Suddenly a bright light appeared emanating from her chest. She didn't have time to think about what it was. It was from her. It was going to protect her. A shield of light projected from her hand.

Tweedle Dum crashed right into the shield, but instead of being hurt by it, he was simply stopped. The darkness that corrupted him was purged from his heart and body, but that wasn't enough. Alice's light fully eradicated the darkness. She extended her arm out to the Tweedle. "Are you okay, Mr. Dum?" She asked reading his name on his collar.

Lucian followed Merlin into the small broom closet, exchanging a confused glance with Morgan before the wizard spoke a few words and the space around them shifted in a flash of light. The next moment, they were somewhere else entirely. A dark hall, lit by torches as Merlin waved his wand.

Lucian’s eyes looked around the mysterious space. He stuck close to Morgan as Merlin muttered something about an unlocked door and marched down the stairs. Lucian’s hand instinctively went to his Keyblade, ready for whatever chaos awaited.

When they reached the commotion downstairs, Lucian’s attention was drawn to the other group present—Tavias, a young woman who looked equally out of place, and statues waiting to attack them. Once Merlin that up, Lucian answered Tavias’ question. “Well, Zac brought me here. But I don’t know where the others are.”

The statues dropped to one knee before Morgan, Lucian glanced at her, then back at the statues, raising an eyebrow in confusion. It probably had something to do with Morgan’s royal status that he just found out about today. He had seen a lot of strange stuff today, but this was a bit much.

Zen-Aku was slightly perturbed by the fact that the wizard pointed his wand at the child and her puppy, clearly with some form of malicious intent, but quickly realized that it was a reflex. This wizard was clearly trained in battle to react in such a way. Meanwhile, Dotty seemed to huff up and get angry as the Wizard told her he planned to turn her into something else. "OI, YOU GREAT-" But was immediately stopped in her tracks as the wizard petted her on the head and that good doggy instinct in her immediately was set off. She had never actually been petted on he head before. 101 Dalmatian Street didn't have any humans and the only time she really interacted with them was during walkies in which she was usually one of the swarm. Dalmatian Puppies such as herself had a very powerful Mob Mentality instinct when they were gathered in one place. She followed them down the stairs and watched as Merlin ordered the statues to return to their pedestals. As Taivas began talking to the others, it suddenly occured to her. The statues kneeling before this one and another friend making themselves known. She turned to Zen-Aku with an immense, super-excited smile on her face.

"No..." He said, waving a finger at her. "Don't you dare.

"BUT THEY'RE YOUR BESTIES!!!" She screamed at the invisible entity.

"I have never met these people bef-" But before he could stop her, she put Freckles down and pulled out the mask. "DOTTY N-" But he was powerless to stop her.

"HEROIC SPIRIT OF POODLEWOLF! FILL ME WITH ABSOLUTE POWER!!!" She yelled, before slapping the mask on her face and being engulfed in the tornado of black, evil magics that warped and transformed her body until now Zen-Aku stood, the powerful Wolf Duke Org. Immediately, he turned to the now invisible form of Dotty and growled at her

"DOTTY!!! MY MASK AND POWER ARE NOT TOYS TO BE TRIFLED WITH!" He turned to the others. "I want to apologize for Dotty. Her imagination is wild and unchecked and she has very little understanding or respect for the power that has bonded us together. I am Zen-Aku." He said, politely. He then looked at the statues as Taivas asked why they did that "They have some kind of fealty recognition. My guess is that they recognize you as a creator or someone they are specifically programmed to defend. I don't quite recognize the magics that animate them though." He replied. He then walked to Merlin and got down on a knee, bowing in respect to him. "Wizard, i would please speak with you. I have many questions and i believe someone with your magical prowess might be able to assist me in finding the answers."

"Omigoshomigoshomigosh!!!!" Dotty giggled. "Itsjustlikeepisode33whenPoodlewolflosthismemoryandalmostsigneduptoworkforLordFurball- Zen-Aku's eye twitched a little as the hyperactive spirit began launching into another badly described plot of her favourite show.

Listening to each person one at a time, he chose to answer Zen-Aku first, as he was the one Merlin understood best. "Oh there is nothing to apologize for, I understand having to hear it all nonstop could be quite stressful. But the youthful very rarely understand the powers they are gifted with. Why, Morgan there used to be much the same, thinking magic was something for trickery and fun. Perhaps my own fault, why I was just saying to young Lucian here a short while ago that my own magic is a bit, unique, and doesn't often give the best impression of the incredible power magic can be." And after he gave his idea on the statues, Merlin simply said "Quite right you are. These statues were created in the image of the greatest Knights of the Court of Camelot, known as the Knights of the Round Table. They may just be statues, but they hold some portion of the personalities the original Knights had. So it is only natural they kneel to their Princess. And not just her." He looked to Lucian as he said "They show respect to you as well my boy. Royalty is Royalty after all."

Morgan wasn't sure how to respond to the whole thing, a bit awkward as she had no memories of being any sort of royalty, and here a bunch of statues were kneeling to her. She made an awkward gesture as her face was turning red, and fortunately the statues understood it to mean their 'performance' was unnecessary, and so, all the statues stood again, and took their places as actual statues again. That except for one, the one with the sword that still kept its head turned as if watching them. With a long sigh of relief that it was over, she let the others talk as she walked around, inspecting each of the statues one at a time. She figured she should have some familiarity with each of them, and as she read off their names, she felt, something at least. It was almost like she could pick out a single trait that, at least in her mind, defined each of the names she saw. There was Sir Bedivere, which Morgan associated with loyalty. Sir Galahad, which she imagined as entirely pure. Sir Gawain... who she got some sort of an overly serious feeling from. She passed by other statues one by one, until she reached the one with the sword, that had been watching her the entire time. She read the statue's Pedestal, 'Sir Lancelot', and a whole wave of feelings she didn't understand washed over her.

Merlin of course was being absolutely ACCOSTED with questions... which was actually normal for him. He motioned for Zek-Aku to stand, as he said "Yes yes, everybody needs the help of the Wizard. Let's take things one step at a time here. First I promised aid to the young Prince there." He watched as the shelf was put back in place, and the books were being returned to it, motioning for Taivas to hand him one of them as he picked it up. "This should be the one I'm looking for." He dusted it off, and handed it to Lucian. "This book was gifted to me by King Mickey. Most just call him 'The King' but it's a silly title, there are many Kings here and there." The book was titled 'Of Hearts and Light', and wasn't the heaviest of books. "That should explain many of the questions you have, but as for anything about your own origins, I'm afraid I cannot say. I am sure you will learn much about yourself on the journey ahead of you. What you need to know, is that no matter what you learn about yourself, you are still you. Finding out you are a Prince doesn't change who you are. In the grand scheme of things, important, not important, it doesn't matter. Who you are is something you yourself decide, so long as you stay true to your heart."

Once that was said and done, he turned to Taivas next, as he opened the locket and adjusted his glasses before nodding. "Why yes, I have seen them, where was it, let me think..." He had a moment to think before he let out a short "Aha." Closing the locket and handing it back to Taivas. "A curious duo, I can't recall every detail of our meeting, but I do recall they took interest in the mention of a world of Heroes and Gods, and set off to a place called Olympus. I'm afraid beyond that, I couldn't say what they did or what became of them. The path to Olympus has been shrouded for some time now. If you are to go searching for them, you may find yourself having to visit other worlds in the meantime to open the path."

Then finally, he turned back to Zen-Aku. "And now for you, tell me of these, many questions you have. I will do what I can to help, but just know I don't have all the answers in the universe."