The old man rubbed the back of his neck, thinking of how to explain why certain worlds were currently unreachable. [color=00aeef]"Unfortunately... the pathways that allow for travel between worlds have become shrouded in darkness. Many Heartless block the way, and it is no easy task to find your way through. And the further you travel, the more darkness there is. So attempting to bypass a world shrouded in darkness, well perilous does not even begin to describe it. You must travel to the nearest worlds, purge the darkness that grasps them, and then continue on to the next. This is, I'm afraid, the only way you may reach the world you seek, and though no map is permanent when it comes to the lanes between, currently Olympus is out of reach. It's no easy task to cleanse darkness from a world, but, for a wielder of the keyblade... you are destined to be entangled in the war between Dark and Light whether you want to be or not."[/color]

He nodded to Taivas, with a little [color=00aeef]"Perhaps not the answer you hoped for, but I trust you'll find your friends in time."[/color] before he turned to Zen-Aku.

[color=00aeef]"As for the question of her musical transformation? Well, that one is very easy."[/color] He pursed his lips a little and began to whistle an [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3zb1gQYnGI]eerily familiar tune.[/url] As he did so, his body seemed to shimmer and shape itself [url=https://i.imgur.com/3UfJgFB.jpeg]temporarily becoming much softer and rounder in form[/url] [color=00aeef]"When time began, there was just the inkwell and when the great pen began to create us, there was naught but silence. Then when magic blew through the cosmos, sound came with it, as did music"[/color] He looked directly at the ghostly form of Dotty. [color=00aeef]"Ummm, now blast it, what was that spell again..."[/color] He pouted. He rubbed his wand against his head. [color=00aeef]"Ah, by jove, yes, that was it. SNICK, SNACK, SNORUK!"[/color] He waved the wand, before tapping Dotty on the head. She rubbed her head, but the spell didn't seem to do anything. A faint black outline appeared around her that would be visible to everyone for a few seconds, before fading. [color=00aeef]"Yes, just as i suspected. Your curse will keep you bound to that form."[/color] He sighed.

[color=bc8dbf]"So, why did she turn back when she was singing?"[/color]

[color=00aeef]"As i said, lad, the song did it. Your curse will keep you bound to each other, but music will weaken it, even if only temporarily. A poxy little curse like that is no match for the unbridled and incorruptible power of music from the heart. Though it cannot be fully broken, its effects disappear, so long as the magic of the curse is blinded by the dazzling light of music's magic."[/color] Merlin petted her on the head. [color=00aeef]"I have a friend like you, equally displeased with the idea of being human."[/color] He laughed.

[color=6ecff6]"I just don't get how you use fingers"[/color] Dotty sighed, waggling her fingers at him. [color=6ecff6]"I just miss my paws. Like, how am i supposed to scratch behind my ear?"[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Well, my friend, why not try this one on for size."[/color] He tapped his wand on the ground a few times [color=00aeef]"ACHEM!"[/color] He cleared his throat. [color=00aeef]"Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium."[/color] He sang a few bars. [color=00aeef]"Now try it, um, loud and clear."[/color] Dotty jumped up and down, excitedly.

[color=6ecff6]"OMIGOSHIGETTODOREALMAGIC!!!"[/color] She screamed. [color=6ecff6]"Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium."[/color] She sang as one ear transformed back into he puppy form. [color=6ecff6]"Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium."[/color] She sang louder and more clearly, the child becoming slightly visible to the others. [color=6ecff6]"Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium."[/color] Singing faster and louder, her entire head transforming back into a puppy. [color=6ecff6]"Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium."[/color] Then the rest of her body as the puppy danced around. [color=6ecff6]"Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium! HIGITUS FIGITUS MIGITUS MUM! PRESTIDIGITORIUM!!!"[/color] For a moment, she became entirely visible in her puppy form, before quickly fading from view and transforming back into her human form.

[color=00aeef]"By jove, I think she's got it."[/color] Merlin laughed. [color=00aeef]"Now, just remember, music sung from the heart creates the purest of magic aligned with that heart. I daresay music from her heart creates a magic of the most pure light, because her heart is one of light. Were one of darkness to sing from their own heart, it would create magic of pure darkness. And magic born of music will radiate its light, or darkness, to the heart of others. Everyone..."[/color] He looked over toward Lucian for a moment, saying [color=00aeef]"Save for a very rare few... have both in their hearts. Light, and dark. So when a villain of darkness sings from their heart, it may swell that darkness in the hearts of others, driving good people to do bad things. Just as well, a song of light, one of hope, joy, love, may swell the light in the hearts of others, lifting their spirits, and driving them to the greatest of goods."[/color]

To end off his lecture, he said [color=00aeef]"There is little magic in all the worlds that can match the power of magic born of music. One such magic, is the very same you suffer from, curses. Powerful, dark magic that does terrible, terrible things. Never has there been a good curse... This is magic as powerful as the greatest songs sung from hearts of darkness. Those sung from light however... there are forms of White Magic that wield such levels of purity of light that even music cannot swell to. In my many, many years I have known but one to have mastered White Magic..."[/color] He looked over toward Morgan, who didn't seem to be paying attention, nor have heard what he said next. [color=00aeef]"But without her memories, I fear any knowledge of such magic is lost to her for the time being. So... if you want to break this curse of yours permanently, you will either need to find ANOTHER master of White Magic capable of shattering the curse that has been placed on you with the purest of magic... or you will need to find another way. What that other way is, I am afraid I cannot say."[/color]