Phil

They arrived at the Gummi Ship and when Sora wanted to choose the next world, John touched the Olympus Coliseum.

"Where are we going?" asks Sora as John was still angry with himself.

"We are going to a world that Cid told me about. It is the world we will train you," says John informing the group while giving them some white lie so they don't get suspicious of him and Nesiara.

The ship began to fly towards the Coliseum as Sora was shooting down the enemy while evading the incoming attacks with Donald's and Goofy's help.

They arrived at the world which has a city in the middle while a black skull which had a green glow coming from its holes was under the city, while on top of the city were clouds which seemed to have two statues standing on it.

"This is the place in which we are getting trained?" asks Sora as John nods.

"Yes, it is the best place going by Cid the Heartless in this World don't attack out of nowhere but participate in tournaments in which you will be participating in as training," says John as the trio was surprised by this revelation.

They landed and found themselves in a plaza with two big sculptures which are holding swords at each other as they guarded the entrance to the Coliseum.

"Are we at the right place?" asks Sora as John nods.

"I hope so," says John knowing that they were.

They walked forward to the entrance with the couple when Sora asks, "Who do you all think will we encounter in this world?"

"I don't know but let's hope they are friendly," says Nesiara as they reached the entrance.

"What are you going to teach us?" asks Sora as he was curious and excited about it.

"Well, we will teach each of you in different stuff since everyone has his own fortes after all. Goofy will be trained in Ki and Donald in Magic by me

while you will be trained by John how to wield a sword and a bit of Ki," says Nesiara warm as John wasn't even listening.

"It will help both of you spending some time together with you being a carefree person while John always gives himself the fault if something doesn't go as predicted," whispers Nesiara as Sora sees that John wasn't mentally there right now.

"I will try my best," says Sora with a smile as Nesiara passed her hand through Sora's hair.

"Now let us enter and find out who is inside," says Nesiara as she opened the door and they find themselves in a hall.

They walked for a bit when they find a half-man half-goat with his back to them when Sora wanted to get his attention only for him to say, "Good Timing. Give me a hand, will ya? Move the Pedestal over there for me."

The Satyr pointed at the giant block of stone which looked quite heavy while continuing, "I gotta spruce this place for the games."

Sora was confused about how to move that when John by accident leans against the pedestal moving it away revealing the Keyhole behind it.

The Keyblade appears in Sora's hand and he knew what he needed to do as he points the tip at the Keyhole before light shot out of the tip into the Keyhole closing it.

Then the Satyr turns around and asks, "What is taking you so long, Herc?"

The Satyr was now confronted with five strangers but his eyes were on Nesiara as he licks his right hand before passing it over his remaining hair to style it when he says, "Hello there, beauty."

"Say one more word and you will have that pedestal in your ass," says John as he was mentally back when the Satyr tried to flirt with his wife.

John was now holding the pedestal in one hand and the Satyr was scared shitless thinking he offended some kind of God when a young man entered the hall and finds John holding the pedestal in one corner and his Satyr Coach shitting himself in the other.

"Friend, I am sorry if Phil offended you somehow," says the young man as he touched John's upper arm trying to pull it down only to be surprised that he couldn't do it.

John turned around and knew right away who was trying to stop him. It was Hercules who was holding his arm at the moment when Hercules put his arm away and John put the pedestal down.

"If I hadn't defended her your friend might have been dead by now," says John knowing that Nesiara would have killed Phil for offending her.

"You mean this Dark Sugar could kill me," says Phil taunting when a spear tip appears at his throat.

"I would listen to him. I am the stronger one of us two," says Nesiara as she had an evil smile on her face and her eyes barely open making Phil feel a terror he never felt before.

"Why are you here?" asks Hercules as Sora now became active.

"We came here to participate in the tournament as a training," says Sora when John corrects him.

"We are here to train the trio. The tournament can wait until we are done," says John as Phil looks at John.

"The games are only for heroes. I can see the big guy and the crimson beauty participating but you three don't look like real heroes to me," says Phil criticizing the trio.

"We are real heroes," says Sora as John coughs a bit denying it.

"You still need to get training from me and Nesiara after that we can talk about us calling you, heroes," says John as Sora wanted to retort when John continues, "Do I have to remind you what happened in Wonderland that our mighty heroes needed help to get out of jail."

"It wasn't our fault that we got imprisoned," says Donald angry trying to change the subject.

"But it was our fault," says Goofy not denying the truth.

"See Goofy took the first step of being a hero. He accepted his mistake," says Nesiara as she looked at John since the words were directed at him.

John knew his wife too well and sighs while saying, "She is right. A Hero needs to know when he or she made a mistake and has to accept it. He needs to know when it is right to attack and when he needs to retreat."

John then touches Sora's shoulder and kneels down to look him in the eyes and says, "But the most important thing a Hero needs is not strength or intelligence but heart. If a hero doesn't have his heart in the right place he won't be able to surpass the hurdles life drops on his path."

"Do you understand Sora?" asks John as Hercules now wanted to change the boat and be trained by John instead of Phil because of his motivational words.

"Let me tell you this another way, a person isn't a hero just because he calls himself one. A Hero doesn't need to say that he is one since his actions speak for what he is. Only people without respect for the title throw it around as if it means nothing. And you aren't someone like that," says John as Sora seemed to understand what John wanted to say.

"Can you give me some tips as well?" asks Hercules as John stood up and looked at Hercules.

"I am sorry but I will have all hands full while training Sora, Donald, and Goofy," says John confirming Nesiara's suspicion from earlier.

"I will be training Donald and Goofy. You can train the young man if you want," says Nesiara as John seemed to feel embarrassed that he didn't listen in earlier.

"If that is so I can help you as long as it doesn't interfere with Sora's training," says John as Hercules nods when John stretches his hand out.

"I am John Crownguards. You already know the names of Sora, Donald, and Goofy. And the last person is my wife, Nesiara Crownguard. We came because a friend of mine mentioned to me that it would be a safe place to train people," says John as Hercules takes his hand.

"I am Hercules," says Hercules presenting himself for the first time.

"Good, how about you show us the way and we can begin right away," says John as Hercules nods before guiding them while Phil was angrily following them since John stole his student.

"I have a question, John," says Sora as he was right beside John.

"Yes?" asks John as he was there to answer his question while Nesiara was answering Donald's questions at the moment.

"What you meant with a hero isn't defined by his strength and intelligence but by heart is that true?" asks Sora as John nods.

"Yes, everyone can be strong or intelligent but if they don't have a strong heart to face the enemy all that strength or intelligence goes to waste. You have a strong heart, Sora. But you need now to train your strength and intelligence to be at par with the strength in your heart," says John as Sora seemed to have his answer.

"Where you like me at first?" asks Sora as John nods.

"Yes, the only thing that I inherited from my family was my height. I trained hard since I was fourteen years old to become what I am today. I might not look older than thirty but I am around my sixties already," says John making Hercules as well as the whole group trip from hearing that when they looked at Nesiara

"My how old do you think am I?" asks Nesiara as no one dared to ask seeing that smile on her face.

"She is a year younger than me," whispers John into Sora's ear knowing that Sora would join sooner or later the family.

They arrived at the arena and Phil says angry, "The Games will take place in a month. I hope to see whose student will be better yours or mine."

Then he runs off on his hoofs making Hercules smile apologetic before running after Phil to apologize when Sora asks, "What is wrong with those two?"

"Don't worry about them. Worry about yourself from today on I will train you like I trained all of my children. Be prepared Sora," says John as he was holding a wooden sword in his hand.

And with this Sora's training began under John while Donald and Goofy began their training under Nesiara.