Trickmaster

After some time the Heartless fled the scene into the forest and the guards, as well as the group, could finally breathe easily again.

"They are gone," says Nesiara as she turned around towards Alice who was still there.

"Yes, and Alice is safe," says Sora with a smile which made the other three smile as well.

"We should find out from where they came from," says Nesiara as the trio nods in agreement when the Queen of Hearts reappears from under her desk.

"Are they gone?" asks the Queen of Hearts as John looked at her angry.

"This should be proof enough that they haven't kidnapped your people but those monsters," says John to her while going towards the group.

"Are you five alright," asks John as they nod in agreement when John pets Alice's head because she reminded him of Yui.

"You remind me of my first daughter," says John with a warm smile when the Queen of Hearts hammered on her desk.

"The accused is spoken not guilty because of new evidence. The other three are also spoken not guilty for keeping us safe when they didn't need to," says the Queen of Hearts as she released the four from their charges.

"Sora, Donald, and Goofy, thank you for helping me," says Alice as she lifts her dress lightly to give a slight bow to them.

"Don't worry, you would have done the same for us," says Sora with a smile when John interrupts.

"Sora, you and the others should go after the Heartless. It will be a good exercise," says John as the trio nods when they charge into the direction the Heartless fled in.

"I hope they don't encounter any danger," says Alice worried when Nesiara smiles and pets her head like John did.

"Don't worry, they will deal with everything just fine. You will see," says Nesiara reassuring Alice.

"We should also leave and help them if necessary," says John as he looked at the Queen of Hearts.

"I hope you can protect the girl," says John as he sees a reluctant reaction from the Queen of Hearts.

"My guards will keep her safe," says the Queen as John and Nesiara looked at each other before looking at Alice.

"Alice, if something happens don't worry too much. We will find you," says Nesiara as both knew Alice's future.

"I trust your words," says Alice with a smile making John and Nesiara give her a fake smile.

"We will join Sora now. He could need our help," says John as Nesiara nods before the couple follows the trio's tracks.

They enter the forest and Nesiara says, "They should be at the entrance right now, right."

"That's right," says John when a cat appears out of nowhere.

"Now, you are some interesting folk," says the cat which was stripped in the colors of purple and pink.

"The Cheshire Cat," says John as Nesiara walked forward and picked the Cheshire Cat by its tail.

"It doesn't seem that mysterious as you always make it sound to be," says Nesiara as the Cheshire Cat was trying to free itself.

"Let me go, woman," says the Cheshire Cat out of character as it was hanging upside down like an opossum would do from a tree.

"Now if you behave like a normal cat would I will gladly let go of your tail," says Nesiara finding it funny to mess with the Cheshire Cat.

The Cheshire Cat glared at Nesiara before turning invisible when Nesiara just used a bit more strength in clenching the tail of the cat making it appear again.

"Don't clench it too hard or I will lose my tail," says the Cheshire Cat as it was in pain.

"Now how about you talk normally with is instead of in riddles and like you normally do," says Nesiara weakening her grip on the tail.

"Alright, what do you need from me?" asks the Cheshire Cat as John only sighs seeing that the in-riddles-talking cat was subdued by his wife.

"Have you seen some Dalmatians around this world?" asks Nesiara seriously since they didn't know if they collected every Dalmatian on this world.

"Have I se-," says the Cheshire Cat when Nesiara grips with more strength stopping the Cheshire Cat from talking in riddles.

"How about I take hold of one of your legs and cut your tail off as a warning," says Nesiara as she was about to grab the cat's left hind leg when the cat shakes its front legs.

"I will talk, I will talk, there are no more Dalmatians on this world. You rescued everyone that was running around the place," says the Cheshire Cat rapidly making Nesiara happy.

"Good, now how about you tell us where the boy and his partner ran off to?" asks Nesiara again knowing the answer but she wanted to find out if the cat wasn't lying.

"They went for the room with the door. I don't know more since it is dangerous at the moment even for me who can turn invisible," says the Cheshire Cat as Nesiara let go of the poor cat which landed on its feet before turning invisible.

"It seems we are done with searching Dalmatians in this world. We should find Sora and help him at the entrance if needed," says Nesiara as John nods before petting the invisible cat who was surprised that John did that out of nowhere.

"Just keep a low profile and run away before she changes her mind," whispers John to the Cheshire Cat when Nesiara turns around.

"Did you say something?" asks Nesiara as John shakes his head rapidly.

"Of course not, let's find Sora and the others like you said," says John as he passed Nesiara while the cat runs away as fast as possible when it felt Nesiara glaring at it.

They rush for the entrance where they find the trio fighting against a giant Heartless which had scissor jacks as legs and arms made out of paper it seemed while its head seemed to be made of several segments towered on each other in black and red.

Each segment has its own face making it a perfect nightmare for little children if they encountered it in the dark. The trio was fighting it quite bravely as they were focusing their attacks on its upper body showing the couple that they have a brain for battle.

They were pushing it back when suddenly more Heartless appeared out of nowhere and wanted to attack them when flames surrounded the new appearing Heartless.

Sora and the other two were surprised when they hear, "Let me take care of those little pests. You all take care of the big one."

Sora and the others nod while Nesiara was holding Omega in her hands when she rushes at the Heartless while John was making sure that nothing happens to the trio.

They were winning the fight by using the table to reach the upper body of the Heartless when it smashed its hands against the table folding it as if it was made of paper to the ground.

This caught the trio by surprise and they needed to improvise by using their surroundings when John appears in front of them and grabs Sora and Goofy by their collars while saying, "I will help you two. Just don't waste your shot."

John then throws first Goofy towards the Heartless giving his iconic scream from himself while holding his shield in front which made contact with the head of the Heartless making two segments fall out of the towering head when John looks at Sora who was excited.

John then throws Sora who pointed his Keyblade at the head of the Heartless while flying towards it. Sora pierces through the head of the Heartless and made the giant Heartless fall over when John looks at Donald.

"Use Thunder," says John as he rushes to get Sora.

Donald was in a difficult situation since he didn't want to hit Sora nor John who was sprinting in when Nesiara put her hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry, John knows what he is doing," says Nesiara as she finished dealing with the batch of Heartless that tried to ambush the trio while fighting the giant Heartless.

Donald was reassured as he uses Thunder making a field of clouds appear while lightning stroke everywhere around the area.

John was already beside Sora when one of the lightning stroke him. Sora was worried but John just smiled at him.

"Don't worry about me. I am a Lightning Man," says John as he rushed towards Goofy's position which was nearer to them.

Donald's Thunder gave the giant Heartless the rest as it was killed and a heart flew out of it. Donald was relieved that nothing happened to Sora and John when he used Thunder.

The table suddenly expanded again from the ground as they regroup in front of the talking doorknob when Sora's Keyblade pointed directly at it without the trio knowing why when the Doorknob opened his mouth while yawning making the Keyhole appear.

Then a little beam of light left the tip of the Keyblade entering the Doorknob's mouth closing the Keyhole of this world when Sora asks, "What was that?"

Donald and Goofy just lifted their shoulders not knowing what just happened when the man with the hood appears and says, "That was what Keyblade Wielder do to protect the world from falling to Darkness. They close the Keyholes on every World so the Heartless can't corrupt the World which ends with the World falling into Darkness as did your World before."

John and Nesiara looked at the man with the hood which seemed to want to teach Sora instead of hindering his progress.

"So I just saved this World?" asks Sora as the hooded man nods.

"It seems so, I hope you continue doing so. I can't be in every world," says the hooded man before disappearing again.

"Can we trust him?" asks Donald with suspicion.

"Time will tell us," says John as he then turns to the group.

"You did well in fighting the Trickmaster alone even if you needed some help in the end," says John to the trio which made them feel proud when John continues, "But you could use some needed training."

"Are you going to train us?" asks Goofy curious as he scratches the side of his head.

"Yes, but someone else will train you ad well," says John as he was thinking of hitting Olympus next so the group could get trained by Phil and the couple.

"We should say goodbye to Alice before we leave the world," says Nesiara as everyone seemed to agree with her.

They leave towards the Trial Court when they find the Card Soldiers laying around while Alice and the Queen of Hearts seemed to have disappeared.

John helped one of them before asking, "What happened?"

"Those monsters attacked again when your group left to chase them. They were more organized than in the previous attack and followed the orders of a witch with green skin," says the card soldier making John realize that even if they changed how Alice would be taken they made it worse since now they have taken the Queen of Hearts as well.

"We need to find them!" says Sora when Nesiara stops Sora.

"They aren't on this World any longer," says Nesiara as John stood up.

"We need to get going," says John cold as he was angry with himself again for thinking they could change the future of this Universe.

"If we want to save her and the others that disappeared as well as your world Sora, we need to get going and save the other worlds as the hooded man told you just a moment ago," says John again as he walked away from the Trial Court.

"What is wrong with him?" asks Donald as Nesiara knows too well what is wrong with John.

"He thought that we changed something but now we only made it worse," says Nesiara talking in riddles to them as she followed John with the trio following her.