Brody's POV

"Tell me what happened" Leon said as we had returned to Traverse Town and we were in the house in the third district and Sora and I explained to Leon what happened "So the darkness is flowing out of that keyhole..." Leon said "No wonder there are more and more heartless everywhere" Aerith said "The only way to stop them is--" She said "Seal the keyhole. Right?" Sora asks "Maybe. But no one knows what will happen once it's sealed" Leon said "Well, we can't just stay here. We have to do something" I said "I've got a friend back there" Sora said "That's right" Leon said "You have one more friend to worry about" He said "Riku's keyblade must have been born of the captive princesses' hearts--" He said "just like that keyhole you saw" He said "Of course, without Kairi's heart, it remained incomplete" He said "Once that keyblade was destroyed, the princesses' hearts should have been freed" He said "Don't worry Sora" He said "If anyone can save your friend, you and Brody can" He said and we nodded.

Before going back to Hollow Bastion, we have gathered all the torn pages for Merlin's book so Sora and I decided to go return them but only one person can enter the book and Sora suggested I went in and so I did.

When I was in the book I went to an empty meadow and I saw a yellow bear wearing a red shirt sitting on a log and I walked over and sat next to him "Think, think, think, think" The bear said "Hi there. What's wrong?" I asked "Nothing. Just thinking" The bear said "Oh" I said "I was thinking of how to say goodbye to Pooh" The bear said "Pooh?" I asked "Yes?" Pooh asks "Wait a second. You're Pooh?" I asked "Yes, I'm Winnie the Pooh. Pooh for short. Who are you?  Pooh asks "I'm Brody" I said "Oh. Hello, Brody. Have you come to say goodbye to Pooh, too?" Pooh asks "Well, no. Why would I do that Pooh? We just met" I said "Because everyone's gone away" Pooh said "What do you mean?" I asked "Well, we all lived here in the Hundred Acre Wood" Pooh said "And we'd take walks together or play Pooh sticks..." He said "And every day, I'd eat some honey" He said "Just one small smackeral would taste very good roght now" He said "But now everyone's gone" He said "All my friends, and my favorite Hunny Tree too" He said "Everyone must've gone away while I was napping, I think..." He said "So, who knows? Maybe I shall end up going away somewhere as well" He said jumping off the log "But I wonder, how do I say goodbye to myself?" He asks "Think, think, think" He said "Oh, my tumbly is getting rather rumbly" He said and walks away and I do the same.

Back in the book I see a new page restored showing a a tree being used as a house with an odd sign so I went in knocked on the door of said house going inside to find Pooh "Oh, bother. There's no more honey left" Pooh said "If only the Hunny Tree would visit... Then I could eat my fill" He said and left and I did too and I run into an owl "Let me guess: You'd like to know what happens mext" Owl said "Unfortunately, some of the pages are missing, so I can't tell you yet" He said "The pages are scattered over many worlds. Would you find them for us?" He asks and flies away and I decided to try something and went to the book.

And like I suspected a new area was now restored and I see a tall, curious tree buzzing with bees so I go in.

"Hello, i-is anyone there?" Someone asked and I look down to see a little pig stepping out from a log looking around "Wh-Wh-What am I to do? I'm all alone" He said "Pooh? Pooh? Where are you? It's me, Piglet" He said and gasps when he spots me and runs off and hides behind the nig tree ocassionally peaking out to look so I decided to go the other way around "Oh dear! I was j-just...N-Never mind. I'm sorry!" He said nervous and I crouch causing him to cover his eyes "Don't be scared. You're looking for Pooh, right?" I asked "You know Pooh?" He asks amd sighs in relief "Oh, y-you see, I-I have something for him" He said "I have to take it to Pooh right away!" He said and as on point Pooh arrived here and we walked to him "Oh, I believe I smell a delicious something--a something like honey!" Pooh said "Pooh!" Piglet said "Hello, Piglet. How have you been?" Pooh asks "Oh, I-I'm so glad to see you. I thought you'd be gone away" Piglet said "I brought wh-what you asked for" He said giving him a blue ballon "Thank you, Piglet. Now I can finally have some honey" Pooh said "Really? B-But how?" Piglet asks "I shall hold on to the balloon, and fly like a bee up the Hunny Tree, see" Pooh said "But if you take their honey, won't the bees be angry?" Piglet asks "Hmm....Oh!" Pooh said looking at me "If you could only chase away those bees, I'm quite certain I could get a small morsel of honey" Pooh said "Would you help me get some honey?" He asks "Sure" I said and Owl landed on a tree branch "Oh. Hello there, Owl" Pooh said "Good day, Pooh. What are you doing?" Owl asks "Using a balloon to get some honey? Splendid idea!" He said "Allow me to offer a few pointers" He said "Ahem! Now, Pooh can get honey by floating up this tree with his balloon" He said "The honey is inside the tree hollows, not the beehives you see here" He said "There's quote a lot of honey in these holes" He said "If Pooh gets too close, the bees will come out to protect their money" He said "If they get to Pooh, they'll pop his balloon. Lock onto the bees and swat them away" He said "The more time Pooh has at each hollow, the more honey he can eat. There's more honey higher up, too" He said "Good luck" He said flying away.

*One minigame Later*

"It is rather funny what I will do for honey" Pooh said eating honey from the tree and when he came down I left the area and find the next part of the book restored a broad expanse of vegetable fields and I go in.

I went around the house to find Piglet and Pooh, Pooh looking throgh a hole with a sign above reading Rabbit's howse "Look, Rabbit's house c-came back! But it looks like Rabbit isn't home" Piglet said "Pooh's been calling and calling, but the house says no one's there" He said 'Oh dear...' I thought so I go to the front of the house and enter through the door "Who is this person named Nobody?" I hear Pooh ask "Nobody, have you seen Rabbit?" He asks "No! No Rabbit here! There's no one here!" Rabbit said and sighs as Pooh entered through the hole along with Piglet "Hello, Rabbit!" Pooh said "Why, P-Pooh. What a pleasant suprise..." Rabbit said "Nice to see you, too, Piglet. And..." He said and looked at me "Is this a new friend?" He asks "P-Pooh, I'm sorry, but..." He said "I'm all out of honey at the moment" He said and I looked up to see honey pots on a branch almost hidden "H-Honey? Now, how did that get up there" Rabbit said "Would you like some Pooh? Don't feel you have to, of course" He said "Oh, thank you, Rabbit" Pooh said "I would like just a small smackeral. I'm quite hungry" He said and then started eating "You're not eating the whole pot, are you?" Rabbit asks and Pooh keeps eating "Once you start, there's mo stopping you, is there...." He said and Pooh kept eating so I left the house and was on my way to leave the area when "H-Help! Please help Pooh!" Piglet said running over to me and tripped and I went with him back to Rabbit's house and Pooh was stuck in the hole 'Just how much did he ate?' I thought and went out the house and the other side to talk to Pooh "Pooh are you okay?" I asked "Yeah but oh, how will I eat honey if I'm stuck here?" Pooh asks "When it's lunch time, perhaps you could bring me a honey jar" He said and Rabbit runs over to us "No honey 'til you're unstuck!" Rabbit said "If Pooh doesn't slim down, my house will stay plugged up forever!" He said "If only there were something we could do..." He said "Wait, I know! A bit of carrot top juice will do the trick!" He said "I have a carrot patch on the other side of the stream" He said "Oh no!" He said lookimg at his patch running over and I follow and see a tiger? Bouncing on his tail over here breaking the small bridge in the process and then pounced me to the grand staying ontop of me "Hey there! Name's Tigger! T-I-double-guh-RR. That spells Tigger!" Tigger said "Well, now! I don't think I've ever seen you before!" He said "Hello, Tigger. You've just bounced my new friend Brody" Pooh said "Hey, Pooh! Say, you're lookin' mighty uncomfy today" Tigger said "Is that some new exercise? Why, bouncin' around is a lot more fun" He said bouncing off me and I get up "Wh-why do you bounce around so much, Tigger?" I asked "Why? 'Cause bouncin' is what Tiggers do best!" Tigger said "Speaking of which, my bouncin' spot has gone and disappeared!" He said "So for now, this'll be my new bouncin' ground" He said and go bounce in the farm "Tigger's bouncing will ruin my vegetables!" Rabbit said "And if we don't give Pooh some carrot top juice, he'll be stuck forever" He said "Please help me! Keep Tigger away from my carrots!" He said "This is quite a fix. But I have just the solution. Pay attention, now" Owl said flying above us "Brody, you'll have to protect this carrot patch" He said "If Tigger bounces on a carrot twice, it'll be buried" He said "Protect the carrots from Tigger's bounces and you'll receive points" He said "How you ask? It's elementary!" He said "Simply get to the carrots before Tigger lands on them" He said "There are fifteen carrots hete. Your score depends on how many you save, and how many times you block Tigger" He said "Well, Good luck!" He said.

*Another Minigame Later*

"What's going on? Nobody keeps up with Tiggers!" Tigger said "Maybe there's somethin' wrong with my tail..." He said and jumps away "Thank you so much" Rabbit said "Now I'd better make that carrot top juice" He said "I'll get the carrots, so please wait inside the house" He said and I nodded going inside Rabbit's house.

"Oh what a day! I gave Pooh the carrot top juice" Rabbit said entering later "All we have to do now is push him out" He said and I run at Pooh and push him sending him flying out and into pots of honey and vegetables "First my vegetable patch and now this..." Rabbit said and I look down rubbing the back of my neck awkwardly "Oh, bother. Where am I? It's ever so dark in here" Pooh said with a pot stuck on his head "Well, it isn't so bad, I suppose. There is plenty of honey" He said.

*Later*

I went to an area with a swing that hangs from a stout tree "Look, Pooh. Something is floating this way" Piglet said as the two where on a bridge "I think you're right, Piglet. What could it be?" Pooh asks and I look to see a donkey just floating in the water as it carries him around "Why, it looks like Eeyore! Hello, Eeyore, if it is you" Pooh said "Hello, Pooh. Yes, it's me" Eeyore said "Could you pull me out? That is, if it's not too much trouble" He said "Of course you don't have to if you don't want to" He said so I went over and pulled him out of the water "Thank you, Pooh. Thank you, other you" Eeyore said "You know, floating along out there, it seemed like something was missing...." He said "And something's still missing" He said "Why, Eeyore's tail is gone!" Piglet said "Is that what's missing?" He asks "Let's see... Yep, lost it again. Wonder where it went this time" Eeyore said "It's not much of a tail, though I'm sort of attachednto it" He said "But I don't know why anybody'd look for it. Probably won't find it anyway....." He said "Brody, why don't we all look for Eeyore's tail?" Pooh asks and I nodded "Lost something?" Owl asks flying over "Searching from a high place is the quickest way to find it!" He said "Owl, can you fly up high and help us find Eeyore's tail?" I asked "Sorry, but my eyes aren't what they used to be. Too much reading, you know" Owl said "But I can offer good advice!" He said "Of course, you don't have to if you don't want to" He said "See that swing up there? Take Pooh there" He said "You're a bit too big for the swing, but Pooh should fit nicely" He said "I'll tell you more when you get there" He said flying there and I took Pooh there.

"Here's what to do" Owl said as Pooh got in the swing "First, get ready to push" he said "How?" I asked "Like this" Owl said making the motion with his wing and I copied it "How's this?" I asked "Not bad, not bad! Here's the next step" Owl said "If you time it right, Pooh will swing higher and higher. Try it!" He said "I'll help you with the timing. Push when I spread my wings" He said and I did eventually sending Pooh flying off the swing and landing into the sticks that where Eeyore's house "Hm? That looks familiar..." Eeyore said seeing a tail so I quickly go over to them.

"How's it looking?" Pooh asked me as I put Eeyore's tail back where it belong-I can't believe how I'm just accepting the stuff I'm getting into "There we go" I said standing up "It's not much if a tail, but it's mine" Eeyore said "Thanks everyone" He said "I wish we could put the Hundred Acre Wood back the way it was, too!" Pooh said and after everything was done here I left the area to restore the next page of the book which showed an area of a clearing crowded with tree stumps so I went in.

When I entered I saw Tigger on a seesaw with a little kangaroo so I walk over to them "This here is my bouncin' spot! We can bounce around here all day!" Tigger said "Nothing beats bouncin'!" The kangaroo said "You wanna bounce, too, Brody? It's lotsa fun!" Tigger said "Okay" I said nodding To bounce with the finest, you'll need some pointers from the finest" He said and as if on cue, Owl flied over and landed in the middle of the seesaw "But, Owl, you don't bounce around like we do!" The little kangaroo said "I'm afraid you're right. I can't master everything, I suppose" Owl said and flies off "Bounce this way, please!" Tigger said bouncing onto a tree stump and the little kangaroo did the same and I followed them "Here's a little warm-up" Tigger said as he and the little kangaroo bounce on four tree stumps up to a small cliff and then I did the same. I then did it two other times getting more advanced.

"You've gotten mighty good at bouncin', Brody!" Tigger said "Right Roo?" He asks the little kangaroo "Hey, Tigger! I think he's ready for the big one!" Roo said "Well there's only one way to find out!" Tigger said jumping into the big pot in the middle of the area.

*One minigame later*

After I whack nuts back at the pot I shatter it and after playing on the seesaw with them I decided to leave this area.

Another page and seems like final one revealing a winding, muddy path so I head in.

When I arrived I saw Pooh walking in a circle in a muddy path following his footprints so I walked over to him "What are you doing, Pooh?" Brody asks "Shh. Quiet, or they'll get away!" Pooh said "Who?" I asked "The people who took everyone away. See their footprints?" Pooh asks referring to his footprints "We were all sticking together to make sure no one got lost again" He said "But then, I saw some footprints that needed following. So I did" He said "Suddenly, everyone was gone. Bad people must have taken them away!" He said "Actually, Pooh, I think those footprints are....Um..." I said "Anyway, I'll help you look for your friends" I said.

*A long search for everyone later*

Once We found everyone it was night so we went to the hill with the swing and we all sat on the grass "I'm so glad we're all together again" Piglet said "I didn't know what to do when I was all alone" He said "Aw, Piglet, you gotta be brave" Tigger said "You weren't lonely at all?" Piglet asks "Lonely? Are you kiddin'?" Tigger asks "I'm a Tigger!" He said "The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one" He said "But I do admit, friends are awfully fun, too!" He said "Think, think, think" Pooh said and I look over at him "Hey, Pooh, what are you thinking about now?" I asked "Oh, well, I'm just thinking about what to think about" Pooh said making me chuckle "Well, I'm off" I said standing up "Brody, where are you going?" Piglet asks "I'm gonna go look for my friends. They're waiting for me" I said "Bounce on back again!" Tigger said "I hope you find your friends!" Piglet said and I jump off the small hill and start making my way out and I look over to see them looking at me from the hill so I raised my hand up waving goodbye and they do the same "Brody, don't forget... We shall always be here" Pooh said "If you'd like to visit again, that is" He said as I left and exited the book, when I did the cover of the book shows me holding Pooh's hand who holds Piglet's hand.

"How was it?" Sora asks excited "It was un" I said smiling "Now we should see Cid to see how to get back to Hollow Bastion" I said and Sora nodded and we started to head there.

*Later at the First District*

"Cid, We need to go back to Hollow Bastion" Sora said "I don't think I can let you do that, kids" Cid said "The heartless there are multiplying by the minute" He said "They'd eat your ship up" He said "Then what can we do?" I asked "Simple. Go around 'em instead of through" Cid said "Install a new navigation gummi and take a new route" He said "A new gummi? From where?" Sora asks "The secret waterway" Cid said "When I came here 9 years ago, I stored it there in case I ever needed it" He said "Never thought two kids would be the ones to use it!" He said and Sora and I decided  to head there.

Once we were there I walked to the painting in the far back with the sun drawn on it and a gummi block cimes out from the wall and grab the Navi-gummi and walk back "Let's go back and join the others" I said to Sora "We should rest up" Sora said and I nodded "One thing first" I said Yeah?" Sora asks Close your eyes" I said and Sora smiles closing his eyes and I pull something from my pocket and put it on Sora's neck "Okay you can look now" I said and Sora did and gasped smiling "For me?" He asks looking at the heartlocket "Mhm" I said "Where did you get this?" Sora asks "I um, made it myself" I said "Really?! Is it magical?" Sora asks excited making me chuckle "Well I did work some magic" I said "What? What? What?" Sora asks and I pokes his cheek "An unbreakable connection" I said and Sora smiles and hugs me tightly "I love you" Sora said "I love you too" I said smiling a bit.

*Meanwhile in the realm of darkness*

Third Person's POV

"Sora... Brody.... Kairi...." Riku said "I'm sorry..." He said "Is this the afterworld?" He asks "I'm not ready. Not yet" He said panting "Not until I see Sora, Brody and Kairi one last time" He said "Riku, can you hear me?" A voice ask "I'll be there soon" He said "Who is that?" Riku asks "I have the other keyblade-" The voice said "the one that belongs to this world" He said "I've been trying to get through to you. But the darkness in your heart kept me away" He said "Who are you? What's happened to me?" Riku asks "Your heart won the battle against darkness, but it was too late for your body" The voice said "That's why you're here-in this place of darkness where hearts are gathered" He said "So what do I do?" Riku asks "The door of Darkness will open soon, but it's a door we can't enter" The voice said "It has to be closed from both sides. To do this, you need two keys and two hearts" He said "Maybe you're here for the same reason I am. Maybe it was fate" He said "Fate, huh? You seem to know everything, don't you?" Riku asks "Then tell me: Are Sora, Brody and Kairi okay?" He asks "Don't you feel the echoes of their hearts? You already know the answer. Look inside your own heart" The voice said "Okay" Riku said smiling.

*Back at Traverse Town*

Brody's POV

"You found it? All right, I'll go fix up your ship" Cid said and left. Soon enough he came back "All set! You can get going any time" He said "Kids, I gotta say, I wish you two didn't have to face all this danger" He said and after that we waved goodbye and went to the gummi ship and made our way to Hollow Bastion.

When we landed we found Beast as we were all away from the castle. In the spot where we first landed "Where's Belle?" Sora asks "Still in the castle" Beast said "Against her will?" Goofy asks "No, I think she stayed for a reason" Beast said "The other princesses are inside as well" He said "I wonder why?" Donald asks "Let's go ask them" I said "You may need my strenght" Beast said "I'll go with you" He said and we started to head to the castle.

We soon reached the library "Belle!" Beast said spotting her and went to her and they hug for a bit "You've come to seal the Keyhole, right?" Belle asks us "Please, be careful" She said "The darkness is raging deep inside" She said "We've been holding it back, but we can't hold out much longer" She said "We'll take care of it" I said and Sora nodded and we moved on to the Great Hall where the keyhole was and entered the Dark Depths. When we entered a Behemont heartless appeared to protect the keyhole so we got ready to fight.

We managed to defeat it easily "Now let's go and seal that big keyhole!" Goofy said "Sora. Brody. You did it" We heard Leon said from outside the room so Sora and I walked back to the great hall to find Him, Aerith and Yuffie.

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked "We came in Cid's ship" Yuffie said "This is our childhood home" Aerith said "We wanted to see it again" She said "It's in worse shape than I feared" Leon said "Don't worry" Aerith said "If we defeat Ansem, all should be restored" She said "Including your island" She said "Really?" Sora asks "But, it also means goodbye" Yuffie said "Once the worlds are restored, they'll all be separate again" Aerith said "Everyone will go back to where they came from" Yuffie said "Then We'll visit you guys with the gummi ship" Sora said "It's not that simple" Leon said "Before all this, you didn't know about other worlds, right Sora?" Yuffie asks "Because every world was isolated" Aerith said "Impassable walls divided them" She said "The heartless destroyed those walls" Yuffie said "But if the worlds return, so will the walls" She said "Which means gummi ships will be useless" Leon said "So you're saying we'll never....?" Sora asks looking down "We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other" Leon said "No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again" Aerith said "Besides, I couldn't forget you two even if I wanted to" Yuffie said "What's that supposed to nean?" Sora asks "Sora! Brody!" Donald said "Hurry! Come and close the Keyhole!" Goofy said "Sora, Brody, good luck" Leon said and we nodded and we went back to the Dark Depths and Sora and I locked the keyhole.

After that we went back to the Chapel to check on the princesses "Thank you, Sora and Brody. I think the darkness has begun to weaken" Alice said "But I can feel a powerful darkness growing somewhere far away" Jasmine said "It's the heart of the darkness. It must be where Ansem went" Aurora said "Then we'll take the gummi ship and deal with both Ansem and the Heartless" I said "A worthy answer, keyblade master" Cinderella said "Sora and Brody, your courage can bring back our worlds" Snow White said "Once the darkness is gone, all should return to its original state" Aurora said "Kairi will be back on the island?" Sora asks "Most certainly. And you two should be, too" Cinderella said "Brody and I can't go home 'til We find Riku and the king" Sora saidand after that we got onto the gummi ship for one more time.

We'll find Ansem and stops his plans once and for all.