Kingdom Hearts: Equestria Girls

As the blinding light died down, the students, healed of their half-heartless curse, gathered up at the threshold of the school's destroyed entrance to see their saviors awake after passing out from using the power that is unknown to them. The girls began to get up, except for one, who Sora ran up to and lightly shook her to wake her up.

"Twilight? Twilight?" Sora said.

Spike came up to them and licked Twilight's cheek, waking her up. Twilight held her arms out to Spike and jumped into them, the two nuzzling each other in their embrace.

Sora put a hand on Twilight's shoulder and said, "Good to have you back, Twilight."

Twilight blushed at his kind words.

"Hey!" Donald exclaimed.

Twilight and Sora turned to face him and became shocked at the sight before them: Donald was wearing his wizard's outfit, his size returned to normal, and his wings became fingers again.

Sora said, "Donald! You're back to normal! But... how?"

"I guess when my crown fell into this world, it must've corrupted any other magic that was around it." Twilight theorized.

"So THAT'S why that happened!" Donald said.

Sora chuckled, "Looks like helping Twilight helped solved that mystery, eh, Donald?"

Donald narrowed his eyes at Sora, "If we ever find Twilight's world, I'LL have the laugh." he concluded with an evil chuckle.

Sora suddenly grew nervous when Donald said that. The rest of their friends joined up with them and they looked down upon a massive smoking crater in front of the school that was created by their magic to stop Demon Sunset. Twilight and Sora stood up and walked to the edge of crater, with their friends right behind them. There, they saw a defeated Sunset Shimmer picking herself up off the ground, no longer a demon thanks to the Magic of Friendship.

"You will never have Kingdom Hearts," Twilight began, "any power you may have had in this world is gone." she gestured to the students gathering to the crater, "Tonight, you've shown everyone who you really are. You've shown them what is in your heart."

Sunset looked up at Twilight, tears dripping off her face, "I... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! I didn't know there was another way!"

"The Magic of Friendship doesn't just exist in Equestria, it's everywhere."

Pinkie jumped up and pulled Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy into a big hug, except for Applejack, Sora, and Donald, who just smiled.

"You can seek it out," Twilight's expression turned somber, "or you can forever be alone. The choice is yours."

Sunset climbed halfway out of the crater, leaning on the edge, "But... But all I've ever done since being here is drive everyone apart. I don't know the first thing about friendship."

Twilight and Sora each grabbed one of Sunset's hands and pulled her out of the giant, magic-created hole and on her feet, gesturing to their friends, "I bet they can teach you." Twilight said.

Sunset looked briefly at Sora, who just gave her a kind grin. After everything that's happened, he's smiling at me?

"Those are my girls! Whoo-hoo!" Spike cheered.

"Way to go, Sora!" Donald shouted with glee.

A guy who took notice of the two said, "Did those animals just talk? Whoa, weird."

Spike and Donald showed looks of annoyance, until Spike spoke up, "Seriously? The talking animals are the weird thing about all this?"

"You said it." Donald agreed while deadpanning.

Rarity picked up Spike and scratched him behind the ears, "I, for one, think you're adorable."

"Oh yeah." was all Spike could say.

Fluttershy then picked up Donald and petted him on his head, "I think you're adorable too, Donald."

"Ah, that's the spot." Donald said in bliss.

Twilight and Sora smiled at their animal friends, until Principal Celestia came up behind them with Twilight's crown in her hands, "I thinkthis... belongs to you." Twilight turns around and kneels, "A true princess in any world leads, not by forcing others to bow before her, but by inspiring others to stand with her." Celestia places Twilight's crown upon her head as she continued, "We have all seen that you are capable of just that. I hope you see it too, Princess Twilight."

Twilight looked up at Celestia and said, "I do."

Twilight stood up and the entire student body cheered, causing her to slightly jump in surprise.

"Would now be a completely awkward time to ask you for that dance?" Flash asked as he held his hand out to her.

Twilight turned to see his smiling face and blushed. She looked up at the moon and saw that she still has plenty of time before the portal closes. With that in mind, she reaches for his hand—

"Awkward? No. Inconvenient? Yes."

Everyone was taken aback from the sudden comment as a Corridor of Darkness appears next to the school statue and coming from it was a man with a ponytail, an eyepatch, and a black coat.

"Xigbar!" Sora shouted.

"Heh. It's Braig now, kiddo."

The former Xigbar turned his attention to Sunset Shimmer, who was hiding behind her new friends.

"Man, Kitten, you really screwed up, didn't you?" Braig sneered.

"Wait, what?" Sora asked.

"Ahh, so you haven't told them?"

"Told us what?" Twilight asked, which made Sunset tremble.

Braig chuckled, "I gave your little Kitty-cat over there every bit of information about Sora and his Keyblade, even gave her the power to control the Heartless, all to get her to deliver Sora to me."

Twilight's group broke away to see Sunset with fear plastered all over her face.

"But she went back on her end of the deal, and took his Keyblade, thinking that she could conquer Kingdom Hearts."

That got Sunset's attention, "W-What do you mean?"

Braig explained everything about X-blade, the 7 Guardians of Light, the 13 Seekers of Darkness, and how Sora was supposed to be the 13th Darkness. All of that information left Twilight, her friends, and the entire school in shock, since the latter heard the whole thing.

"Personally, I thought YOU could be the 13th Darkness as a back-up plan if this went south, but then you got blasted by those Elements of Harmony thingamajigs and lost the darkness inside you." Braig said to Sunset.

"Wait, you mean..." Sunset finally understood.

"You were NEVER gonna get Kingdom Hearts, Kitten, but luckly, you managed to wear Sora down enough for me to overpower him and drag him back myself." Braig sneered once more for good measure, "Couldn't have done it without you... sucker."

Sunset looked as if she was going to burst into tears again; she had just helped Braig reach his goal, just when she finally saw the light beyond the darkness that she built up within her for years. Her heart ached.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!"

Sunset turned to see where those words came from, and she saw Sora, standing up for her.

"Hasn't she suffered enough tonight!?"

"You can't be serious." Braig deadpanned, annoyed, "After everything you just heard, you're STILL gonna play 'The Hero' and defend that pathetic excuse for a friend?"

Sora turned to Sunset, "She apologized for what she did, and allowed friendship into her heart with me, Twilight, and her friends," he smiled, "and that's good enough for me."

Sunset just stared at him in awe, no one had ever forgiven her quickly and meant it. She didn't notice that she subconsciously said, "Sora..."

"Ignorant as always, huh?" Braig asked, "Alright then, less talking, more fighting!"

Braig summoned his Arrowguns as Sora and Donald readied their battle stances and prepared to fight.

Braig began firing pink-colored arrows at Sora, who held his Keyblade in front of him and bounced them all back at him. Braig suddenly disappeared, leaving the entire school to search frantically for him.

Rainbow looked up towards the roof and saw him, "Sora! Up there!"

Sora and Donald turned their heads to see Braig combine his two Arrowguns into one.

"I see you!" Braig said as he took aim and shot at Sora.

Sora knocked the arrows back like last time and weakened Braig even further.

"You clever, little sneak!" Braig sneered.

He teleported back to the ground and separated his Arrowguns into two again, he charged them up and blasted a massive light blue arrow at Sora, who dodged at the last minute. But the arrow rebounded off of the side of the school, the ground, and at base of the statue, hitting Sora from behind.

Twilight rushed to his side to see if he was okay, but then Braig appeared in front of them.

"Let's see if your, 'Magic of Friendship', can save you now!" Braig declared as he charged up his Arrowguns again and fired.

Twilight jumped in front of her friend to protect him from blast, "SORA!!"

BOOM!

Twilight and Sora didn't feel any pain and they wondered why. Didn't they get hit? They looked to see someone standing before them; a man with red, spiky hair that could easily rival Sora's, wearing a black coat, and wielding a silver, red-lined chakram with spikes every which way, but the strange thing was that there was fire swirling all round him.

"Axel!?" Braig yelled.

He brought his head up to face Braig, "C'mon, we've been over this already. The name's Lea, get it memorized!"

"Why do you always have to get in our way!?"

"I told you, I'll always be there to get my friends back." he turned to see Sora, "You okay?"

"Yeah..." Sora replied, "Lea, how did you know we were in danger?"

"Heh-heh, well, the King told me you and Donald were going on a mission to return some kind of 'magical disturbance' to its original world, and I thought, 'Oh, this is gonna end in disaster', so he told me to come help you out and..." Lea motioned to Braig, "Am I wrong?"

It was at that moment that another Corridor of Darkness opened and another figure in a black coat flew out, summoned his Keyblade, and tried to strike down Lea, but was stopped by King Mickey, who emerged from the crowd.

Twilight instantly remembered who that figure was and pointed at him, "That's the guy that tried to kill Rainbow Dash!"

Rainbow whipped her head to see the figure in the coat and immediately scowled. She charged towards and punched him as hard as she could while he was preoccupied by King Mickey. He stumbled over and fell on his back, when he got up, his hood fell off and they could see his face; long, silver hair with a spiked-up point at the top, deep tan skin, and piercing yellow eyes.

"Xehanort of the past!?" Mickey exclaimed.

That said, Young Xehanort jumped really high and landed near Braig, "It's time to go."

Braig glared at Sora and all of his friends, "Ah, that last attack took a lot outta me anyway."

Young Xehanort turned around and held his hand out, calling the Corridor of Darkness. He and Braig slipped through without a second glance.

Sora breathed a sigh of relief when the two left, he and Twilight picked themselves off of the ground, then Sora turned to face King Mickey, "Your Majesty, how did you know we were in trouble?"

King Mickey turned around and gestured behind him, "Principal Celestia called me."

Said Principal walked up to Mickey's side as Sora turned his attention to her, "You two know each other?"

Celestia giggled, "Oh, we go way back, but that's another story for another time."

Sora was confused, but nodded to her and looked at Twilight...

She had her arms crossed and scowled at him.

"Alright," she began, "I want the truth. All of it."

Sora faced the large crowd of students, listening intently to them before he faced Twilight again.

"Can we talk about this privately?"

"No. Right here, right now."

Sora sighed deeply at the situation he was in, he turned to King Mickey, who had a sad look on his face and nodded, giving Sora permission to tell her. Rainbow, Pinkie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Spike gathered to Twilight's side to hear his explanation.

"Okay... you win."

Sora explained everything about what happened at the Mark of Mastery exam; Xehanort and his plans, the Seekers of Darkness, how he almost became one of them, even about the X-Blade and how it was supposed to open the door to all worlds, Kingdom Hearts.

"And that's pretty much everything I haven't told you..." Sora concluded.

"What I don't understand is why you didn't tell us everything from the beginning!" Twilight shouted.

"Because I didn't want you getting involved!"

"And why not!?"

"Because I care about you!"

Twilight was taken aback by his last comment.

"I mean... you guys are friends... and I don't want you to get hurt."

After a moment of silence, King Mickey walked up to them, "Well, those two are gone now, and I don't they'll be coming back anytime soon..."

"So why don't head back to the gym and celebrate?" Principal Celestia added.

The crowd cheered loudly and slowly began to return to the gym, so did Twilight, Sora, and all of their friends, until Flash stopped Twilight.

"Hey, uh, would it be alright if I ask you for that dance? Hopefully, no more power-mad people are gonna jump in this time."

Twilight giggled at his choice of words and alternated her gaze between Flash and Sora, the latter giving her an encouraging smile, telling her, "go ahead and have fun". Twilight smiled and said, "Actually... I was thinking I could dance with both of you."

"HUH!?" Flash and Sora said, shocked.

Twilight giggled again, "What? You didn't think I was gonna choose one of you did you?"

Flash and Sora continued to gawk to Twilight like she grew two heads, even when she turned around and resumed her walk to the gym, but not before turning her head back at them one more time.

"I'll see you two on the dance floor."

When she left them alone, Flash and Sora closed their mouths and turned to each other, with Sora just giving him a shrug. Diverting his attention on the subject, Sora saw that his red spiky-headed friend was just standing there and made his way to him.

"Hey, Lea! You wanna come party?"

"Ehh, no thanks, that whole 'song and dance' just isn't my thing." Lea said as he began to walk away.

"Donald, grab his legs!"

"What the—!"

Sora and Donald charged at him, much to Lea's displeasure.

"Grab his arms!" Donald shouted.

"Hey, let me go!" Lea protested.

Sora and Donald picked Lea up and carried him to the gym while he was kicking and screaming for them to put him down. Flash just chuckled at the little scene they made. He remembered that he was supposed to give Twilight a dance (and apparently Sora too, for that matter), and rushed back to the gym.

* * *

As the students began to pile back in, Sora dropped the end of Lea that he had and rushed to the DJ's area, ignoring Lea yelling "OW!" when he hit the floor.

"Hey, um..." Sora pulled out a CD from his pocket, "Could you play this song? I forgot I had it with me before I came here, and I thought it would be a good song to dance to."

The blue-haired, shade wearing DJ smiled and took the CD. When everyone was accounted for, Principal Celestia made a quick announcement.

"Alright everyone, this next song was requested by our Keyblade hero, Sora!"

Pinkie jumped up in the air and declared loudly, "LET'S PARRRTTTYY!!!"

With that, everyone in the gym was dancing to the music; Fluttershy was dancing in the background, Applejack and her brother stomping their dance steps, Rarity and Pinkie were in a conga line with the former in the front and the latter in the back with party noise blower, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were having a great time too (even if their dancing is a little out of practice), then Rainbow Dash swooped down and grabbed Scootaloo, tossing her on her back and flying past the disco ball, Twilight's dancing was, in human standards, like she had two left feet, but in pony standards, like she had four left hooves. For a moment, the people around her stopped to see her strange moves, even Flash and Sora. But the two boys smiled and joined her, copying Twilight's moves with Flash forcing a smile while Sora's was a little more enthusiastic. Mickey, Donald, and the DJ were dancing to the music as well with the DJ thinking in the back of her mind that she really needs to ask Sora for another copy of the CD for herself. At that moment, a girl with pink shades and silver short hair held a camera up Twilight and Sora, wanting to take their picture. As Twilight and Sora's friends began to gather, Sora, Donald, and Mickey went to grab Lea, who decided to lean up against the nearest wall and chill, and pull him in for the group photo, despite his protests. Once everyone was altogether, the silver-haired girl took the picture; everyone had big smiles on their faces, except Lea, who sported an exasperated look.

* * *

After the Fall Formal, and after Sora got his CD back (but not before the DJ quickly copied it), Twilight's new friends were wishing her well in their group hug, which Sora got to join. Once they separated from their embrace, Twilight had to ask about Sunset Shimmer, "You'll look out for her, won't you?"

Sunset was standing at the threshold of the destroyed entrance, watching them when Rarity said, "Of course we will," then she crossed her arms, "although I do expect some sort of apology for last spring's debacle."

"I have a feeling that she'll be handing out a lot of apologies." Twilight said as Vice Principal Luna handed Sunset a cement spatula and Snips and Snails wheeling up a wheelbarrow full of bricks.

"We'd better get going." Spike said.

Twilight nodded, "I know we've only been friends for a short time, but I'm gonna miss all of you so much."

Her new Canterlot High friends either had a happy look, because Twilight became such a good friend to them, or had a sad look, because Twilight had to leave so soon. Before they left, Twilight approached Sora one more time with tears forming in her eyes.

"So... I guess, this is goodbye?" Twilight asked.

Sora shook his head, "No, not goodbye."

"Huh?" everyone said in confusion.

"After me and my friends report back to Master Yen Sid, I'll find you. And then, we can friends for real, for who you really are...Princess Twilight."

Twilight looked away as his words touched her heart, "...I'm not sure if you'll find Equestria."

"Of course I will! In fact..." Sora raised his pinkie, "let's make a promise right now."

Twilight returned her gaze to him, "A promise?"

"That no matter what happens, no matter where we are, as long as our hearts are connected, we'll always find our way back to each other."

Twilight stared in awe, letting a couple of tears freely glide down her face. Slowly, she raised her own pinkie and intertwined it with Sora's and shook it. After letting go, Twilight looked away again, her face telling Sora that she still isn't sure.

"Here," Sora began as he took off his necklace, put it over her head, and around her neck. "this necklace was given to me by a good friend, when I find Equestria, be sure to give it back to me."

To say Twilight was shocked was beyond an understatement, "Okay... I will."

"Promise?"

More tears ran down Twilight's face, "P-Promise."

Then, after a few moments, Twilight and Sora embrace each other into a very meaningful hug, they didn't even separate when their friends said, "Awwww!", or when Lea said, "Ugh."

Twilight leaned up to his ear and whispered, "I wish you could come back to Equestria with me..."

Sora lightly brushed her hair with his hand, "Me too."

Reluctantly, the two pulled away and stared at each other until Twilight spoke up, "Well, I'll see you later."

Twilight began to walk towards the portal with Spike in tow.

"That crown really does suit you, Princess Twilight." Spike said with a wink.

"You know what, Spike? I am starting to feel a little more comfortable wearing it." Twilight replied.

"And the wings?"

"I've been walking on two legs and picking things up with these." Twilight raised both of her hands, "Wings? I'm thrilled that's all I'll be dealing with back in Equestria!"

Twilight stopped for a moment to look back at Sora one more time, subconsciously gripping the silver crown around her neck, and continued on through the portal after Spike jumped in. The second they passed through, the moon rose higher in the sky and over one of the three brightest stars above it, and then the girls lost their pony ears, tails, and for Rainbow and Fluttershy, wings. When Pinkie noticed this, she frantically ran to the portal, only to bump into a plain old mirror, leaving her in a brief daze as she fell to the ground and on her butt.

"Oh, bummer." Pinkie said, defeated.

Then, a light began to shimmer from the center of the moon and when it died down, it revealed something that Sora knew all too well: a keyhole.

Letting his instincts take over, he jumped backwards, summoned his Keyblade, and pointed it at the moon with a beam of light coming from it and unlocking the keyhole, thus making it disappear.

"What in the hay was that?" Applejack asked.

"Hooray! The gate is open!" Donald declared.

"Gate?" Rainbow's eyes widened, "You mean..."

"I have a hunch that the gateway to Equestria is open now." Sora guessed.

"YAY! Sora can go see Twilight now!" Pinkie cheered.

Sora smiled for a moment, but then frowned when he remembered something, "Not yet."

Everyone looked confused at Sora words, but he ignored them and turned behind him, seeing Sunset and her more-than-likely-now former lackeys rebuilding the school.

"There's something I have to do first."

Sora didn't even give them a chance to speak when he ran back to the school.

"Vice Principal Luna!" Sora called.

Said Vice Principal turned see Sora running up the steps, wondering what he could need.

"Can I... borrow Sunset for a minute? I need to talk to her."

Luna, Snips, Snails, and especially Sunset was surprised by his request. Luna looked at Sunset for a brief moment before shifting her gaze back Sora.

"Are you certain?"

"Yeah."

Luna gazed at Sunset once more before letting out a deep sigh, "I'll give you five minutes."

Sora nodded in thanks as Sunset set down her spatula and followed Sora down the steps. The tension between them began to build up once they made it down the last step and on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Sora asked, concerned.

"...Why are you talking to me?" Sunset asked in a slightly cold tone.

Sora didn't respond.

"After everything that's happened," Sunset began to raise her voice as she continued, "after how I treated you and your friends, after everything HORRIBLE thing I've done to you, why are you talking to me!?"

Sora still didn't respond.

"How come you don't hate me!? You stood up for me when that jerk with the eye patch told you everything that I was trying to do, and you're standing here, asking me if I'm okay!?"

Sora began to walk towards her...

"What's wrong with you—"

...And gave her a hug. Sunset was in complete shock, so much that her body can't function properly to push him off and slap him. Sora backed away after a few moments, which to Sunset, felt like hours, and looked her in the eye.

"I know you can change, Sunset." Sora said suddenly, "If you ask me, I think you've suffered enough tonight."

Sunset was just staring at him, tears flowing freely now.

"I'll be back soon to visit, and I hope when that time comes... we can be friends."

Sunset's bottom lip started to quiver and sniffled as she began to wipe away her tears. Sora spread his arms, welcoming Sunset into a hug if she still needed to vent out her emotions.

"No hard feelings?"

Sunset stared for a moment, then walked up and embraced him, soaking his shirt with her tears, "None... whatsoever."

Sunset and Sora just stood there for a little while before they let go and the two saying their goodbyes. Sora turned to rejoin his friends and prepare for takeoff.

"Sora..."

He turned around and saw something that he never thought he would see from Sunset: a genuine smile.

"Thank you... for everything."

Sora returned her smile with one of his own, "...You're welcome."

He turned and rushed back to the Gummi Ship, where his friends were waiting for him. Sunset walked back to the school, only to be stopped by Vice Principal Luna.

"Why don't you go home for the night, Sunset Shimmer?"

Sunset was surprised at Luna's change of heart.

"Sora is right, you have suffered enough."

Sunset was now at a point where she couldn't stop smiling even if she tried. She turned to catch a glimpse of Sora before he left, tears of joy welling up and blushing at the same time. ...My hero.

Sora joined his friends and began to say his goodbyes as Mickey, Donald, and Lea prepped the ship.

"Y'all don't be a stranger, ya hear, Sora?" Applejack said.

"I won't." Sora said, smiling.

"Don't forget about us! I still need to throw you a 'Thanks For Saving The Entire School and All of Kingdom Hearts' party!" Pinkie said quickly.

"I'll keep you guys in mind."

"Do come back and visit soon, I would love to make some dashing new outfits!" Rarity said.

"I will."

"H-Have a s-s-safe trip, S-Sora." Fluttershy stuttered while blushing.

"Just don't let him drive." Donald commented.

"DONAAAAALD!" Sora whined.

Everyone laughed at their expense, though Sora knew they weren't laughing AT them. He smiled, knowing he's really going to miss all of them. Before Sora could even think about getting on the ship, Rainbow caught his attention.

"Hey, Sora..."

"Yeah?"

"If you ever come back—"

"You'll kill him?" Pinkie asked out of the blue.

"What—No! I was gonna say if he came back, could he bring Fire Spikes over there?" Rainbow pointed to Lea, who was leaning up against the school building near the ship, "He looks like he could be a fun guy."

Lea chuckled, "Ya hear that, Sora? This girl knows a fun guy when she sees one."

Rainbow looked away to keep her blush hidden from him.

"Sure thing, Rainbow." Sora replied.

"Well," Lea stood up straight and stretched, "we should get goin'. You ready, Sora?"

"Yeah, let's go." Sora answered.

Sora and his friends boarded the Gummi Ship, Donald turned it on and began to hover it above school and steering it upwards. Sora looked out of the cockpit window and saw his new friends waving goodbye, and Sora waved goodbye as well.

"BLASTOFF!" Donald declared.

The Gummi Ship rocketed into space, at an extremely fast speed.

"GAAAH!" Sora shouted as he was thrown backwards.

Everyone in the ship laughed as Sora tried to pull himself back into the room was tossed out of by gravity with an unamused scowl on his face.

"Didn't Donald tell you to strap in?" Lea smirked.

* * *

The girls watched as the Gummi Ship disappeared into the night sky, leaving them in their own world. They smiled at each other, knowing that they'll see their new friends again.

"Lea..." Rainbow murmured.

Applejack looked at her and grinned, "Ooooooh, somebody's got a crush on the fire guy."

"S-Shut up!"

Rarity brought Pinkie in close to her, "Isn't Lea a little too old for our dear Rainbow Dash?"

"Eh, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Pinkie waved it off.

To Be Concluded...

OBTAINED

Friendship is Magic

A keyblade that has an enormous amount of magic.

The symbols are astrology, zodiac, and planet symbols.