BlackGatomon stepped up to her dark ally.
"It looks like they're all spread over different worlds."
The cloaked figure turned around its head. "But their partners are still with them, are they?"
"Of course they are." The feline's face took on a sarcastic sneer. "I mean, it's 'destiny' we are dealing with, after all."
The black-robed figure huffed. "Destiny... fate... I don't believe in those things..."
"Oh, but you DID manage to keep your mind, even if you turned into a Heartless, isn't that right?"
"True, but I don't really believe that this happened because of some stupid prophecy... it was just a coincidence, that's all."
The black cat Digimon shrugged. "Well, whatever... But you know that they will soon enough stumble over the remaining pieces, do you?"
"That's because digital data made of the same aspect attracts others of its kind... You don't wanna tell me that it happens because of destiny, right?"
"You said that," BlackGatomon shot back. "Now, shall I inform our allies, or not?"
"You do that. Although I hope that they are as competent as you promised... I saw how their little 'association' fared against the Keyblade Master."
"Maleficent might have made the wrong decision in putting too much trust in all those bumbling idiots... from of all them, I could only see Jafar as being half competent, and maybe Hades as well. But now, everything has changed... SHE is part of the gang now."
"Well, if you say so," the cloaked individual sighed. "But hurry up. I WANT those keychains. If they are as powerful as you said, they just might give me back what was once rightfully mine."
The figure gave off an evil chuckle.
"And then I can give Sora and his friends my 'thanks'... for destroying my Nobody half."
----
Situated next to the abyss of nothingness, a white castle rose up into the perpetual dark sky of the World That Never Was.
It has become quiet in the halls of Castle Never Was ever since the defeat of the Organization... and still, the ruined remains of their artificial 'Kingdom Hearts' were visible in the sky.
Only few Nobodies remained, and those Heartless that were still in this world were under the control of the new mistress of the castle.
A portly individual, who was wearing a black mask over his eyes and a green cap on his head, looked up at the remains of Kingdom Hearts...
"I still don't get it, Bigtime..." he mumbled. "Is that thing up there made of hearts or not?"
"How many times do I have to tell you?" his shorter companion grumbled. "It was created by the hearts that the Heartless who were defeated by the Keyblade have left behind."
"Yes, I already got that part... But what about now? If it looks like that, is it STILL made of hearts?"
"Well... yeah... maybe... Oh, stop asking such stupid questions, Burger! Maleficent doesn't pay us for that, she pays us for guarding her new domicile."
"I didn't realize we were being paid..." Burger Beagle muttered to himself, as he looked one final time up into the sky. "Still, I think it kinda looks like some big cherry pie..."
----
Maleficent, evil witch and former mistress of Hollow Bastion, put her hand on her forehead and groaned.
"You really couldn't find guards for our new castle that were just a little bit more competent then those Beagle Boys?" she asked. "You just had to choose them?"
"Well, what should I say," her deputy Pete grumbled. "You said you wanted specialists, so I gave you specialists."
"And exactly which one of them is a specialist?" she snapped.
Pete looked a bit intimidated under her glare. "Well... I just thought, after all those times they tried robbing old McDuck's Money Bin, I figured they might know one or two things about guarding places like that."
"Never mind..." Maleficent sighed. "After all, foolish guards are better than no guards... And it's not like the allies I managed to gather would be as incompetent as them." She smiled and turned around. "Am I not right, Mirage?"
A sleek woman, dressed in ornate, red robes, entered the room. Her skin was dark in color, but her head was that of a cat.
"I hope you don't want to imply anything, dear Maleficent," she purred in a voice that always managed to give Pete the creeps. "After all, it was me who found out about the 'Digital Heart' project of Ansem the Wise."
"I know I can count on you, old friend," Maleficent replied. "By the way, did your little 'spawn' manage to gain the trust of our Heartless ally?"
"She knows her place," Mirage replied. "BlackGatomon would never be able to betray me. After all, she is my 'digital counterpart' and therefore the ideal agent in this mission."
"But still..." Pete intervened. "Don't we need something from Ansem's study? I thought the little trinkets were useless without that gadget, you know what I mean."
"Of course," Mirage nodded. "I already wanted to go there myself, as most of their strong warriors are at Castle Disney right now. But Mim asked me to let her do it instead."
"You... think it's wise to let that witch do your job?" Maleficent asked doubtfully. "I mean, she is not the most mentally stable of us..."
"But she is more trustful than Ursula or Oogie Boogie have ever been," the feline enchantress countered. "You know she has been waiting for a chance of revenge on that senile fool of a magician, Merlin."
"Very well... let's just hope she knows what she is doing. And let's also hope that her thoughts about revenge don't distract her too much from her actual mission."
----
The obese, ugly with with the purple hair sniffled a few times, as she slowly walked around the mage's study.
"Meeeerlin," she chanted. "Come out, come out, wherever you are. Madam Mim has come home, and she brought evil thoughts of revenge..."
She huffed as she realized that Merlin wasn't in the room. She threw a look at the computer standing in one corner of the room and giggled. "My, my, dear Merlin, what's wrong with you those days? Keeping such a technological monstrosity in your house? Shame on you."
She walked past a dusty old bookshelf, not noticing the pair of eyes that looked out from behind an especially big book.
"I still don't understand it, Merlin..." a female voice whispered. "Why didn't you allow me to go out there and kick her butt?"
"My dear, many of those instruments within my study are very delicate, and we don't want them to be damaged in the battle that would have followed. And don't forget about Winnie Pooh's book. We simply wait until she leaves the house, then we can go after her."
"And you're sure that she can't get anything out of Cid's computer?"
"No doubt about that," Merlin replied. "They would have to go to Ansem's computer directly to gather anything valuable."
"Still, what is she looking for? I doubt she's here just because of revenge..."
"You're quite right, Yuffie," Merlin sighed. "If it were just revenge, Madam Mim would have behaved differently. It looks like she is searching for something... but what?"
The female mouse wearing a black bandana sighed and leaned back against the book's cover. "This sucks... I mean, did you have to turn us into mice, of all things? I would have easily been able to hide using my ninja skills, you know?"
"Too late for that, I'm afraid," the blue-furred mouse with the mustache said. "Just be patient, she will leave sooner or later..."
Just then, the witch turned around. "Did I hear anything?" she asked herself. Yuffie instantly covered her little mouth with her forepaws.
Madam Mim giggled insanely as she looked over to where the bookshelf was standing. "Oooooh, clever, Merlin... but not clever enough." She crouched down on the floor. "You see, you can run, my old friend, you can hide... but in the end, I will hunt you down!"
And having said that, she turned herself into a fat, pink-furred cat.
Yuffie yelped, then threw the old magician an angry glare. "We just wait until she leaves, right? Great plan..."
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