Eric
*White. Purple. Black. Blue. Pink. Orange. Yellow.*

*Seven ghostly silhouettes stand in a wide circle around Dado and Sunset, forming a multicolored cylindrical barrier around them, trapping the two in the room.*

*Speaking of the room, a mess of toys and trash litter the floor, save for the near-empty space between them. All that lies on that patch of ground is a single limp doll.*

*Lightning strikes, followed closely by thunder booming through the lack of a ceiling. Dado looks up, staring at the massive orb of darkness above, then tilts his head back to Sunset.*

*He shivers, both from cold and anticipation. He notices he's fully corporeal. That's not supposed to happen. Perhaps the Pocket Dimension is more stable than usual? How will he get out?*

*Strangely... He feels calm. All of his worries hold no meaning here. His past is just a bad dream. Maleficent is someone else's problem. The Door to Darkness is only one of many possibilities.*

*All that matters now is living to see the next day, and purging the darkness before him.*
_ _

"Do you recognize this world?" *Ever After materializes in Dado's grasp, and he begins walking perpendicular to Sunset.* "I've been told you destroyed a few. Do they blend together? Do you collect souvenirs from them?"
Jerry
*Sunset had covered her eyes when the flash of light had brought her here. When it dimmed, she looked around at the area and the silhouettes. They seemed familiar, but she just shrugged them off.*

"Is this the part you tell me this is a fallen world and I am supposed to feel bad as you spout out something about avenging it? News flash, if you had done your job well then this world probably would still be around. Maybe you would have won by now."
Eric
*Dado pauses, then laughs. The absolute audacity of this bitch. The sheer absurdity of this situation. There was only one way this exchange could ever end.*

"Granted. One last question, then. Master Mod, Xion, and... Well, basically everyone I asked couldn't give me a straight answer. I figure you might be an expert on the subject, though."

*He stops walking, then stances up.*

"How many people live in the average world?"
Jerry
"I suppose it depends on the world. But if you really need a number, let's go with billions for a world similar to what that one world I sank was. I only visited one huge city when I was there, but if that one city had anything to say, then billions if not close to a trillion."

*Sunset summoned her keyblade, WttD clearly being corrupted by the darkness in Sunset's heart. The original light side of it being covered in darkness. She is forcing it to listen to her.*
Eric
*Billions. Maybe a trillion. An unfathomable number.*

"[Time to end this.](

 1 - Daedalus of Toy Box

*[Air rushes in to fill the space just occupied by Dado]( as he rushes towards Sunset, Keyblade held out horizontally in front of him.*

*After reaching her position, he slams his Keyblade on the ground, crouching down low as pillars of light rush outwards towards Sunset.*

"You know..." *He springs up into the air Keyblade-first, orbs of energy swirling around him. Each orb shines a different color of the rainbow as they rise into the sky, pushing desperately against darkness above.*

"I see now that Master Mod gave me a message for you." *The prismatic light from his last attack reflects off of his watery eyes, countershading his determined scowl with a plethora of color not unlike Sunset's own.*

*Light begins building up around Dado, seeping into his clothes. He stands still to accumulate energy, entirely open to attack. Whatever's coming next, it can't be good.*

```
HP: 4479 -4724
AP: 200 -220 -200
MP: 100 -120 -15
Second Form Lv4
Pocket Dimension Boost 1/3
Weapon Switch: Ever After

Flash Step: 348
Radial Blaster: 620
Magic Pulse: 620

Total: 1588
```
Jerry
*Sunset rolled her eyes at first when Dado first charged in, standing her ground to defend herself at first but the light from Dado making her flinch a little. When the orbs began to form, Sunset would seemingly become an orb of dark energy herself and zip to a safer area to gain some distance.*

"Don't you see that it's Mod's fault this happened?! She is using you for her bidding! She doesn't even trust you!"

*She vanished for a moment and appeared next to Dado, unleashing a flurry of attacks before vanishing and doing it again at a different area, repeating around him.*

***HP: 9212
Dark Roll: 800
Dark Splicer: 1000***
Eric
*Each slice leaves a gash of dark smoke on Dado's form, accompanied by an increasing grimace on his face. Nonetheless, he stands still, the energy growing in him.*

"She..." *With how much focus maintaining this energy requires, speaking is difficult.* "She trusts me... To deliver THIS."

*Ever After's parts spin and rearrange themselves, elongating into the Mirage Staff. It phases into the ground, causing a great mess of casting circles to spiderweb throughout the room, reaching up and across the rainbow barrier.*

"Holy..." *A tower of golden light begins lifting Dado upwards, closer and closer to the orb of darkness. Mirage Staff appears in his grasp once again, and he holds it towards ground spinning.*

*Light. Light to protect, Light to contain, Light to **Purge**. Lucky Emblems begin slowly floating up from the casting circles, irradiating the air with Light yet to come.*

"**ZAAAAAAAA!**" *A massive beam of light falls from the heavens, filling the entire volume within the cylindrical barrier. First, it engulfs the orb of darkness, eradicating it. Nanoseconds later, it washes over Dado. Microseconds later, it reaches the ground below, barely held in by the barrier.*

"And who do *You* Trust?" *As the light fades, Dado begins falling to the ground.* "Maleficent, Destroyer of Worlds?" *He slams Mirage Staff into the ground, causing pillars of light to erupt from the ground around her, each telegraphed by Lucky Emblems burning themselves into the air.*

"No red flags raised by her etymology? Just 'mother knows best', is that it?" *He points the staff at Sunset, and light blossoms from its tip, forming a projectile that homes in on her position.*

```
HP: 4724 -3724
AP: 200 -180
MP: 15 -MP Hastega! 215 -180

Pocket Dimension Boost 2/3
Light Boost 1/7
Magic Upgrade 1/5
MS Magic Boost 1/7
Mickey Summon Gem

Holyza: 1025
Holy Edge: 927
Flower Shoot: 908

Total: 2860
```
Jerry
*Sunset was prepared to defend against whatever Dado had, however she didn't expect it to be a Holyza. She'd be engulfed by it, taking massive damage from it and causing her to be stunned for a moment for the Holy Edge. When the Flower Shoot came, she would attempt to defend herself with her keyblade but it would seemingly vanish for a moment, weakening her defense.*

"W-what the-ah!!"

*She stood up weakly after the attacks and resummoned her keyblade. The darkness around it being weakened.*

"No... No! Maleficent cares about me! Maleficent doesn't keep secrets from me! Maleficent is the mother I never had! My only friend! If Mod was so good, she would be fighting out here herself! She'd trust in you all enough to fight alongside you like a true friend!"

*She yelled and her body would become covered in darkness, forming armor around herself. WttD became binded again and Sunset began her assault by aiming it at Dado and firing a barrage of dark shots at him. Afterward she would throw WttD at Dado, it becoming engulfed in darkness for a dark raid before returning to her.*

"Die! Join those idiots and die!!"

*And after her keyblade returned, she would dash forward with a lot of speed, attempting to decapitate Dado like she did to the others in a quick swoop.*

***HP: Took Extra Damage from Light, 6640 remaining

Dark Volley: 600
Dark Raid: 500
Dark Zantesuken: 1300***
Eric
*Her relationship with Maleficent is a weak point. That desperate loneliness, the longing for anything remotely resembling a friend...*

*Dado focuses. This is no time for sympathy, and she's entirely undeserving of it. No, instead, this is a perfect time to cut loose. To poke holes in her worldview, make it crack mid-battle. Make her suffer.*

"Please! She never even told tou what she actually plans to do with the Door to Darkness!" *Control the flowchart. Every answer is the wrong answer. Every thought must bring pain.*

*Speaking of pain, the Lucky Emblems throughout the room dampen Sunset's darkness as it passes through the air. Her Dark Volley and Dark Raid still hurt like hell, but the difference is noticeable.*

*The Mirage Staff conjures a cylindrical barrier, redirecting Sunset's Dark Zantetsuken downwards towards Dado's chest. It leaves a gruesome, smoking slash, but fortunately, doesn't meet its original target.*

*Lightning shines out from him as he dashes towards Sunset while she lands. Once he gets in range, a ring of seven crystals twirl around him, each leaving a trail of a different color.*

"Prism!" *The crystals accelerate, turning the ring into a single rainbow.*

```
HP: 3724 -2472
AP: 180 -170
MP: 180 -140

Pocket Dimension Boost 3/3
Light Boost 2/7
Magic Upgrade 2/5
MS Magic Boost 2/7



Mirage Barrier Bash (Dark Zantetsuken): 908
Light Thunder Surge: 908
Spark: 901

Total: 1809
```
Jerry
"Shut up! Once she opens that door, we win! We will be unstoppable!"

*Sunset was getting sick of Dado now, but the light attacks he was throwing wasn't helping her, each one causing her to have to rely on her own darkness instead of her keyblade. Even then, her shields and dark rolls were barely enough. She began to breathe heavy, the fight beginning to labor on her. She needed to stop holding back.*

"No more... Holding back!"

*She pulled out what looked to be a gem and focused her darkness into it. It glowed before exploding around her, the darkness coalescing into a person next to her. What looked to be a young boy with similar attire stood next to her, weapon drawn. They would then both go to either side of Dado and sunset charged up a big blast of darkness and sent it at Dado. If Dado dodged, the summoned boy would knock it back at him, followed by Sunset doing it the same, the 2 of them volley balling it back and forth to try and hit him.*

***HP: 3805

Dark Riku Summon Gem used

Darkest dark ball of darkness and destruction and knuckles Volley: 1500***
Eric
"Woah! Wind!" *The air responds to Dado's will, pushing him out of the way of the Darkest Dark Ball of Darkness and Destruction &Knuckles. To his surprise, however, the boy knocks it back in his direction!*

*Dado shouts again, commanding the current to keep moving. He engages in a magical dance with the ball, appreciating the ping pong of it all. For just a moment... He's even having fun.*

*This realization causes him to falter in self-hate. Having fun with Sunset. Eww. This shouldn't be fun. He has no right to have fun here. Not after he turned foot and ran in Agrabah.*

*In that moment, he misses the beat. The wind fails to accelerate him in time, and the Darkest Dark Ball of Darkness and Destruction &Knuckles makes contact. A great cloud of smoke billows up around him, obscuring Sunset's victim from her view.*

"You're doing great, Dado." *A calm voice assures him.*

*He turns to face whatever took the brunt of the attack, and sees the silhouette of a short Keyblade wielder. His head, strangely, is shaped like a Lucky Emblem. For some reason, he's reminded of Oswald...*

"But you can't give up now. You can do this! Your friends are counting on you!" *With that, the figure bows his head, then vanishes into a cloud of Lucky Emblems.*

*His friends. Not too long ago, the thought felt improbable. Now, though, he had allies fighting alongside him. Not just that; people who genuinely cared about him. Unlike...*

"If Maleficent loved you, she'd encourage you to have friends, not tell you to kill all of them."

*Dado teleports around Sunset, setting orbs of light down in a cloud around her. He brandishes Mirage Staff, and they all fly inwards.*

"Then again, what are seven more bodies, right?" 

"Thunder!" *A bolt of lightning zips around the room, passing between Lucky Emblems, until eventually it shoots directly at his opponent.* 
_ _

```
HP: 2472 -1122
AP: 170 -160
MP: 140 -95

Light Boost 3/7
Magic Upgrade 3/5
MS Magic Boost 3/7
Mickey Summon Gem
Dark Ring

Aero (Darkest Dark Ball of Darkness and Destruction &Knuckles): 633
Lightzone Grenade (Teleport Spike): 698
Light Thunder: 646

Total Damage: 1344
```
Jerry
"They were never my friends, only Maleficent understood!"

*Sunset would get knocked to the ground, having taken a lot of damage now and beginning to feel tired. She didn't stay down for long, jumping up into the air and flying above Dado.*

"I am done! **I AM SO DONE!!** You want to be the hero so bad, then die like one!"

*The summoned boy would disappear and his power enter Sunset. She cackled as the darkness around her spread and engulfed the area. Dado would have trouble seeing through as even the light he emitted couldn't break through.*

"They only held me back, stopped me from becoming what Maleficent always seen in me! I am stronger than any other keyblade wielder, and when I am finished with you, I will kill Mod myself after throwing your head on her desk!"

*Sunset dashed forward and would vanish, reappearing behind Dado and dashing into him with a stabbing, going through him and vanishing on the other side. She would do it again from a different direction, making sure this one was as painful as she could make it. She didn't go for any lethal blows the next few times she did it, only going for more pain. And lastly, she appeared above Dado, stabbing straight down into him from above to try and finish him off...*

***Unstable Dark Aura: 10000***
Dean
*Before sunset's attack landed, Dado would suddenly see a flash before his eyes. When he was able to see again he would be... In a void...? Looking around he would see the silhouettes from before the battle with Sunset started, surrounding him. Each one a different color of the rainbow, and each one he could recognize easily... Despite their differences, despite the fights, despite the struggles, Dado went back and collected the only items of them left to remember them by. Dado chose to avenge them by stopping Sunset. He could feel the spirits thanking him, and one by one would become a glowing ball of light that entered him, healing his wounds.*

"Thank you..."


*When Dado returned to the moment, he could see a rainbow barrier around him, protecting him from Sunset's final strike.*
Jerry
"W-what is this? What are yo-H-hey!!"

*The barrier, bright enough to illuminate the enter pocket dimension, forcefully travelled up Sunset's keyblade, dispelling the darkness she had around it. When it reached the handle, sunset cried in pain as it burned her, forcing her to let go and jump back.*

"What are you doing?! What is this power...?"

*Her keyblade then vanished... And would reappear in Dado's off-hand, glowing with a rainbow aura. He could feel his power increasing from holding the blade, and the presence of the 7 from his small vision in the blade. It was time to end it...*

***Dado recovers 50% HP(not counting toward the limit) and the next light attack he does is 2 times stronger.

Sunset HP:Does it matter?***
Eric
*[In the void, Dado stares at the Mane Seven.]( As they enter his core one by one, he bows his head, silently thanking them. They all died protecting their friend, and now...*

*The light shines, and Dado chuckles. The chuckle breaks out into a hearty laugh.*

"This power? I'm surprised you don't recognize it. Your friends went on and on about it."

*Kingdom Key jumps into Dado's main hand, absorbing as much light as it can. He holds his arms outstretched, both Keyblades shining familiarly.*

"I, personally, was never a fan. I thought it was just something silly on TV. But now..."

*Lightning strikes, and for a mere moment, in Dado's place, Sunset sees a purple-skinned woman wielding Stormfall and Magical Friendship. Atop her head is a crown adorned with a sparkling purple six-pointed star. When the image fades, the crown remains on Dado's head.*

"Now I know, without a shadow of doubt!" *He points both Keyblades forward, then continues.* "This... **Is the Power of Friendship!**"

*A point of light draws a circle around the tips of both Kingdom Key and Way to the Dawn, before a pencil-thin beam of light shoots forward. A rainbow of much thicker beams twirl around the central one, all approaching Sunset's chest.*

```
HP: 1112 -3557
AP: 160 -145
MP: 95 -85
Kingdom Key + Way to the Dawn
Rainbow Power Lv5
Mickey Summon Gem

Final Keybeam: Lethal Intent
```
Jerry
"N-no I... Stop! I-i'm sorry!" 

*Sunset tried to plea with Dado as the keybeam rushed at her. Without her keyblade and being suppressed by light, she couldn't do anything as her heart got pierced by it. She stood for a moment, darkness leaking from her heart and tears beginning to form in her eyes.*

"Mom... It's cold.."

*She then fell over, and her body began to fade away, her heart fading with it.*

***HP: Dead***
Eric
*Dado freezes in place at this sight. The regret in her voice. The fear of death. But what if it's a trick? What if she's about to jump up and cut him down?*

*He stands still, paralyzed for over a minute after her corpse fully fades from view.*

*The Keyblades drop from his hands, and he falls to the ground on all fours, shaking. Tears won't come. Fear, with its icy cold grip, locks him in place.*

"Louis, Twilight, Rainbow..." *His voice cracks.* "I'm sorry it ended this way."

*She killed billions. Perhaps trillions. She was sorry. She murdered her friends. "Mom... It's cold..."*

*She would have done it again if given the chance. He stopped her.*

*He killed her. She died alone and unloved. He never showed her compassion. Maybe-*

*If the tables were turned, he'd be dead, and she'd be laughing.*

"Fuck. I... Holy fuck." *His voice sounds strange. As though muffled, or slightly distorted. His vision feels much of the same, actually. His surroundings don't feel real. It feels like any second, he'll wake up, and then be back at-*

*He shudders, then blinks. With a grunt, he rolls over and lays on his back, staring up at the broken sky. Broken. Just like the jewelry he brought to Master Mod, just like Sunset, just like-*

*"Get up," A voice chides in the back of his mind. "Your work isn't over."*

*He lets his eyes unfocus. He's in no state to continue just yet. He needs a minute.*

*Dado takes a deep breath, letting the air fill his diaphragm. He breathes deeper, filling his lungs. He continues inhaling, the air painfully pushing against his ribcage. The pain feels real.*

*He breathes out. The relief rubs against his bronchial cord, relaxing him with a gentle vibration.*

*He breathes in.*
Dean
*After some time of resting, the pocket dimension began to fade. Dado could hear a familiar voice, but from far away.*

"They need help... I'm too far to join... I trust you, Dado. You are the key... And remember, keep your light burning strong..."

*Dado is sent back to the grand hall, where the battle with maleficent has begun...*