Kingdom Hearts 2: 2nd sequel to the Legendary 8th Princess of Heart

Chapter 14: Revisiting/Meeting Meg

(Harmony's) POV:

After leaving Beast's castle, we get on the Gummi ship, ready for the next world. However...

"Uh, guys? Is it just me, or is the ship moving on its own?" Nagakura asks.

"I think it is," Asch says, noticing how the ship suddenly turned around without any of us doing anything.

"Yup! Looks like we're headed towards Hollow Bastion," Goofy says.

Since the ship is automatically moving us towards my hometown, we decided to just go with it and see if something's happened.

"I wonder what's up," Luke says as we walk through the streets to Merlin's house.

"I hope everything's all right," Mieu says, looking worried.

"I don't know. But let's head to Merlin's place and check with the others to see if anything is wrong," I say. Not long after I say that, we see three Heartless come outside from Merlin's house. This takes us completely by surprise, especially when we see them leave like that. "Let's go!"

We quickly head inside and see that the place looks like a total mess, while Merlin rubs his aching back. When he notices us, he quickly gets up.

"Well, now...took your time, did you?" Merlin asks.

"Oh, was it you who summoned us, Merlin?" Goofy asks.

"That would explain why our ship acted strange," says Hijikata.

"Yes, yes..." says Merlin. "But it seems I used too much power in doing so, and those infernal Heartless..."

"So, what did you call us for?" I ask.

"Well, I happened to stumble across this in the Zero District," Merlin says, then uses his magic to summon a book that I am all too familiar with.

Merlin hands the book to Donald, who willingly takes it. I smile fondly at the book cover's image. There's me and Sora, wearing the clothes we wore on our journey together, holding hands with Pooh and Piglet, while Tigger bounces beside us.

"Pooh's storybook!" I exclaim with a smile.

"That's right," says Merlin.

"Wait a minute. Isn't that...Harmony!?" Heisuke asks, examining the book's cover.

"And who's the kid with the spiky hair?" Nagakura asks.

"Like you're any better, Shinpachi," Harada says, joking around.

Nagakura glares at Harada, annoyed.

"That's Sora. He's also a childhood friend of mine that I've known ever since Kairi and I ended up on the islands together," I say.

"Why do I get the feeling there's another long story behind this one?" Okita asks.

"Kind of. You see, this book is actually...special. It actually has a world that exists inside of it, called the 100 Acre Wood," Luke explains.

"A world that exists inside of a book?" Hijikata asks, making sure that he heard right.

"Just when you thought you've seen everything," Okita says.

"But it somehow got damaged. It was missing some pages. So, about a year ago, we ended up collecting the pages in almost every world we went to. Though, I can't explain why, Sora and I were the only ones who were ever able to enter this book. We got lucky to have collected all of the pages, which helped restore the 100 Acre Wood to what it once was. Through all of that, Sora and I became friends with a silly bear, named Pooh, and all of his friends," I explain, remembering Pooh and the others, including the short adventures Sora and I shared in this book.