Neverland

"FIRE!" The roar of cannons and the bellows of cannoneers shook the frame of the huge, metal ship. Hundreds of ravens were shook loose from their formations as the seventy cannons fired, but slowly made their way back to their positions under the ships belly. Hawk watched with serious eyes as the barrage of metal flew through the sky and smashed into the below village. Rebels ran this way and that, trying to get a hold of some sort of weapon to fight back. They attempted to launch cannons of their own, but the storm was tearing their artillery to pieces. Hawk's staff, the evil artifact Aerias, was spawning air currents and storms to rip the ground forces into oblivion. "Ready on my mark for the next barrage!" yelled Hawk from atop his perch, and waited for the cannons to be in the ready position. "Steady... FIRE!" Again, the cannons fired off, and the remaining buildings fell to pieces.

Hawk stepped down from the perch area, and walked to the center of the ship. Walking between his soldiers as they feverishly prepared for landing, Hawk gave the word. As the ship approached land, the men jumped off, allowing the dark birds to lower them to the ground unharmehey charged in and began killing and capturing the children rebels, dragging corpses and injured to make sure they could finish the job. Hawk eyed his work: zero casualties and injuries for his men. Another destructive victory, that would even further his influence in the pirate world. But now was not the time to worry about plundering and pillaging. Now was a time for serious business.

Hawk could hear the laughter initially, before he could see the being who had been the cause of the laughter. When he and his men approached a cave, he found it. It was one of them: The Heartless. The one his master sent him to retrieve for his crew. They called it... Carrion. It was a massive, flying creature. Huge by proportion, it was pitch-black, allowing only a black misty substance to slowly drip off of it like steam and blood. It's three heads; the head of a raven, the head of a vulture, and the head of a hawk, had six eyes each. The raven's head carried red eyes, the vulture's head had green eyes, and the hawk's eyes were blue. Carrion chuckled some more, and finally said, "So.... this... is who.... they send me... You are... called Hawk... Yes?"

"Yes. I am. And you are Carrion, I presume? You are quite the magnificent creature."

Carrion grins on each head. "I... am flattered... now is... no time for... pleasantries. Now... release me... from this... world. Take... my soul... of Heartlessness... and your... contract... begins..." Hawk cocks his head slightly.

"Very well, Carrion. You and I shall become one, and rule the skies for the Darkness. What shall the heroes have hope for in the light, when the sun is blocked when in my presence?" As he said this, Hawk slowly walked into Carrion's body, melding himself into it's Heartless energy. To his crewmates, it looked as if Carrion slowly collapsed inwards, and ended in Hawk's eyes. They could see that, when he opened his eyes and Carrion was gone, his eyes had turned black, with blue glowing energy as his pupil. His eyes have changed to look similar to, ironically, a hawk's. "Men... soon... We shall go to war. Not just here in Neverland... No, no, we shall war with other worlds. And when that comes, we shall be willing to destroy. It's time that we got a place in this war, gentlemen..." His crew screamed and bellowed with great barbaric tones, ready to go out right now and destroy any in their paths.

Hawk was about to leave the cage Carrion had been in, when he noticed something. He noticed a weapon, floating behind him, with dark clouds hanging around it as it floated their. It was a Keyblade. "Ahh... the weapon... I must keep this away from those who would kill us with it. Apparently, the hero with the least connection with their sanity is to try and take this blade from me and use it's powers... Well, they shall not have it."

Hawk used his staff to launch the Dark Cloud Keyblade to his ship, were it lodged deep into the mast of his ship; the power supply.

"Men! We set sail! We shall receive orders when-"

"You... will receive... orders... now, Hawk..." A voice rang in slow, heavy tone through his head. It was that of Carrion. "Go now... you must go... to the... world known... as Traverse Town... where the... humans... and other there... have rebuilt... from our last... invasion. Go... again... leave the... message."

"Men!" Hawk yelled, "We go now, activate the shields for the ship. We go to the place where it all began before: To the place known as Traverse Town!" His men yelled and roared. They lit signal fires, and other air ships slowly began to rise behind them in the horizon. Many ships. "Oh yes..." said Hawk, "this will be a bloody dawn indeed."