Malificent: There are seven maidens of the purest heart. We call them the princesses of heart. Gather them together, and a door will open to the heart of all worlds.Originally Posted by aerisfantatic
Gathering the seven princesses of heart will open the way to the heart of all worlds (i.e. Kingdom Hearts). They just open the way to Kingdom Hearts, not close it. "Ansem" (aka Xehanort's heartless) was searching for Kingdom Hearts, and he used this method to find it himself. When he went through the door that led to the heart of all worlds, which Sora later sealed, he found the door to darkness, from which all hearts are born and all return. He thought that what lied beyond this door was Kingdom Hearts. However, Kingdom Hearts was not beyond the door, it lied within the door, that space between this side and the other side, the light within the darkness, and when he found it, it vanquished him. The door to darkness (which seems to also be the door to light depending on which side you are on, possibly why it needed to keyblades to seal it) is then sealed.
In KH2, Xemnas takes a different approach to obtaining Kingdom Hearts. He takes an approach that does not involve gathering the princesses and open the door to the heart of all worlds. Xemnas decided to take the back entrance to Kingdom Hearts. He devised a way to simulate what lied beyond the door to darkness, from which all hearts are born and all return. By gathering enough hearts to a single place, he could create his own darkness, and Kingdom Hearts would come to him. None of this involved the princesses. So having some of the princesses in KH2 is merely for their own stories of their particular worlds, not for the overall Kingdom Hearts story.
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