I sometimes wonder why Final Fantasy never really succeeded in film, until the release of Advent Children. It is now up to Ai, Yu, and a host of friends they meet to stop him, before he can see his plans succeed, and rescue their parents. His goal is to devour worlds outside of Wonderland, and rule the universe in Chaos. He uses them to nurish himself, and the entity Chaos.
He has managed to brainwash them into doing his bidding. They discover that their parents are being held in this alternate dimension by Earl Tyrant. They go out in search of them, and find themselves in the mysterious world of Wonderland. Ai and Yu Hayakawa's parents are kidnapped.