Kairi saw Sora and Riku and as she met with them on their little paopu tree islet; she took a moment to catch her breath. After that, she held up the bottle and said, "Look." "From the King?", Sora asked as he saw the King's emblem on the letter, in the shape of a mouse silhouette. He pulled out the letter inside and began reading it. Kairi and Riku read it along side him. Riku read it very quickly and had a smirk on his face. Upon first glance, Kairi saw the word "trouble" and was concerned the whole time she read it, but Sora kept a straight face while he analyzed it the letter:

Dear King Mickey,

I have grave news. In your absence, a plot to overthrow your rule has taken into effect. Do not return here. Stay on that island and remain safe. There, you can find a way to save the kingdom from the enemies. All I know is that some high ranking military officials, a member of the royal court and someone from the darkness is behind this trouble. I have sent Davidson, a royal guard, to give this to you. I have little time, so this is all I can say. Do not worry about Minnie or me; I will try to evacuate her. Good luck.

Sincerely,

Grand Royal Advisor Simon

Riku went back to sitting on the tree while the other two read on, still smirking. "What's so funny?", Sora asked Riku.

Riku, "This, we're finally back home and more problems pop up."

"Shouldn't we try to figure out what to do?", Kairi asked.

"Yeah, like who's this Davidson guy? Did he give you this bottle, Kairi?", Sora replied.

"No, I found it at the edge of the tide.", Kairi answered.

"That means that Davidson didn't make it", Riku said.

"What can we do? Goofy, Donald, and the King took the gummi ship back to their castle", Sora said.

"How do you think this bottle got here?", Riku asked. Sora and Kairi looked puzzled. "It came here from the ocean. The ocean is somehow connected to the worlds, I know it."

"Really?", Sora asked.

"Of course", Riku said. "That's how Kairi got here in the first place."

"No wonder you thought the raft would work", Sora responded.

"Right", Riku said. "And that's exactly how we'll find help. We'll sail out to the sea, that is, if you want to. I know I'm going."

"I'll go", Kairi said.

"Me too", Sora added.

"Well, let's get the raft ready", Riku said.

They all went to the raft, which remained untouched for a year. They loaded it with food that they had. Suddenly, someone came running up.

"It's Selphie!", Kairi shouted.

Selphie yelled, "Kairi! You're safe! Who are those two…Riku?, Sora? You guys are al okay!"

She ran up to them and gave them all a big hug.

Kairi asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I just came here, but didn't expect to find you all here", Selphie said enthusiastically.

"Unfortunately, we gotta go", Riku said reluctantly.

Selphie then said with disappointment, "Why? Why leave again?"

"Because…someone needs us", Sora said.

Kairi tried to reassure Selphie by saying, "We'll be back, but don't tell anyone that you've seen us."

"What about Wakka and Tidus?", Selphie asked.

Kairi said stubbornly, "Not them either."

"We need to go!", Sora interjected.

"Right", Kairi said. "We'll see you soon, Selphie."

Riku put the sail in place and the raft began to move out to sea. Selphie was waving to them. She shouted her farewell and the three friends on the raft did as well. They went far out to sea and as the sun was setting, something changed, as though they had covered a great distance.