Part 2!

You get the general idea. Review please! I don't own anything except my OC.

Sora, Riku and Kairi were sitting along the curved trunk of the Paopu tree watching the sun set, splashing the sky with paints of crimson, orange and rose. Livia watched her three friends together, laughing, discussing their hopes, dreams and longing for adventure. She'd watched over the years as the two boys began competing for her cousin's attention. While Livia was friends with all three, she always felt as if she never truly belonged.

She walked along the curved path by the waterfall until she neared a small thicket of bushes. "The secret place..." she whispered to herself. Ducking down, she walked inside, the air becoming much cooler and the echoing sounds of the wind pummelling her ears.

She traced her fingers along the stone walls, smiling to herself at the cave drawings that she and her friends had all made together.

Just then, the air turned sour and she felt another presence in the room. She turned cautiously towards the brown wooden door that held no knob and saw a cloaked man lurking in the shadows. "The door..." he said with a deep voice that was foreign to her, "has opened."

"Who are you?" Livia demanded. "What are you doing on my island?"

The figure stood in the darkness, unmoving. From the opening of the cave, Livia heard someone calling her name. She turned to see who it was briefly, and when she turned back to where the man in the dark cloak had been, he was gone. She stood there, her mouth slightly agape, unsure of who he was or what he wanted.

"Livia?" Riku called to her from the cave tunnel. "What are you doing here?"

She spun around to face him and tried to search for the right words. "Um...I saw...well, it was..." She shook her head and then finally stated, "It's nothing. Let's go home."

The two of them walked to the docks to find Sora and Kairi's boats missing. "I guess they went ahead without us," Riku said flatly.

"Great," Livia huffed. "Kairi and I were supposed to share that boat."

"You can share my boat," Riku shrugged. "No big deal. Unless you want to sleep in the treehouse tonight."

Livia smiled as Riku climbed into the boat, holding his hand out for her to join him. She took it and for a second or two, neither of them let go. They simply stood, gazing into each other's eyes as the stars twinkled above their heads.

Once they realized what they were doing, they immediately let each other go. Livia's face flushed red, and she prayed that Riku couldn't see her rosy cheeks. Little did she realize that Riku was hiding his face for the same reason.

He picked up the oars and started to paddle. "Are you ready for tomorrow?" he asked after a short period of silence. "It's the big day. The day we set sail."

"Yeah," Livia nodded. "I can't wait."

Later that night, Livia sat in her room by her desk, doodling things in her sketchbook as she waited for dinner to be ready. There was a small rap at the door and she opened it, revealing Kairi, whose room was down the hall.

"I wanted to talk to you," Kairi said with a smile.

"Sit," Livia gestured, motioning to her bed. "What do you want to talk about?"

Kairi bit her lip and then said, "Do you think...Riku's changed?"

Livia raised an eyebrow at her cousin. "What do you mean?"

"Well," she started, "I was talking to Sora back on the island, and...I don't know, I just feel like he's different. He wants to leave so badly. I feel like he's turning his back on everything because he wants something that our home can't offer."

Livia stared at the floor momentarily. "Kairi," she said, whisper-quiet. "You and I...you know that we both came from a different world. Somewhere far off. And you know that neither of us remember where we came from or who we used to be, and while that's fine with us, maybe Riku just won't take that kind of uncertainty for an answer. He's the kind of person who needs to experience things first-hand or else he'll never be happy. Don't worry, I'm sure everything is going to be alright."

"I hope so," Kairi agreed. "But...I really would love to go back and visit our home one day..."

"Kai," Livia placed a hand over her cousin's. "This is our home. This is where we belong. No matter where that raft takes us, how far we go or how lost we become, we'll always be able to come back to our island. It's in our hearts, and that's where it will stay."

Kairi nodded with a smile, but it soon faded as soon as her eyes gazed out the window. "A storm?"

Livia's head snapped over and both of their eyes widened. She cried out, "Oh, no! The raft!"