The Heartless came closer to them and the ground began to transform into darkness. A Shadow lunged at Kairi and knocked her off her feet. Darkness began to ensnare Kairi. Sora dashed to her and took her hand.
"Kairi!", he shouted.
Heartless attacked Sora too and darkness started pulling them in. Riku saw his friends' peril and then it dawned on him to use the power of darkness. He brought forth Soul Eater and began attacking the Heartless that threatened Sora and Kairi. However, he had to protect the Queen and Simon too, so there was little he could do. Sora and Kairi's hands remained clasped together.
"I won't let go", Kairi said.
"I won't either", returned Sora.
Light formed at their hands. It became brighter and brighter and soon a flashed and exploded with a force, Sora and Kairi's hands came apart and Sora blacked out. The shockwave obliterated all of the Heartless. When the light faded, Riku saw Sora out cold on the ground, laying face down. He ran up to him.
"Sora!", yelled Riku. "Are you okay?"
He turned him over and woke him up.
"I'm not Sora", he said.
"Wait…Roxas?", asked Riku.
"Yeah", Roxas said.
"Then where's…?", Riku asked.
He looked around for Sora. Sora's body was a little farther away.
Riku printed toward Sora and woke him up.
"Ah, Riku, where's Kairi?", he asked.
"I don't know", Riku said.
Sora got up and looked around, he did not see her.
"The darkness must've gotten her", Riku said.
Sora saw Roxas and was greatly surprised.
"Roxas?", Sora asked.
"Yeah", Roxas said.
"How'd you get here?", Sora asked.
"I don't know", he replied. "I just remember appearing."
"Roxas, you say?", Simon said. "Who exactly is he?"
"He's Sora's nobody", Riku said. "Sora lost his heart a while ago and got it back, but he still had a Nobody, and that's Roxas. They reunited into one body recently, but now they're separate again."
"How'd this happen?", Roxas asked.
"We don't know either," Riku said. "What we need to do now is to find a place where we can get help, and then we can get these questions answered."
"What about Kairi?", Sora questioned angrily.
"We can't do anything now, especially where we are", Riku told him. "If this is indeed Radiant Garden, then we can get all the help we need and maybe even find out what's going on."
"Alright, let's go then", said Sora. "You coming along, Roxas?"
"Sure, I guess I've got nothing better to do", he said.
Then, they all heard something coming closer. It started small and in creased in noise.
"Something's coming", the Queen said.
A motorcycle sped toward them and stopped within feet of Sora. Sora braced himself for another enemy.
A helmet concealed the driver's face. He stepped off the motorcycle.
The driver said, "Well, whaddya know? It's Sora and his friends.
The driver removed his helmet and revealed that he was none other than Cid.
"Cid!", shouted Sora. "Are we ever glad to see you!"
"I saw your smoke when you crashed", Cid said. "It looks pretty bad. I don't think I even I could fix 'er up."
"Could you help us?", the Queen asked.
"Why of course, ma'am", Cid replied.
He reached in his pocket and took out a two-way radio.
"Cid here calling for some extra transports. I've got Sora here with some o' his friends. Send in Cid Jr."
He turned off the radio.
"We'll be waitin' 'bout five minutes", said Cid.
"Good", Riku said.
Riku fell down on the ground.
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The two partners in walls walked for several minutes in search of their King.
"We've been searching all over", one of them said. "Are you sure you know where we're going?"
"Gawrsh, I thought so", the other replied. "It's seems kinda different somehow. I think we're lost."
"Lost!", thundered the first. "I thought you knew the way!"
"I did too, but I guess not", the other said.
"Oh, WAHYAHHYAHHYAHH!", the first one shouted.
He shoved his partner against the wall of the secret tunnel, which immediately gave way and slid open in to a room.
They both fell in and got up.
"See, I told I'd find the place", the other said.
King Mickey heard the ruckus and asked, "Who's there?"
"Why it's your buddies, Your Majesty", said the other partner.
"Donald? Goofy?", the King asked.
"The ones and only", they said.
"Good, can you get me down?" the King asked.
"Yep, good thing we swiped one of them keys", Goofy said.
He unlocked the shackles that bound Mickey's wrists to the walls.
"You okay, Your Majesty?", Donald asked.
"Yep, now let's get out of here", Mickey said.
"Yeah, but does anyone know the way back?", Goofy asked.
"Ohhh", Donald moaned. "You don't know the way back?"
"Well, in that case, we'll just have to sneak through the halls", the King said.
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The Heartless brought Maleficent what they found. Upon seeing their capture Maleficent smiled. She entered the throne room to Drazen.
"Drazen", she said. "The Heartless did not destroy the Queen, but they did find something else useful."
"What do you mean!?", Drazen boomed. "We need the Queen dead to ensure our take over!"
Maleficent signaled the Heartless in and they brought in two girls, Kairi and Naminé. They were both unconscious.
"These are just two girls1!", Drazen said.
"We do, however, have something of great power…", Maleficent assured him. "…a Princess of Heart."
"Really?", Drazen asked, well that's perfect. "Which one is the Princess?"
"The one with the red hair", said Maleficent.
"Who is the other?", Drazen asked.
"Her nobody", Maleficent replied.
Drazen asked, "Of what significance is she?"
"She can control the one will try to save Kairi, Sora, The Keyblade Bearer", Maleficent said.
"Good…our plans are ensured to succeed then", said Drazen.
"Yes, now I will take care of this.
Dark green flames consumed them and Kairi and Naminé separated and appeared in different chambers somewhere in the castle. Naminé awoke soon to find where she was.
"How did I get here?", she spoke.
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