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Kairi woke up with a jolt, thought she wasn't sure what it was that woke her up. All she knew was that she was cold. Miserably cold. She heard something else-

Kairi, it's Roxas and Namine, if you can hear us, please tell us where you are.

No way. "There is no way they could call me all the way from Hollow Bastion". She was too many worlds away. Still, she tried. I can hear you! I'm in some kind of dungeon, it's not the one I remember in the World That Never Was, but its cold and dark. She listened intensely for any sign that they had heard her. After a few minutes she knew they couldn't hear her. She was just too far away. Pete hadn't told her what world she was in, he was too busy soaking up the pride he was going to get from Maleficent for his "clever" place to stash her. She tried to figure out where she was, then, she could at least know when Sora was going to get there. She knew him for so long his decisions were too predictable. When Kairi looked out tiny, barred window, all she could see was forest-miles and miles of forest.

Roxas and Namine were surprised that they could hear her. "Sora!, She didn't say what world she was in, but she said she was in some cold dungeon."

"Okay", the brunette had a worried look on his face.

"Don't worry Sora, we'll get her back." They couldn't sleep, not until they found her. Sora just sat there, looking out at the Great Maw. Roxas and Namine watched him until dawn. The trio went to see Merlin to see if he had any idea where she would be. "Did she say anything other than it was cold and dark?" The old wizard inquired.

"Nope."

"Hmm, this puzzles me, well Namine, if you needed Roxas to communicate with her, she must be at least three worlds away from here. That's all I know."

"Okay, thanks."

Sora didn't know what to do. He didn't even know of any worlds that he had been to before that had a dungeon like that, besides Hollow Bastion, but that dungeon was destroyed when the gang started rebuilding the world. "Well," he went on, "she can't be in any worlds that I have been to before, or I would remember a dungeon like that. That narrows it down a bit."

Roxas and Namine looked at eachother, surprised that Sora actually talked to them, he hadn't opened his mouth the whole night before. "Well I guess that means that we will be going to those worlds first." Roxas asked.

"Right", for the first time since he had lost her, Namine saw a slight smirk on Sora's face.

After explaining the whole situation to Riku on the gummi ship, the map had finished uploading from Cid's computer. "Okay, so the worlds that are far from here and I haven't been to before are Aurora's Castle, and Atlantis. Castles usually have dungeons, let's go to Aurora's castle first." Sora knew there was finally hope. The gummi ship turned and sped towards their destination.

Namine was surprised by the size of the Castle. "Wow, this place is HUGE!" Roxas just laughed, "c'mon Nam, let's go see if the king and queen know anything about a dungeon." Sora shook his head and agreed. The king saw them walking towards his throne and demanded an explanation. "Who on Earth are you and why are you in my castle!"

"Father, this is Sora, Donald, Goofy, and I'm not sure who the other three are, but I know they are all here to help us. Sora is the one that saved me in Hollow Bastion two years ago."

"Ah, well then, nice to meet you young man, what is it that I can do for you?"

Sora began, "Sir, Maleficent kidna…" he was cut off.
"MALEFICENT!" "Boy why do you speak her name? I banished her many years ago."

"You know of her?" Donald asked.

"Know of her? She kidnapped poor Aurora when she was sixteen and pricked her finger with a needle to make her die, luckily the prince slayed Maleficent when she turned into a dragon and broke the spell."

"Oh! That's what she did to my friend Kairi! See I defeated her when she was trying to destroy the worlds…"

"Yes Aurora told me all about you."

"Well, she wants to try again, and she knew she needed a way to distract me, so she took her, I need to know where your dungeon is."

"Boy our dungeon is empty. May I speak with you?" Sora nodded and followed him into another room. "Sora, is it?" Again he shook his head. "Well, Sora, do you love this girl?"

"Yeah, I really do."

"Alright I think I may know how to help." He handed Sora a new keyblade, called Needlesword. "May this new weapon be of great use to you on your way to find her. Be strong, boy."

Sora thanked him and said "I will."
"Now, about the dungeon, there is no one being held in my dungeon, but when I banished Maleficent she made a tower where she now presides, I'm not sure if there is a dungeon in it, but if there is that is where your girlfriend will be. It's a long way there, threw the forest. Good luck." Sora blushed a little bit when the king said "Girlfriend", but immediately got control of his face when he realized he needed to be serious in order to find her. "Thank you Sir." He left the room and nodded for the rest of the soldiers of the light to follow him out of the castle, "Come on, I'll tell you what he told me on the way there." They went off towards the forest. It looked endless, dark, and cold.