Zetra Shink- Thanks. I kinda like suspense, it works well. But that's not exactly the case for this chapter.

Updates may be a bit slow for the next few days. I sprained my wrist. Again. (Sigh) Oh well.

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Lea and Kairi followed the King downstairs. I told Yen Sid what happened.

Sora, Riku and I had found the Secret Place that afternoon. Of course, we'd lost track of time and ended up falling asleep.

I woke up in the middle of the night to see a dark figure standing at the entrance, watching us.

"Who are you?" I asked.

He ignored me. "It's almost sad that your friends will die. You will be alone. You will always be alone."

I continued by telling him the rest of my dream. "But I have no idea how I got out. The last thing I remember is wandering around in the Realm of Darkness until I fell asleep."

"I see. Why don't you go down and join the others?"

"Okay!" I turned around. "Umm, Master Yen Sid? If the x-blade was created, would the Keyblade War really begin again?"

"It's possible."

"Then I have to stop it! Guess I'd better go train!"

The others didn't know this, but I wasn't asleep the entire time while I was in the Realm of Darkness. I was awake for a lot of the time. Oddly enough, I aged, probably due to the fact that I entered that place while I was so young.

I wandered the vast expanse that was the Realm of Darkness. I was so helpless, so alone. When a Heartless attacked, all I could do was run, run and hope I didn't run into another one.

"AAH!" I sat up. I'd fallen asleep while Kairi and Lea were sparring. "Wha's going on?"

Three days had gone by, and still nothing from Sora and Riku.

"Lea won," King Mickey said. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," I said. "It's just a bad dream."

I think Lea noticed that I'd been a bit down- memories of the Realm of Darkness haunted my dreams every time I closed my eyes. "I have an idea," he said, grinning. "Tickle fight!"

I tried to run. "Don't you da- ACK!"

Lea tackled me to the ground, tickling me in the ribs. "OH MY GOD! STOP IT, LEA! STOP!"

Lea laughed. "Not until you beg for mercy!"

"NEVER! EEK! HEP ME, KAIRI!"

"I'll save you!" Kairi shouted. "DOGGIE PILE!"

Within minutes I had not only Lea, but also Kairi, Donald, and Goofy on top of me. Eventually we untangled the mess of arms and legs, laughing.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Lea asked, suddenly serious. "You've been a bit down. You worried about the boys or something?"

"Y-yeah," I lied. "That's it."

I don't think Lea or King Mickey believed me, but the others did.

Yen Sid stood in the doorway, watching the "training session." She's just like her mother.

He stepped forward. "Mai? Come inside, I have something I need to speak with you about."