"Celius, don't give in!" her voice calls.

Celius blinks, "Riku? I-is it...really you?"

Celius slips from her grasp and he falls into nothingness. He gasps softly when his back hits cold glass and he turns over and pushes himself to his feet. He looks down at the platform he's standing on. On the left is an image of himself, sleeping on his side.

To the right of that image is a medium sized circle with three smaller circles inside. Two are of Terra and Aqua as he knows them now. The last is of Riku when he first met her. He crouches down and gently brushes his fingers over her image.

"Have I really lost you?" he breathes.

He gasps and turns around and an image of Riku is there, glowing softly, wearing a long flowing white dress. She holds her hand out for him and smiles gently.

He gasps, "R-Riku...?"

She nods slowly, still smiling. He reaches for her and takes a step forward.

"Celius, you mustn't give in. You have to fight back." she says, her smile fading, her hand dropping.

"Fight back?" he blinks, "Riku, I want you back!"

She lays a hand on her chest, where her heart would be, "You must believe in your heart."

Celius blinks, confusion clear on his face. Then the platform breaks and he screams when he falls through. Riku jumps after him, trying to catch up to him. Darkness starts to surround Celius and he lashes out at it.

"You can't have him!" she growls, reaching for him.

She grabs his hand and instantly a bright light explodes from them, covering everything.

...

Celius opens his eyes and gasps softly, realizing he's falling through the Between Space. He groans and summons his Rider and he flies back to where The Keyblade Graveyard used to be.

He gasps, "It's completely gone! Wait... Where's Dawn?!"

He looks around, trying to locate Dawn's source of Light. But he can't trace Dawn from anywhere.

"He just...disappeared?" he blinks, "Because of me...?"

"I made it out."

"Dawn!" Celius gasps, spinning around on his Rider, "Sorry I deserted you."

"I deserved it." Celius insists.

"I was wrong. You are not Dark. I will take the blame for this mess." Dawn says.

"No," Celius shakes his head, "It was my doing, I'll take the responsibility."

"How do you plan to get Riku back, you do plan to, yes?" Dawn asks.

"I'm coming up with one." Celius nods.

"Well I'm all ears." Dawn replies.

"And when I come up with a plan, I'll let you know." Celius sighs.

"Maybe The King can help." Dawn offers.

"Maybe.." Celius seems to be thinking something over.

"We should go see him now." Dawn offers.

Celius nods, "You're right."

Dawn takes the lead and Celius follows him back to the Disney castle. They land and their Riders disappear. Celius makes it to Mickey's study frist. Mickey turns and smiles.

"Oh, golly! I'm glad you're both all right!" Mickey says.

"I have some bad news, Your Majesty." Celius replies.

Mickey looks slightly worried, "What happened?"

"My father's been captured, Riku is dead, and I somehow destroyed The Keyblade Graveyard." Celius explains.

Mickey gasps, "Oh no!"

"Can you help us?" Dawn asks.

"Of course I'll help!" Mickey exclaims.

Celius smiles lightly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"You can count on me!" Mickey smiles.

"We should go find Sora." Dawn says.

"Sorry to disappoint you, boys, but I actually beat you here." Sora smiles lightly as he comes into the room.

"I'm sorry about your daughter, Sora, I should have been watching out for her." Dawn says.

Celius looks down and away, determined not to make eye contact with Sora.

Sora frowns, "No, it was no ones fault, but that's not what we're focusing on."

"They have it." Celius says.

"what?" asks Mickey.

"They have it. The Key of Resurrection." Celius replies.

Sora gasps and Mickey cries out, "Oh no!"

"We need to get it back." Sora says.

"I know, and we will." Celius replies.

"Do you have a plan?" Mickey asks.

"No, not yet." Celius admits with a sigh.

Mickey nods, "That doesn't matter. Between Sora and I, we'll come up with something!"

"Yeah." Sora agrees with a small smile.

"We'll help of course." Dawn offers.

"Much appreciated." Mickey smiles.

"So what do we do? We need to get Terra bacj before we can do anything, and that alone won't be easy." Sora replies.

"We'll need a plan, and a good one." Mickey says.

"I know.." Celius sighs, closing his eyes.

Everyone seemed to be thinking, trying to come up with a plan to save Terra, get the Key of Resurrection, and bring Riku back to life. It was then that Celius opens his eyes and speaks:

"I know how to bring Riku back!"

Dawn looks at him, "You're certain?"

"You do?" Mickey asks.

"How?" Sora demands.

"You'd think you'd need the Key of Resurrection to do it, but you don't!" Celius explains excitedly, "Riku can be brought back and all it would take is a transfer of Light!"

"Where would the transfer be?" asks Dawn.

"What kind of Light?" Mickey asks.

"'The Two Lights of the Princess.'" Celius replies.

"Did Master Yen Sid tell you that?" asks Sora.

"No, it was Riku. She said it to me when she saved me with that Light." Celius explains.

"What Light?" asks Mickey.

"When did she save you?" asks Dawn.

"Long story." Celius shakes his head.

"Fair enough," says Sora, "So how do we do the transfer? Who does the transfer?"

"You and I, Sora." Celius says.

Sora nods, "Makes sense.."

Again, something passes Dawn's eyes, then disappears as quickly as it had come. Dawn knew of his conflicting feelings, and he wanted to dismiss them, but they refused to be silenced.

"We can do the transfer at The Cornerstone," Celius turns to King Mickey, "With your permission, Your Majesty."

"Of course," Mickey smiles, "We'll go now."

"Really?" Sora asks, hope filling him instantly.

"Really." Mickey smiles and leads them to the Hall of the Cornerstone.

They get there and Sora and Celius both put their hands on the stone and close their eyes and they glow in bright Light and it covers the entire room, blinding everyone.

"Golly!" Mickey gasps.

"What is this?!" Dawn gasps.

"LIGHT!" Celius says with joy.

When the light fades and everyone can see, Riku is standing there, well and alive. Sora sees this first and he pulls Riku into his arms and he hugs her tight.

"Dad!" she laughs, tears falling from her eyes and she hugs him back, "I've missed you!"

"Not as much as I have missed you." he breathes, "Don't ever leave me again. I don't think I can handle another scare like that."

She smiles, "I won't. I promise."

Sora lets go of her and she turns to Celius and smiles, "You found me."

He laughs softly, "No, it was you who found me. Remember?"

She nods, "I do."

Then she throws her arms around him and hugs him tight, and he hugs her back, breathing into her hair.

"I love you." he half laughs, half cries.

She laughs softly, "I love you too!" and she hugs him tighter, "Oh, I love you too.."

Celius lets her go and wipes his face and she laughs and wipes her own. Mickey comes up to her and hugs her and she hugs him back, "Your Majesty!"

"It's good to have you back, Riku. We've missed you." Mickey smiles.

She giggles, "I've missed you too, Your Majesty."

Mickey laughs, and for a minute, the room was light. Then Dawn speaks up, "We still don't have the Key, or Celius' father."

Celius turns to him, "Oh, right.."

"We'll get back what we've lost." Sora says, "I promise."

"I believe in you, Dad." Riku smiles.

He smiles and hugs her lightly, "Thanks, kid."

She giggles softly and hugs him, then lets go and walks up to Dawn, "Are you okay? You're the only one who hasn't welcomed me back.."

"Welcome back." he replies, "We have work to do, Princess."

She looks hurt, "Dawn..."

He leaves the room. Everyone watches him go. Then Celius frowns, He has no right to be so rude to her. She just came back to life, for crying out loud! Celius growls softly and walks after Dawn. When he catches up to him, he grabs his arm, "Hey, what gives?! Why did you do that?! Why were you so cold to her back there?! She never did anything to you!"

Dawn growls and pulls his arm away from Celius, "She chose you!"

Celius looks stunned and confused, "What? What are you talking about?"

"I liked her okay..?" Dawn growls.

"Liked her?" Celius frowns, "As in, you don't anymore? What gives with that?"

"She chose you. That's what gives." he sighs, "How much clearer can I get, Celius?"

"Look, if you're mad at me, why take it out on her? She hasn't done a thing wrong. She cares about you, you know. She worries. Don't upset her again. That's a warning." Celius warns.

"What? Are you threatening me again? Because it worked so well the last time you did that." Dawn says, his voice full of sarcasm.

"Shut up! What is with you? Do you even have feelings?!" Celius growls.

"I do." Dawn walks away, "And I hate them."

Dawn summons his Rider and he leaves.

"Dawn, wait!" Celius gasps, trying to go after him, but Dawn was gone.

Riku and the others run up to him.

"Celius, what's wrong?!" Riku asks.

"Dawn's left. I tried to stop him." Celius says.

Riku gasps, "Why would he leave?"

"I'm not sure." Mickey shakes his head, "But we have to go after him."

"I'll go." Celius says, "It's partially my fault he left anyway.."

"Then I'm coming too! I'm not going to lose you again." Riku states.

"Fine, but do exactly as I say." Celius says.

Riku nods, "I'll follow you all the way."

"Then let's go." Celius summons his armor.

Riku summons hers as well.

"Riku." Sora walks up to Riku and she turns around, "Yes, Dad?"

"Be careful." he says.

She smiles and nods, "I will. I promise."

He smiles and hugs her, "Make it back."

"It's a promise." she nods and summons her Rider and follows Celius into the sky.

...

"Where do you think Dawn went?" Riku asks, riding along side Celius.

"I really don't know, but the way we're going, we'll end up in The World That Never Was in a short while, is that really where he'd go" Celius answers.

"He wouldn't!" Riku gasps, "He wouldn't side with our enemy!"

"I know, don't worry, we'll find him." Celius smiles at her and she smiles back, "I know. I believe in you."

"Thanks.." he says.

She nods and they ride on in silence. They end up finding Dawn right outside The World That Never Was.

"Dawn!" Riku calls, riding over to him, "Dawn, why did you leave?"

"Why did you come after me?" Dawn asks, turning and looking at Riku with cold eyes.

Riku stares evenly back at him, "Because you're my friend, and I don't want anything to happen to you."

"Why do you care?" Dawn asks.

"Because you are my friend, Dawn. And I cherish my friends with all my heart." she replies, "When you were overtaken and attacked me, Data Riku and King Mickey tried to fix you, but Data Riku wanted to just delete you all together."

Dawn blinks, staring at her.

She continues, "Dawn, I stood up for you, I fought to keep you here with us. I don't want to see anything bad ever happen to you. Not to you, or to Celius, or Terra, or my dad and King Mickey and all them too. I want to protect you, like you've been protecting me. So, please don't leave me.."

Dawn sighs, "I'll never truly leave you, Princess. I just need some time to think things over, sort some things out."

And wit that, Dawn flies away, heading for a new world, and this time, Celius and Riku don't follow him. Riku smiles softly, I know he'll come back. I trust him. I believe in him. He'll return.