I've decided to split this story into two separate ones. Basically this story comes in two parts. There will be a big fight in the final chapter of this part and just for a teaser for you, I'm gonna be using a speech that was used in the actual game series. Can you guess? And yes, the ear pieces will be used more often.

Sora: Do we have to?

Riku: Yeah they're kinda annoying me.

Yes now shut up. Enjoy.

Universal Dreams

Chapter 13

Challenges of the mind

It was night time. Sora, Roxas, Kairi and Namine were stuck in a dream. The same dream. A dream that had challenged them to prove themselves. They were given one night to try and complete their task but knowing dream time in relation to real time, this could only be an hour. Sora was now sat on the floor with his hand in front of him. He had a goofy grin on his face. The others couldn't tell whether he was trying greed or joy. Roxas then realised it was greed due to the way Sora was laughing.

"He, he, he," laughed Sora

"What are you trying to picture Sora?" asked Roxas

"The Aztec gold," he replied. "Man I really wanted that gold." He went back to concentrating.

"Anyway. How are you two doing?" Roxas asked the girls.

"Well I think I'm almost there," Kairi said. "I have a feeling you have to try and make your self feel naturally warm. They say light brings warmth. So I figured it could work the other way round."

"Well I'm trying to think of positive thoughts," said Namine. "What about you Roxy?"

"Roxy?" Sora asked. "Yeah how you doing Roxy." His smile became even goofier.

"Namie, what did I say about that nickname?" said Roxas.

"Roxy? Namie? Bloody hell you two have too much free time," Kairi laughed.

"Well don't you two have nicknames?" asked Namine.

"Not really. Well Kairi said I could call her Kai a while back but it hasn't really passed my mind much," Sora replied.

"Yeah and Kai isn't really embarrassing," Kairi continued. "Roxy or Namie is." She then started to laugh quite hard.

"Whoa Kairi. You're glowing," said a shocked Namine. It was true. The laughing had made Kairi glow slightly giving her a white aura. "Ooh I've gotta try that. Roxy, try and make me laugh."

"Umm… uhh… oh, a man walks into a drum kit, Ba Dum Tsch," He said with a laugh.

"Hey that's not bad," said Namine. She also started to laugh. She also glowed but not as much as Kairi.

"Hey here's an idea," suggested Sora. "Why don't you laugh in you're head? That way me and Roxas can concentrate."

"Yeah alright," they replied.

Meanwhile on the ship, Riku wasn't able to fall asleep. He was thinking too much about that Firaga. It eventually got to the point where he got up to talk to Sora.

"Psst. Sora." No response. He started to shake him. Still no response. He realised it wasn't nice to wake him up so decided to go to the Lobby to get a drink. When he got there, he saw Ven who also couldn't sleep.

"Ven? What are you doing up?" he asked.

"I should be asking you the same thing Riku," he replied.

"Oh I was just thinking about what happened in Neverland. That wasn't dark magic was it?"

"I dunno. Maybe, but for now lets just try and get rid of those heathens. Right?"

"Yeah, OK."

"So where we flying now?"

"Umm Namine said we were flying over to a pink and white world. You could tell Kairi would have chosen that."

"Oh come on Riku. Don't be like that. I can guarantee that you'll enjoy yourself." Silence fell before Riku laughed at him.

"You chose it didn't you."

"Well it was either that or a desert. So I told Namine that we go to the pink world first before the desert world."

"Fine."

Back in the dream state, Kairi had managed to glow even brighter and Namine had become just as bright. Roxas had figured out how to obtain Namine's light power to use as an attack. All he had to do now was figure out how to obtain darkness to create the twilight. Sora had managed to sustain greed and was now working on joy. This one seemed to be easier.

"So Sora, what are thinking about?" asked Kairi. "I hope it's about me."

"Of course. Why wouldn't I," he replied. "But we haven't really gone out that long so I'm also thinking about the flying. That was brilliant." Kairi's light started to become dimmer. "No, no Kairi It's not like that. Well what are you thinking about to make yourself happy?"

"You already know." She became even dimmer.

"Well I'm sorry Kai. Flying will only work in that one world but I get to spend the rest of my time with you."

"Aww, thanks," she replied with a smile. She began to glow even brighter than before.

"Now why don't you say anything nice to me every so often?" Namine said to Roxas.

"I've said nice things to you ever since we started going out…" he suddenly stopped.

"When did you start going out?" said Kairi, shocked.

"Ever since Roxas saved me," Namine smiled. She began to glow even brighter. So much so that Roxas started to glow due to the light she was giving him.

"Oh I'm so happy for you man," Sora said. Joy filled him up and the Keyger came to his hand. "Oh cool. Now I gotta sustain it." It was quite funny seeing Sora concentrate and laugh at the same time.

On the ship…

"Oh yeah have you noticed that Sora seems to be in a deep sleep," Riku said. "He's never been that deep in sleep."

"Yeah it's the same with Roxas," Ven replied. "I've never been able to play any night tricks on him. Tonight I was able to stick food down his shorts."

"Umm ok? I'm gonna go back to bed."

Station of Awakening…

Namine had sustained her light ever since and Roxas was almost able to use the darkness. He had decided to try and use his light to obtain the darkness from the endless abyss. Kairi had managed to make her light grow and was now empowering Sora who was now trying to focus on jealousy. The problem was he had no reason to be jealous.

"How's it coming along Sora?" asked Roxas. "Jealous enough yet? There we go." Roxas had managed to obtain the darkness and use it as a shield. He was using his light to stop the darkness taking over him.

"Not good. I have no reason to be jealous."

"Ok I'll give you a reason," Kairi said smiling. "Namine, just for now look away."

"Umm ok?" she replied. She then turned around and closed her eyes, her light glowing. She even went as far as blocking her ears.

"Roxas, I need you for the next few minutes," continued Kairi.

"Wait Kai what are you doing?" Sora asked.

"Just hold still." She cast Blizzaga on Sora's feet freezing him in place.

"What are you doing?" yelled Sora trying to free his legs.

"Just you wait." She walked over to Roxas and then went to hug him. It was quite unusual the way she hugged him though. The way she hugs Sora.

"No Kai, don't." She then started to kiss is neck. Roxas seemed to become a bit uncomfortable while Sora became angrier and angrier. She then raised her lips in line to Roxas's. as she started to lean in, there was a flash of light and Sora was now wielding the Keydent. He used it to break open the ice and ran over to Roxas. He hit him in the stomach and pulled Kairi away from him. "You stay away from him!"

"Hey it worked," smiled Kairi. Sora looked down at his hand and saw the golden weapon.

"Yeah well don't do that again," he moped as he went to hug her.

"Hey can I turn round again?" asked an upset Namine. Kairi walked over to her and put her hand on Namine's shoulder. She moved her hands and turned round again.

"What the hell was that all about?" she asked.

"Umm lets just say," Roxas stammered. "Kairi managed to make Sora jealous for his weapon." Namine became confused for a while. Eventually Roxas called out.

"Hey guys! Check this out." He pulled back his hand and then shot it forward. White and black lightning then shot out of his hand and hit Sora in the stomach. "That's a bit of revenge for earlier."

"Hey nice move Roxy," Sora crooned before laughing.

"Ahh I see all 4 of you have managed to complete you're tasks," said the voice. "And with time to spare. You may ask me questions if you want. I don't want you to be left in the dark."

"Umm actually I was wanting to ask you something," said Sora. "Who are you?" the voice laughed.

"That, unfortunately, is one question I cannot answer. You will figure that out on your own."

"Ok what about when we are going to receive these powers," said Roxas.

"As I explained before, I'm not going to tell you. One thing I can tell you is that once you receive it, you will know all there is to know about it."

"Are we going to get more of these lessons?" asked Namine.

"No. You, Roxas and Kairi won't be receiving any more. Sora however has 7 more."

"Why aren't Riku and Ven getting these lessons?" Kairi asked.

"They do not need these lessons. They already have their powers. The problem is they do not know it yet. Although that Riku boy is getting there. Ven needs a bit of a push in the right direction. Ahh it seems out time is up. You will not remember these lessons yet. The memories will be there but you can't access them. There will be a trigger in the future that will allow you to remember. That trigger is key. You cannot miss it. Farewell for one night."

Ooh that was good wasn't it. If you haven't figured out already, the world Ven was on about was Wonderland and the world after, Agrabah. Anyway that's it for one more chapter. See ya.