Requiem-Guys, no more school! SUMMER BREAK IS HERE! Granted, something may go wrong since I live in a house filled with psychos, but more updates for all of you! It's not fun to live in a house filled with psychos.

Now let's help get Donald and Goofy get some more love in fanfiction.

Yep, I'm also making an AU of Brave out of this, out of a lot of movies actually...I'm insane, okay? I probably have to reedit this soon, but I just wanted to post it. Because things happen, really, really dramatic things happen! Anyways, let me stop ranting and start the new chapter!

"The wisps lead us here?" Merida asked, confusion in her rather unique voice. She was looking at the cottage in the middle of the forest. It was small and quaint, but something about it just seemed a little off. The very last of the blue flames disappeared, not even leaving a trace.

"A-hyuck, I wonder what it is," answered Goofy. He started to stroll his way down there, so the other three followed shortly after him.

"Why would somebody live out here anyways?" Namine let her thoughts ponder. If she was in this world, where would she live? Probably out here because she was a witch and all, but Namine felt like she would have desired to go to the kingdom nearby. Things that were out of her reach always sparked an interested in Namine's mind.

"Oh well, let's just see who this lady is. Well, the person can be a man too...Whatever. Or we can just see if this house is abandoned or not. We can't find out unless we open that door!" Sora, being as reckless as ever, hurried up to the door. When he opened it, the brunette noticed the place was filled to the brim of things dealing with bears.

"What is it?" the Scottish princess questioned. Their new friend was only a couple feet behind the keyblade wielder. They were both pretty impulsive, so it figured they would be the ones throwing themselves into the face of possible danger.

"Don't let Namine see, she gets crazy around bears," warned Sora. "Trust me...me 'n Namine went somewhere before with all these bears, and she lost it." But, it was too late, the blonde had reached the door. When she saw the contents inside, the Nobody's ocean eyes began to light up.

"Oh my Kingdom Hearts, this is too cute! Just look at the one over there and over there! Look at how they're made with such precision, such thought!" She pushed Merida and Sora out of the doorway. Goofy sighed when he saw the two other teenagers with their butts on the grassy ground underneath them.

"Shouldn't we do something about Namine...?"

"Goofy, you know that it's useless now! Oh, this is exactly how Kairi reacted around dolphins and chipmunks...wait, what?" As soon as it came, the memory retreated to the far recesses of Sora's mind. He was shocked that a memory of Kairi even popped up. Due to Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy not knowing much about her, she was an utter myself to Sora. Then the teenager boy noticed Merida entered the house, so Sora followed the curly haired girl.

"Gosh, guys, there's no one here. Do you think we should go before whoever owns this place returns?" Goofy, fulfilling his role as the voice of reason, suggested. But, it was too late, his other three companions were too busy looking at all the different kind of things inside. Curiosity sparkled in their almost matching blue eyes.

"Wow, this one is perfect too, such perfection makes me...no, there's no way you could be jealous. You just remember it from your other life. Well, as a fellow artist, I can admire the hardwork and love put into every single craving in this place! Just look at all the tiny marks etched to every square inch of the wood, at all the time and effort it must've taken to complete even one of these masterpieces!" Namine grabbed one of the statues of the bears, and then, looking around her, sneaked it into her carrier for arrows. She knew this was wrong, but something inside her told Namine to do it anyways. Her 'heart' fluttered around in her chest. Somehow, Namine could feel somebody smiling...

"Look there, fellas! There's another wisp!" noted the humanoid dog, breaking Namine from her rather interesting train of thought. Then all the young ones turned their still growing bodies to face the supernatural flame. The blue embers spattered onto the grass, disappearing the moment they touched the foreign identity. The wisp was certainly something that was disturbingly captivating.

"So, I guess the others are still asleep. Figures. How long have I've been asleep anyways?" the foreteller asked. She sat her way down onto the floor, sitting on her legs. For somebody that seemed to be rather important, something about her was informal and somewhat childish. The replica remained standing. It was like he was looking down at Yochi, but he told himself that he was too low of a life form to do that. Replicas were even more pathetic than Nobodies were.

"To be honest, I've no idea. I didn't even know there was a Keyblade War until you told me." The Riku replica looked over to Yochi to see her on the verge of tears. Her hands were crunched up along with her chest heavily lifting up and down over a multiple times. When he stared into her brown eyes, they were a twisted image of what they once were only seconds beforehand. It was like Yochi was in some kind of trance.

"If I just tried a little bit harder, I could've stopped it all! But, no, I just had to make all the others trust that man...trust her words of being safe as well! Everything is my fault! Only my fault!" she cried out. "If I was stronger, I could've stopped a war, stopped the deaths of billions of people!" She placed her head in between her knees, making her auburn hair fall down to the side.

"Don't blame yourself, that only makes things worst." When the replica patted her on the back, Yochi jumped. He whipped some of her tears off the girl's still rather abnormal eyes.

"How could you possibly know how it feels like?" snapped the brunette. "I betrayed my troops, my lover, my family, my friends, everybody because of simple cowardice!"

"I do know how it feels like, Yochi. Back when I was trying to find myself...I was rather confused, and I happened to kill a man. He wasn't exactly innocent, but that's doesn't remove his blood from my fake hands." Riku's replica closed his eyes, remembering the futile screams of Zexion. The screams telling to get him to stop, screams of pure terror. He could not tell why he was this honest, probably because Yochi was acting like a complete insecure child in his eyes.

"That was a single person-"

"The thing is that we both have blood on our hands since we were cowards! If you fail to see that, you're nothing more than a child, not a person fit for any power! Get your head out of your dreams of misery and live in reality! The reality that others know the same agony that you went through!" Angered, the replica left Yochi's side and began to walk out of the hallway. The keyblade Master was left there, and tears formed in her eyes once again. Her eyes only twisted more and more. There was something like a little tinge of yellow hiding beneath all the layers of milky brown.

"Why can't I do anything right?" Yochi slammed her fists into the white ground, letting out a painful scream. Riku Replica looked back at her, but he left anyways.

"It's your fault that they took her anyways. Maria's gone because of you, and I thought you loved her."

They, Sora, Namine, Merida, and Goofy, reached the next place the wisps lead them, a deserted castle of some sort. At least nobody in their right mind would live in a place that was in this much of ruin. A dark aura was everywhere in this place even. The darkness made Namine's skin crawl, for she knew that something was inside. Something that they should probably not be studying. Most people would have ran away at this point. Curiosity just so happened to be all of the adolescents' middle name though.

"Gawrsh, this place sure is scary," commented Goofy. He put one of his fingers near his mouth. His eyes examined the area for anything that might cause harm to any of them. "Are ya sure we're supposed to be here?"

"Relax, Goofy, I'm sure there's nothing to be scared of. Why would fate guide us here just to give us something bad?" Sora said. "Come on, the worst that can happen is that we run into some kind of monster. You know, all of us are experienced fighters, so I can surely say all of us can kick butt! We can even be the kick butt squad! Nobody will hold us down now since Donald isn't with us to be our horrible healer!"

"You don't have to be that mean to Donald." Namine was not shocked at the slightest that nobody heard her rather quiet voice.

"Let's go!" Merida and Sora, being the most impulsive ones, rushed into the building before Namine and Goofy. Before Namine entered the premises, Goofy stopped her by getting a grip on her hand.

"We've to talk about something."

"What Goofy?" Namine asked. She stopped her footsteps, so the dog let go of her. "We should really be in there." Her eyes were the only thing that followed her friends inside the mysterious place.

"Keyblade? Wait, is this in some kind of Latin of something?" On one of the many broken stones surrounding the place, the familiar shape of the key-shaped sword caught Sora's eye. "Hey, Merida, can you read this for me? I can't read this language."

"Sure! I can tell it is Scottish from here. the one benefit of having an overprotective mother." She raced up to him and examined the thing before the both of them. Sora wanted to facepalm himself. Of course it was Scottish, this world was one of the many that spoke and wrote in that language. It was even named the Meadows of Scotland for Kingdom Heart's sake. "Keyblade...X-blade...foretellers...wars? What's this about?" As those words exited her mouth, Sora's chest became a prison for pain. He feel onto his knees, and a part of him wanted to cry out bloody mercy.

"What's wrong?" Worried, she dropped herself onto the floor. Since she thought she had an idea, Merida pressed her hand against Sora's head. His temperature was normal. "That's weird, you're not burning up. Do you have any idea what's going on?"

"I...don't know..." Sora fainted onto the redhead's lap. Idiot, let me show you the truth.

"Hey, Goofy, what do you want? There has to be a reason you did that. We should most likely join up with all the others as soon as we can. Sora can become very impatient," Namine inquired. A sudden pain entered her chest. She tried to hide it through putting on a very fake smile onto her face. Goofy was not buying it in the slightest.

"I wanna tell ya about something-" The blonde's vision began to drastically blur, making her companion's words lost to her. All Namine could hear was some ominous chanting of what she presumed to be Latin. She collapsed onto the overgrown grass, and Goofy's eyes widened.

"Hello, fake," a voice welcomed. It was totally angered by something. When he opened his eyes, Sora noticed a man in front of him. He was exactly like him, but his eyes were yellow and hair black. People could even accuse him of being some form of a facsimile. The stranger's outfit was alike Riku's darkness suit; the only visible differences between the two were their different color schemes. All that was around them was darkness and a stained glass. The stained glass had a picture of the brunette hero with his eyes shut. Around him was everything that the teenager held close to his heart and that mysterious girl who looked a lot like Namine.

"What are you talking about?"

"That's besides the point. After a man named Mordu learned about the power of the keyblade, he-"

"Don't listen to him!" Another stranger yelled. "You can't trust a word he says! He loves twisting the truth around!" Unlike the other man, this one looked like the unusual Organization member that Sora meet about a year ago. Though, this one did not bare dark clothing, but clothing with very light colors ranging from white to brown.

"I don't understand what's going on!" Sora shouted. He threw his fists into the air.

"Maybe you should ask Namine," replied the black-haired man. "She's been hiding stuff from you for she wants you to be all hers. That girl is such a selfish witch. Heck, she even hides things about your past that weren't even related to Kairi or anything important to Marluxia's plan!" A grin grew on the dark boy's face followed by a small chuckle.

"Stop feeding him lies!" The blonde figure's crystal blue eyes dilated. He seemed to want to go where the darkness was, but something was holding him back. The raven-haired look-a-like was the only one that was enjoying himself.

"Namine's been hiding stuff from me? No...there's no way that's true!" His words drifted. "No way...no way, you're just a liar!"

"Well, then let me humor you with this! Ask about your memories, realize the holes in them! You can trust me that you can't trust that witch." The yellow-eyed boy reached his arm out to Sora, yet the other one got in his way. A scream of pain could be heard from somewhere.

"No-"

"Ventus, get out of the way!"

"I can't let you put a damn finger on him, Vanitas! Sora, run! Run out of here! Get away while you can! Go off! Just run for it already! I can keep him at...urgh...bay for now!" shouted Ventus, desperation in his actual rather high voice. He was pushing as hard as he could. Instead of his plan working, Ventus was just pushed out of the way from Vanitas. Sora searched for a way out. The only thing surrounding them was an endless darkness that screamed out chants of some type of language.

"What do you want? What's going on here?" Before any of his questions could be answered, Vanitas grabbed onto Sora's arm. Ventus's eyes moved away from his opponent's target, for his alter ego had won. Vanitas let out a laugh, knowing he had won this battle. A shining light erupted from the touching of the two duplicates' hands.

There are saints. Namine looked around, realizing she was literally in the middle of nowhere. She had this horrible pain in her head, but the witch had no idea where it came from. All Namine knew was that she wanted it to go away immediately. There also appeared to be words being chanted from somewhere. That made Namine certain that this place was somewhere that was not exactly normal per say.

There are witches. A being appeared in front of Namine. A black veil covered her face, so the blonde could not examine any of her features. There was a beautifully designed black dress that decorated her body. The dress was like the ones that wealthy women wore in some worlds that were not as advanced as others. It was rather puffy and clearly made out of some expensive type of black satin.

If you had asked me before, I would've said it was impossible for them to fall in love. "Namine, I've been waiting," the being spoke, her voice exactly like the aforementioned girl. "Marluxia told me a lot about you. Well, and I also happened to just be chilling inside your body for a really, really long time. I'm rather bored of this place."

Now I prove myself wrong. "Marluxia..." The words disappeared from Kairi's Nobody's mouth. Memories of Castle Oblivion stung her mind because of this mysterious person almost purposely mentioning Namine's abuser. She must have known it was impossible for Namine to forget a single thing.

Both of us love each other. "Yes, Marluxia, I know that you are familiar with that name. It's a pain to think he's no longer alive." Her hands collided, and it looked like she was praying. Tears could be seen falling from her hidden eyes. "Daddy, I miss you."

The bond between the saint and the witch is strong. "How can he be your father? Nobodies can never even bare children, for we don't even have the organs to do so! I know because I have no nipples on my breasts!" Namine asked. She could feel the other woman's glare.

Thank you for proving me wrong, and for falling in love with a person like me. "TMI, Namine...Well, anyways, even if we're not related by blood, we're still a family. Bonds is what create fathers, not a simple bloodline. You're still so naive."

You've saved me from my solemn hour. Namine glazed into space, not knowing what to say next. If what this person said was true, then Namine really did have a family. But...she was a Nobody, unable to feel, unable to create any sort of bond whatsoever. Family was impossible for her. Somehow, Marluxia had a bond with this stranger. A thing like that made Namine ponder about many things.

I'm one of the many souls you've saved, that you let into your light heart. "See, that response only shows to me even more that you're naive! You're only over a year old, so what should I've expected? Nothing out of the bounds of reality." Her tears stopped, and the girl's fists were clenched. "Why am I stuck in this Hell with you of all things? Why did Daddy and Mommy do this to me? It's better than being dead and gone but still."

There are Nobodies, there are somebodies. "I get it, nobody would want to be stuck here with a witch like me. I'm really that unbearable, right?" Namine's hands meet together in front of her. She moved a foot around, but then made it still again. The stranger huffed. While the person she newly meet came closer, the witch backed away.

"You've a lot to learn, Namine."

"Sora..." Coming to once again, Sora found himself on the shoreline of Destiny Islands, on the beach where he used to play. The waves were rather calm that day as well as the wind blowing through his spiky, brown hair. Then that was when he noticed Namine was in his arms, but the brunette noticed that she was fading away. Darkness was surrounding her, and there were bloody wounds covering her whole entire body. Her white dress from her early days was all stained in an unmistakable red liquid. "You already knew all Nobodies fade back into darkness. I told you before, but I guess you didn't listen. Ha ha, I love that about you. Just believing in the best of every situation, not letting people like me get to your head. People like me that are just think the worst and lie about it."

"Namine, don't go!" pleaded Sora. Tears fell out of his normally upbeat and hopeful eyes, and he held one of her hands up to his face. It was so slender and soft. Her gloves were obviously absent from her hands. But, like everything else, it was fading away slowly and painfully. At this moment, it was like the calm waves were mocking him, and the wind became colder and harsher.

"I'm scared! Even if I can't feel, I'm so, so scared! I don't want to die! I need to live on!" Namine burst out in tears and screamed. Her legs were completely gone, taken by the darkness surrounding her body. "Please, I want to stay with Sora! Let me stay with Sora! Let me stay with you! I'll do anything! Just give me more life please!" Her pleads would cause anybody to empathize with her futile struggle of life. "At least make me leave something behind! Something that isn't easily taken away! Something not as easily replaceable as memory!"

"Cure!" Sora called out, his voice hardly understandable. A fury of green light surrounded Namine's body, but the magic did nothing to save her. The wounds on what remained of her body finally closed up and stopped bleeding. "Come on, cure!" He did the same thing with the same effect.

"Goodbye, Sora. Live on without me, save the worlds! The worlds need you, and they shouldn't be in danger because of somebody unimportant like me! Go on, Sora, live on, leave me here! They're going to come here again and kill you too! Just keep me in your memories! Don't let me completely fade away! Be the thing that I leave behind!" With the last of her will, the Nobody created a corridor of darkness near the both of them. "This should be a safe place...Sora, I'll always love you. It is probably Kairi influencing me, but I can't deny there's an actual spark. I'm so sorry for doing something like this to you."

"Don't go!" Not thinking straight in the slightest, Sora picked Namine up and kissed her on the lips. Before she could even think about kissing him back, her body disappeared into the darkness. Nothing remained in the young boy's arms. "No!"

"What a pity, if only there was a way to get her back." From his own corridor of darkness, Vanitas appeared right behind Sora. A smile was on his face. This time he was also the only one who was clearly smiling and enjoying himself. "Oh wait, I've the solution. But you've to trust me."

"What is it?" The words only just came out of Sora's mouth, and they sounded almost empty and very monotone. He did not even look at who it was who was talking to him. The only thing in his vision was the complete emptiness. Vanitas snickered, his eyes becoming even more blood hungry.

"Give into the darkness." Vanitas held out his hand, so the brunette took it.

Requiem-Oh God, that was dramatic! Yep, this story is picking up speed!

Vanitas-I'm finally in it! YES!

Requiem-While my Vanitas is being a nerd, I can tell you that there will be less updates since this story is being reedited and stuff. But hey, at least there will be updates!

Also, holy pockets of fire, 3,200 FREAKING VIEWS EXACTLY! Oh my God, I'm so happy! I swear I'm actually crying. Thank you all for supporting this story and I love you all even Vanitas. :D

Oh, for that little poem thing, that is taken from one of my earlier poems The Witch's Redemption. Now all of you can see where I got the name and idea from.