Hi guys! …if you're still there…=_= I am sooo sorry for the super long wait – it's almost been a year. I've been really busy with school and everything (it was really stressful D: ) so I didn't have time to write at all. My friend also stopped responding to my emails so that's also part of the reason…she moved away before we even started this story so now I'm wondering if she got a new email :/ Anyways it was actually axis-powers that persuaded me to continue writing this story by myself. Also I reread my reviews and I kind of forgot how nice and supportive you all were. I was actually thinking of discontinuing this story many times because I had no motivation/time, but I decided to continue it. So enough of my rambling – I hope you enjoy this chapter! ^-^

Note: 'inner voices' and thoughts. Yes there's a difference XD

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN KINGDOM HEARTS! Or Peter Pan…yeah.

EDIT! Apparently my friend's email got hacked so that's why she hasn't been responding. I'm talking to her via Deviantart now :P

"Hello?" Namine asked, her voice shaking from fear.

"Shhhhhh," whispered a voice. Namine assumed it was the hooded stranger.

"Why did you bring me here?" she hissed.

"Would you rather be stuck in there?" the hooded stranger hissed back. Namine shut her mouth. Thanks to this person, she was able to escape. The stranger pulled her hand with less urgency this time as they walked toward some destination. Namine wouldn't have minded the situation so much if she knew who this stranger was. With all this mystery, how could she know that this person was trustworthy?

Namine decided to take a risk. She took her free hand and quickly pulled the hood back. What she saw shocked her. Namine rubbed her eyes to make sure it wasn't a dream.

"Is there something wrong with the way I look?" asked the man.

"N-no I just didn't expect it to be...you!"

Zexion looked at her strangely. "What's the matter with me?"

Namine fidgeted. "W-well, you're part of the Thirteenth Order...so I thought you would be on the other side."

"Wasn't it obvious I was part of the order by my clothes?"

"Of course it was! But why are you helping me?"

Zexion crossed his arms. "Larxene has been annoying me with all of her schemes to keep all of the Princesses of Heart prisoner. It's not like I'm doing this for YOUR sake."

Namine bit her lips, not knowing whether or not to trust him, but she was going to have to go along with him now.

"All right. But at least tell me where we're going!" The question got a sigh out of Zexion.

"Just follow me" he said, pulling her hand. Namine blushed, self-conscious about Zexion's hand. Zexion, oblivious to Namine's discomfort, continued to tug her in a general direction. A bright light formed at what Namine assumed was the entrance to the way out. They walked through the blinding light together, as soon as Namine saw the scenery in front of her, she gasped.

Roxas could not sleep. Something was bothering him intensely but he couldn't figure out what it was. Sora snoring on the ground next to him wasn't helping much either. He groaned internally and rolled over on his side, attempting to fall in a deep sleep similar to Sora's.

'Roxas!'

Roxas sat up immediately and looked quickly around. That voice…it couldn't be!

'Namine?'

'Roxas, I'm here. My… companion helped me break out of Larxene's prison. Where are you right now? My powers can't sense your presence very well.'

'I'm in Neverland with Sora and the others. We actually met up with Larxene and Wendy, a girl from this world, was really injured from Larxene's daggers. Peter Pan is looking out for her right now.'

'Oh I see. I would keep an eye on Wendy just in case. Larxene has very strange abilities that even I am not aware of. She must have done something to Wendy that isn't visible to the naked eye.'

Roxas made a mental note of that and nodded his head. I knew Wendy was acting weirdly! He cocked his head to the side and glanced at Sora, who was grumbling in his sleep.

"K-kairi…I'll save Namine…don't worry…" Sora mumbled. Roxas cracked a grin at that and lay back down.

'All right, Namine. Just keep safe, ok?'

'I'll try. I have to go now so I'll try to keep you updated on what's to come.' With that the connection was severed and Roxas finally succumbed to a deep sleep.

Kairi felt a little stronger today, so she decided to get out of bed and walk around a bit, much to the horror of her servants. Earlier she finally got in touch with Namine and that contributed greatly to her recovery. She also tried to check up on Sora but he was still sleeping. She giggled and imagined Sora snoring on the ground, creating an entertaining mental image. Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud knock on her door.

"Princess Kairi?" a voice called through the door.

"Come in!" Kairi chirped, feeling energy flow through her body. A young, brunette woman with vivid green eyes walked in with Kairi's medicine and gave it to her to drink. Kairi downed it quickly and sat back on her bed.

"Olette, do you think you can do me a favor?" Kairi asked curiously.

Olette looked taken aback and stuttered, "O-of course, anything for my dear princess."

Kairi grinned and replied, "Take the deepest red roses from the palace gardens and put them in a vase here in my bedchamber. I need them for something important."

Riku leaned back on the walls of the cave, staring at the makeshift fire he built. "His Majesty" was over on the other side, shivering as he tried to warm up in the cold night. They had narrowly escaped from Maleficent and managed to deport to another world, though he had no idea which world this was. There was a ton of sand and some very strange bandits hunting for some kind of treasure.

"Hey Riku?" Mickey, as he introduced himself, called. Riku could not take this mouse as a great king.

"Hm?"

"Do ya think Sora and the others are okay?" He also didn't know how Mickey seemed to know everything that was going on.

"Yeah. Knowing Sora, he's probably just lazing around all day." Riku scoffed. "I still don't see why Kairi chose him though…"

Mickey smiled sadly and shook his head. Riku still doesn't understand the true meaning of being a Keyblade wielder…

I AM SOOO SORRY but this chapter took me around 3 hours to write 'cause I lost inspiration AGAIN halfway through. Also I've been super busy going around to places visiting peopleeeee….so I hope you forgive me! I also came up with a new rule…ish…though I might break it again since it's, well, me. I will only update if there are 10 reviews for this chapter. K thanks bye!