Hi guys! Me again!

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Ok, and all you guys who have been asking for certain worlds to appear… sorry. I already have this story's worlds picked out. And, you who have been asking for Robin Hood, that will appear in the sequel. And from now on, I will try and keep character descriptions short. ONLY if it's a character that you can easily find and know what they look like. The group's forms in other worlds ad OC's will still have the descriptions that give their whole appearance, so that you can picture them in your minds.

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Chapter 21: Neverland

The gummi ship, Night Streakier, flew gently through interspace; all the passengers were just waking up. They had had one heck of a day the day before; three of their Nobody friends were given existences of their own.

The entire group was sitting around the table eating breakfast, except for three of them. "Where could they be?" Naminé looked around for the other three former Nobodies.

"We're here…" an extremely tired Lea, Roxas, and Xion trudged into the room and slumped into chairs. Xion grabbed a cup of orange juice that Riku set out for her, "That's the last time we stay up till five in the morning and then try and get up at seven."

The blonde girl smiled at her three lethargic companions. "That's what you get when you stay up all night eating ice cream and playing Call of Duty."

"Hey, don't be dissing our game!" Lea murmured, "We were the champions in the Organization!"

"Yea! Only one person ever got close to our score and that's only because he hacked the game and got the stupid Honey Badger! Luxord was such a cheater!" The trio laughed.

The others looked on with smiles; they were all so happy to see their friends enjoying themselves. They deserved it; after all they had been through.

"Here," Aqua handed them some homemade espresso, "this should wake you up."

"Thanks!"

As the three sipped on their coffee, Mickey's voice came over the intercom, "Hey guys, we're coming up on a new world!"

Everyone peaked out the window and gasped, "NEVERLAND!"

"What?"

"You've been there too?"

"You know that place?"

"This is a surprise," Riku smirked, "It looks like we've all been here before."

"Well, let's get down there!"

A beam of light shot down to reveal the group. Roxas rolled his shoulder, "It feels great to be back in business." A smile decorated everyone's features.

Riku suddenly looked over and saw a map just lying there on the ground. "What's this?" He reached for it slowly.

"Don't touch it!"

"What? Why?" Riku backed away from the paper.

Aqua smiled, "I don't think you'd want to lead an 'expitition'."

"A what?"

She leaned against a tree, "Just wait and you'll see."

They sat there for a few minutes until six small figures came into view. All were boys dressed up like animals. One was like a fox and had tufts of blonde hair sticking out from under his hood.

Another boy was chubbier and dressed up like a bear with orange hair sticking out.

A smaller boy was in a tan rabbit suit. Next to him was an even smaller boy in a skunk suit.

There were two identical boys in raccoon suits with red hair sticking out.

The boys in the bear and fox outfits saw Aqua and Ven; they stared, mouths wide open. "AQUA! VENTUS!"

"Hi guys!" The entire group of boys ran over and surrounded the heroes.

"Hey," the one in the rabbit suit pointed to the map, "Has anyone picked up the map yet?"

"Nope, it's all yours!"

At those words, the boys dog piled on the map; a wrestling match ensued over the piece of paper. Suddenly, a voice called out, "TEN SHUN!" The boys stopped, with the smallest holding the map.

Coming down from the sky was a boy around ten years old, dressed in all green, with red hair poking out from under a green cap with a red feather.

"Peter!"

The flying boy looked over with a grin, "Hey! I'll be with you in a minute." He turned back to his men. "Well, looks like Tootles is the leader!" The little one in the skunk outfit jumped around silently.

"Huh!" A fairy with blonde hair and a green dress was suddenly harassing Riku. "What the?" The pixie was pulling on his hair and trying to kick him.

"Tink! Calm down!" Sora tried to block his friend from the fairy's attacks.

"Tink!" Tinkerbell turned back to Peter and said something that sounded like the chiming of bells. The boy looked over at the dark Keyblader. "I see that Tink, but if Sora's defending him I think its ok."

Before anyone could ask anything, another voice called out. "Peter! Wait for us!" A girl with red curly hair and in a blue nightdress approached, followed by a boy with black hair under a top hat and was dressed in a long white nightshirt. Teetering behind was a younger boy in a pink onesie, with blonde hair and dragging along a teddy bear.

"Wendy!" Sora was surprised to see her and Riku looked away.

"Oh my! It's him! He's the one who kidnapped me before!" Her finger pointed at Riku.

The two boys with her stiffened, the older boy reached behind and pulled out an umbrella, which he held out threateningly, and the younger one swung his teddy bear around like a weapon.

"Wait!" Sora jumped in front of his best friend. "He's on our side now!"

Riku looked over at Wendy sadly, "I'm very sorry for what I did back then, I was tricked; will you forgive me?"

"Well, yes… I forgive you," the girl nodded.

"Thank you," Riku smirked at the two boys, "I'm guessing that these two are your brothers."

"Yes."

The younger one walked over and tugged on Riku's pants leg, "Hello, I'm Michael!"

"My name is John." The older one lowered his umbrella.

Peter smiled over at the group. "It's really good to see you guys! I don't know all of you but…" Tink flew over to Roxas and Lea. "Apparently, she knows some of you."

"My name is Roxas; this is Lea, Xion, and Naminé."

"You know us," Aqua smiled, "but Wendy, John, and Michael don't. My name is Aqua; this is Ven, and Mickey."

Wendy smiled, "Nice to meet all of you."

The lost boys smiled, "It's good to meet all of you!"

Peter began the introductions, "This is Slightly, Cubby, Tootles, the Twins, and Nibs."

"Nice to meet all of you."

"So," Aqua smiled, "you're on another 'expitition'. Is it for the same chest as before?"

"That's right! It's the chest with all our treasures in it."

Ven's face broke into a huge grin. He thought about seeing his treasure; the wooden Keyblade from Terra. "Can we come?"

"Sure!"

The large company gathered around Tootles as he read the map. The little boy pointed off west. Nibs jumped forward, "Let's go! To Mermaid Lagoon!" The company followed the boys in the rabbit and skunk suits.

As they came out of the forest, they heard some girls giggling. Lying on some rocks and swimming in the water were around ten mermaids.

Lea gave a whistle, "If I didn't have a girlfriend…"

"Shut up!"

Peter jumped down, blowing on a set of reed pipes. This caught the mermaids' attention instantly. "Peter!"

"Peter!"

"Hello Peter!"

"Hiya girls!" He landed on one of the rocks as all the girls gathered around him adoringly; Tinkerbell leaned against a tree and huffed, the glow around her entire body turning red with jealousy

The rest of the gang climbed down onto some of the rocks. Wendy called out, "Peter!"

This caught the attention of every single mermaid. "What?"

"Other girls!"

"What are they doing here?"

"And dressed so funny too!"

Lea leaned over to Ven, "And, they are completely ignoring the fact that most of us are boys."

The mermaids swam over and began pulling on Wendy's dress. "Come on dear, join us for a swim!"

Another came and grabbed Naminé's coat, "Come on, join us!" The blonde girl grabbed at Ven, as she began to fall over.

Sora quickly picked Kairi up, bridal style, and jumped to the bank to keep her away from the mermaids. Aqua jumped after them.

Xion was about to follow when her legs were grabbed and she fell towards the water. "HELP!"

"I got ya!" Roxas grabbed her under her arms and pulled her back up. The two stood on the rock, arms around each other; the mermaids saw this and left her alone.

Wendy was still being harassed; she grabbed a large conch shell and held it up, ready to hit the next mermaid that attacked her. "Don't you dare come over here!"

"Wendy!" Peter flew over and took the shell from her hands. "They were just having a bit of fun; weren't ya girls?"

"That's all…" The mermaids had back off and were trying to act innocent. However, their true motives showed through.

"We were only trying to drown them…"

"You were only trying to… what?" Kairi huffed.

Xion glared, "The nerve!" Then she noticed that she and Roxas were still holding on to each other. They backed off, apologizing to one another.

Wendy wasn't thrilled with how the mermaids acted. "If you think that I'm just going to sit by and let them…" Peter picked her up and flew her to the bank.

"It's alright, they were only playing around."

"I didn't like the game…" The rest of the gang, not at all amused, made it to the bank.

Ven crossed his arms. "Can we just go find that treasure?"

"Good idea, Ventus!"

Tootles pulled out the map and pointed north. "Let's go!" Slightly dashed out ahead.

They continued to walk across the island; they soon came to a cliff. Mickey looked across. "That's a long distance, we could use our gliders to get across, but we'd have to take multiple trips to get everyone across."

"No need… Tink!" The pixie rolled her eyes. "Come on Tink." The fairy refused to move. "Well then, I guess they'll all just have to stay here with us…"

This caught her attention; she flew over, dropping a thick layer of pixie dust on everyone. "Now what?"

"Just think of a happy though and you'll fly!"

"Any happy thought?"

Peter smiled, "That's right!" To show what he meant, he took to the sky. "It's easier than pie!"

"Let's try it!" Goofy chuckled happily.

Everyone closed their eyes as a happy thought came to each of them:

Mickey thought of spending time with Minnie.

Donald thought of spending a day at the beach with Daisy.

Goofy thought of hanging out with his closest friends.

Sora thought of sharing the Paopu with Kairi.

Riku thought of a sunset on the Destiny Islands with his two best friends.

Kairi thought of sharing the Paopu with Sora.

Lea thought of having ice cream with Roxas and Xion.

Roxas thought of a normal life with his friends.

Xion thought of the moment she saw Lea and Roxas again.

Naminé thought of the instant she realized she had her own heart.

Aqua thought of giving Terra and Ven the wayfinders she created

Ven thought of the last night under the stars that he, Aqua and Terra had together.

As they opened their eyes, they saw that they were now hovering above the ground. "How cool is this!"

"See, I told you we flew here!" Roxas grabbed Xion's hand.

"So you did… and it is amazing!

Kairi smiled brightly, "This is so cool!" She giggled and flew around Sora and Riku.

"Come on guys!" Peter flew across the abyss with everyone following, well, almost everyone.

"Come on Naminé, you can do it!" The blonde girl was hovering on the edge of the cliff. Ven flew over and took her hand gently. "Come on, it's ok."

"I… I can't…" she shook her head vigorously. "I'll fall…" Ven hooked arms with her.

"No you won't; I'll help you." The two gently flew across. "See! Just that easy!"

Sora looked over at Riku and Lea and could tell, they were thinking the same thing. They decided to stay silent… for now. They kept on walking or flying through the woods.

Ven had taken to flying above everyone so he saw it first. "Hey! I see the treasure!" He zipped ahead, while everyone else followed behind at a brisk pace.

"There it is!" Cubby yelled, tottering ahead. There it was; a large chest sat under the bows of a large tree. The group huddled around the chest as the boy in the bear suit opened it.

Inside lay a bunch of wooden weapons and other things that many people would see as junk. "What is that?"

"It's our treasures!" the Twins were ecstatic.

Kairi smiled at the boys, "They're so cool!"

Ven's eyes swept over the contents of the chest. "Where… where's my treasure?"

"Uh, Ven," Aqua put a hand on his shoulder, "With all the craziness going on, I never got the chance to tell you what happened to it." Ven looked at her, worried about what she might say. "Vanitas came here and broke it in half. I'm sorry…"

Ven's face fell, making everyone feel bad for him. The blonde boy walked away and sat down some distance away. Naminé went after him to talk to him.

"Aqua," Riku asked, "what was Ven's treasure?"

Her eyes grew sad and distant as she stared at the chest. "It was a wooden practice Keyblade. Terra made it when he began his training and when Ven arrived Terra gave it to him. Ven has always treasured it; and now, it would have been a sign of hope for him. Hope… a faint and fleeting hope that Terra could come back." Tears had begun to collect in her eyes.

Kairi gave Aqua a hug. "Don't worry Aqua. We'll get Terra back!"

"How can you be so sure?"

"Well, if we can come back, why can't he?" Xion gave the bluette a gentle smile. This made the Keyblade Master smile.

Peter looked up at the setting sun and then back at the gang. "When Ventus is ready, we can go back to the hideout; you are all welcome to stay the night."

"But Peter." John asked, "How will there be enough room?"

"Well, the girls can have my room while the rest of us sleep wherever we want." Tinkerbell flew over and began arguing with Peter Pan in her bell-sounding voice. "What'd ya mean? I'm just trying to be polite!"

Lea leaned against a tree and whispered to Roxas, "At first glance you think this is a world of pirates, lost boys, and Indians; but, it's really a world of jealous women…"

"Amen to that…"

Ven came back over, still unhappy, but calmed down a bit. "I heard what Peter said; let's go."

Sora had his hands in his pockets as they walked; suddenly he felt something in them. He pulled it out and smiled. "Hey, Roxas!" He approached his former Nobody and handed him something. "Here, I found this in Mossflower woods, and I thought you'd like to have it."

Roxas took the summon gem from the brunette. The gem was colored a deep red with a black face that looked like a hedgehog's silhouette. "Thanks Sora!"

The group came into a clearing where a gnarled old tree stood. At the bottom was a wooden door that blended perfectly in with the rest of the tree. They went inside; it was a cozy little place but had enough room for all of them.

Kairi sat down on a straw bed, covered by an animal pelt. Slightly came up to her, "Hey Kairi, we were wondering if you'd be our new mother?"

"What?" Her eyes grew wide, "But… you're mother?"

"Don't worry Kairi; you just have to tell them stories and play with them," Wendy whispered in her ear.

"Oh!" Tootles climbed into the Princess's lap. "Well then, would you like to hear a story?" All they lost boys gathered around, including John and Michael.

"You should tell them the story that your grandmother used to tell you."

"What?" Kairi looked at Aqua questioningly, "What story?"

"You don't remember? Oh yes, you said you didn't remember much about your life in Radiant Garden…"

Naminé approached, "Maybe I can help." The girl closed her eyes. "The memories are locked deep away, but they are not unreachable."

"How were they locked in the first place?" Sora sat beside his girlfriend.

"It's nothing to be concerned about," the blonde girl cut in, "She locked them away herself. The memories, though some may be good, lead to some painful memories. It is not surprising that she wouldn't want to remember them."

Kairi closed her eyes and clutched her head. As her eyes reopened, they were full of sorrow. "I remember…" She shook off the sorrow and smiled at the boys. "Would you like to hear the story now?"

"Yes," Michael said, "If you're feeling ok…"

"I am." She adjusted her sitting position and smiled. Everyone sat quietly and listened as she began to speak. "Long ago, people lived in light; everyone loved the light and they all bathed in its radiance. Then people began to fight over it; they wanted to keep it for themselves, and darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything and the world disappeared. However, small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world; it's the world we live in today. However, the true light sleeps deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. Someday though, the door in the innermost darkness will open and the true light will return. So listen, even in the deepest darkness there will always be a light to guide you. Believe in the light and the darkness will never defeat you; your hearts will shine with its power and push the darkness away."

"Whoa…" The story amazed the boys.

The Twins jumped up, "Is it a true story?"

Riku sighed, "Sadly, yes."

"The door in the innermost darkness…" Lea thought to himself, "That must be the true Kingdom Hearts."

Nibs broke the silence that followed. "Hey, can we play a game?"

"Yea!"

"Red rover!"

"No… something else."

"How about…" Sora jumped in, "Tackle the boys who look like me!"

"Yea!"

Roxas and Ven perked up and protested, "Aww, heck no!"

"Too late!" Sora smirked as seven young boys dog piled his two look-alikes. Everyone smirked at this. "What?" Sora found himself on the floor with Kairi holding him down.

"Well, you look like yourself so I guess they can tackle you too!" This caught everyone's attention. Roxas, Ven, and the lost boys stood up; Kairi moved as they all tackled the spiky haired Keyblader.

"So," Lea went over to Riku, Xion, Naminé, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, "Sora and Kairi both like kids apparently…"

"Yep…"

The pyro lowered his voice, "So when do you think they'll get hitched and start having some?" This made them all bust out laughing.

Sora thought they were just laughing at the fact that he was being tackled. "Very funny…"

"You have no idea!" Donald cackled loudly.

The girls stopped laughing before the rest. "Tink," Aqua asked the fairy, "since Peter offered us his room, could you tell us where it is?" The pixie pointed to an opening covered by an animal skin. "Thanks…"

Xion, Aqua, and Naminé went inside and sat down. The raven sighed, "Good thing they asked Kairi to be their new 'mother'. If they had asked me or Naminé… we would have no clue."

"I'm in the same boat," the bluette sighed, "I never learned how to be a mother. My parents were killed when I was seven years old."

"And, we've never had a mother to show us how to be one…"

A minute later, Kairi entered the room. "Hey… you guys ok?"

"Yea… sure…"

(The Next Day)

Peter woke everyone up the next morning with a loud shout. "WAKE UP!"

Sora fell out of bed and groaned, "Peter… what in Kingdom Hearts is going on?"

"You want breakfast don't you?" He smirked, "then get up and let's go get some!"

The entire group stumbled out of bed and staggered out of the hideout. "Where are we going?" Wendy asked.

"Uh… we're goin' fishin'!" Cubby tottered along beside Ven. "That's how we always get breakfast."

All of them walked through the forest; Naminé trailed behind, admiring the scenery and looking for something to draw later. She didn't notice a small fir tree tailing her. The girl stopped to admire a strange flower. The fir tree came up behind her; two hands swiftly reached out and pulled her into the tree.

Naminé tried to scream but her assailant had his hands over her mouth. She struggled but something hit her head and her world went dark.

The blonde's eyes opened heavily. She was in a small circular room with a roof the slanted upwards, giving it the appearance of a cone. The walls were a light brown and made of skin. She tried to move but her hands and feet were bound.

"What?" A flap of skin on the wall moved and two girls came inside. Both were dressed in buckskin dresses, moccasins; their skin was a reddish brown, their hair was black, and around their forehead was a band with an eagle feather sticking up in the back. One of the girls was older and had a proud look about her; the other was much younger and looked very curious of the blonde girl.

"The Indians!" Things were starting to make sense.

"How!" The younger girl held up her hand in a sort of greeting. "Me Tiger Light, this my sister Tiger Lily." She moved closer to Naminé. "Bright Sun welcome."

"Bright Sun?"

Tiger Light grabbed the girl's golden hair. "Hair bright like sun and eyes bright like sky."

"Me?" the Keybearer gasped, "I'm Bright Sun?"

The child giggled, "Bright Sun funny!" The girl brought over a basket with a buckskin robe, decorated with feathers, and a band with a feather inside. "Big Chief want Bright Sun be new Princess. Need look like one."

"Me! I… I can't… I've gotta get back to my friends!"

"Big Chief make rules!" Tiger Light was firm. "You become new Princess after sunset."

Tiger Lily looked angry; she stormed out of the teepee and into the forest.

(With Sora and co.)

"NAMINÉ!"

"HEY NAMINÉ!"

"WHERE ARE YA?"

"WHERE'D YA GO?"

The gang regrouped back at Peter's hideout. The heroes were nervous. "She's not the kind of person to just run off for no reason."

"Peter," Roxas asked, "do you think Captain Hook has her?"

"Does he know who she is?" The others shook their heads. "Probably not then; he doesn't know who she is so he wouldn't see any use for her."

Kairi approached, "What about the mermaids?"

"Nah… I think Naminé would avoid them after yesterday."

"What about the Indians?" Ven asked.

Peter though for a moment, "Well, maybe…" Suddenly a figure ran into him, knocking Peter over. He looked at the figure. "Tiger Lily!?"

The others helped the Indian girl up; she looked around and saw that two of the girls in the group looked like the girl that was in the village. She grabbed Peter's arm and pulled him away from the group. Tiger Lily spoke in a voice so quiet that the others didn't hear a word.

As they came back, Peter was smiling. "You were right Ven! It was the Indians."

"Really? Is she ok?"

"She's fine," the boy smirked, "Big Chief wants to make her a new princess; Tiger Lily here is not too thrilled about that."

"At least she's ok…"

Mickey led the way, "Come on fellas! Let's go get her!" The group headed towards the Indian encampment.

(With Naminé)

The girl sat in the teepee, Tiger Light had cut the ropes around her hands and feet but there were braves outside guarding the entrance to the teepee. She thought about using her Keyblade, but she had made up her mind that these people didn't want to hurt her. It would be wrong of her to attack them. "I'll just have to escape."

The blonde was about to summon her Keyblade to cut a hole in the back of the teepee when someone entered through the front. It was Tiger Light and a big man.

He wore buckskin clothing, moccasins; on his head was a large, eagle feather headdress. On his face was painted four white stripes. He held up his hand, "How!"

Naminé held up her hand and squeaked, "How…"

"Bright Sun be ready. Tiger Light show you." He left leaving the two girls alone.

Tiger Light grabbed the buckskin robe from the basket and draped it around Naminé's shoulders. The blonde scooted away but the Indian girl followed; a light blue band was tied around her head, with the eagle feather sticking up in the back. "Not done." Tiger Light reached into a bowl she carried in when she had entered with Big Chief. Her fingers became coated with yellow paint, which she used to put two diagonal stripes of paint on Naminé's cheeks. "Now done!"

Big Chief reentered. "Bright Sun come! I show you new home." He grabbed her arm firmly and led her outside. The sudden light blinded the girl for a moment. When her eyes focused she saw a ring of teepees around a campfire.

As the chief led her around, a figure watched from the bushes. "Well… looks like that spikey haired kid's Princess got a makeover. Better report…" He lumbered off towards a ship anchored in the harbor.

Naminé sat by the campfire with two braves standing nearby; they were supposed to be protecting her, but she saw them as escape prevention. Suddenly an Indian woman screamed. All around the camp appeared Heartless: Yellow Operas, Turquoise Marches, Emerald Serenades, Pirates, Air Pirates, Battleships, Shadows, and Loudmouths.

The blonde jumped up, shrugging off the robe on her shoulders. "Heartless!" She summoned Color Swatch and charged into battle.

As she fought, four figures approached from behind. "There she is milady!"

"What?" the girl turned around and gasped. Standing there was Pete, Smee, Captain Hook, and Maleficent. She glared at them, "What do you want?"

The witch turned to her subordinate. "You fool! That is not Sora's Princess!"

"No, I'm not; my name is Naminé!" She brandished her blade and hoped she sounded braver than she actually felt.

"Naminé…" Maleficent looked the girl over, "Hum, you may not have messed up after all."

"Huh…"

"I sense a great amount of power coming from this girl. She has the power over memories… Heartless! Bring me that girl!" Naminé gasped as four Pirate Heartless pinned her arms behind her back. The witch walked up and cupped the girl's chin in her hand. "I believe you will be very useful." She summoned a dark corridor. "Take her to the dungeon; I will speak with her later."

As she was dragged to the dark corridor, Captain Hook smirked. "Now, shall we continue our deal?"

"Yes, the Heartless are yours to command. Now… if you please…?" Hook began oozing darkness, which collected and went to Maleficent. "Thank you…"

Naminé fought against the Heartless. She screamed, "HELP!"

"Let her go!" A blade knocked the Pirate Heartless off her. The girl turned, hoping to see one of her friends, but who she saw stunned her.

A figure in a black coat stood over her. In his hand was Soul Eater. "Who…? No… it can't be!"

At this point, Sora and the others arrived. "One of Xehanort's men!"

Mickey noticed the sword in his hand, "It's the same guy from the Realm of Darkness!"

"Why?"

"I made a promise!" He turned and looked at the blonde girl, "I will always protect you."

"It is you…" Naminé gasped as she scooted away from him.

He reached down and pulled her to her feet. Her friends stiffened, but didn't moved for fear that Naminé would get hurt. "Come with me, I'll protect you. Not even Master Xehanort will touch you." He summoned a dark corridor and pulled her towards it.

"No!" The girl grabbed his hood and pulled it back, revealing his face.

"HUH!"

Riku stared at a younger version of himself. "It's you!"

"You're surprised… real thing?"

"Who…?"

Lea answered, "When the Organization took over Castle Oblivion, Vexen created a replica of Riku. He got the promise thing from when Marluxia forced Naminé to rewrite his memories."

"I don't care if those memories were fake!" The replica yelled, "I'll keep my promise; starting with protecting her from you!" He pulled her towards the corridor.

Ven yelled, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"

"Please…" the blonde girl pleaded. "Let me GO!" He ignored her pleas, "STOP!"

Riku Replica froze and collapsed his face a mask of agony. "Naminé… what did you?"

"I… I didn't…" she closed her eyes and the replica gasped.

"What happened…?"

The memory witch backed away, "I'm sorry… I didn't mean… It was an accident…"

"What did you?"

"I'm sorry…!" Naminé turned and ran off into the forest. Roxas, Xion, Lea, and Ven chased after her.

Maleficent was still standing there, watching everything, "Well then, her powers are stronger than I thought and Xehanort is growing stronger. It seems that I may have to alter my plans." She left with Pete, through the dark corridor. Captain Hook and Smee had already fled the scene.

Riku Replica stared after Naminé. "Why would you run? I'll find you, and I will protect you."

"Leave her alone," Riku was standing over his replica, "you've hurt her enough already."

"I've hurt her…?"

The Xehanort copy never got to finish his question; Roxas grabbed his arms and twisted them behind his back. "Right now you're weak… Replica Riku… Riku Rep… uh…"

"Repliku…" Sora shrugged.

"Repliku… her magic will drain you." He looked at the others, "Since we have him in our custody right now maybe we should try and get some answers."

"Do you mean interrogation?"

The bronze-haired man nodded. "Not to the level that our enemies would but enough to get him talking."

"I don't know…"

Suddenly a wave of darkness blasted them all back. Repliku stood and looked at the taller cloaked figure. "Took you long enough!"

"If you hadn't rushed out to save your little blondie, we would've been here quicker." Vanitas walked out from behind the taller figure.

The heroes stood up and summoned their weapons. "What'd you want?"

"Our runner…" the black haired boy smirked, "the master was not pleased with him running off like that, but it was a good excuse to give the new guy a run-around." His golden eyes looked up at the silent tall figure. "Old man, why don't you show these heroes what you can do?"

The tall figure pulled out a Keyblade; it was black with the shaft made up of large chain links, the guard was square with dark red chain patterns around it, the handle was dark red, the blade was red colored broken chain links, and the keychain was the Mastery symbol broken in half.

He charged, crossing blades with Aqua. He pushed against her sword, his strength causing her to stumble. Mickey launched a Pearlza spell at the stranger, who back-flipped away and sent back a Dark Firza back at the mouse king. Goofy blocked it as Donald fired a Blizzardza at the stranger.

Kairi turned into her Spirit form and slashed at the figure with her sword of light. The light pushed him back to his compatriots.

"Who is that?" The bluette felt a sense of familiarity around that man.

Vanitas smirked, "Oh Aqua… when you find out, you will wish that we had Sora instead."

The three walked into the dark corridor and were gone.

(With Naminé)

The blonde girl lay down under a bush and began sobbing profusely. She had lost the band with the feather in it and the yellow paint was smeared across her face.

"Naminé?" The former Nobodies followed the sound of her crying.

"Stay back!" She stood and held out a hand to stay him. "Stay away from me! I'll hurt you!"

Her friends were pained to see her so frightened. "No you won't." Roxas slowly approached her. "Calm down…"

She fell to her knees. The Xion coming down to her level and wrapping her arms around her. "Guys… I'm sorry. I can't control it! If I get scared I could hurt anyone of you… I could even kill you by accident."

"You won't do that," Lea smiled, "You're a nice girl, and you would never hurt any of us on purpose."

Xion nodded, "That's right; you helped us, Sora, and Ven. The only reason you did that was because he scared you."

"You don't have to worry about hurting any of your friends, you're too nice and none of us will attack you. Am I right... Ven?"

Naminé looked up in shock to see the other blonde standing there. "That's right." He came over to her. "And don't worry, if that creep tries to take you again, we'll stop him." His cheeks turned pink as he continued, "We don't want anyone to hurt you... I don't want anyone to hurt you."

The girl blushed. "Really?"

"Yup!"

"You know it!"

"We're here for you, got it memorized?"

She smiled up at them gently. "Thank you so much guys!" They helped the girl to her feet and the small group walked back to the others at the Indian village.

"Are you ok?" Kairi asked her former Nobody.

"I'm fine…" her eyes swept over her concerned companions, "I'm sorry. My powers are unpredictable; I can control and manipulate the memories of Sora and those connected to him. That means, if I slip up, I could hurt anyone of you by accident… if you want, I could leave so…"

"No!" Sora shook his head.

Goofy nodded, "You're our friend; we know you wouldn't hurt us on purpose." This made the shy girl smile happily.

"You sure you're ok?" Michael and the lost boys gathered around her. "You still seems sad…"

"I hurt someone… he may have been a bad guy but I hurt him with my powers."

Riku put a hand on her shoulder, "You were scared; none of us blame you for that. He was going to take you to Xehanort's headquarters, you couldn't let that happen and neither could we."

"Thank you guys!"

Tiger Lily approached with Peter, Big Chief, and Tiger Light. Peter was smiling, "I explained what I could to Big Chief and he says you can go."

"Thank you!"

Suddenly Big Chief's war headdress lit up. "Naminé, would you do the honors?"

"Sure!" The girl held out her Keyblade and closed the Keyhole.

Wendy looked over and frowned, "Does that mean you have to go?"

"Yes," Roxas gave a sad smile, "but we'll come back, we always do, don't we."

"We'll be waiting!"

Kairi went over to Naminé and handed her something. "Here… I found this in Devil's Bayou. I had a feeling that I should wait to use it; I think you should have it." It was a pink summon gem with an outline of a bird of fire on it.

"Thank you."

"Let's get going!"

"Bye!"

The group waved at their friends as they left.

Yes, this chapter was a bit stereotypical but so was that movie so I followed suit.

Now you know that they dude in the Realm of Darkness was Riku Replica, and who was the other stranger and why would his identity effect Aqua?

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Next time…

Not so long ago, in a group of worlds far, far away…

The group ends up on a new set of worlds that are guarded by peacekeepers not too different from the Keybladers. Will this open their eyes to new laws and new acts, or make them more suspicious of each other?

In… Distant Galaxy!

All it takes is Faith and Trust

Faith, trust, and pixie dust! The perfect recipe for flight… at least in Neverland. Faith is necessary for life.

But what is faith? Hebrews 11:1; 3 says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."

There are many people in the Bible who show faith: Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sara, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses's mother, Moses, Rahab, the Israelites, Samson, Jepthae, David, Samuel, the prophets, and many others.

Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he rewards those who diligently seek him."

With faith we can do crazy things; Jesus himself said, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, say to this mountain 'Move' and it will move."

Now we may not be able to fly like Peter Pan but with faith, we can move mountains!