Everyone landed in the water. Sora had his dark blue shark fin tail like last time. Riku's tail was black and Kairi's tail was pink.

Kairi began to spin around and around! Riku crossed his arms and rolled his eyes, but then he began to swim around too. Sora laughed under his breath. He had forgotten how weird Donald and Goofy looked as an octopus and turtle.

Out of nowhere, Sora heard a familiar voice.

"Sora!" Ariel swam swiftly through the water, cutting bubbles in her wake. She grabbed Sora and hugged him. "Oh, Sora, I missed you! It's been so long. Tell me about you're adventures!" "Well, I brought my friends, Riku and Kairi." Sora said Kairi waved and said hi, her pink fin waving through the water. "Riku?" Kairi asked, looking over at him. He was staring, open mouthed, at Ariel, who giggled. His dark black tail began to sway. Ariel giggled some more. "You remember Donald and Goofy." Sora said. All three waved at each other. "So, let's head to the palace, I wanna show Riku and Kairi around." Sora continued. Everyone headed off. Except Riku, who was still staring at Ariel's retreating form. "Com'n Riku!" Kairi yelled. "Wait for me!" Riku said, and shot off towards the palace.

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"Hello Daddy! Look Sora's back!" Ariel was talking to King Triton even before she stopped swimming.

"Sora, may I see you for a minute." Triton asked in his authority voice.

"Of course your majesty." Sora swam up to Triton's throne.

"Sora, I'd prefer if you didn't tell Ariel about your adventures, you know ho she is, after all." He said.

"Under Control!" Sora announced. "Oh, your majesty, I'd like you to meet Riku and Kairi." Sora pointed at his friends, Riku was staring at Ariel blankly.

"Riku . . ." Triton tried to pry his attention from Ariel.

"What?" He asked rather annoyed. "Oh . . . oh, the donuts, yeah . . . um . . . I like chocolate."

"Riku, could I have a word with you?" asked Kairi.

"Sure." Said Riku. Kairi led him behind the throne and a slapping noise could be heard. They both swam back around, Riku's face red.

Triton motioned for Riku to come close to the throne. He did "How old are you young man?" He asked

"Fifteen- oh, I mean, um, eighteen." He said. Triton motioned for him to leave

In a booming voice, Triton added, "Ariel, he's a keeper, you might want to consider him." Both Ariel and Riku blushed. (That's right; Riku blushed, so sue me)

"I have a question, what exactly is the trouble here? I didn't see any heartless." Said Sora.

"No, but look at this," Triton created a hologram of Ursula, the Sea Witch. "She is making Heartless. We think she's struck a deal with Maleficent, the same person she worked for last time. If she isn't stopped, the heartless will rule the sea."

"DADDY!" Screamed Ariel. Four Merpeople had entered the Palace, but they weren't regular Merpeople- they were heartless. Each was made to look like Ariel, Sora, Riku, or Kairi.

Ariel held up both of her hands and thunder rained from the sky. Her counterpart did the same. She tried to hit her copy with her tail, but her clone anticipated and did the same thing, stopping both attacks. The same thing was happening with everyone else. When Riku threw his shield, so did his copy, the shields hit each other and fell to the ground.

"We'll be back." Yelled the Riku Heartless.

"Wait!" Yelled Riku. They stopped. "I'm going with you. I can feel he darkness inside me. I want to destroy the light."

The clones stared at each other. And nodded for him to come. Riku turned around and looked at Sora.

"I'm sorry Sora. This is my true destiny. We will meet again." He swam off after the clones.

"Riku!" Sora tried to reach for him, but water was pushing him back . . . Just like his dream. "We have to find him!" Sora yelled.

"DETECT, TRUE HEART" Yelled Kairi. There was a flash some outside the palace, but too far away to determine exactly where.

"Ursula's den was destroyed. She's back now so she must have a new hideout."

"THE SHIPWRECK!" Ariel and Sora said in unison.

"Let's go!" Kairi said. The five flew out of the castle faster than they thought possible.

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Ariel, Sora, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy peeked around the corner to see Riku staring into Ursula's cauldron.

"So, if I drink this, I will become pure darkness. What's the price?" He asked.

"You must destroy Sora and bring Kairi to me." Ursula cackled.

Riku thought. "Done." He said.

"Here's your potion dear." Riku took the potion and tilted it to his mouth. Just as he was about to drink the potion:

"Wait one second sugar, don't take a sip! You have to sign the scroll." Ursula held a scroll on front of her face. Riku signed.

Ursula cackled and flipped the paper around. On the signature line was written one word:

"Loser"

Ursula gasped as a shield came right through the contract ripping it in half. It hit Ursula in the face, knocking her out.

Riku continued staring at the cauldron, his back turned to the group. "You can come out now." He had, his hands on the cauldron, his head dropping. The group rushed out. Kairi hugged Riku from the back.

"Good going Riku. You had us fooled!" Riku turned around.

"I was pretty good wasn't I?" He asked.

But somehow, Sora had a weird feeling. 'Riku was serious. He really was feeling the darkness. It seemed so real.' He thought.

And as Sora glared into Riku eyes, he could tell that Riku knew it too. His face was happy. But his eyes were desperate.

"What about those black things that looked like us?" Ariel asked.

"They weren't here. I don't know where they went. Well, let's get this octopus outta here. He turned around to pick Ursula up, but she was gone.

A shark burst through the wall of the ship. "THUNDER!" Yelled Sora.

"PRESSURE!" Ariel yelled. This was her version of Gravity, apparently.

"Get outta here." Riku yelled at the team. They all swam out. There was a great burst of purple light and the ship exploded. The shark was nowhere to be seen. Riku shot out of the ship and smashed into a wall. He was knocked unconscious and floated to the ground.

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When he woke up, he felt a stinging on his back, yet it felt soothing. He turned his head. Kairi was applying some type of cream on his badly bruised, bleeding back. (Say that 3 times fast. I can't even say it once) She applied it to a very sensitive area, apparently because he jumped about halfway up to the ceiling in pain.

"Sorry Riku. Boy, you really took a beating!" She said, noting the big gash on his stomach she was going to have to clean. "OK, just lay on your back and try to relax. This stuff doesn't soak into your skin if your tense." He slowly made himself comfortable on the cold table. "You're lucky I'm a good friend, some fat lady name Gretchen was going to do this for you."

Kairi applied the cream to some very small cuts. "Oh, it's not soaking in! You're to tense." Kairi then remembered that she was going to have to relax him. She wished she'd let Gretchen do this. She sighed and began to rub his temples. His shoulders dropped and he began to relax. She noticed that the cream began to soak in to his skin.

"Whoever invented a cream that only soaks in when you're relaxed should die, no names mentioned, KAD-EL!" Kairi knew what would happen when she put the dream on his stomach. He would feel a lot of pain and she would have to relax him. She had a plan ready in her mind. She counted down:

3-2-1-GO! She slapped the cream onto his stomach. He began to curse. She grabbed his mouth and kissed him. She could feel his muscles loosening and she could see the lotion melting into his skin. As soon as the cream was completely gone, his gash disappeared. She tried to let go, but noticed that Riku had his hands on her face and was holding it out. Riku moved his arms and held her elbows. "Riku!" She yelled. But Riku was holding her to tight for her to move. Finally he let go of the kiss. And smiled. "I should almost die more often."

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Needless to say, that night at the Royal Feast, both sides of Riku's face had slap marks from Kairi.

Afterwards, everyone listened to Ariel sing. "She's beautiful, isn't she?" Riku asked.

"Kairi stared at him. "You kiss me for twenty minutes and you think she's beautiful?" Kair asked. Riku nodded in a dreamy way. "Well, works for me!" Said Kairi.

" . . . See em dancing. Walking around on those- whuddaya call them? Feet. Flipping your fins, you don't get too far. Legs are required for jumping." Ariel sang.

When she finished, everyone clapped. Suddenly, the room filled up with black smoke. Ariel swam over to Riku, but halfway there, a purple hand reached from the smoke and grabbed her.

"HA! HA! YOU"LL NEVER FIND ME! BUT I'LL FIND YOU, AND YOUR PRESCIOUS KEYBLADE!"

"WIND!" Donald yelled. The ink was blown away and Ariel was gone. Everyone looked at were she used to be. A wave was painted on one of the stone blocks. Sora pushed down on it. A passageway opened; to old Atlantica.

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"What is this place?" asked Riku.

"I don't know. Looks like some ancient city." Sora said.

Riku's eyes turned yellow and cat-like. "This is Old Atlantica, none to some as Atlantis, the lost Continent." His eyes turned back to normal. He was covering his ears, whimpering.

"What was-" Kairi began.

"I don't know." He said.

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Sora walked up to the bridge of what must have been the old Palace. The Heartless symbol was drawn on the gate. They walked inside.

"Someone has been here recently." Said Goofy, noting the cauldron still containing a liquid.

"I'll try it out." Riku took a vial and filled it with the potion.

"What if it's the-" Donald began.

"It's not. I could sense it last time. This is something different." He took a swig. He held his throat and doubled over in pain. His tail started to rip in two, each becoming a leg.

Kairi covered her eyes (did you think he was wearing boxers under the tail?) He started to flail around. He couldn't breathe. Donald casted a spell and Riku returned to his mer-form.

"Someone's turned Ariel into a human!" Sora yelled.

"No dip? Did you find that out when I almost died?" His eyes lit up. He looked at Kairi. He remembered last time he almost died . . .

"That's two princesses!" Donald yelled.

"No it isn't." Tritons voice echoed. "I've received word that Cinderella and Snow White are missing from their worlds."

"That's four missing! Only four left." Noted Riku.

"Sora, I want you to have this." Triton handed Sora the wave orb. He inserted it into the key. It became the Crabclaw. Riku and Goofy were holding Adamant Shields. Kairi had the Wisdom Staff and Donald had the Silver mallet.

"Let's go to seal Atlantica!" Sora and the gang headed towards Ariel's Grotto. When they got there, Sora locked Atlantica and thanked Triton. They all went back to the gummi ship and blasted off for there next destination.

As they neared they're next course, everyone dressed into a costume. No longer was it Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy. Now, it was Bat-thing, Vampire, Troll, Mummy, and Frankenstein.

The dark world of moonlight and crooked houses was soon in view and it seemed to Kairi that this world was always ready for Halloween . . .