This part has just been recently put in. The rest was in when I wrote this chapter.{Hi people. I'm really sorry I didn't put this up earlier. It's been done ages ago! FF.net wouldn't let me upload it for a while is why it's late.}End.

Lunis: I think I finally got a plot for this thing, but there is one..actually, two major things that I'm not sure about. I think need opinions, but I'm afraid that if I told you what I was thinking, it would spoil it. One decision (the easier one), I need to make now, but I can wait a while until I have to make the other. .. .. .. .. .. .. Okay! I've decided to go with it! *crosses fingers and talks to herself* Please, do a good job. Please, do a good job. Please, do a good job.

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Lunis: I just got an idea! I have solved BOTH of my problems! I'm REALLY sorry for those of you who have not gotten very far in the game! This will probably not make any sense to you. It might even spoil something. *checks the reader meter* (it shows how many people are reading) Aah! 0?!?! Hurry up and win the game, so you can read this!! Hopefully my decisions were the right ones. _!

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Riku found himself surrounded by long grass as far as the eye could see. A small dirt path wound past him and out of sight. The sun shone brightly and warmly, and small, puffy clouds moved slowly by in the slight breeze.

'Where am I?' he thought. 'Well, at least it's better than a cold, empty city or a dark void where your best friend tries to kill you and take your other friend.'

He decided that he should probably start heading in some direction, so he got on the dirt path and followed it.

He didn't know how long he walked nor if there was anything else out there. Just then, he thought he saw something. It was so far away, it looked like just a dot, but Riku walked toward it. When he came up to it, he saw that it was a large oak tree, about three yards from the path. Underneath the tree, it was shady, and all around the tree, the grass seemed a lot shorter and very green. It looked comfortable, so he walked up to it. Riku gasped when someone appeared in front of him. He didn't really gasp from the surprise of someone appearing right in front of him; he gasped because of whom that someone was.

"Ansem!" Riku exclaimed angrily.

Riku was just about to attack him, when he noticed he, himself, didn't have any sort of weapon. Riku looked at Ansem's face. It was calm and serious..but wait. That look in his eyes..was he sad?

'Yeah. Sad that Sora beat him, I bet,' scoffed Riku mentally.

"What are you doing here, Ansem?" Riku growled.

"It is a long story. In short, I am not in the darkness any longer. I am fighting against it and the Heartless," explained Ansem.

Riku was incredulous, "Well in that case, I want to hear the long story."

"As you wish. Back when I was the ruler of Hollow Bastion, I became curious of the darkness in a heart, so I began testing the darkness in human hearts. My tests inadvertently caused their hearts to collapse. I was not troubled. I merely placed the bodies under the castle. I had an abundant amount of test subjects. What I did not realize was that the darkness was already beginning to consume my heart. I was so foolish!" he berated himself angrily. There was a pause, and he continued, "I found that in place of the bodies under the castle were these dark, emotionless beings. I studied them and discovered they had no heart. For obvious reasons, I named them the Heartless. I became so consumed in the Heartless, creating more and more, that soon, I gave up my heart to the darkness," he bowed his head sadly, "I was truly evil, becoming obsessed with destroying worlds overwhelming them in darkness. I think you know everything else, up to the point where Sora defeated me. There is still something that confuses me, to this day. I was just about to open the door to Kingdom Hearts, speaking of the complete darkness within it, when the boy said that I was wrong; that Kingdom Hearts is light. The door opened. He was right. A beam of pure, white light erupted from within the door. My body, almost entirely made of darkness, couldn't tolerate such a light, and I disappeared. Then, another of my theories was incorrect. I believed that when a body was destroyed, it would go to Kingdom Hearts. Instead, I was brought here. I don't know why nor where this place is, but when the door opened to Kingdom Hearts, my heart was cleansed of the darkness. I have decided to fight against the darkness; to never let it consume hearts, again."

"So, why am I here?" Riku inquired.

"I brought you here, in your dreams, to warn you of the impending evil I sense. I see you have already run into some Heartless," Ansem looked at Riku's discolored shoulder, "but I sense a greater darkness; most likely the source of it all."

"How can you do all of this?" asked Riku.

"Having been influenced by the darkness has given me some sort of special abilities; I have yet to know them all. I can sense approaching evil, and I am able to speak to people through the mind. So far I am only able to speak to those with similar powers." He replied.

"Hm, well that explains the time when I sensed Heartless before I even knew they were here," commented Riku.

"You gained those abilities when you sided with the darkness."

Riku sighed, "Yeah, I know."

"This is all I know, for now. You may speak with me whenever you need," said Ansem.

"Okay..Oh, Ansem?"

"Yes?"

"If you're lying, you'll be wishing you were in Kingdom Hearts when I'm done with you." Riku smirked.

Ansem just nodded and gave a weak smile. Then, everything, the grass, the tree, the sky, and Ansem, faded away.

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Lunis: I hope I did the right thing! It was a hard decision! Sorry this chapter took so long. Ugh! I need more reviewers! Thanks again, RikkuFF10! ..Hey..that rhymes..sort of. ^_^; Hey, ya know what? Riku hasn't said much lately!

Riku: You say it like it's a bad thing.

Lunis: IT IS!

Riku: Okay, okay! I was just kidding. So, what is there to say? Hi. My name is Riku, and I'm talking. I'm talking, and my name is Riku.

Lunis: Hey, that's a quote from a movie! Only different. It's from..uh..what was it called? "The Others"? Is that it? *sigh* I don't remember. Oh, well. Come back next chapter!