Chapter 3: Wondering.

Riku walked up to her. "Why you? Because you're the most valuable princess of all like Kairi is." He put a hand on her shoulder. Laura jumped slightly but then continued to stare at the ocean.

"Sora, is Laura here yet?" came a voice form behind them. Laura turned around to see a girl running towards them. 'She must be Kairi.' She smiled at Kairi.

"It's her Kairi, she's here!" Sora replied. Kairi came running up to them. She smiled at Laura and then looked at Riku. Riku quickly removed his hand from Laura's shoulder.

"It's about time you got here!" Kairi said smiling. "You're staying with me at my house for now. Come on, let me show you around." She then grabbed Laura's hand and began to drag her away from Riku and Sora. Laura waved to them with her free hand and followed Kairi.

Sora and Riku watched after Laura and then turned to go to the pier. "Hey Riku." Sora said as they walked to the pier stairs inside a nearby hut. "Do you think she'll be alright here? I mean, I know she's safe with us but do you think the Heartless will get her?" Riku shrugged. "I don't know. She should be safe. She has me and you to protect her and if she should get kidnapped, then we would have to go and save her." He said simply. They finally reach the pier and walk over towards to island.

Kairi and Laura, meanwhile, are walking all around the beach. Kairi's pointing out things to Laura and she nods at what Kairi points out. Yet, Laura's mind is somewhere else. 'A princess.what does he mean? I'm so confused.' "Laura, are you ok?" Kairi asked. Laura shook her head. "Yeah I'm fine." She smiled just to reassure her. "Well, that's about it." She said.

Laura nodded and took began to walk along the beach. She pasted under the pier and heard voices talking. She stopped and listened.

"So," said Sora's voice. "How did you find out about Laura?" "I heard it from rumors going around." Came Riku's voice. "They said that the Heartless were going to attack her world so I sent her that letter and now she's here, away from the danger."

Laura growled. 'I'm not that much of a weakling!' she protested in her mind. She saw the island and decided to walk up to it. She found the ladder and climbed up it. "Hi." she said shyly.

Riku and Sora turned around to see her. "Hi." They said in unison. Laura began to walk up to them. "I heard you guys talking and." she stopped there.

"Here, catch." Sora said. He tossed her a long sword. She caught it and studied it. "What's this for?" she asked.

"It's so that you can protect yourself if you need to when we're not around." Riku said. He smiled at her and began to walk away. Laura held the sword in her hands. 'There's something.different about this sword.' She notices a strap and she puts it on holding the sword on her back. She jumps off the island and walks along the shoreline. The sun begins to set making the sunglow with purple, orange, and read streaks.

"Laura! C'mon, we have to go in." Kairi yelled. She came running up to her. "Where'd ya get the sword?" she asked curiously eying the sword.

"Sora gave it to me. Riku and he said that it's for me to use if I have to protect myself." She explains. "It's not heavy at all for it's size."

Kairi nodded. "Well, my mom wants us to be in bed in a little, so c'mon." She then began to drag her back to her house.

That night, Laura couldn't get to sleep. She got up from her bed in Kairi's room and crept downstairs. She slowly opened the door to go outside and shut it behind her. She began to wonder around the island.

She walked up by the waterfall and saw a dark hole. 'Kairi didn't show me this. I wonder what's inside.' She walked up to the hole and went inside. She walked down and dark passage way and came to an opening. She was still inside the cave/hole but she found a door. Beside the door was a rock with some carvings on it. She walked up to the carvings and knelt down. 'That looks like Sora and Kairi.' She lifted her hand and traced the carvings of both pictures.

"Kairi and I drew that when we were little." Came a voice from behind her. Laura became startled and turned around suddenly. She could barely see an outline of a figure. "Sora?" she asked. A click echoed throughout the cave and a light appeared.

"Yep, it's me." He said. He walked up to her and knelt down beside her. "What are you doing here at this time of night?"

"Couldn't sleep." She smiled at him. "Like you have room to talk. Why are you here?"

"I saw you come out from Kairi's and followed you." He said. He let out a light laugh.

"What's so funny?" Laura asked.

"Nothing." He said. Laura gave a confusing look and then stood up. "I should get some sleep, so should you." She said. She began to walk out of the cave but a barrier hit her at the exit. She flew backwards and landing on her back on the ground. "Ow!"

"Laura what's wrong? Did you hurt yourself?" Sora asked shining the light on her. She sat up and looked at him.

"I can't get out. Something hit me whenever I tried to go out." She explained. Sora shone the light at the exit and saw a thin barrier shining at the exit.

"This will be easy to brake." He said. He walked up to it and hit it with the Keyblade. The barrier disappeared.

"Thanks Sora." She said. She got up and walked out of the cave to find herself surrounded by Heartless. She took out her sword and hit one of them. It flew backwards.

"Sora, we have company!" Laura yelled. Sora came out and saw the Heartless surrounding her. He nodded and took out the Keyblade. "Let's go!"

End Of Chapter.

((A/N: Well, what'd ya think? Sorry it took so long to get up but I had my friend over for a week and I didn't have time to write much. PLEASE R/R! I don't get many. I get most of them for my old story but not my new one. So your review is appreciated. Thank you. Cya. ~*Luna*~ ^.^))