All is not gone

Sora's not dead

Something went wrong

Things left unsaid.

A meaningless journey

To fix what's unbroken

A powerful yearning

To hear what was spoken.

A fragmented tale

The parts lost in time

A quest that had failed

And no light shall shine

Where his journey ends

Yours shall begin

The ultimate sin

Is to let Darkness win.

Melissa shot awake her head throbbing painfully. That voice...that dream...so strange... and yet... so familiar. Melissa rose to her feet slowly, she had fallen asleep in the beanbag chair and her legs were cramping up pretty badly. She walked around the room a few times until the pain died down to a dull throb and walked over to her closet. She glanced outside her window, the black clouded sky meant that a storm was on its way. "I picked a really great night to go explore the Forbidden Island." she muttered to herself. Melissa reached into her closet looking for a coat or something. It rarely got cold on the Island so she didn't have much that was suited for going outside at eleven thirty. Finally she found a long, hooded, dark silver, coat. She yanked it off the hanger and ran over to her window. She gazed down the peaceful street until her visible eye fell on the last house. She quickly glanced at her watch it was eleven thirty exactly. She looked back at the house expectantly. As if on cue, the door opened and Wesley slipped out into the street. Melissa grinned and raced down the stairs. She threw on the coat and slipped out the door carefully locking it to make sure nothing happened while she was away. "Wesley!" she hissed loud enough for the blonde boy to hear. He raced over to her.

"Melissa this isn't a good idea, if we turn back now-" Wesley began. Melissa shook her head, they both knew turning back wasn't an option. "I don't like this. Not one bit." he fell silent for a bit as they continued toward the Trolley.

"Wesley?" Melissa asked slowly she shuddered. "Do you feel something in the air tonight?" Wesley raised a questioning eyebrow. "I'm not sure what it is, but something isn't right tonight. Something just seems a little well..." she paused searching for the right words. "A little off."

"Yeah, I know what you mean,." Wesley said glancing up and the infinite black sky. Melissa followed his gaze. The sky was black and empty, the emptiness just seemed to stretch on and on and on into the darkest depths of the universe. "I feel like we shouldn't be out here, like we're interrupting the cosmic balance of the Universe or something." Wesley said hardly daring to raise his voice above a nervous whisper. There was the low buzz of a motor that caused both of them to whip around. Jackson skidded to a halt on his hover-scooter. He smirked at them.

"Figured you two brainy know-it-alls wouldn't have enough common sense to use a hover-scooter to get to the other side of the city." he said laughing. "So what do you say? Need a lift?" Melissa grinned and hopped in the scooter behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist. Wesley got on behind her, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Ready?" Jackson asked.

"Yeah." Melissa said. Wesley nodded. The scooter took off at a surprising speed. "Jackson pull up you'll kill us at this rate!" Melissa hissed. Jackson pulled up until they were about nine feet in the air. Melissa felt Wesley tremble slightly as Jackson made the scooter go even higher. They had reached eleven feet and Melissa didn't even want to know how fast they were going. Jackson always had a love for danger and excitement. Jackson pulled up again, this time it was a quick jerky movement as they shot up another two feet. Wesley moved closer to Melissa.

"Don't look down. Don't look down." She heard him whispering to himself. She felt a twinge of guilt, Wesley hated heights. Jackson jerked again and the scooter shot straight up at least four feet. Wesley tightened his grip on Melissa's shoulders and she tightened her grip on Jackson's waist.

"Are you mad or something!?" Melissa hissed. "Your scaring Wesley to death! Stunts like this are why most hover-scooters crash!" Melissa watched as Jackson began to descend. The dark street began drawing closer and closer toward them until Jackson had landed.

"I don't know what happened." Jackson explained as a very relived Wesley jumped off the scooter. "It felt like something was trying o ram me right out of the sky!" Melissa let go of him and slowly got off. She felt a lot safer once the solid road was under her feet, and it was pretty obvious Wesley did too. Jackson got off and pressed a small red button on the left side. The scooter shuttered then folded itself up until it was small enough to fit in his pocket. Jackson picked up the tiny metal square and examined to closely before finally shoving it deep into his back pocket.

"This way!" someone hissed. The trio looked over just in time to see Raven disappear behind a rather large building. Melissa, Jackson, and Wesley raced over to join Raven and Dona who, by the look of it, had been waiting quite a while. "It's about time you three showed up!" Raven snapped. "We were beginning to think you chickened out on us."

"The trolley just arrived." Dona said pointing behind her. The trolley was the only way to cross over from the city onto the Forbidden Island, you couldn't swim because the journey was too long. You couldn't walk, because there was no land connecting the Island and the city, and you couldn't go by hover scooter because the island was surround by some kind of shield, or spell, or a mix of the two.

"Come on! Let's get on!" Raven said quickly. She seemed a bit jumpy it was unusual for her because Raven had always been one of the bravest. Slowly the group followed her around the building and past the sleeping guard. One by one the hopped into the trolley Jackson first, then Raven, followed by Wesley, then Melissa, and finally Dona who had to duck to get in. They sat down on the red cushioned seats that lied the windows and waited.

"Ow!" Dona muttered as she hit her head against the ceiling in an attempt to sit down. The hum of the trolley engine filled the small car as the trolley took off toward the Forbidden Island with an unexpected jolt that caused Dona too loose her balance. Dona crashed to the floor with a loud thud. She puller herself up to a sitting position glaring indignantly at the others. "That's ok I liked it better down here anyway!." she snapped. Melissa groaned even Dona's klutziness failed to loosen the knot that had tied itself tightly in her stomach. She glanced out the window staring out over the ocean. The gentle waves moved slowly toward the island, the reflection of the black sky only added to its spookiness. Everything seemed to move so quickly as Melissa sat in the silent trolley. She was trying desperately to remember the weird dream she had been having. It involved going to the Forbidden Island just like she was doing now. It had been such a weird and confusing dream that it took forever to even begin to sort out. The trolley skidded to a halt. Melissa closed her eyes not wanting to think about the next few steps she would have to take. The steps that would take her right to the Forbidden Island.

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