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Chapter Three: The Brave Heart 1

Sora sat quietly on his bed in the Gummi Ship. It was a lot bigger then the one

he, Donald, and Goofy used before. That just meant more privacy for longer flights.

Sora didn't mind one bit. Sighing he collapsed against his pillow and closed his eyes. ' I

hope we find the Prince of Heart and the Princess of Light soon. At least, before we run

into the Princess of Darkness, if we even do run into her.' Looking up at the ceiling, Sora

reflected on what happened before they departed. It was really strange.

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He walked down the deserted palace hallway. His feet echoing off the walls.

Sora hummed softly as he walked. There was a good half-hour till they left, so he had

decided to go to the gardens to relax and think a little. He entered the gardens only to see

that everything was quite, too quite. There was usually birds chirping at the least. But

now, there was nothing, not even the wind rustling through the trees. Sora stopped in

mid-step and looked around. Everything seemed normal; except for the lack of sound

that is. Sighing, he dismissed it as his overactive imagination playing tricks on his

nervous mind. Continuing to advance on the center of the Garden where there was a tall

green model of the castle growing up towards the sky, Sora suddenly became aware that

he was being watched. Whipping around, he saw nothing, then turning back around he

narrowed his eyes and peered into the bushes in front of him. Still nothing. 'Okay, this

is just getting a little wired' he thought. He watched his surroundings for a while longer.

Then deciding to just let things be, he again, continued his trek to the center of the

garden. Upon reaching his destination, Sora fell backwards onto the soft grass and closed

his eyes with a sigh of relief. A few moments later, something jerked him awake.

Looking up, his noticed a young man standing a few yards away from him. Getting up,

he approached this figure cautiously. The young stranger turned towards Sora and his

eyes widened. Immediately the boy began to run to him. Sora watched wide eyed as the

boy almost reached him ready to scream out for help. When he disappeared into thin air.

Stunned, Sora whipped his head around, searching for the young man. But he was

nowhere to be seen. 'Okay, this is really freaky. I'm getting out of here.' He thought.

Turning on his heels, Sora ran all the way to the Gummi ship where the others were

waiting and boarded without a glance back to the gardens the whole way.

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Sora bolted up when a soft rap on his door sounded. " Come in!" He answered.

Pushing the door open, there stood Kairi.

" Sora, can I talk to you?" She asked him nervously. Sora looked at her with

concern.

" Sure thing Kairi. What's up? Something happen?" He watched as she sat down

next to him.

" I'm scared Sora, I really am. What if, what if we do run into this Princess of

Darkness? We might lose Riku. But this time we'd lose him forever. I don't want to lose

him Sora. He is one of my best friends. Just like I don't want to lose you. What if you

have to fight and you get injured and-"

" Kairi, slow down. Don't you worry about a thing all right? I'll take care of it.

Just relax, Riku and I aren't going anywhere any time soon. Okay, so take it easy, why

don't you go to your room and take a nap? That might help you relax. Me or someone

else will wake you when we get to our destination." He smiled at her. Kairi looked into

his eyes and nodded.

" Okay, thanks Sora. You're a really good friend" She said and got up. She

leaned down and hugged him tight then smiled again and walked out, closing the door

behind her. Sora fell back against the pillow again and continued to think. 'I wonder,

what if that guy I saw was the Prince of Heart? I could have seen him because we're

going to find him first? Or maybe it was just a hallucination from a tired mind? I don't

know, I think I'll take up my own advice and take a good nap.' Sora turned on his side

and closed his eyes, instantly falling asleep.

~ Somewhere On Another World ~

A young man ran as fast as he could. He thought he was safe when he had seen

that other boy, but then he had disappeared. So he kept running from the things that were

after him. Suddenly he was cornered. And so, he began to fight them, without even the

smallest of weapons.

~ The Gummi Ship ~

Sora jumped up out of his bed. He knew where the Prince of Heart was. He had

seen him in his dream. Running to the cockpit, he bumped into Riku. " Come on!" He

yelled and pulled Riku with him. " King Mickey! I know where the Prince of Heart is!"

Sora yelled to King Mickey.

They ran up behind him and King Mickey whirled in his chair. " Really Sora?

That's great. Tell us, where is he?"

" He is in The Deep Jungle!" Sora yelled. King Mickey nodded.

" Right then, to The Deep Jungle we go!" With that said, they used warp speed

and blasted off to Deep Jungle. Sora watched out the window and sighed. ' I just hope

we aren't too late.'