Author's note: Hiya Folks! This chapter is pretty long compared to some of the other ones. So, have fun reading!

Adventure of Dreams

Chap. 15 Horrible Events

We stepped out of the gummi and were amazed at what we saw. The purple ooze we had seen was now a thin, black, oily substance…It looked like an entirely different world. Flashes of light flickered in the sky, and the door...the door was no longer there…

"This place sure is different," said Goofy obviously.

"Well, what now?" Kairi asked.

Sora suggested, "Maybe we should just start walking…I mean, we'll find something eventually."

Just when they all started heading in one direction, thousands of bat-like heartless came flying from the sky, getting closer.

"Well, we sure found something!" stated Donald.

"Run!" Goofy shouted.

"To the ship!"

They started running, faster and faster, but the heartless were catching up. They were now almost the gummi when more heartless came up from the ground, blocking their way.

"Oh, great!" Sora exclaimed.

More heartless were now approaching, starting to surround them.

"How will we fight this many?" worried Kairi.

Sora replied, "I guess we just have to."

Kairi sighed, "…Great."

The battle began, and all of the heartless began to multiply.

"How is that possible?" Sora wondered, "…Everytime we destroy some, more appear!" he swung at the spider heartless around him, one by one.

The bat heartless swooped down by Goofy and Donald.

"Guys, duck!" Kairi warned them.

But, they didn't hear her and were picked up by the creatures' claws.

"Donald! Goofy!" Kairi saw them taken into the distance.

Meanwhile, Sora still fought, with not much success.

"There's too many!" he swung and swung, but few disappeared.

Then, Sora heard a noise behind him and turned around. Seeing something being swung at him, he ducked, and just in time. Before him stood a seven foot tall heartless with spiked chains for arms. It attacked over and over, Sora dodging every time, barely able to escape the attacks.

"Sora!" Kairi cried. She was surrounded by zombie heartless and was struggling to keep them away.

Sora turned, "Kairi!" he was about to go to her rescue, but suddenly he was hit from behind and fell on the ground unconscious.

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I woke up, my head throbbing with pain, What happened?...I stood up, looking around……no one. Just then, I realized that my keyblade was no where in sight, Ansem must have it…I have to find him.

I walked for a while, still seeing nothing anywhere. Soon, though, I saw a small building in the distance and ran to it. The door was part way open, and I stepped in. There was a stairway going down and underground.

Here it goes…I descended, and when I reached the bottom I found myself in a huge room filled with many buttons and gadgets.

This is where Ansem is, all right, I thought. I looked in a corner and gasped, seeing Kairi on the ground, not moving.

"Kairi!" I ran over to her and knelt by her side, "Kairi, what happened?"

She whispered, "The…the heartless……they…"

"Kairi, don't speak. You're hurt…" a tear rolled down my cheek, "It's all my fault…I should've protected you."

"Sora…"

"Kairi, don't…"

"…S-Sora…"

Suddenly, I took a painful blow to the head. I got up and turned…Riku stood there.

"Riku, didn't you know it was me?" I asked, confused.

He said nothing.

"C'mon, stop fooling around!"

Riku looked up, his eyes ignited by a red glow.

"Riku!"

Riku swung his fist at me, and I fell with a thud. I stared at him, puzzled, wiping the blood from my mouth. He raised his sword, ready to strike.

"Cease!" a loud voice spoke.

Ansem stepped in, "Be patient, my young apprentice…the time will come."

Apprentice? I wondered. I stood to my feet, "What did you do to him!"

Ansem ignored the subject, "So, our paths cross again, keyblade master."

I remembered about Kairi, "What happened to her?" I knelt again, holding her in my arms, "…Why is she like this?"

Ansem replied, "She was attacked by the heartless, not being able to resist their power. See for yourself."

I then noticed a large black scratch on her leg, and it grew bigger every second.

"They meant to turn her into one of their own."

"What! No!" I held her close, "…Why?" tears streaked my face.

"She will turn into a heartless shortly…"

Tears of sadness and anger formed in my eyes, "No…Kairi……"

"Give him his keyblade," Ansem ordered Riku.

I turned my head, "Huh?"

"We want to have a fair fight, don't we?"

Riku hesitated.

"Do it!"

My weapon was thrown on the floor near me.

Kairi said, "Sora…go…"

"But, Kairi…"

"…g…go…" she barely spoke.

I thought for a moment, the picked up my keyblade, standing to face him, "Let's do it…"

Ansem chuckled, "So be it."

Riku ran toward me, and I attacked with magic. He stopped dead in his tracks.

That's it?...I attacked again, and he stumbled……

……But…I wondered, This id Riku…I don't want to hurt him…do I?...

Just then, I was attacked and cried in agony. Riku smiled cruelly and glared at me in anger. He swung again, and I felt immense pain as I fell to the floor, flat on my back, my keyblade landing far away. I gritted my teeth as I tried to move, but the pain was too much. I felt as though a dagger had been thrusted into my side.

I tried to get up again, but I was too weak, and my keyblade was out of reach. Riku stood over me, raising his sword again.

I thought, So…this is how it's going to end...

His sword came down, and all turned black…

Ansem commanded Riku, "Bring him…but, leave the girl."

Riku grabbed Sora, dragging him along. Kairi still lay in the corner, unable to save Sora…or even herself.

Author's note: Yay! I love cliffhangers :) Next chapter will be up ASAP