-Sora53: Muahaha Chapter 2!
Fans:I'm still here against my will. Save me, please.
Sora53: SILENT, SLAVES!
Corita: Sora53's scary if you cross her...-

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I own Corita. MUAHAHA! -ahem-

"Donald! Goofy! Wake up!" Corita whispered urgently, shaking them both. Donald rolled off of Goofy's stomach and wearily looked up at her.

"Corita, it's the middle of the night! What do you want?" He asked in an irritated voice. Goofy grumbled and started to stand up.

"Ask Sora. He seems to know why." Corita asked, looking over her shoulder. Sora was standing about 15 feet away, staring at the ground, apparantly thinking hard.

"Hey, Sora!" Donald called out, causing Sora's head to jerk up to look at him. "What's up with you?"

Sora stared at him for a few moments, then simply turned around and began up the path without another word. Corita, Donald and Goofy stared at him in awe.

"What's wrong with him? He's never acted this way before..." Corita muttered, worried by Sora's strange behavior.

After about a half hour of trudging along the path, Sora stopped abruptly. This caused his friends, who were walking closely behind, to run into him.

"Sora, what is it now?" Donald asked angrily as Sora looked ahead.

"It's so close now! C'mon, you guys!" Sora called as he took off down the path.

"Sora! I've done enough running tonight! Wait! Aw, why do I even bother?" Corita sighed as she took off behind him, followed by Donald and Goofy.


The castle was huge.

Jagged tan walls were covered by light blue roofs, and different rooms jutted out from every direction. Behind it, a steep cliff fell down farther than they'd ever seen, and lightning and thunder clapped behind it. The tan path led right to the entrance.

Sora, Corita, Donald and Goofy stared up at the castle, listening to the thunder in the distance. The darkness that they'd been running through the previous moment seemed like nothing that surrounded this place. As they absorbed the sight of the place, Sora took a step forward.

"Let's go, you guys. This castle...is our destination."

Cautiously, the four friends followed the tan path for 30 or so more feet until it faded away. All that was left was the door that led into the castle.

"Allow me." Sora said with a bright grin. Pushing at the door, Sora struggled to get it open. All he could manage was a crack only wide enough to barely squeeze through.

"Pathetic." Donald said. He moved next to Sora and joined in with the pushing. Goofy and Corita, not wanting to be left out, moved up next to him. Eventually, they managed a reasonably-sized entrance.

Sora swallowed hard as he entered the castle, followed closely by Corita, Donald, and Goofy.

The castle's inside was much more appealing than the outside. Smooth, white walls lined a long hallway, while a light blue glow seemed to surround everything. A large door stood atop a small stairway at the very end of the hall. However comforting the interior may appear, the group was still cautious. Every footstep they took echoed around the hall, creating the effect of their being more than only them in the passageway. A tiny cricket poked his head out of Corita's pocket, and he looked around the hallway in silence.

About halfway up the hallway, Donald spoke, breaking this eerie silence.

"Looks like nobody's home."

"You sure we should just barge in like this?" Goofy asked nervously.

"We have to if we're gonna find the King..." Donald said softly.

"The King? King Mickey's here?" Goofy asked in an excited tone.

"Maybe, maybe not. Something told me he'd be here, that's all."

"Really! But...now that you mention it, I was thinkin' the same thing!"

"Are you kidding?" Corita asked, turning to face them. "Something told me that, too!"

"Are you serious? So was I!" Sora exclaimed, looking at them all. "One look at this castle, and I just knew: They're here."

"Well, whaddaya know! Great minds think alike, I guess." Goofy said cheerfully.

"Guess again! This can't be mere coincidence." Chimed in a tiny voice coming from Corita's pocket. Jiminy jumped out and landed softly on the ground. He looked up at the group with a serious look on his face.

"Why, Jiminy?" Donald asked quietly. "Don't tell me that—"

"I felt it, too!"

There was silence for a few moments.

"Gawrsh, maybe it's contagious." Goofy said.

"Or maybe something funny's going on!" Corita growled, looking around the hall. "We should check it out!"

"Okay." Sora agreed, moving towards the door at the end of the hall, followed by Corita.

"Hey, where are you going?" Donald cried.

"To check it out! What's the matter, scared?" Corita taunted, and she could practically see Donald's blood level rising.

"D-Don't be ridiculous! Come on, Goofy!" Donald stuttered, moving towards the two of them.

"Okay, but we should shut the door behind us." Goofy stated politely. He turned away from the group and moved towards the door they'd come in. However, he stopped after taking a few steps, and a loud gasp escaped him.

"Sora!" He cried, pointing towards the door. The group whirled around after hearing his cry, and stared as a mysterious hooded figure, clothed in black, stood before the door, watching them. A strange expression flashed across Sora's face, and he made a dash towards him. However, the figure merely vanished into nothingness.

"Who was that?" Corita asked nervously. Sora shook his head.

"I don't know..."

"There he is!" Donald cried as he turned around once again. The three others follow suit, taking out their weapons and preparing to fight.

"Who IS that?" Sora asked, gripping the Keyblade tightly.

"It must be a Heartless! Let's see how it handles my magic!" Donald growled, holding up his staff. "THUNDER!"
His voice rang out through the hall, but nothing happened. After a few moments, Donald looked at his staff, perplexed. "Huh? That's odd...THUNDER!"

Again, nothing happened. Corita turned her head to Donald, looking like she was trying very hard not to laugh.

"Um...fire! Blizzard?" Donald said, getting increasing nervous about making a fool of himself in front of Corita, his eternal magic rival.

"Why isn't my magic working?" He cried, banging his staff against the floor.

"I should think it's obvious." said the hooded figure, standing before the door at the end of the hallway, arms crossed. His
voice cut through the air, sending shivers down the group's backs. "The moment you set foot in this castle, you forgot every spell and ability you knew...though the forgetting does not end there ."

"Every spell?" Corita croaked feebly, looking down at her staff in dismay.

"In this place, to find is to lose and to lose is to find. That is the way of things in Castle Oblivion."

"Castle Oblivion?" Sora asked.

"Yes...Here you will meet people you know. People you miss." The figure said, standing as still as stone.

"Look, there's no one-" Sora began, but then a familiar face floated to the surface of his memory. "Riku! You mean Riku! He IS here!" Sora said happily.

The hooded stranger stared at him for a moment. "Do you want to find him? If you do..."

In a split second, a dark shadow was passing through the group. Cold as ice and fast as lightning, the group barely know what had hit them. Whirling around, Sora spotted the stranger back where he'd been before, holding something in his hand.

"What did you do?" Sora cried.

"I sampled your memories. And from them, I made this. This is the key to reuniting with those you hold dear." He said, holding up something. He tossed it to Sora, and Sora caught it gingerly in his hands.

"What is this, a card?" Sora asked.

"A promise. Use that card and press on. You will find your friend."

Sora53: DUN DUN DUN!
Sora Fangirls: OOH! IT'S SORA!
Sora: Oh no. Not again.
Joe: -sob- POOR CORITA! SO...SAD!
Corita: Aw, deal with it. You shall see what happens...-