Phew! Well...I'm happy to try and write this chapter up!! :D but, yes...anywho, I hope you enjoy this chapter of Dark Heart!!

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If there was a term for an everlasting road, then our Kairi would know the exact feeling. It seemed like only hours when she was told that she could be reunited with her friends. Whether the mysterious savior was being truthful or not...she didn't care. She only had one thing on her mind:

"Dear god...please let them be all right..."

The sky all around her suddenly streaked to darkness, not leaving a single ray of light open. Kairi looked up and heaved a deep sigh to herself. "mmm...this is going to make everything even harder..." Her eyes scanned throughout the sky as stars began to appear one by one. In no time at all, the stars all shined at the same time, creating a field of twinkling lights.

Kairi could only look up at the sky with amazement, until she was stopped abruptly. She looked down to see that the path was no longer ahead of her. All that remained was a shining green platform, hidden under her feet. A deep heavy sigh took place at that moment. "Wonderful...now how am I going to get to them?" she kneeled down to keep herself warm from the cold night.

There were the sounds of the night all around her: crickets chirped softly, water skippers softly skidded across the waters, the cold breeze gently swaying...but Kairi choose to ignore all the wonderful noises. She only talked to herself to keep everything from distracting her thinking. "When the three of us get back together, we should make a vow..." her index finger extended towards the water, gently circulating around an invisible ball. "...we should all promise that we'll always be together...and that nothing will come between us..." the circulating stopped as she brought her hand back to her. Now, she extended her neck over so that she could see her own reflection, her own lips so that she could believe what she had just said. "...nothing..."

Soon after a long hard look, Kairi's reflection began to disappear behind a layer of tan like bricks. Surprised, Kairi stood up suddenly, watching over her shoulders as the water and platform below her began to transform into a walkway of bricks. The sky suddenly formed into an assortment of buildings, but not so many. Even the crickets and water skippers began to slowly morph into people. After spinning around so many times, Kairi was now gazing at a small town she was unknown with.

Releasing herself from shock, Kairi shook her head and began to look at the people around her. Everyone was calm as if nothing happened. Kairi couldn't believe it, so she decided to ask a local near her. She spotted a little boy running around with his toy, so she picked him. A gentle tap on the shoulder and the boy instantly stood up straight and looked up at Kairi.

"Excuse me, but do you happen to know where we are?" she said sweetly with a smile of pure heaven.

The little boy smiled back, and politely answered. "This is the first part of Traverse Town, ma'am. I know this place like the back of my hand!"

Kairi continued to smile at the little boy as she gently pat the boy on the shoulder. "Thank you so much. Sorry for interrupting your fun."

"No need to apologize, ma'am!" And with that, the boy continued to run around in a childish manner. After a short smile, Kairi continued to gaze around the dim- litted town. With a short pause for thinking, she decided to investigate around.

There were an assortment of people she asked in the first area: people in shops, people outside, people calmly strolling the dim lights of the town, even little white creatures with antennas popping out of their heads. And each and everyone of them, she asked the same question: "Have you seen two boys, one with silver hair and the other with brown, spiky hair?"

Kairi decided to rest after many disappointments of no's and the shaking of heads. She heaved another deep sigh as she sat down on a pair of stairs. She watched dull-fully at the people strolling along the streets. Resting her hand to her face, she began to talk silently to herself. "Oh Riku, Sora, I'll find you. One way or another..."

"Mistress seems to have closed mind, no no?" a voice hissed in the air. Kairi stood upright instantly, looking for the source of the voice. Worried eyes scanned through the town. To her surprise, however, the people began to run and scream instead of ignore. Caught in the confusion, Kairi grabbed a man running past her.

"What's going on? Did you hear the voice?" The man gently shook her off before he yelled out his answer.

"There's a Heartless coming! Run while you still can!" Before he even reached the crowd, he disappeared into thin air. Soon afterwards, everyone began to disappear in a small puff of smoke. Soon the whole town was empty with no one except Kairi. Slightly trembling, Kairi began to back up at the sound of hooves galloping closer to her.

"Mistress lost in closed mind of death, yes yes..." Kairi stopped abruptly at the sound of the voice, which was now closer than ever. Her head suddenly jerked back as she caught a glimpse of the Heartless behind her.

The Heartless was but a black centaur, its face covered by a half mask and a giant horn opposite of the mask. A strap loosely hung around the torso along with a shoulder guard to the left. Its hooves covered in spikes gently padded the brick walkway while its amphibious tail swayed violently in the air. Staring at Kairi intensely through its hard yellow eyes, the Heartless calmly walked towards the other flight of stairs. It looked back at Kairi again. "Mistress who seeks Heartless boy and boy of Light, come. Follow Sagitraus."

Before any second thoughts could concur, Sagitraus had all ready begun to gallop ahead. Kairi instantly chased after it, following Sagitraus until they reached a pair of giant doors. Without pausing, the Heartless galloped through the door without opening it. After its tail disappeared, the door looked as though nothing happened. Kairi paused, but also was preparing. With one deep breath, Kairi began to run towards and through the door. Soon afterwards, the door was again looking quite normal.

And now there was no one currently in the first part of Traverse Town.

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Well! Hopefully, part three will come up. This took a while to do as I had quite a writer's block (heh heh...). Anywho, I don't know how many chapters there will be, but I'm still continuing! Hope you enjoyed this segment!