Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing from the Kingdom Hearts games, the Final Fantasy games, or ANYTHING from Disney.

Riku had a lot of faith in Sora, but not enough to not be surprised when one day Sora just suddenly appeared in front of him. He, in fact, had been trying to escape. He had been walking around his new home ever since he got there. Well, he never actually did think of it as a home. More of a temporary establishment of living. Many times he had asked king Mickey for help, but he only said, "Keep faith in Sora. He'll come." But Xoe didn't believe that.

Xoe had not known Sora. She didn't know what Sora was capable of, and Riku wasn't sure he knew anymore either. Xoe tried her hardest everyday. Once she even past out in exhaustion. Nothing was working, but still they tried. That's really all they could do. But one day, Riku was staring at a large black boulder…

"That's odd… I never noticed this before…," he said, looking at a large smooth groove in the side. It was white inside. "Wonder what it is…" He put his hand inside, and it started to glow a dim purple light. It slowly faded from dark to light, then turned black suddenly. Riku tried to pull his hand out, but he couldn't. He heard a voice. It seemed so familiar. It said,

"Erasing past deeds is no easy task, Riku. What has been done is still there. No matter how much you change, it will be there… Along with her…"

The black light became lighter and lighter, then it became a light hazy gray. It stayed that way and passed through him.

"This light is no longer pure…!"

Then everything faded and there stood Sora, with his smug look of pride and knowing on his face. It seemed as he couldn't see for a moment, but then something came into his eyes. He saw Riku. Riku saw him. Neither moved.

Who knows how long they stood there like that, but eventually Xoe came along. She was on one side of a boulder and didn't see Sora at first, but Sora saw her and was in battle position in the blink of an eye. He could sense the darkness within her, but it wasn't in her heart, it was in her genes.

"Riku watch out!"

Xoe turned quickly. "What the…"

"Xoe, move!" Riku said jumping in between her and Sora, guarding an attack from Sora's blade. Xoe ducked down and clung on to the back of Riku's shirt.

"Who is that?" she cried.

"I would like to know the same!" said Sora.

This will take a lot of explaining on my part. Better not mention anything about Ansem though…

"Sora, Xoe, Calm down!" he told them. "Let's sit down."

They all sat, Xoe still next to Riku, weary of her attacker, and Sora on the opposing side of Riku, a little ways away. Riku took a deep breath.

"First off, Xoe, this is Sora. He's the one who closed the door. The secondary keeper of the keyblade…"

"Secondary?" she asked

"Yes. I was the first, but alas, my heart fell to darkness. And Sora," he said turning to his old friend. "This is Xoe." Xoe gave him a warning look, but he knew not to tell. " She is the biggest secret I have ever kept. I met her a while back, before I was completely consumed by darkness. She stayed with me and we've become friends. We want to get back to destiny island… so how did you get here?"

Sora rubbed the back of his neck and put on his 'well-I'm-not-exactly-sure-but-don't-get-mad' smile.

"You don't know?"

"Well… I was in the secret cave examining the door while it happened… Then this odd light appeared where a handle should be…"

Riku turned to the crevice in the rock. "Come on guys, follow me!"

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They weren't quite sure how they had gotten there, but they were all in the secret cave all the same. They looked around. There was Sora, King Mickey, Riku and Xoe all in the room. Xoe looked around.

"What just happened? Where the heck are we?"

"We're in the secret cave!" Riku exclaimed. He couldn't believe how long it had been since he had been there. "I can't believe that it worked!"

"It's amazing! I never thought that this door would ever lead to you!"

"Is this destiny island? It's not very pretty… and small…"

Riku and Sora exchanged a look then laughed. She really had no clue. Riku took her hand and headed towards the cave entrance. He crawled through first then pulled Xoe through. The sun was setting over the ocean and it was an amazing sight. She had never seen, or even dreamed anything like it before.

"It's beautiful…" she murmured.

"It's home… Riku replied, but still thought about the familiar voice.

(Hoorah! Second chapter. I never thought I would have fun writing this story, but hey! It's not that bad. I really DO like having reviews, so… PLEASE REVIEW ME! Thank you for your wonderful time!)