Hey, everybody! I am so sorry that I haven't been updating, but school has started and it started with full force. Also, I have volleyball practice almost everyday and if there's no practice I'm usually exhausted from school or we have a match that day. Anyway, here's the next chapter to my Kingdom Hearts story. I hope you like it. So please read, enjoy, and reveiw.

Chapter 8: Finding Neverland

Sora opened his eyes to find himself in a stone walled room. He also found himself suspended by his hands. He looked up and saw a curled up figure before he moved his eyes towards his hands which were cuffed onto chains that hung him in the air. Sora moved his eyes back to the curled up figure. He wasn't sure who or what it was. He stared at it for a moment and suddenly the figure uncurled itself to reveal Lauri. "Oh good, you're awake," she said as she saw him looking up at her. Lauri held onto a set of chains that Sora guessed had held her suspended.

"Watch out," Lauri said and jumped onto the ground, landing nearby a pair of legs that belonged to Mecan. Lauri moved to the side of Mecan and bent down. She took out two thin pieces of metal and started to pick at the lock that held Mecan's hands together. The lock clicked. Mecan brought his hands in front of him and started to massage each of his wrists.

While he was doing this, Lauri walked over to Sora and started to pick the lock that held Sora's hands together. "Thanks," Sora said as he landed on the ground and his hands fell to his sides, free from the cuffs that held them. "So, uh, where are we?"

"We're in Hallow Bastion," Mecan said, looking at the room they were in. "I'm guessing we're in the waterway area."

Sora opened his mouth to talk, but Lauri spoke first, "Mecan, I suggest we leave through the portals. It wouldn't be safe to leave the room through the door."

"Portals?" Sora asked Mecan, but Mecan didn't say anything as he started to dig through one of his pockets. Lauri walked over to the door of the room and crouched by the door, pressing her ear against the door. "Portals are a way to transport ourselves to different places when we don't have a gummi ship," Lauri explained in a whisper.

Sora heard something hit the floor of the room. He turned around to see a large, dark, circular thing swirling around on the ground. "Is that a portal?" he asked.

Mecan nodded and looked behind Sora to where Lauri was. Sora turned around and watched as Lauri jumped back. "Someone's coming," she said in a worried voice. Lauri started to slowly walk backwards, eyeing the door. Sora started to hear footsteps and heard them stop outside of their door. He heard a few indistinguishable whispers.

"Okay," Lauri whispered. "Mecan, take Sora to Neverland. You know what to do." Lauri looked over at Mecan to see him nod.

"Come on," Mecan whispered to Sora and beckoned towards the portal. Sora nodded and walked over to the portal. Sora felt a push. The push caused him to lose his balance and he had no choice but to jump into the portal just after he heard someone shout.

"Hey!" shouted Larxene as he saw Lauri standing just in front of her instead of chained up. She barely noticed Mecan jump and disappear. Instead, she attacked Lauri using her fists because she had no weapons with her. She didn't think she needed them which had been the wrong thing to do.

Lauri dodged her first punch and moved to the side where she had to put up her arms to protect her from the next blow, which was to her face. She bent down and hit her in the stomach which caused her to move backwards a bit. Lauri put up her arms, waiting for Larxene to start fighting her again. However, she felt two strong arms wrap around her biceps from the back. She wasn't able to move, but she did the best she could and started to squirm around violently.

Larxene massaged her stomach and saw Axel holding Lauri tightly. She grinned and started to walk towards Lauri and Axel.

"If it isn't Ansem's niece," Marluxia said from the entrance of the door. Larxene stopped walking and Lauri stopped squirming. They all looked at Marluxia as he walked casually into the room. Marluxia walked up to Lauri and made eye contact with her, bending himself down a bit to level with her face. "You don't look like him," he said.

"As if I'd want to," Lauri snapped at Marluxia.

Marluxia tutted. He shook a finger at her and said, "That's not something nice to say about relatives." He looked up at Axel and nodded. Axel grinned and knocked Lauri out.

Okay! That was the next chapter for those who read it. I don't know how many do, but for those who read this...Thank you very much! I thought the title of this chapter was pretty funny considering that it's the title of a movie starring Johnny Depp. The movie was pretty good, I must say. So tell me what you think and reveiw please!

-Eisslande