Hi everyone here's another one straight from the infinite abyss of craziness I call a mind. Sorry if the last chappie was a bit confusing for some of you and I have a problem with too many long sentences and I will try to make them shorter. Also I apologize in advance if it seems like I'm shutting out all the other characters I'm not. I hope this one will be better.

Chapter 5

"So you have returned princess," said a very icy voice from across the room. I looked at the dark looming figure making its way toward us, A green faced woman with huge horns on her head and some black shroud of a dress, and A crow cawed from atop the huge crystal on her staff.

"Welcome home dear princess to your kingdom", her stare seemed to pierce my soul when she spoke to me.

"And who are you supposed to be", Riku said looking at her. I could tell it was going to take both of us a while to get used to my newly acquired title.

"Oh how rude of me my name is Maleficent", she approached us and bowed with the greeting and the crow cawed a hello that echoed throughout the large ballroom. Maleficent… I could've sworn I've heard that name before.

"My name is Mera", My head bowed in response.

"Mines Riku", his expression didn't change.

"Its an honor to meet you we have been anticipating your return", her gaze never leaving me.

"Who is 'we'", Riku asked and by the tone of his voice I could tell he was a bit suspicious of this woman. Personally I don't blame him, this lady gave me the creeps.

"Come with me they should be arriving shortly from their own worlds", she started to walk away then motioned for us to follow her.

"So is there anyone else here", I said trying to break the silence as the three of us walked through the long halls. This place seemed to be completely empty of residents, and was sorta spooky walking through corridor after corridor. My guess is they don't entertain much here or haven't for a while.

"No Princess ever since a tragedy befell this world no one had lived here", she said as I would know what she was talking about.

"What tragedy?" I said as I tried to remember, scanning my brain for something, anything. All that came to me what the bloodcurdling screams that I have haunted my dreams and the faces of people frozen in terror that I have floated at the back of my mind for the past nine years of my life.

There was no time for further questions for we had reached a pair of double doors as tall as Maleficent. They weren't as fancy as the doors to the ballroom, but something told me there was no lavish parties held in this one like in the ballroom.

Inside the room there was a pillar with a crystal ball on top of the pillar that emitted a greenish color in what small amount of light was used to the point where you could only see where you were going, and not much else. She stood behind the pillar facing us and we advanced toward it. I couldn't see the walls or anything but I knew there were others in the room as they muttered to among each other.

"You brought us another princess maleficent", a woman called.

"Well if she's the princess then who's the boy?" rasped a deeper voice and the voices around the room began to argue loudly.

"SILENCE", maleficent yelled and the room went silent, "this is not one of the princesses we have been looking for, she is the princess of this world the boy is her mate who came to this world through the dark realm."

"MATE?" we both yelled in perfect unison each trying not to look at eachother "we are not each other's mate", again in perfect unison. The way we outburst like that must have been pretty amusing because chuckles erupted from the shadows. Even maleficent seemed to have fun with that. I tried my best not to make eye contact with anyone especially when I felt the heat rise in my cheeks at the memory of what almost happened an hour ago flashed through my mind. As soon as the room calmed down and the chuckling was reduced to whispering and the atmosphere of complete seriousness had returned.

"Now I believe you two are looking for someone", Maleficent said while clearing her throat.

"Yes, our friends Sora and kairi", said Riku still not making eye contact with me "they were lost when our world was destroyed. Maleficent waved her hand over the crystal orb, within it an image of Sora came into focus. He was casually walking as two, I don't even know what to call them was closely following behind him.

"As you can see he seems to have picked up some friends along his journey", maleficent stated in a matter of fact manner.

"What's that weapon he's carrying?" Riku asked while giving the orb a sort of sideways glance.

"A keyblade", I had said the words without even realizing it until Riku was staring at me funny.

"A what???", His eyes got wide.

"I don't know the word just sorta popped into my head", Its true I don't know where it came from but, I had a feeling someone a long time ago told me about this mysterious weapon.

"Could you take us to him maleficent?" Riku asked.

"Yes certainly but, before I send you two off into the infinite abyss of space you must first have something to protect yourselves with". A cloud of jade green fire appeared out of her open palm and the first thing to appear out of her hand was a sword with the blade of a bat wing. The second weapon to manifest was a scythe with its blade the wing of a bat. "I believe this was your fathers Mera".

"What do you know about my father", I looked up at her. There is something she is not telling me but what. Could she possibly know what has happened here? She didn't answer my earlier question instead she just stood there in front of us and waved her hand as a portal of black and jade green fire arose out of the air. Riku and me, after looking down at our newly acquired weapons, stepped into the portal and set out to go find our friends.

OMG almost three whole pages and almost two and a half-hours of typing went into what you see above, Also about one hour of writers block. R&R and sayonara.