Okay about that last chapter, in case you were wondering I am not planning anything between Mera and Sora. When I thought about that after I posted it and I realized I made it sound like Mera likes Sora and was mad about not going with him.

Chapter 8

I sat there on her bed of black silk sheets that were worn from age like everything in the room around her. One of the bedposts had fallen to the ground, the wallpaper was torn, everything else was covered in dust but this was the room from my childhood. I lay back on the bed and roll over. I tried to sleep but ended up spending an hour of staring at the ceiling before giving up and leaving the room.

I closed the door and turned around and ran into a wall, a yellow wall with a black stripe on the front. It was then that I realized the wall was Riku. As soon as I noticed this I felt heat spread across my cheeks, immediately I tried to cover it.

"Your looking lively Mera", he said with a laugh then his voice turned to concern, "are you feeling better". He had seen me run off after all, after finding out that kairi was still lost in the worlds and it seemed like all of us could look for her together Sora decided to go with his new friends. I just couldn't let Riku see me sad like that.

"Sure but it looks like we'll have to find kairi on our own", I said.

"Maleficent is going to help us find her Mera", Riku said hopefully.

"So there's still hope right", I said and Riku nodded in response. I felt a chill go down my spine then saw maleficent out of the corner of my eye.

"Riku, Mera come with me I have a way for you to help your friend", she turned and led us to the room with the crystal ball.

I really picked a fine day to dress in all black but, I had no idea me and Riku would be going to a desert city. In the last three days I have been to a castle, a forest, and now a desert.

"So, who are we here looking for again?" I asked while looking around and peeking in alleys. I heard a rustle of paper and he handed me a picture of a girl. The caption at the bottom read "princess jasmine".

"We're looking for her, maleficent said that if we help her find this girl she will help us find kairi", He said obviously as skeptical about this plan as I was when I heard her explain this to us.

"It doesn't seem like anyone's here though", I said Getting slightly bored with this. Riku remembered something about a secret cave that jafar guy mentioned when we got here so we headed into the desert.

After about five rounds of twenty questions and two rounds of eye spy (its kind of hard to play that when all you see is sky and sand) we arrived at a cave shaped like the head of a tiger and went in.

"HOLY CRAP", I yelled as we entered a room that was filled up to the ceiling in gold and jewels. Riku started to walk towards the next room while I stuck a few necklaces and gold coins in my pockets. He yelled for me to get over there and we entered the next room. Riku stopped at the entrance and when I walked past him he pulled me back and pointed at the floor.

The floor was almost completely gone, lava flowing beneath us and there was a battle raging down there. All I could see was a giant floating red guy fighting a red and yellow blob. There was a girl lying unconscious on steps in front of a doorway on the other side of the room.

"Well it looks like we found the princess", Riku said as he approached her. As he did she came to he grabbed her. He muttered for me to meet him back at the castle and disappeared through a portal that maleficent taught him how to summon. I summoned my own portal and stepped through.

When I appeared in the sphere room (as I now call it) there was heartless dragging jasmine away and Riku was standing in front of maleficent. Maleficent turned to the sphere in the center of the room.

"So I brought the princess now what", Riku was starting to get annoyed, "the bargain was I get her you help us find kairi".

"I haven't forgotten Riku" She glance at him, and me then with a wave of her hand an image of an unconscious red head appeared in the orb.

"KAIRI", we both shouted in unison (we really need to stop doing that).

Yeah I know this one was kinda short. I'm trying to get these chapters out as fast as I can. I'll probably have one out on Monday. R&R