Chapter 3:
As Kairi stepped off the Gummi ship, she wrapped her arms around herself.
"Where are we?" She whispered, as Leon walked ahead of her.
"Hollow Bastion. Don't you recognise your own home?" He laughed, motioning to the castle. "We're trying to rebuild at the moment. The others are still in Traverse Town, they'll be coming here soon." Kairi nodded.
"Is...Sora here?" She whispered. Leon shook his head.
"He's on his way though - you go ahead and rest, you'll be safe. I have to go and see the others" He smiled at her, and she smiled warmly back. Once Leon couldn't see her, and he knew she was out of earshot, he laughed.
"She may be necessary, but she's an idiot"
"It's not her body that's necessary, fool. Just her heart." Uttered a voice in response. "Report back to me immediatly. We need to advance our plan." Leon nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he disappeared in a cloud.
"Sora! Sora, wake up!" Squalked Donald, jumping up and down on his chest.
"What! Hey, what's the big idea!" He complained, sitting up and pushing Donald off.
"You were having a bad dream! What was it about?" Asked Goofy, pulling him up.
"I don't know...I can't really remember it. Kairi was there though...and then..." He looked down, where his heart was beating fast. He tried to ignore it. "Anyway, do we know where we are? Can we get anywhere"
"Nope, doesn't look like i"
"Hey, what's that over there!" Sora looked over to where Donald was pointing, and started to run towards a glitter of light. As they got nearer, the light became brighter, eventually emerging into a doorway.
"You think we should go through?" Asked Goofy.
"I guess." Shrugged Sora, looking around. "Not really anything else here, is there...Let's go!" Sora ran foward into the door, and was about to keep running when he heard a thud. Spinning around, he heard the shouts of his friends, and saw that the door had sealed itself, and was slowly beginning to close. "Go on without us! We'll find a way!" Shouted Goofy.
"No! Donald! Goofy!" Sora tried to reach out to them, but the doorway closed, and a force pushed Sora further down the corridor that had emerged in front of him.
'Are you ready...'
Sora looked around for the source of the voice, and prepared his keyblade.
"Show yourself! I'm not afraid of you!"
'I'm not foe...But I'm not friend either...'
'A new journey awaits you, one you need to complete on your own'
'Listen to your heart. It knows all'
The voice slowly faded, and Sora came to a halt in front of another door.
"What do I do?" He called out. There was no answer. "I SAID, WHAT DO I DO!" His voice echoed down the hallway, and he looked around for any sign that someone was there. Hesitantly, he touched his heart, and felt that it was still beating fast. He closed his eyes, and a vision came to his head, knocking him to the floor. Kairi was in a corner, trembling, a dark figure looming towards her, and she was screaming.
"KAIRI!" Sora shook his head, and ran full-speed at the door. It opened, and he found himself flat on the floor. He looked around. 'This place looks familiar'
"Sora!" Sora's head sprung up, as he thought he heard Kairi.
"Where--" He looked up, and saw it wasn't Kairi. It was Yuffie. As he came to his senses, he realised where he was - Traverse Town.
