The next day, Laura and Yaki exited Vash Naroom and headed for the ruins Tryn spoke of. Tryn had already left, but Yaki had a map. After about thirty good minutes of walking, the two finally arrived at the ruins.

The ruins looked like a large stone maze with cryptic inscriptions on the walls. Here and there, pieces were decaying or covered with moss.

"Tryn must have already gone inside," Yaki commented, "Before we go in though, I should give you this."

Yaki pointed his staff and Laura. Laura felt a strange sensation inside of her.

"What was that?" Laura inquired bemusedly.

"There are some unfriendly Dream Creatures out there," Yaki replied, "I just gave you a Leaf Cut spell, so you can better protect yourself."

"Thanks."

"Let's go in, shall we?"

Laura and Yaki walked into the ruins, searching for Tryn. Soon they found her studying some glyphs on a nearby wall.

"Hey Tryn." Yaki called out.

"Oh hello Yaki and Laura," Tryn replied, standing up and facing them, "You won't believe some of the things I've deciphered from these ruins. Apparently, this place was sacred ground to the ancients. They built this maze to protect what they call 'The Heart'. It's pretty extensive, and 'The Heart' apparently is at the center of the maze."

"Well let's get looking for it then!" Laura said excitedly. She had never been on an archaeological expedition before, and this was fun to her. Tryn shrugged and started to walk with Laura and Yaki down another path.

After a little bit, it was quite apparent that the trio was completely lost.

"Maybe we should go back…" Laura said nervously.

"No way," Yaki replied, "We came too far. The center has to be around here somewhere."

Suddenly, Tryn shrieked. Laura and Yaki turned around to see a Shadow materialize behind them. It growled at them a second before lunging.

"I'll take care of this!" Laura said and stepped up to it. She then paused, turned to Yaki and asked, "Umm, how do you do that Leaf Cut spell again?"

"Concentrate." Yaki replied.

Laura turned back to the Heartless, which now was only a few centimeters away from her. She pointed her Keyblade, Bano del Sol, directly at it and concentrated. Suddenly, a leaf shot out of her weapon and sliced the Shadow in half. It shrieked, and then disappeared.

"Wow…" Laura said, amazed at what had just happened.

"I wonder why there are Heartless in the ruins anyway." Tryn said aloud.

Suddenly, ten Heartless appeared around them.

"Let's not stay here long enough to find out why!" Yaki said. He then touched one of his rings and concentrated. A large white dog with antlers materialized and went over to Yaki. He petted it and then said, "Come on, get on!"

Tryn and Laura scrambled over to the creature and got on with Yaki. Yaki then touched one of the dog's antlers. It put its head down, and charged, knocking out three of the Heartless in the process.

"Yeehaw!" Yaki cried as the raced through the maze at a breakneck pace. At first, Laura was holding on for her life, but then she found it was rather easy to sit up and simply hold on to one of the creature's antlers.

Suddenly, the creature stopped. All three fell off.

"Ow. What happened?" Laura asked, then she noticed Tryn and Yaki staring.
"We're at the center of the maze," Tryn commented breathlessly, "Look!"

Tryn pointed towards the wall. On it was a keyhole, but not just any keyhole.

It was the keyhole to the Moonlands.

"Wow…" Yaki said, amazed at what was in front of him.

"I better seal it." Laura said. She then held up her Keyblade and concentrated. A beam shot out from it and pierced the keyhole. It then disappeared. Suddenly, there was a rumbling noise.

"I better go check that out Tryn said, and walked out of side past a corner. All of a sudden there was a scream. Laura and Yaki dashed off to find Tryn being pulled into a portal by the Heartless.

"Tryn!" Yaki yelled, but it was too late; the portal had closed and the Heartless were gone.

"It's to late," Laura said grimly, "There's nothing we can do."

Yaki was still hysterical and yelling for no reason, when Laura noticed Tryn's notebook on the ground.

"It looks like she dropped this." Laura said and picked it up. Inside, there were translations to several of the inscriptions from the walls. One in particular caught Laura's interest.

"Hey Yaki," she said. Yaki finally calmed down, "Listen to this," she continued.

The page read, "Rough Translation: 'The eight neo-princesses of heart shall light the way to a new dimension of comprehension. Although on different worlds, the neo-princesses can be united through the Darkness. Although they are not all princesses of royalty, they are princesses of purity.

One rules her kingdom with kindness and grace.

One has the power of Three.

One can heal all through magic.

One has mysterious powers.

One is courageous and fights for what she believes in.

One summons aid to protect the light.

One controls the wind.

One is the Daughter of Runes.

Together, they shall open the door to the Heavens, and we shall all obtain perfect knowledge of new worlds to be discovered.'"

Laura paused for a moment. Then she said, "Hey, isn't Tryn called Daughter of Runes?"

Yaki turned away from Laura, deep in thought, "Yes," he replied, "But, a princess?"

"Neo-princess, actually," Laura reminded him, "I guess it could be possible."

"I guess so. She did have a pretty mysterious past. As for the others, I don't know anyone who fits those descriptions except for broad assumptions. All Magi can summon creatures, we Naroom Magi heal creatures usually, but I know a Cald Magi who is a healer. It's a guy, though, so he wouldn't be a neo-princess of heart. All Arderial Magi can control the wind, and plenty of Magi are enigmatic or courageous. I guess they're on different worlds. Either way, we have to get Tryn back!"

Laura nodded in agreement, "Yes, but how? I got here when my world was destroyed, and we don't have any means of transportation really."

Yaki thought for a moment.

Laura thought for a moment.

They both thought for a moment.

It really wasn't apparent what happened next, as it happened rather suddenly.

It started with a scream from the sky.

Laura and Yaki looked up to the source of the scream. They saw something rushing up towards them.

The object hit them on its way to the ground.