Lucia groaned as she struggled to stand. She winced when she felt a ball whack into her head. Well, that's what she thought it was, and then she felt another one.

Lucia slowly opened her eyes and saw a boy's hand in her face that seemed sorta muscular and tan.

She had to wince as she noticed the bright sun's rays and she spit up nasty, unhealthy amounts of sand.

"Yo, Riku, you doing okay? Thought you were better than this, something the matter, eh?" The kid said as he quickly grasped Riku's shoulder and lifted him up.

Lucia wobbled on her feet, and lost her balance. Only the kid's hand stopped her form from falling.

" Hey! Man, I think you have a fever!"

"You think, Wakka! Didn't notice it, I just thought I was burning up for no apparent reason." Lucia said in a voice that wasn't her own.

What's going on? She thought as her eyes surveyed her surroundings tiredly.

The boy named Wakka smiled, and his spiky red hair swayed in the breeze. He worriedly looked at Riku and smiled widely.

" C'mon, Riku! I know your new around here, so let's get you to where your family is. Where did they live at, where's your house?"

"I live by myself, I ran away!" Lucia said.

"By yourself, that's weird... I couldn't do that." Wakka replied, yet his voice still stayed cheerful.

"Just.. take me to Sora. He'll help me feel better, and his parents are both busy so they won't ask questions." Lucia said as Riku's voice came out of her mouth.

"Okay, let's go, ya?"

"Sure."

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Lucia awoke once again to feel herself spitting out something that wasn't too pleasant for her.

She was swimming in deep waters and the waves around her were getting bigger. The area was dark and cold, and it seemed Riku was wearing only a thin sleeveless shirt and dark pants. The same clothes he had sported on the island.

Inside her head, Lucia sighed. She didn't like the old woman's spell, nor did she like the place she was in. The smell reminded her of something someone had uked up.

"Hey, Malificent! That puppet's heart is important, right? And I'll get a chance to one up Sora, correct?" Riku said as he treaded the waters.

"Correct! Bring me the inhabitants of this whale's insides and you'll also get your chance to get vengeance against Sora. He did abandon you, after all!" A odd woman with dark hair and dark clothes said as green magic swirled around her.

"Great, let's do some damage!"

Crap! Lucia said mentally, as she felt her body move deeper into the throat of a gigantic whale.

I never wanted to be eaten, and I don't think Riku's to fond of this idea either!

Lucia swam for over an hour untill she summoned some sort of creature, (a hearless) and used it to trap the puppet child.

Lucia waited, and ignored the other's screams of terror. Lucia's cold gaze became firey when a spikey haired youth walked through a corridor type area, and into the chamber that Riku was currently in.

"Riku! What are you doing here?"

And then Lucia's connections stopped.

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A darkness seemed to be covered by a veil of curiosity as Dante ran aimlessly around an area surrounded by keys. There wasn't a floor, and there wasn't a ceiling. There was only space, and one's self.

Dante attacked an on comming foe that seemed to attack with odd magic, and it held in it's talon's a thick key that seemed much to large to open any locks.

Keyblade

Whispered Riku's voice, stopping Dante cold in his tracks.

"His mind, she said... I'm in." Dante said, his blue eyes narrowing with understanding.

He lunged at the creature in front of him, and his blade cut it, slicing it into non-existance.

"Riku... Is this key one of the things that changed you?" Dante said as he lifted the item in his hand that was free of his weapon.

"I have no light! I don't deserve it! Just like Sora said in my dream, I'm nothing!"

Yelled out Riku's voice, and Dante felt the space that was veiled quiver. The veil was being torn away, Riku's pain was destroying it's purpose.

"You told me to embrace the only thing I've wanted. I wanted nothing, and thats not what I've been given. I'll have to take it by force! I won't loose to him!"

Riku whispered, his voice hoarse, his veil quickly loosing it's power as more words had tumbled from Riku's mouth.

Dante saw his surroundings being covered by a new veil. This one had only blackness as its source, while the gray veil seemed to dissipate into nothingness. Riku's voice had also faded, and Dante saw more creatures that infiltrated Riku's mind.

Dante could feel the area turn cold, and knew Riku's state of mind was loosing it's power.

Krylancelo note: Give this a try, so I'll expand on this later. When more ideas come to me! Ja ne minna-san! (See you later, everyone!)