Sora woke in the sand. He glanced around and saw Riku and Kairi laying face down in the sand also. They stirred and glanced around blankly.

"I assume we're there." Riku said coughing. Kairi rubbed her eyes.

"Fengorafel." Kairi said hoarsely. The sand left a scratchy taste in her throat.

"I don't see anything but sand." Sora said then smiled. "Exactly how Master Yen Sid described it." Kairi glanced around.

"It seems so empty." She said.

"We can't die here. Come on guys, we need to find a spite or a knight."

"Or a Battlefield." Kairi suggested and the boys glanced at her.

"Yes, I suppose that works too." They said and Kairi smiled.

"You can hide behind me if you want." Riku said. "I mean, it's ok to be afraid."

"I can take it." She said pouting. Then she stood up and faced the horizon. "Come on guys! Let's go!" They both glanced at the girl who had already begun walking away. After helping each other up, they ran to catch up to her.

"How amusing…" A voice called from the spot they were just at. "People seeking battlefields…seeking spites…seeking knights… Some thing is up…" With that, a spite appeared momentarily before disappearing again.

Sora stared blankly at the battlefield.

"I can imagine how master Yen Sid felt when he looked at this. Looks like we came too late." Riku sighed heavily and glanced at Kairi.

"Are you alright Kairi?" He asked and she nodded.

"Yes, I'm alright. I've seen better though. Much, much better." She said turning pale. Never in her life had she seen so much blood. Such a gruesome sight. She couldn't turn her eyes away.

"S-Sora? Riku? Can we go now?" She asked and they nodded. Slowly they made their way around the battlefield and came to a lean to hut much like the one Master Yen Sid described. There was even fresh blood in a puddle where the man had supposedly attacked him. It was like time hasn't passed since then.

"This is all so familiar. I feel like I'm living in a dream." Sora said sitting down. "How could it be? This was suppose to happen 200 years ago."

"The time could be different here. 200 years might have only been minutes. You remember when Master Yen Sid came back to his time, it was 100 years after." Riku said logically.

"You're so smart." Sora said rolling his eyes.

"Aren't I?" Riku asked grinning. Kairi smiled and looked at the lean to. Indeed it seemed that minutes ago a boy was struggling to escape his tormentor. If she didn't come, in the other world, would it be a hundred years before she saw Sora again? Would she have been still alive by then? Kairi shivered suddenly as a harsh wind blew sand in her face.

"Sora!" She cried and spat out sand that rushed to meet her face, stinging her eyes so she could no longer see clearly. Sora rushed from his spot and took Kairi's hand. He led her towards the lean to where Riku was already sheltered. The three of them crowded around the center of the lean to and focused on the harsh wind.

"What will happen? What are we suppose to do here?" Riku asked and Sora shrugged.

"Master Yen Sid did not give us very much details." Kairi said and frowned.

"D Section…M Section…R Section…" A voice boomed. It sounded mingled with many voices, both sweet and harsh, both loud and soft, and both female and male. Out form nothing came three spite. They glared at the three sitting on the floor.

"D Section…"

"M Section…"

"R Section…"

"Congratulations. You have survived the first round, the first five years. Commence with us to the second round where you will face twenty three other who will oppose you for the keys." They said in a unison. Every time they talked, the tone changed, it seemed they could not decide if they were male or female.

The spites held out their hand.

"Come." They commanded. Sora, Kairi, and Riku looked at each other.

"See you at the top." Sora said. Riku nodded.

"Kairi be careful." Kairi nodded as well. Then with a forced smile, Sora grabbed on to the spite's hand.

Sora felt himself be rejuvenated though the awful screaming came back. When he heard it stop, he opened his eyes and saw ice.