Sora looked around in disbelief. He was in a huge castle. It was gigantic, bigger than Castle Oblivion, bigger than the one at the world that never was. He had been there for hours, there was a grand clock opposite of him, yet he couldn't make out what the strange markings said. He sat back down in a chair and wondered where the others were.

"Sora?" A small voice asked. Sora glanced back at girl. She had light brown hair and dazzling green eyes. She looked younger than him by three years or so. When she saw that he was staring back at her, she looked downward and entered.

"Tell me how I got here again?" He asked her and she sat down opposite of him, at the end of the long table. She glanced up at him then glanced back down at the floor.

"You were in the desert like the others, wandering around aimlessly. I saw what you did to the boy in your second round so I thought I could turn to you for help."

"That's right." He said, finally remembering what had happened. "What exactly do you need me for anyways?"

"My name is Nozomi. I have been stuck in Fengorafel for three exact days. That's about three million years in Destiny Island time. Fengorafel moves extremely slow compared to all the other worlds. Perhaps that is why Spites like it so much. Anyways, I have made this castle from what I found in the lost city of Azar. The city of Azar is south of here, the lost civilization of Fengorafel I believe. I have learned that the Azarians were invaded by the Sprites when they came from the sky one night in a huge storm. Most were introduced to the keyblade, it lead to wars, and that was how they perished. Anyhow, I was sucked in the blue light along with a random stranger. He perished before I did, having a keyblade summoned him to the second round and he got killed by some section. Thus, I had to find a way to survive, around the first hour, I found the city. They had an extensive library. These people were extremely smart, they knew very well of all the worlds since they had so much time to learn. I have learned how to defeat the spites. Would you help me? Send everyone home? I have seen enough violence to last me a life time." Sora absorbed everything in.

"You know how to defeat them?" He asked in disbelief. He was anxious to hear more. She nodded then looked at him with confidence.

"Sora, first of all, we need to find your friends. I know exactly where they are."

"How do you know?" He asked and she smiled.

"The Azarians had very advanced technology for people who lived underneath the desert. I took some time to master it." She stood up and motioned for him to follow her. He stood up and followed the girl into a wide hall. It stretched on endlessly for him, yet Nozomi navigated it as though she had remembered every single room. Perhaps she did, after all, she was on Fengorafel for three million years anyways. She stopped at a large door with writings he did not understand. She pushed on it and it revealed a circular room with twenty six panels revealing each battlefield and six more of different parts of the desert were people were sheltered.

"I only come here when I have to. I don't particularly enjoy the place since I always see dead people everywhere. It makes your heart sick." She sat down in a chair and Sora marveled as it spun around, slowly going up. Nozomi almost touched the ceiling before she raised her hand. All the panels flew to her and she pushed them away one by one.

"I do not see anyone alone." She said looking down at Sora.

"What does your friends look like?" She asked him.

"Kairi has red hair. She'd probably be screaming my name or Riku's name. Either that or she'd be around a lot of people asking them where we are. Riku has white hair, most likely to be alone and running around trying to find Kairi and me; most likely Kairi first." Nozomi smiled.

"You have an interesting way to describe them." He smiled back at her.

"I bet they'd describe me the same way." Nozomi nodded and looked back at the panels.

"I see a girl with red hair."

"Is it Kairi?" Sora asked and she shrugged.

"Is Kev one of your friends?" She asked.

"I don't know anybody named Kev." Sora said. "Why?"

"Well, this girl isn't calling Riku or Sora, she was calling out Kev."

"Must not be her." Sora said dismissively. Nozomi shrugged.

"Want to take a look anyways?" She pushed the panel towards him and he saw a girl with a boy. The boy smiled at her.

"Thanks Kairi." He said and ate the strange food. The girl smiled back and sat down under a small umbrella that the two probably made.

"That's her." He said. "But I don't know who the Kev guy is." Nozomi shrugged again.

"I've seen him once or twice. Spites appeared shortly after his brother and him had a fight. He ran away from a battlefield. His brother was left fighting. I do not know if he won or not. The spites took him before I could tell. The second time I saw him, he was angry at a crowd for something. Shortly afterwards the crowd of people were attacked by spited ones. He ran away from that as well." Sora frowned. Was Kev going to cause trouble for Kairi? He had to get to her.

"Nozomi-"

"Say no more. I will talk to you through this charm." She tossed him a small charm shaped like a half star, half hourglass and he pocketed it. Then she pointed at the panel and then Sora. Instantly, he felt himself being sucked into the panel.

"Nozomi!" He shouted before the room vanished and he went dropped onto the hot sand.

"Sora!" Kairi shouted and rushed to him. Sora looked up gratefully. "Sora, how did you fall from the sky? Did the spite drop you?" He shook his head.

"Nozomi did."

"Who's Nozomi?" Kairi asked with a frown.

"A girl who rescued me. Who's that Kev fellow?"

"A boy I found. We were trying to find you and his brother Mark." Sora glanced at Kev who glanced back. He stood and walked over to Sora.

"Nice to meet you Sora. Kairi sure talks a lot about you." He said and glanced at Kairi. "Let's go under the umbrella for now. The sun is blistering." With that, the boy walked off towards the umbrella. Kairi smiled at him while Sora wondered if he could trust the boy. What was his connection to the spites? Sora did not know and he intended to find out.

"Sora…" Nozomi's voice echoed inside his head.

"Nozomi?" He asked and Kairi stared at him.

"Sora, what's wrong?" Kairi asked and he shook his head. She shrugged and went back under the umbrella.

"Sora, I found Riku." She said and he nodded. "He is northeast of the city of Azar."