Chapter Eight.

Neverland

Riku and Crystal both appeared back in Neverland. Riku was looking down at Kairi sadly.

"So Kairi's like a lifeless puppet now?" he asked.

"Precicely." said Maleficent.

"And her heart was...?" said Crystal.

"Taken by the Heartless no doubt." said Maleficent.

"Tell me! What can we do?" asked Riku. Crystal looked at Riku oddly.

"There are seven maidens of the purest heart. Gather them all together opens up to door to all worlds. There you will surely find Kairi's heart." replied Maleficent.

"Now heres somthing for your trouble." She raised her arms.

"The power to control the Heartless!" Riku and Crystal started to glow green. Crystal felt some sort of energy flowing through her. Riku turned around and looked at Kairi.

"Soon, Kairi, soon."

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Later on that night Sora showed up. Riku and Crystal went up on deck, where he was, to meet him.

"I thought you'd never come Sora." said Riku.

"Riku? What are you doing?" asked Sora. Crystal stepped forward.

"Instead of asking about Riku, you should be asking about..." Crystal steps to the side. "Her." Kairi was behind her sitting on the ground, with her eyes open.

"Kairi!" Sora went to run to her but Captian Hook threw out his arm.

"Oh no boy, there won't be no shenanigans on my vessel!" he said. Sora looked up at Crystal and Riku.

"Why are you guys siding with the Heartless?" he asked. Crystal looked down at Sora as if she was in a trance as did Riku.

"The Heartless obey us now, Sora. We have nothing to fear..." said Riku.

"Your stupid! Sooner or later they'll swallow your heart!" yelled Sora.

"Not a chance, our hearts are too strong." said Riku.

Then Crystal said "Oh and by the way I've picked up some new tricks, like this for instance." She raised her hand and an anti-Sora appeared in front of Sora. Sora gasped and stared at his anti-self.

"Now go join your friends." said Riku and a trapdoor opened up beneath Sora and he fell through.

Riku kept ordering Captain Hook around at one point he said "Keep Sora away from Kairi, until we're ready to land."

Crystal couldn't help to think "Does he like Kairi, now?"

Then they started going on about the Princesses.

"Maleficent said there are seven and she's not one of them." said Riku.

"After all the trouble of getting her here!" said Captian Hook.

"Uh, hem uhh...Captian." said Smee from a vent. Crystal, Riku, and Captain Hook went over to it.

"The prisioners have escaped." Smee said. Riku looked at Crystal and then headed towards the cabin where Kairi and Wendy was. Crystal walked into the room and grabbed Kairi and dragged her to Riku who then picked her up and walked back to Captain Hook's cabin. They could hear Sora yell.

"Kairi!"