Disclaimer- Ok, so I don't own anything from Kingdom Hearts or Squaresoft. (But Riku owns me :-P heehee)

:Saphyra walks out onto a stage wearing a pink suit. She holds a microphone in her hands, and is smiling really wide:

AHEM! Oops, heh, mic. work better than I thought :Chibi smile: Anyway, I've decided to take my story in a whole different direction. All the previous chapters will remain the same, but the whole 'Riku destroys Lana's world, Lana finds out, big confrontation' idea grew sour. Soooooooo, yeah, enjoy!

Ps. No, I'm not giving anything about the new story line away yet! Figure it out yourself, love.

Chapter 5

Lana was dreaming. She knew, because she remembered dozing off on the couch in Cid's accessory shop. (A/N. I haven't been to Traverse Town in my game forever, there's a couch there, right? …If not… Well there is now.)

Lana stood on a cliff, looking out over a sandy beach. It was dark, and she could only see outlines, but something down on the beach caught her eye. There was a shape coming out of the water. Lana looked closer. It was a person, but she couldn't see who. Suddenly she heard a voice.

"The darkness in your heart is growing, Lana. Can you feel it? You know it's there." Lana knew it was Haru. She felt if she could just turn her head she could see her sister. But she couldn't move. Her eyes were fixed on the shape on the beach. "It's you." Haru's voice told her.

"Me?"

"Yes."

Lana saw herself walking on the beach, then suddenly, a brilliant black light erupted from her chest. Lana gasped as she watched herself being consumed by darkness.

"No!" Lana watched, hypnotized by the site of herself being immersed in darkness. Then the light faded away, and Lana saw her body on the beach, mangled and broken. "Is… Is this my fate?" She whispered.

"You can change it."

"How? Haru tell me how! Please!"

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"Hey, Lana! Wake up!" Sora's voice jerked Lana out of her restless sleep.

"Sora? What time is it?" Lana groaned, shifting in the chair she had fallen asleep in.

"6 am."

"WHAT! Ahem, I don't get up in these ungodly hours of the morning, Sora. Try me at about 9."

"Ha-ha. You're funny. C'mon, we're leaving Traverse Town!"

"Hn. Where are we going?" Lana asked, peeking at Sora with one eye.

"Err… Uhmm… I don't know yet! We'll find out when we get there." Lana made a choking noise as she opened both eyes and stood up very slowly. She stretched her arms above her head and yawned.

"Ok, but can I sleep on the way?"

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Riku walked outside of the castle feeling blank. He just didn't have any emotions. He felt mentally drained, but he wasn't sure why. He sighed. 'Maybe it's because of the darkness?' He wondered. He had no idea… but he hated it. He walked over to the edge and stood up onto the wall, just like Lana had the day she left. He sighed again, thinking for a minute. Then, out of nowhere, he took one deep breath and screamed as loud as he could. When he ran out of breath, he stopped and panted for a second, listening. He liked the way he could still hear his echoes. He smiled a little, then took another deep breath, and did it again, screaming at the absolute top of his lungs. He stopped, again liking the way his voice echoed back to him. Suddenly it was like all his emotions flowed back into him. He grinned, and then started laughing. He stepped off the wall, buckled over laughing so hard he couldn't breathe.

Finally he was able to stop laughing. He leaned against the wall and slid down until he was sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him. He sighed again. "I think I've totally lost it." He said aloud to himself. Just then, a new thought entered his mind. 'Haru leaves tonight… I wonder what Maleficent's gonna think about that? She didn't care when she found out Lana was gone, but Haru's always been different…' He shrugged. "Guess I'll just have to wait and see."

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Ok, I know this one was really short, but it's almost 3am and my brain isn't functioning properly, I just really wanted to get this chapter out. So, please R&R!

Infinite x's and o's fromSaphyra