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Roxas and Xion were walking through the forest, trying to look for Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Namine. Suddenly, the duo noticed Maximus and were prepared to sneak by him, only for them to notice a black haired lady in a red dress and a black cloak. They would have asked her who she was and where they could find their siblings and friends, but she was quick to run away.

"So, do you think that we should follow her or-," Xion wondered aloud.

"We should follow to see what is wrong. Besides, if we stay here we may get caught by Maximus," Roxas answered.

The duo followed the woman through a cave and found a tower on the other side of it. They were able to get close enough to hear her yell, "Rapunzel, let down your hair!" Whatever this was meant to do was unknown to the two teens. However, it was clear something was wrong when nothing happened. The lady was quick to run towards a wall a little ways up the tower and pulled away some wood and roots that were covering it to reveal a secret passageway into the tower. After a little bit she came out looking distraught, carrying a satchel. All of a sudden, she finally noticed both Roxas and Xion. "Ahh! Who are you two and what are you doing here?!" the woman demanded of the duo.

"My name is Xion and this is my friend Roxas. We were just looking for our friends and Roxas's brother," the dark haired girl answered.

"Well, you certainly won't find them here. Get going, please. I have to go look for my precious flower," the woman responded coldly.

"Who or what is your flower? Is it anything we can help you with?" Roxas asked the older woman.

The woman turned around for a moment, grinning to herself as she did so. She then turned back around, now with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry. It's just that my precious baby girl is missing! She was staying at our home in this tower only for some criminal to kidnap her while I left her all alone! I should never have left her alone! Now I'll never see her again!" The woman continued to cry and gain sympathy from the kindhearted duo.

"I'm sorry. That sounds very rough for you to have gone through," Xion apologized sympathetically.

"Like we said, maybe we could help. My brother was already looking for a criminal and could get himself hurt. Maybe we are looking for the same guy. Let us help you. We'll do all we can to stop this criminal before he hurts anyone else," Roxas offered.

"Really?" The older woman sniffled. "Thank you two so much! I know that with your help that we'll find my daughter for sure!"


Meanwhile

"Sora, Roxas, Kairi, Xion, where are you guys?" called out Riku as he and Namine searched for their friends.

"Where do you think they could have gone to, Riku? The forest is fairly large. They could be anywhere," Namine was worried.

"I'm sure we'll find them soon, they couldn't have gotten far." Said Riku to reassure her.

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"See I'm sure that is them now. Come on out guys before-."

"Before what?" The voice being familiar, but not the voice they were expecting.

"D..Dad!" Riku was shocked to have found his father, the captain of the guard, out here. He had hoped that while looking for Sora, Kairi, Roxas, and Xion that they could have avoided running into the guard altogether. "I-I'm sure you're wondering what we are doing out here," Riku tried to hide his nervousness only to fail to do so. "W-well you see-,"

"Don't try to make up excuses. You went outside while there was a potentially dangerous criminal on the loose and you are trying to play it off like it is nothing?" Riku's father scolded. "Answer me this. Is anyone else out here with you on this fool's errand?"

"Um-," Namine began only to be interrupted by Riku.

"No. No one else is out here with us. We are completely alone," Riku lied, something that he didn't like to do but felt like there was no other choice in this situation as he didn't want Sora and Roxas to get in trouble.

"You talked as if there was someone else out here just a moment ago. Who else is out here?" The captain questioned only for Riku and Namine to say nothing. He decided that if he wasn't going to be answered that he should move on to his job. "Well, know this. You are both in huge trouble when we get back, understood?" Riku's dad warned.

"Yes sir," said Namine, upset that they got caught and could not continue looking for their friends.

"Yes sir, father," said Riku, annoyed that they were caught. He was thinking that Sora would owe him for keeping quiet and allowing himself to get into trouble with his father like this.


"Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig…" Diesel was digging a hole in the forest ground as he and Dylan had taken a short break from looking for everyone.

"Aw man. If word gets to the king and queen that Sora and Roxas got out even with Dolly and Dawkins watching them then we will get into trouble for sure," Dylan pondered with himself nervously. "Diesel, are you done yet? We need to get back to searching for everyone."

"Come on, Dylan. Can't I dig just a little bit more? Besides, maybe if you tried to do it yourself you could think better. Always works for me," Diesel said.

"We can dig more once we find everybody. Now, please just sniff out where everybody went," Dylan pleaded.

"Ok, fine. Lets see… I think that I can smell Sora and Dolly around a lot of this forest. As for where they are, it's hard to tell. Maybe down west? Oh, And Da Vinci is with them too," Diesel wondered. "Also, Riku and Namine seem to be with several of the guards to the east. As for Roxas and Xion, they appear to be to the west as well with an unfamiliar scent."

"Oh, perfect! Now we can find everyone and hopefully avoid getting kicked out!" Dylan was excited and relieved until he realized what Diesel just said. "Wait. You said Riku and Namine were with the guards. That means if we reunite everyone we'll get caught and kicked out for sure. So, for now we'll just have to go and get everyone else then. Come on Diesel! We have some family to find!"

"Uh, can't I dig a little bit more first, please?"

"No. Not now," Dylan bluntly said as he went west, with Diesel deciding to follow after Dylan.


Back at the castle

Ven was walking back and forth nervously as he was wondering what to do about the absence of Sora and Roxas. He considered telling the truth to his parents, only to immediately shoot it down as he didn't want his siblings to get into more trouble. It would be easier to handle this situation if he had someone to talk to. He could talk to the dalmatians, but he decided against it seeing as how he couldn't understand them.

Ven was just about to give up when suddenly there was a knock on his door.

"Who is it?" asked Ven with a little worry in his voice.

"Ven it's me Aqua. Terra and Cass are also here with me. Are you guys ok?" asked Aqua concernedly.

"Actually, can I talk with the three of you for a minute?" Ven decided to take a chance and tell his friends about Sora and Roxas leaving.

"Sure. I'm game for talking," Terra agreed.

"What's going on? Is there something wrong, Ven?" Cass was concerned.

"Well, you see, how should I put this? Sora and Roxas ended up leaving the castle and I need help finding them before mom and dad find out or else they will get into ginormous trouble," Ven speedily answered.

"Wait, what?!" Aqua was shocked to hear that Sora and Roxas were gone. Judging by the looks on the faces of Terra and Cass, they were also quite surprised to hear the news.

"Well, that is a lot to take in, Ven. Are you sure we can't just ask the guard to look for them or tell your parents?" Terra asked.

"I don't want Sora and Roxas to get punished and for us to be given even less freedom than we already have. So please, can you go out and look for them?" Ven pleaded with his friends.

"I see, I'll help but I still think that you should tell your parents," replied Aqua.

"I agree with Aqua. You can count me in," agreed Terra.

"Well, I guess I'll help. Maybe this way my dad will see that I'm more than capable to be a castle guard and make him proud," Cass decided.

"Thank you guys so much

"Of course."Said Aqua

"No problem." replied Terra

"Any time." said Cassandra.

The three of them then left, Cass was leading a secret passage outside. While they were doing that, Ven was going to look for Riku, Kairi, Xion, and Namine and ask them to help cover till they were all back. Not knowing they weren't in the castle or even in the town.