Another Heartless was sliced down by Aladdin after being stunned by Jayson's minor Thunder spell. Breathing a sigh of relief the man turned to Jayson with a smile on his face.

"You know, you're surprisingly good with the Keyblade, how long have you been training with it?" Jayson was taken aback, he hadn't really been keeping track of the time, since world hopping messed with things like that.

"If I have to give an amount of time I'd say... almost a month?" It wasn't wrong, and they continued to walk in the sunset as they spoke. Aladdin laughed heartily before continuing,

"A month? Jeez... it must be hard, huh? You suddenly have all this responsibility that you weren't prepared for thrust on you and they expect you to work with it better than the last." Aladdin's features softened as he spoke, melancholy lacing his voice. Jayson turned to him, surprised that he had understood, and he voiced as such.

"It's like... I know how important it is to defeat them and save the worlds... and I'm trying to follow my heart. But what if by the end of everything and after all I've pushed through, It won't be enough? That I'll fall just short of what is needed."

"But we can't think like that, we have to have hope that we'll be able to find a way, I mean, Sora did." The temperature had gotten lower and lower and both were beginning to shiver in the biting cold. They decided to set up camp and sleep on it, Aladdin promising they would be to the cave of wonders by nightfall. As Jayson fell onto his sleeping bag, sleep came easily to him, however restless it would be...

Jayson's eyes opened to see darkness, nothing spanning out in all directions. He felt a paralyzing fear, but it wasn't unfamiliar. He began to run, and as he stepped the darkness under his feet had begun to shift as light replaced his steps and rippled outwards. In the distance he saw several figures, all unclear except for two. The pink robed woman that he had seen, and a boy with spiky brown hair that he immediately recognized, calling out their names on instinct as his vision began to darken and then fall to light.

"SORA! AVA!" Jayson shot up from his bag, hand outstretched as his Keyblade materialized within his hand, a single tear falling down his face. He de-summoned the blade and wiped away at his tears, Aladdin was already packing up when he heard the commotion, rushing over quickly.

"You alright Jayson? If I'd have known you were having a nightmare I would've woken you up when I did." He chuckled softly, but upon seeing Jayson's pensive face he decided to leave him be, letting him know that he'd be ready whenever Jayson was. A small thank you was pressed through his lips as he fully begun his contemplation. "Was Ava her name, the girl in robes? Is she a Foreteller? But why would I know her name? And How did I know what the Foretellers were called to begin with? How is Sora tied into all of this?! AUGH! This is so confusing! I have to press on, I'll be able to find out what I need to and Aladdin's waiting on me." He stretched and groaned loudly as he did so before getting up and rolling up his sleeping bag up and stepping up to where Aladdin was. He put on his best smile before apologizing,

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to scare you, I have these dreams sometimes. This one had to do with-"

"Sora and Ava, now I know Sora but who's Ava, if you don't mind me asking?" Jayson didn't know how to respond, so he remained quiet and begun walking away.

"...You know the cave of wonders is that way, right?" He pointed to the right, Jayson turned around and scratched the back of his neck and laughed in embarrassment.

"I knew that! Hahahahahaha...ehhh." after sharing a laugh with Aladdin they had begun to tread the path Aladdin knew all too well, ready for anything.

Kairi had been treading what felt like the same path for days! She may have not been a princess of Heart anymore but she was still a heart filled to the brim with light, a viable target. She had been slaying Heartless left and right, healing all her wounds as she went. She was surprisingly not tired after all of this, her drive to find Riku and make it back to Jayson to apologize pushing her beyond her limit. As she began to find her way closer to a familiar yet foreign area of the Realm Of Darkness she stopped when she heard a familiar voice, haughty and proud.

"Oh how the mighty have fallen! How does it feel being knocked off your pedestal, guardian?" Kairi could hear a response from Riku, however faint it was, but the man kept going, she decided to tread softly as he began going on about his master and how the plan was going off without a hitch. She heard the summoning of a Keyblade and begun to pick up speed, she rounded the corner and saw the robed Luxu and immediately sprung into action, healing Riku with a Curaga and launching herself between them, defending against his attack.

"Riku! Fight with me! For Sora and Jayson! YOU CAN'T GIVE UP NOW!" Riku, having been fully healed and hearing Kairi's words sprung into action, summoning his hefty blade he struck at Luxu with ferocity. And Kairi with grace, they swapped out and begun to gain ground over him, but Luxu just kept backing up and summoning Heartless, not giving them the opportunity to fight him. He yelled over the cries of the Heartless as he summoned a new portal.

"You think having each other means you've won? You're dead wrong! We'll crush you guys beneath our feet and establish ourselves as we once were, Toodles!" He turned and fled through the portal, leaving the two wielders to their fate within the Darkness.