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NOTE: I'm going to write in THIRD PERSON from now on.

Ailey huffed as she threw her keyblade over to the last card.

She just sliced "6 of hearts" in half.

Figures.

All of a sudden, the cage beside them fell down.

Sora grabbed her wrist and dragged her over, waiting for the cage to stop falling.

"We get Alice, and we run like hell." Ailey whispered to herself, but somehow she knew something was wrong, but she just couldn't find out what.

The drape over the cage was removed, and the others gasped in shock as the cage was revealed to be empty.

Ailey just frowned.

She knew but she couldn't remember why.

She looked at Sora, who looked panicked and shocked, and narrowed her eyes at him.

It's because of the… game? show? she used to know. Kingdom… Keydom? Keys? What?

Sora grabbed Ailey once more and pulled her back as the Queen of Hearts started to throw a tantrum again.

"You fools! Find the one who's behind this, I don't care how!"

The cards all around them scattered in different directions.

"Sora," Ailey whispered, grasping his hand. "Let's get out of here."

Sora just nodded.

While Sora and the others fought the heartless around the room, Ailey made her way up the table and cleared heartless from there.

She grabbed a bottle and drank, growing back to her original height.

She bent down and gave the bottle to the rest of her friends, who went back to their original height.

Sora started to run somewhere and they followed, clearing heartless along the way.

This was going to be a long day.

Small once more, the party ran back to the forest.

"Sora, where do we look for Alice?" Ailey asked.

"I don't really know." Sora muttered, slowing to a stop.

"Well—"

All of a sudden, a nearby flower bloomed and shot out a boulder, which headed straght for Ailey.

Sora acted fast and dragged her out of her spot.

The boulder landed, and on top of it, appeared the Cheshire cat.

"Are you crazy? You would have killed me!" Ailey screeched as she stood behind Sora.

Sora faced her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay? I mean you hate cats, and that rock almost killed you."

"Are you alright? That was quite of a jump you did there, and you hate cats."

Ailey froze.

The voice was back.

"Ailey?"

"Yeah, I'm okay." Ailey said, smiling.

"If you're sure." Sora said, smiling, before turning back to the cat with a frown. "What do you want?"

"Have you seen Alice?" Donald asked.

"Alice, no. Shadows, yes." The cat replied.

"Shadows? Like… Heartless?" Ailey asked Sora, ignoring the cat.

Sora frowned even more, as he bowed his head in deep thought.

"Where did they go?"

"This way? That way? Does it matter?" The cat replied once more.

"Obviously." Ailey hissed.

"Left, Right, Up, Down! All mixed up, thanks to the shadows!" The cat exclaimed. "Step deeper into the forest to the deserted garden. You might find shadows in the upside-down room!"

Upside-down room? Where have I heard that?

The cat faded away once more.

Ailey and Sora looked at each other before running deeper into the forest, followed by Donald and Goofy.

After killing heartlesses in the upside-down room, encountering some more in the lotus forest, drinking another batch of shrinking and restoring potions, and killing more heartlesses, the four found themselves in a diner table of sorts.

"A very merry unbirthday." Ailey read. "Sit down to get your present."

"Presents!" Sora said, picking a chair.

Ailey smiled and sat next to him, across Donald, who sat next to Goofy.

Their chairs fell back.

"Unhappy unbirthday girl." Ailey muttered as she sat up, then gasped.

"Very happy unbirthday girl!" She exclaimed and ran around to gather health orbs and munny.

Sora just laughed and did the same.

And so, they did the process with the other chairs.

Then, they got ready for battle.

"They're hiding something, and the momeraths outgrabe." The cat spoke behind them.

Ailey screeched and bounced back, glaring at the cat.

"The what?" Sora asked in confusion?

"Want to find the shadows? Try turning on the light." The cat spoke before vanishing once again.

"Don't come back!" Ailey called in frustration.

Sora chuckled and dragged her further into the room.

"Look, lamps!" Donald pointed.

"Turn on the light." Goofy reminded.

"Fire." Ailey realized.

And so, the two keyblade wielders summoned fire, lighting the lantern up.

The Cheshire cat appeared once more on the next table.

"It's too dim, make it brighter." The cat said.

"Stop complaining and get out." Ailey replied.

"Waht next?" Donald asked.

"One more lamp that you need to light."

"The only other lamp is behind him, and i'm not going there." Ailey whispered to Sora.

"I've got it." Sora smiled before jumping over to the other table and lighting the lantern.

The cat suddenly appeared behind Ailey, to which the blonde screamed at before jumping away and over to Sora, who was shocked,but managed to assist the blonde over to him.

"All the lights are on, You'll see the shadows soon." The cat said. "They arise in the room, but somewhere else./"

"Rather shadows than him." Ailey whispered, clutching Sora's arm as the cat faded.

As it faded, it said a last warning. "It might go after the doorknob, too."

"The talkign doorknob?" Ailey asked, frowning. "Why?"

Sora sighed. "Let's go back to the doorknob."

Sora helped Ailey as the two of them climbed over to the tabletop.

The cheshire cat appeared, smiling at the two teens.

Ailey screamed and steeped back behind Sora, whereas Sora let out a low chuckle.

"The shadows should be here soon." The cat informed, dancing around. "Are you prepared for the worst? If not, too bad!"

Ailey and Sora locked eyes in worry.

Above them, there was a loud noise.

A giat heartless dropped down from the ceiling.

Sora and Ailey summoned their keyblades as Donald and Goofy held their weapos behind the two teens.

"Is that a giant hat?"

"It is." Sora replied before looking over at Ailey.

Ailey, who was already looking at the boy, gave him a small smile and a determined nod.

Then, the two of them surged forward to attack.

"Fire!" Donald called.

On both sides of the heartless, Sora and Ailey ran forwards, slashing at the heartless with a fierce yell at the same time.

As the two dropped down, the heartless was tense in it's spot before starting to drop down.

Sora grabbed Ailey and started to sprint away, avoiding getting crushed by the heartless.

There was a loud thump.

The two teens look back and sighed in relief as the heartless laid stilll.

A pink glow emitted from it's chest, and a heart shaped orb appeared.

Ailey looked at it in awe, almost like it was calling out to her.

The heart hovered over her and circled around for a few seconds before flying away.

The body of the heartless faded into glowing dust and scattered around before dissolving.

Sora let out a relieved breath before facing Ailey. "You okay?"

"Peachy." Ailey laughed. "I'll live."

There was a yawn, and the four turned to see the doorknob yawning.

"What a racket. How's a doorknob to get any sleep?"

Sora and Ailey looked at each other and chuckled.

The doorknob yawned once more, revealing a large keyhole in it's mouth.

All of them crouched down to look at it, but Ailey and Sora's keyblades started to shake.

The two teens let out a shocked noise, but otherwise held in to their keyblades as it shot beams into the keyhole.

There was a loud locking noise, and the beams dissolved along with the keyhole.

The doorknob closed it's mouth.

"What was that?" Donald asked.

"You hear that? Sound like something's closed." Sora said.

"No," Ailey shook her hair. "More like locked."

There was a slight ticking noise before a colorful stoneif-sorts fell out of the doorknob's mouth.

"What's that?" Ailey asked pointing at it. "What does it do?"

"A gummi block." Donald answered.

"This gummi ai't like the others. No, sir." Goofy commented.

Gummi block. Where have I heard that before?

"Okay, I'll hold on to it." Donald shrugged.

"Splendid, you're quite the hero." The cat said, behind the four, who turned around in shock. "If you're looking for Alice, she's not here."

"Then where is she?" Ailey asked, tightly grasping Sora's arm.

"She's gone! Off with the shadows, into the darkness."

"What?" Ailey screeched, growling as the cat started to dissolve. "No, you come back and tell me where she is right noe. Stop!"

"No…" Sora trailed off in disappointment, looking down.

"Let's go back to our gummi ship, we might find her in another world." Donald sugeested before dragging Goofy a few feet away.

Sora walked beside Ailey, somewhat down.

"Sora, it's okay. We'll find her." Ailey reassured.

"I just want to save her, that's all." Sora sighed.

"You can't save everyone." Ailey replied.

"I have to try." Sora said, smiling at her, before slinging and arm around her and pulling her over to Goofy.

A/N: I AM THE WORST WRITER EVER BECAUSE IT TOOK ME LIKE MORE THAN ONE YEAR TO UPDATE I'M SO SO SO SORRY!

But I'm going to TRY to update regularly, but that's depending on my sched (AKA my school).

In any case, I might make a twitter so that you people (from all my accounts, aka QueenJayceofAuradon and this one) can ask me there.

It's easier because it notifs me.

Will update on that.

Anyways, I'm going to start writing in third person (because i THINK that's my forte idk) so yes.

That's it.

Goodbye, I'm trash.

Also, hAVE YOU SEEN THE KH2.8 ENDING?

SORA ENDS ME.

SEE YA ON THE NEXT UPDATE BYE!

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