Overwhelming pain shot through Riku's head as he rolled out of the bed. Riku held his head and winced as the pain slowly faded. Finally able to catch his breath Riku managed to his feet. To his relief he was back in Old Mansion. Grabbing for the vest on the table, Riku went out into the Foyer. The foyer was quiet, as usual. Across the room in the corner sat Katze on an old blue sofa. She had her nose in a book that seemed far too interesting for her to even notice Riku. Riku smirked and turned towards the stairs, only to be startled by a chilling voice.
"I'm assuming it didn't work?" Katze hissed, stretching the 'R' sound into a purr.
Riku looked over his shoulders and shook his head, then turned around and sat on the stairs. "No..They're controling her dreams. There was nothing I could do." He said as he lowered his head.
Katze's ears twitched wildly in different directions as she stood up from the sofa. She was clad in a dark blue sleeveless jackect with her black pants. The black cat-like ears sprouting from her wild brown hair gave her body a feline look.
"She didn't even recognize me, Katze.." Riku blurted as he stared at the floor. Katze's ears drooped as she tilted her head and replied, "Well...The Lillet you saw was the small nine year old girl I met back in Radiant Garden. Of course she wouldn't regocnize you, don't feel so bad.."
After a short pause Riku nodded in response, "I wish there was something else we could do to help her.." Katze scratched one of her ears and thought hard. It had been two months since Xehanort induced Lillet's coma, and in those two months they haven't found anything regarding why Xehanort did this. As far as anyone knew, Lillet has been dreaming about her past when she lived with Katze in Radiant Garden as a child.
"I could've sworn you and Sora took care of Xehanort..Why is he still here?" Katze said with a surprised look on her face. Riku shook his head and rose to his feet. "Maybe...if you were to visit Lillet, it might snap her out of it!"
"Whoa! You mean...Go inside her dreams..?" Katze said as she slowly backed away from Riku. "How does that work anyways?"
Riku held out his hand and showed Katze the silver sphere. The shimmering surface gleamed in the light as Katze took the sphere. "What's this?" Katze asked as she ran her fingers over the sphere.
"That belongs to Tellix, Lillet's Nobody. Since Tellix is a part of Lillet she can enter Lillet's dreams whenever she wants." Riku replied. "She gave this to me to help Lillet. Since it was a part of Tellix, I can use it to enter Lillet's dreams. It's proven very useful as of late."
Katze gulped and quickly shoved it into Riku's hand and walked back over to the sofa. "I'm not sure if I can enter Lillet's dreams..What can I do in there that you can't anyways?" Katze purred as Riku tossed the sphere into the air. "Lillet will recognize you, which will be more convincing to her."
Katze paused for a moment and sighed, then slowly reached for the sphere and grinned slightly. "It's funny..To know that my childhood friend was one of the Legendary Keyblade Masters..I wonder why the other Chasers erased her memories.." She said as she examined the gleaming surface of the sphere.
Riku shrugged then smiled slightly. "Not sure..We don't know much about the Chasers, so maybe this is some kind of weird tradition of theirs.." Katze smirked and poked Riku in the chest. "It would be a tradition to wipe the memories of your fellow Chasers? Riiight..." Katze giggled and started towards the stairs.
"How does this thing work anyways?" Katze purred as she stared intently at the sphere. "Concentrate, just imagine that you're inside her dreams." Riku answered as he sat on the sofa.
Katze nodded slightly then headed up the stairs into her room. "Hopefully Lillet won't freak out when she sees me..." She mumbled to herself as she sat on her bed. Holding the sphere out in front of her, Katze closed her eyes. Images of Radiant Garden and her childhood flowed into her mind, and before she knew it she was fast asleep. But as soon as she closed her eyes, she awoke to find herself standing in the center of Radiant Garden.