Sorry it took so long, but I've been held up with homework and stuff. Well, anyway, please review!

"But the boy found one of the Keyholes." The second voice said again

"It's okay, he's no threat to us. Besides, everything is going exactly as planned…

"Maleficent!" Riku said.

"The Boy is here!" The Pirate said. "What if he overheard us?"

"Relax," Maleficent said, "Even if he did, there's nothing he could do about it."

"Maleficent, where are Sora and Kairi? Have you found them yet?"

"As a matter of fact, we've found the boy."

"Really? Where is he?"

"Right now, we believe he's in a place called Traverse Town."

"Well, can you take me there?"

"I will, but I promise you that you won't like what you'll see."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see. Now, I know I way to get there faster than a vessel but it's very risky, are you sure you want to do it?"

"Anything to find my friends."

"Alright then, here we go"

Just then, a portal of darkness opened up in the middle of the room. Maleficent, saying, "Follow me," walked in. for the first time since Destiny Islands, he was feeling afraid. Not of the portal itself, but of the dark.

No, I'm not afraid. I have to find them. He thought to himself, and he walked into the portal.

Now, when Riku arrived in Traverse Town, he expected to see a town bustling with activity, and a lot of people. Instead, he found a town almost completely deserted.

"Where is everyone?" Riku asked.

"They're hiding… from the heartless." She said, and she slowly started to walk away.

"Where are you going?"

"I have some business to take care of. If I were you, I'd start looking for Sora in the Third District." And without another word, she walked away.

After a few minutes, Riku found a door marked, "Third District." He entered, and as he did, a loud bell rang one time. Riku looked around, and he saw, coming out of a door with a flame on it, someone very familiar to him.

"Is that?" the person said, "Riku?"

"Hey, Sora, long time no see!" Riku responded.

"Riku!" Sora exclaimed, "It's really you!" he then proceeded to touch Riku's face in unusual ways.

"Sora, what're you doing?"

"So, you're real, I'm not dreaming?"

"I hope not, it took me forever to find you."

"Well, where's Kairi?"

"Isn't she with you? Well, then we'll look for her together. Just leave everything to me." As he said this, as if on cue, a shadow emerged from the ground taking the form of a heartless. Sora proceeded to kill it.

"Leave it to who?" he asked" All right, Riku, come with us! We've got this awesome rocket!"

"No!" One of Sora's companions who Riku hadn't noticed until then said, "He can't come!"

"What? Why not?!"

"We need to find the King!" As they were bickering, Riku decided to start looking for Kairi, since this obviously wasn't worth his time. So, he walked away.

At least he's all right, he thought to himself. He went back to the second district, hoping to see Maleficent there. She was, and Riku said, "let's go."

"Wait," she said, "It's almost here." As she said this, a giant suit of armor appeared, which wouldn't have been as surprising, except that it was empty.

"A heartless? How did this get here?"

"I sent for it. I wanted to see how strong you were. I mean you easily defeated the one in Wonderland. Well, good luck!"

"I hate it when she does that." He said to himself. The heartless attacked him, and he evaded it and attacked it, hitting it in the head. "Damn, no good!" he said. All of a sudden, a blade came out of nowhere, and struck the heartless, taking it down, but not destroying it.

"Need some help?" a voice said.

"Yeah, I could use some."

"My name's Paine, and yes, I'm a girl." She put her sword up in the air, which confused Riku.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Waiting."

"For what?"

"That." Riku turned around. The armor was back on its feet, but they weren't really its feet. It was standing on its hands, upside down like feet. Its real feet were at its side, closed like hands. "This is its true form." She said.

Riku attacked it, hitting one of its hands (or feet) and instantly destroyed it.

Wow, Paine thought, that's the same darkness that took Ansem. But it looks like he can control it. I wonder…

She didn't have enough time to voice her opinion, however, because the Armor had thrown a blast of darkness at her. She sliced right through it, and then attacked the body. Nothing. But, it was enough of a distraction for Riku to come up and slice the body completely in half, destroying it completely.

"Just leave it to me." He said. "Hey, Paine, are you with Leon and Vincent?"

"I work alone." And just like that, she was gone.

Riku walked away, and he saw a room. He saw six people in the room. He recognized four: Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Leon. The other two were girls that he didn't know. They were talking, and laughing, and having a good time.

"See, it's just like I told you." Maleficent said, appearing out of nowhere. "Instead of worrying about you, he simply replaced you, with new friends. Now, did you really think he would spend all that time looking for you? Come with me, and I will treat like he should have."

It was like he was possessed, because instead of saying what he wanted to say, he just said, "Yes, Maleficent." And they both disappeared into the darkness.

Well, What do you think? Kinda long, huh?