The Tale of the Lost

DnCnChIcK369

Inside the Gummi Ship

A/N: Tehe, I'm going so fast! All the way to chapter 10 already! I'm so proud! But this story… is going to be really, really long. We've been through two places on my list of places we go to, and we still have 33 more to go, however, the last seven go by pretty fast. Uh, disclaimer is in chapter one… anyway, I hope you all like this so far! Try and take the time out of your day to tell me what you like or don't like about something, like the wonderful Kairi irl who reviews every chapter specifically, unlike the rest of you peoples who just read it and leave…

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Kairi irl: Ya know what? You are the only person who reviews this thing anymore without me telling you to. But it's okay, because you give the best reviews I've ever had, lol. You're very specific, and I see another super long review reply coming from this… Yeah, the main into-ness of the previous chapters has a crack in it, in this chapter it becomes a deeper crack, and in a fore mew chapters… let's just say it starts to get a bit intense… and then it cools off a little. I sort of have that pattern goin right now, really. I really like Kairi's dress too, and thanks for the in character thing! I try hard. Tehe. Thanks for reviewing::hands piece of cake::

Enjoy!

P.S. This chapter will either set off a light bulb in your head, make you think 'I already know this, kinda', or go 'WHAAAAA? THAT MAKES NO SENSE!!!' Just for a warning...

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The next morning, the group of six(I'm sorry, earlier, I forgot about Donald and Goofy! But, they can't wear tuxes, so it's all good, lol)boarded the airship, which Donald would be driving. Meera went and sat, alone, in a corner. Kairi was beside Sora, talking to him the whole ride. Riku fell asleep, taking up three and a half chairs(this is not accurate, I just guessed!). Goofy was in the front with Donald.

Riku's Dream(his POV)

I was alone in my house with my parents… so I guess I wasn't really alone. I noticed I was only like… maybe four years old. I think this was a little while before I met Sora.

My parents were in the kitchen, talking about something involving the words 'light', 'dark', 'lost', 'castle', and 'prince' 'king' and 'queen'.

I still didn't know what it was though.

And that was when I noticed little black… well, big black ant-looking things come out of the ground, well, floor really. I now knew these to be Shadow Heartless, but I didn't seem to have any control over my body. The heartless flung themselves at me, and I fell to the ground… And I don't remember waking up…

"Riku, you jerk, wake up and stop snoring! Other people are trying to sleep too!" Meera randomly appeared in my dream. I knew it was a dream because I knew I wasn't four. The heartless were still mauling me. Meera turned to her left, and then Kairi randomly appeared. "Kairi, I think something's wrong with him. He won't wake up!"

Kairi ran up to me and poked me really hard, I even felt it and said 'Ow', but I was still in my dream.

"But… how can he still be asleep?" Kairi asked.

"Maybe he's faking it, just to freak us all out," Meera told Kairi. I was guessing that Sora was asleep as well, or he would have probably said something by now. Then I figured something out.

"Can you two hear me?" I asked. Meera and Kairi exchanged glances and then stared back at me, but I don't think they could see me being mauled by heartless and they saw sixteen year old me, asleep on the gummi ship… not four year old me.

"Yeah," Kairi said. "Are you faking this, Riku? Because, if you are, Meera isn't going to be the ONLY one who's gonna hurt you."

"No, actually, I'm having a dream where I'm being mauled by heartless when I was four. And for some reason, I can't wake up. Ow, that heartless just bit me!" I told them, rubbing my hand in the dream, but I don't think they saw it where they were.

"So, you're trying to say that you're dreaming, you can't wake up, and somehow you're talking to me and Kairi through your dream?" Meera asked, clearly questioning my sanity.

"Yeah…"

Kairi put her hand on my arm. "Can you feel that?" She asked me. I nodded. She still stared at me expectantly.

"Yes, and by the way, you guys can't see when I move."

"Okay, well, I have a theory. We need to go as far away from him as we can and let his dream finish the way it's supposed to. Then maybe he'll wake up. Or even better. Maybe he'll stay asleep and just not snore like he was a little while ago," Meera said, pulling Kairi away. "Have fun, fruit cup!"

So, then they disappeared. I knew I was dreaming, yet I still couldn't seem to control myself… and that's when everything went black…

End Riku's Dream(normal POV)

"What the-"

"Oh look! I was right. He DID wake up!" Meera exclaimed, once again in her corner. Kairi rushed over to Riku to make sure he was okay.

"I'm fine Kairi, I think Sora's had a dream a little like that before, too," Riku explained, sitting up.

"But… but…"

"Come on Kairi, stop being a worry-wart. He said he was fine. Now let him go back to sleep if he wants, so I can kick him if he snores," Meera told Kairi, earning a glare from Riku. Kairi shook her head and went to sit down beside Sora again.

And somehow Donald and Goofy missed everything.

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A/N: So, okay, I know… it was super short. But I couldn't think of anything else to happen, ya know? So there! Next chapter… it's longer, AND funner! Thanks for reading!

Alyssa R.T.