Tane stood in a huge room that she hadn't seen before, only she wasn't alone. Well, there was no one else awake.. but there were other people atleast. All the princesses apparently. After she'd made such a big deal of not wanting to be separated from Kairi, Maleficent had miraculously given in, and she was now watching over her sisters' lifeless body. It was strange, the other 6 princesses were held into the walls, but Kairi was lying down on a table type thing. She recognised one of the princesses, the one furthest away from her. It was the girl Riku had taken from Agrabah. But she wasn't awake now… What she couldn't understand, was why the rest were sleeping? Kairi fair enough, she was lacking a heart, but the others as far as she knew were all fine. Maybe it was just easier if they weren't all complaining, it couldn't be nice to be kidnapped and held in a wall after all.

The sound of shoes against the stone wall snapped her from Tane from her thoughts however, and she wheeled around in time to see Maleficent walk past her to the other side of the room. Instinctively she moved closer to Kairi, though because of the bubble type thing her sister was being held in there was only so close she could get.

"O Purest of hearts! Reveal to me the keyhole!" Jumping at the sudden sound, and the harshness of the green woman's voice, a small frown flickered over Tane's features. Keyhole? What keyhole? Looking around the room she saw no door, and no keyhole. But something was happen with the princesses. A pink light shone out from each of their chests where their hearts were, all meeting in the middle of the room and veering off together in a single line to somewhere above a set of stairs. It truly looked magical, but was that the keyhole then?

Standing up and taking several steps from Kairi's side, the younger girl started to follow the light, pausing at the bottom of the staircase. That witch had gone up there, was it really a good idea to follow purely out of curiosity that would probably be her downfall. Then again, what did she have to lose? Besides her heart.. Shrugging the thoughts off, Tane crept up the stairs, continuously glancing over her shoulder the whole way, still not liking the idea of leaving Kairi on her own. But her sister would be fine, she was too precious to harm. Honestly, even she was shocked at the bitterness in her head. Kairi was nothing but loving to her and it wasn't fair to blame her for something like this. Letting out a small sigh, part relief for reaching the top of the seemingly never ending staircase, the redhead ran a hand through her hair, brushing it from her face and wishing she'd bothered to tie it up before all of this had happened. It sure would have been easier without her hair falling infront of her eyes every 5 seconds. But that wasn't the problem at hand right now. The current problem was Maleficent noticing she had been followed, and that Tane really shouldn't have been up here. This wasn't looking good. Taking several steps backwards towards the stairs again the younger girl held her breath readying herself for Maleficents outburst.

Only, one didn't come. Instead the woman wore a sickly smile as she turned her attention back to the door the light was pointing at. So that was the keyhole..

"Go, Riku needs you"

Well, that really was unexpected. The whole sentence didn't seem right coming from her lips. But it definitely had… Ok, so 'go wasn't that far fetched. She'd lost track of how many times that woman had told her to leave somewhere, but Riku needing her. That didn't seem right from anyone saying it. What good would she be if he needed her? Unless that meant something had gone wrong. What if he was in trouble? Or hurt? No. He couldn't be. She couldn't be right. But could she really take that chance and stay with Kairi?

Shaking her head the younger redhead ran down the stairs, making quick work of them before stopping beside her sisters 'bed'. Maybe it was just because of her worrying thoughts about Riku, but It really was starting to resemble a coffin… giving Kairi one last glance, Tane took off for the doorway not stopping again until she reached several other sets of doors. Great. So Maleficent couldn't have stretched farenough for where Riku needed her. No, ofcourse not, that would've actually been useful! Panicking wouldn't help… Or atleast that was what she was attempting to tell herself. In reality panicking seemed the only sensible thing. Which door? How the hell was she meant to know which door to use! Shutting her eyes for several seconds Tane attempted to calm down and listen. If something was going on, logically there should be sound…

A roar… Ok, surely she'd just imagined that? But what else did she have to go on? Taking the far door Tane took off at a sprint again, really starting to wish she were fitter. Now would have been great time to use a portal. Maybe Riku deserved everything he got for not teaching her that! No, that was just wrong to even think.

"Quit…you…" It was quiet, and in the distance, but there were definitely voices. And that Riku's voice, she was sure of it. That was enough for anyone in her position to quicken their speed, and Tane reached the entrance hall within less than a minute. The sight of what was happening made her stop mid step though. Since when did Riku wear black? And he wasn't in danger either! Well, that was debatable. Sora didn't look happy, and the blondes next sentence didn't help that,

"How will you fight without a weapon?" Fight? Why the hell was he talking about fighting, Sora was meant to be his best friend even he had got new friends… Something was wrong. Moving closer to the balcony edge to get a better view of the boys on the floor below, Tane held her breath unsure of what to expect. They wouldn't fight each other, whether something was wrong with Riku or not. Surely..?

"I know now, I don't need the keyblade" That was a good sign, that meant Sora didn't want to fight, right? "I've got a better weapon" Maybe not. "My heart!" Then again… She was starting to get dizzy from Sora's back and forth with himself on fighting, or maybe she was putting too much thought into it all… Riku seemed smug with the brunettes' answer though, as if it wasn't even good enough to be spoken,

"Your heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?" How big headed could that guy get? Did he really think everyone's heart was better than his? She was really starting to miss the old new version of him.

"Although my heart may be weak, it's not alone" Then again, Sora agreed It was weak. Who would agree they had a weak heart? Frowning Tane pulled herself up ontop of the balcony edge and sat down, letting her legs hang over the edge. Hopefully they weren't going to fight and she could just observe the conversation. "It's grown with each new experience, and it's found a home with all the friends I've made." So while Sora had been out making new friends, she'd been stuck in a dark mansion by herself 50% of the time, and Riku the other 50%.. Maybe she should have chosen to go with the brunette when she'd had the chance… No, just because Riku had changed now, that didn't mean he was changed for good. "I've become part of their heart, just as they've become part of mine" And Riku had become part of hers. "I don't need a weapon, my friends are my power!" That was fine and all, but didn't sound too good when holding a wooden toy sword… But his words suddenly made a light appear from Riku's hand and the keyblade disappeared, only to reappear several seconds later in Sora's hand. The blondes confused expression mirrored Riku's, what the hell had happened? Another keyblade appeared in Riku's hand though in just enough time for him to block Sora's attack. Great, so they were going to fight.

Moving back off the balcony ledge Tane ran down the stairs leading to the ground floor where the boys were fighting. Honestly, she didn't want to get in the way of the fight, they probably wouldn't stop if she got skewered with one of the keyblades, so staying at the base of the steps seemed a good idea.

Unfortunately the steps proved to be, not so face. As the redhead still had to dodge several balls of fire from Sora. When the hell did he learn how to do that? Did everyone have amazing powers except her now. A sudden explosion of light between both boys caught her attention again, a small squeak parting her lips. That really didn't look good… Neither did Riku bent over panting, But atleast his clothes went back to his normal yellow jacket rather than that weird black outfit.

Moving away from the steps, Tane went over to Riku attempting to help him stand up, only to be shoved away as he took off in another direction. Now what was she meant to do, follow him or stay with Sora?

A/N: Ok then, there'll be 2 more chapters after this, I know I said that a few chapters ago but there really will only be two more, 3 at most… xD What should she do, stay with Sora or go after Riku? Reviews, as always please, they really are helpful. Z-Nugget xx