Sora looked around the room he was in. The walls and furniture were red.

"How did I get here?" asked Sora.

"I was about to ask you the same thing not-Sora." replied Yuffie.

"You don't know how you got here?" added Aerith.

Sora said with a you-should-no-this face, "last thing I remember was falling through the sky. How'd I get in this room?"

"I carried you." stated Leon.

"How did you get here? You said you were falling." said Aerith.

"Oh, well I guess I should start from the beginning…" Sora told them his story.

xxx

"So a train that flies through the air…" Yuffie pondered.

Aerith said "You must have come from an alternate universe, your story is almost like the other Sora's but the details are different."

"That train must be a way to travel between universes." said Leon "Universes are link in a certain way and the train must be able to travel along the links"

"It's rather odd for one of the links to be in the middle of the sky though." replied Yuffie.

"I guess they don't all have to be in convenient spots." said Sora.

Sora looked at the three of them. A tall, strong-looking, brown-haired man in jeans and a cool jacket, A beautiful brown-haired woman in a pink dress, and a cute black-haired ninja in short shorts. The ninja caught Sora's eye.

"Who are you guys anyway? And where are we?" asked Sora.

Yuffie replied, "Oh silly us, we forgot to introduce ourselves! I'm Yuffie! This is Aerith and this is Squall."

"Leon" said Leon.

"Welcome to Traverse Town!" exclaimed Yuffie.

"Thanks" said Sora. "So what do I do now?"

"Well you do have a keyblade right?" asked Leon

"Yeah I do." Sora took out his keyblade.

"Then you can fight heartless." replied Leon

"What good does that do me?" asked Sora.

"You can use it in your search for a way home." said Aerith.

"But I don't even know where to begin." said Sora.

"Why don't we go ask Merlin?" exclaimed Yuffie.

"That's a great idea. Let's go see what that old wizard has to say." said Leon.

So with that the three led Sora out of the Red Room and into the back alley. Then they went through the secret waterway and up to Merlin's house. As they traveled Sora watched Yuffie without even realizing it. Wow she's beautiful. thought Sora. Yuffie seemed to notice that Sora was looking at her.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer." said Yuffie.

"Wha…huh? What are you talking about?" Sora said nervously and Yuffie giggled.

As they entered Merlin's house Sora was astonished to see such a cluttered room. He'd had never seen so many odd things in one room. Sora looked at a nearby book that was called "Ghouls and Goblins: Who they are and where they come from." Another book was called "Dwarves are People Too".

"Interesting books he has here." commented Sora.

"Yes well I do like to keep up on history." Sora jumped. An old man with a long beard and a blue robe with a matching hat was standing behind him. "My name is Merlin."

"Um…nice to meet you Merlin." replied Sora.

"So you already noticed that he isn't Sora?" said Leon.

"Well of course! However, I wouldn't say he isn't Sora. He is very much Sora, just not the same Sora we know." said Merlin.

"We've come to see if you know what he should do." said Aerith.

"Well the logical thing would be for him to find a way home. However, there could be a reason he is here in our universe." replied Merlin.

"You mean I'm not just here by accident? I actually have a purpose in this universe?" asked Sora.

Merlin walked over to a shelve and pulled out a huge, old book. He sit the book down on a table and began leafing through it.

"Whacha looking for?" asked Yuffie.

"A-ha! Here we are!" said Merlin triumphantly. "It states here that in a circumstance where a person is taken from their universe and put into an alternate one then they are needed to complete a certain purpose in this universe before returning to their own."

"So what is my purpose here then?" wondered Sora.

"We don't know that yet." explained Merlin, "However, the problem should arrive soon. I suggest you wait around for a while, maybe go fight some heartless, I will summon you if I find out anything else."

"Ok… I guess I'll just have to find a way to entertain myself." responded Sora.

The four left Merlin to his studies and went back into the secret waterway.

"Um…Aerith and I need to discuss something in private. Yuffie, why don't you show Sora around town." said Leon.

"Whatever… come on Sora." said Yuffie and they began walking away. "Sure, they need a "private discussion." She laughed.

"Do they do that often?" asked Sora.

"Not really, they just started that up recently. I'm not sure what would be so secret that only they could know. Anyway, what should we do?" Yuffie looked Sora up and down.

"How should I know? I've never been here before." replied Sora.

xxx

They walked all the way back to first district while Yuffie explained some of the features of the town. Yuffie led Sora over to the stairs and sat down on a step. She motioned for him to sit down and he did.

"I really wish there were more trees here." stated Yuffie.

"Yeah that'd be nice. I especially miss the paopu tree from my island." replied Sora.

"Paopu tree? What's that?"

"It's this really cool tree that almost was shaped like a bench. Riku, Kairi, and I used to hang out on it. It had these star-shaped fruits growing on it. They say that if you share a paopu fruit with someone else then your destinies become intertwined."

"That sounds cool Sora! Have you ever tried it before?"

"No, I would have probably shared one with Kairi except she always seemed to like Riku more than me. I hope their both ok."

"I'm sure they are." Yuffie smiled, "Cheer up Sora!"

"How can I? I'm stuck in someone else's universe and my friends could be in danger!"

"Man, lighten up! Think of this as an adventure! You get to explore a new universe!"

"Yeah, I guess…"

"That's it!" Yuffie started tickling Sora.

Sora began laughing uncontrollably, "STOP IT YUFF-HAHAHA-I CAN'T-HAHA-BREATH!" Sora began tickling her back.

"HAHAHAHA! OK! OK! HAHAA! I'LL SSTOP!" Sora stopped tickling Yuffie. "A ha! I got you to smile Sora!"

"Ha ha yeah I guess you did." said Sora still smiling.

*Yay! Chapter 2 is done! At least we're getting somewhere with this story! And Yuffie and Sora are already showing feelings for each other! Hopefully this is a more reasonable chapter length. Chapter 3 is coming soon, please leave some reviews! Next chapter maybe Sora will find out what he must do.*