A red haired girl stood with her back towards Sora looking out at the ocean. The sun was setting and as it did darkness began to swarm in front of the girl.

"K-Kairi!" yelled Sora. The darkness was beginning to swallow her as she turned. Kairi's face began to change and her hair darkened to black.

"Sora…" said the girl faintly as she began to disappear. Sora tried as hard as he could to reach her hand but he darkness was pulling her away.

"Yuffie!" yelled Sora as he woke with a start.

"What is it Sora? Why are you yelling?" replied Yuffie as she looked down over at him from her seat. "Are you ok?"

"W-what? Oh, I'm fine, sorry." and to himself he added. "It was just a dream…"

Yuffie giggled, "You're silly Sora. Look we're here!"

Together they looked out the window of the gummi ship. The world looked like a huge town with a lot of old shops and cottages. In the center of town was a giant clock tower that stood high above everything else.

"Wow." said Sora.

"Yeah! Look at that huge tower!" replied Yuffie.

"Come on Yuff!" said Sora "Let's go check it out!" The two ran outside and into town.

As they entered the town the come in front of a big sign that read: Clockworks "Don't count every hour in the day, make every hour count."

"Those are some great words to live by, right Sora?" asked Yuffie.

"Yeah they are, hey look at that place over there!" Sora runs off towards a building and Yuffie follows.

"Woah!" They both say in unison. It was a little cottage that was covered in many clocks and gizmos. It was old and looked well used. As they walked in they saw many strange gadgets, unlike anything they have ever seen before. Sora spotted a gummi block lying on a nearby table.

"Look Yuffie! It's a gummi block! Do you think this is the right place?" said Sora.

"I think so! Let's go find the owner!" replied Yuffie. The two walked deeper into the cottage, ducking every now and then to avoid cords and clocks hanging above them.

"Can I help you?" said an old scruffy voice behind them that made Sora and Yuffie jump. As they turned around they saw a tall old man standing before them. His hair was gray and in clumps on his head. His face was wrinkled and a monocle sat on one of his grey eyes. The old man wore an old brown suit that was torn in a few places and there were grease stains all over him. Although he seemed very old his hands looked strong.

"Um, sorry to bother you sir but we were sent here by the wizard Merlin." said Yuffie.

"We are looking for someone who can pilot our ship." added Sora.

"Ah yes, you're looking for my grandson. I'm sorry but you just missed him." replied the old man.

"When will he be back?" asked Sora.

"Who knows? He sometimes stays out all day. Is time really that important to you?" replied the old man.

"Well, yes it does. I guess." said Sora.

"You sound uncertain, but nevertheless I suppose you really need to see him. He went up to the old clock tower. He loves it there." said the old man.

"Thank you!" said Yuffie.

"We'll be back later once we find him!" added Sora.

"Goodbye for now." replied the old man as Sora and Yuffie left the cottage.

"Well that was a little strange." said Yuffie once they were well away from the cottage.

"Yeah I guess, but at least he was help." said Sora cheerfully.

"Yup! Let's get over to that tower and find that kid then!" said Yuffie. As they approached the clock tower, however, they heard screaming. As they get closer people run past them.

"I'm getting out of here!" said a man.

"Did you see what they did to him!" said a woman.

"Oh my God. Oh my God!" screamed another.

Sora and Yuffie looked at each other. Then Yuffie said, "We better go check it out!"

"Right!" replied Sora. The two ran towards the tower. As they reach the tower, five shadow heartless and three soldier heartless appear.

Sora draws his keyblade. "Well, now we know why everyone was screaming."

"Yup. Are you ready Sora?" asked Yuffie as she pulls out her shruiken.

"Of course I am silly!" said Sora with a grin. Then the two charged at the heartless.

Sora lunged at one of the soldiers and stabbed it with his keyblade. Then he followed up with a zigzag slice through the heartless, destroying it I the process. Then he began attacking the next soldier as Yuffie fought the shadows. She slice the heartless in front of her three times and then spun around in a circle, hitting all five shadows at the same time. She then repeated this until all the shadows were defeated. Meanwhile, Sora was busy fighting the remaining soldiers. He stabbed at one of them then sliced twice in an X shape. Finishing it off with a back flip slice, hitting both heartless in the process. Then he sliced across and diagonally downwards, defeating the last heartless.

"Phew, well that's that!" exclaimed Yuffie, leaning against her shruiken and wiping sweat off her face..

"Yup! Come on! Let's go find that kid!" said Sora.

"Right!" replied Yuffie, and then they ran into the tower. As they ran inside the door slammed shut behind them.

"What the-" started Sora.

"Welcome" interrupted a voice followed by a strangled cry. As Sora and Yuffie looked up they saw a man wearing a long black coat and black fedora. His face could not be seen but the man was holding a boy. His hand was over the kid's mouth and he was struggling to break free of his grip.

"Let him go!" yelled Sora.

"Well where's the fun in that?" replied the man. "I'll think we'll play a game instead."

"We don't have time for your games! Let him go!" yelled Sora angrily.

"Oh, but we have all the time in the world Sora" replied the man. Just then the room began to shake. It began to look as though everything was being seen through a waterfall. The room was all hazy and warped. The man began to laugh. Sora looked up but he could not see the man.

"What is this! What are you doing!" cried Sora but the man just continued to laugh.

"Sora! Where are you!" yelled Yuffie.

"Yuff- Aaagh!" cried Sora as he fell to his knees. His head felt as though it was spliting in two.

"Sora!" yelled Yuffie again but her voice was drowned and warped. Sora heard what sounded like her scream for a moment and then everything went black.

*Well that's chapter four! Hope you enjoyed it! Leave a review and please stay tuned for the next chapter to find out what happens in this mysterious tower. :D*