Chapter 2

The next day comes. Sora and Riku scramble on the tops of the trees looking for coconuts and other foods for the raft. Kairi sits on the raft leaning on the mast as they did there thing. She was making a star shaped charm as she waits. The cloaked figure from yesterday comes from the shadows and approaches her. Kairi looks up almost like she was expecting it. The figure looks around then looks at her.

"Interesting" said the figure. "You seem calm despite meeting me just yesterday and with no one around."

"I'm curious" said Kairi. She walks closer to the figure. "You talk about being important. How can I be important? I haven't really done anything and I've lived here on the islands for as long as I can remember."

The figure chuckles. "You're quite humble, an admirable trait and one that is unique to the princesses of heart. That's' why you're special. You were born special. No doubt about that."

"Born special?"

The figure sits down next to Kairi. Kairi sits down as well.

"Think of it this way, you have the power to change the worlds, not just the islands that you live on but other worlds as well. You power extends all around to other world however, you draw this power form the original source, something we like to call Kingdom Hearts."

Kairi looks at the figure confused. "Kingdom Hearts, what's that?"

"Kairi" yelled Sora as he approaches. The figure disappears into darkness. Kairi quickly gets up.

"Sora" said Kairi.

"I got all the supplies for the raft." Sora drops various foods on the raft such as coconuts, mushrooms, and fish.

"Wow you got a lot Sora."

Sora then notices Kairi messing with her charm. "What's that Kairi?"

"A good luck charm for the trip, I figured it wouldn't hurt to make one."

"I suppose not"

"Sora" yelled Riku as he approached. "You got the food?"

"Yeah, we're ready now" said Sora.

"Not quite, we still have to decide a captain."

"How do we do that Riku?"

"A race winner gets to be captain of the ship."

"All right then"

Sora and Riku get into position towards the end of the beach. On the other side of the beach stood a star shaped statue. In the middle of them were a bunch of trees as well as a zip line. Kairi stands at the top of a small hill getting ready to signal them to start.

"Hey Sora" whispered Riku. "Let's take this up a notch."

"Okay," whispered Sora.

"Winner gets to share the paopu fruit with Kairi."

"Huh" Sora looks at Riku shocked.

"It's a deal right, winner gets to share the paopu fruit with Kairi."

"Uh…wait a minute"

"Ready….GO" yelled Kairi. Sora and Riku took off. Riku stayed mostly on the ground while Sora jumped across the trees. Sora then gets to a zip line and takes it to the star and manages to tag it with Riku just behind him. Sora then makes his way back but trips as he goes across the trees landing in the sand face first. Riku gets ahead of him as Sora scrambles to catch up. Riku gets close to the start line when he suddenly starts slowing down. Sora comes in from behind and wins the race. Kairi approaches Sora.

"Wow Sora, looks like you get to be the captain" said Kairi.

"Congratulations" said Riku as he smiled at Sora. Sora just looked at him confused.

"Kairi, why don't you and Sora take a break, I'll finish up here."

"Okay" said Kairi. She grabs Sora's hand heading to the beach.

Riku smiles as he watches the two of them leave then starts walking back to the raft. As he approaches the raft Riku sees the cloaked figure sitting on the raft facing the water and leaning on the mast.

"Who are you!?" yelled Riku.

"You are quite the friend aren't you?" said the figure. "Throwing the race to hook up your friend with your crush, admirable." She takes a fish and starts eating it.

"Hey, don't touch that! We need it for—"

"Your trip, I know, Kairi told me all about it."

Riku looks at the figure confused. "Kairi? You know Kairi?"

The figure turns to Riku. "What Kairi didn't mention me? Figured the girl would mention a friend like me; even though we met just yesterday." The figure stands up, her cloak opened now revealing a black bodysuit with the arms cut out and high heels on. Her skin was emerald green with her nails painted black. She takes off the hood revealing her face. She was young same age as Riku with yellow eyes that had slit pupils. Her hair was black and wavy going slightly past her shoulders. She had small horns at the top of her head curved back and black lips.

"W-What are you?"

"By your definition, a witch. But don't worry, I'm not the evil kind you may be familiar with, it's kind of insulting when people get us mixed up."

"What do you want?"

The girl smiles. "To bring light to your delusion; you see, this raft you're fixated on is not going to get you to other worlds. It's physically impossible. You can go a good distance in the raft but eventually you'll reach a roadblock, the end of the world as I like to put it, then you'll be right back to square one." The girl shifts her eyes to the right. "I wanted to tell Kairi this but I couldn't crush her dreams like that. She was so looking forward to going to other worlds. Not to mention she has a knack for bring out the best in people, you know?"

Riku thinks on what the girl just said. "Yeah, your right about that."

The girl looks at Riku. "That's why I came to you. You seem more understanding, not so much a dreamer."

Riku gets an annoyed look on his face. "Then you want me to tell Kairi and Sora not to take the raft? You want me to be the one to crush their dreams?"

"No, quite the opposite. I want to show you the proper way to do it."

Riku gets surprised by her statement. "What?"

"As you probably guessed, I'm not from this world. Like Kairi I'm from outside this world but I've found a way to travel to other worlds, and I want to teach you how to do it so you can take Sora and Kairi with you. That is if you're willing to take the step. You see, to use this method you need a strong heart; one that's determined unafraid to make the first step and willing to endure everything to see their dream come true. And then you can go anywhere you wish regardless of how impossible it may seem."

Riku shifts his gaze downward. "This is a lot to take in. The possibility to leave is…unbelievable."

"Yes and you can share this with Sora and Kairi. All you need to do is say yes"

Riku pauses for a long moment. He looks towards the beach where Sora and Kairi went thinking about them. He then lets out a huge sigh.

"Okay, then, what do you need me to do?"

The girl smiled. "First we need to find the door."