A/N: Holy fish, guys. I'm glad you all like this story.

However, I have some reviews to reply to.

Jennifer861: Thank you. I'm glad to know you liked it.

(Guest Reviewer): Good to know. Another reason I'm not basing it off the game is because it will take too long and I don't want to base it off a game I haven't finished. And I have the manga, so I decided, why not? I will make more, don't worry.

Adonis1218: …O_o…what? Penelope isn't going to be a stalker, I swear! Really, she isn't.

Silent Searcher: You can also read the manga. If you don't have a GBA or a Nintendo DS (not the 3DS or DSi), you can't exactly play the original one on a cartridge, but if you have a PS2, you can play the remake or there could be an emulator or something. Also, thank you.

I own nothing. I only own Penelope.

Here's chapter 2! Also, I decided Penelope won't have her own individual chapter. That would be far too difficult for me.

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Chapter 2: Sora's Story Pt. 1

After heading through that door, Sora had found himself in Traverse Town, which didn't make much sense. "Wait…this is... But…we're still inside the castle, aren't we?!"

They were in Castle Oblivion. How'd they get in Traverse Town from a door? How could a town fit in a castle?

Another thing that was noticed is that Donald and Goofy changed outfits, and it was the outfits they wore during their pervious adventure. In fact, Donald was the one who pointed this out when he said, "Huh, Goofy? When did you change clothes?"

"You too, Donald!" Sora wasn't understanding how they got there…unless…

"That wasn't Doraemon's "anywhere" door, was it?" Sora asked in shock.

"We aren't dreaming are we?!" Donald asked afterwards. However, Sora guessed that it might've been the card. As they were reminiscing about the past, Penelope had come into the room after getting done with her recon.

And it looked white and empty to her. "Why the hell do all the rooms look so white, empty and blank? I mean, they could at least put some color in."

Sora then noticed a cloaked figure and a ball of light (which was Penelope), and when she spoke, he asked, "Penelope?"

So then, Sora, Donald and Goofy went over. "Penelope! What are you doing here?"

"Sora? Why are you in a huge, white, empty room like this?" Penelope asked him.

Sora, Donald and Goofy stared at her. "What are you talking about? We're in Traverse Town."

There was a silence between them. "Sora, is your head all right?" Penelope asked him in concern.

Sora stared at her. "No really. I was given this card and I used it to open the door over there and I found myself in Traverse Town."

Penelope stared at Sora in disbelief. "Sora, really. That's ridiculous. This is clearly a big, empty, white room. Really, is your head all right?" Penelope asked.

"Yes, Penelope. How come you see it as an empty white room?" He asked her.

Penelope frowned at him. "I don't know…"

"Someone's coming. Hide!" The light spirit used that "hide into the shadows" ability again.

So, Sora got this card-system battling deal over with, with the person who kept saying, "To find is to lose and to lose is to find", and when they left, Penelope remerged from the shadows, startling Sora, Donald and Goofy.

"Card-system? The hell is a card-system for battling? Really. We're not playing a trading card game, are we?"

Sora showed Penelope the cards he currently had that he was supposed to use for battling and Penelope stared at them and then him.

"First you're saying we're in Traverse Town, and now you are telling me the battle system is with trading cards." Penelope told Sora, rather unimpressed with him.

"No really, Penelope! We're in Traverse Town!"

"I ONLY SEE A WHITE ROOM! SORA, REALLY! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD?!" Penelope shouted at him, now really worried about her friend's mental health.

"I think I can explain why…" The light spirit began until Penelope said, "Tatl, shut up."

When Sora tried to explain to Penelope, she only got a headache from trying to understand.

"You know what? I'm going to see what's been going on if you need me."

Penelope walked off, and Sora said, "Penelope, wait! You're going to hit a building!"

Penelope walked right through the building, and Sora's eyes widened.

"Did she just...walk right through a building?!" Sora asked in shock.

"I don't know, Sora. Anyway, what will we do?" Donald asked of Sora afterwards.

Upon smelling something rather good, it pointed out that none of them had eaten for a while, so they went to a café, only to be ambushed by Heartless, with Sora joking as he summoned his Keyblade, "Maybe the waiters are going to come out and sing a surprise "happy birthday" song for us."

"That's not funny, Sora!" Jiminy shouted in panic as he went to hide.

Because of the fact they had forgotten things and were using this card system, it only made things more difficult. Oh, and from a distance, Penelope saw him moving around appearing to be whacking stuff in her Keyblade.

"What is he…Oh what the hell." Penelope continued to move faster towards the door.

For Sora, because he couldn't move how he wanted, he was having some serious issues with it…until a specific someone came in to help…

And it was Leon! "I don't remember inviting you to this part of town, Heartless." Leon said before taking out his sword and kicking some Heartless butt.

Then Leon tossed Sora back his Keyblade. "Now try to remember how to hold your weapon." Leon told Sora, with his blade behind his back.

"Leon!" Sora shouted in happiness and relief. However, Leon looked rather confused by this.

"How do you know my name?" He asked. Sora had a dumbfounded look on his face.

"Huh?" Goofy asked, taken aback, while Donald was absolutely silent.

"What are you talking about? Quit playing, Leon!" By the look on Leon's face, he seemed serious.

"I've never seen any of you before in my life." Leon told them in complete seriousness. As he walked away, he said afterwards, "You'd better leave before you get attacked again."

"Wait…Leon!" Sora went after Leon and proceeded to tug on Leon's shirt (or possibly his jacket) and fell onto his knees. "I didn't think I'd ever see you again! How can you be like this?"

Leon didn't get why Sora was tugging on his shirt like this, but he told him, "Hey, let go of me."

"I can't believe it. Howe can you have forgotten about us?" Sora asked, sounding disappointed, with tears in his eyes. "At Hollow Bastion…We all fought the Heartless together! You know that!"

"I don't think so…If we did fight together; you probably just dragged me down." Sora was in shock and disbelief.

"When we said good-bye… I though we'd never see each other again, and I was afraid I'd forget you all. That's when you said… "We may never meet again but…"."

It seemed like Leon recognized those words, but Leon said, "You've got the wrong guy. Happens all the time."

Then it got confusing at some point when Leon shouted at Sora, saying his name, and then Leon was confused by it.

At some point, in all of this confusion, Yuffie came in.

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After some sort of "Catch up" or maybe trying to get Leon and the others to remember them, Sora, Donald and Goofy were about ready to leave Traverse Town upon finding the exit.

"Is this where we get out?" Sora asked, pointing at the door labeled "EXIT- CASTLE OBLIVION 2F".

"I feel like we're getting more and more tangled up in a trap." Jiminy said as he stood on Donald's head.

"Well, you know…Nothing ventured, nothing something, something." Sora replied to Jiminy Cricket.

"Sora!" Aerith called after them. Sora, Donald and Goofy turned to face her. "Aerith."

"There's something I wanted to tell you. Sora, beware your memories." She warned him.

"What do you mean?" Sora asked Aerith, looking confused.

"You mustn't let illusions distract you from what's truly important."

Sora wasn't getting the drift, thinking, "Now I'm even more confused!"

"Just believe what you feel in your heart." Aerith advised.

"Okay."

Despite the fact she was still in the room, Donald asked, "Aerith sure is mysterious, isn't she?"

"You mean weird?" Sora questioned Donald back.

Aerith stared at them with the thought in her mind, "I'm standing right here…"

However, Sora then opened up the exit and said goodbye, causing her to panic and shout, "NO, WAIT! DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!"

But then…they were gone, off to the next floor.

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(Penelope's Story Pt 2)

"So, Navi, can you tell me why Sora thought he was in Traverse Town? The whole concept seems f***** up to me."

"Would you like me to give you a hypothesis on the matter?" The light spirit asked Penelope.

"Sure, I guess. Hit me with your best shot." Penelope answered.

"If you were listening to that conversation, I think it relates to that card the cloaked man gave Sora. He said that he had made it from his memories, correct?"

"Yeah. Why?" Penelope asked, wondering why.

"I think it's because…Someone's coming." Penelope groaned upon hearing this.

"Again, Tatl? Why now…"

"Hide!" The light spirit hid Penelope in the shadows once again.

That was the time Sora, Donald and Goofy got up to the next floor. "It's just like the last floor… It's empty." Sora pointed out.

Then he ran into that guy with the cloak. "Oops. Pardon me."

"Don't pop out like that!" Sora shouted at him.

"Well, Sora? Did you enjoy…meeting the illusions of your memories?"

"Hypothesis justified." The light spirit told Penelope.

"Shh…" Penelope shushed her.

"What?" Sora asked, not understanding what the man said.

"The town you just saw…Sora, it was all created from your memory. It was just an illusion."

"You mean Leon and Aerith…" Donald and Goofy were in complete shock, being unable to finish.

"They were merely dolls- puppets- created from your memory." He explained.

"No way…they were all…I…!" Sora couldn't finish.

"Don't you want to be reunited with your friends? You must follow your hidden memories… to find the one you hold dear. But I'll need to make sure…that you're up for the task."

That meant battle time, and Sora, Donald and Goofy were in surprise…But it wasn't like they were fighting him? Why?

Axel…err…ANOTHER PERSON IN A BLACK CLOAK CAME IN. "Sounds like fun. Mind if I join in?"

"There's more of them?" Penelope asked as she hid in the shadows.

"In Castle Oblivion, from what I've found, there is an upper and lower team of the castle. The two here are from the upper level team. Would you like to hear more of my analysis?" The light spirit asked.

"Go ahead, Fi."

"I'm not Fi. Anyway, these six are from a group known as Organization XIII."

"Organization XIII? Are you giving me spoilers?" Penelope asked her.

"Its not like anyone can hear. Besides, you break the fourth wall enough." Penelope nodded in defeat, as she had a point.

"If they're a part of this "Organization XIII", I can make the hypothesis that they have thirteen members with their ranks determined by the time they joined. What members are here?"

"I would tell you, but you'll figure out soon." Penelope sighed at this, before going back to listening.

Sora, Donald and Goofy were surprised by seeing another person in a black cloak. "Another one?!"

"It's no fun just watching." The second person in the black cloak told the first.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"I got bored, what with you hogging the hero." The other answered.

The first only went, "Hmph." And threw a card at the other person. "Perhaps you'd like to test him."

"Perhaps I would." He replied upon catching the card.

The guy then left, leaving behind the words, "Well then, I'll go see how it "it" is doing."

After the person now there said, "See ya." He then focused on Sora.

"Looks like its my show now, Keyblade Master." He took off his hood revealing spiky red hair, bright green eyes and two reverse teardrop marks on his face that were purple.

"My name's Axel. Got it memorized?" He asked Sora.

"Um…sure." Sora answered.

"Good. Well then…Let the games begin!" Axel summoned his chakrams and told Sora, "Don't you go forgetting it on me too easy, okay?"

"Penelope, they're about to engage battle. Shall we go?"

"Nope. Move up to the ceiling. That way I have less of a chance of getting whacked."

Penelope got to watch the whole battle from the shadows on the ceiling. She loved watching it all, and despite Sora ended up pretty much losing, Axel gave Sora the card and allowed him to pass. (I think I'll end up going more in depth in the next chapter.)

And Axel momentarily vanished, and Sora went ahead…

Except then he came back and snapped.

"He found us out." Penelope didn't get it until she fell down and Axel stared at her.

"I'm surprised you found me out. Nobody else has seen me so far." Penelope said as she got up and brushed herself off.

"I noticed from the corner of my eye that something moved up to the ceiling. That was pretty clever of you. You must be one of his friends, huh?" Axel asked.

"Yep. However, I'm not on the same terms with him involving this adventure. I'm more of a secret agent." Penelope told him. "I also am not using that trading card game battle system, before you ask."

"Really? That makes things far more simple." Penelope summoned Oathkeeper.

"So you're telling me you aren't going to let me go quietly, are you?" Penelope asked.

Axel summoned his chakrams again. "Nope."

"I thought so. How glad I am for being unable to lose my memories. Bring it on, Pyro!"

And thus, Penelope's first battle in Castle Oblivion and Axel's second battle in a row began.

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A/N: Before you all ask, it took me a while to post this because I was determining whose story I needed to work on.

I decided that it wouldn't be possible for me to have Penelope's story in an individual chapter. So, I decided to blend it in with Sora's and Riku's.

That makes it easy for me.

Also, despite the story had fewer chapters, I intend on making them rather long-ish, but it depends.

Please review if you'd like, I'd rather you don't flame and please leave a suggestion with how I can improve.

I will see you all in the next chapter.

Ciao!