A/N: Hello everyone! Welcome back.

Silent Searcher: Well, you'll find out soon, but the appearance of Kairi's charm ahs been altered. Also, thank you. I've been trying hard.

Auraheart: YES. I AGREE. I WILL ENJOY IT TOO.

This chapter…Sora remembers things…things that aren't right, according to Penelope.

I own nothing but Penelope.

Here's chapter 5!

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Chapter 5: Sora's Story Pt 2

Sora lie on the ground, in pain from Larxene's attack. Donald and Goofy came over to him, calling, "Sora!"

"Oopsie! You all right?" Larxene asked him mockingly.

"You…" Penelope looked at Kairi's charm. However to her, it seemed to be altering from its true appearance to another one.

"Oh? I think you dropped something." Larxene pointed out, ushering over at the charm.

Penelope questioned its appearance. "Why does Kairi's charm now look like a starfish…or a paopu fruit?" She asked.

Then she heard Sora ask, "What's that? Is that mine?"

"Tsk, tsk. You've been wearing it all this time, and you forgot? The memory should be etched somewhere in your heart. Think carefully now. What, oh what…"

Sora went to thinking. "No. That's Kairi's charm. She gave it to him during our last adventure." Penelope said quietly. "Who altered the appearance? Wait…this must be a part of their plan."

"Correct, Guardian. Now wait for your chance." The light spirit told her.

"…Could it be? Who gave it to you?" Larxene asked Sora, with a smile on her face.

"Na…Na…mi…" Sora began to mutter.

"You're getting it now! Free your heart… free your memories!" Larxene shouted at him.

"Na…mi…né…Naminé?" Sora asked. Penelope waited for a bit longer.

"Well, it's about time. That's right. She's the one who gave you that tacky little good luck charm. But you forgot all about it." Larxene told Sora. "You didn't even remember her name! I can't believe you! Talk about heartless! It'd serve you right if I smashed this piece of junk!"

"Don't you touch it! Naminé gave me this. It's very important to me! Now I remember!"

After more dialogue and initiating battle with Larxene, before she vanished, she told him,
"Here, have another card to play with. Take a good, long look at your memories."

"WAIT!" Sora yelled after Larxene. But she vanished as he caught the card and Penelope appeared from the shadows.

"What's her problem?" Donald asked as he and Goofy were up against the wall from that battle. "Sora, are you okay?"

Sora didn't reply. "Sora…" Donald said worriedly as he and Goofy went over to Sora.

"I hate her! It's not fair that she's the one who made me remember…Naminé…"

Suddenly, he noticed Naminé's charm was gone and he saw Penelope.

"Penelope, what are you doing? Give Naminé's charm back." He told her. As Sora tried to take the charm back, Penelope held it away.

"Penelope! Really." When Sora tried to retrieve the charm, Penelope stepped back.

"What are you talking about, Sora? This is Kairi's charm. Someone altered its appearance." She told him rather flatly.

"What do you mean? Naminé gave me that charm." Sora told her. Penelope shook her head.

"Do you really miss Kairi that much to come up with someone to take her place?" Penelope asked him.

"What are you talking about? Don't you remember Naminé?" Sora asked Penelope.

She shook her head. "Who's Naminé, Sora? I only remember Kairi."

"Naminé used to live on the islands with us, but she moved away. You don't remember her?" Sora asked Penelope, as he tried to retrieve the charm once again.

"There's no Naminé in my memory, Sora. I will not give this back to you until your mind is set straight." Penelope answered.

"Penelope, why are you acting like this?" Sora asked her. Penelope didn't reply to him.

"Seriously, Penelope! Give Naminé's charm back!"

"No!" Penelope shouted at him. Sora frowned.

"Penelope, I really don't want to hurt you. Please give the charm back." He begged her.

"You'd fight me over a charm, Sora? What happened to you?" Penelope asked him.

"That charm is important to me, Penelope." He told her.

Penelope frowned. "Do I have to break it to show you its true appearance?" She asked him.

Sora summoned his Keyblade. Penelope stared at him. "I won't fight you." She tossed over the charm, but before leaving, Penelope warned him, "Beware your memories, Sora. These "true" memories, might be trying to ruin you."

Then the light spirit allowed her to do her usual work in the castle, leaving Sora in confusion.

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Before Penelope went back to spy on those on the upper level, Axel told Larxene as she came back, "Looks like you could stand to grow up some yourself."

"Leave me alone. Now that you mention it, I hate kids. You go deal with him next." Larxene told Axel.

Upon getting laughed at, Larxene said with a snort, "I hate children and idiots!"

Then Vexen came in. "Whatever could have you so worked up today?" He asked.

"Ugh. Just what I need- another idiot to irritate me." Larxene groaned.

"IS THAT ANY WAY TO SPEAK TO YOUR SUPERIOR?" Vexen asked her back in anger. That was when Penelope appeared in the shadows to spy on them again, greatly irritating Axel.

"Can we help you, Vexen? It's not very often we see you topside." Axel pointed out.

"I came to lend you a hand. You obviously believe this Sora has much potential, but I remain unconvinced that he is truly worth such coddling." Vexen told him.

Someone…or maybe something, that looked like Riku in his dark form came in. "I think an experiment…would put my doubts to rest. Sora…and Riku."

This Riku was silent, as Vexen said, "We shall see which one qualifies to be the "key"."

There was a silence as Vexen went to thinking. "If Riku is more qualified to be the "key"…the basement team will gain an upper hand…and we can knock the wind out of the above-ground team's sails! Aboveground team…and basement team…we already sound like the losing team."

Vexen laughed evilly quietly, and then the other Riku spoke. "Let me set one thing straight- I'm better than Riku."

That red explanation mark appeared above Vexen's head. "I told you how this was supposed to go! Don't embarrass me!"

"I may be a replica of Riku, but I'm not the same. I have no intention of imitating some wimp who's afraid of the dark." The Riku Replica said…you know what? Sue it. I'm calling him Repliku, cause it works.

"Once again, nightlight." Penelope mumbled, with the light spirit staring at her.

Smiles appeared on Axel and Larxene's faces. "Oh my…Vexen, don't tell me…you couldn't get the real Riku…so you made a copy?"

Vexen's face grew dark. You see, earlier, Vexen encountered Riku and told Riku to come with him, which resulted with Riku walking off, and Vexen wrote down some notes before making Repliku.

Then Larxene began laughing at him. "Bwah-ha-ha! Only a scientist!" Larxene wouldn't stop laughing at Vexen.

"HEY! SHUT UP!" Vexen yelled. "Creating a replica was my plan all along! Look at this work of art- he's a perfect copy of the original, down to every last hair."

"Whatever, Vexen! A fake is still a fake!" Larxene told him. Repliku was rather irritated by Larxene.

"Hey, you. I'm no fake. I may look like a copy, but I have my own heart. Which is more than I can say for you…ma'am?"

Larxene smirked. "You got spunk. I like that."

If I had to describe what happened next without going into too much detail, I'd have to say that Larxene forcibly took Repliku and threw him onto Naminé's drawing table.

Yes, I said Naminé. And Penelope just happened to follow and she learned who this "Naminé" finally was.

She saw her pale blonde hair, blue eyes, and her white dress. And this whole scene was rather violent. "If you want to use Riku to test Sora…Then you need to take this replica…and remake his heart to match the original's!" She ordered Naminé, breaking some of her crayons as she got closer.

"What are you gonna do to me?!" Repliku asked. Larxene smirked and told him, "I'm going to fill your empty heart with wonderful memories."

"What?!"

Penelope was shaking a bit, now knowing that Larxene was very sadistic and heartless. Thank god that Larxene hadn't seen her, especially when the light spirit took her away from the upper floor.

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Meanwhile, Sora was trying to find Naminé, still in a bit of disbelief of what Penelope said and tried to do. And man, was he giving Donald and Goofy quite some exercise.

"Come on, you guys! Hurry!" Sora shouted at them.

"Sora, slow down!" Goofy told him.

"Hff, hff…It feels like we're running a marathon!" Donald said.

"Sora sure does seem like he's upset." Goofy pointed out as he panted in exhaustion.

"You would be too. After all this time, he finally remembers his old friend, only to find out she's being held prisoner!"

In Sora's determination, he was also acting like a bit of a jackass.

"If we heard the king was in danger, we'd be pretty upset too."

"I SAID, HURRY UP!" Sora yelled at them. Penelope had just emerged from the upper floors, and watched Sora in sadness and also anger. She felt like she didn't know who he was anymore.

"I'm coming for you, Naminé…" Sora thought as he "remembered" when Naminé gave him the charm.

"Tatl. Is this the same person I knew?" Penelope asked bitterly.

"I'm surprised how determined he is to find Naminé…" The light spirit said quietly.

"Does it matter? He didn't act like this much of a jackass when we were trying to find Kairi!" She yelled at her.

The light spirit was surprised by Penelope's tone. "Maybe you need to calm down…"

"Why should I? The way Sora's acting is really starting to piss me off."

"I can tell. Just calm down for a second."

"I'm beat! Let's take a break." Donald suggested.

"What is wrong with you guys?!" Sora asked them very irritatedly, though you could probably already tell.

"Even a great athlete like me gets tired after running up four flights of stairs!" Goofy said. "Not to mention Donald's got short legs. A-hyuck-hyuck-hyuck!"

Donald glared at Goofy after that, and he apologized.

"We've come all this way…but we still can't find her. Where are you…Naminé?"

After more conversation and after Repliku appeared, which made Sora think it was Riku, Penelope was done with it, especially when the whole deal with having the SAME CHARM was brought up and they began fighting over something so stupid.

And when the battle ended, Repliku ran off, making Sora ask, "Why…? I don't get it. We both want the same thing. We both want to help Naminé. So how come we're fighting."

"I don't know Sora. Is your memory that messed up?" Penelope asked him, not that he could hear before going back to the upper level.

And then they saw Vexen. Convenient. You see, Vexen was watching that battle. And Donald found him.

So, he had to come up with a plan, and fast. "Hmph, Have you no manners? You owe me for reuniting me with your former friend." Vexen told them.

"What?! So…you're the one who's been controlling Riku?!" Sora asked.

"That's not a very nice thing to say. Besides, at this rate, it won't be long before you become a mindless puppet yourself." Vexen said to Sora.

Sora looked confused. "If you haven't yet realized that, then allow me to explain. Use this card to come find me."

"What the…?! IS HE CRAZY?!" Larxene asked in shock. "When did he make that "reverse memory" card? He's going to ruin everything!"

The card revealed an unknown place with a clock tower with many bells.

"Is it me, or has Vexen finally lost it?" Larxene continued asking. "What now, Axel? The show's over if Sora finds out about the other side!"

"If he just passes through without catching on, we can patch things up later." Axle said.

"But there's no telling what Vexen is up to. He's certainly earner his old-timer status…that was unexpectedly underhanded." Marluxia said as he emerged.

Axel looked over at Penelope, with her hoping he wouldn't blow her cover.

"Don't flatter him. He's just and idiot." Larxene said in annoyance, though when was Larxene not annoyed by Vexen?

"Well, something must be done. Go, Axel." Marluxia ordered.

"Me?" He asked.

With Marluxia having a rose in hand, petals falling around him, he said, with Penelope still not taking him seriously, he said, "We cannot allow Vexen to ruin our plan…In the name of the Organization…Rid us of our traitor."

"No taking that back later." Axel said as he summoned his chakrams.

And when he left, Penelope proceeded to follow him.

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A/N: There's the end of chapter 5.

I know it was shorter than usual. Sorry.

Anyway, next chapter will be the last part of Sora's story…I think.

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

I will see you all in the next chapter!

Ciao!