I woke up to the sound of Mickey's voice.

"Mikaila! Mikaila! Wake up!"

I sat up and looked around. I was on a couch. It was the couch in Merlin's upper floor. I saw Mickey and several other people standing over me. Leon, Cid, Aerith, Merlin, and Sora, Donald, and Goofy! I didn't expect them to come and see if i was okay. Hell, I didn't expect anyone to see if I was okay!

"What happened?" Leon asked.

"I heard some princess code, and then I had a headache and fell asleep," I explained. Leon raised an eyebrow.

"Princess code, huh? That's pretty rare stuff. Doesn't come to anyone. You have to have heart-to-heart contact with a princess of light. So, how might you have contact with a princess. The only people that do are blood relatives and the keybearers, but that is not entirely proven."

"I don't think I am a blood relative, but I am a keybearer!" Leon laughed.

"Is that so?" I could tell by the tone in his voice that he thought I was just some kid who wasn't aware of the cold world around me. I summoned my keyblade. Had the situation been any lighter, I would have laughed at the look of surprise on Leon's face. Mickey smiled that little knowing smile of his, and Sora broke out into a grin as he turned to face Leon.

"Mikaila is a keybearer too! Almost as good as me!" Sora yelled. Leon laughed.

"If she's not as good as you, then we're doomed." Sora's face turned into an angry frown.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Donald and Goofy laughed at the look on Sora's face.

I think I bumped my head when I fell because I had a headache that made me want to scream. I groaned. Seeing my pain, Mickey shouted something into the air and a flower-like objects appeared and disappeared over my head. It eased my pain a little bit, but I still had a headache.

"Thanks, Mickey."

"So, now that you found your king," Sora started as everyone turned to look at him, "what's next?"

"Well, I dunno. What's next, your majesty?" Goofy asked, but when he turned around, expecting to see Mickey, he was gone. I heard a voice in my head at that point.

Make sure Donald and Goofy know I'm sorry, Mickey's voice said.

"Donald, Goofy. He had to go do some things; I'm sure he'll be back soon!" This only made Donald distrust me more.

"What did you do with him?" Donald screamed. He was trying to hurt me. Goofy and Sora were holding him back.

"Donald... she... didn't... hurt.. him!" Sora struggled to say. Donald surrendered and let go. What did he have against me? He's such a hothead.

"I don't trust you!" He yelled to my face, making my headache even worse. Goofy took him out of the room, trying to calm his nerves. Sora bit his lip.

"Sorry. He gets touchy when it comes to King Mickey," Sora apologized.

"It's alright. I feel the same way about-" I stopped. Sora didn't know about us yet, and I already was on the verge of tears.

"About who?" Sora asked.

"Riku." Another lone tear slipped down my cheek.

Riku found himself in the middle of a dark, damp place. He felt better, but worse at the same time. The dream that he had had saved his heart for one more day, but kept him longing to see her face even more. He could hear her singing voice in his ear.

When there's no getting over that rainbow

When my smallest of dreams won't come true

I can take all the madness the world has to give

But I won't last a day without you

He got up and looked around to see where he was. He saw gigantic bubbles above and below some water, and that was pretty much it. He approached one of the bubbles. He touched it and was engulfed by it. He was taken under the water and brought back up to another part of the land. He looked around again. Apparently, these bubbles were a form of transportation. He ended up in the entrance of Hollow Bastion. He had no way of transportation out of here. Then he had an idea.

"Mickey!" No sign of him. "Mickey!" Still no sign of him. He buried his head in his hands.

"Frustrated?" Maleficent's voice made him shiver a bit. He summoned his keyblade. Maleficent laughed at his attempt to threaten her.

"Ha! You can't hurt me. I am far more powerful than you will ever be!"

"Is that so?"

"Would you like proof?"

"No," he whispered. "I just want my Hikari."

"You see, that's where I can help you. I will help you find Mikaila. Just side with the darkness, and we can find her. Together."

Riku had no idea whether to agree or not. He wanted Mikaila back. He would to anything to have her back. He nodded, knowing he would regret his choice.