I ran over to him without thinking about it.

"Sora! Sora, what happened?" I yelled.

"Riku. Riku was here. He-"

"Riku was here?!"

"Yeah, but he wasn't the same. He wasn't himself." My jaw dropped when it hit me. Riku did this to him. But, he couldn't have. He did. My heart sunk. I thought I was going to cry. My Riku. He did this to Sora, his best friend. What was going on in his head? Now, I had to find him. It was my priority to find him in this trip and I wasn't leaving Hollow Bastion until I did. Then I saw a beast walk up behind me. I jumped in suprise. The thing grunted a couple times as it tried to walk. Then it fell to the ground. Sora, being the kind soul he is, ran to help him up.

"Hey, don't move! You're hurt," he said.

"Why... why did you.. you come here?" the beast asked. "I came to fight for Belle. And though I am on my own, I will fight. I won't leave without her. That's why I am here." Sora looked down at the sword. He weakly grabbed it and walked to the side of the beast.

"Me too. I'm not gonna give up now. I came here to find someone very important to me." I walked to Sora's side and nodded.

"Me neither. Together we can find who we came for." All three of us nodded and headed through the Hollow Bastion doors. We pressed a button and it opened. Then all three of us eventually came into a strange looking room.

"Be on your guard. They're close. I can feel it. Are you ready for them?" Beast looked at us. Then we heard a "swish". Beast turned around and saw his princess. "Belle?"

Belle was swallowed in darkness and turned to a heartless.

The Beast growled so loudly that the whole castle surely moved. Then we turned back and saw Riku. First, I don't think he noticed I was there. He focused on Sora.

"Quit while you can," he said.

"No. Not without Kairi." Riku was quickly swallowed by darkness. His clothes changed. That was enough for me to see. I thought I was going to cry then and there. Now I know why he couldn't see me, Beast was in front of me. I could barely see him. I wanted to see what he would have done if I wasn't there. I hid behind a pole-like object.

"The darkness will destroy you." Riku told Sora. I bit my lip.

"You're wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart. My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!"

"Really?" He taunted, "We'll just see about that!" A blast of darkness was thrown at Sora. It hit him in the chest. He flung backward. His eyes closed they didn't open. That scared me. I couldn't let Riku see me now, no matter how much I wanted to show myself to him. And with that, Riku walked away. Donald and Goofy were looking back and forth. Goofy was getting ready to run over to Sora, when Donald's sad and worried face caught his eye. Goofy looked back and forth once more and nodded grimly. They followed Riku.

When they left, I ran over to his side. Tears dripped down my face. Was he dead? No, he couldn't be. I tried potions, but nothing worked. I used my only elixir. It didn't work. The darkness was in his body too deeply. He didn't fade into a heartless though. I picked up his body and carried it. Beast offered to help, but I just held him. It was partly my fault. I'm sure if I was there in front of Riku and I didn't hide like a coward, this would have never happened. Sora wouldn't be lifeless in my arms. I carried him through many, many rooms. Then I saw Maleficent. Oh, how I hated her.

"I'm afraid you're too late. Any moment now, the final keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness. It's is unstoppable," she laughed. I snarled at her.

"Go to hell, Maleficent!" I yelled.