I saw Riku fall to the ground. I reached out to grab him, and I did, but by the time I did, his eyes closed. But they opened again. He lept from my arms and transformed into something completely different. He still looked like the same old Riku, but he changed. He didn't seem like himself.

"Riku?" I asked him. He stared at me. He was breathing deeply, as if he just jogged a 25 miles.

"Go," he commanded. He didn't sound like himself. It was like, half of him was Riku and the other half was someone else. I bit my lip. I didn't know what to do. I didnt know who he was, or what he was. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.

"Go!" He yelled again. I looked ahead, then back at him. I ran away. Who was he? He wasn't Riku. Just as I thought it was all going to be okay, look at what happened.

I didn't know where to go, I just ran. But, I couldn't leave Hollow Bastion. Then, I saw Kairi, Donald, and Goofy glomping Sora. Beast stood there awkwardly. Sora and Kairi were up and alive? How? I really didn't care at the moment, I just glomped Sora as well. Kairi hugged me. Sora hugged me. It was a pretty big group-hug. We all separated, everyone but me laughing. I remembered Riku, or what looked like Riku.

"Guys, we have to go! Riku-" I stopped there. I didn't know how to finish the sentence. "Something is wrong with him!" Sora nodded.

"Riku is powerful. If Mikaila says that we need to leave, we need to leave. She know more about what's going on, right?" He asked, looking at me. I nodded. "Okay then. Let's go!"

We headed down the castle, when Riku appeared. Sora motioned for me to hide behind something. I think he could tell something was going on. He motioned to Kairi, too.

"Awake at last, Keyblade Master?" Riku said.

"What's gotten into you, Riku?" Sora yelled to him. Riku laughed.

"The darkness. I am never going back to the light. Darkness is my calling," he answered. Sora summoned his keyblade.

"You, you can't be Riku!" Sora yelled to him.

"You are correct. Take a guess, who am I?" The person asked. Sora gave him a blank stare. "Don't know? It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness!" Then Ansem transformed into his own body.

My jaw dropped to the ground. What happened to my Riku? Where was he? I couldn't hold back anymore. I jumped out.

"Where is Riku!?" I yelled. I wasn't leaving without an answer. He laughed. Then I felt an empty feeling. I felt cold. Everything hit me at once. All my light was zapped out of me. I looked down, and my necklace was gone. I dropped to the ground. I couldn't move, I was filled with darkness. It was trying to fill my body, but I wouldn't let it in. With neither light nor darkness, my heart almost collapsed in on itself. I barely had any light left. That small strand of light kept me going. Darkness billowed into me all at once. I was barely clinging to my life. Nothing mattered anymore.

Except Riku.

From the small bit I could see, a shape came out of Ansem's body. It was shaped like Riku. Riku was angry. My heartbeat was all I could hear. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Riku held something in his hand. He got his keyblade out. Ansem disappeared into a portal before a fight even began. Riku kept his form. My vision turned blurry. I think Riku came over to me. I felt something warm on my neck. Then everything got clear again. Riku's hands were the warmth on my neck. He was putting my necklace on. I stared at him in awe. He shook his head, and he pulled me into a hug. It felt so good in his arms.

"I'm sorry," he whispered.