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No matter how hard he tried Sora just couldn't sleep that night. As he layed in the top bunk of the bed he shared with Riku the only thing he could think about was the exam. What would happen if he failed it again? Would everyone just give up on him? Sora did not want to fail this exam again. Tossing and rolling in his bed did not help him much, so he got out of his bed, put his short sleeved coat on, and exited the room as quietly as he could into the hallway. He looked to the right of him and saw a door that lead out to the roof of the tower, which seemed like a good place to clear his head. He walked down the hall and went through the door and up the short flight of stairs, which were barely noticeable if you looked straight at the tower from down below, to the roof.

When Sora finally got to the roof he sat down on the cold stone and tried to get his mind off the exam. As he looked up at all of the stars, all of the other worlds, he began to think about the days him, Riku, and Kairi would sit on that one tree on Destiny Islands and talk about how one day they were all going to leave that tiny world and explore new ones. He remembered when they built the raft, when him and Riku would fight with those weak, wooden swords, and when their plans for the trip. At that point in time, little did they know it, that there lives were about to change forever.

"Trying to clear your head?" a voice said behind him. He turned around to see it was Riku in his pajamas, the plad red and yellow pants with a plain white shirt on.

"Yeah, I'm just trying to get my mine off of the exam." Sora replied to him.

"Don't worry you are going to do fine, ever since you first held the keyblade you have been preparing for this moment." Riku said to him as he sat down next to him on that roof.

"Yeah but last time I failed." Sora said back to him.

"That's only because Xemnas injured your heart and Xehanort almost used you as his last replica," Riku said trying to encourage Sora, "It was not your fault."

"Thanks for that refresher." Sora said as he gazed up at the stars.

"Sorry, I'm just speaking the truth." Riku continued as he joined Sora and looked at the thousands of worlds looking down at them.

For a few moments the two were silent and just looked at the stars above them. When they were younger that was one of the things they always used to do, just look at the sparkling flashes of light in the dark sky. Riku then came up with an idea that could lift Sora's hopes up. "Hey what if I teach you how to summon your own keyblade rider?" He asked the spiky haired boy.

"A keyblade rider?" Sora said sounding confused.

"Yeah let me show you." Riku said as he then summoned his keyblade and threw it into the air. As the way to dawn flew into the air higher it began to change form. The keyblade didn't look the way it did before, it now was a hovering black and red motorcycle with designs on the side that looked like wings. The motorcycle then lowered and Riku jumped on it to show Sora what it was.

"Wow that was amazing!" Sora exclaimed as he went up to touch the rider.

"Do you want me to show you how to summon one of your own?" Riku asked.

"Yeah! That would be awesome!" Sora said cheerfully as Riku smiled, got off his keyblade rider, and made it turn back into his keyblade. Sora then summoned his kingdom key and got ready for Riku to teach him.

"Okay now you need to focus, it may take a few tries." Riku said as Sora nodded. Sora then focused as hard as he could on the keyblade and threw it up into the air. But unfortunately it came crashing down as a keyblade. He then tried again, still no keyblade rider came out of the sky. Several more times went by, still he could not seem to summon the keyblade rider.

"Sora your are getting frustrated," Riku said. "Try and think of something that will get your mind off being frustrated and try again."

Sora then tried to think, he couldn't seem to think of anything to not keep him frustrated except for one person in particular. Kairi. He then tried to focus all of his attention on the keyblade and tried again. He threw it up into the air and it began to transform into a shape that looked like a skateboard. The part that Sora stood on was the gold part of the keyblade and the rest was different shades of silver with gold lines going down the sides. As it came down Sora stared at it completely blown away; he was shocked that he just did it. "Yes!" he exclaimed as he hopped on it without hesitation and started riding it like he had being riding for years. Unlike the Gummi Ship he took to the air like a pro. After a few minutes of riding he slowly came down Riku was pleased by his accomplishment.

"Good job Sora!" he said. But in the back of Riku's mind he thought I wonder who he was thinking of... he thought sarcastically.

"Thanks for teaching me!" Sora exclaimed as he made his keyblade rider transform back into his kingdom key.

"Now do you feel better about the exam?" Riku asked.

"Yeah a little." Sora said as he yawned. "I need to get some sleep for the exam."

"Okay come on lets go." Riku said.

Riku then began to walk down the short stairs with Sora not to far behind. They both walked down the hallway and went into their room, Sora went on the top bunk, Riku on the bottom. "Good night." Riku said.

"Good night!" Sora said cheerfully as he went under the covers and closed his eyes.

The next morning Sora got up early, got dressed, and made his way out of the bedroom, which was empty. Sora went down the hall into Yen Sid's main room to see that everyone was already there. Kairi was standing in front of the desk and Riku, Lea, and Mickey were on the side of the room. Yen Sid was of course in his desk in his normal clothing. "Sorry am I late?" Sora asked.

"Only by a few minutes, what were you doing that made you sleep in late Sora?" Yen Sid asked as Sora and Riku exchanged looks. "It doesn't matter, now we can proceed with the exam. Do you need me to go over your mission?"

"I don't think so," Sora said, "All we need to do is rescue this Aqua girl right?"

"Correct." Yen Sid said. "And you also must find a way out, we are only providing you with a way in. Unfortunately Lea is using his last bit of darkness he used to open corridors of darkness for this moment. Do you think you both can handle it?"

"Yes sir!" Sora and Kairi said in unison as Yen Sid nodded.

"Very well than, I wish the both of you luck." Yen Sid continued, who then looked behind them. They turned around and saw Lea struggling to summon a corridor of darkness but he eventually got it. Both Sora and Kairi looked at Yen Sid, who only nodded again. Sora then realized what that nod meant, that it was time to leave. He then took a deep breath and walked through the portal of darkness with Kairi close behind him. He then found him and Kairi in a strange place. He turned around to see that the portal disappeared and they were all alone. Sora looked around at the familiar place, it was simply a word filled with darkness.

It was the Realm of Darkness.

Yeah i know not on of my best chapters... but like i said before the next one is ganna be awesome! i will try to upload it later tonight if i can. Please review and thanks again for all the favorite author, stories and reviews for me!

PS. Does Sora's keyblade rider rimind you of anyones?