Chapter 6: Lost

I fell to my knees and let the emptiness take over me, there was nothing I could do. I felt so...lost. As if he knew what happened, I went from kneeling in the sands of my home to sitting in front of the king.

"You can't give up now Kairi." Mickey told me.

"But...I failed, I couldn't save him. I couldn't help anyone." I whispered. I looked up and he signaled for me to stand up and walk with him. I did so and he led me to the library. "what are we doing here?" I asked wiping my eyes which now were sore from crying.

"I have something to how you." he said as he looked to the bookshelf. I watched him for a minute and then he said "A-ha!" as he pulled the book from the shelf and put it down in front of me. Before I could say anything, Mickey opened up to a page that had a picture of a girl around eighteen or nineteen. She had short blue hair and blue eyes.

"Who's she, and what does she have to do with anything?" I asked looking at her.

"This is Aqua," Mickey said, "She was friends with Terra and Ven. In many ways you remind me of her."

"What's your point?" I muttered and turned away.

"My point is she never gave up when times are tough. You have a gift Kairi, I'm sure you could find your friends if you tried." Mickey smiled.

"I looked at him and asked, "You really think so?"

He smiled and shook his head, "I know so."

I smiled back, "Thank you, Mickey."

He smiled and held out his hand to me. I took it and there was a flash of light between them. "Until next time, Kairi." he said

As the light engulfed me I smiled and said, "Until next time."

When I opened my eyes I was back in the darkness of the island. I looked around confused for a minute before I started heading home. Mickey said I could find my friends, but where do I start looking? He put way to much trust into me. When I got back home and into my room, my head started to throb and my ears started ringing. The room started spinning as random images flashed into my head. I collapsed onto my bed and was out.

In my dream I was in a world where the ground was made up of bricks of white and purple and grass was covering everything else. It was nighttime here and I could here talking. I hid in the shadows and followed the voices. I gasped as the light of the moon lit up the figures. In a experimental pod type thing, I could see a person who looked like Roxas floating in a deep slumber. I also saw Roxas, unconscious leaning up against the left side of it. To the right of them I saw Sora in a dome prison pod, and he didn't look to happy about it. And walking toward Sora was Terra.

"Stay away from him!" I shouted, but they didn't here me. I wasn't here, this was just a dream. A dream that was showing me the reality of my friends.

"Why do you have the keyblade?!" Sora shouted as he pounded his fist on the glass, trying to escape.

Terra just laughed, "The question is, why do you?"

"What?" Sora gasped shocked.

"I chose Riku to be the next keyblade barer." Terra explained.

"Riku does have a keyblade of his own." Sora said.

"I know, but Ven must have given you his power to wield the keyblade. You an interesting one." Terra smiled.

Sora growled as he walked away. "What are you going to do with us?" he asked after a while.

"Simple, I'm going to give Ven back what is rightfully his." Terra said as he stared at the moon over head.

"When?" Sora asked as he finally sat down.

Terra turned to look at him, "Sunrise."

"Great." Sora muttered to himself

I gasped and shot straight up. I quickly glanced over at my clock, it was midnight. I had six hours to go save him. I quickly grabbed a changed of clothes and showered. After I showered and got dressed, I quickly ran a brush through my hair, not caring how neat it was. I ran out of my bathroom and put my shoes on. Before leaving I glanced at the clock, twelve-fifteen. Without a second thought I quickly went and banged on Riku's door. When he opened the door, he was yawning and his silver hair was slightly out of place. He was still dressed so it was obvious he crashed on the couch.

"What is it Kairi?" he asked through a yawn.

"I know where they are, but we don't have much time." I quickly said.

Riku's eyes widened with surprise and he quickly put his shoes on and he ran out the door. "How are we getting there?" he asked as I started running to a familiar house with Riku right next to me.

"That's where Namine comes in." I said as I ran up the stairs.

Every light was off in her house, but I knocked as loud as I could. After a minute I could here footsteps and the front light came on. When Namine opened the door, her hair was slightly messy and she looked exhausted. "What do you need?" she asked looking at both of us.

"I need you to make us a portal to the land of departure, that's where Roxas and Sora are and we don't have much time." I told her.

Her eyes filled with anticipation as she walked out of the door, "Let me come with you." she pleaded.

Riku shook his head, "It's to dangerous. I should just go alone."

"I'm going with." I argued, "I know exactly where they are. Plus I failed them, I'm not going to let them down again."

Riku sighed and said, "You have a point with you."

"Please just let me go with you." Namine begged.

I put my hand on her shoulder and gently said, "It's too dangerous Namine, I would feel better if you were somewhere safe. I'll bring them back, I promise."

She looked down and sighed. "fine." She mumbled as she looked up and made a portal for us.

"Thank you." I said as I hugged her, then Riku and I ran into the darkness to free our friends.