Hello all! I decided to update. I hear there's been a bit of confusion as to what worlds to visit, so let me tell you which ones you can choose from to make it easier (Note: I did leave a few of them out because there are a few that would just seem really random and pointless to include):

Land of Dragons (including encounter with Riku and with Xigbar), Beast's Castle (including battle with Xaldin), and Port Royal (including encounter with Luxord).

All three of these worlds have confrontations with the members of Organization XIII, but I'm only going to write in one of them to not create pointless drabble. The other two, we can all just assume that Sora went there without Vilixa's accompaniment. So VOTE!

Thank you to phantombullets240, Kuro Neko to Kuro Bara, Zamaya, animechick247, pandabearmusic, NinjaSheik and Clarilune for reviewing. :)

PS, keep the reviews coming! Even if you only review to vote. The reviews have become fewer and fewer lately. Which is a bummer.

Remember, more reviews mean faster updates!

"Vilixa!" Yuffie declared once she opened the door, revealing the firey-haired teen standing before her. "What are you doing here? Where've you been? Sora's out looking for you, worried sick!" She ushered her inside and closed the door to Merlin's house behind her.

"I got captured by Organization XIII," she answered, sighing a little. "It's a long story. Where is Sora, anyway?"

Leon stepped forward from where he was standing, next to Cid who was still typing away. "He went off to other worlds. He's probably at the Beast's Castle by now. He has his work cut out for him. There are Nobodies and Heartless crawling all over the place."

"Oh," she said quietly. "Well, I guess I'll wait for him to come back here. Is it alright if I go for a walk?"

"Sure," Leon replied. "Just try not to get captured again."

"Yessir," she said shortly as she bounded out the door.

Vilixa figured that if she went were there were more people and witnesses, it would be less likely that she would get attacked. So she wandered around the marketplace, browsing through random accessories, items and knick-knacks that she didn't really need or even want to buy.

She kept on walking when something--or rather, someone--caught her eye. It was a man that was standing against the gray stone wall near Scrooge's ice cream station with blond, spiky hair. Something about him intruiged her, and so she approached him slowly.

"Excuse me, sir?" she asked the man. He looked up at her from where his eyes were glued to the ground. His eyes were striking--a deep blue, even bluer than Sora's or Roxas', with an inner darkness that she could sense by just standing in front of him.

"Who are you?" he asked, almost in a fierce way.

"My name is Vilixa," she said. "Are you...alright?"

He frowned at her and questioned, "What do you mean?"

"Your light," she answered, looking at him strangely, away from his eyes. "It's...almost gone."

His frown grew deeper and he asked, "How did you know that?"

She shook her head. "I-I don't know, I just...knew," she replied. "It's something that I could just sense, I guess. Something that seemed wrong." Looking back into his eyes, she asked, "What's your name?"

"Cloud," he said simply. "But you're right. I...I am looking for my light. And to find it, I have to defeat him. The one who embodies all the darkness in me...Sephiroth."

"Sephiroth?" she repeated.

"Yes," he said. "He must be defeated and I am the only one who can make him disappear."

"What does he look like?" she asked.

"Long silver hair," he replied. "Carries a long sword."

She nodded. "If I see him, I'll let you know."

As she started to walk away, he suddenly said, "Be careful. He messes with your head. Makes you think darkness is the only way."

She smiled at him. "I think I'll be alright."

Vilixa walked back to the burrough, thinking to herself. She was wondering what compelled her to speak to Cloud in the first place. Maybe it was because he reminded her of Riku, and how he was desperately searching for his light and the struggle he faced from trying to rid the darkness from his heart. That must have been it.

She made her way back to the burrough and wandered on through to the bailey. She propped her elbows up against the stone ledge and looked down at the castle below. As soon as she laid her eyes on it, she felt herself start to tense.

Suddenly, it felt as if Vilixa had been struck in the head. Her hands flew up to her head in agony as images started flashing through her mind.

"The Keyhole cannot be completed so long as the last princess of heart still sleeps."

"Sora, don't give in!"

"Forget it! There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!"

"Sora, look out!"

"Don't worry, Livia. I'll find a way to bring you back. I promise."

Vilixa was doubled over on the ground, emitting small cries of pain from her lips. No one was around to hear her--she was simply screaming into the wind.

But as soon as the images had come, they disappeared.

Vilixa slowly sat up, shaking the dizziness from her head and rose to her feet. What she had seen was herself giving up her heart to save Sora...the moment she had become a Nobody. It pained her to have to relive that moment, and it frightened her that she was in the very same world where the painful memory had occurred.

She was about to run back to Merlin's house when she turned and saw Sora bounding towards her.

"Sora?" she nearly demanded. "What are you doing back so soon?"

"Merlin had something to show me," he replied. "And Leon said you were back! What happened to you?"

"It's a long story," Vilixa laughed. "Let's go back to Merlin's and I'll explain everything."

As they walked back together, she explained how Axel had kidnapped her and about her near-death experience with Saix, and how Axel ended up saving her life. She did, however, omit the part about Riku rescuing her because she did make a promise that she wouldn't mention him to Sora--not when he was in his condition.

"At least you're back and safe," he said, sounding relieved. "Now you can come with us on our ship! We've got a lot of worlds to visit."

"Nothing personal against your friends, Sora, but I personally can't wait to leave this world," Vilixa blurted. "Too many memories...all rushing back so suddenly."

"You remember things?" he asked curiously. "Like what?"

She bit her lip nervously and said, "Well, just before you got here, the memory of how I lost my heart came back to me. And...it scared me, Sora. Seeing you so defenseless, and seeing Riku with that look in his eyes...I don't know if I want to remember anything else."

"Hey," Sora smiled, nudging her with his elbow. "Don't sweat it. Come on...let's get Donald and Goofy and we'll head out."

The two oversized animals were chatting animatedly amongst themselves outside Merlin's house when Sora tugged them by the sleeves and started to drag them out of the burrough. Vilixa stifled a laugh as Donald let out a huge quack and berated, "What's the big idea?"

They all finally boarded the Gummi ship and Vilixa finally asked, "Where are we going now?"

"The Olympus Coliseum," Sora answered. "Ever been there before?"

"Actually," she pondered, "yes. On a mission with the Organization. But...I never really got to explore that much."

"That'll change!" Sora declared, grabbing hold of the steering controls, grinning maniacally. "Full speed ahead!"

Read the memo! It's sort of crucially important.

Don't forget to review and VOTE for either Port Royal, Land of Dragons or Beast's Castle!