Okay! So here I am with chapter 11. The overall consensus that I received for the vote was Land of Dragons. I guess all of you want to see Riku pop up again, hmm? ;)

The story may extend longer than 26 chapters. At this point, it could really even go all the way to 30. So don't worry, you will for sure be seeing Riku again soon. Just enjoy the ride for now, that's all I can tell ya.

PS, has anyone been watching the winter Olympics in Vancouver? As a Canadian, I am very proud that the games are on home soil. And we won our first gold! ...Been watching rather obsessively...moving on...

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So far, chapter 16 is almost done...expect the drama llama to bite again soon.

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"Are ya sure this is the coliseum?" Goofy asked as the entire group looked around at their surroundings. It didn't look like the coliseum that Vilixa had visited before--this place was dark, and the stench of death hung low in the air. There was a set of long stairs that led up to a large white door, presumably where the real coliseum was.

"It's that way!" Donald declared, reinforcing the obvious.

"Oh," Sora blushed. "Guess we were a little off."

Suddenly, a scream pierced through the damp air. Vilixa whipped her head around and saw a woman wearing a magenta-coloured dress with long brown hair tied in a ponytail being attacked by the Heartless.

"Come on!" she cried out. "We have to help her!"

The four of them ran over, and the Heartless immediately backed off and receded deeper into the caves from which they came.

"Thanks, but I'm fine," the woman said. She glanced up and saw two teenagers, a duck and a dog staring back at her. She looked surprised and embarrassed, then stood and asked, "And you're supposed to be?"

"I'm Sora," he introduced. "This is Vilixa, Donald, and Goofy. We came to see how Hercules is doing."

She looked them over in disbelief. "You know Wonderboy?"

"Yeah, 'cause we're heroes too!" Donald announced proudly.

"Ya mean junior heroes, Donald," Goofy corrected with a laugh.

The woman laughed. "Looks like we have a friend in common. Name's Megara. My friends call me Meg. Come on, Wonderboy's probably duking it out in the coliseum upstairs."

"What is this place?" Vilixa asked.

"The Underworld, sweetie," Meg answered. "You don't want to get lost in here. You may never find your way back out."

While Meg, Donald and Goofy were trudging up the stairs, Sora noticed that Vilixa stood back, staring into the cave where the Heartless had come from. He walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Are you okay?" he asked tentatively.

She turned to him and nodded. "Yeah, I just thought I saw something..."

"Oh," Sora nodded understandingly. "Well...are you coming?"

She forced a smile. "Yeah. Don't worry about me, I'll be right up in a few minutes."

Sora eyed her worriedly before running up to join his other friends. Vilixa made certain that he was upstairs before running into the cave. The different caverns were extremely confusing; they wound in one direction, and then another, making Vilixa feel as if she'd been running in circles.

However, something caught her eye. Something that made her carry on, even though she felt as if her energy was slowly being drained.

The glimpse of a black cloak running in the distance.

She kept on following them until finally they stopped in their place. The cavern they were in was the entrance to what Vilixa presumed to be an even bigger room, although the grounds they were on were already fairly large. It was almost in the shape of a dome, and the person in the cloak stood before the huge semi-circular doors.

Vilixa drew out her Keyblade and called, "Who are you?"

The cloaked figure turned to her and with a gasp, they lowered their hood.

It was Demyx.

"Demyx?" Vilixa stammered. "What are you doing in the Underworld?"

"I could ask you the same question!" he declared in that goofy, over-dramatic way of his. "Xemnas wants your blood, you know!"

She let out a dry laugh. "I figured as much..." she then asked, "You're not going to try and kill me, are you?"

"What?" he chortled. "Me? Nah. I know that you're tough when you want to be. And you know how I feel about combat."

"You know that the Keybearer isn't going to take it easy on you once he finds you, right?" she stated sadly. "You'd better go, Demyx. I don't want you getting hurt...you're my friend, after all."

He frowned and patted a piece of paper that stuck out from his pocket. "Orders," he said. "You know the rules."

She nodded with a sigh. "Well, what's your mission, then?"

"Vilixa!" she heard Sora's voice cry out. She turned to see him, Donald and Goofy running towards her and Demyx. "What are you doing talking to a member of the Organization?"

"Sora, it's alright, he's my friend!"

"Ah!" Demyx wailed. "You!" He studied Sora's face for a moment and said, "Wait a sec...Roxas?"

Sora stared at him blankly. "Excuse me?"

"Roxas?" he repeated.

Sora looked between Demyx and Vilixa. She just let out a sigh and shook her head at him, giving him a soft smile.

"Oh, it's no use," Demyx sighed, taking something out of his pocket.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Sora blabbed.

"Let's see here," he mumbled, reading from the piece of paper he had scrounged from his cloak. "If the subject fails to respond, use agression to liberate his true disposition. Right. Boy, did they pick the wrong guy for this..."

"You're bizarre," Sora stated flatly. Vilixa let out a giggle and Demyx cast her a sideways glance. He pulled something else out of his pocket--a small, golden medallion engraved with a cloud and a lightning bolt. From what Vilixa had gathered from her previous visits to the Coliseum, that was Zeus' seal.

"He's gotta be the thief!" Goofy hollered, pointing an accusing finger at Demyx.

He tutted. "Now that's just plain rude!" He lifted the medallion high in the air and his sitar appeared in his hands. Sora took a fighting stance as Demyx began plucking away at the strings, his water figures materializing out of nowhere and dancing around the entire group.

"Demyx, stop it!" Vilixa cried out, but it was no use. She knew that once Demyx was enraptured with his music, there was no stopping him. She growled and grabbed the tail of one of the stray music note shaped figures and flung it around wildly, destroying all of the other ones within reach.

Once they had all disappeared, Demyx snapped out of it and his sitar disappeared. "Ow," he muttered, rubbing his arm delicately. Looking back at Sora, he grinned and said, "Roxas, come back to us." Then he opened a portal and disappeared.

Sora stared at the spot where Demyx once stood and said exasperatedly, "Guy's a broken record!"

"Hey, look!" Donald exclaimed, seeing the medal on the floor. He picked it up and gave it to Sora, who held it high in the air. A golden light washed over all four of them, and Vilixa instantly felt as if she had a renewed sense of energy.

"What was that?" she asked.

"The Olympus Stone," Sora explained. "It helps give you strength in the Underworld and it protects you from the curse."

"Oh," she mouthed.

"Come on!" Sora said, tugging on Vilixa's arm. "Meg needs our help!"

As the three of them ran towards the doors, Vilixa cried out, "Meg? What happened to Meg?"

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