All I can say is WOW! 101 reviews in total! And we're only at chapter 12. That's amazing. Here's an epic update for all of you since you're all the best.

Yesterday was an amazing day for the Olympics. Canada won another gold, our third, in the women's long track 1000m speed skating, Canada faced Switzerland in men's hockey and my new love Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal in shootouts, and Patrick Chan placed 5th overall in his Olympic debut in men's figure skating. Not bad at all! So proud of our athletes.

BTW, speaking of figure skating, did anyone see Johnny Weir perform? His score was so low, I was baffled. I honestly think the judges gave him a low score because they're conservative homophobes. His routine was FLAWLESS.

Anyway, back to business. My thanks to these people: Giulia95, AoZ, NinjaSheik, phantombullets240, Taeniaea, Stand in the Light-Xynlake, Island-style-girl and animechick247.

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Through the heavy stone doors, Vilixa perceived what she thought was a huge boulder emanating a strange multicoloured light. Looking closer, her eyes widened in shock. Meg's body was encased within the boulder, a small keyhole seemingly being the only way to free her.

Sora acted quickly. He drew out his Keyblade and pointed it at the rock--but as soon as the Keyblade fulfilled its purpose, the boulder disappeared. What was left in its wake was a platform with a long ray of green light. Sora looked over at Vilixa and motioned for her to come forward. They both stepped on the platform and suddenly, they were transported to what looked like another cave.

"Meg!" Vilixa cried, seeing her with her arms bound by what looked like chains of smoke. She ran over to her, but stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of Hades who stood between them.

"Now, that's what I call a key," he mused. "Gee, thanks for your help! Now have a nice day."

Meg looked confused for a moment, but then gasped. "Look out behind you!"

Sora spotted the huge, fat cat that Vilixa recognized as Pete, and prepared to attack. "What's wrong?" Pete taunted. "Can't fight in the Underworld? Boo, hoo hoo!"

"Better think again!" Sora taunted, raising his Keyblade, ready for battle.

Vilixa took the opportunity to run over to Meg. "Are you alright?" she asked her as she tried tugging on the chains. They were surprisingly strong and wouldn't budge.

"I-I think I'm alright," Meg answered honestly. "I don't know how it happened--look out!"

Vilixa turned swiftly and saw about a dozen bat-like Heartless charging at her. They had hooks in between their clawed feet and they scratched at her skin, causing small cuts to appear all over her arms and shoulders.

She summoned her Keyblade instantly and swiped at the Heartless, making them disappear into thin air, the hearts they'd held captive following suit. She looked over at Sora, Donald and Goofy, who were all attacking Pete mercilessly.

"We need help," Vilixa cried out as more Heartless started streaming in. "We can't do all this alone!"

Sora ran over and tried slicing at Meg's bindings. They disappeared, and he exclaimed, "Come on, let's go!"

And then Pete suddenly fell flat on his face. A Heartless had been chucked at him, and none other than Hercules jumped down from the hole in the ceiling to join his friends. "Sorry I'm late," he said sarcastically before whistling loudly.

A white stallion with a blue mane and long, angelic wings flew down from above and Hercules placed Meg on its back.

"Get Meg out of here. I'll meet you back at the Coliseum," he ordered.

"But what about you?" Sora asked.

Hercules grinned. "I'm gonna show these guys what happens when they mess with a true hero."

Pegasus was about to fly off when Sora stopped him. "Vilixa, go with Meg. Just to make sure she stays safe this time." Vilixa nodded obediently and Meg helped her up onto Pegasus' back. They flew back up towards the Coliseum as the battle below waged on.

"Are you okay?" Meg asked, noticing that Vilixa was looking a little bit pale.

"I-I..." Vilixa mumbled, "I...think so..." She examined her cuts carefully and realized just how many open wounds there were on her body. Those small Heartless had done a number on her--she had lost a lot of blood. She was about to reassure Meg that everything was fine, but all that left her mouth was a gasp.

The Coliseum was in ruins.

"Oh my gosh..." Meg muttered incoherently.

Concrete slabs and pillars were smashed to pieces and strewn about along the ground, and pieces of shrapnel flew through the air and almost collided with one of Pegasus' wings. Meg and Vilixa climbed off and he flew to safety as they remained gaping at the remains of what was left of the arena.

"This can't be..." Vilixa heard from behind her. She turned to see Hercules, fallen to his hands and knees as Meg tried to comfort him.

Sora ran over to Vilixa and asked, "What happened here?"

There was a loud roar and their heads snapped over to the arena where a huge, purple, scaly monster let out a ground-rumbling roar. "I'm guessing that happened," Vilixa gulped.

"What is that thing?" Sora called over to Phil, who had appeared on the scene, trying to get Hercules to move out of harm's way. The poor guy was completely dejected and unwilling to even lift his head up.

"That's the Hydra," he answered. "I got three words for you--Am-scray!"

"Am-scray?" Vilixa repeated. "Wha--"

"No time!" Sora interrupted. "Come on, we've gotta fight this thing!"

The Hydra's long neck swooped down, showing a sinister looking face with glowing yellow eyes and rows upon rows of sharp, jagged teeth. Vilixa summoned her Keyblade and held it tightly in her hands, but still felt weak from her earlier encounter with the Heartless. She did what she could to help, charging at the beast at Sora's side with all the strength she could muster.

After a few blows to the head, Sora sliced at the Hydra's neck and it buried its stump into the ground. Vilixa was confused by this until three more heads popped up from the earth and immediately started snapping their jaws at her. One of them connected and locked on her left shoulder, and threw her across the Coliseum into a stone pillar.

She let out a small groan and tried to sit up. "Why...is it always my left shoulder..."

She looked over at Sora, who was still battling alongside Donald and Goofy. They had eliminated the three heads, but then the ground shook with a tremendous force and the Hydra pulled its neck out of the dirt to reveal about twenty heads, all with identical faces, towering over Sora and his comrades.

Vilixa knew that she needed to help, but she had no idea how. She looked at her shoulder and was actually shocked by the deep gashes the Hydra's teeth had left there. She had already lost a lot of blood from the Heartless, but it was draining even faster now. The blood was starting to coagulate at least, but the pain still shot up and down her arm whenever she tried to move it.

She was about to cast a Cure spell on herself when the Hydra's tail whipped around haphazardly and managed to collide with her chest, sending her flying back into a pile of rubble.

She squeezed her eyes shut and tried to will the pain away. All of a sudden, she felt a strange warmth surround her and her body felt like it was floating. Her fiery red hair whipped in all directions as she levitated above the ground, surrounded by a blinding ring of white light.

Sora looked over at Vilixa and gasped. He had never seen anything like it before. He had to squint his eyes in order to see the faint outline of her figure, but there was one striking thing about Vilixa that he, for some reason, could see all too clearly.

Her ordinarily translucent violet eyes had turned a ghostly white.

He tensed as a scream echoed from her lips and she charged at the Heartless in a white blur. He couldn't even see Vilixa's movements; only the roars of the Hydra and the sound of the Keyblade slicing through flesh let Sora know that she was attacking.

There was a final blow and an explosion of light. Sora shielded his eyes, as did everyone else. Once the light had faded, the Hydra's body fell limply to the ground, finally defeated. Sora looked around and saw Vilixa lying face-down on the ground in a growing pool of her own blood.

He ran over to her and gingerly lifted her off the ground. He turned her over so that she was facing him. Her cheek was tainted with a bit of blood and dirt. Sora cast a Cure spell over her and her wounds slowly started to close.

"Is she okay?" Goofy asked, leaning down to take a look at her.

"I don't know," Sora replied honestly. "She's breathing, at least."

"What happened?" Donald quacked.

Sora shook his head. "I have no idea. But I know someone who just might. Come on, we have to go."

"Where?" Goofy asked in confusion.

"To Hollow Bastion," Sora answered, collecting Vilixa's limp body in his arms. "She has to see Leon."

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