Wishful Thinking

Hey you guys! Again, review! I appreciate it if you do and will keep going as well! Sora will be talking a lot in this chapter so try not to be bored by his lengthy words. I don't own these people. If I did, boy would Kairi be dead by now! I now that's being a bit cruel but I've had a crush on Sora since I played Kingdom Hearts. I only own Kailee, Xylen, Eliza and the Shadow Crossers.

C'mon Kailee! Wake up!" Sora was shaking Kailee by the shoulders.

Kailee's eyes shot wide open. Her lungs were filled with water. Sora propped her up while she heaved out the water. He shut his eyes, trying not to throw up himself. As Kailee finished, she took in her surroundings. It was nighttime, apparently. They were back in the forest, in a small clearing. Donald, Goofy, Riku, Rapunzel and Flynn were sitting on two logs by a small fire. Goofy, Donald, and Riku were chatting up a storm on what kind of tactics they could use to stun the Shadow Crossers just enough time for Kailee to attack them. Rapunzel was wrapping her hair around Flynn's hand explaining how it would help somehow.

"What happened to me?" Kailee asked Sora.

"Once you had stepped in front of the Illusionist, you passed out. We tried to wake you up, but the guards were almost at us," Sora explained.

"What happened after that?" Kailee was still confused on how she had water in her lungs if they were in plain air.

"I tried carrying you, but a horse crashed into me and made me drop you inside this huge dam," Sora frowned. " Flynn and Rapunzel had already knocked out most of the guards, but Flynn had made one of the wooden pillars tumble and fall. By then I had spotted your body and went after you. Donald cast a spell on me to have me be able to breathe underwater. Your body was submerged and your head almost crashed on a rock. But something brought you over to me. I think it was a Shadow Crosser.

"It looked like a kitten, only it had stripes and was the color purple. It still had the same symbol, but the heart was a color gold and the circle inside was a sky blue. Donald, Goofy, and Riku built a raft, like the one Riku and I had built back on Destiny Islands. They put you on board and hauled me up. The water overflowed over the rock barrier and carried us out by the forest. And we ended up here.

"Flynn and Rapunzel came out of that rock hole by the river. They told us how they had been trapped in a cave and weren't able to escape. Turned out that Rapunzel's hair is also magical. It can glow, heal you, and make you younger as long as you don't cut it. Right now she's healing Flynn hand."

"And where did the Shadow Crosser go?" Kailee wondered. She was awed at how Sora had been so consistent at trying to save her. Of course, it must've been because she was the only one that could defeat the Shadow Crossers. Plus, she had a faint idea that they were going to show up a whole lot more in the future. But, was that the only reason?

"It's sleeping in that log underneath Rapunzel and Flynn. Apparently, it likes you because it wouldn't stop nudging you to wake up," Sora remembered. "Are you sure you're ok?"

"I'm sure I'm fine. Just a little lightheaded," Kailee held her hand up to her head.

Sora's eyes widened. "But you're bleeding."

A deep gash was embedded in Kailee's arm. "That must be why."

"Rapunzel!" Sora ran over to her. "Can you please heal Kailee? She's wounded pretty bad."

Rapunzel picked up the ends of her hair and reached Kailee. Her face turned pale at the sight of Kailee's blood. It quickly faded on she became serious. Rapunzel wrapped her hair around Kailee's arm and began to sing.

"Flower, gleam and glow.

Let your power shine.

Make the clock reverse,

Bring back what once was mine.

Heal what has been hurt,

Change the fate's design.

Save what has been lost,

Bring back what once was mine,

What once was mine."

Rapunzel unwrapped her hair from Kailee. Newfound strength returned to her. Although, her hair had healed her, it still left a pink scar.

"Why is it that her wound became a scar but not mine?" Flynn said, appearing beside Rapunzel.

"It's because her wound was really deep. I also thought that she would heal completely but she's different," Rapunzel said. "Maybe the momentary watery death I had imagined for myself tired me and my hair out."

Rapunzel and Flynn went to go sit by the logs again. Kailee and Sora followed suit by sitting on a third log that was conveniently placed by Riku. Flynn went into the woods to gather more firewood after the fire began growing dimmer. Rapunzel went after her chameleon after it wandered off into a secluded part of the forest.

"Do you miss her?" Kailee looked at Sora.

"Who?" Sora, for a moment, wished she were talking about his mom.

"Kairi. Don't you ever think that she misses you too?"

"Yeah, but I know that I will get back to her one day. I promised."

Kailee smiled. "I used to have friends like them. Kairi and Riku."

"What were their names?"

"Larissa and Damon. We were best friends since birth. We all promised each other that we would stick together no matter what. But then, Damon fell for Larissa. They began dating and included me with them at first. But after a while, they began to grow distant from me. I was considered the third wheel. After a few months, they stopped hanging out with me at all," Kailee said.

"I'm sorry," Sora said, sympathetically.

"Like I said before, don't be. What's done is done. It can never be undone," Kailee looked on at the flames. The whole group began to recount their adventures, as the night wore on. Sora and Riku even explained the whole situation with Ansem and Xemnas. They also explained how Roxas had told them, before returning to Sora, about a secret inside joke that the Organization had about Xemnas. The Shadow Crosser eventually woke up and sat casually on Kailee's lap. It was as cute and cuddly as it seemed. It even showed them some unnatural powers as turning the flames into different colors.

As they were getting ready to fall asleep, the hooded figure, along with the hunched one, appeared again.

"Has she found out yet?" the hunched one inquired.

"No. She has no idea of what fate has befallen her sister," the hooded one answered.

"Good. Prepare the Warnless. Make sure it lands in the city." A portal appeared behind them. "Hopefully it stops them in their tracks."

Oh SHIT! Pardon my language, I'm just excited! This is my tenth chapter! That hasn't ever not been looked like. So far, I think it's going well. If anyone wants me to add anything, feel free to tell me in a review! And should Mickey be mentioned at all later on, or should he be turned into a puppet of the Shadow Crossers? I know it might be a bit mean if I do that, but it'll be a nice twist! Something really unexpected, unlike other stories. So don't forget to rate and review!