I didn't even stop by my room to pick up anything. There was nothing that I really needed that I didn't have already. The chain Roxas left for me and the clothes on my back were all I needed. I guess living for a year without making any personal attachments paid off. I wouldn't have to say goodbye to anyone. But when I brought him home things would be different. I would live my life differently. I just needed Roxas to do that.

The mansion was even creepier from the inside. It looked like a big fight happened all over the place. There was debris scattered all over the foyer. What could have possibly happened in that place? In one of the side rooms there was a table split right down the middle.

The upstairs didn't look as beaten up though. Maybe whoever was fighting didn't go up there. One of the rooms looked like it was a library, but something was strange. Where the floor was supposed to be, there was just an open space leading down to what seemed to be a basement. It didn't look the rest of the place though. The walls were all metal with all sorts of computer equipment everywhere.

I couldn't figure out what could have been going on in that place. Walking through the halls only confused me more. In one of the rooms there was this big computer set up. I couldn't read anything that was on the screens. I was never good at computers and this one looked much too complicated for me.

There was a beam of light next to the computer making this buzzing noise. I don't know what made me do it, but I reached out and touched the light. Nothing happened. I stayed right where I was. I'm not sure what I expected to happen. I looked over at the computer and found it smashed up. It wasn't the same room at all. I was somewhere completely different.

I placed my hand on the broken keyboard and closed my eyes. A vision of Roxas appeared in my mind. I could see him standing over the computer smashing it. He looked so angry, so miserable. What was he doing there? What made him act like that? When I opened my eyes, the vision was gone.

How did that happen?

I was getting scared. Maybe I jumped into this too quickly. I didn't have a clue what I was doing. This was too much for me to handle on my own. I just got caught up in finding Roxas that I didn't think anything through. It was just too weird. Maybe I should have asked Hayner to come with me. He would have known what to do.

In the next room, there was a big black ball floating in the corner. Something told me that if I wanted to find Roxas, I had to go inside. I had two choices. Either I could turn around and go back home or I could just jump in. As scared as I was, I knew I couldn't go home. If I did, what would I be going back to? The same old life that I'd been living? Could I be happy with that?

"Jump, boy."

"Who said that?" I felt someone push me hard. I couldn't keep my balance and fell right into the darkness. "No!"

I hit my head on cement. It took everything I had to pick myself up. My head was spinning. I turned back to sit the ball getting smaller and smaller. There was no way I could fit through that. Going back was not an option. But where was I? I walked around the corner and saw a huge city spanning in front of me. In the distance, I could see a giant castle floating in the sky.