Destiny Island is falling apart.

Everywhere I look there is chaos. We've split up to try and help as many people as we can. The only good thing we've got going for us is that there are so many Gummi ships on the island right now that can be used for evacuation.

"Come on! This way!" Aerith and I are leading a group of people to one group of ships on the other side of the island. "We've got to get to the ships!"

The noise is horrendous. The wind is howling and the earth sounds like it is dying. More cracks have formed along the beach and in the water. I don't know how much longer we have before the whole place falls apart.

"Dexlin!" Aerith yells to be heard over the wind. She is pointing to somewhere behind the group we are leading. Someone has fallen in the sand and her foot is caught in one of the smaller cracks. It's Selphie.

"Go! Get them to the ships! I'll get her and meet you there!"

I take off towards Selphie. I jump over cracks that are forming as I run. I have to get to her before the crack her foot is stuck in widens or there will be no saving her. This was supposed to be a perfect day. How did everything go so wrong?

"Selphie! I'm here!"

Selphie looks up at me with tears steaming down her face. "Dexlin, help me."

I grab her foot and yank it but it is stuck. Suddenly, the ground shift and the crack starts to widen. Her foot comes free. "Run! Run now!" I grab her arm and start running as fast as I can, dragging her along with me. I can feel the sand falling out from my under my feet. Faster and faster we run.

Daring to look back for one second, I see the crack moving off to the side. We're safe. For the moment.

"What's happening, Dexlin?"

"I don't know. We've got to get out off this world."

"Where are we going to go? I've never been anywhere else before like you and the others have. This is my home."

Her words hit me right in my gut. I've been trying not to think about what all this means. Destiny Island is the first place that I've ever felt like I belonged. This is my home too. All around me my home is falling to pieces. I want to take a moment to let the pain wash over me. I want to cry for what I'm about to lose. But I can't. There's no time. I can't even take a second to think about how I will never see this place again.

My eyes sting from tears that I'm desperately trying to keep from falling. There are more important things to worry about then my grief, like getting Selphie and everyone else to safety.

Dodging forming cracks and falling rocks we finally make it to where the Gummi ships are parked. People are quickly filing into the ships. Leon and Cloud are overseeing the last of the people. The ships are going to be packed tight but we don't have much of a choice at the moment. We have to do with what we can.

Aerith is waiting on the ramp of the largest ship. It's King Mickey's royal transport. This ship will be able to hold the most evacuees. I lead Selphie up the ramp and let her walk through the door. I take a moment to catch my breath before turning to Aerith.

"Roxas's group was supposed to meet here! Where is he?"

"I don't know! His group already boarded one of the ships, but he went back for something! He hasn't come back!"

No. I can't take that. I'm about to lose the only place that I can truly call home. I can't take losing Roxas along with it. That's too much. I have to find him.

"Close up the ship and get these people out of here!"

"You've got to get on too! There's no other way off this world! I'm sure Roxas is somewhere around here!"

"I have to be sure! I'm not leaving without him!"

I run down the ramp away from Aerith's hand trying to grab me. "Dexlin! Come back!"

I keep running until the roaring wind drowns out her voice. Fear has attacked my entire body. What if Roxas didn't make it? What if he fell in one of those cracks? If not, where is he? Why didn't he make it to the ships with his group? Please let him be okay.

There are no more people running around me. They are all at the ships already. I have no idea if we have been able to evacuate everyone, but I don't know what else we can do. That's what hurts my heart the most. What if there are more people on the bigger island that have no idea what is happening? Will they be able to find a way off? Are there ships that can pick them up? Or are they doomed to die with the world?

These are people that I've come to know over the last three years. They are just like my family. It kills me to think that we may not be able to save them all.

"ROXAS!" The wind is getting so loud that I can barely hear myself screaming. How will Roxas be able to hear me, if he's still alive? "ROXAS!"

"Dexlin! Help me!" The scream sounds faint, but I can hear it. It's Roxas's voice. He's okay.

I turn a corner and I can see him. He's got his Keyblade out and he's using it hack at a large boulder. I jump over a crack to where he is standing.

"What's the matter?"

"It's Kairi! She got knocked off her feet and fell into this cave! This rock fell in front of it. I can't move it!"

"Stand back!" This may not work but I have to at least try. I couldn't live with myself if I don't at least do that.

I raise my Keyblade and point it directly at the huge rock. "THUNDER!" Twenty bolts of lightening shoot from the tip of my blade and hit the rock, shattering it into a thousand pieces.

Thunder is my favorite form of magic, mostly because it is one of the only ones that I have been able to master.

Kairi is crouched in the back of the cave. She must have run for cover when the rock started to break apart. She runs and throws herself into Roxas's arms. I can tell she has been crying.

"Come on! We've got to get back to the ships."

As soon as we turn the corner, we see the fleet of ships rising in the air. They couldn't wait anymore. The world must be falling apart faster than it was before.

Roxas grabs my arm. "If we hurry, we might be able to catch the other ships before they take off!"

Going back the way we came is a little more dangerous. The destruction is worse closer to where that man stabbed the ground, but it's our only hope. And the fact that there are huge holes in the beach isn't making things any easier.

"KAIRI!"

The sound of the voice shocks me. Who else is still here?

It's Sora, along with Riku and Namine. They are running towards us through the broken beach. Why aren't they on the ships?

Kairi breaks free from us and runs ahead to meet Sora. Just as we all meet up together, pieces of the beach fall off all around us, leaving us trapped where we stand. It's too far to jump. Off in the distance, I can see the second fleet of ships taking off. We're stuck here.

Kairi buries her head in Sora's neck. Riku leans down and lightly kisses Namine. Roxas takes my hand and pulls me closer to him. I can feel his breath on the back of my neck.

"What about the Door to Light, Roxas? Can't you and Sora open it?"

"We've already tried. Whatever that guy did to the planet has somehow affected the world's heart. Without access to the heart we can't open the door."

No one wants to say out loud what we know is true. This is the end. I finally let my tears start to fall. At least I'm with Roxas.

In the middle of where we are standing, a pool of light starts to form. Great. He's coming back to gloat over his victory. But it isn't the mystery man who rises from the pool. It's another man not wearing a white cloak. He's shorter than the other man and he looks sort of ragged. There is a large scar running across his right cheek.

"I'm too late."

Sora breaks away from Kairi and calls for his Keyblade. "Who are you? We've already had enough trouble today!"

"I'm not your enemy. There isn't much time. Come with me. I will explain later." He holds out both of his arms for us to grab, but none of us move. "You must trust me! This world will not hold much longer!"

Sora is the first to move and we all follow. As soon as we touch his arm, the pool expands to surround us all. Then we start to sink in, falling into light.

The light quickly fades and we are all standing in what looks to be a Gummi ship, but it looks more advanced than anything I've ever been in before. The entire inside is made of gray metal. It's a little cramped with all of us standing here.

I rush to the window and wipe the dirt away so that I can see outside. Everyone crowds around me and tries to peer out. I get the last of the dirt wiped off just in time to see Destiny Island explode.