Crystalmaiden62: Yay! I'm so excited about this chapter!

Blair: Why is Anna in the corner blushing?

Crystal: Oh, it's because she's got a special moment with Riku in this one.

Blair: Oh yeah, I forgot you were going to do something for that.

Crystal: Yep, and I'm happy for it. It'll build to a lot of drama later. We're getting closer to the end people. Well, on to the Disclaimers!

Disclaimers: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I only own Anna and Lunar Wish. So, hope you enjoy it and please, no flames.

Chapter 12: Return to Neverland

For the next hour as I cooked dinner, I felt Riku's connection getting closer. At this rate, he'll send the ship crashing at us before midnight. Not that I don't want to see him, really I want to see him very much but I can't help but wonder why he's so excited.

Maybe he's excited to see you again. Kairi suggested as I placed tonight's dinner, pasta and chicken with some spinach, in some bowls.

"Come on, he saw me on the last world." I said, sighing.

Yeah and you thought he looked hot as a werewolf. Lunar said, grinning in my head as I blushed.

"Don't you have anything better than to tease me?"

Nope. I sighed and put the bowls on a tray. I do have to admit, he looked hot as a silver werewolf. Still, Riku's excitement maybe meant he had a plan of some kind. I know he's going to take Kairi to Hollow Bastion but I don't think he'd be too excited about that. His excitement seemed strong, very strong. I sighed and placed the tray onto a dumbwaiter to bring it up to the cockpit so we can eat it while flying the gummi ship.

"Hey, Anna. We got the translations for the reports we found." Sora said, as I entered the cockpit.

"Oh good, I'll read them then." I said, taking the two pieces of paper.

"I thought you knew it already." Sora said, as I rolled my eyes.

"I don't have the whole report memories. I would've told you the whole report by now if I knew it." I said, sitting down on my seat as the guys took their bowls and Donald put the gummi ship on autopilot.

Much of my life has been dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge.

That knowledge has guarded this world well. No soul doubts that.

I am blessed with people's smiles and respect. But though I called a sage, there are things I do not understand.

I believe darkness sleeps in every heart, no matter how pure. Given the chance, the smallest drop can spread and swallow the heart. I have witnessed it many times.

Darkness…Darkness of the heart. How is it born?

How does it come to affect us so?

As the ruler of this world, I must find the answers. I must find them before the world is lost to those taken by the darkness.

"Anna, are you okay?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"You're glaring at the paper." Goofy pointed out.

"It's nothing, really." I said, smiling a little. The guy who wrote these reports were the reason the Heartless are running around. If he hadn't messed with the hearts, some of the Heartless out there wouldn't even be around. Still, I don't blame him too much. He wanted to stop but Xehanort continued the research even when Ansem ordered him and the others to stop. I'm not angry at Ansem, far from it: I'm angry at Xehanort for all he's done.

"So what's the next report say?" Donald asked, as I ate a bit of my pasta.

The shadows that crawl beneath the castle…Are they people who lost their hearts, or incarnations of darkness? Or something beyond my imagination?

All my knowledge has provided no answer. One thing I am sure of it that they are entirely devoid of emotion.

Perhaps further study will unlock the mysteries of the heart.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of test samples. They are multiplying underground even as I writer this report. They still need a name. Those who lack hearts… I will call them the Heartless.

"Wow, so that's the start of the Heartless." Sora said, before finishing his pasta.

"We still don't know much more about Heartless than when we started." Donald said, as I placed the reports down.

"Did the other's say how long it'll take to translate the reports we just sent them?" I asked, as Sora shook his head. "Well, we'll just have to wait and collect the other reports." I waited all dinner to see if the Jolly Roger would come up but it didn't came. I guess it wouldn't come tonight after all. So I spent most of the night finishing up writing in my journal until an alarm went off. I knew what this meant and pocketed the picture from Amanda and ran to the cockpit.

"What's going on?" Sora asked, as he and I went into the cockpit to see Goofy clinging onto his seat and Donald trying to steer the gummi ship.

"A big ship is catching up to us!" Goofy said, as the Jolly Roger flew pass us.

"Quit gawking! That's a pirate ship!" Donald yelled, trying to fly away but the ship kept close to us. It soon flew pass us and stood in our path.

"It's going to ram us! Hold on tight!" Sora yelled, and we hit the ship head on and I ended up passing out. "Anna, come on. Get up." I opened my eyes to see Sora and I were still in the cockpit but Donald and Goofy were gone.

"Where are the others?" I asked, as he helped me up.

"I don't know, I just got up too." Sora said, shaking his head. "I don't think they're on the gummi ship though or they'd be here."

"I agree. We'd better check out the pirate ship. They were taken." I said, and we jumped out of the gummi ship and onto the Jolly Roger. I'd have to say, it's pretty cool to be on a real pirate ship. Sure, there's the one in Disneyland but it's nothing like the real thing.

"I didn't think you'd come, Sora. I knew Anna would at least." Sora and I turned to see Riku standing behind us and on the upper level near the captain's cabin. "Good to see you again, Sora. You're looking well, Anna."

"Where are Donald and Goofy?" Sora asked, worried about our two animal friends.

"Are they that important to you. More important than old friends, Sora?" Riku asked, as I glared at him. Riku really has a lot of nerve.

"Riku, please do you have Kairi with you?" Riku smiled at me as I said this and I felt his relief through our bond.

"At least someone cares. I'm glad for that, Anna. Instead of worrying about them, you should be asking about her." Riku moved and we finally got to see Kairi's body sitting there. She looked awake, her eyes were open but she just sat there like a zombie.

"Kairi!" Sora shouted, shocked and worried at seeing Kairi in this state. I really don't blame him. If I didn't know what happened to her, I'd be really scared for her.

"That's right. While you were off goofing around and dragging Anna with you, I finally found her for Anna."

"Anna…" We all looked and even I gasped at what I saw. Kairi still had that zombie look but her body began to stand up and she looked straight at me with empty eyes. How is this even happening? She can't move without her heart. "Anna…" She walked a few steps before falling right over the railing.

"Kairi!" I ran and caught her in my arms but she hit my stomach. "Ow… the movies made this look a lot easier and cooler." Sora made to run and check on Kairi in my arms but was stopped by a hook.

"Not so fast." Captain Hook said, sneering down at Sora. "No shenanigans aboard my vessel, boy."

"Riku, why are you siding with the Heartless?" Sora said, as we looked up at Riku and I held Kairi close to me protectively.

"The Heartless obey me now, Sora. Now I have nothing to fear." Riku said coldly and all I can do is just stare at him. The darkness is deeper than ever bit I can see a small light inside that darkness.

"That's stupid, Riku! They'll just end up swallowing your heart! Your heart is already filling with darkness!" I yelled, as Riku stared down at me with a look close to pity. Wait, why would he pity me?

"Not a chance, my hearts too strong." Riku said, looking down at me with a comforting smile before glaring at Sora.

"Riku…" Sora gasped, shocked.

"I picked a few other tricks as well. Like this for instance." Riku snapped his fingers and Sora's shadow came to life and came out of the ground. "You can go see your friends now, Sora. But Anna stays with me." With that, Sora fell down a tarp door to where Donald and Goofy are.

"Sora!" I yelled but gasped as a bunch of pirate Heartless tore Kairi from my arms and I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see, it was Riku and he gave me a comforting smile that would've melted me, if it wasn't for my situation.

"Don't worry, Anna. Everything will be alright now." Riku said, helping me up before looking sternly at Hook. "Let's get underway already." He started pulling me up the steps at this and I looked back at the trap door. "And keep Sora away from Kairi and Anna, until we're ready to land. Come on, Anna."

"Come on, Riku! Let me go!" I yelled, trying to pull my hand out of his grip and kept a tight hold as he dragged me into Hook's cabin. The moment he closed the door, he turned and smiled at me. Why is he even smiling?

"See, you're the one who can save Kairi." Riku pointed out. Oh, I get it. He's talking about how Kairi's body reacted. "Maleficent told me, Kairi is nothing but a puppet without her heart. For her to act like that must mean something. You are the Destiny keeper, your light is supposed to be all the lights of the princesses of heart and more. Maybe your light is guiding Kairi back to us."

"I guess but I don't even know how that happened." I said, shrugging.

It's your connection to Kairi's heart. Lunar said, in my head. It's that bond between you two that's calling out to Kairi's body. It wants to have its heart back and when it saw you, it reacted.

"Okay, I guess that makes sense." I said, whispered.

"What is it?" Riku asked, as I looked up at him.

"I was just talking to my keyblade. She said the reason why it happened is because Kairi's body wants its heart back and since I have a bond with Kairi, it reacted to my presence." I instantly regretted saying that as Riku's face looked really determined.

"Then it can work." Riku said, taking my wrist. "I've become stronger now. I'm sure I'm strong enough for you come with me and I can protect you better than Sora. We can wake up Kairi and the three of us can be together again."

"It's where that power came from that I can't join with you." I said, firmly as Riku looked taken aback. "Maleficent is an evil witch. She hurt my friends during my first adventure and I still can't forgive her. Also, she won't help unless she has an extra motive. At least listen to me this one time, don't listen to Maleficent anymore."

"She was right." Riku said, looking at me with that look of pity again. "Maleficent said you were blinded by people's opinions of her and that she's just evil. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have found Kairi or be able to see you again. I have her to thank for everything." Riku said, coming close to me. I can feel his breath on my lips and I know I was blushing. "Don't you want to help me find Kairi, Anna? We can do it together." Riku whispered in his low and daring voice that made me feel weak in the knees. 'Oh god! Don't cave! Don't give in! Damn you and your hotness, Riku!' I screamed in my head. That's right! I have to protect Kairi!

"Riku, I still can't. I told you, I'm doing this to protect Kairi." I said, stepping back. "I'm not only doing this for Sora but Kairi. They're both important to me and I want to keep them both safe."

"What if you're doing it all wrong then?" Riku asked, and pulled me into an embrace. "You've been too busy thinking about Sora and what you think will keep Kairi safe. Have you once thought of why I've been doing everything?"

"Of course I do!" I said, looking up at him. "I keep wondering why you hurt people. I know it's for Kairi but she's worried about you too."

"It's not just about Kairi." Okay, that's confused me. Riku wants to save Kairi in order to save his only remaining friend.

"Riku, I don't…" What Riku did next really shocked me. My brain went on full fangirl mode as he kissed me. Okay, this is too early! Sure, this is my dream come true but still! It took all my will power to push Riku back. "What was that for? You're never this spontaneous."

"Because I want to make my feelings known." Riku said, taking my hands. "I've always liked you, since I saw you that night ten years ago. I wanted to see you again for so long because I liked you and that feeling grew over the years. I love you and I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy and safe. I wanted to find Kairi, not only because she's my friend, but it'll make you happy."

"Riku…"

"So please, just come with me. If you feel anything for me, please join me." Oh god. I want to say yes, I really do. It would be a dream come true to run off with Riku. But I can't, as long as he's too blinded by darkness; it'll be dangerous for me to even think of it. Plus, how can I save him from darkness if I join that darkness; it's supposed to kill me. I saw a dark portal form behind Riku and he turned as Maleficent walked out of it.

"You!" I summoned my Lunar Wish, ready to fight.

"Now, now child. I'm not here to fight." Maleficent said, smirking down at me. "You should be thanking me for taking care of your admirer. Tell me, Anna. How does it feel to be loved so deeply?" I really couldn't say anything as I blushed. Okay, this is a little over whelming. Riku loves me? That has been my dream since I was nine! "Anyway, it seems Wendy isn't one of the princesses of heart."

"I see, then we'll leave her behind. Now that I've got Anna, we won't need to worry anymore." Riku said. When did I say I'd go with them?

"Riku, I'm still going to stay with Sora no matter what." I pointed out as Riku shook his head.

"Anna, you're not leaving with Sora this time. I let you slip so many times, I'm not leaving you behind with him again." Maleficent seemed to be pleased by this and left to probably return to Hollow Bastion. "Please, you'll see in the end I'm only trying to protect you and Kairi."

"Riku…" But the door opened and Captain Hook walked in.

"Are Sora and his friends still locked up?" Riku asked, turn to Hook but Riku started to hold my hand.

"Yes, we'll throw them over board and take Wendy to Hollow Bastion at once."

"Don't bother, Wendy isn't one of the chosen princesses." Riku said, as I nodded.

"What? So Wendy's not one of the chosen one?" Hook asked, shocked.

"There are seven, supposedly, and Maleficent says she's not one of them." Riku said, calmly before turning to me. "Hoist anchor as soon as possible. Leave all the dead weight behind, including her."

"Riku, the least you can do is make sure she'll be safe. You just kidnapped her, she's probably scared." I said, as Riku nodded and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Don't worry, we'll drop her off on the island. She'll be safe there."

"Thank you, Riku." I said, nodded. At least Riku cares a little.

"After the trouble of capturing her? And why those seven?" Hook asked, frustrated at Riku's orders. "What is Maleficent planning, anyway?"

"Who knows." Riku said, not really caring. I should've guessed. He wouldn't care what the witch is planning as long as he saves Kairi and apparently 'protect' me. "As long as it means getting Kairi's heart back and keeping Anna with me, I couldn't care less."

"Hm. You're wasting your time!" Hook scoffed, as I glared at him over Riku's shoulder. "The Heartless have devoured that girl's heart. I'll stake me other than it's lost forever."

"You're wrong, Kairi's heart is still here." I said, as Riku looked pleased.

"I will find it no matter what. And with Anna's help, we'll do it together." Riku said, smiling at me. Okay, I'm a little scared now. He's going to make me come with him whether I like it or not. I can't do that!

"Uh, Captain…" I looked to see Hook going to the horn thing on the wall to talk to Smee as Riku turned me and held me so that I was leaning on his chest. It felt kind of nice even after all that's happened.

"What?"

"The prisoner's have escaped." Smee said, and I felt Riku tighten his grip on me. "What's more, Peter Pan is with them." Yay! An old friend at last!

"Blast that Peter Pan!" Hook yelled, angered by this news. "All right, then! Bring the hostage to me cabin, Smee! Hop to it!"

"Wait, let me go and do it." I said, looking to Riku. "Please, I want to help."

"Okay, make sure Sora doesn't see you." I nodded and opened the trap door and went down to the room where Wendy and Kairi were.

"Oh!" Wendy jumped when she saw me.

"Don't worry, I'm a friend of Peter Pan." I said, as Wendy looked at me curiously.

"Anna?" I looked down to see Peter with Sora and the others in the room below us through the metal bared floor.

"Hey, Peter. Sora, you guys okay?"

"Yeah, we were worried about you." Sora said, as I nodded and Wendy knelt down to the look at Peter.

"Please, hurry! The pirates are coming!"

"What? I'll be right up there." Peter said, looking determined.

"Anna…" I looked to see Kairi standing up and walking to me.

"It's okay, Kairi." I said, coming to her and she collapsed in my arms.

"Anna, is Kairi okay?" Sora asked.

"I think so but she's like a zombie." I said, but felt someone come behind me and cover my mouth.

"I should've known Sora would find you." Riku? Wendy screeched as she was knocked out my one of the pirate Heartless. Another group of them pulled Kairi up the ladder to Hook's cabin and Riku pushed me up too. "We need to leave now."

"Riku! I'm not going!" I yelled, as he made a corridor of darkness.

"We don't have time to argue. We need to get out of here before Sora comes." Riku said, as I watched a bunch of Shadow Heartless came and carried Kairi into the corridor.

"Riku, seriously! It'll be dangerous for you to take us this way!" I yelled, but Riku held me again.

"Don't worry, the darkness won't hurt us. I'll be there to help you more than Sora."

"Riku…" But I didn't finished as I heard a trap door open and Sora walked in.

"Riku, wait!" Riku took a step back with me in his arms as Sora's shadow came out. 'Riku, I'm sorry.' I thought and I elbowed him in the stomach.

"Anna, what are you…?"

"Lunar Light!" I yelled, shooting out my spell at Riku and he went through the corridor of darkness without me. I saw that it really did seem to hurt him, I hope he can forgive me for doing that but I can't go with him. Sure I've loved him for years and I've love to stay by his side but I can't join the dark side! I just can't!

"Anna, a little help!"

"Oh right!" I went to help Sora and the others fight off Sora's shadow. I have to admit, I hated fighting Sora's shadow in the game and I still hate it now. It's annoying that it can sink into the ground like a Shadow Heartless but it can do so much more like attack by shooting out of the ground and even splitting into three different shadows and without the lock on feature of the game, I can't tell which shadow is the real shadow!

"How do you even beat your own shadow!" Sora shouted, as he landed a blow only to have it sink into the ground and attack him.

"Curaga!" I yelled, healing Sora. "Come on, Sora! It's your shadow! It's like your clone! Whatever weaknesses you have, it'll have too!"

"Okay!" Sora yelled and he started doing more hit and run attacks and after a while, we finally beat the shadow.

"What was the whole hit and run bit for?" I asked, healing him and the others up.

"Riku always said that I'm not good with speed so if I attack and run before he has a chance to fight back, I thought I'd be okay and it worked." Sora said, and I've got to say that was pretty good of Sora. Sora isn't as fast as Ventus when it comes to physical skills. "Still, what happened with you and Riku?"

"He wanted me to join him and help Kairi." I said, looking down. "He's changed a lot. He was even ready to force me to going with him. That doesn't sound like Riku at all. Not to mention the amount of darkness in him will hurt him later."

"Don't worry, we'll be there to help him." Sora said, placing a hand on my shoulder. "He's our friend."

"Not only that, he told me he liked me." I can't help but blush remembering he said he loved me.

"Well, yeah. You're one of his friends."

"I don't mean it like that, Sora." I said, shaking my head. "He feels for me like you feel for Kairi."

"Oh." Sora said, blushing at the thought of Kairi.

"See what I mean, I couldn't even tell him how I feel." I said, shaking my head.

"Well, will you tell him?"

"Well, yeah but only at the right time." I said, thinking. We're getting closer to the end. I want to tell Riku how I feel about him because I've got the chance. 'I just hope the darkness doesn't blind him to why I won't join him and attacking him.' I thought, as Peter opened the trap door Wendy was in and we jumped inside.

"Wendy!" Peter went to hold her up a bit as Tinker Bell tried to get his attention. "Come on, Tink! Not now!" I can see Tinker Bell's look of shock and sadness by his words.

"Tink, wait!" I yelled but she flew off without even looking back. "Peter, you do know Tinker Bell cares for you a lot, right? You really hurt her just now."

"Sorry, Anna. But I can't think of Tink right now." Peter said, picking the unconscious Wendy up. "Well, this is as far as I can go. I've got to help Wendy." With that, Peter flew off and I really worried about Tinker Bell.

"You okay, Anna?" Goofy asked, noticing my look of concern.

"I'm just worried about Tinker Bells is all."

"You know her and Peter, right?" Sora asked, as I nodded.

"Yeah, I met them in my last adventure with a friend of mine." I said, as Sora nodded.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Peter will come back."

"I know, he's not one to leave his friends behind for too long." I said, smiling as we got on deck only to see a whole group of pirate Heartless and Captain Hook.

"Quite a codfish, that Riku," He said, smirking at us, "running off with that girl without even saying goodbye."

"Run off where? Tell me, where did he go?" Sora ordered.

"To the ruins of Hollow Bastion, where Maleficent resides. But you won't be going there." Hook sneered as we summoned out weapons but he took out a lamp with Tinker Bell inside again. She gets stuck in that lamp a lot. "Unless you intend to leave your little pixie friend behind?"

"You'd better let Tink go." I growled, but Sora made his keyblade vanish in surrender.

"Hand over the keyblades and I'll spare your lives. Be glad I'm merciful, unlike the Heartless." I glared at Hook's smirking face. What I wouldn't give to throw him to the crocodile again. "So, which will it be? The keyblades or the plank?"

"I'll take the plank before I even thinking about giving you the keyblade." I growled as a familiar ticking sound filled the air. "I say, do you hear that captain?" Hook looked and jumped.

"It's him! The crocodile that took me hand!" Hook screamed, looking terrified. "Oh, Smee! He's after me other hand! I can't stay here! Go away! Oh, I can't stand the sight of him!" He ran to his cabin quickly and only to poke his head out the door. "Smee, you take care of them!" At once, the Heartless pushed Sora onto the plank and held Donald, Goofy, and I.

"Hey, isn't it supposed to be ladies first?" I asked, looking to Smee.

"Yes but children first and he's younger than you." Okay, kind of beat me there. Still, I can at least help Sora a little.

"Sora, just think of something happy and believe! Trust me! It'll help you fly!" I yelled, but a Heartless covered my mouth after a finished my sentence. Sora jumped off but flew back up. At once, Peter came flying in, taking the lamp with Tink in it from Smee and Sora beat the Heartless holding me.

"You took your sweet time, Peter." I said, rubbing my arms where the Heartless had gripped me.

"Yeah, thanks Peter." Sora said, as Peter set Tink free.

"Hey, don't mention it." Peter said, shaking his head. "You didn't think I'd leave you, Anna, and Tink behind, did you?"

"For a second, yes actually." I said, as Tink landed on my shoulder.

"Ha, ha very funny." Peter said, as Tink chuckled a little.

"Well, do you think you can give me some pixie dust, Tink?" I asked and she nodded and covered me in dust. The battle against the Heartless was awesome. I'm actually flying rather than gliding now! For some reason, Donald couldn't fly so he and Goofy took care of the ground forces while Peter, Sora, and I took care of the air forces.

"That was awesome!" Sora yelled but I covered his mouth.

"Hook will hear you. We need to get him out off Hook." I whispered, as Peter grinned.

"I'll get him out, watch." We flew to the cabin door and Peter knocked on the door.

"Is that you, Smee? Did you finish off?

"Aye, Captain. They walked the plank, every last one of them." Peter said, holding his nose and sounding a lot like Smee. I had to cover Sora's mouth to keep his giggles from being heard. Hook ran out and looked around only to get poked in the butt by Peter's dagger.

"Surprise!" Peter and I cheered as Hook looked shocked.

"P…Peter Pa… blast you!" Hook yelled, as we grinned at him.

"Ready to make a splash, you codfish? Now it's your turn to walk the plank!" Peter said, as I pointed Lunar Wish at Hook.

"I hope you haven't forgotten my Lunar Storm spell. Mr. Croco will be happy when I feed you to him again." That really sent Hook over the edge and he attacked us. Hook mostly aimed at Peter and me while the others took out the Heartless mini pirate ships coming at us. I gotta say, Hook got a lot harder since the last time I fought him. His sword attacks were a lot harder to dodge now. I mostly had to fly to dodge his attacks.

"What do we do now?" Sora asked, dodging a bomb present.

"Get him closer to the edge, I'll finish the rest." I said and Peter, Sora, and the other guys moved Hook closer to the railing and moved out of the way. "Lunar Storm!" I yelled, sending Hook flying to the crocodile. "Mr. Crocodile! It's dinner time!" I yelled, making Hook scream and run for it with the crocodile right behind him. "Man, that brings back memories." Sora was quiet for a while and that worried me.

"Uh, Kairi was like a zombie, so maybe she's really lost her…"

"Shh!" Donald hissed as I came to Sora.

"Sora, you okay?"

"I still can't believe it." Sora said, looking at the sky. "I really flew. Wait till I tell Kairi. I wonder if she'll believe me. Probably not."

"Yeah, that's true. I wish Riku couldn't enjoyed flying too." I said, looking up at the night sky. I would be kind of romantic to fly with Riku through these skies, just him and me. What am I saying!

"You can bring them to Neverland sometime. You know, after you get that Riku guy sorted out." Peter suggested, as I nodded. "Then they can try it themselves."

"Yeah. If you believe, you can do anything, right?"

"Of course, me being here is proof of that." I said, smiling.

"I'll find Kairi. I know I will."

"And I'll get Riku out of his darkness. That I'm sure I'll do." I said, as Sora and I nodded together.

"There's so much I want to tell her: about the flying, the pirates, and everything else that's happened." I nodded, I wanted to tell Riku what my adventure was like. It'll be nice to be alone with him. I mentally smacked myself at that. At once, Tink flew to Peter and started talking to him.

"What's that, Tink? What about the clock tower?" At once, Peter went to control the ship and Tink covered the ship making it fly. Okay, this is a really cool thing to happen. "Hey, Anna?" I looked up at Peter and Tink. "Where's Ventus anyway?"

"Oh," That's right, I didn't visit him on my goodbye trip, "Ventus is a bit busy at the moment. He's off somewhere else."

"Odd, I thought he'd be with you." Peter said, as I shook my head. "Oh well, at least you visited us. It's been a long time."

"Yep, and I've got my treasure to add." I said, handing him Amanda's picture.

"What is it?"

"A picture from my younger cousin, she wanted me to add this to the treasure chest and it's a nice thing she did for me." I said, as Tink took it.

"Maybe next time, you can take them here and they can fly around too." Peter said, grinning.

"Yeah, that'll make their day." I said, smiling. We soon arrived at London and I got to see Big Ben.

"Hey Wendy, what's wrong?" Sora asked, as we flew to her as she stood on a walking platform of Big Ben.

"Well, thanks to Big Ben, you can tell the time from anywhere in London." Wendy said looking up. "But one of the clocks is off. I do hope it doesn't confuse too many people."

"Don't worry, we can fix it really quickly. Let's go, Sora." I said, and pulled him up to the clock face in question. It was easy moving the clock hand and I noticed the keyhole form between the number two and number three. At once, Sora and I pointed out keyblade at it and seal the world from the Heartless.

"Whoa, what was that?" Peter asked, looking shocked.

"Oh, nothing." I said, moving up to sit on the platform. Just a few minutes ago, I know Riku and Kairi were standing right here. I sure hope Kairi is okay.

"Peter, are you really going back to Neverland?" Wendy asked.

"Afraid so." Peter said, looking a little sad. "But we can see each other any time, as long as you don't forget about Neverland, that is." Aw! That's a cute scene. But Tinker Bell started fuming and came to me.

"Oh, boy. She's gettin' steamed up again." Peter said, shrugging. "Do me a favor, Anna. Look after her for me, will ya?"

"Sure thing, she's a close friend of mine after all. Right, Tink?" She nodded and looked pleased. I have to admit, it's nice having an old friend on the team but I still can't help but worry about Riku and what he said. How am I going to tell him how I feel?

Are you okay, Anna? Kairi asked, as I lay in bed.

"I'm just thinking on how I'm gonna tell Riku how I feel." I said, looking at the ceiling. "I've always thought about doing it but now I'm not even sure how I'm gonna do it."

Don't worry, I'm sure it'll come to you in the right time. Kairi said, but looked worried. I'm worried about Riku though. He keeps listening to Maleficent.

"I know, but since he cares for me just as much as I do for him, that means my bond with him will be strong enough to give some of my light to him when the darkness takes over him." Kairi nodded as I closed my eyes. Now, all I can do is hope for the best as we get closer to the end. 'Don't worry, Riku.' I thought, taking out my keychain. 'No matter how things turn out, I'll try my best to be your light.'

Blair: Wow, love confession already.

Anna: Why did you have to do that?

Crystal: It'll build to drama later so don't question me right now. Well, hope you enjoyed it. Join us next time in Chapter 13: Hollow Bastion. See you soon!