Crystalmaiden62: Okay, this has to be the longest chapter I've ever done.

Anna: Still, you made it.

Blair: Yeah, here. (Hands her a bowl of ramen)

Crystal: Thank you! (About to eat bit Blair takes it away)

Blair: First, the Disclaimers.

Crystal: Alright! For my ramen!

Disclaimers: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I only own Anna, Lunar Wish, and any other OCs that are mentioned. So, hope you like it and please, no flames. Now, RAMEN!

Chapter 13: Hollow Bastion

We flew back to Traverse Town really quickly so that Cid could add the gummi block Sora found to the gummi ship. This is a great time to gather supplies and I did that while Sora and the others went to Merlin's place. I still can't get my mind off the fact that Riku was willing to kidnap me and that he told me he loved me. It took all my will power to keep myself calm through all that but I sure hope he's okay. Suddenly I felt shocked and I stood next to Riku as he panted in front of Maleficent.

"It was reckless to bring her heart without at least using a vessel. Remember, relying too heavily on the dark powers could cost you your heart. Not only that, you failed on obtaining Anna on your side." Maleficent said, smirking down at the frustrated Riku. But a loud roar came, a familiar roar I remember from a movie and it made me jump. "A castaway. Though his world perished, his heart did not. When we took the princess from his castle, he apparently followed her here through sheer force of will. But fear not. No harm will come to you. He is no match for your power." Oh great, here we go.

"My power?" Riku asked, confused.

"Yes, the untapped power that lies within you." Maleficent smiled down at Riku's expression. "Now, child, it's time you awakened that power and realized your full potential. If you do, then your precious Destiny Keeper will return to your side."

"Riku! No!" I yelled but that's when I woke up from my daze. Riku's darkness is close to its peak and he'll now expect me to following him. I can't do that though, but I… I don't what'll happen to our bond?

"Anna?" I turned to see Sora, Donald, and Goofy coming to me. "Are you okay? We heard you scream."

"Yeah, I was just thinking and I kind of blurted out there." I said, a little embarrassed.

"You're really worried about Riku, right?"

"Not only that but you." I said, voicing something I thought for a while. "Sora, aren't you worried about Riku and how close he is to getting toward the darkness?"

"Of course I am, Riku's my best friend after all." Sora said, looking serious before smiling. "But I know you've been working hard on trying to find ways on helping in some ways. You talk pretty loudly sometimes." Sora added to my confused expression.

"Okay, thanks."

"Don't worry, I'm sure whatever you got planned will work." Sora said, patting me on the back.

"Yeah, I hope so." I said, nodding.

"Anyway, we got the last few summoning stones. You have Dumbo and Bambi and I got Mushu." Sora said, grinning.

"Okay, I'll live with Dumbo but why do you get Mushu?"

"Because I'm me." Sora said as I rolled my eyes.

"Come on, let's go to Cid so he can install the gummi." I said, and dragged him off to Cid.

"Hey Cid, we found another one." Donald said, handing it to Cid.

"Looks like you found another one." Cid said, examining it. "Okay, wait here. I'll get it installed right now. There shouldn't be any other damages to it, right?" He gave Sora a stern look.

"Don't worry, Sora hasn't been driving." Goofy said, as Sora scowled.

"I could fly the gummi ship if someone just let me."

"We're not crashing again!" Donald yelled, as Cid walked away. But Sora's usual smile faded.

"Sora, what's wrong?"

"I was just thinking about Kairi. I'm wondering will we ever get her back." Sora said, sighing.

"Sora!" Donald yelled, getting our attention.

"Now, just remember what Donald said to ya." Goofy said, smiling a little. "No frowning, no sad faces."

"How can you be so cheerful? There's still o sign of your king. Aren't you worried?" Sora asked, all his worries coming out. I guess he kept it all bottled up.

"Aw, phooey." Donald said, looking a little frustrated.

"The king told us to go out and find the key bearer and the Destiny Keeper and we found you guys." Goofy said, as I nodded. "So as long as we all stick together, it'll all work out okay."

"You have to believe in yourself being a key bearer and everything will turn out okay." I said, as Sora looked like he understood as I saw Kairi form behind him.

"Just believe…" Sora said, closing his eyes. I looked to see Kairi go up on her toes to his ear.

"I believe in you." I felt a warm feeling in my heart and I blinked to see myself back in Radiant Garden before the Heartless came.

"What the?" I turned to see myself standing next to Aqua as we watched a kid Kairi walk off with her Grandmother.

"Hey, grandma?"

"Hm, what is it dear?"

"Can you tell me that story?"

"Again, dear?"

"Please?" Even Kairi's grandmother couldn't resist Kairi's cuteness.

"Very well, dear." She said as Kairi giggled in happiness. "Long ago, people lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of the light. Everyone loved the light. But then people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves and darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now, but the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open, and the true light will return. So, listen child, even in the deepest darkness there will always be a light to guide you. Believe in the light and the darkness will never defeat you. Your heart will shine with its power and push the darkness away." It truly was a heart-warming story and it's hard to believe that someday that story will come true. The light within the darkness, I wonder if…

"Kairi…. something tells me, we didn't run into her by accident." Aqua said looking at the flowers she gave us.

"Aqua!" I yelled but woke up from my daze.

"Huh?" Sora asked, looking around.

"What's the matter?" Goofy asked, looking at Sora and me.

"Um, nothing." Sora said, shaking his head.

"Yeah, just thinking." I said, nodding. But I was sad; I haven't seen Aqua so long. I really miss Aqua, Ventus, and Terra. They were my first friends within the Kingdom Hearts universe and it's with their help I became as strong as I am right now. I really miss Ventus though, even with being around Sora. Ventus maybe inside Sora but they're completely different people. Ventus is kind but naive and caring. Sora is kind of like that too, though it's not like Ventus. I sighed and saw Cid coming to us looking pleased.

"I installed that navigation gummi." Cid said, but looked serious. "But, ya know? That place is crawling with Heartless."

"We still need to go there, we've got friends we need to rescue." I said, as Cid scoffed.

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Cid said, as Sora looked confused.

"Still, thanks." I said, and we left for Hollow Bastion. This time, the trip on the gummi ship was rougher. We managed to warp drive to Neverland and made out way to the next world but it seemed like everything was hell bent on getting in our way. Donald, being a good pilot, was able to dodge all the asteroids, ships, and whatever came at us and because of this, needless to say I was a little sick for the long term round of this flight.

"Are you okay, Anna?" Sora asked, as I slumped into my chair.

"I think I'm going to be sick." I moaned as Sora handed me a barf bag.

"No! Not in the cockpit!" Donald yelled. We had to wait for a few minutes before I felt better again and Sora had to help me when we jumped out of the gummi ship.

"Feeling better?" Sora asked, as I nodded. Well, that's half true. I'm so nervous!

"Gwarsh, look at that!" Goofy pointed to the castle with the Heartless symbol on it. Gee, that's that putting, 'this is the evil lair' sign up. Still, I have to admit, it looks cool.

"I know this place…" Sora said, gazing up at the castle.

"Hmm, that's strange." Goofy said, looking at the rocks around us. I know we haven't been here before and I know that it's Kairi's heart responding to coming to her original home world and all but how can she tell? It's completely different from when it was still Radiant Garden.

"I wonder why…." Sora said, a hand to his heart. "I feel this warmth inside, right here."

"Aw, you're just hungry." Donald said, shrugging.

"Hey, I'm serious!"

"Yeah, and when was his stomach in his chest?" I asked, up jumped as we heard a roar.

"Let's go!" We jumped all the way up to see the Beast fall to the ground.

"Stop!" Sora yelled, as we got in front of Beast to protect him. He looked pleased to see us, which is odd because I did shoot Lunar Light at him.

"So, you finally made it, and your brought Anna with you. About time, I've been waiting for you." Riku said, smiling at me. "We've always been rivals, haven't we? You've always pushed me as I've always pushed you."

"Riku…" Sora said, not getting what his friend is getting at.

"But it all ends here. There can't be three keyblade masters." Riku said, looking to me. "You know this, don't you Anna?"

"What?" I asked, here it comes.

"What are you talking about?" Sora asked.

"Let the keyblade choose it's true master." At once, Sora's keyblade seemed to struggle in Sora's hand before vanishing and appearing in Riku's hand. "Maleficent was right. You don't have what it takes to save Kairi. Anna was wrong about you. It's up to me. Only the keyblade master can help the Destiny Keeper open the secret door and change the world."

"But that's impossible. How did this happen?" Sora asked, completely confused by this. "I'm the one who fought my way here with the keyblade!"

"You were just the delivery boy. Sorry, your part's over now." I can't help but feel angry at Riku. He's being a jerk to Sora and I don't think he deserves the keyblade right now. "Here, go play hero with this." He threw a wooden sword to Sora, as he fell to his knees.

"Sora." I knelt to him to see the look of utter devastation in his face. I excepted Riku to leave like in the game but he stood there, as it waiting for me.

"Goofy, let's go." Donald said, looking to Goofy. "We have to remember our mission."

"Oh!" Goofy said, looking to Sora then back to Donald. "Well, I know the king told us to follow the key and all… but…"

"Guys, don't." I said, but our two friends walked to Riku. "Come on, guys. You can't do this to Sora."

"Sora, Anna, sorry." Donald said, walking to stand behind Riku, who just stared at me.

"What do you want? Do you want to steal my keyblade too?" I asked, glaring at him.

"Don't be like that, Anna." Riku said, shaking his head. "You can come with me now. I've proven that I'm the one you're meant to follow."

"What?"

"You needed a hero to guide you and now that I have the keyblade, we can be together. I'll let what happened in Neverland slide. Just please, come with me. We can save Kairi together, now." He held out his hand to him but I felt so angry I had to let it out. I walked up to him and slapped him across the face.

"That keyblade shouldn't even belong to you!" I yelled, a look of shock all over Riku's face. "You honestly think the only reason why I followed Sora was because he has the keyblade? Just what did you become? I followed Sora because he's my friend and we stick together! Not like you running off! Not only that, if you were really the keyblade's true master, why didn't it come to you on the islands instead of Sora? Sora fought and went through so much with that keyblade and you just steal it! You're not the real keyblade master I know you can be! If anything, Sora's the true keyblade master!" Riku just stared before glaring at me.

"I should've known, you never cared about Kairi if you took so long to find her. You could've pushed Sora, but you didn't. I didn't know you'd be so heartless." He said, turning his back to me. "Fine. I'll save Kairi on my own."

"At what cost!" I yelled, as Riku tensed up a bit. "You've lost Sora, you've lost your home, and you've lost my respect! As long as you keep depending on darkness, you'll just end up smothering yourself and you'll never be a real keyblade master to me or anyone! I know for a fact that Kairi is upset at you for using the darkness to hurt people! She's been watching all of us and I know she's worried about you!" I tried to calm down. I need to calm down! I took a deep breath as Riku looked at me from over his shoulder. "I really hope you like your keyblade, Riku. You lost everything you ever had to get it." Riku just stared before walking off and I felt like something literally stabbed my heart and I fell down screaming.

"Anna!" Sora yelled, coming to me. "Are you okay?"

"I don't know! Lunar, what's wrong with me?" I yelled, trying to find some answers as the pain slowly faded.

It's your bond with Riku, he broke it. Lunar said, sounding scared. He still loves you but your pushed him too far and he's hurt. It's that pain that's affecting you. It's his broken heart.

"So, it's all my fault?" I asked, but I didn't need to hear a response. My safe plan was gone out the window because I spoke my mind. That's really sad. Riku did need to be told that and I couldn't just leave Sora. And it does hurt me that I have to tell Riku this but I never would have guess he felt this much pain because of me. I love him yet this all happened. It's all my fault! I gripped Lunar Wish tightly, as if it was my safety line. We heard footsteps and looked to see Beast trying to follow after them.

"Hey, don't move."

"Yeah, you're hurt. At least let me heal you." I said, casting a cure spell on him.

"Why?" Beast asked, looking at us. "Why did you…you come here?" Sora looked down as Beast managed to get up right. "I came to fight for Belle. And though I am on my own, I will fight. I won't leave without her. That's why I'm here." That's right, I did all this to save Riku from the darkness that'll possess him. I can't give up now, not when I have a back up plan. Sora evidently thought so too as he picked up the wooden sword and stood by Beast.

"Me too. I'm not gonna give up now. I came here to find someone very important to me." Sora said, looking up to the castle.

"Yeah, and I'm here to save Riku from his own darkness. I can't stop now." I said, looking up. 'Riku, I'm gonna save you whether you like it or not.' I thought as we ran off to the castle. We managed to get to the door to the castle but we reached two problems: one, is Sora's inability to do much damage to the Heartless, and two, there isn't a keyhole for me to unlock the door to the castle.

"What are we going to do now?" Sora asked, as Beast finished off a Defender Heartless.

"We'll have to go down to the waterways and fix the doors ourselves." I said, folding my arms as I gazed up at the castle. "As for you, you can still use your magic so you'll need to depend on that till we get the keyblade back."

"How do I get my keyblade back? It chose Riku in the end." Sora said, looking down.

"Well, that's not like you, Sora." I said, as we walked to the waterways. "You're usually so positive. People are counting on you and thinking about you. Like Aladdin, you can't let him down, right?" Sora didn't say much as we made out way down to the waterways. It wasn't too bad really but I hated it because it reminded of the maze back in the Enchanted Domain. It's long and annoying and when we do go under water felt weird because we were either inside the magic air bubble (why are they there?) of only covered my head. Maleficent is so weird with her magic. Not only that, setting off all the switches were annoying and to get to the gate switch was annoying. It took us a whole hour to get all this done!

"Maleficent must hate me." I said, drying us out with a small fire spell.

"Why do you say that?" Sora asked, looking at me as I checked my locket to check if it was okay.

"Well, the last time I stormed a castle she owned, she had this annoying maze that we had to teleport to get around." I said, sighing. "When I see her again, I'm going to beat her with my light spells again!"

"Yeah, go for it!" Sora cheered and Beast seemed to smile a bit.

"Now, let's go save the princesses and beat the witch!" I yelled, making a pose before laughing. "That's another thing I'll get off my bucket list." Sora just laughed himself silly, which I'm happy for. "I'm glad you're laughing again, Sora. Being depressed isn't your style."

"Thanks, Anna. I need that."

"Well, sure. You'd do the same for me." I said, smiling. "It's like me and my friends, well my other friends from my first adventure. Even though they're gone, I just need to think of them and that's enough for me."

"Yeah, you're right. We've made a lot of friends during all this." Sora said, smiling. "You know, I guess I learned a lot during this adventure. I'm sure I'll get my keyblade back."

"That's the spirit, lets go." I said, and we opened the gates and walked inside the castle of darkness. It's nice to have a keyblade of light since it glowed in the darkness and we finally reached the front hall after going down a long corridor.

"Be on your guard." Beast growled, as we looked around for the Heartless. "They're close, I can feel it. Are you ready for them?"

"Always ready." I said, as Sora nodded. Sora walked ahead of us but Beast turned and I looked to see Belle, well what looked like Belle.

"Belle." Beast called but Belle turned into a Heartless.

"Beast, don't!" I yelled but it was too late. Beast roared and flew at the Heartless and the door closed behind him.

"Quit while you can." We turned to see Riku, Donald, and Goofy standing in front of us.

"No, not without Kairi."

"Or you." I said, as Riku just stared at me.

"The darkness will destroy you." Riku said, as he turned into his dark form.

"You're wrong, Riku." Sora said, looking determined. "The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't destroy my heart. My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!"

"Really… well, we'll just see about that!" Riku yelled, shooting dark fire at Sora but I got in front of him and fired a Lunar Light to keep it from hurting us.

"Riku, seriously! Knock it off!" I yelled.

"Get out of my way, Anna. I'll deal with you later." Riku said, glaring at me.

"Riku, I'd think by now you'd know why I never told you or Sora where Kairi's heart is." I said, calmly. "I know you want to save Kairi, I get that. But the thing is, Sora's the only one who can save Kairi. Even with your new found power, you've gone further than ever in saving Kairi."

"Enough, you were wrong about the keyblade, why should I listen to you?" Riku said, shaking his head.

"Did you really think I didn't know Sora's keyblade would leave him? I'm the Destiny Keeper. I'm supposed to know things like these!" I yelled, annoyed at Riku. "Really Riku, think carefully. Why haven't I told you where Kairi's heart is or the last princess if I know it'll save Kairi? Just think for a minute." Riku seemed to get the message about Kairi being the last princess but he seemed to shake it off before glaring at me.

"That's impossible! Get out of the way now!" Riku yelled, as I shook my head making Lunar vanish from my hands.

"If you really want to get to Sora, you'd better shoot me because I'm not going to let you hurt Sora and someone else." I said, as Riku glared at me and shooting his dark fire at me. At once, Goofy got in front of me and protected Sora and me with his shield.

"Sora and Anna ain't going anywhere." Goofy said, looking at Riku and Donald over his shield.

"You'd betray your king?"

"Not on your life!" Goofy yelled before turning to us. "But I'm not gonna betray Anna and Sora, either, 'cause they've become one of my best buddies after all we've been through together."

"You bet, we even met last time for a bit and we were kind of friends then. King Mickey is still one of my close friends and I'm sure he'll understand." I said, as Goofy nodded before looking together.

"See you later, Donald! Could you tell the king I'm really sorry?"

"Hold on, Goofy! We'll tell him together!" Donald yelled, before running to us. "Well, you know… All for one and one for all."

"Of course, we stick together no matter what." I said, as I turned to Sora.

"I guess you're stuck with us, Sora." Goofy said, grinning.

"Thanks a lot, Anna, Donald, Goofy." Sora said, looking grateful.

"How will you fight without a weapon?" Riku asked, as we moved out of the way so Sora could face Riku.

"I know now I don't need the keyblade. I've got a better weapon: my heart." Sora said, he seemed to glow in his realization and I can't help but feel proud of Sora. Riku only thought this was silly and just chuckled.

"You heart? What good will that weak little think do for you?"

"Although my heart may be weak, it's not alone. It's grown with each new experience, and its found a home with all the friends I've made. I've become a part of their heart just as they become a part of mine. And if they think of me every now and then, if they don't forget me, then our hearts will be one. I don't need a weapon. My friends are my power!" At once, the keyblade returned to Sora's hands much to Riku's shock.

"See, Riku? Sora will always get his keyblade back." I said, as Riku stared shocked. "Riku, I know one day you may be a great keyblade master but right now, you're not even close. Power alone isn't enough to gain the keyblade. Your heart needs to be strong as well and Sora has that." I held out my keyblade and pointed it at him. "I did say we'd be together on this adventure but really I'm not pushing myself away. The more darkness you obtain, the more you become my enemy. Being harmed by Lunar Light proves that for a fact."

"Shut up! This power will gain the power to safe Kairi!" Riku yelled and charged at us but we dodged.

"Why are you so focused on using the darkness anyway? I don't see any reason why you need darkness." I said, blocking his attack and Sora made to attack him but Riku dodged.

"No matter what you say, I'm stronger!" Riku yelled, making to attack Sora but I fired a Lunar Light spell and it really did seem to hurt Riku.

"Riku, I like you. I like you a lot. I want to tell you my reply to your feelings you told me back on Neverland, but not when you're like this. This isn't the Riku I want to tell my feelings to." I said, and pointed my keyblade at him on the ground. "Lunar Storm!" I had to shut my eyes as I heard Riku's grunt of pain and Sora delivering the final blow to Riku and ending the battle. Riku got on one knee as his dark outfit turned back to normal.

"Riku…" Riku looked up at me but ran off. "Riku!" But he was gone. I knew what'll happen next to him and I felt bad for using my most powerful spell on him. Still, he needed to be taught a lesson but it might be the last time I'll see Riku normal before the end.

"So your heart won this battle." Beast said, the doors finally opening. Okay, this is a rip off. Beast is supposed to be supper strong. He was able to break down walls by himself for goodness sake. Don't tell me he was just goofing off on the other side of the door!

"Say guys, I'll work on opening the door there. Why don't you guys look through the library and see if you can find anything." I suggested, as Sora raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine."

"Okay. Just yell out if you need us." Sora said, as he, Beast, Donald, and Goofy left for the library. I really need this time to be alone. I haven't told Sora or any of others about my plans to save Riku. All this time, I thought my first plan would work but that second plan was always the not wanted back up. Everything around me felt cold to me, I've only got a short time left to live. I'll never see the others again, or my parents, Amy, Amanda, all my friends. I won't be able to fulfill the promise I made to Ven, Aqua, and Terra. I won't give Amy and Amanda my story and I'll never get a chance to tell Riku my feelings. 'What the heck am I think? I'm going to die and all I can think about is telling Riku I love him!' I thought, scratching my head. Still, I want to at least do something big before I die. Maybe I'll get my chance after all: if I'm lucky. I got the emblems but it took Sora and the others a longer time to come out of the library.

"So, what did you find?" I asked, as the guys came out, looking annoyed.

"That was pointless! We only got a few items and we tried to find a way up to the top of the castle but got nowhere." Sora shouted, frustrated.

"Don't worry, you'll get a chance to take it out on Maleficent: twice." I said, patting Sora's shoulder.

"Twice?"

"You'll see what I mean." I said, and we walked through the castle. Okay, if Maleficent remodeled the castle after she took over the world; I'm going to enjoy taking her down. This place is huge and the fact we have to teleport to get to certain things to get to the platforms to take us further up or around the castle made me sick. It really is the Enchanted Domain all over again!

"Anna, you okay?" Sora asked, as I leaned against the wall as we walked into the castle again. We're right outside the chamber where we're going to face Maleficent for the first time and I'm still feeling sick.

"Yeah, just got to remember I'll get all my frustration out on Maleficent. I'm going to show her the power of light at it's best!" I yelled but covered my mouth feeling my stomach jump.

"Cura." Donald said, and I felt better.

"Thanks, Donald."

"Will you be able to fight now?" Beast asked, as I nodded.

"Yep, I've got a few things to deal with Maleficent." I said, looking to the way toward Maleficent. "Come on, let's finish her off."

"Right." We ran in to see her standing there.

"I'm afraid you're too late." Maleficent said, as we summoned our weapons. "Any moment now, the final keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness. It is unstoppable."

"We'll stop it!" Sora yelled, as I nodded. "After coming this far, there's no way we're gonna let that happen!"

"You've had this coming a long time, Maleficent!" I yelled but she smirked at me.

"I wouldn't be so confident if I were you. After all, something precious to you has been stolen and is now resting in the care of your beloved Riku?"

"What do you mean?" I asked but she just smirked at me. "Whatever you mean, I'll still stop you and save whatever you took from me. Ventus and I beat you once and Aqua came close to getting rid of you for good. Now that I've mastered all my light spells, you're really going get it."

"You poor simple fools. You think you can defeat me?" Maleficent roared, angry now. "Me, the mistress of all evil!" Okay, I have to admit. She got way better in the ten years gap here. She makes the stone she's standing on fly around but she can also shoot meteors at us. Sure, she summons defender Heartless to attack us but they're easier to take out than the witch herself.

"Shut up!" I yelled, aiming a few Lunar Light spells at Maleficent but she's still standing.

"Anna, you'd better use Lunar Storm now!" Sora yelled, slashing Maleficent just in time and moved out of the way as I cast my most powerful spell.

"Ready to call it quits yet? You'd better tell me what you took from me." I said but she vanished into a dark portal.

"Should we go after her?" Sora asked as I nodded.

"I have to know what she took. I'm scared to find out but really I need to know." I hope they didn't hurt anyone from the real world. How would someone from this world even enter the real world without the help of Kingdom Hearts? The portal wasn't that bad compared to teleporting. The only problem was, it's cold. It's like walking through a freezer and we had to run to keep warm. When we finally made it to the other side, we saw Riku facing Maleficent in his dark form and the dark keyblade in hand.

"Riku!" Sora shouted as we ran up to him.

"Is that…?"

"Yes. A keyblade." Riku said, his voice distorted now by Xehanort's Heartless. What the heck, I'll just call him Ansem for now; I'll never call the real Ansem by his real name anyway. "But unlike yours, this keyblade has the power to unlock people's hearts." I noticed Sora's confused look but I knew what he meant, I had to watch this scene so many times since the next fight took me three weeks to do with school and everything. "Allow me to demonstrate. Behold!" He swiftly turned and stabbed Maleficent right in the heart and I can see the darkness pour from her and the look of shock on the witch's face. "Now, open your heart. Surrender it to the darkness. Become darkness itself!" He thrust the keyblade in a little more before pulling out the key and vanishing into a dark portal. At once, we heard Maleficent's low laughter.

"This is it! This power!" She exclaimed, as she glowed with power. "Darkness! The true darkness!" At once green flames raged around her and we jumped back in time to get away from the flames.

"Quick, summon Dumbo!" Sora yelled, but I looked up in fright.

"I don't think Dumbo's gonna cut it." I said, and the guys looked up to see Maleficent turned into a giant dragon! Okay, I have to admit she looks awesome as a dragon and the version of her in 'Fantasmic' the show in Disneyland is pretty awesome but when fighting Maleficent now is way different than fighting her in Birth by Sleep. Sure, she was one of the first bosses in Birth by Sleep, I get that, but she's so strong now! She sends out moving flames at us and all her attacks her upgraded. Maybe the added darkness did add something to her after all. If that's the case, I'm happy I have light magic so I can counter her.

"Sora, what are you doing?" I asked, as he summoned Mushu.

"Well, we might be able to land a few hits on her. I'm not going close to that dragon." Sora said, as he ran in using Mushu to fire. But in the end, his pants caught fire and I used Dumbo to wash it off.

"What was that for!" Sora yelled, as he and Mushu glared at me, as I flew around in Dumbo's hat.

"Call, it a lesson for fighting fire with fire!" I yelled, as Dumbo shot water in Maleficent's face. It seemed to work, until she tried to bite us and actually bit Dumbo's trunk. "Aw, don't worry. Get some rest." I said, rubbing his head and he vanished.

"You got any bright ideas?" Donald asked, as we hid away from the line of fire as maleficent stared breathing fire again.

"Sora, you need to get on her back an attack her neck. I'll attack the chest."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I've got a score to settle and I want to do it my way." I said, and Sora nodded looking like he understood. He managed to climb up on Maleficent's back and took a few attacks to the neck before she reared onto her hind legs and Sora jumped off. This gave me a perfect chance to attack. "This one's for Terra!" I yelled, pointing Lunar Wish at the dragon's chest. "Lunar Storm!" The spell it the dragon right in the chest and that seemed to do it as the dragon struggled and fell dead leaving only a small mass of black on the floor that was Maleficent.

"How ironic." Ansem Riku said, coming out of a corridor of darkness and stepping onto the remains of Maleficent. "She was just another puppet after all."

"What?" Donald asked, shocked.

"The Heartless were using Maleficent from the very beginning." Yeah, I can see that happening to her. "She failed to notice the darkness in her heart eating way at her. A fitting end for such a fool." He stomped on her remains and seemed to enjoy rubbing his foot in as the dark mass vanished. Okay, I know she's my enemy but she's a great villain. She doesn't deserve to be messed like that.

"Wait!" I yelled as Ansem Riku went to go through a corridor of darkness. "What did you take from me? I want to know what you've done." He just smirked at me while I glared at him.

"Come and find out, but come alone. I want to face you one on one when I rip your heart out." Ansem Riku said and vanished.

"Anna? Are you really going?" Goofy asked, concerned and scared. In fact, everyone, including Beast looked worried.

"It's alright, I knew I needed to face him anyway. Better now than later since he took something from me." I said, looking at my locket and seeing the pictures of Amy and Amanda. Did Ansem take the, my parents, or even Kat; heck, did he kidnap all of them?

"Just be careful." Beast said, as I gazed up at him. He had a stern but concerned look. "You don't know what he's capable of."

"Oh, I do. That's why I need to do this." I said, looking to Sora. "If anything happens to me, you'll need to finish the work for me."

"Anna…" I just smiled and ran off before they could stop me. I've only got one chance to save Riku and this might be my best option. I just hope whatever or whoever Ansem took is alright. I ran out of the portal, to the lift stop, and to the chamber where all the princesses of heart spelt without their hearts in their mini prisons. If anything, the design of this room gets me every time. It's creep and dark with the girls locked in the wall, but the fact that you can't see what awaits you at the top of the stairs except the glowing multicolored heart thing. What's really creepy is that I know some of these girls a bit personally. The only one I don't know on a personal level is Aurora since she was asleep when I was in her world with Ventus. At least they'll wake up soon.

Anna, you don't have to do this. Lunar said, as I shook my head.

"That's the thing, I want to at least be able to do something more than be a watcher and guider." I said, looking to Snow White. It was her world that I first visited with Ventus and I'm kind of missing him now. "I couldn't save Ventus or the others but now, I can at least do something to help. It's the least I owe to Riku. I bet he thinks I lied to him about my promise. I feel bad about it."

Anna. I ignored Lunar as I walked up the stairs and I was kind of surprised at who I saw, laying beside Kairi on the floor.

"Amy! Amanda!" They looked like they were plucked right out of bed, still clad in their Pjs, but there was a slight look of terror on their sleeping faces.

"They haven't lost their hearts, if that's what you're thinking. They're merely asleep." I turned to see Ansem Riku standing a few feet behind me, in front of the keyhole.

"How are they here? Why did you even bring them! They're not involved in any of this!" I yelled, they're only kids. The don't deserved to be terrorized by Ansem. "I swear, you'd better wake them up or I'll…"

"Not until the light is destroyed." Ansem Riku said, with a slightly mad gleam in his eyes take made me a little scared. "As long as the light exists, the supreme darkness can never be unleashed."

"Okay, I get that but how are my cousins here?"

"Do you think you're the only one who can travel through different dimensions?" Ansem Riku said, looking proud and that really worried me. "Anyone with the power of the supreme darkness can enter through the darkness. You see, light and darkness are the same in both worlds no matter how you look at it." I have to admit, that kind of made sense but right now, I don't care.

"Fine." I tossed Lunar Wish onto the floor in front of Ansem Riku. "Just try and destroy the light. Let's see where it gets you."

"You aren't going to fight?"

"No, I don't need to." I said, shaking my head feeling a little braver for some reason. "Even if I'm gone, light will exist. Its like in the story, even if I'm gone my light will still live in the darkness. It'll never die no matter what and the darkness will never truly rule over everything."

"Still, after all this, you still believe in the light." He smirked, as he raised his keyblade at me. I closed my eyes and felt the pain as the keyblade of darkness pierced my heart. 'This is it.' I thought, as I placed my hand over Ansem Riku's heart. 'Please Kingdom Hearts, let me use your light a little bit longer.' I stood in the darkness and I could see a person lying on the floor nearby. I kneeled down and brushed some of silver hair out of his eyes.

"Riku, you need to wake up." He started to finally wake up and stared up at me.

"Anna! What are you…how did you…?"

"It's okay, I came to help. I'm sorry I didn't help you like I wanted to, so this is my only other option." I said, as Riku looked worried.

"But then, that means…"

"Don't worry about that, for now let my light help you." I said, placing a little light to his heart as Riku sat up. "I may have lost my heart but I'll be okay. I'm a little worried about my cousins, but I'm sure they'll understand someday."

"I'm sorry." I stared at Riku as he bowed his head in shame. "I didn't listen to you and because of me, you're gone. And I promised I'd save you too."

"It's okay, I'm not that scared. I did something good before I went so that's what counts right." I said, trying to be braver than I really am, as I felt the darkness begin to creep around me. "I just wanted to say one last thing before I go."

"Anna…"

"What you said back in Neverland, about loving me." I said, looking down. Even with my death coming, I can feel a blush on my face. "I just wanted to say, I love you too and if things were different I'd want to try being with you and spending more time just with you." I said, as I felt myself started to slowly fade. I guess it's finally time now. "Just please, if needed, use my light to help Kairi and the others. Ansem has my cousins, Amy and Amanda and he'll go after Kairi once she wakes up."

"Okay, I swear on this to protect you and anyone else you ask me to." Riku said, holding out his keychain. I shook my head and smiling.

"Riku, I'll be gone and I won't come back."

"Don't think that, you know Kairi will come back, so why not you?" Riku said and I couldn't help but smile a little as I fade and I couldn't see Riku anymore. I closed my eyes as I felt myself drifting into the darkness. 'So this is how I die. I guess it's not so bad. The darkness isn't cold after all or scary.'

You can't fade yet, you've still got a job to do. My eyes snapped opened as I saw a light coming to me, Lunar's light. But how? I gave Riku my light in your place. That way then, your heart can go somewhere and return.

"But what about you? I can't use the Lunar Wish without you." I said, moving to float upright.

You'll still be able to use me in my keyblade form but none of my powers or me will be there.

"But, why are you doing this anyway? You didn't have to." I said, as I heard her give a weak laugh.

After all that's happened, you deserve a chance for a happy ending. I opened my eyes to see I was floating in the same room I 'died' in and it's odd to see my body lying there as well as my cousins crying over my comatose body.

"Anna, wake up!" Amy barely managed to cry out because she was sobbing to much. It's rare to see her cry, let alone sob and I wish I could be there for her. It's even worse to see Amanda, who just sobbed and held slightly to the locket they gave me looking so sad and lost now. I turned to see Ansem Riku but it looked like he was struggling with himself. He looked up and it seemed like he could see me, I think.

"Anna, you gotta run. I can't hold him back for much longer." So he can see me and it was really Riku. His voice wasn't' distorted anymore but he looked like fighting for possession of his body was painful. Still, I flew off to wherever I could and soon found myself in Sora's heart. How did I even get here?

"Anna!" I turned and was tackled to the ground by Kairi. "I can't believe it! You gave up your heart to save Riku!"

"It was the only thing I could do." I said, shrugging before looking around. "How did I end up in Sora's heart anyway."

"I don't know." I looked up and gasped to see a familiar blonde.

"Ven?" He nodded and Kairi got off so I could hug my best friend. I couldn't help but sob now. After all this time, I get to see one close friend of mine. Maybe everything bad was leading up to this. "This is real, I can't believe it."

"Hey, don't cry. You're supposed to be smiling." Ven said, confused.

"I'm crying because I'm happy, okay!" I said as Kairi laughed. "And you how long have you known Ventus?"

"Well, I've only talk to him a couple of times but he said he's your friend so it's okay." Kairi said, shrugging.

"Still, I'm happy to see you again, Anna." Ventus said, as something came to mind.

"I'd thought you'd be angry with me. I couldn't tell you want happened and because of me, Aqua is trapped." I said, rubbing my arm.

"It's okay, I'm hear because I wanted to protect you, Terra, and Aqua." Ventus said, smiling. "Besides, I'm here in Sora so you're still with me even if I'm not really their. And besides, you've made more friends, like Kairi and Sora. I'm not sad or angry, I'm happy to see you're enjoying yourself. So, stop beating yourself up." I couldn't help but hug Ven again. He's such a good friend and I'm happy to at least share this one moment with him again until he wakes up. Suddenly, Kairi and I were standing behind Sora as he, Donald, and Goofy stood in front of Belle's prison with Beast looking at it. Sad about what happened to Belle.

"What happened? Where's Ventus?"

"He's probably still in Sora's heart, he can come out like us." Kairi said as we followed Sora, Donald, and Goofy up the steps to where Kairi and my bodies are as well as Amy and Amanda. Of course, Goofy was thrown back by the barrier leaving Donald and Sora there, looking at me, Kairi, Amy and Amanda.

"Kairi! Anna!" Sora yelled, but went to Kairi first as Amy and Amanda kept close to me. "Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes! What happened to Anna?" Sora asked, my cousins but they shook their head.

"We don't know, we found her like this when we woke up." Amanda said, sniffling as Amy held her little sister, still letting her tears fall silently.

"It's not use." They looked up to see Ansem Riku sitting on top of the keyhole. Looks like Riku's only able to keep him controlled for a little bit. "Those girls have lost their hearts. They cannot wake up."

"What? You, you're not Riku." Sora said, getting up.

"The keyhole cannot be complete so long as the last princess of heart still sleeps." Ansem Riku said, as he floated down from his spot. "And as long as the heart of the Destiny Keeper remains, the supreme darkness can never be unleashed."

"The princess…? Kairi's a princess?" Sora asked, shocked.

"And without her power, the keyhole will remain incomplete." Ansem Riku said, gazing down at him. "It is time she awakened."

"Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart!" Sora yelled, angry now.

"But first, you must give the princess and Destiny Keeper back their hearts." Ansem Riku said, pointing his dark keyblade at Sora feel to his knees in pain.

"Sora!"

"What's….?" Kairi looked scared and stayed close to me.

"Don't you see yet?" Ansem Riku said, walked down the steps to Sora. "The princess and Destiny Keeper's hearts are responding. It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rest within you and now so does Anna!"

"Kairi and Anna… they're inside me." Sora gasped, clutching his head. He seemed to understand though, which is good.

"I know all that there is to know." Ansem Riku said, calmly.

"Tell me… who are you?" Sora said, as Donald glared up at Ansem Riku.

"It is I, Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness." He walked up to Sora and when Donald tried to protect Sora, he was thrown to the other side of the barrier. "So, I shall release you now, Princess. Complete the keyhole with your power. And I will finally destroy you, Destiny Keeper. Open the door, lead me to every lasting darkness!"

"Sora!"

"Look out!" Kairi and I yelled, as Ansem Riku made to strike Sora but he blocked it with his keyblade.

"Forget it, there's no way you're taking Kairi or Anna's hearts!" Sora growled. I have to say, Sora was doing really well. He held his own against Ansem Riku and landed a lot of good blows to him. Still, it took him I think thirty minutes to beat Ansem Riku and Donald and Goofy came in as Ansem Riku vanished leaving behind the keyblade of darkness.

"Sora! Sora, look!"

"The…the keyhole!" Donald and Goofy yelled. Sora pointed his keyblade at the keyhole but nothing happened. "It won't work! The keyhole's not finished yet!"

"What can we do?" Sora asked, putting his keyblade away.

"Maybe, we've gotta wake Kairi up." They looked to Kairi and my cousins went to Sora.

"If you do that, Anna will wake up too." Amy said, looking a little happy.

"I think you're right." Sora said, looking to our bodies on the floor. "If we can free her heart… But… But how?" Sora then looked to the dark keyblade on the floor. "A keyblade that unlocks people's hearts… I wonder…"

"Sora?" Goofy asked, as Sora walked to pick up the dark keyblade. "Sora, hold on!"

"No wait!" Donald yelled, but Sora grinned and stabbed himself with the keyblade. At once, the keyblade came out and turned into the hearts of the other princesses and they went back to their owners. Before I knew it, I opened my eyes to see the ceiling.

"Anna!" I sat up to see Sora glowing.

"Sora! Sora!" Donald yelled, running to his friend.

"Sora!" Kairi ran to him and tried to catch him but it vanished into a balls of light and flew off.

"Sora! Come back, Sora!" Donald yelled, as I got up and stood behind Kairi.

"Sora, are you really…?" Kairi said, but shook her head. "No it can't be! I won't let him go!"

"Kairi. He's not gone." I said, as she turned to look at me. "He's out there, he just needs something to guide him back."

"Anna!" I turned and nearly feel as Amy and Amanda hugged me. "You're alive!"

"Yes, but Sora…" I looked up at where Sora's heart left. I wonder if it had any affect on Ventus.

"So, you have awakened at last, Princess." I stood in front of Kairi as the real dark Ansem appeared. "The keyhole is now complete. You have served your purpose. But now it's over. As for the Destiny Keeper, your true death awaits you." He walked toward us as I gripped my keyblade.

"Don't make another move!" Donald yelled, looking ready to fight.

"Are you sure we can stop him all by ourselves?" Goofy asked, from behind his shoulder.

"I don't know!"

"We have to protect Kairi, Amy, and Amanda." I said, ready to cast any spell but Ansem stopped in his tracks.

"Impossible." He said, struggling.

"No! You won't use me for this!" Riku said, appearing in front of Ansem and using his will to hold him back.

"Riku!"

"You got to run! The Heartless are coming!" Riku yelled at Kairi as the Shadow Heartless surrounded us.

"Riku, you can come with us right?" I asked, as he smiled at me.

"I can't I promised I would protect you. This is all I can do." Riku said, but looked strained again. "Hurry, I can't hold him out for much longer!"

"Alright but I'll come back for you! I promise, Riku!" I yelled, and I grabbed, Amy, how grabbed Amanda, and we all ran out of the chamber.

"But what about the keyhole!"

"Let's just get out of here!" Donald yelled at Goofy as we ran, I didn't feel right for leaving Riku behind but at least Lunar is there to help Riku. We raced down through the caste and soon made it to the front chamber. Amy and Amanda ran with Donald and Goofy down the stairs but I stayed with Kairi. I can go back and seal the keyhole right now but I can't leave Amy and Amanda unattended.

"Kairi! Anna! Hurry!" Goofy yelled at us.

"We can't leave them behind!" Kairi yelled, looking determined.

"We can't stay here!" Donald yelled, and I sighed.

"He's right, we need to hurry." I said and we ran down the stairs.

"The Heartless are after us!" Goofy yelled and a Shadow Heartless jumped and just stood there among us.

"I'll take care of him!" Donald yelled, whacking it over the head. "Confounded Heartless! Get lost, will ya?"

"Sora? Is that you?" Kairi asked, as the Heartless looked to her but we were surrounded by other Shadow Heartless. I summoned a barrier to protect Amy and Amanda at once. "Stay inside the barrier!" I yelled and jumped into action. But before I could do too much I saw Kairi and Sora's Heartless being piled on my the other Heartless. "Kairi!" I yelled but a light destroyed the Heartless and holding Kairi was Sora.

"Kairi, thank you."

"Sora!"

"Sora!" We cheered and Amy and Amanda came out of the barrier to me. But more Heartless appeared and thankfully Beast came.

"Go, now!" He yelled at us.

"Come with us!" Sora yelled but the beast shook his head.

"I already told you before, I'm not leaving with out Belle." Beast said, as I nodded. "Now, go! The Heartless are coming!"

"Come on, we have to go. Beast will be fine." Sora nodded and we ran straight for the gummi ship and flew to safety. I looked back at Hollow Bastion. 'I'll come back, I've been given the chance and I'll make use of it.' I thought, as we flew back to Traverse Town. We're near the end, we need to be prepared. Well, at least Kairi is back to normal and Sora seems happy to have her back. Now we've got two friends to save: Riku and Lunar.

Crystal: Well, that's chapter 13.

Blair: Wow, there goes Lunar.

Anna: Still, that's nice.

Crystal: Yes indeed. But I have a question for fans. I'm planning to give Anna a birthday either in September, November, or August. September, because of when Birth by Sleep came out and starting this idea, November, when originally started writing Unlock the Hearts, or August, because it's nice. You can PM me or put it in your review. Well, hope to hear from you guys. Hope you liked it. Join us next time, in Chapter 14: Hundred Acre Wood. See you soon!