[A/N: This story went a different way then what I originally planned out, but I think it was for the better that it ended up like this. There wasn't even going to be a boss fight originally, but then I thought to myself that it might end up to dull. There is a bit of language in this chapter, but nothing too course. Enjoy the chapter! By the way this is the half way point.]

When they arrived in the new world Juliet was still looking upset and downcast. Has he been lying to me this whole time? Can I even still trust him? She noticed that Clementine was staring at her and looked back. "What?"

"You look really depressed. Do you want a hug?"

"No thanks, Clementine. I don't want a hug."

Clementine looked over at Akio who was looking around the train station that they'd landed in. "Maybe you want a hug from Akio."

Juliet blinked in confusion. "Why would I want a hug from Akio?"

"Well I think about it this way: if you have an extreme for a personality like Akio who's extremely grumpy then you give great hugs. The same goes for me since I'm extremely giddy so I also give great hugs. You on the other hand are in the middle so you give ok hugs."

Again Juliet blinked in confusion. "I never knew you had a philosophy about hugs." She pulled the map out of her pocket and glanced at the route they'd taken from Halloween Town and saw her finger go to a world labeled 'Twilight Town'. Looking back over at Clementine she saw that she'd gone over to Akio and was trying to get him to hug her. Taking this opportunity Juliet slunk away out of the train station.

She found herself on a platform outside the train station and could go either down into a series of underground tunnels or a small town. Knowing Erik he's probably in the tunnels under the town. I need to find him so I can talk to him about what Sally said. Juliet gave another glance over her shoulder to make sure Akio and Clementine weren't following her. It won't take long I just need to find him.

The tunnels were long and twisting, but were brightly lit and had large numbers written on the sides of the walls so she could track where she'd gone. After several minutes of looking Juliet was starting to feel a little disappointed when she thought she saw the hem of a black cloak swish around a corner. "There you are." Following who she thought was Erik, Juliet found herself face to face with a Pride Elephant.

The wraith reared up on its hind legs and swung its trunk out at Juliet. When it missed it lowered its head and swung its tusks at her. The wraith didn't stand a chance even if it was one on one and soon had its head severed.

After searching through the tunnels for a little while longer Juliet gave up and walked towards an entrance. I could have sworn that he would be down here. When she came out of the tunnel she found herself in an alley way. She could hear the sound of footsteps coming towards her and thinking it was Akio and Clementine ducked back into the tunnel's entrance.

Instead of seeing her friends Juliet saw two little boys a little girl running down alley.

There was a brunette boy who was a little round in the stomach who had fallen behind. "Hayner, Olette slow down I can't keep up." No matter how much the boy called out to his friends they kept running and eventually the boy gave up, sat down, and began to cry.

When she heard the crying Juliet peeked out from her hiding spot. I should just keep walking….no, no that's the wrong thing to do. Even though she wasn't feeling like smiling Juliet forced her lips into a smile and walked out of the tunnel. "Why are you crying?" She crouched down so she'd be eye level with the boy.

The boy looked up at Juliet with teary eyes and sniffed before wiping his nose on his sleeve. "My friends ran off and left me." He sniffed again before standing up. "My name's Pence. What's yours?"

"I'm Juliet. You know I'm looking for someone too Pence. Why don't I help you look for your friends?"

Pence wiped his eyes and stood up. "Ok I'll help you look for your friend too." He offered his hand to Juliet.

As they walked out of the alley they came across a gated off area with a cloth up. Pence walked over to it and brushed the sheet away. "We hang out here, but it doesn't look like they're here." Walking away from the usual spot they soon entered a lot that was full of sand with benches on the side.

There were three other kids about the same age as Pence in the sand lot. One boy was wearing a beanie, there was a silver haired girl, and a tan skinned boy. The boy in the beanie who appeared to be the leader turned around with a scowl on his face. He pointed at Pence. "What are you doing here? Where are your little friends?"

The tan skinned boy took a step forward in front of the leader. "This is Seifer's turf you get out of here."

Juliet looked down at Pence who looked like he was about to start crying again. "We're not going to stay. We're just looking for some people."

Seifer took a step forward and got in front of the other boy. "Well no one, but us has been around here and even if they were I could scare them off."

I highly doubt that. "Well thanks for your help. We'll be on our way." Once they were out of the sand lot Juliet looked down at Pence. "Is that Seifer kid always that much a brat?"

"Yeah he's always been like that. Rai and Fuu are like that too." Pence tightened his grip on Juliet's hand. "Who are you looking for, Juliet?"

Juliet found herself having to slow down so that she wouldn't be pulling on Pence's arm. "His name is Erik."

"What does he look like?"

When she thought of Erik, Juliet found herself blushing. "Don't worry about it. I'll know him when I see him."

Soon they arrived back at the train station and thankfully for Juliet she didn't see Akio or Clementine. The train ride was wasn't very long and since Juliet didn't know exactly where she was going she had to rely on Pence who at least seemed to know where he was going.

They got off the train in another part of Twilight Town that looked a bit more rural. Getting off the train Juliet looked around when she saw a tunnel that led to the underground part of the town. "If he wasn't hiding in the other underground tunnels he might be in there." She felt the grip on her hand tighten and looked down at Pence. "What's the matter?"

"I don't like those tunnels. They scare me."

"You can stay out here if you want. I'll only be gone a few minutes." Juliet smiled down at Pence before she felt him let go of her hand. She waved at him before disappearing into the dark tunnels.

These tunnels were a lot darker than the previous ones and led out to a large platform with a stream of water around it. Not in here either….where could you be hiding? She looked around the platform for a few seconds before sighing and turning around to leave.

She still found Pence waiting patiently outside the tunnels and felt him grab back onto her hand.

"Was he in there?"

"No, and neither were your friends."

As they continued to walk through the town Juliet found herself becoming more and more distraught. Why can't I find you? It's always when I'm looking for him that I can't find him. Come on Erik why don't you show yourself?

Soon they found themselves at the top of a hill that over looked the train tracks. Juliet sighed heavily and looked down at her feet when she felt Pence let go her hand.

"Hayner, Olette, where have you been?" Pence had spotted his friends and was running over to them. He stopped for a moment and turned around to wave back at Juliet. "Thanks for your help."

Juliet watched Pence go off with Hayner and Olette and paced around the hill top for a few seconds before she sat down. What am I doing wrong? Shouldn't Erik have shown himself by now? Why won't you show up? She felt a foot nudge her back and turned around half expecting to see Akio and Clementine. Instead she saw Puck and Antonia looming over her. Juliet quickly got up and pulled out her Keyblade.

Puck put his hands up. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down. We just want to talk."

Juliet's eyebrow rose. "What do you mean you just want to talk?"

Antonia began circling around Juliet and gave her a light push in the direction of Puck. "Exactly what it sounds like. We just want to talk."

"About what?"

"About Erik." Puck had leaned forward so that he was nearly nose to nose with Juliet. He saw her eyes widen and smiled impishly at her. "You don't know a thing about him. Do you?"

Juliet blinked and tried to keep herself from getting riled up. "Do you know anything about him?" She took a step away as Antonia's hair brushed against her neck. "Like where he is?"

Antonia leaned down over Juliet's shoulder; some of her hair tickling her cheek. "Why would we tell you anything about Erik? His whereabouts are none of your concern."

By this time Juliet was starting to get frustrated with them. "Are you two looking for a fight? Because I can give you one if that's what you're looking for."

"A fight? Oh, no haven't you been listening? We just want to talk."

"I want to fight."

"Puck shut up."

Juliet quickly backed out of the entanglement that she had gotten into with Puck and Antonia and pointed the Keyblade at them. "If you don't tell me where Erik is right now then you've got a fight."

Puck and Antonia exchanged a look between themselves before turning their attention back to Juliet. Antonia was the first to speak. "Well, we're not going to tell you about Erik so if it's a fight you want it's a fight you got." With saying that Antonia sent a bolt of thunder magic at Juliet.

The thunder magic barely missed, but when Juliet backed out of the way she nearly fell against Puck.

Puck pushed Juliet back at Antonia. "Do you think you can try and run now?"

Juliet swung her Keyblade at Puck hitting him in the back of the head. She saw Puck turn around abruptly with a snarl on his face. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did that hurt?" She just barely backed out of the way as Puck swung his claws at her.

Antonia grabbed Puck by the back of his shirt and hissed in his ear. "Keep your temper, little brother." She leaned forward over Puck and cast a blizzard spell at Juliet's hands.

There was a sharp freezing pain in Juliet's fingers and she nearly dropped the Keyblade. "Is that all you got? I can take more then you dish out."

A snarl was starting to form also on Antonia's face as well. "You think you can take two of us on? Fine, fight us then." She cast another blizzard spell at Juliet this time hitting her in the knees. Watching Juliet fall to the ground Antonia took a step forward and kicked at her hand knocking the Keyblade from it. She stepped on Juliet's hand. "Come here Puck."

Taking the queue from his sister Puck put his foot on Juliet's neck. "So what do you think now? Do you still think you could take us on?" His face was flushed and sweaty looking, but there was a strange glow in his eyes.

"Now, now Puck don't put too much pressure. We don't want to kill her. If we do the Master will get angry."

Puck was pouting, but pulled his foot up just a bit. "Come on Antonia why can't we play with her a little rougher?" He had barely gotten these words out of his mouth when Akio's disk came sailing out and clipped him in the neck. Puck rounded on Akio and Clementine who had just come up the path leading up to the top of the hill. "Oh it's just you two." He turned back around when a fire ball knocked him in the back.

Antonia got off Juliet's hand and turned around to face Akio and Clementine. "Now, I think this is hardly fair. Three on two, really?"

Clementine was scowling at Antonia who looked completely blank. "Well two on one isn't fair either. So are you going to fight us or are you going to run?"

Looking between themselves both Puck and Antonia shrugged before disappearing back into dark portals.

Now that the problems had gone away Clementine turned to Juliet, but her usual cheerful smile wasn't there. "Now, would you mind telling me what the hell you were thinking?"

Juliet looked shocked at Clementine's question. "What do you mean 'what the hell was I thinking?' I was looking for the seven pure lights. The two of you couldn't keep up."

There was a red hue coming to Clementine's cheeks as her anger grew. "That's the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard, Juliet. You ran off looking for Erik didn't you?" She saw Juliet look away in embarrassment. "Just say what you were really doing and I won't be mad, but when you lie about it."

Akio looked torn between wanting to comfort Juliet or siding with Clementine who he thought was right. "She's right you know and what did I tell you about Erik being bad news? Now he's got you fighting those two on your own and no offense or anything, but on your own you're no match for both of them."

"It's none of your business who I go looking for all right? If I want to go look for Erik then I'm going to do it. With or without you two."

Akio pinched the bridge of his nose as he looked over at Clementine who had her hackles up. "You really shouldn't have said that."

Clementine threw her arms up. "Fine, you don't want our help then fine we'll go. Come on Akio." She started walking away, but didn't hear Akio coming after her. "Akio, aren't you coming with?"

"I think I'll stay with Juliet and you should to."

She stopped walking and turned around; there was still an angry look on her face. "Why?"

"Because we said we'd stick with her even if she is acting stupid." Akio turned around to face Juliet. "Which you are acting stupid." He turned back to Clementine. "Anyway I think it would be in our best interest to stay with Juliet."

"You still haven't told me why."

"I just told you why."

Clementine didn't look convinced, but found herself stomping back. "I'm going to tell you this now." She had a finger in Juliet's chest. "You pull a stunt like this again and I'm gone."

"I'd like to see you get back to Atlantica on your own," Juliet hissed under her breath.

"What?"

"I didn't say anything."

Akio had heard what Juliet had said, but thought it best that he kept his mouth shut. "Well, now that we're back together I think there's another place in this town we could check out. If we could go back to the train station there was a train that looked suspicious."

Clementine only gave Juliet a hard look before she started walking back down the hill side. "Sure, let's go check out the train."

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