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A\N:
I actually like the Cave of Wonders because of all the water and swimming and stuff. At least I think they swim here. Oh, and the scene in the cave where you have to fight the monsters while falling down has changed. Too lazy to write about falling and killing monsters lol.

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Chapter Thirty-Five
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This void called blue

We eventually made our way towards the peddler's shop. Sora asked if there was any way we could buy the lamp off of him, and he smiled and told us we could… if we could afford it. Luckily, Aladdin told us that the peddler liked to do that sort of thing, so we created a plan to try and persuade him to lower the price.

"No worries!" Sora said. Donald told the peddler we'd pay him in royal treasure, but quickly finished his sentence when Sora scolded him. I'm a little worried now that the peddler raised his eyebrows in interest.

"Might I interest you in another fine lamp?" the peddler asked, turning his back to us. Ryan came in saying the lamp we wanted was the only lamp we needed, and the peddler hummed when he said he could be persuaded. "…If you bring me a treasure beyond even my imagination. Something, say, fit for a sultan..."

I gave Sora a concerned look, and he seemed to agree with me. Treasure fit for a sultan would basically mean taking treasure from the palace. We quickly said our farewells, and made it back to Aladdin, who stood outside since he wasn't allowed to enter after having stolen the lamp before. Donald asked if they could take treasure from the palace, but Aladdin knew it wasn't right and he didn't want to worry Jasmine or her father.

"Hey, I know!" Iago said as he came flying in. "What about the treasure in the Cave of Wonders?"

Aladdin thought about it, and told Iago that if they get the treasure he would believe his apology. The parrot seemed really happy to hear the news, and started leading the way as we followed close behind.

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"This is it!" Iago exclaimed when we made it to the Cave of Wonders. I gotta say, walking all that sand really does a number on the legs, and mine feel like jelly. The cave still looked the same as before, and if Jafar were here it would feel pretty much the same. When I continue to look at the entrance, I feel almost weird that it's basically a giant mouth. Maybe because I was younger and full of adventure, but I never really notice the eerie feeling from it.

Once we entered the place, it was huge—exactly like last year. There were a few heartless around, and we got rid of them no problem. We made it into the next area, where there were barriers up as walls and at the end of the hallway stood a giant, golden statue. In the middle of the hallway was a jewel, and when we reached the statue it looked like something would fit in the pedestal hole. Abu went to quickly grab the jewel without much thought it seemed, and the barriers disappeared. Statues appeared on the walls, and the puddles on the floor suddenly created giant waves. Since Abu was so little, Aladdin quickly grabbed him and we tried making it through the waves.

One of them hit Donald, who almost got pushed behind. Luckily Ryan was able to grab him, and managed to jump the oncoming wave. I also got hit by a wave, but it was much easier for me to block since I wasn't as small as Donald, or as light as him. Heck, I'm probably the heaviest after Aladdin and Sora. With a couple of other waves being blocked, we eventually made our way to the statue and Abu placed the jewel in the hole. A light appeared and soothed the statues, and then the giant, golden one started glowing. It disappeared, and behind it a passage appeared. We entered through the passage, and found ourselves on top of an elevator of sorts. It went down, and kept going down until we reached the bottom. A pair of stairs and a door beyond them was in front of us, so we started walking.

We passed the door, and almost immediately entered the mother lode. The room was filled with treasures and gold, and it was definitely a sight to behold. The gold glistened, and we all looked around for any type of treasure that would outshine the lamp the peddler had. Ryan tried making a gold angel from the piles, and I started laughing.

"This is amazing! It's like in those stories where adventurers find big piles of gold," he said as he got up. He didn't take any of the gold with him, which was good and only seemed to admire it all. He kept looking around, until his eyes widened. "Whoa, guys… look at that!"

He pointed at a statue in the middle with colorful jewels attached to it. We all gasped in amazement, and the sheer presence of it was definitely something that outshined the lamp. Aladdin walked up towards it, and kept staring at it when he spoke. "That one should do it."

Donald quickly ran up to it, and was pleased to know that the man would simply love the statue. It definitely looked valuable, and Aladdin was really glad. He really didn't want that lamp going in the wrong hands. "We gotta keep Jafar bottled up, or he's gonna destroy Agrabah!"

He looked around, and told Donald to snap out of it. When I turned around I saw him staring at a small statue on the floor. He shook his head, and then suddenly the room darkened. I felt a shiver go up my spine, and everyone took out their weapons when heartless started appearing. Donald sighed, mumbling about this type of situation always happening to us. I didn't know either, but I wasn't going to stand by and twiddle my thumbs together! Ryan quickly went to hide near a pile of gold, and I took out my keyblade. Sora and Aladdin dealt with the heartless at the far end while Donald, Goofy and I dealt with the ones in the light.

I took a swift swing from my blade, and attacked the lantern looking heartless. I used some of my black magic on them too, and they were going away. I pulled the trigger of the keyblade, and the stars from the blade sprung out to attack the rest of the flying heartless. It was pretty cool that my keyblade had a few tricks to it, but it was me who wasn't much of a fighter. I felt a huge hit to my back, and fell as a result. I healed myself of the pain, and got up from the floor. I used my magic to get rid of the rest, and with Donald's help we got rid of the half while Goofy took care of everything else. Sora and Aladdin had also finished fighting off the heartless in the corners. When they returned, we decided to leave quickly.

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"Hello?" Aladdin called out when we returned to the peddler's shop. We stopped and looked around, until we heard voices outside.

"Stop your whining and hand it over!"

"Ohh no! I'm trading it for treasure," the peddler said to the voice, who sounded very familiar. "This lamp is going to bring me riches!"

We quickly left the shop, and saw the little man running away from a very angry Pete. I guess that's where the voice came from. They headed into the next area and we ran after them. We tried catching up, and saw they were heading towards the palace. I'm hoping they don't kidnap Jasmine again, cause that would mean all of the princesses would be kidnapped, and we can't let that happen again.

"Lamp hog!" we heard Pete shout when we entered the palace entrance. He was chasing the little peddler man and wouldn't let up. He eventually got the lamp, and held the man away with a simple finger. Iago flew in, and stole the lamp off from Pete. We all encouraged him to keep going, and the parrot made them bump into the wall. We all cheered, until Iago bumped into the wall himself…

"Nice try, bird brain," Pete said as he grabbed the lamp from the floor. We were all prepared to attack him, but then the floor shook. We all looked around, and tried figuring out where it was coming from. It couldn't be heartless, since it seemed Pete controlled them. My only thought was those nobodies, but I haven't seen any of them in a long while.

"I'm HOME!" we heard a very familiar voice said. No one with that kind of enthusiasm would belong to anyone but the one and only Genie. "Al! It's been eons!"

The only problem was that he went to hug Pete instead of the actual Aladdin. He started talking about his travels and how it got lonely, and then moved on to Pete's weight—still thinking Pete was Aladdin. Of course, not taking the time to look around he started saying how it must be nice living in the palace with Jasmine and then firecrackers started popping out. It was only after a long moment that Genie finally realized that he was hugging the wrong person. He dropped Pete on the floor a little too roughly, and the big guy got mad.

"I'll show you for making a fool out of me!" he shouted. Genie went to hug the actual Aladdin, but we all turned around when Pete got up. "Time for plan B! I'm finishin' you mugs off right now!"

Without a moment passing, he slammed the floor and out appeared two heartless. One of these guys was covered in flames while the other in ice, and they were big guys. I saw Pete run away, and I was surprised he didn't come up to snatch me or anything. Must be too angry that Genie basically threw him around like a ragdoll, and it must have hurt his pride or something. Well, towards the battlefield… Sora took out his keyblade along with everyone else. I took out mine, but I wasn't really sure who to attack first. Everyone seemed to be attacking the ice heartless, and I wanted this battle to go as quickly as possible. I guess I'll go attack the fire one.

I chanted my blizzard spell towards it, and it started to charge at me. Luckily, I blocked it, and pointed my blade to fire another spell. It managed to miss that one, and it came rushing at me again. This time, though, it started bouncing off the floor and left patches of fire in its path. I raised my hand, and a shield popped out in front of me. I was still trying to get these powers of mine down, but I was glad to know they were working with me instead of against me. I kept chanting blizzard spells at its way, and I was doing well for the most part. I looked over to Sora and the others, who were fighting so effortlessly. I looked at the heartless in front of me, and continued my attacks. I got up close to it so that I could attack it, but I was doing more dodging than attacking. I chanted a few spells, and noticed Ryan hiding behind one of the barrels. I was glad, and continued attacking the fire heartless. After a few slashes, the icy heartless froze both Donald and Goofy, and they were struggling to get out of their ice cages.

"Donald! Goofy!" Sora shouted as he tried getting to the two. I ran up to them while he kept the two heartless busy, and I looked at the ice—how was I going to help? I looked around, thinking of something, but nothing came up, and I mentally swore to myself. As soon as I touched the ice incasing Donald, a bright light appeared, and my forehead started burning up. The light moved onto Goofy, and in a flash they were released from their cases. I raised my hands and they looked at me.

"What just happened?" I asked, not even sure what happened. I didn't faint or pass out like I usually did whenever my forehead burned—maybe I was getting better at withstanding the burn? Whatever the case, Donald and Goofy were released and they thanked me. I turned around and Sora quickly changed into one of his forms using Donald, and Goofy helped him fight the icy heartless again. I gripped my keyblade, and made my way towards the fire heartless again and chanted my blizzard spells. Aladdin and Sora attacked the icy heartless together, and the heart from it disappeared towards the sky. They looked over to the fire one, and Sora ran up beside me.

"How you holding up?" he asked. He seemed to be a bit out of breath, so I decided to heal him of his fatigue with my healing spells and he thanked me. I was doing well in terms of heath, but unfortunately I don't think I did so much as lay a scratch on the heartless. Sora chuckled, and looked my way. "Don't think like that—you're doing great!"

He started fighting the heartless, and I smiled at his words of encouragement. The more I look at this boy, the more I wonder how it must have felt to be in love with him. It's like I try to let myself fall in love, but my guard or something isn't letting up—it's like I feel so incomplete for some reason. I shook my head, and looked at the fight before me. I pointed my keyblade at the heartless and chanted round after round of my blizzard spells, and with Donald out of Sora's form his help was great. Sora, Goofy and Aladdin dealt a couple of more attacks, and the n after a while the fire heartless fell.

Pete came back into the scene, and Ryan also ran up to us. The big guy growled out of annoyance, and he pointed at us as he spoke, "You! You've messed with me for the last time! I'm gonna get you yet!"

He ran away for good this time, and Genie flew up to Aladdin to give him a really big and tight looking hug. I smiled when carpet appeared and was glad that they were all reunited. Iago flew around with the lamp, and Abu jumped on carpet.

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"I promise—you won't regret givin' me another chance. Honest!" Iago said as he looked at Princess Jasmine. Genie seemed a bit weary, and even asked her if she was alright with Iago being near her. She said she was sure that the parrot meant well, and Genie seemed to understand. Jasmine asked Sora what would happen next, and we were all glad to see them all, but…

"We still need to find Riku and the King," Sora said as he looked at Jasmine and Genie. "I guess we'll be moving on."

Donald asked where Aladdin was, and Genie told us that he was out finding Abu in town. We all waited for him to be back, and when we heard Aladdin shout Abu's name, we turned around. The little monkey had a red gem in his hands and was running away from Aladdin. Sora, Donald and Goofy all took a stance and jumped on the poor monkey.

"Boys…," I heard Jasmine say. I giggled at her comment, and watched as they basically piled on top of Abu. Aladdin explained how he must have stolen the gem from the Cave of Wonders, and Donald snatched it from him. He threw it over the walls, stating that no one needed it, and we tried watching where it went. Abu started screeching, and we turned to Donald, who still had the gem in his hands. I guess Donald and Abu have a lot in common…

"Oh… I guess it got stuck!" Donald said, trying to cover up his dangerous habit of trying to sneak jewels and gems past everyone. It started to glow, and a bright light appeared from it. Sora's keyblade started lighting up, and we knew where it was going. Ryan looked really interested every time Sora used his keyblade, and I wondered if maybe he liked the weapon. As the keyhole appeared, Sora used his powers to unlock it, and a new path was now open to us.

"I think it's time for us to go," Sora said as he turned to Aladdin. Jasmine looked at Aladdin, and then back at us. She asked if we would be back, and Sora promised we would. Aladdin gave a thumb up, and I looked up towards the sky. How long until we all have to be apart permanently? I wasn't looking forward to it at all…

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Meanwhile…

Pluto, the king's most trusted friend and canine, walked around a place he was never meant to be: The World That Never Was. He walked around, frightened at what would appear. However, he saw someone with fiery red hair, and quickly tried to follow. He saw him pass through a portal and tried to quickly follow—but the portal closed before he could. A whistle was heard, and from far away another portal was open, but the person behind it could not be seen. Pluto took his chances though, and quickly followed through the portal.

Kairi stood by the beach, and stared at the island where she, Sora and Riku would always be. She lowered her head, and wondered if waiting for them was good enough. A voice was heard, and she quickly looked around.

"Why wait around? Act," he said. She continued to look around, but saw no one. The voice continued to speak, "One of life's little rules. Got it memorized?"

He appeared a few distances in front of her, and she warily asked who he was. He smirked. "Axel. I happen to be an acquaintance of Sora's. Why don't we go see him?"

Kairi repeated Sora's name, and thought about it. She really wanted to see him, and she really wanted to give him a hug and tell him how much she missed him. Pluto appeared, and started barking at the redheaded teenager. Nobodies started appearing around them, and Pluto growled. Yet again, the whistle was heard, and Pluto happily ran after the portal that appeared. Pluto barked for her to follow, and Axel smirked again.

"We've got something in common, Kairi," Axel said as he looked at her. "You and I both miss someone we care about. Hey… I feel like we're friends already."

She ran after Pluto, who had already gone through the portal. She quickly turned around, and glared at the fiery pyro. "You're not acting very friendly."

Past the portal, she and Pluto looked around. It was nothing but a void place with a blue surrounding. She wondered what the place was, but then the whistle was heard again. A light sparkled at the end of the path, and Pluto ran after it. She did the same, but right before entering, she turned around and gasped as she saw someone in a hooded coat.

She immediately blacked out right after.

Well, now we're entering the entrance to Kairi, and it gets a whoooooole lot difficult for the pending relationship between Sora and Marie. Who knows, maybe Sora might develop a liking to Kairi? What would Marie say about it? What would Aura say about it?

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For Game Over? I'm trying to change it so that I don't have to use all of them, since I have a lot already, and so that I can add more details and have it come out the way I vision it. Here's your update!

Shadow 1n2:
I wonder too? Maybe he's growing up? ;) And well, with Kairi entering, who knows what could happen now? I hope he doesn't do anything he'll regret. Which new movie? I don't think I've seen it. I know of fast and furious 6, and that it's a really great movie. Aw, thanks! I'm going to add more detail and take away a lot of the dialogue, because that's basically it: just dialogue. And change the idea a bit, but it'll still be great. :D Ahaha, thanks!