My Pov

We were traveling through space. All the while, I kept wondering about Riku. Something was wrong. Instead of staying with us, it's like he was trying to avoid us. Or, Sora anyways.

"What is that?" Donald asked. I turned my attention to what Donald was looking at. What was that?

"Wow. It's huge!" Sora exclaimed. Then I saw its mouth open as it made some sort of call. Then it 'swam' over us and I finally got a better look at it. it was a whale!

"It's a giant whale!" Goofy said.

"It's Monstro! He's a whale of a whale, and vicious besides!" Jiminy came back into view and I got the gut feeling he was going to trying and eat us.

"Whoa! Hikari, get us out of here!" Donald yelled. The giant whale was starting to come back our way. He was going to eat us! At times like this, I hated being right!

"Too late! He's going swallow us!" I cried. That was the last thing I said before the giant whale swallowed our ship whole.

Sora's Pov

Flashback

"It's true! I saw it with my own eyes!" I said to Riku.

"You sure you didn't just hear it this time?" Riku asked, not believing me.

"What difference does it make? There's a huge monster in there, I tell you!" I exclaimed.

"Pichu Pichu!" Pichu agreed.

"All right. Suppose there really is a monster... Think we can beat it by ourselves, Sora?" Riku asked. I looked at him with confidence.

"No problem. Let's do it!" Riku turned to me. "Listen! There! Can you here it growling?" Riku's Rockruff and Pichu's ears perked up.

"Shh, quite. We've gotta be careful." he said. We went through the small mouth of the cave into a cavern on the other side. "See that? It's just the wind making that noise." I told me.

"Aw, man. I wish it had been a monster! Hold on! What's that over there?" I said, disappointed. I looked like some kind of door. Riku went over to it.

"A window, or maybe a door? It won't open." he said, failing to open it..

"Geez, is that really all that's in here?" I asked.

"What do you expect in a boring place like this? Hey, Sora." Riku said, getting my attention.

"Hm?"

"When we grow up, let's get off this island. We'll go on real adventures, not this kid stuff!" he said.

"Sure. But isn't there anything fun to do now? Hey, you know the new girls? The one staying at the mayor's house and the one who's staying with you? Did you hear?" That's when I felt my consciousness flow back.

End of Flashback

I felt someone shaking me, trying to get me to wake up. I opened my eyes to see Hikari and Pikachu, hunched over me.

"Knock it off!" I heard Donald scream. Hikari helped me to my feet. Pikachu climbed on to my shoulder.

"Hey, Sora. Are you okay?" Goofy asked.

"What are you guys doing? Where are we, anyway?" I asked. That's when a chest fell and almost hit me.

"Where else? Inside the Goliath whale's mouth." Hikari told me.

"And for today's weather: expect showers." Goofy said. Then, another chest fell on Goofy's shield which was covering his head. "Heavy showers."

"Hey! Who's there?" Donald asked, yelling.

"It's me." a voice said. It was Pinocchio.

"Oh, it's just Pinocchio. Pinocchio!?" Donald exclaimed. Jiminy popped out of my hood at the mention of Pinocchio's name.

"Pinocchio? Pinocch, where are you going? Pinocch!" he called. "Come on, everybody! After him! Quick!"

My Pov

We had to swim across the small lake that had form in Monstro's mouth to get to the small boat that was near dry land. I saw an elderly man on the boat. He was talking to Pinocchio. Must be his father, Geppetto.

"What have you got there, Pinocchio?" Geppetto asked his son.

"With this, we can get out of here, Father." Pinocchio said with confidence.

"Really? With this big block? You think so?" Geppetto asked. We all lifted ourselves up to the boat.

"It's true. So, how did you end up here, Pinocchio?" Sora asked.

"Oh, my. So the whale swallowed all of you, too? My goodness." Geppetto exclaimed.

"Yeah, looks like it." Sora said.

"Are you Pinocchio's father, Geppetto?" I asked.

"Yes, I am." he answered. I was happy to know that the father and his son were reunited. "When we got separated, I traveled all over, looking for him. Thank goodness we're together again." Geppetto picked up the large gummi block. "So, you seem to know Pinocchio quite well. I hope he was a good boy in my absence. Well, we've all had quite a journey. Right, Pinocchio? Pinocchio?" He was gone. I managed to catch a glimpse of him going further into the whale. Eve and Pikachu ran ahead of us.

"He's gone that way. Let's go!" I said. The 4 of us hurried after Pinocchio. We found him lingering in an opening. "What are you doing Pinocchio? Let's get you back to your dad."

"You know, Geppetto's awfully worried about you." Goofy said.

"Pinocchio, stop fooling around! This is no time for games!" Sora scolded. We turned around to walk back when we heard Riku's voice.

"But, Sora, I thought you liked games." We turned to see him standing next to Pinocchio. "Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?" he asked.

"Riku! Wh-What are you doing here?" Sora asked.

"Just playing with Pinocchio." Riku simply said. What was this? I was feeling so many emotions coming from Riku. Anger, jealousy, betrayal and sadness. This was Maleficent's fault. She was turning Riku against Sora.

"You know what I mean! What about Kairi? Did you find her?" Sora asked, frantically.

"Maybe. Catch us and maybe I'll tell you what I know." Riku teased. He did know something about Kairi! I could always tell when he was hiding something.

"Come on!" Sora said, annoyed. Riku grabbed Pinocchio and ran deeper into Monstro's bowels. I ran after him before the others could react. I had to warn him. I had to tell him he was being tricked and used by that witch of a fairy. If he doesn't listen to me, he'll go down a path where there's almost no turning back. He'll do something he'll regret for the rest of his life. I caught a quick glimpse of Riku. He was talking to Maleficent. I hid so she won't see me.

"Why do you still care about that boy? He has all but deserted you for the Keyblade and his new companions, after all." Maleficent asked.

'Riku, don't believe her! She's lying!' I cried to myself.

"I don't care about him. I was just messing with him a little." Riku said. I felt my heart break a little. How could Riku say that about someone who's been his best friend and like a little brother to him for basically his whole life?

"Oh, really? Of course you were. Beware the darkness in your heart. The Heartless prey upon it." Maleficent warned.

"Mind your own business." Riku snapped.

"Also, why do you still care for that girl? She's obviously infatuated with your former friend." lied the evil fairy. Lying bitch! I've only seen Sora has a treasured friend and brother! Nothing along the lines of having a crush on him.

"Not a chance. Hikari's always been there with me and she's never lied to me once." Riku said confidently. At least he wasn't buying all her lies.

"Oh really? She tells you everything? You may want to reconsider that thought." Maleficent said before disappearing. I came out of hiding.

"Riku." He turned his attention to me and he smiled. It was his real smile. He walked over to me and hugged me. I gripped on to his vest, afraid he'd leave me if I let go. "Riku. Please listen to the next thing I say to you." He locked eye-contact with me. "Maleficent is lying to you. Sora and me would never replace you and Kairi. You should know that. Why are you siding her?" I wanted to know.

"Vee vee vee!" Eve said.

"They have Kairi. And... she's lost her heart." Riku said. I felt mine come to a complete stop. Kairi's heart was lost? But how?

"What?" I asked in disbelief.

"You heard me. This is the only way. If Kairi's heart has been taken by the Heartless, siding with Maleficent is the only way." Riku said. I felt my heart break even more. That's when Pinocchio ran past both of us. Pikachu wasn't far behind him and stopped by me. Sora, Donald and Goofy showed up.

"Riku! What's the matter with you? What are you thinking? Don't you realize what your doing?" Sora asked angrily.

"I was about to ask you the same thing, Sora. You only seem interested in running around and showing off that Keyblade these days. Do you even want to save Kairi?" Riku asked.

"I do." Sora said. A scream cut through the moment of silence and I realized that scream came from...

"Pinocchio!" I cried. I ran past Riku and into the bowels chamber.