G-G

Thump! Lysia and Riku landed on a tile floor. Lysia got up.

"Where are we?"

A boy with strawberry-blonde hair walked up to them.

"Woah, a pretty girl falling from the sky. God really loves me!"

Lysia stifled a giggle as Riku got up and stared at the kid.

"Where are we?" Riku said, as he tried not to punch the kid.

The boy ignored Riku and took Lysia's hand.

"Hey, I'm Nor." He wore a black sleeveless shirt with black pants to match it. His shoes were white and had two black stripes. He also wore a black shoulder plate on his right shoulder.

Another boy that was Nor's size came up to Lysia. He had spiky blonde hair. He wore the same thing Nor was wearing, except the plate was on his left shoulder.

"And I'm Kaje!" He shoved Nor out of the way. "Just ignore him, babe. He's a sweet talker."

A third boy came up behind Kaje and took Lysia's other hand.

"Hey, I'm Thade. I'm a straight A student and I just got an A+ on my magic class assignment. It was to make my dream girl fall from the sky. And here you are." He winked.

Lysia took her hands back and stepped away from them. Riku looked at the three boys.

"As I already asked, where are we?"

Nor turned to Riku. "Hey, we're talking to the lady, not you, tough guy!"

Riku immediately got on the defensive "Hey, Bud!"

"Riku!" Lysia held Riku back. She got in front of him and shook her head. She then turned back to the boys. "Where are we?"

"Well..." Nor said with a grin

"This is DSW, the School of Gifts. And we're late for class." Kaje took Lysia's hand and dragged her down the hall.

"You're gonna love it here!"

"Wait, DSW" Riku scratched his head. "Like, Discount Shoe Warehouse?"

"No!" Thade said. "Do Something Wise" He turned to Lysia. "Like make a fine honey, such as THIS, fall from the sky!"

Lysia glared at Thade and turned to Nor who had Riku in a headlock, then she remembered. "Wait, how late are you?"

"47 minutes," Thade said.

"You see, we were snooping in Professor Delrean's office-" Nor started.

Kaje interrupted. "He has shifty eyes."

Nor shot him a glance. "As I was saying, we found a gun in his bag."

"A gun ONLY carried by members of the Shadow League."

A tall thin woman walked down the hall. All three boys called to her.

"Professor Tipple! Professor Tipple!"

She turned. "Yes?"

"Look what we found in Professor Delrean's bag!" Nor held up the gun.

"I told you he was evil," Kaje said with a grin.

Professor Tipple looked at Riku and Lysia. "I see, and are these two your accomplices?"

Nor scratched his head. "Umm...sure..."

"Well then, detention for all of you!" She pulled out detention slips.

"That's totally bogus!" Kaje said with a groan.

"Yeah, we didn't do anything!"

"I can think of two things to incriminate the lot of you. 1. Snooping in Professor Delean's office and 2. As you very well know, class started 45 minutes ago-

"48 minutes..." Nor mumbled.

"MARCH!" Tipple said pointing down the hall.

G-G

"This bites," Kaje mumbled in detention.

Nor watched Professor Hibiki. "He's asleep, guys."

Thade watched Nor open a window and climb out.

"I think I'll just stay here. Don't want my homework to pile up." He smiled at Lysia and put his nose in a book.

Nor poked his head back in. "Suit yourself..." he said as Kaje slipped out.

Lysia looked over at Riku. "I'm staying here..."

"It's my nature to sneak out..." Riku gave Lysia an evil grin. "I'm kidding. I'll go with them to make sure they don't get into trouble..."

"K..." Lysia watched Riku hop out the window.

"We'll be fine..." Nor looked over at Thade. "If Alex asks where I am..." Nor scratched his head. "Tell her what ever you always tell her when I go somewhere..."

"Okay..." Thade mumbled while reading his Dragonology book.

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A few minutes later, Riku, Nor and Kaje were walking in a dark forest.

"Where are we?" Riku asked.

"Somewhere on the East Side of fog island..." Nor said looking around. "Wait!" Nor got serious.

"What?" Riku asked.

"Do you hear that?" Nor looked around.

"Hear what?" Kaje asked.

"Hissing..." Nor looked into a tree. "Raiders!"

A thing jumped out of the tree. It looked like a man with the head of a snake.

"Chopped!" Nor slashed the air and a Katana appeared in his hand.

"Ahhhissssss" The Snake Raider hissed as Nor chopped the snake head off. The body fell to the ground and the snake slithered out of it, looking for another body.

"Uh-uh!" Nor jumped over and chopped the snake in half.

"Are you okay?" Riku and Kaje rushed over to Nor.

"Yeah..." Nor looked at Riku. "There are bound to more of these...do you have a weapon?"

"No." Riku looked down.

"Then take this." Nor held up a Keyblade. "I found it by the castle walls yesterday, but I can't wield it. Let's see if it likes you."

Riku took the Keyblade from Nor. "How is it here..." It was his Way to Dawn Keyblade. How did it get there...?

"Thanks," Riku said.

"Here, I found this next it..." Nor handed Riku a Keychain.

(Received Zephyr Tower Keychain)

G-G

Thade woke up in a puddle of drool on his desk. "Woah!" Detention had been over for an hour.

"Hey, babe..." He nudged Lysia. "Wake up. Detention's over..."

Lysia woke up to Thade's green hair.

"It startles most people..." Thade laughed.

"What's wrong...Where's Riku?" Lysia asked.

"You don't remember?" Thade poked her forehead. "He went with Nor..."

"Oh, yeah..." Lysia swatted Thade's hand away. The light reflected off her hair. She touched her chest. "What...? Riku's in trouble..."

G-G

"Great..." Riku grimaced.

"It could be worse..."Kaje said.

"No it couldn't..." Nor mumbled.

"Nor!" Kaje leaned over and kicked Nor.

"What!" Nor kicked back. "It's the truth!"

They had been captured by a band of Snake Raiders.

"Donald, Goofy?" Riku looked over to see Donald and Goofy being thrown down beside Nor.

"Who are they?" Kaje asked.

"Mickey's goons." Riku laughed.

"We're not goons!" Donald quacked.

"Woah..." Nor laughed. "You're like...a Duck..." Nor looked over at Goofy. "And you're a...what the heck are you?"

Goofy shrugged. "Hi-yuck..." Goofy laughed. "Ya' know...I don't really know..."

"Nobody does..." Riku mumbled.

"They didn't either..." Goofy said, referring to Organization XIII.

"Who's 'They'?" Kaje asked.

"Organization XIII..." Riku said. "Complete and chock full of Nobodies."

"Riku..." Nor laughed. "Isn't that a little harsh?"

"No, you see...a Nobody is a...well...lemme start from the beginning." And then, Riku told his story.

G-G

Nor and Kaje stood there, mouths wide open.

"Wow..." Kaje said. "So, it was a Keyblade?"

"Kairi sounds hot!" Nor drooled.

"Don't worry..." Riku laughed. "She is..."

Nor let out a series of whistles.

"What was that?" Riku asked.

"That was kind of like...Phoenix Talk..." Nor said.

"Phoenix?" Riku laughed. "Phoenix's don't exist..."

"I beg to differ..." Nor smirked. He bobbed his head up.

Riku looked up to see a large red bird circling the sky. "Woah..."

Nor let out a few more whistles and it flew away.

"What'd you tell it?" Riku asked.

"To go tell Thade we got captured..." Nor said. "Which means they'll try to come save us and get captured in the process..."

"How do you know that?" Riku said.

"Happens all the time..." Kaje laughed.

G-G

Lysia and Thade met up with a group of his friends. Thade started telling them what happened.

"And we were all-" Thade looked into the air to see Kain, Nor's Phoenix.

"It's Kain!" a blonde haired girl said.

"What's a Kain?" Lysia asked.

"Nor's Phoenix..." Reem said. "Look!" She pointed into the air.

Lysia look up to see Kain flying around. The bird came close to her so she screamed and ducked. A cloud of light came down to protect her. Kain bounced off of it and cried out in pain.

"What was that?" Thade asked as he helped Lysia up.

"What was what?" Naturally, Lysia hadn't seen it.

"Nothing. Come on, let's go."

The group started towards the forest to rescue their friends. They went on for a while until Thade stopped.

"Wait, what was that?" He looked around. "AMBUSH!"

A group of snake raiders jumped them and the girls screamed.

G-G

Riku looked over at Nor who was staring at his watch.

"20, 19, 18..." Nor counted.

"What are you doing?"

"Calculating."

"Calculating what?"

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1." Thade and Lysia's group was slammed on the ground in front of them. Nor looked up and smiled. "Like clock work." Nor helped Alex up, while Riku helped Lysia.

"Oh sure! Help the girls, but not me!" Thade grumbled.

"Sorry, but um, they are kind of prettier than you," Riku said.

Kaje came up to Thade. "I'll help you up."

"No thanks."

Riku turned to Lysia. "What happened?"

"We got jumped because SOMEONE didn't have a weapon." She glared at Thade.

He walked up to her and put his arm around her shoulders. "That's because I'm a lover, baby. I don't carry weapons. I might hurt someone. I don't like to hurt people."

"Tell that to my cracked jaw!" Kaje said.

Thade glared at him and then turned back to Lysia. "Besides, you have a weapon…don't you?"

"I don't know how to use mine, brainiac!" Lysia grumbled. Alex looked up at Kain and Riku saw her.

"That reminds me, we need to go now."

Nor scratched his head. "How did Alex looking up make you think of that?"

"Can we just get back to the point here?" Riku turned to Lysia. "We have to find the keyhole, then the door to the next world will open."

"Next world?" Nor shouted. "I want to come!"

Lysia leaned over to Riku. "Please tell me that there is some rule against that."

"Pleeeeease let me come! I've always wanted to see other worlds!"

Riku shrugged. "I don't see why not…I guess you can come."

Lysia leaned over to him again. "I'll get you for this."

Nor hugged all of his friends. "I'll be back guys."

Alex looked at the ground and then back up at Nor. "Don't meet any other pretty girls. You might forget me."

"I could never forget you," Nor said with a smile.

Lysia curled her nose. "Oh boy. I think I'm gonna chuck."

"Hey! May I remind you who rescued this group?"

Lysia looked up at Kain, who was holding the snake raiders in his claws.

"Fine. I take it back."

Kaje and Thade led everyone else back to campus as Riku led his group back into the forest.

"What does the keyhole look like?" Lysia asked. A few glowing butterflies flew by her head.

"It's this way," Riku said as one of the butterflies landed on his finger.

They reached the keyhole and the rest of the butterflies fluttered around them. Riku took out his keyblade and held it up. A beam of light came out of it and flew into the keyhole, but nothing happened. He put his arm down.

"What's wrong? It should be locking."

Donald stepped forward. "Remember, your hearts are intertwined. You have to work together to finish this mission."

Lysia took out her keyblade and held it up. Riku pointed his at the keyhole as well and their two beams created a clicking noise deep inside the keyhole. They both put their keyblades back up.

"Sweet," Nor said as the keyhole disappeared.

Riku looked at Lysia and smiled. "Time to go."

As he spoke, the floor opened up and they all fell into the Gummiship.

"Where are we going now?" Lysia said as Riku helped her click her seatbelt.

Riku looked up at the next world.

"It looks like a wardrobe…and it's snowing…"