Ansem began up the stairs, his dark tan skin shining in the keyhole light. I sat up as the pain started to wear away. The eerie blue glow around him had become non-existent as he continued toward the light.

"Ansem!" I shouted, fighting my way to my feet, "what do you think you're doing?!"

He stopped. Sora turned to watch as his comrades joined him, for the barrier was broken. Ansem turned around swiftly, his silver hair brushing against his face lightly. "The door has been opened," he commented. What in the world was he talking about?

"What's that suppose to mean?" Sora questioned. A devilish grin began to form on Ansem's face as he turned back towards the keyhole.

"The door to everlasting darkness," he explained, reaching towards the keyhole, "The door to kingdom hearts has finally been opened!"

He tilted his head so that he could see us out of the corner of his eye. "You're job," he whispered, "is over."

I watched as the glow began to return to his figure. I suddenly realized I couldn't move again. Sora watched as I struggled against the spell that was slowly paralyzing me. My attention was too focused on myself to notice that Ansem was striding towards us.

"W-what's. what's going on?" I mumbled, attempting to force my body to move. I began to feel a cold chill as Ansem put his hand on my chin.

"Don't bother. It will only make things worse," he whispered, titling my face up so I would look into his cold, orangish eyes.

"Leave him alone!" Sora shouted as he lunged at the older man. I watched without emotion as he got slapped back into the ground. He deserved it for acting so foolishly.

The duck and the dog just stood there confused. They were probably wondering whether to join in or not. But knowing them, they probably weren't thinking at all. Sora jumped back on his feet and attempted to attack Ansem with a fire spell. The magic was instantly nullified as it hit the glowing barrier. Sora slowly backed away with disbelief when he realized he couldn't hurt him. Was Ansem really invincible? What was he going to do to me?