Chapter 3

I finished off the last heartless before Mickey walked up to me.

"Gosh, maybe you should be careful. You know, since you have a baby."

"Yeah," It has been at least a three weeks... or maybe two? I couldn't keep up with the times anymore. My stomach was slightly getting bigger.

"Just try not to overdo it." Mickey said with much concern.

I felt as I was going to throw up. I held my mouth and ran behind a rock. Letting loose was probably the relieving thing to do. After it was all out, I wiped my mouth and ran to Mickey.

"Am I sick? What if I'm sick?" I worried. "Wouldn't that hurt the baby?"

"Reese, it's okay. Calm down and take a deep breath." Mickey grabbed my hands and I knelt down. "What you are experiencing is natural. It's just a stage for pregnancy and stress will make it worst."

"So... I'm not sick?" he shook his head and I took a deep breath. I felt giddy. "Okay! Thanks for telling me!"

"Piri, you need to rest a lit-" I started to glow randomly but it wasn't my light. It was Master Yen Sid's teleportation light. Not again...

"Mickey!" I reached out for him but everything flashed... again...

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"... Ri, I found you!" I heard Sora's voice and shot my eyes open. Sure enough it was him. He was in this white castle, too.

"Sora!" I jumped up and hugged him tight as I could. "What are you doing here? I thought you were back at home with Amara and Kairi."

"I had to come and find you and Riku first." he voice sounded like he was hitting puberty as it was slightly squeaky. he suddenly gasped. "Wait a minute, I just saw him!"

"Wha-"

"Riku! Where are you?" he yelled, slightly frowning. As there was no response, he sighed and looked to the ground.

"Piri!" Goofy and Donald come running up to me.

"Donald, Goofy!" they ran up to me and bowed.

I smiled and curtsied back. "I missed you guys so much, you have no idea-" I stopped when I saw Sora upset. "Little brother, are you okay?"

"Don't worry about me." he looked at the door. "Riku... what happened?"

"Did you to have a fight again?" he nodded at this. Jiminy popped out of Sora's hood.

"Hmm... sure was strange. Almost like Ansem was controlling him again." I gasped at this.

"But we got rid of him for good." I shook my head but remained quiet. "Then I wonder what is wrong with Riku..." Goofy wondered.

"Hold on!" Donald quacked, "If Piri is here and Riku is here... that means Mickey is here, too!" he looked me, "Where is he?"

I gulped, "Well..."

"Can you please tell us, Your majes- um, Piri?" Goofy asked as a dagger flew straight through my heart.

"Where is he?" Donald repeated and I fell to my knees in tears.

"I... I don't... He..." I couldn't speak a sentence correctly.

"Is he at least alive?" I nodded at this and I wiped my tears.

"Y-yeah, we got separated. But I was with him before I was sent here." I got up and turned to the sad boy, "Sora..."

"I know..." Jiminy jumped of Sora's shoulder. "You're thinking Riku isn't your friend..."

"Sora, you and I both know that's not true." I told him, placing a hand on his shoulder. he looked at me, still sad.

"Ya sure?" he asked.

I frowned, "What did he say to you?"

"He said awful things to him." Jiminy said.

"...Like?"

"Well..." Sora spoke up a little, "He said... I was looking for Naminé and no longer him."

"Naminé? Who is...?" I shook my head, "Tell me about this 'Naminé' character later. Is that all he told you?"

"He said I never cared for him, you, or her. Not only that but he said she doesn't want to see me."

"Okay... so, who is Naminé?" I asked.

"She's an old friend that moved away before you came to the islands. If you meet her, I'm sure you two would have been best friends."

"How come you never told me about her?" I asked.

"I forgot about her. This castle is helping me remember her." he said.

"This... castle?" I looked around.

"That's right... Castle Oblivion." he said.

"Why, folks lose their memory here a little bit at a time. Riku's probably just forgotten that the two of you were such close friends, that's all!" the little cricket said and I gasped; could Riku... be forgetting me and the promise we made?

"So, he forgot?" me and Sora asked in sync.

"My guess is that so. But Sora... Instead of being sad, we have to figure out a way to get his memory back. If we all work together, why, we're sure to get you through this. Now need to mope."

"Jiminy's right. You shouldn't push away your friends away." Goofy said.

"Yeah. Okay." Sora was still sad.

"Sora, do you remember what we promised back on the Gummi Ship?" I asked.

"Huh?"

"No matter how life gets you down, You got to keep smiling." I pinched his cheeks, "Come on, Sora... smmiiilllee for me!"

He laughed, "Hey-"

I tickled him, "That's not good enough!"

"Ah, S-sis! Haha, k-knock it off!" he grinned and throw his head back, laughing. "Okay, you... Hahaha, you win!"

"See?" I stopped tickling him, "That's the Sora I remember."

"You're right..." he hugged me, "Thanks, sis."

"Just get it in your head to keep it like that, 'kay?" he nodded at this. I suddenly started to glowing again. "Dammit, not again!"

"Piri!" they all shouted and I closed my eyes, letting a tear escape before I disappeared.

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I finally opened my eyes to find myself in a different room. I can tell it was like the room that Sora was in but this one was different. I white on the walls was blind, of that I'm sure. As soon as my eyes adjusted, I saw...

"Riku!" I ran up to him. "Riku, what is wrong with you?"

"What?" something was off. Could Ansem gotten to him?

I shook my head and glared, "Don't 'what?' me! I know what you did to Sora! That was extremely low."

"He really doesn't care about Naminé, he only cares about you... heck, I'd say he loves you more than a sister or best friend." not this again... "And I know you love him like that too. Why don't you go back to your boyfriend?"

"Oh, that's gotta hurt!"

'Not now, blackberry!' I growled, "Come on! Listen to what you're saying! Sora's a little brother to me and you know-" he cut me off by lunging at me with his sword. I blocked it with my keyblade, "What? Riku, knock it off! You know-"

"Save it!" this wasn't Riku.

"What's gotten in to you? Don't you remember I'm carrying your daughter?" he shoved me back. I fell onto my butt and Riku pointed his sword at me.

"Didn't forget, just don't care," he said and my heart stopped.

"That can't be daddy! That's a fake, I know it!"

"Riku..." I closed me eyes. Suddenly a figure jumped in front of me and knocked Riku back. It was... another Riku?

"Stay back! I won't let you hurt my girl and my child!" he shouted and the other hmphed. I can tell something fishy was going on. "What are you supposed to be?"

"Surprised? I guess you should be." he scoffed, "After all, I look just like you. I'll tell both of you what I am. I'm an exact replica of you and your data." He pointed at the other Riku.