We managed to catch up to Aladdin just as he caught Abu.

"If you can't control that little fur ball... put him on a leash!" the peddler exclaimed.

"Look, I'm sorry..." He bent down to Abu. "You should be ashamed of yourself, Abu." Aladdin said. Abu reductively handed the item back to Aladdin. It was a black oil lamp. Aladdin gave the lamp back to the peddler who then went on his way. "Abu!" Abu took notice of us and ran to us. I knelt down enough to where he could climb onto my shoulder. "Hey guys, sorry about earlier. I was kinda in a hurry."

"That's okay." I said.

"Who's this? This girl is new..." Aladdin asked, looking at my Darkside.

"Oh! My apologies, I'm Yami... Nice to meet you." She politely said, "You must be Aladdin." He nodded.

"What happened?" Sora asked.

"You know Abu. He couldn't keep his paws off that lamp." Abu jumped off my shoulder and started screeching and jumping around. "No talking your way out of this one!" Aladdin said. Everyone laughed, but I didn't. Abu was scared about something. I didn't think he'd steal a lamp for no reason.

"Aladdin, Jasmine's worried about you. She said you've been sad and going into town a lot." Yami said.

"I guess there's no fooling her, huh? See, Genie and Carpet took off to see the world. It's what Genie wanted and I wish him the best, but..." Aladdin said.

"You miss him." Goofy said.

"Man, things must be REALLY quiet with Genie gone." Sora said.

"Aladdin, I know how it feels to miss someone so much that your heart hurts everyday." I said.

"Yeah. I mean, Genie was one of the only friends I had besides Abu. He helped me get out of my old life and helped me with Jasmine." Aladdin said. I happened to look behind me and saw Iago shaking.

"Iago, what's wrong?" I asked.

"Iago?!" Aladdin exclaimed.

"Oh, right... He wants to apologize for all the trouble he caused." Sora said.

"Oh, does he?" Aladdin asked.

"Gawrsh, he's so sorry, he's shakin'!" Goofy said.

"I don't think that's why Goofy..." I said.

"What's wrong, Iago?" Yami asked.

"Th-th-that lamp!" Iago stammered.

"What about it?" Aladdin asked.

"It was THE lamp! The one I was trapped in!" Iago exclaimed.

"You mean the one that we trapped Jafar in?" I asked.

"Yes! There's NO WAY I'd mistake it for another lamp!" Iago screeched.

"We better go talk to that peddler." Aladdin said.

"We're right behind you!" Sora said. We went back to the peddler's shop. When we asked how much he wanted for the lamp, he said he wanted treasure worthy of a sultan. How in the world were we suppose to get that? We couldn't just go to the palace and ask for some from the treasure room. The only other place we could find treasure was... the Cave of Wonders. That was the only place we would find treasure and not get arrested. Carpet gave us a lift to the desert. There we found the Guardian.

"This place still gives me the creeps." I said. We made our way through the cave when we came to a room with statues lining the walls. I the middle of the room, floated a large pink gem. Abu, not being able to keep myself from grabbing anything that wasn't nailed down, jumped up and grabbed the gem. Suddenly, the whole room shook. I then noticed the statues had anger on their faces. Shard of ice mysteriously formed in the air and fell. Several almost hit Abu. I Picked up Abu and headed to the pedestal that was at the end of the room. Abu placed the gem into the slot on the pedestal and everything became calm. We soon came to a large treasure room.

"There. That should do it." Aladdin said. I saw a large trophy, decorated with jewels, with 3 large gems at the top. One red, one blue and one green. This had to be enough to buy that lamp.

"Oh boy. It's perfect. That guy's gonna like this." Donald said.

"Sure looks valuable." Sora said.

"Alright. Now lets go get that lamp!" Aladdin said. We gathered the treasure and began to leave, when the room became dark. Then, Heartless appeared from the darkness. After defeating them, we rushed back to the peddler's house to find him gone.

"Where is he? I thought he'd be waiting for us to come back." I said. That's when we heard commotion outside. It was the peddler and Pete!

"Stop your whining and hand it over!" Pete said.

"Oh no! I'm trading it for treasure. This lamp is going to bring me riches!" the peddler objected. We looked outside to see Pete chasing the peddler. We followed them to the palace gates. There they were playing keep away with the lamp. Pete managed to grab it, but Iago swooped in and grabbed the lamp.

"Alright Iago!" I said.

"Nice one, Iago!" Sora said.

"Way to go!" Aladdin said.

"Don't drop it!" Donald said.

"Look! Behind you!" Goofy said. Iago tricked the 2 into running into a wall. The peddler fell unconscious while Pete became angry. However, Iago didn't watch where he was going and ran into another wall, dropping the lamp. Pete picked up the lamp and laughed.

"Just wait till Jafar's free! He's going to make one beauty of a Heartless!" Pete said. Just as we were about to get the lamp, the ground began to shake. I happen to look up at the sky and saw something zipping through the air. I squinted my eyes and realized it was Genie!

"I'm HOME!" Genie circled the courtyard. "Al! It's been eons!" He was so happy to be back that he didn't realized he was hugging Pete instead of Aladdin. "Al, you little prince muffin, you! Cosmic travel can get so lonely without a friend. To think I left you forlorn and Genie-less... Oh, the HUMANITY! Hey, Al, you been puttin' on weight? Aw, of course, what am I saying? You're living at the palace now." Genie bellowed.

"Genie!" Aladdin said. That's when Genie realized he hadn't been hugging Aladdin. He dropped Pete and happily hugged his old master for real.

"I'll teach you to make a fool out of me! I'm finishin' you mugs off right now!" Pete exclaimed. Pete slammed his fist to the ground and 2 Heartless appeared. One of fire and one of ice. These Heartless were tough. They'd each take a turn attacking us and when enough damage was done to one of them, they'd break into smaller Heartless. I aimed Nightfall Key at the Fire Lord.

"Waterga!" I yelled. A powerful spout of water emanated from my Keyblade and struck the Heartless, destroying it. Both me and Sora jumped to evade the Ice Lord and pointed our Keyblades at it.

"Fira!" Sora and I shouted. 2 medium-sized fireballs shoot from our Keyblades and hit the Heartless. It jerked around several times as a large heart emerged from its chest. Pete ran off. We took Jafar's lamp and sealed it away in a stone slab inside the palace's deepest dungeon. That took care of that.

"Abu!" We noticed Abu was carrying something while Aladdin chased him. "Catch him!" All 5 of us dove for Abu and we just ended up piled on top of each other.

"Ow! Yami, get your feathery butt off me! You're crushing my ribs!" I complained.

"Well, if Donald can get off my back-"

"I'm not even on your back!" He yelled and I started to move a little.

"Hehe, my bad..." Sora nervously laughed.

"SORA, GET OFF!" Yami and I yelled.

That's when I took noticed to the large ruby on the ground. I managed to squirm free and picked up the ruby. "He must have secretly stolen it from the Cave of Wonders." Aladdin said. That's when the ruby began to glow. Me and Sora unlocked the new path and departed from Agrabah.

~

I was laying in the bed just staring at the ceiling. Something was amiss. I couldn't tell what but something was happening... I looked at a sleeping Snowy right next to me. She looked so peaceful. I wish I can be as peaceful as her or Sora as they sleep. I slightly jumped when I heard Sora's voice.

"Hey, sis..." He sounded like he was tired.

"Is the junior hero tired?" I half teased and he just shrugged, plopping into bed. I laughed, "I'll take that as a yes."

"You seem to be warming up to Yami." Sora looked up with a smile.

"Doesn't mean I completely trust her. I mean, sure, she seems nice and polite but she's still my Darkside. No telling what is going on in her head."

"How come you don't trust her?" I growled at this.

"Sora, she tried to bring me into the darkness whenever me and Riku had our adventure in Castle Oblivion!"

"You've been in a castle with Riku? And what's Castle Oblivion?"

I looked at him. Of course he wouldn't remember of that place. He was sleeping for nearly a year to reclaim his memories and forget about the castle, at least, according to Naminé...

"That's a story for another day. While we were at the castle, Yami tried to gain control of me. My fear of the dark didn't help matters and I nearly got myself and Kiyoko killed. But thanks to Lumina, who is Light's Nobody, I learned to look into both and never look away. She also said that courage isn't the absence of fear but-"

"Rather the judgment of something more important than fear." Sora said and yawned. "Yeah, that's why I'm not afraid of anything else because I know I got my friends to pull me out of whatever happens."

'Whatever happens, huh?' I was thinking about the future. What if Xehanort really does come back like Yami says? Then it hit me: how does she know about that?

"Anyway, I really think she's trying, Pi." Sora said and I hummed in response. He looked at me werid. "What?"

"Oh, it's nothing. Hey Sora, you want me to sing you a lullaby?" He wearily yawned and laid his head on my lap. It felt so familiar to me. He suddenly turned into Ventus- and I know it was him. I looked in the mirror and my hair was shorter. It looked like I was Aqua! I looked back down at Sora and he was still Ventus. I sighed as I remembered she sung to me and Ven for us to go to sleep. I smiled and a tear fell of my cheek until Sora had his real appearance.

"You know, I think I miss my mother..." He said unexpectedly. "See was really strong when dad left. Of course, it was still hard for us but she'd always sing to me at bedtime... always..."

"Oh... I'm sorry..."

Sora looked up at me, "it's not your fault, Piri! The truth is... She probably left him for a reason... I think." I smiled wider and tears fell more.

"You really are something special, Sora. Happening to endure that. Have you meet him?"

"No but I'm not sure if he wants to see me."

"Sora..." I sighed as I stroked his hair as I sung:

She was just sixteen
And all alone when I came to be
So we grew up together
Our mama-child and me
Now things were bad and she was scared
But whenever I would cry
She'd calm my fear and dry my tears
With a rock and roll lullaby

And she'd sing
Sha-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
It'll be all right
Sha-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Just hold on tight
Sing it to me, mama
My, my, my, my, mama
Sing it sweet and clear
Oh mama, let me hear
That old rock and roll lullaby

I looked down to see Sora fast asleep with tears falling down his cheeks. I sighed as I stroked his hair. His mom was back at Destiny Islands, I know, but until we get back to home, I would take care of him like Aqua did Ven and me.

AN I figured out the problem I was in with the bold and italics. The song is called Rock 'n Roll by BJ Thomas, one of my favorite songs/ lullabies. It calms me down and it struck me as one. And I'm not sure if it's true about Sora's family but I added this for affect.