"Why do you two shun the dark?" echoed the voice through the pearl-white walls of this castle. We stopped walking and he cross his arms while I looked around.

"Come on. I know you heard everything we said to Maleficent!" I said and Riku nodded in agreement.

"Darkness is your weapon. I need you to accept it."

I gulped and frantically looked around. "N-no I don't!" one of my hands were on fire... literally.

"It's okay, Dawna. Calm down..." Riku said, in a calming way. then he yelled at the voice, "Why would you care if I or Dawna fell to darkness?"

"Stop resisting the darkness. You must... so one of you can be my host!"

Within eight feet of where we were standing, on orb of darkness came floating down from the ceiling. It floated down until it reached the floor, where it erupted in a bolt of darkness. I covered my eyes until the darkness ceased and when I did I say a scary man with long silver hair and yellow eyes. My heart rate increased and my eyes grew wide.

"Ansem... just as I thought." Riku muttered as he put me behind him, backing up and staring up at him.

"Who is this guy?" I asked him.

"He took control of me and now he seems to be haunting us..." Riku glared at him.

"You don't seem surprised." Ansem said, his voice booming through the hallway.

"You always were chatty when it came to darkness." Riku explained, staring fiercely at him. "So, let me guess... You want to pull me back into the darkness and play puppet master again... right?"

"Clever boy. But don't forget about that scared little girl behind you. Either one of you would make a good host. Now, which one of you-" I lost it.

"I'm NOT afarid of you!" I yelled and glared at him.

"You're sick! Trying to force something that shouldn't be your choice!" Riku roared. In his rage, he took out his sword and dashed towards him. When he was two feet in front of him, however, he was pushed violently backwards. He was shot backwards fifteen feet away from me.

"Riku!" I ran to his side and knelt down.

"Did you really think you could do me harm?" I looked back at him and he was walking to us. I glared and he looked at me, smirking, but he was still talking to Riku when he said, "A weakling like you couldn't defeat Sora... and you had darkness on your side." Ansem said and I gasped. I looked back at Riku, who's arms gave out from under him.

After a few moments, Riku spoke again, "Not a... chance..."

"Only darkness can save you now!" Ansem answered, stepping closer.

"No!" I got up and stood in front of Riku with my arms in a protective manner. Ansem stopped and I stood still as stone, but still talked. "I won't let anyone fall to darkness!"

"After what you've done- giving people darkness that they don't have and letting everything around you go- you think you can escape the darkness? It is the only way!" I flinched when he yelled that and closed my eyes.

"You're wrong!"

I gasped and slightly turned my body, where I can see both Ansem and the ball of light in front of Riku. And that voice...

"Your Majesty!" I said and Riku gasped.

"Is it really you?" he asked.

"You betcha! Riku, Dawn, you two aren't alone. Listen carefully, the light will never give up on you. You'll always find it, even in the deepest darkness! But you have to believe."

"I will," Riku said standing up.

I reached my hand out for him, "We will."

He smiled then smirked at Ansem, "Hear that? No one's gonna be your little puppet today!"

"Or ever!" I glared at him.

"You think some feeble light can save you? From the Darkness I command? Fools!" Ansem cried and Riku grabbed his sword while I readied my fire, up for a fight.

~

"That all you got?" Riku panted, sword still in hand.

"And here... I thought you... you said darkness... is stronger than light..." I said in between breaths, holding my left arm that felt like it was ran over by one of London's most biggest semis.

"You two seem intent on resisting the darkness's embrace. Very well. See with your own eyes." he said, holding several cards.

"Are these cards from his memory like the other one?" I asked and he nodded.

"Advance through the worlds they beget, and you'll come to understand... chasing the light will not distance you from the dark. You can't run." Ansem boomed.

"Who said we're running?" Riku asked. "Give me them. We'll enter those worlds. And in the end, if we haven't given up..." he looked at me and nodded, "We win!"

Ansem smiled and tossed the cards to Riku, who reached up and cought them effortlessly. I peeped over his shoulder to see the pictures of worlds... maybe of ones he visited before.

"I have one more gift for you two." I looked at him while Riku continued to look at the cards. He raised his hand up and I felt a sharp pain in my heart as a dark aura surrounded us. Falling to my knees from the pressure that was squeezing my heart, the dark aura faded. I panted and put a hand on my chest.

"What'd you do?" I yelled with Riku helping me up.

"I tempered with the darkness inside both of you." I growled at this.

"You asshole! You just can go to hell! You and I both know I wouldn't go back to darkness."

"Did you think we did?" Riku asked him.

"Whether or not you use it is your choice." after these words he vanished. Riku ran forward in his rage, weapon held in the air, but nothing remained behind.

"I'll be waiting for one of you to come to your senses and yield to darkness."

"We'll see who's left standing!" I shouted back. I burnt the place he was standing and screamed.

"Wow, Pyro! Calm down!" Riku said trying to cool me but I threw one more fire ball and growled.

"It's Dawna! I hate him..." I said through my teeth.

he sighed, "Yeah, that bastard is like that."