Book 2 of The Fallen Girl Series

Alli's life was boring and bland. She was an average high schooler with an average life but with an unaverage personality. Being an otaku to Kingdom Hearts, she craved adventure. Well, you know, like they say: Be careful what you wish for. Alli and her little sister, Kurami, are pulled into the world of Kingdom Hearts and finds herself becoming the new Key-bearer after Sora returned to the Destiny Islands. Now Alli must fight the Heartless to find Kurami and save the worlds, one keyhole at a time. RikuxOC. Kingdomshipping.

Hi everyone! It's me, Snowcloud8! Since I am a major fan of Kingdom Hearts but never played the game (curses for not owning a playstation 2!) and currently having writers block for my other story, I am creating another The Fallen Girl Chronicles book called The Girl and the Keyblade. I will eventually post more of The Girl and the Giratina but I forgot to bring my notebook home this weekend and also I'm having writer's block so I am writing this story from scratch. Me, Umbreon, and Snivy are writing as fast as we can so we hope to come up with more chapters faster for both stories so I will try to update every other week or so. I'm a busy girl and my mom hates me being on the laptop for so long! btw, i should explain this: Riku's clothing design is from the 2nd game because i think it looks waaaay cooler but Riku still looks the same and the plot revolves mainly around the first game (dont worry, it wont be EXACTLY the same) even though it's been 2 years since the game's events. oh, and some how Sora and Kairi manage to go home together, unlike the first game, but Riku gets left behind and becomes a knight for King Mickey like the other two games never happened. i'll get the backstory on that later. Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

(Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN SQUARE ENIX, KINGDOM HEARTS, OR DISNEY NOR DO I CLAIM 2! it's called fanfiction for a reason, people!)

Alli Akira, last name means "bright or clear"

Age: 16

Hair: brown, wavy, shoulder-length

Eyes: dark brown

Chapter 1 The Real World and the Dream

I'm falling...falling into nothingness... I open my eyes to see I am sinking underwater...my normal t-shirt and jeans melting away into bubbles, revealing me to be wearing strange clothes: a zippered red t-shirt with a white undershirt and a black choker and silver charm with a red accordian skirt with white lining and long knee white socks with giant yellow shoes. I don't dwindle on these strange clothes as I continue to fall and pass out. I suddenly open my eyes again to find myself surrounded by the Destiny Islands. A figure stands out in the ocean's blue waters. I shield my eyes to make out the figure, showing my hands are now covered by white fingerless gloves. A boy with long spiky silver hair with blue baggy jeans and a white and yellow vest with a black zipper tank top underneath with a white bracket on his left arm, had his back turned to me (A/N:KH2 design)...Wait, there's another figure!

I make out to see a girl standing next to him with long wavy dark brown hair with purple highlights down to her shoulder blades, wearing dark blue skinny jeans with gray converse sneakers with a stylish dark gray hoodie, that hugs her figure, with baggy long sleeves, back also turned. I try to walk toward them but the water recedes.

The two figures turn, showing the boy to have a zipper tank top open with a black zipper undershirt and the girl to have her jacket open with a crimson tank top underneath, a thin silver chain necklace with a flat charm resting on her chest. The boy looked vaguely familiar from Kingdom Hearts, but I couldn't place him. It was the girl that took me a second to recognize with all the clothes: Kurami... Her hazel and the boy's sea foam eyes stare back into mine as they extend their hands out to me. I run towards them as a giant tsunami wave behind them pulls closer, fear enveloping my chest. I blindly reach out and grab one of the hands as the wave crashes over. I flip in the water a couple of times before I can collect myself. I see Kurami's shocked face, looking at my hand grasped around the boy's hand instead of her own. Her eyes fill with hurt as her hand remaines extended out to me as she drifts away in the water. I drop the his hand as I desperately try to swim and reach out to Kurami, only for the current to pull me back.

I drift to what feels endless before I burst out of the water. I look around to see that the boy was not next to me anymore but a younger Kurami on the beach, waving at me and calling my name. I run over to her, catching my breath. It's a relief to see that she's alright. Her eyes suddenly look at a falling object in the sky. I, too, look at the object, which looked like me. In fact, it was me! What was this, Inception! The me on the beach suddenly collaspes over, seeing a worried Kurami as I once find myself falling into the water. I right myself as I seem to land on the watery ground. I shield myself as the water underneath me dissapates and flashes brightly into a million flying doves, revealing a large circular green pane-glass window under my feet with Snow White on it. I stare in awe and look around to suddenly hear a noiseless voice emit from the darkness.

Noiseless voice...? Is that even possible?

"So much to do,... so little time..." it whispers.

What?

"Take your time. Don't be afraid."

Okay...well I'm just sitting here. What should I be afraid of?

"...The door is still shut. Please step forward."

I unknowingly step forward as a black sword and a white sword appear in front of me.

"...A power sleeps within you...If you give it a form...it will give you strength. Choose well."

I look over at the two swords. One has an inky darkness surrounding it and the other has a glowing pink aura.

I reach over and grab the glowing light sword.

"The power of a warrior. Invinsible courage. A sword of terrible destruction...is this the power that you seek?"

I nod.

"The path is set." it continued, the sword flashing out of my arms.

"Now...which will you give up?"

'Well, you just took my sword away so I guess I just gave that up.'

Two pendants suddenly flashed in front of my eyes. One had a yellow star attached to it and the other had a flat silver charm with an amethyst gem in the center.

'Ohhhhhh, that's what I have to give up.'

Both were equally appealing. It was hard to choose. Absentmindedly, I grabbed both of them. All of a sudden, the rock underneath the floating pendants cracked. I jumped back in surprise. 'Was I not supposed to grab both?' Without warning, the pane-glass began to crack as I found myself falling once more. A blue pane Cinderella window came speeding my way. I opened my mouth to scream but no sound came out. I flinched, bracing for impact as I gradually began to slow down. I relax as the air around me floats me to the ground, landing gently on my feet. The sword flashes into my hand as the voice speaks again.

"You've gained the power to fight."

'Yeah but, I've always had the ability to fight but now I have a sword!'

Two or more black shadows with yellow eyes wiggle their way into my view: The Heartless

"There will be times when you have to fight. Keep your light burning strong."

The shadows menacingly crawled over to me. I swung my sword at the one that jumped over me and stabbed it in the center. It dissapated as the its' buddies faded away.

'Yeah, you BETTER run!'

"Behind you."

I look over and strike the one of the shadow creatures behind me. 'Hmph, attacking me from behind...how cowardly.'

The dead shadow creatures, then, envelope the floor into darkness. I struggle against it but it is no use. I am soon pulled under like quicksand. I try and brush the darkness off of me like ants as I lay on a glass pane with Aurora on it, dressed in a lavender purple with thorns surrounding her, seven Heartless surrounding me.

'Oh, not you guys again!'

I get up and begin to slaughter the remaining Heartless as they try to grab me. A pane glass stairwell begins to spiral next to me as I finish off the last Heartless. I walk up it, stepping onto a Belle floor. I smile quietly. Belle was always one of my favorite princesses growing up. I frown to see my shadow has abruptly stretched over her.

"The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes."

My shadow then becomes larger as it jumps up and takes a towering form. I step back in fear of the giant creature.

"But don't be afraid...and don't forget."

'Don't be afraid? Are you kidding me! This thing is huge! And don't forget what!' I begin to run away only to nearly fall off the edge of the glass. 'Guess I have no choice then. I have to fight.'

I try to cut away at its ankles to get it to fall over but its hand smash down and knocks me away like a pesky mosquito. A bunch of heartless swarm from where its hand landed in a swirl of purple. 'Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me!' I angrily slashed away at the Heartless before another purple black hand knocks me down, a little harder than the last time. 'Oh, am I making you mad? Well, this outta tick you off then!' I shout as I slice through its face. My shadow groans as it falls over the edge of the glass. I stare as the creature begins to totter over in slow motion.

"-But don't be afraid."

I look to see the darkness swallowing my legs.

"You hold the mightiest weapon of all."

I struggle in noiseless screams as the darkness begins to consume my body. My hand reaches out for someone, only to grab nothing as it too was wrapped in darkness. I stare up at the creatures yellow eyes as I am consumed by the dark.

"...So don't forget...You are the one...who will open the door..." the voice finished as my fearful face disappears into the shadows.

"BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!" I abruptly sit up, breathing hard and sweating as I wake up in my bedroom. I relax. 'It was only a dream...' I thought. I smack the top of my alarm clock and drag myself to the bathroom to do my morning routine, trying to shake off the affects of the dream to no avail. My head just kept replaying Kurami's shocked face and the boy's eyes. I swear, it was going to kill me all day to figure out where I had seen him before! "Finally! You're up! That alarm has been going off for the past two minutes! I thought I was going to have to drag you out of there and come in with a mallot and a bucket of water," said a voice. I looked up to see my little sister dressed in her usual school uniform: a white long sleeved blouse with a red tie and a plaid red and green skirt with anklet socks and tan potato shoes. "morning to you too, Kurami," I chuckled sadly as I stared at her brushing her long purple-highlighted hair. She stopped as she looked over at me with her concerned hazel eyes.

"You had that dream again, didn't you?" she said in a serious tone.

"...Yeah..." I said, sheepishly putting my hand behind my head.

I've been having these weird dreams lately for the past couple of days. Usually having the same dream over and over was a sign that they were about to come true but Kingdom Hearts was only a fictional role playing videogame created by Square Enix and Disney. So why was I dreaming about the freakin' title sequence? "I told Mom that videogames were bad for you but did she listen? Nooooooo, she had to go out and buy you that stupid playstation and now you're constantly on that thing!" she began to ramble on. Ugh, you would think that my little sister, for once, would act like a little sister. But no, she acts like she's the older sister. In fact, she acts more motherly than our own mother. But despite her being this way, she was still my little sister. 'I just wish I could be the older sister for once. I am a year older than she is. But still, she has a right to worry. The dream was kind of weird and the creepy part was that this dream was almost exactly like the opening but with some odd factors pulled in. Like what was with that part with that boy? And also, what was my sister doing there?'

Kurami Akira, first name meaning "dark beauty"

Age: 15

Hair: dark brown, almost black hair, thick, straight with purple highlights, hits shoulder-blades

Eyes: hazel or mixed, sometimes can change

Family: Mom and older sister

"...-are you even listening?" I heard her say as I tuned back into her constant ramblings on the game.

"Yeah," I shrugged as I finished brushing my teeth and began to walk out of the room.

"So, how far did you get in this one?" she said in her serious tone once more. I stopped. Usually, the dream was that I was falling in the water but this one actually went on longer. How did she know that?

"Oh, nothing from the usual," I shrug off. If I told her about the crazy dream, she would order Mom to drag me to a psychologist. Plus, me and my sister are really close. Had I told her I chose the boy instead of her, she probably throw my Kingdom Hearts game out the window. She was practically my best friend. And best friends never lie or ditch each other for a guy. So why did I do both? She huffed like she could tell I was being vague but I continued to my room and closed the door, putting on a similar uniform to Kurami's, only with short sleeves and a green tie. I then pulled my hair into 2 pigtails and tied a green and red ribbon in each of them. Our school was very strict on uniforms but I wanted to be different. I pulled on my black choker as I walked out of my room and down the stairs. Mom was waking up from her usual coma-like state as she began brewing a fresh batch of coffee in her long white bathrobe, slippers, and ginormous bed-head. "G'morning mom," I said, grabbing some orange juice, bread, and butter out of the fridge as she mumbled her usual 'hmmm'. She was not a morning person. I poured myself some orange juice and buttered 2 slices of toast before Kurami finally came down.

"Hey Kurami! You want some toast?" I offered, gesturing to the bread I was about to put away.

"No thanks," she said grabbing her jacket and backpack.

I shrugged and continued to munch my toast as I put away the bread and butter.

"Hurry up, Alli! We're gonna miss school!" she shouted walking out the door.

"Coming!" I said, scarfing down my remaining toast and orange juice and dashed out the door, grabbing the keys to my grand cherokee jeep.

"Jeez, you don't know when to hurry, do you?" she said irritated, buckling up.

"Well sorry, if I want a delicious and nutrieous breakfast," I grumbled as I started the car.

She suddenly received a call from one of her many friends as I heard her "Bring Me to Life" ringtone blare in her purse. She always was the popular one. Soon, I parked at East High as I prepared for another long boring day. 'Oh joy!' I thought sarcastically. Most of the day involved the teacher going on and on about quadratic equations while I was endlessing day dreaming about being anywhere but here. 'This is soooooooooo boring! Who needs to know about this crap in real life!' After hours of endless boredom later, the final bell rang as I dashed out of the classroom, hoping to escape the endless torcher that is school. "Oh, and don't forget to do your 5 pages of homework tonight on Introductions to Quadratic Equations," my teacher suddenly decided to shout out, making my class groan. I hated when the teacher handed out homework assignments at the last minute. 'Nope, too late.' I sighed. Homework was my enemy, the most evil thing on the face of Earth. Especially math homework. I walked over to my usual locker, inputted my combo when I saw Kurami trot over to her locker next to mine.

"So how was today's lecture?" she asked.

"Oh god, it was like being torchered for information! And I wanted to give her the information but I didn't know what it was! But I doodled a picture of a keyblade. I call it the Rose Blade," I said showing my notebook of a Keyblade with a diamond center handle with the neck covered in rosebud vines and the key part curling into a heart.

"Oh lord, you and that game! But that is really creative, where did you get the idea for that?"

"Oh it just popped into my head today and hey, don't knock it 'til you try it! Besides, it mixes roleplaying, final fantasy, AND disney characters! What more can you ask for?"

"You're such a dork."

"Cinderella's in it." I smirked at her.

I swear she almost seemed to perk up at this. Her favorite character of all Disneydom was Cinderella. But whatever fan power I pulled out of her, she shrugged off as we stuffed our things into our lockers.

"You're still a dork."

"And proud of it! I bet it would be fun, slaying the Heartless everyday, meeting disney characters, saving the world, all sounds a lot more exciting than doing stupid quadractic equations."

"Whatever, girl. You keep trying to live in your dream world 'cause that's never gonna happen."

Donald was doing his normal morning walk down the Magic Kingdom castle hallway. He had to greet the King and give him his daily report. He was the royal wizard. He passed some broom sticks carrying puckets when he finally arrive at the two large doors. "Hahem!" he said, clearing his throat. He did 2 odd rhythmned knocks before a small door on the big doors, letting him waddle inside. "Good morning your Majesty!" he said walking down the long line of red carpet. It took him forever to walk down there. 'Why did we need a big room like this anyways?' he thought angrily. He walked over, oddly not hearing a reply from the King as the throne came into view. Maybe he didn't hear him. "It's nice to see this morn- WHAT!" he said, cut off short. Wait, the throne was empty! The King wasn't even here! 'Where could he be?' he wondered. A yellow figure peered out from behind the throne, revealing a yellow dog with black ears and a green collar: Pluto. 'Wait, what was in his mouth?' Pluto seemed to be carrying a letter...with the King's royal seal on it! Pluto bounded over to Donald and dropped the letter in his hand. He opened it and scanned the letter. 'Wait...WHAT!' he thought. "!" he screamed out as he dashed out of the throne room. 'This is bad! This is very very BAD!' he thought as he dashed around the castle to go find Goofy. He dashed out onto the courtyard garden to find Goofy taking his usual nap. 'Sheesh, I know he's the Captain of the guard but you would think he could take his job a little more seriously instead of napping the day away. Oh well, no time for that!' "WAKE UP GOOFY! WAKE UP! This is serious!" Donald yelled at him, Goofy only continuing to snore loudly. 'Grrrr...' Donald thought, his temper getting the best of him as he screamed and shot a ligthning bolt down at Goofy. "WHUAAAAAAAH!" Goofy yelled as a bolt of lightning jolted him awake from his lovely dream. "Donald, don't be so mean to Goofy," said a voice. Donald looked over to see a tall man with long spiky silver hair and armored attair.

"Oh, hey Riku. Oh! I need to talk to you too!" Donald said excitedly.

"Okay, about what?" Riku asked.

"We've got a problem, Riku! But-" Donald said before Goofy spoke up.

"Hey there Donald, Riku. G'mornin'-" he said cheerfully, only to be cut off by Donald.

"As I was saying, we've got a problem!...But don't tell anyone..." Donald said looking around. Goofy blinked.

"Queen Minnie..?"

"Not even the Queen."

"Uh...Donald?" said Riku.

"Daisy?"

"NOOOOOOO!" Donald screamed out of frustration. "It's top secret!"

"Donald..."

"WHAT?"

Riku pointed behind him.

Donald sweatdropped in panic as he turned to see Queen Minnie and Daisy (mostly Daisy) looking very mad.

"Uh...g'mornin' ladies." said Goofy.

"uh...hehehehe" Donald laughed nervously. It was going to have to take a whole lot of explaining to get out of this one.

The King's Letter

Donald,

Sorry for rushin' off without saying goodbye but there's big trouble brewin'. Not sure why but the stars have been blinkin' out again once more. And that means that disaster can't be far behind. I hate to leave you all again but I gotta go check into it. There's someone out there with another key not of this world, maybe even stronger than Sora. So I need you to send Riku out to find him, and ask him to stick with him. Got it? We need that key or we're doomed! So ask him to go to Traverse Town and find Leon. He'll point him in the right direction. PS Would ya apologize to Minnie for me? Thank, pal.

-Mickey

"Oh dear! What could this mean?" Daisy said worriedly.

"And why me? Donald or Goofy could've gone." questioned Riku.

"We'll just have to trust the King." said Queen Minnie.

"Yeah, I guess so." said Riku.

"Gawrsh, I hope he's alright." said Goofy.

"I'm sure his Majesty is fine. He took care of himself once before, he can do it again. Your Highness? Don't worry! Riku is one of the King's most reliable and most loyal subjects. He'll find the King and this other "key." said Donald confidently at Queen Minnie.

"Thank you, all of you," said Daisy.

"Daisy, you sure you can take care of the-" Riku asked.

"Of course. You be careful now." Daisy intercepted.

"We hope for your safe return. Please help the King." said Queen Minnie.

"Thanks, I will." Riku saluted as he walked with Donald and Goofy out of the room.

"Gawrsh, Riku, your world dissapeared too?" Goofy exclaimed.

"Yeah and apparently I'm the only one who made it to this castle since Sora's not here." Riku said, wearing a different set of clothes.

"What about Sora and Kairi?" Goofy asked.

"...I don't know. The last time I saw them was when I tried to close the door to the Realm of Darkness but with the Heartless on the rampage...they could be anywhere." Riku said, sadly thinking back.

"You better not be feeling too down to where you're going. Our ship runs on happy faces. Oh and don't forget to-" stated Donald.

"-keep the world order, I know, I know. We've kinda broke that a rule a lot the last time we came here and nothing bad happened. Do you really think it should apply now?" Riku finished.

"Hmmmm guess you're right..." thought Donald.

They all walked into a room looking similar to Mouseworks Studio from saturday morning cartoons as giant hands loomed over the room doing odd jobs for the Gummi Ship.

"Hello up there? Donald Duck to launch crew! Any time you're ready," Donald said, talking into a megaphone of sorts. The leader of the launch crew, Chip, saluted as Dale ran in and pulled down a lever that activated one of the working hands. It went down and grabbed Riku and placed him inside the Gummi ship. Hopefully he still knew how to drive this thing. Donald had taught him well.

As the engines fired up, Queen Minnie and Daisy waved him off as the mouse-eared door opened and the jets blasted him out to Traverse Town.

We both hopped in the car and drove home where I proceeded to run and turn on my Playstation 2 while throwing on some comfy clothes: a baggy tshirt and shorts. I grabbed my mp3 and put on Utada Hikaru's Sanctuary on repeat. It was on of my favorite songs that was on the Kingdom Hearts II opening and even though I had not played the 2nd game, I couldn't wait to. I had seen most of the sneak peaks and cut scenes on youtube so most of the spoilers of the game were already given up. But I still wanted to play the game to truely experience it. Humming to "Sanctuary", I played on my Playstation for a couple hours before I heard mom come home. "Hey mom! How was work?" I shout from my room. "Oh, work was exhausting but it's nice to come home," she said, opening my door.

"...Hey Alli? Have you noticed anything...strange about your sister?"

"Hmmm, not really, no. Why?"

"Well, umm, nevermind. It was probably nothing...it's just that she seemed to have a lot on her mind today is is quieter than usual."

"Well she did seem kind of quiet this morning. I'm sure she's alright though."

"Well alright. Dinner will be ready in a couple of minutes."

"Okay, thanks Mom!" I just loved her homecooking! After I drooled for a couple of minutes, I went back to my game until I decided to talk to someone in Traverse town. The person was wearing a long black cloak so I couldn't see his or her face. 'Odd, i don't remember seeing him/her before...Must be a questionaire for all the gamers.' I clicked on the talk button when the character on screen began to ask me questions about the game. Funny thing though, it wasn't yes or no questions. It actually let me type using the controllers.

"What do you like best about the game?"

Disney Characters and the story.

"What does the game lack?"

'It needs romance between the main characters.' I thought in frustration but I didn't want to put this down. To be funny, I typed, Pokemon.

"I sense that was not an honest answer."

'God, how did he know! But still, pokemon would be pretty cool.'

"Have you ever wanted to experience the game for real?"

This question shocked me. Most just ask if the bosses should be harder or something. But this guy seemed to ask the answer every otaku ever wanted to hear.

Hell yes! I typed But the world is fictional, how can I play it for real?

"The world has always been connected but has needed the right "Key" to unlock it. You are the right Key. Do wish to proceed?"

Ha! This was such a roleplaying cliche. Kindgom Hearts real? I have a better chance at eating my socks. But hey, it was nice to dream.

Yes.

Maybe I would get a new level or a secret boss or something.

"Warning, there is no turning back. Are you sure?"

This question oddly gave me a sense of foreboading, like something big was going to happen depending on my answer.

Yes. I typed never being more sure in my life at that moment.

"The path is set. Remember, in the brightest of rooms, there is the darkest of shadows like, in the lightest of times, there is the darkest of hours. Neither can exist without the other. Expect both to be on your journey. I expect great things from you, Alli. Good luck." the figure said as he suddenly teleported. 'Wait...WHAT! how did he/she know my name! and where did he/she go! Was he ever even there!' This was majorally creeping me out now. It was almost like Paranormal Activity! Trying to get my mind off of things, like insanity, I turned to look at my clock: 9:20 pm. 'Wow, have I been playing that long? Better go and tell Kurami that dinner is almost ready.' I quickly saved my game before walking over and knocking on Kurami's door. 'Huh funny, she's not there. Maybe she went out for a walk. She likes to do that at this time of the day.' I pulled on my white tennis shoes as I quickly ran out to our vast backyard. We lived near a forrest and usually it was very nice to go back there and hike by the lake. But the sun was almost set and it was getting dark. It was hard to see that a bunch of figures with yellow eyes where staring at me. I saw Kurami on the boardwalk to the lake when I arrived at the marshy bank.

"Oh Kurami! There you are. I've been looking all over for you. Mom says dinner is almost ready."

Kurami remained silent, seeming like she was intently thinking about something.

"Kurami? You in there?"

"The door has opened..." said Kurami ominiously.

"What?"

"The door has opened, Alli. I don't know why but the door has opened."

"What door? Your being awful cryptic about this. Come on, Kurami. Mom made dinner." This wasn't Kurami. This Kurami was...different.

"Now I can go to the outside world instead of being imprisoned here." An oncoming storm has suddenly appeared as Kurami said this as lightning and thunder crashed.

"Kurami, what are you-?" I began before a bunch of inky shadows popped up out of nowhere. "!" 'The Heartless! But what were they doing here? They were supposed to be fictional!' One lurched out to grab me but I dodged its attack. "Kurami, RUN!" I shouted as a bunch of Heartless jumped on me in a dog pile. I never thought this was the way I was going to die but I guess I can't ever say I didn't have an interesting death. I prepared for the worst when a bright flash evaporated the Heartless and a purple portal opened underneath me and Kurami's feet, dragging us both into the ebony abyss.

"Alli, Kurami! Dinner's ready! I made your favorites!" called Mrs. Akira. 'Weird. Usually they would both race down the stairs like wild dogs if it was their favorite food.' "...Alli?...Kurami?" she asked as she walk up the stairs. She opened both of their rooms to find that they were barren as she heard lightning and thunder ominiously crash to reveal a dark purple storm outside their windows.

Riku was wandering through the streets of Traverse Town next to Pluto, who had decided to sneak on board the ship near take off. The goofy yellow dog panted as Riku began to think deeply. 'Who ever this Leon character was, from all the stories that Sora told about him, he sounded like an okay guy... Sora...I wonder if he and Kairi made it off the island.' He looked over to see that the drooling hound wasn't next to him anymore. 'Where on Earth could he have wondered off to?' he thought as a star above him blinked out. 'Another world taken by the Heartless,' he thought bitterly. 'I should hurry up and find this Leon guy fast!' he thought as he began to run past a bunch of stores, thinking about finding Pluto later, not seeing the big dog in the alley next to an unconscious person.