Mariya sighed and looked into Traverse Town. This was the one place that she didn't have memories with Axel. Just what she needed. She went tothe little outdoor cafe and sat down.

As she sits in the cafe, Mariya might notice a strange person standing in the middle of the square, looking up at the large building in front of him and seemingly oblivious to everything else. The person seems to be no more than sixteen, and his style of clothing seems very familiar. In fact, anyone who knows the styles of other words would recognize the clothing as being from the Destiny Islands. This must be a former resident. What is really peculiar about him, however, is his head of red hair, all of it puffed out and a bit spiky. However, before Mariya can get a good glimpse at him, he is suddenly gone. Could he have just been an illusion?

Mariya does notice the boy and blinks when he disapears. "Okay Mariya now your just starting to go crazy." She mutters. She sits up and goes to the spot where the boy was standing, just to check for anything unusual.

There doesn't seem to be anything weird about where the boy was standing...but wait, what is this on the ground? On the ground, there seems to be a scrap of paper, and on it are written the words 'Traverse Town' followed by a crude map of where it is from some unknown world. Could this boy have come here from somewhere other than the Destiny Islands, despite his clothing style?

Mariya sighs and folds the peper before slipping it in her pocket. Something weird was going on. That kid seemed he was from Destiny. She'd never been so confused...well this gave her the distraction she wanted.

Mariya went and sat on the stairs and summoned her keyblade she fliped it and wondered where that kid could've gone.

Meanwhile, in a nearby store, the kid is scanning a selection of accessories that he might be able to use. "Hmmm...let's see...should I get a Fire Ring or a Darkheart? A Blizzard Ring or a Power Ring? So many choices..." he mutters, although he wasn't expecting to make any purchases now. Short on munny, he would have no way to pay for it anyway, so for now, he was only making plans and considerations.

Mariya sighed and went into her pocket and tightended her hand when she saw a Cosmic Arts Axel had given her awhile back. She stood and went into the Accesory shop and not really paying attntion to anything around her, and not bothering to take the pained expression on her face. The shop owner looks and stares at her, but before he could say anything Mariya puts the cosmic Arts on the counter and says. "Can I sell this please?" She asks.

The owner takes the item and stares at it. "Are you sure miss? This is a rare and expensive item."

Mariya nods and appreciates that he doesn't ask about her father. She didn't like being reminded about her heritage. the owner shrugs and puts the itm away before handing over some Munny to her.

"Can I get you something miss?" He asks. Mariya sighs and thinks over if she needed anything.

Mario, meanwhile, had finished his scan of the selection. Seeing a few things he wanted but not having the munny to buy them, he turns and leaves the shop.

Mariya shakes her head and leaves the shop as well. She decides to go into the second district to check if an heartless are nearby. She goes up to the clock's bell and looks down. She doesn't see any heartless from up hear, but that doesn't mean they're not in the world.

By this time, the sun has set on Traverse Town. As the dark fingers of night stretch out and cover up all of the light remaining in the sky save for the stars, something can be seen on a rooftop some distance away in the Third District. The strange figure seems to be a Heartless, but what is odd is that it seems more human-shaped than other Heartless. Perhaps Mariya should get a closer look?

Mariya cautiously, and silently approaches the human-shadow when she notices it. She goes to approach it more closely, but her one foot slips ad she's sent sliding down the roof. She grabbs onto the gutter and ooks at the drop and mutters something. She tries to hang on but her grip is slowly failing. She eyes the shingles of the roof. They didn't seem climable and probly wouldn't hold her any longer then the gutter. She adjusts her grip on the gutter.

Okay just a bit longer, but then something snaps and the gutter lowers slighty. "Crap." Mariya mutters.

Suddenly, a dark shadow creeps across Mariya, and it belongs to the mystery person. Indeed it is a Heartless but an odd one at that. Humanoid in shape and wearing shadowy, weathered clothing, it stares down at her with yellow eyes that are empty of emotion.

Mariya stares back at the shadow until another thing snaps and the gutter goes down more. Two more snap and Mariya begins to panick. what was she sapposed to to...if she let go and tried stabbing her keyblade into the building she risked missing and falling gos knew how many feet. Something snapped again. Mariya lets go, someone who didn't know her might think she was commiting suicide, but to some one who did...

Mariya then summons her keyblade and stabs it into the building. She stays put her effort successful. She repeats this until she's close to the ground and lets her kayblade go. It disapears and then reapears in her hand. "Note to self, watch footing on roofs."

When she looks back up to the roof, however, the strange Heartless is gone. Wherever could he have gone?

Mariya sighs after finding the Heartless gone. She sighs before going into the Second District and buys herself a room. She goes in but before she goes in she could swear she saw something black slide on the floor. She checks the hallway, when she see's nothing she goes in her room and lies on the bed. She soon falls asleep.

Then a black shadow creeps under Mariya's door. Suddenly a muffled scream sounds before something, sounding like a door kicked down, crashes.

In a room farther down the hall, the door suddenly bursts open, and the boy from earlier steps out frantically, looking around as he tries to figure out where that crash came from. He immediately sees the broken door and runs over to check inside the room.

Evertihng in the room is a mess and the bed is broken in two. Some light tracks can be seen. They look odly familiar to someone who has seen a heartless. There are signs of a struggle before something is dragged to the door, that something must have kicked down the door and picked that something up before running outside.

Another muffled scream can be heard from outside. The scream is cut short.

The boy kneels down, examining the tracks for a moment, before he hears the muffled scream. Cursing a little, he bolts toward the door, stepping outside to look for the Heartless.

A Neoshadow can be seen carrying what seems to be the girl who had been hanging from the roof before. She is unconsious, but why did the Neoshadow kidnap her? The Neoshadow heads to the Third District slowly, apparently not expeting any danger.

The boy grimaces before swiping his right hand from left to right, a dark-colored Keyblade much like Oblivion appearing in his hand. Without hesistation, he charges toward the Neoshadow, ready to strike.

The Neoshadow suddenly drops the girl and turns to Mario to block the attack. Then, suddenly more Neoshadows appear and guard the girl.

Mario then does something unexpected. Just when it seems that he will attack the Neoshadow from the front, he is suddenly enveloped in a small cloud of darkness. The cloud swiftly moves around the Neoshadow, parting to reveal Mario as he lashes the Neoshadow from behind.

The Neoshadow is struck and the other Neo shados all attack Mario at once. They are making sure Mario doesn't get ahold of the girl. What's so speacial about her? She doesn't look any different from other girls...except the expensive-looking bracelet on her wrist.

Mario quickly uses his Shadow Blade to block every attack as it comes, moving from one position to another before he does a quick twirl, swiping at the Neoshadows around him as he spins.

The Neoshadows are hit and retreat, they seem to think the girl isn't worth it anymore.

Now that the NeoShadows are gone, it can be seen the girl has a few minor open cuts on her arms. She is still unconsious however.

His Shadow Blade disappearing, Mario now takes the time to examine the wounds. Nothing a bit of magic can't cure. His hand now shrouded with a dark cloud of energy, Mario holds his hand above the wounds. The dark energy pours into the wounds, knitting the skin back together and healing the injuries. His Shadow Cure spell done, he then starts lightly shaking the girl. "Hey, are you alright?"

Mariya doesn't answer, out cold. She shivers though, maybe she should get inside before she catches something...or if the Neoshadows decide to come back with bigger, stronger Heartless with them.

Mario grimaces before he wraps her arms around her, picking her up and carrying her fireman-style back into the hotel. Inside, he returns to his room since the girl's is ransacked. He then sets her down in his bed, sitting down in a nearby chair as he keeps an eye on her for any improvements.

Soon enough the girl stirs and looks around the room. She spots the boy and blinks. "Uh....what happened...all I rmember is a Neoshadow in my room, a nice fight, it dragging me to the door, knocking it down and oing outside...then nothing..." She mumbles and grimances and looks at her arms...all healed.

"No clue," Mario says, looking a bit relieved to see the girl alright. "I heard the crashing and looked outside, and there you were, sprawled out on the ground with your wounds healed. I brought you in here so you could rest."

"Thanks." Mariya says before sitting up. She looks at him then, a suspisious look in her eye. She walks up to him and puts one arm on each side of his shoulders. "Wait a sec...I never said I got any wounds from that fight. how did you know, then, that I had wounds?"

Her bracelet glimmers a bit and it can be seen it has a few charms, one though, stands out from the rest. It looks to be an Oathkeeper keyblade crossed with an Oblivion with an Ultima in the center. In the center of the three keyblades is a crown.

"After that mess I saw in your room? Who wouldn't have wounds?" he asks. Besides, there are faint traces of some wounds on you in the form of barely visible scars, if you look, but they have nevertheless been healed."

"Right." Mariya says before she backs away. She seems to be thinking. "You have to forgive me for being suspisious, you don't know ho you can trust these days."

Mariya then recalls the paper with the map on it and takes it out of her pocket before holding it out. "This yours?"

Mario sees the map and takes it, looking it over. "...No, I can't say that it is," he says, returning it to her. "I've been on this planet as long as I can remember."

Mariya takes the map back and puts it back in her pocket. "Then i guess you can show me where Merlin used to live? I was planning on visiting the place, but I can't seem to remember where it is." Mariya says, sitting on the bed, she watches Mario carefully, but doesn't seem to suspect him this time.

Mario is silent as he thinks for a moment. "Well, I don't really get out a lot, but I do know that there is an odd house outside of Traverse Town where this old guy used to live. Maybe that's the place?" he asks.

"Ah yea, that's it." Mariya mutters. She goes out of the room for a bit and returns a minute later with a bag of things. She sits back on the bed and thinks again. "So, if you lived here for awhile, I sappose you'd know who I am."

Mariya smiled then, knowing that if this kid wasn't deciving her he would know who she was, even people from Traverse Town knew of her family. The only world who never heard of them was Destiny, from what her father told her, since barely anyone from outside visited there.

"Of course. You are Mariya, the daughter of Sora," Mario states without hesistation. "I've heard of your family and saw the symbol on your bracelet."

"And you are?" Mariya asks politely. She looks to the window and then back after a second.

"Mario Soleman. That's all you really need to know, though," Mario responds as he rubs his hands together, a little cold.

Mariya nods, accepting it, although she's getting a weird feeling from the boy. She then notices he was rubbing his hands together. She sighs before exiting the room again. She goes out of the room again. Suddenly it becomes warmer in the room and Mariya returns. She smiles. "That otta do it." she then eyes the chair. "If you want, I could sleep on the chair, I don't mind."

Mario shakes his head. "Nah, it's fine. I'm a bit used to sleeping in odd places. I've been a bit stripped on cash, to be honest, so I'm not always able to stay in a room like this. As for you, you've had a rough night. You deserve a bed more than me."

"Are you sure it's just not beacuse I'm a princess?" Mariya asks, wanting to be sure. She raises one eyebrow.

"Even if you weren't a princess, the bed is still yours," Mario says.

Mariya smiles and lies on the bed and pulls the blanket over her. "By the way, have you noticed anything strange recently?"

Mario quirks an eyebrow. "Strange?" he inquires, sounding confused. "How so?"

"Like a Shadow that resembles a person." Mariya says. "I thought I saw one in the third district, but I could have been imagining things..."

Mario hmms a bit. "Well, I never heard of a Heartless like that before, but then again, there are probably a number of Heartless species that might not have yet been discovered. This could be one of those unknown species, if not one-of-a-kind."

Mariya shrugs. "Night, then." She sasys before falling asleep. She muters something in her sleep it sounds like 'Axel'.

Mario hears the word, but thinks nothing of it. He gets a bit comfortable in the chair, but does not fall asleep. he knows that the moment he loses consciousness, he would also lose his hold...

The next morning Mariya wakes and stretches. She looks over to see if Mario was awake or asleep.

Mario is asleep in the chair, looking incredibly exhausted. The rays of the morning sun shine down onto him, highlighting his restlessness.

Mariya smiles and gets out of the bed. She picks up Mario carefuly, trying not to wake him up, and puts him on the bed. She leaves the room and goes to her's to get some work done and to change. she changes quick before attempting tp repair some of the funiture.

Mario sleeps for a good while before waking up two hours later, a bit restless still but at least he had managed to stay up the entire night. He then looks around and notices that Mariya is gone. He then gets out of the bed and begins to look for her.

"OW!" Mariya's voice shouts. When coming into the Red room, Mariya can be seen lifting the parcially fixed bed off her foot. She hops to the fixed table and leans on it. Everything in the room is fixed, besides the bed. Mariya worked fast.

Mario is silent for a moment before walking in, taking the bed from her and holding it up. "Would you like some help?"

"Help would be nice." Mariya says before rubbing her foot. She winces. "First the roof now this, my dad would flip if he knew about this." She mutters.

"I really don't think you should worry about it," Mario says as he holds the bed elevated off the ground so that Mariya cna do repairs. "I mean, being a princess and his daughter, him of all people, shouldn't you all expect stuff like this to happen?"

Mariya goes under the bed and quickly makes the repairs needed before crawling out. She sighed. "He doesn't mind when I get hurt...but when I go off somewhere without saying anything...."

"Ah, I see..." Mario says, setting the bed down once it was fixed and Mariya was out from under it.

Maiya sighs. "Which is why I don't plan on going back to Radiant garden anytime soon." She says, fiddling with her bracelet.

Mario is silent before nodding. "Well, I suppose you can stay here for a while. Not sure how long this place will be a good place to hide, though."

"Eh good point. Well theres always Twilight Town." Mariya mutters. She sighs. "Well, wanna come check things out?"

"Check things out? Could you explain to me what that is supposed to mean?" Mario asks, a bit confused.

"Heartless hunting, those Neoshadows didn't come from nowhere." Mariya says. "I wanna see where they came from."

"Actually, I can't fight the Heartless," Mario states. "I'm completely defenseless. No weapon or anything to fight them with."

"That can be fixed." Mariya said with a smile. "Follow me."

Mariya walked out then and waited for Mario.

Mario raises an eyebrow before he follows Mariya out of the room.

Mariya goes out of the secound district and waits for Mario before a shop.

Mario soon reaches where Mariya is and looks at the shop. "Okay, what's your idea?"

"They sell weapons here, on me." Mariya says with a smile. She opened the door and waited.

"Ah, I see...but I really don't know what to get or if I'd even be up for fighting the Heartless," Mario admits.

"Alright, it either fight or let this world disapear like Destiny Island." She says, soun ding a bit annoyed.

After Mariya says that, Mario suddenly looks really disturbed, as if something she said hurt him deep down. "...Alright then, give me some recommendations."

Mariya enters the shop and goes to the desk and thinks "i wonder." She mubles before asking the owner about something. The owner nods and hands her a black keyblade. "Here, try this out."

Mario raises an eyebrow before taking the Keyblade in hand, giving it a few practice swings. "Has a good feel. What's it called?" he asks, but he also sounds a bit skeptical.

"Oblivion, it was my fathers years back, he kept it here incase someone might need it. Of course only trusted friends of my family knew about this. I'm surprised Axel didn't take it." Mariya says, practicly whispering the last sentence.

"Interesting..." Mario mutters as he examines it. "Curious, though, but this Keyblade really doesn't look like it should be black, so why is it?"

"I don't know." Mariya says she thanks the owner and walk out of the shop. She goes down to a bigger area near the diner and summons her keyblade. "Give me what you got."

Mario blinks for a moment. "Wait, wha?" Then it hits him. "Now hold on. I've never held a weapon in my life. What makes you think that I can immediately be able to fight well?"

"I don't expet you to fight well." Mariya says. "I just expect you to attack me, and I'll train you a bit from there."

Mario gives a small nod. "Oh, alright then," he says. Taking a moment to wield the Keyblade, he gives it a few more practice swings before he feels ready. "Alright, here I come!" Without hesistation, he charges toward Mariya, and when he is in close proximity, he then swings the Keyblade around, trying to hit Mariya.

Mariya blocks with ease. She obviously didn't think he'd get advantage over her at first. "Look for your oponents weakness and quickly try to hit it. If a weakness cannot ne reached, take advntage of an opening." Mariya says before swinging her keyblade at Mario's waist, but at the last secnound she brings it up and goes for the shoulder.

Mario is hit by the trick attack, letting out a small yelp as he is struck on the shoulder even though it didn't really hurt and would probably not leave more than a bruise. Now a bit amused, he rushes in for another attack, but without warning, a shadow cloud surrounds him, and within a second the cloud zips around Mariya, parting as Mario attempts to land a blow on Mariya's backside. "Like this?" he yells as he swings.

Mariya is struck and winces. She looks back at Mario, and looks at him with surprise. She seems at loss for words and stands up. She sighs and her keyblade disapears. "Lets go."

Mario blinks, now realizing what he had just did. He still tries to play it cool, though. "So that's it?" Silence. "And how do I do that thing you did with the Keyblade?"

"I think you'll do fine against Neoshadows." Mariya says, ignoring what she saw, that was Mario's busness and would tell he if needed. "Do what exactly?"

"Storing the Keyblade. Never used one before, as I said," Mario states.

"That takes practice to make it come and go at will, but normally it'll disapear after a bit, and will appear as needed." Mariya says, smiling. "It took me a bit."

Mario is silent before staring at the Keyblade. After a few seconds, it suddenly disappears like Mariya's did. "Ah, there it goes," Mario states. "Okay, I'm ready now."

Mariya nods and goes into the secound District again. She goes and finds the Neoshadow tracks. She looks at them, thinking something. "Five of them appeared, joined the one that had me, and were fighting someone..." She mutters before thinking.

Mario hmms a bit as he takes a look as well. "That could explain why that Neoshadow disappeared and those wounds of yours were healed before I got out here. I admit that it did take me a minute or two from the time I heard all the noise to get outside, so I could have easily missed something."

Mariya nods and goes into a little ally behind a building and pushed a door open. It creaked a bit and she came into the Third District. "I know your here somewhere." She mutters.

Mario stays close behind Mariya, ready to call out the Keyblade if he needs it.

Mariya jumps ove the wall and looks around the area again. She se's nothing, but her eyes stop on a yellow statue. Two dogs sat side by side and were touching noses, almost like they were kissing. This sight seems to pain Mariya and she ooks away as her eyes start to water. Her hands turns to fists and she turns away.

Mario also looks around, not really noticing Mariya's small issue. He does take a look at the sky to see how far the sun was in the sky. He needed to make sure that it didn't get too close to sundown.

Mariya punches the statue and breaks it. She walks over to the right and yells: "FIRE!" A flash can be seen before Mariya steps forward and goes threw a door marked with a flame. The door shuts behind her as soon as she is threw. Mariya sighs and stares over the water to the old building where Merlin used to live several years ago. She sits on the little beach and seems upset.

Mario blinks and turns around, seeing the door shut behind Mariya. He runs over and waits for the door to open, but it doesn't. A bit confused, he tries hitting the door. No luck. He then goes into a small fury, but still no luck. A bit angry now, he continues to try to open the door.

The flame on the door is black and seems to indicate something, but what? Didn't Mariya shout something before she even went in the door?

Mario, exhausted now, sees the flame and slaps his head. "Fire! Of course!" he says. Standing back, he summons the Keyblade and points it at the door. "Shadow Fire!" he yells.

Nothing happens. Not a spark or flame comes from the blade.

Mario now slaps his forehead again. "Right...I don't know that spell...there has to be a spell shop around here somewhere."

Darren sighs, landing in Traverse Town. He wonders where Mariya was. he goes into the nearest shop and asks the owner if he has seen her. They claim they haven't but Darren refuses to give up. He stands outside the shop and sighs. "Where can you be?" he asks himself.

After a bit of time, Mario makes his way back into the First District, looking for a spell shop. "Spells...spells..." he mutters silently, trying to find what he is looking for.

Darren sighs and see's Mario. "Excuse me, have you seen this woman?" He asks, holding up a picture of Mariya.

Mario stops, looking at the picture. Somehow, he feels that he should not tell him the truth. "Sorry, but I haven't. And you are?" he asks, a bit curious.

"Darren, I was sent by her father to find her, he's very worried." Darren says. He sighs. "Thank you for your time."

"No problem," Mario says. "By the way, do you know where a spell shop is?"

"I believe you can purchase spells at shop over there." He points to a shop with a small sign. He then turns and walks away.

"Thanks," Mario says before rushing over to the spell shop. Once inside, he begins to browse the selection.

Darren lingers on a roof, out of sight. He feels the boy is keeping something from him. He waits to follow the boy to where he would go afterwards.

Mario comes out of the shop some time later, looking pretty satisfied. "What deals!" he exclaims. "I was able to learn all of the basic spells with what little money I had! I wonder why I didn't come here earlier..." With his new spells, he rushes toward the Third District, now going to open that door.

Darren silently follows from the rooftops, watching him.

Mario then stops, feeling that something is wrong. He looks over his shoulder and up at thte rooftops, looking to see if anything was there.

There is nothing to be seen, not even a pair of eyes. Maybe Mario was imagining things.

Mario is silent before summoning his Keyblade. After a few more seconds of looking up at the rooftops, he aims and says, "Shadow Fire!" A dark fireball flies from the tip of the Keyblade, flying through the air-

-and smashing into the door, opening it.

Mario smiles before rushing through, the door closing behind him.

Mariya is nowhere to be seen, but one shouldn't assume the worst, in the house across the water, one could see some lights are on.

Darren waits a bit, knowing there was no way out from the house that was saposedly behind that door. What ever he was hiding was trapped.

Mario is silent as he looks across the water to the house. After a few moments, he begins to hop from platform to platform, stumbling once and ending up taking a dunk into the water. Now wet, he grumbles as he returns to the shore to start over. The second time, he reaches the island. He then peeks into the house to see if Mariya is inside.

Mariya is sitting at a table and looks up as Mario enters. She looks like she has been crying she quickly tries to hide it. "I'm fine" she says.

Meanwhile Darren is across from the house, smiling.

Mariya takes a deep breath to calm herself. "Did you see any heartless?"

Mario shakes his head. "No. Of course, I did get a bit sidetracked since I couldn't follow you through the door until I learned some spells. However, since you went and retorted to a question that hasn't been asked, I'll ask it anyway. Are you alright?"

"Sorry. It just...I...was reminded of something painful." She says, looking down. She looks to the covered window. "Mario, did someone fol--" She asks, getting cut off by a splash. She quickly stands and drags Mario over to a spot on the floor. She mutters something and a part of the floor goes down. Once it was down as far as it would go, Mariya pulls Mario off with her and watches it go back up.

Darren enters the house, soaking wet and mutters something when he finds it empty. "What are you hiding kid?" He asks himself.

Mariya sighs. "Did anyone approach you asking about me? If so decribe them."

"Um..." Mario mutters. "Well, there was one guy who asked about you when I went off to the spell shop. I told him I didn't know where you were and he told me where the spell shop was in return." Mario then describes the man.

"Darren." Mariya says and sighs. She seems to be annoyed with him. "Seems my father sent a search party. Thanks for not telling him, he probably would have forced me to come home."

Darren searches the room and finds noevidence anyone had been here for years. He looks at the table them and finds traces of water drops. He seems to think.

"Well, you did say that you didn't want anyone to know that you were here. I was only did what I did because you want isolation for the time being," Mario answers. "Honestly, though, I think he knows that you're here. If that's him upstairs, then he must have followed me. I should have been more careful."

"It's alright, he won't find us down here, not for awhile." Mariya says. 'Although, I think maybe we should head out though, just incase he does know I'm here."

Darren sighed and gave up. He went back to the first district and wondered where the kid could have gone.

"Any suggestions as to how we get out?" Mario asks, stopping when he notices that it is now quiet upstairs. "And where will we go?"

"Theres a door in the Third District that leads directly to the First District. It's the quickest way, or we could take the Alley and go over those boxes. Well since I'm not sure how to get that platform back down, so looks like we're taking the ally." She says.

Darren leans against the accesory shop and keeps an eye out for the boy.

Mariya goes in the water and takes off her shoes. She smiles before gonig into the deeper water and begins swimming.

Mario follows Mariya until he suddenly stops. "Mariya, wait. I just realized that no matter which way we go, he'll probably be able to see us leave. If anyone knows this town well, they'd guard the First District Gummi Ship bay since that's the only way off the planet. He'll be waiting for us there, so we'll need to be sure that there IS a way off the planet other than by a Gumi Ship."

"There is no other way." Mariya says, floating in the water. "Not unless you belong to the darkness. Maybe if we run for it..."

Riku walks through the gates and into the first district. Summoning his keyblade just in case thier are any heartless he waits for Darren.

Mario is silent before he sighs. "Mariya, I think it's time that I told you something," he says. Turning away from Mariya, he summons the Keyblade again. With a quick swing at the air in front of him, a small wall of shadows suddenly spring up, parting to reveal a shadowy black door. Mario turns back to Mariya. "Now might not be the best time, though, so let us get out of here first before I explain. If you step through here, it should take us to a planet I visited before."

"Um okay." Mariya sasy, staring at the door. She causiously goes threw the door.
{Mariya to Port Royal}

Darren see's RIku and sighs. "I've asked a few people already. Everyone claims not to have seen her. I think, thought, that some may be lying."

Mario steps through the door as well, the door disappearing as the doors close behind him.

{Mario to Port Royal}

Riku sighs and shakes his head "did you check Merlin's old place? you know the one with the fire symbol on the door" Riku looks around
"I saw her gummi ship but even if it's here she may not be, Lets split up you take half of the worlds and I'll take the other half but first I'll go get some help" Riku turns and leaves Traverse Town.

{Riku to Hollow Bastion}

Darren nods and sends his Gummi Ship to Hallow Bastion, and takes Mariya's gummi ship. He sets the Gummi Ship's autopilot.

{Darren to Port Royal}