(I Have decided that I want to rewrite this story. People said that my character seemed Mary Sue-ish, though she had only appeared in the first and only chapter I had written. So I am retyping the story, especially since my mind has jumped from where I was going with this story, to the new one I will be writing. I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Just Rhiannon and this particular story line. I might add lines from some songs and books as Rhiannon likes music and is well read. Or, as well as I am anyway... oh well. On with the story.)


If this is how we think we make amends
We're in for a race that never ends
Where is it we think we'll go
What is it we think we know
It'll never change until we change ourselves

Rewind, I wanna go it again, light up the dark, halo on the side
So I'll know it will not leave me wanting, I see my heart, waving me bye-bye
Rewind, I wanna go it again, light up the dark, halo on the side
So I'll know it will not leave me wanting, like my love, kissing me good bye
Rewind, I wanna go it again, light up the dark, halo on the side

Rewind~Poets of the Fall

Chapter 1: Rewind

Three months has passed since the last escapade through the home of the Nobodies. Three months for Sora, Riku and Kairi to catch up on tales of their travels and try to keep in touch with the Restoration Committee in Radiant Gardens and those in the Disney Castle. Finally, Cid had managed to get a gummi ship out to them. Though the group had felt a bit sad about leaving their home once more, they left to help with what they could. Apparently, the heartless and leftover nobodies were still causing some trouble for the Committee and could use some help ridding themselves of the critters. A task the boys didnt mind doing since they had become restless in the last seven weeks.

A few days into the second month of their return to Destiny Island, they had found themselves itching to fight after the months of non-stop fighting the heartless and nobodies. Now they anticipated the fight. As they had found out, Kairi wasn't too bad with her keyblade, but she was better with magic and healing items while Riku covered more of a defensive/Offensive styling that tossed more of the healing side of his magical abilities to the wind. Sora had balanced himself out during his travels, having adjusted to an otherwise balanced team of Donald and Goofy.

The sight of a partially restored Radiant Gardens greeted them as they entered the world and as they walked into town, Sora managed to spot some old friends.

"Yuffie! Tifa! Aerith!" he called and the girls looked up from the market table they had been picking fruit off of. Apparently they were on a grocery run as Aerith had a basket of herbs on her arm, Yuffie held a brown bag of food and Tifa was just paying for what they had picked up. Aerith smiled their way as Yuffie gave a loud welcome.

"Its good to see you guys again" was Aerith's soft words and Tifa gave a wave before talking the shop owner's price down a few bucks.

"Yeah! We have some friends for you to meet! An old friend has returned to us and we found someone new. Though she is a bit of a handful. I think it was Leon's turn to chase after her, they're around here somewhere. They were chasing out any small heartless that are too fast for the town's security system..." Yuffie's voice had grown steadily louder until the last sentence, where it had dropped in pitch as she glanced around. Apparently she didnt spot them, because she turned back as Aerith offered to walk them back to the headquarters, having finished shopping.

Kairi quickly took them up on their offer before the boys got in their say and began talking about herbs and uses for them with Aerith as Tifa and Yuffie chatted idly about some of buildings the had rebuilt. Sora added in his own input often as Riku hung back and only spoke up when he was spoken to directly.

"I wanna show you guys some of the new stuff so wait a moment while I put the bag on the counter" exclaimed Yuffie as she rushed ahead. She was exiting the HQ just as they reached it and she pulled Sora and Kairi after her down the street, leaving Riku to catch up. Only a loud bang and slight scream alerted them before a girl was tossed out a nearby alley into the street a foot away from them. Leon rushed around the corner behind them, slightly out of breath.

"I told you not to run ahead!" he growled as he slowed to stand over the girl. She shifted and tried to sit up, holding her head.

"Hey Leon!" Sora greeted as he strolled over first, but the two ignored him for the moment. The girl finally managed to sit up and glared at the alley she flew from.

"Stupid thing wasnt supposed to explode," her head tilted back to show off the delicate features that were hiding under dark red hair. Her eyes closed against the sunlight as she frowned. "I think I need to be a bit more defensive around new types of heartless..." she sighed and Leon finally acknowledged Sora, now certain that she was alright.

"Hello Sora, Kairi, Riku. Good to see you made it back" a hand brushed his hair out of his face as he turned to look at them. He strode over to Sora and Riku approached the red headed female who appeared to be a bit dazed. Eyes a bright and startling seafoam green fixed on him, slightly glazed from being tossed. She frowned a bit more at him.

"Who are you?" she softly as she held out a hand. Riku took it and pulled her to her feet, hesitating when she hissed as her left foot took her weight. "I think its sprained" she mumbled as she pulled up her pant left to check on it. It was slowly turning red, turning into a bruise without a doubt.

"I'm Riku. Sora is over there with Leon and the girl is Kairi." Electric blue eyes took in the bruise on her ankle before moving up her form. She was slender, naturally lean legs were shown off by a pair of form fitting pants, slightly singed like the rest of her clothes thanks to the exploding heartless. Her taut belly showed under the blackened edge of her low cut shirt. It was obvious she had to replace the entire outfit now but luckily it was the only thing damaged in the blast. Her porcline skin was broken by a scratch along her shoulder but no burns or scarring wounds. And her dark red hair seemed to draw attention to her face and the pale skin of her neck and shoulders as it slid over them. A headset hung about her neck. Riku quickly looked away before she caught him staring.

"I'm Sora!" the brunette had snuck up behind her and she whipped around and almost lost her balance, gripping Riku's arm at the last moment seeing as how he was closer. "Leon said your name's Rhiannon and you have a Keyblade!" Sora's excitment was quickly extingushed as she snapped at him.

"I am Rhiannon and I don't like to flaunt the stupid blade!" she stepped away from him and cut off Sora's next question "I HATE my keyblade cause the indecisive thing left my brother in the middle of a heartless ambush and left him to die. It chose me to be it's master at the expense of my brother's life," the outburst quieted down and she summoned out a black blade decorated in violet roses and red vines to glare at it. "I hate this thing" in a quick motion, she tossed it with Sora watching it skitter across the pavement in slight horror. The metallic ring of the steel cut of as it disappeared to reappear, hanging loosely from her fingers.

Leon placed a hand on her shoulder and she let it go, the keyblade leaving her hands until the next time she called it. Leon glanced at Riku, then Sora and Kairi. "We need to talk."

The gunblade wielder leaned against the wall of a nearby building as Rhiannon joined Yuffie and Kairi on a low brick wall holding in a garden. Riku took a spot between Sora and Rhiannon as they let Leon take the stage.

"The Heartless and Nobodies are growing restless. I think Maleficent and a new Nobody similar to the old Organization has begun moving. And I've seen some new strange creatures wandering around, though they haven't done any direct damage yet. The worlds are in trouble again. Radiant Gardens is pretty well protected against the darkness but..." he sighed and Sora interupped him.

"That's fine. Riku, Kairi and I got it covered. We can leave now to check out the other worlds" the barely contained excitment spread between the three, the boys wanting the fight and Kairi wanting to see the new worlds. Leon cleared his voice to regain their attention.

"You can leave tomorrow, and Rhiannon will go with you. I won't have her here where she will just run around like a madwoman. She will be more useful with you guys" The point was made clear. He didnt want to play babysitter where he had other things to do. Yuffie took the chance to leap in and lighten the mood a bit.

"Plus you haven't met Vincent yet! Cloud found him. Dunno where but I'm glad he's back!" she hopped up and down and Rhiannon gave her a small grin. Kairi noticed her relax and made her way over to chat with their new friend. Sora took to catching up with Leon and Yuffie, leaving him to hang back and watch the girls. Rhiannon stood a two or three inches over Kairi and her red hair was definitely brighter then Kairi's burgandy. Though her outburst earlier had caught them off guard, she seemed to speak a bit easier with Kairi. Her touchiness was understandable when her brother was mentioned but she had danced around Kairi's questions about friends and love interests, instead, tossing back questions about Sora and himself. Kairi answered them excitedly, explaining the island, Sora's journey and Riku's part in it, the return of the island and then the Organization XIII's attempt to use the stolen hearts to make their own world.

Soon, they had seen all the newer portions of town and headed back to HQ where Cloud was speaking to a black haired man dressed in a red cloak. "Hi Cloud. Vincent." Yuffie and Rhiannon stated at the same time, one much louder then the other. The two men turned to aknowledge that they had heard them and Riku caught sight of Vincent's blood red eyes. He hesitated approaching him as he hadn't seen anyone with that eye coloring except Axel. And the Nobody wasn't even 'alive' anymore. After a brief introduction of Vincent by Cloud, the gang had headed inside to relax for the night before whatever might happen tomorrow came.

TBC...


(Real quick, I wanna let ya know that I have a lineup of worlds and I have NOT played Birth by Sleep yet as I do NOT have a PSP. I might try to play it on the PC by way of rom but we shall see. As for the worlds. I have Lady and the Tramp, Bambi, The Sword in the Stone, Little Mermaid (Side trip), Nightmare Before Christmas, Aristocats, Robin Hood, Fox and the Hound, Oliver and Company, The Black Cauldron, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Treasure Planet, The Haunted Mansion, Princess and the Frog, with one or two non disney movies that many people have loved over the years. The Last Unicorn, Flight of Dragons, and The Swan Princess.)