"Let go!" Larxene screamed. It has been this way for nearly an hour now, Larxene struggling to get away from this man, who kept telling her about how he could save her if she just wanted him to. Telling her that he just wanted to help anyway possible. About how time was running out. All sorts of nonsense she didn't understand, and frankly didn't care about. But, after hours of being held by this man, he was finally starting to give.

"Just say my name, and I'll let you have whatever you want." The creep whispered into Larxene's ear. Then he was gone, leaving nothing but a piece of paper behind. Larxene looked around to see if there was some sort of trap behind this little piece of paper. When she confirmed that it was safe, she picked up the scrap of paper and read it to herself. "My name is Zh-"

Larxene woke up, to find she was in her room in Castle Oblivion. She looked over at her clock to see that she woke up too early to simply wait for the meeting that was scheduled for that morning, yet too late to go back to sleep. 'Oh well, guess I'll just go eat some breakfast for now.' Larxene thought.

Larxene looked over to see the paper still sitting on her desk, folded in half. She picked it up and read it to herself, careful not to wake Marluxia, her roommate. "My...name..." Larxene said, gasping for air between each word like she always does. Larxene shook her head as if sending away all of the bad thoughts. "My name is Z-"

"Larxene?" Marluxia said in a groggy haze as he sat up. "Do you know what time it is?" He hissed. "Are you fantasizing about that guy again?" Being the only friend Larxene has, naturally she would tell him about her little encounter with the man who called himself 'The Creep'. Marluxia frowned. "What's wrong, darling?" Marluxia said as he noticed the worried look on Larxene's face.

"He said there is a world full of people..." Larxene actually said more to herself than to Marluxia, as she stared at the folded piece of paper. "There's a world that welcomes everyone with open arms..." Larxene whispered so softly, that Marluxia couldn't hear it all. Larxene looked like she was going to... cry? Recently, Larxene has been acting as if she could do something like cry, or even be happy. It's at times like these that Marluxia wonders if Larxene really is a Nobody...

Marluxia was startled from his musings when Larxene sat down on his bed, so hard that she bounced up and down. Larxene looked at Marluxia, smiling. "Could you get me some coffee?" Larxene asked Marluxia, lying down next to him. "I'm feeling tired." Larxene said, yawning. As Larxene began drifting off to sleep, Marluxia got out of bed, pulled up his pants and walked over to the door. Marluxia looked back at Larxene, wondering why all of a sudden, she looked so pretty.

'Why do I think she's pretty?' Marluxia thought to himself over and over again, as he walked down corridor after corridor, finding his way to one of the kitchens to get his friend- 'My friend... I can't feel admiration or affection, so how is it possible? To have a friend...' Marluxia thought to himself. "How can I be her friend if... if..." Marluxia trailed off as he walked down a hall, past a man in a black and white Organization cloak and down the stairs.

Marluxia snapped out of his thoughts. Black and white? Marluxia was already running back up the stairs before he could even realize it. When he reached the top, he was winded, but he could see him, in Axel's doorway, the man called The Creep.

oXo

There he was, The Creep. How should he be approached? Marluxia walked up to him from behind and tapped his shoulder. "Are you The Creep?" Marluxia asked, being a little blunt, but to the point. The Creep turned and bowed very deeply, exposing a broadsword, which was tucked under his collar, behind his hood. "I see you've heard of me." The Creep said still bowing. "What is your pleasure, sir?" The Creep said standing behind Marluxia.

'He's so fast...' Marluxia thought, trying to attack, but noticed his feet stuck to the floor. Marluxia put his thumbs to his neck as soon as he saw a long shiny blur, held by The Creep's hands, preparing to prevent strangulation.

Instead of feeling all of the air cut off from his lungs, Marluxia felt something cold on the back of his neck. 'A blade?' Marluxia thought, 'No. Not pointed, dull. It feels like a-'

"It's a necklace." The Creep said, "Its pretty, isn't it?" The Creep asked, releasing the latches on Marluxia's feet, only to have him jump back and far away from The Creep. "What are you doing, giving this to me?" Marluxia demanded, ripping off his necklace and throwing it to the floor.

"I gave it to you because I thought you would want it." The Creep said shrugging. The Creep started to walk away, when a thought hit Marluxia. "What did you do to Larxene?" Marluxia asked The Creep, who was stopped in his tracks by the question. As he turned around, Marluxia could feel why this man was called The Creep, almost like an overdose of killing intent, but as soon as it appeared, it was gone. "I want her to come back with me." The Creep said, with a smirk on his face.

That did it for Marluxia, he was furious with this man. "What if she doesn't want to come with you? Have you ever thought of that?" Marluxia said, clenching his fists at his sides.

"Then, when the time comes, I'll just take her." The Creep said shrugging. "But, by then she'll want to come." The Creep said, walking away, leaving behind a carrier of coffee cups.

oXo

After making sure the coffee wasn't poisoned, Marluxia decided to bring the coffee back to Larxene. 'When the time comes, I'll just take her.' The words still chilled Marluxia, even now, at least an hour after the confrontation. Marluxia sighed and put on a happy face, for Larxene. When he walked through the door however, Marluxia discovered Larxene was sound asleep, snoring gently. Marluxia decided it would be best to let her sleep, for now. It would give him some time to ponder all that had happened this morning.

Just when he was about to doze off, someone knocked at Marluxia's door, startling him awake. "Yes?" Marluxia said in his 'boss' voice that he reserved for the other members of the Organization. Axel opened the door, and said what he had to say. "So, he's finally here?" Marluxia asked, repeating the information with a wondrous look on his face.

"Yes." Axel said, nodding.

"Good," Marluxia said standing up. "Go introduce him to the castle." Marluxia said, shaking Larxene awake.

"Yes, sir." Axel said, closing the door to Marluxia's room and walking away.

A/N

That's it, for now.

Larxene was pretty shaken up about a week before Sora's second adventure happened. And it caused her pretty head to start to rattle with new thoughts.

I don't know how long this story will be, but I will finish it.

The inter-dimensional traveler, The Creep makes a cameo in this story and will play a big role in, essentially, messing everything up. But in a good way. Well... you'll see.

This is qinop, signing off, for now.