Nick: Yes boredom has taken it's slimy hold on me again and this time I think I will write Kingdom Hearts Stuff. i don't know if it'll be a one shot or what it'll be. All I know is that it will be about Kingdom Hearts. It will possess an OC. It will be rated T for Teen. And last but not least, it will be awesome enough for you to leave reviews! So leave reviews!

Hollow Bastion looked so...empty. I sighed as I leaned against my perched leg and felt the cool breeze sweep across my heated skin. Sweat skated down my brow from my hairline and I pushed my curls away from my face with my free hand. I let my mind wander until it hit a wall. Behind this stone brick wall was the memories that were locked away from me, much to my satisfaction. My past was a mystery everyone wanted to solve, except me. I was perfectly happy only knowing my name and how old I was. It was friends like Cloud and Leon that questioned my past. It was only because it troubled them. No one who had been attacked by heartless forgot anything. Unlike me who had forgotten absolutely everything except my name and my birthdate.

"Arista? Is that you?" I jumped at the voice, my weapons drawn. I sighed in relief when I realized it was only Leon who held a smile across his features.

"Don't sneak up on people, Leon. You never know when one might take your head off." I joked as he chuckled and I sheathed my twin swords.

"Remember anything yet, little one?" He asked as he leaned on the wall beside me and I shook my head.

"No, and how many times must I tell you not to call me little one?" I asked as he chuckled again before mussing my curls. He sighed as I stood fully and stretched, my body protesting with slight pangs of stiffness here and there.

"Have you seen Cloud?" I turned to face him as he asked me this and shrugged.

"Strife? No. I've been up here so I haven't exactly been seeing anyone." My answer caused a frown to cross Leon's face and I smiled.

"Don't worry though. He's around somewhere. He's just hiding from Tifa probably!" I joked and a smile came back to Leon's face.

"Well why don't you come join us at the Hangout and actually eat?" He teasingly questioned and I giggled.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll be down in a bit." I answered as he shrugged before leaving me to my silence once again. Something I enjoyed here was the freedom I possessed. Knowing I could do what I wanted, when I wanted, and however way I wanted to do it was very liberating. I didn't follow any rules except my own. With the exception of an occasional Aerith rule, with a few Leon rules, and a couple of Cid, Cloud, and Yuffie rules thrown in there for good measure, I was basically free to do what I wanted. And what I spent my freedom doing was either reading, training, or basking in the silence of Hollow Bastion. I sighed in frustration when I heard my stomach growl in protest to my prolonged venture here. I turned to leave and smiled. I was happy.

"I swear one day you're going to wither away up there!" Yuffie whined as I sat across from her at dinner. Aerith smiled and patted my shoulder.

"I think it's wonderful you can meditate for that long! It's strengthens your mind!" Aerith defended me as she always did against Yuffie and Leon chuckled from the other side of me.

"She doesn't meditate up there! I think she's planning something sneaky!" Leon suggested as both Aerith and Yuffie gasped. I glared at Leon just as Cid chuckled.

"Aww the girl ain't smart enough to plan anything sneaky around here! I've got Hollow Bastion so locked down that a kitten could set it off!" Cid boasted and I glared at him as well for offending my intelligence. I was smart. I had learned from him, I noted. I was quiet however as they talked around me. I noticed an empty seat on the other side of Yuffie and noted Cloud was not present which wasn't unusual. Cloud wasn't one for crowds or social interaction. Something him and I had in common. I based all of my attention on the food in front of me. As usual it was delicious and would fill me nicely. I gingerly ate all of the food and gulped down the drink Aerith had placed in front of me as well.

"The girl eats like there's no tomorrow comin'!" Cid commented as I pushed the plate away from my body with a satisfied grin. Aerith smiled and Yuffie laughed as did Leon.

"She's healthy!" Aerith defended as I shrugged my shoulders, finally deciding to join the conversation.

"At least I eat my food! Then you can't whine about how I'm withering away, huh Yuf?" I joked as Cid laughed and Aerith giggled as well. The reason I didn't want to regain my memories was because of this. This was plenty for me. I didn't have to know who my family was. The family I have now is plenty and they keep giving me plenty of memories to live with. I was happy here. This was my home. This was where I belonged.

"Heartless are invading the perimeter!"

"Nobodies too!"

"Where's Arista?" Panicked voices echoed off of the walls of the Hangout as I drew my swords at the sight of a group of heartless. Suddenly not only were there heartless advancing toward me, there were Nobodies as well. Outnumbered and unwilling to risk exhaustion I said a quick spell and let the lightning take care of enough enemies for me to get away or at least near one of my friends.

"Arista!"

"Leon!" Leon looked up when he heard me cry out his name and he sighed in relief when I dropped down next to him.

"Where have you been?" He asked as he brushed my hair out of my face.

"Up near the Ravine. I got ambushed. Heartless and Nobodies! It's like they're working together!" I explained as he stared at me and I sighed in frustration as he continued to push back my curls from my face.

"Leon!"

"Arista! I don't want you fighting ok?" Leon stated and I stared at him. Leon had never asked me not to fight. I was one of the best fighters here.

Why would he ask me not fight?

Why was he acting like I was a child?

"Leon! What..." I began before he cut me off.

"The heartless are here for you, Rista. The Organization wants you just as bad as Malificent does! I can't risk..." He didn't finished as I stared at him.

"Why would they want me, Leon?!" I asked, curiousity burning in my mind.

"You're a light, Rista! Come on! We have to get to Sora!" I froze at the name. Memories I had never seen before began to resurface at that name.

"Arista!"

I groaned as I sat up, my mattress beneath me and I screamed out in surprise when a duck appeared in front of my face, a questioning look on his own face.

"She doesn't look like a Light." He noted in a duck-like voice. He was pulled away by a dog-like creature.

"Hyuck, I don't know Donald." Then the dog-like creature was pulled away to reveal a boy around my age. He possessed azure eyes and wild chestnut hair. He smiled at me widely.

"Hi! I'm Sora!" He was hyper and easily excitable. I could already tell from his stance.

"What..."

"Arista, you're awake!" I looked up past Sora to Leon and glared at him.

"What happened?" I asked and he frowned.

"You passed out."

"I don't pass out!" I argued and he held a small smile again.

"Don't rile yourself up. Besides, you need your strength." His voice was serious as I stared at him. Then I remembered.

"My memory..." I muttered lowly, talking to myself more than anyone else in the room. Leon perked up at the words and came forward.

"What about your memory, little one?" He asked as he bent down in front of me. I frowned at the name but quickly shook it away.

"I saw an island...it was weird....and a boy....he said, 'You're going to like Sora, he's just like you, Arista.' " I frowned at the memory before Sora was once again in my face.

"What did the boy look like?!" He asked as I back away in annoyance.

"He had silver hair and I couldn't tell the color of his eyes, the memory's too dark." I answered as his face lit up.

"Riku! You knew Riku!" That name...why was it so familiar? I frowned as I let my mind wander again and found a crack in the otherwise inpenetrable wall around my memories. That memory must have leaked out but what caused the crack?

What was I doing before I passed out?

"Arista! Come out, little one! Dinner's ready!"

"Uncle Donald made me burn the grass today!"

"Arista, you are the Light of the Kingdom, princess."

"Donald?" I asked aloud as the duck looked up. I must have worried Leon because he was pushing my hair away from my face again and crading my face between his hands.

"Arista, look at me." I looked down at Leon and he frowned.

"You're crying." My eyes widened as I brought my fingers to my face and felt the wet salty substances that stained my cheeks.

Why was I crying?

"Arista, what's wrong?" I looked up in surprise at the new voice in the room and Leon smiled when he saw who it was.

"Cloud!" I wiped the tears away from my face as he came closer and Leon moved away.

"What happened?" He asked as he bent down in front of me and I sniffled.

"Sephiroth, don't!"

"Little one, Cloud will protect you."

"I'm not little! Stop calling me little!"

All the memories were broken and annoying me as more tears streamed down my face.

What was happening to me?