B.R.C: I don't own Kingdom hearts or any of the characters but I do own Danny/Dee and a few of the other O.C.s that will appear in this fan fic.

Slow Dance with a Stranger

Black Rose Crystal

Chapter One: Creeptastic

"Why can't you just be normal for once?"

Dee frowned when the words of her mother snapped her out of her dream and back into the world of the awake, a world the girl had no desire to be in at the current moment. She had been angry, having embarrassed her mother once again because of her little quirks and she had gone upstairs to her room to well cry in a completely not girlie fashion. At least that's what she had thought. Those words, those eight little words, had floated up after her and knocked her upside her head leading her to the annoying feeling of shame that floated in her heart and the pit of her stomach until she finally cried herself to sleep, wishing she was at a place she could be accepted.

And why did her mother not think she was normal?

It was simple. Dee was a cross dresser. No, the girl wasn't gay or anything like that, though many people thought so and that included her parents, she just enjoyed wearing men's clothing and looking like a guy instead of the feminine woman her mother wanted to be. Most of her closet was filled with jeans and t-shirts instead of the pink skirts and heels that her family wanted her to wear. It just so happened that earlier that day, Dee had gone home after spending most of the day at her friend's house and had walked in on her mother talking with an old friend from college. He had brought his son with him and Rina, Dee's mother, had obviously wanted the two to get together. But once he saw the girl in a pair of baggy jeans and a button up top that hid her form, the boy gave Dee a look of disgust and turned away, ignoring her for most of the visit. That led to a verbal standoff between the mother and daughter until Dee finally retreated to her room.

"I should…go downstairs and apologize…"The girl mumbles stretching slowly. She winces when she notices that her head was pounding. She groans softly and rolls over to go back to sleep, deciding to apologize later, only to blink, not expecting to see a pair of insanely green eyes staring at her. She screams and falls out of the bed, backing up on her butt until she hits a desk nearby, causing an iPod clock radio to fall and hit her on the head.

"Ow…that did not help the pain…"

The owner of the green eyes reaches over and clicks on the light allowing Dee to see that he had bright red hair and strange tattoos under his pretty eyes and that he was rather…under-dressed.

"Dee, are you okay? You act like you've never seen me before. It's me, Axel." He said with a semi worried look on his face though he also seemed to be trying not to laugh. Dee blinks and blinks again until her brain finally starts working once more.

She slowly glances around and notices that she was not in her attic bedroom but a large bedroom with a king sized bed and a lot of green and black décor in different spaces. And the sexy man in front of her…well he was from a video game series that Dee liked to play, Kingdom Hearts.

Dee stands and walks calmly into the bathroom and slams the door behind her, attempting to lock it but failing. Ignoring the banging on the door, she goes to the sink and slashes water on her face before glancing into the mirror. A girl who somewhat resembled her with light brown skin and a pair of green eyes stares back at her. Her hair was short and black in the back and long dyed blond bangs fell over her right eye and a bandage was wrapped around her head and upon taking it off she saw a bump that had obviously been bleeding at one point.

Upon further inspection she notices that her new body also had a labret piercing and her tongue and left eyebrow were pierced as well. She wore a long t-shirt, sports bra, and a pair of boxers and Dee's eyebrow twitches when she notices that her nipples and belly button were pierced too. She was happy to note that she had no tattoos but then the horror of waking up in a body that only slightly resembled hers with a boy she didn't actually know kicked in and she screams again.

"Dee, what's the matter?" She heard the voice of Axel say, though her mind reminded her that his voice actor was Quinton Flynn when he was in the game. She slowly feels herself start to feel faint and her breathing starts to quicken, it felt like she was having a heart attack.

The door opens slowly and she notices Axel rush in and wrap his arms around her, her head pressed to his chest, "its okay Dee. It will be okay. You must have had a nightmare or something and it caused you to have another panic attack. I'm here for you, baby."

Dee blinks slowly as the attack fades and pushes herself away, bring her legs up to her chest, "Who? Who are you?"

Axel blinks and points to himself, "Oh god getting hit on the head last night caused you to lose your memory. I'm Axel your adopted brother. You're Danni but I call you Dee 'cause you hate that name. You moved in with me yesterday after you and mom had a fight a few weeks ago."

Dee raises an eyebrow, "Why would I move in with you? I don't even know you. Where am I?"

"Twilight Town, you moved here from Hollow Bastion. Okay, how about you take a bath and I'll explain all this on the way to the doctor. I knew I shouldn't have trusted Demyx when he said that falling and hitting your head wasn't going to hurt you…" Axel sighs and runs his hand through his hair, "I told mom that I would take care of you while you were here…"

Dee just watches as the boy walks out of the room, blushing when she notices that his pajama bottoms were hanging low on his hips. She shakes her head and slowly stands before running the bathwater, amused that the tub had whirlpool action and that the bathroom was insanely clean. She walks out and notices that Axel had left the room and looks around to see empty suitcases in the corner. Upon opening the closet door she grins, a completely new wardrobe with a mix of boy's and girl's clothing that were all in her size was waiting for her.

"This… might not be so bad…"

A few minutes later, Dee walks out wearing a pair of tight black low rise jeans with three different belts hanging from her hips, a short sleeved red somewhat baggy shirt with a hood and black arm warmers. A tight black sports bra kept her chest from being seen, that and the baggy shirt along with being a B cup helped, and pair of new bright red converse high tops helped give her the normal look of her cross dressing self that she loved so much. To complete her outfit she grabbed a pair of aviator sunglasses and she allows herself to wear eyeliner just because but ditches the other makeup she found for a tube of Chap Stick.

In the back of her mind she worried that she was going crazy, or at least dreaming that she was in another, though awesome, world and would wake up soon back in her bed with her mother yelling at her to stop being so lazy. But after pinching herself numerous times while in the tub and even trying to drown herself to see if dying would work (she chickened out as soon as she put her nose close to the water not wanting to trigger another panic attack in the bathroom or well die for that matter) she gave up. So she decided to wait it out and see what would happen. Plus she was living with THE Axel of Kingdom Hearts, that was pretty awesome even if she had the slight fear that he would set her on fire if he got angry at her and she couldn't wait to meet the others.

She searches around the room which she realized which was supposed to be hers, though it didn't explain why Axel was sleeping in there with her, and she finds her cell phone, laptop, and a photo album. It seemed that in this strange dimension Axel really was her adopted brother from the look of the pictures but all of her family and friends from her normal reality were the same. Her mother's eyes were strangely green like hers but her hair and skin color still marked her as at least half African-American but Dee only saw pictures of her step-father and not her real dad. She smiled when she see's pictures of what appeared to be a younger Axel and her playing together and guessed that he had been adopted when they both were very young.

Dee then examined her phone and noticed a text message from her friend Chad that seemed normal enough but she could not reach him on the phone when she called so she just left the phone on her desk before slowly walking down the stairs to the kitchen where she saw Axel eating a plate of eggs and reading a comic book.

"Here I made breakfast. Eat up, you need energy," He says standing up and placing another plate of scrambled eggs, bacon and fruit in front of her, "Let me guess you want Code red Mountain Dew to drink right?"

Dee blinks when he mentions one of her favorite drinks and nods slowly, raising an eyebrow when he places a can and a few pills in front of her, "What's this for?"

"Your medicine for your panic attacks and pain medicine for your head, Mom said to make sure you take those. She wasn't too happy to find out you had gotten hurt as soon as you got here," Axel gives her a somewhat embarrassed look and she opens the drink and takes the medicine slowly, "Good. Now eat. We have to meet Demy and get you to the doctor."

"Demy?" Dee says slowly beginning to eat, not liking the strange look he seemed to be giving her.

"You really have grown a lot…" He shakes his head and coughs, "What? Yeah, Demyx, he is one of my friends. He came with me last night to pick you up at the airport but while we were going to the car he bumped into you and caused you to fall over and hit your head pretty hard. He says he is sorry for that by the way."

Dee nods and keeps eating, staying silent and staring at her plate.

Axel raises an eyebrow then reaches over and touches her cheek a little "Don't worry. You'll be okay. I promise I won't let you get hurt again."

The girl blinks back at him and fidgets uncomfortably and he seems to notices this and instead ruffles her hair and the ringing of the house phone breaks the silence. He leaves her to go answer it and Dee finishes her food and puts the plate away then goes back upstairs to locate her toothbrush, ignoring the warmth of her cheeks.

A few minutes later she walks down stairs to find Axel looking in a mirror near the door fixing his spiky hair. He wore black jeans and dark green converse with a matching green t-shirt that brought out his eyes, and Dee was jealous to see that his hips and butt looked better then hers in a pair tight pants. A black tie hung loosely around his neck and he had own two belts and numerous bangles and things on his arms. He also wore eyeliner as well and Dee was amused to see a semi familiar checkered wristband on his left wrist and he smiles when she asks him about it.

"My best friend gave it to me. He always wears one and thought it would be a funny gift, sort of like a friendship bracelet type thing…you'll meet him later today. He's your age so you might have classes with him at Twilight U."

"Twilight U?" Dee asks as she follows him outside of the house fixing the shoulder bag that held her wallet and other things in it.

"Yes, Twilight Town University, the college Mom and Dad enrolled us in. You didn't think you were going to stay here without attending college were you? It was one of the reasons mom even agreed to let you stay here because Twilight U has such a good art program and gave you a full scholarship. We are really going to have to get your head checked because this memory loss thing is freaking me out…" Axel locks the door of the small house and pushes her in the direction of a dark green Ford Mustang. Dee squeals when she sees her favorite car and rushes to it.

"Yeah I knew you would love it. Happy late birthday from the 'rents and me, we thought you would like a car just like your big brother," Axel smiles and Dee holds her hand out for the keys only for him to shake his head, "You have a head injury silly girl. There is no way I'm letting you drive this baby and wreck it. Are you crazy?"

"Tch…lame." Dee walks to the passenger's side and slides into the car, frowning at the smirk that Axel gives her.

"Yeah, love you too, sis."