Zexion: Sakura doesn't own anything...except for...well...Dawn...Why am I even doing this?

Sakura: Because people love you!

Zexion: Just read the story or else I'll -quits reading cue cards- WHAT!?

Sakura: Hehe...-skips off-

+ Prologue +

"Yes sir," She bowed and walked out of her master's office. Her face twisted into an expression of anger. She had to control herself from storming through the castle halls. Her glare was fixed only on what was right in front of her.

"Whoa, watch where you're going!" A certain dirty blonde that usually pissed her off said, dodging her icy eyes.

"Shut up, Even," She barked, and continued her storming. This Heartless research was getting on her nerves. She opened the door to the main room and slammed it shut. A younger blue haired man looked up from the book he was reading.

"Are you okay?" He asked, placing the book on the table next to him.

"Yeah...Ansem's just obsessed with this stupid research," Her voice still hinted that she was angry, but it was a much softer tone from when she yelled at Even. She took a seat next to him.

"Hey you two, chill out," A deep voice came from the kitchen that was connected to the main room. This comment plastered the glare back on her face.

"Can it, Dilan," She growled. He frowned, she should be respecting his authority.

"Good God, Dawn, calm down,"

"Calm down!? When innocent people are dying as a result to our stupid experiments!?" Her loud voice made the blue haired man jump. Dawn concentrated her icy glare upon Dilan. Unable to take it anymore, she ran out the glass doors and into the garden. She sat down at the fountian and drug her fingers softly through the water. She wasn't alone for very long.

"Hey Ienzo," She didn't even have to look, she knew exactly who it was.

"Are you feeling better?" The blue haired man asked, sitting down next to Dawn. She turned around and gave him a warm smile, her usual expression.

"Yeah, thanks," She returned her gaze to the water. "I'm tired of it all. That's it."

"Ienzo, we need you in the lab," Braig, another one of their co-workers walked up.

"Why?" He asked, a little shocked.

"Master Ansem said so. Dawn, you better come as well," Braig grabbed her arm and pulled her up. She jerked her arm away from his grasp and replied curtly,

"I can walk by myself, thank you," Once they arrived at the lab they heard the whirring of machines. Ansem stood up, he was surrounded by the rest of his assistants.

"Good, we can now start the experiments," Dawn didn't have a very good feeling about this. Something was wrong.

"Master Ansem...are you sure we should do this?" She asked in a small voice. He turned to her and walked closer, placing a cold hand on the side of her face. He stared into her sapphire eyes.

"Of course, Dawn. We need to find out what's in the heart," He said, smiling. After he was done speaking his hand dropped back to his side and he returned to where he was. "Now, as you know we have successfully created Heartless. Dawn has been keeping one as a pet for observation. What does your data say?"

"The Heartless acts just like a normal one should," She replied simply. Dawn wasn't the one to go into detail. She extended her hand and out of the darkness gathering in her palm a Heartless known as a Shadow appeared. It let out a sound similar to a squeak and crawled up on her shoulder.

"Very good," Ansem studied the Heartless. A loud crash broke his concentration.

"Master! The Heartless are loose!" Aeleus shouted in panic. Before she knew it Dawn fell to the ground unconcious.

A year later...

Dawn had been asleep for the whole year. She began to twitch and slowly opened her eyes. As she regained her sense of smell she almost wished she hadn't. It smelled of rotting bodies. The terrible smell of death and blood. She pushed herself up and looked at her surroundings. Blood was everywhere and everything was broken. As she scanned the room she found what was left of her co-workers. All of them, Even, Braig, Dilan, Aeleus, and...where was Ienzo? In shock she got up and screamed. When she did she heard a light thump. She looked down at her feet. Her body began shaking violently and tears blurred her vision. She immediately collapsed again and laid her head on the dead man's chest and cried. It was the body of that blue haired man, the body of the man she was attracted to, it was the body that belonged to Ienzo. Dawn wished she had never found him. She cried herself to sleep...