Hi! So I made some super tiny adjustments (so tiny you probably won't even notice if you read this before ^_^) I just noticed some errors that probably would have kept me up all night if I didn't fix them. Please review and give me some suggestions seeing how this is my first story. I was so worried about uploading it that I spent sooo long on editing and revising it. Rated M for language and possible future lemon (depends on reviews)

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Chapter 1: Forever Darkness

The brilliant golden scarlet sky glimmered against the dark shadows that crept behind the fading sun. The colors seem to merge perfectly as the sun descended off into the horizon. Palm trees swayed softly as if whispering small secrets to each other.

I gazed off into the distance across the cerulean ocean and the smell of sea breeze and salt lingered through my nostrils. The waves revealed little white ripples as it withered away against the pale golden sand.

I sketched softly against the familiar paper, only the sound of a light whistling was heard through the crashing roar the waves made against the current. I could reside here for eternity and not be disturbed. This beach is my safe place, my serenity.

A small pulsing vibration shook through my beige shoulder bag, interrupting my concentration. I reluctantly rummaged through the cluttered carrier until I discovered the source. On the small black screen of my cherry pink cell phone lay the name Unknown.

"Hello?" Silence drowned the other end.

"Hello?" Still Nothing. I was about to hang up before a sharp inhale stopped me from doing so.

"I know your there." I whispered, A little frightened.

"Namine`?", an angelic voice responded. It was a boy's voice, but very soft and delicate.

"Yeah?", I whispered, my voice nearly not as beautiful. Silence once again suffocated the awkward conversation.

"Who is this?" I replied to the unknown speaker.

"I can't say. But I wanted to hear you, maybe see you. Not soon though, but someday. Till then." The lovely voice disappeared, followed by a faint click.

He hung up. I shifted the phone away from my ear and slowly set it in my bag. The sky, now a dark amethyst, seemed almost claustrophobic. Nightfall had taken over.

The cool breeze gusted through the palm trees. I checked my phone.

"7:38, Cloud's gonna kill me", I muttered under my breath. I packed my stuff in my shoulder bag and scurried toward the cobbled stone road. The street lights dimly glow the side road as I made my way toward home.

My steps echoed with each stride. It was an eerie sound that made my heart skip and my stomached churn. I gazed down the narrow road with closed shops and bakeries built shoulder to shoulder against the pavement. To the right of me was a small alley way where little boys are often seen doing awful thing where their mother couldn't see them. I stopped and peered down the dark opening. I remember when I was ten I got lost and ended up in front of this alley. There was a tall lanky boy who stood against the brick wall with his arms crossed close to his chest. He seem to be about eighteen. I slowly walked up to him and asked him if he could help me find my way home. He peered down at me and cocked his eyebrow up.

"What is a little girl doing walking around by herself?" he asked aloud, not sure if he was talking to himself or to me. I was so confused that I stepped back and began to walk away.

"Girl," his soothe voice called out low but enough so I could hear. I stopped and turned my head toward the boy.

"What's your name?"

"Namine," I automatically replied.

"Well miss Namine, how did you lose your way?"

"Are you going to help me?" I asked with a little bit of hope in my voice. He stared at me and brushed my tangled bangs out of my face. Then he swiftly glided away with me left behind, watching him in astonishment. I remember thinking that his personality had a bizarre concoction of maturity and adolescence. Later I was able to ask the shop owner next door for help and I found my way home.

I observed the back street with the small dirty puddles and the graffiti that lay on the side walls.

I was about to head home when I finally noticed that the echoes of my footsteps never halted. The sound continued with laughter. I slowly focused toward the opposite direction of the small pathway.

"Hey, cutie!", A voice called out from the source. I awkwardly stepped backed when I discovered four older boys I've seen in my neighborhood walking towards me. It was Axel, Riku, Demyx, and a boy I've never met . They seemed unstable, possibly drunk. I was in no position to deal with such impudence, neither was I strong enough. I turned around and held my hands close to my chest.

"Hey! Where ya goin?", Axel called. He seems to be the most intoxicated.

I fastened my pace, trying to be most careful so I wouldn't trip over myself. I could hear footsteps creep up behind me. A firm hand gripped my arm and spun me around. It was Axel. I gaped into his hardened features, his breath reeked of alcohol. His piercing green eyes burned into mine and his flaming red hair blazed under the softly dimmed light.

"Why don't you stay here and play with us?", he slurred out. His friends came up behind him, smirking at me.

"Please, let me go" I whispered, trying to focus my eyes through softly litted streets. Axel's grip on my arm, already causing an uncomfortable ache, tightened into a more excruciating pain.

"Aw, look! She's scared!" He cried out. Demyx and Riku laughed at his obvious statement. Tears started to swell in my eyes. Axel pulled his face closer to mine and searched into my eyes. His facial expression was bored and dull looking.

"Let's go to my place, huh?" He suggested in such seriousness I would guessed he was actually sober. What am I going to do? I tightly closed my eyes and bit my lip. I could hear him chuckle lightly at my dismay of such confusion.

"Please, leave me alone." I repeated helplessly. I searched aimlessly around the enclosed area, hoping for a way out, but it was useless. I realized I was backed up into the dark alley way. Screaming would be useless.

"Aw, don't you like me?" Axel's eyes were bright with amusement. He pushed me against the brightly written on wall with great force, hitting the back of my head. He sluggishly raised his right hand up and snapped his fingers.

"Riku, Demyx." he commanded. Axel diligently let go of my sore arms and two other hands replaced his, just as pain aching. The silver haired boy, I assumed to be Riku, and the messy dirty blond, Demyx, stood by my sides, holding onto me, lifting me on the edges of my shoes. My head shook with pain as I closed my eyes tightly.

"What's your name, sweetie." he asked in a comforting and gentle voice. I squinted one eye open as Axel stood casually a few feet away from me with his arms crossed. He reminded me of the boy from back then.

"Nami- Namine`?" I replied, playing along. Axel slightly smiled at my cooperation of his game.

"Namine`." he whispered to himself. " I want you to come with me and my friends. I promise we won't hurt you."

My breathing became suddenly unsteady. My eyes darted from one person to the other and stopped at the boy I've never met. I didn't get a good look of him up until now.

I forgot that he was even there. He never spoke or played in amusement. He just stood a couple feet away, watching me, studying me with a bored expressionless gaze.

His azure eyes seemed to melt into a drowning liquid and his pale blond hair pointed in every direction. His hands were casually shoved in the pockets of his black tightly fitted jeans. His pale ivory skin beamed under the light and his purplish blue lips were pressed in a thin tight line. The dark shadows under his eyes gave the impression of a sleepless night. He was very beautiful.

Axel seemed to take notice to my ogling of the isolated boy. He simply smiled and jerked me toward him by my chin.

"I see you like my friend here." He murmured." Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to take a lot of interest in relationships."

" I- I didn't mean to stare." I muttered in embarrassment as my cheeks flushed to a warm light pink.

I should have known by the way he's looking at me with such little interest. I've never been one to realize the obvious. Even though I didn't think about him that way to start with.

"Can I go home?" I asked. Axel's shocked expression immediately told me that I wasn't going to get to go home anytime soon.

"Namine`, I'm getting really bored right now and I'd like to let you go but you're just too much fun. So you're coming with me, okay?" I stared at him with uncertainty.

"But I don't want to go with you." I replied. Axel's amusing smile faded into a disappointed frown.

"I don't think you understand. You're coming with me." He said with such strain and threat in his voice.

"N-no, I don't want to." I slightly tugged away from the impossible hold on my arms.

"We're going, lets go." He shouted and pulled me with him. He let loose of my chin and grabbed my wrist as I violently struggled against his grasp.

"No! Let go!" Without hesitation, I snapped my free arm up and whipped it across his face. He suddenly stopped in shock and his arms fell limp to his sides. I took this to my advantage and sped down the empty stoned road.

"That bitch! Get her!" I could hear Axel's voice filled with rage as he shout at his friends. Before I was able to be given the chance to lose them, I was tackled to the ground by Demyx and Riku.

They pulled me up and tugged me toward Axel who was glaring at me from afar. I tried to resist as they pulled me forward. I knew that Axel didn't like me very much any more.

"Namine, you stupid whore, you do not run away from me." He spit out as he pulled me by my hair closer to him

"Now apologize", he muttered and shoved my face into the cold floor. My spine hurt from the angle.

"Did you hear me? I said apologize!". Axel lowered his face to mine and placed his finger under my chin. A terrifying smirk spread across his face. I could feel the warm liquid trickled from my cheek as Axel smeared the blood onto the gray rock.

He made a gesture to his friends and I was pulled up from the ground hanging from the grip in the air. Axel glared at me and stepped back. A sudden striking pain in my stomach knocked me forward. I could feel blood drown my throat and coughed out the familiar red liquid as I could feel it trickled down the corners of my mouth.

Axel's fists were clenched by his sides. His smirk began to widen.

"Aw, did that hurt?". He moved in closer. I stared at the crimson fluid that stained the cobbled stone. My eyes widened as I coughed up more of the drowning liquid. My head whirled, blending different colors until it was hard to see.

I glanced up desperately at the boy who stood behind the others and watched me. I stared at him, puzzled, as he observed me from afar.He continued to watch with the same expressionless, bored look.

I gawked at him with such puzzlement as the pain ached from within me. I've never been so confused with someone in my entire life. My fists clenched until they throbbed and ached with such pain. I didn't realize I was biting my lip until blood gushed from within me. He continued to gaze upon my pain. I couldn't take it anymore.

"What are you staring at", I muttered loudly. The boy was suddenly shocked. Axel laughed my sudden notice in the boy.

"Hey bitch, you deal with me", he whispered and punched me in the stomach again. I pushed forward against the blow but persisted on focusing at the boy who watched in confusion.

"Answer me. Why don't you hit me? Do something?!", I raised my voice against the sudden ringing in my ears. The tears streamed down my cheeks but a new feeling ran throughout my body. I could tell he wasn't going to waste any time on me.

"I hate you", I muttered under my breath in defeat.

I could see the boy stiffen his body. His calm sapphire eyes were now wild and untamed. His hands were clenched into hard fists and his lip quivered against his pale white face. He intently stared at me with hate and frustration. Axel continued to laugh at my dismay. His friends seemed amused by my humiliation.

I was suddenly thrown on to the jagged street and the sound of breaking bones were heard from behind me. I gazed at the figure that stood over me. I continued to lay there still with detest for the god like boy.

"Roxas?". A voice whispered in pain. I followed the sound to find Axel smashed into a wall. I gaped at him in horror. Blood dripped down his forehead and his arm were disfigured. I took notice to my arms which ached in pain and were dreadfully bruised with blue and purple. I could feel blood run down my throat. My lip was still bleeding.

The boy stood over me and pulled me up by my shirt. His eyes pierced into mine and whispered into my ear.

"You will never know the true meaning of hate". He pulled my face into his and glared at me, still holding tightly to my shirt. I stared back. The feeling of hate and fear blended into an odd mixture in my veins.

"Let me go", I whispered. He tilted his chin up and gazed at me from under his lashes.

"No", he muttered. His breath washed over my face; I was stunned. His breath was mouth watering and almost irresistible. He raised me higher till my feet were in the air and suddenly dropped me. He flashed his teeth in a crooked smile.

"You know you're lucky. I could have done a lot worse than those idiots." He continued to watch me, his hands casually placed in his pockets. I stared at him in shock but quickly composed myself as the thought of time crossed my mind.

"Sure, whatever.............I gotta go", I mumbled as I clumsily got back up. His expression turned from amusement to dissatisfaction. A strange look of disgust and hate spread across his gorgeous features as he stepped forward, standing over me.

"Don't test me, you stupid girl", he spit out and pushed me back down to the cold floor. I glared at him with rage.

"I'm not testing you!", I shouted, pulling myself back up. He stepped back with his eyes glowering at me. He began to chuckle under his breath and slowly moved his eyes to the floor.

I stared at him with such intensity. I wasn't sure what he was capable of, but if I had to guess, it would be horrible.

I was thrusted up against a wall with the boy pushing his hand against my neck and the other pressed against the wall. His eyes blazed at me with such fury. There he slowly lowered his exquisite face to my neck.

"Stupid girl", he murmured. His icy breath sent chills down my spine. I could feel his lips linger up and down my skin, tracing the outline of my throat.

The fear was becoming more noticeably uncomfortable. I couldn't help but think of what I've gotten myself into. The touch of his lips against my neck and the trace of his frosty breath trailing afterward encouraged the fear to rise to higher level.

A faint sound of fastened footsteps caught my attention. Demyx and Riku had fled away in fear, leaving their friend behind. I felt an inviting warmth of darkness tempt me. In response, I let my face drop against Roxas's sweet smelling hair. A sudden twitch from under me shook me and I repelled the darkness.

Roxas continued to toy with my neck by leave faint traces of kisses or soft licks. I was so confused by how to take in the environment. Fear or comfort?

"What do you want from me?" I whimpered in fear. A soft chuckle escaped his lips from under my chin.

"Silly, stupid girl." He whispered.

"You don't scare me." I repeated softly. He immediately froze and slowly rose his head to my face with a devilish grin.

"Namine`? Do you know who I am?" he said in a low threatening voice.

"No...........should I?" I asked in uncertainty.

"No, you shouldn't."

"Then whats the point of the question?!" I blurted out, surprising myself.

A small smile curved to his lips as his sapphire eyes suffocated me and pulled me in deeper into his cold stoned pupils.

I felt so cold and alone. It was like Roxas was never there. Just me and forever darkness. I continued to study the dark black coals as they reeled me in. Everything else didn't matter at that point. The cool harsh pain of Roxas's hand on my throat disappeared into numbness. No

sign of living or light.

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So there it is. My baby that I have spent way too much time on→ hehe :)

I'm working on chapter two and will be uploading ASAP! I wanted to hear some thoughts about the first chapter before I worked on it though. REMEMBER! Your reviews keep the story going!

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