Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. If I did, I would be sooooo rich and I wouldn't be doing this sort of thing.

It's official. My life totally and completely SUCKS!! Why? Let's see... my parents are divorced, and now I'm being put into a boarding school! Not any normal one either. No, I had to be going to, ahem, Destiny Islands Preparatory School. Isn't that just perfect? God, I can't believe that is where I'm finishing high school. "Cheer up Riena," my mom said from the front of the car. "You'll make new friends."

"No I won't," I said. "I'm a giant social reject. Don't you remember?"

"Don't say that, honey." she said in a feeble attempt to cheer me up.

"Hnn..." I stared out the window and continued sulking. I didn't want to leave Destiny High. I didn't want to be left out again. I missed my old friend Sora. He said his cousin, Roxas, also went to Destiny Islands Prep. He had told Roxas to keep an eye out for me. I thought that was sweet, but I didn't care. Sora was the only one who talked to me at Destiny High. I had never met Roxas, so I didn't know what to expect. The only thing I knew was that he had spiky blonde hair and blue eyes. "Riena, we're here." my mom's voice pulled me out of my trance.

"Wha? Oh." I got out and pulled my bags out as well.

"You have your cell phone, so call me if you need anything!" she called through the car window. I nodded and let myself be swallowed by the crowd.

I walked over to a table to get my schedule, while keeping an eye out for Roxas. After ten minutes, I reached the front of the line. The senior giving out schedules glanced up and asked, "Name?"

"Huh? Oh. Riena Takashi." I replied, a little flustered. She rummaged through the papers and handed me my schedule without another word.

I slumped against the fence and looked over my schedule. 1st period, English, 2nd period, geometry, 3rd period, PE and health, 4th period, art, 5th period, lunch, 6th period, history, and 7th period, study hall. I groaned. Seven periods! Each one was 45 minutes long, except lunch, which was an hour. "Hey." I looked up and saw a guy with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes looking at me. "Are you Riena?"

I felt myself blush, and muttered, "Yes." If I hadn't known better, I would've thought that Sora and Roxas were brothers, not cousins. "You must be Roxas, right?" I asked shyly.

"Yep!" he answered, smiling. "Hey, why don't I introduce you to my buddy?"

"But I--" Before I could finish, Roxas was dragging me off towards some tall redhead.

"Hey Roxas," said the red-head, "Who's the new friend?"

"Axel, this is Riena," Roxas told him, "Riena, this is my friend Axel."

I smiled slightly and waved. Axel gave me a cocky grin and then asked Roxas, "Isn't she in our dorm?"

"Oh yea." When I looked at Roxas quizzically, he said, "All the dorms here are co-ed."

"Wh-what did you say?" I asked, hollowly.

"The dorms are co-ed." he repeated. "Y'know, boy and girl dorms."

I opened my mouth to respond, but nothing came out. I tried again. Still nothing. I stood there, blank, and began to hyperventilate. I didn't work well with people. How was I going to survive in the dorm? I felt myself swaying back and forth. Axel had grabbed me my by shoulders and was shaking me saying, "Riena, you need to BREATHE!!"

"I AM BREATHING!" I screamed.

"Breathe slowly," Roxas told me. He took my hand and I calmed down immediately. I don't know why, but there's something about him that makes me feel... serene, I guess. "Okay, Axel," he said, "You can let go now." Axel released me and I collapsed into a heap on the asphalt.

"Ow..." I groaned. I got up again and dusted myself off and asked, "Are there anymore people in our dorm?"

"Let me see." Axel took out a small slip of paper and read off the names. "There's me, you, Roxas, and--" His face went pale.

"What?" Roxas and I asked at the same time. He handed the paper to Roxas, and as Roxas scanned the list of names, he stopped and howled with laughter. "Lemme see!" I snatched the paper from him and read the list. There was myself, Axel, Roxas and some person named Larxene. "Who's Larxene?" I asked.

Roxas had calmed down slightly and answered, "Well, I guess you could call her Axel's very own fangirl!"

I tried to suppress my laughter, but couldn't and ended up laughing along with Roxas. "Shut up!" Axel snapped. "She's not my fan--" He broke off and looked behind Roxas and I. "Shit." he muttered.

Roxas and I turned around and saw a girl with blonde hair. "Is that her?" I asked.

"Yup." Roxas replied.

"Well then, let's invite her over." I said, smirking.

"What? No!" Before Axel could stop me, I mimicked his voice and called, "Hey, Larxene! Over here!"

"Axel!" she squealed happily. She ran over to us and glommed onto Axel. She pointed to me and asked, "Who's your friend Axel?"

"I'm Riena." I said, using my 'perfect little angel' voice.

She glanced at me and said, "Oh." Then she turned to Axel and asked sweetly, "So, are we in the same dorm, Axel?"

"Yes..." he said, trying to hide the disappointment in his voice.

"Yay! So, who else is in our dorm?" she asked.

Axel pointed to Roxas and I. "They are."

"Oh." She glared at me coldly. I hid behind Roxas and asked quietly, "What did I do?"

"Dunno." he replied, "Maybe she just hates you."

Great. I thought. This year of high school is going to be just terrible.

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