"Take care of him....."

"Him? Who?"

"Take.....care...."

"WAIT!! WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! STOP!!"

The mysterious silver-haired man fades into darkness....

*Decode by Paramore interrupts*

"ngh.........grrrrr......... damn alarm.........."

A confused and disgruntled Roxas emerges from his too-short slumber, it was the first day of school and he was incapable of feeling any less enthused. The cynical teen had several projects assigned during the six-week holiday, but typically left them to the last minute. He normally quite enjoyed school ( well, everything except the actual "learning" part) but this sudden surge of school activity had ruined his plans for his last week of freedom and put him in a somewhat grouchy mood. Roxas had been experiencing the same recurring dream for about a month yet he awakened every morning with the same confused thoughts.

"The hell was that about?...."

Yes, a boy of unnatural intelligence....

Moving on, he didn't understand his dream at all which made him angry, and he couldn't figure out why he continued having that god-forsaken dream which made him even more angrier. Had you seen him at school you wouldn't have noticed, he had a bit of a short fuse anyway.

"What time is it? *yawn* i'll just lay down for another 10 minutes...."

He had every intention of leaving for school on time, but accidentally dozed off again......twice.......

*Roxas slowly opens his eyes for the third time*

"Hmmmm.......what am I doing today?..."

"OH MY GOD I'M LATE!!!"

His sudden realisation caused him to literally spring out of bed! Quickly, he threw on his clothes, stuffed his bag, raced downstairs and out the door! "Shit!Shit!Shit!" were his only thoughts as he frantically ran down Sunset Avenue to get to the train station. He dived into carriage as the doors were closing and slammed against the opposite doors. Panting heavily, he began to work on his excuses as he awaited his stop while remaining completely oblivious to his scattered books on the floor or the startled passengers attacking him with their eyes.

"I missed the bus!!!"

"My aunt broke her leg getting out of bed!"

"I'm pregnant?"

He was almost there and still nothing believable came to mind. All of a sudden, the face of the mystery man in his dreams came into vision. It was definitely Riku, only he had never met Riku before. (Sora showed him pictures ;p) He still didn't understand what the dream meant but at least he knew who the man was. The whole scenario seemed oddly familiar to him, almost like a memory.

"A far-off memory that's like a scattered dream....a scattered dream that's like a far-off memory..."

As he pondered his thoughts he suddenly realised it was his stop and so jumped out of the carriage and continued where he had left off before he entered the train (that is run like a maniac) and before he knew it, his school was in sight.

After briefly chatting up Principle Xemnas (yeah he's a creep but Roxas couldn't get in trouble on the first day). He was given his new schedule and begun to make his way to his new homeroom. He was greeted rather abrubtly by a snappy yet beautiful young woman.

He quietly moved passed the other students in search of his assigned seat, and that's when he saw him. He met the gaze of a tall and slender boy with a mane of living flames to call his hair. Those beautiful emerald eyes glimmered and sparkled as they remained staring into the sapphire blue eyes of the young blonde. The older boy greeted him with a cheeky smile and winked at him which snapped Roxas out of his zombie-like state.

All of a sudden the room fell silent, Roxas spun around to see Miss Gainsborough with her arms folded and one of her stiletto-clad feet tapping the ground.

"Well now Roxas, I'd very much like to start the lesson now, that is unless you're not finished standing around and interrupting my homeroom."

"Oh I-I umm....I just...."

"Take a seat Roxas, don't make this a habit of yours."

As he took his seat, he glanced at the boy next to him responsible for his embarassing episode. The chuckling redhead attempted to wipe the smug grin he had on his face.

"Hey beautiful, the name's Axel, got it memorised?"

At that point Roxas was absolutely certain about one thing, it was going to be a long year.