Well, this is it! We're finally at that point where a new story begins.

This is an Aura exclusive story, much like Nameless Days, but with more oomph than that story. I royally screwed up that story since I was so annoyed with the game being so boring and such, but this game sounds and is so interesting, and it has TWEWY!

Chapter One

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The Dream Continues

Her eyes slowly fluttered opened as she took in what was around her, which seemed all orange. She couldn't quite move her limbs and felt as if they were paralyzed or something, which caused her to panic for a bit. She twitched her arm and sighed in relief when she could move it, and did the same for her other limbs. Once she was kicking up her legs and punching the air, she decided to get up halfway. She sat and examined her surroundings—she was in a place with plenty of star designs all over, like a hallway, and she wondered who could like stars so much. She looked down at her legs and noticed she was wearing the same outfit—the usual blue strapless top attached to the baby blue hoodie and the brown belt with the black leggings. She looked down and noticed the band on her right arm, and then at the black gloves she had on.

She rubbed her eyes and noticed the complexion of her skin, it was tanned, and when her hand reached down towards her hair she looked down and noticed it was brown. It reached a bit past the bottom of her neck, with some strands standing out straightly. She felt her bangs sweep towards the left side of her face, and jerked her head in that direction to push the bangs away from her eyes. She decided to get up and noticed the black and blue high tops shoes she was wearing, and moved her feet around to look at them further. She scratched her head again, but this time noticed something was off—she remembered wearing a blue tuque most of the time, so where did it go?

She sighed and looked down towards the floor, but something bright and blue caught her attention—a small pouch attached to the brown belt she wore. She went to touch it, but the moment she did her head began to spin. A flood of memories sprawled all over in her brain and she started remembering all that had happened before she got here.

"Marie?" she called out. She looked around but no one answered. She lowered her eyes a bit and tried calling out to anyone else, "Roxas? Riku? …Sora?"

"And who might you be?" the girl quickly turned around and tried calling forth her Keyblade, but when nothing appeared, she quickly gasped. The man before her, a wise old man with a blue coned hat and robes, stroked his long grey beard as he examined the girl. She matched the description of the girl the king talked about while he fought Xemnas at The World That Never Was, and wondered what she was doing here. "State your name, young one."

She hesitated a bit and wondered if she should answer him or not, but since she didn't have her weapon with her, she lowered her guard and stared straight into the old man's eyes. "The name's Aura," she said.

"How strange, you are the Nobody of Marie, yet you are here and not in her heart," he replied. True, it was odd for Aura to be out and seen when she had merged with Marie while they were still at Organization XIII's hideout, but she really wasn't complaining. The old man closed his eyes for a moment, and decided to explain where she was. "I am Yen Sid, and you are at the Mysterious Tower."

"Mysterious Tower? Yen Sid?" Aura questioned. She placed a finger on her lips and started thinking about the man—she knew him as King Mickey's teacher, the man who taught him how to use the Keyblade. She narrowed her eyes towards the man, and wondered if he could help her about her problem. "Well, then, Yen Sid… you clearly have knowledge of the Keyblade if you were the King's teacher. I need to know why I can't wield my Keyblade."

Yen Sid wondered about it, he knew that if she is or was the Nobody of Marie, then she could wield the Keyblade. However, seeing as she was seen clear as day, it could prove that she wasn't a Nobody. He looked at her. "I want you to close your eyes."

She raised her eyebrow at him, but decided to listen anyways. She closed her eyes and sighed, and Yen Sid instructed her to listen. She followed his word, but nothing was happening. She sighed. "I don't understand why this—"

She stopped talking and gasped lightly—a heartbeat. The sound reverberated through her body, but she didn't understand. She was a Nobody, they weren't supposed to have hearts. She lifted her right hand and placed it over her chest, and she felt her heart beating. Her own heart…

"Do you feel the beating of your heart?" he asked. She quickly nodded, and asked what was going on. He didn't really understand it much, but at least he could answer her question about her Keyblade. "Since you possess a heart, it means you are no longer a Nobody, and you are no longer Marie's Nobody. With that being said, your ability to wield the Keyblade has been taken away for it was an ability you had because of Marie."

"So what? Can I not fight anymore?" she asked as she was starting to get defensive. The old man stroked his beard once more, and looked out the window and stared at the starry night.

"Perhaps you will be of great importance," he said as he continued to stare out into the sky. She tilted her head in confusion, and Yen Sid turned around with a rather serious look on his face. "Of course, it all depends on you. Will you allow me to help you?"

Aura stared and blinked a couple of times at his willing to help, but shrugged her shoulders and nodded at him. If she couldn't wield the Keyblade she was in trouble—who knew what evil could lurk now that Xemnas was gone.

- Present Time -

Ryan stared at the ceiling as he lay on his bed at home. He had returned from the doctors earlier after hearing the good news that his anemia was gone, and the doctor seemed wildly confused as to how it disappeared, but only Ryan knew. The same thing that happened to Riku back at Organization XIII's world happened to him, except it just took his sickness away rather than change his appearance.

He sighed for the umpteenth time; it had been a week since Sora, Riku and Marie left. It was weird—no one got a break, and he wanted to be out there rather than inside lying on his bed. When he first came home, all he could think of was sleeping in and just lounging around like he used to, but now he wanted to fight. He wanted to be beside Sora, Riku and Marie as they set out on different kinds of journeys.

He played with the brown buckles from his vest and sighed again, his parents had bought him a new outfit and he decided to wear it. He wore an orange, short-sleeved polo shirt with a blue vest over it. His jeans were bordering from grey to black, and he wore simple blue canvas shoes. He wasn't wearing his lucky hat anymore, since it shrunk in the wash, and he was forced to leave it behind. Because of that, he got a haircut that made his hair shorter, but he liked the style since his bangs were swooped to the left. He sighed. The only thing that brought Ryan out of his boring days was Kairi, who came to visit as frequent as she could. He turned in his bed and thought about the redhead. She stayed behind because she had to, it was just directed at Sora, Riku and Marie, but since the blonde was nowhere in sight, they had to make with what they had. He closed his eyes and relieved that day.

"So, you two are going to help out the king?" Ryan asked looking at the two teens were more than set to leave. Sora nodded as he took a quick glance at him, and Ryan stood firmly on his toes. "Then I'm coming along. Now that I can fight, I can actually help you guys."

"No. stay here," Riku told him. Ryan was about to retort, but was interrupted as both the silver head and Sora looked at him. "It's not like we're rejecting you, Ryan. Right now, anything can happen and we know you're the closest who can help if anything does happen to this world. Aside from Kairi, of course."

"Kairi has more of a chance protecting this place than me," Ryan replied, trying to reason with Riku. "Plus, if I go with you guys I can train and get strong."

"Yeah, but Ryan, we really need you to stay," Sora told him. Ryan wasn't getting it but Sora gave the boy a smile as he patted his shoulder. "Trust us; you need to stay, because we want you to promise something to us."

"And that would be?"

"To protect Kairi," Riku said as he stared straight into Ryan's eyes. The brunette wasn't sure how he could protect her, or why he needed to if she had her own personal Keyblade. "Even if she can fight with the Keyblade, she's a princess of light. There's no telling who will come by and take that light."

Ryan was already informed about the events that happened between Sora, Marie, Riku and Kairi, and at first he couldn't believe she was an actual princess. He thought back on Marie, and how she had the powers of Kingdom Hearts, who would protect her? He passed this by Riku and Sora, with the latter tensing up at her name. He was still emotional about her leaving but he knew she couldn't leave it alone, and she was always in his heart.

"We don't know where Marie is, but unlike Kairi, she's had experience with the Keyblade," Riku told him. He was right, the girl knew how to fight with her Keyblade, but he still wanted to help. Riku just shook his head. "We're going to find her, don't worry. In the meantime, just keep an eye on her, okay?"

"…Alright." Ryan hung his head low, but received a couple of pats from Sora and Riku before they headed off.

"Ryan honey, your girlfriend is here to see you," Leah called out to her son. Ryan furrowed his eyebrows together at the word 'girlfriend'. His mother had been bothering him about Kairi for a while since she came to visit a lot, but he would ignore her or tell her that they were just friends. Leah thought otherwise, Kairi seemed genuinely happy to see Ryan, unlike Selphie who didn't visit at all since his return. His expression turned into a frown at the thought of Selphie, who was talking a lot to a boy in her classes. Tidus and Wakka came to visit a lot, and Ryan filled them in on his adventure with Sora, Riku and Marie. He showed them the group picture of him and everyone else that came back that day, and the boys started remembering more of her. Of course, they were more interested in the fact that she and Sora were dating—they totally thought it would be Riku.

"Thanks mom, but she's not my girlfriend… we're just friends." He got up from his bed and fixed himself before walking downstairs. He saw the redhead sitting on the stool, all prepped in her pink dress, staring at the small television attached to the wall of the kitchen. As soon as he reached the last step of the stairs, the floor creaked, and Kairi turned and smiled brightly at the boy.

"Hey," she said as she got up from the stool. She fixed the end of her skirt and stood patiently as Ryan walked towards her.

"So, what brings you here today?" he asked as he smiled back. She shrugged her shoulders and pointed towards the entrance.

"Why don't we go for a walk?" she smiled. He shrugged his shoulders in return and nodded. They both walked out of his house and started making their way down the road, but he turned his head and noticed something odd about his aunt and uncle's house. He squinted his eyes and noticed the lights were on, which were off when Marie left, and wondered who was inside. Kairi took notice and looked at the house before looking back at Ryan. "Do you think someone is inside?"

"There's a possibility of that," he replied. He took a stance as he started walking towards the house, with Kairi following not too far behind. Once they reached the door, a bright light appeared through the windows followed by a crash. Kairi jumped a bit from the sudden noise, but Ryan turned to her. "You okay?"

"Yeah, but… what if someone is in there?" she asked. Ryan narrowed his eyes back to the house, and then back at Kairi.

"Then we'll just have to fight," he said. Kairi wasn't too keen on the idea, since fighting wasn't her strongest point. She was still getting over the fact that she wielded a Keyblade and actually fought, but it was more or less adrenaline and the will to protect that took over. Ryan noticed this and sighed as his expression softened in front of her. "You can leave the fighting to me—I know a thing or two. Besides… I made a promise to them, so…. Don't worry. I'll protect you."

Kairi looked at Ryan for a bit, and her frown turned into a smile as she nodded at him. He turned around again and they both slowly walked near the door until his hand reached the doorknob. He dug into his pocket and reached for the spare key that Marie left behind, and slowly inserted it into the keyhole. He quickly opened the door once it was unlocked and rushed inside, but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary. He called Kairi over and she walked inside, looking around as well. They both froze when they heard footsteps coming down the stairs, and Ryan placed a protective arm in front of Kairi. The footsteps grew louder and louder, until they saw a pair of black boots.

As the boots showed, so did a pair of black pants, and finally a white coat that flowed down just past the person's behind. Ryan looked up and saw a woman with golden blonde hair and honey brown eyes staring at the both of them. She seemed hurt and had a couple of scratches on her shoulders and face, but she didn't seem too bothered by them. Ryan had to take a second look before he knew who the woman was, and he gasped when he figured it out.

"Stella!?"

-x-

Marie sighed as she typed in a few words on the computer in Ansem's secret computer room. She had been busy day and night trying to find as much information as possible on anything that could help her locate her parents, and she found a lot of information on Organization XIII and their originals—not that she didn't anything about them already. Yuffie and Aerith would come in every once in a while to keep her company, and she really appreciated the kind gesture. She changed in appearance as well. Her blonde hair was wavier than before, and her once loose straight bangs shifted all the way to the left side of her face. She had layers at the front and the back was pretty long—reaching past her shoulders. She wore a sweater that were two hues of green and had a pink heart as the zipper. The sleeves and hoodies were a dark shade, while the body of it was a lighter shade. She had her sleeves rolled up too, since they often hit against her purple bracelets. She wore a simple pink skirt with white leggings, and the left leg of her leggings had flower prints trailing down to her brown boots. The boots only reached to her calves.

"Find anything else?" Leon said as he leaned on the computer's left side. She shook her head, and told him that all she found was stuff that she had already known. She lowered her eyes at her slow progress, but she was determined to find something so that she could start on her adventure already.

"I still can't believe your mother and father were in Kingdom Hearts!" Yuffie exclaimed as she jumped from the chair she was sitting on. Marie shrugged her shoulders, and told them that she was just as surprised. She really wanted to find them and bring them home, maybe then would she feel really complete. There was no doubt that the last adventure almost broke her—what with everything happening at once, and she was almost certain she lost a piece of herself along the way, but maybe setting on this journey would help her. She gained the powers from Kingdom Hearts, and along with her own genuine powers, she was going to be the best she could.

"I've got to do all that I can so that Kingdom Hearts will never have to be threatened again," she said as she stopped typing into the computer. She heard a jingle coming from her neck, and looked down as she touched the necklace that Sora gave her. She really missed him, more than anything in the worlds, but she had to do this. She wondered what he, along with Riku, Kairi and Ryan, were doing back at the islands.

"You'll have to train to keep up," Leon said. She turned to him and nodded, knowing full well that she had to work hard at her Keyblade skills in order to start protecting Kingdom Hearts.

"And train you will!" Marie, Yuffie and Leon all turned as they saw Merlin walking into the room. He walked as he fixed his glasses and smiled at the three of them. He asked Yuffie and Leon if he could talk with the blonde alone, and they nodded as they left the room. Marie tilted her head in confusion, and asked the wizard what he talking about. He cleared his throat. "You are a Keyblade wielder, but it's now time to take it one step further—by becoming a Keyblade master."

"A Keyblade master? That's… what my grandmother was," Marie said as she took out her Keyblade. Merlin nodded his head and agreed.

"Yes, and since you said your mother wielded a Keyblade, she could very well be a Keyblade master too," Merlin stated. Marie wondered about it, if both her mother and grandmother were masters of the Keyblade, would she have the requirements to be one, too? Merlin nodded. "It's clear your family has a lineage of Keyblade wielders, so it is only natural that you would become one too."

"But why now? What's going on?" she asked.

"You are familiar with the wizard Yen Sid, correct?" Merlin asked as Marie nodded. "He has informed me that since Xehanort's Heartless and Nobody have been defeated, he will soon be brought back."

"Xehanort being brought back? But that can't be…" Marie said as she stared at Merlin with wide eyes. He unfortunately had to agree with the man coming back, but told Marie that she really needed to become a Keyblade master because of it.

"Yen Sid has already started the examination with Sora and Riku," he told her. Marie gasped at this, so Sora and Riku weren't at the islands anymore. She lowered her head again.

"So I should go to Yen Sid, then? To become a Keyblade master, right?" she asked.

"Unfortunately, you cannot start the exam since he has already administered it to Sora and Riku first, and it cannot be interrupted until it is completed," he told her. She had a frown on her face, and Merlin noticed. He quickly cleared his throat and continued. "However, he has asked me to personally train you so that you would be ready to take the exam once Sora and Riku are done."

"How will I be training though? There aren't any monsters here anymore," she asked. Merlin explained that he would be training her by magically suppressing her training sessions, since she had to learn how to how to fight with a clean slate.

"Whaaaaat!? I have to re-learn how to fight with the Keyblade!? Like the first time wasn't hard enough!" she whined. Merlin chuckled, but assured her that she would do fine. He had confidence in her prowess, especially gaining new ones from Kingdom Hearts, and the fact that her lineage consisted of Keyblade wielders.

Marie sighed and looked at her Keyblade; she really hoped Sora and Riku would pass the exam. She wanted to pass it too, so that they could all be Keyblade masters and keep fighting side-by-side.

Ahh, we're done with the first chapter of Dreamless Days! It's completely fun knowing I get to write about new worlds and new characters, and I know it'll be a great story! I even get to write about Tron: Legacy!

Well, aside from that, we learned that Stella is back at the islands. I wonder if she'll stay or look for Marie. What about Dante or Trinity? Well, you'll hear about them soon enough.

Marie gets to train to become a Keyblade master! How exciting! I wonder if she'll ever meet up with Sora or Riku. Heck, I wonder if she'll find out that Aura is still around.

Speaking of Aura… She's ready to jump back into the spotlight and kick some baddie butts! Question is… will you handle her newborn self? Keep reading and see…

Ryan's new look:
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Stella's new look:
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Marie's new look:
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Dracula X:
Hey, thank you! I love it when people ask me these kinds of questions because I can get real creative with my OCs. I feel like I did a pretty good job with the voices except for maybe Aura's. I might change hers and if I do I'll let you know.

Haha, nope! She decides to find out about her parents and Trinity, but since we know where Stella is, the question now is the whereabouts of Dante and Trinity.

Grapejuice101:
I know I'm sad that it had to end, but now we're starting with a new story! I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I'll write it. Hmm, I don't know if he will, he might be overwhelmed about Aura… but who can say? ;)

Shadow 1n2:
Aww, yeah I was reminded of the game when I played way back when, it's so emotional. D: I know you did and I'm honestly so happy you stuck with this series :D yes, I do hope we move on to something greater!

I have a lot planned for each of my characters, and I hope it comes out as awesome as it is in my head and on paper. We get to see a different, but still bad-ass, Aura take the light and fight! Who knows if she'll see Roxas during her adventure, but she'll have a lot of fun either way.

I remember Demyx Time! I'm so sad that it ended! Haha, yea I remember you telling me about some of the episodes. Good times ;^;

Oh my gosh, yes! I love Thor and Loki so much its ridiculous haha. Yeah, I wonder who they'll end up picking. It better be someone as awesome as Robert or I'll be mad!