Hallway... Hallways. All I can see is hallway. I... I know this hallway. I know it, but I don't. I don't know where I am.

B...but it's fast - I'm fast. Running. Inhuman... So fast. Where am I? What's happening?

Footsteps.

I hear footsteps.

Behind, in front, all directions.

W... where are they coming from? I can't turn my head... I can't see. I can't stop, I need to stop.

I won't let me. I have to keep going. Where am I going? Where are the people? I can't see... I don't know - Help! I can't...

Windows.

Must be something out the windows.

Can't turn, can't see... Nothing there, can't see... I know where I am, but I can't see. I can hear. Everything. Footsteps. Noises. I can't tell; I don't know. Blurred, everything.

But the footsteps...

Where are they?

Footsteps!

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"Timberrr!"

Crash.

Yelp.

Pillow thrown.

Dodge.

Laughter.

"What was that for!"

"Lighten up, Roxy!"

"Screw off and let me sleep!"

More laughter erupted from the man's mouth. He began walking toward the kitchen part of his dorm. "It's only 20 minutes before class starts, Roxas," Axel added, grinning over his shoulder, and fleeing the room before another pillow attack from the small blond.

Moments after his redheaded roommate left the room, Roxas slowly sat up. His roommates, Axel and Demyx, had flipped him off his bed, but not after they had decided to turn his alarm clock off. Fucking wonderful.

But that was not what he needed to be worrying about when he had merely 19 minutes left. Realizing just this, he scrambled to his feet and went as fast as he could humanly muster for him to get dressed, showered and hair spiked before his first class started.

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Axel's POV.

Ah, HBU. Best Uni around (and not just before I'm here). Best teachers, best classes, best bods... Sorry, what?

HBU is a pretty cool place, although ordinary. Ordinary place, extraordinary teachers, even weirder students. But with the multiple schools I've been to, this university is pretty low on the weird scale.

But moving on!

I was already on my way to my first period, ickle Demyx trailing behind me like a lost puppy. Tired, lost puppy at that. Yeah, I may have woken my roommates up at the wrong times. But for good reasons... maybe?

Well, Roxas seemed to be pretty wiggly in his bed this morning. He was making these faces - and mumbling things. He's probably dreaming about me, though he would deny that statement with no hesitation. But I'm off the point now, ack!

Anyway, we were walking to class, like I said. Said hey to Larxene, Namine, all 'em cool bitches. Nothing really out of the ordinary. A few sick kids didn't show up for class, though. A few pretending. A few just couldn't be arsed to get up, like Roxy. Poor bastard's gonna be late for class...

Demyx and I weren't, though. By the time we walked in the door of the class, the bell rang. I couldn't help but snicker at the fact that the teacher was going to freak at Roxas when he came.

"Hey, Axel..."

"Hm?"

"Where's the professor?

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Zexion's POV.

Slow, slow day. Well, morning. Stuck in the library with the most hyper kid in Hollow Bastion University. Freaking Sora. Why his much calmer twin couldn't be here instead...

Sora wasn't actually reading, or studying. He was, in fact, sitting next to me, bouncing. Literally bouncing on his chair. I really feel for Roxas; having to deal with this... A lot. Although Sora didn't seem to notice just how hyper he was getting - and in the morning. Just how much coffee did he drink first thing this morning?

But, of course; this was normal. Sure, he was a little over board today, but it was normal for him to be hyper.

Normal for me to be complaining.

Normal for Kairi to be staring and laughing from the other side of the table.

Normal for the librarian to be absent.

Wait... What? No, not normal. Where is she?

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Roxas' POV.

Mask... taller than me... Who?

Huh?

This man...? Who is he?

I was late already, and I was running to class. This man... I bumped into him. I... don't know who he was; but he acted odd. Very odd. He was wearing a mask, and he wouldn't turn his back to me. Hands behind his back.

I would have asked what the hell, but I wasn't in the need of mindless small talk when I needed to get to class.

Bowed, "sorry", left.

Ran to class.

Just in sight...

BRIIING!

Blinking, I stopped. Fire alarm? No, this was much different in tone and pitch...

PA going crazy? No... I know this sound...

Wait.

That man.

That sound...

Everything slowly began to hit me, until I finally realized... I was standing in the middle of the hallway alone, but with some strange man just around the corner, during... during a lockdown.

A/N::

Oh dear gawd. I wrote this like a month ago when I was grounded, and now I even only have 3 1/2 chapters written down. Haha... ;;

I'm just gonna post this and wait about a week, depending on the reviews, and see how it goes before posting the second chapter. :)

/Morgie