Here is the first chapter of "No Fairytale"! I've been promising this one for a while, so it's about time. :L for new readers, I have a story set before this- "stargazing". It's a prequel, and its epilogue will be out soon! It's not directly involved, but characters storylines are continued from it so…. Yeah. Check it out on my profile if you want :) Here is my new story!

Disclaimer: I don't own KH in any way shape or form.

No Fairytale

When I was child, I loved to read fairytales. I devoured them. By the time I was about 8 I had read every book I could get on them. But I didn't only read them; I drew them and wrote them. I still have the hundreds of pictures and the stories I wrote. I especially loved my own fairytale.

The one thing that those fairytales taught me? In love, timing is everything. If you hesitate, and don't say those precious three words, or don't show who you love how you feel, the opportunity is lost.

That's why I believed so many people lost their chance at love; they hesitated, they let their feelings of fear override their determination. I wanted that powerful all-consuming love that so many fairytales talked of. And then I found my own fairytale.

The story had been written by a man from the ton I lived in; twilight town.

It was a small, little known book, until it was taken up as a film. Then everyone knew it.

And then the teasing began.

You see, the princess figures name was Naminé.

My name is Naminé.

I cherished that fairytale though. I was so proud of my unusual name, but after months of bullying, I was soon downtrodden. When I was twelve, I moved to Destiny Islands. My guardian, Ansem had died mysteriously, and I was soon moved to my only living relations, distant as they were. It was there I met my cousin Kairi.

I hadn't seen her before, as she had lived in Radiant Garden when she was little, and then moved to Destiny Islands. I had lived in Twilight Town my entire life up until that point. Moving to Destiny Islands was terrifying on my own.

I had never been the most sociable person and that continued. We were cousins, and so very different. Kairi was red-haired, popular, friendly and feisty. I was blonde, quiet and calm. Our only similarity was our blue eyes.

And it stayed that way.

It was in high school that a lot of things changed. My drawings, as I was an avid artist, began to garner interest. Kairi got a secret boyfriend and then another almost straight after- Sora. I was the last to know.

It was then that I began to feel almost jealous of kairi. No- not jealousy out right. I felt pricks of envy. Kairi was an abnormally happy person, and I guess I was envious of how much good luck she had.

I loved my cousin. But even though I liked being alone with my art, sometimes I wanted, not for a crowd of friends, but for something new, someone new. Kairi was the closest person to me and my only real friend. I could only really talk to her. Everyone else who did either was nice to me so they could become friends with Kairi or they were only talking to me so they could borrow materials in art. Other than that I talked to very few people; mainly my family, sometimes other students and teachers.

More often than not, I'd spend my evenings curled up in my room drawing, or I'd go to the beach and draw. Before, Kairi had always accompanied me, but since she had got a boyfriend, she spent all her time with him. It had hurt me that she hadn't told me about her ex-boyfriend or her new one. She hadn't even told me herself. I heard it last, from the rumour mill in school where it had been buzzing

I was lonely. The one source of friendship I had was practically gone. I pretended it didn't bother me, but it did. So I buried myself in schoolwork and art projects. I went looking for a job. Within a month, my test marks had improved, I was working in a small bookshop and my art teacher was raving about how my work was "meaningful, filled with abstract views and questions begging to be answered". Whatever that meant.

Out of the three, I discovered that what I was surprised about the most was how much I loved it at the bookshop. It was a small place, rather dilapidated on the outside, but the inside was wonderful, filled with books on every subject and the scent of wood and ink. I spent my evening s from 4-7 working there, and sadly, they were the most enjoyable. That spoke volumes to me. The pay left something to be desired, but slowly, I was saving money. I don't know what I was saving for, but I reckoned it was a good idea anyway. One thing that bothered me though, was the weird co-workers I had; Luxord, Vexen and Zexion. Zexion was the one closest in age to me, a real bookworm who barely spoke. Vexen was a creep (I never stayed in the room alone with him if I could help it,) and Luxord was quite obviously a gambler.

But overall, I still felt that lacking feeling, that I still felt unfulfilled. I knew what it was obviously. I still felt overwhelmingly alone. I felt like I was trapped half the time, in a cage I had built myself. I knew it was my own fault partially, that I only had Kairi as a friend. When I had first got here, I'd stuck with Kairi. And throughout primary school, and high school, I did the same. But now I knew that I had to do the opposite. I had to strike out, and start paving my own path- away from Kairi's shadow.

Just then, a bell rang, signalling a customer, and breaking me out of my reverie. For one heartbeat, I let my imagination wander, that maybe, when I looked up, I'd see Kairi. Not likely, she probably hadn't noticed I'd gotten a job. I was more likely to look up and see a prince in shining armour. If only.

I glanced up from my sketching, and saw a tall, blonde haired guy with a confused expression on his face.

Time to get back to work.

So what did you think! I hope you enjoyed, and please do check out my other stories; the Great Escape and Stargazing! Both SoKai, but the Great Escape will have bits of RokuNami. This story WILL be longer than Stargazing.

Thanks for reading, and please review and tell me what you think!

-Kairi-naminé-chan :)