Summary: It's your classic Kingdom Hearts, the same you remember, but with a new face. Follow Sora Donald and Goofy along with their new friend as they search for the King and those Sora lost. no random pairings

She was crouched down, elbows on knees and face propped on fists. Her clear green eyes studied the unconscious boy in front of her carefully. Her dark chocolate brown hair was held away from her eyes with an electric blue satin ribbon tied expertly with an off center bow. She wore dark blue jeans with a boot cut and Harajuku Lovers canvas sneakers. She wore a tight black camisole and a zip up blue hooded sweatshirt. The boy in front of her had extremely different clothing from herself, and she wondered just wear exactly he had come from. The yellow dog on the side of her wagged his tail patiently as he watched and waited with her.

He slowly began to move shifting and moaning a little as he pulled himself to reality.

"What a dream," he muttered, slipping back to the darkness. The dog's excitement broke through his patience and he proceeded to jump on top of the young boy, knocking the spiky head against the brck wall of the alley he was laying in.

"This isn't a dream!" The boy leapt to his feet quickly and frantically looked around the alley. The girl who had been watching him straightened her form slowly and put her hands on her hips expectantly.

"Well noticed," she said to him sarcastically. "You're right, this isn't a dream."

The boy stared at her with confusion before demanding, "Where am I?"

"Hello, my name is Bella, nice to meet you too," she answered. "See, now that's how you should have started, don't you think?"

"Oh," he replied. "I'm sorry. My name is Sora. Do you know where we are?"

"Not really," Bella admitted. She started walking away toward the end of the alley. She turned and patted the dog's head once. "All I really know is that this place is known as Traverse Town. People just show up most of the time, but no one knows why we are here really. I guess its kind of an 'in-between' between all the different worlds."

"This is totally weird," Sora muttered to himself. "I'm in another world!"

Just then, the big dog ran out of the alley, leaving behind Bella and Sora. His invitation to leave the dinginess of the alley was quickly accepted by Bella. Sora followed her and blinked with wonder at his surroundings. They had exited into a type of plaza. There weren't many people around, but those that were there stared at Sora, the new guy, briefly before returning to their previous activities.

"Let's go to the accessory shop," Bella suggested, sensing Sora's growing confusion. "I'm sure Cid will be able to give you more answers than I can."

"Yeah, ok," Sora replied, following Bella up a wide set of stairs past the strangest mailbox he had ever seen. They approached a large two story building and entered the double doors.

"Hey there, how can I…," began a tall blond man as he turned at the sound of the opening door. He broke off when he saw Bella and Sora approaching the counter. "Aw, it's only you."

"Wonderful to see you too Cid," Bella said with a roll of her eyes. She took a seat on the plush furniture in the center of the room. She leaned back on her hands and crossed her legs, getting more comfortable. "It's always a pleasure to be welcome here."

"Yeah, yeah," Cid grumbled, looking to Sora next. "Who's the kid? A new boyfriend or something?"

"Not exactly," Bella laughed. "You've got a really warped sense of humor if you think I would go for someone this young."

"I'm not a kid," Sora said angrily when he realized they were talking about him. He crossed his arms firmly, as if trying to assert himself. "And the name's Sora!"

"Okay, Okay," Cid surrendered, hands in the air with the palms out. He didn't want to deal with a headache. "Simmer down."

"He doesn't mean any harm, Sora," Bella laughed. "The guy is like a burnt marshmallow: burnt and crusty on the outside, nice and warm and gooey on the inside."

"Appetizing description of me," Cid muttered. "You must think you're real cute. Anyways, kid--uh--Sora, Why the long face?"

"Where are we?" Sora asked. He hoped this man would be able to give him a few answers, especially concerning where his friends ended up.

"How about this question instead," Cid interrupted. "Where are you from?"

Sora then proceeded to launch into a long story involving some people named Kairi and Riku, an island in the middle of an ocean, unspeakable evil, and something else involving a huge swirling vortex of doom that sucked everything into non-existence. He concluded the story with asking Cid if Traverse Town was really another world and what happened to his island.

Cid rubbed his chin thoughtfully and stayed silent for a moment when Sora's tale was complete. Glancing at Bella, he said, "Not sure what you're talkin' about, but this sure ain't your island."

"But did anyone else come here? Riku or Kairi?" Sora asked hopefully, looking forward to being reunited with his best friends.

Cid shook his head apologetically. "Sorry kid, but I know about every new person in town and you've been the only one in the past couple of days. Bella here showed up only about a week before you did."

Bella glanced up at Sora, wondering just when the younger boy would decide to go searching for his friends. He would need her knowledge of the city to do that, and she wasn't looking forward to it.

"Hmm," Sora thought. He glanced around the shop, looking for nothing in particular before catching Bella's gaze hopefully. "Guess I'd better start looking for Riku and Kairi."

"Well, good luck with whatever it is your doing," Cid dismissed. He also looked at Bella, formulating a plan of his own. "Bella will take you around the town and help you out. If you ever run into trouble, you two come to me. I'll look out for you."

"Of course, I'll show him around, Cid," Bella said sarcastically. "Thank you for giving me the option, not that I ever had a choice in the first place."

She stood and reached for a silver gun Cid handed her. She checked to make sure it was loaded before inserting it into a holster Sora hadn't noticed around her waist. She also took the long sword Cid held out and took a sheath from his hands as well.

"Let's go, Sora," she said, walking by him to the door. "Let's go find your friends."

A/N: If you haven't already noticed, I'm following the script exactly. I'll make adjustments as I see fit to incorporate Bella some more. Keep reviewing and I'll keep updating so long as I don't get writer's block. So go forth and click the button at the bottom of the screen and submit to me a review.