Prologue

It was just another day. Roxas was just taking a quiet walk on the beach after school when he saw something in the water. He couldn't quite make it out; it was farther out in the water. Naturally curious, Roxas stood and waited for the item in question to get closer to shore. As he ran to get help, it floated closer and closer to shore until it eventually washed up on the beach, and emitted a low, weak, groan, just barely audible.

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I couldn't quite tell where I was. It sounded like a beach, but my hearing was muffled, so it could have been somewhere else. I felt really dizzy, like I might pass out, so I tried to open my eyes.

It turns out I was on a beach. I didn't know why or how I got there. It was a very pretty beach, some nice trees off in the distance. I started to close my eyes, the pain in my head finally getting to me. I thought I saw someone running towards me, but then they started running funny. Stumbling around everywhere like they were drunk or something. I seriously had no idea what they thought they were doing, but it certainly wasn't running. But as they got closer, everything started to go dark, and I didn't get the chance to ask, why on earth were they running so funny?

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When Roxas found Namine, he wasn't sure what to tell her.

"well, this is a pleasant surprise, you normally walk for hours before you come back." she said teasingly. "Roxas? Whats wrong? Your not trying to defend yourself..."

"Just... let me show you. There's something you should see."

"down at the beach?" Namine asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I would get Riku, but I couldn't find him."

"that's weird.. he should've been down there. You know him, so obsessed with getting better. At everything."

"Well hopefully he's already there then."

"hopefully? Roxas, how bad could this be anyways?"

"... just, let me show you."

When they got to the beach, though, Riku was already there. The girl had a pretty enough face, soft features, pale skin, long eyelashes. It would've been beautiful if it didn't have cuts all over. A large purple bruise was covering her forehead, a smaller one covering her left temple. Her body was almost completely limp, Riku could hardly tell she was breathing

"I saw her a few minutes after you left. She really needs help, Roxas. Why did you just leave her?"

"She?! I knew it was a person but I didn't know it was a girl!"

"Roxas, it's not like girls are from a different planet. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?"

"I'm not making a big deal, I'm just worried….because it's another hurt person that's all!"

"Well I'm going to take her to the infirmary." Riku said as he picked her up. "She's really bruised, and she has a lot of cuts. when people pass out, it normally doesn't last this long. You know, unless they're really hurt, like her."

As Riku left carrying the girl, Namine said, "I hope she's okay. I wonder what happened to her?"

"i have no idea... kinda strange if you ask me."

"what do you mean?"

"namine, the island isn't covered with rocks or anything. And we don't get many storms."

"your point?" namine asked, confused.

"my point is, she wouldn't have gotten those bruises and cuts from the tide carrying her in. shes definitely not from here."

"hmm... I dunno.. Anyways, is Riku in a good mood or something?"

"I don't know. Why?"

"I just.. haven't seen him that nice to anyone for a while."

Roxas just nodded his head in agreement.

Chapter 1

When I woke up again, I felt a little better. My head still hurt, but I had expected that. I looked around and saw I was in some kind of … hospital? What was I doing in a hospital? Aside from the headache, I felt perfectly fine. I tried to sit up, but I felt so… heavy. Almost like I couldn't hold my own weight.

I saw something move on my left and jumped, almost screaming.

"Relax I'm not going to hurt you. That's the last thing I'd want to do, trust me." He spoke. (Assuming it was a he, their face was covered with a hood.)

"How can I trust someone I can't see?"

"ah, good point. Fine, I'll take my hood off. But, please. Do not scream for help, alright? Its not only annoying, but I think it would hurt your head more than mine."

"okay." I said, still unsure.

I'm not sure at first what I had expected to see, what I did see, though, certainly wasn't what I was expecting.

The first thing I noticed where his eyes; they were sea-green, but amazingly bright. Almost… luminescent. His hair was very long and very silver, with a slight hint of pale purple running through; it came just below his shoulders. And he was pretty cut for his age; he looked only a few years older than me. He was wearing a classic gray t shirt with a black hoodie, dark jeans, and white vans for shoes.

"So why don't you want to hurt me again? I mean, no offense, but do you really blame me?"

"no. not really. I was in here the whole time, you just didn't see me until a couple minutes ago, because you were sleeping," (I thought that part was pretty sweet of him, albeit a bit stalker-ish) "and, why would I hurt you if I needed you to tell me something?" he said, suddenly intrigued.

"Oh. Well I can't guarantee anything. I don't even remember my own name." I said, embarrassed.

"That's ok. We can make one up for you then."

"um... ok then."

"on the topic, mine's Riku," the silver-haired boy told me.

"Okay, so what did you want to ask me?" I said, curious to know what was so important that he had to say. He looked away for a minute, hesitating. Then he changed his mind.

"Lets get you out of here, first." He told me, looking into my eyes.

"what? You can just go say, hi, I'm taking your patient now. And leave?"

"Nice idea." He told me, smiling and showing brilliant white teeth, "but we don't have to. They told me you could go as soon as your head stopped hurting."

"Well then what are we waiting for?" I said, starting to get up, but collapsed back onto the bed when my head started pounding again.

"Ouch," I moaned, holding my head.

"Are you always so reckless?" I glared at him "Take it easy. You smashed your head pretty hard when you came in."

"Wonderful... that would probably explain the pain I guess... How exactly did I get here again?" I asked him.

"You sort of…um, how do I put this…. Washed up on the beach?" he told me, more of a question than an answer.

"Are you saying I just floated to shore?"

"Yeah, you had hit a couple of rocks on your way in too. At least, that's what the doctors think. Not sure where you came from yet…" he laughed, "but I'm sure you'll be fine."

We talked about a few random things until my head eventually stopped banging quite as badly. The doctors looked me over. Riku was told that I was okay, but to let them know immediately if my condition changed… whatever that meant. After I had changed back into my real clothes, (a black tunic with silver piping, jeans, and black boots), he had to answer a couple questions, and sign the release paper, but afterwards, he took my arm and we left. Riku gave me the "short" version of the tour of the island, but I still thought it was pretty long. I noticed that most of the people living here were kids, mostly my age.

When I asked Riku about this, he said, "This place is like a safe haven for kids, I guess you could say. A couple of us got here the same way you did. Some of us ran away, or were sent off because their parents didn't want them at home...kind of sad, I know. Other's parents decided their kids were responsible enough and let them come here. Some were found running away from orphanages, those being the ones Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie bring here. There are some adults here, like the doctors and chefs, basically people who help out with looking after the kids and the island… but not in that order."

"Oh, right. So, how did you get here? If you don't mind my asking..." I started; hoping that he would tell me.

He looked down at the ground and kicked a rock away.

"I've lived here for as long as I can remember. Me, Kairi, and Sora, we started all of it."

"Wow that's cool. So you guys do any school?" I ask him. "I mean, you guys can't house a ton of kids but not give them education..."

He laughed. A very cute laugh, too.

"Of course we do! There's a boat that picks us up every morning from the mainland. It takes us out to the school; it's about an hour's ride, but that's okay." He looked back at me, his eyes sparkling.

By the time he had finished giving me the tour, it was noon, the ocean sparkling white and blue.

"What time do you guys normally eat?" I asked him, starting to feel hungry.

"About now. Why? Are you getting hungry?"

"No. I just ask about lunch at lunch time." I said sarcastically.

Riku smiled. "Come on. I'll show you where we get food." Riku said, grabbing my hand and pulling me into a run towards a large building. I immediately blushed and just grabbed his arm instead. When I walked into the 'cafeteria' as Riku called it, I noticed the many different types of food there was. Many kinds of seafood and fruits, but it was an island, it was probably all the stuff they could find in local places. It was also a very open building. More like a HUGE shack with poles instead of walls.

"You guys must have to pay your cooks a lot." I noted looking at the different choices.

"Actually, we don't have to pay them anything. They do it for free and they volunteered anyways. Some of them just do it because they love to cook, but don't care for city living." Riku told me, popping a piece of fruit into his mouth.

"Wow."

"Yeah, it's pretty cool."

I decided to go for the fruit. As I went over there, I noticed a strange, yellow, start-shaped fruit. I wonder what this is. There was a bunch in the basket, so I shrugged and grabbed one. I grabbed a small fruit salad and a mini ham and cheese sandwich and turned around to find somewhere to sit, but Riku walked over.

"Some friends and I are going to picnic in a special spot. You want to come?"

"Sure!" I said, excited to meet some new people.

He looked at my plate. "You're not serious."

"What?" I was so confused.

"Were you going to share that paopu fruit with anyone?" he looked so innocent, and yet I had no idea what he meant.

"Is that what this was?" I said, holding up the star-shaped fruit. "And no, I wasn't planning on sharing it, but if someone wants to I guess I wouldn't mind. Why do you ask?"

"No reason…" Riku said as he grabbed it and chucked it into the woods.

"Hey! I was going to eat that!" I said, once again finding myself glaring at him.

Riku just smiled. "I know."

"You actually should thank him." A red haired girl from his group of friends said. "He normally steals some and then chucks it in the woods." Riku laughed and walked away.

"Oh. Why would he do that?" I asked. That wasn't a normal thing to do… was it?

"Don't you know? If you share a paopu fruit with someone, you will always see them again. Or, at least, that's the rumor. I dunno if I personally believe it or not."

"Really? Thanks…. I guess." That must've been what he meant by 'being serious'. I thought.

"No problem! I'm Kairi by the way." The red-haired girl smiled.

"Hey! You two coming or not?" Riku shouted over his shoulder.

We had fallen way behind the group.

"We're coming!" Kairi shouted back.


(A/N) ok, so i know, i havent exactly been updating or anything. i do plan on saving this story, but i think i need to explain a few things first.

1. i fail at editing. i need a beta so bad, its not even funny anymore. i know, this is pretty darn bad, but i promise it gets better!

2. i tried to fix the prologue. i failed.

3. please... PLEASE. if you have ANY ideas for me, Let. Me. Know. i would love to have some input from anyone who finds this, even if you dont particularly like it.

i will work on editing the second chapter. please keep in mind, this was all editied in one day, i didnt take this long to do this chapter. (thankfully. if i did, i would never have it up enough) so chapter 2 might take longer, since it is a good deal longer. AND my english teacher i going to look at it, and give me some feedback! so im excited for that. i shall explain more after chapter 2! bai-bai! jamata! -.- ima shut up. bye.