Hey guys! I'm back again after revising all of this junk. Sadly, the first chapter's still short. I tried to fix it and add more, but it just didn't work out. I promise that most of the others are at least twice as long as this. I guess pretty much everything's the same, but there are some minor details that you may or may not want to know for later in the story. For all of those who have already read my story before, the new stuff is halfway through the fifth chapter. For those of you just joining us, welcome! I'll always appreciate new readers. I hope y'all like this because it took a bit of effort on my part. Cheers!

Disclaimer: The only characters that belong to me are Maddy and Dess. Everything else belongs to Square Enix and whatnot.


The cold wind whipped at my face as I walked up my driveway, leaving my nose red and my eyes watering. I grabbed my vibrating phone, flipping it open.

"Dess!" My friend Maddy shouted. "Dess, where are you? I'm sitting here and nobody is around and it's sorta freaky."

"Walking up my driveway," I sighed, closing my phone. Maddy always had a habit of letting herself into my house when I wasn't there to do it for her.

I hopped up the front steps and opened the door, and only seconds later my best friend was jumping around in front of me.

"I'm so excited! What game didja get this week?" Every weekend for as long as I could remember, I'd rent a video game from the movie store down the road and I'd spend all of Friday and Saturday playing it with Maddy. She grabbed the game out of my hands, looking at the cover.

"Kingdom Hearts TWO? They have a second one?" She squealed with delight. "Sora, we're coming to help you find your friends!" She shouted, pumping her fist into the air.

I laughed quietly as I took my coat and shoes off, setting my backpack down at the bottom of our steps. We had a history with that game. Maddy and I had a bit of a dorky side, which included our obsession of Sora and the gang. We had played the first game (although I should really say I played it, considering she usually only watched) and had gotten Kingdom Hearts shirts, jewelry, blankets, and a lot of other merchandise just because of our attachment to it.

"What are we waiting for? Come on, Dess! You're so slow!" Maddy bounded up the steps leading to the second story, where my room happened to be. I followed her at a slower pace, thinking back to all the fun times we had with the game. By the time I got upstairs, she had the play-station set up, the game loading, and the controller in her hands. I sat down next to her, taking the controller while getting comfortable.

"Okay, my mom's getting home at 6:30 or so, and right now..." I looked at the clock, "it's 3:47. So we have a couple hours to play, then she can take us to the movies."

Maddy situated herself next to me, pulling her knees up to her chest. "Oh, goodie! This is so exciting. I can't wait to see what happens! I wish we could really talk to Sora. How cool would that be?"

"Maddy, you're going off on a tangent," I responded to her rambling as the start screen popped up.

Her head rolled my way as her sky blue eyes locked on mine. "Sorry, I guess I just won't be excited about it," she said sarcastically. "Shut up, Dess."

I laughed as the game started off with a guy I recognized as Roxas. Although I didn't know much about the sequel to my favorite video game, I had browsed Wikipedia and read just enough to know that he was the boy with spiky hair and seemed to be very fond of checkered accessories.

Maddy watched the beginning scene with me, her eyes lighting up with excitement. It was always like a new experience for her. Although she never really took part in playing games on our gaming weekends, she still felt just as involved in the story as I did.

I worked my way through the tutorial and onto the game itself, moving along quite fast for my first time playing. Before I knew it, I was at the mansion meeting Naminé for the first time.

"This is fun and all, but where's Sora and Kairi and them?" Maddy asked. After watching me play for some time, boredom won her over and she had situated herself behind me so she could have full access to play with my hair. The only time she looked up was to watch the multiple confrontations with Axel and Roxas. After seeing the red-headed Nobody for the first time, Maddy had declared him as her favorite, and nothing had changed her mind so far.

"Well I think they're trying to restore Sora. Like, all of his memories are inside Roxas or something along those lines," I answered. Truth be told, I hadn't really paid attention to the cut scenes. I usually took a lot of interest in the storylines of the games I was playing, but something seemed off. As we crept closer and closer to Roxas's doom, a feeling of dread festered in the back of my mind.

Almost two hours after starting the game, we were finally to the finale. Roxas walked into the room where Sora was being held, giving a small speech about his summer being over. Although Maddy just rolled her eyes at the tackiness of the situation, I couldn't help but tear up a bit. I wiped my eyes as the screen faded away to reveal the Kingdom Hearts logo.

"And now the real game begins," I said, smiling.

A message box popped up on the screen. "Would you like to continue?"

Although I still had a sick feeling in my stomach, I moved the cursor to "Yes," then pressed X. It wasn't like this game had anything to do with why I was feeling off, right?

I heard the door downstairs open. "I'm home!" My mom called.

I looked back at the screen to see that it shut off.

"You're kidding!" I shouted desperately. "I didn't save any of that!"
Maddy looked as if she had something to say, but the lights in my room snapped off before she could get her two cents in. A static noise radiated from my TV, growing louder and louder to the point where I had to cover my ears.

I tried to call out, but my voice caught in my throat. I squeezed my eyes shut. All I could do was hope that this wasn't real.


So, one chapter down, however many to go. I'll look forward to reviews, criticism, ideas, and anything else that you guys would like to offer up. I would like to give a special thanks to Lexasaurusrex for being an awesome editor. So thanks, and please read and review :)