"Never thought going out for a walk would have changed my life so much". ~ Quies

Quies sat on the stone wall overlooking the market place. She and her family had lived in Hollow Bastion the past ten years since their actually home of Radiant Garden had been overrun with heartless. Their family had also been devastated when they couldn't find her older brother Lea. Her Brother and his friend Isa had vanished just before things started to go wrong in their home.

Quies tucked strands of her auburn hair behind her ear. She remembers the last time she had talked to her brother.

Little Quies was only four when her brother left. She had been woken up by Lea, it was somewhere between two and three in the morning. Her brother looked excited.

"Big Bro, what are you doing?" she asked only half wanting to know so she could go back to sleep.

"Isa and I are going to explore the castle." Lea whispered in excitement. Lea and Isa had wanted to explore the castle for years and since they were leaving tomorrow this was their only chance. Quies looked at her brother in shock. Lea turned to walk away when Quies grabbed the bottom of his shirt. He spun around to look at her once more.

"Just…just promise you'll be back soon." She was scared for her brother the heartless had grown in number quickly over the past few days. Lea gave his sister quick hug and kissed her on the forehead.

"Come on this is me you're talking to; I'll see ya in the morning." Then he left.

Quies felt the tears swelling up in her eyes. But he hadn't been there in the morning. Her parents looked for him in town until they were force to leave. Isa's parents couldn't find him either. Both Isa's parents and her own wept for their boys believing they had been killed by the heartless, but Quies believed her brother and Isa were very much alive just on another world and knew one day they would come back.

As she wiped the tears out of her eyes, she notices someone strange looking at her. He wore a black leather floor length cloak. She looked at him a moment before he removed his hood. His spiky red hair and bright emerald eyes were instantly recognizable.

"Lea?!"

Yuffie had been happily been wondering around Hollow Bastion, Leon and Cid had been working with many of the residents of Hollow Bastion to rebuild Radiant Garden. By the end of the month it would be liveable. Now that there were areas that were heartless free it seemed fair to distinguished the differences. Anywhere that the heartless roamed was still consider Hollow Bastion while areas that were now heartless free were once again Radiant Garden. She hoped one day the whole town would once again be Radiant Garden. As she walked around she saw the young form with auburn hair that made up her friend, Quies.

"Hey Quies." Yuffie yelled to her. But Quies didn't seem to hear her. In fact it didn't seem like she didn't even see her. Yuffie looked closer. Quies seemed to be walking somewhere slowly as if she was following someone. Yuffie ran in front of her placing her hands on Quies's shoulders trying to slow her down.

"Quies…stop. Come on…what's gotten into you." As yuffie spoke Quies pushed past her. Quies smiled a sad smile.

"It's my brother." And continued to walk. Yuffie sat on the ground flabbergasted on what just happened.

Lea wandered around Hollow Bastion. It wasn't where he grew up but it's where his family now lived. The only question was where was their house? As he continued to walk aimlessly around he saw Yuffie. She was much older than the last time he saw her.

"Yuffie!" She jumped and looked at him.

"Lea?" She rushed to her feet as he ran over.

"But, but you..."

"Never mind that have you seen my sister?" Lea asked.

"She just went that way but there was something wrong. It's like she was asleep. I..I don't know what to do." Lea looked in the direction Yuffie had pointed.

"Come on we're going after her. Whats there, the way she was going?" Yuffie stopped and thought for a moment.

"The Bailey, you can just see Radiant Gardens."

"There's no time to waste."

Quies had slowly been following her brother as he entered the Bailey for a moment she lost sight of him. But heard him step on to the ledge at the far end of the room.

"No don't leave me again!" She rushed over to him to see him floating in midair. He extended his hand to her.

"I..I can come with you?" she asked him. He said nothing but simply smiled. Quies hopped up on the ledge. As she reached out for him, he slowly moved farther and farther out.

"No, Lea!" Quies screamed and jumped.

Lea followed Yuffie to the entrance of the Bailey.

"Are you sure she would come here?" Lea asked.

"Defiantly, she could see Radiant Garden. She thought if she looked hard enough she could find you and Isa." Yuffie smiled. Lea looked to her. He went to ask if she was serious when he heard.

"No, don't leave me again!" Yuffie and Lea rushed down the steps. As they got to the bottom of the steps they saw her step into one of dug out areas. They rushed over just as she stepped off. Yuffie stood frozen terrified.

"Quies!" Lea reached out wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back onto solid ground.

"What were you thinking?!" Lea exclaimed. Quies began squirming in his arms.

"Let me go, my brother's out there let me go."

"Quies I'm right here!" Quies stopped squirming; she looked up to see his spikey red hair and his bright green eyes. As she stared at him, he saw how much she had grown. Her auburn hair had grown quite a bit now a little more than half way down her back. Her greyish green eyes now covered by a pair of square glasses. Her lip trembled.

"Lea? Is it..Is it really you?" Lea smiled at you.

"Yea it's me." Lea held his trembling sister. Something wasn't right. Why had she almost stepped off the edge?

"What were you doing?" Lea asked her.

"I…I saw you." Before he could ask anything else they heard a maniacal laugh and all of a sudden creatures appeared.

"Heartless?!" Yuffie yelled.

"No, there's something different about these ones." Lea sat his sister down in the corner.

"Stay here." Lea summoned his Chakras while Yuffie released her shurdiken.

"Let's go!" Lea yelled as he went in for a hit but it went right through the creature. Are they mirages? Lea thought to himself that was until he was sent flying at the wall and the air rushed from his lungs.

"Lea!" Quies yelled. She wanted to help but she didn't have a weapon. She rushed to her brother's side.

"Lea, Lea are you ok?"

"Get back." But it was too late the creature began rushing at her. She raised her arms to block the hit but was enveloped in bright light and when she opened her eyes once again, she felt something in her hand. It looked like a key and a sword with an hour glass for the handle and a crescent moon for the for the key.

"What the?" Quies asked confused. Lea looked at her with a smile.

"Seems our family has a keyblade wielder."