Riku: 17

Amy: 16

Sora: 16

Kairi: 16

ANSEM'S DAUGHTER

Part 1

When I first came to Destiny Island, I didn't know the island or anyone on it. I lived with my mom while my father lived on some place further on. I was staying here for two weeks. As I got off of the airplane, I looked around me, wondering if this place was all it looked to be like.

"Amy, meet me at our house later tonight, you can explore for now." my mom told me as she handed me a slip of paper with a map on it. I looked up at her, my green eyes shining as I nodded. I had always wanted to live on a beach.

I walked away from my mom and started down the beach, spotting some kids. Were they friendly? I wondered as I walked towards them. One of the kids had silver hair and ocean blue eyes. He was wearing a yellow and black sleeveless shirt. He had on long blue pants and he was laughing about something. The other boy, a brunette with dark blue eyes was looking sour as he looked at the silver-haired boy. This one was wearing black shorts with yellow stripes going through it with a black jacket and a red shirt. The third was a girl with a dark red shade of hair that fell to her shoulders. She was wearing a white jacket that was zipped up and a pair of white sorts. She was laughing, at what appeared to be the brunette.

I walked over to them, trying to seem friendly, but I really felt nervous. I never did like making friends because every time I finally found a best friend, I moved away again, and now we were returning to my father. My blonde hair fell across one of my light green eyes as pushed it back as I went up to them. The brunette noticed me first and his sour look vanished as he smiled as me. I smiled back.

"Hey, did you just come off that plane?" he asked me, pushing past the silver-haired boy, who had turned around.

I nodded, "Yeah,"

"Well I'm Sora, nice to meet you." Sora greeted me, grinning with a goofy smile.

"I'm Amy, nice to meet you." The silver haired boy came up to me along with the red haired girl.

"I'm Kairi, nice to meet you." Kairi said, glancing towards Sora who still wore that goofy grin and she giggled. I was wondering what was so funny until she said, "You were right Riku, he does act a lot like Goofy and Donald." That made me laugh. I had met Goofy and Donald on my travels across the worlds searching for my father, but we finally found out where he was.

The boy, who had to be Riku, stepped up and held out his hand, "Hey, I'm Riku."

I shook his hand and all at once, I felt something about him I had only sensed from my father. I looked at him, trying to hide my surprise, but something was nagging at me. I had heard the name 'Riku' before, but I didn't know where. "Hi," was all I could say to him as I released his hand. He seemed to sense my uneasiness and backed away.

"So, Amy, where do you come from?" Sora asked.

I looked up, responding quietly, "This may sound strange, but I really don't know my first home. I was little when I moved to Hollow Bastion, so I don't remember it that much. I can only remember my father and a few other things...I was only fifteen when I lived there, but it's like mind wanted to rid myself of the memories…" I muttered the last part and they didn't seem to hear me.

"Oh, okay, so where did you used to live before you moved here?" Sora asked.

"In Twilight Town, I lived there for a few months until my mom and received word from my father requesting us to come over to where he now lived. You see, I never knew where my dad lived after he vanished suddenly. My mom never told me what happened to him, I only knew we left Hollow Bastion and moved to Traverse Town. That's where I met a few friends, but I left them and don't think I'll ever see them again." I said, but voice growing quite.

"Well I'm sure you'll see them again!" Sora and Kairi said cheerfully.

"You said you were going to live with your father, does he live here or something?" Riku asked.

I looked at him and shook my head, "No, my mom won't tell me where he lives. She says she wants it to be a surprise."

All three of them nodded and then Kairi asked, "Who were your friends you met in Traverse Town? Sora might know them."

I looked over at Kairi and then at Sora in confusion. "How would he know them?" I asked.

Sora gave me that goofy grin before responding, "I've been to Twilight Town a few times a few years back."

"Did you meet someone named Roxas there? Or Pence? Olette? Hayner?" I asked questioningly. Roxas had always been a good friend to me, but I moved before I could ever say good-bye to any one of my friends.

All three friends glanced at each other with deep confusion. "Did you say 'Roxas'?" Riku asked me, his voice etched with confusion.

"Yeah, why?" I asked, sensing their unease.

"Well, Roxas, he is…um…oh how do I say this?" Sora muttered, looking up at the sky, thinking.

I knew they weren't telling me something and demanded angrily, "What? What aren't you telling me?"

Kairi sighed, "Amy, Roxas was never real. He was a Nobody, have you heard of them?" I shook my head, confused greatly. "Well a Nobody is the shell of what is left over when a Heartless is created. You should know what a Heartless is if you lived in Hollow Bastion."

I knew what a Heartless was. How could I forget? I blinked, my eyes clouding over as I looked at my new friends. "Roxas? He was a Nobody…Then who's the Heartless?" My mind flashed back to my father looking at me, glaring at me as he told me to avoid the Heartless, but they wouldn't harm me. My mind heard him saying that I should not be anywhere near him for the next few weeks.

Riku looked at me, not saying anything as he silently pointed at Sora. I looked at Sora and then stepped up to him, looking at him, but it was confusing. Sora wasn't a Heartless, I knew that. I blinked and then I remembered watching something I wasn't supposed to watch. I backed away from him, my eyes wide. "You're him! You're that boy!" I gasped, shock spreading through me.

They all looked at me bewildered, "What do you mean?" Sora asked.

I blinked, unable to contain it. I looked at Riku and my vision flashed, showing an image of him wearing a blue suit with the Heartless sign in the middle. A smile spread across my shocked face, "And you're alight!"

Riku blinked and I noticed that his eyes flashed. Then I realized why had felt the similarity to Riku and my father. Riku leaned towards Sora and I heard him whisper, "She knows something about the events of Hollow Bastion, I see it in her eyes."

Sora nodded and they seemed to drop the subject entirely and Riku said, "Want us to show you around the island?"

"That would be nice." I told them, I didn't want them to know too much about my past, especially now.

All three nodded and they began to take me all over the island. I felt tired when we had traveled the whole island, and when I looked up at the sky, the sun was setting below the ocean. I blinked and then took out the piece of paper my mom had given me. I looked at it and it said to go to the house on the left from the waterfall and up four. I blinked and reread the paper before saying, "Well I have to go, see you tomorrow!"

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The next day I didn't get to go hang out with my new friends. Instead I had to help unpack everything. It got annoying. After I had finished, I was so tired that I just went to my room and laid down. I fell asleep and when I woke up, I noticed that it was just getting dark out, but the sun was still up. When I saw this, I bolted awake and went to the kitchen, wanting to go out, but my mom was cooking supper and said that it was almost done. I nodded and sighed, "When we're done eating, can I go see my new friends?"

"No, sorry Amy, but it'll be dark by then." my mom replied.

I nodded silently and then blinked and asked, "Have you heard anything from father?"

My mom looked up and shook her head returned to her cooking. I was glad, I didn't like my father and I was ashamed of him, very ashamed of him. But it wasn't just that, I feared him. I feared him for what he was like, for who he was, for what he was. I feared him for that, and I shivered at the thought of my parents knowing who my friends were.

I went back to my room and fiddled around there, sorting through things until my mom called me. We ate in silence as I always did, but before I had finished, I decided to break the silence. I decided to ask my mom something, "Hey Mom, why did father make us leave Hollow Bastion?"

My mind flashed back to the image of Sora and Riku, something I wasn't supposed to watch, but had, I had watched it just before we left. We were supposed to have left earlier, but my mom was busy. Now my mom looked up at me with masked rage at the question. I felt confusion flood through my body. I had never seen my mother mad before, but when she replied, her voice was smooth and calm, "I really don't know Amy, I really don't."

The next day, I woke up early and went outside to go find Sora, Riku, and Kairi. When I approached them, I found myself looking at Riku and smiling. I knew I liked him, but I didn't know if he liked me. He kept himself too locked up to see, but I doubted he liked me, no one ever liked me, but of course, there was always one person I met who seemed to have known my father and seen his features in me. I don't think my new friends knew.

"So, where were you yesterday, Amy?" Riku asked me.

I turned to look at him because I had turned away to look at the ocean and responded, "Unpacking for my two week stay."

"Oh, okay, well we wanted to take you downtown for a little bit and we can hang out there if you want." Riku told me as they came towards me.

"Yeah, so we can have some fun!" Kairi said enthusiastically.