Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. Ya. But I do own Lisayre. She's of mai own invention!Hick voice, mua ha ha! Oh, and by the way, this is my first attempt at a KH fanfic... so if I don't get some reviews, I might deem myself unworthy and be too busy sobbing to update, mmkay?

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Prologue

"Kairi!" The boy cried, rushing to the burgundy-haired girl as Lisayre Blanchette silently observed.

"Sora." She replied, tenderly smiling and reaching out for him. Suddenly, the ground shook and began to split. The boy reached out for her and clasped her hand.

"Kairi, remember what you said before? I'm always with you too. I'll come back to you—I promise!" The boy—(Sora, I would guess.)—told her, his eyes glistening with tears that begged to fall.

"I know you will." With that, the ground spilt away completely, tearing them apart.

Lisayre looked away. "I bet you will, too." Her voice was deathly quiet. She looked over at the door. "But I won't see you again, will I?" Lisayre looked at Sora again, now seeing tears glistening on his tanned cheeks.(Stop crying. It's never an issue for people like you. Gifted with abilities to 'save the worlds.' Little boy, life may seem hard for you sometimes, but in the end you will come out on top. And I? I will always struggle.) Tears glistened in her own eyes now. "Riku..."

"Regardless of warnings, Lisayre, the future doesn't scare me at all."

(Lucky you, Riku. You may have been naïve when you said that, but at least you were happy.)

"I'm not worried."

Lisayre sank to the ground, losing her hold on the shadow and beginning to sob. "Riku..."

Sora and his companions turned, now seeing her. "Who are you?" Sora asked wiping his eyes. Lisayre looked up, wiping her own tears.

"I'm...Murky."

Murky? Gawrsh, what kinda name is that?" The dog chortled.

"Can it, Goofy." The duck squawked, poking him in the ribs. "What's your real name?" "...Murky."

"Well... Murky... how did you get here?" Sora asked, warily.

"I'm not here." Lisayre smiled, taking hold of the darkness again, feeling it slither up her body in an attempt to shield her from their view. "I'm irrelevant to you." The shadow crept to her shoulders, making her appear a floating head.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" the duck demanded "The darkness isn't a solution... Lisayre... don't end up like me, please?"

His voice in her mind cut through the darkness like a knife and her ability to hold it fell away like entrails. As the darkness slid away from her, the boy raised the keyblade above her head in a move to strike. As much as she tried, her handle on the shadow could not be bought again, so instead she drew her blade and blocked. She scrambled away and waited for him to rush her, her head throbbing for no apparent reason.

"Love kinda reminds me of fire, ya know? I feel stupid saying it, but..."

(Like fire..). Lisayre thought, closing her eyes serenely even though she could hear the Sora's approaching footsteps.

"It will be our strength."

Our strength... fire.) Lisayre thought. Her head throbbed with pain as Sora and his companion readied their weapons.

"FLARE!" Lisayre screamed, the unfamiliar word exploding in her throat like fire, the pain in her head leaving as she said it. A burst of bright fire exploded from her hands towards a shocked Sora.

You will be known as Pyro... And with your fire, you will rid the world of darkness......so he can open the door to the light......and set him free.

(Who said that? Door to the light?) Lisayre thought, wildly looking around as Sora laid moaning in pain. (What do you mean?)

You will bring the light of flame to all the worlds, burning away darkness and doubt... ...And that power, you can cleanse his soul of darkness.

A wave of understanding washed over her. She looked down at Sora and his friends, writhing in agony at the pain of the burns she had inflicted on them only moments ago. "Sora." She said, a thing smile stretching across her face. "You're going to help me."

(I'll save you, Riku.)