Faster. I need to go faster! Come on, I can't let him beat me now!

"Looks like I'm going to beat you today!" a smug voice announced behind me.

"No way! I'm totally going way faster than you are Hayner!" I replied and sped up. There was no way I was going to buy ice cream for him again. No way!

"Guys! Wait... Up...!" a boy with a red jersey and black headband panted, "Slow down!"

"If we do that, we'll lose!" Hayner told him.

We were nearing the ice cream shop now... Just a little further...

"I win!" Both me and Hayner shouted simultaneously, "No, I win!"

"Come on Hayner, we both know I was at least an inch ahead of you."

"Yeah right!"

"Is Pence still running?" a brown haired girl with an orange flowered tank top and khaki capris asked.

"Oh, hey Olette, you got here fast!"

"I was right behind you the whole time, if you looked!" she giggled.

"Hey... Guys... I finally... Made it!" Pence panted. He looked at all of us and sighed, "Aww, looks like I have to buy them again!"

"No, I'll get them this time," I walked towards the counter and saw my mother placing a few brown boxes by the store's wall, "Hey mom, can I get 4 specials for my friends please?"

She saw me and smiled, "Oh, sure honey, just give me a second!" She opened a door behind her and disappeared, soon to return with four sea salt ice cream bars in her hands, "Be safe, okay?"

"Okay mom, see you later! Thanks for the ice cream!" I took the bars and gave Hayner, Pence, and Olette each one. Pence immediately, held the bar up to his mouth to take a bite out of it and Hayner grabbed his arm.

"What's the big deal Hayner?"

"You can't eat that now! We're not on the tower yet!"

"What? What do you mean! Why would we go up there to eat?"

"It's a nice idea, isn't it? Watching the sunset... And eating ice cream together!" Olette gazed at her bar dreamily, "Great idea Hayner!"

"Yeah, okay, now let's go already! The ice cream's melting!" I started running to the tower, before shouting behind my back, "Race you there Hayner!"

"Hold this for me will ya Pence," Hayner shoved his bar into Pence's hands and ran after me, "You'll need that head start to beat me!"

"Uh... I'll see you there Hayner!" Pence called after him.

~Time Skip~

"Finally here!" I shouted as I sat down on the edge.

"I let you get ahead of me on the stairs up here, that's all."

"Sure you did, anyway, let's eat them before it's all gone!" I bit into my ice cream, the sweet and salty flavors mixed together perfectly.

"Jeez, you sure know how to wait for your friends Anie!" Olette said, suddenly appearing behind me. I turned around and saw Olette holding her ice cream while Pence was giving Hayner his back.

"Oh... Sorry!" Pence and Olette sat down next to Hayner and I and started eating their bars.

"Wow, the sunset's really beautiful, don't you think?" All of us nodded in agreement, gazing at the sun disappearing in the distance.

~Time Skip~

"I'm back~!" I shouted as I flung open the front door of my home.

"Finally! You can play hide and seek with us!" Ricky, my little brother, shouted in happiness.

"What? But I just got back!" I groaned, did he really have to play now?

"You said that you would play with us when you got back today," he pouted, pushing his lower lip out, "Right Lily?"

My little sister, Ricky's twin, lifted the hood of her oversized Shadow sweater up so she could see us, "Um... yes."

"Alright, you win! Go and hide, I'm counting to 10!" I closed my eyes and started to count, "1...2...3-."

"Wait! We're gonna hide outside!" Ricky announced, putting the hood of his Shadow sweater over his head, "It'll be easier to hide out there!"

"It's dark, and late, it's too dangerous!" I argued.

"Mom said it would be okay if you were with us, so it's not dangerous!" he started pouting again.

"He's right, keep an eye on them. There shouldn't be any danger, as long as I can see you guys out the window," Mom confirmed.

"Alright, let's go," I sighed and opened the front door, letting Ricky and Lily rush past me. I closed my eye's once again, "1...2...3...4..."

I heard some giggling and whispering, they were probably planning, "5...6...7...8...9...10! Ready or not, here I come!"

I opened my eyes to see... No one in front of me, just a brick wall. I listened carefully, I could hear some shuffling to my left, so I walked in that direction.

I saw a shadow that looked Ricky with his hood down, and ran towards it. Immediately, the shadow started to run away.

I looked behind me and noticed we were going too far from the house, "Hey, come back here! Mom said to stay in front of the house!"

He kept on running, ignoring my words. I sighed and increased my speed.

Eventually, I trapped him in a corner, and stopped running, "Hey, Ricky, let's go back, I found you."

Then he turned around, and I got a better look at him. Or should I say... it. It had glowing yellow eyes, and sharp looking black claws.

My face paled, "Oh no... It's a heartless...!" It disappeared, and I sighed in relief. But that relief was short lived, as I was suddenly surrounded by Shadows my height. I stepped back nervously, and saw a girl with black hair run towards me, shouting something. She was holding... A big key? What was that going to do? The monsters got closer to me, and the last thing I saw was... Darkness.

Okay, so the tall Shadows (for those of you who either don't know Kingdom Hearts or are just starting it) are Neoshadows.

I'm sure many of you who played a certain Kingdom Hearts game know who the girl with black hair is!