Well, since this story was the only one to get a vote on the poll, here you guys go. (And as an apology for the lack of updates and since I really want to upload something on my birthday.) Hope you guys enjoy!

The dream started off the same way it always did. The four-year-old boy was playing a game of catch with a girl who was three. Unfortunately the boy couldn't see the girl's face, something the boy got used to. Even so, not being able to see the girl's face made him a bit sad. Mainly because while he knew for a fact that he knew the girl, he didn't recognize the girl. That's what made him a bit more sad.

"Hey," the brunet boy said. "How come you don't tell me who you are?"

The girl just laughed as she tossed the baseball to the boy. "Aw come on, why would I do that? Especially if you already know. It's not my fault you don't remember."

"Then why not help me remember?" he asked, throwing the ball back. "If we're friends then how come you're trying to stay a secret?"

"I'm not trying to stay a secret silly," the girl giggled. "Besides, I'm sure that no matter what happens, we're still going to be friends right? It'll all work out."

The boy wanted to inquire more, but the dream ended right then. Just like it always did. Leaving the now fifteen-year-old brunet waking up in a sweat. Sora sat up in bed then ran a hand through his spiky caramel brown hair. This was, what? The tenth night in a row he had that dream?

But what did it all mean? Sure he had had some strange dreams in the past, all before major things happened that drastically changed his life, but this one was one of the weirdest. What mostly bothered him was that he didn't know what to make of it.

Sora let out a long sigh as he got up. He got dressed for the day then grabbed some breakfast. Once he was done he said goodbye to his mom then headed out.

Sora met up with Riku after he had bought himself some ice cream from the local ice cream parlor.

"Hey Riku, do you remember if there was another girl we would play with as kids?"

Riku, who was finishing off his chocolate swirl, looked at Sora. Sora had stopped eating his cotton candy flavored ice cream and was looking off into the distance with a frown on his face.

"You mean other than Kairi and Selphie?" Riku thought for a minute. "Nope. I don't really recall anyone. All the other kids never liked going to the island where we would all play. Why do you ask?"

"It's just…I've been having these weird dreams lately."

"Dreams as in…?"

Sora told him about his dreams of playing catch with the girl. Riku frowned in thought.

"No I don't remember anybody like that. Heck I don't even remember you even playing catch with anyone ever. I just remember the two of us sword fighting all the time. Which, as we both know, paid off a good amount given what we've been through."

Sora chuckled knowing what he was talking about. Course not all the memories were pleasant but still.

"Yeah that's true."

"Anyway though, you sure you didn't just make her up?"

Sora made a sour expression. "No," he said. "No I know for a fact I didn't. She's real but…I still can't recall who she is."

"You try asking around? Maybe someone else remembers her."

"Nah…I think I'll just forget about it for now. Who knows, maybe I'll figure out who she is sometime later on."

Riku shrugged. "If you say so." Then the two went back to their ice cream.

It was around noon when Sora finally remembered something about the girl in his dreams. He was actually playing catch with Ms. Garner's kids, Skylar and Landon, on the beach.

Sora tossed the ball to Landon, who caught it in his newly bought baseball glove.

"Well well," Sora chuckled as he caught the ball in his own glove. "Look who's getting better."

"Darn right," Landon grinned as Skylar caught the ball. "We've been practicing."

"Really? Thought you two would be practicing your gaming skills rather than your catching skills from what I've heard." Sora laughed at the twins' expressions. "Aw come on, you know I'm kidding around."

"Oh yeah? Take this then!"

Skylar threw the ball as hard as he could…only to have it soar over Sora's head and straight into the water.

"Oops," he said.

"No worries I'll get it." Sora waded into the water until it reached his waist and grabbed the ball. "Next time don't try throwing so hard," he laughed as he threw it to Landon. But instead of seeing Landon catch it, Sora saw a certain three-year-old girl catch it with a big grin on her face.

"Aw come on," she laughed, waving her glove tauntingly with the ball clutched in it. "Maybe you just have to work on catching it better. Don't you think Sora?"

Sora blinked hard as the girl continued to wave her glove around —a big smile on her face that showed one of her chipped teeth and two missing teeth, big light gold eyes shining with pride and —

"Hey Sora? You okay?"

Sora shook his head and the image of the girl vanished, quickly being replaced with Landon, standing there with a confused look on his face with his brother next to him, mirroring his expression.

"Yeah I'm fine," he replied, making his way back to the beach. "Just…got distracted that's all."

"Mom says that's a bad thing while in the water," Skylar reminded him. "You can drown or something if you're not paying attention."

"Yeah yeah. Come on, let's get back to the game."

Landon and Skylar both grinned at the suggestion.

The forest was always dark at night. The only natural source of light would be the moon but the trees seemed to enjoy blocking out most of it. All their branches were stretched out, as if eager to catch as much moonlight as they could, leaving anything under them in near darkness.

Personally, the girl liked that.

For years she would walk around the forest at night, moving as silently as a ghost. In fact, sometimes she'd find amusement in scaring anyone who also dared to venture through the forest at night, watching them shriek in fear then hurriedly dash to escape the dark maze they felt they were in. Which was true, to anyone who didn't know his or her way around the forest, day or night, it would be like trying to find one's way out of a maze.

But she never had that problem. She had managed to learn her way around long ago.

Once she worked her way to the middle of the forest, then making sure that no one was around, she let out a long sigh. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a medallion on a small silver chain.

"Please," the girl murmured, clenching the medallion tightly in her hands. "Let this work." The girl took a deep breath then focused. She only had one shot at this. If it didn't, well, things were only going to get worse. "ÄRM," she spoke. "Hear my wish. Bring forth the one I seek. The one from another world."

The medallion glowed brightly in the girl's hands. The light emitting from the accessory then shot into the air, creating a large beacon of light that could easily been seen, so the second she knew this was complete, she had to flee before she was captured again. She watched the light beacon shine until it completely vanished. The second she did, she prayed that it worked, then quickly left before she could be captured by her enemies. As she ran, she kept a tight grip on the medallion.

Soon, she thought as she ran. Soon we'll be connected.

It was dinnertime when Sora first heard the strange voice. He was casually eating with his mom when he heard the voice.

"Soon…" the voice said, shocking him so badly he dropped his spoon. It was strange. It felt like he heard the voice normally, with his ears, but somehow, somehow he knew he heard the voice in his head.

"Sora," his mother asked, her tone showing concern as she placed a hand on his. "Are you alright?"

Sora couldn't bring himself to answer. That voice…he knew that voice from somewhere…but where? Where had he heard it before?

"Soon," the voice repeated, this time little over a whisper. "…Connected."

Then thing Sora knew, his mother, who wore a look of concern, was waking him up.

"Wha…what happened?"

"You suddenly passed out on me," his mother said, sitting down. "Are you alright?"

So then…all that wasn't real? he thought as he scratched his head. Why did his head hurt so much? Did he hit his head when he passed out?

Sora told his mom that he was going to lie down since his head was hurting. She frowned for a moment then told him that if he needed anything, he just needed to shout. Sora nodded then headed up to his room. Once up there, he just let himself fall onto his bed. Oddly enough he felt exhausted all of a sudden.

Soon Sora's thoughts wandered back to what had just happened. Did he truly imagine that voice? For some strange reason, he knew that wasn't the cause. That voice was real. But the part that bothered him the most was why it seemed to be familiar. He heard that voice before. But from where?

Sora felt a shiver travel down his spine. Then, before he could dwell on it much further, everything around him seemed to go dark. Sora found himself in complete darkness.

"Wha…what is this?"

"Connected…"

Sora flinched. The same voice from before. Sensing something behind him, Sora turned around and came face to face with not a Heartless, not a Nobody, not anything he had ever encountered before. Floating there in midair was a being shrouded in a red hooded cloak with long white bony fingers, a white face with crosses for eyes and it's tongue sticking out. Sora noticed that there were some chains wrapped around the thing.

"Tunnel…open," the thing rumbled in a low voice. Just as it said that, a large silver door appeared that had chains and the same cloaked being crafted onto the top. But that wasn't all that changed. As soon as the door appeared, the darkness Sora was in vanished and was replaced with the scenery of a large grassy meadow, mountains in the distance, and a lake to Sora's right. For a split moment he could have sworn he smelled the flowers that were all around him.

Sora watched in shock as the cross-eyed being tossed something at him. He looked to see it was a die. It landed on a one.

"Die says one," the thing said. "So only one can enter. That one be you, yes?"

"Hold up now," Sora said, finally finding his voice. "Just where does that door even lead to?"

"You want to know meaning behind dreams of girl, yes?" the thing said, causing Sora to involuntarily shudder. "Go through and find out. Worry not, you come back to world later. Die says one, only you can go. You in?"

Sora bit his lip. This thing was giving him a chance to find out the meaning behind his dreams. Plus it said he would be able to come back. But what if it was lying? It certainly didn't look all that trustworthy. And he couldn't really just leave his mom, not again. But deep down he knew this thing wasn't going to allow him to go tell his mom.

Clenching his fists, Sora stepped up to the door and placed a hand on it. The metal felt like ice under the palm of his hand. As if brought on by his touch, the chains on the door broke and it slowly began to creak open, letting loose a strong wind that blew right at him. Sora was quickly blinded by a strong light that shone from within; he had to shield his eyes as a result.

Eyes closed, Sora stepped through the open door, the wind coming from in almost beckoning him through the door. As he stepped through, he only hoped he was making a good choice.

Meanwhile, the girl, who unfortunately had gotten captured while fleeing the woods, was staring at her medallion. She watched as it began to crack and soon…broke entirely. This however, only brought a big smile to her face. This was good. It worked. It really worked.

The girl got up, gripped the steel bars on the window as she looked up at the moon.

"Soon," she smiled. "Things are going to change."

Well guys, that's all for now! No worries I'll upload the second chapter tomorrow before I head to class (ugh, it goes from 5 pm to 1 am _ Plus I have a class that day that starts at 9 am. Lol what is sleep? XP) Anyway, the poll is still open if you guys still want to vote. You can vote up to four choices if you'd like. Also, while I'm at it.

Dreams from the heart! chapter 4-in progress-I really have no idea when this will be done. I haven't gotten a lot of inspiration for it so...yeah...

A Stranded Adventure chapter 23-in progress-Same as above. I hit a snag in regards to the chapter and I don't know how to get over it. Sorry guys :(