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Sora yawned as the alarm clock smashed into the wall.

"Mom'll be mad if she has to buy another one Rox." He mumbled sleepily. His twin Roxas growled out an unintelligible response.

Sora stretched and hopped out of bed. "I get first shower!" He yelled before making a beeline for the bathroom. He took a quick shower and brushed his teeth before heading downstairs to get some breakfast. By the time Roxas came down Sora had dug out the classifieds and was looking through summer jobs.

"Anything good?" Roxas asked while making pop tarts. The twins had decided to try and get jobs so their mother didn't have to worry so much about them. They had recently moved and money was tight.

Sora held up the page, covered in red circles. Roxas gave him a look of doom. "Sora you circled every job in here."

"So? We really need a job, does it matter what we do?"

"Yes it matters!" Roxas screeched. "Ugh whatever just hand that over." He snatched the paper and read over the listings as he munched on his pop tarts. "Hey this sounds cool. An animal rescue shelter needs some assistants. It says no experience required."

"Doesn't that one sound so cool?!" Sora chirped, bouncing in his seat. "Let's go to that place first!" He cried, jumping up and grabbing his skateboard and helmet.

"Let me eat first would ya!" Roxas yelled, racing to get his stuff together.


"Hey Rox I think I found it!" The twins had spent almost three hours trying to find the out of the way shelter. The Nobody's Heartless Animal Sanctuary was on the edge of a forest bordering the town. It was fairly nondescript, surrounded by hedges and a wrought iron fence.

"This place is creepy." Roxas bit out.

"So do you not want to go in?" Sora asked. He knew Roxas could be bitchy in new places since he got nervous around strangers. Roxas shook his head and marched through the gate, Sora following behind. They walked into the building, entering a small, clean waiting area. Behind a counter was a small black haired girl who was scribbling something on a clipboard. She looked up and smiled at them.

"Hi there! Welcome to Nobody's Heartless Animal Sanctuary! How can I help you?" She asked cheerfully.

"Hi, I'm Sora and this is Roxas. We saw an ad in the paper about jobs here?" Sora replied.

The girl nodded. "Okay! Saix will want to see you both, just a minute let me get him." She went around to a door marked as Employees Only. She opened it slightly and called though the crack, "Hey Saix! There are two boys here wanting a job." She closed the door and turned back to the boys. "I'm Xion by the way. Are you guys new in town?"

"Yeah, just moved in a few days ago. We're from Twilight Town originally." Sora said, falling into a conversation easily.

"Oh wow, you guys are a long way from home then aren't you?"

Before Sora could answer the Employees Only door opened and a tall, blue haired man walked out. He looked grumpy and had bags under his eyes. "You two want to work here? It isn't all playing with animals you know. We take in a lot of injured animals, some of them wild."

"Well duh. We know it's gonna be a lot of feeding and cleaning up after them. We have a cat and a dog ourselves, and we know how to take care of them." Roxas answered.

"And we're willing to learn what we don't know!" Sora cut in quickly.

Saix nodded and pulled two applications out from behind the counter. "Here. Fill these out and I'll let you know by the end of the week if you have the job." He told them before returning to through the Employees Only door.

"You can fill them out in here. I'll be right here if you need anything." Xion offered.

After turning in the completed applications the boys left the building. Halfway to the gate Sora stopped dead in his tracks. "Huh? Did you see that Roxas?"

"See what? Come on Sora I want to get some ice cream before we have to head home." Roxas whined, standing at the gate.

"There was something there. It was silvery."

"You're just imagining things Sora. Come on." Roxas started off down the road leaving his brother to scramble after him.

"Think that one saw you?" A voice asked once they were gone.

"Of course not. Better get back before Saix catches us." Another voice answered.

"Whatever you say."