"Are you ready?"

Roxas moved closer to Namine. She was wearing a white, flowing dress with to-the-wrist sleeves. Her hair was moving in the wind and her eyes were soft.

She giggled.

Roxas looked down at himself. He was wearing a white collared shirt and black pants. He had no shoes on and neither did Namine.

She asked again. "Are you ready?"

"Ready for what?"

Suddenly, the sky turned black. The clouds began to roar. Namine's hair turned black and her eyes turned evil and her nails turned sharp as claws. Her hair was black, as well, and was going everywhere.

"To die."

Namine charged at him.

"NO!"

Roxas shot up out of bed. His whole body was in cold sweat. His breath was uncontrollable and he was scared.

Roxas looked over at his friend, Axel. He was fine.

Roxas sighed, heavily. He laid back down, eyes wide open. His breath calmed down, but he look on Namine's face scared him. Why did I have that dream? Roxas tried to close his eyes and go back to sleep, but each time he did, Namine's face would appear then change into the scary face.

Roxas sighed. He looked at the clock. It was 5:42 am.

"Well, since I can't go back to sleep, I'll just go out."

Roxas got up and got in some casual clothing. He fixed his hair to where it was presentable and then headed out.

No one was downstairs so he just headed out.

The sun was still nowhere in sight, no one was out—except some joggers. The moon was the only thing that kept him company.

His cell vibrated in his pocket. He pulled it out and looked at it. 24 missed texts. Roxas sighed and looked at them.

They were all from Namine.

Roxas quickly checked all of them. Most of them just said, "Hey, what's up?" or "Why don't you answer your cell? You have it for a reason."

One said, "I'm okay. The doctors said I'd be out tomorrow. I'm coming to see you."

Roxas paused. "I'm coming to see you." Roxas re-read that sentence over and over. He then looked up.

A girl was standing in front of him, which made him jump.

"Uh…hey…" Roxas looked around, wondering where she came from.

The girl just looked at Roxas. She scaled him. "Humph…"

"Humph?" Roxas was confused. "Um, who are you?"

There was a small silence before the girl answered, "My name is Ember, and you are?"

Roxas steadied her. She had, what seem like it was so dark, dark brown hair. He could only guess she had brown eyes.

He cleared his throat. "My name is Roxas."

"Roxas…hmm…so Roxas, what are you doing out so early in the morning? By the looks of you, you seem more of a late riser." Ember scaled him again.

"Well, I felt like I needed some time out." Roxas defended.

Ember didn't believe him. "Uhuh." Ember walked up to him and started to circle him. "You're new, I can tell. Your name has been everywhere…"

"Then why did you ask?"

Ember smiled, which was very beautiful. "You don't think I would know what you actually looked like."

Roxas agreed.

"Anyways, your name has been everywhere. Every girl is talking about you and your friend." She ended up in front of him again.

"Why is that?" Roxas asked, believe he already knew the answer.

Ember crossed her arms. "Because you're new. Clean. Untouched by any girl here. So whom are you going to pick? The blondes? A redhead? Brunette?"

Roxas looked at her. "Actually, I have my own girl, thank you very much."

Ember looked shocked. "You, you do?"

Roxas nodded. "Yes, and her name is Namine."

Ember smiled. "Then that's gonna make things easier for you and me. I thought you came her for all the girls."

Roxas shook his head. "No, I ran away from home."

Ember looked at Roxas. Roxas tried to read her face, but it was too dark to tell.

Ember looked down. "I did, too. My brothers and I ran away…" She looked back up at Roxas. "But why am I telling you this. I have to go." Ember started to leave.

"Wait."

Ember turned around.

Roxas realized what he just said. Why did he say, "wait"? He looked back at her. He kept on going, though. "Will I see you again?" He wanted to hit his head. That sounded like I was hitting on her…

Ember looked at him and smiled. "Maybe." Then she was gone.

Roxas looked around and for some odd strange reason, he felt like he had to follow her.

He took two steps towards her when a raven flew over his head.

"Whoa." Roxas ducked just in time. He looked back at it, then where Ember disappeared, then back at the raven.

It crowed.

Roxas remembered his dream. Suddenly, the moon didn't feel so helpful anymore. "I think it's time for me to go back…" Roxas said, still looking at the bird.

The raven nodded its head, which freaked out Roxas.

He ran back the whole entire way.

Axel opened his eyes to the sun beating down on him. He yawned and stretched, and then got up. He looked over at Roxas' bed. He was confused a bit when he didn't see him there.

Axel got up. "Roxas? Buddy?" Axel heard a crash in the bathroom area and a, "I'm alright."

Axel opened the door. "Look, Roxas. I was wondering…" Axel opened the door to reveal a brunette cleaning. He wasn't really expecting a girl, especially a cute one, in the bathroom. He suddenly felt embarrassed. "Oh, jeez, I'm sorry…"

The girl smiled. "Don't worry. I'm just a cleaning lady."

Axel nodded. "Sorry, you just shocked me I thought…"

"You thought I was your blonde headed friend, didn't you?"

Axel nodded.

The girl smiled. "He was up when I entered. We talked for a bit before he went out to eat breakfast. He seemed a bit destructed."

Axel nodded. "Thanks, I should go check what's wrong with him." Axel walked out.

Axel ran out of the room and went to go find his buddy. When he finally saw Roxas, he went over to him and sat down next to him. "Hey, you okay?"

Roxas looked away from the window. "Yeah, just thinking..."

Axel looked at his buddy. "Wanna go out for a bit, take your mind off things? I heard that there is this really cool spot next to this dance...thing..." Axel tried to remember what the name of the place was, but Roxas interupted him.

"Nah, all I really want is to see Namine..." Roxas looked back out the window, somehow hoping Namine might just walk out of nowhere and walk to him. Roxas sighed.

Axel looked at his buddy. "Why don't we go back and say 'hi?'"

Roxas looked at Axel. "Uh, because that would be a bad idea! Come on...I don't want anyone else to get into trouble and I don't want to face the Organization. They might kill us if we go back. You know what they did last time someone escaped and then came back 10 years later..." Roxas shooked his head, wanting to erase that memory.

Axel nodded. "Okay, sorry..."

Roxas shrugged. "It's okay, but I do want to go out."

Axel popped up. "Alrighty then! Let's go!"