Dashing upstairs to her new room, she ripped opened her suitcase. "Can't. Stand. This. Heat!" She muttered as she fumbled through the tangled bundles of clothes. Finally she fished out a pink tank top and denim shorts and changed out of her Hollister hoodie and jeans. She kicked off her green Converse, put on a pair of flip- flops, and flopped onto her bed. Much better She thought. It had already been her second day, and she still had jet lag.

"YIN!" She heard her mother call from downstairs. "You know your suppose to meet your cousins at 3 right?"

Oh right. Crap. Yin checked her phone for the time: 2:45pm. 15 more minutes of lying around. Closing her deep blue eyes, millions of thoughts begun to run around her head. Her first thought was how different Destiny Islands was to her home back in Washington. Destiny Islands was warm and sunny, while the sun rarely shone and it was pretty chilly back at Washington.

But the climate wasn't the most important thing. The reason she came here was for a new beginning. She really could thank her cousins Roxas and Xion advising her to move. They were her closest friends and now she can see them everyday. Come to Destiny Islands with us! Forget the past and look forward to the future. She remembered them saying.

Past….That word hit Yin like a rock. Squeezing her eyes tightly to erase it, she focused on what her cousins said, look forward to the future. Maybe she could make new friends. Maybe she could become confident. Maybe she could discover happiness again…..

2:55pm. Yin hopped out of bed. Xion told her that she and Roxas were gonna introduce her to some of their friends, might as well make a good impression. Brushing her dark wavy hair, she swiped on waterproof mascara, a slick of pink lip gloss, and her favorite golden bangle band. Taking a deep breath, she thought to herself, Look to the future. She ran outside and headed down to Main Street to meet Roxas and Xion.

"God damn, where the hell is she?" Xion checked her phone for text messages. "Can you go at least one day without swearing your head off?" Roxas asked his sister. "Well, exxxcccuuuusssee me, its my way of expressing my frustration." "Well, try your best to "express" less." Roxas made air quotes.

"Hey guys…" A quiet girls voice called out. The twins turned around. "Yin!" They ran up to the dark haired girl and embraced her warmly. She wrapped her arms around them very gently. "Were so glad you're here!" Roxas was squeezing his cousin so hard, it looked like he was about to break her bones. "Alright Roxy, give the girl some breathing space." Xion pulled her blond brother off Yin. "They others should be here soon. They're really excited to meet you." Yin nodded as she tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.

Xion stared at Yin's reply and noticed Roxas was staring at her golden band. Xion and Roxas then exchanged discouraged looks. She still was the same.

Sora, Riku and Kairi walked together. When they were nearly there, Sora and Kairi smiles at each other while looking at Riku. "What?"

"Rikkkkkuuuuuuu, I hear the new girls single." Sora grinned. Riku smiled and rolled his eyes. "Thanks for the heads up Sora, but I'm not really in the mood for that kind of stuff."

"C'mon Sora give Riku a break. He doesn't feel like it, he doesn't feel like it." said Kairi. Despite how in love Kairi and Sora were, she always spoke up when Sora's teasing was going out of hand.

"Thanks Kairi." Riku smiled.

"Hey guys! Over here!" The trio saw across the street were Roxas and Xion waving at them. There was another girl with them, Sora, Kairi and Riku knew she must be Yin. They hurried over to join them.

Once they made it over, Riku looked over at the girl standing next to Roxas. His eyes grew twice as large (no one noticed them all googly thanks to his bangs). She was beautiful...