Awakening

I wasn't sure how much time had passed while I was asleep, but eventually the pod door opened. It was an odd feeling when I fell out, most people would have fallen flat on their face after being asleep for so long but I landed right on the balls of my feet in a crouching position.

I shivered as the frost on my face melted and turned to cold water. It felt strange as it ran down my face. When I stood up, I looked at the mirror in front of me and noticed that after all this time I still hadn't aged a day. My blue hair was still short and my face and body still held the appearance of a nineteen year old girl.

As I walked away I had to wonder if ten years had really gone by. I noticed that when I moved I didn't feel weak or drowsy, I actually felt a lot stronger than I did when I went to sleep. Did Ansem have something to do with this? I guess that's something to ask him when I wake up.

It was odd seeing that the basement had been untouched this whole time. I guess nobody had a reason to be down there after I went to sleep. Once I reached the stairs I quickly ran up and opened the door to the main castle. I was in Ansem's study now and it was trashed. As my eyes wandered the room I saw that everything was broken, out of place or thrown on the floor. It was heart breaking to see the place destroyed. I slowly walked over to Ansem's desk and started reading his reports he wrote after I went to sleep. A lot of it was torn out and missing though, so I was pretty confused.

There was one report there that caught my interest the most. It was dated to the year after I went to sleep. I picked it up and read it slowly just to make sure what I quickly glanced at was true.

I feel that Xehanort's darkness is becoming to great for him to handle. He's been acting rather strange lately and all he talks about is researching hearts, which he knows is a dangerous task. Everyday he becomes more and more distant from everyone and the presents of darkness is everywhere. If this keeps up things will go horribly wrong. I fear this world may not have much time left. I'm not sure what to do about everyone else if this world does get swallowed by the darkness. At least my little girl is safe.

After that, I closed the notebook and threw it aside. I could feel my eyes starting to sting and my heart beat picking up. He had given into the darkness again. It wasn't long ago that he was friendly and normal like his old self. Was it all just an act?

As I stood up I felt angry. I hated Xehanort. He's the one who ruined our lives. I'll never be able to forgive him for this...ever. After I let some of my frustration out, I walked out of the office and into a hallway that was more destroyed than the office. "What the hell happened." I whispered to myself as a walked down the hall. As I went on, the castle looked more and more destroyed.

I finally came to a stop after ten minutes of walking, only because footsteps were heading my way. Sadly enough I had nowhere to hide and they saw me. There were two males standing in front of me now and both of them were tall. One had blonde spiky hair, blue eyes and dressed all in black. The other had shoulder length spiked out brown hair, light blue eyes and he wore black jeans, a white t-shirt and a black leather jacket.

"umm....hello there." I smiled and waved politely. That probably wasn't the best idea in the world because the blonde pulled out a large sword and the brown haired one pulled out a sword with a gun on it.

"It's one of the organization members, you know what to do Cloud." the brown haired one said taking a fighting stance.

The blonde just gave off a cocky sigh. "Why are you telling me what to do Leon?" he asked right before the both charged at me.

"oh boy." I said in a panicky voice. Just then, I spotted a window off to my side. I quickly ran and jumped through, my feet latching onto a thin ledge underneath and then I pressed myself tightly against the wall.

"Damn, she got away." The man known as Leon said from above me.

"How do we even know she was with the organization?" Cloud asked.

It was silent for a few minutes. "You saw the cloak right? That's exactly what they wear." Leon said.

"I'm just saying, she didn't seem to pose a threat. Besides, didn't Sora defeat all of them a few months ago." Cloud explained as his voice grew more and more distant.

"Sora?" I whispered to myself as I looked down. Aww crap! I thought as I looked down below me and noticed that it was a long drop. This is going to hurt. I told myself as I took a deep breath and jumped down. I was surprised when I hit the ground perfectly right in the middle of the town square. As I landed the hood on my cloak fell forward onto my head.

"Maybe we should just go." I heard someone say.

I looked straight ahead to see a duck, a dog-like thing and a boy with brown spiky hair and blue eyes standing right in the middle of town. "We can't leave now Donald, the king said to wait here." The boy protested, his blue eyes growing angry. He was wearing interesting clothes. He was wearing a black short sleeve hoodie with a purplish blue shirt with red pockets underneath. He was also wearing black baggie shorts that dropped below his knees with red pockets and yellow straps that made a cross near his thighs.

"Maybe the king got the wrong date or something." The dog-like creature asked.

"Goofy, I don't think the king would get these things wrong!" the boy yelled out again.

I sighed and took a step forward. "Are you guys looking for someone?" I asked politely. All three of them looked at me, then in a flash of light they were all holding weapons.

"Just who do you think you are?" the boy asked angrily. I knew he was going to be hard to get to, but the other two I knew.

I quickly through the hood down and looked at them. "Donald, Goofy, it's me Aqua." I said kindly.

All three of them looked at me surprised. "Aqua?" they all cried out in unison.