"Sora? Hey, you okay?"

Sora brought a hand to his head and slowly opened his eyes, a groan escaping his lips. "W-What….what happened?"

Riku helped him sit up on his bed, "You passed out. Sora, when was the last time you ate anything?"

Sora blushed slightly, "It's…..been awhile."

Riku chuckled, "It's okay. Your brothers are having lunch now. Why don't you go join them?"

"R-Riku….there's….something I wanted to ask you. Everyone keeps talking about my brothers…but I don't r-remember….having any siblings. I thought I was an only child...?"

Riku's eyes widened, "You….don't remember them…? Your long-term memory is being affected, it seems. Sora, you have three brothers. Roxas, Ventus, and Vanitas. Roxas and Ventus are the twins you saw at the table with your mom."

Sora tried to process the information, "But….then why are they here? I thought I was the patient..."

Riku sighed, "Sora….your family has a history of mental illness. Your grandfather, your brothers, and then you."

Sora nodded slowly, "Oh…. So, it was only a matter of time before I cracked, huh?"

Riku shook his head, "Don't say that, Sora. You haven't cracked, you're just sick. That's why you're here. Okay?"

Sora looked up at Riku and smiled slightly, "Okay. Thanks, Riku…"

Riku returned the smile, "That's why I'm here. Now go get some food. And make sure you take your medicine!"

Sora nodded and got out of bed, heading for the common room. He walked into the common room and spotted his brothers sitting at a table eating their breakfast. Roxas stared at the wall as he picked at his food, seemingly in a world of his own. Ventus was talking to nobody in particular, stopping once in awhile to take a bite to eat.

Sora sighed and went over to the dispensary, "Excuse me...is this where I get my morning meds?"

The nurse behind the window smiled warmly and nodded, "Yes sir, it certainly is. Name?"

"Sora..."

The nurse nodded and searched for his prescription, "Ah, here it is!" She grabbed a bottle and walked back over to the window and handed him two pills from the bottle. "Here you go."

Sora nodded and took the pills in his hand, "Thank you..."

The nurse smiled, "Anytime."

Sora grabbed a plate of eggs and bacon before walking over to the table his brothers sat at. Roxas spotted him approaching and snapped out of his trance, "Sora!"

Ventus turned with a grin to see his older brother, "Hey, Sora. You feelin' better?"

Sora smiled weakly and sat at the table, "Hey, guys..." He glanced at the pills in his hand for a moment before nodding, throwing the pills into his mouth and chasing it down with some apple juice.

Roxas raised an eyebrow, "You're taking those pills now, Sora? You know they make you crazy..."

"Yeah." Ventus said. He laughed at nothing in particular and looked at the empty space beside him, "Shut up, Terra, they do too!"

Sora stared at his brother for a moment, wondering who exactly Ventus was talking to. "I think they're supposed to help us, guys..."

Roxas scoffed, "C'mon, Sora, you don't really believe that. You know that this is all in your head."

Sora stopped and turned to Roxas, "What...?"

"You're making it up. None of this is real." Roxas explained.

Sora shook his head, "No...that's not right...what I saw before was f-fake..."

Roxas and Ventus turned to each other and grinned knowingly, "Yeah, okay. Believe what you want, bro..."

Sora looked down at his plate, suddenly losing his appetite. They're just messing with you... That's what brothers do, right? Sora tried to convince himself.

"Well, I'm never taking those pills." Ventus said. "Terra and Aqua hide when I take them."

Sora sighed, feeling rather tired.

Suddenly, Sora was tackled, being pinned to the ground. Sora looked up at his captor, surprised to see Cloud. "S-S-Sora, did you t-take those p-pills...?" Cloud said with a wild look in his eyes, his neck twitching every now and then.

"C-Cloud? What are you doing?! Yeah...I took them..."

Cloud's eyes widened, "WHAT?! Sora, t-t-that's the w-worst thing you c-could have done! DON'T YOU G-GET IT?!"

Sora was taken-aback by Cloud's voice, "What? What's wrong?"

Many patients began to gather around them and some orderlies began to rush over, "They're t-trying to..." He leaned down to Sora's ear and whispered in a secretive manner, "...s-steal your light."

Sora's eyes widened as the orderlies pulled him off, "Steal...my light...?"

Cloud struggled like a man possessed against the grip of the orderlies as they hauled him towards his room, "SORA! Don't l-let them s-s-steal your light! DON'T LET THEM!"

Doctor Sid came into view, catching up to the orderlies. "Calm down, Mr. Strife, everything will be alright..." He pulled out a syringe as they disappeared around the corner.


A/N: I must apologize for this long delay, but I've been pretty swamped lately. Anyway, I found this chapter to be rather difficult to write for some reason... What do you guys think?