Here's chapter 4! Enjoy. I haven't gotten any reviews yet...it'd be nice to know whether or not you like the story so far.

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Livia's head pulsated, a wave of pain flowing through her entire body. She forced her eyes to open, and they adjusted to the dim street lights that surrounded her. She heard someone running towards her and turned to see a girl with short black hair quickly approaching.

"Are you okay?" she asked in a loud, almost hyperactive voice.

Livia winced. "Y-Yeah...I think so..."

"Well, come on!" the girl said, tugging on her wrist for her to stand. "Get on up. I'm going to take you to someone to get you all fixed up."

"W-Where am I? Who are you? What happened to my island?" Livia was frantic. The girl embraced her in a small hug.

"You'll find everything out soon enough. Now, come on. You look like you're hurt." She put Livia's arm around her shoulder and helped her walk along the cobblestone ground to a hotel not too far away. "Name's Yuffie, by the way. The Great Ninja Yuffie."

Yuffie led Livia through the hotel doors into a room that was painted entirely green. A man leaned against the wall, his shoulder-length brown hair pushed in front of his face, hiding a long, deep scar that spanned from the top of his right eyebrow to the middle of his left cheek.

"Found another one, Squall!"

"That's Leon," he corrected. He looked into Livia's violet eyes and studied her carefully. "Who are you?"

"L-Livia," she stuttered. This man was intimidating. He frowned at her.

"You have a stutter or something?"

"No," she replied forcefully. "I'm just in a little bit of a state of shock. My home was...destroyed...I have no idea where I am, where my friends are...if they're even alive..."

Leon crossed his arms over his chest and mumbled to himself, "I wonder..."

"Wonder what?" Livia asked, her curiosity piqued.

"Hold out your hand," he commanded. She obeyed. "Imagine your world being taken away from you. Everything being destroyed...losing everything...and the determination you would feel if you had the ability to save everyone and everything, restoring it back to the way it used to be."

Livia blinked in confusion, but closed her eyes and did as Leon said. Suddenly there was a flash of light and she felt the weight of an object in her hand. When she opened her eyes, a giant key was in her palm, long and slender, shaped like a crashing wave at the very end.

"You are one of the Chosen," Leon said quietly. "But you are not the one who will save the worlds."

"What are you talking about?" Livia demanded. "What is this thing?"

"A keyblade," Leon answered. "The keyblade is a powerful weapon. It has the ability to lock and unlock hearts...a keyblade isn't chosen by the weilder. Vice versa, actually. It chooses its master. And this one chose you."

She was thoroughly confused. "How is this possible? I'm not a fighter...I could barely beat Sora or Riku in a battle, and that was for fun!"

Leon's eyes locked with hers. "Sora?"

Livia was confused. "...Yes. He's my friend."

Leon pinched the bridge of his nose with his index finger and thumb. "He's the one we're looking for. He's here, somewhere in this town."

"You're still not answering my questions," Livia persisted. "Why did this keyblade choose me? And why do I even have one if I can't restore my world to the way it was?"

Leon sighed. "It's very complex. There are many keyblades out there...but only the select few are chosen to be their weilders. Each keyblade serves a different purpose. I don't know what power yours has, but the one that we're looking for is the same shape as the one the King has. Yours is different."

Livia looked at her keyblade. It did look irregular...not like any sort of key she'd ever seen before, big or small. "How did you know that I'd be able to weild a keyblade in the first place?"

A smile tugged at his lips. "Your heart."

"My...heart?" she repeated, absolutely confused.

"When someone has a heart as strong as yours, it's unmistakenable. The keyblade choosing you was really only a matter of time. I just helped you trigger the process," Leon explained as he headed for the door. "Yuffie, keep an eye on her. I'm going to look around town one more time." Then he walked off, silently closing the door behind him.

"Where's he going?" Livia asked Yuffie.

She gave a big, wide smile. "Sora's here somewhere," she said excitely. "Squall's gone to fetch him."