Author's Note:
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Chapter Four: Even More Questions
After my mission was over and I was back at the castle, I didn't really know what to do. I didn't really have any friends yet (well, maybe Demyx was kind of my friend?), which was odd for me. I'm the type of person who makes friends really easily.
But things were different here. For one, everyone else was way taller than me and kind of intimidating. As much as I wanted to hang out with the sea-salt trio, as I called them, I was nervous. What if they didn't like me? Or I messed up and mentioned something that I shouldn't know? It would be so nice to know where I was in the events of the game! The only way to find that out was to ask Roxas how many days he had been in the Organization, and that would mean actually talking to him.
Here I was, in the same building as Roxas, and I was too nervous to talk to him. Wasn't nervous a feeling? Shouldn't I be fearless without my heart? That would have been nice.
I ended up just going back to my room and writing in the diary I vaguely remembered Saïx giving me when I first arrived. It wasn't black or white, like I had imagined Roxas's diary to be, but a light purple. I liked the color, even though I wasn't a huge purple fan. I was more of a pink person. Or red, because it was pretty close to pink.
I opened up the diary to the first page and wrote my name (Alexa), adding "Got it memorized?" after it out of habit. Oops. Well, these journals were supposed to be private, right?
I flipped to the next page and wrote about my time in the Organization so far, careful not to mention anything that I wouldn't want Xenmas to read, just to be safe. Once the entry was finished I hid my diary under my pillow, the pen stuck inside as a bookmark.
I had no idea how late it was. Time was weird here. I really wished I could find a clock, but I hadn't seen one since I arrived at the castle. Eventually I realized how tired I was and fell asleep.
Three days, was the first thought I had when I woke up. It had to be a new day. I don't know how I knew, but I did. This was my third day in the Organization.
My room in the castle had a little bathroom connected to it, and as I passed by the mirror I paused. The past couple of days I hadn't really noticed my reflection, but now I was suddenly aware. Was that really me in the mirror? I turned my head, and the refection did too. It was me. I looked so different it startled me.
For one, my normally light-red hair was now much brighter, almost the same shade as Axel's. It was still the same length, falling down in waves. What really startled me, though, were my eyes. Before I found myself in the world of Kingdom Hearts, they had been a blue-green color.
Now they were golden. A bright, intense yellow shade.
I slowly backed away from the mirror, bumping into the wall behind me and scaring myself so much I ran out of the room. How could I look so different?! Not that I looked bad, really, it's just- well, imagine if you looked into the mirror, expecting to see the same face you always did, only to find a stranger staring back at you. Well, OK, maybe my appearance hadn't changed that much. My skin was still light and freckled, and I was still as short as ever (how come my height hadn't changed?! That would have been awesome). Well, at least I hadn't shrunk. But still, it was really, really weird.
While I was running I had literally no idea where I was going. I passed through several hallways and I think a staircase at one point. I just wanted to get away from those eyes that had stared back at me.
Only I couldn't. Because those were my eyes.
I'm scared of my own reflection. Really?! I scolded myself as I started to slow down. I turned a corner and-
Crashed right into someone.
We both fell over onto the hard white floor. I just lay there for a second, too embarrassed to get up and face whoever I had just knocked over. Too embarased to admit I was running because I was scared how much I had changed.
Whoever I had run into stood up. "Are you okay?" they asked me. It was hard to tell who they were from their voice, but I was too afraid to look. What if it was Saïx? Or, even worse, Axel? Actually, running into pretty much any Organization member was bad.
I sat up, still avoiding looking at them. "Y-Yes. Sorry I ran into you, I was just..." I trailed off, not knowing what to say.
"Late to get your mission for the day? Yeah, me too. I wasn't really looking where I was going. We'd better hurry or Saïx won't be too happy with us."
Now I dared to look up, surprised they weren't mad at me for crashing into them.
Huge blue eyes. Spikey blond hair. Did I seriously just run into Roxas?!
I stood up. "Right... Roxas, right?" Aarrgghh! I just said 'right' twice!
He nodded. "And you're... Um..."
"Alexa," I told him. Weird how that was what I instantly thought of when people asked me my name now, instead of 'Alea' like I had been saying all my life.
"Right. Alexa. Well we'd better get going if we don't want to be even more late," Roxas told me with a smile.
I couldn't believe this was really happening. Was I actually talking to Roxas?! If this had happened back before I became a Nobody I probably would have stuttered so hard I couldn't even talk. I was actually starting to get used to this whole no heart thing, oddly enough. It wasn't so bad.
I nodded. "Let's go!"
We both ran through the maze of hallways, me behind Roxas so I could follow him since I had no idea where we were going. We burst into the Grey Area met by Saïx's cold glare. "Looks like our newest member finally decided to show up," he announced. I quickly glanced around the room to find it mostly empty, except for Axel standing by the window near Saïx.
"Sorry," I apologized. Saïx didn't seem to hear me.
"Today you'll be going on a mission with Axel to work on your battle skills," he told me. I nervously glanced over at the tall redhead as he walked toward me.
"You ready to go?" He seemed slightly annoyed about training me.
"Um, don't I need a weapon or something?" I asked timidly. I found it was a lot easier to speak up now that I was a Nobody, but it didn't make me fearless.
Axel shot a glance at Saïx before looking back at me. "Don't you-"
"Let her find out in her own time, Axel," Saïx interrupted. "For now, just let her borrow something from the weapons room."
What was that about? What did Saïx mean? And didn't Demyx say something similar the day before? Why did I keep having more questions and so few answers?!
My next mission as an Organization member was about to begin. Maybe today I would discover what Demyx and Saïx meant.
Author's Note:
Yes, I know, that was an awkward place to leave it off. I wanted to end the chapter before the mission though. Sorry. D:
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