So I found that a lot of people are reading my story. Thanks so much for taking the time to! Remember, everyone in here belongs to people who are not me!

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Squall and Zell took the elevator directly to the top floor, where the headmaster's office was located. There hadn't been that many changes since Squall had been here last, when he was named temporary headmaster. When they reached the door to the office, Squall took a deep breath.

He knocked once and an attendant let him in. Squall and Zell rode the extra lift in silence, until they were standing in front of the director's desk. Quistis was standing towards the giant window, so she didn't see them come in.

She was wearing her dirty blonde hair in her traditional bun and a blue garden uniform. She turned around when she heard footsteps, but was surprised to see Squall. However, her wonder did not last long, and a knowing look filled her face. The years had been good to her; she was hardly changed from the last time in that battle field where Squall had seen her.

"I was wondering when you'd come back." She smiled.

"So you knew I left?" Squall placed his hands on his hips.

"Of course. I saw the ragnarok fly away. To tell the truth, I was a little angry with you. You knew we were having so much trouble with the heartless. But as time went by and our situation was a little less dire, I had a chance to think. You were acting on your instincts to survive." Quistis explained. "I had to do some of my thinking as a heartless. Unfortunately, I didn't quite survive the battle. However, I curiously was able to come back almost a year ago."

"Well, this isn't the only world I came lost. You wouldn't believe what I've been through." Squall admitted.

"But you're here. That means something is up, right?" Zell interjected.

"Yes. We're looking for Rinoa. She told us everything that happened. As soon as Sora locked up that sorceress inside her, she disappeared." Squall continued.

" 'we?' you must mean that kid who was with you earlier. The one I am anxiously awaiting to see his reaction when he returns." Zell smiled.

"Yeah. You'd be surprised how much you two have in common. Speaking of which, we'd probably go get him. He needs to be here too." Squall turned.

After a word from Quistis, an attendant came back in with a sulking Sora and Donald. A man with long brown hair and a cowboy hat and a girl in a yellow maternity dress followed them close by. She was rather large, and slower than the rest, but she had smiles in her eyes.

"Didn't get those hot dogs, did you?" Zell laughed.

"No, they were all out. Then Donald almost went bonkers." Sora noted.

"I did not." Donald huffed.

"Alright, alright, don't get your feathers in a ruffle. Irvine, Selphie, I'm glad you're here. Now we can have a little chat." Quistis mused.

Squall looked at Selphie and could only have guessed what happened in the time he had been gone. They had always been close, and Irvine was always trying to get on her good side. Irvine and Selphie must have tied the knot and settled down. Squall smiled for their happiness.

"Well, since we're all here, we might as well get started with the introductions. Squall, would you mind?" Quistis pointed towards the keyblade master and his friends.

"Sure. This is Sora, Donald and Goofy. Sora is the one who locked Rinoa's sorceress with his keyblade. The other two are friends of a friend." Squall pointed at each. "Guys, this is Quistis Trepe, Zell Dincht, Irvine Kinneas and Selphie Tilmitt."

"Actually" Selphie giggled. "Selphie Kinneas."

"Congratulations, by the way." Squall nodded.

"Thanks. She'll be our second." She held Irvine's hand.

He smiled at them. Even while there was a serious mission going on, it was nice to be able to sit back and catch up with friends. He hadn't seen them in over ten years, and the last words they had spoken were hardly worth remembering, as most words on the battlefield are.

He took a look around. Although everyone had grown older, they were the same people. It would be just like the old days. Like before Rinoa. Just the thought of her reminded Squall why they were there. They needed to find out where to find her. He didn't know if anyone here would have the information they needed, but it was worth a shot.

"Ok, so on to serious business. What exactly happened with Rinoa when she turned into a sorceress?" Squall steered the conversation to their main objective. "It could give us a hint as to where she is now."

"Well, it was just an ordinary day here, when all of a sudden Rinoa got this trance-like look in her eyes. Then she transformed to look like someone I didn't even know. We suffered a lot that day. mom and dad lost the house." Zell explained.

"Yeah, and then she went nuts on the rest of the town. You can see the results. We're almost done with one section, but it's still pretty bad." Irvine added.

"I see." Squall nodded.

Sora, Donald and Goofy watched while the older group talked. Although it was important, they had no idea what was going on. As far as they knew, Rinoa wasn't there, but she had inadvertently caused a lot of destruction. Of course, that didn't stop them from bolting into action when there was an explosion in one of the lower areas.

When the group got to the base of the garden, a fluffy brown and white dog was barking at what seemed to be a bunch of nobodies. In the midst of them was a woman who looked exactly like Rinoa. The only difference was that she had purple eyes instead of brown ones. Sora gasped when he realized she had a black hood on.

"The organization? When did Rinoa get turned into a heartless?" Sora skidded to a stop.

"You can't be serious!" Donald whined.

"Those aren't heartless, but they can't be good." Quistis pulled out her whip and began attacking the dusks that surrounded her.

"you might call these guys the heartless' cousins. We call them nobodies." Squall replied.

Standing behind Sora, Donald and Goofy was Zell and Irvine, who now had a shotgun. Selphie was standing behind him, but there probably wasn't much she was going to be able to do. Squall had a look of terror mixed with anger on his face.

"Well well, the gang's all here. Good, I guess I won't have to scout you out now." the Rinoa nobody turned and gave a small laugh. "It'll be like taking candy from a baby. Too bad I can't take care of you, squirt, the organization still needs that key of yours."

She moved her hand and summoned a white crossbow that sat on her arm. It had feather designs on it and gold arrows. She aimed it towards Squall. The arrow let loose and flew straight for it's target. Squall couldn't move. He was still in shock.

"Watch out!" Quistis yelled, pushing Squall out of the way. While in the process, taking the arrow to the arm. They were lucky it didn't go deeper than it did.

"Quistis! No!" Zell yelled. He stayed in place.

"Are you ok?" Squall asked his former teacher.

"Yeah…" she breathed, holding her arm. "Just a flesh wound."

Selphie ran over and took Quistis behind Irvine. She then began to clean up the wound and dress it. This woman who looked like Rinoa would have to pay. Squall stood up and pulled out his gunblade. With eyes full of hate, he lunged towards the woman.

"Yes, that's right Squall. Hate me. Build up all your rage until you can't hold it anymore. I will pick off each of your friends, if necessary." The woman laughed and flicked Squall away.

"Don't listen to her, Squall! She's trying to steal your heart!" Sora yelled.

Squall swung his sword at the woman. Her eyes turned a brown color, and she got a pained look on her face. Before anyone could stop him, Squall directed his attack elsewhere. When his back was turned, she shot another arrow at his back.

Sora threw his keyblade in time to throw the arrow off course. He then leaped into action, trying to hit the woman with Oathkeeper. She was fast. With a couple of words, she froze Donald, Goofy, Zell and Irvine. Speedily, she then drew another arrow and pointed it straight for Donald.

Sora lunged for her on the front while Squall got his bearings back and attacked from the back. Rinoa's Heartless spun around, and ducked to the ground, causing both swordsmen to have to direct their attacks in a split second. Unfortunately, Sora wasn't fast enough and he hit Squall square in the chest.

"I think that's good enough for today, don't you?" Rinoa's nobody surveyed her work.

Everyone was stuck in time, doing what they had been a minute before. Quistis was still getting her arm fixed by Selphie, who had become the healer in the party. Irvine had his gun pointed for the nobody's head, and Zell was in a stance, ready to leap at the next opponent. Sora looked and saw Donald, as he was in the middle of casting a spell, and goofy, as he was reaching in his pocket for a potion. Squall lay on his back, unmoving except for small gasps of air. With Sora alone, there was no way he could win.

All of a sudden, a blue arrow came from out of nowhere and hit the nobody in the shoulder. When Sora turned around, he saw Rinoa running from the direction of the garden. The dog from earlier sat on her arm, where an arrow should be. In a swift movement, the animal was catapulted, and headed straight for the nobody. Instead of hitting the target, however, the nobody simply placed her arm in front of her and slowed the dog's progression until he stopped right in front of her.

"Of course that's not me. I look ten times better than that." Rinoa stopped by Sora. "We can take this imposter."

The nobody scoffed and opened a dark portal. The nobodies around her that had previously done nothing were moving around those who were frozen in time. No doubt they would attack while the nobody made her getaway.

"Maybe you'll get me next time. Until then." She smiled, violet eyes sparkling.

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The plot thickens! Thank you to my reviewers! Until next time!