A/N: Crap! Ok, last chapter was actually the original that I had wrote, but after I had written it and re-read it, which was a long time ago, I realized I really didn't like it. I didn't like the idea of giving her a Keyblade to begin with, so I when I re-did that chapter, I gave her a really awesome sword instead (If you're a FF7 fan, and have played crisis core, than you know what Genesis's sword looks like) only, the sword is blue, and does have the same keychain on it, except, let's get this straight: It was not meant to be a Keyblade! Why did I decide to not give her a Keyblade you ask? Well, after I re-read it, I decided that it was probably going to be way too mary-sue, and that's something I am planning to avoid! As much as I really want to replace the last chapter with the new one, I do not really feel like it, because basically it's just the same thing, except, instead of getting a Keyblade, she gets rapier sword instead, but she still hears the voice utter Keyblade will save us all. Ok, so I hope you understand what I just said, and if you don't, then message me and I'll try to explain it in a less complicated way! Now, go on and read!

Disclaimer: I own nothing, except for Hope!

"You are a warrior of great strength and light."

Another dream? Again? What does this all mean anyway? Why am I here?

"Darkness, is threatening to everything. In order to stop it, one must be able to have great light inside them."

What?

"Show that your light can conquer the darkness that surrounds you."

Wait, what is this? What do you mean?

I looked and saw a giant monster, with beady yellow eyes staring down at me as I summoned my sword.

"Don't be afraid, because you are one with the light."

I lunged at the dark creature, and slashed at it's arm, landing on the other side of it, and blocking the oncoming attacks it sent me. Eventually, I got the upper hand, and slashed down upon its head. I stood, panting as I watched it dissipate.

"Because, no matter what, light will always conquer over darkness."

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I sat up, breathing deeply. That dream felt more real than any other I've had. Only…why am I the one having these dreams? ….Perhaps I should stop eating so much sea-salt ice-cream…

"Hope!" I looked over at my door to find Ienzo standing in the open doorway.

"Good morning, Ienzo." I smiled as he ran over and flopped onto the bed and into my lap. I patted his head as he looked up at me with a happy grin.

"Can we go out to the garden?"

"Sure, just let me get dressed and we'll go!" He grinned, walking out of my room and shutting the door behind him.

At 6:00, by the castles gates-

"Hey, Lea!" Lea turned around to find his friend running toward him, a wide and cheerful grin on her face.

When she got closer, he noticed that she was wearing an aqua-blue sundress, and ballet flats, her hair held up by a blue headband. In other terms, she looked stunning to Lea. The color of the dress brought out her lilac colored eyes, and the way her hair blew around in the breeze brought out her gorgeous-

"Hey, earth to Lea! Hello, you in there?" His thoughts were cut short by Hope waving a hand in his face.

"Oh, sorry! So, you ready to go?" Lea said, giving her his famous grin, holding his arm out for her.

"Yeah!" She linked her arm with his and let him lead her down to the town.

"So, what should we do first? I mean, there really isn't a lot to do except dancing and then the fireworks at the end."

"Well…." Hope tapped her chin thoughtfully. "We could dance…and then we could dance some more…maybe walk around and look around…um…maybe get something to eat!"

"Like sea-salt ice-cream!"

"Lea, I don't know how much more of that ice-cream I can take! Oh, and we should get something for Isa since he couldn't come." Hope stated as they walked through the crowd, which attention drew to Hope when she walked in.

"Look, it's Miss Hope!"

"Mistress Hope? WHERE?"

"Young mistress Hope, welcome to the festival!"

"Mommy, mommy, can I get her autograph?"

"Oh, lord…" Hope mumbled as she and Lea walked through the crowd, hiding a bit behind Lea's shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Lea asked as he walked them over to the line for sea-salt ice-cream.

"I didn't want anyone to treat me like royalty tonight." Hope mumbled into his shoulder as he reached the front of the line and got them both ice-cream.

"Well, you are the granddaughter of the ruler of Radiant Garden. What did you expect?" Lea asked, taking bite of his ice-cream.

"I'm not really his granddaughter by blood, Lea. We aren't even related. But, just once…just once, I'd like to go around and be treated like a normal person instead of being addressed as 'Mistress Hope!'." She flailed her arms around to emphasize her point, and in doing so, her ice-cream flew out of her hand, and onto the ground. Hope and Lea stared at the fallen ice-cream for what seemed like an eternity, before Hope let out a loud sigh.

"Hey…." Lea said, noticing the annoyed and upset look on her face. "Look, I can go and get you another one."

Hope shook her head. "No, you'd just be wasting your munny. I don't feel like sea-salt ice-cream anymore."

Lea dramatically gasped. "Hope, not like sea-salt ice-cream anymore? Who are you and what have you done with Hope?"

"Don't worry, I'm sane, just not in the mood for sea-salt ice-cream."

Lea looked at her before holding out his ice-cream to her. She looked up at him with a 'what are you doing?' look, and he grinned sheepishly. "I'll share it with you! Go on, you know you want some!"

Hope sighed. "Seriously, Lea, I'd rather have some cotton candy instead."

"C'mon, just one little bite!…Y'know you want to!" Lea encouraged. "And don't try and give me the excuse that it has my germs on it, because it hasn't stopped you before!"

Hope rolled her eyes. "Ok, fine, I'll eat some if it'll make you happy!" She took the ice-cream from his hands and took a bite from it, before handing it back to him. "There! Happy now?"

He grinned. "Very! Now, explain why you hate it when everyone addresses you like royalty." He took a lick of the ice-cream before passing it to Hope and letting her eat some more.

"I mean, its just…Everyone treats me like a princess. When I come and read to the kids, they all address me as Miss Hope, or Princess Hope, because their parents told them to. All the servants in castle treat me like I'm a china doll that will break, when I'm not. The other day when I was in castle library, I dropped a book, and I'm serious, like five of servants came running and checking broken bones. It was book I dropped on the floor, not me be crushed by a shelf of books!" Hope exclaimed, taking another lick of ice-cream before handing it back to Lea.

"But…a lot of girls always want be treated like a princess. I know you used to." Lea laughed at the thought, eating more of the ice-cream.

Hope laughed quietly. "Yeah, when I was a little girl, Lea! Whenever my mom would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would always say that I wanted to be a princess, and she'd tell me that I was a princess in her eyes. My dad…he used to call me his little princess." Hope looked down at the ground, smiling sadly at the memory. Lea looked at her, interested in her memory of her father. Hope's father died when she was around four years old, and she had very few memories of him, and rarely did she ever even talk about it him.

In sensing her sadness, Lea brought her back to the current topic. "You got your wish."

Hope laughed. "Yeah, my wish that I had when I was five. My dream job changed when I turned ten." Hope said, taking another bite from the ice-cream as Lea held it out. "You know I want be a musician."

"Yeah, you're always singing or playing some type of instrument."

Hope was actually an amazing musician already, though she wasn't exactly famous for that. She could play the piano, the flute, the violin, and the guitar like a professional, though she would never admit that she was that good. Her voice was something that Lea favored the most because when she sang, it was like everything became calm all the sudden. In Lea's perspective, you could always tell when Hope was singing because it sounded like bells were playing in harmony.

"But like I was saying…I wish that I could go out and about without someone treating me like royalty. Sure, at first, people think that it sounds fun and cool, but once you actually experience it, you realize it's not all that great as you thought. It just gets on your nerves."

"But you love living in the castle, don't you?" Lea asked as he held out the ice-cream for her again, watching her take another bite.

"Of course I do, but if I could just be treated the way I asked, then maybe I'd like it better." Hope sighed, taking one last bite from the ice-cream. "But enough moping for now! Let's just have fun!"

And just like that, sad and gloomy Hope became bright and happy Hope.

"That's the Hope I know!" Lea exclaimed, chocking the popsicle stick into a nearby trash can. Hope smiled up at him before dragging him along with her.

"What should we do now that we have had ice-cream?" Hope asked, looking around at everything. Lea thought for awhile, until he heard music, and saw Hope grin excitedly. It was too late when he tried to stop her. "Let's dance!"

"AWWW, Hope, do I have to?" Lea whined, lazily letting himself be dragged to the town square a few people were already slow dancing.

"Lea, I ate ice-cream like you asked me to, so now you have to do something I ask you, which is dancing with me!" Hope explained, dragging him into the middle of the town square.

"But I cant dance!"

"So? Its easy as pie!" When she saw the worried expression on his face, she rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, it's easy! Not like we're waltzing." She grabbed his hands and put one on her hip, and held the other one in her hand while she placed her other hand on his shoulder. "Now, follow my lead: 1,2,3 and 1,2,3." She began to slowly lead him. It was working for about five minutes, until he stepped on one of her feet and sort of ran into her. (Lol, reminds me of the dancing scene in ff8!)

"See, I cant do this!" He began to walk off, but Hope pulled him back.

"Silly, don't give up so fast! You're getting the hang of it, so now you try leading." He looked at her with a nervous expression, causing her to sigh. "It's ok if you mess up, because everyone does sometimes. But if you do, that doesn't mean you should give up. Please, just try again…for me." She put on her best begging face, and he couldn't resist, so he tried.

"See, you're doing great!" Hope complimented as he spun her around, causing her to laugh. "No, not great…More like fantastic!"

The lively song changed to one that was a bit slower. "You're right, that wasn't so hard." Lea stated, grinning at Hope sheepishly. She smiled and wrapped both of her arms around his shoulders, while he had both hands above her hips.

"One more dance, please?"

He laughed quietly. "Sure. At least we don't have to move around so much with this one."

She smiled as they began to sway slowly. "It's a shame that Isa couldn't come with us. I think I'll make him some of his favorite cookies that he loves oh so much." She pondered aloud.

Lea smiled down at her, resting his chin on the top of her head as she rested her head against his chest. At that moment, everything else felt right to him. Just being with Hope made it feel like they were the only two people that existed at the moment….until-

"What is that thing?"

"Run!"

Both teens looked over when they heard the screaming, and saw everyone begin to run.

"What the-!" Lea began, only to be stopped when Hope pointed at something.

"Lea, look!" Hope exclaimed, pointing over to a small little creature (A/N: Not heartless, it's an unversed) followed by more and more creatures.

"What are those things?" Lea exclaimed.

"I don't know, but I think that we should probably run!" Grabbing Lea's hand, she ran off and toward the castle.

A/N: Ok, so sorry if it was boring, and sorry if you were all disappointed when read the authors note in the beginning and found out Hope will no longer be using a Keyblade, due to my fear of her becoming a mary-sue. So, please don't hate me for a mistake I made! Yep, Anyhoo, please review! LATER TATERS!