Chapter 10: She Looks Just Like You

Your POV

You walk down the hallway and into the dining area. Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, and Cid are sitting there, drinking coffee (all except Yuffie, who probably can't have coffee...) and eating muffins and breakfast biscuits.

"Hey, Kira," Yuffie says, smiling. "Are you feeling better?"

You sigh and shrug, sitting down next to Aerith. "I guess. I dunno."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Aerith asks. You shake your head. If anyone is going to know about it, Sora will definitely be the first. "Okay. Just try not to think about it." Hah! That's impossible. It was too familiar...why do you recognize that girl? She's not your sister, that's for sure. You're an only child, and you have been ever since you can remember...and yet...

There is something funny about your memory. You have an extremely hard time remembering anything before your eighth birthday. But still, your parents would've told you if you had had a sibling of any sort...right? Suddenly a hand touches you shoulder, tearing you out of your thoughts.

"Kira, you alright?" Sora asks.

"Um, yeah," you reply. He removes his hand and sits next to you.

"Well, when you're done staring at your food, we're going to leave to see the Moogles, then cut out of here." You nod and start eating. You had already completely forgotten about that...

In only a few minutes, you and Sora are ready to leave and are saying your goodbyes.

"Come back anytime," Yuffie says, hugging you both.

"It was nice to meet you, Kira," Aerith adds, also hugging you.

"Nice to meet you all, too," you reply, hugging them back.

"See you later!" Sora says, shaking hands with Leon and Cid. You do as well.

"Bye, Squall," you giggle. He growls. You take a large step backward in case he decides to whip out his gunblade on you. "And bye to you, too, Gramps." You wink.

"See ya later, kid," Cid says, ruffling your hair. You pout and fix your hair. Sora smiles, probably because he avoided the hair-mussing for once.

"Bye," he says, and he grabs your wrist and pulls you away before he becomes a victim.

"BYE!" they all shout, waving.

You turn around and wave until you turn a corner. Then you put your arm down and continue to run through Traverse Town and to the Moogles' workshop.

After Some Serious Running...

Sora's POV

You finally reach the Moogles' workshop and are greeted warmly.

"Hello, kupo!" says the Moogle as soon as you walk through the door. The sound of metal against metal instantly fills your head. "How can we help you, kupo?"

"Hey. Do you have any gloves for her?" you ask, jabbing your thumb at Kira. She grins and waves.

"Sure thing, kupo! Follow me!" The Moogle leads you over to a small glass display table filled with gloves. "Pick the pair you like, kupo, and then we'll fit them for you!"

"Hmm..." Kira says, tapping her chin. "...I like these." She points to a pair of small, feminine gloves. They are black with white around the wrist. There are holes left open for her fingers, and there is also diamond-shaped opening with a white "x" through it.

"Okay, let's fit them, kupo!" The gloves disappear from the case and reappear on her hands, only they changed color. They are now brown and cream, which matches what she's wearing. Maybe the w.c. has an affect on gloves... The Moogle does some gesture and then asks," How does that feel, kupo?"

"Perfect," she replies, wiggling her fingers and smiling. "Thank you very much!"

"Anytime, kupo! Now, let's see here...are you by chance Kira?"

"That's me!"

"Well, you have Mr. Leonhart to thank, kupo! He already paid for you in advance! Come again soon, kupo!"

"Wow, thanks!" you say. Yay, Leon did something useful.

"Anytime, kupo!"

You wave goodbye and Kira bows a little. Then you both leave.

'That was nice of him," Kira says, looking over her new gloves.

"Yep," you reply. You are about to say something else, but suddenly a scream fills the foggy morning air.

"HELP! SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME!!" a girl shrieks.

Your POV

You hear the scream and turn to Sora. He nods and you start to run through the streets towards the noise.

"C'mon, we've got to-" You are cut off by a person running into you. You look down to see a girl just a little younger than you, wide-eyed with fear. She's...she's Olette!! And she's...she's also the girl from your dream! Wait, Olette was in your dream?

"Hey, you okay?" Sora asks. Olette nods, staring at you. "What's wrong?" She points, and you then see a small group of Heartless, similar to the ones you saw yesterday.

"We'll take care of them," you say, pulling out your sword as Sora summons his keyblade. "Stay here, okay?"

Olette nods again and you're off. You cut right into the first Shadow, and soon you and Sora are back to back, hacking away.

Soon the Heartless are gone.

"That ended too soon," you sigh, sheathing your sword. You walk over to Olette and help her up. "What's your name?"

"I-I'm Olette," she replies. "I would've thought you'd know, Kira."

"Wha?" you gasp. "H-how do you know my name?"

"You...you don't...remember...?" Her face scrunches up like she had just sucked on a lemon. "They never told you...? They never told you about me...?"

"Told me what?"

"Yeah, no kidding!" Sora shouts. But Olette just sniffs and runs off.

"Wait! Wait!" you cry, starting to run after her. She's long gone now, though. "Tell me..."

"What's going on?" Sora asks you. You turn to him, your eyes wide.

"Sora, she's the girl from my dream!" His eyes widen in surprise. "It was her! A man in a hooded robe was going to kill her, but then he came over to me...and..." Your chin drops to your chest. "I think he killed me instead."

"Well, it was only a dream," he says, resting his hands on your shoulders.

"No! You don't understand!" You shrug his hands off. "The first seven years of my life are a complete blank. I can't remember a thing! And in my dream, I was seven and Olette was six!"

"She looks just like you, y'know?" Sora says.

"Huh?"

"She looks just like you. Except for the eye shape, your eyess, the height, her face shape, her smile...she's like a brunette version of you."

"Y-you're right...but I'm an only child! My parents would've...would've told me...?"

"Well...there's nothing we can do at this point, so let's go. You ready...?"

"Yeah. Let's just go now." You and Sora walk to the ship at a slow, casual pace. This is giving you some time to think. Could Olette really be a relative? And did you really die? But then how are you alive? Were you revived or something? But if you did die, wouldn't you have a Nobody? Or are you a Nobody? You sigh as you and Sora reach your ship. So many possibilities...

"So, you ready to go to Wonderland, Kira?" Sora asks you, trying to lighten the mood. You nod and sit in a chair. "Oh, c'mon, cheer up! I think...no, I know you'll like this place."

"I guess," you say, shrugging. The ship lifts off of the ground and into hyperspace. Automatically the theme music for the gummi ship plays in your mind...hey!! Why just imagine it when you have all three versions on your Ipod? The batteries are dead though...but you found those AA batteries earlier! Hah!

"Be right back," you say, running to your room. You dig through your suitcase to find the batteries. Remove the battery cover, replace the batteries, put the cover back and you're ready to go! You run back out and plop down in your chair, sliding it on the guided path so you're close enough to share.

"Alright! Music!" Sora says, grinning. He grabs an earbud and puts it in, as you do. You play the first version of the gummi ship theme, smiling contently.

The rest of the trip, which turns out to be much shorter, is spent listening to that song and the Alice in Wonderland songs. Yes, from the actual movie as well as the game. You were a Disney fan before Kingdom Hearts (just like you were a Final Fantasy fan as well), so you love the movies. In fact, here's a list of your top ten favorite classic Disney movies:

10. Bambi

9. Peter Pan

8. Lady and the Tramp

7. Beauty and the Beast

6. Aladdin

5. Cinderella

4. Tron-okay so it's from the eighties...who cares?!

3. The Little Mermaid

2. Sleeping Beauty

1. Alice in Wonderland

And then there's you top ten favorite modern ones...

10. Lilo and Stitch

9. Tarzan

8. Finding Nemo

7. Toy Story

6. Hercules

5. Nightmare Before Christmas

4. Lion King

3. Pocahontas

2. Mulan

1. Pirates of the Caribbean, baby!!

So yeah. You've always been into Disney, ever since you can remember, so when Kingdom Hearts came out, you flipped. It was like a dream come true for you.

*And speaking of dreams come true,* you think, glancing at Sora. *I'm so lucky. Who else gets this type of opportunity? Not a single soul besides me...* You sigh contently.

"You awake?" Sora asks, grinning at you. His sapphire blue eyes sparkle.

"Mmhmm! How much longer?" you reply, staring out into space, literally speaking.

"Probably only another few minutes...are you going to use that wardrobe changer thingy?"

"Um, yeah. Duh. Merlin told us to, remember?"

"True..."

You smirk. "Oh, come on, Sora. Deal with it!" He cringes.

???'s POV

Oh, this is dreadful! Simply and utterly dreadful!! The portal, your only way back home, is hidden! It just disappeared! Now you're going to be stuck here for eternity! You wish and hope and pray that someone will come and help you. Everyone back home will be wondering where you are and...oh!! This is truly dreadful!