"Here, come on, we have to get some clothes on you before I pass out." He led me to a small house.

When he opened the door, and I stepped inside, I was met by five more people. One of them stared at me with his eyes filled with rage and disappointment. But what did I do?

"What is she doing here?" the hate-filled one asked bitterly.

"Relax Roxas." Another said.

"Where are her clothes?"

"How am I supposed to know?"

"Okay, okay, everyone settle down. Now, I think we all know her. But she's lost her memory, is that right?" Cid asked. I nodded nervously. "I just found her walking with nothing on except that blanket on her shoulders. So I brought her here."

"So you took pity on the homeless bastard, is that it?"

"Roxas!"

"What Squall?"

"She's lost her memory. She isn't the same girl that you hate. She's alone, defenseless, and confused. We could at least offer her to stay with us."

"She's a witch, and she's a murderer. Why are you still accepting her as a human being? She's not! She's a wild animal and should be treated like one. She looks like a machine now! What more evidence do you need?"

"Roxas don't ever say that about someone again. What about your leg? I think you two are more alike than anything else."

"Please, stop fighting."

"I am nothing like her!"

"Guys, listen to Aerith."

"I'm going to get rid of her and do what should've been done five years ago."

Five years ago? Was I in that container that long? Now the boy was coming toward me, and the others were holding him down. They were right, I was alone, I was confused, but I wasn't defenseless. My blade appeared in my hand, and it was right at the boy's throat.

"Grace, stop!"

"Don't do it! It's the wrong choice!"

Grace…is that my name? Or is that something they made up?

I started to push into the boy's skin. But then I saw something in his eye. To this day, I didn't know what it was. It made me stop. I put the blade at my side, and I punched him in his jaw with my metal arm.

The others slowly let him go as we stared into each other's eyes. Hmmm, why couldn't I remember him? He seemed so important in my life. He seemed like he's known me for a long time.

Cid left, and came back with some clothes to put on. "Here kid. You can stay if you want, but we won't force you."

I wanted to stay. But I couldn't because of the boy. He made me feel…whole…complete, but I wasn't sure if I was ready for that, or if he would even like me, but my guess was that he wouldn't. I put the clothes on.

I had so many questions, so many unanswered questions.

"Ahem."

I turned and saw the angry boy.

He sighed a big heavy sigh. "I…I-I'm sorry…for earlier."

"…"

"You never really did talk much, you know? Not until one of the last times I saw you. You finally found me, after god knows how long of searching. You said you always lived in the future, preparing for the next challenge."

"…"

"Then we went to see our comrades, but they passed away shortly after you left. After that, the papers said that you went on a one man assault on the company building, the ones that we hated. I would've gone with you, if I agreed with your methods for winning the fight. The papers said that you lost, and were executed, but I didn't believe it."

"…"

"About a year later, they gained control of the moon, so they blocked out the sun, and made a permanent solar eclipse."

So that's why I couldn't see sunlight.

"After that, I fled here. They say this town appears only to people in need."

"…"

"So are you going to talk?"

"…How many people did I kill?"

"…It, uh, it must've been hundreds of thousands. I'm sorry. I abandoned you when you needed me."

"…"

"So are you going to stay?"

"…No, I can't, with this body."

"But-"

"Stop talking. Be a little more like me in that way, will you?"

Then I left, back to the metal city, back to that same tree where the snake was.

"Ssssoooo, have you found what you have been ssssearching for?" I shook my head. "Well, keep looking little one. You will eventually find what you are looking for."

Then I noticed some things on the wall. They were wanted posters. They depicted both me and Roxas, and each of us was worth 200,000 Gil. Now that I was on the ground, people were recognizing me, and they were calling the police, or worse.

Soon enough, sirens were heard, and I was surrounded.

"Hello there." I turned and saw a man with long silver hair, and a katana. "You are under arrest lab rat."

"I'm not one of your experiments, I'm a human being!"

"Ha! You, a human? Hahahahahaha! You foolish thing, you are not human, and you never were."