Chapter 14

Bella's POV

It has been 123 days since I've been in the Organization, if my maths were correct. And I was 'loving' (as much as a Nobody such as myself can love) every day of it. I had finally gained a good control of my weapon and element, and I felt like I was part of the team, being trusted to go on missions by myself to the various worlds dotted around. (Pride Rock was... an interesting experience.) I even got some of the colder members –Xaldin, Saïx and Larxene- have warmed me. Ish. Even though Saïx never really got over me using his scar as target practice, no matter how many times I apologised. But back at the matter at hand.

After buying the necessary equipment for today's mission from the Organization's very own Moggle (which is very cute in its custom made organization cloak) I started walking towards Saïx, who had only stared giving out the missions. Before I could get there, though, Axel got in my way, grinning.
"Don't bother, I've got our mission details for us." I raised an eyebrow.
"We have a mission today?" Lately, I haven't had a mission partner, since I've been deemed trustworthy enough to go by myself.
"Yep, Zexion is tagging along too. We're off on some recon today" Zexion, who was sitting nonchalantly on one of the chairs, reading a book looked up at the mention of his name.
"Recon?" I asked, even more confused. As far as I know, there haven't been any new worlds appearing lately, so why would we need to go recon, if we have enough info on all the worlds? "Where is this?" At this question, Axel's smile somehow got wider.
"We're going back to Forks; you're home world."
Forks?! I thought. This would be my first time I have gone there since I became a Nobody. The thought filled me with remnants of both dread and excitement in equal parts. In one hand, there was a good chance that I will be able to get some, or maybe all of my memories back. Yes, even now, my memories have been eluding me, despite how hard I have tried to recall my past.

But what if there is a reason I lost my memories? I ask myself. I have no idea what my Somebody was like; maybe I was nothing like her. In fact, all I know is that she had contact with non-human beings and that I share the same name as her. (Technically, my name is Labelx, but I still refuse to use that stupid name.)

While I had drifted off in my own thoughts, I didn't realise that Axel was still talking to me.
"—so that's why we a vampire hunting mission."
"...What? Sorry, I didn't catch that." The redhead's eyebrow twitched with annoyance.
"I said, that there have been more reports of these vampires, and seeing how your Somebody had something to do with them, It would make sense for you to come with us. Who knows, you may regain your memories back as a bonus."
"Yes, so let us go now, and get this over with," Zexion added, slamming his book shut and walking though a freshly formed portal he must have made while I was day dreaming.
"Impatient, isn't he? Oh well, let's get this mission on the road, shall we?" And with that, Axel also strode into the dark mass. I nodded- forgetting that no one would be able to see it- and followed suit.

XxXxX

The first thing in Forks that struck me as familiar was the huge expanse of grey sky above us. The moment I saw it, I knew today was going to be different. It was like I could almost feel the buried memories just itching to escape.

Pushing the giddy feeling away, I looked around to see what clues I could see. It seemed that we had teleported to the outskirts of a forest, overlooking a road of houses. One house caught my eye in particular. There was nothing special about it at first glance, but for some reason, I couldn't take my eyes away. I must have lived there.
"Remember Bella, we aren't to be seen by the people of this world. Especially your homeworld. If you want to recover your memories in this mission, so be it. But no interacting with others," Zexion's voice quipped in. Damn. No exploring the house then; there was so many potential clues about my past in there. But what the other two don't know won't hurt them, right?
"How about we split up?" I said. "We can cover more quicker that way." Axel shrugged.
"Not a bad idea. I'll go this way." He points right, going in that direction. I then turned to Zexion.
"I'll take the woods, if that's okay." I could tell through his thoughts that the tactician was suspicions of my motives but let me go.
"Fine. It has been reported that there is a school nearby, maybe there is some information learnt that way." And then he too left, leaving by myself. Perfect.

After checking that the two have definitely gone, I made my way over to the house. I could only hear one set of thoughts in the house, and seeing how the thoughts were distracted by a sports game that was showing downstairs, I considered it safe enough to get up into the house through one of the unlocked upstairs windows. Leaping up using the support of a very convenient tree located close to said window. With hardly a sound, I slipped in, automatically freezing when I analyzed my surroundings.

I felt an odd sense of déjà vu- I knew that I knew this room. But it felt like a long time ago. The memory of the room was distant, like it was trying to resurface but it was having trouble pushing its way into my subconscious. This was a bedroom. My bedroom.

Every surface was dust free, to my surprise, even thought it was obvious that the bed hadn't been used in a long time. Someone must have been keeping it clean... For me. Strangely, that though stirred something inside of me. That feeling that I could only describe as both guild and sadness tried desperately to evoke emotions within me, with no prevail. Joined with those feelings were what I was seeking; memories. And finally, the man downstairs was giving a name in my mind.

Charlie. My father. No, my Sombody's father.

"Someone there?"

I was once again, pushed back to reality by the voice coupled with the heavy footsteps, signalling that Charlie was coming upstairs. Cursing to myself, I cast a haste spell on myself, and jumping out the window just as he came into the room. Once my feet hit the ground, I used my speed to get back into the dense wood, hoping that he didn't see me. But that hope died in his next words he spoke just before I ran out of earshot.

"Bella... Please come home."

Shit. Not only did he see me, he recognised me as well.

The words were full of so much raw emotion, it surprised me into almost tripping over a log. Never in my whole nobody life have I ever head such a tone in someone's voice. It almost gave me the urge to go back. Almost. Then Zexion's words rang in my head: No interacting with others. Focusing on those words gave me the strength to run and never turn back.

AN: All I can say is that the next few chapters are going to get a lot more serious as we near the end of this story. I was going to make this longer, but then I decided to split it into the next chapter, where things are just getting even more exciting when Bella regains some (or maybe all) of her memories!