Disclaimer: …sigh…. Well, I won't have to do this much longer. I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Legend of Zelda. Here's the whole list. I own Crystal, Blackheart, Aier-Tal, Lat-Reia, Alysia, the names of Alex and Autumn, the Crystal Blades/Lance, the Darkblade, and the story (duh). Horsie890 owns Elleinad, her horse Velvet, Laska, and she wishes she could own toast (don't ask).

"Walking this road,

Without you,

To remake forgotten promises and meet you at

Roads end.

Faded memories,

Reconstructed memories,

A dream- A dream of you,

In a world without you.

The dream I see in a world without you,

Torn dream, like a memory from the far past,

I'd like to put it together,

With you…"

Crystal's POV: "Well done, Crystal. The Card Crystals have served their purpose and all life is safe, thanks to you but…" Naminé turned around so I couldn't see her face.

"What? What's wrong?" I asked. She turned around, and I saw her looking down and I saw that she was very sad. She took a deep breath as if she were going to say something that would be difficult for me, and I wasn't far off.

"Crystal. You, your friends, your family, your town, this whole Earth is a dream. Ever since Elleinad began her long dream to destroy the evil that was said to be here, the world has been around. In truth, Earth is only a few years old. All of your memories from long ago… are false. Then Ansem found his way in to release Lat-Reia, which was carrying Blackheart. Then this started to be many other people's dreams. Those you have summoned through your wish. Now, Blackheart was destroyed and the Card Crystals have served their purpose on a safe world… a false world… with false inhabitants. Crystal, this dream will end. Sora and his friends will wake up and Elleinad and Link will return to Hyrule. The problem is… that this dream will end soon. Earth will cease to exist, along with you and almost everyone you know. Sora and his friends will have their dreamed hearts back soon. Crystal, I will use a little of my magic to restore your town and its people to the way it was, so you can properly see everyone off…" she finished, and a tear rolled down her face.

Naminé took out her sketch book and disappeared. The pendant floated into the air from around my neck and glowed. Right before my eyes, I saw the city fixing itself and I saw hearts floating down. When one touched the ground, a person appeared. Soon a tree grew behind me and I saw that I had been in the remains of a park. I sat down and leaned against the tree and watched the hearts come back to Earth. Everything was a dream? All of my memories…? They can't be fake! They were so real! But, I thought looking at my hand, I'm not real. The biggest real person around here was Elleinad. I was an illusion, a dream. And yet I was a Chosen and so was Alex. This dream would end soon. I would die soon, along with most of my friends and my family. My heart was heavy and I felt scared. I was too scared to cry. I hugged my knees and rested my chin between my knesds, thinking. After a while I heard a voice.

"Crystal!" That clear, ringing voice… I knew that voice! I jumped up and there she was. There was Alex. Her clothes were clean and new. Her blonde hair was undone so it hung thinly around her face.

"Alex!" I was so happy I actually shed tears this time. I ran over and hugged her. Even though I knew Alex wasn't too fond of hugs, I didn't care.

"Wait, get off me!" she said.

"Sorry…" I said, letting her go.

She smiled, but then her face suddenly got serious. "What happened? Why is everything back to normal? Why do you look so sad?" she asked. I sighed and told her the whole story, but not Naminé's part because that was too hard to say.

"Wow, a lot happened, so even Blackheart, I mean Autumn, was being controlled by something greater. So what happened to…?" she looked down with a sad expression, but then we heard a clattering. It was getting closer, and we saw Link and Elleinad. Link was mounted on Epona and Elleinad was mounted on Velvet.

"Elleinad!" Alex and I yelled in unison. Elleinad and Link came to a stop and Elleinad dismounted. She ran over, all smiles. But I could tell that Elleinad was concerned about other things.

"Well, it's great to be back! Uh, where's Autumn?" she asked.

"We… don't know," Alex admitted. She looked around, but not many people were around and none of them were anyone familiar.

"Hey!" Alex yelled out. She pointed to a part beyond the fence. That was where Blackheart had fallen, I knew it. We rushed to the fence and saw a certain tall, brown-haired girl lying unconscious on the sidewalk. Alex climbed over the fence and Elleinad did too with the help of a Hookshot. I just stared at the tall chain-link fence in wonder. I heard a slicing sound and the fence had a hole in it. I turned around and saw that Link had the Master sword out.

"Um, thanks, Link." I ran to Autumn, who was already waking up. She had regular clothes on and was sitting up.

"What the heck…?" she grumbled. She shakily stood up.

"Hi," Alex said. Autumn stumbled backwards in surprise.

"Alex, Elleinad! You guys are alive and… Crystal. Why did you have to do that?" She asked. I looked at her in a funny way. "I mean for getting rid of the evil stuff. I felt good but… There was this time when you told me to show my true power, but then I felt like being like… swallowed or something. Then here I am and everything is back to normal. What happened?" So I explained the story of Blackheart and the fight. "Oh. Um… I'm sorry," Autumn said. It sounded kind of weird when she said that.

"Elleinad," I said in a serious way. Elleinad looked down and seemed to understand. "Do you mind if I speak to Crystal alone?" Elleinad asked. "No problem. Autumn and I have plenty of things to talk about," said Alex. Why was she so cheerful? Oh yeah. She didn't know. Elleinad and I walked to a place farther away.

"So, you know," Elleinad said. It wasn't a question.

"Yes. Naminé came to me after I defeated Blackheart and told me… but why? I've done everything right and this is what happens! The inevitable death of my friends, my family, my whole world! Why does this have to happen? Why is all I am a dream? I have to be more! WHY! Why Elleinad? It's not fair that you are real and my only friend that survives. Why? Why…? I hate you…" I shoved her and broke down crying. I heard Elleinad sigh.

"You're right. You're right, Crystal. It's not fair that only I will survive. I'm sorry that you aren't real. I know that barely anything around me is real. All an illusion, all a dream. You of all people should know why I couldn't tell you before. I have to leave soon. The portal will open, and it won't be open for long. I'll go with my dad and everything will disappear. It's easy to forget that you are only a dream. I don't want to believe it. Heck, I wouldn't believe it if I didn't really know. Everyone will wake up and continue their lives, as I will too. Not you, not Alex, and not Autumn. You all aren't real…" She turned around and her head hung low. "I really don't want to let go of this. Yes, I am homesick and I miss my mom but… I don't want to let go of all that I've done here. I don't want you to die."

This was too much. I couldn't stop crying, feeling sorry for myself. "Can't I come with you?" I asked softly.

Elleinad turned around and I saw that she had been crying too. "No. Right when you would enter Hyrule you would fade away, it wouldn't matter. The portal will only be open for a few minutes and I know you wouldn't want to leave without at least talking to everyone."

"I see. There's no way out of this. I'll just live through my last minutes and just… talk to everyone one last time," I said through my sobs.

"Elleinad! It's time!" Link called. "I know." Elleinad said. "I'll see you off," I whispered. Elleinad smiled sadly and walked to Link, me following.

Link was leading Velvet and Epona by the reins. Link held out his hand that had the Triforce of Courage on it. A bright green, swirling portal appeared in the air. Link handed Elleinad Velvet's reins and I ran to her. "Goodbye!" I yelled. I wrapped my arms around her in a tight hug. Elleinad stumbled back; she liked hugs even less than Alex. To my surprise she hugged me back. "Goodbye, Crystal," she whispered. She let go of me as Link stepped through the portal. "I'm going home," she whispered to herself as she walked into the portal.

Elleinad was gone and the Kingdom Hearts people were about to wake up. I couldn't tell anyone the truth, it was too hard. I decided to just say goodbye to everyone. I walked around and found Sora and Kairi.

They ran to me and Kairi was the first to speak, "Crystal! Everything is back to normal and I'm so glad that I could help!" I tried to look happy.

"Well, Kairi, I wouldn't have been able to do anything if you weren't around. Thank you," I said. Kairi looked at me hard with her deep blue eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked me. "What do you mean?" I asked, surprised.

"You're sad," she said.

"Well, I'm leaving soon so I came over to say goodbye. I'll miss you guys," I said. It wasn't really a lie.

"We'll miss you, too. Thanks for everything!" said Sora. I nodded and waved to them as I walked off. I walked back and saw Riku and Alex talking. Riku looked embarrassed and Alex looked a little sad. Riku walked off, leaving Alex behind.

"What's up?" I asked Alex.

"I told the real Riku how I felt. He didn't like me, but I don't think I really like him anymore. Oh well," Alex said smiling.

"Alex."

"Yeah?"

"Nothing… Just… goodbye," I said. I ran and I heard Alex yell behind me, "What? What do you mean? You're acting really strange."

"Tell Autumn I said goodbye!" I yelled behind me. I saw Alex shrug and walk off behind me. I kept running. I wanted this to end. I couldn't bear it. I started getting tired and tears started falling down my face. I sat down and listened around me. I saw Cloud walk in front of me. I was so surprised! Before I could react, he faded away like he was never there. I realized then, everyone's waking up. This dream will end.

I laid down, still crying. I listened; trying to hold onto the life I knew was in this dream, my world. I could hear the world fall apart. The sound of the birds seemed to slur, become disoriented until they stopped. The light breeze seemed to slow unnaturally. The smells around me seemed to become duller until I couldn't smell anything. I shut my eyes tightly. I felt everything die. The grass under me went coarse and disappeared. I felt the energy of everything just disappear, as if sucked out...

And then… nothing… I ceased to exist.

Fate works in mysterious ways. It's what brought us together, led you to hear this tale, brought us to the Card Crystals, let them live out their destinies and ours, destroy the ultimate evil at a safe place, change everything. Here my story ends.

The End