Vixen: Okay, this is a bit of a new branch of fan fiction for me.

Naminé: What do you mean by that?

Vixen: My other stories have some connection to the script from the games. This one doesn't.

Roxas: Well, at least you can say that the plot belongs to you instead of Square and Disney.

Vixen: Yeah, I guess you're right. And speaking of all that legal stuff, I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters; be they Disney, Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts original. I do get the right to the plot line of Broken Memories, as well as My original characters.

Roxas Returns

The leaves of the palms swayed gently in the evening air; as the last rays of the sun stained the sky a brilliant pattern of orange and scarlet, before becoming the blues and purples of twilight. The sea ran up to the sand, determined to wash over the beach; but the wave lost her strength as she moved to far up the white sands, until she had to return to her mother the sea; taking only a few grains of sand with her. Then next her sister wave would try to reach the boy standing near the water's edge; only to meet the same fate, to return to her mother before she could reach the pale young man.

At first glance, you would believe him to be any kid in their late teens. Pale complextion; bright blue eyes and spiked, messy blond hair that was longer than it used to be. He wore clothes that were almost nothing but shades of black and white. (Can you guess who it is yet?)

He watched the waves with eyes that were full of sadness and confusion, or as close as he could come to those emotions; eyes that, in a way, had not been his for four years. No one knew that this boy, Roxas, was a Nobody; a person that had no heart. He was never supposed to exist.

What happened? Roxas thought, watching the waves. How did we separate? But even though he tried, no answers came to him. He hated not knowing; hated that he couldn't feel anything; hated not even being able to hate. A Nobody can't feel any sort of emotion; all they can do is put on a show of feelings that aren't true. No matter how he tried, he couldn't feel true anger or sadness, true joy or depression without Sora.

"Roxas?" A voice called, snapping him out of his thoughts. Whipping around, he faced a girl his own age, wearing a short white dress. Her hair shone pale gold in the moonlight; her pale sapphire eyes widened in amazement and worry that were as false as his own emotions. But even in this state of half existence, he still couldn't help but admire her innocent beauty. But right now he had a more disturbing matter on his mind; something he wanted to know. Something even her beauty couldn't soothe.

"Naminé, what's happening? Why are we... why are we Nobodies again?" He asked, looking her straight in the eye. Larxene had called her a witch; and in a way she was. She could manipulate people's memories; alter an existing memory slightly, or place a completely new one in the place a one held dear. But she had only done it because she was forced to; but not anymore. But Roxas still felt that if anyone knew the answer to this disturbing puzzle, it was her.

"The worlds are at risk again," Naminé said, looking out to the ocean. "Sora and Riku are needed to fight this new terror. It will be a very difficult battle. They might not survive," she said, a look of fear in her eyes.

Roxas knew she was beating around the bush. Knew from the tone in her voice that there was something else going on. And besides that, she hadn't answered his question. "But what does that have to do with us being separated from Sora and Kairi?" He asked her again, arching his brow at her.

Naminé sighed audibly. "As you already know, Sora and Riku are the Masters of Light and Darkness, respectively. And King Mickey is the Master of the Present. But we need a fourth master; the Master of Twilight. We need all four Masters of the Keyblade to have any hope of getting past this obstacle alive. But this will be tricky to do, because the power of the Twilight master has been cut into two. Now, to get the true power of the Twilight back, the Dawn and Twilight need to be merged together."

"So what does this have to do with me?" Roxas asked. But he received his answer from her eyes long before she said anything.

"Who else to find a Nobody... but a Nobody?" She asked him. Then, before he could interrupt her, Naminé continued. "Look, I know you don't like this, but you're the only one who can get close to her Roxas. She's had some really bad years, and she's lost her ability to trust people. Only you can get her to trust again."

Roxas sensed that she still wasn't telling the complete truth, but at least this was a start. "Okay, fine. Where do I start?"

"Okay, first you need to talk to the girl. Then you can talk to her Nobody. Her name is Ivy Silver. This is just about all the recon I have on her; but you should be able to find her easier with this," Naminé said, tossing a small object to Roxas. He caught the item with ease; opening his hand slowly, he looked at a tiny pair of wings made out of diamonds.

Resining himself to being a Nobody again, Roxas looked up at Naminé's pretty face for what he felt would be the last time for a long while. "Well, see you later then," he said, putting the wings in his pocket. He then summoned a Dark portal and stepped through into the unknown.

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Vixen: Sorry if the first chapter is a bit lame. I promise it will get better.

Sora: Ivy Silver, huh? Sounds familiar.

Vixen: Yeah, well she is. But you find out later. Oh, and by the way; the name Ivy Silver is going to be my pen name for when I finally release a story called "Full Moon." So no touching it, or else you'll have your fingers fried!

Riku: But either way, fried fingers or not, Ivy is coming over to play in the next chapter.

Vixen: And before I forget, there is going to be some OCxRiku going on. Bye-bye!