"What...?"

Shift rose in a pitch black cloak with a hood on. He looked around, the brightness from the hallways almost blinded him totally, but after moments of looking at

the brightness the hallways

became clear. Shift stood straight up and peered around at the white and light purple hallways.

"Follow my voice."

"What? Who's there? Hello?"

Shift looked around confused and lost. Without control or power, he fell to his knees in pain, more voices ran through his head, a dark and chilling voice.

"Release me! Release me!"

The voice grew louder and louder through out Shift's mind. Shift clutched his head in pain swinging it around violently. After minutes of the painful torture, the

voices stopped and a the soft voice

from before.

"Please stand, fight it, or it will consume you.."

"Please I want to go home to... To... Who... who am I! Where am I!"

Shift just noticed the coat on him and thrashed it off of him and threw it away. Shift stood with his droop over his face, sweat falling from it, and heavy panting.

Shift stared down at his legs,

they were in black pants and black boots. He then held out his hands so he could see them, they too where in black. Shift straightened up and almost fell

downing doing so. Shift started walking

down what seemed like an endless hallway. After almost endless walking he came to a stairwell that went up into pitch darkness. Shift began climbing it in haste.

He found himself in an another

white room. It seemed like a room for a little child. On the walls were drawings of people that he never saw before. He put his hands on them and looked at

them they all were made with crayons.

"They are of my friends, do you like them?"

The soft voice broke through the questioning running through Shift's mind. He twisted behind him quickly and weakly. There stood a small girl with shoulder

length blond hair dressed in a white

dress. She smiled at him as he lifted his eyebrow in confusion panting rapidly.

"Who... Who are these people?"

"They are friends on mine, here let me show you... This one is of Sora, a friend of my friend's and Roxas, his friend... And this is.."

"Friends? What are friends?"

Shift knew the term but he didn't then and there. The girl turned in question, a scared little frown grew across her face.

"You mean you don't have any friends? You poor little guy..."

Shift without even knowing what he had done blurted out a harsh comment then he didn't like.

"Why would I want friends!"

Shift covered his mouth and leaned against the wall. He slowly began to fall to the floor.

"I'm... sorry, I don't even know why I said that..."

"He's strong within you. You couldn't help it. I'll be your first friend."

She smiled a bright smiled and tilted her head for an answer.

"Sure... I'd love for you to be my first friend..."

The girl grabbed Shift larger hand and pulled him up. He then just noticed that he was almost a foot taller then her. She smiled again and pulled his hand toward

a small table which had some

more drawings on it.

"Here I like to draw my friends, so I'll draw one with you and me."

She smiled once again and started drawing away. Shift had so many questions, so he asked the one that had annoyed him since he woke up.

"Who am I?"

She stopped drawing, turned to him, and looked almost confused.

"You don't know...?"

Shift slowly turned his head left and right.

"Your name is.. Shift"

Shift

Shift

Shift

Shift

"Shift!"

He heard the dark voice again and turned to the little girl. Her eyes widened and everything flashed into darkness.

"To darkness, never will you have such luxuries to be human..."

Shift peered through the darkness and saw himself, but he saw himself, smiling.