Chapter Thirty-One: The Phone Calls

Welcome. Kingdom Fans…to the last chapter. Yes, I started the sequel and it will be out today. Hopefully. I'm sorry that this story isn't as long as I said it would be, but I made it as long as I could. Think of this as a secret ending to one of the games.

"And those were my adventures in Kingdom Land." I read aloud to the rest of the class. "And yes, that was how I spent my summer."

There was utter silence in the class room causing me to sigh. Then the entire class began laughing as a girl named Lucy said.

"Did you happen to be in the state hospital?" she laughed. I groaned, and flipped her off once I sat down.

I looked at the ceiling of the classroom. I had no idea what had happened. One minute, I was fighting, and kicking the crap out of Xemnas, the next minute, I woke up in my room, on my last day of summer.

I rested my head on the desk, causing me to wonder if something had happened. I decided, that nothing did happen, and I just dreamt it all up.

It would make a great fanfiction though.

First mod ended and I headed to my next class, geometry. A boy ran up to me.

"Hey, I'm new." He said, "I loved your story last mod." I sulked.

"Thanks." I muttered.

"I love Kingdom Hearts." He added. "Best game since Final Fantasy VII."

That caught my attention. "Glad to see that someone agrees with me." I said, smiling slightly. "I'm Anna."

"You mentioned the name Annax in that, right?" he said. "The Organization called you that, right?"

I nodded. "Yeah."

"Could I call you that?" he asked. I shrugged.

"If you want." I said. "What class do you have next?"

"Honors Geometry." He said. I grinned.

"At least I know someone who's gonna have the class with me." I said.

"You have it too?" he asked. "Oh yeah, sorry, my name's Alex."

I groaned. "Oh god, another Alex…" I whined. "My ex is named Alex."

He was kind of cute, I had to admit. He had reddish brown hair and blue eyes and one of those really cute boyish smiles. I wanted to glomp him, but I made it my fangirlish duty to never glomp again.

I laughed. "What, are you number VIV in the Organization?" I joked.

"I cosplay." He added, making me laugh. "So, I have the coat."

We got to the class, I hadn't been able to get to Brandye, Johnny and Justin yet to tell them about what happened. The class was set in alphabetical order, so Alex ended up on the other side of the room from me.

The first day was just handing out books and names. So, the class was pretty boring.

I had French II next mod, so I had to part ways with Alex. I sat in my old seat from the year earlier, and waited for Madame to come in.

French went past quickly, but lunch came even quicker. Again, I had it with Brandye, Johnny and Justin, who I tackled on sight.

"Anna, where have you been all summer!" Brandye asked her.

I didn't feel like telling them about the thought of possibly being in Kingdom Hearts, so I quickly said, "Europe." Knowing these guys and how they know me, maybe they would buy it.

"What countries did you go to?" Justin asked.

"Germany, France, England, the basics." Oh boy, do I like being smart. For all I know, I really was in Europe. I might have been in a coma for some reason, or maybe I suffered emotional trauma that was so bad that I forgot an entire summer's amount of events.

My last class of the day was biology, where I met up with Alex again. It was a little weird how this new kid was in all but one of my classes.

I enjoyed biology, it was a fun subject, and I just couldn't wait for next year when I could take physics.

The day went by quickly otherwise and I was eager to get home. I was in the process of writing my thoughts as a fanfiction. I think it'd be a hit.

I curled up in a seat on the bus, and glared at my ex boyfriend as he completely ignored my presence. He even told me that he wanted to be friends afterward, what an ass…

Alex sat next to me. I laughed. "Are you following me, or something?" I asked.

"No." he said with shifty eyes. "I just live in Factoryville."

The bus started and I made sure I had all my things in my bag.

"Anna, could I see that essay of yours?" he asked. I shrugged and handed it to him.

"Sure, don't drop it though." A few minutes passed and he said something.

"I noticed that you didn't include your relationship with Axel." He added. I took the essay from him and shoved it back into my bag.

"That part wasn't important." I muttered, hiding my face. Alex tapped me on the shoulder.

"I believe you." He said. "I believe you really ended up there."

I looked at him with an expression of shock. "You do?" I asked. Alex nodded.

"I'm an open-minded guy." He assured. "I believe anything can happen if you wish it."

"Yeah, just don't pull a Riku and end up losing everything." I added, knowing he would get the joke.

He smiled. "Or get sucked in through the TV, right?" I laughed and the bus stopped. "You getting off here?" he asked.

"Yeah? You?" I asked too. He nodded and stepped out into the hall of the bus, letting me out first.

I stepped out of the bus and waited for him. "Where do you live?" he asked. I pointed to a large white house about a block from the bus stop as the bus drove off.

"I live in the other direction." He pointed to a grey house the other direction from my house. The two of us began walking ahead and talking about various things about the game.

Then, when we broke apart and he headed to his house, I felt a strange surge in me that seemed to convince me, that I hadn't been in Kingdom Hearts at all.

So I went inside and called my mom to let her know that I was home and I had made a new friend. Then I took the dogs out and collapsed on to the couch.

"Anna!" And that was when the phone calls began, causing me to question everything.