The battle raged on as Lillet parried the dark warriors attack. Lillet pushed her opponent back and stared in awe at the warrior before her. Looking up at the figure, Lillet wondered how she was able to defend herself, the last time she came across this warrior she was easily defeated. The sudden rush of wind brushing against Lillet's face ripped her from her thoughts. Reacting instinctively, Lillet raised her keyblade just in time to parry an oncoming attack to her face. Lillet strained as she fought to hold her ground. The warrior pushed Lillet back and cackled madly as the light behind her faded.
Lillet looked up and examined the warrior's now visible face. She looked almost like..
Lillet shot up out of her bed, bullets of sweat rolling down her face. Catching her breath, Lillet sat down and stared at her alarm clock, which read 7:58. Any minute now Axel will come running into her room screaming for her to wake up. Lillet folded her hands and rested them on her knees as she stared at the door. As expected, the sound of Axel's loud and clumsy footsteps could be heard as he ran up the stairs. Lillet listened as Axel tripped and slid down the stairs a short ways, as expected of course.
Axel burst through the door and ran over to the bed, stopping as he saw Lillet sitting patiently on the edge of the bed. "Hey! You're supposed to be asleep. It ruins all the fun if you're awake when I come in here." Axel said as he crossed his arms. Lillet smiled and jumped off the bed and hugged her brother.
"So where are we going today?" Lillet said as she followed Axel down the stairs. Axel pointed out the window towards the large castle in the distance. "There!" He exclaimed. "I heard there's ruins of an old dungeon under the castle! I also heard they're haunted!" Lillet rolled her eyes and sat at the dinner table, then stared out the window at the town. From this window Lillet could see right down the hill to the Town Square. The shops were opening and people were rushing from place to place trying to fulfill their daily tasks.
Before long, Lillet fixed her eyes on a tall girl in the middle of the crowd. She was wearing a sleeveless jacket and black pants, and had unusually large ears, which resemble a cat's ears. Lillet also noted the girl's black tail, which twitched with excitement as the girl looked around the Town Square. Lillet couldn't help but think the girl looked familiar. The girl turned towards Lillet's house and fixed her eyes on the window. Startled, Lillet quickly looked away, worried the girl caught her staring. Lillet slowly looked back towards the window, only to find the girl missing.
Axel waved his hand in front of Lillet's face and giggled. Lillet poked Axel in the arm and grinned then patted Axel on the back. "So we're going to the 'Haunted Ruins of the Castle Dungeon' right, Axe?" Lillet said as she began eating her bowl of cereal. Axel nodded his head and grinned, "Yep! It's gonna scare you to DEATH!" Axel replied as he reached out towards Lillet and softly swatted at her like a bear.
After a decent sized breakfast, Lillet and Axel made their way towards the Castle. Lillet had her light brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and wore her favorite black pants with a red sweater that read "-1 Braincells". It was a present given to her by Axel for her 8th birthday. Axel wore his normal outfit, a pair of dark blue shorts with a black T-shirt. He almost never wore any pants, even in the winter. Lillet wondered how he could stand the cold.
Finally they arrived at the entrance to the dungeon. A huge cliff extended for miles in both directs, and on top of that stood the Castle, where Ansem the Wise lived. A large cave opening was carved into the rock structure for the entrance to the dungeon. An old rusted door hung loosely on one hinge, and the inside of the dungeon was dark and musty.
"I dare you to go first!" Axel said as he shoved Lillet in the back, pushing her towards the entrance. Lillet gulped then looked back at Axel, who was grinning gleefully, then looked back towards the entrance. Erie dripping sounds could be heard from inside, which Lillet quickly convinced herself was water dripping from the ceiling. Finally gathering her courage, Lillet started towards the dungeon.
Once inside Lillet ran around behind a large stalagmite and waited patiently. Sure enough, Axel came walking into the dungeon. Lillet quickly pulled the hood of her sweater over her head and face and waited. As Axel passed by the stalagmite, Lillet lunged at him and grabbed him by the arm, moaning mournfully. Axel screamed and pulled away from what looked like a faceless monster and ran for the exit. Lillet pulled the hood off her face and laughed hysterically as Axel ran back towards the town.
Catching her breath, Lillet stood up and turned around, only to run into a tall dark figure standing before her. The figure leaned down and smiled, it was the girl from the Town Square. Lillet backed away and looked up at the girl and grinned.
"You were always scaring your brother like that..Even as we got older." The girl said as she stepped out of the shadows. Lillet cocked her head and frowned with confusion. "What are you talking about?" Lillet looked harder at the girls face. She knew her from somewhere..but where has she seen her, other the the Town Square..
"Katze.." The word slipped out of Lillet's mouth. Lillet quickly covered her mouth and looked away. "Yes! That's right!" Katze replied, sounding happy with Lillet's reaction.
Lillet eyed Katze carefully then scratched her head. "But aren't you supposed to be smaller...and younger..?" Katze giggled and knelt down beside Lillet. "You remember Riku? You spoke to him yesterday.." Lillet jumped at Katze's question, but quickly replied, "At the park! He said I was-"
"He said you were dreaming, right?" Katze interrupted. A shocked expression spread across Lillet's face as she nodded slightly. "Yes..He said I was dreaming..How did you know that?" Katze patted Lillet on the shoulder and showed her the Silver Sphere. Lillet's eyes grew wider as she held up the sphere Riku gave her. The Sphere in Katze's hand glowed brightly, but the sphere in Lillet's hand seemed to be fading from existence as it came closer to Katze's.
"Why is it doing that..?" Lillet asked with a blank look on her face. Katze pulled her sphere away and poked Lillet in the nose. "Because Riku was right. You ARE dreaming. The sphere I have is the real sphere, from the real world. The one you have is from this dream world here."
Katze took Lillet's sphere and threw it deeper into the cave, then handed her the real sphere. As Lillet took the sphere is began to glow even brighter. Once again, images of familiar places flooded her mind. A picture of a beautiful island formed in Lillet's mind as the other images faded away. A girl was standing before Lillet facing the sun setting on the sea. The girl had light brown hair pulled back into a loose bun, and wore a blue long sleeved shirt with a red spaghetti strap shirt over that. She had a pair of grey pants with a blue stripe going down both sides.
Finally the girl turned around to face Lillet. The girl looked exactly like Lillet, it was almost like she was looking in a mirror. The girl reached out to Lillet and touched the sphere. At the same time thousands of images flowed into Lillet's mind. Then she realized what the images really were.
Memories.
Lillet opened her eyes and looked at the sphere, then looked up at Katze. "Katze! What's going on? Where are we, where's Xehanort?!" She cried as she shoved the sphere into her pocket. Kazte covered Lillet's mouth and put her finger to her lips. "Shh! You want to attract attention to yourself! Xehanort is gone, you're asleep upstairs in the White Room of the Mansion in Twilight Town. We need you to wake up!" Lillet tilted her head with confusion. "We? Who's we?"
"Riku and I. We've been working around the clock to wake you up, and finally I think it's working!" Katze said as she smiled happily. Lillet folded her arms and stared intently at Katze. "If I'm asleep, then how am I talking to you here?" Katze pointed to the sphere and replied, "With that sphere we were able to enter your dreams. Riku said that Tellix gave it to us to help you."
"Tellix! Tellix wants to help me? That's new. Anyways, how do I wake up from this...dream or whatever it is.." Lillet asked as she rolled the sphere in the palm of her hand. "That I don't know...You have to figure that out, but it shouldn't be that hard. Whenever I realize my dreams aren't real WHILE I'm still dreaming, it usually wakes me up.."
Lillet nodded and turned towards the exit of the cave. "Yeah that's the same with me.." After a short pause Lillet turned towards Katze, only to find her frozen in place. Lillet went to poke her in the arm, but her finger went straight through Katze's arm. Startled, Lillet backed up and reached out for Katze, still making no contact. Out of nowhere a vertigo overcame her, reeling her to her knees. Lillet's eyes began to feel heavy, but nonetheless she fought to keep them open, but finally allowed them to close.