Disclaimer- I don't own any characters from Kingdom Hearts I or II.

Notes- Okay so lets see... right! Fleur and Sora are about to become better acquainted... lets find out how this goes...

Chapter 3- Making a Pact

Roselin stormed off into the kitchen to make sure Hilda wasn't making eggs. Roselin hated eggs, almost as much as she hated Fleur. But the feeling was mutual.

Meanwhile, back in the living room, Fleur was trying to figure out where Sora would stay and what he would wear, since the rags he was already wearing were barely sticking to him. They began walking down the hall to the seamstress's quarters. Fleur was going to have him fitted for a new outfit. When she got to the door she turned and got a good look at him for the first time.

His hair was light brown, messily styled, but it looked good the way it was. Through the tears in his clothes she could see that he had either been working out or had been worked very hard. He was taller than her, and about the same age. And the she saw his eyes... they were a brilliant blue, flawlessly bright. She stared into them, and began to lose herself when...

"Fleur... is something wrong?" Sora asked, as if he didn't notice her gazing at him like she was in a trance.

"Uh... no, nothing's wrong... I just thought I recognized you from somewhere..." Fleur answered. She quickly spun around and opened the door to the seamstress's quarters. Once inside, she asked Sora to help her find the seamstress, Yajai. She was a good hard worker, Yajai, but had a bad habit of getting lost amongst her piles of fabric and baskets full of spools and needles. As they dug through the heaps of bright, soft fabrics, Fleur remembered where she had seen Sora before. My dream! He's the boy from my dream! Then maybe that means he really can help me find my past... the answers to all my questions! Sora... I knew I had to meet you! She thought to herself excitedly. Just as she stood to begin rummaging in a different pile, she heard Sora speak.

"Umm... I think I found her." He said, sounding unsure.

Fleur turned to where Sora was to see him standing over a woman not much older than the two of them, with very long, black hair tied back with many different colored threads. She was curled up in a tight ball, wrapped in some cotton fabric, fast asleep. Fleur walked over to her and began to shake her gently to wake her up.

"Yajai... Yajai, wake up... I need you to do something... Yajai..." Fleur spoke softly into Yajai's ear. Slowly but surely, Yajai began to stir.

"Miss Fleur! What a pleasant surprise! Although I don't believe you're very pleased to find me sleeping on the job... I am very sorry." Yajai rambled on.

"Yajai, it's fine, really. There was nothing else for you to be doing. But now, I have a job for you. This is Sora, our new helper around the castle. He needs to be fitted for new clothes, as you can see. I'm trusting you with this job, make him some new clothes and call me in when you're done. Sora, I'll leave you here with Yajai. Ring my room if you need anything." With that, Fleur left for her room rather hastily.

Yajai began looking Sora up and down, while he stared at the doorway Fleur left through.

She has some sort of magnetic quality to her... like I'm drawn to her uncontrollably... Well, I guess I'll be able to take this chance to get to know her. Sora thought to himself. Before he knew it, there was a large, tree-like stand with colorful fabrics draped over the branches standing in front of him. Yajai stood next to him and spoke.

"The princess told me to give you your choice of our finest fabrics. She has already chosen a style for you. Once you have picked a fabric, I will take measurements and begin making your clothes. Oh, and she said for you to choose more than one, because of course we don't expect you to wear the same thing every day... now get to picking, and I'll go get you some temporary clothing. Back in a moment..." Yajai finally stopped talking and shuffled off. Sora looked again at the tree. He felt the silks and satins and admired the glorious colors. As Yajai was returning, he quickly chose three fabrics. The first was black with stripes of red in random directions. Yajai took it and gave him the temporary outfit.

"Good, lovely choice. Go change over there behind that screen. This should be done in about an hour. If you'd like to see what Fleur is doing, maybe you could accompany her to lunch. Pull that cord over there by the door. She will be down in a moment." Yajai said as she went behind yet another mountain of cloth. Seconds later Sora heard the hum of a sewing machine at work. "Oh and one more thing! Leave the other fabrics you chose on the table over there. See you in an hour!"

Sora put the other fabrics on the table. One was red with black trim. The other was another black fabric with yellow and red designs. He moved over to the door and pulled the cord. The gold tassel danced as he released his grip. He turned around and sat on a wooden chair near the door. Just as Yajai had said, Fleur opened the door moments later. Sora stood and turned towards her. He subconsciously took her hand and kissed it. He took a small bow and stood back up again.

"Afternoon, Fleur. Yajai said that my clothes would take awhile... would you like to go to lunch?" Sora asked her with a confidence he didn't know he had."

"Actually, Sora, I just finished eating my lunch, but I was about to go for a walk in the garden. You could accompany me, if you'd like." She replied sweetly, enjoying the refreshing change of attitude.

"I would enjoy that very much. Lead the way!" Sora answered, excited to spend some time with this beautiful girl. Fleur spun around, and began to stroll gracefully down the hall to the french doors the lead out to the garden. As she swung open the glass doors, a sweet aroma filled the hall. Sora recognized roses above any other scent. As he followed her out into the garden, he saw glorious arrangements of rose bushes lining small fountains, all arranged in a circle around a large fountain in the middle. Fleur led him over to a bench by a river, and they sat and watched the cherry blossoms fall from a tree overhead. He looked over to her as a cherry blossom rested on her hair. He gently raised his hand and brushed it off. She turned, startled at his touch.

"Sorry..." Sora said quickly as he turned away and looked down at the fish in the river. "I didn't mean... I... It won't happen again."

"Um... it's ok, really... so, where did you live before here?" Fleur asked. By the sudden change of expression on Sora's face, she knew she probably shouldn't have asked that question. He looked up at her, a slight trace of sadness in his crystal clear pools of blue. "Is... is there something wrong Sora? I'm sorry... maybe I shouldn't have asked..."

"No, it's okay really... I can talk about it. It was a long way away from here, because the trip took a few days. It was a big castle, like this one... only dark, always dark. Even during the day, we had to carry candles. Sometimes they would give me the small candle, and the wax would burn my hands... but that's not what's important. I worked for a wealthy tyrant. His name was unknown to me, we all just called him Master. It was horrible there... I slept on the floor of a room with no windows. There were two others there with me... they were slaves also. They became my best friends. But they got sold separately from me... Riku... and Kairi... I don't know if I'll ever see them again, but they are what kept me going through the hard times at the Master's castle... But I'm so glad to have gotten out of there anyway. This castle is beautiful, and to be treated so kindly is something I'm not exactly accustomed to. Thank you for... well... everything you've done." Sora stopped talking, but the silence was short. Fleur spoke up.

"Sora, I'm glad I can help... I'm sure you'll meet up with Riku and Kairi again someday. Um... there's something I wanted to bring up with you. I've been thinking about it since I saw you. I recognized you from somewhere, and it wasn't until we met with Yajai in her workroom that I remembered where I had seen you before. See, I had this dream... about a boy who came to me with a key. He used the key to unlock my past, and he helped me answer all my questions about me, my parents, and how I got stuck with Roselin... You see, I never knew my parents. I can only remember as far back as my fourth birthday, when Roselin wouldn't let Hilda make me a chocolate cake... I had to have vanilla, even though I hated it. So I don't even know why I am considered a princess... and Roselin was never any help. You are the boy from my dream, Sora. Your eyes confirm that. I think you can help me, I really want to figure this all out..." Fleur explained.

"Sounds like we could really get along. I feel like I owe you for being so kind... I'll try my best to help you find out about yourself. Whatever I can do, let me know." At this, Fleur's face was graced by an uncontrollable smile. She stood up and stretched.

"Well, maybe we should go check on how your clothes are coming along. Yajai should be done by now." She said, with a relieved tone to her voice.

Without saying a word, Sora agreed by standing up next to her. He took her by the hand, and she felt her cheeks turn pink. She looked up into his blue spheres, and she nearly melted. He gave her hand a playful squeeze and a tug, and she began to walk back to the castle. As she raised her free hand to open the door, she realized that she was holding hands with their new servant. Roselin would kill them both... she quickly released his hand.

"What's wrong?" Sora questioned.

"Roselin... we have to be careful around her. Let's go..." Fleur answered seriously. She swung the door open and walked inside. Sora, understanding what she meant, put a quiet, serious look on his face and followed her to the seamstress's workshop.

Notes- I hope you guys liked it! I wanted to make a different chapter for when they actually get Sora's first outfit from Yajai. R+R!

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