Nick: Yes boredom has taken it's slimy hold on me again and this time I think I will write Kingdom Hearts Stuff. i don't know if it'll be a one shot or what it'll be. All I know is that it will be about Kingdom Hearts. It will possess an OC. It will be rated T for Teen. And last but not least, it will be awesome enough for you to leave reviews! So leave reviews!

I groaned as I sat up, my mattress beneath me and I screamed out in surprise when a duck appeared in front of my face, a questioning look on his own face.

"She doesn't look like a Light." He noted in a duck-like voice. He was pulled away by a dog-like creature.

"Hyuck, I don't know Donald." Then the dog-like creature was pulled away to reveal a boy around my age. He possessed azure eyes and wild chestnut hair. He smiled at me widely.

"Hi! I'm Sora!" He was hyper and easily excitable. I could already tell from his stance.

"What..."

"Arista, you're awake!" I looked up past Sora to Leon and glared at him.

"What happened?" I asked and he frowned.

"You passed out."

"I don't pass out!" I argued and he held a small smile again.

"Don't rile yourself up. Besides, you need your strength." His voice was serious as I stared at him. Then I remembered.

"My memory..." I muttered lowly, talking to myself more than anyone else in the room. Leon perked up at the words and came forward.

"What about your memory, little one?" He asked as he bent down in front of me. I frowned at the name but quickly shook it away.

"I saw an island...it was weird....and a boy....he said, 'You're going to like Sora, he's just like you, Arista.' " I frowned at the memory before Sora was once again in my face.

"What did the boy look like?!" He asked as I back away in annoyance.

"He had silver hair and I couldn't tell the color of his eyes, the memory's too dark." I answered as his face lit up.

"Riku! You knew Riku!" That name...why was it so familiar? I frowned as I let my mind wander again and found a crack in the otherwise inpenetrable wall around my memories. That memory must have leaked out but what caused the crack?

What was I doing before I passed out?

"Arista! Come out, little one! Dinner's ready!"

"Uncle Donald made me burn the grass today!"

"Arista, you are the Light of the Kingdom, princess."

"Donald?" I asked aloud as the duck looked up. I must have worried Leon because he was pushing my hair away from my face again and crading my face between his hands.

"Arista, look at me." I looked down at Leon and he frowned.

"You're crying." My eyes widened as I brought my fingers to my face and felt the wet salty substances that stained my cheeks.

Why was I crying?

"Arista, what's wrong?" I looked up in surprise at the new voice in the room and Leon smiled when he saw who it was.

"Cloud!" I wiped the tears away from my face as he came closer and Leon moved away.

"What happened?" He asked as he bent down in front of me and I sniffled.

"Sephiroth, don't!"

"Little one, Cloud will protect you."

"I'm not little! Stop calling me little!"

All the memories were broken and annoying me as more tears streamed down my face.

What was happening to me?

"She's usually very calm." Leon explained as they held a conference downstairs without me.

"What happened before?" Cloud voice was calm and serious, like mine would be if I wasn't going crazy.

"She froze up as soon as I said Sora's name. Then she passed out. She woke up mumbling about her memories." Leon answered, his totne serious as well.

"I think it's just exhaustion. You said she got ambushed right? She had to fight them to get to you, didn't she?" Aerith offered in a motherly tone.

"She could just be going nutso!" Yuffie offered as well, though her offer was less than helpful.

"Cid what do you think?"

"I think we'd better call in ole' magic man on this one. This seems like it'd be right up his alley." Cid answered and I could hear Sora and the others agree with him.

"So call Merlin?" Leon asked as I glared at the closed door to my room. I didn't need magic. I didn't need anything. Maybe it was exhaustion, maybe when I used that spell, it drained more of my energy than I thought. I was fine. I just needed to take a nap and all these delusions would go away.

Only they didn't. They became dreams and nightmares that caused me to bolt up in my sleep, screaming as sweat poured down my body. Shadows and cruel words filled my mind as I let out fear filled tears. Maybe this was a curse. Maybe I was just going crazy. Maybe I was...

"Arista!" Cloud and Leon appeared in my room almost instantaneously and they rushed to my side when they saw my tears.

"Rista, little one, what's wrong?" Leon tried to soothe as Aerith and Yuffie along with Cid came into the room, worry etching each of their features.

"Arista, you have to tell us what's wrong or we can't help you." Cloud explained as Aerith sat beside me and stroked my hair in a motherly fashion.

"Was it a nightmare?" She asked as Yuffie scoffed.

"Rista doesn't have nightmares! Something had to have been in here!" She explained and Cid shook his head.

"She's a kid, Yuf. She has nightmares just like any other rotten kid." Cid argued and Aerith turned to me, wiping my tears.

"What was it, Rista?" She asked as they all looked at me.

"Shadows, horrible horrible shadows..." I broke in a sob as Aerith pulled me into a hug. She looked at Cloud pleadingly as he and Leon climbed to their feet.

"Merlin, it is." Leon stated solemnly to the room as Yuffie sat on the opposite side of Aerith and stroked my hair, trying to comfort me.

"Poor kid..." Cid mumbled as he patted me on the head before following Leon and Cloud out of the room, leaving me alone with Aerith and Yuffie.

"It's going to be alright, won't it Aerith?" Yuffie asked and I felt Aerith nod.

"Of course. She'll be fine. She's a strong girl." Strong. I used to be strong. I used to never cry. I used to never have nightmares. I used to be happy. Now I was miserable.

"You called?" Merlin's voice filtered up the stairs and I tried to pull myself together. Yuffie climbed to her feet and opened the door just as the kind wizard knocked. I couldn't bear to see his joyful face as he walked into the room with a light step.

"Arista! How are you?" His kind words caused my tears to well in my eyes and fall down my cheeks as Aerith patted my back.

"She just had an awful nightmare, Merlin." Aerith explained as I buried myself deeper into her arms.

"Yes, yes, Leon explained it all." Merlin smiled as he sat beside me, patting my head. I lifted my head to face his smile and he gasped.

"My, my, you've grown a bit since I last saw you, haven't you little Arista?" He asked, teasingly as I sat up fully, wiping the tears from my face with the sleeve of my jacket.

"May I have a little time alone with her, Aerith?" Merlin directed his question to Aerith and she nodded.

"Of course. I'll go fix some tea."

"That'd be lovely." Merlin answered as Aerith dragged Yuffie downstairs, shutting the door behind herself. Merlin turned to me as he eyed me, researching my appearance.

"This is quite strange. I've never been called here for you, my dear." Merlin mentioned as he pulled his infinite bag of awesomeness into his lap. I had always loved that bag. Ever since I was a little girl, it always held a present for me. A stuffed tiger. A teddy bear. A doll. My first sword. My first gun. Something enjoyable always came out of this bag. Now I prayed it had something to stop this madness that was overcoming me.

"Oh where is it?" Merlin mumbled to himself as he dug deep into the bag and I stared at his hunched figure blankly.

What if he could not help me?

"Ah-ha! Here it is!" He popped back up enthusiastically as he brandished a wand in front of his face.

"Now let's see what's going on in that pretty little head of yours!"

"The nightmares are from filtered memories. She's not getting the whole memory. Just bits and pieces of it and it's confusing her to the point that it's frightening her." Merlin informed my family as we all sat downstairs at the table. Cloud grunted as Leon patted my head with a kind smile. Aerith didn't seem convinced and her face was downcasted by a frown.

"But the shadows she mentioned..." She began before Merlin's smile cut her off.

"The shadows represent unknown parts of her memory. The reason they seem frightening is because they are quite overwhelming. I can see why she might be frightened of them. " Merlin answered with a chuckled as I glowered at the tea in front of me.

"But...there is a dark side, I'm afraid." Merlin started but looked to me to finish. I continued to stare at the cup in front of me with a frown before he sighed and began to tell it himself.

"The reason her memories are resurfacing now, in such a frightening manner, is because..."

"The darkness is trying to corrupt me." I finished with a grumble and I heard several gasps.

"But Rista, you're..."

"A Light, I know. That's why it's wants me out so badly. I'd say Malificent was behind this." I mumbled darkly as Sora stood up.

"She knew Riku!" He exclaimed and Merlin chuckled.

"Yes, she did. She apparently fell out of a tree on top of him."