I blinked and rubbed my eyes, "Excuse me? Ok, ok ok. This is weird. I already told you, I dont know you. I've never seen you before, so just go away." I was freaking out on the inside, yet once again I was calm on the outside.

He sighed, "But you DO know me and you have seen me before."

Was he mental or something? I did not know him. I scratched my head, "How did you even get in here?" I was confused we had good security, no one came in the castle, and no one came out.

"Its...complicated..." He rubbed the back of his neck and shrugged.

He was starting to creep me out, I felt like he was being a stalker or something, but now that I thought of it, I felt like I did know him, he seemed famliar. I headed to my door, I had to talk to Jennifer, she would help me take my mind off this, "You know what...I'm going to go see my friend. You creep me out. I do not want to be alone right now, just thought you should know..." I slid through my door and headed down the hall.

"I can wait for you to come..." He was heard through my door.

Jennifers room was close by. He didnt follow me out, so I just assumed that he left the way he came. The Castle was creepy at night, it had an erie essence. A cold breeze came down the hall, not coming from anywhere in particular. I came to Jennifers room and avioded looking down the dark empty halls. Knocking on the door I jumped on my feet a little, strange sounds were coming from down the halls, "Jennifer...JEN...open up..."

I heard a thump and waited. The door slowly opened and Jennifer stood there with messy bed hed hair sticking out in all directions, "Whuut...?"

"Can I come in?" She was always really cranky when woken up.

"Whatever..." She mumbled and fell back on her bed. I closed the door behind me and sat in her beanbag chair. She layed down and turned to the wall, "Whaddya want? Its like...two or something...meeeeeehhhhhhh."

"I..." I didnt want to tell her about the guy, so I made up a story, "I saw a giant spider earlier, and the...spider showed up in my room...It creeps me out..." Everyone knew I had issues with spiders, so I was hoping that she would go for that. I waited for her to reply, but...she started snoring, "Typical Jennifer..." I only knew her for about two years, but we were tight.

I hugged my knees and tried to sleep, but I was to busy thinking about him. I was sure I didnt know him, but...something tugged at me. In the very back of my head something was telling me I knew him. I finally drifted into a troubled sleep.

' "Sydnee, dont worry. You wont be gone long, and its almost your birthday!"

"I know....but, I dont wanna leave you guys..." I was in my dream world with the shadowed figures.

The one around my age was holding me at arms length, "Cheer up! Its only two days, besides you dont want to hang out with boring old ------- on your birthday..."

All the names were missing in my memories, as if it wasnt enough for me not to remember their looks, "I guess, but cant you come with me? I mean were always paired together, and all I'm doing is going on maditory vacation to Tranverse Town to see Leon and Yuffie..."

"Manditory vacation..." He laughed a little and folded his arms, "Its only a week, at least you'll live..."

"I know...but..." Wait, at least I'LL live?

"Sydnee listen, I have to tell you something important. -------- is taking over Ansems studies, dont come back for at least a week, it not safe. Promise me that you-" '

"Sydnaahhheee!" Someone shook me, "Sydnee, get your lazy butt up! Your sleeping on my notes..."

I pushed Jennifer off, "You...I was...crap, that was important..."

I got up and she grabbed her notes, "Heavy sleeper...Oh your fine," I was pouting, I was about to remember somthing important, "Geez, its only a dream. Oh I know, it was a memory, wasnt it?"

"Yeah...thats ok. Why do you need you notes?" I would remember another time.

"Today is when they are due...You know..." I gave her a confused look, "You dont know?" I shook my head.

"Obviously....care to explain?"

"Oh, I thought you would have...oh well, there due for checking off, to make sure that we took notes for every experiment...where are my-"

She shuffled around and started laughing, "Whats so funny?"

"You have my notes from yesterday stuck to the back of your head-they're just sitting there." She pulled a paper off my head, "Nice one..."

I rubbed my head, I must of had some static or something. Oh no...notes, I hadnt taken notes weeks...I was so dead. I held my the bridge of my nose, "Jennifer do you happen to have extra notes?"

"You know me, I'm almost to lazy to take my own..."

"I know, just thought I'd ask." Jennifer was a lazy girl, but she always somehow got all her work done, "I have to think of an excuse..."

"You do have a few hours, why not copy my notes?" She held out her notes.

"Nah-I'm to lazy...maybe he'll have extras in the basement!" I knew I wasnt supposed to be down there, but he used to keep his notes down there.

Jennifer shook her head, "Your not supposed to be down there..."

"I know....wanna come with me?" I didnt want to go by myself nessicarly, in case I ran into the gray eyed teen, I cant believe I didnt get his name.

She shrugged, I didnt usually come up with the ideas, but when I did we had fun, "I guess, I've got nothing better to do..."

"Cool lets go!"

"Right now? Your wearing pj's..."

I looked down, I was wearing my purple pants and black t-shirt, "Meh, no one will see...lets go!" I was excited and wanted to hurry before Ansem woke up.

"Ok, ok."

We headed down the morning lit halls with upmost care. The door wasnt locked, "Thats strange..." I forgot about Jennifer, "Ok, they're...Jennifer?" I looked down the empty hall, "Jenn? Where did you...?" There were heavy footsteps down the hall, "Shit..." I slid in the door and shut it behind me. I was engulfed by the darkness of the basement.

There was a muffled voice outside. It was Ansem, I think, "Holly, hand me that other lock...thank you." There was a series of clicking sounds and I silently groaned, now I was stuck.

I stepped down three steps and nearly fainted, Jennifer was on the fifth one just standing there, "Jennifer! You scared me..."

She laughed a little, "I told you I was going to wait for you to come..."

"I guess I didnt hear you..." We headed down the stairs, thats so strange, I must have been to preocupied with wondering where the locks went.

"Hey lets go look over there...." Jennifer pointed to an old labratory.

"I'm not sure, it looks dangerous...." It was making strange sounds and it looked unstable. Smells of unknown substances were emitting from the area, "Are you sure?"

She nodded, "Its perfectly fine, a little smelly but its all good...."

I stood by her, "Hey is it me or did you get a little shorter? Your only about a inch taller than me now, this morning you were like three or four inches taller...."

She gave a sort of nervous laugh, "Thats silly..." She looked a little annoyed and patted her head, "I'm not that short..."

"Of course your not!" I laughed, sometimes she was so weird, "Lets go see if there are any old notes down here...." I stumbled over the clutter to a lab station, "Looks like an ordinary lab station..." I ran my finger over the layer of dust. I got a small cut on something sharp, "Ow..."

"What?! Are you ok?!" Jennifer rushed over to me.

"Uh-yeah, arent you a little over concerned? Its just a scratch, no big deal..." She was over reacting, that wasnt like her.

"Oh-" She coughed, "Well you know-could get infected...uh...nevermind..."

"Ok...oh hey look..." I blew the dust away and there was a carving in the desk. I tried to read it, "Ie...Ien...Ienzo? Ienzo..." It didnt ring a bell, but it seemed famliar.

"Do you know that name from anywhere? Anywhere at all?" Jennifer hopfully asked me. I shook my head, "Oh...I thought you might..." She hung her head.

What was she so dissapointed about, it was just a name...a person...an apprentice..., "That name...Ienzo...I think..." Did I know that name? Jennifer raised her head, "Hm...no, I thought it was...nevermind..." Could that be the one apprentice I used to ahng out with, was it even possible? No...no it wasnt.

"Oh..." Jennifer seemed to dim? Was she getting dim?

"Are you...fading? Your like see through..." She jumped up.

"No! No, I'm not...its just the poor lighting in here."

Lies. I could tell, I was being lied to again, it was him, "Why do you keep doning this to me? Cant you just leave me alone?"

I turned away and scrambled over the broken equiptment. The illusion lifted and that guy stood there. He followed me, "Look, its not what you think-"

"Well then what is it?" I turned to him sharply and stared, "Well?" He just stared back at me with those gray eyes, even if I could only see one, I knew they both held the same intensity. I couldnt glare at him, it didnt seem right. I turned away and folded my hands, "Who are you anyways? What do you want?"

"...To wish you a happy birthday..." He handed me something.

"A happy...oh yeah, todays my birthday...but how did you know?" I held an oddly shaped card in my hands. It had a picture of Radiant Gardens on it.

"I've known for years...I was just waiting for the right time. Use it wisley."

"What do you-" The card glowed brightly and a flash of white engulfed the room.

I blinked, "Where, where am I?" I couldnt see clearly yet, I was still blinded by the brightness.

"Sydnee? Oh there you are!" The gray eyed boy grabbed my hand, only I was 13 again and so was he, "Master Ansem has been looking all over for you..."

"What?" My voice was childish and I didnt recidnise it.

"And Even has something to show us!"

"Even?" What was he talking about?

He dragged me down the halls and into the 'basement', it looked nothiong like the one I was used to. He rolled his eyes, "You know Even..."

I was really confused. We walked into the old lab and it was perfect and tidy, "Hello Ienzo, Sydnee..."

A small boom was heard and smoke came out of the other room, "Braig! I told you not to add hydrogen!"

"I didnt know what was gunna happen Dilan..." He was given a dirty look, "..ok maybe I did...but that was awesome."

I laughed as the two began fighting, "The two trouble makers...what to do with them?" Even and Aeleus stood there with amused looks, "And how are my star assistants doing?"

He was addressing us. I shrugged and Ienzo just nodded his head. This must be the missing apprentices, there so much more colorful then I remembered them. I randomly gave Ienzo a hug, it had been so long! He akwardly hugged me back, "Are you ok Sydnee?"

I laughed, "Never better! I remember you all!"

They looked at me worridly, "You forgot us? Its been what, a couple hours?" Even looked puzzled.

"Not even, closer to half an hour...are you sure your ok?" Aeleus put his hand to my forehead, "Temperatures ok...."

"Brain damage. We need to remove her brain, replace it with artifical junk..." Braig teased from the death grip Dilan was giving him.

"You ruiend my experiment!" Dilan hadnt noticed my comment.

"Settle down now..." Even walked over to the two making a mess from wrestling, "SETTLE DOWN!"

The two looked up with mischevious smiles, "Make us, old man."

"I am not old Braig, your older than me!" Even was turning red.

"Am I? Prove it!" He jumped around as Even stumbled after him.

The two ran out of the room with Dilan cheering them on. I coughed a little, "That was interesting..."

"Let us see what has become of Dilans masterpiece." Aeleus walked into the other room, me and Ienzo followed.

"Oh..." Thats all I could say, it was a catastrophic mess.

Ienzo covered his nose and we shuffled through the melted materials. Ienzo picked up a beaker, "Aw...I liked this one, it was the only see through black one..."

The memories were all coming back to me. This was usual. I was over joyed, this was a memory of the last day I spent with everyone before vacation! I walked over to the desk and scrawled in Ienzo's name so I wouldnt forget him again. I picked through the remaints as well, "Hey Ienzo-look at this!" It was a hard shiny black heart shape made from the explosion, "Its like a rock, only I dont know what its made of..."

He smiled and there was a flash of white again. I was back in the run down castle, 17 again. I ran over to the station where I had carved the name in and there it was, "I-I remember now...Ienzo and Even, Braig and Dilan, Aeleus...even Xehanort..."

"Sydnee..."

I spun around to see who was calling my name, it was Master Ansem. How he found me I dont know, but chances werent looking to good, "Master Ansem, I can ex-"

"I told you never to come down here! There is no excuse." His words were cold and peirced me. I shrank back as his voice grew with frustration and anger, "You could have died, its dangerous down here! And for another,..."

He was ranting, I would have listened, but I was to disturbed by how his voice was seeming more and more hurt instead of angry, "But...I really can explain..."

"I warned you...and I'm sorry to say this, but...you cant stay here any more." His voice was serious.

I felt like my heart was going to fall into my stomache, "W-what?"

"You heard me perfectly, you cant stay here any longer. You have one hour..."

I hid my face as a tear trickled off the tip of my nose. I may have gotten my memories back, but now I could never enter Radiant Gardens castle again. Where was I going to go? I didnt know anyone else, I could go to Yuffie's, but it had been years since I'd even said one word to her...I tried to smile, but my lips wouldnt even twitch, they just stayed in that solem straight line. I turned and headed deeper into the basement, I wasnt leaving, "Y-you c-cant make me leave." I ran and dissapeared into the depths. My sorrow became anger. How could he do this to me?! ME. Of all people, ME his longest apprentice, ME his most trusted apprentice. I banged the wall with my fist and let the rigdged stone cut into me. Die wall die. I was on the verge of being mental, I was actually trying to kill the wall. I needed to kill something, I wanted to watch something die, I needed that much.

"Sydnee? Are you down here?"

A voice came around the corner, it might have been Jennifers, but then again Ienzo might be trying to imitate her again, "So what if I am? No one cares, I dont see the fucking point in fucking looking for me if I'm just going to be fucking sent away with this fucking...AND THIS FUCKING WALL WONT DIE!" I threw my arrow to the ground and my bow dissapeared.

"Sydnee...are you...ok?" Jennifer came around the corner cautiously, she had a worried expression.

I would never see that face again once I left the castle, I could never tell her how stupid she was being, or to not miss things in front of her face, or to be paitent, or hanging out with her, sneaking around in the dead of night pulling cheezy pranks. I was having an emotional breakdown, "There sending me away..." My eyes were briming with tears but I refused to cry.

"Oh suck it up!" She pulled her white lab glove off and slapped me, "Not like your never gunna see us again...geez, you over react sometimes..."

"Your mean, I'm having a mental breakdown and you just come up and slap me...." I thought about it for a second. "...I needed that..."

"Yup...kinda creepy down here..." She gave me a joke of a smile that said, 'I'm an idiot! :D'

I laughed, ok maybe I was mental...but her face was so funny.

"LARHARHAR." Jennifer gave me her fake laugh.

"What would I do without you?" I brushed my indigo hair out of my face and gave her a small smile.

"I dunno...commit suicide? You've come close to that, or maybe-" She was joking with me.

"I wasnt talking literaly...your probably right though..."

"Sydnee...Master Ansem needs you in his office...but if you dont wanna go...I can cover for you." She looked like I was about to hit her.

I didnt want to go see Ansem, but it was probably for the better, "No..its ok I can handle it, walk with me?"

"No, I'm just gunna sit here in the dark." She had a serious face.

"What?" I wasnt expecting that.

"I'm kidding! Of course I'm gunna walk with you, noob."