Chapter IV: Nothing but a Dream

The man with red hair and a black coat stood there motionless, but his face revealed emotions. I didn't know what kind, most likely the type that a rapist would use to lure in his target. God, now all these thoughts are running through my mind. Him, me, and this… he that this man mentioned. I still don't know who this guy is, let alone, that he.

The man sighed, rubbing the back of his neck, "Well, too bad he ain't here to see you like this,"

"…Who is he…?" I questioned, wanting to know so badly who this man is talking about.

The man stared blankly, "Oh… right, you don't remember him anymore, do you?" He chuckled. Remember him? I used to know him? A second later, a dark circle thing grew behind him. What is that? Another dimension? "Well, I can make you a deal? If you want, I'll take you to him. And then you can show your pretty little clothing to him, like you planned to do, but in exchange, you have to---"

"No!" I cut the guy off in the middle of his sentence, "I don't think I should wander around with you… A guy like you… who can be a rapist… or a kidnapper…!!"

Then the man laughed out loud, "A rapist? A kidnapper? PLEASE!" His sense of humor disgusted me. After his laugh died down, he rolled his eyes, "Well fine then, if you really think of me that way and if you really don't want to see him, then… Oh well, huh?" He grinned, and my mind felt like it was about to explode. Somehow, just meeting him for the first time, he made me so mad, even more furious than Seifer! "Nice meeting you though," The man started walking back wards, towards the unknown portal, "Bye-bye" With his final words, his body vanished through the portal, and soon, the portal itself started to disappear.

Then a loud boom of noise that I wasn't ready for. Things around me started to come back alive, people were moving, talking, and going back to the things they were doing. The sudden noise could almost break my eardrums. So I lifted up my hands to cover my ears, but that wasn't working, it was now my head that was making all the noise. From all things, a migraine has to work its way through right now.

"Olette? You okay?" I could hear Hayner's muffled voice through my covered ears. Pence came next me, worrying over me.

I bitterly laugh, "Yeah… I just need advil or something…" My laugh then dies down, along with other voices that surround me. All I can remember hearing before, supposedly, passing out was people calling my name over and over and over……………

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"Olette, Olette, Olette!!" A boy rushed down the street to catch up to her. The girl turned around, stopping on her tracks.

"Hi Ro-----" She greeted, smiling at the boy. The blonde haired boy smiled back, "What's up?"

The boy opened his mouth to say something, but immediately shut it, and then opened it again, "The sky," he joked, and for that, he got a soft punch on the arm, "Okay, okay, I was just going down the street and found this cool skateboard lying on top of a pile of trash! It must have been used, so I took it without regret, and look, it still works perfectly fine!" He showed off his blue skateboard with an interesting design marked on it.

Olette looked at it with interest, even though she wasn't that into it, "Cool!" She replied.

"So I was thinking, maybe we can play with it later on? You know, with Hayner and Pence?"

"…Sure," A smile creeped up to her face, "I'd like that Ro-----"

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I woke up, a blank, white ceiling in front of me. Where am I, I wonder, and I find out that I'm in the Twilight infirmary. I try to get my self up from the bed, but I fail, making my body go slide down to the bed. God, I think that whole dream just sucked up all my strength…

Wait… dream? Was it all a dream? The whole talk with that mystery man and the part with that other mystery boy who I encountered so casually? Was it all a dream? As I think about it, it could have been most likely a dream. It would make so much more sense that way. All those fantasy like things that happened, it must have been a dream. While she pondered, the door slid open, and there, stood Hayner and Pence.

"Hey Olette, you finally woke up, huh?"

"Hayner… How long was I asleep for?"

The blonde placed his hand on his chin, "Mmm… Not too long, I'd say about four hours?" He estimated. Olette mouthed an 'oh' and averted her eyes out the window. She can still hear the festival continuing its amusement. She can also see the fireworks starting.

"I… I forced you guys out from the festival, didn't I?" She asked, continuing to gaze over the scenery.

Pence and Hayner looked at each other, "Th-that's not true," Hayner said, but that didn't fool Olette. She knew she has, and she knew she crushed their entertainment of being there.

"………Sorry…"

"Hey now, it's not like it's your fault! Besides, we couldn't just leave you alone like that!" Hayner protested, but all he got as an reply was her silence, "Anyways… You should get some more rest. You're gonna need it for tomorrow…" The boys headed out for the door, "See you later, Olette" Hayner said as Pence waved a good-bye.

The door was shut behind them, and everything was back to being silent. This whole time though, from the moment she apologized, she ahs been streaming down silent tears. Tears of mixed emotions about everything that's been happening to her lately: Her friends, the festival, that red haired man, and… and him…

It was all too confusing for her.

She wished she had someone to talk to.

Someone who would listen to her problems.

Someone like… like…

Like him.

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A/N: Okay, so the red haired guy hasn't been introduced yet, but you have to know who it is by now, really. If you still don't I'm guessing you haven't played the game, or you got kidnapped by a bunch of aliens and they brainwashed you or something. I don't know…