Chapter Four.
Who are you?
Crystal followed Olette to the train station.
"Hurry up, or we'll miss the train!" yelled Olette to Crystal, Hayner, and Pence.
"We're coming, we're coming!" said Pence breathless.
Crystal giggled with a smile. "You need to lay off the seasalt icecream, my friend."
It's been a few weeks since she last saw Axel, he left in a hurry, saying on of his friends were in trouble and needed to go help him. So in those few weeks of his disappearance, with no way to get out of Twilight Town, Crystal befriended three new friends. She also had a bit of a change in wardrobe. She now wore a blue vest with a white cami underneath, and a blue jean skirt. They were on their way to the beach, which became their weekend trip.
They reached the train station, more like Olette reached the train station, then Crystal, Hayner, and Pence came up the hill clutching stitches in the sides.
"Gosh you guys are slow!" Olette said as they finally caught up to her. "So.. are we all ready?"
Hayner walked up the steps into the station and Pence followed.
"I'll take that as a yes?" Olette laughed as she followed the boys.
Crystal smiled at her and began following Olette, when she felt as someone was watching her. Crystal turned and saw a man in a black cloak, exactly like Axel's.
"Axel?!" Crystal asked and began to run towards him.
A deep voice of the man responded quite harshly. "No, I am not that Nobody."
Crystal halted. "Are...are you a member of the Organization?" she asked warily.
"Hmph. Apparently you've forgotten about me, since you can't even sense who I am." replied the man.
Crystal eyed him slowly. "Well if you're going to be rude, then tell me! Or lower your hood so I can see your face."
"Crystal, you've forgotten about me, and it seems as you've changed as well. I will not lower my hood, or tell you who I am, since you've given me the courtesy of forgetting me, and replacing me with a Nobody." he replied.
He lifted his hand and made a black hole, just about big enough for him to walk through.
"I'll see you again, maybe you should start remembering who your real friends were." he said and he stepped through the portal.
Crystal stared at the place where the man just disappeared. "Who was he?" she asked herself.
She stood there for about five minutes when she felt a hand touch her shoulder.
"Ah!" she screamed as she turned around to see Hayner standing there looking confused.
"Are you okay?" Hayner asked cautiously.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Crystal said with a grin.
"Well, the trains here so we need to get moving." he said and walked back inside the station.
Crystal began walking up the steps, then turned back around to glance at the site where the man once stood, then ran up the steps.
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Flomp! A face-full of sand hit Crystal square in the face.
Crystal coughed and spluttered. "Ahh! What was that for?!"
"Daydreaming when you should be out in the ocean with us!" yelled Pence.
Crystal wiped the sand out of her face. Pence was right, ever since they arrived at the beach, Crystal has done nothing but sit out on her towel. She's been too hard in thought about who that man could be, other then eating the watermelon Olette generously bought for everyone, or out in the ocean with everyone.
Crystal got up and chased Pence with a handful of sand right out into the ocean.
"You're lucky I like you!" yelled Crystal and she chucked the sand towards him but missed.
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Crystal ploped herself onto the couch in the Usual Spot and sighed.
"I hear you, I'm exhausted!" Olette said as she sat down next to Crystal.
"So Hayner, are you ready for the Struggle tomorrow?" asked Crystal.
"Ready as I'll ever be." grinned Hayner.
The sun started setting, and the clock tower bell chimed and the gang parted their ways. Hayner and Pence set off in different directions, and Crystal and Olette headed towards Olette's house. Crystal was invited to stay there when Olette learned that Crystal was not from Twilight Town, and had no place to stay.
When they reached the house they said goodnight to each other and headed off to their seperate rooms. Crystal kicked off her shoes and changed into her pajamas, and slumped into her bed. She still couldn't get that man out of her head. "His voice, it sounded so familiar, but it didn't sound like any of my friends back from Destiny Island." she thought. She then sighed and rolled over looking out the window and fell into a deep sleep.