Tara lay on her bed, facing the ceiling. It was a calm and silent evening; everyone was either out, or, in Eliza's case, reading. It had been a day, already, since the men in black cloaks had been showing up. One, Tara and Lexus knew, was Demyx; a strange boy with a blonde mullet. Another, in which they all knew, was Alan. The other, which, only Eva knew, was Lea, or, as he went by now, Axel. Tara closed her eyes, thinking of the boy, Riku, which had been entering her dreams nonstop ever since they had moved to Twilight Town.

"Riku…who are you?" she mumbled to herself. Her attention, then, went to the letter she had gotten yesterday; unopened and left alone. She reached for it, looking at the back of the envelope.

"Tara

Twilight Town"

"No one except the town knows of me…!" she whispered. Her hand shook at the touch of the letter. "Dammit, Tara, grow a pair!" She finally ripped open the envelope, and out came a piece of paper. She read it:

"Dearest Tara,

By the time you open this, you will probably know who I am, but, if you do not, I will tell you; I am Alan, or, as The Organization knows me, a heartless with a heart of gold. Now, I bet you're wondering, "What is a heartless? What is The Organization?" Well, I'll explain that shortly. Right now, I am here to warn you of a few things:

There is a boy named Riku in your dreams, I presume. You've had dreams of me killing him. I assure you that I mean no harm to him, and, that future will not come true, unless, well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, I guess.

The Organization; yes, I said I would explain who they are shortly, and, I am! They are a group of thirteen, I think fourteen, now, nobodies, beings without a heart, who are trying to create a being called "Kingdom Hearts." Now, this is where I come in; they need heartless to create Kingdom Hearts. A heartless is also a being without a heart, but, we carry hearts as well. We are a bit hard to explain, harder than nobodies, you see.

This is all of the information I can give at this moment. The rest will be given to you in due time. Until then, rest assure, you will be in safe care. I am always watching you, and making sure that you are safe. I know, I know; you don't trust me because I killed your parents. Well, this, I had no choice. I'm sorry.

Take care of yourself.

~Alan"

Tara scanned the letter over and over again. She didn't understand; why was the man who had killed her, and the others, parents helping her?

A knock came from the door. "Yo, Tara, are you eating?" Eliza's voice came from the other side.

"I'm…uh…not hungry!" Tara said back. "I think I'm just gonna ride around the town." She put her hair in a ponytail and grabbed her scabbard, her kissaki inside. She walked out of her room and down the stairs. "I'll be back before midnight," she said, grabbing her skateboard and heading out the door.

She kicked off and started to skate towards the sandlot. She dodged pedestrians here and there. A few elders yelled at her for riding too fast. Finally, she made it. It was empty, all except for one person; Demyx.

Demyx was sitting on a bench, playing, what looked like, a large, blue sitar. Tara rode up to him, a look of disgust on her face.

"Demyx," she said harshly.

He stopped playing his sitar and looked up at her. He smiled and waved. "Hey, Tara!" he said, cheerfully. "You're looking lively!"

"Cut the chit-chat!" She handed him the letter from Alan. "I know what you are, so, you better start explaining! Why are you after Alan? What does Riku have to do with it? What do we have to do with it?"

Demyx made his sitar disappear and stood up. His face went serious. "You're serious, aren't you?"

"More serious than yesterday when I kicked you ass!"

"Alright…but, you've gotta have an open mind when I tell you this!"

"Alright!"

He pointed to himself. "As you already know, I don't have a heart. The Organization is creating Kingdom Hearts so that we can have hearts of our own again. Heartless, however, are slightly different! There have only been two heartless, that I know of, that have had the form of a human; Ansem, my bosses heartless, and Alan. Alan's nobody was destroyed one day by you, according to my boss. Do you remember the day when you first fought one of those dusks?"

Tara nodded. "My kissaki wouldn't go through it at first, and, then, it started to glow. When I hit it again, it disappeared."

"That's right. That sword of yours: where'd you get it?"

"I woke up one morning and it was there. I hardly ever take it out unless I absolutely need to, though. This is the first time in…since the "dusk."

"Ah, I see. Well, anyway, what you and the girls have to do it is beyond my knowledge. I'd suggest asking my boss, but, well, let's just say that if he figures out that I told you anything, my ass is as good as gone!"

"What about Riku?"

"That…I really don't know. Maybe you should ask…never mind! I'm already in enough trouble. If anyone in a black cloak asks, you didn't hear it from me!"

"Alright…wait, one more thing!"

"What?"

"Why did you tell me all this?"

Demyx chuckled slightly. "Any friend of Lexus is a friend of mine!" With that, he opened a dark portal and walked into it.

Tara stood there, blank, frozen, and confused. "Well, that was…!" She couldn't even put it into words. Finally, she got back on her skateboard and started riding towards home.

"Tara!" A male voice called out to her as she reached the alleyway. She stopped her board and turned around. It was a man with a black cloak. His hood was over his head, shadows covered his face.

"Which nobody are you?" She asked him.

"Oh, Tara," the man said, "I am not a nobody!" He took of his hood, revealing his short, black hair. "I am Alan, Tara." He reached his hand out to her. "And I need your help."

"You should already know that I was going to ask this, but, I'm going to ask it anyway; "Why would I help you?"

"Oh, little Tara; so precautious," he took a few steps towards her. "I killed your parents, yes, but, that was only for reasons beyond your understanding." He placed a hand on her head. "Maybe if I told you-!"

"Stop!" A voice echoed alleyway. Alan and Tara both looked up. Another cloaked figure stood on the roof top of a building. "I think you've done enough, Alan!" He jumped off of the roof, landing in between Tara and Alan.

"Oh, my, is Ansem the Wise on my tail too?" Alan asked. "This will never do."

"You hold the Heart of Gold. The last thing we need is The Organization getting to you!"

Tara's eye widened. "That voice…!" she whispered.

"Well, then, if you want me so badly," he opened a dark portal, "The come and get me!"

The cloaked figure ran after Alan as he stepped into the portal. As he went to attack, his hood fell off of his head, showing his long, silver hair, and a blindfold covering his eyes. "Dammit!" He yelled. He, then, look to Tara, who was frozen in fear. "Are you alright?" he asked, walking towards her.

Tara felt her whole body shaking, and she could hear her own heart beat with every step the boy took towards her. As he reached out his hand to her, the only thing she could say was, "Riku…!"

She collapsed into his arms.

A/N:

Kat: IT'S ABOUT TIME!

Me: I'M SORRY!

Kat: Yeah, yeah, it's been almost a year!

Me: I know, I know! I'm sorry! DX

Kat: Emi-pyon is going through depression!

Me: HEY! LET ME EXPLAIN THAT!

Kat: *sits on the couch*

Me: Okay, so, the first reason for not updating was…Lissy and I broke up. What happened a little bit after that is a bit personal, but, yeah, shit happened. After that, in May, my best friend, Rachael, passed away from bone cancer (*cough*Lonely Souls*cough*) and…as Kat-pyon said, I had depression. So, yeah, I finally updated. Hopefully, I can update more quickly! Well…

Me&Kat: Ja ne~!