"What is it? What is it?"

"Oh, hush, Sora," Reki scolded him, "You'll see soon enough."

Sora pouted under his blindfold.

"But I wanna know!"

Reki chuckled, and began to untie his blindfold.

"Well, now you know."

The black blindfold dropped to his feet. What he saw was..

Nothing.

He turned around to Reki.

"Uh...this is a joke, right?"

Reki prentended to be puzzled.

"No. What are you talking about?"

However, her puzzled look turned into a look of amusement, as she saw Riku slowly creeping up behind Sora.

"What's so fu-" Sora was cut off by a party hat being placed on his head. Reki's smile spread even wider now.

"SURPRISEE!!!" Everyone jumped out of their hiding spots. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SORA!"

Speechless, Sora ashtonishedly looked around the room. What was originally a dull, empty room, turned into a party place vibrant with streamers and color.

"You guys did this? For me?"

"Well," Wakka put his arm on Reki's shoulder, "Owe it all to this young lady here. We didn't even know it was your birthday."

"Eh, wasn't nothing. Besides, what are friends for?"

Sora smiled warmly at her. He walked up to Reki, gently planting a kiss on her cheek. He chuckled softly as Reki turned redder and redder every second.

After The Party

"Whoa. What time is it?" Reki rubbed her eyes sleepily.

She scanned the room, looking at all the bodies littered around her.

"Heheheh..some party there."

Slowly, she stood up, proceeding with caution to the door, avoiding any bodies that were content in their slumber.

Creaking the door, she made her escape. Streching her body against the moonlight, she overheard some familiar voices near the Seaside Shack. Sneakily, she crept under the bridge to listen in on the voices.

"Happy Birthday Sora."

"Thanks Kairi. I hope you had fun at the party."

Reki's eyes widened. Kairi? What's she up to now? She listened more intently now.

"Listen," Reki heard her shuffle closer, "I've been meaning to tell you something for a long time now."

She covered her mouth with her hand, hoping, wishing that her feelings weren't like that for Sora. However, Kairi said it.

"What? What do you want to tell me?"

"Well, I-love you."

Reki pressed hardly against the wood sustaining the platform, awaiting the answer that Sora would give to her.

"Kairi, i'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way."

Reki sighed with relief, but pressed up against the wood once again to listen.

"Oh, I get it," Kairi's voice took a meaner tone, "You're in love with Reki."

There was a long pause.

Reki's heart jumped, awaiting the answer. She prayed with all her might that it was true.

Sora was laughing. "That girl? Not a chance."

A dark pang went through Reki's heart. She stood up, staggering. She fled from under the bridge, refusing to hear the rest of the conversation. As she ran, tears began to freely flow from her eyes, her mind replaying the same saying over and over again.

The tears making the poor girl's vision blurry, she stumbled onto the sand, crying. However, a dark pool formed under her, pulling her like quicksand.

In the dark pool, she saw Sora, his hand reaching out to her through the darkness. She eagerly ran to him, however, the image of him began to fade into light.

"NO! NO! DON'T LEAVE! NO!" She screamed, her tears flowing uncontrollably now. extending her hand, desperately trying to grab his hand.

"What are you talking about? I'm right here."

Reki's eyes snapped open, beads of sweat pouring from her face, her hand outstreched, panting heavily. She slowly put her arm over her eyes, remembering the horrid dream. Suddenly, a voice pierced through her cloud of thought.

"Um, are you alright?"

Not removing her arm from her eyes, she curtly replied.

"Yes."

The person talking to her seemed to be relieved at this.

"Well, that's good. I was almost worried about you, Reki."

Reki removed her arm from her hand, and jolted up to face the person.

"How do you know my-"

Her brown eyes widened, reflecting the sight off of them.

She saw Sora.

"That's Sora!" She hopefully said in her mind.

"Sora? Is that you?"

"What are you talking about?"

Sora's face slowly melted away to reveal a boy with platinum blonde spikey hair, and crystal blue eyes.

Reki looked confused.

"But, for a second, I thought I-"

"Oh look, she's awake!"

She heard another girl's voice chime into the conversation. Reki turned around, and for a split second, the girl looked like Selphie [A/N: The following wholes of Olette, Hayner, and Pence are completely made up, so there's no spoilers here for them three. , but once again, like the boy she was talking to, it melted away into a girl with a unique haircut and emerald eyes.

"You alright miss?"

A boy walked up to her. What Reki saw now, was Wakka. Once again, it was a mirage, which led to a pudgy boy with a friendly smile and a unique hairstyle.

Reki was a bit speechless, but she forced the words out of her throat.

"Um..yes. Thank you. Might I ask who you guys are?"

"Roxas." The boy next to her bed said.

"Olette." The girl said.

"Pence." The other boy said.

"Hayner." Someone called from the doorway.

Reki turned to the doorway to see the newcomer. What she saw in him was Tidus, however, it faded away to a boy wtih sandy blonde hair and a liking towards green and camo.

"Welcome back!" Olette said cheerfully to him.

"Got you guys breakfast."

He tossed a bag onto a small table in the center of the room.

"Thanks!"

Everyone clamored towards the bag, handing out the bread. Reki, however, stayed behind.

She tryed to line up what was hapenning to her. The painful memories, why things are not what they seem, everything. After several minutes of getting absolutely nowhere, she decided it would be better for her to clear her head first.

"Can-can I get some air for a little bit?" She asked.

"Fur. Bu Fe Fack Thoon." Hayner said, a piece of bread jammed into his mouth.

Reki went outside, enjoying the cool air and the warm sunshine that her skin absorbed. She however, then spotted a hodded figure in the corner of the alley. Curious, she slowly walked up to the person.

"Excuse me." Reki said.

The hodded figure, however, didn't respond.

"Where do you come from? Are you new here? Like me?"

She gave up, and began to walk away. However, the hodded figure harshly grabbed her by the wrist.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing? Get the hell offa me." Reki said.

The hodded figure just smirked at her.

"It's been a long time, Reki."