A/N: Hello all! I promise, i have NOT abandoned Desire For All That Is Lost. But i was sitting in class recently and i just began to write [yeah-i didn't focus-lol] and after awhile, i realized i liked where this was going, so ta-da! Truthfully, i would have posted this sooner, but [now for a personal-personal moment] my boyfriend of 2 1/2 years broke up with me two days ago. I thought he was *the one*-sounds lame i know, but i did and still do. So i haven't really been myself lately. But- [back to story-news]. I really hope this turns out as epic as im hoping, so without further notice- the story! [Gloomy and i think you should TOTALLY R&R and check out my other story-Desire For All That Is Lost] 3

Chapter One: Tragedy Bound

I'm starting to feel like she doesn't feel.

Is there anybody in there?

.drip. The sky was pitch black as the rain poured down. The only light outside was from the flickering streetlights and the lighting. The city was a dark, dreary place: not the kind of city any parent would want their child to grow up in. Yet here I was: on the thirteenth floor of a building in the worst city for a teen. My parents didn't care, truthfully, I didn't even know if my parents were still alive. As I pushed a lock of my short black hair behind my ear-I couldn't take my eyes off the white castle in the distance: home. Since being in The World That Never Was, I had no memory of anything prior to being here, and I found refuge in the Castle. The Castle was the main focus of the town, mainly due to the fact that it was a bright and shinning white Castle in an otherwise dark and dismal city. I had lived there for a few months, maybe even a year or two-it was hard to tell. The days normally felt like such blurs. I was roaming the city when a blue haired man with an "X" shaped scar on his forehead, that extended down below his eyes, approached me. He told me his name was Saïx, and that he worked for a man named Xemnas. He told me he owned the Castle and that he let "Nobodies" stay there, but if they agreed to stay, they'd have to speak to Xemnas and work for him. I was lost at the time, homeless: unsure of what to do. And the thing with The World That Never Was? Rain. It always rained. So I agreed and I had stayed there for awhile before I finally made my way deeper into the city to speak to the man himself, to speak to Xemnas and see about, as Saïx put it, "Helping the 'Nobodies' and repaying your debt for staying in the Castle".

The building wasn't anything amazing, not compared to the castle. It was a tall building, having about forty to fifty floors. The outside of the building was black, with a dark blue-green look to a few of the windows. The rest were shades of black and grey. The floor I was on was the 'Lobby' as they called it. It wasn't the main floor of the building, but for such simple tasks as meeting with a new recruit, it was where all the 'things needed' were. There were three sofas, all of which were black, sitting facing each other, with one having it's back towards the window in-between the other two. There was a secretary desk, with a blonde haired girl sitting behind it. Honestly, she looked half dead. When I first entered, I thought she was dead, up until she murmured for me to 'Take a seat'. On the other side of the secretary's desk was a hallway, leading down to a black glass door. Xemnas. As I sat gazing out the window, I heard a beep come from the half-dead assistant. "You can go back now," she said quietly as I nodded. I then slowly stood up, and began to walk towards the black door at the end of the hall, listening as the sound of my black boots thudded against the ground.

As I opened the door and stepped inside, I could see the office was set up like the Grey area in the Castle. With four sofas, two on either side of the room, and an end table beside each sofa. In the middle-back was a black desk, with it's back towards the wall, which was made up entirely of windows. Standing behind the desk was a tall, shadow figure. "Xemnas," I said, as the figure turned around. He had long silver hair, which was spiked at the top, and tan skin. He was tall, and had bright ember eyes. "Xion, Saïx told me you'd be coming. Sit," Xemnas said, as I walked towards his desk and found a black chair in front of it. As I sat down, I looked up at Xemnas, seeing as how, from what I was told, I wouldn't be seeing him too much. "So Xion, I heard you're interested in staying at the Castle and working for me," Xemnas said, as I nodded my head. "Yes, well, I heard that the Organization really benefits everyone in it, right?" I asked, as Xemnas smirked. "Smart girl. Yes, the Organization does help all those enlisted. I've heard you have a weapon already?" Xemnas asked, as I nodded my head again. "A Keyblade," I said, as Xemnas smiled. "Good, good. Well, you do know what the Organization does, don't you?" Xemnas asked, as I looked down, trying to recall all of what Saïx had told me before. "The Organization is made up of 'Nobodies' and the goal is to eliminate a fiend called Heartless in different worlds. Roxas and I have Keyblades, which allow us to extract the hearts to go towards something called Kingdom Hearts," I replied, as Xemnas nodded. "Very good. Well, with Kingdom Hearts, all the 'Nobodies' would be able to achieve their main goal- getting hearts of their own. So, you are familiar with everyone at the castle?" Xemnas asked, as I smiled and nodded. The Castle housed twelve people, counting myself. There were a few people I didn't talk to much: Saïx, Larxene, Marluxia, Xaldin, Vexen, and Lexaeus. Then, there were the ones I liked: Xigbar, Luxord, Zexion, Demyx, Axel, and Roxas. Axel and Roxas were my best friends. Roxas was my age, while Axel was a year or two older. It worked out though, because Zexion was also mine and Roxas's age, and Demyx was the same age as Axel. "Yes, I am," I said, as Xemnas reached below his desk and pulled out a box. "Inside this box, you'll find a black cloak, identical to the one I have on and to the ones the others wear at the Castle. You must never take it off. Whenever you leave your room, you are to be wearing it. Understood?" Xemnas said, as I nodded. "Yes," I replied, as he handed me the box. "Saïx will assign you missions everyday. Some days you'll be paired up with someone, others you'll work solo. Do not disobey Saïx, for at the Castle, he is in charge, and do not mingle with outsiders. Understood?" Xemnas said, as I nodded before standing up. "Yes sir," I said, as he turned his back to me and faced out the window. "You may go now, Xion, Number XIV," he said, as I walked out of his office, and down the hallway towards the elevator. Once inside the elevator, I put the cloak on, and when I reached the bottom floor, I exited the building and began to make my way back to the Castle.

As I entered the Castle, I decided to head up to the grey area and speak to Saïx, to see about when he'd want me to start missions. As I walked up the bright, white steps on the inside of the castle to the upper floors, I couldn't help but glance outside the glass wall at the city below. The city was tragic. Filled with people who didn't exist. Although the lights shined bright in the always dark city, I knew there was no real light anywhere to be seen. After staring out the window for a bit, I continued to make my climb up the stairs.

Entering the grey area was an adventure all on its own. The minute I walked in the door, I saw everyone's eyes hit me, everyone that was there that is. "Xion! You're one of us!" Roxas said, as his blue eyes sparkled some. Roxas had changed since when he first arrived at the Castle. Axel told me that Roxas, like me, used to never speak. Yet once Roxas got warmed up to everything, he became a bubbly person. "Yea, I went and talked to Xemnas just a little while ago," I said, as Roxas smiled. "Maybe we'll get paired up for a few missions!" Roxas said, as I smiled and nodded. "Well, I'd love to stay and talk, but I have a mission to go to, going to Agrabah," Roxas said, before he smiled and rushed off. I then looked forward and saw Saïx, standing at the back of the room, in the middle of the window. I walked over to him, nervously. I was ready to do missions, I just really didn't know what to expect. "Saïx ," I said, as he turned to face me, smirking slightly. "Ah, Xion. Ready to start missions I see?" Saïx asked, as I nodded. "Well, since this is your first time doing missions, I'll have you work with others at first, until you get the hang of things," Saïx said, as I nodded, thankful that I wouldn't be sent out alone. "Are you going to send me out now?" I asked, as Saïx shook his head. "No, we'll send you out tomorrow," Saïx said, as I nodded before walking away, leaving the grey room behind me.

My room was bland. With the usual white walls of the castle, and the grey bed-there was nothing special about the living areas. My room had the same pieces of furniture as the others: a bed, a bedside table, a closet, and dresser. Mandatory things really. As I sat on my bed and once again looked out the window, I couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen on my first mission. More importantly, I felt lonely. Roxas was on his mission, and Axel, I knew, would be on a mission too. So I sat there-looking out the window at all the stars in the sky. I told myself that somewhere, somebody was looking up at the sky feeling lonely too.

Mission One

So, you think you know, how this story goes,

Are you ready for this?

Waking up the next day was a lot harder than I thought, As I rolled over and opened my eyes-I saw an annoying blonde standing in my room. "What?" I grumbled, as I tried to shut my eyes again-and make her vanish. "You think I want to be here either? Ugh, just get to the grey area, it's mission time," Larxene said, as I sighed. "Am I paired with you?" I asked, hoping for a no answer. "Thank god no," Larxene said, before the evil blonde left. Larxene and I never got along. I believed it had something to do with the fact that she was the only girl and got most of the attention, but when I came along, things changed. I didn't really care though, I had this feeling that even if there were a million others here, Larxene and I would not get along. As I rolled over and placed my feet out from under the covers, I sat up and stretched. I then stood up, and placed on my outfit. Complete with black cloak and boots. I then quickly rushed out of my room, and headed towards the Grey Area.

"Ah, Xion, are you ready to embark on your first mission?" Saïx said, as I entered the Grey Area. "Yes," I said, as I looked around the room to see who all was there. Axel was in the corner, looking out at the town, and Demyx was sitting in one of the sofas, strumming his sitar. Larxene was sitting on the other side of the room, glaring at me, "Today, you'll be going to Twilight Town." Saïx said, as I nodded. "Will I be going with someone?" I asked, as Saïx nodded. "Poppet, looks like it's you and me today," Xigbar said, as I turned and saw him walking towards Saïx and I. "Okay," I said, as Xigbar motioned for me. He then stuck his hand out and opened a portal. "Dark clouds. They're how we travel to different worlds. Once a mission is completed, we are to RTC," Xigbar said, as we entered the dark cloud and began to walk through the darkness ."RTC?" I asked, as Xigbar nodded. "Return To Castle. Missions are important, Saïx gives each member so many they are to finish. Since you and Roxas have Keyblades, you two will have a lot more missions than the rest of us. But until you learn the way of things, you'll be accompanied on each mission," Xigbar said, as I nodded. "Okay. So, Twilight Town. What are we going to do? What's the mission?" I asked, as Xigbar made another dark cloud appear- the exit to Twilight Town. "Collect Hearts," he said, as we exited the cloud.

Twilight Town. A city so different from The World That Never Was. The World That Never Was, a city shrouded in Darkness, where Twilight Town was in a permanent state of in-between. The sun was always at the same beautiful position in the sky. Even though Xigbar wanted to break-down Twilight Town for me-I already knew so much about the city. Thanks to Axel and Roxas. Once, they told me they'd meet for ice cream after their missions on top of the Clock Tower, and they brought me back some once to- Sea Salt Ice Cream. It was sky blue ice cream, that was both salty-yet sweet. Axel had described the city to me once, saying there were two main districts: Market Street and Sunset Terrace. Roxas and him had never been to Sunset Terrace, but they had done recon and heard it mentioned. Market Street was where they always were. "Along Market Street are different areas, a spot the local kids call the 'Usual Spot' an area called the 'Sandlot', Station Plaza, where the clock tower and train station is, and Tram Common, where all the shops are," Xigbar said, as I looked around the area we were in: Station Plaza. From there, the whole town could be seen, and it was beautiful. While all the buildings in The World That Never Was were dark and dreary, here they were a calming array of colours. "Poppet, focus," Xigbar said, as I turned to face him. "We're going to go ahead and head out and see what we find," Xigbar said, as I looked around the Station Plaza, "Xigbar, what does a Heartless look like?" I asked, as Xigbar laughed. "There are many different types of Heartless, the most common being small, ant looking ones called Shadows," Xigbar explained, as I listened to him give me a detailed list of the different types of Heartless that he had encountered on his missions. As we patrolled the town, it seemed pretty quiet to me, until a swarm of Heartless appeared around us at the place known as the Sandlot. I looked over at Xigbar, who made his weapons appear: two purplish guns that looked similar to crossbows. When he held the weapon up and shot one of them, a red laser, arrow shot out that bended towards the target. "Arrowguns. Sharpshooter," Xigbar said, smiling as he noticed me looking at the weapons. "You're up, Poppet," he said, as I gritted me teeth. I then held my hand out, and made my Keyblade appear. I quickly found a lone Shadow and rushed towards it, bringing the Keyblade up from behind me-slashing the Heartless before it could move. After the Heartless was slashed, I saw a Pink Heart float up into the air. I then turned and began to attack more Heartless, as Xigbar did the same. As I ran, slashing through the Heartless, I wondered if they'd all be this easy. One to two hits and the Shadow Heartless were vanquished.

"Not bad, Xion," Xigbar said, as I smiled. I didn't expect the mission to go so smoothly. "That was easy," I said, smiling as Xigbar smirked. "Don't get cocky, not all missions will be this easy. This was your first, so be glad it was easy. Missions over. Time to RTC," Xigbar said, as he made a dark cloud appear. As he entered the cloud, I couldn't help but look around the town. "Can I, can I stay? Just for a bit?" I asked, as Xigbar shrugged. "Why not. Just don't stay gone long, Saïx won't like it," Xigbar said, as I nodded. With Xigbar gone, I decided to roam the town on my own-I knew where I was going though- to the Clock Tower-to see if Roxas and Axel were there. As I headed back through the empty streets of Twilight Town, I heard the sound of kids talking, and laughing, from Station Plaza. I stood in the alley, hiding, as I peered around the corner to see two boys and a girl laughing while eating ice cream. "Summer vacation! It's amazing!" a brunette boy said, smiling as the blonde boy gently punched the other boys arm. "Duh! Pence! We get to eat ice cream and relax!" the blonde boy said, as the girl giggled. "And we get to go to the beach, right Hayner?" the girl asked, as the blonde slightly blushed and nodded. "Yeah, of course Olette," Hayner said, as the three made their way towards the alley I was hiding in. I quickly threw my hood up and ducked into the shadows, watching as they all walked by me, smiling and laughing. I then made my way over to the clock tower and looked up, before I focused back on the ground in front of me, and headed towards the doors that lead me to the clock tower.

"Hey wait, I'm enjoying this. You guys are something else!"

Looking out over the ledge of the clock tower was something else. The view, it was the best view I had ever seen in my entire existence. I sat there on the ledge, watching the trains come and go into town on the elevated train tracks. The sounds of kids laughing and playing were faint in the cool breeze. I wondered if, before I landed myself in The World That Never Was, if I was like those kids-happy and carefree. "Hey Xion," Roxas said, smiling as he walked over and sat down on the ledge beside me. "Hey, how'd your mission go?" I asked, as Roxas smiled. "Zexion and I took out a Darkside. What about you though, how was your first mission?" Roxas said, as I smiled. "It was good. Xigbar and I collected Hearts, it was nice," I said, thinking back to the fight. "So how is your Keyblade treating you?" Roxas asked, as I smiled widely. "Amazing! The Heartless didn't stand a chance!" I said, as Roxas smiled. "Give it time and you'll see that the Keyblade can do so many things," Roxas said, as I heard a chuckle come from behind us. "Geez Roxas, brag much?" Axel said, as the fire-redhead sat down on the other side of Roxas. "I wasn't bragging!" Roxas said, as Axel laughed. "Yeah, so where were your missions at?" Axel asked the two of us, as he too gazed out at the town. "Here," I said, smiling. "I was in Agrabah," Roxas said, frowning. "I hate sand now," he added, as I laughed. "What about you?" I asked, as Axel smiled. "Halloweentown," he said, as I let out a sigh. "Sounds like an exotic place," I said, as Roxas nodded in agreement. "You both will get to see it soon," Axel said, as the three of us looked out at the elevated train-tracks. Roxas seemed to be more like me than most had thought, or that I had thought at least. We're both newer to the Organization, me way newer than him. He's been on tons of Missions, but mostly, from what he's told me, to a select set of Worlds. Axel however, he was different than the others. He seemed more chill about things, yet he also seemed to think about things more than the rest of us do. Sometimes, I wondered if, aside from Roxas and I, if he trusted the Organization. As the three of us sat there in silence staring at the always setting sun, dangling our feet over the edge of the clock tower- I felt home.