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Nia looked in surprise at the being that floated in front of her. In all her life she had never seen anything so odd, so peculiar, so…weird.

"Hey, what's the matter, Short-Stuff, you never seen an talking, floating triangle before?"

The being snapped Nia out of her thoughts. Taking a good look at, Nia saw that it was a yellow triangle. It had skinny, black limbs, wore a black bow and top hat along with a yellow cane, and glowed whenever it spoke.

"Uh…" Nia started to say, "Sorry, um…"

The triangle spun it's cane around. "The name's Bill Cipher. How ya doin'?" Nia was still slightly speechless. "Um…"

"Oh, I get it. Still freaked out a little, huh?" Bill asked. "Well, not to worry! I'm actually here to help you out!" "Really?" Nia asked.

"Yeah, I can help you leave the Realm of Sleep." Bill said. "That's great!" Nia said. "Whoa there, Eager." Bill said. "For helping you, I only ask for a small…FAVOR, in return."

Nia eyed Bill suspiciously. "What kind of favor?"

Bill waved his hand. "Eh, it's not important. We can work out the details later. So…" He stuck out his hand and it glowed with a blue fire. "Do we have a deal?" Nia briefly looked at him, before looking at Meow Wow. The small dog/cat creature was growling at Bill.

Nia turned back to him. "No. No deal."

Instead of getting mad, Bill just pulled his hand away. "Hey, it's fine. I can always find someone else." He eyed Nia. "But if you ever change your mind, I'll be here for you. Ready to make a deal!"

He began to float in the air. "Remember! Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold! Byyyyeeeee!" And with that Bill vanished.

Nia blinked in confusion. "What the hell just happened?"

"Julia, you have to run. You have to leave!"

"No! I won't leave you here! I'll fight beside you!"

"Listen, when the time comes, and there is war, you and your friends mustn't fight, but instead fly away from here to the world outside!"

Julia awoke with a start, sweat running down her forehead. She tried to move her arms but found that she couldn't. "Where am I?"

"You and your husband are in the deepest part of the castle."

Julia turned her head and saw David lying unconscious as well as a young man in a lab coat approaching them with Braig who was smirking.

"Who are you?" Julia asked. She glanced down and saw the man holding the Keyblade that was in her house. "And why do you have that?"

"My name is Xehanort." the man said. "And I was hoping you could tell me where you got such a marvelous weapon." "I'll never tell you!" Julia said. She struggled to move and reclaim the Keyblade.

Braig laughed. "It's no use." he said. "Those restraints are on so tight, you can't move an inch!"

Xehanort stepped closer to Julia and eyed her. "So, I'll ask you again: Where did you get this weapon?"

Julia looked Xehanort in the eyes and found something familiar about the intense gaze he was giving her. She had seen it once before when she had fought a man with a black coat and a terrifying Keyblade. Her eyes lit up with recognition. "Luxu?"

Xehanort froze. "What?" Julia repeated her question. "Are you Luxu?" Xehanort grimaced and grabbed his head in pain.

"Hey, uh, are you all right?" Braig asked. "I'm fine!" Xehanort snapped. He stumbled from the room. As he left he called back, "Braig! You know what to do!"

Braig grinned and turned the machine on. Xehanort heard Julia and David's anguished screams as he left.

"You want me to what?"

Lea stood in front of Arlene who was looking at him like he was an idiot.

Lea sighed. "I'm taking Isa, Ria, and Laina with me to find out who lives in the tower outside Radiant Garden. I need you and the others to go with me."

"Hmm." Arlene twirled her knife between her fingers. "What's in it for me?" "I don't know." Lea said. "I'll convince Myde to be your "sparring" partner."

Arlene smiled at that, picturing Myde being her target practice. "All right." she said. "We'll help you." Lumaria ran up to them out of breath.

"What's wrong with you?" Arlene asked. "Something happened at the Katzroy residence." Lumaria said. "What?" Lea said.

The three of them ran towards the house where they found the door kicked in and furniture scattered everywhere. "Damn, what did all this?" Arlene asked.

They heard a gasp behind them and saw Ria standing there with Kota and Jae. "What happened here?" Ria asked. "And where are my parents?" Jae asked. "Are they all right?" "I don't know." Lumaria said.

"Excuse me." someone said stepping into the house. "I saw what happened."

The person stepped closer and Ria and the others saw that it was a teenage girl. She was dressed in a school uniform and part of her black hair covered her left eye. Her other dark red eye stared at the others.

"Who are you?" Ria asked. "Oh! I'm sorry." the girl said. "I forgot to introduce myself. How rude of me." The girl bowed slightly. "My name is Kurumi Tokisaki. Nice to meet you all."

After Ria and the others introduced themselves, Jae turned to her. "You say you know what happened?" he asked. "Yes." Kurumi said. "Last night, a group of men came by the house, broke in, and dragged two people away."

"What?" Jae said. Kurumi nodded. "Along with a Key-shaped sword." "Key shaped sword?" This perked Ria and Lumaria's attention. "Where did they take them?" Lumaria asked. "Last I saw, they were headed for the castle." Kurumi said.

"We have to get them back!" Jae said. "No, I have to get them back." Ria said. "Jae, you and Kota are staying here."

"But they're my parents. I have to do something!" the little boy protested.

"It's too dangerous."

"But-"

"You're staying." Ria said firmly. A faint flash of darkness emerged from her arm. Jae looked at the ground in defeat. "Fine."

"Thank you. Lea, can you watch after them until I get back?" Ria asked. "You can count on me." Lea said. "Thank you." Ria said before leaving.

"All right, Xehanort." she thought. "What have you done now?"

Ria hurried back to the castle and found Xehanort and the others working in the lab studying a cell intensely. "Xehanort!"

Xehanort held up a finger to silence her. "Busy."

"No, answer me!" Ria said. "What did you do to the Katzroy's?" She noticed two creatures with bright yellow eyes, long claws and antennae. "What is that?"

"Powerful Heartless created from David and Julia." Xehanort said. "I call them Neoshadows."

"Wait, you mean that's them?" Ria asked horrified. "What happened to using volunteers?"

"We had to move on to using test subjects." Even said.

Ria shook her head. "What is wrong with you people?! I don't want anymore part of this!" "Then leave." Xehanort said coldly.

Ria stormed out of the lab. Xehanort sighed. "Everyone pack up. We're done for the night."

Ansem the Wise was sitting at his desk, writing down notes and enjoying Sea-Salt Ice Cream, when he heard a knock. "Enter."

Ria stepped in. "Ah, Ria. What can I do for you?"

"Pardon me for interrupting you, Master Ansem. But I think there's something you need to see…"

Xehanort wandered the halls alone carrying a cage with a small shadow Heartless inside. After everyone had left the lab, he had decided to let a Heartless roam the halls and see where it went.

Pulling out his notebook and pencil, Xehanort opened the cage and watched as the Shadow Heartless stepped out. It wiggled it's antennae and scurried off with Xehanort close behind it. The Shadow stopped, looked around, and scurried off in a different direction. Xehanort had been so engrossed into following the Heartless he hadn't realized he had went into the deepest part of the castle.

The Shadow Heartless once again stopped and it's antennae began vibrating. A bright flash of light appeared in front of Xehanort making him cover his eyes. When he opened them he saw, a huge mysterious door with a keyhole on it, standing in front of him.

Xehanort stepped towards the door. "Fascinating." he whispered breathlessly. He grabbed the handle on the door and gave it a slight pull. It didn't appear to be unlocked, so Xehanort opened the door fully. What he saw on the other side mystified him and made him immediately shut the door again. He quickly rushed off to add to his report.

"To study the Heartless behavior, I picked one out for observation. It wiggled it's antennae and, as if sending a target, headed deep into the castle. In the deepest part of the castle, its antennae began vibrating, as if searching for something. Suddenly, a strange door appeared. I'd never known of its existence. It had a large keyhole, but didn't seem to be locked. So I opened the door. What I saw on the other side mystified me. What was that powerful mass of energy?"

As Xehanort continued to write he failed to notice the streaks of light flying across the sky…straight towards Radiant Garden.

"What is this? Ansem the Wise looked around at the lab. "This is where Xehanort is performing his experiments on the heart." Ria explained.

Ansem looked at the cells where the Heartless were contained and glanced at the reports Xehanort had wrote. Looking closer he noticed that each report had his name on the top. Ansem shook his head and slammed the papers back on the table.

A rumble shook the castle. "What was that?" Ria asked. "I don't know. Quickly, head back to the top of the castle!" Ansem said.

As the two of them headed back to the main floor of the castle, Ria looked outside a nearby window and gasped. Outside multiple meteors were crashing into Radiant Garden.

"Kota!" Ria tried to run out and find her brother but Ansem stopped her. "You can't go out there!" "But I have to find my brother!" "Ria, if you got out there you could die! You have to stay here!"

Ria sighed and looked up at the sky worriedly. "Kota…please be safe!"

Lea led Kota, Jae, Arlene, and Lumaria into a nearby building while avoiding the meteors. "Get in, get in!" he yelled.

"Wait!" a young voice cried out. Lea saw Kairi and Sakura leading Kairi's grandmother to the house as fast as they could. He helped them inside and told everyone to stay down. Kairi and Sakura clung to Lea's legs and cried.

"Isa, come on!" Laina yelled. "I'm trying!" Isa yelled back. The two teens avoided the meteors flying around them as best as they could but it was difficult with the buildings being hit and dust kicking up.

"Look!" Isa said. "There's a building that's been left opened!" He pointed and Laina saw a house that had it's door opened. As she and Isa started to run towards it, Laina heard a little girl crying. She looked around and saw a girl cowering in the middle of the ground crying.

Laina quickly scooped the little girl up and as she ran asked the girl, "Hey, what's your name?" The little girl hiccuped. "M-Marlene." "We're gonna get you someplace safe, okay? Laina said. Marlene nodded and Laina and

Isa ran inside the house. As Laina set Marlene down, she heard someone say, "Who the hell are you two?" A blonde haired man who looked to be in his early thirties scowled at the them.

"Laina! Isa!" Myde cried. "Myde!" Laina said.

"You know these two?" the man said. "Yeah, Cid. They're all right." Myde said. Cid scoffed. "Fine." He walked off to check on the kids.

"So you're here too?" Isa asked. Myde nodded. "Along with Squall, the others, and Rould."

Rould was leaned against the wall and shuffled a deck of cards in his hands. "It seems the odds were in your favor." was all he said. "So everyone's all right?" Laina said. "Not exactly." Myde said. "Leon said Tifa's missing. She said she had to find Barret."

"Tifa?" Laina said. "I have to find her!" "You can't go back out there!" Isa said. "I have to!" Laina said. She ran out the door.

As she ran through the streets of Radiant Garden she heard someone yelling. Laina headed towards the sound and as she got closer, she could hear the conversation.

"…don't care about the danger, Tifa! I ain't leaving here without my little girl!"

Laina saw a young 13-year-old girl talking to a older, dark-skinned man.

"But Barret-" Tifa started to say. She stopped when she noticed Laina. "Excuse me." Laina said. "Sorry to interrupt but are you looking for a girl named, Marlene?" "Yes!" Tifa said. "Do you know where she is?" Barret said.

"Yes, I can lead you there. Come on, hurry!" The three of them hurried back to the house.

Xehanort watched from inside the castle, amazed at the meteor shower. He quickly grabbed his pencil and notebook and began writing again, looking up at the sky every so often.

A massive core of energy lay beyond the door sought by the Heartless. It may be the ultimate goal of the Heartless. But what is that energy? I have devised a hypothesis, based upon my observations of the Heartless. The Heartless feed on other's hearts, and they yearn for that energy core. That thing beyond the door must be a heart, too-the heart of this world. There is no proof, but, having felt that immense energy, I am certain. That was the heart of the world. The Heartless are trying to take hearts not only from all living creatures, but from the planet itself. But what do they mean to do with the heart of the world?

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