It's not even nine in the morning…but…don't ask me how…but I'm hyper. I fear for Airie…

And yes! The cards are a COM reference. We saw the Hunger Games last night...and it was epic! Anyway...

After I could pull myself together I looked at the other two cards in my hands. I had a choice of going either to a town I didn't recognize, or I could go to the place were I lost my heart.

Well, I had two perspectives on that. If I went to Hollow Bastion, I could meet up with Maleficent and Riku again, but God knows who I would find if I went to the other town. It could just be a riot of heartless waiting to do something to me, take me heart, if they can, or something worse.

…Hollow Bastion it is.

I walked up to the door and pulled the card up to my face. I put a it of pressure on it and a bright white light consumed me.

When the light faded into normal colors I was in the Grand Hall again. I crossed my arms and glared around. Maybe I should've gone to the other card. Well, too late for me.

When I started to walk out of the room a man in black blocked my path. I looked him up and down, and I noticed that he was wearing the same outfit as Axel. So I said Axel's name.

The man gave me a tilted head, then a laugh. It was a empty, emotionless laugh, one that struck me deep for some reason.

"Man kid, you're clever," he pulled off his hood and Axel smiled. "Nothing get's passed you, right?" He rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I got a problem. The boss man wants me to get rid of you. Apparently I wasn't suppose to give you that other card, y'know, Twilight Town?"

"Twilight Town?" I pulled it out of my pocket. "So that's what this place is called?"

"Been there yet?" Axel asked.

"Not yet," I told him. "Why do you have to get rid of me if I haven't been there yet?"

He yawned. "Well, we don't want you to go there at all, we can't afford you making any mistakes, like if you meet-" he stopped and smiled again. "Me and my big mouth. Well, now I'm gunna have to get rid of you. You're to curious." With that, he jumped back a few steps, held his hands out to his sides and fire danced around us. I looked around, trying to find some way to escape, but all I could see was fire. I looked back over at Axel, who had two chakrams in his hands.

"Ready Kiddo?" he asked. He charged at me and swung, good thing I was fast enough to dodge. I flew back a few yards, close to the edge of the fire. I knew if I did anything with fire, I was going to make everything worse, because then we would both end up suffocating. But then how was I suppose to defend myself? I didn't have a single weapon, let alone magic, I was never good with magic. I guess I was just going to have to ware him down enough to were I could just push him over and run. Yeah, right. But that was the best shot I had.

So I dodged, over and over and over again. Axel wasn't a bit tired. But I was. I couldn't even run a few steps after a while. I collapsed on the ground, tired, and at that point I think I may have forgotten about Axel, because my eyes automatically shut.

"Well kid, you weren't really a lot of fun, because if you were going to even bother to fight back, I don't like one who doesn't even try. Pathetic," he rolled me over onto my back with his foot and stepped onto my chest. "Well, I'll say hello to him for you," he raised the chakrams behind his head when something appeared into my hand. I opened my eyes and there was a silver bow in my fingers. I scrambled to my feet and knocked Axel away, then found arrows in my other hand. I slung them over my shoulder, but not before pulling one back in the bow and piercing through his shoulder. Well, beginner's luck?

"Damn!" he cried. Axel looked back up at me. "Fine. Go have your fun in Twilight Town. But remember, I warned you that you may not be happy." With that, he disappeared through a dark corridor.

What did he mean by 'have your fun'? How was I going to have fun? That guy was truly getting on my last nerve. Well, at least I had bows and arrows now? At least?

I sighed, walking over and picking up the arrow that had hit Axel's shoulder. The strange thing was, there wasn't a bit of blood on it. But I hit him! How could that be possible?

The rest of Hollow Bastion was completely empty. I had nothing important there except for my death. And I didn't want to have to relive that. When I came to the Chapel in the castle I found a door that I didn't remember being there. I walked over and turned the knob on it, walking back into Castle Oblivion. The door was opened to the next floor, like it had been before, so I ran up there searching for others. There still wasn't anybody I knew there, let alone that I didn't know at all. When I found the next door I was hesitate to even touch the Twilight Town card. What if Axel was right about the things I didn't want to see?

I shook my head, figuring that he just wanted to scare me. I pressed down on the card hard and the door opened to a town with roads paved in brick. It was actually really peaceful, and there was a sunset in the sky. This place wasn't so bad. Why was Axel trying to scare me with this? He's a jerk, this place made me feel more at home than Destiny Islands ever did. I dismissed the bows and arrows so I wouldn't scare anybody. I passed a few houses when I came to a sandlot. That's where I heard an argument going on. I ran in, finding about seven kids screaming at each other. There was one girl that was sitting on a bench quietly, her hands collapsed her lap and her head bowed. She was around my age, as were the other kids. This girl stood up and screamed at the other seven, then pulled one away by the wrist. I followed them and left the other kids to fight, something about the girl made me want to know about her. I followed them into a tunnel that was made for a type of subway, tram or something. When they stopped I hid around a corner so they couldn't see me and I watched them. The girl was about my height, around my weight, because she was skinny and lean. Her eyes were the same pitch black as mine, but her hair was different. It reached her shoulders, and it was deep red and hung in her face. It was weird, she looked a lot like me, but I never knew her. Unless I had an evil twin or something. She even dressed somewhat like me, the black shirt, black pants, black boots. When she spoke, she sounded like me.

"Roxas, do you know what Seifer could do to you?" she started. "He could probably snap your neck with the twist of his arm. And you go off like that? What are you thinking?"

The boy, Roxas, had spikey blond hair, not as spikey as Sora's, but close, and cobalt blue eyes. He only smiled sheepishly.

"Well, he was trying to take you away and I didn't want that to happen…" he rubbed the back of his head and blushed. "Besides, I worry about the trouble you get in most the time," he turned his head and spotted me. "I think you have a shadow," he said pointing to me.

The girl turned around and found me. I tried hiding behind the post but she had already saw me and it was to late. She walked over, and the boy followed.

"Who are you?" she asked. "Why are you following us?"

I looked down at my shoes. "I'm sorry…I don't know what's going on here. I just got here."

She looked back at Roxas, then back at me again. "So, you want help then?" When I nodded, she allowed a small smile. "Okay, nice to meet you, I'm Xeiria."