I don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything associated with it. Sorry this chapter is so short. I'll be writing more to add onto it.
All I could feel was this massive headache and the cold slimy ground beneath my body. I felt cold drops of rain pelting me from all sides. 'What just happened?' I had no clue. One moment I was hovering, the next...I was here. Wait...a body!? I have one? It was dark and I couldn't see much of anything. I tried to ignore my headache as I struggled to stand up. It was as if my body moved for me, which I was grateful for. My legs moved sluggishly down the dark alley way to a rather beat up metal door. My hands led me to turn the nob and let myself into a drafty dark room. I searched for a light switch and turned it on.
A dim yellow light flooded the room. It was somewhat empty, save for some bottles laying about and a bed in the corner. It was different from my room at Castle Oblivion, not as bright, or as...inviting. I shut the door behind me and my body knew which way the bathroom was. I stumbled in and turned on the light.
"What?!" I shouted. The moment I saw my reflection in the mirror I knew something had happened. What had happened, I wasn't even sure. But the figure looking back in the mirror wasn't me.
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"Okay Xion, calm down", I tried to say, but the words came out slurred and unrecognizable. I looked in the mirror again, I looked a lot different then I did back then. I had a different body, different clothes, different hair, different eyes...it was all different. My figure had brown skin, mine was almost colorless. My figure had brown hair, mine was black. My figure was tall, I remembered being shorter than everyone else around me. My figure had these weird brown eyes...I'm most certain my eyes were almost...what was that color again? Purple? And what was I wearing? I couldn't understand how my "clothes" were staying on me. I was wearing the small shirt that was too wide at the neck and my bra was highly visible. I suppose I was wearing a denim skirt, it was probably a cut-off and was extremely short and worn.
"Who is this person?" I heard myself say. My voice sounded the same strangely enough. But it didn't match up with my reflection. I collapsed on the toilet and looked down at the floor. I had no clue what had happened to me. I remember that I didn't want to disappear. I wanted to be with Roxas and Axel and eat sea-salt ice cream together in Twilight Town like we used to. My head began to hurt with my thoughts racing so fast. I grabbed my head in my hands to try and stop the pain. Then everything went dark again.
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I woke up to hear banging on the dooroutside. My body was stiff from laying on the cold bathroom floor, but I managed to pick myself up and make my way to the outer door. I opened it up to reveal a tall man wearing a wife-beater and faded camo pants.
"What do you want?" I asked. He said nothing, he only handed me a plastic bag with a syringe and a small vile of blue liquid.
"It's called The Deep, amphetemine at its highest. Don't shoot too much, it'll kill you. That stuff's hard to find and you paid good money for it." He says nothing else and walks away. I'm left standing there with a substance I've never heard of. It must be illegal---he was so secretive about it. Why do I have it? I didn't pay for it. But then I remember: this isn't my body. This isn't me. Whoever this person is...
I shower and dress myself as best I can. Apparently this girl doesn't have much a wardrobe. By much I mean surface area coverage. I find some money under the mattress and a spare key under the mat and I go out to explore the town. This is Hollow Bastion or Radient Gardens. I think I may have heard of this place once before, I'm not sure. I remember looking on the database computer at the Castle, but I don't remember finding anything like this. I see people looking at me strange. I must really be out of place here. Then I look down at how much skin is exposed. even with my jacket and pants I found, it still didn't cover much. I could feel my underwear peaking out the back no matter how high I pulled them up.
I went into the store and bought some scant groceries, soap, and shampoo. I at least needed to be clean. The laundry detergent was on sale, that was a plus. I hurried back home and found someone waiting for me. He looked like Axel, only he wasn't. He had his hair pulled back and he wore goggles on his forehead. He didn't have those black teardrops, but he had red curves on the sides of his eyes. He smiled at me.
"Yo Ivy", he called with a smile. Ivy? That must be my name.
"Hey Reno", I say before I can stop myself. I don't know where that name came from. But it must have been right because his smile grew even wider. He sounded like Axel too. That was odd. I unlock the door and let us in.
"It's strange, you usually leave the key out for me to come in." He said as he walked around the apartment.
"I know", I lie, "I misplaced the key somewhere in here, so I took the spare." I set the gorceries on the counter and start picking up around the apartment. Reno looked puzzled.
"You got something special going on?" he asks, "You usually leave stuff laying around. You okay?" I just shrug and continue filling up the trash bag. It doesn't take long. Reno just watches in utter facination as the carpet becomes visible.
"Why're you here? Don't you have something to do?" I ask. Reno laughs.
"I come here all the time and it never worried you. We're business partners don't you know? Sheesh, you can be so weird sometimes. You should probably lay off the deep blue stuff." Reno paused and noticed the small bag on the counter. I look at it too. And deep inside feel this kind of craving, this desire for that stuff in the bottle. I ignore it and continue cleaning. Within half an hour I've got clothes in the wash and I'm scrubbing the bathroom spotless. The apartment isn't really too shabby, but it hadn't been clean in a while. Just what kind of person lived here? Who was this person before I took over?
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It's evening by the time I've finished everything. The room smells fresh and new and the fading sunlight made it glow. Reno's asleep on the couch and I guess I'll leave him there. I start making ramen for dinner. I remember my quest and why I'm here. Whoever this person is, I should probably find out more about her.
Who is Ivy?