Summary: What if everything had been a bad dream? The Heartless were never created and the Nobodies never existed. What if one apprentice woke up from that dream, only to relive every moment of it again? He would try to stop it of course.
Warning: This story is an Alternate Universe from the original Kingdom Hearts world(s). There may be slight Out of Character-ness and some parts of the original Kingdom Hearts plot-line may be changed. If you do not like fanfictions like this, please click the back button. Also SPOILER WARNING FOR BIRTH BY SLEEP!!
Dislcaimer: I, KradsLover, do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Ienzo was well out of the Castle before Xehanort could even begin to think of where to find him. The small apprentice quickly dashed into the garden, he didn't want anything to do with those creatures.

"What if it was only a dream?" he asked himself. What if it was just his childish fear? But then how did he know what the creatures look like and what Xehanort would call him? Why was everything, up until now, going exactly as his dream had? He was changing the course of action, would that change his dreams as well? Ienzo let out a frustrated groan, he didn't know what to do!

A low whistle from behind one of the large trees alerted Ienzo that he was not alone. The boy stopped his small tantrum, putting on his emotionless mask once again as he looked in the direction of the noise.

"Calm down, kid," came a voice that Ienzo despised. Lea walked out from behind the tree, in all his spikey ember colored glory. "Whatever's upsetting you, I'm sure it's nothing." Lea grinned, his green eyes flashing with delight.

Ienzo looked up at the teen, frowning at him in distrust. Lea always caused troubles for Ansem and the other inhabitants of Radiant Garden. He was often caught trying to sneak into the castle. Dilan always made sure he got kicked right back out. That reminded Ienzo, there was another boy. Isa was never far away from Lea.

"Where's--"

"Isa!" Lea called, looking up at the tree they were both under. "Get down here."

Isa was lazily lounging among the branches, watching the two with one jade eye. He let out a heavy sigh, as if doing what Lea said was a burden on his life. He shifted some and jumped down from the tree, landing without a hitch. He stood up straight and looked right at Ienzo.

Ienzo always found that boy creepy. He was up to something. Lea may have made everyone think he was in charge, but it was Isa who really ran the show. One could only imagine what went through his head.

Isa was just as mysterious as the moon he was so facinated by.

"Leave him alone, Lea." Isa said, his eyes slowly sliding over to his friend's face. "The kid is obviously freaked about something.. We wouldn't want to make it worse, right?" his face remained emotionless but there was a smirk in those words.

Lea was circling Ienzo now, looking at him like a wolf would at a lamb. "Of course not.." he coo'd. "Why would we want to upset the precious apprentice? His giant body guard might pop out of nowhere and hurt us." he laughed.

Ienzo glared at Lea. "Aeleaus is inside the castle, talking with master Ansem. And you should learn some respect." he said lowly. This was why he didn't associate with anyone under the age of 20. They were all disrespectful idiots who had no idea what proper conduct or manners were.

With the two in front of him, Ienzo completely forgot about his dream and Xehanort. It was always like that with Lea and Isa. One always focused on them and completely forgot what the world was up to. It was like they wanted your guard to be down. They knew they were inside your brain and they used that to their advantage.

Lea laughed softly. "Why should we respect you? You're nothing but an over privilaged brat who relies on an oaf to do your dirty work," he said, smirking the entire time.

Ienzo raised an eyebrow. "And this is different from how you are involved with Isa, how?" he asked, crossing his thin arms across his chest. "To him, you're nothing but a tool to use in distractions or to make himself seem less diabolical."

Isa didn't like how Ienzo was talking. He calmly placed his hands behind his back, and started to circle Ienzo just like Lea was doing earlier. "Big words coming from such a little boy," his voice was calm, smooth, like ice. But there was a hint of rage in his voice. The ice was cracking.

Lea wasn't fond of being called a tool. "Maybe we should teach him his place."

Ienzo's eyes widened a little. He knew that Lea and Isa could sometimes be violent if they wanted. He quickly tried to step away from them. "Don't you da-" his words were cut off by the sound of a new comer.

"Ienzo!" yelled a deep voice.

Isa and Lea's eyes narrowed as their heads snapped to the direction of the new voice.

"Let's go." Isa said, running out of the garden. Lea followed behind him, like a puppy chasing its master.

The small apprentice was almost relieved until he saw who was walking up to him.

It wasn't just one person. It was two.

Braig and Xehanort.

Author's Notes: I'm not really proud of this chapter. But it's done.

Woo~ cliff hanger. o.o I really gotta stop with those. I'm gonna piss someone off soon.

Well you know what to do. Review and I'll update.