Hey everyone!! I hope you all liked this one. I'm gonna try and have the next one out next week hopefully. I must warn you this one is extremely long and will take quite a long time to read. It was like 17 pages on Microsoft Word on 12-point font. Sorry )

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"Kairi!!" I screamed as I was dragged away into darkness. After several attempts to break free from the man's grip I gave up and just let him drag me through the emptiness. I couldn't see anything. All I could feel was the gloved hand wrapped around my wrist. I couldn't even tell if I was being dragged along a ground or anything, it just felt as if I were floating in a black ocean that went on forever.

I closed my eyes trying to fight back tears that were soon to come. Finally, I felt myself hit a smooth surface. I opened my eyes. I was face down on a cold, shiny white marble floor. I got up to my hands and knees and looked around in front of me. The darkness was gone, white and silver colors now surrounded me. I was in a large white room. It had tall ceilings and reflecting floors. The walls were the same color as everything else. I stood up, no one was around. The mysterious man was gone too. It was quiet, too quiet. I slowly turned around, and almost wished I hadn't.

Behind me were several people dressed like the other man all gathered together and the base of two elegant, white marble staircases. They all had their hoods pulled up so I couldn't see their faces either. I quickly started stumbling backwards not removing my eyes from the people. I kept moving until I ran into something…someone. I froze the second I felt the warmth touch my skin. I spun around to see a boy standing there. He was a couple of inches taller than me and had his hood down so I could see his facial features.

He had a slender face and flawless, clear, pale skin. He looked to be only a few years older than I. He had a pair of beautiful green eyes that stood out greatly against his long, fiery red hair. His hair was the same exact color as mine but his spiked out in all directions. There were two upside-down raindrop symbols under each of his eyes. The boy was very thin like me and had slender arms and frame. He had a surprised look on his face, but it quickly changed to a warm smile, not like the smirk smile that the man had before he took me. I, without thinking, fell into his arms and began to cry into his chest.

His smile snapped back into the surprised look. He raised an eyebrow before softly placing his arms around my thin body. After my crying softened, he took both of my wrists in each of his hands and pulled my face up to look at him. I looked up. He took a step over to the others, releasing my wrists. I grabbed a hold of his hand as he let go. He turned back, smiled then pulled away again.

As he took a place in the group, I looked around at everyone. Most of the people looked as if they were adults, no younger than twenty. But there were four, including the redheaded boy, who stood off to the side who looked like kids. The redheaded boy was the tallest of them, 'he must be the oldest of the four' I figured. He pulled his hood over his spikes and smiled once more as his face became shrouded in shadows.

A few moments of silence passed before someone stepped forward. The person who walked over to me was very tall. He had broad shoulders and appeared very muscular. As he came in front of me he took off his hood and let it fall behind him. He had long, silver hair that reached passed his shoulders. He had golden brown eyes that, in the right light, looked like fire.

"Welcome, Xarene," he said, "to the Organization." He spoke with a very deep voice that frightened me terribly.

"Xarene? My name is Raene," I said back trying to sound brave, but it only came out in a trembling whimper.

He laughed. "Alright then, Raene. How 'bout I introduce you to everyone?" He said holding out his hand, not exactly for me to take it but like as if he were asking me to give him permission to continue. I looked over at the redheaded boy with a pleading look. I felt as if I could trust him for some reason. He just nodded so I looked up at the man and nodded too. "My name is Xemnas, number one, The Superior." He then turned to the crowd, or now that I counted, twelve other people. This is Xigbar, number two, The Freeshooter," he said pointing to a thin man. The man stepped forward and removed his hood. He had dark hair that had grey streaks and was pulled back into a low ponytail. He had an eye-patch over his right eye and a deep scar on his left cheek. He then stepped back into the crowd and another man stepped forward. "This is Xaldin, number three, The Whirlwind Lancer." The man took off his hood just as Xigbar did. He had wild, long, black hair that was in several braids. He placed his hands behind his back and stepped into the crowd again.

Xemnas continued to introduce the others. There was Vexen, number four, The Chilly Academic who had long dirty blonde hair and Luxaeus, number five, The Silent Hero who was quite large looking who had small spikes of dark red hair. Then there was number six, Zexion, The Cloaked Schemer. He was the shortest of the adults and by far the youngest of them all. He had silvery, purple hair that covered one side of his face and he had no expression.

Next was number seven. From the second he stepped forward, I knew who he was. "This is Saïx, The Luna Diviner." He took off his hood and let his blue silver hair fall over his shoulders. He had an X-shaped scar on his face. He was the man who brought me here. I just kept a straight face as Xemnas went onto the next person. "This is Axel, number eight, The Flurry of Dancing Flames." The redheaded boy walked forward keeping a straight face just like me. He walked up to me and bowed. I had been taught manners all my life, and even if these people had taken me away, I stilled felt it rude not to do the same. I bent forward slightly and smiled as I looked up at him. He smiled back. "Axel here will be showing you around later on," Xemnas said. I nodded and watched as The Superior introduced number nine. He was one of the children and his name was Demyx, The Melodious Nocturne. He had light brown hair that stuck straight out of the top of his head. He had a playful smile. I guessed that he was older than me but younger than Axel.

Xemnas than introduced Luxord, number ten, The Gambler of Fate. He was tall and had short blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. Next was number eleven, Marluxia, The Graceful Assassin. I could tell he was one of the younger adults. He had light brown hair that seamed to have a pinkish shade to it. I held back a laugh at that.

There were just two left now. They were the shortest of everyone, and the youngest. I could tell. The taller and elder of the two stepped forward. The person took off its hood, and I was surprised to see that it was a girl. She had bright blonde hair that fell at her shoulders. There were two strands of hair that seamed to stand up on their own on either side of her head. This girl was very thin, and surprisingly curvy for someone who looked to be same age as Demyx, someone so young. "This is Larxene, number twelve, The Savage Nymph." I smiled at her, pleased to see that there was at least one other girl around here. But she didn't return the gesture. Instead, she glared at me with narrow eyes and simply said, "humph" as she stuck her nose in the air and turned on her heel. Lastly, the final person stepped forward; the youngest, shortest person here. He took off his hood as I sighed at his looks. He was quite good looking. He had to have been the same age as me. He had sandy blonde hair that spiked up higher on one side of his head more than the other. His eyes were the same color as mine. As I looked into them, I saw my sister looking back at me. I tried to hold back tears as Xemnas said his name. "This is Roxas, number thirteen, The Key of Destiny."

I smiled as he bowed just as Axel did. I returned the gesture. "Now Raene…" There he went again saying my name with sarcasm. "…This is the Organization—Organization XIII. I'm sure that Roxas and Axel, seeing as you can never separate them, will be happy to make you feel as comfortable as possible here," Xemnas said. "But from now on, your name isn't 'Raene.' That is your true name. You are a Nobody now, and because of that, you must have a name belonging to a Nobody. From now on, like I said before, you will be addressed as 'Xarene. Your title is number fourteen, The Seraph of Mortality.' Is that understood?"

"No! No it's not understood! My name is 'Raene,' not 'Xarene,' ok!? I'm not one of these 'Nobodies' got it?! No one can take away somebody else's name!" I yelled getting angrier by the second. First these people took me from my new home, and now they were trying to take me away from my identity.

"Superior, if I may say so myself, she isn't a Nobody just yet. Perhaps, since she isn't one she could keep her name. I mean, we weren't actually going to make her a member at all; she would be like Miss Lonesome upstairs. Besides, she might listen better if we make her happier," said Zexion stepping forward.

"Fine, she can keep her name. But in files, she is Xarene, how's that," Xemnas said turning back to me. "Alright then Raene, keep your filthy true name. I guess we could lend you some slack since we have taken away everything else from you; your dreams, your family, your home… This is your new home now…"

At this, my eyes started to swarm with tears. I ran away, not having any idea where I was going, but I just kept moving; running down hallways and up staircases every time I came to one.

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"Alright, everyone clear out! Roxas, go find her. Axel, stay here. Demyx and Larxene, back to your studies. All of you, out of my sight. Xigbar, get me a drink," Xemnas said giving out orders once Raene had left.

"Yes, Superior?" Axel asked approaching his master. Axel tried to act as loyal as possible even though he hated Xemnas' guts.

"Do you know why she is here?" He asked. Axel just shook his head. He actually didn't, neither did any of the youngest members. "She is the key to our destiny."

"I thought Roxas was The Key of Destiny, sir," Axel said not looking Xemnas in the eye.

"He is. But she along with him, are going to help us with full rebirth. I know this makes little since to you. I didn't expect it to. Why would a mere boy of nine years understand such a complex subject? Anyhow, she is here because of the prophecies. Have you ever heard of the Age of Prophecies, Axel?"

"Very little, sir," Axel answered still not meeting his eyes.

"The Age of Prophecies is a time that will take place in around eight years. Roxas can wield the Keyblades because his other is the chosen Keyblade Master. As you probably know, the prophecies sent visions to me showing what will happen in the future. They showed me what was to become of Roxas' true being. They showed me how Roxas originally came to be. Roxas would have gotten here near the end of the first year of the Age of Prophecies. He would have been born because of his other temporarily turning to Darkness. But since I foresaw this, I was able, along with the other founding members, to bring the Organization together early. Six years ago, we were able to get all of the members that would have come anyway, to arrive here; the first twelve members. Every person who would be at least twenty years old at the Age of Prophecy got to keep that age form when they got here. But, they wouldn't age a single day until Roxas turned fourteen. The other four members who would be younger than twenty had fifteen years taken away. That is why you came here at the age of three and Roxas at the age of just a newborn. All of you younger members lost the maturity that you had when you were older. You basically had to start over. Do you understand so far?"

"I think so, sir. Does this have anything to do with why Demyx, Larxene, and I don't remember our past lives as well as the other members?" Axel asked.

"Yes, since you all had to start over, most of your memories went away. You should start to see them as you age, but I doubt anything will be as clear as ours. Now, Roxas and Naminé don't remember anything from their past lives because their others were only in Darkness for a short while." Axel nodded his head in understanding. "Raene is a very special person. She is able to wield the Keyblades. This is only because she is connected to her sister, who in the future, will have her heart live in Roxas' other. From what I saw when Saïx took her here, she and her sister's hearts joined. The necklaces they carry represent them…their hearts. When Raene was taken away, half of her sister…the daughter of Light…joined with Raene. Just as half of Raene's…the daughter of Darkness…joined with her sister. I want you to explain everything to Raene: the Heartless, the Nobodies, how darkness and hearts work. I also want to explain this…"

Axel leaned slightly forward, awaiting all the juicy details.

"Raene will be able to see her sister, but not how she wishes. She will be able to see visions of her. She will be able to see, feel, taste, smell, and know everything that is going on in her sister's life. Especially when something important is happening, Raene may just go into a certain trance. You mustn't bother her when she is like this. Also let her know that memories of her sister will come and overwhelm her at times. Her sister will not be able to see things happening to Raene though. Her sister doesn't see the Darkness that represents Raene. But Raene sees the light of her sister that now takes up half her heart. Does everything make sense, do you think you can explain this well enough?"

"I think so…will Raene become a Nobody, sir? Now that she is here, is she to be truly one of us? And also, why is it that you had to capture her? What do the Prophecies say that makes it so important for the Organization to make her like one of us?" Axel asked.

"Eventually, yes. She, after years of being raised as one, will slowly be one of us. She will always show aspects of being human though. And because she will still be part Nobody, if she completely turns to darkness, she will disappear, much as we would if we went away any further, as if we died once again. And, about your second question…The Prophecies say that if we were to have left her in her new home, she would have prevented Darkness from reaching that world. We need the Darkness to reach that world so Roxas' other could gain the Keyblade. We need the Keyblade to become whole again. Don't you want to be whole again, Axel…and be able to see the ones you love again?"

"Actually, sir, I don't remember anything about the ones I love, nothing at all, so I don't really care to become whole again," he answered truthfully.

"Well, you may not remember, but most of us do, and it is our one and only hope to become human once more. That is why we had to stop her from protecting the island. Her Dark powers would have been overpowered by the goodness around her to the extent of her destroying all Darkness that came to her home. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir, I understand," Axel replied bowing to Xemnas.

"Very good, then. Go find her. Oh, and Axel…mention to her that Roxas can't know the truth. Explain all of that, make sure he doesn't find out about his other and that she won't say a word. I have a feeling that she will be a difficult one to trust…" Xemnas said before stepping into a portal of darkness.

Axel turned quickly knowing exactly where the newcomer had gone. She would have gone as far away as possible, which meant she was in her room on the other side of the castle. He quickly drowned himself in a portal and reappeared in front of a white door at the end of a long and narrow hallway. He hesitated before slowly reaching forward and turning the doorknob…

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I were sitting in, yet another, all white room. The ceiling and floor were polished so smoothly that together they created a never-ending reflection back and forth to each other. Not only were the walls white too, but all the furniture was white as well. The only colorful thing in the room besides Roxas and myself were several drawings in the room. They scattered the floors and walls and furniture. But, I hadn't yet had time to look at them. You were sitting on a long white table that scanned the entire room. The table had two simple chairs at either end. There was a small dresser at one end behind one of the chairs and a white marble fireplace at the opposite end. There was a large window on the wall opposite the door that nearly covered the whole wall from side to side and top to bottom. Thin, silky white curtains blew even though there was no wind. A small twin bed with white blankets sat parallel to the window. The room was brightly lit even though it was dark outside. The only source of light was a white crystal chandelier hanging over the center of the table, but it wasn't lit, which seamed to question me even more.

"It's OK, Raene. I'm sure Axel will be here in a minute to explain everything. There has to be a reason why you are here…"

Just then Axel opened the door and stepped in, closing the door quietly behind him. "Roxas, go find Naminé. They need to meet," he said.

"Wait, why do you get to know everything, then she gets to know everything, and Naminé gets to know everything already, and I don't get the story at all?!" Roxas objected.

"Calm down, you'll hear the story. Just go find her, I'll tell you later."

Roxas without saying a word walked over to the door, but instead of walking through it, he simply opened up a portal to take him wherever he was intending to go. Roxas became engulfed within the portal and disappeared. But, his cloak was left behind sitting on the floor. "Awww, darn it!" shouted a muffled voice from outside the door. Axel and I waited a minute before Roxas came back in through the door with only his pants, shoes and shirt on. He stomped over to his cloak, threw it over his head and stomped out of the door.

"He's not quite as good at teleporting as he would like," Axel said after a moment of awkward silence. I just chuckled slightly, waiting for him to start talking again.

"Raene, I'm gonna explain everything, and well, I don't expect you to understand everything at first, ok?" I nodded. "Also, I might say something, then move on, and have to go back, because that thing may not make any sense without me talking about something else, so bare with me, ok?" I nodded again.

"Ok, well…umm…do you know what a Heartless is?" I shook my head. He jumped off the table from sitting next to me and began to walk around the room looking at the drawings. He finally picked one up and brought it over to me. "This is a Heartless," he said sitting back on the table and holding out the drawing. I immediately jumped off the table and backed into the corner. "What's wrong?!" Axel protested jumping off the table once more.

My eyes started to water and I choked out an explanation. "My…my father…was…" But I didn't get to finish because Axel had come over to me and placed my head against his chest. I sobbed for a minute then continue with what I was going to say. "Those…things…killed my father."

"I'm so sorry," Axel said looking at his feet as I pulled away.

"Those things killed him and took over my home. My sister and I had to flee to survive. That's why we were at that island…" I sighed and let the story drop there.

Axel waited then continued. "I'm sorry." He paused. "By their name, you can tell that they are ones without hearts. When a person turns to Darkness by any means, they become a Heartless. Now, Heartless come in many different shapes and sizes. They feed off of hearts. Some people, when they turn to Darkness keep somewhat of a similar being to their real appearance. Others change to look completely different." I listened very carefully grasping everything he was saying and trying to understand it all. He continued, "There are other creatures too, they are called Nobodies. They are what's left of people when they lose more than just a heart. If a strong hearted person turns to Darkness, they lose their heart, but they also lose more. They become the non-existent. They too, also come in many different shapes and sizes. And just how some people get to keep a similar form to their true beings when they become Heartless, so do Nobodies. They are us; the Organization…Organization XIII. We control the lesser Nobodies. We got to keep our original form and memories. Lesser Heartless and Nobodies forget their pass lives."

I waited a little bit, watching my shoes before looking back up at him. "Ok, Raene, this is where I might have to totally go back and re-word some stuff that I say so that it will make sense. Where should we start? Ok, well, there is a weapon called the Keyblade. It is an almighty powerful weapon that can either stop Darkness or feed it. There is a person who is the chosen wielder of the Keyblade. There is a boy; he is to be the chosen master. He knows nothing of this. In about eight years, he will gain control of the Keyblade and be set out on a dangerous quest to stop the Darkness from spreading, just as all the wielders did before him. His name is Sora, he lives on the island on which you just moved to." I eyes widened. "From the time he gets the Keyblade, the Age of Prophecies starts. Visions were sent to Xemnas telling him what would happen. At some time during the end of the first year of the Age, Sora will shortly turn to Darkness, but not in that way, I think. Since he is a strong-hearted person, not only does he turn into a Heartless, but also a Nobody is formed. The Nobody is a completely different person. At the time that Sora is a Heartless, another person turned to Darkness and a Nobody was also created. But this other person wasn't made like other Nobodies, so her Nobody was different too. Both Sora and this other person, your sister's Nobodies became the powerful kind of Nobodies. Sora's is Roxas, your sister's is Naminé."

My eyes were bulging out of my head by now. "My sister turns to Darkness?"

"Yes, but not like you think. I think that Sora turned to Darkness in order to save your sister. And to return that, your sister did the same but got to save herself somehow. Roxas and Naminé don't remember anything from their past life because they were in Darkness for such a short while. They are the only members whose others are still in human form. Oh man, I totally forgot!"

"What?"

"To explain why they are here so early, I told you that Xemnas saw visions of what would happen. Ok…so…since Xemnas saw these visions, he was able to bring the Organization together early. I don't know how, but he used the original six members, including himself, to somehow bring everyone here, even though they may not even have turned to Darkness yet. Ok, Xemnas made it so that everyone who wasn't twenty at the time he created the Organization could keep their age. Everyone who was younger had to basically start over. Demyx, Larxene, Roxas, and I had to start living again. We age just like humans. But not until the Age of Prophecies starts can the older members age anymore. They don't gain any maturity but the younger ones do. The Organization started, and I was with the life of a three-year-old. Demyx and Larxene were both as two-year-olds and Roxas as just a newborn. Naminé was also just a newborn. She is just a few months younger than Roxas and Sora. She is the same age as your sister and a few minutes older than you because you are the younger twin and she is your sister's Nobody. And because we have to gain maturity all over again, we technically lost all of our memories; Larxene, Demyx, and I. We don't remember anything at all. Xemnas says that as we age we may be able to remember some things, but not enough to be like the older members. Do you understand so far?"

I nodded actually getting this pretty well.

"Ok, Roxas can wield the Keyblades because he is Sora's other, his Nobody. And well, let's see…so Sora and your sister…Kairi, isn't it?…" I nodded. "…their hearts will become connected I suppose, and they will live inside each other somehow. But see you are living inside of Kairi right now. So you can wield the Keyblades as well. Because of what is to happen. You share a heart with Kairi and Kairi's heart lives inside Sora's. Your hearts are shared because of what happened when Saïx took you. Your hearts split and joined," he said pointing to the necklace around my neck. "Half of you, Darkness, lives in Kairi now, and half of her, Light, lives inside of you."

I brought my hand of to the gem and stroked it with my fingers for a moment trying to think of my sister.

"Here is the important thing, you can see your sister." My sad eyes shot up with happiness filling them. "But not how you wish…" my eyes fell again. "…hey, but it might be ok. I'm sure you'll like this better than nothing." I looked up with a curious eye. "Since you have half of her heart, you can see what's going on in her life. At times, you will be within side her, seeing what she is doing. You can see, touch, taste, hear, smell, and feel everything that she can. You will have her feelings, her thoughts, and her emotions inside of you. This will happen especially when something important is happening in her life. Sometimes, her memories will flood your mind too." I smiled. "But, just to let you know, she can't do the same. She doesn't see the Darkness that takes up half of her heart. You see the Light half of hers, which is why you can do this."

"Will I ever see her again?" I asked.

"I don't know, I sure hope so, for your sake. Now, I have one more thing to say I think. You will always be part human. But as time goes one, you will lose more and more of your human like aspects: taste, emotion, love. And, like Xemnas said, you can keep your true name, but he will sometimes address you as Xarene, ok?"

"Ok."

"Ok, and I guess I should explain this too. The Organization wants to be human again. Well, at least the older members because they remember the ones they loved and their past lives. They want that back. They can become human, but there is only one way. That is for the Keyblade to destroy Heartless. Every Heartless has a heart-like embodiment inside of them. When the Keyblade destroys a Heartless, that heart travels to a place called Kingdom Hearts. Kingdom Hearts is the place where Darkness is originated. Where everyone is born. Everyone. Everyone is born in Darkness. The Organization is trying to collect enough hearts to become whole again. Because of this, you are here."

"Why am I here?"

"Because you and your sister were to live on the same island as the Keyblade wielder, the Organization had to stop you. They had to stop you from destroying the Darkness. The Darkness had to reach the island so that Sora could gain the Keyblade and start his quest. If you stayed there, you would have changed to Light completely. And along with your sister's Light-filled heart, you both would have destroyed the Darkness. The Organization's quest would have been destroyed. That is the reason that you were brought here."

I sat there, quiet, trying to grasp everything he had just said. "Anything else?"

"Yes, one more. You can't tell Roxas about Sora."

"Why not?"

"Because he would leave, he would bring destruction to the Organization, we fear. He cannot know of why he can wield the Keyblades, why you can, why you are here, or anything. Everyone already knows, just not him. Naminé knows and she will keep it secret too. I told you earlier that she was different than other Nobodies. She has the power to alter memories. She can toy with them and replace them with other ones. She will tell Roxas by using the memories of ours that just happened and fix them so Roxas can see them. We need to get moving. Do you understand everything, anything I need to clear up?"

"No, actually you are really good at explaining things. For a nine-year-old, you sure to know how to explain," I said.

"Me? No, I think you just have a wide span of understanding. I think you get everything because you are very mature for your age," he replied smiling.

"Me? Mature? Well, I guess, maybe you just aren't mature enough and that is why I am understanding everything you are saying so easily. Maybe that is why we are getting along so well," I said smiling too.

"Maybe…"

"Maybe…so…where is this Naminé person?"

Just then the door opened and Roxas came through followed by a girl. She walked up to me. "Raene, this is Naminé," said Axel standing behind me. Roxas stood behind the girl and watched. I looked at her. She was beautiful. She had light blonde hair that reached past her shoulders and hung to one side with long bangs that skimmed the top of her eyes just barely. Her eyes were the same color as mine too, just like Roxas' and Kairi's, but they seamed slightly glazed over with a cloudy blue color. I looked at them carefully and then began to cry. I didn't fall into anyone's chest this time. This time, I just stood there and let the tears fall.

"What did I do?" asked a sweet, high-pitched, angelic voice. No one answered. I closed my eyes, squeezing the tears out. Then I felt myself being embraced by someone. "Shhh, it's ok, everything is going to be ok," said the same beautiful voice. I hugged her back. She gave the same kinds of hugs as my sister. Thin arms wrapped around a thin body. She smelled good and squeezed me just like my sister did. After a moment, I stood up and whipped the tears away from my cheeks.

"It's ok, it's just that…you look so much like her," I said looking back at the familiar eyes that seamed perfectly enhanced in color by the dark eyelashes that also seamed familiar. Kairi and I both had those same dark eyelashes that stood out to our pale complexion. I looked the girl over. She was wearing a thin-strapped white dress that came half way down her thigh with a zigzag cut hem.

"Raene, let's go for a walk," Axel said. I nodded.

"Wait! You said you would tell me the story, don't just let me sit here and wonder!" Roxas objected just as he did before.

"Naminé, tell Roxas what happened, use your powers to see what happened," Axel said turning to Naminé who was sitting herself down in one of the chairs at the table. Axel winked to let her know to leave out some stuff. She nodded and gestured for Roxas to sit down too. Roxas had not seen the wink Axel had given. He sighed then walked to the other side of the table.

"I guess I can trust you then," Axel said as he closed the door behind him as the two of us started to walk down the hall.

"What do you mean then?" I asked.

"Xemnas said you might be a hard one to trust."

"Wouldn't you trust me any way? I thought everyone trusted everyone."

"Who told you that?"

"I was raised that way. Everyone in my kingdom trusted everyone else. Especially my sister and I, but then again, why wouldn't you trust the young heirs to the thrown who were to keep the country out of trouble in the future?"

"Princesses?! You're a princess?!"

"Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to tell you. My father was King of our world. He ruled everything. Well…until he died a year ago. His friend became the King until my sister and I became of age. I'm not really sure what that age is, but it's not later than 18, I'm sure. He lived in the castle since he was a kid and was raised just like a prince along with my father, heir to the thrown. His parents died when he was a kid, so he was entitled to live there since my grandparents were his godparents. He was given the whole basement to live in. He kept to him self a lot. My sister and I never saw much of him either. He just studied a lot and just gave orders from his lab when they were needed. When our home was taken over a while ago, he said that we had to leave. He said it was for our safety. We left just in time, just before the world was completely taken into Darkness."

"I just can't believe you were a princess."

"I still am a princess." Axel held back a look. He wanted to tell me something, but he didn't feel that I could take it right now, not after all that I had gone through today. "The world was called Radiant Gardens. It was so beautiful. There were flowers, waterfalls, mountains, smiles on everyone's faces, clear blue skies, I loved it there. Now, it's probably gone forever though. I remember the last day I was happy there. My sister and I shared a huge room on the top floor. From there, we could see our whole kingdom. Everything that one day, we would rule. All the land and towers and castles that spread on forever. One night, there was a storm. Usually there are never any thunderstorms in our home, but occasionally there are. It was quiet though, and I was sleeping. All of a sudden, I hear terrible sounds…crashes…yells…crying…coming from down stairs; I have very acute hearing. I took the lift down to the main hall and…well…that was the last time I saw my father alive."

"I'm sorry…"

"It's ok…now…where were we?"

"I said that Xemnas was worried about trusting you."

"Right. Well, let's move on," I said turning to face the end of the hallway, which seamed to be quite longer than I thought, since we had been walking this whole conversation and still weren't to he end. I shivered as I made my way farther.

"Cold?" Axel asked taking off his cloak and handing it to me.

"Thanks," I replied pulling it over my head. It was big for me and it dragged the ground, but I figured I couldn't get it dirty from that because the floors were completely spotless. "I thought you said Nobodies couldn't feel, how did you know that I was cold?" I asked looking up at him. He had on tighter pants than Roxas, who had baggy black pants that covered the legging of his boots. Axel's were tight and tucked into his boots a little pass the knee. He had on a long sleeve black shirt that gripped his thin body tightly also.

"They…we can't but we understand them, the feelings. See Nobodies can speak, hear, and see. But they can't taste, smell, or feel. If someone were to put their hand on your back, we couldn't really feel it like humans, but we sort of sense it. It's just this feeling. And we sense people behind us better than humans do. We know what some feelings and emotions are like, but we don't have them. Cold, heat, we understand those, but can't feel it. We know anger and happiness, and sadness. I guess you can say we have those."

"What about love, you said that Nobodies lose that."

"I'm not sure. I guess we could. The older members love people from their past lives. The rest of us don't remember them so I'm not so sure. I guess we could."

"How old were you when you…well…turned to Darkness?"

"Eighteen."

"Eighteen, it must stink to not remember anything."

"Not really." He smiled and looked forward again. It was quiet for a few minutes as we walked through the castle. He occasionally pointed out rooms like the members' private quarters and rooms like the library or a sitting area. "Ok, now Raene, I need to tell you about the castle. The castle has a main entrance. We use that one, but do keep in mind that we can teleport. But anyhow, there are also other entrances. Only some members know about them. Some parts of the castles that have different entrances are not connected at all to the part of the castle we are in. No doors or hallways lead to them. The only way to get there is to teleport there. But the problem with teleporting is that you have to know where you want to go. If I wanted to go to a part of the castle that isn't part of the main living quarters, I have to know it; I have to have seen it before; by someone taking me there. I can't just go anywhere at anytime. It's kind of difficult to explain."

"I think I understand."

"Ok, I want to show you a place. I like to come here a lot to just relax," Axel said grabbing my hand and pulling me into a portal. I arrived at an open tower balcony outside. I was at one of the highest places in the castle. It was dark and cold outside. A large heart-shaped moon was shiny brightly in front of me. It was so big that I thought it was just a few feet away.

"Wow, it's beautiful," I said walking over to the ledge and looking over the side. "Why is it still nighttime? I thought it would be morning by now. It's still dark."

"It's always dark here. The moon right there isn't a real moon. That's Xemnas' Kingdom Hearts. It is the only natural light in this world. There is no sun. It is morning, I'd say about seven perhaps."

"How big is this world, it seams to go on forever?" I asked looking back at Axel.

"It's the biggest world in the universe. It does go on forever I guess. You said that you lived in Radiant Garden, which is supposed to be one of the biggest; this world is like a hundred times bigger. It is so big that in some places the ground is also in the sky."

"In the sky? Do any people live in this world?"

"I think so, just a few. They keep to themselves. There are lights in the buildings, and you see them from time to time. But they stay indoors a lot."

"Oh, so what is this place? I asked completely turning around and beckoning to the tower we two were standing on."

"Well, you see that big window over there?" Axel said pointing to a large window on a tower on the opposite side of the castle. I nodded. "Well, that's Naminé's room. We are in a part of the castle that isn't connected. Down those stairs is Xemnas' private quarters," he said turning me by the shoulders to see the top of a staircase heading down the tower. "We aren't allowed there. Nobodies guard it. I was shown here when I was young, this tower it's just a great place to come here and think, isn't it?"

"Does anyone know what is in side his quarters?"

"Nope, just Xemnas. Hey are you hungry?" He asked turning to look at me changing the subject. I nodded just realizing that I hadn't eaten in a long time. "Good, let's go to another world." I nodded letting him lead me into another portal.

"Let's get you some new clothes," he said opening a closet back inside the castle. He pulled out some baggy black pants, a long sleeve black shirt, a pair of cloves, a pair of boots, and a long cloak. He then placed the clothes in my arms. He snapped his fingers and the white dress with a blue hem and blue slip-on shoes that I was wearing disappeared and were replaced by new clothes. The black cloak and all still remained in my arms. I was now wearing white pants that had several large pockets all over them and chains stringing from pocket to pocket. I had on a long sleeve light blue t-shirt and dark blue tennis shoes that were very comfortable that were built for speed. I looked down at my new outfit and smiled. "I figured you liked blue, and it's cold around here so I thought you would like warmer clothes," Axel said, "Since you are still human, you can have individual clothes."

"I love it!" I squeaked. "But what about these?" I asked gesturing to the clothes in my arms.

"Go in through that door and change to those and bring back out the clothes you are wearing," he answered pointing to a door behind me. I came out after a moment dressed to the best of your ability in the new monochrome outfit. Axel circled me and made sure that everything fit nicely. He bent down and adjusted the zipper of my cloak and made sure the small silver chain at the neck of the cloak was fit then snapped his fingers. The black clothes disappeared and I became dressed in the white pants and blue shirt once more. He then snapped again and I found yourself dressed in the cloak once more with the other outfit completely gone. "You can change whenever you want now. Just think about it and you can do it," Axel said closing the closet door and leading me to the castle's main entrance.

The two of us walked slowly down the streets of this dark world. It was cloudy now and it felt like it was going to rain soon. For some reason I hoped it would. "Wait, I forgot Roxas, I'll be right back," Axel said about to jump into a portal.

"Wait, what about me?"

"You'll be fine. Nothing is gonna happen." And with that, he disappeared.

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"What do you want Xemnas? I saw you from down there, why are the rest of the members here too?" Axel said appearing on the roof of a building above Raene on the ground.

"It's time for Raene's first test," Xemnas replied. "She will have to call upon the Keyblades to defeat the Heartless."

"No! You can't call upon Heartless, she's not ready."

"Why not?"

"She won't be able to pull herself to fight the creatures that killed her father."

"She'll be fine," Xemnas said before snapping his fingers. Everyone watched as Raene jumped up from the curb.

"Axel! Roxas! Help!" Raene said as dozens of Shadow Heartless made their way closer to the helpless girl. She thought back to what Axel had said. She could wield the Keyblades. She thought desperately as she tried to make them appear in her hands. Suddenly, two Keyblades appeared. A black one appeared in her left hand a white one in her right. They were identical. The black one had a white charm on the end and the white had a black charm. She slowly began to swing at the monsters. Slowly making them vanish and for a small pink heart to travel up to the sky.

She managed to kill the ones in front of her without being attacked. She then sensed a Heartless running at her from behind. She thought quickly and jumped. But it wasn't just any jump; she did a back flip just as the Heartless ran underneath her. As she landed she sliced its back with the white Keyblade and then spun around. She started attacking again, getting faster at swinging by the kill. There were just a few left within a matter of minutes. The last remaining creatures slowly crawled towards the tired girl. All of a sudden, she pointed both Keyblades at an angle towards the Heartless. A large light extended out of the end of both Keyblades and joined in the middle. The light now became brighter and brighter until it shot out at the Heartless. Raene and the members were temporarily blinded as a huge explosion of light erupted in front of them. The light soon faded to reveal a group of hearts traveling up to the sky.

Axel then grabbed Roxas and pulled him through a portal and down to the ground. "Raene, that was amazing!" He shouted running up to her from behind. She slowly turned to face them.

"What was that? That thing I just did." She asked looking at her weapons.

"The power of the Twin Keyblades. Together they can create an attack more powerful then any other Keyblades put together."

"Wow," she simply said doing it again. The light shot out at Axel and Roxas. Axel quickly summoned his weapons and placed them in front of both Roxas and himself.

"Sorry," she apologized while smiling shyly. "What are those?" She asked pointing at the two circular spiky weapons in Axel's hands.

"It's called a chakram," Roxas said stepping out from his brotherly figure, Axel.

"Just be careful," Axel said. She nodded.

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Axel then opened a portal and the three of us stepped in it appearing in a town square. "Welcome to Traverse Town. This is the world where survivors of world destructions end up," Axel said. He led me over to a café and me ordered a small meal. I finished quickly. As the three of us were getting up, I noticed a familiar someone across the town square. I ran over to him and threw my arms around his body.

"Squall! I can't believe it's you! I thought I would never see you again!" I squealed burring my face into his stomach. The young teenager threw his arms up in surprise and looked back at his friends standing behind him. An older man with blonde hair that spiked up in the middle can over first. Followed by another young teenage boy with crazy spikes of blonde hair and two young teenage girls. One had long brown hair that was perfectly braided down her back and a short pink dress and the other one had short jet-black hair and was wearing black shorts and a tight grey belly shirt with the coolest looking shoes I had ever seen before.

"Who are you?" The boy asked prying my excited self's arms from around his waist.

"What are you talking about? It's me Raene, Princess Raene. I've known you since birth, Squall."

"Princess Raene? No, I know a Princess Kairi, but not a Raene."

I stumbled back in disappointment. "Cid, you remember me, right? Cloud? Aerith? Yuffie? You guys remember me, don't tell me you don't remember me too."

"Sorry, kid. Maybe you're mistaken." Cid said stepping beside his brunette friend.

"Wait, if she were mistaken, how did she know all of our names, then?" Cloud said questioning them.

But before either of the other males could argue someone else jumped in. "Raene, there you are. What did I tell you about running off like that?" Axel said grabbing hold of my arm and pulling me towards him. "Sorry, you guys. My sister mistakes a lot of people for someone else."

As he pulled me back to Roxas I angrily stopped him and questioned him. "What are you doing?! I know those people. They lived in my castle back in my hometown. I've known them since I was born. Cid was mad dad's private pilot and mechanic. The rest of them used to hang around with my sister and I. I haven't seen them since my dad died."

"Raene, listen to me. They don't remember you," Axel said grabbing hold of my shoulders to steady me once more.

"Wha…wha…what?" I asked, my voice choking up with sadness.

"They don't remember you. No one does. Everyone from your life before you were taken has forgotten everything about you."

"That's not true. That's not possible!" I shouted in denial.

"Yes, it is. I told you that Naminé can alter memories. She's not has gifted at it though. In the future she will be able to replace memories with other fake ones. But for now, all she can do is totally or partially erase them. She took away any moment that had you in it and took it away forever since there were so many memories of you."

I started to cry. Tears slowly fell down my cheeks. Roxas put a hand on my back to comfort me but it didn't seam to do anything to help. "How…how can that be? My sister…doesn't remember me…at all?" I choked out between short raspy sobs.

"I'm so sorry, Raene. I should have told you earlier that that happened, but I didn't want you to be so overwhelmed with changes all at once," he said smiling, trying to make me feel better.

"Will they ever remember me?" I asked calming down.

"No," he said being truthful. "Since you spent most of your time with your sister, she probably doesn't remember anything about her life in her hometown at all. Those others probably can because they didn't spend all their time with you. But your sister and you were barely ever separated, right?"

"Yes."

"I'm so sorry, Raene," Axel said pulling me into a brotherly hug, Roxas joined behind me and wrapped his arms around the two of us. "Don't get too upset. You didn't lose your family. You gained one; Roxas and I. We'll never let anything happen to you, I promise."

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Ok, hope you guys like that one. Like I said, sorry it took so long to read. But I wanted to get the first of the flashbacks over with and on with the present. R/R please. Thank you! )