Hey guys. Yes, the long awaited chapter 5! Sorry it took a while. The next one might take a while too, sorry. Anyhow, enjoy! D
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I ran through the streets looking for the hotel that Naminé had mentioned. After several minutes, I came across it. I ran up to it and ran inside the lobby towards the check-in desk. "Hi, can I have the cheapest room for one night?" I asked the tall, broad-shouldered man standing behind it.
"3000 munny," he said simply not taking his eyes off the book he was reading.
"3000!" I shouted. "The cheapest is 3000?"
"Yep, is that a problem?" he asked peering over the edge of the book.
"Sorta. Where is the nearest withdraw?" I asked annoyed with the outrageous price.
"Across the street," he said looking back down at the book.
I took off through the door and crossed the street to a small building with money signs decorating the outside. "I need to make a withdraw," I said to the old woman inside. I had millions of munny in my account, this should be no problem.
"Name?" she asked.
"Princess Rae—Kairi of Radiant Garden," I said.
She walked over to a computer and typed in something. She looked up at me and then turned the keyboard to me. "Alright, your highness. I'll need a password," she said nicely.
Password? What password? I typed in my mother's name and low and behold it worked. My father was so sad when she died that he must've made everything having to do with her. I handed the keyboard back to the lady. She looked at the screen and smiled. "Alright. Very good. How much would you like to withdraw, your highness?"
"5000, please," I replied.
She handed me a small bag of money and thanked me. I thanked her as well and ran back to the hotel. The same man was sitting at the desk reading a different book than before. I took out 3000 munny and placed it on the desktop. With the sound of coins hitting the desk he glanced up and handed me a slip of paper.
"Sign your name. Check out time is anywhere between here and tomorrow night. If you wish to stay longer, you must check in here. Thank you and have a nice day," he said handing me a key as well.
I signed the slip of paper, left it on the desk, and ran up stairs to my room. The second I got inside I took the key and slipped my black choker through the hole in the key. I then tied the choker back around my neck and changed to my Organization cloak. I then jumped on the bed and fell fast asleep.
I awoke the next morning to the sound of a train departing from the nearby station. I stood up and changed quickly to my blue and white outfit.
I decided not to go and see Naminé for a while in case DiZ was still there. What to do? I went downstairs to the lounge grabbed a to-go breakfast and headed out into the town. I roamed the streets looking for something to occupy my time. Kids ran by in the streets, nearly running into me on more than one occasion. I thought seriously about pushing them to the ground. So evil I am, I know. I voted against it and made my way to an ally.
Voices could be heard to my right. I listened carefully to see if I could recognize the voices. Immediately I sought out Roxas' voice and three others who had to belong to his friends.
"We have to do the assignment, Hayner! You promised!" I heard a feminine voice say. She sounded very annoyed. "Right, Roxas?"
"Never mind that now, Olette. Answer me this, did I fall off the station tower yesterday?" Roxas said shooing away the mention of the summer vacation assignment that was due in three days.
"Of course not! You wouldn't be here if you did, Roxas," Pence, Roxas' other friend said.
"Stop it you guys. I'm serious, what are we going to do for our topic?" Olette intruded.
I listened carefully as they continued to think of an idea for a topic. All of a sudden I heard footsteps making their way quickly towards me. I jumped off to the side as Roxas came out from their hangout. I watched as he ran off.
I followed them later as the four of them left for the station. Apparently they had decided to study the seven wonders of Twilight Town for their project and they were off to Sunset Station. The next train there wouldn't leave for a whole hour so I decided to catch the one they were getting on. It was risky to be in the same car as Roxas, but hopefully he wouldn't recognize me by my hair color.
The four of them loaded on and I followed, taking a seat as far away as possible. They didn't seam to notice me, thankfully. I watched out of the corner of my eyes as Olette pulled out a small yellow marble and held it up to the sunlight. I continued to watch as Pence and Hayner followed by pulling out a green and red marble and also held them up to the light. Roxas reached in his pocket. His face turned to a frown, as he found no blue marble on him. I knew where it was and a feeling of guilt swept over me, even though I had nothing to do with the missing friendship trinket.
The train soon arrived at the station. I waited a few minutes before following them out and into the small town. I watched from a distance as Roxas roamed the town following Pence's directions on where the seven wonders were located. After about an hour of working, the four met up and made their way once again up to the top of Sunset Hill. Here, they hoped to see the Ghost Train, which was said to have no one aboard. I laughed at the thought but followed them anyway. I hid in a bush as the four friends sat at the top of the hill looking over the fence, waiting for the train to pass by.
After about a half hour, Seifer came up and started to talk to Roxas and the others. I listened carefully as everyone started to argue. As Seifer started to walk away Olette called out his name. He just simply replied with a 'tomorrow'. Confused as I was, I didn't think much on the subject, because Roxas suddenly jumped over to the fence to see the strangely colored train heading straight for the tunnel below them.
Without notice, Roxas took off down the hill, closely followed by Hayner, Pence, and Olette. I jumped out of my hiding place and followed them to the station. It was amazing that they hadn't seen me this whole time. I arrived at the station just as Roxas was about to jump inside the Ghost Train. Hayner grabbed his arm and said, "You'll get hurt." Roxas turned to see that the train was gone!
A real train pulled up in seconds and Hayner pushed everyone in. I followed just as before and sat at the far end of the car. Within a short half-hour period, the train was back at the station. Hayner was annoyed because the whole project had been a complete rip-off. Olette tried to look on the positive side and say that they could make it sound good anyway, but Hayner wasn't buying it.
Roxas asked about the seventh wonder and Hayner stormed off down the hill. Pence simply answered before he and Olette followed Hayner, "It's at that haunted mansion."
My eyes widened. Naminé was truly a genius. She knew that she would speak to Roxas today. After a while of slowly walking behind Roxas, the two of us made it to the mansion. When I arrived at the mouth of the forest near the mansion, I teleported myself inside, making sure that Roxas didn't see.
I stood in Naminé's room dressed, now in my Organization cloak. I watched as Naminé moved the curtains and looked out at the blonde boy at the front gate.
Pence walked up to him and spoke with him before Roxas searched long and hard at the window in which Naminé was standing.
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Time seamed to stop for Roxas outside where he was standing, as he found himself inside Naminé's room. No one was in the room. He looked around. He paced the room admiring some of the drawings that gave color to the all white interior. He first saw a drawing of a tropical island then a drawing of a girl with short purple-red hair with a strange yellow fruit.
"Roxas…" he heard a voice call out to him. He recognized the name right away.
"Naminé?" he said turning to a drawing next to the one he was looking at. It had four people dressed in all black. One had spiky red hair and he was standing next to another that had spiky blonde hair. "That's me?" he said referring to the blonde figure. "And Axel, too?"
"You ARE best friends," Naminé spoke again. She wasn't standing anywhere, but her voice rang out from all directions. Roxas laughed. "But, Roxas…don't you want to know the truth…about who you really are?"
"No one knows me better than me," he replied.
She giggled, "Of course…"
Roxas started to walk again. He walked the length of the room to another group of drawings on the other side of the window. "But, I am a little confused with what's been happening lately," he spoke as he came to see a drawing of three people.
"You do know who these three are, right, Roxas?" her voice asked again.
"Yes. They're from the dreams that I have been having lately. Sora, Donald, and Goofy," he said quietly.
"Roxas, about a year ago, some things happened."
"What kind of things?"
"I had to take apart the memories chained together in Sora's heart. But see now, I have begun to fix that. For the past year, I've been putting them back just like they were, so it's like nothing has changed for him. As I'm sure you have noticed, the process has been affecting you too, Roxas."
"The dreams?"
"Yes. Sora and you, well you're connected. For Sora to become exactly like his old self, for him to become whole, he needs you, Roxas." Roxas gazed at another drawing. This time it was of Roxas and Sora. They were side-by-side, holding hands.
"What for? Why does he need me?"
"Roxas, you are…you hold half of what Sora is. He needs you, Roxas."
Roxas said Naminé's name as the scenery somewhat changed. He was still in the same room, but now Naminé was actually there. Both of them were sitting at the table. The same as they had that day nine years ago, when Naminé had to tell him about why I were in the Organization now.
"Naminé, I don't understand. Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm a witch with power over Sora's memories. I've come to help you."
"Help me? Help me with what?"
"To help you see the things you've lost." He stared confused into her big blue eyes. "Do you remember Xarene, Roxas?"
"Axel mentioned her. He said she was my best friend, but I don't get what he means. How can she be my best friend if I don't remember her?"
Before she could answer him I appeared next to her from a portal. "Hello, Roxas," I said.
"Xarene? Or is it Raene?" he asked not moving.
"When I was young, I chose to keep my true name, Roxas. So it's Raene. I'm sorry that you are having all of this thrown on you at once. But, I want you to know the truth, I just don't know how to explain it all," I answered.
"We're best friends?"
"Yes. All of us were; you, Axel, Naminé, and I. Then you had to go, fate made you leave. I'm just glad I got to see you again. I thought I never would again."
"I guess…I should say that it's nice to see you again, too."
I laughed. "I'm sorry Roxas, but I must be going."
"Wait! Will I see you again?"
It was strange that he seamed so eager to see me again even though he didn't remember anything about me. "Just as you promised me that we would, I promise too. But this time, we won't forget each other." And with that, I disappeared.
"Naminé, what do you know about me, that I don't?" Roxas asked turning to her.
"Roxas…you…you were never supposed to exist," she said so quietly that it was hard for him to hear her angelic voice.
"What? How…how could you say that Naminé? Even if it were true…why?"
"I'm sorry. I guess some things, are just better left unsaid," she answered.
Everything went white and Roxas found himself back next to Pence outside the front gate.
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"Naminé, I'm getting this weird feeling," I said reappearing in the white room. I took a seat where Roxas just recently was.
"What?" she asked.
"I…I feel that you're in danger. I feel that something bad is going to happen."
"No need to worry, Raene. I'll be safe."
"Promise?"
"Yes. You shouldn't worry so much about me."
"Well…I, unlike our friends most of the time, make sure my friends are safe no matter what. Well at least I try."
"I'll be fine. Now go on, I can take care of myself; I'm a big girl, Raene."
"Well, I guess so…be careful, Naminé," I said as I stepped through a portal and arrived back into my hotel room.
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Yeah, I know…kinda a sucky ending, but I needed it to stop there. Next one should have Sora! Yay!!! The next one might take a while to get updated, so sorry for the wait. R/R please. D
Love you all!
