This chapter was actually meant to be a thing from Memoria's past. I only wrote it to make me remember how Sephiroth, Angeal and Genesis first met. I don't think I've hinted it enough, but Sephiroth, Genesis, Angeal and Riku all like Memoria. I only did this because my older brother thought it would be cute to make her very oblivious for such things and they're competing for her attention type of thing. I admit, it is kind of cute.
Anyways, enjoy!

I do not own any characters from Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy. All rights go to the respective owners: Square Enix and Disney. I own Alex Sanada, Memoria (Ria) Somnium and the plot only.

Bonus Chapter 1 - Memories: Meeting the Trio

Memoria was always alone. Ever since her mother told her to stop whining she had resulted in a wandering, lost little girl. Even in her own mansion, she had no one but a maid. And even that maid wasn't always there. She can't tell which room is which. They say a bedroom is a sanctuary from fussy things like parents, siblings or when you just wanted to be alone. Memoria didn't have any parents nor siblings at home and she didn't want to be alone... Thus, every room was just the same empty room to her.

One day, she had ventured out of her mansion alone and wandered onto the street. She was determined to remember where everything was and how to get back home. The street smelled of fresh summer flowers and a cool breeze floated past her. She was in a spaghetti-strapped blue ruffled dress that reached her knees. She had white sandals with a bow and her hair swayed with her movement and the breeze. She had a bow with bells tied comfortably around her slim neck. Her arms enveloping a snow white teddy bear, Nix, and one hand held a pad of paper and pen.

Unfortunely, her mind didn't seem to agree with her determination. She had wandered countless numbers of streets with no one around. Her pulse slightly quickened with the thought of not being able to get home. Luckily, it was still nice, bright and sunny, which meant nothing bad was going to happen to her while she was out.

Ah, but one person was in her view. It was a child, probably older than her judging by the height. He had locks of silver hair and the most piercing green eyes she'd ever seen. He was walking down the same road as her, so she might as well follow him. Tap tap tap... Suddenly he stopped and so, she stopped too. After a few seconds, he began walking again. Tap tap tap... Tap tap tap... He sharply turned around and she stiffened, stopping as he watched her carefully.

Silence... Then, Tap tap tap tap tap... "Why are you following me?" The boy asked, turning to face her completely. She didn't answer, only stared with a wide azure eye, since the other was covered by her pink fringe. He scoffed before continuing to walk. She followed and this time, he did not stop her.

They arrived at a park with a pond. The grass was lush and flowers were everywhere. She liked this place... Why wasn't she allowed to go to places like this?

"Hey, Sephiroth!" Two other boys came into her view.

One had fiery red hair with matching eyes. He was the shortest of all of them, excluding her. The other had black hair and midnight blue eyes. The silver-haired boy, Sephiroth she presumed was his name, greeted them too. "What took you so long?" The ravenette asked.

He nodded towards her, in which she stiffened again. They all peered at her, "Who's she?"

"I don't know."

She instinctly held onto her teddy bear tighter as they approached her slowly. "What's your name?"

Shaking, she wrote on her paper in childish, yet delicate writing. "Memoria."

The ravenette read it and smiled, "Can I call you Ria-chan? Your full name is quite long."

She couldn't really refuse, so she nodded. "My name is Angeal. This is Genesis and this is Sephiroth. Do you want to play with us?" Angeal asked.

She could of sworn she heard Genesis huff in annoyance at the idea, but Angeal shushed him and waited for her to answer. She nodded gingerly before following them. Angeal had brought a ball and a couple of sticks over. Apparently, they could play knights with the sticks as swords. But since he only brought three, he told Genesis and Sephiroth that whoever saves the 'princess' wins the game. She watched in fasination as the sticks clashed together. Genesis started making noises and faces everytime they clashed earning a pleasant giggle from Memoria. They all smiled at her when they finished and began playing with the ball. She was hopeless with catching the ball with one hand because the other had her pen, paper and teddy bear. But they were paitent, encouraging her. Although Genesis encouraged her by saying mean things like "If you can't even catch a ball then you're a loser." But in the end, when she managed to catch the ball, he was the first one to congratulate her.

When Sephiroth ended up throwing the ball too high, she had to go get it. She sprinted towards the ball happily.

Until she bumped into someone. She looked up to see a couple of boys Angeal, Sephiroth and Genesis's age. They were shorter than them, but still, they were taller than her. They didn't give her the nice, friendly atmosphere that her new friends gave her. They scrowled at her, "Watch where you're going." She stared up in horror.

"What's this?" The tallest boy sneered as he grabbed her Nix.

No! She thought as she tried to grab it back, but he was too tall. "A teddy bear? You still play with these?" He dangled it above her, taunting her to get it. She tried. She really did. It wasn't just a teddy bear. It was her daddy's last gift before he went to heaven. The other boys began laughing at her as she began to cry and wail.

"Hey, leave her alone!" Genesis shouted angrily.

Her friends had come running when they saw her so distressed. She continued to cry for Nix. "Stop being mean, she didn't do anything to you!" Angeal said.

"She bumped into me!" The boy with Nix growled.

"Oh, so you're so weak that you pick on someone weaker?" Genesis sneered.

"What? Weak! I'm stronger than you!"

"Weak kids always pick on the weaker ones! Idiot!"

The boy couldn't take it anymore and tackled Genesis to the ground. They were screaming at each other and throwing rather pathetic punches. Taking the chance, Angeal took the teddy bear from the ground where the boy had dropped it while Sephiroth pulled them away from each other with a deathly glare. "Go away."

Suddenly feeling a chilling fear, the boys ran away while spouting about how stupid they were. Genesis was going to shout back, but he knew that if he did that, he'd only be on the same level as them so he clamped his mouth shut. Angeal was comforting Memoria with her bear while Sephiroth awkwardly petted her head. Her sobs were reduced to whimpers as she reached for Genesis's hands. She gently kissed the bruise on his cheek. "T-Thank... hic... you..." Her voice was so sweet and quiet, almost like a welcomed cool breeze. Genesis flushed crimson, like his hair and mumbled something like "No problem..."

They decided to all go to Angeal's house incase there were any other cases of bullies lurking around. Angeal's mother, Gillian, was really surprised to see a girl with them all. They were even more shocked to hear that she was lost and didn't know how to get back home. Gillian and her husband, Phil, promised to find her parents while they played, but the girl shook her head. "They're away on a trip." She wrote.

"Then who's here to take care of you, honey?" Gillian had asked.

"Miss Carper is my maid."

"Really? Does she know where you are?"

She shakes her head, "She is probably going home right now."

Gillian was angered to think that there were such parents whom would leave their daughter alone nearly all day for a trip? For Heaven's sake, she was only six! "Do you know how we can contact your father or mother?"

"Daddy is in Heaven. Mommy is sleeping in Twilight Town with my little brother in her tummy."

Gillian's eyes immediately softened and she hugged the girl, "Oh, honey. It's alright, you can have a sleep over here with Angeal, okay? Tomorrow, we can bring you home."

And just like that, the kids ended up sleeping in Angeal's room. Originally, they were meant to sleep on the floor with one person on the bed. They chose Memoria to be on the bed, "Mom says I'm supposed to treat girls nicer." Angeal said. But Memoria felt alone in such a big bed and urged them all to sleep on the bed with her. Memoria sat up against the wall with Nix next to her. There was not enough room for Genesis, so he had to lay his head on her lap while Sephiroth and Angeal were on either side of her. She held hands with Sephiroth and Angeal and Genesis made sure she wouldn't catch a cold by pulling an extra blanket around her bare shoulders.

When Angeal's parents saw the scene, they smiled. "Little angels, aren't they?" Gillian whispered to her husband.

In the morning, they said goodbye to Memoria infront of her mansion, when she told them her address. She looked upset and held onto their sleeves. Even with such childish minds, Sephiroth, Angeal and Genesis knew she didn't want to be seperated from them. "Don't be stupid. You can always play with us." Genesis said, with a slight blush on his cheeks.

"Yeah, we're best friends now." Angeal said kindly, holding onto her hand.

Sephiroth didn't say anything, but gave her a comforting pat on the head. She snuggled closer to them with a big, childish smile and nodded.

The big mansion seemed even more lonely now that they weren't in there. But it didn't matter... She would see them tomorrow... And the next day... And the day after that..

And Forever...