Summary: 'They're hurting, and you're the only one who can end their sadness. They need you.' Before Sora, Kairi and Riku became Keybladers, there were three others - three so similar to them. But there was one more - one forgotten Keyblade Master. This is her story.

Before I start, I want to say thanks to my reviewers:
rageaxe195: Thanks for being my first reviewer! ^.^ *hands cookie*
mariposablossom: Thanks for the review. I promise I'll clear up all this confusion about Aira's appearance within the next two or three chapters. ^.^ *hands another cookie*

Author's Note: I'm not sure if I'll be able to update next Tuesday because finals are coming up, but I'll try my best to. ^.^

Now, on with the story! And please review if you liked it! ^.^

Slowly but surely, the trio made their way through the corridors and to one of the large rooms that Aira knew were in the castle. The walls of the place were blindingly white, and her eyes took quite a while getting used to the colour scheme - the only things that were of different colours were the black cloaks and the features of the people who wore them.

On their way there, they bumped into the other members of the Organization, sans Xemnas. Saïx had narrowed his eyes at the newbie, but said nothing - something both of her escorts were thankful for. About halfway through their journey there, Axel spoke, breaking the silence that surrounded them. "When we reach Xemnas - don't talk. Give him one word answers, gestures, and basically just act dead," he told her firmly. If Xemnas were to find out about the fact that she was probably not a Nobody, then who knows what would happen. "Do not talk - got it memorized?"

Though stunned, she nodded and resumed walking. 'Act dead, huh?' With a soft snort, she tried to loosen up and began shuffling her feet instead of just walking. At Axel's exasperated look, she giggled and let up a bit on the shuffling. She just needed to act a bit out of it, which wasn't going to be that hard, hopefully.

It took a while for them to reach the room, but when they finally did, Roxas was the one who pushed the doors open. His eyes met Aira's for a split second before her gestured for her to go in.

Xemnas looked like Terra - at least, that was Aira's first impression of him. When he asked her to come forward, she did. Axel's words ran through her mind for the umpteenth time - she needed to fool Xemnas, but for what reason, she didn't know.

"Where did you find her?"

"Twilight Town, while Roxas and I were finishing up a mission."

"Hm." Xemnas' eyes grew thoughtful for a moment. What were the chances of another Nobody appearing in Twilight Town? Zero to none, last time he checked. He scrutinized the new recruit carefully - something wasn't right with her. And why wasn't he alerted? Every time a new Nobody was created, he could somehow tell that they were created, but this girl, he hadn't felt anything. And yet, here she was - standing among them - only Nobodies could enter their castle, so she must be a Nobody.

"Do you want to know?"

He was about to initiate her as one of their own. She prayed that whatever he needed to do would work out just fine. Raising a hand, he swept it in an arc in front of her. Slowly, the four letters that made up her name came into view - hanging in mid-air like glass charms.

'Aira,' Roxas read mentally - he would store that information in his mind.

"You feel nothing. You can feel nothing.. Do you want a meaning?"

Aira nodded mutely, trying to appear as 'zombie-like' as she could. The silver-haired male made another sweeping gesture with his hand and her name began circling her. Suddenly, he flicked his wrist right in front of her and the letters stopped moving. From her peripheral vision, she could see a large 'X' in the middle of the letters. "Raixa - a new you," he said reading her new name aloud. He expected her to look him in the eye after hearing her name, but to his surprise, she continued staring at the floor.

A few seconds passed before she finally looked up, and Xemnas finally understood everything - she wasn't a Nobody at all - she was still whole, neither the Heartless or the Nobody part of her had been separated - her eyes spoke the truth. But, where would the fun go if he told them all that she wasn't a Nobody? A smirk graced his lips as he sent her away with Axel and Roxas - he needed to use that fact against her.

Meanwhile, Raixa was trying to shake off the feeling of dread that had settled over her. Roxas glanced at her, wondering why she was rubbing her arms so much. "Are you cold?" he asked, not really understand.

The female shook her head. "I'm fine," she insisted as she allowed her hands to drop until they hung loosely at her side. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she suddenly looked up and wondered where they were. She hadn't been paying attention to where they were headed so she was quite surprised to find that they weren't inside the castle anymore.

"Raixa."

She snapped out of her confusion when she heard Axel call her. "What are we doing here?" she asked him. The place was completely bare and in the base was in a circular shape. She frowned for a bit as she looked at the ground and noticed that it looked like a stained glass window - like the ones she saw in a cathedral once.

"We need to find out your weapon," the redhead answered as he summoned two red, spiked chakrams. She rubbed her eyes as she saw flames surrounding his weapons, thinking that she was hallucinating, but to her surprise, they were still there.

"You control fire?" she asked, incredulous.

Axel grinned. "In case it wasn't obvious." He nodded at Roxas, telling him to be at the ready to defend Raixa in case something went wrong and, without warning, flung both his weapons at the female.