A/N: Wow…ok, either you guys just haven't had time to read and review, or you got confused with the whole switch of Hope's weapon last chapter, or you just don't like the story anymore….Personally, I hope it's either of the first two choices! Ok, so, yeah…seeing as how I am in a really lazy mood today, I'm going to put in a time skip to about 2 months later and then 4 months later in the next chapter, but first of all, some of you are probably wondering what our main character Hope looks like. Well, this is my description:

Hope Daniels

Age- 15 after the time skip

Home world- Radiant Garden

Hair color- Light brown

Eye color- lilac color (really light purple basically)

Status in society- Considered the 'princess' of Radiant Garden by almost all the townspeople, except by her friends.

Interests- Art, Nature, Music, Singing, Dancing, Magic, and her friends.

Outfit description for now- If any of you have played final fantasy 13, then picture Vanille. The outfit that Hope wears is similar to that, except the halter top is a tank top, and she doesn't have that fur part of the skirt. So, it consists of a pink tank top, a short orange skirt, and yellow boots.

Hope is basically an average type of girl…well, to herself that is. Because of where she stands in society, everyone treats her like royalty, and she hates it. Hope is a kind and gentle person, except if you make her mad. She cares immensely about Lea and Isa, along with Ienzo, and she would do anything to make sure that nothing happened to either of them and her other friends.

Warning: This chapter contains spoilers to Birth By Sleep! Unless you want to see the game for yourself when it comes out without having someone ruin it, I suggest you think long and hard about that before reading. Don't blame me if you do read ahead and find the spoilers, because I've warned you!

Dear Diary,

The summer festival ended in disaster. Theses strange creatures appeared and scared off everyone. It's been a few days since the incident, and there haven't been anymore sightings of the monsters. Everyone is acting like it never happened, so I guess that means that it was just a one time thing. But, still, Grandpa has General Sephiroth on standby for now. It's kinda funny seeing the general more often now, seeing as he's been away to wherever he's been for so long. But he's considered a hero, so I do hold respect for him. But, I can but have an odd feeling about him. Sometimes, he acts so cold, and in all honesty, something tells me that there's a darkness in his heart that is beyond anyone's comprehension. He scares me a great deal, but I do an excellent job at not showing it.

Aside from that, things have been doing well so far. Lea and Isa are still doing their best at trying to plan on how to get inside the castle, and I've been the judge of every practice fighting match.

I have nothin else to say for now. Until later.

June 2nd.

2 months later, in August-

"So, today is the day that you guys are going to try and convince the guards to let you in?"

"Yep! And I know it's gonna work! It's a flawless plan!"

I rolled my eyes at Lea, laughing quietly. I knew that no matter what his plan was, there would still be some type of flaw. "You guys, I could just bring you with me, but they still wouldn't let you through." It was true. I wasn't able to bring people through unless I had the guards consent, which I never did.

"Well, we're planning to get through without your help!" Lea said, sticking his tongue out at me.

"Ok, ok, but just don't say I didn't warn you!"

As the three of us walked down the steps, a giant wooden key thing fell in our pathway, catching the attention of me and Lea, who picked it up and swung it around, testing it out, a small smirk on his face. I turned my attention to a blonde kid who was looking a bit glum as he sat on the ground leaning against the wall.

"Hey! This yours?" Lea asked holding the wooden thing in his hands still.

Isa turned around, and gave a loud sigh of impatience. "Lea, we don't have much time."

"Yeah, yeah, I know, Isa. I'll be right with you in a sec." Lea said, walking over to the kid, swinging the thing in his hands. "You playing with this? What a baby!" Lea said, holding it out and catching the boys attention.

"Lea!" I exclaimed, mad that he had been so rude. I walked over to him and stood next to him, smiling at the kid.

Lea scoffed. "I've got something way cooler!" He stuck his hands in his pockets and pulled out his Frisbees, "Ta-da! Way cool, huh?" Always the showoff…

The blonde kid stared at him before turning away and smirking. "That's pretty lame too."

Lea glared. "I've gotta name, y'know? It's Lea!" Lea smirked, putting a finger to his temple. "Got it memorized?"

I pushed Lea over a bit before looking down at the kid and smiling again. "Excuse his showoff behavior! What's your name?" I asked.

He looked up at me and smiled little. "Ventus."

I smiled brightly. "Ventus, huh? Well, nice to meet you, Ventus! I'm Hope, and the showoff doofus is Lea."

Lea glared at me for minute before smirking at Ventus. "Well, Ventus, time for a little one-on-one!"

"Huh? But-" Ventus exclaimed, only to be stopped by Lea.

"What? You too chicken?" Lea taunted and I glared at him as I walked back to stand next to Isa. "C'mon!" Lea jumped back a few feet, getting into a battle stance.

Ventus looked down at the ground in thought for a minute, before looking back at Lea with a determined and excited grin on his face as he picked up his sword.

"Oh! So you're gonna do it?"

"You better not cry!" Ventus warned.

"Ref, give us the rules!" Lea shouted, turning to look back at me.

I sighed. "One-on-one match. Last one standing is the winner. And….GO!" both charged towards each other and began to fight.

"Gyahh, hah!" Lea fell onto his butt, and stayed down. Ventus came out as the victor

"And the winner is Ventus!" I exclaimed running over to aid Lea.

"Well, I-uh…let you off easy for now." was Lea's excuse for losing.

Ventus looked at him for a moment before smiling. "Fine."

"No matter how you look at it, look's like you're the only one who got beat." Isa pointed out, walking over to us. "What were you trying to prove?"

Lea turned around to look at Isa with a shocked look. "Huh? You're supposed to be on my side at times like these! Like…" he crossed his arms across his chest in thought, " 'You must've not been feeling well today', or "You went to easy on him,' y'know?"

I giggled, kneeling down behind Lea and patting his shoulder sympathetically. "You must've not been feeling well, Lea!" I repeated, laughing as he turned around to glare at me.

"Great friends you two are!"

"Sorry. I'm bad at lying." Isa explained.

Lea looked at him and frowned, falling backwards and laying his head in my lap. "Our friendships so sad." He looked up at Ventus. "Maybe I should've chosen you as my friend instead!"

"Hmm…" Ventus hummed thoughtfully, before laughing, followed by the rest of us.

I looked down at Lea, and smiled at him, running my hands through his red hair. "Now, are you going to be a sore loser?" I asked him, giving him a warning look.

"No." He sighed, looking up at me and smiling.

"Lea, Hope, we should get going." Isa pointed out.

Lea looked at him and nodded. "Yea." He lifted his head out of my lap and stood up, looking back down at me. "You just gonna sit there, or get up and come with us?"

"Nah, I don't need to try and get inside when I live there already."

"You're leaving?" Ventus asked as he watched Lea and Isa begin to move off.

Lea turned around to give a side glance at Ventus. "I fee like we'll meet again someday." He turned around all the way and smiled at him. "We're friends now after all. Got that memorized?"

I giggled softly as Ventus nodded his head and smiled. "Got it, Lea."

I smiled at him and waved as he and Isa moved off, and turned back around to look at Ventus. "It was very nice meeting you, Ventus. Hope that we see you again soon!"

"Yeah, I hope so too."

"Good-bye!" I said, waving to him as I ran off towards the opposite end of the castle, the entrance to the gardens

I walked up the steps that led out of the garden and towards the entrance that led to the Westside of the castle. I was almost to the doors when I heard screaming coming from my left. I turned and saw little Kairi, running away from those same monster from two months ago, flowers in her little hands.

"Kairi!" I exclaimed, running for the little girl.

"Hope, help!" I grabbed her and hugged her to my side, staring at the monsters as they moved towards us. I grabbed Kairi's hand and took off with her, only there wasn't anywhere to go. I placed her against the wall, moving forward to fight off the monsters with my fists if they came any closer.

"Hope, look out!" I looked up upon hearing Kairi's warning, and saw one of the monsters coming right at me. I put my hands out in front of me to protect myself, only to be engulfed in a bright light. When it disappeared, I had something in my hands. I opened my eyes to find that it was the rapier from my dreams.

"What the-!" I didn't have time to finish my sentence, due to more and more of the monsters popping up. One lunged at me again, and I slashed at it, destroying it.

"AHHH!" Kairi!

"Run! It's dangerous!" I turned my attention towards the entrance and saw a woman standing there, with a the same type of sword Ventus had been using.

Kairi ran over towards her and hid behind her, fear in her little blue eyes. The woman stood there, just staring for a moment, until one of the monster lunged at her."Watch out!" I shouted, running towards them, only to be stopped when I saw someone else jump out of nowhere and slash the monster down. When he turned around, I gasped in surprise when I saw who it was."Mickey!" I exclaimed, running over to stand next to him, my rapier in hand.

Mickey turned around to glance at the woman. "Now, go! Take that girl somewhere safe!"

Instead of doing what she had been asked, she remained where she was. "Who're you? Why do you have a Keyblade?" Keyblade? Is that what it's called?

"Questions later! First, I have to deal with them!" The woman picked up Kairi and took off, leaving me and Mickey behind. "Hope, you should go to!"

I shook my head and got into a battle stance. "And leave you behind to fight alone? I don't think so!"

The woman came back and stood next to us, her Keyblade in hand. We all nodded at each other, before dashing off and fighting.

0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0

The woman from before knelt down in front of Mickey, a smile on her face. "You really saved me. I'm Aqua, a trainee under Master Eraqus."

"I'm Mickey! I'm a pupil of Yen Sid's, a trainee like yourself!" Mickey said. Aqua turned to me.

I smiled brightly. "I'm Hope! I'm the granddaughter of the ruler of Radiant Garden. It's nice to meet you Aqua!"

She nodded, turning her attention back to Mickey as Kairi held my hand. "I felt a strong light come from this girl. That must've been why she was being chased."

Mickey nodded in agreement. "I was thinking just the same thing." As they went on in their conversation, I continued to observe the rapier that had appeared in my hands. It was blue like the sky, and had that same keychain with the purple heart connected to it near the hilt.

All the sudden, Mickey's pocket began to glow. He looked at, and began to try and pat it down. "No! Wait a sec!" He became engulfed, and the light lifted into the air.

"Wait! Aren't you gonna stick around and visit?" I shouted up to him.

"I'll be fine! Until we meet agaaaaiiiin!" With that said, he disappeared. Quickly, I turned around to face Aqua.

"Well, I should be going too. It was very nice to meet you, Aqua!" With a quick smile and wave, I left her and Kairi behind running into the castle to go and find grandpa.

A/N: So, how was it? Was it good, or was it bad? Let me know, please! LATER TATERS!