A/N: Oh…my….gawd…It's September 7th, meaning that today is the official release for Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Not only is this a very important day, but its sad for me because I don't have a PSP, therefore, I am having to watch the game play on youtube, seeing as how I'll never probably be able to afford a PSP, but hey, as long as I get to see something, I'm ok with that! Ok, so….My decision on where Hope is going or staying is this, and first, I wanna thank Dragonfly-Star for her awesome advice, which has led to my decision. So, I will be sending Hope to C.O., but she will not be staying there for the entire time frame. She will return back to the Castle that Never Was around the middle of this part of the story, so if you think about Chain of Memories, it would be somewhere in the middle of the game basically. Yeah, you're probably wondering 'why send her if she's just gonna end up coming back anyway?' Ha, yeah, that's what I thought too, but I'm just basically compromising at the moment, and who knows, things might change, but for now, this is my decision :)! Ok, so enough of my rambling! Enjoy this lovely chapter!

Disclaimer: I own what I only say I do.

One by one, number's 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12 were summoned into the meeting room by Xemnas's orders. The said members sat in their assigned seats, listening for their superiors orders. Saix was only their to make sure they all understood each of their orders clearly.

"The reason that you have all been called here is to discuss Castle Oblivion. You're all to leave first thing in the morning. Remember: Our objective is to take apart the Keyblade Wielders memory, piece by piece. Marluxia will be in charge while you are all there." Xemnas explained to the group, glancing around and noticing that one person was missing from this meeting. He smirked. Sending Hope with this group was only part of his plan. He was hoping that she would uncover the chamber he sought out. "You're all dismissed. Saix, bring Hope to me at once."

Axel whipped his head over to glare at his leader, a frown appearing on his face. Why would Xemnas want to see Hope?

"Y'know, you don't have to drag me along!" I growled angrily, trying to pry Saix's hand off my arm, only to fail at doing so. He smirked at me before pushing me through the door and closing it, leaving me to glare at it angrily before turning around and walking to the center of the white room. I glanced up and looked at Xemnas.

"Princess, let me ask you something before I explain why you're here." Oh, great…here we go with the princess thing. "Have you ever felt….as if there were certain pieces of your life missing that held the utmost importance?"

I frowned, looking down at my feet, biting my bottom lip as I thought. Certain pieces of my life missing? "You mean like memories?

He chuckled, "Yes, I suppose that it could be memories."

"Well…I remember everything that I've seen and done in my life. There aren't any blank spots that I know of, but…." I trailed off, turning my gaze back up to him, "I feel…like certain people are missing from my life." I said, placing a hand over my heart, shaking my head, looking back up and giving him a small smile. "Are you still searching for your missing memories, Xehanort?"

"….Indeed. I know that I was someone else before I was Xehanort. But I don't remember who. That is why I'm sending you to Castle Oblivion with the several of the others tomorrow." Castle Oblivion?

"Where's that?"

"It is another castle that we use for research purposes. The reason I'm sending you there is to look for something for me." Xemnas explained, clasping his fingers together.

"What is it that I'm supposed to be looking for exactly?"

"There's a chamber that I think holds some type of connection to my past…I want you to search for it the entire time you're there. And whatever you do, you're not to mention this to any of the others, aside from Axel. He'll be searching for it too when he's not busy with his other duties while in the castle."

If Xemnas was sending Axel too, then that meant that whatever this chamber held was probably real important. "Right. Exactly why are you sending a whole team though?"

Xemnas smirked, "There is someone that we're considering recruiting. That's all that there is. You may go now."

Hope spent the rest of her time wandering around Twilight Town, exploring it better. She thought back to what Xemnas had said about the chamber, and how it held something important to him and his past. What exactly was in that chamber?

"Ha! You'll never catch me n-HEY, LOOK OUT!" Hope turned to look to her left, unable to move out of the way of the path that the kid, resulting in her being knocked to the ground, the kid landing on top of her back. "Oh, man…that's definitely gonna leave a mark…"

"Yeah, well, if you don't get off of me, then it'll leave a scar!" Hope exclaimed. The kid immediately got up and apologized, holding a hand out to her and helping her up, giving her a sheepish smile.

"Heh, sorry!" Hope looked at him and noticed that it was the boy, Hayner.

Hope shook her head, giving him a smile. "No, it's alright."

"Hayner, why do you always have to run so fast!" Pence exclaimed as he ran up and stopped next to the blonde, Olette appearing and stopping next to them both.

"Finally caught up to you!" Olette exclaimed, before turning her attention to Hope, "Oh, who's this?"

Hope smiled, "I'm Hope."

"I'm Hayner!"

"I'm Pence! Nice to meet you!"

"And I'm Olette! Nice to meet you, Hope."

"Nice to meet you to, Hayner, Pence, and Olette." Hope stated, giving all of them a smile.

'It's funny…how much these kids remind me of Lea, Isa, and I when were kids. Hayner…He's sorta like Lea, his cocky and playful behavior just like Lea's. Pence is sort of like Isa was before he was cold to us. And Olette…She reminds me of myself. They have a strong friendship…just like we did back then.'

"Hey, do you wanna get ice-cream with us?" Hayner asked as they moved to leave.

Hope smiled. "Actually, I have to go find my friends. But, thanks for the offer."

Hayner nodded and waved goodbye before running off after his other two friends, leaving Hope standing in the middle of the tram common.

"Y'know, I think that it's nice that you would still eat ice-cream with me and Roxas after your new friends invited you to get some with them." Hope smiled as she heard the somewhat cocky voice of her best friend.

"If I did that, I wouldn't be able to say goodbye to Roxas before we leave tomorrow." Hope stated, keeping her gaze ahead of her as Axel came and stood behind her.

"So, the boss man is sending you too, huh?" Axel asked, his voice not so cheerful anymore. In all honesty, he didn't want Hope to go, and he'd rather have her stay home with Roxas. But…he couldn't do a thing.

"Yeah…I'm supposed to search for this chamber Xemnas thinks has ties to his past. That's the only thing I'm going to be doing the entire time we're there."

"Do you want to go?" Axel blurted out all the sudden, surprising the lilac eyed girl some.

"What?"

"Do you want to go?" Axel asked, slowly this time.

"I don't have a choice, Axel. I have to go. If I'm part of this…and whatever reasons we're going there for is to help the organization reach Kingdom Hearts…Then I have to in order to get you and Zexion, and Demyx, and Roxas hearts." She turned around and gave him a cheerful smile.

'She doesn't realize…that the reason we're going to C.O. is to take apart Roxas's somebody's memory….' Axel thought. "Speaking of Roxas, he's on the Clock tower waiting for us to get the ice-cream. Let's hurry!"

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"Three ice-creams please!" Axel asked, setting down some munny on the counter.

"Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I only have two left." The shopkeeper said, handing Axel the two ice-creams.

Axel handed Hope one of the two bars, "Looks like we're sharing, Hope."

She nodded, following him inside and up to the top of the tower, where they found Roxas already seated, staring out at the sky. "Roxas!" Hope exclaimed, running over and patting him on the head.

"Hi, Hope." Roxas greeted, giving her a small smile, while Axel handed him an ice-cream, taking a seat next to the blonde, while Hope took a seat next to Axel, taking the first bite before handing it back over to Axel.

"I'm gonna miss this ice-cream thing we do." Axel said, sighing.

Roxas looked over at him with a curious and confused face. "Huh? Why?"

A sad facial expression appeared upon Axel's face as he explained, same as Hope. "Starting tomorrow, we're gonna be away."

Roxas looked down at his lap, a sad expression also appearing on his face. "Oh…"

Axel looked back up at the sky, "Since you're our buddy, I guess we can fill you in. We're gonna be at Castle Oblivion for awhile."

"What's that?" Roxas asked, looking at his two older friends curiously.

"The Organization's got a second castle situated in the world between worlds." Axel explained, turning to give the younger teen a smirk, "It's called Castle Oblivion. Got it memorized?"

Roxas turned his gaze back at the horizon, nodding his head, "Yeah. I wish people told me these things…" Roxas mumbled sadly.

Hope stood up and walked behind him, hugging him slightly, "You have to remember, you're still pretty new, Roxas. They'll tell you things like this eventually…" She explained, comforting the younger teen some.

Axel stood up as well, looking down at Hope, "We've gotta head back and get ready. Fun, fun, fun…Anyway, you take your time." Axel said, opening up a portal, walking through.

"We'll be back eating ice-cream with you before you know it, ok?" She gave him a small kiss on top of his head, like a mother would her child, before standing up and running inside the portal, "Bye, Roxas…"

A/N: Ok, so I'm already writing the next chapter, so I should have it posted up later today, or later tomorrow. Please review! LATER TATERS!