A/N: You can call it sudden inspiration, but I call it a miracle! My muse, or should I say, some of my muse, has found it's way back to my dying brain as I sit here and cough. Yeah, I've contracted a bit of a small cold, but nothing to big ^-^ So, yeah, this chapter is probably short for safety reasons, so just be grateful that I'm not giving you guys a load of craptastic writing :P Though I am still suffering from writers block, I have managed to form this small chapter for you guys :D ENJOY! Also, for one of my favorite little reviewers, Amanda, just to let you know that I am not mad at you, and it wasn't you who I mentioned in the last chapter I wrote. I'm not mad anymore, ok? So, please don't feel like it's your fault, because I was just under a bit of stress :D

Disclaimer: -_- how many times must I say it? I ONLY OWN HOPE AND THIS STORY, AND NOTHING ELSE THAT'S RELATED TO KINGDOM HEARTS EXCEPT MY OWN COPIES OF THE GAMES!

'Xehanort! Ansem's apprentice! The leader of organization XIII is Xehanort's Nobody!'

'He's their leader. Got it memorized? X-E-M-N-A-S.'

'Maybe…waiting isn't good enough…'

'If you have a dream, don't wait! Act! One of life's little rules.'

'Why does everybody keep calling me Roxas?'

'Hey! You guys are looking lively!'

'Traitor…'

'We'll see to it he receives the full punishment.'

'Kairi! Riku!'

'Gawrsh, we're just makin' sure that you're ok…'

'Why are you so sad and quiet? We haven't heard you talk since we first met you….'

'Who am I? No…WHAT am I?'

'I'm a danger to everyone I'm around…'

'You're weak and pathetic. Just like your father was.'

'Hope…I'm sorry….'

Hope's eyes shot open as she was startled awake by the dream. She sat up and closed her eyes, rubbing her temples. When she reopened them, her eyebrows knitted together as she frowned. How come she was inside Beast's Castle, when she had been sleeping at the meadow in Neverland? She glanced down, and noticed a piece of paper on the floor, next to the couch she had been on. She reached down and picked it up, unfolding it and reading it.

Go with Sora and his friends, Hope. They'll keep you safe. I figured out how I can get Roxas back, and that's what I'm going to do. I'll bring him back, Hope. I promise.

~Axel

P.S~ I'll still be around, so don't go thinking that you won't ever see me again…

She stared at it, reading it over and over until she had read it at least 15 times. Finally, she let the paper slip from her hands and fall to the tile floor. She stared blankly into space, her face paling slightly as she did so. She shook slightly, letting out a bitter laugh. She knew that Axel was tired of taking care of her and running. She predicted that he would leave her, but she hadn't expected it to happen so soon, let alone happen without him telling her himself. Her eyes began to water, and she struggled to keep back the choked up sob that was threatening to come hurling out of her mouth. She had been left behind again. Everyone seemed to be doing that a lot lately. Roxas, and….another girl that Hope could recall seeing, but a face and name couldn't come to mind, and now Axel had left her. She was friendless at the moment, and an Orphan. She never let her sadness show, but…it was trying to make the one emotion she had tried so hard at hiding from anyone before she met Axel.

Everyone was always leaving her behind. Lea and Isa, Ansem, Ienzo...and Sephiroth had left her, too, not even bothering to say goodbye or where he was was going or when or if he was coming back. It was a bit hurtful when everyone just continued to leave her while she stayed.

She felt alone.

Even though she had made countless friends in her lifetime, she still felt alone. Perhaps it was because she never really saw any of them anymore. Yes…that had to be it. But…the ache and doubt in her chest didn't seem to dissipate despite her theory of why she felt so lonely. The last time she had even felt lonely was….was right after her mother died. But she only felt that way for a short while, because then she realized she still had people that loved and cared for her. So…did that mean that someone still loved her out there? Or was she just kidding herself with that little idea?

"Why…why is it that loneliness is the most painful thing to go through with?" Hope asked herself, bringing her knees up to her chest and laying her head in her arms, sighing softly, letting her tears free and fall silently down her cheeks.

If everyone was going to leave her behind all the time, than she might as well stay alone.

"Huh? Hey, fellas! Look over there!" A somewhat goofy voice exclaimed.

"Now what is it?" Donald squawked impatiently, before looking over to where Goofy was pointing at and jumping in surprise. "WAAAH! Who is she?"

Sora frowned at the duck, before moving forward and over towards the girl, stopping and kneeling down in front of her. For some reason, this girl seemed a bit familiar to Sora, but he knew that he had never met her before. When the girl did not acknowledge his presence, he placed a hand on her shoulder and shook it gently. "Hey, you okay?"

The girls head shot up, her face looking a bit startled, before her eyes widened slightly.

"Roxas…?"

A/N: Yeah….I'll just leave it at that :D! Hehe, so, basically, she sort of see's Roxas's image instead of Sora, in case you guys didn't understand. LATER TATERS!