A/N: WOOH! CHAPTER 100! Okay, so yesterday, I received an email from the admins of the site saying that my story violated guidelines and that it was removed because of that reason. My friend and fellow writer Bethy-Kins and I both sent emails to the admins yesterday and I also messaged a few reviewers to help us out by spamming their inbox to put the story back xD well, if you are reading this and you received that message from me, please don't bother doing it anymore. Because they put the story back this morning! Let's all thank Bethy-Kins, since it was most likely her email that did the magic! Yay! Haha, I love you guys very much! Last chapter actually didn't satisfy me…I didn't like how I left Hope just hanging while Axel ran off like that…but what's done is done, and I'm going to try and make up for it! You all know what this mean, yes?

Hope: *gasps* Y-you don't mean-!

YES! A SUPER LONG CHAPTER, MUWAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Hope: Nooo!

YES! AHAHAHA! Hopefully you guys like how I did this, because people are really hard to please nowadays!

Note: I apologize for the lateness of this chapter. It was supposed to be posted at least 2 weeks ago, but it was not, even after I had told a few people that it would be. My dog passed away the week I was planning to put it up, but because I was and still am upset about it, it was not posted. I apologize.

"Milady, you seem distracted. Is everything all right?" Clara, the head nursemaid asked, concern filled in her blue orbs that reminded Hope so much of her late mothers eyes.

With a light nod, the young woman allowed a gentle smile to grace her features, "I'm okay, just a little tired." it had been a lie, of course. Hope was actually more concerned with Isa's sudden change in behavior towards her and Lea. Sure, Isa could be rather rash sometimes, and sarcastic to the point of rudeness, but….

He never acted so brash towards her before. And that's what hurt. She couldn't understand why he was acting like this, or what happened to make him act this way. It was a mystery.

One that she planned on solving as soon as possible.

"Clara, I think I'm going to go take a walk. I'll be back in a bit." Hope said, standing up from her desk chair and heading out the door before Clara could even respond.

She walked in silence as she made her way to Castle Town by herself, trying to avoid as many people as possible by going through several back streets. When she found herself in front of Isa's house, she stepped forward and knocked on the door, stepping back while waiting for it to open.

She had been expecting Isa's mother to answer, so she was a bit surprised when Isa himself answered. When he saw her standing there, his eyes grew cold, and he started to shut the door, Hope stopping him by pushing the door. "Wait!"

"What do you want?" Isa muttered rudely.

"To talk."

He looked at her, his eyes cold and hard, "Then go talk to Lea or something.""I don't want to talk to Lea! I want to talk to you!" she shouted, starting to get annoyed with him.

"There's nothing to talk about. Go home, Hope." Isa said, though it sounded more like a demand.

And just like that, he slammed the door in her face, leaving her to stare at it in surprise and sadness. She moved away from his house sadly, turning around to glance at it one last time before she headed back home.

"What's happened to you, Isa? Why…are you being so hateful?"

If only she had been able to see the darkness that had begun to overtake his heart back then, she might have been able to understand.

Clasping her hands together and letting them rest in her lap, Hope sighed softly and closed her eyes. 'Peace of mind,' she recited over and over in her mind, while three pairs of eyes watched her.

Hope had insisted that they stop in Twilight Town so she could tell them what she had been hiding from them for so long. Currently, they were in the woods, Hope sitting on a tree stump.

After of what seemed like an eternity of silence, she opened her eyes slowly and met Sora's own azure orbs.

"You know how I told you that I ended up in Beasts Castle from a magic spell gone wrong?" he nodded and she sighed softly, feeling her stomach twisting in knots, "Well…it's not completely true…"

The Keyblade wielders eyes widened slightly, full of shock, "W-what…?"

"Ya mean you lied?" Goofy asked, surprised.

"Well…in a sense, yes," she nodded, not to confirm that she had, but to reassure herself. "I lied to you. All three of you…about many things."

Donald had his arms crossed over his chest, and angry look on his face while he tapped his foot impatiently. "I knew something was kind of screwy!"

Hope laughed sadly, shaking her head, "I'm sorry."

"So…are you really who you say you are then?" Sora asked, wondering what else she hadn't been completely honest with them about.

"It's true that my name is Hope Daniels. And it's also true that I was once the heir to Hollow Bastion's throne. But that's part of who I am. Organization XIII knows all about the other half. I'm surprised that they didn't just flat out tell you…" Hope mumbled, knowing that the members of the Organization took pleasure in messing with other peoples minds. To them, this was all just a sick game that they enjoyed.

"What do you mean?" Sora asked, not understanding what the young woman before them as trying to say.

Hope bit her bottom lip slightly, a habit she had whenever she was either nervous or thinking. She wasn't sure what to say and how to word it. But she knew that she had to be completely honest. She was going to do just that.

And so she told them her story. She told them how the Heartless Invasion all those years ago had taken away her two most precious friends, her grandfather, and little Ienzo. She explained that it had been Xehanort's fault that the apprentices turned on the real Ansem. They listened to her story, none of them saying anything the entire time. Just listening. And they listened to her tell them how she had been kidnapped and brought to Xemnas, the leader of Organization XIII. And she told them about her mistake that she had made.

"I became a member of the Organization. It was a foolish and stupid mistake to think that if I helped them, I'd be helping the people that they once were." Hope said regretfully. "The only reason they brought me to their domain was so they could use me…"

"Use you?" Goofy repeated.

She nodded, "Yes. You see, Xemnas sees my heart as a tool to get what he wants. His plan is to use the light that my heart holds in order to obtain Kingdom Hearts. I found out and I ran away and hid," Hope explained, not mentioning Roxas to them. "This whole time…I've been running away while trying to go back and fix everything that I helped cause. But even now…I don't know if I've gone about it the right way…"

"You used us just they wouldn't find you!" Donald squawked, pointing an accusing finger at her.

Hope looked down sadly, "I did…and I'm so sorry that I ever did. Telling you that it was because I was trying to help my friends isn't a good excuse…I've finally come to terms that I can't help them. At least not Isa…he's too far gone for help."

"Isa?" Sora asked.

"The man with the blue hair. His name is Saix now…but he was once Isa…and Axel was once Lea…they were both my best friends."

Donald was upset, Goofy was a bit sad that she had lied to them, and Sora wasn't sure what to think or feel. But he felt just as upset and used as Donald and Goofy felt.

"I can't ask you to forgive me. Because I shouldn't ask for your forgiveness. I've used you three this whole time. I don't deserve your forgiveness. But please…do know that I am truly sorry for everything I've done and caused."

Donald wasn't about to forgive her, nor was Sora. The two got up and started to leave, "C'mon Goofy! We have better things to do than deal with someone that lies!" Donald shouted as he and Sora started to head for the exit. Goofy allowed himself to linger a little longer, letting his hand rest on Hope's shoulder, causing her to look up at him with sad eyes.

The captain of the Knights had a big heart, and even when someone had done something wrong and deceitful and would truly admit their sorrow and wrongs, he always found it in his heart to forgive them. Especially if they were close friends. And Goofy forgave Hope. Because she had willingly told them her truth and her lies. Even if she had used them, he forgave her. She had only been trying to save her two most precious friends.

The same thing that Sora was trying to do. He was on a quest to find Riku, and now Kairi, like he had done a year ago. He knew that Sora would go to any lengths to save his two best friends.

Just as Hope had been doing.

"GOOFY! HURRY UP!" Donald squawked impatiently.

"Coming!" Goofy called back, giving Hope's shoulder a pat, "Sorry, Hope. I'm sure they'll forgive you eventually…" he reassured, feeling simply awful that they were leaving her behind all by herself. "So don't you give up on them, ya hear?"

Hope nodded, a sad smile tugging at her lips. "Yeah. Thank you, Goofy…"

"GOOFY!"

"I'm comin' fellas!" Goofy shouted, running after them and leaving with them.

As soon as they had disappeared from her sight, Hope got up and left the woods, heading to the clock tower. Pulling some munny out of her pocket, she bought some ice cream and climbed up to the top of the tower and sat down, taking a bite.

As she stared out at the sunset, she finally allowed her tears to fall.

Saix sat down on his bed, staring out the window at the unfinished heart shaped moon, allowing himself to think. When had encountered Sora and co. he hadn't expected that Hope would be their as well. It surprised him even more that Axel hadn't pulled her into the dark corridor with him as he ran away from Saix.

But what surprised him the most was that he himself had pushed Hope away instead of grabbing her and taking her back to Xemnas while he had the chance. It was as if he hadn't had the guts to do it, as though something had held him back.

But what was it? He could not feel emotion, so it could not have been sympathy or kindness. Perhaps his memories of his past self and Hope had set a trigger off within his empty shell of a body. It was the only possible answer.

It was those memories that kept holding him back. But the next time, he would not let his memories take control of his actions.

A/N: okay, so I lied about this being super long. And I'm sorry! I'm just happy to finally have this out! UGH! Okay, I don't know when I'll have the new chapter up. I have to update a bunch of other crap, and since I did something stupid and started a Devil May Cry Fanfic, it adds more to load of stories! Yay….Anyway, I hope that this didn't suck. Hope's personality and character have been getting major remodeling xD That's why it's taken so long for an update xD so positive feedback would be great. Review! LATER TATERS!