:sighs: I'm back. :dies: And I hope you all like this. Took forever on deciding what to do.

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Roxas wasn't sure what to do. Was his dream right? Had Maleficent teamed up with Voldemort? And what were these Heartless she talked about? He got up and paced his room, glancing over at Riku, who he shared a room with. Should he walk him up? No, Riku was tired. He was only human after all. He'd wait until morning to say anything.

He scowled, pausing from his pacing. 'If I can manage to pry Axel away from Harry long enough to tell him,' He didn't care that he was jealous. Axel was his best friend, and no 'famous' human boy would take that away. Axel died for him, had given up happiness for him. 'Surely he wouldn't pick that kid over me...right?'

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"What was your dream, Harry?"

The dark haired boy looked between Ron and Hermione, frowning. "It was...Voldemort, only he was with some Death Eater and a women...She was a witch, but her skin was green. She seemed important since he listened to everything she said."

"What did she say?" Ron asked, raising an eyebrow. "Tell us before you flock to your new mate, okay?"

Harry glared at him but answered. "She said that...there was a Heartless...and it can control something called a Nobody. From what I heard, a Nobody is something that has no feelings and only pretends..."

"Didn't Roxas mention a Heartless once?" Hermione asked, but stopped once Sora and Axel walked down the stairs of the Boy's Dorms.

Sora beamed. "What're you guys huddling up for?"

Axel gave Harry a look but didn't say anything. Somehow, the black haired teen felt horrible for not telling him. It seemed as though it could be important to him, but he wasn't sure why. Did Axel know what a Nobody was then?

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Harry glanced over when Roxas came over to their table with Riku. But instead of sitting down, he whispered something to Axel and Sora before leaving. Namine (who had been sorted into Griffindor as well) frowned and went with them, despite Roxas telling her that she shouldn't. Some of the others shared a look before shrugging it off. It wasn't their concern anyway.

"Don't you think it's odd," Ron whispered once they were out the doors. "That they're off telling secrets after Harry had a dream?"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Not really. They could be talking about anything."

"But they're the ones who mentioned those Heartless things." he argued. "They probably know something. Harry, you should ask Axel. The guy'd do anything you asked him."

Harry blinked. "You've over thinking things, Ron."

"Well, he seemed to get you over Cho pretty quickly." Hermione teased, smiling.

Harry scowled and threw a carrot at her.

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"Maleficent, huh?" Riku murmured, pacing in front of the window. They were back at the Griffindor tower. "I thought she was dead?"

Roxas shook his head. "No one saw her die. She could've easily fled after distracting the Heartless after we got away."

"It doesn't make sense..." Axel muttered, arms crossed. "Why haven't we heard of such a Heartless? Xemnas was all for creating them. You'd think he'd be using such a thing for the members that went wrong..."

Sora and Riku shared a look. "Like?"

Roxas frowned. "There was a girl who joined after me...she was our Number XIV. She didn't last long. Her other was completely against the Heartless and Xemnas turned her into a Dusk."

"Dusks aren't powerful, you know that." Axel explained. "So if he had such a Heartless, he could still use her. Have more members to get hearts."

"Maybe he didn't know." Namine offered softly. "It's in Hollow Bastion, right? There are many places it could be hiding."

"We'll have to keep this quiet." the tallest mumbled, sitting in front of the fire. "Not even the old man can know. He'll tell the King and we'll be thrown out...and I am not going back to Betwix and Between."

"How did Voldemort find out about Nobodies though?" Riku wonder aloud. "There aren't that many people who know, and none are in this realm."

"He mentioned a muggle girl..." Roxas whispered, eyes widening. "...What if...Maleficent helped him through realms? The only person whose are devoid of magic that knows about Nobodies would be..."

"Kairi." They all froze.

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"Axel?" Harry whispered once Snape had passed them. "Are you okay? You've been quiet all day."

Axel blinked, smiling. "Yeah...just tired. Not used to having to wake up so early..."

Hermione frowned. "Are you sick?"

"Nah. I don't get sick." He smirked. "Me and Roxy are defected or something."

Roxas scowled and flicked him in the nose. "Watch your mouth. I'm not defected, I'm just too perfect."

Riku snorted. "Yeah, okay. Whatever makes you sleep at night."

The blond growled, but stopped when Namine patted his arm. "Now now Roxas. Riku's just jealous."

Axel grinned. "What's there to be jealous of? I wouldn't want to be short."

"Mr. Fujiwara, Mr. Nakata." Snape got their attentions, glaring at them all. "If you wish to disrupt my class, I'll be forced to give you detention."

Axel blinked, raising an eyebrow. "Detention? What is this, kindergarten? Do we get nap-time too? You sure look like you need it."

Snape smirked. "Only a Nobody could come up with such childish things."

Axel glowered, standing. "Say that to my face. If you can reach."

Roxas grabbed his wrist. "Don't be stupid."

"C'mon Axel, we don't need this right now." Riku hissed.

Snape chuckled, despite the fact he only came to Axel's neck. "Maybe your mother wanted to get her heart ripped out. Having a son who gave into-."

The room fell silent when Axel punched him. "Give me detention. Or lose these stupid points, whatever. But never say anything about my mother. She only had her fucking heart ripped out because of people like you, Death Eater."

Roxas stood and hurriedly pulled the other out of the room. Everyone watched Snape, who glared after them. His nose was red and bleeding, but he ignored it. "Class dismissed." No one moved. "Now!"

Everyone jumped to their feet and left in a hurry. Harry caught up with Riku, Sora and Namine outside the room. "Who did Snape know about that?"

Riku sighed. "Being transfers, all the teachers have to know everything about us. It's a dark time right now. Anyway, we should go after them. They probably went to Zexion, it's his free period."

"Mind if we come?" Ron asked.

They shook their heads. "No, but...be careful what you say around Axel. When he's upset, things...well," Namine smiled. "Explode."

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"What were you thinking?!" Roxas snapped. "Axel, you pretty much gave away our cover and we've only been here for, what? Four days??"

Axel scowled. "Not now, Roxas."

Zexion sighed. "What Snape did was low, I know. But you have to control yourself better, Axel. Especially with Maleficent running around with Voldemort."

"You need to suck it up and get over it." the blond hissed, sitting on the silver haired man's desk. "Snape knows. McGonagall knows. Everyone of the teachers know. Don't give them another reason to hate us, okay?"

It was true, making Axel sigh. Some of the teachers skirted away from them like a disease. And those who did always favored Sora and Riku. Snape wasn't the only one, but he was the only person who put out such hints to the other students. He was waiting for someone to figure it out.

Roxas sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Do you even...remember her?"

Axel flinched. "Sometimes..."

"Remember, Axel." Zexion muttered. "Sooner or later, someone will know. We need to make sure we get this all over with before that, okay? Especially with the threat of being controlled by a Heartless that Maleficent has the power to control."

"I know..." Axel frowned, kicking the wall out of frustration. "And dammit, I'm trying. But you know how hard it is to obey someone who hates what you are? At least Xemnas was one of us, he didn't think being Heartless was a disease or...some infection."

Roxas shook his head. "It'll be fine. We'll just talk to Dumbledore or something. Get them off our backs."

"It won't be that easy."

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"Do you have them?"

Maleficent smirked. "Of course. I have...special connections to Hollow Bastion."

Voldemort chuckled, walking over to some cages by the wall. They were filled with darkness, making it impossible to tell there was a Heartless in there except the glowing yellow eyes. He grinned evilly, turning to the green witch.

"When?"

"As soon as I get to full power." she replied, running a hand over her staff. "We only have a limited amount of them though. Shadow Casters are rare Heartless."

Voldemort nodded. "It's not like we need them both. One should do nicely."

"Well," Maleficent turned to him. "Either one, it's over. One has a Keyblade, and the other has experience with darkness." She chuckled before smirking again. "What of the Princess I gave you?"

"She had been useful." the pale man murmured. "I'll have her memory wiped and throw her back to her own world in case I need her again. She is quite hateful to Nobodies, she's willing to give up information."

Maleficent nodded. "What do you expect when she was kidnaped by the monsters? It's such a shame though. It's always fun when you force a Princess of Heart to bend to your will."

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Welp, here ya go. I hope you all like it. XP It might be obvious, but I dislike Kairi. She rubs me the wrong way. I much prefer Namine. She's cuter. Lol.

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