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344 days. 21 more days before one year. Am I a different person than I was a year ago? Am I even a person here? I'm still part of Sora, but in a different place, can a person be a person without a heart?

I don't even have anyone I can ask without hearing the same answer; "You're not Sora, you're Roxas". I know that. To the Organization, I'm number XIII.

Xemnas is gone. Xigbar's actually trying to keep the Organization together, but for what purpose? It's useless to fight Sora, he already defeated all of them. Kingdom Hearts doesn't exist here, so what's left?

It was easier to be here without the Organization, without Olette even. I never had to explain things I didn't know how to really explain, and I was the same to every single person except for Sora, Riku, and Kairi.

Sometimes I wonder if it would be better if Aros was still here. He didn't talk a lot, but he got it. He completely understood.

When I was first born, my journal entries during my time in Never Was were very short and simple; "Today I did this. I completed this mission and then me and Axel met at the tower to eat ice cream." Suddenly they're much longer now.

Axel finally returned. He seems to be all right, but he's been sleeping a lot since he came back. He didn't seem injured, just tired. He's been sleeping almost straight through the past few days. I've been sitting on his bed reading. He wanted me to stay and so I did because best friends do what their best friends ask.

Kairi's gone though. Kidnapped, not gone. Sora and Riku are trying to find her but she's been missing for about a week. Maybe she'll be back soon. It seems that the Malnosso do a trade. Return one, take another.

Riku says I should "butt out" and let Sora and himself take care of it. Because Kairi's their friend and not mine. Because I'm not Sora and I'm not helpful. Because they don't need me. I don't know if he's right or wrong.

The sun hasn't been as bright as it should be.
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It's been quiet lately, hasn't it? August is almost over, shouldn't people be out more?

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Agrabah?

Yeah, it's one of the places I've been to.

[Okay, now she's gotta check cause something has certainly clicked there.]

It wouldn't happen to be an Arabian type place in the middle of the desert, would it?

Yeah sort of. It was sort of small really, but there was the market place and the plaza, and the palace too. Plus further out in the desert there was the cave, but that's not really relevant.

Please don't tell me that the cave was called the "Cave of Wonders" and looked like some sort of lions head or something.

...been there before?

[Oh damn! Does that mean she was right?]

Not exactly. It's a place in a Disney movie.

...in a what? [IN ROXAS' WORLD THEY REALLY EXIST, REALLY.]

A Disney movie. Disney is a company in my world, and they make movies like Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. There's a lot more of them out there though.

...never heard of it.

Probably because you're not from my world, but you're apparently familiar with at least one of the Disney worlds.

They're just worlds. I've been to a lot of them.

You know, you still haven't told me much about the worlds you've been to before.

[Of course, she's not going to push him to tell her. It's up to him.]

[brb breaking the fourth wall] ...personally? There's Wonderland, Agrabah, Neverland, Halloween Town, the coliseum, Twilight Town, the islands Sora's from, and The World That Never Was. And the Beast's castle, but I have no idea where that actually is. And anyway, that's not nearly as many as Sora's been to.

[Hang on, I think you just broke her brain, Roxas.]

...

Sora's been to them too. And Atlantica, the Pridelands, the Land of the Dragons, Christmas Town, the jungle, Port Royal, Traverse Town, Hollow Bastion, the Timeless River, King Mickey's castle, and space even. [Well, according to Sora's memories anyway.]

...I recognize most of those worlds. From more Disney movies.

...but they're real places.

Yeah, but in my world they're fictional.

...And wait a minute...did you say King Mickey?

Uh huh. King Mickey helped out a lot, and they were on a mission for him. They being Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Later on when they were back at the island though the King had another mission for Sora, Riku, and Kairi though.

Okay, this is suddenly a lot to take in since you just added Donald and Goofy to the mix. Don't tell me you're going to add Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, and Pluto next.