Chapter 5: Arrival

"Mommy! Mommy! Wake up, Wake up!" Amara shook me awake, giggling. I groaned as a tear fell down my cheek- possibly Irix's. Amara laid on top of me.

"Amara... Go back to sleep..." I pouted, hugging her and putting her back to the side of me. She grinned.

"I can't! I wanna play and Kiyoko isn't old enough yet!" She got on her knees and held my arm. "Wanna prank Donald?"

I smirked and sat up, finally waking up, "Alright, what's the plan?"

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"Okay, ready?" She asked me and I smirked, putting on a scream mask with red paint trailing down it to look like blood. She had red paint on the white shirt we found.

"Born ready..." I had my organization coat on and a butcher Knife. I dipped it in red paint to make it look like blood. I watched Amara go in and go to Donald, shaking her whole body with 'fear'.

"U-uncle D-Donald..." I covered my mouth from laughter and Donald quacked in surprise and what sounded like terror.

"W-what happened...?" Donald asked and I heard the little girl groan.

"M-m-monster... C-closet..." She whimpered and I went back to the cabin. Kiyoko was awake and she saw me.

"Mama...?" I chuckled softly and picked her up.

"Hey, little girl." I lifted my mask up with a smile. "Can you pretend to be scared? I'm trying to scare uncle Donald."

Those cyan green hues were so big but she nodded like she understood. "Okay..."

"To sell it, you can cry if you want." I grinned brightly and Kiyoko giggled.

"I try, mommy!" She smiled and I put my mask.

"On the count of three I want you to scream." I cleared my throat and covered my ears. "1... 2... 3..."

Of what I heard, Kiyoko's scream was like a high pitched bloody murder. I'm surprised the mirror didn't break. At that moment Donald came in and I got my demon roar on.

"WAAAAKKKK!!" He jumped into Goofy who was right behind him. Amara laughed along with me. I took off my mask and Donald got mad.

"Gotcha!" I pointed at him and laughed more. Donald grumbled, as usual.

"Next time warn me whenever you do that!" Donald tapped his foot and crossed his arms.

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We made it to Radiant Garden and everything seemed peaceful. We walked around, greeting several people, when We came to Merlin's house. I looked at Kiyoko.

"Kiyoko, Amara, do you want to see everyone before we go see a powerful wizard?" I asked.

"Yee!" Kiyoko exclaimed. I'm guessing she was trying to say yes.

"I wanna fly!" Amara was lightly bouncing up and down, making me, Donald, and Goofy giggle.

"Maybe Merlin's got a spell for that." Donald said and Goofy nodded.

"Let's go." I said. I knocked on the door and heard Yuffie's voice.

"Who is it?" Yuffie asked.

"It's me, Yuffie." I said. The door opened and I was trapped in a Yuffie hug. "Yuffie! I missed you too, but I think you're crushing Kiyoko." Yuffie let go and I saw my baby was fine. She made a pouting face at Yuffie.

"Sorry..." Yuffie said. Kiyoko smiled and giggled as if to say 'that's okay'. "What brings you back to Radiant Garden?"

"I wanted to come here to stretch my legs before I went back into training. That and see you all again." I said.

"Cool! Come in." Yuffie said. I walked in and saw everyone. "Look who's here."

"Piri. Welcome back. And you brought Amara, Kiyoko, Donald, and Goofy." Aerith said.

"Well, technically, Donald and Goofy brought me here... But I wanted to be with them and my children for as long as I can." I said.

"You're doin' you're best. That's all you can do." Cid said. I sighed and nodded.

"Yeah, I'm doing my best..." I looked down at Kiyoko. Donald and Goofy looked at me concerned.

"Piri?" They asked in unison.

"What's wrong?" Leon asked.

"This awful nightmare I keep having... About an old enemy of mine. I think I'm gonna walk around town. Do you mind watching Amara and Kiyoko?" I asked.

"Of course." Aerith said. Just as I handed Kiyoko over to her, her hands glowed of light and it hit me. I gasped as I seen a familiar face.

"Irix. Xion. Roxas. Where... What happened to me?" It was Lea who I saw. He was getting up and he looked around. He saw other people on the floor. "Ienzo, Aeleus, Dilan, Even."

He looked over at a window and seen his reflection. He touched his face, right were his cheeks are. "We're people again... The ones from the organization are here. But where is Braig... as well as Isa and Piri?"

I reached out for him and we heard a voice.

"Lea!" It was Snow running up with Serah.

"Is everything okay?" She asked and the redhead looked at everyone else.

"Just... Confused..."

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I blinked my eyes open and felt my heart pound with excitement. "Lea..."

"Piri, what happened?" Leon asked.

"Take care of Amara and Kiyoko til Donald, Goofy, and I come back." I said. We hurried out the door, ran to the postern, and down the path. We made it to the castle and felt several familiar auras. 'It's them! I know.'

"Piri, why are we here? What's going on?" Donald asked and I giggled.

"Axel is gone but Lea is back!" We went inside and made several turns when...

"Ouch!" I ran into someone and fell back. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention." I looked to see Snow.

"Hey, kiddos. It's been a while." He grinned brightly.

"Snow!" He helped me up off the ground. "It's good to see you again!"

"Yep, it's good to see you three here as well. But... Where's that 'Sora' kid?"

"He's taking his Mark of Mastery exam along with Riku." Donald explained to him and he scratched his head, clearly lost.

"So... He's talking a test?"

I sighed and got ready to explain. "The Mark of Mastery exam is a test only for keyblade wielders. It's a test to see if their hearts are strong enough to earn the title of 'Keyblade Master.' I took mine and passed without any problems."

"So that means you're a keyblade master. That's cool. Good job, kiddo!" He rustled my hair and I giggled.

"So, What'cha doing here, Snow?" Goofy asked.

"Well, Serah and I was looking for Lightning. We figured she would be in this castle but so far, we haven't found a trace." He scratched his head, "But we did find someone else."

"Who?" Donald asked and he smiled.

"You might know them. It's Lea and the gang." I gasped at this; just like the thing Kiyoko's vision. Could that had been the power of the Princess of Memory?

"Is everyone there?" I asked him and he shrugged.

"Except for Isa and Braig, everyone's here." He said.

"Could we go see 'em?" Goofy asked and the beach blonde nodded leading us to them.

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