Yuki sat on the steps looking out over the entire room. She could see Zaya walking around the edges of the room where there were glass cases. Y was on the opposite side of the room staring at one of the glass cases in interest. Yuki could see her cheeks puffed out in the way they often did when she was thinking about something she didn't like. In Yuki's hands was a notebook. It held research notes that belonged to Hysui. Something about whatever was in this room.

"Yuki," Zaya said. Yuki looked over at her. "Open that book to the third page, there should be a list of worlds. Read them off to me." Zaya asked. Yuki shrugged opening the notebook. As promised on the third page was a list of worlds.

"Castle of Dreams, Enchanted Dominion, Dwarves Woodlands, Wonderland, Agrabah, Beasts Castle, and Destiny Islands." Yuki read off. Zaya nodded and frowned.

"That's a lot of worlds for the fairy to find." She said, mostly to herself. Y looked over at her in question.

"Why exactly are we here?" Y asked. Zaya looked over at her, before returning her attention to the glass cases. Yuki couldn't help but notice each case was large enough to hold a person inside of.

"It's of great interest to us how the fairy gained her knowledge in the outside worlds, and how she managed to get so close to achieving Kingdom Hearts," Zaya explained. Yuki could understand the interest in that. It wasn't something that happened all the time. And it was no simple task either. Y turned and leaned against the case she had been in front of.

"The fairy is Maleficent, right?" Y asked. Yuki had remembered Myruai saying the name, so it was probably right. Zaya nodded, confirming Yuki's thoughts. "Maleficent came from Enchanted Dominion. It's reasonable to assume the first world she got whatever it was she needed from was there." Y said.

"You know who Maleficent is?" Yuki asked in confusion. The name hadn't been one that Yuki recognized. She had assumed it would only make sense to a few.

"I went to her world, once, a long time ago." Y explained calmly. She didn't make it sound like much of a deal, but the look in Zaya's eyes made Yuki think otherwise. Zaya stepped away from the case she was closest to.

"Did she know about other worlds then?" Zaya asked softly. She laced her fingers together as she waited for a reply. Y seemed to think about it a moment before replying.

"She did." Y said still lost in thought. "A matter of fact, she even knew about keyblades." She continued. Her eyebrows furrowed together in thought. She was placing events, that much Yuki could tell. But what those events were she had no idea.

"Was anyone in the world before you?" Zaya asked curiously. Y nodded slowly, still processing her thoughts.

"My friend and X were. I think X said someone was there before them, they met Maleficent on the bridge and she already knew things then." Y said. She looked at Zaya, still thinking. "Xehanort."

"I don't know who that is," Zaya said frowning. She tapped her chin in thought, the other hand wrapping a strand of blonde hair around her finger. She began pacing up and down the walkway by the cases. Her deep blue eyes staring at the ground in concentration. "This Xehanort man must have been how the fairy learned."

"He likes making trouble so that sounds like it would be his style." Y agreed, sounding annoyed. Yuki looked back down to the list on her lap, only half listening to the conversation Y and Zaya were having.

"If she learned of other worlds through this Xehanort, then all there is left to discover is how she gained the ability to travel to other worlds." Yuki heard Zaya say. She looked up to the older elite in question.

"What are all these worlds anyway?" Yuki asked. Zaya looked towards her with a look of shock. Yuki hadn't spoken since reading the list so it was likely she had been forgotten. Zaya had a tendency to get lost in her own world.

"They're the homeworlds of the princesses of heart." Zaya explained. Yuki blinked a few times trying to register the thought. It wasn't making any sense.

"Time for my stupid question of the day," Yuki announced. She heard Y giggle from the other side of the room and chose to ignore it. "What's a princess of heart?" Zaya laughed a little shaking her head. She like everyone else dismissed the fact Yuki knew so little too often.

"Princesses of heart are seven young women with pure hearts. They're very precious, and using them one can find the way to Kingdom Hearts." Zaya explained. Yuki nodded slowly. It seemed strange that using these princesses one could find Kingdom Hearts, but at this point, Yuki had stopped questioning things she found strange.

"If we know who all of them are and where they are why don't we just use them instead of all this gathering hearts nonsense?" Y asked. Yuki looked at Zaya, waiting to hear her answer. It was nice to see Y didn't understand things too.

"It's too risky. It was attempted less than a year ago and did not end well. Another attempt so soon after would be futile. The worlds are on their guard." Zaya answered calmly. Y nodded in understanding.

"Who are all of these princesses?" Yuki asked, just out of curiosity. She had been to several of the worlds listed. Had she met one of the princesses without realizing it?

"There's Cinderella from Castle of Dreams, Snow White from Dwarves Woodlands, Aurora from Enchanted Dominion." Y began listing off. She looked to Zaya at that point, unsure of who else was a princess. Zaya picked up for her easily.

"Alice from Wonderland, Jasmine from Agrabah, Belle from Beasts Castle, and Kairi from Destiny Islands," Zaya said. Yuki frowned. She had met two of them. Jasmine was the girl in Agrabah who she had saved. And Kairi...

Yuki's head suddenly throbbed. Her hand flew up to hold her head. She felt if she didn't her head would surely explode from the pain that she felt. The note book in her hands slid forward and fell down the stairs. She heard alarmed cries from Zaya and Y, but the noise only made her head hurt worse. She closed her eyes tightly trying to block out all the noise. There were new cries now. Ones that she knew were only in her head.

"Kairi, run!"

"But what about you?"

"I'll be fine, just go!"

"But K-"

"I said run!"

"Kiu!"

"Run!"

Images flashed in Yuki's mind. Images of two girls running through a town. The town resembled Hallow Bastion but was bigger and nicer. Brightly colored flowers were all over the town. Both of the girls had bright red hair, though ones was a shade darker. The images continued to change but always had the same two girls. One of the girls and a woman with blue hair. One of the girls and an old woman holding a storybook. One of the girls being surrounded by Heartless.

Yuki opened her eyes gasping for air. Her head still throbbed, but it was less intense now. Calm enough she could move, but not forget it's there. Zaya was crouched down beside her with a worried expression. Y was hovering nearby biting her lip.

"What happened?" Zaya asked. Yuki swallowed nervously.

"I don't know. It just happened." She said. Her throat felt dry and rough like she hadn't had anything to drink in days. Zaya frowned but stood up, tapping her chin in thought.

"We should get out of here. We got all the information this place is willing to give." She announced. Y nodded quickly, ready to leave. "Can you stand?" Zaya asked. Yuki nodded and pushed herself to her feet. Before the Heartless could leave there was a sound of a door opening. Zaya drew her gunblade and pointed it towards the door. In the door way stood Leon, reaching for his own gunblade.

"Who are you?" Leon demanded. Zaya didn't reply, she only glanced at the two younger Heartless behind her. Yuki was still clutching her head, while Y stood right behind her ready to catch her if she fell.

"They're others like me." Yuki said, only barely loud enough to hear. Leon nodded and removing his hand from his weapon. Seeing this Zaya put away her own blade. Her eyes stayed on Leon though, watching him carefully.

"You alright kid?" Leon asked choosing to ignore the others present. Yuki laughed a little.

"I've been better." She stated. "Do you know who Kiu and Kairi are?" She looked up at Leon curiously. Zaya turned her attention to Yuki in interest.

"Kairi was a girl from this world. She's on Destiny Islands now." Leon began. He sounded a little confused, unsure of why Yuki was asking. Yuki nodded waiting for him to continue. "If I'm right, Kiu was another girl in town. She vanished when the world fell into darkness. I think she was Kairi's sister." He finished. Yuki again nodded.

"Thanks," Yuki said softly.

"Yeah, no problem. Now, who are your friends?" Leon demanded. Yuki let out a heavy breath.

"Y is my friend. Zaya is just another member here to babysit us." She replied point to each as she mentioned them. She glanced at Zaya in afterthought. "No offense."

"None taken," Zaya said. Leon directed his attention to Zaya. He seemed to study her for a moment before speaking.

"You're the Heartless who spoke to Ansem." He said. Zaya looked up and tapped her chin as if trying to place the name. She snapped her fingers and nodded after a moment.

"Yes, Ansem the Wise. This used to be his castle. I liked him." Zaya said.

"You led him into darkness." Leon accused. Zaya looked at him in shock. She tilted her head to the side in a puzzled fashion.

"How did I do that? I just asked him a few questions." She asked taking a few steps towards Leon. Leon didn't move but his eyes followed her. Y shifted nervously behind Yuki.

"This isn't going to be pretty," Y whispered. Yuki felt inclined to agree.

"He tried to replicate the experiment you described to him." Leon said his voice still calm. Zaya seemed to consider his words before nodding once again.

"I suppose he did. But I only knew of one attempt. He quickly became disgusted with the work so he quit. Or so I thought." She said. Yuki felt that she was telling the truth. But it was always hard to tell with Heartless. It never really showed when they were lying or not.

"He continued his experiments. Even conducting one on himself." Leon informed her. He was still watching her carefully, his eyes only occasionally flickering back to Yuki and Y.

"Oh, my. How unfortunate he didn't learn from our mistakes. I had hoped by telling him the results he wouldn't try." Zaya said. She sounded truly remorseful, but Yuki doubted it. She could tell Leon did as well.

"I doubt that. If you possessed the same thought as him you would know he wouldn't give up until he solved the problem." Leon stated. Zaya smirked at his words and rolled her eyes.

"But you don't possess the same thought either. Sure he would question, but only a fool follows those who lost themselves, I never thought he was a fool." She said simply. Leon frowned at her. He seemed to think things over, trying to decide what his next move was. He moved away from the door going to the glass cases on the opposite side of the wall.

"I don't believe you." Leon finally said. "But I don't think we're going to get any farther in this discussion." He continued. Zaya nodded.

"It's understandable, who would trust someone with no heart?" She asked. Leon didn't speak. His eyes once again fell on Yuki. She shrugged and gave an apologetic smile. He nodded in her direction only slightly, barely enough for Yuki to notice. Yuki understood the meaning. He trusted her, despite what had happened here. And that meant quite a bit to Yuki.

"Let's go you two," Zaya said leaving the room. Yuki and Y followed after her. Yuki waved to Leon before leaving. Once again he only nodded.

*<3*

Yuki sat at the clock tower with her head in her hands. She knew it was probably a bad idea to be up there with her head throbbing and all, but she had questions she wanted to ask Roxas. She could only hope he would show up though, there was no guarantee anyone would show up anymore.

"Yuki?" Yuki smiled a little looking over her shoulder. Roxas stood at the corner, looking at her in concern. "Are you okay?" He asked coming to sit beside her.

"My head hurts," Yuki replied, returning her attention to the ground. Roxas frowned looking at her in question.

"You shouldn't be up here if you're head is hurting. Xion nearly fell off the clock tower once." He said in warning. Yuki looked at him in question. He shrugged, in a way that made Yuki realize he wasn't lying.

"I know I shouldn't be up here. But I have a question I want to ask you." Yuki said. Roxas tilted his head to the side.

"What is it?" He asked with a soft voice. Yuki couldn't place why his voice was softening. But it was comforting.

"Do you see things? Like when out on missions if someone says a name?" Yuki asked shyly. Roxas seemed to consider it for a moment. He looked up at the sky, his blue eyes reflected the light of the setting sun.

"Not so much when people say names. It's more so all the time when I'm out on missions. Even when I'm asleep." He finally answered. Yuki nodded, considering his words. Maybe this was normal for those who didn't remember their past. "Why are you asking?" Roxas asked. He was looking at her again.

"I think I remembered my Someone today. I've been having weird flashes of images when someone says a name. I wanted to know if you ever had the same thing happen to you." Yuki replied. Roxas nodded. Yuki stood and backed away from the edge of the tower. "I'm going to head back now, so I don't fall." She said.

"Before you go, do you know the name Sora at all?" Roxas asked. Yuki looked at him in surprise. She nodded slowly.

"I know the name, but I don't know who he is." She said. Roxas nodded but didn't say anything. Yuki frowned, heading down the stairs. She didn't know who Sora was, but he needed to stay out of her life.

*<3*

Day 301- Princesses of Heart,
Today I went to Hallow Bastion. I learned about the princesses of heart. They can be used to find a way to open Kingdom Hearts or whatever. One of them I know. Kairi. I learned she was from Hallow Bastion. She had a sister named Kiu. I think she was my Someone.
Roxas asked me about Sora today. I'm worried about him. Something about Sora isn't settling well with me. He should leave my friends alone.

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A/N: I'm getting close to the end of this story. I'm really proud of how it's turning out. I have a few options of what I'm going to do next, but I'll wait until I'm actually done to let you know what they are. I'm on summer vacation, have been for a couple weeks. The goal is to finish this story by the end of summer, which shouldn't be too hard. Thanks for reading this far if you have. It means the world to me. Thanks again.