Chapter 1 Short Story

ugh." When Xion opened her eyes again, she found herself back in her room. Though she wasn't alone, Roxas was there too, looking over her with worry spread across his face. "Xion! I'm so glad you're awake!" Roxas exclaimed. "I...was asleep?" She mumbled, still a little drowsy. "I think so." Roxas sat down on the foot of Xion's bed. "You suddenly collapsed in Beast's castle so I took you all the way here to your room. What happened anyway, you just suddenly got sick after Beast..." Roxas looked at Xion who nervously looked the other way. "Oh I get it, you were scared by the beast, weren't you?" He asked, smirking. "N-No!" "Yeah right. Your face tells me you were!" Xion threw her pillow at Roxas' face and slid off her bed. "I guess I …show more content…

"May I help you?" Luxord asked automatically, his attention was given to the laptop out in front of him. "No, sorry to barge in, we had no idea someone was in here," Xion said. "Is that so?" Luxord replied. "What're you doing?" Roxas asked. "Poker." Xion and Roxas glanced at eachother, then went around Luxord's bed to see for themselves and in fact he was playing a card game on the computer. "A marvelous contraption, is it not," Luxord said after a series of clicks and random keyboard presses. "I got bored of beating every member so I decided this was the next best alternative. Unfortunately...I have yet to best the computer." Xion studied the computer screen. "Why do you like playing cards so much?" "It reminds me of my times as a poker dealer when I was human." "When you were human..." Roxas mused to himself. 'Do I do things subconsciously too cause I remember when I was human?' "Can I try, it looks fun," Xion said. "If you wish to, however, it's nigh impossible to beat this computer." Xion got on the bed, it took a moment for her to process the game and within a few well placed keystrokes and clicks, a 'YOU WIN' message popped up on the screen. She stood back and let Luxord blankly stare at the screen. "H-How...did you...?" "It's not that hard to get the hang of it," She said. "How uncanny." "I hope you can win by