Hi there! I'm relatively new here, and I hope you guys enjoy my story! ^.^
Quick acknowledgements- thanks to everyone who helped me decide this idea, and to Square Enix for creating this awesome game.
Xion Incarnate
Prologue (Part 1)
Wearily, Roxas clutched his head. He was out of breath, tired… but why? He couldn’t remember…
A few yards away from him, Roxas saw a dark portal open, dark purple and black whisps mingling together to form it. These airy whisps parted somewhat for a girl, looking half-dead, to stagger out of it, only to fumble to her knees.
Roxas quickly observed her as the portal swirled back into nonexistence. She appeared to be his age, and she wore the Organization coat- except Roxas didn’t remember her being in Organization XIII.
“Who are you, again?” Roxas asked curiously His footsteps clicked against the orange-red Twilight Town pavement as he crossed over to her. Roxas closed his eyes again-
A flicker. Not a memory or anything, but just enough to remind him that he was missing something.
“It’s weird,” he continued. “I feel like I’m forgetting something really important.”
The girl smiled gently. “You’ll be better off now, Roxas…” her eyelids fluttered as she began to fall.
Roxas ran over to her and caught her slender, fragile body just in time. Small, colorful shards began to float up to the setting sky.
Her breathing began to slow, and her body was losing strength.
She was dying. That was apparent. But… how? Why?
“Am I… the one who did this to you?” Roxas asked softly, remembering how tired he had felt for no reason.
The girl weakly shook her head, her thin strands of short black hair brushing Roxas’s palm. “No. It was my choice… to go away now.”
Her choice? Who would chose to die, or to turn into a dusk? If she chose to ‘go away’, there had to be a good reason… right?
“Better that… than to do nothing… and let Xemnas have his way,” she continued. “I belong with Sora. And now, I am going back… to be with him.”
Her wide, beautiful ocean blue eyes gazed at Roxas pleadingly. “Roxas… I need you… to do me a favor.” The girl’s soft voice stuck out determinedly at her next words.
“All those hearts that I’ve captured…” this affirmed she was in the Organization, and that told Roxas that he was indeed missing something, “Kingdom Hearts… set them free.”
Roxas didn’t’ understand. To free all those hearts? The ones they worked so hard capturing to regain ones of their own?
“Kingdom Hearts… free them?” Roxas muttered.
She went on as if he agreed. “It’s too late… for me to undo my mistakes.”
As she said this, icy crystals crawled up on her high-heeled boots. They cracked somewhat, as if reminding her she had little time left.
“But you can’t let Xemnas have Kingdom Hearts. You can’t.”
The way she spoke about this… did she die for that cause? Was that why she chose to die? If she was willing to die for it, that had to mean something… right?
Her eyes looked up to the looming Twilight Town Clocktower, as if presiding over this scene.
“Goodbye, Roxas.” She was trying to stay strong. “See you again. I’m glad I got to meet you.” Then she remembered something, and giggled slightly despite the situation. “Oh- and of course, Axel too. You’re both my best friends. Never forget…” Her gloved hand touched Roxas’s cheek, “that’s the truth.”
Axel… glad to meet you… best friends…
Then it all came back to him, like an explosion in his head.
Roxas’s eyes bulged as Xion’s hand went slack and fell off his cheek.
“No!” Roxas cried desperately. “Xion!”
But it was too late. Her hand fell to the ground, directing Roxas’s eyes to her face. Her face looked peaceful- eyes closed softly, a delicate smile…
Roxas took Xion’s hand again. “Who else will I have ice cream with?” he said this as if hoping that Xion would be awakened by this statement and breathe life once more.
It was useless. The crystals which had started at her legs now blanketed Xion’s body slowly until even her head was covered in the substance.
The crystals then broke off and took to the sky, destroying Xion’s body. Roxas hopelessly looked up as the shards majestically drew upwards.
His chest felt as if it were being pounded, beat up again, then torn into two cruelly. A longing for Xion overwhelmed him- he would do anything, anything at all, to get Xion back, even if it meant turning into a Dusk in the process.
Roxas looked down to where her body had formerly laid, and something appeared on the ground in her place.
It was a lone, small seashell. A tender yellow started at the bottom, merging into a bright violet at the top.
That seashell reminded Roxas of how she had stood vigil over him while he was in a coma.. and that was only one of the things she had done for him.
Xion had done so much… it wasn’t fair for her to go.
Hi there! I'm relatively new here, and I hope you guys enjoy my story! ^.^
Quick acknowledgements- thanks to everyone who helped me decide this idea, and to Square Enix for creating this awesome game.
Xion Incarnate
Prologue (Part 1)
Wearily, Roxas clutched his head. He was out of breath, tired… but why? He couldn’t remember…
A few yards away from him, Roxas saw a dark portal open, dark purple and black whisps mingling together to form it. These airy whisps parted somewhat for a girl, looking half-dead, to stagger out of it, only to fumble to her knees.
Roxas quickly observed her as the portal swirled back into nonexistence. She appeared to be his age, and she wore the Organization coat- except Roxas didn’t remember her being in Organization XIII.
“Who are you, again?” Roxas asked curiously His footsteps clicked against the orange-red Twilight Town pavement as he crossed over to her. Roxas closed his eyes again-
A flicker. Not a memory or anything, but just enough to remind him that he was missing something.
“It’s weird,” he continued. “I feel like I’m forgetting something really important.”
The girl smiled gently. “You’ll be better off now, Roxas…” her eyelids fluttered as she began to fall.
Roxas ran over to her and caught her slender, fragile body just in time. Small, colorful shards began to float up to the setting sky.
Her breathing began to slow, and her body was losing strength.
She was dying. That was apparent. But… how? Why?
“Am I… the one who did this to you?” Roxas asked softly, remembering how tired he had felt for no reason.
The girl weakly shook her head, her thin strands of short black hair brushing Roxas’s palm. “No. It was my choice… to go away now.”
Her choice? Who would chose to die, or to turn into a dusk? If she chose to ‘go away’, there had to be a good reason… right?
“Better that… than to do nothing… and let Xemnas have his way,” she continued. “I belong with Sora. And now, I am going back… to be with him.”
Her wide, beautiful ocean blue eyes gazed at Roxas pleadingly. “Roxas… I need you… to do me a favor.” The girl’s soft voice stuck out determinedly at her next words.
“All those hearts that I’ve captured…” this affirmed she was in the Organization, and that told Roxas that he was indeed missing something, “Kingdom Hearts… set them free.”
Roxas didn’t’ understand. To free all those hearts? The ones they worked so hard capturing to regain ones of their own?
“Kingdom Hearts… free them?” Roxas muttered.
She went on as if he agreed. “It’s too late… for me to undo my mistakes.”
As she said this, icy crystals crawled up on her high-heeled boots. They cracked somewhat, as if reminding her she had little time left.
“But you can’t let Xemnas have Kingdom Hearts. You can’t.”
The way she spoke about this… did she die for that cause? Was that why she chose to die? If she was willing to die for it, that had to mean something… right?
Her eyes looked up to the looming Twilight Town Clocktower, as if presiding over this scene.
“Goodbye, Roxas.” She was trying to stay strong. “See you again. I’m glad I got to meet you.” Then she remembered something, and giggled slightly despite the situation. “Oh- and of course, Axel too. You’re both my best friends. Never forget…” Her gloved hand touched Roxas’s cheek, “that’s the truth.”
Axel… glad to meet you… best friends…
Then it all came back to him, like an explosion in his head.
Roxas’s eyes bulged as Xion’s hand went slack and fell off his cheek.
“No!” Roxas cried desperately. “Xion!”
But it was too late. Her hand fell to the ground, directing Roxas’s eyes to her face. Her face looked peaceful- eyes closed softly, a delicate smile…
Roxas took Xion’s hand again. “Who else will I have ice cream with?” he said this as if hoping that Xion would be awakened by this statement and breathe life once more.
It was useless. The crystals which had started at her legs now blanketed Xion’s body slowly until even her head was covered in the substance.
The crystals then broke off and took to the sky, destroying Xion’s body. Roxas hopelessly looked up as the shards majestically drew upwards.
His chest felt as if it were being pounded, beat up again, then torn into two cruelly. A longing for Xion overwhelmed him- he would do anything, anything at all, to get Xion back, even if it meant turning into a Dusk in the process.
Roxas looked down to where her body had formerly laid, and something appeared on the ground in her place.
It was a lone, small seashell. A tender yellow started at the bottom, merging into a bright violet at the top.
That seashell reminded Roxas of how she had stood vigil over him while he was in a coma.. and that was only one of the things she had done for him.
Xion had done so much… it wasn’t fair for her to go.
A tear rolled down Roxas’s face. “Xion…”