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{Xoctts}

The sound of crashing filled the old Castle in the remains of Radiant Garden. The dim light that remained in the former world was fading as Xoctts pushed through the wreckage at one of entrances to the castle. More damage had been done to the castle since the attack on Destiny Islands by dark forces.

And the Betrayal.

Once again, Xoctts cursed the Witch's actions. Why had he trusted her? If he found the Void Witch again, he would avenge the fallen.

Feeling alone and hopeless, Xoctts leaned against a wall and slowly slid down into a sitting position.

 

{Xion}

Sora pushed himself up to his knees, the pain of his wounds nearly causing him to blackout. He looked around as his friends were being hunted down by a laughing figure.

"I'm not going to make it, am I?" He thought.

He looked down to see his wounds. He felt soo tired. But he had to do more.

"Roxas...Xion." He murmured. "This is your fight now."

Sora summoned his Kingdom Key. He turned it so that the blade was pointed towards himself and, like he had done to free Kairi's heart, he stabbed himself.

The point of view seemed to rise up as Sora slumped. He looked up in time to see a grinning face and red blades slashing for him.

"SORA!" Xion screamed as she shot up into a sitting position.

She pulled her legs to her chest and sobbed as the loneliness and sorrow filled her as she sat in the ruins of Twilight Town's Train Station.

Edited November 25, 201311 yr by rikunobodyxiii

Tyler also walked into the portal to go to Destiny Islands, with Master Thomas and his group following in suite. He looks at Xion's group, and waves at them. "Hey guys, it seems you got some new Princesses of Heart, great, we'll just find the rest of them to save the Worlds, but be careful, the enemies in here are much tougher than we thought, so keep an eye out for danger at all time, and we can defeat the threats together. It may take some time, but time is something we may not have for very long, so, we have to train within the short amount of time as possible." Said Tyler, talking to everyone. Karen and Xterly look at Tyler as he speaks to everyone. Sarah smiles at Tyler as he makes his speech.

As Xion's voice faltered, Zion nuzzled the back of her neck gently.

Letting her continue, Zion peeked around as her name was mentioned.

"Hi. Zion de Wynter. And uhm..." her eyes flashed a beautiful cerulean blue, much like Xion's eye color.

-Sione. Evil bitch queen. Zion's the Princess, I'm why she is a princess.-

Letting go, Zion's golden eyes returned. "I have two hearts. One of pure light, one of pure darkness." She explained. Zion then rested her head on Xion's shoulder. She was exhausted.

{Anna, Mercy, Ventus & Xion}

Ven followed Master Thomas, Tyler and the others through the portal, wanting to get out of that dark place. He felt better as he stepped out of the portal and onto Destiny Island's sands. Vague memories of when his heart resided in Sora drifted through his mind. This was a peaceful place. A flopped on to the ground, on his back and sighed. He knew he would have to get up and moving shortly, but for now, he could enjoy some peace. Following the reasoning that it would only be for a second, Ven closed his heavy eyes. A few short seconds later and he was asleep.

Anna looked from Aina, to Astra, then to Yuri, then back to Aina.

"Who's Xemnas?" She asked. "Did...did he lead you to Arendelle?"

Xion waved back to Tyler. She had to agree that sometime for people to get to know each other would be good. Mercy was staring at Zion with some confusion in her face.

"So...there's two of you in there?" She asked.

Mercy then considered that she had just been told that the raven haired girl in front of her had been a part of Sora. Maybe having multiple people inside one body was normal somewhere.

"Pardon." She said, raising a hand. "It's been a long couple of months. Nice to meet you both, Zion and Sione."

Xion felt Zion's head on her shoulder and could guess at how the blond girl felt. She could see Ven sleeping in the sand and Mercy looked...

Xion gasped as she realized that the stomach area of Mercy's outfit was torn open, revealing a jagged scar on her stomach.

"How did that happen?" She asked urgently.

Mercy gave her an odd look, then looked down at herself. She started as she saw her own scar, wondering why she hadn't noticed it.

"Because Lacuna healed it." She thought. "People not noticing it must have been a side effect."

She looked up and gave Xion a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry. Old business." She said, and hoped it was true.

Xion hesitantly nodded.

"Okay." She said, then looked out at the group, before speaking again in aloud enough voice for everyone to hear her. "If you feel tired, use this time to try to grab a little rest. Those who feel they need to expand their skills, I'd go with Tyler's suggestion and trying some training. If you're ready to go"

Xion paused and gave the portal to the Hall of The Cornerstone an unreadable look.

"Then we do have a small meeting to take care of."

 

{Lacuna}

Lacuna beamed as Kopiu twisted out of her block. She even gave him a taunting tongue as she dodged back from his attack, but her features froze in place when her opponent vanished. She had time for one thought.

"Blast."

She tried to twist in her dodge backwards, preventing her from being impaled by Soul Consumer, but the demon wing blade bit into her back, leaving a long, deep gouge just below her shoulder blades. She landed on her hands and knees shrieking. For a moment as she folded slightly, Lacuna's wound opened wider. It looked like the cracking and chipped pattern from a piece of broken china. Kopiu could look into Lacuna's hollow body and see the basic contours of the front half of her torso.

With a move that almost blurred, Lacuna whipped a back fist around, glowing with void energy, and knocked Kopiu back. Now just sitting on her knees, Lacuna shook and intermittently made sounds ranging from strangled screams to gasps. Her wide blue eyes focused on Kopiu.

"You!" She managed in a hoarse scream. "You were amusing! Now, you're just an annoyance! And I've had enough! Of! YOU!"

Lacuna lashed out with both hands, causing what looked like lightning to shoot out. Upon closer inspection, the "lightning" turned out to be cracks. Cracks in reality. The raced alone the skin of the world and in circled Kopiu.

From on top of Castle Oblivion, a dark shape watched in interest. In just a few seconds, there were no more cracks, no more Kopiu, no more Lacuna, and no dark figure. Only a low moan of a cold wind...

Tyler nods as he at the portal and the sleeping Ventus with a smile on his face. Master Thomas stood behind him remembering fighting Darkshionus, no, Xatsuno in this World, he mentally sighed at the Memory of failing to stop that Heartless, and he walks towards the portal. Tom looks up in the sky as he walks towards the portal. Sarah and Karen are seen talking to each other to pass some time as they walk to the portal. Xterly follows them. Tyler starts walking over to the portal, until suddenly falls to his knees, clutching his head. He seems to be having a vision of sorts, but it seems to be causing him pain. "No, no... Go away... GO AWAY!" Said Tyler, talking to himself out loud. Master Thomas looks on in shock as he looks at Tyler. Karen suddenly clutches her head, and fell to her knees, also suffering from some sort of vision.

 

 

 

(This theme plays as Tyler and Karen suffer from a vision.- https://soundcloud.com/lilim-2/don-thousand-theme )

Edited February 25, 20169 yr by KHLegendIII

Zion nodded. "There is."

-In a way, yes.-

 

Zion nuzzled Xion's shoulder. "...so...if you want me to stop being so intimate...just say so..." zion said quietly. "...I don't really know whats too far." She buried her face in Xion's hair, her embrace loosening a bit. She didnt do anything else. She just stayed close. 

Zion nodded. "There is."

-In a way, yes.-

 

Zion nuzzled Xion's shoulder. "...so...if you want me to stop being so intimate...just say so..." zion said quietly. "...I don't really know whats too far." She buried her face in Xion's hair, her embrace loosening a bit. She didnt do anything else. She just stayed close. 

{Astra, Yuri and Aina}Yuri and Aina looked at each other while Astra sighed."Xemnas is..." He began to say. "The leader of a group known as Organization XIII."Yuri nodded and took over."He was the one who told us to go to your world. We didn't knew who or where we could find the Princess of the Heart, but luckily we found you."Aina looked at Anna with an apologetic look on her face."If Xemnas hadn't told us about your world, then you would have ended lost to the Heartless. We are working together to bring the worlds back into the Realm of Light."The boy in the black coat gave Xion and Zion one last look before putting his hood back up."The faster we have our meeting with Xemnas the faster we can learn about the whereabouts of another Princess of Heart."Astra's gaze remained with Xion and Zion for a few seconds before looking at Yuri and Aina."Ready to go?" He asked, getting nods of approval. "Alright. See you on the other side."The silver haired boy then walked into the portal. Yuri looked at Anna and smiled before following Astra. Aina on the other hand shook her head and smiled at the Princess."Anna, you should stay here. Xemnas said that it would be better if you stayed with the Light. Don't worry, I'm sure everyone here is friendly."Giving a slight bow Aina followed her companions into the dark portal towards the Hall of The Cornerstone.

{Mercy, Ventus, & Xion}

Ven was resting comfortably till he jerked awake by Tyler's cries. He blearily got up and tried to get to his new friend.

"What is it?" He managed to ask.

Both Mercy and Xion looked over at Tyler. Xion was at a loss what to do. She should go see Xemnas, but to say she didn't want to was an massive understatement. She felt she should help Tyler, but she wasn't sure what she could do that Ventus and Thomas couldn't. And then there was Zion. It felt good for the blond with her. She wasn't sure she was ready for more, but what she had now felt good. Mercy could tell Xion was conflicted about something, so decided to take out a problem.

"I'll go see Xemnas." She volunteered. "You stay here and keep an eye on the others."

Xion opened her mouth to object, then nodded to the red head gratefully. Xion reached back and touched Zion's hair.

"You'll have to stop soon, but for now you are fine." Xion nearly whispered to Zion. "Thank you."

Mercy marched over to the portal, stopping briefly to put a hand on Anna's shoulder.

"Don't worry." She said. "You'll have your time."

Anna nodded. Mercy moved on and entered the portal.

 

{Mercy}

Mercy arrived shortly after Astra, Yuri and Aina to Xemnas's lab. No one else was there yet. After half a minute, Mercy gave Astra a questioning look.

"Um, hello?" She called.

As if in response to Mercy's call, a dark portal formed. Out of it stepped Saix.

"Ah, I take it your mission was a success?" The Luna Diviner asked.

(This post will give you a glimpse of the past, I will show this all in one post and back to the present to show the aftereffects.)

 

Suddenly, a flash of Light occurs in front of everyone on Destiny Island, as a vision is played to show what Tyler and Karen are seeing to everyone near them in their minds. In the vision, at a canyon, shockingly what appears to be the Keyblade Graveyard, and the timeframe of the vision seems to be traced back to a very long time ago, as there seems to be a Kingdom in the ancient World, and multiple Light Keyblade Wielders were fighting against Dark Keyblade Wielders. The scenery then changed to an unknown location at the Keyblade Graveyard in some sort of cavern, showing Xatsuno and a mysterious woman with long hair, which is the same color as Karen's hair, and a tiara with a red-colored Ruby on it on her head, shockingly shown to be wielding Karen's Keyblade, and Xatsuno is seen smirking evilly at the woman. "So, Merag, you dare came to challenge me? Fuu fuu, you've got some nerve, to fight your own "Father" like this." Said Xatsuno, talking to Merag. Merag  glares at Xatsuno with a stern look on her face. "Shut up! My and my brother Nasch's father is gone! You, Heartless who came from our father, have to be dealt with! Last chance, stop this War now, before it's too late! Otherwise, the World will be destroyed because of your reckless actions!" Shouted Merag, talking to Xatsuno, and shockingly revealing that the vision came from the First Keyblade War. Xatsuno is seen laughing evilly, as he summons his Keyblade. "Such strong words coming from you, but sadly, those words are in vain, our plan shall succeed... And you and the group you and your brother made, the Seven Emperors Of Divine Light, shall crumble before us! I think I'll let the "Surprise" deal with YOU!!!" Shouted Xatsuno, talking to Merag. Merag is confused, but shrugs it off, as she charges at Xatsuno, who jumps over her, and emits a purple-colored Light from his Keyblade, and throws his Keyblade at the ground, stabbing it into the ground, and the ground cracked open, and a vortex of Darkness opens up, spewing Darkness and electricity from it, and it starts pulling Merag into it, of whom tries to struggle to get away while gasping and trying to hold her ground, as Xatsuno laughs at her harshly. "Normally I'd stay to chat, but that vortex shall drag you into the Dark Abyss, and drown you in the greatest Darkness until you perish!! Farewell, Merag... Hahahaha!!!" Shouted Xatsuno, talking to Merag. Xatsuno then teleports away, and Merag screams as she falls into the vortex, and before it closes completely with her inside it, she sheds tears of sadness. "Nasch... Forgive me... I have failed you... Please, stop our Father's plan from succeeding... Please, save this World..." Said Merag, talking to herself out loud. The vortex completely closed up, utterly consuming Merag. The vision then ends, with Tyler and Karen panting, as they clutch their chests, in disbelief of the vision. "What was that...." Asked Tyler, asking himself a question out loud. Karen, on the other hand, was shocked to her core. For some reason, Tyler is seen with tears falling from his eyes, and he doesn't know why. Tyler looks around at everyone, with a scared look on his face. "Just... Who are WE?! I don't understand!!" Shouted Tyler, talking to himself out loud. Tyler and Karen then start to cry at being so confused by the vision.

 

 

(This Theme plays as everyone sees the vision that Tyler and Karen are seeing.- https://soundcloud.com/lilim-2/vector-king-120 )

Edited June 26, 201411 yr by Tom13

{Astra, Yuri and Ainari}The three denizens of the darkness looked around once they arrived at Xemnas' lab."Disney Castle" Astra said with a little surprise. "A fitting place. Once devoid of Darkness thanks to the Light of the Cornerstone."Yuri looked at the boy in the black coat, a questioning look on her face."You have been into this place before?" She asked, getting a negative response."So...how do you know of this place?" Aina asked next.The silver haired boy waited a few seconds to reply, using that time to sense for possible danger, but while he didn't sensed danger he felt something else, darkness, but not the one around them, it belonged to a person, but who? Its exact location was a mystery but it was there. How many allies Xemnas had? That was a question that Astra would like to know the answer to."The Darkness knows many things. If you have enough patience you will be able to hear its whispers."Mercy arrived shortly after the trio."Um, hello?" She called.Astra was about to question her about why she was there instead of the Replica, but was interrupted by the entrance of another guest."Ah, I take it your mission was a success?" The Luna Diviner asked.Yuri and Ainari were slightly surprised by the newcomer while Astra kept his eyes on the Lunar Diviner. Slowly Astra took off his hood and nodded to the Organization member."Indeed. We are currently in possession of three of the seven Princesses of Heart." He said flatly. "I was expecting to see Xemnas and not another member of the Organization. May I ask where he is?"

Zion nuzzled agai st Xion's hand happily.

"Anything you need...just ask, okay? I'm here for you."

 

When the vision played, Zion kinda got wobbly, but managed to stay in her intimate position with Xion.

"...well...that was new."

{Anna, Xion & Ventus}

Both Anna and Ven were totally bewildered at the vision. Xion felt...unsurprised? There was something about it that she felt familiar with. But how...?

Zion's wobbling forced Xion to make sure she didn't cause the two girls to topple over, and her question about how she felt familiar with the vision melted away and was forgotten. Xion looked puzzled as she tried to remember what she was thinking, but came up blank.

"Yeah..." She replied to Zion absently.

Ven walked over to Tyler and Karen, putting a hand on each of them to console them. He gave Master Thomas a questioning look. Anna looked over at Xion and Zion.

"Does...does this happen often?" She asked in a whisper.

Xion though a moment, and waved a hand from side to side to convey that visions weren't usual, but not too out there.

 

{Mercy}

If Astra's appearance phased Saix, it didn't show.

"He is dealing with internal Organization matters." He answered. "And locating more Princesses of Heart. We have a starting point for another."

He glanced to Mercy.

"It is rather unexpected that you have found three so soon, but fortunate. The sooner we find them all, the sooner we can gain access to Kingdom Hearts. Your next mission shall take you to the ruins of Beast's Castle."

Zion shrugged. She finally pulled away, and reached over to take Xion's hand. Holding gently, Zion just stood beside her friend and current crush, wondering if maybe, just maybe, she'd find time to say yes to a date somewhere.

Maybe the tower...or...or maybe they could go to Atlantica..no, no that wouldn't do...

Zion sighed. Planning a date that could never happen was so annoyingly difficult.

Tyler and Karen look at Ventus' attempt to console them, and smile at him. Master Thomas looks down, and let's out a sigh with a look of sorrow on his face. Xterly, for some reason, isn't bothered by the vision, and he looks at Tyler sternly. Sarah looks on at Tyler and Karen in surprise. Tom looks bewildered at Tyler and Karen after seeing the vision. "I guess... It's time for me to tell you... About the leaders of the Seven Emperors Of Divine Light... Their names were Nasch and Merag, both of them the royal siblings, and the son and daughter of my former friend, Xecracus, Nasch was the Prince and Merag was the Princess... They started the group to stop Xecracus' plans... The Seven Emperors Of Divine Light each had Pure Hearts Of Light and unique abilities, and were the Heroes and the protectors of the Realm Of Light in the ancient past in which the First Keyblade War was waged 300 years ago... Sad to say, each of the Emperors had met a tragic demise... Jack, the strong-willed Gladiator who fought with his bare hands, fell in battle while fighting countless Heartless and Nobodies...  Kyle, the young man who fought many battles to protect his country using Summons, was overrun by Heartless, and perished... Johnson, who fought for his friends, was killed when Xetrodon attacked him from behind while he was distracted fighting a big Heartless... Sheena, who was a brave warrior who had great mastery over Ice, was killed when she battled against Xatsuno and Xetrodon, but was killed when she lost when they performed a deadly attack... Gaia, who was the son of "The Dark King Of The Dark Kingdom", whose name I shall disclose later, who controlled the powers of Light, was killed when he fought Xatsuno and Xetrodon all by himself.... Gaia was doing well, until Xatsuno and Xetrodon finally overpowered him... Merag, the Princess who had used the powers of Light, and Twilight in perfect union, was killed when she fell into Xatsuno's trap, in the vision you saw, she fell into the Dark Abyss, and perished in it... And as for Nasch, who had great mastery over the Light and other elements, and the Leader of the Seven Emperors Of Divine Light... Battled Xatsuno and Xetrodon at "Heaven's Point", where the X-Blade was located at... It was a long and gruesome battle...  Nasch won the battle, and sealed them away, but not before Xatsuno lost his physical form, forcing him to take on the form of Darkshionus in the present until now... However, due to the effects of the battle, the X-Blade broke into twenty pieces, seven of Light, and thirteen of Darkness... And Kingdom Hearts vanished, and Darkness started to overwhelm the World... Nasch decided to sacrifice himself to save the World, by sealing away the thirteen shards of Darkness, and sending the seven pieces of Light into seven children, whose Hearts ended up saving the World, and becoming the new source of Light, and splitting the World into countless other Worlds shining like Stars in the sky like you see today... However, Nasch, who used up all of his power to do all of this, died in order to save the Realm Of Light... After the War was over, I took the Keyblades of the people who died in the War, and laid them to rest in an area of where the War was fought, and renamed the area the Keyblade Graveyard, and then I went into hiding for many years, until today... After seeing what happened today, I can finally decide on who Tyler and Karen are now... Based on what I saw, Tyler and Karen are the direct descendants and reincarnations of Nasch and Merag, with no Memory of their past life... Tyler, Karen... I'm sorry to have hidden this from you for so long, I didn't want you both to suffer thinking about it... If you don't believe me, seek out the ruins of Xecracus' kingdom to see the rest of your "Lost Memories"... I hope you forgive me..." Said Master Thomas, talking to Tyler and Karen. Tyler and Karen, who are speechless, look on at Master Thomas. Shockingly, they both smile, and walk over to Master Thomas, and put their hands on his shoulders. "It's okay, Master, we understand. It makes sense now... All those visions we've been having, and the familiarity we were feeling, it was also because of our past... We shall look for the other Emperors to see if they have reincarnated, too. We could use the help form our old friends to help our friends turn this battle to our favor... We won't let you or the others down." Said Tyler, talking to Master Thomas. Master Thomas let's out a gasp, and smiles and nods at Tyler. Tyler looks at Ventus with a smile on his face as he and Karen walk over to him. "Hey Ven, are you ready to get going to the Hall Of The Cornerstone? The others are waiting for us. Or, would you, me, and my sister like to go to the ruins of our "Father"'s Kingdom for my sister and I to recover our "Lost Memories"? That is up to you... And... Thanks for comforting me and my sister... That really means a lot to me, buddy." Said Tyler, talking to Ventus. Xterly looks on at Tyler and Karen sternly with the same look as before, and Tom looks on in surprise for some reason.

 

 

(This Theme plays as Master Thomas explains a lot of things about the past.- https://soundcloud.com/lilim-2/deepest-memories )

Edited June 29, 201411 yr by Tom13

{Astra, Yuri and Ainari}"So, back to one familiar world." Astra said.Yuri glanced at the black coated boy and raised her eyebrows."Know the place?" She asked, the boy waved a hand from side to side. "More or less?"Ainari looked between her companions and Saix."In any case. We should let the others know about that."Astra nodded in agreement, but his eyes reminded on the Lunar Diviner."Any useful info about the current status of the world?" He asked. "We don't want to be taken by surprise."

{Anna, Ventus, & Xion}

Anna and Ven looked a little flabbergasted at Thomas's long winded explanation.

"Whoa." Ven said at the end. "I'm a...okay."

Ven was trying to make sense of all this, but wasn't making much progress. With Tyler's suggestion of moving on to the Hall of the Cornerstone.

"Sure." He answered before he heard Tyler's alternate suggestion.

He screwed up his face as he thought about going to the kingdom.

"O-okay. But we got to get back fast."

Xion looked at Zion. She thought the blond looked restless.

"Do you...do you want to go somewhere?" She asked.

 

{Mercy}

"We know that a large number of Heartless inhabiat the area around the castle." Saix answered. "The only person we are sure is still alive there is Belle. I suggest you go prepared."

Mercy eyed Saix carefully. She tried to read the Luna Diviner's face, but he portrayed nothing.

"Is there anything else we should know?" She asked.

Saix gave Mercy a dead look for several seconds.

"No." He said flatly.

Tyler looks at Ventus, and nods at him. His eyes glow a white-colored Light as he smiles at him. Karen's eyes also glow a white-colored Light. Tyler and Karen's bodies are seen emitting a white-colored Light. "The ruins of our "Father"'s kingdom lay in a World, which was a main capital of the Original World, and broke off from it because of the Keyblade War in which our past selves fought in, with my past self sacrificing himself to save it, called the "Utopia Of Shining Light"... It was hidden from the rest of the Worlds and Universe because of a spell that was put on it to protect it form intruders, making it unknown to people of the present... Until now... That fool Xehanort changed all of that... I sense that it now lays here in the Realm Of Darkness, expect Heartless there, and possibly some run ins with our enemies... Xatsuno or Xetrodon or any of their cohorts may most likely show up there to try to stop us... But whatever they are, we shall get past them... We shall take a Corridor Of Twilight, since that is one of the only ways of getting into that World..." Said Tyler, talking to Ventus. Tyler snaps a finger, and a silver-colored portal opened up with particles of Light and Darkness flowing around it with a slight aurora coming from it appears behind Tyler, Karen, and Ventus. Tyler and Karen walk over to the Corridor Of Twilight, and wave at Ventus to follow them. "This Corridor Of Twilight shall lead us to the wilderness of the "Utopia Of Shining Light". Let's go whenever you're ready, buddy." Said Tyler, talking to Ventus.

Edited June 29, 201411 yr by Tom13

Zion nodded.

"I wanted to..." She breathed easy. She had to focus.

-Zion. You are a badass half demon half angel warrior who's pretty hot. So stop stressing.-

Zion's cheeks went red as her eyes faded back to gold. "...will you go on a date with me?" She finally asked Xion.  "Anywhere you want!"

 

her eyes went blue, and Sione facepalmed. -Sorry, this is the worst form of nervousness this girl's ever felt. Go easy on her.-

Eyes to gold....her blush deepened.

{Astra, Yuri and Ainari}Astra looked at the Lunar Diviner looking for any clue of his thought, but found nothing."So, one of the original Princesses of the Heart is alive."Yuri and Aina looked at each other, a look of worry on their faces."A large number of Heartless?" Aina asked."Let's just hope it doesn't end like last time." Yuri said.The silver haired boy glanced at his companions and nodded."Don't worry. I'm sure that you learned something from your mission."Both girls looked at Astra and after, a couple of seconds, nodded in agreement."You're right. We need to be prepared for this." The white haired girl said."We can do this if we work together." Aina commented.Astra then looked at Mercy."We should head back. I'm sure the others would like to hear about this."

{Anna, Ventus,& Xion}

Ven was slightly taken aback by Tyler and Karen's sudden glowing. He still wasn't sure what to make of Master Thomas's revelation. Still...it reminded him of his own forgotten past as Xehanort's apprentice. They had been missing something about themselves and now the had a chance to check it out.

"Alright." Ven said, beaming at Tyler and Karen. "Let's take a look."

He stepped through the Twilight Portal.

Xion reddened herself at the question, but she also smiled at Zion.

"I would." She admitted.

The smiled faded as Xion looked around, to be replaced by a look of sadness.

"But where would we go? Everywhere I know except here is fully in darkness."

She pulled off one of her gloves and looked at her hand in the dim light left over in the Islands.

"And even here seems cold and hostile."

 

{Mercy}

"Right." Mercy agreed, giving up on trying to get anything from Saix's expression.

"Oh, and don't hesitate to call for help when you get in over your head." The Luna Diviner added unpleasantly. "Can't let you lights getting hurt in all this."

Mercy gave him a glare, light flaring in her eyes, but she held a more violent reaction in check. Surviving alone in the ruins of Twilight Town had taught her the importance of waiting for the right time to act. Now wasn't the time to deal with the Organization, but she had learned patience. She reached out to form a Light Portal, but remembered that her companions didn't like using them. She was honestly not a fan of Dark Corridors, but darkness was everywhere. You either faced it or died.

"Ready when you are." She told Astra.

Zion put her hand in Xion's now bare one.

"Well. The where is simple. Anywhere we can find. Because even those in the snowiest of worlds find a romantic place, and a way to stay warm." She smiled softly, pulling Xion closer. "And if you're cold just say so; I would love to help you stay warm." She teased.

Tyler and Karen stop emitting white-colored Light, and walk into the Corridor Of Twilight, and it closes after they enter it. When they passed through, they ended up in a forest with lot's of trees, decorated with golden chains with Rubies, Sapphires, and Emeralds attached to them, and a dark lit sky above them, and a kingdom ahead outside and ahead of the forest, with a large, ruined castle, covered in overgrowth. Tyler and Karen look at the castle, and at Ventus with smiles on their faces. They also feel the need to do this quickly before any enemies show up. "This is the place, Ven... Welcome to our former home, The Utopia Of Shining Light, well at least in a ruined form because of the Darkness. We are currently in the forest, and we need to traverse this forest to reach the kingdom, which is where our "Father"'s ruined castle is." Said Tyler, talking to Ventus. Meanwhile, at the Imperial Kings Of Eternal Darkness' headquarters, where all of the members of the group are sitting on their thrones, the man covered in Darkness is sensing what is happening. "The descendants of my "Children" and that young Keyblade Wielder have arrived at my former kingdom... The descendants shall not get their Memories back... Hex, send the "Puppet" out to destroy them..." Said the man, talking to Hex. Hex smiles at the man, and nods at him. "Don't worry, Master, "She" will handle it... They will be in for a World of suffering." Said Hex, talking to the man. The man nods at Hex, and looks at Ken. "Ken, you shall go with the "Puppet", and help her stop those fools... Consider this a chance to redeem yourself after you made a fool out of yourself at Twilight Town..." Said the man, talking to Ken. Ken growls in irritation as Angelica smirked evilly at Ken, and giggled to mock Ken. Ken calms down as he shrugs it off, and a malicious smirk appears on his face. "You've got it, Master, I shall handle them, and send Ventus, Tyler, and Karen to their dooms!" Shouted Ken, talking to the man. Ken then teleports away in a beam of Darkness, as the man, Xatsuno, and Xetrodon look on.

Edited July 4, 201411 yr by Tom13

{Astra, Yuri and Ainari}"Got it." Said Astra.The young boy reached out to make a dark corridor and motioned to his companions to go first. Astra waited until all of his companions were gone before he looked at Saix once again."I can sense a new darkness around. What is Xemnas and all of you trying to do, I don't know, but I'm sure all will be revealed eventually."The silver haired boy went into the portal back to Destiny Islands.Once in there Astra noticed some of the members of the group were gone."Where is Ven and the others?" He asked."Gone." Yuri answered."Maybe Xion knows?" Aina said.Astra looked at the replica and the girl she was with. Astra was trying to figure out what was going on inside Xion's head. The Replica looked somewhat attached to Zion."I don't want to interrupt your conversation, Xion," He said flatly. "but we have a lead to the next Princess of Heart. Mercy, can you fill her and Zion in about our next assignment."

{Anna, Mercy & Xion}

Xion managed a weak smile. Physical warmth hadn't been what she meant, but...maybe the feeling behind Zion's offer was what she needed.

"Well, I-" she began, but stopped when a dark corridor popped up.

A moment later, Aina, Mercy, and Yuri exited the portal, with Astra following a short time later. Xion sighed, but tightened her grip on Zion's hand.

"Looks like work is back, but hold that thought. We'll get back to this." She said softly to Zion.

Xion nodded to Astra.

"Of course." She told him and Mercy. "Thanks for going."

"No problem." Mercy answered. "Good to stretch my legs where there is only a threat of danger, rather then immanent danger."

Xion smirked.

"We met a underling to Xemnas, guy with blue hair." Mercy explained.

Xion frowned. Of course Saix wasn't one of the Organization members who bit the dust. Axel was gone, but that blue haired dictator was still breathing.

"He said they found a princess at Beast's Castle."

"Bella's still alive?" Xion asked.

"Apparently." The red headed princess continued. "The blue haired guy warned that we might meet resistance. Aina and Yuri seemed to know what he was talking about."

"We got attacked by someone trying to stop us from finding Anna." The raven haired replica replied. "Really powerful. I think there is more."

Mercy nodded gravely. Of course there was more people against them. She glanced around, noticing the group was a few short.

"Where are Tyler, Ven and Karen?" She asked.

Xion looked around and blushed.

"I..I don't know." She answered. "I was distracted."

Anna stepped closer, looking a little unsure.

"They went through a portal to some where." She explained. "One of them talked about his "father's" kingdom, or something."

 

{Ventus}

Ven looked around the new world he stepped into with wonder. He had seen some grand places in his travels, but this one was one of the top ones. He could only imagine what it was like in its prime.

"Wow." He exclaimed. "Your...'father' lived here?"

 

{Xemnas}

Out of a dark portal on top of Radiant Garden's castle stepped Kopiu and Xemnas. The Superior was pleased with his new recruit. It had been necessary to move up his plans for the replica with his clash with the Void Witch. The damage Kopiu did to her worried Xemnas. Lacuna could accelerate her plans because of this, and Xemnas could only hope everyone could keep up.

"If we are to get our agent implanted within the Princesses, we will need to make sure she has a reasonably safe environment." The Superior explained to his new minion. "The Competition tried to interfere with the retrieval of the last two princesses, so we must assume they will try again and escalate."

{Astra, Yuri and Ainari}Astra was about to comment about the reason why the raven haired replica was distracted, but Anna moved first."Father's kingdom?" He asked. "How peculiar."Yuri looked to the group and sighed."That leave us a few members short for our next mission." She said."And we can't leave Anna alone." Aina said. "It would be risky to do it."Astra looked between his companion and the princess for a few seconds."In any case...we need to move. The Princess may be in danger. I'm sure we can manage with or without the rest of the group."

Tyler and Karen nod at Ventus, as they fold their arms. They look ahead at the castle looming overheard outside of the forest, and at Ventus. Tyler looks at most of the destroyed trees, and let's out a sigh. From what he can remember, the past selves of him and his sister used to play in the rest when they were little. "The jewels on the chains attached to the trees here used to glow, and there used to be a river of pure Light around here... The kingdom ahead is where our "Father" lived, and ruled over the land, keeping peace and harmony together before he became evil... My sister and I used to play in this forest when we were little in our original lives... I hope to restore this World to it's glory when we bring the Worlds back to the Realm Of Light." Said Tyler, talking to Ventus.

 

 

 

 

(This theme plays as Tyler recalls Memories from his past life.- https://soundcloud.com/lilim-2/deepest-memories )

Edited July 10, 201411 yr by Tom13