Qualified for Destiny (Part 3 of I'm Nobody But a Somebody)

Confusion

2 years had passed since the dream…

I always wondered about that dream… All of it… the moving… the portals and… dying…

And in the end, it turned out that I really did end up moving. But hell! That dream was OBSURDLY CHEESY AND OBSCURE.

Thinking back at myself when I was 13 years old is indeed…quite funny. I am still quite the fangirl though, I must admit. A part of me still wishes I could meet Axel again in another dream… maybe I will have a nice long dream like that again…

-Axel's Room- (Axel's POV)

I cannot believe that I lost her… I never should have left her like that… I searched and searched… I searched as much as Saix would allow… but to no avail. I really did lose her and it's already been two years…

Axel looked out his open window at the heart shaped imitation of a moon. His eyes lingered, staring off into the outside spaces… sadness tearing him apart. Well, it would at least tear him apart if he really did have feelings.

I also cannot believe… that I lost Roxas the same year she disappeared… He wanted to know why the keyblade chose him, but Namine already started on repairing Sora's memories… And I was too late. Roxas no longer knew who he was… He soon became restored into Sora, his Somebody.

I even tried to get him back, by attempting to help Sora. But I came to a realization in mid-act that it was not possible to get him back without hurting Sora. We were at desperate measures… and I had no other choice, nothing left for me… so I sacrificed myself in order for Sora to save Kairi and be happy.

But… how am I still alive? I did disappear after sacrificing myself but… I did not turn into a dusk like I had expected…

Never mind that… My search for Janeru… I mean… Runjexa, still remains. I need to apologize for all the pain I've caused the girl she used to be… I even caused her death and I believed I could continue on like nothing even happened. Like nothing phased me… That was… until she returned as Runjexa.

And I made the stupidly horrible mistake of letting her go alone… and losing her again…

After School (My POV)

My last day before the escape to summer was almost over. I've been waiting for this moment.

High school makes my life so incredibly busy! Now I can finally get back to drawing!

I got home and dropped my things onto my bedroom floor. I searched my pocket for the pretty stone I found there randomly one day.

Once my hands grasped the stones cool feel, I plopped down into my chair and began examining it.

The stone had resembled a misshapen heart and was tinted a slight black. I then returned it to my pocket and lay back in my chair to daydream.

I thought about Axel and how I could draw him sometime… with his smooth jawline and his striking emerald eyes… his obnoxious red spikey hair… ah… it was wonderful imagery.

As I thought more and more about Axel, the stone in my pocket felt like it was burning up, so I looked down to my pocket and something was glowing purple from within.

As quickly as it lit up, the light dimmed and ceased to glow.

Why… Why did it do that? That was the stone right? … When did it start… when I thought about Axel-

The stone began to burn up and glow again.

Axel?

The stone burned brighter.

It is Axel! But… why? Where did this stone come from?

I grabbed the stone from my pocket as it cooled down and I eyeballed the thing.

I don't get it! It looks like an ordinary rock to me… except it just happens to look like a misshapen heart…

Rocks don't normally glow like this though… Axel…?

The rock glowed again.

I wonder if it'll glow if I think of someone else.. uh.. Jack Sparrow..!

…Nothing.

Tony Stark?

Still nothing.

Loki Laufeyson! …aww… nothing.

So I guess it's just Axel.

The rock glowed with warmth.

Is this magic? Does it exist…? …Can I see Axel again?

Suddenly, the rock turned into a familiar swirling purple and black vortex.

"What?! NO! THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY HAPPENING!" I screamed.

The vortex consumed my legs slowly and soon it consumed my whole body. I shut my eyes.

THUD!

"…oww…"

I opened my eyes to reveal I was transported to a world that I only thought existed in the Kingdom Hearts videogame and my dreams. "No…" I looked around in bewilderment. I was in the 'Gray Room' in 'The Castle That Never Was'. This was where Organization XIII resided…

I stood and brushed myself off, being cautious of the occasion that someone could have caught me.

Where is that rock…?

I felt up my pocket but it was not there. I looked to the ground and my eyes searched for the stone. I spotted it and there it was, somehow shining at me like it made some sort of accomplishment.

Heh… what am I going on about, rocks don't have feelings!

I bent down to pick it up, placed it into my pocket and resumed to walk down an oh-so-familiar- hallway.

This leads to the Organization Members rooms…

It seems as if this place is deserted… could it be?! All the members have been defeated already?!

No… the rock wouldn't have brought me here if it were so. …Would it?

I opened the door that was right next to me, not glancing at the number or name on the door, not caring whose room it was.

The room was pink, and had a mirror next to the bed. I shuddered.

"…Marluxia…" Bad memories. BAD. BAD…memories.

Oh. He has a mirror; I didn't know he had one. Did I retain my age this time? This is another dream… isn't it?

I walked over to the mirror and stood in front of it. Nope. I didn't retain the age of 16.

I look 18 now… Maybe my age resumed from when I was here last time? I was 13 in a 16 year old form the first time. Now I'm 16 in my 18 year old body? Well… two years have passed… Yeesh.

I wonder if I can look 16…?

The rock pulsed in my pocket and revealed my 16 year old self. I was astonished. The rock heated up once more and changed me back to a look of 18 years of age.

That…was weird… I should get out of this room now…

I shuddered one last time and left the room.

I went to open the doors of the other members' rooms. Each time I opened a door to check, there was no one to be found.

"I guess they really are ….gone…" I murmured.

I didn't open Axel's. His was the only one I left unopened. I couldn't do it, I couldn't think of him being gone.

But… I have to. I have to face the truth.

I walked up to the door of Axel's room, took a deep breath and opened the door.

No one.

This can't be true… he really is gone… ….What the hell am I here for?!

Tears started to well up in my eyes and I span around to run off.

"UFF!"

I ran into something that felt like a wall, but was slightly softer.

"Hey… what the-"

I looked up and my eyes widened.

"No…"

The face I met had the same shocked unbelieving expression.

Axel.