:D

After a lot of thought over it, I decided a sequel to Oathkeeper or Oblivion would be nifty. I've still got a lot of characters to use up. ;) If you're one of my older reviewers- Thank you for coming back! I appreciate it, and you're in for a story even better than before.

Any newer people, well, howdy! ^_^ Chances are you won't need to read the first story to get this one, though it never hurt to look it over. You might be a little lost in a few places, but other than that....shouldn't be that bad. :)

Disclaimer for whole story- I don't own Kingdom Hearts, plain and simple.

Enjoy the ~sort of~ prologue!

~It begins.~

Familiar lantern eyes that are, at the same time, so very unfamiliar stare through the nothingness. There is no feeling, no thought, only a simple need and that need makes It continue to stare out, to look. There is no hope, only one simple need.

It looks away for a moment and down at the hands attached to It's arms. It is strange, new, unused to it's body and movements. It presses It's fingertips together evenly and makes a point, slowly opens each hand up again and looks down at fingerprints. There is no crease in the center of It's palm, no lifeline. Taking a breath of stale air, It presses one palm to It's chest, just over where the heart would be.

It looks back up through the nothingness and sees an endless abyss of strange and nonexistent things. Between Light and Dark, it lingers. It waits.

It sees.

A flash of ethereal Darkness, like a shock or a wave. It beckons and the It, the new born, moves swiftly. It's brain is new but thought is an old habit. It reaches with those creaseless palms and wraps It's hands around the string of Dark, tugging and twisting and-

It is free.

No longer an It but existing outside of the realm of nonexistence, he stares through the Darkness and begins to walk. The name 'Ansem' lingers in his thoughts but he dismisses it. He glances down at his chest again, dim and tan, a pearl scar jagged and etched against him. An "X" over his (non)heart.

All around him new, previously non-existing things are lurching through gaps in the Darkness.

:'D *so happy with how this turned out*

Leave a review on your way out please, comments, crit, I appreciate all! :)