An Old Man stands on top of a building, staring out at a bright, heart-shaped moon. He stared at it with arms crossed and with a repugnant glare in his red fire eyes. There is something about the moon that he doesn't like. He glared at the moon, letting its light shine on his yellow goat-tee and his long, yellow hair, which is brushed back. He wears a black suit with a huge red cape and has a long red ribbon hanging down from his hand. This old man is, none other, than Ansem the Wise.
Suddenly, another figure appeared out of nowhere. This figure has its head covered with a hood. The figure's outfit is identical to the outfit Ansem was wearing, but the figure's outfit is in a dark blue color. She peaks to him with a deep feminine voice. "Ansem the Wise. It is good to see you here tonight."
"Where have you been?" Ansem asked curiously.
"I have gone to see the warrior." The Hooded Figure replied.
"And how is she?""She is back on the island and is safe."
"Good."
"And, also, the imposter, bearing your name, has been defeated by the boy who wields the keyblade."
"You mean Sora?" The Hooded Figure nodded. "Ah, then he has done well."
"Actually, he has done well in all the worlds he has gone to." The Hooded Figure retorted.
"And how do you know this?" Ansem asked with concern.
"I was watching over him."
"Why?"
"To make sure he would survive."
"I'm glad for that," Ansem smiled, then quickly faded away. "But, you were suppose to stay in the temple, watching over Maximus. That was exactly where you were suppose to be tonight as well."
"I had to make sure the girl was okay. After all, she is the one that will destroy the evil that is coming."
"I understand that. But, you do have your orders that must be obeyed."
The Hooded Figure lowered her head, as if in shame. "I apologize."
Ansem shut his eyes and sighed. "No, I'm the one that should apologize. It is not you that I am upset about." The Hooded Figure looked up at him. "It is about Alexia. It seems that she was responsible for the betrayal of my apprentice and has helped him form a group of his own."
"Apprentice? Are you talking about Xehanort?"
Ansem nodded. "He and my other apprentices have found others and are attempting to find Kingdom Hearts."
"Who are these 'others' you refer to?"
"They are nobodies."
The Hooded Figure stared at him. "Nobodies?"
"They are incomplete people; people who do not really exist. They intend to find something that would make them whole again."
"What is it they are trying to find?"
"Their own hearts."
The Hooded Figure turned towards the heart-shaped moon. "Have you heard anything from him recently?"
"What I only know is that Xehanort and his group are trying to find Kingdom Hearts." The Hooded Figure, slightly, threw her head back, laughing. Ansem stared at her with strange eyes. "And what is so funny that you have to laugh out loud?"
"I never thought the nobodies were that stupid. Don't they know that the Kingdom Herats is—"
Ansem sshed her and looked around their location. They are in the Nobodies world, of course. The Hooded Figure realizes that and doesn't say another word. They stood there for a minute or two until the Hooded Figure turned to Ansem. "Yes?" Ansem asked.
The Figure wondered. "What is the name of the group Xehanort and the other apprentices formed?"
Ansem, with deep regret, sighed before answering, "Organization XIII."
"Oh. Interesting name, but I am not concerned about them." Ansem turned to her. "I am only concerned about Alexia."
"Do not worry, my good friend." Ansem smiled. "She and the Apostles will not do anything until the warrior is ready to begin the quest that awaits her."
"How do you know that?"
Ansem was quiet for a moment before he answered. "She told me herself and in person."
The Hooded Figure jumped a little after what she heard. "She did? When?"
"A couple of days ago. She had a hunch that I feared of her trying to bring back the forgotten evil and came to see me to ease my fear. I let her leave me unharmed, she and I."
"You did nothing to stop her from leaving?"
"Yes."
The Hooded Figure stared at him, then turned to the heart-shaped moon. "I understand."
"I know, my good friend. However, she was a bit anxious to do battle with the warrior. She even wanted to know what she looked like."
The Hooded Figure slightly chuckled. "Well, she'll get her chance."
"And speaking of doing battle, when shall we see this warrior do battle? The girl that you've checked on?"
"Not for a very long time, I'm afraid. Maximus felt that she is too young, and the condition she is in now, she is not ready to defeat Alexia and the Apostles, neither is she ready to defeat the forgotten evil that is coming."
Ansem sighed in painful regret as he hears this distressing news. He was hoping that the day would come for the darkness to fully vanish. The fear of this forgotten evil coming out and wiping out the light was swimming around his head, not attempting to stop. He took one glance towards the heart-shaped moon, then turned to the Hooded Figure. "How long do we have until she is ready?"
"According to what Maximus said, the warrior has to be eighteen years of age before she can begin her quest, which was what I said to her when I met her. I'm afraid we have to wait no longer than four years."
Ansem smiled. "Good. That means Alexia cannot cause anymore damage than what she has caused."
"Yes. That is a relief." The Hooded Figure retorted.
The two look up at the heart-shaped moon. "Only four years." Ansem said to himself, out loud. The Hooded Figure only nodded her head. They did not say another to one another for a few minutes until the silence was broken by the Hooded Figure when she turned to him, looking down at his hands, and asked him. "Ansem, is that what I think it is?"
Ansem looked down at his hand to find the red ribbon. "It is just an ordinary ribbon."
"No, I meant your other hand." She corrected.
He looked at his other hand to find some untouched sea-salt ice cream on a stick. He held it up to his face and gave out a big laugh. "I thought I would be hungry when I arrived here." He holds it out to the Hooded Figure. "But I guess I wasn't. You can have it."
The Hooded Figure accepted it, thinking he had it on purpose. "Thank you, Ansem the Wise" She said to him. He nodded his head to her, smiling, before turning around to depart. "Where are you going?" she asked.
Ansem stopped where he was after hearing her question. "It seems that the young boy, Sora, and his companions will soon find their way to Castle Oblivion, which means his memories are going to be deranged by Namine." He answered, without turning. He took the red ribbon and started to wrap it around his head. He talked to the Hooded Figure while going through this procedure. "I may be needed to mend them back to the way they were."
"How long will that take, if I may ask?" The Hooded Figure asked, concerned.
"I have no idea. It depends on what Namine thinks."
"Well, I'll see you soon, Ansem the Wise."
Ansem, finished wrapping his head, turned to her direction and smiled. "From now on, I shall be known as Diz." He turned around and disappeared.
The Hooded Figure stared at the place Ansem the Wise vanished. She sighed with a sound of low enthusiasm in her voice. Then, she stared down at the ice cream bar, which she raised to her face level, then stuck the whole bar in the hood, which then came out as the stick only. This whole procedure occurred in less than just one second. She then threw the stick up in the air and razed it with her whip. A moment later, the light from the heart-shaped moon distracted her, making her whip fall from her hand. There was an intense stiffness in her expression as her eyes were directly at the surface of the moon. She talked to the heart-shaped moon with extreme hatred. "Yes, you will be free soon, I will not doubt that. You may try to start all the destruction you have caused long, long before. But, let me tell you this: Kairi will stop you, no matter what. You will be out, but don't ever succeed." Her hands were stiffening from all the squeezing of hatred. "Don't ever succeed!"
Here is my first chapter. I am so happy to have it done. I will have many more chapters in the near future. Until then, read and tell me what you think.