As the darkness engulfs all things, Rexium seems to get farther away from me. His heart has hardened, and scabbed over from the shadows that have encased his soul. He remains distant from the small light deep inside his heart… and me.
I had written this entry into one of my many blue journals before closing it. Setting my pen aside, I looked down at the old book. The golden cursive letters on the front of this one read whose Heart is my key. Its leather covering glistened in the faint light of the stars that kindly shined above. Its corners were ripped and worn down by the years. I looked up to the large room around me. I sat in one of the many wooden chairs that resided in the grand library. The book cases seemed to go higher than the ceiling, with a never ending amount of books that sat upon its shelves, waiting to be read. The floors gleamed, newly polished green checkered across the ground, bringing much support to the towers of novels. I felt small and insignificant amongst the thousands of books whose knowledge I would never have the time to read, or the brain to hold it all.
I looked down at myself. I had chosen to wear my white mid-waist T-shirt with silver buttons holding black bands tight across my chest. Two black straps held my shirt to my favorite skirt. Black swirls mixed in with dark purple and silver chains crossing to form an "x" designed the material. Attached were three, grey, chain mail, mesh colored fabrics that hung loosely down to my ankles from the edge of the purple and black storm that grasped my thighs tightly. My legs crossed, I found myself looking at my feet, covered by white and purple tipped two-inch heels. The shining plastic exposed skin through small holes on the sides of my shoes. I brought my foot up, examining my boot. A small scuff on the side made me make a face. My journal had slowly begun to fall from my lap, before I caught it with the tips of my fingers. I choose to put it back on the shelf before Rexium decided to sneak up on me again. My purple gloved hands grasped the journal and placed it onto the nearest shelf. The bandages that covered my gloves had begun to come undone. I quickly rewrapped the cream colored cloth, as my eyes wondered to windows in front of me.
I stared at the stained glass, but saw only the landscape beyond it. Elegant wooden houses sat quietly on the grey stone that went throughout the town. Beyond the houses was the great grey granite wall that surrounded the castle of Radiant Garden. The blue empty ground seemed endless until hit met the sky almost melding in with the dark purple and blue hues of the atmosphere. The stars started to slowly flicker in the sky alongside the faint outline of the waning moon. I could have been captivated forever by the shimmering patterns of the stars. That's when my daydreams were popped like a bubble.
"ANGEL!" a familiar husky voice yelled out. I let out a moan, before standing and pulling my eyes away from my beautiful view in the library. Concentrating on the source of the sound, I formed a portal of towering darkness that seemed to fold within itself and stepped into its mists. Letting the darkness lead me to where the sound originated until I saw an opening of light. I walked into the light finding myself in Rexium's bedroom.
I felt my jaw fall to the floor as I stared at the destruction before me. I saw Rexium's room as the equivalent of a toddler throwing a tantrum. The grey walls and the granite floor had scorch marks that appeared to be constructed from anger. His wooden canopy bed was broken down to where the bed frame was on the floor and still burning. The used to be blue comforter was now a big pile of smoldering black ashes. The walnut dresser that was positioned across from his bed sat decapitated with the doors and hinges burned off of it. Small heaps of ashes were scattered all about the room. The only thing that was not touched by Rexium's rampage was the French doors that seemed to cry out pleadingly as Rexium angrily stared out them.
I glanced at what Rexium was wearing. He wore his black shirt that had large streaks of rocky brown that blended within it. His grey pants that hung loosely and fanned out at the
bottom. On his wrists were three inch arm bands that had a black and white circle that swirled in a way that was almost endless. I looked down at his feet to see that he wore a pair of black tie up boots. His flattened spiky black hair now defied gravity as it rose upwards. The usual when he's mad. His tanned skinned arms had goose bumps running up his arms.
I walked over to him cautiously stepping over the remnants of torched wood. "What happened? Are you okay?" Rexium turned his head towards me still looking out the window. I saw the intensity in his gray eyes, something was obviously wrong. He took a deep breath in an attempt to control his anger.
"The light keyblader has been chosen and is beginning to lock the keyholes," he stated with a strained voice. Startled by his words I took a step back in shock, almost slipping on a mound of ashes.
"But I thought you said the light keyblade was in check and that we didn't have to worry about it finding an owner," I said, disbelief coating my every word.
"I know what I said. Just follow me," he said, agitation and frustration clear in his voice. He stepped past me as a black hole appeared behind me. The darkness sucked in all the light around it, and Rexium. I turned, and hesitantly followed. The darkness swallowed me up as I passed through it. I felt the darkness close behind me. I saw Rexium before me. I reached out to him as an opening appeared. Seeing the light ahead, I cautiously followed Rexium through the light.
I glanced at the room before me. It was the main tower. It was being held up by a golden spiral support pillar. The beautifully crafted mosaic windows that had blue, purple, and yellow entwined within its wondrous glass shined dully from the inside. Blue glowing energy created walls on the several landings below us. Shadow Goners scurried around, their dark mist floating around them as they searched endlessly for hearts. Stars shined brighter above me through the windows at the top of the tower as the sky was turning a darker shade of blue. "Angel, look at me please." I put my gazed back on him.
He looked into my eyes lustfully as I said absent mindedly stared into his mesmerizing eyes "Please tell me what's going on Rexium. I need some answers." The dark portal dissipated behind me as Rexium spoke.
"I just need you to find the light keybearer and turn him… or her into a Goner. I also want you to either destroy the keyblade, and try not to hurt yourself in the process, or hide it somewhere in the deepest darkness you can find." I nodded as he motioned with his finger for me to come up to him. I tried to study Rexium's facial expressions, but his face showed no hint of emotion.
When I got in arms length of Rexium, he forcefully wrapped his arms around me. Rexium intensely grasped my chin in his rough hand and started kissing me passionately. I grew limp in Rexium's arms as felt his tongue wrestle in my mouth, but he quickly let me go. Dazed and confused, I focused back onto Rexium as he started to speak.
"You are mine. Don't you ever forget it. Only return here when you badly need me." I nodded as he let go of me. I opened a portal and backed into it slowly seeing Rexium's expression soften.
I walked out of the portal to find myself in Traverse Town. Kids were playing around, dogs chasing cats, and couples holding hands I saw as I walked though the town. I felt a tinge of emptiness as I saw the couples together not even caring about whether they were light or dark and not having to have the fear of not coming home to your love ones. I wandered into an alley closest to me to figure out a plan without the interference of the crowd. The alleyway smelled horrible with the random trashcans that littered the sides of the alleyway. "I guess this place hasn't been hit by the goners yet." I turned around to see who said that. It was a guy that was 6' 0" with short semi-spiky, blonde hair. He was wearing a sleeveless, red robe that had flames at the bottom and a pair of black combat boots. On his back was a scythe and chakram combo weapon, on the blade from what I could see were blue waves that looked like ice covered it and on the chakram it had spikes that looked like flames from where I was standing. I slowly crept up to the guy and got behind him as I grabbed the weapon from his back and ran away as fast as I could.
I made it into town square and looked out for the man. I leaned on a nearby pole while twirling my new weapon and contemplated a plan to find the keybearer. I looked around cautiously to see if the guy was anywhere in the bustling crowd. I stopped and leaned back onto the wooden pole. I looked around at the buildings around me as I saw a light turn on in the building in front of me. I looked at the window and saw a really sexy shirtless guy come up to the window. He saw me look at him as I turned away blushing and looking in another direction. After awhile I started to look up and suddenly felt headed. Visions quickly flashed in my head. One the visions were of Rexium fighting, another was me reaching my hand out to him, Rexium smiling, someone hollering my name, and a guy in a black coat standing on a dark sanded beach. I rubbed my temples as my head started to feel better. 'What the…Did my power go haywire again?' I thought as I blinked my eyes, 'I got to tell Rexium about this' I walked into an alley and teleported to Rexium's room.
I walked out of the portal and saw Rexium sitting out on his open balcony reading a blue book. I quietly walked out on to the balcony. "BOOO" I whispered in his ear. Rexium yelled as he dropped his book. "Dang it Angel! Why did you do that? You know I hate that." I chuckled and asked "What are you reading?" Rexium picked up the book and said "Nothing just some novel I found in the library not one of your journals okay." I got all serious and said "Rexium, I think my powers acted up again." He looked at me and stood up. "How is it acting?" asked Rexium as he put his hands on my shoulders. "When I was in Traverse Town I just looked up at the sky and images flashed through my head. I think they were about what is going to happen to us." I said looking into his eyes. His grip on my shoulders tightened and he looked away then looked back at me. "Follow me" said Rexium letting go of my shoulders and walked out of his room.
I followed him through the dimly lit hallways until we walked into a large open room. It was the keyhole room. The floor, apart from the dark green tile was made of gray cement. The maroon colored walls curved the room into an oval-like shape. As we walked further into the room I noticed that a large heart-shaped door was on top of a large cement plot. Inside the door swirls of blue, green, yellow, red, and purple light dimly lighted up the room. I suddenly realized that most of the visions I saw happened here. "This is…" I started to say before Rexium cut me off. "Was this the room in your vision?" he asked stopping and turning towards me. I stopped and nodded. Rexium put his hand to his chin and thought for a moment. As Rexium was thinking, I walked around the room and went up to the heart-shaped door. The multi-colored light swirled beautifully in the door, but as I got closer I saw the colors start to change. "What's wrong with it?" asked Rexium when he appeared beside me. "I don't know…whoa!" An image fuzzily appeared in the door. It appeared to be Olympus Coliseum and there was someone, I really couldn't see their features, with a really bright aura around them walk into a building. Rexium turned me around to look into my eyes and said "What did you see?" "I saw an image of Olympus Coliseum and someone surrounded by a bright light aura" I said looking into his worried eyes. Rexium looked and walked away from me. "Go...find the source and report back to me when you find out what you saw" "Yes Rexium" I said as I teleported to Olympus Coliseum.