The Keyblade: Heart of Life

By: N.B.E.

Prologue

The keyblade. It's crucial at this point. They're back. And they're returning with a vengeance. The heartless are a thing of the past. The unfound are here now. They're better; but more importantly, they're more powerful. When they're defeated, they give more hearts and energy to the new organization than any heartless could of ever dreamed. Nothing can stop them. Nothing can defeat the unfound but the keyblade, or we hope it can.

What am I saying? The heartless were made by the Organization XIII. They were nobodies! They were evil! They could never dream. But that doesn't matter, the heartless are gone. The Organization XIII is gone. The nobodies are even gone! They're replaced now. The new organization, or the "Alpha Dark" as they call themselves. Are here now. And boy, are we screwed with them! There's 25 members currently, and it's growing fast. Essentially, they are double the Organization XIII, nearly tripled. What's worse; each member has ALL abilities of the Organization XIII. Plus, they each have their own abilities combined with those of the Organization XIII. They're nearly invincible to anything, except the keyblade. (Or we hope the keyblade can defeat them.)

Could it be worse? Well, it is… Keyblade Master Sora was killed instantly by them. He never even stood a chance, and he had single-handedly defeated the Organization XIII. So I'm alone…I'm not even trained! My keyblade is nothing to what Sora's was. (He never gave any students any keyblade with any strength.)I don't know what to do…

I'm so nervous now. Master Sora was killed by Alpha Dark. By default, as it was with the Organization XIII, he will soon be one of them. Nothing will stop him. He was near invincible before! Now…I'm afraid to see how powerful he will be.

Where do I go now? With Master Sora gone, my only other choices will be Riku, or King Mickey. They're the only ones who would have any idea what to do. But in this chaos, I'd have more chances of seeing a ghost of Xemnas, Organization XIII member #1, than I would finding them.

Or am I too late for them? Four months ago, the kingdom of King Mickey was raided by Alpha Dark. The kingdom was the hiding place for the keyblade warriors. That's where Sora was killed. Students aren't permitted to go there for numerous reasons that I don't know about. It's been rumored that Riku and King Mickey had escaped, the only two survivors. But honestly, how would anyone know? The kingdom's consumed in darkness now, and is now the replacement for "The World that Never Was", the HQ of the Organization XIII.

I am alone. I have nothing. And yet, Alpha Dark is continuing with total domination. Meanwhile, I, Sora's student, am nothing…

Five Months Earlier…

Chapter 1

I woke up in the gummi ship to the frigid air of the air conditioner. What was Alvin thinking when he turned it on? Or was he even thinking? I wouldn't put it past him to not think when he does things…or I guess it's possible that his thought process is just that not bright.

Along with the frigid air, I was looking through my windshield to Twilight Town. Twilight Town isn't exactly best of the worlds. Master Sora hasn't told me much about it but apparently it is one of the two gateways to the Dark World. The dark World has a more formal name, but that is something else that Master has not told me. So, obviously, Twilight Town isn't or I guess wasn't the most enjoyable of the worlds. Even now with the Organization XIII gone, it is probably still the creepiest of the worlds.

Surrounding Twilight Town was the void of the passage way, as I call it. It's yet another thing I'm not familiar with, but basically, to my knowledge, it's the space between the worlds. Back when Organization XIII existed, the passage way use to be this absolutely beautiful sky blue color. But, now, it's a rather empty void without color. I, myself, find this to be somewhat ironic. When the Organization XIII existed, it was the most peaceful color possible. To remind you, they were the ones who tried to corrupt all of the worlds in darkness and destroy them. But now, with the Organization XIII gone, it seems the color of the passage way faded slowly to nothing; a rather violent color in my opinion.

I remember that Master Sora expects me to be in the Radiant Gardens within a day's time in Radiant Garden's time. Luckily, my gummi ship has an universal clock on it. Unfortunately, it's only accessible to Alvin, my ship master.

"Alvin?" I call out. I am surrounded by microphones that go directly to him, so it seems he is ignoring me at the moment. I sigh in disbelief and disappointment.

"Alvin? Do you hear me?" I call out again.

"My apologies Mr. Dimitri. I didn't understand your first message. How was your nap?" Alvin squeaked. It's his natural instinct to speak quickly in a high pitch voice. I feel the need to slow him down, but it's best if I don't as it wouldn't be appropriate.

"It was fine until I woke up. Not only did I wake up to the frigid AC, you had me facing Twilight Town! What's the deal today" I coughed as I asked. Even though I'm surrounded by microphones on every crevice and inch of the mainboard of the ship, I still have to scream, or at least yell loud, for Alvin to hear me.

"Again, my dearest apologies Mr. Dimitri. For reasons not yet known, the engine began to overheat, so I kick started it and turned the air conditioning on to cool down the engine. As for facing Twilight Town when you woke up, that's just the direction we were facing when you had woken. If I offended you, I have the deepest apol-"

"You honestly have no reason to keep apologizing Alvin. It's not your fault." I encouraged him with a slight smile for a second; something I'm extremely notorious for not doing.

"Let's start with doing a full and consistent engine check; inside and out. Set it to be complete within a week. Once we have a confident diagnosis, that's based on a full scan, we'll fix the problem from there. I hope it isn't anything serious." I ordered. Any system problem on the gummi ship could lead to a major catastrophe. I want to prevent that, but you can never really know what will happen on this ship.

"I will begin the scan now Dimitri. If I find anything before the scan finishes, do you want me to tell you immediately, or wait until-"

"Alert me immediately Alvin. It's mandatory that I know immediately. Thank you." I interrupted. I'm a tad irritable this morning. I hope I can control it when I meet with Master Sora.

"Alvin, what time is it at Radiant Gardens?" I asked. It feels like I'm late; something Master Sora doesn't approve of.

"The time in Radiant Gardens is 22:55. Why do you ask?"

"22:55?! Shoot! Alvin, hyper speed toward the Market in Radiant Gardens! We must be there before 23:30 or else we both will be punished by Master Sora! Full speed ahead!" I order. I've never been late to a meeting with Master Sora before. I have no idea what to expect from him…

As painful as it is going through the passage way at hyper speed (as in particle shredding painful) I almost have to admit that I enjoy it. The reason is because the void of the passage way goes away and is replaced with an assault of brightly, nearly blinding colors. It's so amazing and beautiful, although it only lasts a few minutes at the very most.

When I first enter the town square, which is where the Market is located, it was emptied of humanity and the self-defense system was active. That is never a good sign.

To be honest, it's very difficult to describe the defense system here unless you've seen it yourself. I've seen it but it's not something you can just describe off the top of your head. It's like this…well, I can't even describe it in writing actually.

I find it strange that the defense system is on because it's the first time since Master Sora and Riku defeated Xemnas in his final form. I don't know much about that battle it's yet another thing Master Sora hasn't told me. I'm assuming he's planning to tell me soon. The reason is because last time I met with him, he told me we were starting the history unit soon. I hope he's telling the truth because I'm really anxious to know more about everything. Although, there are something's that I probably would prefer not to learn about.

I still don't see Master Sora. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe he forgot. No. That is not possible. It's Master Sora. He would never forget. If he were to forget, King Mickey would punish him severely. King Mickey, Sora's Master, who also is a keyblade master, trusts Master Sora. So much so, that he leaves the fate of the worlds in Sora's hands. And now, there's us; Sora's students. He "trains" the five of us, from all different worlds, to take his place if needed. It's not likely that we'll ever be needed, but it's a good idea I guess to train new comers. My keyblade, if you can call it that, didn't choose me. Master Sora chose it for me to train with. He tells me that I was born and raised in Twilight town for 13 years, and that he erased my memory before beginning training with me for reasons of security. But honestly, he hasn't trained me any. I do believe him though. But, why did he have to erase my memory? I don't understand that part at all.

Anyways, not only is the security system live and about, I'm starting to hear something. It's like a mix between a low mumble of a crowd with a low buzzing sound; not something I've heard before. It doesn't sound good at all. It's starting to get closer; a lot closer actually. It, whatever it is, is moving really fast. It's too close now. I can hear a low growl with it too now. It sounds evil. I can see an aura. It's a dark aura. It's a color mixture of black and a dark purple color aura. Even though it's dark, it's still really bright, which is ironic. So much so that my eyes are beginning to hurt. What the heck am I looking at?

I can see it now. It's the resemblance of a standard heartless, only a lot bigger and with an aura. It looks powerful; enough so that I'm nervous about it. I start to call on the keyblade that Master Sora gave me to come so I can use it, but instead, a different one shows up. It's longer; about 6 feet longer actually. It's a bright white color with a midway bright yellowish color aura. "What?" I think to myself. I grabbed a hold of it with both hands. It's heavy too. It feels like 75 pounds at the least. I'm about to try to strike with it, but my eyes suddenly shut, without my control. I can't open them either; they are stuck shut. I can feel my hands beginning to vibrate. They're vibrating violently, uncontrollably. I'm starting to hear something. It's low. It sounds like it's beginning to go up in pitch; almost like machinery starting up. Then, there was a flash; so much so that even with my eyes glued shut, it's blinding me for a second. After that, I heard a scream. My eyes open and the "thing" is collapsing. And its aura is fading to nothing. Above it, a heart is rising up. It's like a heartless, but the heart is much bigger in size. "Oh my god….Did I really just do that?" I ask myself.

"Dimitri?" I hear. It's so good to hear Master Sora's voice again.

"Dimitri!" Master Sora yells again. I look up to see Master Sora coming out of him gummi ship down at me.

"Master Sora! IT is good to see you again!" I yell. The shock of what I just did hasn't exactly worn off yet.

"I'm so sorry for being late! I could see from up above in my ship. That wasn't the keyblade I gave you? And where did you learn to do that?"

"Master Sora, I honestly don't know where that keyblade came from. I called upon yours, but that oen showed up instead. As for the thing I did, the keyblade killed that thing; not me. Master Sora, please tell me that thing wasn't a heartless I saw…"

"Dimitri, I believe a keyblade has chosen you; a very powerful keyblade at that. The history unit will be suspended until further notice. Beginning next week, we will skip to the combat unit. As for the thing you defeated, I don't know what it was. It's impossible for it to be a heartless, so-"

"You are right, Keyblade Master Sora. It was certainly not a heartless by any means," a tall figure in a black cloak interrupted. Oh my god….it looks like Organization XIII. Please tell me that Organization XIII isn't back…

The figure was standing by the concrete steps on the other side of Town Square. That side leads to another gateway to the Dark World in the Radiant Castle; the main facility of Radiant Gardens. The figure was very tall, even a few inches taller than Sora. But he was slim too, a little too slim if you asked me. He looked familiar. He looked almost like….almost like Xemnas!

I poked at the hip of Sora to whisper in his ear. "I…I…Is that Xemnas?" I stuttered to him. I'm very nervous to the point of not being able to talk.

"No. It can't be. I killed Xemnas. He was the last of the organization XIII. I-"

"Don't you dare associate us with such a shameful name! They are nothing compared to us!" The dark, hooded figure screamed. Wait! What? Us? There's more of them? His voice was low, and mysterious. It had that evil touch to it.

"It is an embarrassment to be even considered part of that organization! Their race was worthless to us! Nobodies and heartless? They were nothing but training dummies compared to the unfound! Prepare to die!" The figure shouted. He turned to his left about 9 o' clock wise and started to scream at the wall. "My brothers! Join me here! He screamed again. I don't like the sound of that…

There was a sudden boom, not like an explosion but just a loud boom, one that made the ground shake a little at first. The area where the hooded figure was is now covered in a dense fog colored much like the aura of the "fake" heartless, or the unfound I guess they're called. I can hear footsteps. As if a bunch of people are walking in that fog.

"What? What's going on Master Sora?" I asked. I heard no response, and the fog was growing in size, and distance, but was fading too.

"Please! What is going on?" I call out to Sora again.

"Dimitri, go to your gummi ship now." Master Sora ordered.

"No! I won't leave without you!"

"Dimitri, I wasn't joking. That was an order!" Sora screamed at me.

The fog had faded. Wait. What? Am I seeing things? There's a lot more of that hooded figure now. There are several now. What's more; they all look alike too! I see 20 dark figures in cloaks now. They're all identical with their hands behind their backs, as if they're waiting for something. Sweat is starting to come on my face. I am more than just a little nervous.

It was like looking at statues. They're all motionless fully. I tried to call on a keyblade; either one would work right now. But, neither one showed up this time. I feel my sweat rolling down my face fast now; to the point where I am covered in my sweat. One of the figures stepped forward to speak. Oh god…

"Hello Keyblade Master Sora. I would like to introduce you to the new organization called Alpha Dark. We are the growing replacement of the Organization XIII. Prepare to die, both of you." I heard

After that, I remember nothing…