Okay, so it's been a while since I've written anything. After playing through Persona 5 and experiencing it's masterpiece of a story I couldn't help but think of how Kingdom Hearts has a very similar theme of bonds making the heart stronger than any weapon. Sure it may not have the dark themes Persona games are known for, but in the end just like Sora the Protagonist's friends are his power and he's theirs. So without further ado here is a new story. It's the same characters we all know and love but given the Persona treatment. Hope you enjoy.
The explosion caught me completely by surprise, decades of work all gone in a single flash of fire and brimstone. My only consolation is that fool Eraqus was completely disintegrated with the lab. He would have used this as leverage to pull the plug on our research concerning the heart's inner workings. To think it all started five years prior with my mentor Ansem the Wise's discovery of that other world. Whatever he saw that day though caused a great change in him. What was once a man who pursed the mysteries of the heart with a firey passion was now a hollow shell of a man who promptly put an end to his research leaving his two brightest pupils to pick up the pieces.
Unfortunately Eraqus never had much of a back bone when it came to researching the heart. He believed that they were sacred and no mortal was worthy of unraveling its secrets, but I am no coward. I continued to push my passion into the research Ansem left behind until I at last found success. However, my discovery led to the destruction I see before me today. . No one should have survived the explosion, but here I am and not a scratch on me. If that isn't a sign that I was on the right track I don't know what is. As I surveyed the rubble, a most curious sight caught my attention. A child no more than three years old was curled up in a ball crying. Clearly he must have been a bystander caught in the nexus of the event. If he had a family, well...he didn't any longer. However what truly caught my interest was what was protecting him from a steel beam mere inches from burying him. A ghostly figure consumed in ethreal blue blame was holding the beam up. I couldn't quite tell the form it took, but I knew exactly what it was. This young child had the potential.
This was the perfect opportunity to restart everything from the ground up, and as a seeker of knowledge I couldn't let that pass. Putting on a face of concern and fear I ran to the boy and pulled him out from underneath the rubble and watched as the delictable specimen that saved him from certain death vanish into nothingness. The boy finally realizing what happend looked up at me with eyes full of sadness and fear. "M-mommy..."
"I'm afraid young man, that your mother is gone..." I replied feigning a lump in my throat "Other than you and I there were no other suriviors. We're all that's left." My performance must have done the trick because the boy broke down his wails permeating the area. Now for the coup de grace. "What is your name?"
"V-Ventus."
Barely able to contain the joy I had for the discovery I made, I allowed myself a triumphant smile and began to ruffle the boys hair in the same way a father would his son. "I know I could never truly replace those you have lost my boy, but I can't stand by and watch a child suffer. If you'd like I can provide a home for you." Looking at me with those eyes, all the boy could do was nod for he had nowhere else to go. With my prize in hand, I took my leave. As far as the world will know I will have tragically lost my life with the countless others in this great tragedy along with all the discoveries made by myself and that fool Ansem. Today marked not the end, but the beginning...