Welcome to my first Kingdom Hearts fanfic, focusing on the origins of each member of Organization XIII, the coolest band of villains since the Homunculi of Fullmetal Alchemist. There will probably be thirteen chapters in all, although I might possibly do one for Namine as well. Each chapter will focus on each member of the Organization, from Xemnas to Roxas (and maybe Namine as I said). For those who do not have official names yet (Saix, Axel, Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia, Larxene) I shall make them up, and probably make up Zexion's weapon too, despite it supposedly to be revealed in the remake of Chain of Memories.

Disclaimer: I do not own Organization XIII, Xemnas, Xigbar, Xaldin, Vexen, Lexaeus, Zexion, Saix, Axel, Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia, Larxene, Roxas, Nobodies, Heartless, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Ansem the Wise, etc. They all belong to Square Enix/Disney or maybe both. Any similarities to my story, I will allow as there are several stories focusing on the "beginnings" of the XIII.

First up, it is the Organization's fearless leader – Xemnas/Ansem/Xehanort, call him what you like.

-XIII-

Beginnings of XIII

Xemnas, The Superior: One With Nothingness

He stood in front of the door, the door to the darkness, the "heart" of his world. His long silvery-white hair blew wildly in the wind, his lab coat flapping up and down rapidly. He stared deeply into the blackness within, his eyes intense with desire and curiosity. He remembered what his master, Ansem the Wise, had said to him.

"Do not let the darkness overcome you, Xehanort, otherwise you'll be lost in it forever!"

Xehanort knew his master had lied to him. He just feared that if he met the darkness, he would use it as a weapon against him. He was a fool. Xehanort stared on, looking deep into the oozing darkness that awaited him. He could see the black creatures he had created, their glowing yellow eyes visible in the black: Heartless.

As Xehanort inhaled and exhaled heavily, a wave of fear flying through his body, he failed to see a man in red robes rushing at him. Xehanort took a step into the door, but the man's gloved hand firmly grasped his shoulder. Xehanort stopped in his tracks, his foot retreating back out of the door. He turned slightly, his vision moved to see who had stopped him. It was his master.

The aging man looked at his sternly; his strong red eyes almost alien compared to his wrinkled face, long blonde hair, moustache and beard. He wore crimson-coloured robes combined with a black and red cloak. The symbol of Radiant Garden was printed on his chest – a black box with a wiggling white line randomly moving about before trailing off at the bottom with a straight line.

"Xehanort, do not go in there!" cried Ansem the Wise, his eyes burning with anger.

"Silence, you old fool!" shouted Xehanort, forcefully removing Ansem's arm from his shoulder and fully turning to face him. "Don't try and trick me with your lies. Darkness is stronger than light and I will make sure to purge the world of its light and darkness shall rule!"

"You are insane, Xehanort! The darkness that you vowed not to let purge your heart, certainly has done just that!" cried Ansem. "Come to your senses!"

"Come to my senses?" asked Xehanort and he chuckled. "You are blind, old man. Hearts are full of weaknesses and darkness can cleanse them of those weaknesses."

"So is that why you opened this door?" asked Ansem, staring at the large door in front of them.

"Yes, and also to allow the Heartless to cleanse the heart of this world…" said Xehanort, his face curling into an evil smile. "As they will do with every world, for when I opened this door the first time, there was a meteor shower on that night and that's when I learnt that there were other worlds, each with a heart like this one. All in need of being cleansed of their light and weaknesses."

"I cannot let you do that…" said Ansem in horror.

"I'm sorry, but there is nothing you can do!" shouted Xehanort and suddenly he raised a hand, a blast of blue energy flying from it and striking Ansem clear in the chest, sending him flying backwards, slamming into a rock. Xehanort smirked and strode towards the door.

Ansem charged forward, yelling in refusal. Xehanort heard him coming, grabbed Ansem by the arm and flipped him over his head, right into the door of darkness. The Heartless quickly swarmed around Ansem like locust and pulled him to his knees. Xehanort turned away briefly and stared around him at his home as the Heartless burst out of the door and ran off in every direction imaginable. Xehanort turned his attention back to his struggling tutor. Sure, he had been kind to him at first, but deep down he was nothing more than a powerless old man.

"How can you do this, Xehanort?" cried Ansem, fighting against the Heartless. "Our world, our home, it will be destroyed!"

"Perhaps," said Xehanort. "But it will become a new when the Heartless cleanse it of its light."

"No…" said Ansem. "Xehanort! Stop!"

"Enough! I am no longer your apprentice, I am a king now!" said Xehanort. "Now, you shall be consumed by the darkness."

"I'd rather spend an eternity in a world of nothingness than in the body of one of these despicable parasites!" bellowed Ansem, punching a Heartless in the face, destroying it.

"As you wish," said Xehanort and with a click of his fingers, portal appeared in the door, sucking Ansem inside it. "Oh, and you are no longer Ansem, I am. I am Ansem!"

Ansem could only glare at his former apprentice helplessly, as his body faded out of sight. He bowed his head in defeat as he vanished.

"So be it…"

Xehanort watched as Ansem vanished, and then he himself stepped into the darkness. The Heartless seemed to back off as he fully entered within the World of Darkness, the blackness surrounding him and wrapping around his body. Xehanort turned his head to hear a powerful explosion. The machine had created had probably overloaded with the dark energy and malfunctioned. Xehanort braced himself a wave of darkness flew over the entrance to the door, and ripped through Xehanort's body.

The Heartless and darkness spilled over Xehanort, but he didn't care. He had found the ultimate power, the darkness of the heart.

"This is it…the true power of the heart…THE TRUE DARKNESS!" screamed Xehanort as he threw out his arms and was engulfed by the darkness, shadows and black.

His clothes and hair rippled in the dark wind that surrounded him and for a split second, his heart stopped beating. Xehanort then screamed out, as his being was practically ripped in two. His body and soul separating from his heart and emotions. His body and soul fell into a new part of the darkness, his emotions vanishing away without a trace and his glowing heart was consumed by the heartless.

-XIII-

He heard the sound of the ocean, its waves lapping at the ground he lay on. He opened his eyes and sat up, looking around. He was on a beach of some kind, but it was not a beach he had ever seen before. The sand, the sea, the sky and everything was dark and grey. The only light was the shining full moon hanging in the clear sky. Large rock formations built like archways looped over eachother, one end disappearing into the water. He inspected himself, he was dressed in a long, black, hooded cloak with black boots, black gloves and black clothes underneath. A necklace of some kind was wrapped around the collar, to chains hanging off the bottom of the necklace. He stood up fully and walked along the beach, taking a seat on a large rock. He stared out at the ocean, deep in thought, or more like lost in thought.

Who was he? Had he lost his memory or was he just born with no identity? He then placed a hand on his chest and his eyes widened. There was no heartbeat. Where was his heart?

Lost of all sense, Nobody?

He leapt up suddenly, looking about. However, for some reason he did not feel any fear or surprise. He didn't feel anything. He was empty. Curious, he spoke.

"Who are you?"

I am not important here. But you are, Xemnas. Yes, you are the remains of a great…or maybe not such a great being, named Xehanort. You opened the Door to Darkness and were consumed by the blackness within, your heart, body and mind separated. That it why you feel no heart, no emotions. You are a Nobody.

"Xemnas? Nobody?" repeated Xemnas is confusion.

Yes, a Nobody. A creature of non-existence, but yet you somehow do exist. You are the remains of a person taken by darkness, your body and soul still together, but your heart and emotions lost to darkness…your heartless presumably becoming a Heartless, but as for your emotions…well, who knows. But you are the first of your kind to maintain your body. I am deeply impressed.

"Yes…I remember, I fell into darkness. I lost myself in it. Now here I am, alive but not complete."

Precisely. There are others like you, and they will soon appear. You must go to your world and prepare to greet them.

"My world?" asked Xemnas. "I own a world?"

In some ways. Please, step into the Corridors of Darkness.

Xemnas looked on as a black portal warped into view, swirling around itself. Xemnas took a glance back at the dark beach behind him and stepped inside the portal. Even if he didn't possess emotions, he somehow to a liking to this location and wanted to return to it someday.

Xemnas quickly stepped inside the portal and within moments, his surroundings changed from beach to a large urban landscape, with large buildings towering over him and a giant skyscraper, glowing with bright neon lights stood before Xemnas.

Welcome to the World That Never Was.

"It is…interesting…" said Xemnas, looking about him in awe, then he noticed a giant glowing object in the sky.

It was some sort of moon, shaped like a giant heart. It was glowing a brilliant golden yellow, which was highlighted in a deep blue at the corners.

"What is that?" asked Xemnas.

That is Kingdom Hearts. It is the source of all worlds and hearts. Without it, the universe would crumble into emptiness. It holds much power, and grows stronger with every heart that is consumed by darkness.

"Then we Nobodies shall use this Kingdom Hearts to become full again…" said Xemnas, an idea sprouting in his mind. "I shall lead the Nobody race and heal them. I will be the Superior!"

You can operate your desire from the Castle That Never Was.

Xemnas noticed a giant white fortress floating off in the horizon, its bottom sections rotating slowly.

"Very well," said Xemnas. "I will gather others like myself and for a syndicate to lead the Nobodies into a shining future…we shall be…The Organization!"

Xemnas is done. Apologies for it being a short chapter, as I don't have much experience with Xehanort/Xemnas and haven't done much research on him. However, I some sort of depicted him here as a madman, as he has been generally swallowed by darkness before he even went into the door. The line where he allows himself to be destroyed by the darkness is taken from Maleficent, as a sort of tip of the hat. The disembodied voice is the one from Kingdom Hearts that helps Sora. The next chapter will be about Xigbar (Braig), and I hope to make it a bit longer than this one. Please leave a review if you like, but no flaming.

Ending Song: Dance With The Devil