Quick, what's the first word to come to your mind?
Big?
Right. It's big. Really big. With many planets, worlds, constellations, homes...
Now imagine a small black dot, right over a planet. Heartless. That planet's gone, taken over by the heartless. Not much of an impact.
Take half of that dot and move it to another planet, the other half to another different one, leaving the other planet a barren wasteland. Soon, those planets have the black dot.
Repeat the halving of the dot as many times as you wish. The planets get eaten up quickly, don't you think?
Wouldn't anybody stop them?
Well, Sora did for a while. He placed a big dent into the heartless's count. It haltered the process of taking over planets by a bit. That's good, right?
Traverse Town. A place where people go once their planets are destroyed. It's flourishing like never before, ships are coming leaving every second. And waves of people are appearing there.
Those planets are disappearing off the map, the inhabitants either heartless or on Traverse. Is it possible that maybe, during the mass shippage to Traverse, a heartless got shipped by mistake?
All those people, all those hearts. All for the taking. An all you can eat buffet for free. Even more heartless, they spread, causing even more people to go to Traverse. Rinse and repeat for a few years or so.
Now, pause time for a moment. Wastelands are far too common, civilization is coming to an end as we know it. But, there are a few core groups scattered about the worlds who share one common goal: peace. They try to bring an end to this, and they're somewhat succeeding.
On their own planets.
But one planet has finished a bit faster than the others, they had fifteen people, all strong in their own ways, fighting the heartless off, as well as countless other people who were slain in combat. They freed Twilight Town of its chains, and now four stay there to make sure things don't get too out of hand. The other eleven travel to other worlds, just to hopefully help those in need. Would they encounter Sora, Riku, or Kairi? The question crossed their minds often, but was barely even spoken of in whispers.
They had a common bond, they were all from Twilight Town. But, now that Twilight Town was secure? They could travel the worlds, helping others where help was needed.
That was eighty years ago.
I am Sasha Luminarium, Kaze's son. I always knew he had something heroic about him, but I never figured out once. I didn't know my mother, and Kaze was the only one who was ever really there from his little group that wasn't estranged in hopes of not remembering the hell the endured.
The light poured into the hospital building, I was watching a tree blow casually in the wind, bathed in the golden morning sunlight. It was so beautiful... But how could anything be beautiful today? My father was on his death bed, waiting out the remainder of his life. I could tell he hated it.
"Sasha... Come closer." His voice still managed to be strong, yet gentle, even in death. ONe of the reasons I loved my father. I did as I was told, I coulnd't refuse. He slipped me a small journal, not in very good condition at all. The front was blank, as was the back. I opened it up, and a small picture fell out. My father, looking young, with a bunch of other people. About twenty, but I coulnd't count, it was too hard to think at the time.
"Dad..." Kaze was to hear none of it. He shook his head.
"Sasha. Spread the word about this, you're the only hope of keeping the memory alive. Don't worry about me, I'll be in a better place... Go, Sasha..."
It was slightly comforting to know his last word was my name.
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Note: This was written in collaboration with this guy-- /qwertyuiopaz