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Prologue
I guess you can say it was Fate; that it was Destiny. Or you can call it cruel irony. Whatever you call it, I was here; I existed. My name is Axel. I was made, from whom, I don't know and I don't think I ever will. You see, I am nothing. I'm what you'd call a Nobody. Got it memorized? A Nobody… a being created when someone with a strong heart leaves their body and soul behind when they lose their heart to the Heartless. Oh, you don't know what a Heartless is? Well, it's exactly what it sounds like, a being without a heart. Got THAT memorized? Anyway, here I was. I was wishing for more than this existence. Well, I didn't really exist. You could say I was a shadow. A really intense shadow that could create fire and wield weapons. But all of that aside, what was there for someone who was nothing; who literally was a Nobody? Well, I was part of an Organization who was set to try and get us our hearts so we could actually exist. I had to admit, it gave me a purpose. It gave me a reason to continue; to work towards a goal. I was expecting to exist finally. But there are unexpected things that happen to us Nobodies. I didn't expect to get a good friend. I really didn't expect to find new friends. I didn't expect morality. But the last thing I ever expected to happen; the miracle I thought I'd never get to experience was to find love.
My name is Zephyra. I've been wandering for so long; so very long. I don't know who I am or where I'm from. I don't even know if I really exist. What if I am a shadow; a dream in a person's head? Who am I? My name is Zephyra. What am I? I'm not myself; or am I? I've tried to look for who I was; who I am, what I am. Nothing. No inkling as to who I was or am or where I'm from. Nothing; utterly nothing. Maybe I'm nothing. My name is Zephyra. No, I can't be Nothing. I see, I hear, but I'm not seen... not heard. Maybe I am a shadow. But there's nothing to tell me who I was. Was I ever? Maybe I AM nothing. But I have a name, how does nothing have a name? My name is Zephyra and I've been wandering for so long; so very long. Will it never end? Am I truly nothing? But my name is Zephyra and I've been wandering.