The breaking and renewal of the eternal calm Pt. 1
A/N Hi friends! So i hope everyone enjoys this! This is a little something i wrote a while back. I'm a HUGE kingdom Hearts fan, so it was inevitable that i would write a fan fic for it! As I'll always have to say, all kingdom hearts and Final fantasy characters belong to S.E., and all disney cahracters belong to disney. The three new females Serenity, Aubrey, and Blaise belong to me though :3 Please read and review! If i don't get at least 5 reviews, I'm not sure if i'll continue this one. C'mon, help a girl out! Enjoy!
As dawn broke, sunlight began to stream through Serenity's window. It hit her face, and she moaned as she rolled away from the light. "Damn…" She muttered. Now that the accursed sun had awoken her she wouldn't be able to drift back off.
The sound of the coffee grinder told her that Aubrey was up and about. Always an early riser, Aubrey always made coffee first thing in the morning. And, every time, the coffee was rich and exotic, a taste from worlds far off, telling a story of where Aubrey had come from.
Across the hall, movement told Serenity that Blaise had also succumbed to the morning. Serenity could envision her sitting down in front of the mirror, brushing her long raven hair.
Like Serenity and Aubrey, Blaise had come to Twilight Town from another place. She and Aubrey don't talk about where those places are. Maybe, like Serenity, they just couldn't remember.
After a few minutes, she pushed herself into a sitting position, trying to remember her latest dream. Only snippets came to her; two men, one with blonde hair, the other a brunette, fought; Dove feathers floating in the wind; creatures of such might, they could destroy worlds.
There came a soft knock on her door. She looked up as Blaise walked in. Blaise could tell by the slight circles under her friends eyes that she had another rough night.
Serenity smiled. "Morning!" She said as cheerfully as she could muster. Blaise couldn't help but smile. "Morning. Did you get any sleep last night?" She leaned forward to get a better look at her friend more closely. Serenity stood up. "Yeah, of course… Well, only a couple hours.." She answered, leaning up against a wall. Blaise said " Serenity, I was thinking. I have a friend in Hallow Bastion who could help you with your sleeping problems." Serenity shrugged. "I'm sure I'll be fine."
"But-"Blaise began.
"If I get worse," Serenity interjected. "I promise ill go." Blaise smiled at her headstrong friend. It wasn't exactly the answer she was looking for, but it was a start.
"Breakfast! Come and get it!" Aubrey shouted." You go. I'll be there in a minute." Serenity says to Blaise.
Wanting to look better than she felt, Serenity took a few moments to run a comb through her hair, and cover up the dark circles under her eyes with concealer. Partially satisfied, she went to the dining room to find her house mates seated around the table, already eating the breakfast prepared by Aubrey. On today's menu, hot fresh blueberry scones, oatmeal with cinnamon and brown sugar, and the coup de grace, massive cinnamon rolls.
"Well morning sleepy beauty, nice of you to join us." Aubrey said grinning. Serenity rolled her eyes and grabbed herself a cup of Joe. Sitting down, she grabbed a cinnamon roll.
"So whets on your schedule today?" Blaise asks. "Oh, I'm supposed to hang out with Olette. She wants me to teach her some more fighting techniques." Aubrey answers, grinning again. Olette was like the sister Aubrey never had. "What about y'all?"
"I'll be at the synthesis shop. They always need help." Blaise answers. Serenity shrugged. "Not sure… Maybe see if roxas wants to hang and get some ice cream." She answers. Blaise and Aubrey look at each other smiling. "Oh really? Roxas, you don't say." Aubrey says smirking. "No! It's not like that…" Serenity says quietly. "Alright, alright, don't get your panties in a bunch." Aubrey fires back teasingly. Blaise stands up. "I better get going. The shop opens in ten minutes." She says giving goodbye hugs.
An hour later, Serenity was alone in the house. Her head was starting to hurt, so she took some pain killers to make the throbbing stop. Fully dressed, she sat on her bed and pondered what to do. Her gun blade was propped up against her dresser. Her mind was made up. She grabbed her blade, and headed out to the center of town to find someone to spar with.
Upon arriving in the town's center, all she could find was Vivi, the cute little black mage. Always pleasant company, he was very easily entertained by battle; it was adorable. "Hey there Vivi!" she called out. He waved back at her. "Practicing?" He asked. "Yep. That's what I'm here for. Wanna conjure something up for me?"
Vivi nods and utilizing his black magic conjures up a giant black creature. "Nice!" Serenity shouts as it attacks.
Serenity pulls up her gun blade. The blade itself was ten feet long, surpassing the regular gun blade length of six and a half feet. To another person it would extremely heavy, but to serenity it was like wielding any other blade. It felt good using the blade again, like something had been missing, but was back again. While fighting the dark thing, she is oblivious to the arrival of three others. She finishes the creature off by slicing through it entire body. It disappears with a shriek and a cloud of smoke.
Clapping is heard behind her, and a man's voice cries out "Brava! Brava!" Serenity turns to see the new comers. Two of them she already knew. The female Fujin, a quiet fierce female, and next to her was Rajin, a stupid loudmouth. The third…. Serenity's eyes went wide. It was the blonde man from her dream! But it couldn't be… Could it?
Shaking off her initial shock, she asks, "And you are?" The man smiles. "It's usually considered proper to give ones name first, miss. But very well, I am Seifer, a resident of twilight town who has been away, but is back again. Now seeing as how you're a new face, tell me your name."
"I'm serenity. I found myself in twilight town three years ago, and have lived her ever since." She replies. Seifer steps onto the platform and walks up to her. "A fine gun blade you have there." He commented. "And you obviously know how to use it." While he spoke she studied his face, especially the long scar running from his right eyebrow, across the bridge of his nose, to his left cheek. Looking down, she saw that he also had a gun blade. He smiled. "Yes. I have one too. How bout a bit of sparring?" He asks, reaching for the hilt of his sword. Before she can answer, yet another voice rings out. "Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in." Both turn to look upon the new arrivals. Haner, Pence, Olette, Aubrey, and Roxas. The comment had been made by Haner; a nice kid who sometimes didn't know when to keep his mouth shut.
"Ah. You guys. My old.. friends." Seifer says sarcastically. His eyes scanning the crowd land on Aubrey. "Hmmm. Another new face." He points at her. "Who are you?" Aubrey stares down her nose at him. "What's it to you? And didn't your mother ever teach you that pointing is rude?"
At that point before Seifer could answer, the wind picked up, and clouds rolled in, an unusual sight for twilight town. Then suddenly a great boom fills the air, and the earth shook. Smoke began to rise in the direction of the old mansion. "The towns under attack." Seifer says simply. He runs out of the area, Fuu and Rai close behind.
"What are we gonna do?" Pence asked. "This is what you, Roxas, Haner, and Olette are going to do." Aubrey says. "I need you guys to go to the secret spot and stay outta harm's way."
Immediately the protesting started. "Awww c'mon, Aubrey! We can help!" Haner protested. "Yeah! 'Specially us!" Roxas says, indicating him and Haner. "Hey, we can fight too!" Olette protests. "Guys, no one is saying you can't fight! We don't even know if there will be one. Seifer could be wrong." Serenity, always the voice of reason, says. She stares into Roxas' blue eyes, while he looks back into her amber ones. Haner, Pence and Olette glance at each other, knowing Roxas wouldn't refuse her. Roxas finally turns to the others. "Let's go guys." They ran off, heading to their spot, Roxas glancing back at Serenity.
"We gotta go get Blaise." They looked again towards the dark smoke. It wasn't just the old mansion over there. If trouble had really come to Twilight Town, Blaise and the synthesis shop would be one of the first places hit.
*Blaise's P.O.V*
The explosion happened out of nowhere. The sky had been blue, and all seemed right with the world. But then there were the strong winds, and the earth shaking. "What was that?" The synthesis shop owner asked after the shaking had subsided. I followed him outside to find broken glass on the ground, dust, and dark smoke in the sky. "what could have possibly happened?" The shop owner wondered out loud.
Suddenly, screams filled the air, and out of the haze came a young girl being chased by a weird looking humanoid white creature. "What the hell?" I cried out. Quickly I backtracked into the shop to grab my trusty hailbird. This was battle.
Back outside, more creatures had surrounded the shop owner and the girl. I swung back, and striking hit three of the creatures. They vanished upon impact, only to be replaced with more. Using my hailbird as a lance, I cleared a path of freedom for the other two.
"Go!" I yelled. "Warn the town, I'll handle this!" I attacked with all my strength, but more and more creatures seemed to appear with every blow dealt.
Finally, after what felt like forever, the creatures disappeared. Out of breath, I rubbed a stitch in her side. "What the hell was that?" I thought aloud.
"Those were Nobodies." A voice answered. I looked around and saw nothing. Confused, I shouldered my weapon. Again the voice rang out, "Nobodies."
I spun around, seeing no one. "Who are you!" I called, receiving no answer. Suddenly an unexpected force knocked me off my feet. Cursing loudly, I hit the ground hard.
A black hooded figure was walking towards me, laughing. I tried to get up, but he struck me down again. I couldn't help but grunt in pain.
"Now, now pretty." The black hooded figure said. "I don't wanna hurt you too bad." He grasped my forearm. Battered and bruised, I was pulled through a black vortex with the man. And then there was nothing.
*Aubrey's P.O.V.*
It was as if hell had been unleashed from the old mansion. White-grey creatures were everywhere. Serenity and I could only attack so many at once. Twilight Town was made to be ready for these sorts of things. But no one ever imagined creatures that multiplied when killed. People only had so much energy.
"Aubrey, I'm heading to find Roxas and the others to make sure they're okay!" Serenity shouted to me. I kept fighting my way to where Blaise should be. I had a bad feeling about me and Serenity splitting up. But I also knew that if I tried to convince her to stick together, she'd get mad and accuse me of babying her.
My way was blocked by a large throng of creatures, swarming in front of the entrance to the market district. Time wasn't on my side. I had to be quick getting to Blaise. I sheathed my two hand knives, and unleashed black magic onto the creatures. "FIRAGA!" I cried out. An inferno takes down the throng, reducing them down to nothing. I don't give them a chance to come back; I just run, straight through into the market district.
Expecting more, all that greeted me was nothing. It was eerily quiet. You could have dropped a pin, and when it hit the ground it would sound like shattering glass. I refused to drop my defensive stance. The scene screamed wrong. Like a hunter, I stalked my prey; though I honestly wasn't sure what exactly I was dealing with. There was a rustle behind me, and I spun around quickly. But there wasn't anything there. The hair on the back of my neck was standing up. There was another rustle, and again I spun around to nothing. Suddenly, a shadow fell over me, before I could anything, a black hooded figure fell on me with his full weight, and I crumpled down to the ground, hard. Seeing stars, I looked up into his porcelain face framed by his dark blue hair. Without speaking, he grasped my forearm, and pulled me into a dark vortex. Then there was nothing.
*Serenity's P.O.V.*
I fought, and fought my way through the throng. My only hope was that I would get to Roxas and the others in time. What could cause this attack on Twilight town? Curious, it was. First all my strange dreams, then Seifer looking exactly like the blonde man from my dream and now this. What could possibly happen next?
No matter what, the creatures just kept coming out of nowhere, and with everyone I destroyed, more took its place. Someone was waging a war on Twilight Town, and I was determined to find out whom.
Finally, I just sheathed my sword, took a breath, and ran. I ran dodging and weaving through the creatures. All in an attempt to get to Roxas. Reaching the secret spot, it was too quiet. Out of the sot came two black robed figures. One was carrying an unconscious Roxas, and had their hood on, so I couldn't see their face. But suddenly I only had eyes for the other. His hood was off, exposing his spiky crimson hair, and piercing green eyes… A feeling arose in me; I knew him. He stirred something in me. If I only I could remember.
The first hooded figure had already pulled Roxas through a vortex. Snapping out of it, I sprinted towards it, just seconds too late. I grasped out where they had just been, and only felt nothing. I turned towards the red haired one, that feeling still there.
He smiled. "Serenity.. Don't you recognize me?" He said. I stared back at him. He knew my name?
"You know me… Then I'm not crazy. I'm afraid I can't recall your name, or a place, or whatever, but something is telling me I know you…" I answered. "Serenity, it's me, Axel. You're my student, my friend, my… my lover." He responds, holding his hand out to me.
I can sense no danger. Nothing screamed at me to stay away. I began to walk towards that hand…
Suddenly, a great force knocked me to the left, and I was slammed against the wall of a building. Axel cried out, "Xemnas, no!" Dazed, I looked up; Xemnas was tall, with long silver hair and tan skin. He had an aura about him that frightened me. Just like with Axel, I knew I knew him. Somehow I knew who he was.
"Back to headquarters with you, unless you wish to die!" He said threateningly to Axel. Axel had no choice but to obey orders. He vanished in the same dark vortex that the other had vanished in. Axel hoped help would come for the young woman he had fallen in love with, and had set free three years before.
Xemnas walked over to stare down at me on the ground. He reached down and held me up by my hair. "Did you enjoy your three years?" He hissed. With great strength, he threw me hard enough that I hit the opposite wall. Something warm and sticky began to trickle down the left side of my face. He was gathering dark matter into a ball with his hands. "Did you think you would always be free?" He screamed as he hit me with the dark matter. I in return couldn't hold in my scream of pain. There was an extremely painful crack in my right arm. Even if getting up was possible, my gun blade would be useless; Xemnas had broken my fighting arm.
I didn't understand. I knew him, but then I didn't. What had I done to make him do this? What had my past been? Why couldn't I remember? What was I? Who am I?
Xemnas stood over me, a playing on his face. "You were made to be a caged songbird. Something lovely to look upon. Now, I'll show you what happens to birds who try to escape their masters." It was if I could feel death about to descend. Tears joined the blood on my face. I could easily picture the faces of those I cared the most for: Blaise, Aubrey, Haner, Pence, Olette… Roxas. I squeezed my eyes shut, as his final blow was descending.
Instead of the pain and outcry I expected from myself, it was Xemnas who cried out. I opened my eyes; four people had come to my rescue. Two men and two women. Maybe there was such thing as luck.
The two women and one man advanced on Xemnas. "Either scram or die! Your cronies can't help you now, and you're outnumbered!" One female yelled.
Xemnas opened a vortex of his own. "I don't have time to play with you pawns. I will possess that girl eventually. I guarantee she'll come to me when she realizes what I have that she holds dear. Believe me you." And then he slips away.
During that confrontation, the second male had come straight over to me, sitting beside my head. His gentle hands lifted my head into his lap. I was too spent with all that had happened, even seeing the second brown haired man from my dream; my body was just too weak to register the shock it should have been feeling.
He murmured things to me. Sentences full of hope. More than once he mentioned Hallow Bastion. Upon closing my eyes, memories faintly flooded my mind's eye, memories that could only somehow belong to the young man. I opened my eyes and my mouth to speak. " Shhh… Don't speak." He said kindly to me. His three companions came over to us, and one of the girls said quietly, "We need to get her back to Hallow Bastion." "I know" He said. "I want to move her slowly.
I tried speaking. I felt lethargy threatening to take over. I murmured incoherently, and they all quickly looked down at me. But I only had eyes for the young man from my dream. "I… I know you…" Then I lost consciousness, and then there was nothing.