Hey everyone. So here's the first chapter of my new Kingdom Hearts story. Just a warning, this first bunch of chapters will focus on the heartless, and the Orgy and other characters will come in later, probably around like chapter 10. I know for sure that Organization XIII comes into play in chapter 9.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of the worlds, Organization XIII, heartless or any other of Square Enix's wonderful creations. I do claim Organization D, Misty City and any other characters or things I make up for this. I do wish I could claim Axel...
Chapter 1: The Shadow Leader_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Alexis/Xalixse POV
So, here's what I've been thinking. How do we judge the heartless? Are they really so evil or are their so called mindless killing sprees not so mindless? Maybe they have feelings too. Maybe they're just desperately searching for something that's right in front of them. Would they recognize those who were important to them before they became what they are? Supposedly they're born from the darkness within people's hearts, so maybe they just need to find the light.
And then there are the nobodies. What's left behind when a heartless is formed, the empty shell of a person. No real emotions so they say. But has anyone really given them a chance. It's not like they chose to be what they are. Everyone deserves a shot at happiness right? Maybe they're just misguided. I mean, if all they need is a heart, don't they deserve one. I admit the way they go about trying to get one isn't the best, but they don't care because the people have just abandoned them.
"Alexis."
Something poked me in the shoulder, snapping me out of my thoughts. I opened my eyes, slowly lifting my head off the desk I'd been resting it on. Had I fallen asleep, I wasn't sure. I looked up at the source of my awakening to find a brunette boy named Daniel, who I'd come to know as my best friend, standing before me.
"Class is over. It might be smart to leave now." He commented.
I blinked twice slowly, looking around the room that had been full of students just moments ago.
I laughed nervously. "Oh, right. Let's go then."
I quickly stood up, grabbing my bag off the back of my chair. The two of us headed for the door, walking out into the bustling hallway. I looked out the windows of the hall at the dark sky outside. It was always dark and cloudy here in Misty City. Sometimes it would snow as well, not enough to blanket the city, but enough to make the world sparkle with bits of white before it melted into the ground.
Daniel and I left the school quickly, beginning to walk down the cement sidewalk towards home. We walked home together everyday since his place wasn't far from mine. Mostly everyone lived in big city buildings, though there were a few normal housing areas around the edge of the city. Luckily the school had been built in between the two areas of the city. Actually the city had been divided up into three areas, the business district, the housing district and the apartment district. The business district, as its name implies, is where all the stores and workplaces are located.
We arrived in the apartment district in about ten minutes and it only took another two minutes to get to the apartment building which I lived in. I lived on the tenth floor so the two of us took the elevator, being too lazy to take the stairs that day.
The rest of the day was just as normal as the morning was. Nothing new or exciting, as was to be expected. Daniel and I walked to his house and hung out there for awhile, and then he walked me home afterwards.
As we neared my house once again something changed. Heartless began appearing around us and the buildings that we'd been walking past flickered. A pool of darkness formed around our feet, stopping us from moving. I looked over at Daniel, who looked as confused and worried as I was. The buildings flickered again and then disappeared, leaving us standing on the road surrounded by a nothingness that went on forever.
The thoughts that had been going through my mind earlier that day came back to me at that moment as the heartless came closer and closer.
Could someone help them to find their way? The heart can't be doomed to fade back into darkness. There must be a way to save these lost hearts…
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I awoke some time later, lying on my stomach on a black crystal floor. I pushed myself up off the floor, my hair falling around my face as I did. I was surprised to find it was a darker reddish purple color then it normally was. And had I been wearing this long sleeve black dress before?
I looked at my hands, which seemed paler then normal. My fingernails were black and on the back of each hand was the symbol for the heartless.
"Alexis?"
I looked around quickly for the source of the voice, standing up as I did.
"Daniel?"
The room I was in was small and empty, the walls and ceiling were all white, but one wall had a black door. I walked to the door and opened it, walking out of the room. Daniel was walking down the hallway just outside the door. Yet he barely looked like himself. His short brunette hair was now red as were his once brown eyes. I also noticed he had the heartless symbol on the back of his hands like I did.
"What happened to us?" I asked, just loud enough for him to hear.
He looked over at me as I spoke. "I'm not sure." He looked at the markings on the back of his hands then back up at me. "I think… we've been turned into heartless. Though we don't exactly look like those shadow creatures."
I though about it for a moment. "Well, maybe we're greater heartless. You know, there are greater nobodies so why not greater heartless."
"It's possible I suppose…" He muttered. "I wonder where we are." He added, looking around.
"I don't know, but we could use a way out of here." I said.
As soon as I'd uttered the words a black door appeared on the wall to my left. We both stared at it for a moment before I reached for the handle and opened it. Outside the door was a cement path that led straight into a large forest where it forked off in different directions.
We both stepped out onto the path and walked along it until we were far enough away to look back and examine the building we'd just left. The building that stood before us was a large black castle. The heartless symbol was on the front of it over the large arch that was over the main entrance. There were several towers around the outside of the castle, each one tall and black.
I stared at the castle for a moment before walking up to the main entrance. Daniel followed and we went through the large black door. The hallway we entered was the same as the last, black floor, white walls.
We decided to take a look around and figured we'd cover more ground if we split up, so the two of us went off in different directions. An hour had passed at the most by the time I made it back to the entrance. Daniel arrived back at about the same time as I did.
"This place is perfect to live in. There's rooms, a kitchen, everything." I stated, reporting what I'd found.
Daniel nodded. "Yeah, I noticed that too. And it's completely empty as well."
"It's like it was just waiting for us to arrive…" I muttered, thinking for a moment. "You know what, we should start a group. An organization for any other greater heartless out there."
Daniel looked at me. "Sure. It's not like we can go home like this, so why not. Maybe we should do what the greater nobodies do. You know, with their names."
"Oh yeah, that's a good idea."
Over the next few days we discussed plans for this new organization, thinking up names for it and for ourselves. We also did a little more exploring. Each tower had a spiral staircase that led up to a bedroom, which had a few rooms above it. There were enough towers for thirteen people to each have their own. We also followed one of the paths through the forest to find it led to a clearing that was a perfect place for a training area.
"Xalixse…"
I turned from where I was standing in the entrance hallway to look at Daniel, who was now going by the name of Daxlien.
"…What are you doing?" He asked.
"Oh, I'm just putting up a sign for anyone who happens to stumble in here." I replied.
He walked over to me and looked at the sign as I stepped back from the wall where I had posted it.
Welcome to the Organization D headquarters
The organization for heartless
Alright, so there's the first chapter. I can not believe how difficult it is to get this thing to work. Apparently using dashes as page breaks isn't allowed any more and it gave me a hard time about centering.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading.