disclaimer: The characters presented in this fan FICTION belong to the great imaginative minds of Tetsuya Nomura and assoc., Walt Disney and assoc., and the people belonging to the 18th order.
It was silent. The silence filled the air with nothingness, and only three men stood. Sora, a 15-year-old boy, who was about 5'7'' with oak brown hair; and his best friend Riku, he was 16-years-old, 5'10'' with ocean blue eyes and platinum hair. They were the Heroes of Light and warriors of the Keyblade. The third man was taller than both of the boys and had a long silver mane. His name was Xemnas, he was the leader of Organization XII; and the last of the Nobody threat that used the Heartless to bring chaos to the worlds.
As Sora delivered the final blow, Xemnas let out a small growl: "Keyblade…" And he vanished into nothingness. Riku was weak and began to lose his balance. As he tipped, Sora put his arm over his shoulder, and hoisted Riku up. They walked into the blinding light, and left the Realm of Nothing.
The Heroes were oblivious to the great force they had just released into existence. Xemnas' death had triggered a signal to go off deep into the basement of his great castle.
In a dark room, hidden behind many floors and walls, experiments of the heart were taking place. There stood a tall figure in a black cloak, and a hood covering his face. His low voice muttered something of "Darnkess of the heart…" when he yawned and sat in a nearby chair. He laid his head onto his arm when a blue light flashed, and a computer screen began to beep.
The figure stood up and with great speed, appeared in front of the computer. He made many keystrokes and froze immediately. He began his slow trek before a thick led-wall. He placed his hand upon the wall and a keypad emerged. He punched in the code and the great wall began to separate. The hooded figure stood before the wall and a white smoke slowly filled the room. He looked up and all that was visible through his dark hood, were his crimson eyes.
Beyond the wall stood a boy in the same dark cloak as the other man, but his hood was down. He had short black hair and ebony eyes. He was shackled to the wall and bound by many layers of chains. He looked upon the crimson eyed man and he began to laugh.
"So, Xemnas has become nothing instead of Nobody?" His voice was that of a boy, yet it held great wisdom with it. The hooded man simply stood in place and remained silent. "You do know what that means doesn't it? I mean, you've been here long enough…" The hooded man walked forward until he reached the boy and stood staring. His crimson eyes pierced the boy until he could stand it no more. "I'm number 1 now so I command you to release me! We have to gather our siblings if we want to become whole again…"
"You think you can do it?" asked the hooded man in a deep voice much like the chained boy's voice; it held much wisdom. The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a strange key in the shape of the Nobody symbol. He placed the key against the boy's wrist and the chains disappeared immediately.
The boy stood on his feet and let out a satisfied growl as he stretched. "Now we've got to find our first brother and sister No. 4." The hooded man grabbed the boy by the throat and lifted him into the air.
"You dare rank me as 4? I am the man who set you free! I deserve the position of 1; at least rank 2!!" His crimson eyes began to glow and fangs appeared on his face the longer he spoke.
The boy simply grinned and kept his demeanor. "You also took your sweet time in freeing me. You will be number 4, and we shall retrieve our brother and sister." The hooded man laughed and released the boy. He removed his hood. He could've been no older the other boy. He stood only a few inches taller with black hair just above his crimson eyes, and a red stripe going through his jet-black hair.
"That's the kind of thing we need in a leader. Someone who can keep his cool and plans ahead." The crimson-eyed boy lent his hand to the other. "The name's Shoujax."
The boys stood for a while in the dark lab. The computer's hum and the boiling beakers were the only things that could be heard. The smaller boy finally gave in and took Shoujax' hand with a smile. "Nice to meet you, Shoujax. I'm jYexrem. Your new leader." He looked Shoujax into his eyes with an extremely stern face.
Shoujax sighed at the realization that this boy would indeed be his new leader. "Well, No. 1, what's next?" jYexrem laughed and began to walk off from the lab.
"First, we need to find a new castle. Apparently the great witch Malifecint has taken this castle for herself, and as we are, she would stop us before we can complete our mission."
Shoujax looked perplexed. "What is our mission, Leader?" jYexrem stood tall and confident as he spoke.
"To bring the order to the worlds and regain our hearts and existence!"
Shoujax grinned at his new leader's proposition. "I was skeptical at first, but I can definitely put myself at your command; for now."
jYexrem stared at Shoujax trying to get a judge of character, but something was blocking him mentally. He shrugged it off, there were more important things at hand. "No. 4, we have 2 new members to bring into our Order."
"Already? Today is filled with all kinds of excitement today. Where are they?"
"There's one wandering the Realm of Darkness, I'll take that one. There's one in the ice world Hoth you can have that one."
Shoujax cringed at the word ice. "Of course it was ice. Well leader, where will me meet?"
jYexrem had created a Dark Corridor in which to travel into the Realm of Darkness. "The one you find should know the location, see you there, Messenger of Truth." jYexrem closed his eyes and entered the Dark Corridor. Shoujax followed his lead and walked through his own Dark Corridor.
All was dark when he opened eyes, or he thought his eyes were open. He couldn't tell if he was moving or staying still. Up, down, left and right; all directions meant nothing here. All this seemed to familiar to jYexrem. Then strange laugh filled the air.
"What has sent you here?" boomed the laughing voice.
"I am here to give you purpose! To give you power and existence!"
The voice laughed again. "Here, I am existence! I control the shadows!" Then as suddenly as the voice appeared, a man stood before jYexrem. It was another man. He smiled at jYexrem as a little man appeared beside him. "You picked the wrong guy to antagonize!" the little man screeched. "This is the greatest warrior in the Shadow Realm." jYexrem grinned and looked at both the men.
"You are simply Nobody as is. With me, I can give you meaning and existence, you can become whole once again. Doesn't your true name haunt you?"
The short man looked perplexed. "What does he mean boss?" He looked up at his higher up who was fuming with rage. He began to glow with a dark aura, while his tiny companion laughed. "Now you have to face, The King of Kings!"
The taller man then charged jYexrem and knocked him clear off his feet. He hovered over the spot jYexrem fell and summoned shadows to swallow him. JYexrem kept his composure as the shadows swallowed him whole.
As the man hit the floor his companion ran to his side. "Wow, Boss! You really showed him!" The ground began to shake with tremendous force, and it finally broke through. The man and his companion fell through into the void and landed into the Realm of Nothing.
A giant falcon hovered above the man, as he stared unflinching into the beast's eyes. His companion was shaking at his side. "B-Boss…" the little man stuttered. But the beast began his assault. The man shoved his companion to the side and charged the falcon head on.
He wrapped his enemy in shadows and held it back. He pummeled its head into the ground as it screeched in pain. The beast then broke through the shadows and pinned the man to the floor. The man tried to break free but it was to no avail. "I need more power…" He thought. "MORE!"
jYexrem grinned. "I can give it to you…The power, the meaning, even existence. Do you want it?" The man simply nodded. All became silent and all that stood in the darkness was the man and jYexrem. "Can you remember your true name?" The man nodded and hung his head.
"Sammie…" The man replied. jYexrem gave a curt smile and raised his hands as the light began to create the letters S-A-M-M-I-E appeared before them both.
"Do you give up this name and all it means, for the pursuit of new existence and greater power than you can imagine?" The man screamed "YES!" as loud as his lungs would allow him. The letters began to rotate faster, and faster until it was just a blur of light. jYexrem slammed his hands against the letters and the word "Xiammes" appeared.
"Rise Xiammes," instructed jYexrem. "This is your new existence, Xiammes. If all goes well, you will be our number 3." jYexrem opened a Dark Corridor and instructed Xiammes to walk through. "Our number 4 should be back with number 2. Let's head to our new base…"
A howling wind struck Shoujax in the face and he immediately hit the floor and covered his face. "That guy new I'd hate this place…" Shoujax slowly raised to his feet and walked off into the white distance.
All he saw was white and all he heard was wind. "I have to concentrate." He thought. "I must find him…my new brother." And he was still. Shoujax no longer heard the howling wind and he didn't see white, he saw darkness. He waited for what seemed like days before he heard a voice.
"Who's there?" The voice seemed quiet and timid. It wasn't what he'd expect from the other Nobodies he's seen over the years.
"I am Shoujax! I'm here to bring you hope and meaning! To bring you back with me, sister! I know how you came to be, because I am the same. I'm a Nobody too." Shoujax' voice was low and filled with sadness.
There was nothing but silenced that filled the air. The sadness of Shoujax' speech seemed to linger in the air. "Would you like to become whole again? Would you like your own memories instead of the ones implanted into you?"
As Shoujax' last words exited his mouth, there was a horrible screech. He opened his eyes and there stood a woman on her knees screaming. Shoujax immediately leapt to her side, but a strange creature attacked him. It was floating through the air but it had a familiar insignia upon its chest. Shoujax reached into his pocket for his weapon. "You know, our leader wasn't exactly specific in his order's to capture you."
The woman looked up and met Shoujax' crimson eyes with her sky blue eyes. Shoujax froze in his tracks. Shoujax sighed "It had to be a girl…" he thought. Shoujax hit the floor he let out a scream, and a bolt of lightning struck the creature and it began to fade. He looked down on the woman who's eyes were unfeeling and looked deep into Shoujax' mind. "You seem to know what you're doing, but I need you to come with me." Shoujax made a familiar pose and lent his hand to the woman.
The woman rose to her feet silently and reached her hand towards Shoujax'. But instead of a friendly gesture, he got a staff to the face. He flew back a few yards and regained composure. The strike was forceful and cold to the touch.
Shoujax charged the woman and reached into his cloak, and pulled out a pair of tiger claws. As the woman went to strike again, Shoujax dodged the strike with lightning speed and went for a strike to her throat; but he stopped suddenly and hit the floor.
His feet were frozen to the ground. The woman rose into the air like an angel of death, and began to pummel Shoujax with hail. Shoujax took the grunt of this barrage and merely smiled. "This one is good, she knows how to fight."
He broke the ice around his ankles and stared into the face of his enemy. She looked down on him and her eyes burned with ferocity and power. Shoujax laughed and removed his hood. He parted his hair and revealed a purple eye on his forehead. "With this, I will give you power!" He began to growl and fell on all fours. He roared with great force and shook the earth around him. He grew fierce fangs and claws extended from his extremities. Great electric forces began to fill the air around him and he took the shape, of a great beast; the tiger. He then looked upon the face of his enemy.
Her eyes had changed into those of a child looking upon a murderer. The fear poured out of them and filled Shoujax with a sense of relief. He jumped into the air and pinned her to the cold ice below. Her shriek echoed through the vast wasteland and multiple ice spears went through the newly formed Shoujax. All that could be heard was "Look into the eye…" It repeated over and over in the girl's head and drove her mad. She looked into the purple gem upon the beast's head, and a strange power overtook her.
She shrieked again and more ice and snow barraged the tiger, but he kept her pinned unmercifully. Her eyes began to glow as she realized her situation, and she began to transform. This woman changed into another beast. She grew wings and her claws rivaled those of Shoujax. Her beautiful face had changed into that of a dragon. Her wings had been inscribed, with the Nobody symbol.
Shoujax stood over her and grinned. "You are our number 2. Can you remember your true name?" He touched her forehead to his and they both changed back into their normal forms, and stood in the howling wind.
"Caitlin…" The woman finally spoke after a moment that seemed like eternity. Shoujax grinned and lifted his hand. The letters C-A-I-T-L-I-N appeared before the woman.
"Do you relinquish your true name so that you may become a new person?" The woman nodded her head. The letters spun around the woman's head and Shoujax pressed out his hands and the word "Nixalcti" was in front of her. "Welcome to the Order, Nixalcti. You're No. 2" Nixalcti opened a Dark Corridor and stepped through.
"Follow me, to our new base."
As they stepped through, they appeared on a dirt road. There was an endless field behind them. "Where are we?" Shoujax asked. Nixalcti smirked and simply replied
"This is The Blank Shot Saloon. I don't know why, but I was told to come here a long time ago."
Shoujax looked perplexed but knew this was Xemnas' plan all along. He kept his faith in his former leader and followed Nixalcti into the bar. It was a spacious bar. It seemed empty but everything ran and looked as if it had just opened the day before. "So who are we waiting for, sir?" Nixalcti asked.
Shoujax let out a nervous laugh and replied, "You're my superior, you don't have to call me sir. But my name is Shoujax. I am number 4."
Nixaclti let out a meek smile. "Well, I'll call you 4 then!" The duo sat at a table and began to drink a bottle of, what they thought was, whiskey. They spent their time talking of their lives before they were Nobodies. "I found it to be poetic justice," Nixalcti remarked. "The fact my heart froze over with darkness and I can manipulate ice." Shoujax laughed as another dark corridor appeared in the saloon. Nixalcti simply giggled and said, "jYexrem, it's good to see you again." jYexrem simply nodded and the others introduced themselves.
"Now that the introductions are out of the way," jYexrem began "we can focus on our main goal: to rebuild the organization to its former glory, become whole, and bring our order into the worlds."
"But, Leader, " Shoujax conjectured "the old organization was defeated by only a handful of people, how will our fate differ from theres?"
"It's simple. Out of the many truths out there, we will stay true to one: strength in numbers. When carrying out these missions we will use other members in the beginning, but as our numbers grow, we can follow the old path and use our Minions."
"Sounds reasonable." Xiammes replied "But how can we find them?"
"With Shoujax' power and mine, we can seek out our siblings and rebuild our empire."
Number's 2 and 3 looked at Shoujax and jYexrem. "What powers do you have?"
"Allow me, Leader" Shoujax interrupted as jYexrem was about to proceed. He sat back in his chair and let Shoujax take command of the conversation. "We all are aware that Xemnas had planned for us to lead in the downfall of the Organization, right?" The others nodded. "We all have our own powers. 1 can locate other nobodies due to his vast knowledge of world's and existence. I can find them using this." Shoujax removed his hood and revealed his third eye again.
"With this, I can look into the hearts and minds of others…including the world's. I can see who is on the world and where they're at. It takes a lot of energy, but with this eye, I can do amazing things…"
"Then let's raise our glasses!" jYexrem shouted. "To the birth of a new order!" The founders raised their glasses in the Blank Shot Saloon, and began the rebuilding, of the 18th Order.
you try thinking of an ice world better than Hoth.