Chapter 1 we're on Our Own Now

(Loxen POV)

It has been at least a week since we came back to our original home, what am I kidding, this was where this entire mess had started from. We've been spending our time waiting for Rose to wake up from her coma. The Spirit Gardens and Spirit Guardians have ceased to exist as well as our Emblems. And have been seeking refuge in the first place we had ever lived, the Castle. Still gloomy as ever, it has always been our home.

"Loxen, dinner's almost ready and Roxel had promised he wouldn't burn it this time," said Rion.

"Thank you Rion," said Loxen.

I turned, gently caressing Rose under her chin, then left joining the others. By others I've meant the other children who were born into Organization XIII except for my savage, out to take over Organization XIII, older twin sister Lauren, who had ceased to exist when we came to the Spirit Gardens. She was the one reason why our parents had forgotten us, why Roxel, Roxie and Rion's cousins had ceased to exist. Lauren was a deceitful, manipulative freak, wanting what she wanted, power.

We basically formed our own organization within Organization XIII, known as the Emblem Guardians Society, or E.G.S. for short, we no longer had our Emblems, but our society still lives on. Rose was special to me; we were the first to have our Emblems and the first to lose them. We were there for each other. Yet though, why does she have to be in a coma now?

Anyway the E.G.S. is comprised of me, son of Larxene, Rose, daughter of Vexen and Marluxia and Maxia, daughter of Saix, as the co-founders, with Xerenia, daughter of Xemnas, Xeleos, son of Xigbar, Kai and Kairyu, twin brother and sister of Demyx and Zexion, Roxel and Roxie, twin brother and sister of Axel and Roxas and Rion, daughter of Roxas and Xion.

I was walking down the bleak hallways. I wondered why did everything have to be stark white, that's when it hit me of how we would make our mark here. Finally after the week of waiting for Rose to wake up, we were deciding on how to leave our mark here, now that this idea came, I started walking a little faster to the dining hall.

(Rose POV)

I had seen my father cease to exist, yet why would I fall into a coma. My eyes have remained shut, quiet, sleeping. Now, I really don't see how, but waking up doesn't seem right now, but I have to wake up. I've been seeing glimpses of things, my past, my present and what would have been my future. Not only that, but I have been seeing glimpses of this strange boy I do not know. He had pink hair like Marluxia, but Vexen's green eyes. Was he a long lost brother? Then I had awoken.

"I'm not at the Spirit Gardens… I'm in my room… in the Castle that never was," said Rose, "Why am I here?"

Confused at why I was at my old home, I caught an appealing scent. I hadn't realized how hungry I was, how long was I asleep? I found my way to the dining hall, finding everyone in E.G.S. sitting at the table then all eyes were staring at me.

(Normal POV)

Everyone saw that Rose was awake, that was good, seeing her awake, which meant that they could soon leave the horrid place they once called a home. Everyone hugged Rose, glad to see her awake again.

(Loxen POV)

Rose! She's awake; my love is awake at last, and in good time to see how we will leave our mark on this old castle.

"I'm glad to see you awake again Rose," I said.

"I'm glad to see you all. Why are we here and not at the Spirit Gardens?" asked Rose.

"The Spirit Gardens had ceased to exist, as well as the Spirit Guardians," said Xerenia, "which also means our Emblems have ceased to exist as well."

That was when we showed our arms to Rose, barren from any sign that an Emblem had existed.

"We hadn't had any other place to go; the Spirit Gardens were our only sanctuary in other world's people would suspect something is different about us. The Castle had no one within, not a single being, but it had a good supply of things we would need. We've also raided through all the rooms, found their old clothes and Rion was able to remake them into new clothes to disguise us, even using the old cloaks to make bags to hold what we need when we start to going to another world. We are not sure of what to do or where to go next, but we are glad that you are awake," I told Rose glumly.

"Okay I'm ready but where do we go now?" asked Rose.

"No where yet, we still have dinner," said Roxel jokingly.

Finally dinner, I almost forgot since Rose has been awake. When we had our fill we went to the Grey Area to talk about what we would do next. Roxel suggested to blow up the entire Castle; he even knew where Axel kept his secret stash of fireworks. But Xerenia said that if we blew up the Castle, we would be potentially end up destroying the world and end our existence but to take the fireworks since we would never know what we would need. We were lucky Lexaeus' coats were really large and he had so many of them. Which meant that Axel's fireworks stash could be taken along. Xeleos suggested to find embarrassing pictures of everyone and stick them around, but Maxia said that they would have had burned the pictures.

"Since all of these walls are a dark white, why not a game of paintball, and you could use your powers?" I suggested.

"Why not, it would help us train and further our abilities, plus would be fun since we hadn't had a paintball game in a while," said Rose.

"Fine then but every person for themselves, no alliances, it doesn't matter if you get hit, you lose when you quit," said Xerenia.

Everyone agreed to the idea and to start the game in the morning after breakfast. Everyone got their gear and the game lasted for five days, I can't remember the last time we spent days without sleep. We completely covered the entire Castle in brightly colored paint splats. Then, we finally went to bed for at least a day and night, never had we slept so soundly on those uncomfortable beds.

(Normal POV)

The next day when they were full of energy they separated in pairs to do different tasks so then they could leave this castle as soon as possible.

Rose and Loxen dealt with food, first raiding the Kitchen of Killin' Korn which was obviously misspelled, and that to find some food that would last for enough that was canned and preserved. Within Marluxia's gardens, there were fruit and vegetables growing, which then, Rose froze to last longer.

Xeleos and Xerenia dealt with weaponry and armory. The weapons they could summon was agreed as backup, Xeleos made several swords, battle axes, spears and bows and arrows, built to last longer. Xerenia built shields and armor that would last longer and lightweight to not slow them down.

Kairyu and Roxel dealt with supplies. Roxel already had the fireworks packed. They also had packed a medical kit with a few of Zexion's books from his private library. They also had packed grappling hooks, ropes, matches to hide their powers, scrap metal for repairs and other things they would need.

Maxia and Kai dealt with Munnies. They separated and raided all the rooms and found at least three billion munnies, which all had agreed had to be used sparingly.

Rion and Roxie dealt with clothing. They raided the rooms finding casual clothes as well as the cloaks, and taking curtains, bed sheets and anything made out of cloth that could be made into clothes. Rion made clothes to match everyone's personality and Roxie burned whatever they couldn't use.

This all took roughly a week. They had prepared themselves for anything.