Chapter 1 - The Beginning
Where did it all begin? I suppose it technically began when I was taken as my master's apprentice. She said she saw a warrior waiting to be released within me, and with my parents' permission, she took me with her to train me.
But my story really began alongside the keyblade war's outbreak.
My master's name was Shivana, and I would like to think I learned much from her... she was truly a master among masters.
She had complete control over the darkness in her heart, and wielded it as she would her own keyblade. In time, she taught me how to harness the shadows within me, and it was because of her that I was able to survive the war.
Ah, the war. It was a clash like no other... tearing the boundaries between realms in time. My master answered the call of the dark keyblade wielders once the war started, and fought against those who wielded the light.
She didn't like to fight, though, even though she was extremely capable. The war took a toll on her, and within months she decided to find sanctuary in the realm of darkness. Before she left me, she told me that darkness was her element, and that she would find peace and fade away in the realm she felt she truly belonged in.
She left me her home, and departed. I was sad for a time, and decided that I wouldn't take part in the war... Shivana told me it had no real reason but for opposite elements to try and prove their's was the superior one.
But a battle of this scale took an unexpected turn when the overuse of the elements tore open portals from the realms of light and darkness into our world, and what started as a squabble between preference became a fight for survival.
It was then that I decided I had to act. You see, a war that would end with one side claiming victory was one matter, but a war that would end with the extinction of all mankind was a completely higher concern.
It was a month or two before both the dark and light keyblade wielders realized what they had done. In a panic, they called for a truce, and joined together. This was when I joined the ranks of the "Keyblade Army".
The goal of the new war was simple in idea: Push back the invaders, and save our world and race. It was not as simple as it sounded, though. The denizens of darkness and light were relentless, and without mercy. Their numbers far exceeded our own, and they had near constant reinforcements... for every angel or heartless we killed, dozens more would take their place.
I had been trained properly, and I was given power without a use for it. This, in my opinion at the time, was what my powers were meant to be used for. I was placed in an army squad, alongside five others: Jayana and Karlan (Who were siblings, and wielded the light), Garret and Zeris (Who, as I did, wielded the darkness), and a master named Enilas who was the leader of our group.
There was much to do ahead of us, and we had to act quickly.
