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Chapter 1

It was midnight, and throughout Castle Oblivion, those inside were in a deep slumber. The moonlight shed its glowing caress through every window, stars glimmer accompanying the sky. Silence filled the echo-less halls; the only sounds emitting from the rooms were the soft lulls of respite. In a secluded chamber, Larxene stared at the farthest corner, unable to sleep. Her thoughts swirled around her mind in a depressed delirium.

'Why weren't you here? You said you would protect me...'

Memories of her 'past' flashed throughout her body: every emotion, touch, sound, kiss and tear. To her side, Marluxia embraced her waist in soundless repose. Despite the comforting spell of sopor in the arms of the floral nobody, her retained history bothered her sempiternally.

'I hate you... I hate them... all of them... I will make sure you are all as miserable as I am...'

Unable to find peace, she liberated herself from the warm caress of her lover and arose from the bed, wrapping herself in a milk-white sheet. Wandering to the gossamer draped window, she gazed at the overhanging moon towering above the vast wasteland below. Larxene placed her hand slowly to her chest: closing her eyes, feeling the soft beats of her heart.

"It's returning.."

Listening to the pulsing vibrations in her breast, emotions overcame her fragile soul. Lamenting tears flowed down her smooth face, falling to the ground like sorrowed rain. Nobodies did not have emotions, they did not have 'hearts', they were voids of existence. Nevertheless, Larxene had kept a secret from her fellow members since her first days in the Organization. She knew from this enigma the reasons for her sudden burst of remembrance, yet the velocity was so great she couldn't control herself.

"Why now? I'm not ready..."

Stifling her grief, she wiped the bitter drops away. Opening her eyes, she continued to immerse herself in the lonely night sky. However, her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of subtle movement behind her.

"Larxene, why are you up at this hour?"

The blonde nobody turned her head softly from the window as the moonlight flooded inside the room. Marluxia was awake. His body was propped upright on the bed, exposing his bare chest. As he gazed into her azure eyes in concern, she tried with much effort to hide her sadness. She smiled softly and returned to view the outside.

"Nothing, I was just looking at the moon."

Recognizing her response as pretend, he stood up and walked slowly to her side.

" Larxene, I heard you crying, what is causing you pain?"

He moved behind Larxene, wrapping his arms around her supple body and resting his head on her shoulder. She sighed gently and entwined her fingers with his, positioning one of his hands on her chest.

"Did I ever tell you about the 'real' me?"

"We don't remember our somebodies Larxene, they leave with our 'hearts'."

"...What if I told you that I remember 'her'."

The floral nobody lifted his chin from her shoulder and looked into her eyes in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

Larxene removed his arms from their embrace and turned to meet his worried stare. She set her hand on his cheek and grimly replied,

"... I think I should tell you something important."

Marluxia reached for her hand and set it aside. He returned to sit on the bed. Larxene joined him: holding his hand, gazing at the floor.

" … Before you do, could you tell me about 'her'?"

"It's a very long story."

"We have all night."

The blonde nymph took a deep breath, and replied softly.

"What I tell you could change everything about Organization XIII, about nobodies, about us."

Marluxia hugged her tenderly, whispering into her ear,

"I don't care about the Organization, that's why we're here to get rid of it."

"I know."

Turning to meet her eyes, he austerly replied,

"Please, tell me."

After several brief moments of silence, Larxene lifted her gaze to the moon, closed her eyes, and spoke:

"... My name, was 'Ranele'..."

End of Chapter 1