Destati
A Kingdom Hearts Fanfiction
By: (Penname) StormTorrent
Foreword:
This is my very first Kingdom Hearts fanfiction and I have to begin by saying that I am over the top excited to share this with you. I wanted to do something unique, me being tired of seeing yaoi fics about Sora and Riku or mindless ramblings about Kairi's thoughts on one certain event. Nothing has plot anymore. Nothing has struggle. I wanted to break out of that and I hope I did well.
I think I've researched this pretty thoroughly. I looked through Ansem reports and also retrieved the names, abilities, characteristics, and personalities of all thirteen of the Organization. I hope they are up to your standards. I'm going to introduce this fiction as…not normal. I wish to start something new, something fans will certainly enjoy; a story between comrades, and a struggle between allies. This story (hopefully, depending on how it pans out) will mostly follow Axel and Roxas (though I did give Larxene special spotlights too) and their friendship up until the point where Roxas leaves the Organization and is placed in Twilight Town. I aim to give a special twist to those times before when Roxas was in the Organization, the formation and transformation of Nobodies and the happenings among the shifty Organization XIII. It is my fervent wish that you will enjoy this to its fullest.
So, in finality—in a scattered dream that's like a far off memory, a far off memory that's like a scattered dream…I hope I can line up the pieces for you.
Thanks.
Oh yes, I wanted to also add that the title "Destati" means 'you awaken' in Italian I believe. I thought it to be a perfect title for my fanfiction. I was inspired to write this by the Bonus Track "Destati", the full version, on the first Kingdom Hearts soundtrack. The lyrics match up wonderfully. Check them out on animelyrics.
Dedication:
To Jenn for your friendship and for never giving up on me, you mean more to me than anything else in this entire world. My best friend, I'm always here for you and we'll always stick together no matter what—that's a promise.
Prologue:
Out of the darkness will come light.
A light among shadows, a hope among hopelessness.
One must make a choice to be our light;
The light for Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds.
Is he…the light?
The sky was ever darker that night.
It was never this way, not even when they were formed. There was quite evidently a disturbance in the balance; the balance of light and dark. Radiance and shadow swelled and surged back and forth, irritated, aggravated—it was sickening. Never before had the two met in such away, never would they ever again. This time it was different. This time it was very different.
A captive heart drifted along the edges of the light, flirting with the darkness beyond, before it was snatched back in a blaze of blinding radiance. No—this heart was far too strong to reside within the chains the shadows willed to bind it with.
Then, in the darkness something stirred: a flash of light. The shadows rocked, fitting themselves against the new entity, choking, suffocating the luminescence. Darkness clawed its way through the brightness, ripping apart its inner being, searching desperately for the one thing it wanted—the strong heart. Furious at the lack of findings the shadows lurched, doing everything in its power to rid itself of the impertinent intruder. Once again, light and dark met…
A sparkle, a tiny gleam danced along the border of the darkness from which it was conceived. Skirting around the edges of the boundary, the twinkle dodged the warmth of the light calling it to a holy repentance. Instead…it plunged back into darkness. The darkness quivered and quaked. Then with a terrible clap of thunder, lightning tore the sky and the earth shook. With a loud, deafening roar the shadows delivered its desolate creation into a broken world.
A child. A young boy.
Suddenly, all was still. For a breathless moment both light and dark observed the unfortunate child lying exposed, sprawled on the cold hard ground. A breath of life was gently breathed into the boy and he immediately began to shudder and wheeze, gasping in his first haggard breaths. Everything had become calm again; the balance again was as it should be. And yet…
It had only just begun.