Kingdom Hearts III: The Dark Remnant

The gathering began on the new moon. No stars shone in the sky. There was no light in this place tonight…only darkness.

Eleven figures walked from the places they had dwelt in anticipation of the gathering. On a bleak plateau, they met.

"It is finished, brothers…the shells have perished, and the thirteenth Order is ended." The tallest figure, which stood in the center, asserted.

"There is still no victory to be had for us…nothing is finished by the defeat of the remains, or the ends of the nobodies…only change has resulted, as it always does," Another responded. The central figure turned to it.

"Don't you all see? Now is the time to take CONTROL of the change! We can at last choose a new leader and decide our own destiny, eliminating the last of the Nobodies!" It cried.

"You seek the impossible…we only help the Nobodies that survived as we attempt to help ourselves. Xehanort's foolishness has cost us any victory, no matter what we do." A third speaker, a woman, said.

"Don't blind yourselves to our hope! Our final obstacles are blissfully unaware of our existence, and our mutual friends are gathering…very soon now, we will be too strong to eliminate." The central speaker said, raising his hands as if desperate to convince the others.

"The Organization thought that Sora and Riku were mere tools as well…look what became of them!"

"WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE US DO, THEN!" The central figure shouted, finally losing control. The other ten backed away from his wrath. He strode towards the latest speaker, continuing.

"I will NOT go silently into the night! I'm not so afraid of the Keyblades that I'm content to float on the edges of existence forever! We have power, and we were wronged far more grievously than any other! Should we stay in this eternal dusk of hoplessness!" One of the others put a hand on the speaker's shoulder.

"Be warned…you are not the greatest of us, and you are not our leader…not yet. I will not follow fools…" The central figure, hearing this, hung his head, defeated. The man took his hand off his shoulder, and to the surprise of the others, stood beside him, facing the remaining people.

"…But you are right. I shall follow you." The woman that had spoken stepped forward.

"As will I."

"And I."

"And I."

"And I."

"I'll follow you too."

"…Very well, I'll join."

"Me too."

"Count me in."

All of the members who had spoken turned to the one that had been the source of the new leader's wrath.

"…If…if this is truly the will of the rest…you shall have my support." He said reluctantly, finally bowing to the man.

"We are decided. You are now our leader. Do not fail us, as Xehanort did…or you will find our loyalty shall not last."

"Agreed. It is time to leave our exile." The newly declared Leader stated.

"Time to return to the world of Light."