Rain was falling outside of the castle walls with a gentle beating and tap against the window panes. The storm had lasted 3 days straight now with no sign of letting up. Blade sat by the window waiting for Beast to return with Belle from their trip. Blade began to look back upon how he had ended up there. He was in Twilight Town running from the Heartless. He had had no protection for himself and therefore was due to running away. He took one of his desired shortcuts down an alleyway and saw the gate on the other site with which he could escape. The clock tower had slowly rung 10:00 pm with a harmonic song. Blade was about to break free when a tall man with solid white hair, and an Asian look to his face came in front of him. He had a look that made you know and feel he was powerful and dangerous. He looked into Blade's eyes and said in a deep voice, "They will have your heart if you keep running." Blade was bewildered upon who "they" were and as if knowing his thoughts the man said, "They are the Heartless. They feed upon the living hearts of others searching for impurity. Once released to the darkness, you become one of them." Blade was still confused and asked, "Who are you?" "I am Ansem. I control the Heartless with great power. I have sent them upon this town searching for darkness in the hearts' of others." Ansem looked past Blade for a moment and continued. "If you want to survive you must do it for yourself. I can lend you the necessary equipment you need but you must learn how to wield them. I will give you the option to control the heartless or become one. What will you choose?" Blade was scared now because if what this man said was true, then why wouldn't he kill him now if he was the controller of the Heartless. Blade decided that it was up to faith now and nodded his head slowly. "Very well." said Ansem. Blade felt a rush of energy flowing through his veins and power like no other. Ansem then said, "I leave you now. It will be up to you whether you live or die." With that, Ansem erupted into a cloud of darkness and vanished.


Blade felt two things forming inside his fists. He looked down and noticed that two identical objects began to take shape. They looked like...keys. 'How is a key supposed to help!' he thought. He heard a noise and whirled around to find that the group of Heartless that were chasing him were stopped. There was a definite look of lust in their eyes that could not be denied. One of the smaller ones lunged at Blade. Blade raised the two keys in defense and to his surprise, the Heartless had instantly dispersed into the air. More confident in how they were defeated he felt prepared to take on the others. The Heartless following him began to surround him. Almost instantly they multiplied! The heartless, now eight total, all lunged at Blade to attack him. Blade reacted instinctively and leaped into the air but not before slashing two down. Six remained. Three had followed him into the air and avoided his first strike. Blade saw that he had to take out these three at once so he stuck out his arms to his side fully extending the keyblade and started spinning around. Each Heartless was slashed through twice and one of them a third time. Blade hit the ground on both feet and soon after, the three Heartless did as well, each dispersing as soon as they struck the ground. The three that remained had multiplied once again making eighteen total. Blade tried to slash them down but they kept coming. After a while, he lost balance and fell on his back. The Heartless were creeping towards him and just before they struck, a giant bear type monster leaped from behind him and finished off the remaining Heartless. He turned around and Blade got a full view of him. Black, slightly curved horns were coming out of his skull. He had wavy brown hair all over and a purple cape. His face had a tan tint to it and his eyes were a mixture of yellow and brown. This bear was enormously tall and definitely frightful. He lowered his hand toward Blade's and said in a rough but kind voice, "I am Beast." Since then, Blade had been living with him and Belle hear at the castle known as Hollow Bastion. That had been three years ago and Blade was now much better equipped with the two keyblades he called Oblivions. He found out that as his powers grew greater, he was able to control the Heartless. Control them at his will. He hadn't used his power to the full extent, however knew he could go farther. He usually summoned the Heartless to train with himself and fight. Beast had taught him what the keyblades and Heartless were and taught him how to fight with the keys as well as control a few heartless.


As Blade looked through the distorted images through the window, he thought he could make out two figures coming in the distance. One was very large, no doubt Beast, while the other was skinny and looked as if protected. This was of course Belle. Blade moved away from the window and headed down the Great Hall and up to the front gates.