PSA:
This fic is meant to be read with Winter Cabin Conundrum.
Please read up to and including Chapter 8 to understand this chapter.

Riku: A companion piece to Conundrum?
Mars: Well even Higurashi has its Answer Arcs. Some things are gonna need some clarification...especially with the current part...
Axel: Spoilers!
Mars: Right, and before you ask: Elucidation - explanation that makes something clear; clarification. Also, if it wasn't clear enough, this chapter is from Vanitas' point of view, but the PoV's will change every chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or its characters.

Winter Cabin Elucidation
Prologue

I was showing the man known as Braig to the door. He had just had a meeting with my master about using this cabin as a venue for a "leadership conference". Strange enough, it was at my master's request. I wondered exactly what he was planning, especially with this man. He had air of arrogance about him, one that I found annoying.

"So," he spoke to me in such a smug manner. "I haven't seen you before, where did you come from?"

"That is none of your concern," I informed him.

"Wow, attitude," his reply was spoken in the same manner as the question. "You might wanna work on that for when my students get here."

This man, a teacher? I refused to believe it. Then again, it is possible for him to be a public school teacher. From what I read about school, those teachers seemed to be more…lax. By the time I showed him to the door, I thought it hadn't come soon enough. I was glad to rid this man from the cabin. I went to confront my master on who he was and what he needed him for.

"Kingdom High School," he said when I returned to his room. "By sheer coincidence, some of the youths whose lives I affected attend that school, including her."

Xion. My early memories were all but wiped out but no matter what, I could still recall her. After all, our hearts are connected.

But I could not understand why my master wanted the other youths, surely they have some sort of vendetta against him. I inspected the list and I noted the first name on the list, the name Braig had objected to.

"Who is this Sora?" I inquired.

"He is very important to you, though I have never met him yet," he explained. "It will take some time to set up the connection."

"Connection…" I repeated.

I could not understand exactly what these 'connections' that he was talking about, only that it is very important and that it would take some time.

"But master," I began. "Surely three days is not enough time."

"We'll have to extend it using your magic," he informed me.

"But I cannot send someone else back, you know this."

"I know how your magic works Vanitas, I believe we can get Sora to help you."

"But how?"

"I must perform the ultimate sacrifice—by giving up my life."

My eyes widened. He could not have been serious.

"Most of those youths—even Braig himself—have a vendetta against me. Surely, one or more of them are more than willing to kill me, given the opportunity."

"But master, is this wise? There is always a chance for it to fail."

He ignored my comment, "You don't speak like a teenage boy, you will have to mingle with children your own age to get a firm grasp on their language. Otherwise someone will suspect that you are not what you appear to be."

Like a good servant I obeyed and I trusted my master. After all, he was the one who called me to him, he was the one who knew all that I did not know about myself. For the time being, I had to practice my language so that I sounded just like the students that would be coming here.

Axel: You sure this is an answer arc? I'm left with more questions than ever.
Riku: Same here.
Mars: It's meant to explain that Xehanort had the three days planned.
Axel: And if you wanna know what that means, read Winter Cabin Conundrum!
Mars: Which you should've done after reading the PSA at the top.