First chapter, hope it goes over well. By the way, Sean's outfit is an Organization member's clothes only white.
Chapter 1
The Dark Beginning
Seven hearts. If six are the door, then the seventh, the final heart, must be the key. Although this hypothesis may not be accurate, it is the best answer through all of my research thus far. It appears that if one hopes to open the door that they create, to open the path, they must find these hearts. I'm afraid none of these "pure" hearts lie here, which saddens me greatly. How I long to venture out and find these hearts, to open the door, it has become my dream, my vision. But alas, even with all of my wisdom and knowledge, still I can not. My people and I are trapped on this planet, mere prisoners of this tiny place.
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Sean jumped to the side, evading the Neoshadow's attack, clutching his five-year old son closer to his chest with his right hand. In his left he quickly brought his blade sideways, slicing the Heartless in to. It exploded into nothing more then a few strands of darkness, disappearing shortly after. Sean wore a white robe outfit with a hood, gloves, boots, and silver chains hanging down under the hood. His hood was currently down, revealing straight, neat brown hair going down to his eyebrows. He had equally brown eyes, sharp as nails as he looked for a potential threat.
"Annoying Heartless," he muttered, twirling his blade, which disappeared in small, quick flash of light. He sighed and looked down at his son with concern. His son had his fathers brown hair, however it was much messier, and blue eyes that held the look of fear in them. He wore a white shirt and pants, along with same colored shoes and socks.
"Are you alright Isaac?" his father asked softly. Isaac nodded slightly and laid his head back down on his father's shoulder. "We're not far now," Sean muttered. "We're getting close to the hanger."
He tightened his grip on his son and tore off down the street. The street was made of a strange type of crystal, shiny and smooth, glistening slightly under the light of the fire surrounding the street. The skyscrapers around them were also made of the mystifying crystal, soaring high into the sky. Unfortunately, burning orange flames covered most of these buildings, destroying their beauty as they spread up on the sides like spiders. Sean's eyes clenched shut for a moment, hearing screams and yells in the distance as the Heartless stampeded the planet, desecrating and destroying this magnificent city and its inhabitants. Sean screeched to a halt as a smaller building toppled over sideways, smashing into thousands of deadly pieces. Sean jumped back to avoid the sharp crystal, bending down and covering his son, in turn getting sliced with several pieces of the crystal. However, better him then his son. He straightened back up and shook his head slightly, shaking the small particles from his hair. He still couldn't fully register the chaos happening around him. It just couldn't be happening. Not here. But thinking of the task at hand, he turned and tour down an alleyway to his right as fire began to fully consume the crystal road. He looked down for just a moment to check on his son when a Neoshadow appeared in front of him in a ball of purple and black light, appearing and disappearing in a second. Sean's eyes widened in surprise and he quickly jumped back, just avoiding the Heartless's swipe as it grabbed a chain from his neck, hanging on which was a strange symbol. The Heartless was about to leap forward when it suddenly it by a blast of light in the back, exploding immediately after, small puffs of black smoke fading away where it once was. Another man stood there, holding up his hand, palm facing the place where the Neo Shadow once was. The man wore the same outfit as Sean, his hood also down, revealing shining silver hair and bright blue eyes. He appeared to be in his twenties to early thirties.
"Articus!" shouted Sean in relief, a smile coming across his lips.
"About time you got here," said the man, bending down and picking up Sean's chain, the symbol shining slightly. The symbol was in the shape of a metallic square, completely black except for a small light in the center, which seemed to glow softly. "Are you two alright?"
Sean nodded. "Yeah…barely. The Heartless gave us some trouble. Luckily we managed to avoid most of them and get out of the house before they overran it. I can believe it Articus." Sean shook his slowly. "Lemuria…destroyed. How did they get on the planet?"
Articus sighed. "We're not sure, the planet should have prevented them, but somehow they got past, I don't understand. The darkness must have been stronger then we expected. The entire planet has been overrun." Sean's eyes widened, shaking his in disbelief. "They are so many on the planet, Sean. I've never seen so many Heartless in one place. It's as if the darkness has been longing to consume this world."
Sean paused for a moment, looking down at his son who was burying his head into his father's shoulder. "The darkness has prevented us from getting off the planet with our light. Is the hanger still there?" Sean asked, looking back up at Articus who nodded.
"Fortunately yes, I was about to head there when you two came. We can take the back way, it's less conspicuous."
Articus and Sean stuck their heads out the alleyway, looking around. "Let's go," whispered Articus, and he and Sean sped across the street towards a building, leaping over piles of debris and small lumps of fire. "We can take the back door inside here," said Articus, laying his hand upon a door. The door flashed slightly and creaked open. Suddenly the wall of one of the buildings beside them exploded, making them cover their faces to avoid the debris, Sean covering his son. When the smoke cleared a man was thrown out of the building, wearing similar clothing to Sean and Articus. He landed on his back with a loud crack and moaned as he tried to get up. Sean took a step forward when suddenly dozens of Shadow Heartless appeared around the man. The man yelled as he was quickly covered in the Shadow Heartless. Sean clenched his teeth in anger.
"Damn the Heartless! They will pay!"
"Sean, don't, we have to get Isaac out of here, you know that."
Sean narrowed his eyes and reluctantly followed Articus into the building. When they were in, the door slowly shut behind them. Articus turned paced his opened palm against the door. The door was outlined in light for a moment, and Articus nodded. "That should hold the Heartless, at least for a while anyway."
The building was large; balconies outlining each floor so you could look down and see the first floor where they were. However, most of the floors were engulfed in flames. The bottom floor on which they stood was made of the strange crystal, the design that was on Sean's necklace enlarged on the floor, flames were engulfing one side of the room. Sean placed his son down beside him so he could walk with him as Articus pointed to a door at the other end of the room.
"There, that should lead us to the backdoor of the hanger."
Sean nodded, but as they reached the door, the ground shook and the floor above they collapsed, spreading dust and debris everywhere. Sean ducked and rolled out of the way, while Articus and Isaac jumped to the other side, towards the door. Sean coughed as the smoke cleared, revealing an enormous pile of rock and crystal, cutting him off from the door and Articus and Isaac.
"Sean!" yelled Articus, looking through a small opening in the rubble. "Are you alright?"
Sean ran over and looked through the opening. "Yeah, but we're cut off."
Suddenly the door where they came in shook, as if something were trying to bust it in. Sean wielded around, his eyes wide. He could here the all too familiar scarping sounds of dozens of claws scratching at the door violently. He stared at the door for a moment, finally making up his mind. He turned back to the opening and said, "Articus, take Isaac and get out of here."
Articus's eyes widened. "What! Are you crazy? You're getting off the planet too!"
"Daddy!" yelled Isaac, suddenly in front of the opening, reaching for his father. "Daddy, don't go!"
"Articus, please my friend, you've got to do as I say. You know what is at stake here."
Articus said nothing for a moment, looking at Sean through the opening. He reached his hand through and Sean did the same, clasping their hands together for a moment. Articus nodded and grabbed Isaac. "Daddy, don't go!"
Articus rushed towards the door, ramming himself against it with his shoulder, knocking it open and running through. Isaac's last yells dieing away, Sean turned back to the front door, narrowing his eyes at the now louder scratching noises. Suddenly the door busted open, flying backwards towards Sean. Sean rolled out of the way as the door hit the pile of rubble behind him with extreme force, breaking into several pieces of crystal scattering across the smooth floor. Sean turned back to the now open doorway, smoke clouding his view. Into the room ran, or waddled, a dozen Shadow Heartless, surrounding Sean. The much faster Neoshadows shot into the room, surrounding him in seconds. His blade appeared once more in his hand and he held it at the ready, his eyes darting back and fourth. The Heartless didn't move to attack, but backed up slightly, making an opening in their circle. A man walked out of the smoke of the doorway, accompanied by four Shadow Heartless. The man wore the same clothes as Sean, however they were black, (note picture at start of chapter) and the man's hood was up, concealing his face entirely in darkness. He came to rest at the opening of the Heartless's circle, his hands at his side.
"Sean, I should have guessed," said the man, in a voice cold and sharp.
The man laughed when Sean said nothing. "What's the matter? Devastated to see a planet like this? Or is it the fact that it's your planet this time? After long last Lemuria has finally fallen, and soon shall the door to darkness open! Now, where is the key? Hand it over."
Sean smirked. "It's gone," he said, chuckling slightly. "It was already taken away. And you'll never get your hands on it!"
The man yelled in aggravation and a sword with a black handle and blade appeared in his hand, strange red symbols on the blade and handle. "We shall see, Light Wielder, we shall see."
Isaac struggled in Articus's grasp as they made their way down a crystal hallway. "Daddy, NO!" He broke free of Articus's grasp, tearing back down the hallway.
"Isaac!" yelled Articus, chasing after him.
Isaac ran through the open doorway, running up the wall of rubble and looking through the opening. "Daddy," he began, but stopped, his eyes widening as he looked in on the scene.
Sean parried the hooded man's blows, but his fighting style was no match for the hooded man's. He blocked one of the man's blows, but received a hit to the gut by his knee. The hooded man knocked him backwards, so he pushed off the ground with his hands to counter it, landing on his feet. The hooded man twirled his sword in an arrogant manner.
"Pathetic, Light Wielder, truly pathetic."
Sean's breathing was heavy, his body stung and ached from the shards of crystal imbedded in him.
"What's the matter Sean, can your heart not take the darkness?"
Sean just glared at the hooded man, trying to slow his breathing. He twirled his sword and shot forward, the hooded man doing the same. Sean tried to increase his speed, rapidly striking at the hooded man. However the man merely chuckled and easily increased his own speed, parrying Sean's strikes. The Heartless surrounding them stood their ground, excitingly looking all around, as if the battle was an event.
Sean quickly sank to the ground, tripping the hooded man with a sweep of his leg. The hooded man yelled in surprise and fell face first to the ground. Sean leapt back to his feet, only to have the hooded man shoot forward across the ground, grabbing his legs and flipping Sean over him and standing up straight. Sean fell hard on his back and clenched his eyes shut for a moment, pieces of the crystal getting pressed deeper into his skin. He leapt back to his feet and wielded around, holding his sword up at the ready. The hooded man pointed his at Sean and they rushed towards each other. All the Heartless now at stopped looking around and watched the battle intently. Sean glared at the man as they rushed forward and could have sworn he saw the very faint outline of a smirk inside the man's hood. Just as the hooded man's sword came into reach, Sean leapt up, jumping off the man's sword and flipping over him. He landed on his feet and began to turn around.
The hooded man chuckled. "Gotcha." With much greater speed then Sean's, he wielded around, his sword making contact with Sean's stomach. Everything seemed to freeze. Sean stood there, his eyes wide in shock, no noise coming from his open mouth.
Isaac's face was much worse. He was pale; his eyes wide, yet no tears came from them, and no yell came from his throat. Suddenly someone from behind him covered his eyes and picked him up. Articus shot back towards the door, determination in his eyes, Isaac making no move to struggle in his grasp.
The hooded man chuckled and took a step forward, his blade slicing all the way through, cleanly cutting Sean in half, the two halves of his body falling to the ground, his sword clattering beside him, disappearing silently. The hooded man tilted his head up and laughed. "The end of the Light Wielders is finally at hand!" The Heartless around him moved around excitedly, taking no notice to Sean's remains as they faded into dust.
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Besides the seven purest hearts, through my research I have concluded that I will need countless hearts, more then I'm afraid my world has to offer. It seems if I am to ever fulfill my dream, I most find a way off this planet. Surely the creatures that I have based all my research on, the creatures born of the heart and darkness, the Heartless, must be the solution. Yes, of this I am sure. I will focus my study on the Heartless and the darkness, so that I may find a way to cross over into other worlds.
