My first story, so interpret that however you want.

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Kingdom Hearts: Two-Pronged Darkness

(A fan fiction)

Chapter 1: Darkness Reawakens

Deep in the basement of a lab belonging to a once great leader of a vibrant world, in a chamber that said leader never new about, a man with long white hair began to stir. He looked around his white walled surroundings, wondering where he was. Then, he recalled what had happened the last time he was here in this state.

"Why am I like this again?" He pondered. He knew what he had sacrificed to further his own research, the research that he felt compelled to pursue, as though it were a key to something he had once had but lost.

Then it hit him. As though the question was all that was needed, he remembered his exploits, the ones he originally anticipated to pursue, and the ones that he pursued separately in an unanticipated way. He recalled how his plans were foiled by the same teenage boy. They were not things he should have been able to remember, he realized. While they were carried out by him, it was done while in forms that were separate from his whole self. Second, how is it that he has now appeared here again, where he began his true journey after months of secret experiments that came to a standstill.

But what really hit him, were the other memories that returned with the experiences of his non-existent self. Memories that answered why he was drawn to such things in the first place. The man smiled, as he knew what he must now do. He would have revenge, he would regain power, he would spread darkness to everywhere he could. Especially now that he remembered a power that had slept dormant for all too long.

In the Hall of Remembrance, deep in Ansem's laboratory on Radiant Garden, Xehanort held out his hand for a surge of power to surround it, shaping an all too familiar weapon in it, and a pathway to a realm sealed with allies opening…

In The World that Never Was, in the floating fortress abandoned by its original occupants, Maleficent, having gained dominance over the remaining Heartless in the castle now that Xemnas had been vanquished, and therefore dominion over the castle itself, had begun thinking about getting her own revenge against a certain Keyblade brat, and of gaining dominion over several worlds. A pity that Kingdom Hearts had been sealed in a number of ways now, she would have to find other ways to steep the realm of light in darkness. And having made certain preparations-

"Pete, are our guests here?" The witch inquired.

"Uh yes Maleficent, everyone gathered just like you asked. All waiting for you. But… are you sure this will work this time?" Pete responded.

"Of course, you imbecile, this alliance should be much more powerful than the last, and I will be keeping a tighter grip on them all to ensure no one messes up like last time. And with the goals slightly different, I will be sure to succeed this time."

Sweeping away from her bumbling assistant, she walked into a meeting room she had created in the Hall of Empty Melodies, thorns all around and a dark table in the center, with certain people sitting in thorn like chairs, one or two with attendants standing behind them. In these chairs included a bored looking god with blue fire on his head, an ugly clown with a horrible fashion sense, a white faced, snake like man, someone with purple robotic armor admiring the evil setting a couple yellow robots behind him, another man with a cape and a long staff, and a plump monster suspended by many large spider like legs. All turned their attention to the dark witch as she began to address them.

"With the exception of Hades over here, until recently, you had no knowledge of other worlds outside your own, nor did you know, with the exception perhaps of Xande over there," nodding towards the man in the cape with the staff, "how to use the power of darkness. My offer is simple, I will teach you how to gain great power through controlling the Heartless and the darkness, and you all shall pledge allegiance to this dark alliance, headed by Hades and myself," (Maleficent realized reluctantly there would be no other way to get Hades on board again, as his powers were sufficient enough without her aid) "an alliance aimed towards drowning the worlds in the realm of light in darkness, as we assert our rule over all of them."

All of them were interested, though one of two people standing behind the snake-like men scoffed, but cursed red eyes revealing his interest in gaining even more strength. Like his current instructor, this power of darkness was something all too intriguing to turn down.

"If we are all agreed, let us all start making plans…"

In a completely different fortress, far from all the events so far entailed, existing between the light and the dark, a man cloaked completely in red observed everything. From Xehanort's reawakening to Maleficent's new alliance. Nothing unexpected, these were the natural results of the Keyblade Master's actions and inactions. Though what caught his surprise though, was the fact that as these new events unfolded, his fortress was shifting away from its position in between the two realms, and becoming ever more present in the realm of light.

"Interesting," he pondered, "Not even in the last ten years has my sanctuary drifted more towards a certain realm. The balance must really be in danger if my fortress seems to think existing entities will be incapable of restoring or maintaining a balance." The person smiled. "Maybe I will be allowed to have some fun and get to work. Best not get my hopes up though." Sighed the man, as he continued to watch the events about to unfold, turning his attention away from the dark conspiring figures that had taken form in his chamber, and focusing instead on figures that were composed of light…