Lock and Key

Roxas

"So, you're our newest member… Klixhal, was it?" said Saïx.

"I am" said Klixhal.

It's a dark stormy day outside The Castle That Never Was, but that was normal seeing as this world was made without a heart. Or so I was told. I guess the castle was too, hence the name "The Castle That Never Was". I guess the castle is like me in a way: I don't have a heart either. In fact, no one in the castle does. Not me, not my best friend Axel, not even Klixhal.

"You'll be sharing a room with Roxas. I'm sure you two have gotten to know each other already." said Saïx.

Klixhal looked at me, and stared into his eyes and nodded. He then looked at Saïx and nodded.

"Good. Now I shall introduce you to our leader, Xemnas" said Saïx.

Wait, Xemnas? As in,our leader Xemnas? No one, not even his right hand men got to meet Xemnas on their first day! Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, maybe Xaldin, Xigbar, and maybe even Vexen got to meet him on their first day—they did found the Organization after all—but I didn't! I'm the reason they're still around! Klixhal doesn't know it yet, but if he's going to see Xemnas on his first day, it's probably not good. I never felt so jealous! Wait… I've never felt anything actually. That's weird, Nobodies aren't supposed to feel anything! We need a heart to do that!

Calm down, Roxas. I think to myself.

"Hey, Tiger! The big boss man is requesting us in the chair room." said Xigbar.

I snap out of my trance to see a man with a single eye patch on his right eye. The sharp-shooter, Xigbar. God, I hate it when he calls me "Tiger".

"Don't call me that, Xigbar! You know I hate it!" I said.

"Okay, okay! No need to get to get antsy!" said Xigbar with a wink.

I sigh as I walk to the white double-doors with the Nobodies sign on them: A somewhat heart-shaped-cross-thingy. That's the most I could tell, anyway. I push the doors open and walk to Where Nothing Gathers, or as Xigbar put it, "The Chair Room." Funny, that's exactly what it is.

"There is a problem. The Heartless population has dropped again recently" announced Saïx.

"Again?" whispered Klixhal to me.

"Yeah," I reply. "It's been happening a lot recently" I say more to myself than to Klixhal.

Saïx turns to Number VIII, my best friend Axel and says in his most quiet and calm voice possible:

"Lea, can you take the new member and 'Show him the ropes' so to speak?"

I burst out laughing at the worst possible moment, because Axel gives me his creepiest I'm-Gonna-Murder-In-Your-Sleep look that shuts me right up. For about a second. Lea? That was his Somebody's name? The thought of it just shocks me.

Oh no. There I go, feeling again. I'm not supposed to do that! I think to myself.

"Sure thing… Isa." replied Axel.

Saïx's turn to be embarrassed.

"Fair enough." he says.

And that's the end of that.

I stare up at the ceiling in my room thinking of all things that happened recently. I learned Axel and Saïx's true names, the Heartless population dropped again, and I can feel things. I can FEEL things. I repeat that sentence over and over gain in my head just to make sure I haven't gone crazy. Just as I'm about to repeat it for what seemed like the hundredth time, Demyx rushes—Yes, rushes—into my room.

"Roxy, Axel and Saïx are fighting!" exclaimed Demyx.

I roll my eyes and turn to face him.

"Not surprised. Any other news?" I say.

"Uh, yeah! They're using weapons!" he yells.

I bolt out of my bed and run past Demyx.

When I reached the main hall, I saw what I expected, Axel winning. Why am I not surprised?

"Stop!" booms the voice of Xemnas through the walls.

"Fine, you're not worth the challenge anyway…" said Axel, spitting every word in Saïx's face.

Axel walks past me without looking at me, but I see his eyes: Wild.

"Axel, What—" I started.

"Nothing" he says.

Klixhal runs over to me, from where, I couldn't care less.

"What the hell happened here?" said Klixhal, staring at the blood on the once-clean white floor.

"I'll tell you tomorrow" I say.

I walk back to my room, hoping that everything will be better tomorrow.