Chapter II

The Union of Arbitrium

"Many years ago, there was a fearless, powerful union. The Union of Arbitrium, or, the Union of Control." Master Yen Sid begins his tale, "The leader of this union was a man who went by the name of Corvus. Corvus was one of the first Keyblade Masters. Now, Corvus had dark, dark intentions to benefit the union. He saw fit to take a hold on darkness itself and abuse the power of it. Corvus could control the Heartless, make them do what he wanted them to. He led armies of heartless into towns, the weak lost their hearts, the strong were roped into the union."

"What did this union want to achieve?" Sora swallows.

"They were power-thirsty. They wanted strict rule of the worlds. They wanted to be the supreme rulers of everything, Corvus decided he wanted to rule the rulers. He got power through the Keyblade and his control of the Heartless, yet, he demanded more. He found something, a book perhaps, that mentioned the power of Kingdom Hearts. This is the power he dreamed of."

"But he never got it." I say.

"What? Sena have you heard this?"

"Oh, um no. It just seems pretty obvious doesn't it." My laugh awkwardly bounces off the walls into my mouth, "I mean we wouldn't be here if he did."

"I suppose..." Sora frowns, Master Yen Sid waves his hands to regain our attention.

"Sena, you are correct. Corvus never achieved Kingdom Hearts thanks to a certain hero."

"Who?" Sora inquires.

"Someone very gifted..." He gaze bores into my eyes and I look away, no need to relive the past, "Anyways, Corvus is the one who started the first Keyblade war. When he fell, the union crumbled with him."

Sora rocks back and forth on his heels before bursting out, "What does this have to do with the current Heartless attacks?"

"Patience. Corvus was too strong to be completely obliterated, his heart had to be sealed away from reach. So the hero of the tale locked his heart in a jar, and put it under the war grounds. I fear, that with the recent fighting there, a vibration in the ground knocked the seal off and that his heart escaped. If this is true, we need to prepare, this will be a tougher fight than Xehanort. Whilst Xehanort craved answers, this man is bent on control. He is a master of not only the Keyblade, but possession as well. It is more important than ever that you keep your heart from trailing too far into the darkness... Into his reach."

I squeeze my eyes shut, all that work, all that work for nothing... "Sena are you alright? You look like you've seen a ghost." Sora's eyes look at me with concern.

"No, I'm fine. It's just a scary thought." I flash a weak smile.

"Okay..."

"SIR! Hollow Bastion is under attack!" A squeaky voice interrupts the silence and the wooden door is swung open.

Sora's eyes widen slightly, "Thank you for the information, Master! But I've got to go help!"

"Be vigilant, Sora."

"I will!" He rushes from the room.

"Hey! Wait!" I bound after him, the door shuts behind me and the quickly talking voice becomes hushed. I get outside and Sora is already dressed in his armor. I summon my sleek white armor and hop on my hover board. Sora sits on a bike of sorts. We soar into the dark sky and fly to the distant Hollow Bastion. I hop down and call for my Keyblade, it materializes in my hand and I am immediately rushed by a swarm of Heartless.

Swing.

Slash.

Heartless after Heartless disintegrate and more keep taking their place. Sora and I are back to back fending them off, the numbers keep growing though. A flash of blonde and silver jumps across my sight, the blonde stills and the silver is a large sword taking out Heartless.

The blonde one isn't the only helper, a person leaps across the Heartless throwing ninja stars and picking them off. Another swordsman strikes down plenty himself, I'm pretty sure a girl is just punching them to death. My energy is depleting, my skin gets a green glow around it, healing? Who's healing? Then I see her, a girl observing the battle from the rooftop, saving our asses with potions and cure.

Without realizing, I wipe out the last Heartless and only the six people on the ground and the one girl on the roof remain.

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"Do you know what's causing the Heartless to attack?" Pipes up boxer.

"Master Yen Sid believes that someone insanely power-thirsty has broken free of his prison." Sora explains, his tone worried.

"Don't worry about us, Sora. You go seal this guy up again before he does something worse." Blondie says.

Sora nods and smiles, "Nice to see you guys again!" And he walks out of the room in a fast walk, I'm ten feet ahead of him, "Sena wait up. We should go together for safety."

"What do you mean, Sora? I have to find my brother."

"I know, Sena. But, where will he be if this guy wreaks the worlds?" I lower my head into my hands.

"I can't leave him!"

"If he's anywhere near as strong as you, he'll be fine." If he's anywhere near as strong as me, he'll be dead, "Please come, at least until Donald and Goofy arrive to help."

"Fine. Where are we even going?"

"The Keyblade Graveyard. We have to check the seal."