Chapter 2: OathKeeper

Recap : Vias left home in search of King Mickey but landed on Destiny islands and met Kairi

Listening to Kairi's stories on the tree distracted Vias 'til nightfall. Kairi stood up from sitting on the tree and looked to Vias.

"You must be tired Vias" Kairi said like she had an idea

Vias now knew a lot about Sora and the gang from Kairi's stories and he seemed like a kid who just got out of a lecture, his eyes slightly open but he seemed happy. "Yea, I kinda am... I'll need to find a place to stay. Know any hotels?"

"Of cause I do but... You can stay at my house, we have a spare bedroom" Vias felt shocked that Kairi trusted him so quickly but knew that in a peaceful world like this it's only natural.

Later that night Vias was sleeping in Kairi's house when in his dreams he heard "Call out to it... Use the power of the Dark Keyblade!" Vias stepped back and the world around him became dark and before him appeared the Dark Keyblade, a Kingdom Key coloured the black of darkness. Vias looked around, "just, who are you!? What do you want from me!?"

Before Vias a shadow appeared that took form of Vias himself. "I am but you, or more correctly, the darkness within you." The shadow Vias picked up the Dark Keyblade and Vias materialized his.

"I'm not gonna hurt you," said the shadow Vias "I just want to help you." Vias stood with confidence and responded "You just wanna help me into the darkness and I say no. I have my own Keyblade, and it will always be here to help me fight off the darkness!"

The Shadow Vias appears behind Vias and attacks him just then Vias wakes up gasping for air. "Whoa, that was..." Just then he hears the sound of construction and looks out his window. "Is that a Gummi Ship?" He rushes out of bed and out the house yelling "later Kairi!"

Vias strolls onto the beach and finds the Gummi Ship and starts admiring it and hears a voice, "Sora quit snoozing while I have to do repairs"

"Come on, Riku, don't I get to rest" and a laughing reply "you're just lazy." Vias peers around the ship and says "Sora? Riku?"

Sora and Riku look to Vias "Who are you?" Asks Sora. Vias raises his hand infront of him and summons his Keyblade. "Vias, my name... Is Vias"

After telling them his story Vias notices Riku struggling. "Riku?" Asks Vias, "What's up with the Gummi Ship?" Riku scratches his head, "Long story short," Looks at Sora "don't let Sora fly the ship." Sora chuckles and puts on that signature smile of his. Vias walks up to the ship, "All you have to do is this" Vias moves some parts around and fixes the ship.

"Wow Vias! That's awesome" Sora smiles with joy. "We broke the ship..." Riku interrupts "we?" Sora shakes his head "I broke the ship before we got to Yin Sid's Tower, now we can go to take the Mark of Mastery exam! Thanks Vias"

"No problem, I just need to ask you something"

"Sure, anything" asks Sora almost to eager to help.

"I know you guys know King Mickey... Can I come with you to meet him?" Vias asks shyly looking down

Riku looks at Vias "Sure, he'll be at Yin Sid's Tower"

"Great, just give me a second" Vias runs to Kairi's house and finds Kairi, "hey Kairi, you wanna come with?" Kairi looks at Vias "what are you talking about?"

"Sora and Riku came back and I fixed their ship, now they're gonna take me to see King Mickey"

Kairi thinks for a bit and looks at Vias "I don't usually go with but ohk" Vias grabs Kairi's arm and rushes to the ship with her "Yay!" Vias arrives at the ship and they all get on and take off.

"Hey Riku..." Says Vias. "Yea?" Replies Riku. "Can I fly the ship?" Riku looks at Vias with suspecting eyes "Not after what happened after I let Sora fly this thing." Sora looks around and shrugs "Like I meant to" and starts laughing.

They eventually arrive at Yin Sid's Tower and Sora rushes to the front door to greet the King, Donald and Goofy "Hey guys," points to Riku, Kairi and Vias walking up to them "this is Vias, he's a Keyblade Wielder. He's here to speak with the King." King Mickey and the others look at Vias and Vias just smiles and waves.

"Anyway," says King Mickey, "you two have to go to the top of the tower to speak to Yin Sid. Vias we can talk in a second"

After Riku and Sora head up the tower Mickey turns to Vias and asks "What's up Vias?"

Vias looks to Kairi and she nods making him look back to King Mickey "My Home world has been controlled by darkness for as long as I can remember, and I'm the last Keyblade Wielder... I need your help defeating the darkness"

Mickey seemed confused and asked "Have you tried locking the Keyhole?"

"Keyhole?" Vias said with a confused face

"It's what leads the heart of the world. You'll need to get there to fight off the darkness that for some reason hasn't destroyed your world" King Mickey replied "where did you say you come from again?"

"Decention City" replied Kairi before Vias could

King Mickey looked confused and thought for a second. "That name seems familiar" Mickey took a while "I remember!" Vias' face filled with joy. "It's a world that's been in the darkness so long that only a really powerful Keyblade could lock it" Mickey said with great disappointment.

Vias looked down in sorrow but Kairi put her hand on his shoulder saying "it's gonna be alright." Vias looked around at everyone and said "Well I have to get home to tell everyone. King Mickey, could you use your Keyblade to lock my world?" King Mickey replied by saying "My Keyblade's not gonna work. You need a powerful Keyblade that can help YOU fight off the darkness"

"Thanks Mickey, just one problem" everyone looked at Vias awaiting an answer, "how do I get around if my Gummi Ship went bye bye?"

"I'll get you a Gummi ship" said King Mickey

"Whoa?! Really?" Asked Vias. King Mickey nodded and said "but it will take some time, mind waiting here?"

"Not at all, Thank you Mickey"

Later on Kairi and Vias are sitting outside Yin Sid's Tower...

"Vias, why is your Keyblade shaped like the OathKeeper?"

Vias summons his Keyblade and looks at it, "well," he says "I learned I had it because of a promise I made"

"Will you tell me about it?" Kairi asks as she tilts her head

Vias starts thinking back to a day on Decention City. He is sitting on top of one of the buildings overlooking the Dark side of the city with a girl with gray hair and green eyes wearing a coat that hangs to her knees complimented by skin tight pants and boots.

"Hey Vias" the girl says. Vias turns to her, "Yea May?"

"As a Keyblade wielder I go out there every day," May starts saying, "I want you to promise me something"

"Anything" Vias replies with haste

"Promise me you'll always protect your friends"

"Me?" Vias asks confusingly "I don't even have a Keyblade"

May takes her Keyblade shaped like the Kingdom Key and puts it in Vias' hands. "You will one day"

"Then one day she got defeated out on a mission" Vias tells Kairi.

Kairi looks at Vias and says, "it's not your fault." Vias looks at Kairi, "I'm not done"

May is out Fighting Heartless and Vias is with her. After May destroys the last heartless in the area Vias says, "so this is what the Dark side is like?"

"The Dark side gives me a feeling I cannot duplicate," May proceeds to say as Vias looks at her in shock, "I have accepted the voices of the darkness Vias and you should too!" May walks to Vias, puts her hand on his shoulder and stands against him face to face as she looks up at him, their lips just a short distance apart. "Come with me Vias, you'll get great power"

"May! Snap out of it!" May turns around and takes a few steps forward and turns back to Vias. "You have to come with me, you have to come watch over me. You promised" May protested.

"Then what happened?" Asked Kairi.

"She attacked me, and in my hand a Keyblade appeared and when I opened my eyes she was gone" Vias said as a tear ran down his face.

"That must be the saddest story of how someone got their Keyblade, I'm sorry"

"It's okay," cleaning his face with his hand, "it wasn't your fault" Vias stands up, "besides! We need to keep an upbeat attitude" he says with a smile

"Where you gonna look for this Keyblade you need?"

"I need a Keyblade, that will be able to lock a keyhole that's been so over run by darkness that the world itself has been consumed, but not yet destroyed because the heart of the world is strong, but first I have to go and stop all the heartless in the world's heart"

(Next chapter Vias gets a new Gummi Ship and starts his journey)