Any non-original Characters/Powers/Settings/Weapons will be tagged with '*' and will recieve proper detail and sourcing. This is based after the timeline of "Kingdom Hearts II", made by Square-Enix and Disney. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kingdom Hearts IV – Dawn of Dusk
Chapter 1: Fragments
Flashes of light and fumes of shadows scattered everywhere. The two great powers clashed together to transform themselves into physical shapes.
The rays of light formed into a tall and shining armored knight, with a fiery blue key-shaped sword. The fumes of darkness swirled together to form a hooded man with a massive red-edged scythe with a pair of small bat-like metal fins.
There was also a single boy who stood between them.
He had mid-length dawn-golden hair, wore a white and green trimmed vest, a dull yellow shirt, and grey pants. His emerald green eyes flashed with fear and confusion as he stared at the White Knight and the Black Reaper.
In an instant, the two beings charged forwarded and clashed their mighty weapons around the boy.
Sparks danced and rained as the two warriors swerved around and in between the boy, who stood in the center of it all.
He only spun around to watch the fight from where he stood, in total awe and amazement.
Suddenly it happened. The White Knight's sword sliced off the Black Reaper's hood. The Black Reaper swung its scythe to shatter the White Knight's helmet.
The two warriors broke away and landed half a meter in distance away from the boy, right between them. His eyes widened at what he saw then.
As the half of the helmet of the White Knight melted off and cluttered to the ground, it revealed a familiar emerald green left eye. The boy turned to the Black Reaper. The Reaper's hood was also torn halfway to expose a lock of long white hair and red right eye. The White Knight glared as the Black Reaper stretched a deadly grin.
They both had identical faces to the boy.
Horror struck his chest as he staggered across the ground. That was until he stepped at the center of whatever the three were all standing on and it flashed brightly.
Right under the boy's feet, he stood on top of a large glowing platform in the shape of a heart. One half was pure green while the other was pure red.
Without warning, the White Knight and Black Reaper charged at each other again. In the end they slashed their weapons at one another, with the boy caught in between.
Then the entire world went bright white.
*****
A boy bolted upright in his bed and he breathed haggardly. Deep breathes echoed in his dim dark room. He then raised his head to glimpse at a nearby mirror.
Sure enough, the boy he dreamt was himself as those emerald green eyes stared right back at him. He turned away and looked out through an open window.
Beyond the window of a small cottage was a large ocean under a crescent moon. The cottage itself stood upon a peak of a cliff that outstretched over the rolling waters. All was peaceful.
"Another dream…this time…they looked clearer than before…"
The boy rested a hand across his forehead.
Suddenly, a flurry of images flashed across his minds. They were thoughts that he never had before, memories he felt distant to. His head began to rack with pain and stopped his reminiscing.
"These memories…they don't even belong to me…why…"
The wind answered his lonesome voice and he sighed.
"Where am I really from?"
With that, the boy closed his exhausted eyes and gently rested his head against his pillow. Soon, he went into a dreamless sleep. But still, echoes and images continued to haunt him.
*****
The noon sun burned gracefully over the world below its gaze. Clouds lazily wandered around the sun's line of sight as they stretch themselves across the air.
Below the sky's pale blue complexion, stands a large and proud city near the edge of land by the ocean. It was a vastly covered space of concrete and steel that spans across from acre to acre. Buildings towered over the busy streets as hover vehicles streaked by.
This was a World that was linked with the universe. This World is called Oceana City.
A school bell echoed over a large and lively high-school. At the sound, teenagers poured out of their stuffy classrooms and flooded into the long narrow hallways. Teenagers crowded the tight corridors as they retrieved their belongings to depart for home.
Within one class room, a group of friends gathered together with an excited laugh.
"Hey Kyle, you going to A.J.'s weekend pool party!" called the first boy.
"Of course! I invited him…" replied the second.
"But…what about…him…" wondered the third.
"Who?"
The third friend gestured his head to one direction behind him. They all turned to cast around them.
Far off in one corner of the classroom, sat a young boy with mid-length dawn-golden hair. He still sat in a desk, despite the school bell's release, and wrote notes into his notebook.
The boy at the desk casually continued with his studies as the three friends returned to one another with a cold look.
"You kidding? There's no way I'll invite him! He's an outsider!" softly uttered the second.
"No matter how normal he looks, a stranger is still a stranger!" muttered the third.
"It's strange though. There has been no one like him for ages…I wondered why now?" wondered the first.
The third friend shrugged, "Don't know, don't care. Come on let's go home!"
With a hearty laugh, the three friends left the room. Now only the boy at his desk was the last person left inside the lonely room.
He let out a sigh and stopped his writing hand. He leaned back to close a thick textbook, with the words Calculus titled across its thick black face. The boy stowed the textbook into his desk and rose up from his seat. He turned and walked towards an open window and watched the sun dangle high up in the air.
The light shone brightly over his face to reveal his skin to be a rich flesh-peach color. His emerald-green eyes glimmered like gemstones as he stared directly at the sun, unhurt from its gaze.
"Longinus!"
The boy perked his head up with a smile and turned hopefully at the classroom doorway.
A young girl, equal to his age, stood at the doorway with a cheerfully smile. She had long orange hair that curled out at the ends as she wore a pink bandana over the top of her head.
She smiled brightly as the boy, Longinus, smiled back in greeting.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Hannah."
*****
"What? You can't be serious?"
Hannah could not control her voice as she took in what Longinus just mentioned.
"They didn't invite you to another party again? When everyone else was invited?!" she demanded.
The two slowly walked together down a hill, through the streets of the city. Stores and restaurants of all kinds rolled right by them as they strolled down the mildly crowded sidewalks.
Longinus returned a carefree smile and gentle nod as he hefted his backpack over his shoulder.
"Yup…"
"They can't do that! Boy, are they going to have a piece of my mind when I see them first thing next week!" Hannah grumbled. Her right fist was already clenched tightly as Longinus nervously eyed them.
"Uh…don't over do it…"
Hannah gave off a short and haughty laugh, "I'm the class president. I can do what ever I want…" she then smirked, "providing my reasons are good enough…"
Longinus felt even more worried for the boys' future.
"What I can't believe is you!"
Longinus nearly tripped over his own foot. He turned a confused gaze at Hannah, "Me?"
"Yes you!" eyed Hannah, "You don't have to be afraid of what other people say about you, even if you are not from our hometown. I believe people like you deserve freedom and happiness anywhere they wish to live. You should not let people's prejudice be the end of your existence."
Longinus chuckled, "That's why I am so honored to be your friend…"
Hannah blushed and she threw her eyes to the ground, "Th-thank you…"
"Actually," said Longinus. He turned to survey over the city's landscape from where he stood. His emerald eyes twinkled with adoration, "I don't mind calling this place home…"
"Guess again!"
The gruff voice broke the peace between Hannah and Longinus. A heavy hand gripped at his shoulder and hooked him back.
"Longinus!" called out Hannah.
Longinus was then held in the middle of the air. As he hung, he stared dead-in-the eye of a large rotund ruffian with small beady eyes. A stiff smile etched at the corner of his lips.
"Baxter!" breathed Longinus.
The large ruffian held Longinus with only his thick right hand. He glared right at the struggling boy with absolute spite.
"Hey, outsider, didn't I tell you to crawl back to where you came from?"
"Let…go!"
"Take this as your final warning…This city don't need unknown trash like you dirtying this town…"
Longinus struggled a short grin and eyed his captor, "Like…wise…"
For that, Baxter swung Longinus' body into a nearby wooden pole. The boy gasped with pain as he was held in the air again.
Hannah leapt forward at the two, "Let him go!"
Suddenly, two swift figures blocked her path. One was tall and lanky, while the other was broad and muscular. They kept Hannah from continuing any further as they cut off her view from Baxter and Longinus.
"Where do you think you're going, Miss Goody-Two-Shoes?" hissed the tall one.
The other man cracked his knuckles with a look of distaste on his expression, "It's payback time for expelling me!"
"Tully?! Walter?!"
Walter threw a heavy fist at Hannah and she gracefully ducked under the blow. She then drove her right elbow into her attacker's abdomen. He spat out a burst of air as his lungs contracted in pain.
"Creep!" growled Hannah, "You black-mailed my best friend to steal those Final Exam papers for you, of course I had to expel you!"
Walter faltered backward as he held his cringing stomach. Instantly, Tully slithered in between them and jabbed furiously at Hannah.
"This one's for kicking my butt last time!" he sneered. His fist flew, but Hannah instantly disappeared. He let out a gasp of confusion, then one with absolute agony.
Hannah had dodged Tully's blow by leaping to one side. She landed a powerful kick into his stomach and whirled around to kick him again in the back.
Tully fell onto the floor as Hannah straighten, tossing a few strands of hair away from her face.
"That was for picking on the girls from my high-school! You don't even belong there so just stay out of private property!"
"GWAAAAHH!"
Hannah casually took one step back, when Walter charged at her from behind wrapped his arms around thin air. He let out a 'whoops' and Hannah's foot stuck out under him. Walter instantly tripped over and stumbled over to Tully.
Tully had just regained consciousness and was about to fight back. Before he knew it, an eclipse grew over him and ended his fighting spirit with a flat 'boom'.
Hannah patted the dust off her hands with a sigh. She stopped halfway and realized something.
"Longinus!"
"Oi fatty!"
Baxter eyes widened as he heard an arrogant voice behind him. Before he turned his head, a pair of different legs kicked the back of his knees. The ruffian fell forward and loosened his grip around Longinus.
The boy took the chance and grasped for Baxter's wrist.
"Here we go!" called another voice.
Two pairs of hands gripped under Baxter's belt. Longinus, with all of his strength, pulled at Baxter's arm and hurled him into the air, along with the helping hands.
Hannah calmly stared at the fat projectile fly in a descending arc.
Tully had just pried himself from under an unconscious Walter's weight and sighed with relief. That was until another larger eclipse appeared over him. In his final moments, a pair of wide eyes gapped open.
Longinus and Hannah closed their eyes when they were a dull crash. Then all went silent.
Hannah reopened her eyes, muttered a playful prayer, and turned to Longinus with a smile, "Way to go, Longinus."
Longinus sheepishly smiled as he rubbed the back of his head.
A hazel-haired boy with dull yellow eyes appeared from behind Longinus with a cocky grin.
"Of course, he could not have done it without the help of his friends…"
Another boy with dark purple hair stood out from behind Longinus as well. He gave a cheery wave and smiled at Hannah.
"That's correct."
"Well if it isn't Zeke and Maddy," grinned Hannah.
The hazel-haired boy instantly looked annoyed and he took an angry step forward.
"Hey! It's Madison! Ma-di-son! Got it memorized?!" he growled. Hannah let out a carefree laugh.
"But I just love it how your mother always calls you by your pet-name, Maddy!"
Burning rage fumed off the top of Maddy's head as Longinus nervously stepped away from him.
"I like it too," smiled Zeke.
"WHAT?! NOT YOU TOO!"
*****
Longinus let out a breath of relief as he plopped down across a large and worn king-sized bed.
"Thanks for the save, guys, I owe you one…"
Maddy sat against an old, but whole, truck tire as he balanced himself on it.
"Ah, don't sweat it!" he thumbed.
Hannah gingerly sat upon an old-fashion rectangular chest with faded out silver-framing.
"You can always count on us three to back you up."
Zeke sat near Longinus' bed on a rickety and foldable movie director's chair and grinned.
"Likewise."
The four all sat within a large rundown shack. It stood in the middle of a quiet park, near the woods, and was far from the noises of the busy city steets.
It was wide, roomy, and filled with all kinds of odd objects: broken bowling trophies, tattered curtains, half of a fake polar bear rug, an old leather couch with a quilt covering it, and so on.
Pictures were tightly packed within a single wooden frame. They were photos of Maddy, Zeke, Hannah, and Longinus, together. Each image stilled a special moment of their memories: camping out by a glittering lake, acting and wearing costumes in community plays, playing games at their high-school festival, and so on. Every one of them were neatly placed and gingerly taped against the shack walls.
"Sheesh," grumbled Maddy. He strolled over to one spot next to Hannah and pulled out an old, large, and worn out cooler box. He popped open the lid to let cold steams leak out as he drove his hand deeply into its contents, "Doesn't that Baxter creep ever give up? It's not like he's the mayor of this city to make Long here get out!"
He straightened up and pulled out four cans of ice cold sodas. He kicked the lid shut and shoved it back under its hiding place with his foot. He turned and dropped one cold can into Hannah's bare lap and she nearly jumped with a short shriek.
"Hey watch it! I'm wearing a skirt here!"
"Really? What happened to the jeans you normally wear?" wondered Maddy with passive curiosity.
Hannah's fist gripped tightly as a vein grew across her forehead.
Without even noticing her, Maddy turned to Zeke and Longinus, "Hey! Go long!"
He tossed one soda to Zeke and then tossed another to Longinus. Unaware, Longinus perked his head up from the bed with curiosity.
"Go Long?" Before he knew it, the soda can bounced off his forehead. Maddy flinched with surprise as he felt the pain as well. Longinus stayed quiet as he merely blinked, "Ow…"
"Sorry…" breathed Maddy. Longinus shook off the pain and sat up, grabbing his soda on the way.
In one coordinated movement, they all brought up the soda cans, opened it with a loud hiss, drank a couple of gulps down, and altogether let out a breath of refreshment.
"Ahh! Nothing like a cold drink after a hot fight. Wouldn't you say so Zeke?" wondered Maddy.
He then plopped onto the truck tire and rolled himself closer to everyone.
"I don't mind…but…" Zeke turned to stare at Longinus, who merely stared at the floor and absent-mindedly drank his soda, "I doubt Longinus likes to fight people like Baxter, even if he wants him to leave."
"Pheh, that Baxter…" mumbled Maddy. He took a deep gulp before continuing, "Like I said, no one here has the right to kick Long out, even if he is the only outsider to this city!"
"That's right! It isn't fair for people to force you out of your home here!" added Hannah.
"But I can't blame them…" sighed Zeke.
"Care to say that again?" leered Maddy.
"Have you known any other outsiders than him?"
The question slapped both Maddy and Hannah silent. They turned away with a solemn gaze.
"I mean," continued Zeke, "there hasn't been an outsider since the day this city was made…almost everyone are naturally born here…"
"Darn it, I hate it when you're right…" grumbled Maddy. He finished up the last of his soda and crushed the can. He winced though from a short and painful head-ache, "Ach! My head!"
"Told you not to chug it all done at once…" muttered Hannah.
Maddy threw the girl a look, but she merely continued to drink her soda gently. Longinus held back a chuckle and everyone seemed to have smiled.
"I feel so lucky…" he said, "to have met friends like you three…"
Maddy smiled and coolly grinned, "Like I said, no sweat."
"We're glad to have met you, Longinus. You have made a difference in our lives," replied Zeke.
"Yeah, Longinus! You're a special and unique guy that no one has ever met before!" added Hannah, happily.
"Because I'm an outsider?"
The air in the shack went dead still. No one uttered a word as Zeke, Maddy, and Hannah all turned to look at Longinus with a worried gaze. The next thing they knew, they were all bawling with laughter.
"Ha, ha, ha! Ah…" breathed Maddy, "you bright-head, optimistic monkey…"
"Oh, right!" remembered Hannah, "We still haven't thought of what should we do for this weekend!"
"As well, next Monday and Tuesday will be no school!" added Zeke.
"Which means, we have four days off! Sweet!"
"So, what do you guys propose?" asked Maddy.
"We can watch a movie!" said Zeke.
"There's nothing good this month," interjected Maddy.
"Let's go to the pool!" said Hannah
"Closed for maintenance."
"What about the other…"
"That too…"
"Camping?" wondered Zeke.
"Been there, done that."
A vein grew across Hannah's forehead as she stared at Maddy. The boy merely looked away.
"Alright, Mr. Picky, what about you?"
Maddy smiled with an air of arrogance as he narrowed his eyes, "I've got the perfect plan."
"The beach?" wondered both Zeke and Hannah. Maddy fell silent as he froze in his semi-victory pose on the spot.
The two rolled their eyes, "Been there done that."
"I hate you guys…" muttered Maddy.
"How about the amusement park?"
Everyone perked their heads up and turned to Longinus. He gave them all a cheerful grin as his emerald eyes twinkled under a few strands of dawn-golden hair.
"The Wacky World amusement park?" wondered Hannah.
"The place where we all first met?" blinked Zeke. A wide grin stretched across Maddy's face.
Longinus sheepishly smiled again, "Does that sound good?"
"Then in commemoration to our nearly-year-long friendship," he smiled, "let's go to Wacky World straight thing tomorrow morning!"
Longinus smiled as Zeke and Hannah shrugged.
"Why not?" giggled Hannah, "Three cheers!"
"Ei-Ei-Oh!"
*****
Longinus could not help but smile at his current thought. The dusk sun painted a burning-red hue across the left side of his body as he traveled to his home, which stood on the nearby cliff.
He walked down a quiet and empty street that was elevated over the city's glowing red beach. The city beach was a beautiful place for summer fun and excitement and still is despite the current autumn season. The boy took in a deep breath as he inhaled the fresh scent of evening and sea air. A smile stretched on his face.
"It's been a while since we last played at the amusement park…this will bring back memories."
He turned to gaze at the dusk-red sun and he stopped to turn at the ocean. The sea glistened, as if fresh golden treasure lied buried under the shallow waters. The sight captivated his emerald green eyes as he leaned over against the street's metal railing.
"Where did I come from anyways?" he asked himself, as if to a friend, "if I am an outsider, does that mean I belong somewhere else than this place? Another world even?"
The autumn breeze whispered against his ears as he felt the wind play with his mid-length hair.
"If I am from another world…what world would it be?" Longinus let out a sigh and lowered his gaze across the beach.
Suddenly his eyes widened with shock.
*****
He sprinted across the sandy plains as he made his way towards the nearby ocean shores. He skidded to a sudden halt and knelt down with an air of bewilderment.
Before him, against the shore edges, was a young girl. She lied across the sands on her stomach, unconscious and faintly breathed as the oceans washed up to her waist.
"Hey! Wake up!"
Longinus gingerly turned the girl over, to face him, in his arms and held her steady against his knelt left leg.
"Wake up! Come on snap out of it!"
No response, but the girl's breath was steady. Longinus then noticed something about her.
She had long sapphire blue hair and a milky white skin. Her dress was unique and vibrant with various layers of colourful silk and cloth. The dress had a foreign design to it, non-similar to any other dresses that existed in Oceana City.
Another thing he had notice was her hands and feet. Her frail feet were bare and blistered, as if she had walk days-on-end without any shoes. Her wrists had faint red bruises, as if she had been tied up.
"What happened to you?" breathed Longinus.
Suddenly, the girl's orange eyes flew open and she sprang up in sitting position. The action was so abrupt, it made Longinus fall on his bottom as he stared with surprise.
The girl blankly stared out at the ocean in silence, as if stricken with a nightmare. She slowly turned to gaze left and right of the beach, as if to find out where she was.
"Uh…" breathed Longinus, "are you alright?"
The girl stopped looking around her and she slowly turned. She came eye to eye with Longinus as he stared right back.
Then for a moment, the girl was taken aback with bewilderment and her eyes widen even more.
"Miu?"
Longinus blinked.
"Meh...Miu?"
That was when tears weld up in her eyes and she smiled with unknown joy.
"Miu!"
She flung her arms widely around Longinus and hugged him tightly. Longinus himself froze as his cheeks burned deep crimson.
"Miu, Miu! Miu, Miu, Miu, Miu! Miu!"
Longinus was speechless, yet he felt a faint sense of familiarity as she hugged him.
Then for some unknown reason, his arms gently wrapped around the girl as tears began to roll down her cheeks.
"Miu! Miu! Miu!"
"Forgive me…"
Longinus suddenly snapped out of his trance. He realized words had just left his mouth, but could not recall the words he had just said, "What was…"
"Miu! Miu!" The girl pulled away, but kept her arms around Longinus' shoulder, "Miu! Miu, Miu!"
"Ah…" uttered Longinus, "I can't understand what you're saying…"
"Miu? Miu?! Miu!" She then pointed at herself and kept repeating herself slowly,
"Miu…Miu…"
"Me…you?" She shook her head.
"Miiiiiiuuuuuuuu!"
"Mi…u…Miu?" wondered Longinus. She happily nodded her head, until she felt a surge of pain across her head. She moaned painfully as tears rolled down her face.
"What happened? Who did this to you?"
The girl, named Miu, cocked her head to one side in confusion, "Miu?"
"Uh…never mind," thought over Longinus, "I'll take you back to my place…if that's alright with you?"
Miu straightened herself and wiped off her tears. She then perked her head up and surprised Longinus with a cute and cheerful smile.
"Miu!"
*****
Hannah gently hummed a playful song as she lightly stirred a wooden ladle in a pot full of tomato sauce. She stood within the small kitchen of her cozy apartment as she tasted the sauce with her slender finger.
"Hmm…" she thought, "I think it needs more salt…"
Hannah was about to reach for a nearby cupboard, when her doorbell chimed the tune she hummed a moment ago. With utmost curiosity, she turned away from the kitchen and headed towards the door.
She then tip toed to see through the door's peephole to peek at the outside world. Her eyes widen and her breath escaped her.
It was Longinus, who stood right outside the door with a strange troubled look. Immediately, Hannah's face went red and she slammed her back against the door.
"L-Longinus? What is he doing here?"
She quickly shook off the thought and turned to a nearby mirror. She took out hair clips of bunnies and butterflies, rapidly combed her hair, and lightly slapped her face to sharpen herself.
Hannah took a deep breath and turned to reach for the doorknob. Her fingers froze before contact, when she remembered a near-fatal mistake.
She threw her attention back to the mirror and stared at her apron of flowers and racoons. She immediately whipped it right off her neck and tossed it into a nearby closet. Again, Hannah took in another deep breath and reached for the door.
Once again she stopped. The girl whirled back to the mirror and noticed another mistake. She was wearing only a loose tee-shirt and a pair of over-long shorts.
*****
Longinus quietly tapped the door again and waited for a response. He then pressed on the doorbell button and heard its echo from inside.
"Maybe she isn't home…"
Suddenly, his body leapt on the spot when the door abruptly flew wide open.
"Longinus?!"
Longinus stared at the open doorway.
It was Hannah, who was dressed in a long sleeved sweater that were wide open around her shoulder, a black tank-top underneath, and a knee-length skirt.
"H-Hannah…were you about to go out to somewhere?"
"No, no! I…just felt a little cold so…" Standing within her stuffy apartment, a single bead of sweat trickled behind her ear.
"Sorry to bother you at this hour, but I need your help," whispered Longinus, with a nervous look.
Hannah leaned her head a little closer in curiosity.
"What is it?
Suddenly the doorbell chime echoed within her house. To Hannah, it broke the moment of silence and she was filled with confusion.
Longinus could not explain it either, but when the doorbell chimed again he turned to his left.
"Hey don't do that, she's already here!"
Hannah slowly poked her head outside of her door.
"Miu!"
"Guwaaaaah!"
Hannah faltered a few steps back and nearly tripped over her own feet. To her utter shock and horror, there at the doorway stood a young girl. She had long sapphire blue hair, round orange eyes, and a cheerful expression on her face.
"Miu!" she waved by thrusting her arm in the air.
"Eh…eh…eh…" uttered a stricken Hannah.
Longinus rubbed the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.
"Uh…Miu, this is Hannah, a friend of mine. Hannah…this is Miu…"
*****
Under the dark night sky, the moon with a Cheshire cat-like grin hung silently in the evening breeze. The landscape of Oceana City was covered with beautiful lights of the city, like fireflies afloat over a tranquil blue pond.
In the far reaches of the mountain outskirts, a figure hiked up to one of the tallest peaks of the mountain formation. The figure let out a tired breath and straightened his body. He glimpsed at the distant city, his dull red eyes gleamed at the very sight. A frown crossed his hidden complexion.
"Lights…" he breathed, "I hate them…"
He stared up at the moon and shielded his eyes from it as if it was the sun itself. A snarl crossed his face
"I wish I could destroy that too, while I'm at the demolishing-this-World part…"
He lowered his gaze and dropped his hand to his side. His other hand held tightly to a thick rope that dangled across in middle air.
The figure gives an irritated breath and he yanks at the rope, "Get up here you!"
A cry of pain came out in a female voice. From behind him, a slender figure emerged and crawled up to where the other figure stood.
"Tired? From all that hiking?" he muttered.
The slender figure collapsed against his feet with a painful gasp. The other figure merely grimaced, "I practically had to carry you up the hill twice and you're still in agony? Give me a break!"
The slender figure struggled to stand, but could only balance her weak body on her folded arms. Without warning she was pulled up to her feet by the tall figure and he held her up in the air by her shoulders. The moonlight washed over her to reveal her appearance.
She wore a unique and vibrant color dress with torn and muddy frills across every edge of her clothing. She had long silver hair and weak yellow eyes as she haggardly breathed. Her hands were tied by a thick rope. Bruises appeared around her wrists and her feet were badly cut from traveling on bare foot.
The moonlight lightly shifted to glare down over the tall figure. He had short silver and black hair with ruby red eyes and wore a dark olive green coat.
"You should be thankful that we need you, Requiem."
He dropped her to her knees as she collapsed to one side, tired and exhausted. She barely uttered a word as tears trickled down the side of her face.
The stranger scoffed and turned to glare at the city. He pulled out a rectangular box, in the shape of a radio communicator device and clicked its speaker phone.
"This is Zaifer here. I've reached the World of Oceana City. Starting tomorrow afternoon, I will begin the first phase of Operation: Black Descent."
He clicked off the device and stared right down at the peaceful city of lights. A smirk etched across his lips.
"I hope they got insurance for this…"
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Author's Notes
"Kingdom Hearts" game series proudly owned and produced by Square-Enix.