Falling… Just falling… Falling into nothingness…
Hayner watched in horror as his friend was murdered. His senses kicked in and he screamed, then ran as fast as his legs would let him to get Brad, Emily's parents, and the police. "Shall we take her body?" Saïx asked Xemnas. "No. We will find her nobody soon." Xemnas opened a portal and the 2 men walked through it.
Hayner was crying as he ran into his house. "What's wrong Hayner?" His mom asked. Still crying, he said, "Emily… was murdered… I couldn't do anything…She's dead…" Hayner collapsed onto a chair. "Oh my. I better go see Emily's parents. Where is she?" Hayner's mom asked. "In the alley behind the school." His mom left and Hayner went over to Brad's house to tell him the news.
A girl lay on the cold, wet ground. She stood up and looked around. "Where am I?" She asked herself. "You, my dear, are in The World that Never Was." The girl spun around to see the man a man in a long black cloak behind her. "Who are you?" She asked him. He smiled and replied, "I am Xemnas. You might remember me. I killed you." The girl's eyes widened. "I'm dead?" "Not completely. You are a nobody, as am I." Xemnas replied. The girl was still confused. Her head started to hurt and she allowed herself to collapse on the ground. "What is your name?" Xemnas asked the girl as she rubbed her head. The girl looked up. "I…I…I think it's Emily." The letters e-m-i-l-y appered in the air. They spun around in a circle until Xemnas shot his hand into the middle of the letters. A giant X had appered. "Exylim…" The girl read. "That is your new name. You will earn a nickname later. You are now a member of the organization. You, Exylim, are the 14th member." Xemnas grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet. "Where are you taking me?" She asked faintly. "To Castle Oblivion." He opened a portal and pulled the girl through it.
Exylim blinked as they appeared in front of a door. Xemnas opened the door then pushed her into a room. It was pitch black. "Stay in here. Someone will come for you soon." Xemnas closed the door, then opened a portal to his room. "Saïx, get everyone to the throne room. Our newest member as arrived." Saïx, who was sitting on a chair, stood up and left to gather the other 11 members.
A half an hour later, Saïx came and took Exylim to the throne room. "What is going on?" She asked, struggling a bit, as her eyes turned a bluish white. "You will see soon enough. Stop struggling or you will regret it." Saïx said, tightening his grip. 5 minutes later, they stood in the middle of a white room. There were 13 thrones, 11 of them occupied by a cloaked person. It was impossible to tell the gender of each person. "Welcome Exylim, you are the newest member of Organization XIII." Xemnas said. "Number 7; please show her to her room. For the rest of you, go to the living room and wait for their return."
Saïx led Exylim to her room. "Once you get settled, you may design your room. Let's go to the living room. You will meet the other members." After about 5 minutes, they came to a door. Saïx opened the door and they walked in. "This is number 2, Xigbar." "You know me. Your friend certainly remembers." Xigbar said as Exylim glared at him. "Number 3, Xaldin." "Hi, I'm Xaldin." A man walked up and pulled his hood down. He had side burns and crocked eyebrows. "Number 4, Vexen." "Over here." Exylim looked over to see a man leaning over a chemistry set. Saix continued, "Number 5, Lexaeus." "Nice to meet you." A tall man walked over and Exylim shuck his hand. Exylim grimaced as he crushed her hand. "Number 6… Number 6? Hmm. He seems not to be around right now. I'm number 7. Number 8, Axel." "Hiya. My name's Axel. Got it memorized?" A teen with spikey red hair walked over. "I think so." Exylim replied staring at the identical upside down tear drops tattooed (?) under his eyes.
Saïx continued on, "Number 9, Demyx, and number 10, Luxord." A teen with a mullet waved, "I'm Demyx." A man with short blond hair said, "And I'm Luxord." They immediately went back to their card game. "Number 11, Marluxia." A man with pink hair looked up and said, "That's me." Exylim stared at his pink hair, then looked away. "This is number 12, Larxene. "Hi. Good to see another girl among us." A girl with blond hair waved. "Number 13, Roxas." A boy Exylim's age walked up. "Hi." He said shyly and blushed. Exylim blushed and said, "Hi." Suddenly the door bursted opened and a boy with indigo hair walked in. Exylim stared at him as he stared at her. She had seen this boy in her dreams.
The boy, really a teen know, gasped. Exylim stared at him as he stared at her. "You're the boy in my dreams." Exylim said in awe. "Y-yes, I am. I'm also your long lost brother." The boy said. "My name was Ienzo. Now I am Zexion. I ran away when I was 12. Do you remember the night I left?" "Yes. I do. I really do." Exylim said. Zexion walked up to her and hugged her. A single tear ran down his face. Exylim hugged him back, burring her face into his coat. "I thought I'd never see you again." Zexion whispered. "Neither did I." Exylim whispered back, eyes turning purple. "We'll, this is weird." Axel commented. Exylim and Zexion pulled apart, blushing. "So you 2 are brother and sister? How come you didn't tell us, Zexy?" Demyx asked. "He doesn't tell us anything, you idiot." Larxene said. "Zexion, to my office immediately." Xemnas said. Nobody realized he as in the room. Zexion looked around, then followed Xemnas out of the room.
Nobody moved for a minute, then Saïx followed the Superior out of the room. "Well that was surprising." Demyx said. "The emo kid has a sister." Exylim stared at him. "He never told you?" She asked. "Nope. He hardly talks." Axel said. "So now what?" Exylim asked. "We wait to see what Zexion's punishment is." Everyone went back to what ever they were doing before.
Later that night
Exylim walked around the castle hopelessly lost. "Do you need help finding your room?" Exylim turned around to see Roxas. "Uh. Kinda. How'd you know I was walking around?" Roxas shrugged. "I don't know. I just did. I'll walk you to your room." He said and started walking. Exylim followed him. "By any chance, did you live in Twilight Town?" Roxas asked as they walked down a hallway. "I think I did. Why?" Emily replied. "Did you know anyone named Hayner, Pence, or Olette?" Roxas asked shyly. "Um… I hung out with Hayner and Pence. Olette drifted away to Seifer's gang." Exylim replied as equally shy.
"How can you get around this place? I've gotten lost about 20 times already." Roxas laughed. "I got lost a lot at first too. Axel showed me around. So Zexion is your long lost brother?" "I guess so." Exylim said. "Here we are. I'll see you tomorrow." Roxas said. "Yeah. Good night." Exylim walked into her room as Roxas walked back to his. "Wait… Why didn't I just teleport us here?" Roxas asked himself. He slapped his forehead as he opened a portal and walked through it.
"Exylim? Are you in there? It's Zexion." Emily got up and opened the door. "Good morning. Did you sleep ok?" Zexion asked. "Not really. Roxas found me walking around at midnight. I got lost." Exylim replied. Zexion laughed and said, "Get dressed. You'll find some clothing in the closet. We're going to find out what your power is. I think I know already. I'll wait for you outside." Zexion walked out and closed the door.
Exylim opened the closet door and put on the black shirt and pants, then put the coat on. She slipped into a pair of silver lined boots that surprisingly fit Exylim. Lastly, she slipped on the long gloves. She opened the door then walked down the hall with Zexion. "So what is your punishment?" She asked her brother. Zexion laughed and said, "To find out what your power is. Xemnas is tired of nearly being killed. Axel almost burnt him 10 times when he was tested. Hopefully you won't kill me." Exylim punched him playfully. "So what are we doing now?" She asked him. "Dodging food. Nobody eats with manners here."
Breakfast was a mess. Someone coughDemyxcough got syrup in Axels hair and Axel nearly light the table on fire. Xemnas ate calmly through the whole thing. Xigbar tried to steal one of Saïx's pancakes, only to end up having a fork japed into his hand. Roxas spilt milk on Xaldin and ended up hanging on the wall with six lances piercing his coat. Exylim was giggling as Roxas glared at her. "You have a milk mustache." She giggled again as she and Axel helped Roxas down. He ended up falling onto the ground. "Exylim, let's go." Zexion said quietly as he walked by. "I'll tell you what my power is when I come back." Exylim said to her new friends.
"Have you ever looked at your eyes when you're happy? Or sad? I mean, if you had feelings." Zexion asked. "No, why?" Exylim asked. "Your eyes change colors to what mood you would be feeling." Zexion replied. "Try to remember something that made you happy." Exylim instantly thought of Hayner. Her eyes changed to purple. "Look at your eyes." Zexion said, handing her a mirror. "Whoa. They're purple. That's new." Exylim said. "Is that good or bad?" "Bad for you, good for your enemies." Zexion replied and took the mirror back. "You're going to have to wear your hood up or a blindfold. Your choice." "I think I'd rather wear my hood up." Exylim said. "Now let's find out what you can do." Zexion said as they entered a large room.
The room was huge with windows on one end of the room, over looking the garden. "In your dreams, we where able to speak. You actually were thought speaking. Can you hear this?" Exylim listened hard, and found she couldn't. "No." She said. Zexion said, "Open your mind up. You will hear what I am thinking." Exylim cleared her mind and concentrated on her brother. Good. I feel your presents in my mind. What am I going to do next? Zexion thought. You're going to ask me what your mood is. You're calm. You seem to give off a turquoise glow. Exylim thought back immediately. "Good. You are a mind reader, a thought speaker, and a mood reader. Now let's see if you can control any thing like earth, plants, fire, water, etc." Zexion said. He walked over to a table that had appeared out of nowhere. "In each jar, there is an element. I think the element you can control with turn purple when you touch it."
Exylim walked up and touched the first jar labeled Earth. Nothing happened. Then she touched the jar labeled Lightning. Nothing. Nothing happened when she touched the jar that was floating, the wind jar, the ice jar, the illusion jar, the moon jar, the card jar, or the jar that held a key. Exylim started touching the jars 2 at a time and touched the fire jar and the water jar. Both turned purple instantly. "Interesting combination. Axel and Demyx will both have to teach you." Zexion said as he looked at the fire and water jars. "Go find Axel and Demyx and tell them to meet Xemnas in his office. You will need to go with them. No doubt they'll be in the living room. I'll go get Xemnas. Stay with Axel and Demyx so you don't get lost." Exylim nodded, then found her way to the living room after 5 minutes.
"Hey Exylim, what is your power?" Roxas asked when he saw Exylim. "Yeah. Did you get your brothers ability to smell things?" Axel asked and Demyx, who was sitting next to Axel, snorted, trying not to laugh. "Nope. I'm a mind reader and a thought speaker and a mood reader. Oh yeah. I can control fire." Exylim said. "Yes!" Axel interrupted. "And water." It was Demyxes turn to cheer. "Yeah! I get to teach her." "So do I. Fire is better than water." "No, water is." "Fire!" "Water!" "Fire!" "Water!" "Fire!" "Water!" "Fire!" "Water!" "Guy. Stop." Roxas cut in. "Fire!" "Water!" "Fire!" "Water!" "CHEESE!" Roxas screamed randomly. Axel and Demyx stopped fighting and started cracking up. "Thank you Roxas. We have a meeting with Xemnas." Exylim said. Axel and Demyx shot up. "Why didn't you tell us? Xemnas is going to skin us alive." Axel practically screamed. "I never had the chance to. You 2 bicker too much. Let's go." Exylim retorted. Axel, Demyx, and Exylim raced down the hallway to Xemnas's' office. "See you later Roxas." Exylim shouted. Roxas just stared at the spot where the 3 had just been standing.
"We thought you 3 got lost. What took you so long?" Xemnas asked. Exylim just looked at Axel and Demyx. Demyx coughed. "Never mind. You obviously know that you will be teaching Exylim. She doesn't have any control over her powers yet." Xemnas said as he lift Exylims' hood up. "Wear your hood up when you are on missions. We don't want anyone to see your eyes change colors." Exylim felt her cheeks turn red as Axel and Demyx stared at her. She pulled her hood up. "Zexion will teach you to control your mind reading and thought speaking abilities. Axel will teach you how to control fire and Demyx will teach you how to control water. Zexion, Axel, Demyx, you are dismissed. Exylim, come with me."
"You will choose a weapon. You can create one with your mind." Xemnas said as they walked into a room. "Can I have two?" She asked Xemnas. He nodded. Exylim closed her eyes and imagined a sword attached to a long chain, a strong bow, indestructible, and a quiver filled with arrows. The weapons appeared in front of Exylim as she opened her eyes. "Interesting. You may go back to the living room. Your training will begin tomorrow." Xemnas said as the weapons disappeared. "Zexion will teach you how to summon your weapons." He said and waved Exylim away with his hand. She left and ran back to the living room.