The hooded male gave Zexion a slight tilt of his head as he watched the Cloaked Schemer grasp onto the strange female's hand. A faint chuckle leaves his lips. "Who do you have there, Zexion?" he inquired with a teasing tone.

Zexion looked to the hooded male and gave a light bow of his head. "Forgive me, Superior. I didn't know I would be returning with company. This is...Sarah." He turns towards the dark haired female beside him, "Sarah, this is our Organization's leader, Xemnas."

The hooded male lowered his cloak hood as he took a small step forward, inclining his head to her. "A pleasure to meet you, Sarah."

She took a minor step back as a feeling of uncertainty washed over her, giving him a faint smile." Eh…likewise, I suppose."

Xemnas eyed her for a moment as his smile grew. "You have a strange light about you, child. " He looked into her eyes, taking note of the unlocked power the girl had, before taking a step back. "Zexion, do make sure she is at home. I will speak with you later." With a turn, he created a dark corridor and left Zexion and Sarah alone in the hall.

The moment he was gone, Sarah let out a deep sigh. "I thought he'd never leave. He gives me the creeps." She muttered with a groan.

Her comment earned a light laugh from Zexion, who led her down the hallway. "Xemnas tends to have that effect on people who are not one with darkness. Since you aren't a Nobody, I can't say that I'm surprised."

She looked around the halls and found herself in utter awe. It was strange to think that there were people who had a dark aura could living in a Keep that was so…bright! She pondered how the halls were able to light up without a lamp or even a torch of some sort. It was almost as if it were some unknown magic.

As she was led further into the castle, Zexion took a turn towards a longer hallway and opened the first door on the right. Once he was sure that she was inside, he closed the door and walked to the middle of the empty room.

"Here, we will train you in your abilities to defend yourself. From what I gathered from those Keepers, you are able to create a weapon when you are under attack. I will be creating illusions for you to fight. Once you have mastered being able to summon your own weapon, I will guide you from there." Zexion gave her a small smile as he summoned his Lexicon into his left hand. "Are you ready?"

Sarah adjusted her footing, placing one foot behind the other, before giving him a nod as her hands were fisted at her sides. "As ready as I'll ever be.."

Zexion nodded at her, waving his right hand to cast an illusionary area. A bright light washes over the room before they are taken to a grassy field where the sun is just setting in the horizon. Sarah found the scenery beautful but despite it's beauty, she felt a sense of danger in the air that made the hairs on the back of her neck prick and goosebumps cover her arms. Looking ahead, the image of Zexion disappeared. Instead of the Cloaked Schemer, she saw a small group of shadows with claws and tiny golden beady eyes.

Sarah's own eyes grew wide with fear. The creatures were coming closer and closer towards her as she took a few steps backwards.

'Quiting already, Sarah?I thought you had at least a little more fight in you than that...'

The voice of Zexion teased her in her mind. She paused in her movements and stood her ground. Teasing wasn't something she took lightly. Closing her eyes for a second, she collected herself and concentraited on getting rid of the dark shadows that continued to crawl closer towards her. A bright light forms in either of her hands as two flails appear. She opens her eyes and studies the strange weapons. Unfortunately, she didn't have enough time to get a decent glance at them as a Shadow jumped up at her. Out of instinct, she lashed out her right handed flail at the creature, attacking again with the left to swing it out of her way. Thankfully, the Shadow disappeared and others that were coming towards her.

Sarah fought them off, using combos that involved both of her weapons. In no time at all were they gone. When the coast was clear, she dropped to her knees as the rush of battle was still beating into her heart. The image of Zexion appeared before her as the grassy field started to fade around them. He studied her carefully before walking closer to hold a hand out to help her up. After she willed her weapons to be dismissed, she accepted his hand and hung onto his arm for a moment to regain her balance.

Zexion slanted his eyes at her. "Have you ever fought before?"

She shakes her head at him. "No..not that I can remember. Why ask?"

He gave her a thoughtful glance. "You looked like a different person when you were engaged in battle. I've never seen anyone so determined to fight, even in an illusion I created."

Sarah bites her lower lip. "Well, now that you mention it, I did feel a bit of a rush when I was fighting. It was like someone else was guiding my movements but they were still me attacking. Do you think this has anything to do with what I am maybe?"

Zexion gave her a nod. "It might. To tell you the truth though, I am not entirelly sure myself."

Sarah found herself leaning her head against his shoulder as she nodded. She closed her eyes for a few moments, finding a strange sense of peace in his arms. At first, Sarah noticed how his form was stiff from the genuine contact. But he slowly relaxed, bringing his arms around her waist. Sarah quickly lifted her head when she heard a soft humming noise and a bright light appear behind Zexion. Her movements caught his attention, making him turning around to see two figures fly out of the bright light.

The first was a female with blue, slated grey long hair that was in a double french braid wearing a green mage robe, outlined with black stripes. Her form was held a few inches above the ground with black double tiered feathered angelic wings that were the length of her arms. She hoovered in the air beside a male with shoulder length black hair wearing a set of silver chainmail covered with black leather armor and black pants that had guards on his knees in the shapes of stars. His form was held up by white bat-like wings. Both gave Zexion and Sarah a smile, their red eyes gleaming with joy.

"It has been a while, mother. I am pleased to see that you have finally met father." the female uttered with an incline of her head, leaving both Zexion and Sarah confused.

Sarah took a step away from Zexion and towards the two that appeared before them."Are you saying that I'm your mother? But I've never..." her train of thought trailed off with a blushing glance at Zexion who was looking at the children with an even more confused gaze.

The male chuckled, giving his sister a knowing grin. "That's alright. With what has been done to the timelines recently, I'd be surprised if you remembered anything at all. Speaking of which, I suppose an introduction is in order, yes? My name is Aiden and the lovely lady beside me is my twin sister Violet."

Violet gave a low bow to her parents, grinning. "Charmed."

Sarah rubbed the side of her head as she looked between Aiden and Violet, feeling a headache begining to throb in her head. Brief echos of past conversations and memories of her previous life flashed in her mind. A pained groan leaves her lips as she faintly remebered the conversation with another female woman whom she couldn't remember the name of to save the children, since her body at the time could not continue to hold them without killing her and in doing so, the children were saved and time was reversed. Sarah slowly fell to her knees, catching the attention of Zexion, who quickly went to her side, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Are you alright, Sarah?"

She gave him a weak nod. "Y-yeah...I think so." She glanced at the children."They are telling the truth...but, if they are our kids, then we are living in a fixed timeline."

"More like the same one you know with a few key events erased but yeah, you get the general idea." Aiden muttered with a shrug of his shoulders.

Zexion moved his right hand to Sarah's and saw the same thing that Sarah did but he saw more of the battles they fought together as well as the deception of the other members of the Organization. He lets out a deep sigh, looking towards the children with a faint smile. "So they are, Sarah. Though that does make me curious, where have you two been while the timeline was rewinding?"

Violet gave her brother a skeptical glance, earning a nod from him before she spoke. "A realm of Guardians. They looked after us and allowed us to see through the timelines so we could practice our abilities. I'm a dedicated mage and my brother here is a talented fighter. Isn't that right, Aiden?"

Aiden gave his sister a sly smile. "I don't wanna brag about my swordsmanship but..."

Violet rolled her eyes with a small smile. "Yeah sure. You take every chance you can get to stroke that oversized ego of your's. I'd say don't let it go to your head but I think I'm a bit late for that." she teased.

Aiden gasped, placing a hand over his heart. "Oh dear sister! You wound me with your cruel words!"

She giggled, rolling her eyes. "There's more where that came from."

Dramatically gliding back, he placed his hand over his eyes. "My own sister, betraying me with her words. Like multiple daggers straight into my heart. Oh the aggony of deception from my own blood! "

Violet nudged her brother in the shoulder. "Oh you're fine, ya' drama queen."

He held a hand out to his sister. "That's drama 'king', sister. Remember that."

Sarah and Zexion watched their children go back and forth, earning a slight smile from both. Sarah giggled a bit, shaking her head. "Well, now that you two are here...was there something you guys wanted?"

Aiden nodded. "We wanted to see our parents once they were alone...and to give you a bit of an insight of how to defeat the darkness that shadows your people."

"It is what we've been training for. Now, all we need to do now is lead you both to the darkness where it wishes to break free and then we'll be safe. But before that..." Violet gave a grin. "...we needed to make sure the two of you were getting close. It's important." She clears her throat and speaks as if she is reciting a passage. " 'Reborn from the ashes of darkness shall the Guardian of Light become anew. Their bond with those close to the heart will be a becon of faith in the darkest of hours. Should the light be lost, an ancient line will be lost to the shallow graves of the shadows and the light of faith will be forever forgotten.'"

Zexion blinked for a moment. "What was that you just recited?"

"Oh...just a little something I memorized in my studies about the fates of the various Guardians of Light. Well...we should get going. Don't worry about us though. We'll be in touch." Violet blew both of her parents a kiss and looked to her brother. "C'mon...let's go." She created a white swirlling light and flew into it.

"Call for us when you are ready." Aiden waited until his sister was gone and smiled faintly at his parents. "It will be nice to grow up with a proper family for once..and uh..mother, when you have a moment, we need to talk...alone." He gave a nervous cough as he flapped his wings. "I should be going now. Until we meet again." Aiden turned and went through the light his sister created and disappeared as quickly as it had appeared behind him.

Once they were gone, Zexion helped Sarah off the floor. She looked to him with a blushing smile. "Well...that was sort of awkward. This day just keeps on getting weirder and weirder."

Letting out a sigh, he gave an agreeable nod. "Tell me about it. You look tired. Would you like to go somewhere to rest?"

"Oh, that would be lovely. I didn't want to say anything but hey...if you're offering, I'd gladly go and lay down. Might help with this pounding headache..."she grumbled.

"Very well." Zexion wrapped an arm around her waist and opened a dark coridor that led to his room, not trusting any of the other members of the Organization enough to ask for a room for her. Besides, the idea of her sleeping in a room without him didn't sound right in his head. Zexion ushered her into the coridor and led her to his bed where she sat down to kick off her shoes before crawling into the white blanket.

"Thank you...Zexion." she murmured through a muffled yawn against her right arm before snuggling against his pillow as her fatiuge quickly caught up with her, drifting her to sleep.

He sat beside her for a few minutes, watching her sleep. Being a Nobody, he couldn't fully understand all the emotions she might have been feeling. However, though his heart was a pit of darkness, he had faint memories of what they were like and remembered faintly through the memory rush from earlier that he cared for this woman. He wasn't exactly sure how but he'd figure it out sooner or later. A small smile formed over his lips as he saw the faintest glimpse of white angelic wings form behind Sarah as she snuggled further into the bed. Sarah was in a state of peace and slept with a faint smile over her lips.

Meanwhile...In Twilight Town

The light patter of rain fell on the evening streets as a small group of Shadow Heartless swam in the shadows of the buildings. Flying high above the Clock Tower, Violet looked over to her brother, Aiden with a grin. "Do you see what I see, brother?"

Aiden gave a nod, materializing a two-handed glowing red blade with a white handle. "I see dark abombinations that fail to see the light. Servants of the darkness that leech on all emotions, slaves driven by emptiness and untold hatred." He leaned his forehead against his blade, uttering a prayer."By the power vested in me and in the name of the Ladies of Light, let us show them the errors of their ways. We, as decendants of a scarred one, are obligated to banish them to limbo where they will no longer threaten the living and have no chance to return to their hollow master who yet lingers in the darkness."

Violet lowered her head with a smile, hands folded. "Amen,brother." She grinned as blue fire started to form between her palms. Violet slowly parted them and tossed the fire in her hands down at the Shadowed Heartless. The fire banished a great sum of them but those remaining stopped in their tracks and crawled up the clock tower. Violet waved a hand down towards the creatures. "All your's."

Aiden flew past his sister, twrilling his blade between his hands as he got closer towards the Shadowed Heartless. "Blessed is our Lady of Light. As a harbinger of life and death, may my blade show you mercy that your damned souls linger and haunt the livng for." When he collided with the Shadows, his blade glowed brighter as he quickly swung it around him with practiced ease. Sparks of red flickered around him, creating little red dragons that dealt extra damage around him. After cutting through the last Shadowed Heartless, he flew up beside his sister, seething his weapon beind him. "Our work here is done. The shadows that attacked mother that night are gone."

"That's good. Mother needs as many bonds of love as possible. She will be pleased to hear that her parents are now safe." She tilts her head curiously at him. "What took you so long to get back earlier?"

A frown forms over Aiden's lips."I asked mother to speak to mother...alone."

Violet's heart ached as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Aiden...I'm sure she won't be like the others."

He gives his sister a faint smile. "I pray that you are right. I just...hate how fate screwed us over. Don't you ever get tired of having to prove yourself to people who are thousands of years older than you and being told you are never good enough?" He runs a hand through his damp dark locks as the rain came to a slow stop.

"Everyday we memorize the teachings and still earn disgusted looks from the other Guardians. I mean, c'mon. A male Guardian of Light and a female mistress of all magical arts? We are both considered as big 'no-nos' in the soceity we live in. I'd be called a freak for knowing how to use a blade and you a witch for your magic."

She frowned, nodding. "Yeah...but hey. Mother and father are back together. This time, the timeline has a chance to be better, right? We can be a family..."

"One could only hope. Speaking of which...when I speak with mother, it might not be a bad idea for you to speak with father."

Violet thought for a moment, a slow smile forming over her lips. "A little father- daughter time would be nice. No offense, but talking to a male other than my brother would do my sanity some good."

Aiden chuckles a little. "None taken. Come..let us head back and change into something a little more dry." Violet nods, creating another light portal to their 'home', quickly followed by her brother.

Violet flies to one side of the golden gates in the cloudy realm. "Say..do you think I should bring the book with me when I see father?"

Aiden pushed open the gate, allowing his sister to go through first. "I don't see the harm in it. Though if you do, make sure you aren't indoors when you show him it. We both know what will happen if he touches it."

She goes through the gate, glancing back at her brother with an excited look in her eyes. "His spiritual connection with his former self will wake up the pages and the dragon. I've always wanted to meet him in person."

"Well with luck, you will. Just do me a favor and don't blow up anything." he uttered with a small smile as the two made their way to the higher clouds towards a wide crystal mirror.

Violet placed a hand over the mirror and looked at past events from the previous timeline. She looked at the events with a thoughtful glance. "Well, we have mother safe and her parents are out of harm's way. Since she was not changed, the nightmare that invoked the darkness and took over her last time should be out of the picture, so her dreams should be safe. What is the next step of the fallen?"

Aiden watched the scenes carefully and saw an image of their mother in her darker form jump out of a window in fear, landing in the arms of their father. He touched the mirror again, showing the present. Zexion was sitting on a chair beside his bed while Sarah slept, making notes in his lexicon with a pen. Smiling, he removed his hand as the mirror went blank. "I don't think we need to worry about the next seems to have things under control, at least for the moment. The most we can do right now is watch as things unfold with them. We need as few distractions and as little sadness in mother's life as possible."

She nodded with a smile, waving a hand over her damp robes to create one that was light blue and trimmed with deep purple, letting out a deep sigh of relief to be out of her wet clothes.
"Now that we are done for the day, dry clothes feel so much better." She waved another hand over her brother and had him wear a black cloak with a matching leather armor over it. "Not to mention look much better."

Aiden looked at his attire with a groan, shaing his head. " Thank you for the new clothes but warn me next time you do that." He ran a hand over either side of his arms."It always gives me a cold chill..and tingles my nose for some weird reason."

Violet sighed. "Okay, fair enough. So, what now?"

Her brother crossed his arms over his chest as he placed a hand back on the mirror to activate the present. "For now, we just watch for any signs of trouble. Until they call for us, we stay here.."

A/N: Sorry for the long wait guys! I know it has been ages since I last updated this sequel. I hope this was worth the wait. I want to hope that I can update again soon. Please don't forget to review! c:

~ Kivanfangirl