(Aredek's POV)
I continued walking through the halls of the headquarters, still looking for all the other members and calling them to the conference hall. I was still looking for Kalua, Arimana, Rani, and the two others. Of course, there was also him… but he would be an important matter of discussion as well. I sighed. Poor Ailmus. I passed the training room, and hearing fierce cries from inside, I went in. A delicate looking fierce girl of about 17 years was training her magic. Her staff, tall and silver with a sharp tip and a blue handgrip, slightly resembling a spear, lay propped on a wall. She was vigorously practicing complex magical spells on one of our training dummies, and I smiled. "Arimana!" I called out to her.
(Arimana's POV)
Although I might seem young, only being seventeen, the Organization has caused me much pain. More pain than someone my age has to feel, even though it must be worse for Aredek. But that is his story, and now is the time to tell mine.
I had a family of four before the attack – my parents and my sister, Blaze. Blaze and I had always had a shared love of magic that kept us close. Our whole family was close, almost as if it were a show from previous decades. That close.
But things took a turn for the worse for my family. I was Marina than, a fifteen-year-old girl. And my life was going to get torn apart.
Just a week after I turned fifteen, the attack came. I heard the screams, and drawing my staff, I ran into the front room just in time to see a Nobody kill my mother. My father was being restrained, and Blaze was caught in their grasp.
"NO!" I had screamed upon the horrible sight. Blaze was bawling, and the Nobodies carried her outside. Soon, her sobs stopped coming. Some of the remaining Nobodies came after me, but that was a huge mistake. I blasted them apart with my magic, freed my father, and than the two of us ran.
My father became horrible. He seemed to just stop caring, and eventually, one night while we were sleeping in a hidden alcove, he left me. He just left his only daughter, the only member of his family left. And personally, that hurt me a lot.
I was wandering the Dark City with nowhere left to turn when I came across a young boy in a black cloak carrying some sort of key sword. Honestly, he looked a little like Jesse McCartney. I called out to him and introduced myself. He just plagued me with questions about who I was and the Nobodies. When he had the audacity to ask about my sister, I snapped. I attacked him, and he left me nearly dead. Before he left, he left a cryptic clue with me: Go to the hidden.
I was saved when a kin shopkeeper took me in, and while I was staying with her, I eventually figured out the mysterious boy's clue. It came when a young man and woman dressed in silver cloaks came into the shop. At first I thought they were related to the boy due to their cloaks, but theirs seemed to be the exact opposite of his.
The boy noticed me and introduced himself and his companion as Aredek and Kalua. They said that they were hidden from the Organization and fought them. I took the mysterious boy's message to heart and went to them. And than I joined the Order.
There, I discarded my original name, Marina (like all the other members do), and took on a new one: Arimana.
On some missions with the others, I came into contact with Organization XIII and learned that the mysterious boy's name was Roxas. I encountered him once with Aredek, and we fought alone until I was losing. Than Aredek intervened and Roxas fled. Again I begin talking about him, but here is an important fact he might not have said: The Organization seems to fear him. As in genuinely fear him.
He is one of the only Order members to have defeated a member of the Organization in combat – in fact, multiple members of the Organization.
But back to my tale. Here I was now, training my magic in the training room when Aredek walked in and called to me, "Arimana!"
I relinquished my attack on the training dummy to turn and smile at him. I was closer to him than any of the others, and I think he felt the same. We were a team. "Hi, Aredek." I noticed a new scratch on his cloak. "You see Axel again?"
He nodded. "Yeah. You always seem able to tell."
"Maybe you just make it easy to see."
He smiled. "Yeah, well, come down to the conference room, okay Storm?" Storm was the nickname he had for me, referencing my element.
I looked at him questioningly. "Why, what's wrong? Is it, you know… him?"
He shook his head and than nodded slowly. "Well, yes and no. Just meet me down there, okay?"
I nodded. "See you in a few, than."
He nodded and left. I was going to continue my training before heading down when I noticed something new in the room. Over in the corner, next to my staff, was a box that hadn't been there when I had put my staff there.
I opened the box, and inside was some sort of blue ice cream that tasted slightly salty and a note. The note read, Arimana – Time runs short. Stay out of the way and stay safe. Your Order are the only ones to regain peace, and you cannot die. Don't interfere. Roxas.
I looked the note over. Although we were each other's nemesis, Roxas and I seemed almost, I don't know… friendly with one another. If only ever so slightly.
I folded the note and put it in my cloak pocket. Than I grabbed my staff and exited the training room. If Aredek was calling a meeting there, and he couldn't just explain it to me in person, than there had to be something big going on.
Arimana was created by SomeEnchantedSunset.
Although Kalua was first mentioned in the last chapter, she was mentioned again hear alongside Rani and Ailmus. Yes, these are three other members of the Thirteenth Order, if you were wondering.
Speaking of the Order… I only have two free spots left. One for a Xaldin nemesis, and one for a Leaxeus nemesis. I already saw a Xaldin nemesis that looked good, but a better one might show up. You'll have a few days before my final decisions are made, so submit your OC soon!
Lastly, I just want to thank all of those who did submit an OC, because this story would be nothing without you.
