Sathestrias went wide-eyed. "Shivana? But... that's Master Nemius' master's name."
Jayana, too was wide-eyed. "How is that possible? You're supposed to be dead!" She exclaimed.
"Says who?" Shivana asked coyly as she walked towards them.
Darric kept his keyblade out. "Any funny business and I'll cut you to pieces."
Shivana chuckled. "Any funny business and I'll have my heartless give you a bath in the dark lake."
"Darric, don't taunt her." Jayana said, very concerned.
"Master Nemius said he thought you were dead..." Sathestrias said in awe.
Smirking, Shivana walked up to a still somewhat weakened Jayana. She put her hand on Jayana's shoulder, and an aura of darkness covered Jayana. Within seconds, it went away, and Jayana sighed and stood up. "I don't know what you just did, but I feel better. Thank you." She said, looking towards Shivana.
"Nemius found out he was wrong."
Jayana raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean, he found out? He knows you're alive, now? For how long?"
"A few days, in the between-realm's time. Things above were starting to concern me, so I contacted him.
"What's going on that got you to talk to him after so long?" Sathestrias asked.
"Your government is gathering huge masses of Heartless and Angels. I've watched and seen them be gathered every now and then, but a capturing of this magnitude is... disturbing, to say the least." Shivana explained.
Jayana looked very concerned. "What are they doing with them?"
Shivana shrugged. "I'm not sure. But it's cause for great concern, and I contacted Nemius and told him of what I'd seen. He told me to retrieve Sathestrias, and you two happened to be brought along for the ride."
"You know who I am?" Sathestrias asked, curious.
"Of course I know who you are, boy. I've been watching everything from down here, most especially my old apprentice and what he was doing all those years. So yes, I know who you are."
"How do you watch everyone?" Darric asked, finally speaking up.
"I see through the shadows. The shadows are everywhere." Was Shivana's vague response.
Jayana looked out at the lake, and then back to Shivana. "So were you the one that sent all those heartless to the mansion?"
"Yes. I needed a way of getting you all to come into the realm of darkness. You were never in any real danger." She said, chuckling.
"You scared the crap out of all of us, lady." Darric said angrily.
"Oh, boo-hoo, you were scared, boy. Something big is going on above, and Nemius wanted me to help by bringing Sathestrias here. You can leave if it's too scary for you." Shivana said in a mocking manner towards Darric.
Darric looked down, with an upset look on his face.
"That's what I thought. Now, we can start things up." Shivana said, smiling slightly.
"How?" Jayana asked.
"Sathestrias' training is incomplete. I'll help finish it. Helping your apprentice wouldn't hurt, either..."
Darric simply said nothing as Sathestrias looked at Shivana, confused. "Won't that take years up above?" Sathestrias asked.
"Months. Time doesn't move as fast as you think it does down here. Things are going fast up there with the gathering, but you have time enough to finish your business here and move on."
"Move onto where?" Jayana asked, very confused as well.
"That's a surprise."