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Chapter 11: Memories of the Past and Visions of the Future

Terra opened his eyes to find himself lying on the ground. The ground was hard and smooth and the design looked familiar to him, He lifted his head to see his old home, The Land of Departure like it was before it was consumed by darkness. He worked his way up to his feet and continued to look around in amazement.

"H-how? Our home is gone. How is it back?" He asked.

Then Terra heard the castle door open. He looked towards the door to see younger versions of himself and Aqua running out of the castle with wooden keyblades and fighting each other. He then saw Master Eraqus walk out to watch the kids. Terra looked closer at his master to see that his Master did not have the scars on his face like Terra remembered. He saw his Master look toward him and suddenly freeze up in fear.

"X-Xehanort?! Is that you?" Eraqus asked.

'What?' Terra said in his head. He looked down at his clothes and saw that he was still wearing his usual clothes and he still felt like himself.

"Yes, old friend it is me," Terra heard a voice come out of his mouth, but it wasn't his. He tried to move his body, but he had no control. It was like something came and just put him in the back seat of his own mind and now he can only watch his body do its own thing. He suddenly heard the sound of a keyblade appear and a weight in his hand. He couldn't look down to see the blade, but he saw his eyes turn toward the young Terra and Aqua. He quickly moved to where they were with speeds he didn't know he had and struck both of them down. Terra screamed at his body to stop, but it wouldn't listen, he could only watch his body slaughter the children.

"NOOO!" Terra heard Eraqus scream from behind him. His body turned around to face Eraqus and saw him running at him with his keyblade drawn. Before Eraqus could strike him, Terra's body knocked the keyblade out of his hand and impaled him with the keyblade. Terra soon felt control return to his body, but he was too shocked to move. He looked at the keyblade in his hand and saw that the blade wasn't his, but Master Xehanort's.

"M-Master?! I'm so sorry I-" Terra couldn't find the words to speak. This nightmare couldn't be happening again, but now he was forced to kill the younger version of himself and Aqua as well.

"T-Terra, how could you?! You always were one for power, weren't you?!" Eraqus said before slumping over and taking his final breath. Terra quickly pulled the blade out and threw it away from him. He then fell onto his knees and started to cry.

"This is your fate, Terra," A voice said. He looked up to see the astral form of Master Xehanort standing before him.

"This is what you are destined to do. Destroy your friends and become all powerful," Xehanort said with an evil smirk on his face. Terra, blinded by anger, quickly summoned his keyblade and slashed through Xehanort. He heard the sound of blade meet flesh and the form of Xehanort fade. He turned around and was once again shocked, He saw the form of Ventus on the ground where Xehanort was standing. Ventus had a cut on his chest that was now bleeding out.

"N...no... not...again," Terra said, hyperventilating. He looked around and saw the current Aqua, Ventus, Eraqus, and Xion lying on the ground around him. Terra eventually fell onto the ground on his knees and screamed into the air.

(Meanwhile)

Ventus was wandering through the Keyblade Graveyard again. He didn't know why he was here, but decided to look around in order to find out. When he got to where the keyblades lied, He heard the sound of fighting and ran to the center to find Terra and Aqua fighting against Vanitas, who was armed with the X-blade. Ventus quickly summoned his keyblade and ran at the battle to help his friends. Just as he was about to strike Vanitas, he disappeared. Ventus looked around and saw that Vanitas was nowhere to be seen.

"That's odd," he said. He looked and saw that Terra and Aqua were alright. He walked over to talk to them, but when he got close, they quickly got into their battle stance again.

"Woah, guys it's me. Ventus," he said in order to calm them down.

"Yeah right, stop trying to fool us, Vanitas!" Terra said coldly.

'What?' Ventus looked down to see that he was dressed as Vanitas and was holding the X-blade. He was shocked to see this, but he didn't have any time to react to see Terra and Aqua charge at him and stab him in the chest with their keyblades. He looked down at the blades in shock and pain, then looked at his friends. In their face was anger and hatred against him.

"This is for Ventus, you dark creature," Terra said angrily.

Terra and Aqua pulled their keyblades out and Ventus fell to the floor on his back. He felt his body start to disappear slowly and then everything went black.

(End of the World)

Sora and Xion were observing the two keybladers from two observation windows in the rooms they were placed in. The rooms were built to recreate their worst fears and make them come alive and they feel everything, every emotion and every injury, as if it was real. (A/N: Think of the portals you enter that lead you to the worlds you visit in KH 1 in the End of the Worlds)

Sora thought that this was the most fitting punishment for the keybladers as they kept interfering with his plans and he did say that he was going to break them, why not have them face and experience their worst fears over and over until they are truly broken.

"Well thought out punishment, Sora," Xion said.

"Yeah, they had it coming," Sora said, smiling while watching the keybladers lose their minds. He turned from the window and walked away, followed by Xion.

"Now we can finally focus on destroying the-" Sora paused and fell to his knees and held his head in pain, as it was suddenly bombarded by many visions and events he couldn't properly make out. Xion kneeled down next to him to try and figure out what was wrong.

"Sora, what's wrong?!" She asked, but Sora couldn't respond because his head hurt too much, as before he couldn't make out any of the scenes, but what he could make out was him and another cloaked figure standing on a hill overlooking a destroyed city. Sora eventually passed out from the pain and laid on the ground. Xion was shocked by what happened. She summoned two Invisibles to her.

"Make sure the keybladers don't do anything stupid, they may be captives, but they can still break out. And send a shadow messenger to retrieve Kairi," Xion said. The Invisibles nodded their heads and flew back to the observation rooms, while she picked up Sora and took him to the Final Rest.

(Realm of Darkness)

Kairi was in the kitchen of the dark castle making a snack for Ava, Scarlett, and Beat. Olette was helping her, Yuffie was guarding the door, while also watching the girls play with their toys, Fuu was taking care of something else, and Mulan was resting after what happened in her world.

"Mommy, I finally took over Scarlett's castle," Ava said happily, jumping up and down.

"Very good Ava," Kairi said, while bring over a plate of sandwiches.

"Well played Ava, I almost had your castle," Scarlett congratulated.

"Good job respecting your opponent, Scarlett," Beat said.

"Now Ava, what are you going to do with the castle and army?" Kairi asked.

"I'm going to add it the army I already have and the resources will go to my home and the people who live there," Ava said confidently.

"Very good strategy, Ava. I'm so proud of your thoughtfulness," Kairi said while hugging Ava.

However, their family moment was interrupted by a shadow messenger appearing from floor. It moved towards Kairi and bowed to her.

"My queen, forgive me for interrupting, but our king's personal guard requested you go to his base at once," The shadow said.

"What happened?" Kairi asked.

"He passed out after imprisoning the renegade keybladers. He was about to go destroy another world, but went into a sleep before he left," the shadow said.

"Mommy, is Daddy okay?" Scarlett asked while hugging Kairi.

"I don't know, Scarlett. But we are going to go find out," Kairi said. She turned to Yuffie and told her to go get Mulan and Fuu and bring them to the kitchen. Yuffie nodded and after a few minutes brought them in.

"Every one. Something happened to Sora, so we are going to go find out what happened. If you wish to stay, please speak up," Kairi asked. She looked at everyone and could already that they were all going.

"Aright," Kairi said, smiling. She opend a corridor of darkness that led to the End of the World and entered along with Scarlett and Ava, who were holding Kairi's hands. Yuffie and Beat followed behind them, then Olette, Fuu, and Mulan followed, with corridor closing behind them.

(Final Rest)

Sora was resting after what happened to him in the observation room with Xion watching him as well. She had no idea what caused this and what to do to help him. While she was watching him, Sora was on the road to recovery by revisiting his memories.

(Flashback)

Sora (A/N: the old Sora that we all know and love) was in Traverse Town training to become stronger after his failure of the Mark of Mastery Exam. He reentered the Sleeping Worlds and rejoined with his Dream Eaters and was now going through each and every world to regain his lost strength.

He entered the Second District to find enemies to fight, but nothing appeared to challenge him and his Dream Eaters.

"Odd, I thought something would pop up and fight me by now," he said to himself. He didn't notice a dark portal open underneath him and shadow heartless appear to drag him down.

"What the- get off me!" Sora said. He tried to get them off with his keyblade, but they eventually pinned his arms and legs and started to drag him into the portal.

"I c-can't move! Help!" He screamed, but he was eventually dragged into the portal.

(Realm of Darkness)

Sora opened his eyes to find himself on his knees and his arms and legs tied up by some sort of chains. He tried to get out or summon his keyblade, but he couldn't. He also started to feel his energy start to drain. Suddenly, the ground started to shake and a gigantic, swirling mass of darkness appeared before him. The mass eventually solidified into a hooded, cloaked figure.

"W-who are you?!" Sora asked drowsily.

"I am the essence of darkness. In more common words, I am darkness incarnate," The figure said.

"W-what do you...want with...me?" Sora asked.

"I have been watching you for some time, child and I have chosen you to become the new king of darkness," The figure said while walking towards Sora.

"The...Darkness...has Kings?" Sora asked, running out of energy fast.

"Yes, much like your Realm of Light has masters, the darkness must have someone to lead them. We are not just monsters and animals as you have been led to believe," The figure said, now a few feet away from Sora.

"Why...did you choose me?" Sora asked again.

"As I have said earlier, I have been watching you for some time and you are very powerful for someone your age. No matter what element you wield, whether it be light or darkness, you are nigh unstoppable. However, the one thing you must know is that light diminishes your potential greatly," The figure stated.

"No... your wrong," Sora shot back.

"Really? Let me ask you something boy, how many times have you called upon your friends to help you get out of critical situations?" The figure asked.

Sora thought about it and noticed that whenever he did need help, he would always call upon his friends to help him out or whenever he was in trouble, his friends would come and save him. Every time they did save him, he would always be thankful to them.

"More times than I can count," Sora said with confidence.

"Wouldn't you want to be stronger? So, you wouldn't have to depend on them so much?" The figure said.

"How would I get stronger?" Sora asked.

"Simple, you accept the darkness into your heart. That way you become stronger than ever before," The figure offered.

"No, I can't. My friends need me. We have to stop Xehanort and protect the Realm of Light," Sora said.

"Don't worry, with the powers of a king of darkness you will be able to defeat Xehanort easily and destroy the Realm of light," The figure said.

"No, protect the realm, not destroy it!" Sora said while trying to break the chains, but he was all out of energy by now.

"You don't get it do you? The Realm of Light is what started every major thing that has happened over the years because of people's jealousy, anger, and hatred against one another. As for Xehanort, we have decided that he needs to be destroyed because he no longer follows what the darkness wants to achieve," the figure said.

Sora was going to say something, but the chains drained him to the point where he could no longer respond to the figure's statements. Seeing this, the figure raised his hand and it was covered with darkness.

"You will see when you have become our king, the full truth of the universe," The figure said before placing his hand onto Sora's heart. Darkness enveloped Sora for a few minutes as it started corrupting his mind, his heart and his appearance. He started to understand everything: As a keyblader of light, he depended on his friends to the point where he was useless without them, Xehanort needs to be killed as he no longer follows the darkness, but uses it for his own personal needs, and the realm of light needs to be destroyed so that everything can return to once it came and be at peace. When the darkness dissipated, Sora was freed from the chains and was now bowing on one knee in front of the figure. The figure then pulled out a cloak from his pocket and put it around Sora's neck. The cloak turned from its former black color to a light grey color.

"Rise, the new king of darkness, and take a look at the new you," the figure said while making a mirror appear in front of Sora. Sora stood up to look and saw that his hair was now white, his eyes were orange, he was wearing a suit that looked like Riku's only it was red and black, instead of blue and red, and he was wearing the cloak. The figure stood behind him, While Sora continued to look at his new outfit. Sora summoned his keyblade to see a new one, called the Demon's Claw.

"Do you understand how we see everything now, my king?" The figure said.

"Yes, and I shall lead you and the heartless to a time of peace, by destroying the Realm of Light, once and for all. But, I also wish to claim one of the Princess of Light as my own and build a family with her," Sora requested.

"And which Princess would that be, my king?" The figure asked.

"Kairi, and then the worlds will fall prey to us," Sora said. The figure nodded his head before disappearing. Sora started walking out of the room with two Invisibles flying behind him, while two soldiers at the door opened it and bowed before him. He walked out to a cliff that overlooked a gigantic army of Heartless. The hooded figure teleported next to Sora.

"Bow before our new King and Bringer of Peace, Sora!" The figure yelled. The army bowed in servitude to Sora while Sora summoned his keyblade and lifted it into the air in victory. The Heartless started cheering in their own way as a form of celebration to their majesty.

(Present)

Sora opened his eyes to see Kairi standing over him. Seeing him open his eyes, Kairi lunged at him and kissed him over and over. Kairi then stopped and hugged him along with two small forms. Sora looked down to see that Scarlett and Ava were there as well.

"Kairi, Scarlett, Ava? What are you guys doing here?" Sora asked.

"We heard what happened to you, Daddy. So, we and everyone else came to see you," Scarlett said. Sora looked around and saw everyone who was brought into his family circling around his bed.

"What happened to you Sora? When we heard what happened, we all came here to see you," Kairi asked.

"I'm not entirely sure. Xion and I were leaving the observation room and all of a sudden, visions started playing in my head, they were so fast and random, it started to hurt my head a lot. All I could get out of them were visions of me and someone else overlooking a city on fire. I don't remember doing something like that, so it must take place sometime in the future," Sora said.

"What did this person look like?" Xion asked.

"I couldn't get any details, but the person was wearing a cloak like me. That's all I could see," Sora said.

"Are you alright now, Daddy?" Ava asked.

"I'm fine Ava. I just need to get some rest and then we can get back to our plans. Xion can show everyone where the resting rooms are," Sora said.

"I want to stay with Daddy," Scarlett said.

"If it is alright with Daddy, it is fine with me," Kairi said. Scarlett looked towards Sora with happiness in her eyes. Sora simply nodded, saying it is fine. Scarlett jumped up and down, happy that she can spend more time with her father. Kairi and Ava both hugged Sora while he hugged them back.

"Hope you get better Sora," Kairi said. After the hug ended, Xion lead everyone to their separate rooms to sleep, while Scarlett jumped onto Sora's bed and snuggled next to him.

"Daddy?" Scarlett said.

"Hm.." Sora said. "Can you tell me how you destroyed one of the worlds?" She asked.

"Which one do you hear about it?" Sora asked.

"Tell me about Radiant Garden," Scarlett said.

"Alright, well first your mother and I had to scare the people to leave, so we attacked the main group defending it. We then threatened them with a big Heartless army that was going to destroy their homes and castle. We made sure that they couldn't escape with gummi ships by encircling the world with powerful gummi Heartless. After that, we destroyed the castle and everyone in it by having Groundshakers ram into it multiple times. We then turned Yuffie and Aerith so that they could join us and that you can have a sister," Sora explained.

"Wow...so you basically scared them into their own demise?! That's genius, Daddy!" Scarlett yelled.

"I know Scarlett. Now we must get our rest so we can ready for the next world," Sora said. Scarlett nodded and got comfortable next to her father.

"Goodnight, Daddy," Scarlett said before drifting off into sleep.

"Goodnight Scarlett," Sora said before resting.

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