Gathering of Worlds (Now a Deadfic)
James the Fox
Hello, all. Just here to fulfill an obligation I made a long while back. I said, a long time ago, that if I canceled any of my fics, I'd not only let you know, but also tell you what would have happened with the rest of the story. Today, I fulfill this promise for Gathering of Worlds, my second fanfic. (My first one was an abomination that I deleted off of my page, and removed from my computer, FOREVER.) As I've said before, anyone who wants to take the concept or plot I laid out in this story and make something out of it, be my guest. At any rate, enough dilly dallying. Where did I leave off?
Ah, yes, Sora was being a jerk. Yeah. At any rate, the story for 6th year would have gone about normally from there on. Before Year 7, I'd have went back to before Year 5, with Sora's adventures post Chain of Memories (KH2 Wasn't out yet when I decided Sora's Plot), and we'd have seen Sora take on Sephiroth, a resurrected Ansem, and not much else. We'd also have seen him angst. A lot. See why I decided not to continue this story? It was angst-fuel, nothing more. We would have seen Link's adventures post Wind Waker, and have had him fish up Majora's Mask. He would have teamed up with Ayrll, Tetra, and a vast number of other characters to try and stop the Mask's renewed plots to destroy the world. It was actually a neat idea, and I might come back to it someday (disconnecting it from Gathering of Worlds, though.).
Year 7 would have featured Shadow taking care of his fellow off-worlders, even as he was slowly dying from the Killing Curse from back in Year 5. They would eventually form a group of Freedom Fighters (as a reference to Sonic). Sora would have remained with Kairi and Riku in Hogwarts, helping Dumbledore's Army against the new curriculum. Eventually, the Battle of Hogwarts would begin, and when Voldemort is finally cornered, Sephiroth offers him freedom from death, and when Voldy agrees, Sephiroth takes control of Voldemort's body: "Here is your salvation: eternal life, as a part of me." He'd attempt to kill Kairi, only for Riku to take the blow instead, and Sora would chase him to the deepest parts of the Realm of Darkness. Shadow and Link would follow, but be stopped by Sephiroth's remnants. Loz and Yazoo would fall relatively easily, but Kadaj would fight the duo to a standstill, until Shadow calls the Chaos Emeralds to himself and enters Super Form, draining the last of his dwindling Life Force in the process. However, the Chaos Energy that protected him from the Killing Curse's normal effects keeps him alive, and in pain, even at this point. Shadow would ask Link to continue after Sephiroth, but Link hesitates, not wanting to leave his friend. Finally, Link decides to help Shadow to the afterlife, using the Song of Healing. Shadow has a touching scene where he is reunited with Amy, Maria, and Prof. Gerald, and leaves behind a mask for Link to use. Link activates it, and uses Shadow's speed to give renewed chase to Sephiroth. Meanwhile, Organization XIII (Which is vastly different from the canon one) fights the hordes of Heartless in Sephiroth's domain. The Leader of Org XIII, Mudora, battles Sephiroth in single combat, and is handily defeated. Sora arrives, followed shortly by Link. Link manages to avoid dying by Sephiroth's hands, but is crippled. Finally, we reach the end of this battle, where Sora finally seems to break under Sephiroth's constant mental and emotional assaults, and opens a door in the very deepest part of the Darkness… and we don't see what happens next. Yeah, I was going to leave you on a cliffhanger. I'm a jerk.
It would then skip to the man telling a story to some kids from the very first chapter of Year 5, and it would be revealed to be Link, teasing the kids about the horrid cliffie he left them on. He is back in his world, and the storms have passed. The water level is dropping, and Hyrule is gradually being brought back to the fertile land it was before being flooded. We are brought to see Harry living peacefully on his world, and we see something akin to the epilogue scene of Deathly Hollows. Finally, we find a round room with many seats, with the remaining members of Organization XIII in conference. Their new leader continues to seek out the truth about what happened to Sora and Sephiroth, uncertain that either are really gone forever. We see only a strand of red hair under their hood, and the Fanfic ends.
There you are. Looking back, I dislike how I handled this story. I mostly was going by the seat of my pants. The deaths that occur in the story were chosen to happen arbitrarily, for example. Heck everything was arbitrary decisions. Nowadays, I have my plans for Fanfiction written down and solidified. Every event, death, and romance that happens in XIII Ninja, for example, has been meticulously planned out and decided since we ended the Land of Waves Arc, and Pokémon Wizard's plot is likewise set mostly in stone (I've not decided some of the teams certain characters use, yet) and partially in Clay so I can edit it. So yeah.
Speaking of XIII Ninja and PKMN WIZ, New Chapters are both well underway, and should hopefully be finished soon. As a good example of how well planned XIII Nin is compared to GoW, I'm saying this now: Pay attention! This is FAR from the last we've seen of the characters from this chapter. Secretly-baked cookies to anyone who can unravel the entire mystery of these characters before the Sasuke Retrieval Arc.
I'm probably never going to come back to this premise again. I can't help but think that the plot is completely unsalvageable. So with that, I bid you adieu.
Adieu, Gathering of Worlds, I knew ye well. Rest easy, Heroes.