The guardians couldn't believe what they saw as they looked over to Ven. He was shaking as his head was down. He walked away from Daphne as he stood near the window. "Ven?" asked Aqua. She didn't get a reply from him as Terra said "Ven. are you alright?" asked Terra.
"No terra, i'm far from alright/" Ven said not even looking at them. He then looked at them all. His eyes were red and tears covered his face. "I FORGOT MY OWN SISTER WHO DIED GIVING BIRTH TO MY NEPHEW! I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER MY OWN BROTHER. I KILLED HIM!, MY OWN BROTHER BECAUSE HE WAS MANIPULATED AND TURNED INTO A MONSTER BY XEHANORT!" he shouted in anguish. He lost it after that as he broke down int tears. Daphne instantly pulled him into her arms. "Shhh, it's alright, im here Vennie" She said as she soothed her husband. Everyone was silent as they broke apart. He looked at the gang before he said wiping his tears away. "Sorry you guys had to see that."
"No it's okay Ven" said Kairi. She walked over to him and hugged him which he returned. The rest of the gang showed their support for their friend. Brain left them for a few minutes as he said he had to go fetch something.
"Ven, do you want to see Vern" said Ephemer.
"Yes, i do, where is he, where's my nephew?" asked Ven when they heard the door close. The guardians looked to see Brain with a boy about Eight with Sandy blonde hair. His attire was a white shirt with a black jacket, Grey pants and silver shoes. Ven got a good look at the boy before him. His eyes were blue much like Valerie's was but he had his father's short hair. "Hi Uncle Ven" he said as he hugged Ven. Ven returned the hug as he held his nephew for a minute before letting him go. "Vern," He said with a smile.
"I missed you uncle Ven" said Vern with a small smile.
"Me to Vern" said Ven as he then lead Vern to Daphne. "Daphne this is Vern. Vern this is my wife Daphne."
"Hi" Vern said as Daphne pulled him into a hug. They broke apart as she looked at him. "Such a handsome boy."
"He got it from his father but he has his mothers eyes" said Ven with a smile. Vern smiled at his uncle. Soon everyone introduced themselves to Vern and he was happy to meet his uncles friends.
"Now that we got that out of the way, it is time we showed you all this" said Lauriam as he pulled out a blue book. Yen Sid's eyes widen as did Mickeys and Jiminy's "Is that?" began mickey.
"Aye the Book of Prophecies, Master Ava bestowed her copy of the book onto me as the Leader of the Dandelions." said Lauriam as he set the book on Yen Sid's Desk. The wizard got a good look at the ancient book. "Master Ava returned to us after the war and she vowed to find the Lost Page."
Riku looked at the book and he asked "so this book can see into the future?"
"Aye," said Skuld.
"And do not Worry, we read that Sora will be united with us soon" said Elrena.
"Thank goodness." said Kira as Lauriam pocketed the Book of Prophecy in his jacket.
"But right now, we must find the shards to the Mirror of Twilight before the Foretellers do" said Brain.
"We know that Sora manage to get one of the shards before he was taken by the Demon Tide. but the rest will be hard to locate." said Ephemer.
"How do we suggest we find them?" asked Yami Yugi thinking. Some of the gang shrugged their shoulders.
"They could be anywhere out there" said Hercules.
"I guess do what we always do. Keep on traveling to other worlds and look for clues." said Donald.
"Sounds like a plan to me" said Lea.
"I think that covers everything master" Roxas said as he stood up along with the rest of the gang.
"Perhaps you should all go to Radiant Garden. Ansem the Wise may have some ways for you all to locate the shards to the Mirror." said Yen Sid.
"That's not a bad idea, well head over there asap" said Terra. The guardians bowed their heads to Yen Sid as they left his tower and re boarded the Goliath. That's when Yen Sid made chairs appear out of nowhere and into a circle."Watchers of the World Order, I summon you at this time" he spoke. within seconds did a flash of light came into his room. in the chairs or sitting on the floor was several individuals from worlds Sora and them had visited and some they had never visited.
The first being was Zeus, The King of the Gods and ruler of Olympus. on his right was the spirit of Mufasa. Simba's father and former king of the Pride Lands. right beside him was the shaman of the Pride Lands, Rafiki. next to Rafiki was a Tree with an elderly womans face. Then on the right of Zeus appeared Merlin. He adjusted his hat as the Fairy Godmother appeared next. a splash of water came as King Triton appeared next. the next person to arrive was Stoick and behind him was a portal for Icestorm to observe the meeting. The next person to arrive was a short squat woman dressed in a white robe and a white turban on her head. Her eyes were covered by dark glasses and she had a snake around her neck. Finally Cassiem and Calypso were the last to arrive.
"Welcome my friends, it's has been a long time since our last meeting.i would like to welcome Chief Stoick from Berk who is our newest Watcher as well as Icefire and King Triton. " said Yen Sid.
""Ha! If I knew we were gonna be gatherin', I woulda brought us some gumbo!" exclaimed the short women from Rafiki's left.
"now now Mama Odie, we have buisness to discuss." said Yen Sid.
"What seems to be the problem Yen Sid?" asked Zeus.
"The Lost Masters have returned" said Yen Sid. that made the group look at each other in worry. "It's true, we fought against Aced in Agrabah before he kidnapped my son's soon to be wife. Thankfully we were able to save her" said Cassiem.
"I'm assuming that the one with the Unicorn Mask was with him as well" asked Stoick.
"Yes, Ira" spoke the voice of none other than Master Eraqus. He had appeared as did Master Xehanort, Ryo and Athena took their place in the council. They stood near Mufasa with Athena close to Triton. "And Xehanort, i am glad to see that you have seen the error of your ways" said Yen Sid. Xehanort nodded as he said "Such an fool i have been on my quest for knowledge. Everyone, please accept my humblest apologies for all the damage i done."
Most of the council nodded to the elderly man. "As for everyone not aware of the meeting i just finished with the guardians. the Mirror of Twilight has been shattered"
"Who would dare do such a thing like that!" exclaimed Grandma Willow, the tree.
"Garzen" growled Ryo.
"Garzen?, as in the exiled Keyblade master?" asked King Triton.
"No my love, The leader of the sixth Union. The one who first fell into Darkness. over time he has planted his seeds of destruction from his had manage to forge the Blade of Darkness, Chaosbringer. " said Athena. that made the council look worried.
"Dis is very bad, Very bad indeed" Rafiki said holding his staff.
"What can we do?" asked Fairy Godmother.
"The X-blade, The X-blade is the only weapon strong enough against Chaosbringer." spoke the spirit of Mufasa.
"X-blade? i thought we were talking about the Keyblade." said Stoick confused. He was still new to hearing about the other worlds and was approached by Yen Sid after his son and his friends left with the guardians.
"Not Keyblade like the one your son and the Guardians carry. The X-blade." said Xehanort as he formed the X in his hand. "an ancient letter chi from the greek alphabet. It spells endings."
"The Legendary Weapon that guards Kingdom Hearts." spoke Icestorm.
"The weapon in which all keyblades are modeled after by the Master of Masters." said Cassiem
"But it has been returned to Kingdom Hearts after Sora closed it. Mickey said that the weapon vanished as soon as they all returned" said Merlin.
"No Merlin,it hasn't" said Eraqus.
"what do you mean Eraqus?" asked Yen Sid as the council turned to the former master of the Land of Departure.
"The X-blade is with it's true master now" said Eraqus as a image of Sora with Luna and Glacea was revealed. on Sora's back was the X-blade. "He's Alive,The Chosen One lives" spoke Icestorm.
"Vanitas is on his way to join Sora as he looks for the shards to the mirror of twilight. Thanks to my Daughter who is a spy within the Syndicate. She was able to free him and his family. " said Xehanort.
"The Syndicate and the Lost Masters are unaware of Sora's Return and we must make sure they are kept in the dark until the time comes." said Yen Sid after seeing sora with the X-blade.
"Agreed" said Everyone.
"but now we must discuss how we are going to help the Guardians of Light when they will deal with de Shards" said Calypso.
"Leave that to me. I have studied the mirror in my younger days and i know where i stored my research. it is no more use to me and Ventus has the right to know about Vanitas" spoke Xehanort as he turned to leave. "In the meantime, we shall continue to monitor the worlds and keep an eye out for the shards." Yen Sid said to his friends. They all agreed as they all went back to their respective worlds and Yen Sid resumed his meditating.
/with Sora/
"Whoa!" shouted Sora as he, Luna and Glacea crashed in a small desert area after being dragged by the Demon Tide. They were actually on top of the lair of the forty thieves. The Demon Tide flew above them. "Great have to fight this thing again. " moaned Sora as the heartless swarmed. Just then he heard a familiar cold voice. "Don't tell me your afraid Brother"
A Dark fireball hits the heartless as it retreated. Sora looked to see none other than Vanitas with his dark armor on. "Vanitas!" exclaimed Sora.
"What did i tell you. I always have your back. Even in the shadows" said Vanitas as he held Void Gear ready for a battle. Sora and his dragons joined him as the Demon Tide came back. Even after the first time he fought the swarm. Sora has to admit: The Demon Tide is a class of its own.
It's not an intelligent opponent but driven on Instinct. It attacks in similar pattern as it had when they had fought it in the Graveyard. Sora slashed at the Demon Tide with the X-blade while Vanitas casted dark spells at the core. Luna and Glacea kept their distance with their ice and plasma blasts. After a few more strikes from their weapons. Finally, the core starts to glow in angry red, which is as much encouragement as it is a warning. It won't be as easy to attack as before and its attacks will be much more vicious, The Demon Tide went into the ground as it lunged at Sora. He swings the X-blade intercepting the blow as it went for Vanitas. "Too Slow!" shouted Vanitas dodging the swarm. He jumped away right as the Demon Tide went into the ground and returned as a Swirling Tornado with the core glowing yellow. Hiding the core just before hurling pieces of itself far into the air and at them
Sora learned during the fight at the Graveyard there is no dodging the next attack. all they can do is try to block as much of the damage as possible and then heal up once the Tide has run out of steam. The Demon Tide threw them up off the ground as they were bombarded with attacks from it's pieces. "There's no end for this!" shouted Vanitas as he cut a piece in half. The Demon Tide stopped its bombardment as the core returned as the heartless swarmed around it again. "Together!" shouted Sora as he and Vanitas slashed at the core destroying it. The heartless all vanished into smoke.
Sora, Luna, and Glacea relaxed as they looked at Vanitas. "Quite surprised to see you holding what rightfully belongs to you" said Vanitas looking at the X-blade.
"Yeah, i was shocked when i was told it chose me" said Sora looking at the X-blade.
"Van? Is it safe to come out?" asked a feminine voice. Vanitas turned to a small hidden rock. 'Yes Tori, come on out" He said. From out behind some rocks came a girl with jet black hair and icy blue eyes. Her attire was a Red blouse and black jeans and combat boots. In her arms was a little boy about 2 with jet black spikey hair and Green eyes. He was wearing a onesie with a dinosaur and baby shorts. Right behind them was Night Furies. One was a male and the other a female. "Vanitas, you have a.." Sora said.
"Yes, my family and were on the run" said Vanitas as he dismissed his helm and his armor to reveal his clothes. (still in his outfit from the last chapter.) "Why are you on the run?" asked Glacea.
"Because the Syndicate. The Syndicate manage to capture us and they drained all the negative energy out of me so they can use the Unversed. Someone helped us escape and now they want me dead to not tell the Guardians of their plans." said Vanitas.
"Then come with me, i'll help keep you guys safe" Sora said offering his hand. Vanitas took his hand and shook it. "Hello, i'm Tori Patterson, Vanitas is my husband and the little guy is Torn." said Tori as she made Torn wave to Sora. Sora cooed as he was eye level with the baby in her arms. 'Hi there little guy," Torn smiled at him as his chubby hand touched Sora's face. "Such a cute little guy. I can't wait till the Master has heirs of his own" spoke the X-blade.
"What's that supposed to mean" asked a blushing Sora. that made everyone laugh at the X-blade wielder as sora was still blushing. Luna greeted the Night Furies with Glacea. "My dragon is named Neon and Vicki's is Nightshade."
"Hi there" Sora said to the two night furies. The two dragons warble at him in greeting. The group headed for the Shadow Seeker and re boarded it. Sora took the wheel as the ship left Agrabah and he put it on cruise. Tori was rocking Torn to sleep in her arms. Glacea was napping while Luna talked with Neon and Nightshade. He noticed that Vanitas was looking at a photo. "What's that?" he asked the darkness of Ven.
"I wasn't kidding when i called Ven my brother" said Vanitas as he handed Sora the picture. Sora gasped as he got a good look at the photo. It showed Ven, Vanitas,Marluxia, Larxene, and some people he didn't know. They were in front of a giant clock.
"I was born alongside my siblings and we were recruited into the Vulpes Union before the Keyblade War." said Vanitas. That made Sora look at Vanitas as he said. "Y-You were there?"
"Aye, it was horrible in person" said Vanitas as he took out a mountain dew from the fridge. He took a drink. "My Sister and her new husband were expecting their first child, Thier baby was to be the firstborn after the war but on the day the War broke out. Luxu killed Henry and then Valerie was struck down by the Foreteller Ira. I took a fatal blow for Ven and Valerie.
"But how did you survive unless Ven allowed your heart into his to heal" said Sora. Vanitas nodded to him before he said. "That was until we were separated by the old bastard himself and he separated my memories of my true self and i believed i was some sort of monster. Thankfully after you defeated me during the fight restored my memory."
"Then why didn't you go back to Ven?" asked Sora.
"Because he forgot his past and his involvement in the Dandelions and about us." said Vanitas looking at the photo of Valerie. "Give it time Vanitas and im sure Ven will get his memory back" Sora said.
Vanitas smiled at his lookalike. "Thanks, i know so as well and this time, i will fight alongside you all against the Syndicate."
Sora nodded as he steered the ship though the ocean between.
End of chapter.
That wraps up the mysterious tower. The next chapter will Be Sora's next world. I went back and changed something in the final part of the Agrabah world.