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Chapter 36: Exile, Mastery, and Change
"And here we reach the highlight of my story."
Jack groggily woke up. He was lying on a table. He slowly sat up. He groaned in pain. The pain came from his face and his shoulder. He sat up and someone walked in to the room. "Jack, you are awake." said Yen Sid. Jack looked up at the master.
"I failed, Yen Sid. I couldn't find them. Mist is dead, and I ended up trapped in the Dark Realm." he explained. Yen Sid nodded.
"I knew about Mist, but that explains where you have been all this time." he said. Jack raised his eyebrow. At least, he tried to, finding the right side of his face covered in a bandage. He just now noticed the bandage over his right eye. He went to tear it off.
"Don't do that just yet, Jack. You have been missing for eleven and a half years. I need to ask you some questions." Yen Sid ordered. Jack gasped in shock.
"I've been gone for…..almost twelve years?!" he asked, not believing. Yen Sid nodded.
"Jack, I know you were not able to locate Terra and Zack, but you confronted the darkness in yourself. And even though you lost, you still triumphed, in a way. You brought yourself out of the Dark Realm. Therefore, I pronounce you a Keyblade Master." he said smiling. Jack leaned back against the wall and sighed.
"I thought I'd be happier than this." he said as he tried to stand. Yen Sid went to stop him.
"Your injuries are still healing. Some may even be permanent." he advised. Jack looked at him in horror. He jumped off the bed despite the pain. His right arm was in a sling. He tore that off and ran to the mirror. He ripped the bandage off his face and gasped. The entire right side of his face was scarred. It looked as though someone had struck him with a blade of fire. "I managed to save the vision in your right eye, but that scar is another matter. It was caused by dark magic, which is irreversible. You will wear that the rest of your life." Yen Sid told him.
Jack slowly brought his fingers up to his face and touched the scar. His face contorted in anger as he punched the wall. "Tell me where I can find Xehanort…..please." he said to the master. Yen Sid nodded, not happy about his wall…..again.
"Sora is headed to face his nobody, named Xemnas. Xehanort turned himself into a Heartless, thus splitting himself in two. He went into his Heartless, and Terra's heart went into Xemnas. While Xehanort still maintains control of Xemnas." he explained. Jack nodded.
"Then I know where I'm needed." he said. He tried to walk, but stumbled and fell to his knee. Yen Sid immediately went to help him, but Jack held up his hand. "I got this." he said. He breathed deeply and pushed himself back onto his feet. He shakily held out his hand and summoned Wanderer's Call. He was shocked to see it was different. Instead of the plain black he was used to, the Keyblade now had traces and lines of gold and silver all around it. Jack looked at it silently.
"That is the Mark of Mastery. Your blade acknowledges your true mastery." Yen Sid told him.Jack shook his head.
No, this is the mark of failure. While I passed myself, I failed all of my friends. Terra, Aqua, Ven, Master Eraqus, Mist…Jason." he said quietly. Yen Sid stared at him and was silent. Jack held the Keyblade into the air. "My name for you was Wanderer's Call. Now that I am a master, I shall rename you to fit the purpose for which I need you. Your new name is….Wandering Redemption." he said to the blade. The Key hummed slightly, as if in acknowledgement. Jack smiled as he dismissed the blade. He turned to Yen Sid.
"Thank you for the help, Yen Sid. But now, it's time for me to shape my own destiny. I don't belong at Sora's side, not with all these failures. I will help him, from afar. And then, I will resume my search for Zack and Terra. And Illusion, wherever he is…..After I rescue Terra and kill Xehanort, he's gonna be my top priority." he vowed. Yen Sid nodded silently. Jack smiled as he slowly made his way out of the tower. As he looked into the stars, he could feel where he needed to go. He summoned his rider, which had also changed, reflecting the colors of Wandering Redemption, and put in the name: The world that never was."
Now Jack is at the point where you see him in IDoD. Just a few more chapters, and that's it! We're so close to reaching the goal of 175 reviews! Let's see how many we can get by the end!