Authors Note: So, next chapter. I've been looking forward to writing this one, and I've been putting it off as I had major inspiration to write a special chapter, that you won't see for a very long time. I mean a very long time. So I really shouldn't have even brought it up. :L Anyway, this chapter is finally about Fallan's arrival at the Edge of Creation. I hope you enjoy. :)

Chapter 36: The Edge of Creation

As Fallan tried to teleport himself to the same place the old man had gone, he found he could not.

Which was impossible, he could go anywhere he wanted to in this universe.

He wondered how he had gotten here before. But it wasn't that he had travelled here. When Ray had died, he was reformed here. Then, like he was possessed, without reason he placed a key blade in the sand. That same key blade was now wielded by Ray's grandfather.

Why exactly did he do that? And the more important question would be how would he get back there.

Fallan, getting impatient started flashing in and out through the different worlds, hoping that he could accidentally appear where he needed to go. However, he had no luck.

He finally stopped in one place. Arriving in the Key Blade Graveyard.

That empty wasteland, was a lot like the Edge of Creation. Or like what Fallan remembered anyway.

Then it hit him. The old man had told him that everything came from this place. Where everything began. That meant all the universes came from there too. How they all came from there would be the real question. But it was a question that did not need an answer for now.

Fallan had managed to travel through time at one point, so falling into a different universe couldn't be that much harder.

He closed his eyes, and leant back on his heels. Before, when he didn't have a body, all he had to do was feel like he was waking up. More often than not, he used the feeling of falling. That felt like that woke him up. Like how the Dive to heart always began with falling, as if it woke up the abilities inside of you.

Waking up, so that he could see the cracks in the universe. Where he could either fall through and move along the universe to whatever point he wanted. Or falling straight through, into a new universe.

But Fallan leant back further on his heels until he was no longer standing. With enough concentration, for those brief seconds, he opened a small crack below him. But those few seconds of falling, seemed to slowed down greatly, as Fallan fell at a very slow pace.

When he finally hit the ground, he disappeared from sight.

His heart and mind were already set on where he wanted to go, so it was instantaneous. He arrived, rising in reverse from what he had just done. So that he was rising from his back, onto his feet.

He looked around at the strange landscape that he had only been to once before. He had made it, to the Edge of Creation.

xXx

Solaris sat at his throne, as he always did.

Two of his soldiers began to walk towards him.

"Sire." One began.

Solaris brought his gaze upon the soldier.

"We have news on the mysterious old man." The soldier that had spoken continued.

Solaris was now listening more closely.

"And?" He asked.

The second soldier now answered his question. "Well sire, there has been a mass energy spike in the keyblade graveyard. Such energy has only been recorded before when the old man has been close."

"So this is a hunch?" Solaris asked.

Both soldiers nodded.

"How many soldiers have been born from the pure light we received from the Princesses?" Solaris asked.

"Fifty thousand and counting, sire". One of the Soldiers answered.

Solaris seemed happier about that.

"How much stronger are they than our previous soldiers? And how many did we send to The World that Never Was".

"At an estimate, from tests, I'd say at least three times as strong, sire". One Soldier answered.

"And we sent seventy five thousand." The other soldier said.

"And how many returned?" Solaris asked.

"Fifty Thousand. Most returned as soon as they saw the old man appear. He clearly has left an impression on your soldiers".

Solaris nodded.

"Send everyone but twenty five thousand of the old soldiers". He said.

The two soldiers nodded.

Solaris got to his feet. "I will be joining you". He said.

xXx

Eclipse sat on his throne in the Total Darkness that surrounded him.

"Pure light has reached out into The Key blade graveyard..." He said.

A group of his knights looked up to him to see if he was addressing them. He wasn't, but it was a good that they were now listening.

"You there!" Eclipse began. "Ready our troops. We move on the the key blade graveyard."

"But master." One Knight said. "A large group of your knights are in the Realm of Darkness. Taking energy from the wielder... Riku."

That surely did anger Eclipse.

He rose to his feet.

"Then I move on our enemies. Bring everyone we have. I shall bring night to that world, giving us the upper hand."

xXx

Terra threw open a dark corridor beside Sora and Kairi, who were both having trouble standing.

"Is that safe?" Kairi asked.

"I really don't think we have many other options." Terra said. "And it won't hurt us anyway. Not just a brief journey."

Sora tried to start walking towards it, without saying a word. But he could hardly move his feet without keeling over in pain. That was exactly what happened. As Sora brought his foot down on the ground, he lost all balance and fell. Terra luckily moved quick enough to catch him.

"Take it easy." He told Sora.

"I... know." Sora responded, finding it just as hard to speak.

Kairi slowly made her way to the portal. Her entire body ached, but she did not have her side cut open, and her leg split almost length ways, as Sora did. She could walk by herself, but just like Sora, she was very slow.

"You two are lucky." Terra said, as he helped Sora to the portal.

Sora tried to laugh, but it just came out as more of a warped cough.

"It wasn't luck. I wasn't going to give up, that's all it was." He said stubbornly.

Terra did laugh at that. "Maybe you're right. Maybe it was just the power of this never ending will of yours."

"It's what makes him so special." Kairi said, as she stood beside the portal.

Terra smiled at her comment.

"Go through." Terra instructed Kairi. "We'll be through now... Just get someone to catch Sora once he steps through."

"Got it." Kairi said.

xXx

Fallan took his first step in this strange, world, universe, or whatever you classed it as.

He looked around.

Everything was so monotone in colour. But it was neither far sides of the scale. All greys, no black, no whites.

It was almost the same for the elements in this place. There was no light, no darkness. But there was something. It was a perfect balance. A small universe where everything was at a perfect balance. Something many people had longer for.

Now Fallan was here, standing on this grey colourless sand. Standing under the grey colourless sky, that seemed to be blocked out by the grey sand that was being thrown around in the air by a sandstorm that was slowly rising in strength.

Fallan began to walk deeper into this new universe. He could see a figure off in the distance.

He began to forget what he was coming here for, but he fought on to the memory of the people that he had promised to protect.

He was coming here to make sure Will and Connor would return home safe. He did not know, that those two boys, were never human, and never had a home.

He continued to walk towards the figure who was blocked off by the already even stronger sandstorm.

Finally, the sand cleared from his vision, and began circling in a circle. Sealing off a kind of arena.

There stood Ray's grandfather and Fallan.

"Finally, I thought you'd never come." The old man taunted.

"Where are they?!" Fallan shouted, skipping the formalities.

"They?" The old man asked.

"Will and Connor. You know your grandsons friends!"

"Oh Fallan." The old man began. "I had hoped you would have forgotten about that by now..."

Fallan began to get angry. "How can I just forget about them!? You said if I came here you'd set them free!"

"I lied... I lie a lot." The old man said. "I lie to people, and most of all I create lies."

"What are you on about!" Fallan shouted.

"Those boys, were all lies. Their life, was a lie, to make the lie I created for Ray's life to seem even more real!"

Fallan was shocked. He took a few steps backwards.

"How?" He asked, shaking his head.

"It was to make sure Ray was ready for the journey he would have in front of him." The old man answered.

"Didn't do him any good though!" Fallan said spitefully, angry about the fact that he had been lied to. Him, someone who prided themselves on knowing everything he could.

"Look at where we are." The old man said peacefully, ignoring Fallan's last comment.

Fallan looked around as instructed.

"So..." He said.

"This place, as I have already told you, is known as the Edge of Creation. Do you know how this universe, and how every other was created?"

"I never bothered me. I'm here now to protect, not to learn."

"And why can you not do both?" The old man asked.

Fallan did not have an answer.

So the old man began with his history lesson.

"You see, in the ocean of nothingness that was the beginning, two powerful forces appeared. When these forces classed, one of creation, one of destruction, the power that was released filled the nothingness with universes, and then those universes with light and darkness. This place, this edge..." He began, before pushing away some of the sand to his side, which revealed a giant fissure. The edge of this world. The old man continued. "Was where the two forces originally clashed. All the universes then shot off from this point. Time began at this exact point."

"What is your point?!" Fallan asked angrily.

"Well... This is where the powers of creation are at it's highest. You see, these two forces. No one knows if it is either natural forces, or living beings that clashed. The powers of chaos or destruction... were once where the land is now not. The powers of creation, were here. Where the land is. When chaos stuck creation, creation tried to protect itself. This then resulted in the beginning of this and every other universe."

"Again!" Fallan shouted. "Your point?"

"If all things that are destroyed fall beyond this point, into the side of destruction. What if we could reach into it, and revive whatever we wanted."

"What do you plan on reviving?" Fallan asked.

"Isn't it obvious. In a war like this... We need warriors! I will revive every key blade warrior. In the ages past, they put aside all differences, and fought against Pure Light and Total Darkness once before. They shall do so again!"

"And what, once it is over, start yet another key blade war?" Fallan asked.

The old man nodded. "That is no problem of mine. I will not be around for much longer. I just want to see the end of the fools known as Eclipse and Solaris!"

"And what exactly do you need me for?!" Fallan asked angrily.

"To create what is on the side of destruction, you must destroy on the side of creation!" The old man said, almost sounding insane.

"You're a monster!" Fallan shouted. "What would Ray think of you! If only a fragment remained... maybe he could break you out of this madness!" Fallan continued.

"Ray is dead... Has been for a long time. Those fragments, were of my creation. I made them look like him, so that I could hide away. However that went out the window... I had to fight as myself, to save those wielders. They really are useless by themselves."

"Are you trying to make me angry!" Fallan shouted. "You insult the people he cared about! You threaten to bring about one war, just to end another."

"Attack me then!" The old man shouted. "You... You're nothing compared to what he was. You cant' even summon the key blade! You can hardly fight. You rely on your control of the world. But believe me, that will not work here. This is not your universe!"

Fallan concentrated as he tried to control the universe around him. However, Ray's grandfather's taunts were correct. He could not control anything.

Fallan summoned his normal blade. That simple blade that had once belonged to the old man that now stood before him.

"You want a fight. So be it!" Fallan shouted.

The old man just laughed, as Fallan ran towards him, blade raised.

Authors Note: So sorry this chapter was a little shorter than usual. I want to save everything else until the next few chapters. Also, I never mean to insult someone with anything I write. The example in this chapter being the "origins of all universes". This is fiction... and while it may kinda relate to my beliefs, I have nothing against anyone else's and never mean to insult, as I have already said. Anyway, a part from that. I hope you have enjoyed, and I'll see you next time. :D

(Edit: Only just realised as I'm about to post this that falling through the universe is exactly what happens in Dream Drop Distance when Sora or Riku drop... oops. Ah well :P)