AN: The final chapter has arrived, though that isn't to say that this story is absolutely complete. The progress of this story honestly entirely depends on what the next installments of the series has to offer. Between Dark Road, what's still slowly being updated in KHUX, and the Oath whatever possible game, there are still avenues to continue this story. So as I brought up a few chapters ago, if there are any scenarios you'd like visited, please leave a comment. I will add any "aside stories" as well as the continuation of this story's plot to this fic, so don't worry about having to go searching. Everything will be kept "here," as it were. Sorry about being a day late in posting, I did not mean to do that with the last chapter. Please R&R!

When I was lost, I was searching for someone to be the light to follow through the dark
No one was there
I promise you when you're lost, I will save you
I wanna be the one to lead you through the dark
I'll never leave you
I promise you won't be alone
-Our Last Night, Lost
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It had been about a year since they had been summoned back, yet Gula was still thoroughly bothered by Luxu's attitude.

He didn't believe for one second Ava was truly gone.

His Heart wouldn't let him rest on the subject, so he went out. Sure, they had mostly stuck together since Luxu's reveal and summoning, but they were free to come and go as they pleased.

So Gula went.

He breathed as he focused on his Keyblade Leopardus and his Heart's Guidance.

He would find clues about Ava's whereabouts.

Luxu, for as much as he was still the same, had become a very different person since they had last known him and he was insufferable with his scheming and knowing smirks.

Gula had been the one entrusted with the Lost Page. It had to mean something, to be of use to him somehow.

A Portal opened, and Gula entered it without hesitation, only to find himself in a cool cove. He looked around, taking in the odd childish drawings that were scratched into the stone walls. He noticed the plain wooden Door behind him, sensing that it was this World's entrance to its Heart, yet also the Realm of Darkness.

He stared at it for a long moment before making his way out of the cove, into a bright and humid World with water as far as the eye could see. Only a singular island visible across the way where the inhabitants of this World clearly lived.

Why had he been led here?

He cloaked himself from sight, and walked calmly over the waters, eventually landing on the beach as the sun began to set. He continued his trek into town, still hidden from curious eyes as he looked over what this small World had to offer.

Suddenly, he heard the familiar sound of a Keyblade being summoned behind him as the air moved, "Who are you, and what do you want?" The voice was low and bitter as Gula paused. A protector of this World then. Slowly, Gula turned his upper body as he examined the silver Keyblade pointed at him.

Sleeping Lion, a familiar sight.

The man in front of him was older than even Aced and Ira, though perhaps younger than Luxu's current semblance.

"I mean no harm."

The man's blue eyes narrowed, "It's not often that we get visitors who use the Lanes Between, and I haven't heard from the one who normally makes use of them say he'd be checking in today."

Gula took a deep breath before he exhaled in slight frustration. "I am simply trying to follow the traces of my friend. My Keyblade led me here."

The man stared him dead in the eyes, despite the Spell he'd used to cloak himself from the eyes of others.

Despite his Leopard mask.

They stood, tense for several minutes before Gula finally allowed the Spell to fade.

The brown haired man gasped at his appearance, shocked with a strange look of recognition. He dropped his Keyblade as his arm fell to his side, and it disappeared in a shower of sparks and glitter as it hit the ground. At the clattering sound, the man seemed to reclaim his composure with a deep set frown, "...A friend, huh?"

Gula finished turning towards the man, "Yes. I have been concerned for her wellbeing, and I have begun to distrust my comrade in regards to the information he's given to us about her."

The man frowned as he seemed to force himself into a more relaxed, but guarded pose, "...Are you… Gula?"

The Foreteller took in a sharp breath, "You… how did you know my name?" He took a desperate step towards this stranger, "Do you know something about Ava?!"

The man turned his eyes to the side in anger and frustration before settling on neutrality. He looked at the young man before him with a strangely melancholic look, "I haven't seen her in sixteen years… But, as far as I'm aware… This is the last land she stood and lived on, that is, until she disappeared from our lives. Mine, and that of our son."

Ava couldn't help but stare at the evening cityscape around her, and the malnourished girl who had been placed into her care.

Skuld.

Ava had no idea what had happened to the poor girl, but as she stood there in a trance with that horrible black coat of her Master and Luxu, she couldn't help but be thankful it would at least protect her from the elements.

The rain that was pouring down upon them would eventually get through the many layers of her Foreteller robes, so it was imperative that they found somewhere they could stay as she tried to discern why they had found themselves here.

Ava gently took the girl's hand, startling her at being touched by another despite their time together before settling. Ava pulled her along the side street, glancing at the signs around them for a clue of a place to rest and eat.

Skuld had been placed in her care perhaps a month ago, but with the several 'jumps' as it were, that took them to different Worlds and places, she was beginning to have a difficult time keeping track.

As they came close to a main road Ava suddenly realized a car was driving too closely to them.

She stopped and sharply turned, looking at the sleek black car that had pulled up beside them on their left, "Well, if you aren't a sight for old eyes."

Her Heart began to accelerate as the car's driver side window rolled down, "And who are you?" She shifted Skuld behind her protectively.

The blond man she didn't recognize huffed with mirth, a genial smile on his lips, "You may call me a Gambler of sorts… but if you want something a little more… concrete than that, you once called me Brain."

Ava gasped as she stepped towards the man. She stared into his shining blue eyes as she realized she recognized the Heart that lay deep below the surface. "What… how?"

He shook his head as the back door to the car opened, no others with him, "The rain is no place to have a chat between friends. Allow me to make your arrangements as we catch up. There is much to discuss over these many, many years you've been gone."

Ava hesitated before she glanced at the shivering Skuld, making up her mind. She gently settled the girl into the car and then got in herself, closing the door and securing their seatbelts before staring at the rearview mirror where she could barely see the Gambler's, no, Brain's drastically different hairline and color.

"...What can you tell me about this World? And… what should I call you?"

The man hummed a moment, "I am fine with Brain, though for a time I was referred to as Luxord when I had lost my Heart and became a Nobody in this present semblance. However, if you must call me something, you may call me-"

Sora slowly awoke in the middle of a silent city, as if time had been halted for a moment.

He gazed in wonder, amazed at the City surrounding him as rain fell.

Sora looked himself over, bewildered at the change in his appearance in this new World.

It was a little like how he changed while visiting Captain Jack Sparrow and the others.

He began to walk, taking in the sights and sounds as people slowly seemed to come into existence around him, none paying him any mind as he slowly began to blend in with the pedestrians.

The feeling of eyes following him as he made his way through the city leaving him nervous and confused as he traversed this strange new World.

The World Yozora had pulled him into from his Heart Station when they had fought after meeting in that Night Sky version of The Final World.

This was his city, the city that the Star had spoken of.

Riku stared at the Data version of his lost friend, a cold and tired grief clutching his chest as he defeated one Data version of their enemies after another.

The Fairy Godmother appearing, looking for him specifically as the reason for her appearance.

"Why, my specialty is Dreams, of course. Master Yen Sid said something about you having strange recurring Dreams?"

Riku nodded, as Cid, Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith watched in wonder, "Yeah. I find myself in a city I've never been to before, and I'm being watched by someone very far away..."

A man in a black coat steps up to the edge of a tall building, peering down calmly as Sora wanders the streets in confusion.

He sighs to himself, reminiscing as he lifts his hands towards the moon as if to take a picture, and then rearranges his fingers to form a Heart.

"Just like old times."

It was time to ReConnect.