In the castle...

"Insane!" Cedric yelled slamming his fist down on the armrest of his throne. "Once again she took off with the idiots! What's Riku got that I don't?!"

"You want the short or long list master?" A shadow heartless asked.

"The short one."

Two hours later...

"Reason 7000: He's a hero and you're a villain." The heartless recited. Cedric sat on his throne looking more and more pissed with each reason. "Reason 7001: He has neat silver hair and you have that freaky blue kind. And that concludes the short list. Would you like the long list master?"

"NO!" Cedric roared slamming his fist down on his armrest causing the room to shake. The heartless whimpered in terror. "BRING ME MY SEEING STONE!" Cedric ordered. The heartless dashed out of the room leaving the fuming Cedric alone.


"Now that I have a moment I can catch up on my evil plotting." Cedric sighed. He folded his hands and thought deeply. "Yes...yes...that's evil...yes...that's gonna be good!"

Suddenly the heartless came back holding a pedestal that was twice its size. It was a white pedestal with a red orb on top of it. The heartless plugged it into the wall using a black extension cord.

"Now..." Cedric growled, "Show me Riku." The seeing stone glowed and the red smoky substance inside of it began to swirl to form an image. It was Riku and his friends hurrying through the forest back towards the castle. That fool Katie was telling them some sort of story about herself.

"…And that's how I defeated the mighty possum king!" She finished triumphantly.

Carolyn held up her index finger. "You smell that? It's bullshit."


Everyone snickered.

Katie was furious. "IT IS NOT BULLSHIT! IT'S THE TRUTH!"

"Oh really?" Carolyn said sarcastically, "Well if that's the truth, lemme ask you something. Did they ever catch that gorilla that escaped from the zoo and punched you in the eye??"

Katie, realizing that she'd been exposed, looked down at her shoes and sighed. "No…he's still at large."

Cedric stared into the seeing stone in amazement. He shook his head and smiled. And those fools were supposed to be the heroes? Oh boy, this was going to be too easy!

"Don't get cocky boy." The demon inside him growled.

"Shut up you!" Cedric snarled back.

"You're getting to be a real pain boy… I think it's time I took matters into my own hands."

Cedric frowned. "What do you mean?"

"You still haven't figured it out. You're stupider than you look."

Suddenly Cedric felt a sharp pain shoot through his heart. He staggered back clutching his head in pain. He collapsed to his knees screaming in pain. Suddenly his golden cat-like eyes began to glow red and his fingernails grew long and sharp like claws.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?!" Cedric screamed.

"Stupid little boy!" A mocking voice echoed throughout his mind. Suddenly he felt himself lose all control of his body.

"You little fool. Did you honestly think I cared about you're stupid vengeance? Your father was a weirdo. The worlds a lot better place without him. He was just a host to me, there are a million more where he came from!"

"YOU SON OF A…" Cedric tried to scream but he was no longer in control of his voice.

"Riku and his pitiful friends were just bystanders to his death." The demon went on, "When Riku pulled the pure-heart from his core he was only trying to save the girl. But tricking you into hating him worked out better than I could've ever imagined. Now the time draws near. Riku and his friends get closer with every step. Soon all three keyblade masters will be in my grasp!"

"Foul scum!" Cedric gasped, "10000 DEATHS ARE NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU!"

 "Save the drama for your mama."

"You won't get away with this." Cedric growled.

"My dear boy. I already have."