Squall, Rinoa, and Selphie walk up the stairs into a throne room. A man in a violet cloak, Seneka, sits at the throne and stairs deeply at Squall.
"The time has come," says Seneka.
"The time for you to die," says Squall as he brings his gunblade up.
"No, the time for darkness to rule," replied Seneka as he stood up and walked down the stairs that were in front of him.
"Darkness will never rule!" yelled Squall.
Seneka summoned a small black ball and set it on the ground. The ball turned into a creature, a small black creature.
"Imagine billions of these," said Seneka as he released it to attack Squall.
Squall swung his gunblade and killed it in one hit.
"Not to hard," said Squall and suddenly, hundreds poured out of Seneka's hand. The three attack all the black creatures, this left Rinoa weak, Squall tired and Selphie nearly dead.
"I'll save your friend Squall," said Seneka as he made a magical watch in his hand. The watch clicked backwards and turned Selphie back into a child.
"WHAT DID YOU DO!?" yelled Squall.
Then Seneka summoned a black portal underneath Selphie, in which Selphie fell through.
"Where is she you beast," yelled Rinoa.
Seneka picked up the black portal and showed it to them. It seemed like a moving picture of a beach was painted on it. Selphie lay their on the sand and two boys came to her aid.
"Where?" said Squall, "Why?"
"I sent her to the Destiny Islands to live peacefully in another life," said Seneka, "I'm not that bad of a guy."
"You're evil!" screamed Rinoa.
Seneka's face shriveled in anger and he threw a black ball at her. The ball opened up in the air and swallowed Rinoa. The ball disappeared after absorbing her. Squall was horror stricken.
"Where?" said Squall faintly.
"We're in a place I call Hollow Bastion," said Seneka.
"No, where's Rinoa?" Squall said looking up in anger.
"I'll never tell you!" said Seneka as he laughed.
"Then you'll die!" yelled Squall.
Squall took several strikes toward Seneka, Seneka easily dodged them all. Until one struck him, a stab in the heart. Seneka coughed up blood and looked in Squall's eyes. Seneka laughed and said, "The heartless are those black creatures, there are many different kinds. They infest themselves in people with weak hearts, I think. You'd have to ask Ansem about that."
"Who? What? Don't die, answer me!" Squalled screamed as Seneka was drowning in a pool of his own blood.
Seneka's stab to the heart started pouring out black blood, almost like ink. The blood gushed out fast and covered his entire body. Squall backed away and looked at what Seneka was turning into. The ink blood surrounded Seneka completely and Seneka turned into a large devil like black monster wearing the torn violet cloak as a small cape. He had a large thorny heart-like design on his chest and he pointed to a window. Many black creatures were outside, covering the land, destroying everything. Seneka laughed and spit out the words, "This is the Reign of Darkness"