Chapter Six: Riku's Explanation

"What do you mean my explanation? I already know what's going on, you're Ansem." Riku sneered.

"Yes and No, Riku." Adrian said.

"What, do you mean he's right?" Sora questioned.

"Well he is right that I am Ansem. I am just not the same Ansem you know." Adrian replied cryptically. "Let me tell you my story and that will clear everything up. You see at the beginning, I was Ansem, a researcher in the field of magic. I learned of creation and many others things, like the tesseract through my studies. But then I learned of the magic of the heartless and how it took order and chaos magic to seal the door. I soon looked into this with a healthy curiosity, but soon the darkness took that curiosity of its magic and began to take over. I was pushed out of my own body and the darkness used it as a puppet to open the doorway. I am the true soul of Ansem and as a soul; I used chaos and order magic to form myself this new body. So in fact, I am the true Ansem. I just changed my name, so as to keep myself separate from the puppet that is my body." Adrian finished as he got up.

"Wow, wait a second, you are the real Ansem?" Sora asked bewildered.

"Yes, I am but still call me Adrian. I'd rather not associate myself with that puppet." Adrian replied.

"I still don't trust you Ansem." Riku said, and he got to his feet and stop Adrian from walking forward.

"You don't have to trust me Riku, if you always wish to be suspicious of me that's fine, but as I told before, you shall call me Adrian." Adrian replied to the accusation. "Now let's go to the world and find a guardian." So Adrian pushed Riku aside and started to fly all the way to the world, with Sora and Riku following shortly after. As they approached the world, Sora realized he had never seen this world before. Adrian stopped before entering and waited for Riku and Sora. When they got there he told them to be ready and then they stepped into the world.


The world was oddly familiar to Sora as if he had been here before, a long time ago. It's long white stone path and rolling green hills formed together to make a landscape that gave Sora a deja-vu feeling. Then, as they continued on the road he saw a huge castle up ahead. "Adrian where are we?" Sora blurted out as he looked around.

"You don't remember this place do you, Sora?" Adrian asked.

"No, should I remember this place?" Sora responded.

"You should. This is the place you started off in before you started to wake up in all the other worlds you went to." Adrian responded. They then walked up to the gate of the castle and opened the doors to revealed two friends of Sora's.

"Donald, Goofy!" Sora screamed in surprised.

"Sora, why did you leave?" They asked, as they got up and walked forward.

"I didn't leave on purpose. I just went to bed and woke up somewhere else. Believe me I never wanted to leave you guys." Sora responded.

"Who're your friends?" Donald asked.

"Guys, this is Adrian and Riku." Sora said as Donald and Goofy recoiled.

"Sora, are you mad?!" Goofy asked. "That's Ansem and you remember how Riku tried to kill you don't you."

"Has King Mickey been around here since the door closed?" Riku asked.

"Hey! that's right shouldn't you be behind the door with him too?" Donald said.

"No, actually he helped me leave but we got separated." Riku said in return.

"Now, will you let us in as a good host should, seeing as we can explain every thing in due course?" Adrian asked.

B/N(Beta's Note): Hey all. I'd like to apologize to the lateness of this chapter. It wasn't AngelofJudgment's fault. I got sick with the Flu. God that sucked. So now I am feeling better and I just finished up with editing and proofreading. Hope you all enjoy and once again, sorry for the lateness. Em aka TheLightintheDarkness