.: Ansem's Report :.

There is darkness within every heart. One is born with it. Untapped and unknown. But when found and used, the inner sin blackens the heart. Tainting it forever. There is no purity in the heart.

The darkness in the heart can be controlled. I have learned to embrace this impureness within my very own heart.

My studies on the other hearts of darkness has shown me that showing a single sign of weakness or surrender, the darkness will swallow you and the will be lost forever. With a lost heart it brings forth these odd creatures. Black creatures.

This one that is with me for further studies has shown me it has no heart and comes to steal the tainted hearts of others. This little creature has brought me another creature with the crest that is built into my castle.

All these creatures roam my domain and they all fear me. They report and complete every command I order on them. They only have one objective in their lifeless bodies. To steal the light that shines within.

These creatures... I will call them the Heartless.

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"There were mermaids, indians, large trees that seemed to have no end, and," Kads lowered his voice to a whisper, "pirates..."

All the young children, even the older laughed and some gasped.

"That's Neverland for you."

"Where else have you been!" One of the boys asked eagerly.

"Oh! Here's a fun one. In this place there was a talking rabbit who always ran around franticly screaming, 'I'm late! I'm Late! For a very important date! No time to say hello! Good-bye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm LATE! Oh, the Queen! She'll have my head for sure!' Now frankly I saw his pocket clock and the numbers were jumbled everywhere!" To emphasize this Kads lifted his hands and wiggled them in quick swift motions, "Also, the time seemed to be going backwards. I'm not so sure he was really able to know the true time, but I didn't wanna interupt. This seemed like a tradition."

"That place sounds funny!" A little girl with a stuffed cat exclaimed excitedly as she hugged the toy tightly.

Kads picked her up and set her on his kap, "It was funny. And you know... There was a cat in this place." The little girls blue eyes widened in happiness. "Yes, this cat was a tricky one though. He spoke in riddles. He also disappeared. A neat trick really. Sometimes as I walked through the Lotus Forest his wide grin and googly eyes would just appear on a branch. His purple stripes would start to appear like ribbons. Then his pink stripes would pour in like water. Then he'd sneeze making his ears, paws, nose, and tail pop out of thin air!"

The little girl looked down at her stuffed cat. "He sounds fun. I wanna meet him!"

Kads stroked her hair and grinned. "Now that wasn't the weird part. Before any of this would happen, I'd hear his voice and then he would appear. Little by little. He'd tell me, 'What an unpleasant day, don't you say? Where are your feet bringing you? This way? That way? Up way? Yesturday? Tomrrow? Tuesday? Sundae?' For every direction he'd point to it and he'd end up with seven arms! 'Perhaps you'll find yourself having a very Unhappy Unbirthday with the Madhatter?' I'd look at him and say, 'Why your mad!'
Then this cat would slowly begin to disappear. The way he came. His purple stripes unraveling to where there was only pink sectiona, two eyes, and a wide grin floating about. 'I'm mad. Your mad. The Queens mad. But there is no one madder than the Hatter,' He would then laugh and his face would disappear. The pink sections of his body turning to pink water and falling on my head soaking me."

The little girl on Kads's lap smiled. "What was his name!"

"He was the Cheshire Cat. He enjoyed introducing himself."

"What a cute name!"

All the girls agreed and began began to ramble on about the Cheshire cat. The boys were quiet. They didn't want to learn about rabbits, angry queens, and riddle tongued cats.

Kads saw Laine leaning against the doorway and he smiled to her. "Fools who fall in love stay fools and make the other love a fool." He muttered the riddle just like the Cheshire Cat. His was slightly different but what the hell.

"No more girly stuff! Tell us something adventerous!" A boy yelled getting the boys hyped up with cheers and hollars.

"Don't be rude to the girls you guys." Laine called over the now forming war. "Plus its time for you guys to hit the sack. No whining!" Laine added as all the faces in the room got sad and seemed to rev up for a chorus of protests. "Get going you little madhatters!"
The kids all scattered away to their cots, mats, or hammocks.

Laine walked slowly to Kads with her arms crossed and smirked. "Nice stories."

Kads grinned, "Yeah. You know in Neverland there was a bunch of children with Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, and Wendy. They were the Lost Boys. In this case we've got got Kads, Laine, Seth, and the Lost Kids.

Laine looked around at the scattered asleep bunch. "Who's who in our case?"

"Well I'm Peter Pan. The adventurous hero. Your Wendy. The sweet mother. Seth is our very own Tinker Bell. The easily agitated fairy who falls slightly into darkness with her jealousy."

Laine laughed. "As I recall Wendy is a storyteller. You seem to be so full of stories my dear Kads."

"Yeah, but Wendy gets injured."

Kads took Laine's blandaged hand and kissed her knuckles. Pulling Laine down on his lap he brushed his lips over her's. Her lips curved over his inviting Kads to do more than brush lips. Understanding this sign Kads deepened the kiss to madly wild and hungry.

Sneaking a peek down in a hammock was Shadix. At the moment Shadix was having trouble sleeping. He had seen this man somewhere. But he couldn't remember. There was one thing though. He knew all those stories and places. He's been there before.

In the other room Seth sat in the dark with anger playing over his face. How could his sister disrespect him like that! He would make her pay.

With this anger in Seth's heart he was now beginning to know about the old darkness he once knew. He was now tapping into old sealed back feelings. Dark feelings that would lead to anguish and pure hate.

Picking up the blood stained bear Laine loved so much Seth looked at it with the same hate he had for her. Without him even knowing, long sharp talons pierced through the soft cotton and fabric until pieces fell between his fingers as if melting away. The head rolled backwards onto the floor.

Looking down at his hands Seth smiled at the newly acquired black claws and thought of what he could do with them. Seeing the torn bear on the floor he imagined it being his sister. Yes, little Lainie wouldn't see it coming.

"This darkness in my heart is the key to happiness and what will help me destroy Laine and Kads."

As Seth laughed wickedly to himself he never heard the other cold tone of laughter echoing around him in triumph.

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Well that is the end of this chapter. I dunno if this story will last long. I wrote this story a while back for a writing contest on a website. Problem is I never got to finish writing it in the first place. So now I'm going to have to make up the chapters soon. Darn. I'm having writer's block at the moment. Please enjoy and review! I like reviews. E-mails are nice too. .

Love,

PennilessWriter