Aftermath
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
Marlena sank to the floor; crying, "Zashi…Why would you put yourself through Darkness to reach Iris? Its not what she would want…" "Because he is under his control." Another voice said, she turned around, to find Cloud, towering over her, "Dark Sora is controlling your friend, using him for Darkness." Marlena got up from the cold floor and looked into his eyes and said, "is Zashi the rightful Keyblade bearer?" he looked at the floor, then to the wall, and said quietly, "I don't know." "However, there has been a change of plans; I am coming with you." Marlena looked into his eyes, "why the sudden change of heart, Cloud?" he looked away and coldly said, "It is because this is much bigger than just Light and Dark, there is a third power, called the Unknown."
"The Unknown?" Marlena asked, with a puzzled look, then she put her left hand to her chin and thought, "The Unknown's powers come from Non-existence; the forgetting of dreams, people, and anything else. Their power is nearly limitless, and there are only 5 of them, but they are extremely powerful." She looked at him, "even more powerful than the Heartless?" Cloud looked at her coldly, "they created the Heartless." "They realized that they could not keep control of them, and banished them to Hollow Bastion, however, they were found by Ansem, and released again."
Cloud turned his back to her and said, "we need to leave and figure out a plan to stop both the Unknown and Heartless." "Lets go." Marlena grabbed a part of his crimson cloak, and was enveloped in a multi-colored light, and found herself next to the Gummi ship. "Why did the Unknown create the Heartless in the first place?" Marlena asked, climbing into the passenger side, "No one knows, some claim that they were created to only steal the memories of the victims, but it changed into Hearts." The ship started to fly high into the air, and then blasted through the sky, Soon they arrived at the starry night of Traverse Town, docking, they walked back to the small house where Marlena was first brought. Cloud opened the door, and she followed, and sank into the chair at the table, and Cloud went into the back of the house. Marlena looked around the house, and noticed that no one was home except herself and Cloud, she thought about the figure she had fought, when he came back into the room. "The first thing to; teach you magic." "lift your sword into the air and think about the heat from a fire and launch it from your sword." Marlena raised the sword, and then remembered a burning flame, and then she shot it at Cloud. He used his hand to stop the ball of fire coming toward him, "you're a fast learner, I think that's all we need for now." He headed for the door, "I have to leave you now, I need to take some of business", "don't go running off again." Then he shut the door behind him. "I wonder where he went to?" Marlena wondered, as she saw Cloud walking down the street, she put her sword on the counter, and rage came to her mind, "Zashi your so stupid! Iris wouldn't want you to go through Darkness!" She clenched her fist, and then, she felt warmth coming from her hands. It was a Keyblade!
Her rage instantly left as she looked at her new Keyblade. "Is this mine? I thought I was only the Key bearer?" Marlena swung it around, and then she looked at her reflection in the metal, there were bags under her eyes, realizing she had not slept since she had first arrived, she decided to get some sleep, she dismissed the Keyblade, and found a bed and gently drifted off to sleep…
A/N: Ha...Sorry I put all of you on the cliff-hanger for about 3 and a half months...if you still read this...you are REALLY dedicated to my stuff...so hang in there, I've renewed fic writing for this story, and I will finish it, contary to what my profile says!