The day the Heartless came changed everything.

True, I wasn't what you would call, the friendliest catch, but even when they came…

I became blind, stupid; I wanted to use their power for my own gain.

And even then it was so simple, given my status I could only take over a part of the world.

That's why I created her as a back up.

Sora never met her. But when I fell into that dark abyss supposedly to my death I activated that last spell.

I couldn't breath, I felt groggy, and I screamed in disgust and foolishly breathed in water.

I was going to die… I could feel myself sinking back into the abyss of death.

And then I found myself in Castle Oblivion. And there I had lost my memories, Namine, the one that the Organization calls Witch, she must have known the threat I could cause. But that didn't matter; I could remember my magic, and everything else…

My own being was altered again when Sora obtained the Atlantica card. Being of different body the memories he had obtained further impeded me from regaining my bearings.

I can't believe that I talked to Sora. I can't believe that I wanted to make friends with him.

That Gold amulet I once had now belonged to Sora, he didn't know it, but once he walked into that world, it was with him. But why did it go to him and not me?

Then again… trying to remember everything… seems like a lost cause now….

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Sora stormed the room with his team knowing full well the battle ahead would decide their fates. They broke through the last waves of Heartless and found themselves in what looked like a normal room.

"There's nothing here," Riku Replica shouldered his blade, "are they somewhere else?"

"Something's not right," Zexion surveyed the scene, "This room, it has a different aura than the others…"

The room began to warp and the group stumbled as the walls, the ceiling, and even the floor beneath them melted away into a starry sky.

"What kind of magic's this!" Donald stammered as he grabbed a hold of Lexaeus's coat as a battering wind began to blow.

Sora kept his ground and looked around to see what the cause of the gale was. A giant figure descended from the darkness. A monster? No, it was a battleship of some kind. They had little time to react as Axel and Vanessa both jumped down from the ship and once again attacked them.

It was difficult to fight in the new terrain. With darkness and stars everywhere even Vexen became befuddled as to what was ground and what was sky. It didn't help that the giant ship began to fire off red and gold missiles. Lexaeus and Goofy managed to knock back a few of the warheads but several got through their defense and detonated behind them. Everyone was scattered by the blast and a scream of pain was heard. Despite being knocked for a loop Sora's priority was to see if Namine was all right. Looking over she saw that she had been the one smacked by the attack the hardest; she was bleeding from a piece of shrapnel that flown form the missile. Sora rushed over to her and pulled her away from the battle.

Vexen saw that the witch had been hurt, but he was occupied with the fact that Axel once again singled him out from the group. He fended off the red head with his ice magic, but Axel dodged the attacks and struck at him with one of his shurikens. The blow was enough to send him to the ground.

Vanessa was having as much luck as Axel. Donald, caught up so much in the battle dashed right at her in a melee attack. She jumped to the side and tripped the duck with her spear. Lexaeus and Zexion doubled teamed her but she held her spear out to block for their weapons. Seconds later they screamed in both pain and surprise as she sent electric waves through her weapons and into theirs.

Riku Replica was the only one left to fight Marluxia. He dodged the Redux's blades and leapt onto the back. He leapt down to face Marluxia but he was one step ahead of the clone. Marluxia brought his hand up and from a single flower petal that appeared in his hand he summoned his giant scythe. He blocked Riku Replica's attack and threw him down into the hatch of the Redux.

Sora watched from afar. He knew his friends were in trouble, but with the battles wearing down on his magic and the critical condition of Namine kept him from rejoining.

We need a miracle
A burst of wind behind him alerted him to what could be another enemy. Turning around he saw another unknown that he had fought before and a different unknown who had wings.

The duo flew right over him and it seemed that they were going to crash into the Redux head on. The winged unknown let go of its partner and with a brilliant move sent a bolt of lightning crashing down on Marluxia.

Larxene landed on the Redux and plucked Riku Replica up before Marluxia could recover. She let him go right behind Vanessa, who was now just coming to terms with what was happening.

"That creation and that demoted Unknown!" she shouted as she fended off another attack form Zexion and Lexaeus.

Vexen smiled as his experiment landed next to him and bowed.

"I returned her to you, I knew that the pain of her death would destroy you."

"Don't explain Lorenzo… after all," he eyed the opposition and smiled, "We need to do some cleaning up. Help Sora tend to Namine's wounds and Larxene will deal with them."

She gave a nod and flew over to the Keybearer. Vexen got back to his feet; restored with new energy he focused all of his magic into his weapon. It began to frost over and formed icicles and soon formed into a slap shod version of his old shield.

Better than nothing.

Axel once again attacked Vexen, who responded by bringing his new weapon up and sending them into a dead lock.

"Give it up old man, you're through!" Axel sneered as he pushed his weapon forward.

"We'll see who prevails in this battle!" Vexen tried his best to sound intimidating and shoved his weapon so the ridges smacked Axel along the face and cut him slightly.

Sora could rest at ease now that Namine was okay. Lorenzo quickly used her magic to cure her of her cut. The two helped Namine up and they looked back to the battle.

"They need you Sora."

"But what about-"

"I'm fine… Sora, you don't have to worry about me.." Namine looked away, "You never have to worry about me, I'm not worth that."

"Namine!" Sora went to turn her around but was held back by Lorenzo.

"She's right, it might seem callous, but for the time being, your other friends need you more… besides," she eyed him and tapped his chest, "Your heart wants to speak to the unknowns."

"What?" Sora gave Lorenzo a look that suggested she said a bad joke.

"I'm a product of Larxene, Vexen, and Maleficent. I things about all three of them. And here's one thing I know; unknowns are not supposed to have hearts. But yet the love that Vexen and Larxene began to feel for one another has restored some of that lost light. They will never truly regain it, but with your help perhaps they can combine that light…"

"But HOW?" Sora's eyes showed even greater moods of confusion, "I'm just the keyblade master! I can't do anything amazing!"

"Maleficent knows that Vanessa, if that's what you call her now, had an amulet that had great magic properties. She lost it when she died and when the memory card of Atlantica was created a replica of that amulet appeared. But instead of going to her, it went to your keyblade. Your keyblade has been grafted with the power of that amulet!"

"And what powers does it have?" Sora looked back nervously, he was going to join this battle and was worried about the state of the others.

"The powers to create, destroy, combine."

"Combine?"

"You can fit two and two together," Lorenzo leaned forward and her grin widened, if Sora knew her he would have been freaked out; she wasn't behaving normally, "Just hold the keyblade up and say what comes to you, the amulet, the Shark Eye amulet, will do the rest."

Sora looked from the battle, to Lorenzo, to Namine, and then back to his keyblade. He would do it. He would save them all and end this madness.

"Keyblade!" He raised his weapon to the sky and called. Everyone and even the villains despite themselves looked to Sora, curious as to what he would try to do, "The darkness has sealed the light away for too long. There is darkness in every heart, but there is light too! Those who have sparked their light become one and use your powers to stop those before you! Shark Eye! Unlock!"

A brilliant light flashed, lighting up the darkness of space and nearly blinding them all.

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Larxene felt herself being lifted off the Redux against her will. She groped at the metal but soon seemed to fade into the light. That light, so comforting, so warm, she felt this somewhere before. And then, the fading… she was dying? No, fading, but not, vanishing. It was hard to explain, but she felt her fingertips disappear, and then along with her senses.

Axel gave a yelp as Vexen bolted at him in the light and sent him flying into the Redux. Standing victorious Vexen gave a yelp of his own as he felt himself being lifted off the ground as well. That same tantalizing feelings of fading, of feeling his body dissolve wavered over him.

He opened his eyes groggily when the feeling past. The light was gone. He was still floating in midair.

Marluxia and the traitors were gaping up at him. He was about to ask aloud when a voice sounded in his head.

"VEXEN! We've been merged!"

"WHAT!" the scientist doubled over in shock.

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Sora felt his mouth drop down in awe. One single unknown glared down upon the enemy. It was obviously a woman, but she had several features of Vexen's. His hair, his sunken face, his cold eyes that now burned with a younger vitality. Giant wings flapped lightly behind her. Each feather gleamed as if made of ice. When she spoke she sounded like an older Larxene.

"Marluxia!" she pointed at him and glowered, "This will end now! Your pathetic attempt of trying to seize power! You even win the likes of Axel and that sea demon Vanessa! You won't live to see the likes of another day!"

"Well I guess that's all done." Axel brandished his weapons and got into a fighting stance, the peculiar thing was that he was facing the Redux.

"What!" Marluxia loomed over the Redux's cockpit and snapped, "You! You said you were on my side!

"Well I thought that would be good enough to convince you," Axel laughed, "I was actually sent by the superior to see if two beings could indeed fuse, he knew of Vexen's infatuation with Larxene, and it's paid off. The Organization has a greater force than any other! And with that I think we'll take you out now!"

"That won't be necessary," Marluxia gave a shrug of his own.

"What?" Axel turned around just in time to see one of the Redux's scythes came crashing down on him. He braced himself for the blow but he felt someone grab him and shoved him out of the way. Axel shook his head back to his senses and saw that Lexaeus and Zexion had both shoved him out of harms way.

"What the hell did you do that for?!" he spat.

"You were being an ass before," Lexaeus growled.

"But in the end it looks like that came through in the end," Zexion gave a rare smile, "come on, lets finish the traitor and his fake memory together!"

Sora was unsurprisingly shocked by the turn of events. But he, Lorenzo, and Namine all joined the ranks of his comrades. The fusion of Vexen and Larxene lead the group and as one all of them brandished their weapons.

"Marluxia! Vanessa! You will learn to fear the Organization!"