A Pure Heart
"It's here! It's here!"
The door to the room of Team RWBY shot open and in walked their leader who was excited about something while holding a book in her hands.
"What's here?" Weiss looked up from her table, spying the book in Ruby's hands. "And is that actually a book? Not a comic?"
"Of course it is." Ruby replied while holding up said book for everyone to see. "What else would it be?"
"And what's so special about this book? I've only seen you this excited when it comes to reading your comic books." Weiss stated.
"Because this is no ordinary book." Ruby said proudly. "This is the book written by the famous Trainer of Heroes. This is literally the training guide to how Huntsmen were trained in the old days!"
This caused Blake to perk up from her bed while Yang sat up and looked down. "Really? It finally came?"
"Yep." Ruby nodded with a big smile as she placed the book down on the floor and opened it. "This contains the literal rules on how to be the best Huntress ever."
"So why isn't that required learning here at Beacon?" Weiss asked skeptically.
"Come on, Weiss." Yang patted the heiress on the back. "Don't be a stiff. Let's see what it's got and then decide it these rules work."
Rules for being a Hero
"I guess they just called Huntsmen heroes back in the day." Blake couldn't help but comment.
I Everybody needs a hero.
"How does that work?" Weiss raised an eyebrow.
"Kind of has a point, Weiss. Mom and Uncle Qrow are my heroes." Ruby pointed out.
"And you are always talking about your grandfather, mother, father and sister being the best at everything they do." Yang added with a smirk.
Weiss was rendered silent as she glanced away.
II Nobody cares about a zero.
"True that." Yang chuckled. "Look at Cardin and his team."
III Use your head.
"That is actually a useful rule for some people." Weiss commented, throwing a look at Ruby and Yang.
IV Your trainer is always right.
"Not always." Blake muttered, thinking of a certain bull Faunus with a red glowing sword.
V Heroes don't make excuses.
"That's a pretty good point. If we screw up, we screw up." Ruby stated with everyone else agreeing.
VI When rescuing a damsel, always handle with care.
"I did with Weiss in that food fight." Ruby recalled.
"Hey!" Weiss barked. "That wasn't real."
VII The bigger they are, the harder they hit.
"Not after I am done with them." Yang said, flexing her muscles.
VIII If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.
"That is true. Not everyone is suited for the life of a Huntress." Blake couldn't help but agree with that rule.
IX A good left is always right.
"True that." Yang smiled while clenching her left fist.
X Watch your footwork.
"I always do." Weiss answered with a smile.
XI Heroes are never mediocre.
"Like that will ever happen to us." Ruby declared, punching a fist in the air which was followed by her sister and friends.
XII A hero is known by his enemies.
"Well, I think Roman Torchwick hates us enough that that counts." Ruby tapped her chin.
XIII Some are born heroes, some achieve hero status, and some have heroism thrust upon them.
"That is actually true too." Blake nodded. "And no, I'm not thinking about the heroes in my novels."
"You mean there is actual action in that smut you read?" Yang asked, earning a glare from her partner.
XIV Never hit below the belt.
"Yeah, Yang." Blake threw back at her blond partner. "Maybe you should remember this one."
"I don't do that all the time." Yang argued.
XV A hero is only as good as his weapon.
"That is also true. There would not be much point in having our weapons if we didn't know how to use them." Weiss admitted.
XVI Don't turn your back on your foe.
"Never!" Ruby proclaimed.
XVII Don't be a sucker for a pretty face.
"Come on. Who could resist this face?" Yang asked, pointing both thumbs at her own face with a smile.
XVIII Learn from your mistakes.
"That's another good one." Blake agreed, actually seeing why the author of this book was considered a trainer.
XIX Keep circling.
"That is also another good one. Never let your guard down." Weiss lectured.
XX The greater the risk, the greater the prize.
"True that." Yang nodded.
XXI Always take the full count.
"Another good one." Ruby nodded.
XXII Control your strength.
"Yeah, Yang." The three girls said, looking at the brawler of the team.
XXIII The road to hero status is paved with 'also-ran's.
Blake shuffled a bit at that.
XXIV Don't get cocky.
"That's one not just on me." Yang pointed at her sister and teammates.
XXV Never look back.
"Wait, what about the rule of never turning your back on your enemy?" Ruby questioned.
"I believe this rule more about never looking back on your past and focus on moving forward." Weiss stated.
"Oh. I get it now."
XXVI Your shield is your best friend.
"I guess Pyrrha would be disappointed if we showed her this rule." Yang snickered.
XXVII Don't rest on your laurels.
"Pyrrha doesn't do that either." Weiss added.
XXVIII Keep your guard up.
"A sound one." Weiss nodded.
XXIX Beware of dudes bearing gifts.
"I can attest to that one." Yang frowned. "Especially that one week when I was dating…What was his name?"
"Steve." Ruby answered blandly. "Remember him? You strapped fireworks to his crotch when you found out he was cheating on you with a few other girls…And he was hitting on me too."
"Oh yeah." Yang snapped her fingers and grinned as her eyes turned red. "Showed him."
XXX Analyze the situation.
"Agreed." Blake nodded.
XXXI Failure is not an option.
"I don't know the meaning of the word." Ruby declared with a smile and both hands on her hips.
XXXII Never hit a man when he's down.
"As if I would stoop to such a low." Weiss scoffed.
XXXIII Second place is the first loser.
"That's why we're number one." Yang said with a big smile as she winked at her team.
XXXIV He who fights and runs away is no pupil of mine!
"Sir, yes sir!" Ruby saluted.
Blake nodded in agreement.
XXXV A hero who won't be beaten can't be beaten.
"That's a bit of a leap. Everyone loses once in a while." Blake pointed out.
XXXVI Heroes take chances.
"True." Team RWBY nodded.
XXXVII Don't start anything you can't finish.
"We ain't leaving any time soon." Yang answered.
XXXVIII No knot unties itself.
"Is this an instruction on how to tie your shoe?" Ruby asked.
Weiss simply face-palmed herself.
XXXIX Duck!
"Where?" Ruby's head shot back and forth.
"No, it means duck when you see an attack coming." Weiss rolled her eyes.
XL Being a hero is its own reward.
"True but it doesn't hurt to have some fans." Yang pointed out.
XLI Don't panic.
"Never do." Weiss answered with a proud smile.
XLII The best defense is a good offense.
"No argument there." Yang brought one fist into the palm of her other hand.
XLIII Not every damsel is in distress.
"Ain't that right, Ice Queen?" Yang asked rhetorically.
"When have I ever been in distress?" Weiss narrowed her eyes.
"Well, there was that time during the initiation-" Ruby started.
"That doesn't count!" Weiss snapped.
XLIV Anticipate.
"That does help." Blake nodded.
XLV Sheep get sheared.
"Why are there so many animal analogies?" Weiss sighed but translated. "Basically this one means don't just listen to what everyone says. Think for yourselves."
"I have some friends who are sheep Faunus who might feel a little insulted by this one." Blake simply said.
XLVI Limitations are the shackles we bind to ourselves.
"Then good thing we have no limits." Yang snickered.
XLVII Every enemy has a weak spot.
"True." Again, all of Team RWBY nodded in agreement.
XLVIII There is no 'try.'
"But how do we win if we don't try?" Ruby asked.
XLIX Face your fears.
"Does that mean eating oatmeal cookies?" Ruby shuddered.
"Yes, Ruby. It means getting your fear of oatmeal cookies." Weiss said in a dull tone.
L A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
"Amen." Yang nodded.
LI Act, don't react.
"To what?" Ruby asked.
LII Expect the unexpected.
"True." Blake nodded.
LIII Never do anything halfway.
"Never do." Yang simply said.
LIV Lead with your left.
"Always do." Yang held up her left fist.
LV No pain, no gain.
"I am really liking these rules." Yang smiled.
LVI Watch your back.
"I usually do." Blake nodded.
LVII Be prepared.
"I always am." Weiss boasted.
"Meh." Ruby, Blake and Yang waved their hands in a 'so-so' manner.
LVIII If you look like a hero, you'll feel like a hero.
"I always do when I wearing this." Ruby gestured to her red cloak that was a gift from her late birth mother.
LVIX Speak softly.
"Yeah, Yang." Weiss threw a look at Yang who stuck her tongue back.
LX Carry a big sword.
"Got something better." Ruby smiled to which her sister and friends agreed with smiles of their own.
LXI The greater your agility the greater your ability.
"I agree with that too." Blake nodded.
LXII With great power comes great responsibility.
"No argument there." All of Team RWBY agreed.
LXIII A hero is always on duty.
"That's true." Ruby agreed along with the rest of her team.
LXIV Keep both eyes open when you shoot; you'll see twice as well.
"What if I am looking through my scope?" Ruby wondered.
LXV Compromise is for suckers.
"You got that right." Yang said with her hands behind her head.
LXVI It's either education or elimination.
"So you two better start studying more." Weiss looked at Ruby and Yang who groaned.
LXVII Play by the rules.
Yang groaned.
"It's got a point there, Yang." Weiss pointed out.
LXVIII I make the rules.
"That doesn't make sense." Weiss argued.
"Now who's got a point, Ice Queen?" Yang snickered.
"Hey!"
LXIX Just do it!
"Do you think the author planned this or just made it up as they went along?" Blake couldn't help but ask.
"Who cares? I can live with these rules." Yang chuckled.
LXX Cheaters never prosper.
"We ain't no cheaters!" Ruby and Yang shouted.
LXXI Put the past behind you.
"Never look back." Blake simply said.
LXXII Outwit, outfight, outlast.
"You got it." Yang nodded.
LXXIII A hero is more than a sandwich.
"Where did this one come from?" Weiss asked.
"I think it's talking about how some foods are named after famous people." Blake pondered.
"Oh! Yang cheeseburgers!" Yang threw her hands in the air. "That's not a sandwich but I'll try that!"
"I prefer to have cookies named after me." Ruby replied.
Weiss imagined a snow cone named after her while Blake briefly pictured her face next to a meal of fish.
LXXIV Don't barge in without thinking.
"Remember this one, you two." Weiss pointed at Ruby and Yang.
"Hey!"
"You and Blake are hardly any better!"
LXXV Don't stop for applause.
"Can I give one wave?" Yang asked.
LXXVI The difference between a champ and a chump is 'u.'
Yang laughed. "That's a good one!"
The rest of the team just groaned.
LXXVII Never say never.
"Never do." Yang laughed as her team groaned again.
LXXVIII Pressure makes diamonds.
"Not always but I'll give you that one." Weiss admitted.
LXXIX There's always a bigger fish.
Blake licked her lips as she read this rule.
LXXX Never take your eyes off your opponent.
"What wannabee Huntress does that?" Yang rolled her eyes.
LXXXI A hero never forgets his public.
"I agree." Weiss said as she preened herself. "I still remember the fans I have made from my singing career."
LXXXII You gotta stay focused.
"Always am." Weiss nodded.
"Except when you're distracted." Blake muttered.
"When am I distracted?"
Ruby and Yang snickered, earning them the famous 'Ice-Queen' glare from the heiress.
LXXXIII It's not about the trophies.
"True. Pyrrha never even brought her trophies here." Ruby nodded.
LXXXIV You can't be a hero on an empty stomach.
"Agreed." Team RWBY said as one.
LXXXV Giving up is for rookies.
"Agreed." Again as one.
LXXXVI The harder to get, the better to have.
"True." Ruby nodded. "No real reward is without hard work."
LXXXVII Never let 'em see you sweat.
"I almost never break a sweat." Yang chuckled.
LXXXVIII Keep pushing that envelope.
"I believe they mean 'keep pushing yourself to be better'." Blake stated.
LXXXIX Heroes are made, not born.
"Again, true." Ruby nodded.
XC Nice guys finish last.
"I like to think there are a few exceptions." Ruby stated, being a nice person herself.
XCI No guts, no glory.
"Oh yeah." Yang nodded with a smile.
XCII The three most important elements are training, training, and training.
"That's the same thing." Weiss pointed out.
"They aren't wrong." Blake shrugged.
XCIII Stop, look and listen.
"Yeah, we get it, Ice Queen." Yang waved off the look Weiss was giving her and Ruby.
"Hey!"
XCIV When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
"I ain't going nowhere." Yang puffed her chest with her hands on her hips.
XCV Concentrate!
"Always do." Weiss replied.
"Except when you don't." Blake muttered.
"What?" Weiss looked at her Faunus teammate. "What'd you say?"
"Nothing."
XCVI Aim!
"I always do too!" Ruby agreed.
"Just about anyone with gun should know how to aim." Blake shrugged.
XCVII A hero is just a regular guy with the right coach.
"Well, we got the teacher staff here at Beacon. All of them are experienced Huntsmen." Weiss reasoned.
"I could do without all of Professor Port's stories." Yang mumbled to herself. "Seriously, I fall half asleep in the middle somewhere."
XCVIII Be fast or be last.
"Better start running then." Yang commented with a smile.
XCIX There are no shortcuts.
"Wouldn't take them anyway." Blake shook her head.
C You're always in training.
"It is important to find time for training." Weiss nodded.
CI Go the distance.
"We will!" Ruby declared as she closed the book. "So what do you guys think?"
"I like most of those rules." Yang shrugged.
"Some are strange but still make sense in a…not kind of wrong kind of way." Blake answered.
"At the very least they stress the importance of training and discipline." Weiss stated. "Perhaps trying to incorporate some of these rules into our training is not a bad idea."
"We got to show the others this!" Ruby grinned. "I got to see how they will react to these rules!"
Xxx
The following days spent training under the glass copy of Philoctetes was both harsh and enlightening for Aqua and Poppy.
Aqua had it easier since she spent the majority of her life training to be a Keyblade Master. She may not have been as skilled in physical combat like Terra but she was still skilled enough and the Greek style training was enough to push her.
Poppy though…
Poppy was only just beginning to realize the sheer depth of what she had been asking for when she asked Aqua to train her.
Routine physical exercises that started early in the morning to build up strength, consisting a thousand push up, a thousand sit ups, a thousand crunches, fifteen hundred jumping jacks and five hundred pull ups.
(Even Aqua felt sore after that.)
Hand to hand combat training.
Mastering the use of weapons such as a sword, spear, and even a bow and arrow.
Obstacle courses consisting of mud pits, monkey bars, swimming through ponds, climbing up a one hundred foot tower and then zip lining down.
Poor Poppy spent the first days aching beyond belief, even with her Aura healing her wounds.
And it didn't end there.
The glass copy of Philoctetes would continue adding more to the obstacle course such as flaming arrows to force the pair to run even faster, pushing their reflexes to the max.
Setting up 'princess' dummies to be rescued before getting skewered.
Barely a few weeks had passed by and the effects of the training were only just beginning to pay off. Poppy was getting better skilled and it physical effect of the training was starting to show.
Aqua's hair had grown, reaching down to her shoulders which she had now started to tie into a pony tail. Her body was covered in lean muscles from the constant training. Poppy was gaining muscles as well and slowly getting better as they continued training. Aqua also took the time to continue training her Semblance and the results were rather surprising.
Whenever she thought of a specific friend, a star shaped glyph would appear under her and manifest an ability:
Terra's glyph was bonze and with it came his mastery over Earth magic.
Ven's glyph was light green and shared his mastery over wind magic.
Neo's glyph was pink and allowed Aqua to create a single illusion of whatever she wanted, likely owing to Neo's own illusionary Semblance.
Still, Aqua had already started training in how to create illusions with her own magic and the glyph representing her bond with Neo would be a good way to train in that area.
Eraqus' glyph was black and Aqua gained even better control over light magic.
Philoctetes was already at work in designing more death trap/obstacles for their training.
Tinkerbell's glyph was yellow that caused Aqua to emit a golden glow that allowed her something she never really thought of before:
She could fly.
Not just fly but emit pixie dust that when touched by anyone else could fly as long as they thought happy thoughts.
Peter Pan's glyph was forest green and summoned a dagger like the one used by the real Peter Pan.
Experiment 626's glyph was the same shade of blue as his fur and summoned two glowing laser pistols like the ones used by the alien.
Prince Philip's glyph was red like his cape, summoning a shield and sword.
Zack's glyph was dark blue like his clothes and summoned a copy of his sword and allowed Aqua to use his blade-beam attack.
Hercules' glyph was gold and summoned a golden divine aura around Aqua for a full minute that left her invulnerable.
Goofy's glyph pale was yellow and summoned a copy of his shield.
Donald's glyph was white and summoned a copy of his staff that actually enhanced Aqua's own magical skills when combined with her Keyblade.
And Mickey's glyph was black with shades of white, summoning a star that could literally take her and anyone with her up into the air and fly very fast.
Needless to say Aqua was very surprised by how advanced her Semblance was and the fact that she had to work hard to master each ability.
With Terra and Ven's glyphs she was able to almost perfectly master their abilities over their respective elements while Eraqus and Neo's required a little more work.
She was fine with Zack and Peter Pan's weapons and could even use Zack's Blade-Beam with little trouble but Philip's sword and shield style required a little effort since she was trained to use her ability and magic with her Keyblade.
Tinkerbell's was the most fun as it allowed her to soar through the clouds and helped Poppy practice keeping happy thoughts so she could fly alongside her mentor.
Experiment 626's laser guns were different but Phil's glass copy set up an area where she could practice. Nothing too complicated just some targets for her to shoot.
She had a better time mastering Donald's staff as it enhanced her magical skills.
Goofy's shield was different but she found she could throw it and it would immediately fly back to her.
She had tested out Hercules' glyph while training on the obstacle course and found her time limit rather quickly. Luckily she was not one to take risks and simply watched the golden aura around her vanish before she had to run and dodge a barrage of flaming arrows.
And Mickey's glyph…
Aqua had immediately called the star shard that could pick her up and fly the Star Seeker and it was a little hard to control, given how fast it could go.
In the meantime, she had also set about on helping Poppy to learn how to use her Aura the same way Neo had taught her. Poppy soon got the handle on how to use her Aura but had yet to awaken her Semblance. Not for the first time Aqua wondered if she was making the right call with awakening Poppy's Aura but she knew that Aura would eventually be introduced to the people of Remnant and she was already changing history in this course of action she had chosen to take. All she could do was ensure Poppy learned how to use this power responsibly.
After another day of training, Poppy had already gone to sleep while Aqua stayed up for a bit to process everything that has happened.
Eraqus' death by Xehanort.
Terra losing his body.
Ven losing his heart.
Her falling into the strange world.
Meeting Drasil and the four spirits along with Neo and the four Maidens.
Appearing in this new world that lied somewhere in the center of the Dark World.
Now she was training with her new power, her Semblance and having a student but without the Keyblade.
'If my Semblance allows me to call upon the power of the bonds I have made…' Aqua thought as she placed a hand over her chest while looking up at the stars. 'I wonder…'
Master Eraqus claimed his heart followed after her to help her but she wondered if that was all to it. She wondered if she could use her Semblance to reach out to others connected to her heart.
'Terra, Ven, Master, Neo and…Ozma.' Aqua wondered, remembering that Ozma was somewhere in this world. 'I wonder if my Semblance can reach even you.'
There was only one way to know for sure.
She closed her eyes and focused on her bond with Ozma and her heart appeared a green glyph.
This was not like the glyphs made by her bonds with Ven or Peter Pan's as it was colored emerald green, much like how Ozma was the Emerald Knight.
"Ozma."
Xxx
Far across the land, a simple traveler stopped in the middle of road as a strange but warm feeling washed over him.
"Ozma…"
He looked around, hearing a familiar voice. "…Aqua?"
Xxx
Aqua's eyes widened as she heard a voice answer back. 'Aqua?'
She had sensed his presence for a mere instant before it was suddenly gone. His soul was different from before and then she had recalled what Jaune or rather Oscar had told her back on the island. Ozma's soul had been cursed to reincarnate by merging itself with a like-minded soul.
Truth be told, Aqua had drawn some pretty uncomfortable parallels between this curse and what Xehanort had done to Terra.
Still if Aqua could somehow make contact with Ozma, maybe she could find him and start to make sense of what she is to do in this world.
Xxx
Meanwhile, back at the portal at the base of Yggdrasil, Penny, Neo and Terra had been watching what Aqua had been doing since she started her journey.
Neo was especially surprised by Aqua's pink glyph. "She can use my Semblance?"
"A weaker but similar version it seems." Penny answered, having long since summoned her original green clothes. "And she has many more."
It was more like the Schnee family's Semblance but theirs were used by defeating their enemies while Aqua's was based on connections.
"That glass creature she summoned…I know him. His name is Phil, a trainer of heroes on his world." Terra stated, having watched Aqua and Poppy's training. "He was training someone named Hercules and another warrior named Zack last I saw of them. Considering how skilled they were, Aqua and this young lady will accelerate to much greater levels."
Neo looked back at Aqua, watching as she activated one of the green glyphs. This one was emerald green and she wondered which glyph this one represented.
"That glyph…" She heard Oscar speak and looked at him. "It's mine…Or my connection to Aqua."
Oscar knew that Aqua was originally part of Remnant long ago. Now, from what he had heard from Odin and his previous experience, he was realizing what was happening.
"By choosing to unlock Poppy's aura, Aqua will have created the first generation of huntsmen and huntresses in the wilderness before the rise of the kingdoms." Penny stated. "Much earlier than before."
"Yeah, much earlier." Oscar nodded in agreement. "The first generation of Huntsmen, began long after this period of time."
Penny frowned as she noticed something happening. "Something is wrong."
The portal changed, showing a giant temple and something glowing above it.
Terra let out what sounded like a gasp. "It can't be…"
"It is." Oscar gulped, recognizing it too.
"What? What is it?" Neo squinted her eyes as she took a closer look. "Is that…a giant heart?"
It was indeed a glowing giant heart, sitting above the temple.
It was large enough to be the size of an Atlesian Paladin.
"That's not just a large heart." Oscar answered slowly, wondering if he was dreaming or not but knew it was real. "It's a…"
"Kingdom Hearts." Terra clenched his fist.
Xxx
On the island of Spira, Yevon was standing before something amazing, floating at the top of his temple.
It was large and shaped like a glowing heart.
"What is this supposed to be?" Yevon held up the Staff of Creation and watched as Ambrosius appeared out of a blue mist.
"Hello-Oh, it's you." Ambrosius greeted happily but quickly changed his tune when he saw it was Yevon who summoned him. "What is it this time?"
"What is that?" Yevon pointed at the top of the temple he had built to continue his work.
Ambrosius turned around and looked up, eyes widening when he saw the large glowing heart. "Well…I didn't see this one coming."
He floated up to the heart and inspected it closely, hearing whispers coming from it. "So spell also did this…"
"Do you know what it is?" Yevon questioned.
Ambrosius frowned as he floated back in front of the robed man. "I am a spirit of creation, not knowledge. Unless you have something for me to make, I'd rather return to my staff."
"The spell you helped me create is what created that." Yevon retorted. "I want to know what it is before I proceed any further."
"Oh…fine." Ambrosius sighed and leaned forward. "…It's a heart."
Yevon narrowed his eyes. "I know it is!"
"Really? You do?" Ambrosius leaned back with a look of mock shock on his face. "Then why summon me if you already know?"
"You know what I mean!" Yevon barked. "Why does it look like a heart and why is it up there? Since this was made through your help, you should know what it is!"
Ambrosius rolled his eyes. 'Definitely not as likeable as the old man or the key lady. At least they are respectful.'
"So tell me what it is now!"
Ambrosius sighed. "Fine, I'll see how much I can channel my inner spirit of knowledge."
Yevon was scowling as Ambrosius crossed his legs and floated to the ground. "Greetings, o great Yevon. I am Ambrosius, Spirit of Creation acting as a Spirit of Knowledge. You will be granted three questions. Use them wisely."
"What is the nature of that object up there?" Yevon pointed at the glowing heart above his temple.
Ambrosius looked back up at the heart. "…It is the combined essence of everyone you used to cast your spell."
"What?"
"It is the combined essence of everyone you used to cast your spell. That counts as your second question." Ambrosius pointed at the man with a smile.
"How can it be the combined essence of the fayth?" Yevon questioned, ignoring Ambrosius' teasing him over the second question. "Their souls were used to power my spell."
"Their souls, yes. The soul is the life and mind all bodies need while the heart is the essence of one's inner being, the core of one's emotions and that which holds memories." Ambrosius corrected. "When sacrificed those people by turning them into fayth, the hearts were removed and for some reason have gathered here of all places."
"Why?" Yevon asked.
"Sorry, that was your third question. All out." Ambrosius shrugged.
"Why?!" Yevon asked again, banging the Staff on the ground.
Ambrosius frowned. "Temper, temper, Yevon. I may be bound to serve whoever holds my staff but I can serve in any manner I see fit."
The truth is Ambrosius didn't want to tell Yevon any more as it would likely lead to disaster. He recognized this heart being a combination of hearts from the fayth that Yevon had used as a source of power for his mass illusionary spell.
An unintended side effect that no one, not even Ambrosius had foreseen.
These hearts had been brought together by a source of power and it was likely the very power that Yevon had been using.
Himself.
Or the energy of this temple had culled these hearts together when they were unable to pass on. All it would take was a massive amount of energy or perhaps some kind of divine power.
He remembered the words of the cloaked stranger:
"When a person dies, the body decomposes, the soul fades and the heart goes on into the next world. However if the union of mind, body and heart is damage, it's unlike that the person in question would truly pass on. Not until they are made whole again. A heart that is unable to move on will be left to linger in the corporeal world forever.
However there is a chance that a heart can be pulled somewhere if there is a great source of power. Hearts are the pure emotional instinct of a person and thus they can be brought together by a strong enough power and will. These hearts will take several forms, some appearing as whips of light or even fireflies while others take the forms of simple hearts. It really all depends.
The real big thing to remember is that when hearts gather in one place it can usually lead to trouble."
That man had explained this to Ambrosius and the other spirits before he had disappeared from their realm.
'The Relics, our physical connections to this world can already attract Grimm because of our connections to the Gods of Light and Darkness. And yet, with this spell, the hearts of the fayth created by this idiot of a mortal has created something new. No summoning spell has ever yielded results like this before.'
Ambrosius may not be a spirit of knowledge like Jinn, but he knew about every form of creation, by man or god in existence and thus he instantly knew what was happening based ironically on what he and the other spirits had learned about the other worlds.
When someone's heart has moved on, the body disappears in a flash of light.
Only this did not happen to the people Yevon had sacrificed.
'The hearts of the people have gathered here because the fayth are trapped.' Ambrosius thought to himself. 'This heart is amalgamation of those lost hearts.'
Ambrosius was not one for feeling about what he creates because after all, that was he was created to do by the God of Light.
He was the Spirit of Creation.
He created whatever he was asked to creator, no matter how destructive it might be.
However, in this brief moment he felt…distasteful at what Yevon had used his power to create.
An illusionary world based on the dreams and fantasies of people who were now trapped in stone, lingering between life and death.
And now this amalgamation of hearts.
'I wonder if that woman has appeared here yet.' Ambrosius thought, recalling Aqua. 'This might be a job for her.'
"Fine. I will figure it out myself."
Ambrosius shook his head and watched as Yevon summoned a glyph underneath him that lifted him up into the air. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Yevon ignored him as his magic lifted him above the temple, allowing him to float before the giant heart.
He held out one hand and there was a flash of light…
And then he was gone.
Ambrosius watched as his staff fell back to the ground, forcing him to return into it. "Maybe it won't be so bad after all."
Then the heart turned black.
'Or it might.'
Darkness surrounded the heart now before there was a massive explosion that engulfed the former kingdom of Spira.
Something monstrous had been born.
The darkness took the form of a massive creature unlike any Grimm that had ever existed before and after the time of the Gods.
Anyone that was nearby watched as a giant creature emerged onto the land. It had a whale-like body that it moves with a pair of clawed arms, as well as hind legs resembling pectoral fins. It has a long tail and its body is encased in scales. It carries part of a city presumed to be the former kingdom of Spira on its body close to the back of the head.
It let out a massive roar that shook the entire land.
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"What the hell is that?!" Neo sputtered, watching as the giant monster seemingly went on a rampage. "What did that guy do?!"
"He tried to control a power too great to ever be controlled." Terra answered grimly. "That heart was a miniature forgery of Kingdom Hearts…I know because…the Organization created something similar."
Neo along with Oscar and Penny looked at him.
"They used people with Keyblades to kill Emblem Heartless, releasing their hearts. But without bodies to return to, they wandered aimlessly in the worlds between light and darkness. Eventually they came together, forming an artificial Kingdom Hearts." Terra explained. "When that man entered it, I think his darkness tainted the heart and it transformed…into this. A manifestation of the man's inner darkness, empowered by all those hearts."
He watched as the monster went on a rampage, attacking nearby villages without mercy. He was all too reminded of what had happened to create the Kingdom Hearts used by the Organization.
And now, somehow it was happening on this world now.
"I have to go warn Aqua." Terra said, preparing to step into the portal but was then stopped by Penny.
"You can't. If you enter now, you'll become part of Remnant's timeline and have to move forward. Even if you come back here, you will still be found to return to the same time and place you left." Penny argued.
"So is Aqua." Terra argued.
"Aqua will be able to move much faster but you will be trapped to live out many millennia before the time of my friends." Penny quickly said. "Do you understand how long that will be? You will be alone, by yourself."
Terra was silent as he considered Penny's words.
"Even if you are with Aqua, you will be forced to spend a very long time as a heart in a suit of armor. Can you imagine what burden you would be placing on yourself? Please, think long and hard before you do this."
Terra clenched his fists.
