Renewed Hope

A Kingdom Hearts fanfic

By:

Chison

Holding her head, Marlena slowly opened her eyes, and looked around for signs of Melantha, but the world was still twisted and she suddenly remembered Zashi saving her, and jumped to her feet, and used her hands to echo her voice, "ZASHI! WHERE ARE YOU?" her voice seemed to travel endlessly, and she frantically looked around for any sign he was still alive. She started walking, looking intently at the ground, but after a few minutes of walking, something caught her eye: it was a keyblade. Running over to the weapon, she slumped to her knees and held the weapon in her hand, "Zashi…where are you?" she whispered to herself, while a teardrop fell from her cheek onto the keyblade. Suddenly the weapon started to fade away in her hands, "NO!" Marlena screamed as the keyblade became weightless, and it started to fall apart, with bits of light flying away from the weapon like fireflies until it had totally vanished.

"What…What am I supposed to do now?" Marlena asked herself out loud, and got to her feet and summoned her keyblade, and started surveying the ruins for something that resembled a door, but her eyes caught a black mass move. She froze, her eyes fixated on that one point, "What was that?" she thought to herself as she moved slowly towards where she saw the blur. Moving some of the rubble out of the way, she expected a furry creature of some kind, but there was nothing, she turned her head right, then left looking for the black blur she saw, but she shrugged it off, "it must have been my imagination…" she thought to herself.

However, there was another crash just behind her and she quickly turned around, and saw a small shadow scamper across the ground. "Its only a Shadow…" Marlena sighed and readied her keyblade, but when it molded into its shape, it seemed afraid of her. The creature backed away slowly, and turned left and ran away from her, "What is this thing doing?" she asked herself out loud and decided to follow the Shadow. After a few moments of walking, Marlena caught up with the heartless, however he had gotten himself stuck in a crater, and was scratching the ground looking for something. "Maybe Zashi is under the ground!" she thought to herself and climbed down into the crater and watched the creature dig, and suddenly a piece of clothing belonging to Zashi came into view.

The Shadow pulled the garments from the ground and put it over its head, "This…is Zashi's…" Marlena thought to herself, and looked at the Shadow, "Could this Heartless…No…" she shook her head at the thought, and watched as the Heartless attempted to put it on like a shirt, but it was no use. Marlena moved closer to the Shadow and looked into its yellow eyes, and she suddenly felt tears run down her face, she extended her right hand to the creature, at first the Shadow was scarred, but it slowly took her hand. When they touched, an image of Zashi flashed across Marlena's mind, and she wrapped both of her arms around the Heartless, "Zashi… How can we go home with you like this?" she sobbed, but the Shadow did not respond, and she let go of him.

Suddenly a flash of light appeared behind the Shadow, making it jump behind Marlena, when it faded, it revealed Namine. "Namine…" Marlena started, but in response she lifted her left hand, "I know its difficult, but there might be a chance to save him…" Determination shone across Marlena's face, "Anything to bring Zashi back." Namine smiled and looked into the sky, "Zashi wanders in Darkness, and the Heartless you are carrying is one of the physical manifestations of loosing your heart…" Marlena tilted her head to the left, "one?" she questioned, and Namine nodded her head, "if a person with a strong will become a Heartless, then a Nobody is created as well."

This caught Marlena's attention, "the Nobody are just shells of people…and this Shadow has the heart…" Her face lit up as she connected the dots in her head, "This means that all we have to do is find Zashi's Nobody and combine the Heartless with it!" Namine nodded her head, but sighed and turned away from Marlena, "however you cannot find the Nobody…your ties to the Non-Existent realm are not strong enough…" Marlena lowered her head in sadness, but suddenly she remembered, "IRIS! She has ties to the Non-Existent realm!" Namine looked back to her and nodded her head, "right, now the last thread of Fate will be strung, sealing Kingdom Hearts…"


I couldnt log into to for a while, but this is the final chapter for Friends in my Heart! Now I am currently in the rough draft of the third and final story to end this massive thing I have started! Hoped you liked this story!