Hi again! Here is a new story I thought of while I was supposed to be studying. XD It's not listed on the first chapter, so it's pretty new and has been sitting in my notes for a few days already. So I decided to come and share it. Enjoy!

Title: Exiled

Type: Story

Summary: Ventus & Lauriam (Marluxia), the two survivors, the two fighters, both exiled from the home they knew. Both fight the darkness within, but each with a reason of their own. One, afraid to unveil the truth hidden in the heart, the other doomed to a life of misery. One seeks a way to conquer the dark, the other yearns for a way to gain a power that was lost. They both just want to go back home.

Idea: Ventus and Lauriam are both the survivors of the Keyblade War along with the rest. But why do we see them presumably more than a hundred years in a time which neither belong? This is my take on why they are both present during this time. Note: Ventus did something unspeakable and that caused the darkness side (Van) of him to be unleashed and Lauriam was sentenced to be exiled but was eliminated by an imposter in the group. Note: In this, Lauriam/Marluxia is not the fake leader, but his nobody later has desires for the Keyblade for a different reason.

Sub-Ideas:

- Lauriam was good. The reason he has his weapon is because of the irony, he gains the very weapon of the crime he is falsely accused of. (Living as a reason for Stretizelia's demise despite his innocence.)

- Ventus was exposed to the new darkness as they described in UnionX and sometimes it took hold in him.

- Not sure which leader to use…

- Stretizelia has a sibling.

Prologue:

Dark, cold, empty. His emotions were all gone. Memories, what memories? Fading deeper and deeper into an endless abyss. His hopes, his dreams, his friends all fading away. Then, he awoke, to the sounds of the waves and the pale light of the moon. Sand shifting all around as he rose to his feet. Everything felt empty, he felt so lost and unsure. Why was he here? But nothing came to his mind, and so he sat, watching the darkened horizon as he allowed himself to be lost in the nothingness. For a long while, he stayed there, unmoving and gazing at the dim horizon. Then out of nowhere, a vision hits, a spark is lit and begins to set aflame. Bits and pieces, memories broken and torn surface from the depths of his mind. Unmoved he sat, watching as the fragmented moments flickered in and out. A group of youth, a desolate wasteland, weapons in the shapes of keys, and five figures blurred. Two stood out the most, a young blond haired boy with clothes that balance black and white, and a girl clothed in white with two ponytails of orange. Feelings of joy and love came from these two, while at the same time a feeling of grief or sorrow. It was a feeling that he could not express at that moment. When the visions subsided, his eyes filled with grief but his everything would not respond.

"I lost my life, yet here I am." His hand moved on their own, placed close to his heart only to find "I have no beat. My heart is gone."

He wanted to feel any kind of emotion, but his body betrayed him. Only his eyes, the last part of himself that showed any form of emotion was all he had left. Answers were needed, there was no time to sit around. He needed to find out who those youth were to him. There was no point in sitting around on the silence of the shores, to get answers he had to go and wander the vast unknown.

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This idea is a new one not listed in chapter 1. It's my take on what if Lauriam was really good, but when his nobody was born, he became truly separate from his counterpart. This story would focus on his good intentions, in the beginning, only later to fall to his ideals and ways of what he thinks can save the new Union Leaders (his friends).

Ven's side is also written into this story, but he is on a different journey. Those chapters would focus on how he ended up with Xehanort about 100 years plus in the future. Also looks at who the darkness, later named Vanitas, really is in Ventus.

But for now, this is all I have... unless more ideas come to me while doing assignments or studying. XD Anyway, if you have any suggestions, I'm all for it in the comments. Oh and thank you so much for reading! :D