A/N:This is the third chapter and I'm sorry it took so long to write. Just beware a lot of it is actually dialogue to help explain something in both my KH fics. Post a review and tell me if I did any good.
After three hours of walking through the dark Sora finally saw what he thought was the silhouette of a castle.
"Is that where we're going?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, it is," said the man. The man held up his pitch-fork shaped weapon and yelled,"ees ot thgil evig!" A beam of light shot out from the pitch fork and hit something which made it break off like a fountain.
A minute later that light started to spread and Sora began to get a clear view of the ancient fortress that the man had told him about. It was enormous with four mountainously high towers positioned in such a way that Sora got the idea that they were like the four points of a compass. The roofs of the towers were shaped weirdly. They spiralled upwards but were shaped like double sided stairs. They looked somewhat familiar to Sora although he couldn't say how. The strangest thing about the stair-shaped roofs was that although Sora could see the end of them he got the feeling that there was more to them then what he could see.
As the light spread further and further around the fortress Sora could see that it was actually more of a castle. There were battlements (those are the square gaps in the castle war which archers can shoot through) which seemed to stretch forever around the fortress. After a while Sora realised that the place where the beam of light had struck was glowing brightly. A few seconds later he noticed something about it which made him gasp. The place where the beam of light struck was actually part of a drawbridge.
"Open Sesame," the man said with a bit of a chuckle. Chains chinked and then gradually the drawbridge began to lower itself. Bit by bit it moved closer and closer to the ground until finally with a thunderous thud it reached it's destination.
Sora grinned – he was finally going to understand what had happened to him.
The man led him through the fortress and Sora followed. The walk through the fortress seemed to slip out of Sora's memory so that as he walked he lost track of how he got where he was. When he was finally lead into a room with a throne in the middle (which seemed to be the destination the man wanted him to get to) he collapsed onto the floor.
The man sighed as he sat down on the throne staring at Sora who was now lying down on the ground. "It appears that we have more problems then I thought," he said. When Sora said nothing the man continued. "First things first I think I should tell you who I am."
Sora rolled over so that he could see the man.
"I trust you know the story of the three keyblades," he said.
Sora sat up, bolt-straight. "Sorry I don't."
"Very well," said the man. "I shall have to enlighten you." He took a deep breath. "The keyblade is said to have phenomenal power. One legend says it's wielder saved the world while another says that he wrought chaos and ruin upon it. Do you know why there are two legends Sora?"
Sora thought for a minute before answering. "There must have been two keyblades – one for the light and one for the dark." the man seemed to be waiting for more so Sora thought again. He remembered all that he had learned on his last adventure, all the enemies he had fought. Many of them were heartless but the others were...
"Of course," said Sora. "There must also have been a keyblade for Twilight."
"Very good Sora," the man said. "In legend there were three. . . if there was any intelligence in the legend there should also have been three wielders. But alas the third keyblade remains lost to this day. There is something you should know Sora. . . when you bring two keyblades of such power together a war is bound to break out and so it did. . . the great keyblade war between the dark wielder and the light wielder."
"Must have been some battle huh?" Sora asked.
"Yup it was..." he sighed. "Unfortunately I was betrayed."
"You were betrayed?"
"Ah..." the man couldn't think of a way to hide the truth any longer and so decided to tell truth. "I am what is left of the light wielder."
"Your his nobody?" Sora asked.
"Yes I am in a way," said the light wielders nobody (LWN).
"What do you mean in a way?"
LWN took another deep breath. He could see that if he wanted Sora to be of any use he would have to explain everything to the boy. "Anyone who enters this place is someone who has had the core extracted from their keyblade. The core of the keyblade is what attaches it to it's wielders heart – what gives it it's power. When the core is extracted then so is the essence of the heart."
Sora was having trouble believing this. "People without hearts turn into heartless," he said.
"Not in this place," said the light wielder. "You see when the core is extracted from a keyblade the person does not realise it. In other words they skip the whole thing where a nobody is created. In fact, without realising it they become nobodies."
Sora gasped. "Am I a nobody?"
LWN continued as if Sora had not spoken. "While the wielder is a nobody it solves the problem with the missing core of the keyblade. The keyblade is fooled just like the wielder as it still believes it has it's former power. Unfortunately when it is brought into a battle the keyblade snaps and the force of it snaps the wielders body into reality. The force of it is so strong it sends the wielder here."
"How can I be a nobody?" Sora asked. "Roxas is my nobody."
"You are as much a nobody as I was," said LWN.
"Was?" Sora asked. "You mean there's a way out of this?"
"There is no escaping the facts. You are indeed a nobody in the truest sense of the word."
Sora sighed.
"Fortunately this is not the realm of light. Things here are not the same as they would be there. When you entered this realm a copy of your original self was made from your own memories. If you have any luck the copied parts will be separated like mine were."
"You mean. . ."
"Yes. Your nobody, your heartless, your heart, your keyblade and lastly your memories."
"My memories? There's nothing wrong with my memor..."
It all began with... birth by sleep.
"Did you hear that?" Sora asked.
"Hear what?" LWN replied.
It all began with... birth by sleep.
Sora's vision became blury and he couldn't see. A moment later he was unconscious.
"Ah it begins," said LWN.
A/N: I hate to do this but I'm not going to update again until I get 4 review. Sorry guys it's just that I need more then one or two peoples opinions. Hope you understand. Kiwiprince
