A/N: I know my updates lately have been few and far between but I do try and update when I can. I've made this one a bit longer but I don't know whether it captured everything I hoped it would. Oh well. Please read and review I really appreciate it And thanks to all the people who posted an idea for Aldan's nobodies name although i still haven't made a choice yet it's nice to know people care.

Endless Abyss, Other Side.

Sora stared at his reflection in a mirror next to behind his throne. He had hair stubs on his cheeks right down to his chin, the left-overs from the shave he'd had three days ago. A three inch scar ran down his left cheek and every time he saw it in the mirror it reminded him of the fight he'd had so many years ago, when he had first arrived in this strange land.

Sora was on the top of a rocky cliff. He was surrounded by heartless which must have sensed that he no longer had a keyblade. It had broken in half less than two hours ago.

"No darkness is strong enough to take my heart," Sora yelled. Just as he finished talking a ray of light shone from his heart and the sword he'd once held in a dream appeared in his hands. Dream sword it was called although it certainly didn't feel like a dream. Sora swung the sword out at the heartless, destroying six of them before the rest decided to escape. Sora was about to let go of the sword and let it fade softly into his heart but then he saw another heartless. This one was much larger then the other one had been. It was a changeling heartless. Sora swung the dream sword at it but it went straight through and out the other side without the heartless even noticing it. Sora swung again and this time it connected with something.

CHING!

Sora looked up and saw that the heartless had changed it's arms into swords and realised that it probably couldn't be harmed while it was transforming. Now though he had forced a blade lock. He struggled with all his strength but couldn't push the heartless's swords away. Suddenly the heartless moved slightly to the left, making Sora trip over. Sora heard something like a faint laughing sound coming from the heartless. Then it swung it's swords down on Sora, slashing at his cheek. One sword missed, the other didn't.

"Arghhh!" Sora yelled.

Sora rolled to his left and jumped to his feet. "You won't have me this easy!" he yelled. He swung the dream sword low and then high, spinning in a circle. A ripping sound echoed down into the valley below the cliff and Sora grinned, satisfied that he had beaten the heartless.

Suddenly Sora heard a growling sound coming from the ground on the lower side of the cliff and then a minute afterwards a cry for help. Ignoring the pain in his cheek, Sora ran towards the sound knowing that whatever it was it would probably not be good. A minute later he saw a man standing alone, holding a large golden pitch fork shaped weapon in his hands. The prongs were each a different colour although still distinctly gold. The left one was pure gold, the right one was a silvery colour and the middle one was a misty mix of the two. "Stranger, help me," yelled the man. "The beast is gone for now but he will be back soon!" He was wearing a scarf around his neck which partly covered his mouth so Sora couldn't see his expression. His eyes were a brown colour which looked both dirty and noble at the same time. His nose was sharp and thin. He was wearing battle garments from (from the middle ages) and looked fierce.

Sora held out the dream sword and stood next to the man and said, "I'm Sora. What's your name?"

The man sighed. "I gave it up a million years ago."

"How can you give your name up?" Sora asked.

"When you no longer deserve one," said the man.

"What?"

"You will find that it is quite easy when you have let down everyone who ever believed in you and in doing so caused them eternal suffering."

"You can't have done anything that bad," said Sora. The man held his finger up to his lips, making Sora stop talking.

"The beast has returned," the man whispered to Sora.

"We'll take him together," said Sora.

"Thank you."

A monster leapt out from the shadows and tried to attack Sora. Sora swung the dream sword up at it, deflecting the blow. As the creature was knocked to the side Sora got a clear view of it and was shocked at what he saw.

"It can't be," said Sora. "I defeated him already."

"You've fought him before?" the man asked.

"Yeah. This guy is Xehanort's guardian heartless," said Sora. "Wonder how it got here."

"Many different people end up here Sora. All of them are in some way linked to a keyblade." The man looked like he was going to say something else but Xehanort's guardian (A/N:which I'll now refer to as XG) had gotten up again and was charging towards the man. XG attacked the man who held up the pitch fork. The man struggled to hold XG off until Sora leapt at the XG, slicing through it's arms. XG ran desperately at the man and ended up crashing straight into the pitch fork as if he didn't see it. The man did not seem worried when XG hit it. Instead he said "Ymene ym yortsed, ecnalab... Thgiliwt, Sennkrad, Thgil." Three beams of energy shot out from the pitch fork. One was obviously Light while another was just as obviously Darkness. The third Sora assumed, was Twilight. All three shot around XG, swirling faster and faster until XG let out a shrieking moan and then faded away.

"Thank you Sora," said the man. "Now, let us go to the fortress and I will explain everything."

Sora sighed. That had been a long time ago now. Over the years he had learned to keep the past in the past but now that some more people had been found he was finding it difficult. Memories of Her were resurfacing, memories he had tried so hard to forget which had caused him so much pain and anguish because of the reality of everything. He would never see Her again and he would never feel right wishing he could see Her again. If She ever entered this realm it would mean terrible things had happened to her and that would cause him more pain then not seeing Her again ever would.

Still . . . even the hope that the person Alexa brought back was Her made Sora smile a smile of happiness which he hadn't felt since the true nature of this realm had been revealed to him.

"Master Sora," said the tall man with a small nose and sharp ears, interrupting Sora's train of thought.

"What is it Elchanan?" Sora asked.

"Alexa has arrived bringing a young girl with her."

Sora sighed. It couldn't be Her then.

"Bring her in Elchanan," said Sora.

Elchanan left the room and Sora wondered which poor soul it was who had been defeated this time. A minute later Elchanan came back with a girl Sora knew immediately. Burning emotions of love raged through him along with the internal conflict of whether to reveal himself to her or not. If he revealed himself to her she would probably think he was a liar. She was so young and he was so old and yet he had memories of her exactly like she was that seemed like they only happened yesterday.

The girl ran up to Sora, bowed down and said, "Hi, I'm Kairi."

"Hi," said Sora. Quickly making a decision he said "I'm Aros."

"Nice to meet you Aros," said Kairi. "Have we met?"

"I doubt it," said Sora. Elchanan looked questionably at Sora who motioned for him to go away. "May I ask what you are doing in my realm," Sora said, not really asking.

"Well, a week ago, me, Sora and this other boy Riku left our home to help King Mickey."

Sora felt strange inside. Had it really only been one week in the supposed realm of light?

Kairi continued, trembling a little. "When we got to Twilight Town everything started to go wrong. Mickey, Sora and Riku were attacked and Sora was the only one to wake up. Then we left on this gummi ship and landed on a deserted space station. That's where we lost Sora. No-one not even King Mickey knows where he is. Me and Roxas went to Master Aldan for help and he told us that he would probably be in this realm. We came here and met King Mickey but Riku and sora are still lost," Kairi explained.

"The King's here?" Sora asked, a dash of excitement running over his face.

"Do you know him?" Kairi asked.

"Know him? Uh..." Sora said forgetting he was trying not to let Kairi know it was him. "Of course I know him, who doesn't? He's only traveled the universe," said Sora, making up for his memory lapse. "Do you want to join me and my courtiers for dinner?" Sora asked Kairi.

"Well... I should be looking for Sora and Riku but..."

"I'll make sure King Mickey is there," said Sora.

"Well OK," said Kairi.

"Wait here and I'll get someone to take care of you until then," said Sora.

"Thank you your majesty," said Kairi.

"Don't call me that," said Sora. It still felt weird for people to be calling him by such names. He was not used to it at all, especially not from Kairi.

"Ok Mr Aros," said Kairi.

Sora walked out of the throne room and into through the castle until he go outside into the courtyard. The courtyard was mostly plain with grass everywhere and moss starting to climb up the castle walls. Seats were scattered everywhere. In the center of the courtyard was a giant oak tree. Elchanan was sitting on a seat infront of the tree. Sora motioned to Elchanan who was waiting for him and said, "Find someone to take care of Kairi for me. If anything happens to her at all then..."

Elchanan could tell by the look on Sora's face that he wasn't joking. "Yes Master."

Then Sora walked over to the giant oak tree in the middle of the courtyard and looked up into the tree. A faint Jade green light was shining down from the tree and Sora yelled out, "Come down Alexa! I have another job for you.

Alexa jumped down from the tree andeither because of her nija skills or some fluke of luck she landed right next to Sora. "Another old friend of mine is out there somewhere. He's about yay high," he indicated with his hand Mickeys height and he's a king. Bring him to me when I am alone. I must talk to him first before he talks to Kairi."

"Yes master." Alexa was about to go but then she saw a glint of sadness in Sora's eyes. "Is there something wrong master?"

"No," said Sora.

Alexa knew there was because Sora didn't tell her not to call him master. He never forgot to say that. "What is it Sora?" Alexa asked. "Whatever it is you can tell me."

Sora sighed. "I knew the girl you have brought me...a long time ago."

"A long time ago? But she's only a little girl..can't be over 20 years old," said Alexa.

"That's the problem," said Sora. "I have lived for years in this realm and felt much torment over losing her and now I finally find her she hasn't aged one bit. From her point of view it's only been a week."

Alexa put her arm around Sora and hugged him. "Don't worry Sora. Things will work themselves out. They always have since you came here."

"Thanks Alexa," said Sora. "I really appreciate this."

"I know," said Alexa. "I suppose I should go?"

"Yeah go. Remember the king must be brought to me first. I cannot let Kairi find out."

Alexa leapt up the courtyard wall and climbed right over, walking nimbly across the roof until she was out of Sora's sight.