Okay people, here we are, I humbly present to you, Aftermath A Heroic Heart Special Apology Multi Upload... Shit, probably needed to come up wit a more condensed name for that... How about, Apology for Delays? Still long, well, fuck it, this isnt the important part. The important part is the chapters. I hope you enjoy, there will be no authors notes for the other two chapters, until the end of Chapter 66, where I will have some things to say about the chapters, and whatnot, but from here on, I hope you're ready, because from here to the end of 66, no breaks, no interruptions from me, just full chapters. I know that sounds lazy, but trust me, these were worked on back to back, and they flow well that way.

Why not just combine them into one chapter? Well, I already did it this way, and that would be a long ass chapter. I'd rather keep my current style of separating chapters. I hope you enjoy your time here, I know it's taken... A lot more time than I planned, but trust me, I got stuff planned. Well, I shall take my leave now, enjoy the chapters guys, and really, I am sorry for the long wait for this.

-Aftermath-

~A Heroic Heart~

Violet, Jesse, and Damon walked alongside one another, making small talk, Violet grinning, with a chaotic glint in her eyes, while Jesse simply shook his head with a deep sigh, and Damon laughed at what the blonde had said. The three made their way up a hill, overlooking a large valley, and fell silent. Violet glared down at the large group of Children of Darkness that seemed to be occupying it, there seemed to be at least two hundred of them, with various machines scattered throughout, each looked like the one that killed Zack.

"Got a plan?" Damon asked, looking to his friends, Violet hummed, thinking for a moment before she turned to Jesse. The boy looked contemplative for a moment, before he smiled and turned to his friends.

"Always, lets hit them a hundred times harder than they hit us, swift, and painful, but… Violet, no unnecessary stunts, or risks." Jesse told her, Violet smirked at him, placing a hand on her hip.

"Oh, c'mon Jesse, you know I can't do that, I like having fun… You guys got my back, if I fuck up though?" Violet asked, Jesse, and Damon smiled, and nodded in unison, as Oathkeeper materialized in her left hand.

"Always." Jesse answered her, as his hands flared up with magic. Damon smirked, and summoned Fenrir, placing the large Key up to rest on his shoulder, his left-hand dangling freely, and loosely.

"You know it Baby-Girl." Damon confirmed, Violet smiled, and nodded, before she turned, and began walking, Damon, and Jesse followed suit, all three striding confidently into what was sure to be a brilliant fight. Watching the three from afar was Vani, the former assassin smirked a bit, and pulled Bianca from her sheath, as she silently tailed them.

Hey!" Violet yelled, once they were close enough to the large congregation of Children, her voice amplified by her magic, a spell Jesse was sorry he ever enabled her to learn. "You're gonna have to leave, the people of this World don't want you here." Violet told the group, who seemed to glance between one another for a few moments, before someone stepped out through the crowd, a sneer on her face.

"Oh, if it isn't Violet, a pathetic little girl playing Hero." Victoria mocked, as soon as Violet saw her, her blood boiled, Jesse visibly tensed up behind her, but otherwise looked normal, the only notable difference was a sharpness in his eyes, and the magic that flared erratically, and chaotically in his hands, Damon shook his head.

"Victoria! What the hell are you doing here?" Violet demanded, Victoria scoffed, and shook her head, summoning Oblivion in her right hand.

"Is this really necessary Violet? You're just going to die here anyway, no point in telling you anything." Victoria stated, matter of factly, Violet just shook her head, but before she could speak up herself, Jesse, and Damon stepped up next to her.

"You aint gonna touch her." Damon told Victoria, rather protectively, Jesse nodded.

"That's right, you'll not harm her while were around, I doubt you could beat her in a fight anyway." Jesse provoked Victoria, who sneered at him. Violet smirked at him, and nodded, as she stepped between her friends.

"That's right, I bet I could take you one on one, what do you say, rich bitch?" Violet asked, Victoria scoffed, and shook her head.

"Last time you had to have your pathetic girlfriend step in… Fine, bring it on Violet." Victoria said, she saw no point in denying the challenge, Violet was obviously inferior to her, so there was no harm in weakening her before the Children overwhelmed the three morons who had sought them out, and brought them to ZaZick.

The two girls walked forwards, Jesse and Damon stood confidently as they watched Violet, all the while Jesse's hands still crackling with magic, the same shade of dark blue, as if a spell was being prepared. Damon just watched with a half-smile.

Violet and Victoria stopped, standing apart from one another, Oathkeeper, and Oblivion's lengths separated them, Violet smirked confidently, as Victoria had a dark glint in her eyes, and smile.

The next moment ribbons of white and black surrounded the two as they dashed, and engaged one another in battle, they seemed to be on equal footing, until the ribbons stopped as Violet froze Victoria's hand, as she thrust Oathkeeper, in the form of a spear at Victoria, forcing her on the defensive, she stumbled, and that had allowed Violet to freeze her hand, Violet laughed at her, before Victoria smashed her fist coated in ice across Violet's face, knocking the blonde on the ground.

"Mother fucker!" Violet yelled, as Victoria swung at her form on the ground, Violet simply rolled out of the way, Oathkeeper vanishing in a flash of light, as Violet placed one hand on the ground, and used it to push, kicking Victoria in the chest with both feet, knocking her back, before Violet got to her feet herself, with a smirk, as Oathkeeper reformed in her hand.

Victoria glared at Violet and rushed her once again, this time, Oathkeeper vanished, and Violet's smirk stayed firmly in place, as she began dodging every single one of Victoria's swipes, her adaptability allowing her to memorize Victoria's attack pattern from before, and use that information to completely avoid it now.

"You know…" Violet spoke casually as she dodged all of Victoria's attempts to hit her. "You should really get better… kinda boring for me." Violet taunted her, causing Victoria's swings to come faster, and faster at her, Violet still dodged with relative ease. Violet summoned Oathkeeper once again, and spun on one foot, stopping Oblivion entirely, before spinning back around and landing a solid hit on Victoria's other side, causing her to cough violently. Violet charged her hand with Aero magic, and pushed Victoria back, after slamming her palm into the girl's chest, knocking her back into the group of Children.

"C-c-c-combo!" Violet taunted once again, with a smirk, as she seemingly danced around, twirling Oathkeeper in her hands, Jesse, and Damon simply looked at Violet with pride, as Victoria came dashing at her, screaming loudly. Violet smirked, as Oathkeeper was enveloped in a bright light, a trumpet was in Violet's hands, she pointed it at Victoria, and blew, as she hit the valves launching Blizzard, Fire, and Thunder at the oncoming girl, knocking her back once again.

Victoria lie on the ground holding her side, and glaring at Violet, who didn't seem too tired over their fight, she looked back at the group of incompetent Children, and ordered them to attack the trio, as Victoria herself opened a Dark Corridor on the ground, and fell through it.

Around two hundred Children of Darkness all advanced on Violet, Jesse, and Damon at once, the trio stood firm, Damon ran forwards, and used a bit of Aero magic, as he spun around, imitating a move Gladio had showed him the time they visited the World of Eos. Damon's rather large Keyblade slammed into several Children, as he spun, before he came around again, and got a few more, one more spiral and he sent the entire group of Children caught on his blade flying away from him.

Jesse, who had been charging his magic up the entire time in preparation for this, donned a cocky smirk, as he raised his hands, and a considerable number of storm clouds formed over the valley, the dark clouds sparking with bright blue lightning. Jesse then brought his hands down and called upon the lightning to strike the Children in their way. Jesse's hands began swirling in Earth magic for a moment, as a pillar shot out of the ground under him, taking him far above the advancing Children.

Violet spun Oathkeeper in her hands, in the form of a spear, knocking Children aside with each exaggerated flourish, before she stopped, and planted her feet firmly in the ground, she jammed the tip of her spear firmly into the ground, and spun around it, kicking several Children in the head, knocking them back. Violet landed on her feet, and let go of Oathkeeper, letting it revert to its normal form before she thrust her hands forwards and a large swath of blue flames burst from her hands.

Violet then ducked as a Child of Darkness swung his sword at her from behind, she stuck her left hand out, and called Oathkeeper to it, once her Keyblade was back in her grasp she spun around, and hit the Child with full force right in the gut, sending him flying into the pillar of Earth that Jesse had created. Upon looking the pillar Violet's eyes shone a dangerous glint as she ran towards it.

Vani observed the battle safely above the valley, humming as she watched the trio fearlessly take on an army by themselves. They had certainly grown stronger since she had last observed them, perhaps they didn't need her help after all. But, she still her assignment from Rose. She pulled out Bianca, and opened a Corridor of Darkness next to her, before she walked through it, and it vanished.

Damon smiled as his Wayfinder shone brightly from his belt, and Light materialized in his free hand, taking the shape of Jesse's scarf, he used his new weapon of Light to create a vortex of wind around him, sweeping up every Child of Darkness near him, he smirked as he got them all in one spot, before he let the scarf vanish, and he ran forwards jumping in the air, and kicking the one of the unfortunate Children of Darkness in the front of the group in the chest, using Aero as he did it to push him back, and create a human sized battering ram through the Children behind him.

"Violet, what the hell are you doing?" Jesse screamed as Violet landed next to him, and smirked at him as she grabbed his jacket. "No, no, no, no!" Jesse repeated as Violet jumped off the pillar, and protected them both in a Barrier as they hit the ground, second later he turned to yell at her when he noticed the stone pillar explode, sending shard of stone flying everywhere. Jesse turned to Violet with a glare, the blonde simply smiled at him.

"Stone hurts like a bitch when it gets lodged inside you, so I figured, it would suck for the literal hundreds of guys we were facing to get bombarded with it." Violet explained herself, Jesse merely let out a sigh, as he pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers, shaking his head.

"You could have at least notified me beforehand… how did you do that anyway?" Jesse asked, as he examined the constant shooting of rocks, the Barrier that surrounded the two was getting pelted with stone.

"Gravity Magic. Kinda complex, it sucks stuff in until a certain number of foreign objects are caught then it fires them off. Learned it from a book Rose gave me when we visited." Violet explained, Jesse merely hummed in response, as he pondered her logic, it was sound, but it still left out Damon. Speaking of the brutish fighter, Jesse turned and saw him shielding himself with a Barrier of his own, looking towards them curiously, Violet waved animatedly at him.

"I love how you constantly act like a moron, until you're fighting. If you would just… Stop that!" Jesse yelled, as Violet put up her hand, and opened and closed it, mimicking Jesse talking. Violet smirked at him.

"Don't call me a moron you ass." Violet said, smirking, as she revealed the reason for her mocking him. "Anyway, that Gravity spell should wear off in a few seconds, you ready to continue this fight?" Violet asked, Jesse smiled and nodded, the two turned to look at the Gravity sphere that was throwing the rocks to find it vanishing, the remaining rocks dropping to the ground.

"Well, let's resume then." Jesse said, Violet dropped her barrier, and rushed to fight some more, while Jesse charged up some Blizzard magic in his hands, when a few Children got close enough, he created a large wall of Ice around their bodies, trapping at least five of them, before he charged up a powerful Aero spell in his hands, and blasted them all away from him, as the ice wall shattered.

Vani appeared from a Dark Corridor, in the valley, she was surrounded by Children of Darkness who immediately took notice and attacked her, but her attention was only partly on them, the other part was focused on the group of six people who appeared over the edge of the valley, looking down at the battle.

"Violet?" Tyler said under his breath, he had been hired by the New Guardians of Light to assist them in eliminating a nuisance that had popped up within the last couple months, he had no idea this nuisance was in fact his niece. He wouldn't stand for this, he wouldn't let them hurt her.

"Let's go. Our job is to eliminate the threat, Tyler, I trust you will be invaluable in dealing with this." The leader of the New Guardians group said, his name being Delvin. Tyler simply huffed, crossing his arms.

"No, but I am gonna rip you guys apart for hunting my niece." Tyler said, a serious look in is eyes, as he charged a very powerful Fire spell, and launched it at Delvin, who ducked out of the way, and let his subordinate be incinerated instead of him. Delvin's hand went to the ground, and a large explosion of Earth knocked the entire group off the side of the valley, into the fray of fighting below them.

Violet turned towards the sound of the explosion, Damon coming up next to her, Jesse ran up next to them, as did Vani who turned around, and pushed her back up against Violet's, looking out for the trio while they were distracted.

"Violet, I have valuable information for you, regarding your parents." Vani spoke, as she used a powerful gust of Aero magic, knocking a group of Children away from the group. Violet looked over her shoulder at Vani.

"Really? Wait, when did you get here?" Violet asked, Vani hummed.

"Shortly after you did. We should clear this up, no?" Vani asked, Violet nodded, she watched as a New Guardian of Light was launched towards her, Tyler appeared next to him, grabbing his collar, and throwing him back at the ground, Tyler then used a burst of Aero magic to zoom towards Violet's group, landing in front of them.

"Uncle Tyler?" Violet asked, Tyler smirked at her.

"New Guardians hired me to kill you three. Once I found out, well… You can see what I did to that guy." Tyler smirked, he had lost track of Delvin, and the other two New Guardians of Light.

"Oh, really? We really pissed them off that much?" Violet asked, with a mischievous smirk on her face, as she glanced at Jesse, and Damon, both boys smiled.

"It's no surprise, we've been hitting them quite hard recently." Jesse said, as he blasted a Child of Darkness away from their group with a powerful Blizzard spell. Damon kicked a member of the Children of Darkness in the chest, knocking him into their allies.

"They deserve it too." Damon said, agreeably, looking to Vani, as the former assassin blasted Children of Darkness away with her powerful Aero magic.

"Violet Alexandria Hart!" Delvin's voice rang out, the group turned to see Delvin with the two remaining New Guardians of Light beside him. Before Violet, or anyone else could get to him, he opened a large book, and a bright Light began to shine from it.

"Oh… shit…" Tyler muttered, as he dashed in front of Violet, shielding her with his own body, and wrapping his arms around his niece, as the bright Light enveloped them both. When the light cleared the book was on the ground, open, while Violet, Tyler, Delvin, and the two New Guardians of Light were gone.

"Violet!" Jesse yelled, as he examined the book on the ground, Vani moved to pick it up, shaking her head.

"Deal with these guys first, then we deal with where Violet is." Vani ordered the two boys, who nodded, determination burning in their eyes, they didn't know where their best friend was, but they sure as hell weren't going to sit there and do nothing.

-Aftermath- Catacombs of Darkness-

Victoria panted heavily, as she braced herself against a wall, hate in her eyes. How could Violet have gotten so much stronger? She needed to be put down immediately, she needed to be hurt, Victoria wanted Violet to die screaming.

"So, that pathetic display was all you could muster?" ZaZick's voice rang out, Victoria jumped, and turned to him in fear, he glared at the girl.

"It was a fluke! There's no way Violet is stronger than me! I'm better than her!" Victoria yelled, ZaZick huffed, and shook his head, crossing his arms over his chest as his dark red eyes narrowed on her.

"You're an idiot if you think you're stronger than Violet. There's something about her, she's too bright. Like Zack was, if what I suspect is true, you could never match her." ZaZick grimaced, and shook his head, looking at Victoria with disdain. "You're weak, and I have no use for weaklings." ZaZick said, Victoria shook her head.

"No, you can't get rid of me! You need me! I run your operations in Virtuoso City!" Victoria exclaimed, ZaZick narrowed his eyes at her, remaining unimpressed by Victoria.

"You're expendable. You have no leverage." ZaZick said, as he examined Victoria, she shook her head.

"Please! You can't kill me, I need to kill Violet, whatever it takes!" Victoria yelled, ZaZick simply shook his head at her.

"Why are you so insistent on this?" ZaZick questioned the girl, who shook her head.

"Because Violet is everything I hate! She stole my best friend! She acts like she's all high and mighty, like she's something special! She's nothing to me, nothing! The only thing I have left is killing her!" Victoria yelled, ZaZick glared at her, and grabbed her throat, Victoria coughed, and tried to break free. "Please!"

"You have a pathetic grudge against a girl that is far above you. However, I will spare you, if you agree to be apart of a little experiment of mine, how does that sound?" ZaZick asked, before he smirked, with a sick look in his eyes, as he moved his hand, making Victoria's head nod in agreement, he flashed a deranged smile. "I knew you'd see it my way…" He muttered, before loosening his grip slightly, and dropping his arm, Victoria's feet dragging as he held her throat and walked away, as she fought to get free of his grasp.

-Aftermath- Unknown World-

"Oh, don't tell me…" Violet muttered, as she looked around, Tyler growled as he examined their surroundings, the two were standing in a forest, covered in snow. "Are we in a Book of Prophecies?" Violet asked her uncle, who nodded.

"Yes." Tyler answered her, Violet shook her head, and balled her fists up.

"Well fuck them! Uncle Tyler, don't we just have to find the matching book in this world?" Violet asked, Tyler nodded, as he let out a sigh, this was the third time he'd been trapped in a Book of Prophecy.

"Yes, but it won't be so simple… Since they held the book while using it to trap us, they got sucked in too… We need to get to the Book before they do, which should be in the center of a large city… It should be close, it never places you very far from it…" Tyler muttered, as he looked towards a hill.

"Then let's go." Violet said, Tyler nodded, the two made their way up the hill, before a thought popped into Violet's head. "Wait, what happens if they get to the Book first?" Violet asked, Tyler shook his head.

"They will escape and leave us trapped here until the world is created in our universe, if not… We're trapped forever." Tyler said, Violet let out a heavy sigh, glaring at the ground.

"Fuck…" Violet muttered, as the two of them made their way to the top of the hill, a large city could be seen in the distance. "That must be it… How much time do you think we have?" Violet asked, Tyler hummed.

"Judging by our distance… We could arrive in a few days. During that time, there's something we need to do." Tyler said, looking to Violet, who stared up at her uncle curiously.

"What is it?" Violet asked, Tyler smirked.

"We're going to train, there's still some things I need to teach you, especially now that your Adaptation ability is so strong, should cut training time down drastically, which is why we can even afford to train together." Tyler said, smirking, Violet nodded.

"Sounds awesome! I've been wanting to train with you Uncle Tyler, haven't gotten to since before… y'know…" Violet deflated a bit, before she shook her head. "Anyway, we can train now!" Violet said, Tyler smiled, and looked her over.

"You're wearing your moms fighting glove. I bought her, her first pair of those when I first started training her years ago." Tyler smiled a bit, Violet nodded.

"Yeah, my Mother bought this pair for her like… when I started training after middle school I think." Violet said, smiling. "And the wrist band was my Mothers… I like keeping them on, makes me feel closer to them." Violet smiled, and put her left hand above her heart, as she shut her eyes, Tyler looked upon her with pride.

"They would be so proud of the young woman you are now Violet. Just like I am, you're the only family I got left Kiddo." Tyler said, with a small smile, as he ruffled Violet's hair, she lashed out at him, pushing his hand away.

"Hey! Get your hand off my hair, it's perfect, I don't want you messing it up!" Violet complained, Tyler just laughed at his niece, and took his hand away from her head. "And wait, what about Grandma, and Grandpa?" Violet asked, she never spent much time with them, but when she did, she loved being around them, Tyler shook his head.

"ZaZick killed them shortly after he killed your parents… I wasn't fast enough to save them. No matter, we'll make him pay for everything he's done." Tyler said, with a confident smile, Violet flashed the same smile, confidence ran in the Hart bloodline.

"That's right. That fuckers gonna pay." Violet said, before she let out a breath. "We should get going right? More time to escape, and for training?" Violet asked, Tyler nodded, and the two set off towards the large city.

-Aftermath- Honnouji Academy-

"So, what exactly are these machines used for?" Damon asked, around two hours had passed since Violet, and Tyler had been trapped in the book, they had just finished clearing out all the Children of Darkness in the valley, Vani doing most the work.

"We believe they were used to kill Zack, and create the Replica of Roseanna. Them having more is troublesome, to say the least." Vani said, Jesse hummed as he glared at the machine.

"They created a Replica of Roseanna with this machine? They could do the same with anyone they've killed… technically." Jesse said, as his mind went to a dark place, Damon shifted uncomfortably.

"Jesse… You okay?" Damon asked, Jesse let out a heavy sigh, and crossed his arms.

"I want Violet to come popping out of that book already, so, no I'm not okay." Jesse answered him, Damon shrugged, that wasn't what he meant, and Jesse knew it. Damon looked to Vani, who looked uncomfortable around him.

"So, what info did you have about who killed Violet's parents?" Damon asked, Vani sighed, and shook her head.

"I only wish to share that with Violet… If that is okay with you, but I can tell you something, if you're interested…" Vani muttered, looking at Damon with guilt in her eyes, Damon tilted his head at her.

"What is it?" Damon asked, Jesse looked between them, sensing a tension thick enough to be cut with a knife. Damon hoped it wasn't what he thought it could be about, they've only had one common interest in the past, and he prayed this wasn't related to that.

"I…" Vani stopped, and took a breath, shaking her head. "I killed your father Damon, under Zack's orders, to prevent him from potentially leaking information if he was captured. Turns out I needn't have done so because our enemy knew all our secrets without him, I am deeply sorry." Vani said, with genuine remorse, Damon just stared at her, and clenched his fast tightly.