Kingdom Hearts: The Remnants
A/N: Well, I didn't know that Fanfiction offered a program to use for writing =P, so I downloaded that and hopefully I can divide my story better now.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the plot, and even some of that I am stealing from a quest chain in my favorite MMO, but that is mostly just dialogue.
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Sora
Castle Oblivion / Land of Departure
After Awakening From Memory Fit
Sora got on one knee and knelt next to Donald as the duck supported him with a wing. Noticing the two absent people, he took a full three-sixty in before confirming that Kairi and Terra weren't there.
Sora shook Donald off of him and began walking down the hallway.
"Sora, I think you should-" Goofy began, but was quickly dismissed by Sora's "We gotta find Kairi!"
"Whoa!" Sora exclaimed, falling to his knee. That was when he noticed it, something was missing.
"What happened while I was out?" He asked, as the others came up to him.
"I think Goofy tried to tell you!" Donald yelled.
"Roxas phased out of you and began running through the hallways. Terra chased after him, then Kairi followed them" Mickey said.
That was when it hit him. Usually Roxas would be complaining about how Sora's pain shouldn't be affecting him.
"I can feel him still. I'll try and tap into his memories and follow his path," Sora announced as he leaned on Goofy and began to lead them down the hallway.
'Left, right, right, straight, left, left, right-' Sora halted in the middle of the hallway.
"Come on! We have to find Kairi, Terra and Roxas!" Mickey yelled, pulling on Sora.
"He's gone, I can't feel him anymore"
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"What's happening?" Kairi asked Terra as a blue light engulfed Roxas and his unconscious look-a-like.
"They're merging, ten years after the separation, it's a miracle."
"Merging? You mean, they're going to become one person?"
"Right."
"But, what will happen to Roxas?" Kairi asked, voicing her nobodies question.
"He will cease to exist"
Kairi gasped as Roxas disappeared. The other man stood up and looked around the pure white room.
"Man Terra, white is not your color"
"Shut up Ventus"
At that moment Sora, Donald, Mickey, and Goofy rounded the corner.
"Oh crap!" Ventus said, summoning his Keyblade and jumping at Sora. In retaliation Sora summoned his and started blocking his attacks.
"Ventus! It isn't who you think" Mickey shouted, "Aqua and I destroyed his physical form years ago!"
Hearing this, Ventus sent his Keyblade back to the ethereal realm where they wait to be summoned.
"Lets go back to the ship, we can explain there" Mickey said, walking out of the room.
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The entire group had loaded onto the Intervention, Terra and Ventus included.
"All right, why do you look like my Nobody?" Sora asked.
"Uh... a Nobody is...?"
"Wait! Both of you look at me!" Kairi shouted.
"Oh my gosh!" Mickey said.
"Huh, why didn't I notice that?" asked Terra.
"What are you all talking about?" Sora and Ventus asked at the same time.
"You... you both have the same face." Kairi said, weirded out.
"Huh? So? I have like, eight peoples faces Kairi, you also have Naminé's face," Sora said, exaggerating.
"My question now, why do you look like Vanitas?" Ventus said, anger crossing his face.
"The freak in the helmet? I look like him?" Sora asked.
"Yup, except he had black hair and yellow eyes"
"Well, isn't that great" Sora said, leaning back with his hands behind his head, while Ventus did the same thing.
"Wow, there are too many similarities. Hopefully we will find Aqua, she was always Eraqus favorite, she knew a bit too much I think" Terra said, frowning.
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Hours later, Intervention landed on the sandy beaches of Destiny Island. Sora walked out, looking around.
"Well, this is my home world" Sora said, leading Ventus to town square
When they rounded the corner to see Riku destroy the last of the Soldier Heartless.
"Hey, Sora. What the- Roxas!" Riku said, alerting Lea and Isa.
"ROXAS!" Lea shouted, sprinting to the spiky haired man and hugging him. "I missed you man"
"Well, this is interesting." Isa said before throwing in a "Hmph" for emphasis.
"No, this is Ventus. We never really figured out why he looked like Roxas" Sora said with Ventus saying "Ven... and Roxas looks like me" after Sora said the respective parts.
"Well, we knew Roxas first so, you look like him" Lea said, his finger on his chin.
"Great logic" Ven said.
"Yeah, I like it when others realize I'm smart" Lea replied, while Ven just smirked.
"Idiot..." Terra muttered while walking to the town square.
"Everyone! It's safe to go home now! Anyone who knows how to use a sword, please come to us" Sora shouted to the islanders.
Most of the group that didn't return home were the father's of Sora's classmates, but some of the Blitzball team and other children showed up.
"Ok, I was hoping we could set up a patrol system. Two or three of us will take turns patrolling the town and helping those who can't protect themselves" Sora said, with Riku and Terra volunteering to take first patrol.
"I'll be staying outside, anyone else wanna stay behind?" Sora said, with some of the parents and all the Keyblade wielders staying.
Half an hour had passed without a disruption by the Heartless.
"Booooooooooooorrrrreeeedd!" drifted out of Ventus as he leaned back in a chair that they had gotten from a nearby restaurant.
"I'll be back." Sora said standing.
"Huh?" Kairi said, curious.
"You'll see" Sora said jumping into the air and flying toward his house.
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Riku and Terra walked side by side Way to the Dawn and Gaia Bane drawn.
"Twelve years ago, I chose you too be my successor. Why did it take you longer to claim a Keyblade?" Terra asked.
"Your Heartless' influence made me fall into darkness. After I took the darkness and used it for good, was when I got this" Riku said.
"Oh..."
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A man sat upon his his armored black horse with white hooves that appeared to be flaming. He looked over to his commander, a man by the name of Mograine, as he turned to his army.
"Soldiers of the Scourge, stand ready! Prepare to unleash your fury upon the Argent Dawn! The sky weeps at the glorious devastation of these lands! Soon, Azeroth's futile tears will rain down upon us! Death knights of Acherus, the death march begins! Soldiers of the Scourge, death knights of Acherus, minions of darkness: hear the call of the Highlord! RISE!" on command Flesh Giants, Ghouls and Skeletons rose from the ground. "The skies turn red with the blood of the fallen! The Lich King watches over us, minions! Leave only ashes and misery in your destructive wake!
The army of the Scourge charged the last line of defense in the Plaguelands, Lights Hope Chapel. When noticeable a Champion of the Light shouted "Scourge armies approach" while another rallied his troops with "Stand fast, brothers and sisters! The Light will prevail!"
"Spare no one!" Highlord Mograine said, "Rise, minions! Destroy them!"
The battle was long and devastating hundreds of Scourge troops fell, while the Defenders of the Light still stood strong. I glanced over and noticed Highlord Mograine appeared to be in a battle with himself.
"Power...wanes... Ashbringer defies me..." he said, unable to attack.
"Minions, come to my aid!" he shouted, needing protection.
"You will do as I command! I am in control here!" he said, addressing his blade, "What is this? My... I cannot strike..."
Then an older man with gray hair that was in glowing golden armor stepped onto the battlefield.
"You cannot win, Darion!" he shouted as one of our soldiers, Orbaz Bloodbane fled. "Bring them before the chapel!"
"Stand down, death knights. We have lost... The Light... This place... No hope..." Highlord Mograine said, kneeling in defeat before the older man.
"Have you learned nothing, boy?" asked the man "You have become all that your father fought against! Like that coward, Arthas, you allowed yourself to be consumed by the darkness... the hate... Feeding upon the misery of those you tortured and killed! Your master knows what lies beneath the chapel. It is why he dares not show his face! He's sent you and your death knights to meet their doom, Darion."
"Save your breath, old man. It might be the last you ever draw." said Highlord Mograine.
Then, a vision of a soldier appeared, he was wielding the same sword Highlord Mograine attempted to wield in the battle.
"Father! Argh...what...is..." Mograine said as he shifted out of his armor and appeared to take the form of a teenager.
"Father, you have returned!" younger Mograine said, hugging his father, "You have been gone a long time, father. I thought..."
"Nothing could have kept me away from here, Darion. Not from my home and family." the older man said, a loving look on his face.
"Father, I wish to join you in the war against the undead. I want to fight! I can sit idle no longer!" Mograine said as his fathers eyes narrowed with hate at the idea.
"Darion Mograine, you are barely of age to hold a sword, let alone battle the undead hordes of Lordaeron! I couldn't bear losing you. Even the thought...
"If I die, father, I would rather be on my feet, standing in defiance against the undead legions! If I die, father, I die with you!"
"My son, there will come a day when you will command the Ashbringer and, with it, mete justice across this land. I have no doubt that when that day finally comes, you will bring pride to our people that Lordaeron will be a better place because of you. But, my son, that day is not today. Do not forget..." said his father as a tall man is black armor with a sword appears behind the vision.
"Touching... Alexandros is mine now..." said the tall man, leader of the Scourge forces, known as The Lich King.
Highlord Darion Mograine became his usual, armor-clad self again as he swelled with anger. "You have betrayed me! You betrayed us all you monster! Face the might of Mograine!" He yelled, jumping at The Lich King, who backhanded Mograine twenty feet with enough force to make him collapse.
"You're a damned monster, Arthas!" shouted the golden armor
man.
"You were right, Fordring. I did send them in to die. Their lives are meaningless, but yours... How simple it was to draw the great Tirion Fordring our of hiding. You've left yourself exposed, Paladin. Nothing will save you..." He said as he raised his hand, which sent a purple beam to Tirion and wrapped around his neck, forcing him to gasp for air.
"ATTACK!" Shouted one of the Champions of the Light as all of the forces rushed him.
"APOCALYPSE!" shouted Arthas, which cast a spell that killed the weaker of the Defenders, and knocking back the stronger ones.
"That day, is not today... Tirion!" Higlord Mograine shouted as he threw the Ashbringer to Tirion. Catching the sword, Tirion became encased with light, as the Ashbringer was reverted to the form shown in the vision, the skull floating above it changing into that of a golden fist.
"ARTHAS! This is your end." he said as he took up Ashbringer and charged striking through his armor.
"Impossible... This... isn't... over... When next we meet it won't be on holy ground, Paladin." Arthas said as he disappeared.
"Traitor!" shouted the man who was atop the horse at the beginning of the battle as he created his own death gate that transported him back to the floating necropolis known as Acherus. He ran to a Runeforge and inscribed the mystic runs upon his blue blade. He teleported back to the world his mistress called home.
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A/N: Whew! I don't know why I didn't upload this sooner, had it sitting in my OpenOffice folders for weeks now. Guess it just passed my mind while I was reading DBZ fanfics. Can you guess who the Death Knight that knew of other worlds is? Hint: Blue blade.