"We're the non-existing,"

Chapter X: Nonentity

"…" I stare at the person in front of me, all I could get out of my mouth was, "Come again?" He chuckled, fully understanding that I would be confused.

"Think about it," He said as he turned around towards the bars. His hand raised as if to say good-bye and he walked away, "And tell me what it means next time we meet," He added and once he walked out of the cell, the bars magically reappeared behind him, blocking my path.

"Hey!" I yelled, calling out for his return. Somehow, I was so eager to find out what he meant by 'non-existing'. But he said he would come back, but by that time, I would be needing an explanation of what he meant by 'non-existing'. From a dictionary or something, 'non-existing' would be something that would have never been born, never set foot in the world. 'Non-existing' is something nobody would know anything about, they wouldn't know what you would be talking about, because they're simply 'non-existing'. So what does it mean when he and his members were non-existing? For what I can see, they're perfectly solid, not a ghost, and they can do everything a human can do. They pretty much have the same figure as us humans, too. So… what does he mean?

So far, I'm concluded to this:

One – They were known in the past, but they were forgotten as years passed.

Two – They were never known by anybody. They're parents and relatives have been killed or died by some disease, and they started a journey of their own.

Three – Their purpose in life is to find the meaning of living.

That's all I could come up with. All of them could be possible for different members, but then again, all of them could be totally wrong for all of them. I thought hard for the next hour, by the time that that hour has passed, the King woke up. I hear a faint groan from the corner and then I look to see the tiny King sit half way up, and I walk over to him. I bend my knees to get a better view of his face, "Are you okay? Are you still hurt?"

He shook his head, "No, the pain is still there, but it has died down since the battle," I smile faintly, "Have you figured anything out while I was asleep?" I can tell it in his voice, 'Have you figured out anything about Riku?'. That was the subject he was concerned about most. I would too, if I were separated from Hayner or Pence…

"Sorry… Only two of members from that group you were talking about came in. They mentioned nothing of Riku," I lied. I asked Axel where Riku was, actually, I believe that was my first question for him. Axel replied as if Riku was just garbage. He didn't even tend for Riku's injuries; they probably just threw him in a different jail cell.

"Oh…" He whispered with dispair, but he soon covered that up with another question, "Um, who came by to harass you, Olette?" He said in a worried tone.

I laughed, "They didn't harass me, but they did ask me questions like… who I was and stuff," His eyes grew wide, "Oh, but I didn't tell them anything," He let out a huge breath, feeling a bit better. I let out a small one too, looking away. It's so hard to keep calm when everything just came to ruins just like that. My first worry is me going back home. My second worries, that person who I can't remember, and the third, is being caught by people I don't even know.

Then, all of a sudden, I laugh out loud.

I heard from a boy once that whenever I'm sad, I should always keep happy, remind myself of happy, wonderful times. Smile like I've never smiled before. I should wipe those depressing tear away and laugh my heart out. That was a magic trick he told me. He said that that always made him happy. I never tried it before, for I've never felt that miserable in my entire life, but… I guess this is my first chance of seeing if his magic trick really works.

The King stares at me as I giggled. His face was confused, and his eyes were pretty wide, but as he saw me smile with all my heart, he started to chuckle too. Soon, we were laughing up the whole room just within minutes. We don't know what we were really laughing about, and there wasn't a point to it, but it felt right.

The boy told the truth. Laughing makes everyone feel much better.

As our laugh quieted down, and I wiped my tears, I remembered what Number 13 has said before the King woke up. "Oh hey, I have a question," I say. The King stops his laugh too and turn to face me, giving me all of his attention, "I was wondering… How would you describe 'non-existing'?" I was thinking about it, and my eyes wandered up to the ceiling. When I heard no response, I looked back down to the Crown. When I saw him, all my happiness has been blown away like the wind. His face turned serious, as if he never laughed just a while ago. He was giving me this solemn stare that told me that I should have never asked about it.

But then he spoke up, averting his eyes away from me, "…'non-existing' would be the… ones who weren't suppose to be alive…" That was his first answer, then he asked me, "Why?"

"Umm, this one guy told me they were the 'non-existing', and I was just wondering about it…"

"…Oh…… Well… I guess since you've been through all this already, I can explain what we're going through right now…" He scratched his head, "Um, well, to tell you in an easy way, what this one person told you of the 'non-existing' are called the 'nobodies'. Um, Nobodies come from strong-hearted people who had their hearts devoured by these monsters called the heartless. As their name says, heartless don't possess any hearts, so they look for one desperately for one." I couldn't believe any of this, "I think you saw a Nobody before. They're those white, flexible, monsters that was chasing you before we found you. Do you remember?" Do I ever. That was one of my most frightening moments of my life: These unknown creatures coming after me for no reason. It was a horrible memory to remember…

I nod, even though I wanted to erase that past, "Well, those are the less, powerful types of Nobodies. There are a lot more that lurks around different worlds, and they each have their own specialty," He paused, taking a deep breath, "Anyways, the supreme Nobodies around we know are the one who they call themselves, the Organization XIII, and they're those black cloaked men we fought against," He put on a weak smile, remembering of the pain he was cursed upon, "They once had a strong willed heart, but they lost that bravery to a heartless, and that lost heart soon became a strong Nobody. Same to the one we were trying to take back. Our friend, this other friend of ours, his name is Sora, and he lost his heart a while back. But he recovered it with the help of his best friend, Kairi. But then, a year ago, his memories were broken apart from what we call a 'witch'. She's on our side now, but she was forced to use her power when she was back on the bad side. Anyways, in the end, Sora was put into this pod that was going to restore all his memories. And in order to do that, we need his other heart: His Nobody,"

I stare at King Mickey with confusion. This one boy, Sora, he must have had so many difficult paths lying across from him. I couldn't believe this one boy could still live on with what everything has happened to him so far. It was almost… sad.

"Um, so what we're going up against… is it stronger than anything you've ever faced…?" King Mickey looks up, and smiles. A sad smile spreads across his face, which meant that his answer was a yes, "Um, and plus, I have been having these weird moments where I remember somebody… but I can't remember. He's at the tip of my tongue, but I could never get it. I was wondering if this was kind of related to this whole Nobody thing…" The King stares at me with a shocked face. I know it was pretty random to bring this topic up, but I couldn't help it, "I-I mean, it's just that when I'm reminded of him, or I almost remember him, I feel this warm feeling in my chest, and he makes me all happy and… haha…" I blush, acting like a little girl.

The King still stares at me, now with a new expression I can't make out on his face, "Olette, you----"

Right when the King was about to say something, a huge crash was heard outside. We immediately stood up, and ran over to where the bars were. We were trying to look at the surroundings with these bars in the way. All we saw was white, and a smashed up wall on the side. It created a hole that lead to another path.

"Are you guys all right?"

I almost yelped at the sudden voice that called out to us. It turned out to be Riku. "RIKU!!" The King suddenly wore this warm, wide smile on his face, and would have jumped on Riku if the bars weren't there. Wow, I could have never gotten that from him, "Are you okay? How did you get out?" He was asking all these questions, and all I could notice was Riku's uneasy breathing and his injury. There were bandages covering it, but I could still see the blood seeping out. It almost made me feel as if I were injured when I looked at it. I can almost puke with the sight of that. When the King noticed that Riku wasn't answering back, he tried calling his name again, "Riku---"

"Yeah, I'm okay, just a little pain here and there…" He huffed, "Anyways, we need to get out of here as fast as we can. I think I've already attracted some enemies on the way," He looked back, making sure that those enemies weren't coming back right now, "Let's go," With his dark weapon, he slashed the white bars in a blink of an eye and the bars fell, making a clinking sound as it made contact with the floor.

King Mickey climbed over the cut bars first, and I got out second, and we ran off out of the broken wall Riku made earlier. When we were running, all I could see was white; I could have gotten lost in a place like this, everything looks exactly the same! But somehow, Riku and King Mickey already knew the ways around this white oblivion. When it felt like I've ran forever, Riku stopped, stretching his hand out to the side. King Mickey also stopped, summoning his weapon to his hands. All I did was crouch down to my knees and get rest. This isn't your average day in PE, you know… So, anyways, what was happening? "Riku, what's ha---"

Riku silenced me with his glare. Well sorry… "There's somebody here," He whispered, getting ready to also take out his weapon. Then, out of nowhere, clap of hands were made in the near distance.

"Very nice, Riku," A man with similar black coat appeared behind the wall. He released his hood, divulging a light, short blonde hair and beard, "Or… should I say, Ansem?"

Riku growled, "Luxord! What are you doing here? GET OUT OF OUR WAY!" He screeched like hell and yelled at the man, "And don't ever call me by that name, you ignorant piece of trash!"

"Come on now, don't get all upset about one thing," He shook his head, "If you're going to say those kind of things, then at least make it meaningful and shout it in a battle," This was a sign to get ready to fight. The man by Luxord took out a deck of cards, shuffling them in different ways with his hands.

"I'm ready when you are," Riku barked, getting ready to attack. King Mickey also got ready, holding out his arms to me, protecting me, also the sign to not get in the way. I nod, backing away from the field. The King looked back, to see if I was in a safe distance, and he smiled, trying to say that it was all going to be okay.

Somehow, my heart said the complete opposite…

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A/N: Yeah, I forgot, or I was wondering if I put Riku as Ansem form or his normal form. It turned out that I wrote it in Ansem form. Which is fine, I don't really care. I noticed that my chapters are getting longer and longer… do you guys like it this way? Or would you prefer it shorter…?

And yeah, I'm working my ass off to think what will happen next, I even drew an outline during school, chapter 1: Olette & Roxas talks about the Summer Festival, chapter 10: Olette thinks over about the 'non-existing'. And yes, writing down the important parts. I got to chapter 13 outline, so I have time to write and think about the other chapters too. Wow… and chapter 13 isn't even the climax… I wonder how long this story will go on for…