Ai: Ahh... Sorrry it took more than a week to post this chapter this time round. It was sorta cuz my cousin's in the hospital and all, and we visited her a lot, so yeah. Sorry about it, hope you enjoy this!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, bacause if I did, I would be giving lessons on how ZEXION DOES NOT LOOK A SINGLE BIT LIKE SORA!!! Can you believe my mom thinks Zexion IS Sora?! How insulting. ...Okay, I AM giving lessons to her on that, but I still equals no own. Maybe I do in my dreams though.

Turning around, someone stood in our path. Axel.

"You saw everything?"

"Something like that."

We walked past him. "Then now you know that we aren't as simple as we seem. A prince and a princess as Nobodies and in the Organization, huh? Normally, that would be such a laugh, wouldn't it?"

-10 years before the start of story, past-

Queen Amethyst was almost hysterical. "Isn't there any way at all to cure them?"

The most-respected mage of the palace shook her head sadly. She had short blonde hair and was dressed in a white long flowing robe. Specializing in healing, the fact that she could not cure someone meant that it was serious. "I am sorry, my Queen, but this is no ordinary sickness or curse. It is a special curse, and I cannot think of anyone who would cast such a powerful, ancient one except someone who desperately wanted to kill someone else. This curse drains on the victim's health, but cannot be detected even by experts until it has progressed to the final stage, such as now."

"There is no way at all?"

"There is just one, but-" the healer started to say, until she was cut off by Queen Amethyst.

"Please, just say it. I am willing to do anything as long as it means that they will be saved."

The woman hesitated, but finally said, "It will require the blood of the person closest to them. The curse will be transferred to that person, and this time, the curse cannot be transferred again. After a few days, the person will die due to the curse. The blood that is required is yours, my Queen."

"I will only have to give them my blood, and they will be cured?"

"Yes. Do you still wish to proceed, my Queen?"

"I will do it with no regrets." Queen Amethyst looked at the two young children lying asleep on the nearby bed, holding each other's hand. Both had rust-colored hair with different colored stripes running down the sides of their hair. The boy had green colored stripes while the girl had purple ones. "Except that I won't be able to watch the two of you grow up… Ray and Claire."

-5 years later, past-

A young girl of about seven years of age ran through the palace of the world of mages, dragging a young boy of the same age as her- her twin- behind her. The girl had long reddish brown hair with two long purple streaks running down the side of it. Her hair was pulled into two loose ponytails, each put through a shiny silver ring. Dressed in a white sleeveless shirt and a blue miniskirt, accompanied with a pair of long white socks and black shoes, perhaps the most striking thing about her would be her different colored eyes, with her left eye green and her right purple, and the green metallic chokers on her neck, wrists and ankles, the ones on her ankles over her socks. The boy, on the other hand, although he had hair of the same color as his sister, the streaks in his hair were bright green. Although his hair could be described as messy, it was also slightly spiky. He wore a plain white shirt and a pair of dark blue shorts slightly above his knee, complete with black shoes and socks. A long beige coat he left unbuttoned and was also wearing flapped behind him. Like his sister, he had different colored eyes, except that his left was purple and his right was green, and that he had chokers as well, but they were purple.

They seemed to be running from someone or something, and they turned to look behind them once in a while.

"Get back here, you brats!" someone yelled. The girl stopped running, then turned around and stuck her tongue out before continuing to run again. The person chasing them grew angrier. "I said, get back here, or else-" However, he didn't get the chance to finish his sentence because some sort of a deep, dark pit opened below his feet and he plunged in before he could react. The twins stopped running, walked back to where the pit was and peered in. The boy was looking smugly at the man who had obviously fallen into their trap while his sister was jumping up and down, slapping her leg in hysterical laughter.

"Or else what?" the boy asked. "Hey, Claire, time to go. We've got him stuck in a pit AND made a hole in the castle, so we're done here."

Claire saluted. "Aye aye, Ray!" she said cheerily and promptly left with her brother, leaving the man screaming in the pit.

They made their way through the castle slowly, heading for their room. Passing the throne room, they were called into the room by a soldier guarding it. A man dressed in a long robe and with a large crown on his head was seated upon the throne, and he had a boy of about fifteen years of age standing beside him. The boy had a sharp silver sword strapped to his side, and both males had short brown hair. They appeared to be conversing about something, but stopped immediately when Ray and Claire entered.

"Umm, heya," Claire said, not flinching from the cold stares she was being given, clearly used to it. Her brother was more polite.

"Did you call for us, Father, Akihiko-nii-san?"

Their father, the King, nodded stiffly. "I have a report from your brother. A very grave one. Of late, many of these… Heartless and Nobodies have been spotted around our world, despite all our efforts against them. It is a major crime not to do anything against them if you encounter them. According to Akihiko, he saw the both of you actually seeming to be communicating amicably with a Nobody yesterday. Now, tell me, is this true?"

More of an accusation than a question, both twins were taken aback. "It isn't! We've done absolutely nothing of the sort. In fact, we didn't even encounter…"

"Enough!" the king roared. "Are you telling me that your brother is a liar?!"

Ray crossed his arms across his chest. "Why, yes."

The king turned red with anger. In mere seconds, several soldiers had their weapons pointed at the twins. "How dare you speak to his Majesty in that tone!" one shouted.

The king, not even calling his soldiers off his children, growled, "I expected no less from the children who caused the death of my wife, the wonderful Queen of this land. She assisted me in ruling this world splendidly, and she was kind and gentle, loved by all. However, thanks to the two of you, she is now dead. It is your fault. For seven years I have tolerated your presence and brought the citizens great grief upon seeing the killers of their beloved Queen alive and well, but no more. Seize them! They shall be executed for leaguing themselves with the accursed Heartlesses and Nobodies who have been plaguing our land."

Several dozen more soldiers burst into the throne room, each brandishing weapons. Claire gulped. "…This is not good."

"Thank you, Captain Obvious."

"No problem, bro. Pity about the fact that the two people you are attempting to execute without reason are your children, pops." Then, she did something no one in the room had anticipated. She shrugged, saying, " And also pity about the fact that we most certainly feel like sticking around to see our heads separated from our bodies. We're outta here." Grabbing her brother by the hand, she teleported out with Ray. There was a huge uproar in the room.

"Find them! Find them!" the king ordered. "They are now wanted criminals! I do not care whether you bring them back…dead or alive!!"

-Few months before the start of story, past-

Ray and Claire panted, winded.

"They're growing smarter. Now, that's rare. Even jumping worlds can't hold them off for long," Ray said putting away his weapon, a large hammer. Now, several years older, not only had they learnt how to summon their own individual weapons and make better use of their elements, they had taught themselves basic combat skills and had proven to be good in battles, evidenced by the fact that they had managed to evade capture for roughly five years. With the competence of the army from their world of the mages, this was no mean feat, even for a strong and experienced fighter. But now, having escaped to Hollow Bastion, they were at a loss of what to do.

His sister nodded, her weapons vanishing with a burst of light. "We can't jump to another world until a few weeks later, so we'll have to find a temporary place to stay for now."

"Still, you have to wonder why they're even bothering to capture us. They're much happier without us anyway."

"You forget, you forget. We shall be 'executed for leaguing themselves with the accursed Heartlesses and Nobodies and blah blah blah'. Sound familiar to you? I believe the Captain of the group sent to attack us just now yelled something like 'Death to the traitors!', or something like that. Aw, puh-lease. If we really were sided with them, I wonder why we still have to fend them off on a daily basis."

"The Heartless and the Nobodies?" a female voice behind them said. "I have an offer for you."

Spinning around quickly, Ray and Claire saw a tall young woman in a long blue dress. She had a dark blue piece of cloth on her head that made it impossible to see her facial features.

"Do not worry, I have come in peace. Please, call me Meya. I hear that you know about the Heartless and Nobodies. I have decided to strike a deal with you. Have you heard of Organization XIII?"

Ray nodded. "The leader of the Nobodies," his sister said.

"Good, good!" The strange woman said. "I have something against them, and would require your help."

Claire snorted. "Sorry, but we're not killers for hire. Do your revenge yourself. It's much sweeter that way."

"No, no. It is not revenge I want, but something else. If you agree to listen to me, I shall tell you what it is later. Now, here is my offer. I shall take the both of you in, and train you for a few months. I will also keep your pursuers away while you are with me. When your training is complete, I shall use the my control over darkness to turn the both of you into Nobodies. Then, you will help me with my plan. Consider it as a mission. Do you want to take me up on my offer?"

There was no hesitation at all in deciding. "Well, we're already thought to be siding with the Heartless and Nobodies anyway. Becoming a Nobody isn't gonna make our dad say, " Oops, we were mistaken, they weren't allied with the Nobodies after all," and call the soldiers off our backs.

"Please feel free to ignore her. To simplify what she said, we're in."

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That was how we came to be in Organization XIII. Come to think of it, that was probably the biggest turning point in our lives.

Author's Notes:

Okay, and this chapter ends the series of serious chapters until I say so. Don't worry, there'll still be more. A lot more.

Mega thanks to Din's Daughter for contributing her wonderful, wonderful idea and for being my most active reviewer! Round of applause! =D Here's TWO cookies for you! The next chapter shall be based on her idea! So look out for it!

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