Song Drabble 8
Glory Days
It had all been so easy.
All he'd had to do was let that naïve little brat and his witless friends gad about from world to world, ripping through Heartless after Heartless, leaving their priceless bounty behind while they gallivanted off elsewhere to repeat the process.
He followed behind them, silently, relying on the ever-present shadows to cloak his presence as he collected the innumerable hearts left behind and added them to his kingdom.
Things had gotten even better when his own Heartless had gotten involved. Now the Keybearer's "problem" had a name and he had pursued it blindly, oblivious to the consequences of his actions.
And when that Heartless was destroyed, it was quite an addition to the kingdom.
The problems had started with Castle Oblivion and the decision to become directly involved with the Keybearer. The rift within the Organization had grown deeper with the betrayals within and destruction of that castle.
That problem had spiraled downward, going from bad to worse to hopeless with each new world the Key touched. His plans frayed at the ends and began to unravel. Fellow members fell one by one to the Key, until there was only him, preparing himself to make a final desperate stand for a half-destroyed kingdom, and all he could think was –
It had all been so easy,