The Golden Warrior and the Black Warrior

As Alan and Nadia arrived inside the castle of Lord Birmingham, they were in awe as they saw countless statues of a man in knightly armour similar to that of the Golden armour they saw in the pyramid and the pictures of the walls they saw in the pyramid as well. Even as they got dragged along by their armoured captors, they saw that the castle was built a lot like the castle from Cinderella's world as well. In fact, as they trudged along a set of red carpeting and past wooden columns and sets of armour, they came upon a huge set of wooden stairs that seemed to stretch up to a golden gate of the sort. They got dragged up the stairs by the knights and they soon opened the gates after a whole ten minutes of walking up the stairs. As they threw Nadia and Alan inside, they were surrounded by various guards on each side of them in two lines with twenty of them in each one. In the centre of all of these British red suited guards at the very end of the large room they were in that had white paint smothering the whole room all over and red tapestry with the picture of the Golden Knight on it, they also saw a man sitting in a comfy throne which had the top part of his chair resembling a crown of course. The man looked an awful lot like Adam Sandler, but had a huge beard covering his face, rough Spanish Guard armour covering his chest and his whole body, and his hands were holding his head above his chair's left arm and his other arm was holding his long sword as it pierced the brick on the side of the red carpeting as well.

Alan then whispered to Nadia as they king sighed, "Doesn't look like an angry king to me. He looks a little laid back." "Yeah, maybe if we play our cards right we might get lucky. If only we could get on his good side, maybe he could set us free and we could get out of this place." Then the king said, "Guards, bring the prisoners to me at once." Then the guards grabbed Alan and Nadia and as they dropped them at the king's knees, Alan then said, "Looks like you might just get your wish." Then the king began, "Well, well, well. What do we got here? A couple o'wise guys trying to sneak in on my land and take my riches I bet." Alan then said, "But sir, we didn't even…" "Silence! Who's one talking here?", the king replied. Alan stopped as the king said, "That's right me!! What I say goes, what I command goes, heck what I even eat is supposed to be eaten as well during such an occasion. I wish those sick crude purple gooey creatures would behave as such." Alan then asked as he bowed, "Permission to speak, my lord." Then Nadia whispered, "What are you doing? I don't think kissing up will get this guy on our good side you know." "Trust me, if we can get him to listen, maybe we can get some answers as to how to leave this place and get freed." Then the king said, "Very well young warrior. I, Lord Birmingham, give you permission to speak." "You are against the purple creatures that my partner and I call the Viraltroopers?", Alan asked. "Yes oh dear boy, such a silly question really. They've been a curse upon our lands for years. Why even their origin is of obscure proportions." Alan then asked, "Origins?"

So began a tale like none other that Alan and Nadia heard before. Long before Alan and Nadia (give or take a hundred and forty years before the first Kingdom Hearts (Three hundred years before Alan and Nadia's adventures as well)) there were two worlds: the land that makes up Lord Birmingham's kingdom and the land of Granisis which was essentially the forest that they were strayed into and captured from. Each of these kingdoms stretched for miles on end and each were different and structure and organization. Lord Birmingham's castle, vastly of European proportions was built from the hardest brick that was formed from rocks down there, while Granisis Castle was built from logs, paper and structured like that of the Japanese Castles in Asia. Lord Birmingham's castle was also ruled by a warrior known as the Golden Warrior that was honored and well known. The castle of Granisis was ruled unfortunately by a tyrant of warrior known as the Black Warrior and anyone who questioned his orders was killed off instantly without any second thought. The kingdoms often were never opposed to each other until one day something spawned from the meadows of the land between each kingdom that they know now as the Viraltroopers. As Nadia and Alan listened they started to figure that this was a little farfetched since the Viraltroopers they know were created from poor experiments, but as they listened carefully, they knew now that the purple creatures were not Viraltroopers, but rather known as the Useless.

They ravaged the land of its life and each of the kingdoms fought these creatures hard and the Useless were stronger than anticipated. They eventually worked together to attain the peace that they desired, but at a fretful cost. There was tensions over the amount of men they had lost before. Yet that wasn't their only concern. They recently created a weapon of great power and great honour and only the finest warriors could wield them. Yet there was some controversy within the ranks as to who deserved to call themselves its wielder. So thus an all out war began between Castle Birmingham and Castle Granisis. Only two warriors survived: the Golden and Black Warriors were left with their weapons of light and darkness to guide them. They fought hard and eventually it seemed as if the fight would last for days. It even did for about three weeks of nonstop fighting (that would be some fight!!) The Golden warrior knocked off his enemy's helmet to reveal a man by the name of Oben!! The Golden Warrior managed to thwart Oben, having been consumed by his dark heart and slashed away at his evil spirit, but to end the violence had to give up his own fighting spirit to vanquish the enemy. Oben's sword had been destroyed, Castle Granisis crumbled, the Useless had disappeared from the land with no darkness to feed upon, and Oben was banished having ironically forgotten everything about himself except for the fight between him and the Golden Warrior. The Golden Warrior left and became the first leader of the Rulius Court as well and its founder. He died of unknown causes, most likely of loneliness having found no wife and producing no heir to the throne. Yet Oben remembered the fight and vowed revenge upon the lot of the universe for his defeat.

Alan then asked, "So Oben is the real culprit behind all of these attacks upon your kingdom?" "Yes boy. He is one of the few beings that could live to be over millennia old. He has great powers even I have never heard of before. He was even involved in the Great War of Wars as our people here call it as well and creating the Doors of the Heart. Before you even ask, we know of a wise being called Aranse. He has passed the information to us and we also knew that you were coming all along." Alan shocked asked, "But how? Aranse is a mere shadow of a being now. The guy's an orb. He couldn't just telepathically tell you. Then that means…" Then from behind the king's throne came a tall broad silver knight. Alan then said, "Tyrannil!!" "That's right boy. It is I Tyrannil. This story you two have heard is true and it is very important to your quest as well. For you see the one you call Aranse was the Gold Knight!!" Alan and Nadia gasped as they yelled, "What?!" "Believe it for it's true. The Gold and Black Warriors weren't just rulers of this world. They were known as the first wielders of the legendary 'Heart Sword' and hence its name could unlock any heart, disperse any darkness and destroy light in one's being as well. In fact, Oben and Aranse are half brothers as well. They alone were able to wield the weapons their forefathers made and they each used their abilities for good purposes. But Unfortunately Argon, Aranse's and Oben's home world was attacked and Oben was kidnapped. Many lives were lost and Oben was never seen again until the 'Heart Sword War' when he showed his colours as an extreme fighter. While Aranse saved many worlds with the 'Heart Sword' and saved many lives with it, Oben turned dark under his masters known as 'La Mort Noir'. He conquered worlds for them, slain many lives and turned them to darkness. That is when they finally met up with each other: the Golden Warrior and the Black Warrior. They fought hard when the Useless appeared and fought each other. In fact, the very Viraltroopers are half of what the Useless were. That is why they look so similar and are as powerful as their predecessors. When Oben was banished he vowed revenge and even though he never directly fought Aranse in the Great War of Wars, there were still some tensions after their final match against each other. Even to this day they are still bitter rivals and enemies. They are even fighting at this moment.", Tyrannil continued.

Alan then asked, "So why tell us this then? You are our enemy as well." "I feel as though you should know before my Rhino Viraltrooper crushes this world." With that said they heard a roar coming from outside the Brick Castle. They all rushed outside and there was a giant brown Rhino with a heart symbol on his back. Tyrannil then disappeared before Alan could even catch him. Then Alan asked the king, "May we?" "Yes boy. Go. I see now that Tyrannil was using us. He said that we would have two invaders come: a boy and a girl in armour. Yet he was the invader all along. I apologize for my mistake.", the king said. "You are forgiven, but now we could really use your help. Will you help us? For your kingdom?" The king then took out his sword and jumped from his balcony onto the rhino itself and Alan and Nadia followed suit as they took out their keyblades and held on to dear life. The massive beast charged across the meadows of the lands and was bucking them high and low to get them off its back. Then the king said as he covered the monster's eyes, "Get the beast now. Both of you strike its back while I'm still able to stand on here." They both nodded and zapped the creature's back and a heart appeared from it. They saw the lock and as usual zapped it and unlocked it as well saving another world once more from Obeion (Oben) and his wrath.

Hours later, Nadia and Alan had a huge banquet in honor of their courage and ability to help Lord Birmingham. The king then said as Alan ate beside him at the longest table in the dining room, "I don't know how I could possibly thank you Alan. Thanks to you and Nadia, my world was not only saved, but you both reminded me of why I became a king in the first place. My people come first and that's that." "It was nothing my lord. It's my duty as a wielder of the keyblade. I wish we could stay, but we have other…", Alan said. The king then interrupted as he said, "Go. Your worlds need you to save them. Those Knights of the Realm and Oben will not give up without a fight. You two are the only ones who can save us at all." Nadia nodded as she said pressing Alan's watch, "We won't let you down Lord Birmingham." They then disappeared in front of hundreds of seated officials and bureaucrats to their next world in need.

(This is exactly how I think the Keyblade Wars could play out. This is also in a way how I think the whole worlds getting saved and destroyed could play out as well since the Guardian and Master Xehanort have keyblades and Terra, Aqua and Ven do as well. There isn't a whole lot more I could go into right now, but stay tuned. I will have some cut scenes in between the next few chapters since Tyrannil said Aranse is already confronting Obeion. More to come so stay tuned.)

(Next Time: Of Rivalry and Deceit.)

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