(King Mickey's POV)
I ran through the outside hallway, killing Heartless and Nobodies every step I took. I saw a man in a weird red outfit on the floor next to a strange device surrounded by Nobodies. I defeated the Nobodies that surrounded him. I then heard rock music and a voice singing in the hallway next to us. The man hugged me and stood up. He took off the red cloth that wrapped around his face and the tan skin of his dissolved as he said, "It's been too long, my friend."
I asked, "Ansem the Wise. Why didn't you come to me before things got so bad?"
"Xemnas, the Organization's Superior, is the Nobody of Xehanort, my foremost apprentice. The burden was mine to bear," Ansem the Wise replied.
I asked, "Is that all?"
He took a few steps to look out into the darkness and the rest of the castle and replied, "I won't deny there was more. I was … obsessed with thoughts of revenge. My apprentices stole everything precious to me – my research and my pride."
I walked right next to him and said, "I can't help you with revenge."
Ansem the Wise replied, "I know. Riku's told me a thousand times."
I asked, "Where is he?"
Ansem the Wise replied, "He must be with his friends by now. Riku was a great help to me. I found him wandering the darkness, after you and he lost track of each other."
I said, "Gosh, we didn't lose track of each other exactly. Riku left… well, 'cause Xehanort's Heartless was still inside his heart, troubling him. And he sure must've been suffering. But what I don't understand is why he looks like that now, when he's still Riku at heart…"
Ansem the Wise said, "I am to blame. When I met Riku for the first time he still had the appearance of a boy. Probably because he had such a strong heart. I asked him to find a young man named Roxas from Organization 13, and bring him to me. When I told him it would help Sora awaken from his slumber, Riku left without a word. He fought Roxas. And I can only surmise he lost that fight. Riku must have realized then: to fight in the realm of darkness, he would have to immerse himself in that same darkness. And when he did... you saw what became of him. When Riku brought Roxas back to me, he was introducing himself… as Ansem. If that was what it took to awaken his friend, then he was ready to live in darkness. Riku was one of the victims of my revenge…. Oh, how my heart ached. I could laugh to hide my shame."
I said, "I guess it musta been after that when I saw Riku again. He said he wanted to help Sora… but he made me promise – Promise that Sora wouldn't ever find out what happened to him while he was out in the darkness. But you also said Riku was one of the victims of your revenge. Is Natalee the other victim of your revenge? Also, why does she look so different than how she did earlier?"
Ansem the Wise sighed, "Yes, Natalee is the only other victim of my revenge. I should've tried to conceal her from the Organization, and not try to kill her. She would've been also a great help to me. Instead, I helped shove her into the darkness and you've seen what has become of her. I would've saved her heart from being tainted by darkness. Her heart is now flooded with darkness despite the protection of her cloak. Since she comes from a different dimension, the effects of being exposed to darkness are reversed for her in some ways. For the beings in our dimension, our skin become tanner, our eyes turn orange, and our ears become pointy. For the beings in her dimension, their skin becomes paler, their eyes turn purple, and they do not get pointy ears but their hair becomes a darker color. But we both do experience the negative emotions that come along with it."
"But wait, the last time I saw her she had red eyes and not purple," I said.
"That means she is being controlled by Xemnas through the arm brace on her left arm. It's a cruel tool they use to have power over her. They also use it to torture her too from what Riku has told me. If you see her again, you'll see one arm looks a bit muscular than the other. Don't be fooled, it's just her arm brace. My friend, the time has come. I must make amends to these young people," Ansem the Wise said.
He turned around to pick up the small machine he was carrying and I walked with him into the hallway.
EDIT: I reworded some things