Chapter 3 – Twilight has Past!
2nd February, Over Fourteen Years Later, 5:00pm; World that Never Was: Castle That Never Was, Alter of Naught
Blaid once again stood on his favourite spot on the entire Castle and looked up at the Artificial Kingdom Hearts, the Heart of All Worlds or rather a replica of its power and knowledge all collected in one place, however directed by its size it still remained quite incomplete even with Blaid's attempts to use the Keyblade Wielders in the Realm of Light to collect Hearts through slaying the Heartless with their Keyblades.
"Blaid, I have a message from Krieg, our Forces have yet again detected enemy movement that is once again disguised as an asteroid" announced Toru as he stepped up behind Blaid.
"I shall personally deal with it, all fleets are to station themselves on worlds near the boarder and don't let anything else through!" commanded Blaid as he disappeared in a Dark Corridor.
6th June, 1:00pm; World that Never Was: Castle That Never Was, Computer Room
Blaid placed his hand on a pillar and the entire thing glowed golden as he looked at the next location he had to deal with, particularly was the fact that an Asteroid was moving through the Dark Empire but what his scientist had recently found was that these Asteroids were actually spies sent into the Realm In-Between from the remaining fools in the Keyblade Order of Light, Blaid's necklace glowed as he glared at the Asteroid.
"Overdrive!" commanded Blaid as he continued to watch the Asteroid which seconds later was caught in an explosion twice its size "how troublesome"
"Having problems, Blaid?" asked Tormack as he entered the room and Blaid nodded as he continued to look about his territory before concentrating on deactivating his Administrator Account to allow the computer to go back into collecting data.
"They have started to spy on us" muttered Blaid as he walked past Tormack towards the doorway.
"Well that is bad" pouted Tormack as he followed after Blaid.
2:00pm; World that Never Was: Castle That Never Was, Throne Room
"Who has come this far to require aid this time?" questioned Blaid as he sat down on his throne and took interest in a Green Haired woman before him "what do you call yourself?"
"The Empress of Darkness" answered the woman simply as her Golden eyes glowed darkly "I was wondering if I could be of help to you"
"Help to me? What nonsense as you sprouting?" questioned Blaid as he watched the woman pace slightly before him.
"The Keyblade Order of Light is not fully diminished, even the smallest light is hard to snuff out however if we leave them be they will once again become a flash fire, but their end is inevitable at the present and will you not allow me to act as your face in the Realm of Light and destroy them…as an act of Mercy" requested the Empress and Blaid considered.
"Your majesty" whispered Toru as he stood next to his Master "we have confirmation of a rogue group in the Realm of Light which have been giving our Denizens of the Dark a bad name, we could use this 'Empress' to attack and assimilate this organization"
"True enough, what do you want in return?" questioned Blaid as he watched the Green Haired Empress and her familiar features.
"Other than to rule the Realm of Light as you rule this In-Between Realm, I would like a young man on a certain world to be infected with your blood which his payment to you then would be allowing you to drink his blood, essentially I'm asking you for little" smiled the Empress and Blaid went cautious before sighing.
"Agreed" nodded Blaid "now where is this world…"
20th July, 9:00pm; Radiant Garden: Maleficent's Tower, Throne Room
Maleficent walked wearily through her Tower as she sensed something amiss, within her Castle no less, Maleficent looked out a window to her base in Villain's Vale where the Heartless swarmed and grew in number, they had been restless as of late as though they sensed an even more powerful Master or Mistress which quite frankly curdled Maleficent's Blood. She would never allow for even one person to use the Heartless to conquer the worlds, with the Dark Empire taking up the In-Between Realm and Blaid Dark making it absolutely clear that he had the Advantages of Numbers and Black Blood, Maleficent was willing to step aside for Blaid…he did after all introduce a large infusion of Heartless into this world.
"Your oaf of an assistant is dead" muttered the Empress as she stepped out of a Dark Corridor followed by Sephiroth whom dragged the bloated corpse.
"You…killed Pete?" asked Maleficent as she wearily watched the two new opponents before her as she prepared to spring away with the slightest provocation.
"And your next" countered the Empress as Spears of Darkness launched out from her hands and everything went black for Maleficent as the Empress then went on to absorb the Witch "you didn't have to come also, Sephiroth"
"You are related in some way to the Dark Family, its my job to make sure you survive and are properly taken care of, that is the will of Lord Blaid and the pact my friends and I made with his Majesty" answered Sephiroth simply as he absorbed Pete and scowled "for her 'assistant', he sure had very little Darkness to make use of"
"What else can you expect? When she took all the power for herself" smirked the Empress as she made use of the knowledge and power gained from Maleficent, with a smug expression she sat down on Maleficent's old throne.
1 Week before the birth of "Greed", 15 years after the 3rd Keyblade War, 12:45am; Presently Unnamed World: Yami's Home, Yami's Room
"My, my, don't you have a…intriguing scent" smirked Blaid as he ran hands through Crimson locks as the boy before him groaned "forgive me if I indulge a little"
Blaid leaned the boy against him before sinking his fangs into the boy's throat before jolting at the taste of the boy's blood, this taste was only something his father or Tormack had running through their veins, more specifically it was a pure concentration of Black Blood that gave the boy his taste but before Blaid could savour the taste he instead pulled back.
"I got you good, didn't I?" chuckled Blaid as he watched Yami's bleeding wound before sighing and splitting skin on his right wrist "I'm going to regret this"
Blaid forced Yami to drink his blood whom seemed to enjoy it as much as Blaid enjoyed drinking his own blood, Blaid summoned one of his Keyblades and allowed Yami's hand to grip it and was curious when the Keyblade didn't disappear, by Keyblade Lore it meant now that Yami was his successor and apprentice but Blaid shook his head at the possibilities. The Empress was interested in this boy for whatever reason and Blaid wouldn't interfere, however at the same time the boy was now secretly under his jurisdiction and couldn't move against him even if he tried, this Empress didn't know and would be useful should things go the way that he had expected.
"You remind me of a young man that Ulmia once took care of, when I unexpectedly appeared before her once, he sure was a handful" chuckled Blaid as he ran his free hand through Yami's hair.
Flashback, Ten Years previously, 11:00am; Presently Unnamed World: Seaside, Beach
"What are you doing out here little one?" asked Blaid as he watched the Five Year Old walk down the beach.
"I wanted to know, how you knew Mommy?" asked the Child as he held Blaid's hand.
"She and I were once married, she points out that you are my son, however she knows I cannot stay for long even if that were true" sighed Blaid and the boy looked up at him with curious blue eyes.
"Why not?" asked the boy and Blaid laughed slightly.
"This world stands near the boundary, I may be able to visit at times, however I am a traitor to this Realm" explained Blaid with a smile.
"They think you a bad man?" asked the boy and Blaid smirked.
"Only those whom are narrow-minded, unfortunately, there are a number of them in this Realm" smirked Blaid as he rested the boy before him, Blaid then gave him a bleeding finger to suck on and was curious of how much the boy liked his blood, this boy had the Black Blood but for all he knew he was instead a Bastard Son to Ulmia however he would have to see proof otherwise.
"I have to go now, I hope to see you again" smiled Blaid as he stood while the boy grinned widely at him, Blaid opened a Dark Corridor and left.
End Flashback
Blaid had promised that he would follow Ulmia and her son however when Ulmia disappeared from her world the child was lost, Blaid didn't exactly know whom Ulmia had married to however he was resolute in his search, Blaid was sure that the child was his therefore he was under his jurisdiction and belonged to the Dark Empire as Crown Prince. Blaid was knocked out of his reverie as he heard voice along the corridor outside the room causing him to scowl, Blaid opened a Dark Corridor and watched out of the corner of his eye as his Black Blood healed Yami's wounds, Blaid walked through the Dark Corridor which closed moments before Yami awoke.
Birth of "Greed", 11:00am; Presently Unnamed World: Town Centre, Battlefield
Blaid smirked as the Heartless swarmed the Town as he watched all the people either fight or flee the spawn of Darkness, Blaid felt like laughing except he sensed something behind him and turned to reveal Selena whom summoned her Keyblades and charged, Blaid sneered at his old friend before spinning with his own Keyblade and launching the Black Volley Shoot Lock which launched javelins of Darkness from his Keyblade. Selena dodged to the side before charging at Blaid again, Blaid stepped to the side as the Oathkeeper Keyblade came down with force enough to cut Blaid in half, if he was still human anyway.
Blaid jumped to the side as the Destiny Place Keyblade swiped at him and would have taken off his head, Blaid bit his Index Finger causing blood to pool on the surface of the wound before swiping out causing a whip of blood to slash through the concrete that Selena just was standing on, 'Blaid' scowled as he was stabbed however Selena knew that this Blaid was far too easy to defeat. With horror and Rage she spun around and slashed which the real Blaid caught on his Keyblade with little effort, Blaid concentrated Darkness into his Keyblade and spun causing Selena to jump to the side when she noticed an orb of Darkness appear, a beam of pure Darkness launched out of the tip of Blaid's Keyblade.
Selena used her Ghost Drive Form to counter Blaid's strength with her speed and this caused Blaid to scowl as Selena warped away from all his attacks, Selena caught Blaid's Dark Keyblade between her own and sent the Blade flying out of Blaid's hands. Blaid scowled as he flipped backwards away from her next slash and summoned his Dark Keyblade back into his hand. He growled as an aura of Darkness overcame him as Blaid began to use the Dark Impulse Form, Selena tried to dodge however her body was blundered with long and close range Darkness based attacks, eventually sending Selena to her knees.
"Your as pathetic as ever Selena, now this world belongs to me!" announced Blaid as he pointed his Dark Keyblade up to the sky before it launched a beam of Darkness, from the beam caused an orb of immense Darkness that started to pull the entire world in, Blaid smirked as he walked towards where a Dark Corridor waited and stepped through it before it closed.
21st September, 11:00am; World that Never Was: Castle That Never Was, Alter of Naught
"Lord Blaid, your conflict in the Realm of Light has attained a new world for us, what shall we call it?" asked Toru as he stepped forwards.
"Main attributes of this new world thus far?" asked Blaid as he looked over at the artificial Kingdom Hearts which was soon approaching completion.
"Economy and Trade" announced Toru and Blaid smirked.
"Greed, it sounds fitting" nodded Blaid as he opened a Dark Corridor and walked through.
Meanwhile; Disney Castle, Throne Room
Brigadier General Verity Vinciniti of the PK EDCB (short for Peace Keepers-Exterminators of Darkness, Chaos and Black blood) paced the hallway outside the Throne Room with fanatical determination, not only had the Heartless stepped up their attacks as of late but an entire world had now been claimed by the Denizens of the Dark, at the rate they were going the entire Realm of Light would be fighting a losing war and yet David had yet to do anything of interest.
"Enter!" commanded a Commander's voice and Verity did so, marching up the room and looking at the lesser Commanders that blotted her way, she followed the Commander whom had invited her in down into the underground where her master stood looking at the Corner Stone of Light.
"Verity, its amazing, isn't it? To have a power source that not only allows this entire world to live wonderful lives but also keeps the Darkness at bay, I do wonder at times if there is a possible way to reproduce this technology however sadly enough its one of a kind" sighed Margrave of Light and Keyblade Grand Master David Caelestis looked at the Corner Stone of Light with a slight smile.
"Forgive me for disturbing you, but we have a major problem, an entire world was consumed by the Darkness" announced Verity and David sigh.
"We can't do anything at the moment, the best we can do is to locate those Princesses of Heart, until then we have to persevere!" announced David with a sigh "for the sake of the Realm of Light"