Set during: The Fifth Day (Chapter 5)
Summary: Christmas 2009 Short 4 - Nobody went looking for the reports.
Tomorrow Sora awakens.
My long and drawn-out revenge has almost staggered to a halt thanks to a frightening revelation.
To be more to the point, it is supposed that our entire world could have been conjured up by a single heart. In which case everything I had ever assumed about the heart is nothing more than a falsity.
The boy that appeared some time after Roxas was placed into the 'world duplicate', Alexander, is the source of this strange phenomenon.
It is unknown how many others are aware of his presence, but Riku and Naminé were not.
When I thought I had nearly all of my mysteries solved, another crops up right under my nose. Here is another thing to ponder while everything is nearing completion.
Positing theories at this time is useless. Maybe Alexander could supply the answers.
Maybe he could also supply explanations for his fellow mysteries.
Roxas, Ansem, Naminé…
They defy all logic, yet there they are: singular exceptions to the rule.
I know now that the majority of the theories proposed by me and by Organisation XIII have no hand in determining the fate of existence. No… those hands belong to others who weave our tales from thin air.
And within all this, a handful of strong-hearted individuals take the centre stage.
Sora, Kairi, Riku.
Ah, yes - Riku.
Though his heart had its weaknesses, making it prone to darkness, he found support in the hope he discovered beyond suffering.
This hope allowed him to stand his ground and turn the darkness in his heart from an enemy into his greatest weapon.
When all this is over, he shall return with Sora to his island. I am sure of this; this story brings about the grand finale of Sora's adventure, and it would not be fitting for him to remain here, or be destroyed.
That is because the theme of this story is not about revenge or due punishment. It is about the exceptions that make people unique triumphing above such commonplace elements as darkness, and leading the way to the light.
And within this theme, there is definitely a place for Riku's heart.
I do not see a place for myself within this end; however, to not follow my role through to the finish would likely bring about other events, ones not intended by our creators.
Or by Alexander himself.
He seems determined to make things run their proper course, as best as they can while he is present. He does not realise how much of a difference a single voice – or, indeed, a single heart – can make.
Dear King, my friend!
I believe that, at some point in time, you will come across these, my truthful accounts.
Take note of Alexander, if you have not already, and do not attempt to solve his mystery. Such a thing is only for those more knowledgeable than us.
How I wish I could have chatted with you again. Maybe I will, but I would rather let that surprise me.
I was a fool, obsessed with revenge and researching things I could not hope to understand.
Forgive me.