Chapter 20: Secrets Come Out
A/N: We're almost at the end! Just four or five more chapters left. Oh, I'm really nervous how this is going to end. I hope it'll be worth everyone's wait though.
Now we get to find out a little more about what's going on with everyone. We get to learn more about Lumen's past and what Xehanort wants from her. We even get to hear about Lumen's mother and how she really died. It should be interesting!
I'm sorry I haven't been updating for a while. I had a nasty research paper that I had to take care of.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts; I just own my oc's.
Enjoy!
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Lumen couldn't believe that she was standing before Master Yen Sid. Her father told her so many stories about him and how he was a legendary keyblade master. A master that was so powerful that he made Eraqus look weak.
Yen Sid studied Lumen as she stood in the center of the room.
"I never expected a visit from the daughter of my old friend" he said.
Lumen jumped a little and quickly bowed. Despite the situation that she was in, she knew that she had to be respectful of her elders.
Plus, Master Yen Sid was a legend.
"I-it's an honor to meet you Master Yen Sid" she said.
"I've heard so much about you"
Yen Sid waved his hand for Lumen to stop bowing.
"I'm sure you have" he said.
"Eraqus was always modest about his friends. I'm sure he's passed on that trait to you"
Lumen bit her lip. She really didn't know what to do right now. Part of her wanted to stay and talk with the legendary keyblade master, but the other half of her was telling her that she needed to leave.
Terra was fighting with her father and she needed to stop it before it was too late.
She bowed again.
"I don't mean to sound rude, Master" she said.
"But I have to leave. My father and fiancé are fighting each other and I need to stop them"
Yen Sid closed his eyes gravely; already knowing what was happening.
"I'm afraid that is not a wise choice, Lumen" he said.
"By the time that you reach there, it may probably be too late"
Lumen gave him a hard stare. Just because he was legendary and powerful didn't mean he had to speak negatively.
"But there may still be a chance" Lumen said.
"If I continue to stand here, then it'll just get worse. I have to stop Terra and my father no matter what"
She spun on her heel and headed for the door, only to have it magically shut in front of her. She turned around to see Yen Sid's arm stretched, showing that he was the one who shut the door.
"The fact that you were brought here shows that danger is close" he said gravely.
Lumen swallowed the lump that formed in her throat.
"Please open the door" she asked nervously.
Yen Sid shook his head.
"I can't let you go back to where Terra and Eraqus are" he said.
"I sense something terrible approaching and you need to be away from it"
"Then that gives me a bigger reason to go!" Lumen insisted.
"I can't let my father and fiancé get hurt! I don't want them fighting!"
"I understand why you're upset" Yen Sid said.
"But the fact is, I can't let you go near the danger that is surely approaching"
Lumen raised an eyebrow.
"Danger? What danger?" she asked.
Yen Sid folded his hands under his chin. Years of seeing hard ship and struggles were evident on his features as he sighed deeply.
"It is the danger that you have been fighting this whole time" he said.
"The beings that have been plaguing the worlds as of late"
Lumen took a step back.
"The Unversed?" she asked.
"What do the Unversed have to do with my father and Terra?"
Yen Sid sighed.
"It seems that your father kept many things hidden from you" he muttered.
"Eraqus you fool"
Lumen gulped and nervously approached Yen Sid's desk.
"Why would my father keep things hidden from me?" she asked.
"What's going on?"
Yen Sid ran a hand across his beard.
"It would seem that Eraqus has left the explanations to me" he said.
"How like him"
He stood up from his seat and placed his hands behind his back.
"Let's talk this over with some tea" he said.
"This will be a long talk"
Lumen raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"Is having tea really appropriate for right now?" she asked.
Yen Sid gave her a glare that made her skin crawl. She crossed the line now.
"On second thought, tea sounds wonderful"
Yen Sid nodded at the response.
"That's what I thought you might say"
He walked towards the conjoining room with Lumen following behind.
This trip was getting stranger by the second.
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The sound of arguing caught her attention as she entered the next room. She didn't realize that Yen Sid had other people visiting, but she was surprised when she saw that they weren't people at all.
Instead, she saw a dog wearing knight like armor and a duck wearing robes. Both of them seemed to be arguing about something, or rather, the duck was arguing.
"Why are you so mad, Donald?" the dog asked.
The duck made an angry sound as he held up an empty cup.
"You drank my tea!" he cried.
The dog looked upset by the outburst.
"But you weren't drinking it, so I thought you didn't want it" he said.
Donald just squawked some more at his friend.
Yen Sid clapped his hands to silence them.
"That will be enough" he said.
"I allowed you two to stay here while your king went off to train, but I will not tolerate rude behavior"
He gestured to Lumen who stood next to him.
"Especially in the presence of a lady"
Lumen shyly looked away from everyone. She didn't like the fact that she was forced to have tea with other people when she should be stopping her father and Terra.
The dog scratched his head as he looked at Lumen.
"A'huck, who is she?" he asked.
Yen Sid placed a hand on Lumen's shoulder, as if preventing her from running away.
"This is the daughter of one of my old friends" he said.
"Treat her nicely"
Lumen looked at them and waved nervously.
"I'm Lumen" she said.
The dog smiled and tipped off his helmet in greeting.
"I'm Goofy and this is Donald" he said.
Donald just gave Lumen an annoyed look. It seemed he was still mad that Goofy drank his tea.
Yen Sid ushered Lumen over to the table and made her sit in one of the empty seats. With a wave of his hand, he had a cup magically appear before her.
"Now then, where should I begin?" he asked.
Lumen held the cup in her hands and dully looked at the brown liquid.
"Maybe you should explain why you won't let me return to my father and Terra?" she stated.
Yen Sid rubbed his chin.
"Very well" he said.
"But in order to explain that, I will have to tell you a tale that takes place long before you were born"
Goofy handed over a piece of cake to Lumen.
"This might be long so you'll probably want something to eat" he said.
Lumen smiled gently as she accepted the cake.
"Thank you" she said.
"You're sweet"
Goofy laughed.
"Nah, I'm Goofy" he joked.
Lumen laughed a little. She didn't like being forced to stay here, but at least the company was nice.
Yen Sid cleared his throat to gain Lumen's attention.
"Now then…my tale begins way back when there were four young souls who wished to become keyblade masters" he said.
"Their names were Eraqus, Yen Sid, Xehanort…and Serenity"
Lumen felt her skin crawl when she heard her mother's name. Why was he bringing her mother up?
"Back then, the worlds were all at piece and the threat of darkness plaguing everything was something we heard in a fairytale" Yen Sid said.
"We all hoped that one day we would become keyblade masters that would protect the worlds from danger and make sure nothing happened to their light. Eraqus and I trained with honor and dignity, hoping that with nobility we could continue with the old ways. Your mother, Serenity sought to reach her dream with a gentler approach and believed loved would protect everything within its path. All of us had different methods, but all reached to a similar goal. However…there was one person who was not so agreeable with our ideals as the rest of us were…I'm sure you can guess who"
Lumen swallowed the lump that formed in her throat.
"Master Xehanort" she whispered.
Yen Sid nodded gravely.
"Xehanort was a rather reckless man. He always strived to go one step further than all of us, even when we knew that it was too dangerous. He felt that in order to fight off the darkness, he needed to understand it first. He got too close to the darkness and let it embrace within his heart"
Lumen felt sick just hearing that. It just reminded her of how Terra almost allowed the darkness to take control of his heart.
"We all warned him not to act so foolish" Yen Sid said.
"But he would not listen. The darkness invaded his heart and made him more powerful than he could ever imagine, but at a heavy price. The Xehanort we once knew was nothing more than an empty shell to what he once was. He changed drastically when the darkness took control of him. He started talking about how there was darkness in every world and that we should try to search for them. Your father tried to talk him out of such a silly notion, but Xehanort simply ignored him. He continued on with his plans and forgot about the friendship we all shared. His dreams were far more important than the bond that we all shared"
Lumen looked at her tea sadly.
It wasn't that long ago that she made a similar promise with Terra, Aqua and Ven. She could still see the stars in the sky. She could feel the happiness Aqua felt when she gave them her good luck charms.
"An unbreakable connection" she said softly.
Yen Sid nodded.
"Xehanort shattered that connection as well as our hearts" he said.
"Your father tried desperately to get him back, but he failed each time. He eventually formed a rivalry with him and vowed that he would make him pay for his betrayal"
He closed his eyes gravely.
"He thought that he would make Xehanort suffer, but in the end he was the one who would suffer"
Lumen looked at the legendary keyblade master.
"What did he do to my father?" she asked.
She didn't want to know what he did to her father, but her heart was telling her that she needed to know. It was as if it was telling her that her future depended on it.
Yen Sid sighed.
"He did the one thing that would destroy anyone" he said.
"He vanquished his light"
Lumen felt herself shaking. It was as if her body knew something bad was going to come from this story.
"His light?" she repeated.
Yen Sid nodded.
"Yes, the one being who he loved with all his heart. His source of happiness"
Lumen felt her throat closed up and tears forming in her eyes.
No…it couldn't be.
"You mean to tell me…that he…"
Yen Sid nodded gravely.
"Yes" he said.
"Xehanort murdered your mother"
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A/N: What? Did I just leave a nasty cliff hanger? I think I did!
Xehanort is purely evil now. Lumen always wondered how her mother died and now she found out! Poor Lumen (and poor Eraqus).
I'm sorry to leave it off like this, but I didn't want it to drag on for too long. That and it would just get confusing.
Please review and tell me what you think!
Ja ne!
