Hello Readers. First let me apologize for not posting for a while, I've just been brainstorming this chapter out to make sure it sounds good. Either way please enjoy the story.
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Chapter 5: A Flicker of Light
A pair of blue eyes opened to nothing but white. A gloved hand rose into the field of vision in order to block out the brightness until it finally cleared up. The person slowly picked themselves off the floor before looking around to see a white hallway and two doors at each end.
"Am I back in Castle Oblivion?" The girl asked. She was wearing the casual Organization 13 cloak with gloves and heels and had short, black hair. While many forgot her name, she remembered who and what she was. Her name was Xion and she was a replica of the Nobody, Roxas. She also remembered being defeated by Roxas and absorbing her power to become whole again. The question that was nagging at her though, was why was she back?
"Shouldn't have Roxas returned back to Sora by now?" She asked herself. Xion started to head towards the exit of the castle in order to find out what has happened and why she has returned. However, before she could leave, a feeling suddenly overwhelmed her, telling her to search the lowest part of the castle. She started going all the way down to the lowest part until she came upon a chained door.
"How do I open this?" She asked. Suddenly, the kingdom key appeared in her hand, answering her own question. "Of course," she replied, then pointed it towards the door. A beam of light soon shot out of the blade towards the door, breaking the chains and opening the door. Xion slowly walked into room, surprised at what she saw.
There wasn't much in the circular room. Multiple heart symbols with chains at the bottom were on the wall while they glowed with a white light. The chains lead to a single chair in the middle of the room with one person sitting, seemingly lifeless, in it. This boy had blond, spiky hair; black and white clothes; and a piece of armor on his shoulder. Xion walked closer to the boy to get a better look.
"Roxas?" She asked. "No, but he looks like Roxas," she continued. Xion looked around the room to see if there was any thing else in the room that she might've overlooked, but found nothing. She looked back down at the boy and said, "Well, whoever you are, I'm not going to just leave you here by yourself unprotected," she said. Just as she was about to pick him up, she heard a noise outside. Reacting quickly to it, Xion summoned her keyblade and went outside. Outside, she saw five Neoshadows appear before her and got ready to attack.
Xion got into her battle stance and charged. She took one down with a horizontal strike, another with a fire spell, and a third one with a downward strike. She turned to face the other two, but saw one disappear, making her drop her guard, while the last one jumped at her, pinning her to the ground and making her drop her keyblade. The Neoshadow got ready to finish her off with a claw strike, but Xion soon saw another keyblade appear in her hand. Before she could think about it, her instinct's kicked in and she struck the Neoshadow away, making it disappear.
Xion got up from the ground and looked at the second keyblade. She then summoned her own keyblade and looked at them both; then both keyblades transformed into the Oathkeeper and Oblivion keyblades. Xion looked at them both in confusion, "How did I get this second keyblade?" She asked. She then came back to her senses and ran back into the room to check on the boy. Relief came when she saw that the boy was fine and unharmed.
"Alright my new friend, I'm going to get you out of here. It's not safe anymore," she said, before reaching and carrying the boy, piggy-back style, before summoning a corridor of darkness.
"If there is one place where we can relax and try to figure things out, It's Twilight Town," Xion said before entering the portal with the boy.
(Yen Sid's former tower)
Terra was flying through the Lanes Between on his keyblade glider towards Master Yen Sid's tower, hoping to find some answers to what has happened, while he was possessed by Xehanort.
'Hopefully I can find some answers' he thought while flying.
He soon arrived outside the tower on the grassy plains before discarding his armor and glider. However, what he saw was not he expected. The tower was completely destroyed all the way down to the ground, the grass and plants were dying, and instead of an awe-inspiring starry sky, there was dark, imposing, clouds with the wind getting faster by the minute. With everything going on, Terra struggled to keep his footing.
"What happened?! Last time I was here the tower was still here," Terra asked out loud, before slowly making his way to the base of the tower to find any evidence. As soon as he got there, he found Yen Sid's hat, Donald's staff, Goofy's shield, and Mickey's Star Shard lying on the ground.
"Who did this? Who was strong enough to defeat Yen Sid and everyone under his apprenticeship?" He asked himself. However before he could look any further, the ground started to shake very violently and tear apart all around him. Quickly, Terra collected the items on the ground and summoned his armor and glider. Looking around one more time, he opened a portal and flew in. Meanwhile, the tower was quickly sucked up into the clouds and disappeared forever.
(In Twilight Town)
Xion was sitting on the clock tower of the train station like she used to do with Roxas and Axel, only now it was just her and a boy who looked like Roxas. She was watching the sunset, while also thinking over everything that has happened a few minutes ago.
'How do I have two keyblades? I do remember Roxas having two keyblades when he fought Riku at Memory's Skyscraper, but I don't understand how I have them now. Once I find him or Sora, I'll find out,' she thought.
However, she was interrupted from her thinking when the area started to shake and a bright light formed at the bottom of the tower. Xion was amazed when an armored man came flying out of the light on a glider of some kind before coming to a screeching halt.
The armor and glider disappeared in a flash before revealing a black haired man, who wore a black shirt with two red stripes crossed in an x on his chest, brown samurai pants, and armor on his left arm. Xion looked at the man, then looked at the boy, noting that though they looked nothing alike, they dressed very similarly to each other.
"Maybe he might know who you are and has come looking for you. Lets go see him and find out," Xion said to the boy and carried him down to the station entrance. When they got down there, Xion saw that the man was looking at a brown colored star charm that looked similar to the green star charm she found with the boy.
"Excuse me?" She yelled to the man to get him out of his thoughts. The man looked towards her, but his eyes went wide eyed when he saw the boy she was carrying.
"VEN!" He shouted before running towards her and the boy, who she was assuming to be this Ven. The man stopped in front of her and tried to reach out to the boy, But his expression went from happy to concerned when he saw Ven.
"Ven, are you okay?" He asked the boy. The man turned towards Xion and asked her, "What happened to him? Where did you find him?" He asked.
"I don't know. He's been like that ever since I found him in Castle Oblivion. I don't know what's wrong with him," She stated. The man nodded in understanding before looking down at the boy again. Xion then decided to get some answers herself. "May I ask: Who are you and who is the boy?" She asked.
The man looked up at Xion and answered, "My name is Terra and his name is Ventus. We are both Keyblade Wielders under the apprenticeship of Master Eraqus, but back then, I was possessed by Master Xehanort and a lot has happened that I don't about. As for Ventus, I don't know what happened to him. There is another one of us named Aqua, who became a Keyblade Master, before either of us. I think she might be somewhere in the Realm of Darkness, but I'm not entirely sure," He said.
Xion was amazed by what she has heard from Terra, she couldn't imagine all that has happened to the three of them.
"Who are you?" He asked. Xion looked up at Terra and took a deep breath.
"My name is Xion, I am a replica of a Nobody named Roxas," however before she could continue, she saw the confusion on Terra's face. "You don't know what a Nobody is do you?" She asked. Terra shook his head no. "A Nobody is what remains of a strong willed person who becomes a Heartless," Xion explained. Terra nodded his head in confirmation. Xion continued, "Anyway, the Nobody who I'm replicated from is a Keyblade wielder, but for some reason, I now have two keyblades,"she said, before summoning her two keyblades to show Terra. Terra was amazed to see a keyblade wielder with two keyblades.
"That's amazing Xion. Me, Aqua, and Ventus only have one keyblade, but we can do some great things with them too," Terra said.
"Well Terra, if we are going to find any more answers to our questions, we need to find somewhere that stores information. Do you know anywhere like that?" Xion asked.
Terra looked down in thought, before a face of realization came upon him. "I think I know of a world that does. Radiant Garden," He said.
Radiant Garden, the name itself, made it sound safe and calm already. Xion, on the other hand, was a little concerned.
"Is it safe?" She asked Terra.
"Yes it is. Me, Ventus, and Aqua visited one time and it was probably the most safest place that we visited, besides our own home," Terra said.
"Alright, but how are we going to get there, I don't think your glider can hold all three of us?" Xion asked.
Terra pulled out a bag he was carrying, and pulled out a blue colored, star shaped, crystal and handed it to Xion.
"Here this should get you and Ventus there while I will follow you there on my glider" he said.
"How does it work?" Xion asked. Terra responded by scratching the back of his head in confusion.
"I'm not entirely sure, I just saw the owner use it once. He held it above his head and went flying off into the sky," Terra said honestly.
Xion nodded her head in understanding before picking up Ventus and carrying him on her back. Terra then activated his armor and glider and waited for Xion and Ventus to go. Xion tried to picture Radiant Garden in her head and held up the crystal. The next thing she knew, she and Ventus were surrounded by a blue light and catapulted into the sky, with Terra following right behind them. They soon vanished into the sky towards Radiant Garden.
(Meanwhile, in Radiant Garden)
In the wizard Merlin's house, the Radiant Garden Restoration Committee(which includes: Leon, Aerith, Cid, Yuffie, and Merlin) were during there usual tasks at hand. Leon was in Ansem's study going over the old master's research, Cid was on the computer in Merlin's house overlooking security, Yuffie was patrolling around the town for any heartless sightings, and Aerith and Merlin were taking care of medical supplies and magic spells. They have done many improvements to the world, repairing the castle to it's former glory, many houses were rebuilt, and more citizens have returned as well.
Everyone was doing their normal routine, when Yuffie came bursting in screaming, "Guys, I just saw Sora and Kairi here, they said that they came to visit!"
Everyone was happy to hear that their favorite keyblade wielding hero has came to see what they have been up to ever since Sora last helped them out. They soon heard a knock at the door and Yuffie quickly opened it up.
"Come on in you two," she said.
The couple walked in, hand in hand, "happy" to see everyone.
"We can't wait to see the improvements you've made here" Sora said as he and Kairi's eyes slowly glowed yellow.
How suspenseful. Well, the last of our heroes have united and are headed to the place where Sora and Kairi will attack: Radiant Garden. Anyways, thank you guys for reading and thank you guys for reviewing and following my story. Until next time, enjoy this chapter and see you at the next chapter.