Marie's casual wear:

www[dot]swirl3y[dot]deviantart[dot]com/art/I-bring-you-peace-214094964?q=gallery%3Aswirl3y%2F29599925&qo=5

Marie in 3D:

www[dot]swirl3y[dot]deviantart[dot]om/art/3D-version-of-Marie-Final-280424908

A\N: I couldn't log into my account for some reason, and It kept giving me some error message. Anyways, I'm back with a new chapter!

Chapter Twenty-Four
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Clones, what are you gonna do?

Sora and the others met up with Phil, and trained a little to get in shape. Well, more in shape. Marie had been acting different, and when she fought, it was almost as if she went berserk. She was strong all of a sudden, and Sora noticed she didn't have to use any of her spells. She was a bit rowdy as well, since she was trying to show off. This was a side that Sora didn't know about her, and he was rather irritated by it.

Even worse, when Hercules came in and warned them that the Olympus stone was stolen, Marie wasn't bothered by it. When he mentioned a man in a black hooded cloak, she cocked her head slightly at him. Sora agreed to get the stone back, so long as they're able to use after, and Hercules agreed. He asked if he knew where Meg was, but no one seemed to know.

That's when Hades came in, and started talking about the tournaments that Hercules involved himself in. Sora growled, and ran up to him. "Hades, we gotta talk!"

With little to no effort, Hades pushed Sora aside, and he fell to the floor. While this little quarrel happened, Marie had left the arena, and made her way into the underworld. There was business that she needed to handle, and someone to destroy. As Hades continued with his words, he told Hercules something with interest.

"Seems your little nutmeg got lost in the underworld," he said, and Hercules retorted by saying he kidnapped her. Hades chuckled, and couldn't help but be complimented for it. He mentioned something else, and Sora listened in.

"You should also check on that girl, seems she went to beat herself up," Sora raised his eyebrow at this, and looked around. Marie was nowhere in sight, and he was completely suspicious now. Hercules wanted to find Meg, but Hades warned him that "accidents" would occur if he did. Sora went in his stead, since he wanted to find Marie, and find out what Hades meant about her.

They passed by the waiting area, and saw Ryan biting his nails. He always had a habit of doing that, and he usually covered his hands with his sweater. He looked over to Sora and the others, and walked up to them. "Yo, Marie just left a while ago, and she looks mad. Did you guys do something to her?"

"No…," replied Sora, getting incredibly suspicious. She couldn't just storm out looking angry—unless she had reason to, and he was really wondering if she was even Marie to begin with. "She's acting weird, though. Don't worry, we'll figure it out when I find her."

"You mean we," replied Ryan, making sure he was involved in whatever scheme they had for Marie. "I'm not letting you take all the credit for saving my cousin. she's my family, after all."

"Yeah, but she'd be worried if I brought you along—"

"I'm a year older than you, Sora, I can take care of myself," he protested. Sora scrunched his nose in annoyance, Ryan definitely didn't act sixteen. He seemed a bit immature for his age, and nowhere close to Riku—who was the same age as him. He didn't know what to do though, since he didn't want to quarrel with Ryan.

"You're taking the blame if she gets mad." He was serious about it, too. The last thing he wanted was a raging Marie, and seeing how she apparently has no memories of the relationship they have together, Sora really didn't want to get on her bad side. Ryan nodded, and adjusted his cap while smirking at the three junior heroes.

"I'm on the soccer team, so I can kick pretty hard," he replied, sounding very proud. He was a goalie for his team, since he couldn't be anything else due to him problem. However, goalies were good kickers, since they often have to kick the ball far on the other side to get it away from them. Although his team only won one game during the season, he was still proud of them.

Sora nodded, and they left for the underworld. To be honest, Sora felt a little awkward around Ryan, and it was because he just came out of nowhere. Maybe, he thought, he'd talk about home. He looked over to Ryan, who returned to biting his nails. Sora shook his head, and started to speak. "So, how is everything back home?"

"Good," he replied. He pushed his hands into his pockets, and slouched a bit. "I mean, if you're talking about Kairi, she's okay. Tidus, Wakka, Selphie…everyone's alright."

"Gee, I wonder if everything will be normal once we return," he said, tying his hands behind his head. He was glad that Kairi was safe, and wasn't having any problems, and he really did miss her. In fact, he really missed home all together. "I can't wait to just sleep on my bed, but I think it's still messy."

"Who knows, man. I mean, all I used to do back home is go to school and come home to do chores. I had no clue there were other worlds out there," replied Ryan. He was shocked, and he was still getting used to the idea of there being more worlds other there.

"Gawrsh, there's probably a thousand worlds out there!" Goofy exclaimed excitedly. Donald quacked, and ordered the rest to stay focused. Sora and Ryan snickered, and they proceeded to head to the underworld.

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They walked down the stairs, and the first thing that Sora noticed was Phil—who was on the floor. They all ran, minus Ryan, to his side. Sora bent down, and helped him up while asking what had happened.

"I saw this black-hooded guy, so I chased after him," he said, rubbing his head. "Next thing I know, he turns on me and I'm seeing stars."

"That's the guy who stole the Olympus stone!" Sora exclaimed. Phil told him he went deep into the underworld, and he was only looking for a backup hero.

"Hero? You've could've just asked!" Donald proudly said. Phil turned to them, with eyes wide opened, and asked them if they knew anyone. Donald and Sora took out their weapons, and Phil dropped his shoulders in disappointment. "Oh, good one…," he pouted.

Ryan stepped in, and asked if they could hurry. Sora put his weapon away, and agreed.

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Hercules

With a swift from his blade, Hercules cut a wound deep within hydra's neck. It growled in pain, and attempted to attack Hercules. He was able to block the attack with his bare hands, and used the sword to cut deeper into the wound that he first made. It shrieked, and fell to the floor. The crowd roared and cheered for him, and he thanked everyone. He was in a rush, though, since he needed to save Meg. So leaving the hydra there dead, Hercules ran to meet up with Sora, Donald, Goofy and the new boy.

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Marie

I was getting closer to the entrance, and I was so thankful for it. I was getting tired, and this draining effect was annoying. I sighed, and stopped while bending down to catch my breath. Maybe I was just getting lazy. I mean, all I really did was eat those sea-salt ice creams, and doing cartwheels doesn't really cover it. Plus, I had been practicing fighting with my hands with that old martial artist. Even then, I forgot most of the moves by now. I just know how to block. Yeah, I think I'm just getting lazy.

I stood straight when I started hearing footsteps. I was getting paranoid, and I started walking slower. When the noise stopped, I took a deep breath, maybe it is paranoia. As soon as I started walking normally, I felt something slap my back hard. I grunted and fell to the floor, and when I looked back, I felt like I was staring in the mirror.

Except it wasn't, and I was wondering what kind of sick joke this was. As I stood up slowly, I was faced with a person who looked identical to me. I gulped, and I felt like the spit wouldn't go down my throat. This was getting freaky, and as I continued to stare the girl had a calm look on her face as she smiled. No, something was definitely wrong.

"What—what do you want?" I asked, standing on guard. She took out her weapon, which looked identical to mine. She dealt the first attacked, and it was fast too! I fell to the floor after the impact, and I was shocked at how strong she was, since considering she looked like me. She brought her blade up and attempted to stab it where I was, but I rolled away in time. I got up quickly, and panicked—what is this?

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Xemnas

As he looked out the window and into the dark city of his world, or so he claimed, he placed his fingers on his chin, and thought upon his recent creation. Although it wasn't anything like the replica they created of Riku, the replica of Marie would serve more useful than Demyx. Of course, with the invention that Vexen left behind, it was only natural they would do something like this. They didn't know how the machine worked exactly, and the data they used was from Aura. Brought into the organization, Xemnas was able to replicate an image of Marie, but it was flawed, since it had no personality to match the look. He could care less, so he paired it with a strong personality; something that neither Marie nor Sora would be able to overcome.

There was also Aura, but Xemnas was confident that she had her own problems to deal with. In his eyes, she was already a lost cause, a puppet with nowhere to go and following any orders she can receive. She was less of a puppet than Xion, obviously, but Aura was a puppet to destiny, and her fate already decided.

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Sora

Donald and Goofy were already starting to feel the curse of the underworld, but Sora had a little more energy than both of them did. Ryan was handling himself pretty well, but that was because he walked and stayed calm most of the time. Sora understood that he shouldn't overexert himself, and peeped over to his location every so often.

They walked further in the underworld, and Goofy was a little worried about Marie. Sora couldn't help but agree, but he wasn't understanding her newfound personality.

"Well, maybe the curse does something else," Ryan said, butting into the conversation. He didn't really know what they were talking about, since he was snoozing off when Marie was showing off. Sora knew something was off, but he couldn't tell since it was definitely Marie.

"Maybe we should ask her," suggested Goofy. True, there was nothing wrong with pointing something out. Sora needed to point out this change of personality from her, or else he would never know. They walked into the next area, and Sora began to hear blades clashing, although faintly. He tilted his head in confusion, and wondered who was fighting in this place. He looked over at Donald and Goofy, who nodded, and ran to see what was going on. Ryan sighed, and ran just enough to keep up with them.

What Sora next was a little weird, especially in this sort of place? He was faced with Marie, but there was another Marie beside the first one. His eyes widened, and slowly walked towards them. Donald and Goofy were just as confused, and Ryan just stood there with his hands in his pockets. It wouldn't be so out of hand if he had twin cousins, in fact, he'd probably believe it.

"Sora! This girl is trying to copy me!" said the one with the keyblade. The other had put her keyblade away, and walked a little away from the other. She shook her head, and literally raised her hands in defence.

"I-I'm still not even sure what's going on…," she said, one eyebrow raised in confusion. The Marie with the keyblade growled, and used her free hand to push the other. She didn't know her own strength, though, when she pushed the other one hard to the floor. She landed with an 'omph' and didn't bother getting up, since she was just confused. When she looked up at the other Marie, she gasped, and noticed something shiny and dangly around her neck.

"My necklace!" she shouted, getting up quickly enough to point at it. "That's my necklace, give it back!"

She marched over to the other Marie, and tried prying the necklace off her. Sora watched this, and noticed that one of them actually didn't have the necklace, and he found it weird. The one with the necklace easily pushed her off, and the one that didn't fell to the floor. She started getting annoyed, and kicked her feet in the air. "That's a one of a kind necklace! I lost it back at the land of dragons, now give it back!"

As she got up, Sora butted in and decided to deal with this. He looked over to the two of them, and found it difficult how they both looked identical. He was stumped as to what to do, so he scratched his head. He looked over to them again, and raised his eyebrow. "Okay, so…which one of you is the real Marie?"

"I am!" they both said. The one with the necklace glared at the other, and she scoffed while she looked back at Sora. "She's obviously the fake one! I mean, she doesn't have her necklace!"

"But I lost it back at—"

"Excuses, excuses! Admit you're the fake one!" she said while giving a little cackle. Sora was completely convinced that the one without the necklace is the real one. He took out his keyblade, although hesitantly, and pointed it at the one with the necklace.

"Really, you're going to attack me?" she said, while waving her hand around and about. She was painstakingly confident in herself, and even Sora knew that the real one wasn't as confident as she is. No, he was certain the one with the necklace was the fake. Without a moment to lose, he quickly attacked her, but she was quick on her toes. She blocked the attack, and jabbed Sora's ribs. He groaned in pain, but still managed to fight back. He swung his blade towards her, but almost as if she had superhuman strength, took his blade and stepped on his foot. She dragged him down halfway, and brought him back up to punch him in the face. He bent down and shouted in pain. Marie gasped, but didn't know what to do, she was scared of this copycat, since she was stronger. She managed to run to Sora's side, and healed him of the pain he was feeling.

The other Marie lifted her blade, and pointed it at Marie and Sora. She was about to attack them, but then she felt a sharp pain hit her shin. She looked over and saw that Ryan had kicked her rather hard. She groaned in pain, and Ryan tried hard not to feel bad. It was never him to hit a girl, but this one was trying to kill all of them, so he had to do something. She looked back at him, and quickly elbowed his face. He shouted in pain, and she kicked him to the ground.

Donald and Goofy were up next, and they both decided to bum rush the fake. There was a wall near her, so it was perfect. They quickly ran towards her, but as soon as they could even touch her, she grabbed both of them and threw them to the floor. They shouted and quacked in pain, and refused to get up. She was just too overwhelming. With all of them down, Marie didn't even bother to get up. She was a coward, and she knew she had no chance on fighting that thing.

"I can hurt anyone I want, you are not the boss of me—"she stopped talking when she looked up into the air. Marie knew this look, since she did it often when she talked with Stella. The fake one was hearing a voice.

"Ugh, they have such bad timing," she said. She created a portal, much similar to the one Xaldin made, and ran through it. She looked back one last time, and smirked at the gang. "I'll come back for you, don't worry."

Without a moment to waste, she escaped through the portal, and Marie was left speechless. "What…what just happened?"

"You're evil twin almost knocked us out, that's what!" Ryan said in annoyance. He got up painfully, and didn't know if he should be scared or amazed at how strong a girl can be. "Man, she fights like a man!"

"Gee, thanks. I always wanted an evil twin that fights like a guy," Marie said sarcastically. She sighed, and helped up Ryan while Goofy and Donald helped Sora up. They were all obviously feeling horrible from fake Marie's attacks, and Marie sighed when they referred her to that. "Can't we give her another name?"

"Girl who fights like a dude?" Ryan chuckled when he received a playful slap on his arm from Marie. Sora laughed, and both Donald and Goofy thought of a name.

"How about fakey?" Goofy suggested. The room grew silent, and everyone thought about it.

"Works for me."

"I have no problem with it."

"Yeah, but girl who hits like a man still sounds better."

Another playful slap was given to Ryan, but at least they had their name. Marie looked over to Sora, and noticed the necklace that he had. Although she never really noticed, what with trying to avoid Sora and all, it looked like hers. It was just silver. "Sora, your necklace…," she said, walking up to him.

"Yeah, it's the same as yours," he said as he took it off. He gave it to her to look at, and she examined it. It was a lot heavier than hers was, but that was because his was more male looking. She closed her eyes, and sighed. "I gave it to you last year, but you probably don't remember."

Her eyes opened, and she looked towards the ground. The fact that she felt the necklace give her peace of some sort…was that because Sora gave it to her? She shook her head; she didn't want to think about it. If he had given it to her, it was probably a parting gift, or a friendship gift.

"I don't remember, but thank you anyways," she said as she gave the necklace back. "If we have time, I'd really like to get it back. It's a gift, and it's rude to let it be lost like that."

Sora laughed and he, along with everyone else, proceeded to venture deeper into the underworld. Ryan and Sora had filled in Marie what had happened so far, and she was prepared to fight. Along the way, Ryan and Sora started talking, and Marie walked a little behind.

She couldn't help but stare at Sora along the way.

Do I sense some repliku going on here? Or some Xion? Either way, Fakey was somehow made the same way those two were. Maybe in between, who knows? All we know is that Fakey is mean and a brute. Hey, my kind of villains!

Marie is starting to think more about Sora, too. However, we're far from her falling in love with him again.

grapejuice101: Loll, sorry for the wait, some minor technical difficulties. Well, they all figured it out at the same time. And haha, the imposter will be seen quite a few times before her ultimate end.

Lvl-ZeR0: Well, you're very welcome! Well, either way, chocolate is bad for me cause of my eczema. So deny my temptation of chocolate and don't give me any.

OH MAN, THAT IS SUCH A MINDFUU-. My brain might explode.

Shadow 1n2: Haa, well I don't want Marie to have too many powers or forms. I'm trying to keep her simple. I thought Orgy 13 was made because of an experiment gone wrong at Hollow Bastion, or how they sunk so deep into the darkness. Why are games so confusing? -_-

But wait, I understand Roxas looking like Ventus, but Sora was born before Vanitas. Wouldn't Vanitas look like Sora? I cannot wait till 3D.

starlightmint72: Yeah, I know what you mean. It's because Dante is so passive, and he had this mentality that his wife was perfect and that she did everything for the sake of others. He slowly realized otherwise, so now he's going crazy. I can only hope and might spoiler by saying this, that either one will be freed from KH during the next story. Either in KH3D or KH3. Lol, I have many drawings scattered around my room, and most of them aren't submitted to D.A. I just like to doodle a lot. XD But hey, if you feel like drawing her, be my guest. XD

Dracula X: LOL. This made me laugh. I would have slapped him, too, but Stella is just too confused about everything to deal with it. Plus, she can't slap him if she feels like everything he said is right.

SisterOfScarletDevil: Oh noeess! D: Who knows if they'll make up!

dracula-key: It took a lot faster that you thought, muaha. But she's sticking around, so you'll see her for a bit. I do, too. Sorta. But he speaks the truth.

guitarqueen136: The third one! It's the third one! Evil clones are so convenient and interesting! Haha, I can see that happening too. Ryan is perverted, but he'd be grossed out if he even thought of Marie's chest. He'd probably rub it in her face while he stares are Ariel's.

Trubeque: Oh my, thank you very much! It's so nice to see another person reading this story! I hope you stay for the long run, as this story might take up somewhere around 60 chapters.