Chapter 15: Roxas' Story
Hey everyone I'm back with another chapter we finally here Roxas tell Ever After High his story. Now I saw some people aren't happy about the choice of Namine well it's my story so if you don't like it you don't have to read it. For the rest of you please enjoy.
A few days had passed since Thronecoming and everything was getting back to normal Giles Grimm became co-Headmaster alongside his brother and Roxas was able to spend some time with Lea and Namine.
At the top of the hill overlooking the school and Book End Roxas and Lea sat down eating ice cream.
"Ah this is the life isn't Roxas." Lea sighs.
"You know it." Roxas smiles.
As they eat their ice cream Roxas stops to think. "Hey Lea? How were you able to get your heart back?"
Lea pauses in thought. "I'm not sure I thought I would fade back into nothing after I helped Sora, but instead me and all the other Organization members came back in our human forms with beating hearts and everything."
"Wow some people get all the luck." Roxas sighs before Lea claps him on the back.
"Hey, cheer up you'll get your Heart someday, you just have to be patient." Lea assured him as Namine came walking over.
"I thought I would find you two here." She smiles.
"What's up Namine?" Roxas asks.
"Blondie's looking for you she wants to finally do that interview." Namine said.
"Oh man I forgot." Roxas said a little nervous.
"Relax Roxas what's the worst thing that can happen?" Namine asks.
"They can kick him out of school, brand him a criminal and stop being frie-OW!" Lea groans to see Namine had punched his shoulder.
"Roxas you have nothing to worry about if they're really your friends they will accept you." Namine said.
"Alright." Roxas said still not 100% sure.
"Here I've got something that might help you out, whenever I wasn't feeling well this good luck charm helped me out." Lea reaches into his pocket and places something in
Roxas' hand.
When he opens his hand Roxas sees a Popsicle stick with the word Winner written on the end, it was the same one Roxas gave him when he left the Organization.
"You kept it, after all this time?" Roxas asks.
"Yep, now it's yours again." Lea smiles.
A smile appears on Roxas' face. "Well we better not keep her waiting any longer." He said standing up and finishing his ice cream.
When Blondie told him that a few people would be watching the interview he didn't realize it was broadcasted all over the school and all over Book End.
As Roxas sat down Blondie was across from him. "Remember just relax and just tell us all your story." Blondie said.
Roxas takes a few deep breaths before nodding. "Alright."
In the cafeteria Namine and Lea were watching the interview with all the other students.
"Hello Ever After! Blondie Lockes here with the interview you've all been waiting for. Today local new hero Roxas is going to tell us everything about his story and his life. So Roxas tell us everything start from the beginning."
Roxas takes one last deep breath. "Well before I start I should say my story is not a happy one and it starts with this: I was never supposed to exist." Roxas said as most
people watching were shocked.
"My story begins with a boy named Sora he and his friends, Riku and Kairi lived on an island and were building a raft to explore new places. However, the night before they set sail their home was attacked by creatures of darkness called the Heartless, they're the monsters you see me fighting all the time."
"But why do they come after you?" Blondie asks.
"They're drawn to me so long as I continue to wield the Keyblade." Roxas said.
"Then what happened?" She asks.
"When Sora sees them attack he runs to find Riku and Kairi, but they both disappear. In Sora's hour of need he is able to summon the Keyblade a very rare and powerful weapon that is used to defeat the Heartless. Sora goes on multiple adventures with his friends Donald and Goofy to different worlds battling the Heartless and trying to find Riku and Kairi. But when he does he finds Riku has been influenced by a dark power and it convinces him that Sora is his enemy. When Sora finds Kairi he discovers that before she disappeared Kairi's heart went inside Sora's for protection. Using a dark Keyblade Sora sacrifices himself to return Kairi's heart to her resulting in Sora becoming a Heartless." Roxas said as everyone was in shock.
"He became a Heartless just to save her?" Blondie asks shedding a few tears.
Roxas nods. "But by using her own power Kairi was able to save Sora returning him to normal, but what he did came at a price."
"What kind of price?" Blondie asks on the edge of her seat.
"When a person with a strong heart is turned into a Heartless he leaves behind a Nobody an empty shell of what they once were, a being that is supposed to be like the person who was turned in every way, but they don't have one crucial thing, they don't have a heart."
"So, wait are you saying when Sora got turned into a Heartless?" Blondie asks.
"He left behind a Nobody and I'm Sora's Nobody." Roxas said as everyone's mouths drop in shock.
"WHAT?!" Everyone yelled.
"Because I was Sora's Nobody I could use the keyblade, but because Sora got his body back I had no idea who I was. That made me the perfect recruit." Roxas said.
"For what?" Blondie asks.
"Without any memories of who I was I was found by Xenmas leader of the Organization which is a group of powerful Nobodies trying to create Kingdom Hearts a powerful force that they believed would grant them hearts of their own. I spent almost an entire year destroying Heartless and helping to create Kingdom Hearts, the only friends I had were Lea who at the time was Axel and Xion who was destroyed." Roxas said sadly.
"So what did you do?" Blondie asks.
"At that point, I didn't care anymore I left the Organization so I could find the answers I needed, but first I had to fulfill my last promise to Xion, to free Kingdom Hearts. As I
battled my way to reach it I came face to face with Riku who needed me to restore Sora to his full strength, I resisted, and we fought I had him beat until Riku used the Darkness in his heart and defeated me with ease. Eventually, I found myself meeting Sora, even though I hated myself for doing it I gave up my existence so he could have his back because everyone needed him and that's my story." Roxas said.
He looks to see Blondie with tears in her eyes and all his friends had the same looks of sadness on their faces.
"Roxas I I'm speechless you've been through so much." Blondie said as everyone watched.
"Roxas your life was a nightmare." Cerise said sadly.
"Poor guy." Apple said.
"All he wanted was to exist and be his own person." Raven said.
"Roxas I think we all want to know, but why did you finally agree to tell us this?" Blondie asks.
"Well cause for once I actually feel like I have a heart, you guys made me feel like I belong here." Roxas smiles.
"And you do belong here." Roxas turns to see Headmasters Giles and Milton and Baba Yaga standing near the entrance.
"Headmasters? Madame Yaga?" Blondie said in shock.
"My boy your story was something else entirely, you've been through so much in your life." Baba Yaga said.
"And although it is because of you that these Heartless are invading Ever After I trust you have a solution to deal with them?" Milton asks.
"Uh yes sir." Roxas nods.
"My boy you are a student here at Ever After High, a hero, and a friend to all those around you. As far I'm concerned you are not a Nobody." Giles said.
"Wow thank you." Roxas said.
"And it's not just me, all of them believe that too." Giles points and Roxas sees all the friends he's made at Ever After High along with Lea and Namine standing nearby with
smiles on their faces.
"You do belong here." Giles smiles.
As all his friends come over to him asking him questions, comforting him and cheering him up a smile appears on Roxas' face. "Yeah I really do."
Later the day as the sun was setting Roxas and Namine were standing outside as Lea was about to open a portal.
"Are you sure you have to leave?" Roxas asks.
"Yeah Yen Sid needs me back, so I can help Sora and the others, but don't worry thanks to a letter he wrote Namine will stay here to help you out and keep you posted on
anything that's happening. You just focus on what you're doing." Lea said.
"I'll miss you Lea." Roxas said walking up to him.
"Me too buddy." The two of the fist bump. "Hey, hold onto that Winner stick that good luck charm once all of this is over we're heading back to our spot in Twilight Town." Lea
smiles.
"I'll be waiting." Roxas smiles holding it in his pocket.
As Lea steps through the portal, a tear rolls down Roxas' cheek before Namine puts her hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Roxas this isn't goodbye, you'll see him again soon. I promise." She said.
Roxas wipes the tear from his eye and smiles as he and Namine walk back inside Ever After.
