There is nothing but darkness in front of your eyes, until your vision is covered with light and a humming noise fills your ears.

After a minute it starts to die down to reveal a white ornate door and the author leaning onto the wall. A few seconds later your vision and hearing returning to normal while the author waves.

*Hello Hakuorofan7 here and welcome back to Kingdom Hearts: From No One to Someone. Before we move on I would like to say that I am sorry for the delay.*

*Real life has been getting in the way and my computer not working properly for the past few months hasn't been helping either. So in sort note I will be posting and writing when possible till I get everything sorted out.*

*Also to note I've divided what I had originally planned for the chapter to be in two, so the second part should be out sooner then later.*

*Now as a testament to your patience, we are going to have a little change of scenery.*

With that the author opened the door and gestured for you to enter.

Inside was a large home theater with two rows reclining seats with cup holders. You took a seat in the back row while the author plopped down next to you with a bucket of popcorn.

*Pretty nice set up here. Figured it would help set up the mood for the chapter a bit. This theater is reserved for special occasions or when I feel like that it would be appropriate.*

*As you know this chapter will take up the Mark of Mastery exam and that is all I'm going to say for now. I don't want to give anything away about this chapter.*

*Now that I have gotten that out of the way, let's start the story and I'll see you at the end credits."

*So until then just sit back, relax, and enjoy. So lets get started for real now.*

With that he pushes the start button. The projector flares to life and the screen lights up

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts

The Mark of Mastery

Five minutes after they saw Eraqus's signal, both Roxas and Ven entered the throne room and were greeted by Master Eraqus.

"The both of you are made it just in time. I was about to seal the doors shut for the exam." He said, ushering the blonds inside.

Once they were inside Eraqus closed the doors and summoned his Keyblade. With a quick tap they were sealed, blending in perfectly with the surrounding wall. He then turned to face both of the blonde Keyblade wielders with a small smile on his face.

"Luckily the both of you made it in time, when I was a little younger then you Roxas me and Xehanort were-" Eraqus said before he was cut off by someone behind him.

"Regaling the youths with a tale of when we were apprentices. Hopefully you have not said anything shameful about me, old friend." A raspy, old yoice said full of mirth.

They turned their attention to the origin of the voice and Roxas could barely contain the shock he was experiencing.

'Calm down, although his presence reminds me of Xemnas, this isn't him.' The Nobody chided himself. He was trying his best to to show shock on his features. This was obviously the other Keyblade Master Ven was talking about.

But why did this man feel similar to his former superior?

While he was keeping his surprise in check, Xehanort failed to keep his shock in check.

Master Xehanort was an old man who looked to be a decade over Eraqus in age and literally a head of hair shorter then Terra with a crooked back. He was bald with the only hair being a pair of thin silver eyebrows and a small goatee, with pointed ears and a pair of golden eyes. He had on a white button up shirt with the bottom going down to his knees and the last three buttons open with two thin black belts worn over it, a black long coat with a red inning and an even darker trim, white gloves with a black band around the wrists, and calf high boot with a silver trim.

He seemed like a feeble old man, but that would be the last mistake anyone would make if they faced him.

Roxas could tell that by the way he handled himself, the older Keyblade Master held himself in the same regard as Eraqus. Only that his age hindered his physical skills to some degree. But his power surpassed Eraqus, but it fell short of The Master's. Still this man was more of a threat then the other Keyblade Master if he confronted Xehanort.

But what seriously unnerved him was his heart.

Unlike with Eraqus, Xehanort had a great amount of both light and darkness in his heart. But even then most of his light felt…false and sickly.

Like it was hiding something.

The fact that this man could radiate such a false light, something that basically was unheard of to the Nobody honestly frightened him.

He would be more careful around that old man.

"Of course not, Xehanort. I was talking about our first year training under our Master. You remember that we were told that we had ten minutes till Yen Sid's exam started. Remember that he closed the door on us five minutes in and that we missed the exam. We were so upset that day that we weren't allowed dinner that night." Eraqus said chuckling, unaware of his friend's current state. The older Keyblade Master regained his composure and let out a genuine chuckle.

"Ah, yes. I remember that day very well." He said fondly, before looking at the lookalike blondes. "Speaking of apprentices you never told me you took on another apprentice, especially one that looks exactly like Ventus." He questioned his old friend, fixing his gaze on them as if studying them.

"Actually Roxas is not my apprentice, but I have recently offered him a choice to become my latest apprentice last night." Eraqus said, frowning a little at the look Xehanort was giving the boys. "Although he probably would not be under my tutelage for long. He will most likely take the Mark of Mastery exam with Ventus, or maybe even before him."

"Interesting" Xehanort said, raising an eyebrow in curiosity. "You will have to tell me more about him. I believe that we have enough time for a truncated story about the boy, if it is alright with him." He said, before turning to the Nobody in question.

Roxas managed to steel himself under the Keyblade Master's gaze before answering the elderly Keyblade Master.

"I'm fine with whatever Eraqus says, as long he keeps somethings private." He said, causing Xehanort to frown at his response before sighing quietly so that only he could hear it.

"Very well then." The elderly Keyblade Master said before turning to his old friend. "I will be waiting by the thrones." He said before walking off. Unaware of the glares aimed directly at his back.

The first one belonged to Roxas, as the man's very presence unsettled him.

The second glare belonged to a figure hidden in the shadows.

As for the third glare.

'It seems that Xehanort has never recovered from diving into the abyss.' Eraqus thought as he unconsciously rubbed the scar on his cheek.

It had been well over a decade since had earned it and had lied to his apprentices on how he had earned it. He didn't wish for them to know what had happened to his old friend. After two years of not talking to each other, Xehanort had returned back to the Land of Departure. He had apologized to his old friend and said that he had come to realize the madness that had been inflected upon him and had turned back towards the light.

Of course Eraqus didn't trust his old friend fully, but after seeing that his heart has changed back from darkness to light over the course of a few years helped rekindle the bond that had been severed.

But now it seemed like it might have all been a lie.

He would have to find out what Xehanort was planning, while being as silent about it as possible.

His old friend was the type to plan things out and might have had something incase he ever found out anything.

But for now he would humor his old friend with the story he requested.

If Xehanort showed any hint of even being related to this Xemnas or show any aspirations for the X-blade again...well it would be tragic, but entirely possible for him to suffer a heart attack at his age during the exam when none of his apprentices or Roxas noticing.

If it would mean killing his old friend to preserve the balance, then so be it.

But as for his apprentices, especially Ventus. He prayed to Kingdom Hearts that it wouldn't come to pass.

Eraqus then turned his attention towards the blond lookalikes.

Ventus was looking a bit confused on why Xehanort was looking at him like that.

As for Roxas, he was still glaring at the old Keyblade Master's back. He promptly shut it down the moment Xehanort sat down in the thrown on the right.

'That boy has some good instincts.' Eraqus complimented in his head upon noticing his reaction to Xehanort. He had apparently sensed something from his old friend. But he would have to inquire the boy about what sensed later.

For now he would usher the boys to their viewing area and then begin the exam. It was almost time for Terra and Aqua to enter after all,

"The exam will began in two minutes and 45 seconds." He said, getting both of the blonds attention before gesturing to a place on the right wall. "That is where you two will watch the exam. So I suggest that you two just hang out over there until it begins."

"Yes Master Eraqus./Eraqus." The two blonds nodded as they replied back.

As they began to walk the spot, Roxas felt the Keyblade Master grab his sleeve and pulled him back a bit.

"I noticed that you had sensed something wrong with Xehanort." Eraqus whispered into his ear, causing the Nobody to freeze in shock. Taking that as a yes, he continued."After the exam there is something that I must discuss with Terra and Aqua, depending on if they pass together or if one of them fails. When I'm done meet me in the back here, the mark I placed on your sleeve will light up at that time. Just make sure no one, especially my old friend follows you. So until then enjoy the exam and if you can, help me keep an eye on him."

With that the Keyblade Master began to walk back over to the thrones. Roxas then took notice of a yellow Mark of Mastery sigil that faded immediately after he noticed it.

'Looks like Eraqus also suspects something.' The Nobody thought as he went to join Ven at the viewing spot. He would adhere to the Keyblade Master's advice while checking to make sure that Xehanort wouldn't notice him.

Maybe he can get some information about the man from Ven, as he had trained under Eraqus for years, so he must know something about him.

Speaking of which.

"Hey Roxas, what was Master talking about with you?" The blond apprentice questioned from right next to him.

"He was just seeing if I had made a decision yet. But I haven't come up with one yet." Roxas said, causing the slightly older Keyblade wielder to let out a sigh.

'I don't want to lie to him.' The Nobody thought when he saw his new friend's reaction. 'But it is probably for the best if he learn about Eraqus's and mine suspicions in case Xehanort over hears is. Maybe I should tell him after Xehanort leaves.'

Ven noticed the thoughtful look and came to a conclusion.

"So have you decided to become an apprentice with us?" He asked hopefully.

"Actually I've decided to take up Eraqus's offer after the exam." Roxas replied back honestly.

He wanted to know more about what it meant to be a Keyblade wielder and their culture. He could learn about it from Ava, but she was indisposed of until a later time. So until then he would have to learn about it from Eraqus, the apprentices, and any more dreams that he may have in the future. It was something that he actually seemed to like and enjoy.

That and he wanted to stay close by the apprentices. He already considered them friends, but he didn't know what happened to them. So staying by them will help clarify what happened and maybe even prevent it if possible.

Suddenly he found himself being hugged by Ven.

"Thank you Roxas! I was hoping that you would say that!" Ven said excitedly, causing Roxas to chuckle at his reaction.

"I figured that you would react like that." The Nobody said with a smile. The other blond was so excited that you could feel the positivity roll off him in waves. "But can you please let go of me, I'm starting to lose feeling in my arms." He continued truthfully.

His arms really were about to fall sleep.

Ven let go of him and proceeded to look sheepish about it.

"Sorry about that, Roxas." He said while facing away from Roxas.

The Nobody in question checked his arms to make sure that all feeling in them had returned. Once he made sure they did, he faced Ven.

"It's alright Ven." Roxas said, causing Ven to let out a sigh of relief.

"Terra and Aqua will be ecstatic when they here that you have accepted Master's offer." The blond apprentice said excitedly before gaining a forlorn expression on his face. "It would be a lot better then how I became an apprentice here." He said softly.

Roxas could sense the discomfort on his new friend's face and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"If you don't want to talk about it, then it's alright Ven." He said smiling a little.

While Roxas was truly curious about how Ven became an apprentice, if he didn't want to talk about it then it was alright with him.

The boy in question just smiled and brushed Roxas's hand away.

"Thanks Roxas, but I think it is something that if I didn't tell you now then you would probably here about it later from either Master, Terra, or Aqua." Ven said before letting out a sigh and continuing.

"I was brought to the Land of Departure four years ago by Master Xehanort. Like you Roxas, I had lost my memories shortly before I arrived here."

Roxas widened his eyes at that. Whatever he had been expecting, this wasn't it.

'Ven was brought here by Xehanort, meaning that there was some kind of connection between the two of them.' The Nobody concluded as he processed the little information that Ven has provided so far.

Maybe Ven was once his apprentice before he came under Eraqus's tutelage?

If that is the case, then why did he give him to Eraqus?

Did Xehanort have anything to do anything to do with Ven's memory loss?

These were currently the top questions that were on his mind. All of them were only increasing his suspicions of the elderly Keyblade Master. But there were still too many variables missing to truly know what happened to Ven. So any additional information that he would gain from his new friend would help.

"Was Xehanort with you before had lost your memory?" Roxas asked, getting a nod from Ven.

"Yes he was. In fact he was there when I had the accident that caused me to lose my memories. He seemed ecstatic when I woke up after it had occurred, because according to him I was knocked out for a few days and on the verge of dying before I recovered and woke up a day later." Ven answered, causing The Nobody to ruminate over the new details.

'Xehanort must have had something to do with Ven's accident. But was it intentional or was it just an accident? He did mention that Xehanort was delighted when he woke up, but it could have been for a variety of reasons. Including that Ven survived either out of concern for him or out of necessity for some plan? There are still too many unknown variables with him, I'll just have to wait til I gain some more information before I begin any sort of action against him.' Roxas thought.

While he was highly suspicious of the old Keyblade Master, but he was smart enough to make sure that he wouldn't act out on them until he had enough information.

"I guess that the accident must have happened during training, because from the sounds of it your were an apprentice under Xehanort. If so then how come you are currently training under Eraqus?" Roxas asked.

Ven let out a sigh as he the memories of his arrival flashed through his mind before answering.

"You are correct, I was once Master Xehanort's apprentice. The only details that I know my past before I became his apprentice is what he told Master Eraqus right after he found me. According to him I was an orphan on my home world before Master Xehanort found me. When he first saw me, Master Xehanort saw the potential within me to become a Keyblade Master and took me as his apprentice. A year later my accident happened and the day after I woke up he gave me over to Master, but I never knew why." Ven said looking a little downcast.

"Are you alright?" The Nobody asked, concerned as he saw the somber look on his friend's face.

"I'm fine Roxas, but thank you for asking." Ven said with a sigh. "It's just sometimes I wonder what my life was like before I lost my memories."

The younger blond could understand that. During his days with the Organization sometimes he wondered what it would be liked if he wasn't found by Xemnas. Who would his life be like without them.

It would probably be a lot better considering most of his issues stem from Xemnas, Xibar, and Saïx using him to create Kingdom Hearts. By the time he left the only ones that cared for about him were Axel, Luxord, and X-.

'I really need to figure out why this keeps happening.' Roxas thought as he felt a small migraine coming on from something that he could only describe as missing.

Maybe it was a some memories that never came back to him from when they were erased by Ansem, or maybe they were memories that Xemnas tried to erase yet were coming back to him. It seemed like something his former boss would do. Either way sooner or later, he was going to figure out what he was missing,

Anyway, if he were to change anything about the way his life was so far up to this point, he wouldn't change anything at all.

Sure his life so far was mainly melancholiac and miserable with only a few things that were honestly worth existing. But it was these exact same experiences that made him who he was today.

"But I could care less about that now." Ven said, breaking Roxas from his musings. "Although a part of me wishes to reclaim the past that I lost, but it doesn't really matter that much to me anymore. In the past maybe, but now I have four years worth of memories living with Master, Terra, and Aqua. And I wouldn't give them up for anything." He finished before sending Roxas a questioning look. "Though have you wondered what you were like before you lost your memories?"

The Nobody already knew his answer.

"I don't. I have a year full of memories both good and bad that have shaped me to who I am." He said simply.

Ven seemed awed at his response, before he began to chuckle.

"Why are you chuckling?" Roxas asked puzzled. He didn't expect that reaction at all.

The other blond calmed down a bit before responding.

"It's simple. Your response was almost the exact same as mine, but yours is more blunt. I mean seriously, the similarities between the two of us are both a little scary and humorous at the same time. We might as well be twins!" Ven said before he started to chuckle again. Roxas could only smile at that and started to join him in chuckling.

After a few seconds, the chuckling was cut short at the sound of a loud hiss at the end of the hall.

At the entrance at the other end of the room, the door unsealed and was about to open.

The Mark of Mastery was about to begin.

Both blonds stopped chuckling and turned to face each other.

"You ready Roxas?" Ven questioned.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Roxas replied back.

They turned their focus to the door, which was now wide opened.

After a few seconds Terra and Aqua stepped into the hall. The door slammed shut behind them and sealed itself shut.

The Mark of Mastery had officially begun.

Both of the blonds waved to the elder apprentices, who returned it back in kindly. The both of them began to march to the thrones, ready as ever for their exam and determined to accomplish their lifelong dream of becoming a Keyblade Master.

In this very room was the beginning of a series of events that would alter history forever were about to be start. Out of the eight viewers of this event, only one truly knew what was going to happen.

The first and second were Terra and Aqua, who were the focus of the exam. They continued on their track to the thrones, unaware of the events about to transpire next.

The third and fourth were Master Eraqus and Master Xehanort, who were judging the exam from the thrones. Eraqus was focused on his students and Roxas, while also making sure Xehanort wasn't up to something. The elderly Keyblade Master noticed this and made a quiet gesture to the shadows in the room with his right hand.

The fifth and sixth were Ventus and Roxas, both who were watching the exam intently. They were hoping that both of their friends would pass the exam. While Ven was only focused on the exam, Roxas was on guard incase his suspicions of Xehanort proved correct.

The seventh was a figure hidden in the shadows. He had gotten the old coot's signal and immediately knew that Eraqus was suspecting something. So he had to fall out onto their back up plan. Darkness began to dance around his finger tips as he proceeded to focus attention on Ven and Roxas. Holding disdain for one and curiosity for the other.

As for the final viewer. That one wasn't anywhere near the castle.

Unaware of anyone else in the room including himself, there was a slight change in Roxas's eyes. It wasn't much, but there was now a slight azure hue to them. They was a slight flicker in them before it seemed to settle.

And the cause of that change was…

"Come on work! This should be easy. Of course I'm trying to use magic that spans millennium, but this is something a lot less complex then what sis tried!" The Master said as he tapped his finger onto his forehead in frustration. Under his hood his eye was emitting a flickering azure glow.

It had been two days in his era since he made contact with Roxas. He had slipped a small spell onto the Nobody to gain a better grasp on what was going on during his time period. It was a simple spell that he could remotely modify in his time period. Of course any adjustments would take days to weeks depending on the significance and complexities of them.

It took him two days to make something that could allow him to temporarily see through Roxas's eyes. It had no negative consequences on the boy, except maybe changing his iris color permanently to have a little azure mixed in.

He was 99.999% sure nothing bad would happen to the Nobody.

He learned early on in his life that there is ALWAYS a chance of failure.

This modification will allow him to view things comparable to No Name, except he can turn this off on command. Except that it seemed really difficult to turn on and his head was getting flooded with all of the Nobody's memories, which he was quickly writing down in a spare notebook with his free hand.

It wasn't hard to shift through it as he had learned to organize decades worth of information in a matter of minutes which he can recall if needed. But as he literally had a few millenniua worth of knowledge floating around in his head, he quickly developed a habit of writing it down to make things a lot easier for himself.

The flickering stopped and his eye now held a continuous glow.

"Success!" He cheered, until the glow died out. "Damn it!"

While he went back to fixing the spell, his mind drifted off to thinking about the damages that he were caused by Roxas's and Ava's trip to the past.

The damages have so far mainly been small and were easily fixed or he just allowed to exist because they were harmless or they greatly amused him. Like Ira finally getting a beard.

But there had only been two major alterations that had occurred and he couldn't fix them without possibly ending his existence.

Thankfully they were good ones.

The first was the creation of an entirely new timeline that was exactly the same as the previous one, except things didn't go to hell after the revelation of the true Organization. In the end things actually turned out better.

However the timeline itself was beyond his reach, so he couldn't affect it in anyway. Which was a plus, because if that timeline existed within a close proximity to this one, the results would be catastrophic.

The second one had been a minor change in his past that resulted in him getting a rather large scar on his chest.

Still he wouldn't have changed what the alteration did. For that particular event had ended much better then what had originally happened anyway.

He knew that there would be more alterations occurring until either til the new timeline settled in. He would keep track of them and correct them whenever possible. Considering with how many appeared so far, he considered himself very fortunate that none of them had tempered with the Celestial Aegis.

If anything were to happen to that, then Xehanort or not they were all screwed! It was barely holding itself together in Roxas's era. However he knew that from his travels through there the situation was being handled by the most powerful being that he knew of. Just when would it begin, he didn't know.

His eye began to glow an azure glow and he was seeing from Roxa's point of view that the exam was starting.

"Yes it's working!" The Master cheered before he noticed something. "No way…"

Quickly he stopped writing and with his free hand conjured up a mirror.

Looking at his reflection he noticed that under his hood were two glowing azure orbs.

He covered the new orb with his hand and all he saw was darkness. When he removed it, he saw his everything on his desk.

"This is awesome!" The Master said as he started to cheer. "I can see out of two eyes again!"

It had been years since he could see out of both of his eyes so he was excited, but it was cut short he realized he had to test something.

Cutting the flow of magic resulted in the glow to fade and The Master could only sigh at that.

"I should have expected that, but at least it is better then nothing." The Master said wistfully. At least he had a method to see out of two eyes again.

With that he activated the spell again and pulled out a large book. He began to jot down the events of the exam as they were unfolding before Roxas's eyes.

'He is really starting to creep me out.' Roxas thought as he noticed Xehanort was fixing his piercing gaze onto the Nobody and Ven and it was seriously unnerving for the both of them. When Terra and Aqua reached the bottom of the steps, he turned to face them and leaned back into his throne. Both of the blonds let out their breath with the elderly Keyblade Master's attention was off them.

"That was a little creepy." Ven breathed out, getting a nod from Ven.

Eraqus got up from his throne and took a few steps in front of the center throne. Once he made sure that his apprentices's and Roxas's attention was on him, he turned his eldest two and began to speak.

"Aqua. Terra. Today you will be examined for the Mark of Mastery. Not just one, but two of the Keyblade's chosen stands here as candidates- but this is neither a competition, nor a battle for supremacy. It is not a test of wills, but rather a test of heart."

'I wonder that if a Nobody like me qualifies for the Mark of Mastery then?' Roxas thought humorously As Eraqus continued his speech.

"Both of you may prevail, or neither." Eraqus said, before he turned his head to Xehanort and continued. "But I am sure our guest, Master Xehanort, did not travel all this way to see our youngest prospects in years fall short of the mark." He turned his attention to his students.

"I trust that you are ready." He finished.

This was Aqua's and Terra's last chance to back out of the exam. Doing so would result in immediately failure and they would have to try again next year.

But he already knew their answer.

"Yes." Both replied with a curt nod.

With that Eraqus smiled and summoned his Keyblade.

"Then let the examinations begin!" The Keyblade Master shouted as he got into a stance. His Keyblade lit up and behind the examinees multiple spheres of light appeared.

From his throne Xehanort let out a small smirk, signaling for his unseen accomplice to begin.

"Showtime." The figure said as he channeled the darkness that has built around his hands into the orbs.

Roxas frowned as he sensed a large amount of darkness coming from somewhere. But before he could pin point what it's source was, he heard Terra and Aqua gasp.

He turned to see that the orbs were now corrupted by darkness and were moving erratically. It looked like that they were encircling the eldest apprentices.

Turning to the Keyblade Masters, his suspicions proved correct. While Eraqus was shocked by the turn of events, Xehanort was smirking from his throne. While it seemed the sudden turn of events were of his design, the darkness didn't originate from him.

Meaning that there was someone else in the room.

"Ven! Roxas!" Aqua shouted, getting his attention.

Both Terra and Aqua were surrounded by orbs and were fending them off, but three of them were coming after both of the blonds.

Ven summoned his Keyblade and knocked it into the wall, dissipating the orb.

Roxas summoned Oathkeeper and silently cast Fire, destroying the other two orbs with a well placed fireball. After that he couldn't help but look at Ven's Keyblade.

It was perhaps the most unusual Keyblade that he has ever seen, for it was designed for a reverse grip with a black handle. The guard was misaligned and was a dull gold color except for the part connected to the shaft. The shaft itself was a dull grey with three gold lines in the middle and an outward curve around the teeth. The teeth was connected to the shaft by two bars and was wing shaped with 5 gray bars at the end. It had a long keychain with a green gem surround by two small silver wisps of wind at the end.

It seemed unwieldy to the Nobody, but it looked like Ven could wield it easily.

While he was looking at Ven's Keyblade another two orbs approached them.

Roxas snapped back into attention just in time to block an attack from the closest orb.

'These things are just a little bit stronger then Shadows.' He thought as he felt the impact through his Keyblade. Alone these orbs wouldn't be much of a problem, but with a few more spawning the threat they posed was escalating little by little.

The Nobody switched to Oblivion and bashed it into nonexistence.

Ven landed a few swipes at the other orb before it was destroyed.

"Don't worry about us. You two focus on the exam!" The older blond said to them.

"But Ven, it's not safe for you or Roxas out here. You two of you need to get out of here!" Aqua said worriedly.

While Roxas appreciated her concern, he knew that both he and Ven should be enough to handle the orbs.

"Not happening!" Ven said while shaking his head. "I've been looking forward to see you two become Masters! I'm not going to miss this!" He continued as he got into a stance.

"Don't worry about us Aqua." Roxas said as he moved next to Ven, ready for action. "We got it covered over here, isn't that right Ven?"

"Right!" He answered back.

Terra frowned a bit before letting out a sigh and braced himself to attack.

"The both of them can take care of themselves." The eldest apprentice said, soothing Aqua's worries for the blonds. "Ven's be training just as hard as us and Roxas is strong enough to take care of himself. I still have a few bruises from our spare yesterday."

Aqua thought it over for a bit before letting out a sigh.

"Alright then stay sharp Ven, Roxas." She said.

The orbs surrounding the elder apprentices moved in for the kill, but Terra and Aqua immediately began to hack away at them. Some more orbs appeared and began to move towards the blonds.

"You ready Ven?" Roxas asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be!" Ven replied.

When the orbs were a few feet from them, Roxas and Ven began their attack.

'Eraqus certainly has trained them well.' Xehanort complimented in his head.

He had to make a slight change of plans when he noticed that his old friend had suspected something. He did account for this to happen and had his apprentice take center stage in case this happened, but it was of no consequence.

The result was the same either way.

All that he planed to do was hijack the first trial in order to gauge Eraqus's apprentices.

And he was not disappointed so far.

Eraqus's eldest apprentice, Terra was cutting through the contaminated orbs like it was nothing. The young man's stance left no noticeable openings and although his speed was lacking, he more than made up for it with power and skill.

But he was honestly surprised with the amount darkness in his heart. There was more in their then what he had originally predicted. Of course it was only a minute difference, but it would make things a little easier for his plans.

Still Terra was worthy of being a Keyblade Master and it almost made him feel sorry for him for what was going to happen next.

Almost.

The second apprentice and Eraqus's only female pupil, Aqua was gracefully dodging the orbs while casting spells and striking whenever she saw an opening. Her reflexes and agility were the best of any of the Keyblade wielder here bar the Masters and she was an excellent spell caster.

Aqua had a strong heart and would make a fine Keyblade Master, sadly that would not matter much in the grand scheme of things. Once she has run out of uses, then she would be disposed of.

Finally there was Eraqus's youngest apprentice and his first apprentice, Ventus, who was fighting alongside the younger lookalike Roxas. He had certainly improved ever since he forgot everything four years ago, especially his speed and technique. It was the right decision to have given him to Eraqus.

But Xehanort couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that the boy was not on the same level as his second apprentice.

In order for his plans to work, he would have to rectify that. It would easy to get the boy back on track for his plans.

In fact everything was falling into place with only a few minor impediments along the way. Those were easy to get around. Yet there was one thing that he had not accounted for nor can he plan around at the moment.

Roxas.

Fixing his attention on him, he saw that he had changed Keyblades again and had frozen an orb that would have struck Ventus in the back. It promptly fell onto the floor and shattered into a million pieces.

The boy was a total enigma to him.

From the story he had gotten from Eraqus, the boy had lost his memory about a year ago, was about a year younger then Ventus, and was a natural born Keyblade wielder like himself. He had also been told that the details about his master and everything about the boy's escape to the moment he ended up here.

Xehanort was curious about the Keyblade wielder the boy encountered before he arrived to the Land of Departure. It has been years since he had seen another Keyblade wielder minus Eraqus and his apprentices. He would like nothing more then to catch her as not only as she a possible risk, but might have some information of the ancient scriptures as her name, true or alias was one of the ancient Foretellers.

He loved obtaining new bits of information from before the Keyblade War. Not only did it broaden his skill set and knowledge, but it also gave him a better idea of what it was like before the War and when the worlds were united.

Sadly according to Eraqus, Roxas had said that she had departed to parts unknown. While the chances are slim, he would have to plan something incase she tried to interfere with his grand design.

As for the boy's master, he didn't know either to have some respect or disdain for him.

On one hand this man whose identity that Eraqus had left his name out for some reason, possibly out of suspicion that he was in league with him, the man only had some knowledge of the Keyblade and had the ability to move through the worlds by the Corridor of Darkness. He also had some grand scheme for the young Keyblade wielder, who left him and in pursuit of him was killed.

On the other hand he had to respect the man for a few reasons. They both had the same work ethic when it came to training their apprentices which was respectful and seemed to embrace the darkness in the same way possibly. He also had the plan to kill Roxas's only friend and source of emotional support once the boy escaped and had a trusted accomplice to pick things up incase of his death.

Not the best fallback plan, but it was still a good one.

Either way, that man was dead now and so was his associate. Which was a shame, he could tell from the story that the man had potential and might have offered him a proposition that he would have accepted.

Still that man left one good thing behind and that was his apprentice, Roxas.

Considering that he had only one year of training, Xehanort will admit that the boy had a massive amount of potential to become a Keyblade Master in about a years training at minimum.

The boy was perhaps the most balanced Keyblade wielder he had ever seen. He seemed to have a good amount of strength behind his strikes, a good reservoir of magic, some good reflexes, and he was faster then Ventus. He was clearly skilled and if it wasn't for his limited knowledge of the Keyblade and his inexperience, then he could have joined Terra and Aqua in the exam today. The chances of him passing would be extremely slim, but it was still there.

Still his very presence could either be a boon or a hindrance for his success. For he was an unknown and an extremely dangerous one.

One who looked like and felt similar to Ventus. In fact if it was not for the fact that there was a three year time difference between the incident and his memory loss, then he would have assumed that Roxas was an unseen byproduct. In fact the only main differences he noticed so far was that the boy was slightly younger and that his eyes had a lighter hue to them.

The only thing that he hadn't got a read on yet was the boy's heart.

After one second Xehanort widened his eyes in surprise, before he composed himself and allowed himself to grin.

'Now this is an unexpected surprise, but none the less something that might prove useful.' Xehanort thought with glee.

The boy's heart was a mystery to him, but it held quite a few possibilities that could help him in the future. Not only did it seem to feel extremely similar Ventus's heart though a lot weaker, but besides some light it was perfectly empty! It was so much like a void that it was like he didn't even have a heart!

Xehanort began to set up some plans before gesturing to his apprentice.

Not a second later a majority of the orbs began to converge on Roxas.

'This should be an excellent test for the boy.' The elderly Keyblade Master thought with a smirk.

Just by getting a sense of the boy's heart, he had become just as important to his plan as Eraqus's apprentices. Still if everything went according to plan he may or may not be of use to him in the future.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Roxas said as a majority of the robes began to converge on him.

He knew that something bad was going to happen once he saw Xehanort staring at him with a grin on his face, his suspicions were once again proven correct once this happened.

Whoever was controlling the orbs was determined to cut him off from the apprentices. The minute he was surrounded the orbs suddenly began to gain speed and create a maelstrom around him. They also began to emit a loud buzzing sound that blocked him from hearing the others and was seriously throwing his concentration off.

While he was disoriented the orbs began to pelt him repeatedly before getting back into formation. He managed to block and destroy some of them with Oblivion, but they just kept coming.

'I can barley see what I'm doing due to the light the orbs are emitting and I can hardly concentrate due to sound they're producing.' Roxas though as he got into a blocking stance. He successfully blocked the attack of two orbs, but a third one had got him square in the back. He managed to recover quickly and destroyed two of them.

Feeling that he was starting to lose a lot of health, Roxas quickly switched to Oathkeeper.

"Reflect!" He casted.

The energy barrier blocked another barrage from the orbs and allowed Roxas a few seconds to recuperate.

"Cure!" Roxas casted onto himself. He felt that most of his health was restored.

He checked the barrier to see that the barrage had intensified with nearly every orb ramming into it before getting back into formation and trying again. At this rate the it would only last a little while longer.

He had to try something soon or he was going to be swarmed.

As he tried to think about a way out, the advice that The Master said to him last night rung through his head. With the barrier starting to crack, the Nobody calculated that he had a few seconds left before it gave way.

"This better work." Roxas said as he began to channel the respectful energies that The Master suggested at the tip of Oathkeeper.

As he kept pouring the respective energies at the tip, he noticed that as ice began to form, it was melted by the heat of the fire magic.

He was wondering what was going on, but he felt something stir from within his mind. The presence seemed to be giving him the suggestion to keep going with what he was doing. Seeing that he didn't have much time, he continued the process.

It began to form a sphere of water at the end of his Keyblade, which kept getting bigger the longer the process lasted. Seeing that the barrier wouldn't hold out for much longer, he began to pour as much magic as he could into the spell.

A few seconds later, the barrier shattered and the orbs began to close in around him.

But he was ready for them.

He channeled wind magic into the sphere. The presence then gave him the one thing capable of unleashing the spell at full power.

It's name.

"Water!" Roxas casted.

The sphere of water was shaped by the wind magic into a small torrent that blasted against all of the orbs in front of him. As he had poured most of his magic into that spell it had taken out a vast majority of the orbs around him. But it had drained him of enough magic that he only had some left.

But it was enough to preform the perfect spell to get rid of the rest of the orbs.

He quickly rushed through the gap that he created, while gather his remaining magic for his next spell. After a few more steps, he turned to see that the remainder of the orbs had split up and were coming at him all at once from multiple angles.

The perfect conditions to finish this.

"Thundara!"

Multiple arcs of lightning rained down from his Keyblade and began to spread forth from there. Within seconds it had reached the walls and dispelled, obliterating the remainder of the orbs and ending the trial.

'Thank Kingdom Hearts that's over.' Roxas thought tiredly.

He was out of magic, had multiple bruises all over his body, and the constant light and sound the the orbs had produced had left him a little disoriented. Other then that he was alright.

As he felt the presence start to fade back into his unconscious, the Nobody let out a small smile as he figured out who the presence was.

'Thank you for the assistance Ava, but please go back to sleep. I don't want you to waste anymore energy as it might take longer for you to wake up.' Roxas thought with concern.

If he was correct then she spent possibly centuries of not millennia in the Realm of Nothingness and was on the verge of non existence when she found him. She had just left there and was only starting to recover. So for now she should be resting until she had recovered enough strength.

All he got in response was a small wave of drowsiness before the presence of Ava faded from his mind.

Before the Nobody could breath out in relief, he found himself being squeezed to death.

"Roxas are you alright?" Aqua asked worriedly, unknowingly cracking his bones.

'I think she cracked the same rib as last time!' Roxas thought in pain as he got a look around him.

Terra and Ven were shooting him looks that can only be described as a perfect mixture of concern, pity, wincing, and remorse at his predicament.

Eraqus was not far behind and looked concerned for Roxas as he was in Aqua's death grip again.

Xehanort was at the bottom of the steps and he looked downright terrified at what he saw.

Meanwhile in a hallway not far from the throne room a figure was laughing his ass off.

He had never seen the old goat so terrified before. He pictured that if he ever got into the bluenette's death grip, the he would snap in half.

Just the thought of seeing that happen made him laughed harder then he ever had before in his life.

Xehanort snapped out of his trance and walked up to Eraqus with a very important question in mind.

"Old friend, have you ever been in a similar situation as the boy with your apprentice?" He asked.

Eraqus snapped out of his stupor and let out a shiver before answering.

"Yes she has in fact." He said. "She nearly threw out my back the last time and had broken two ribs."

Upon hearing that Xehanort looked at him apologetically.

"You have my condolences old friend." The older Keyblade Master said honestly.

He honestly felt sorry for his old friend. If she did the same thing to him, his spine would give out no question. Still if everything went to plan, then he would not have to suffer from something like that. But the thought of it still terrified him a little.

Eraqus seeing his old friend's expression gave him a comforting nod before he began to walk forward, with the intent of getting Roxas out his current situation.

"Aqua I'm alright so can you please put me down now." Roxas ask, as he felt that his ribs were starting to crack again.

After checking to see if he was really alright, she complied with what he asked.

"Thank you." He said. He then noticed that Eraqus was not that far from him and pulled out something from his pocket.

"Roxas take this." The Keyblade Master said as he handed the young blond an Ether, which he took and started to gulp down. "You seem to be out of magic, and taking in account that the trial ran amok you used it all on that spell to get out of that horde and then to get rid of the orbs. For that I must apologize to all of you for that."

The Nobody felt that his magic was restored and after finishing the Elixir gave Eraqus a questioning look.

"What do you mean? You had nothing to do with the trial going out of control, so why are you apologizing then?" Roxas asked.

It was the truth, why should he hav to apologize for anything when Xehanort's accomplice was to blame.

"He's right Master." Terra said as he and Ven approached them, with Xehanort not that far behind him. "None of use could've predicted that the trial going was going crazy."

"Or that it would drag both me and Roxas into it." Ven added in.

Eraqus looked on at all of his pupils and Roxas before letting out a sigh.

"If that is the case then I have nothing to apologize for except for allowing the exam to continue on when things started to get out of control. I believe even then you all would say it still was not my fault." Eraqus said with a small smile.

"We would." Terra said simply and getting nods from the other apprentices.

"Very well if that is how you all feel then allow me to say that the both of you passed this trial." Eraqus said. Both Terra and Aqua gave curt nods to their master, both knowing there was still more after this. Ven was excited that both of his friends had passed the first trial while Roxas just smiled at them.

"While what happened with the trial was unexpected, but the both of you showed that you could keep a still heart even in this situation. You both had preformed commendably." The Keyblade Master said before pulling out some more Ether and some Potions and handing them to Aqua and Terra. "The both of you will need these to move restore your strength for when the final trial begins."

"Thank you Master." They both said before proceeding to drink the healing substances. Eraqus produced two more Potions and an Ether before handing them to Ven and Roxas.

"You two also preformed commendably and if the both of you were taking the Mark of Mastery, then you would have also have passed." Eraqus complimented the blond Keyblade wielders.

"Thank you Master/Eraqus." Both Ven and Roxas said respectfully before the both of them began to drink their Potions.

Eraqus just smiled at this before speaking.

"All of you have done well with what happened during the trial. But if it had not changed you all would have still passed, but the only one who truly completed it was Roxas." He said.

This caught them all, even Xehanort by surprise. Roxas just spit out some of his Potion in surprise.

"What do you mean?" The Nobody asked while everyone else wanted to know.

Eraqus let out a small chuckle at their reactions before continuing.

"In the orbs what you expierenced was the second part of the trial. It was made to disorient a Keyblade wielder's senses of sight and sound, but not to the level that you faced. To also increase the difficulty when the orbs where in that formation, they would be immune to air and fire magic causing those trapped in to find a creative solution to get out of there. You did just that with a spell that I haven't seen before and finished off the orbs with a creative use of Thundara. All I can say is your performance was spectacular and that any Keyblade Master would be proud to have you as an apprentice." Eraqus said proudly before noticing the looks on both of the blond's faces.

"I take it from the look on Ventus's and your's faces that you have accepted my offer?" He inquired and everyone's attention was focused on the young blond.

"I decided to tell you that I've accepted your offer after the exam. I only told Ventus about it when he asked." Roxas said, a little uncomfortable with all the attention on him, especially Xehanort.

The next thing he knew was that he was drawn into another hug by Aqua, only this time there was no bones being cracked this time. Before he could see her reaction, he felt his hair being ruffle by Terra.

"We were hoping that you would take Master's offer Roxas, it would be nice to have someone else then Ven to practice with." He said as he stopped ruffling the now youngest apprentice's hair. Ven tried to say something, but Terra beat him to it.

"You said the same thing yesterday Ven and the answer is still the same." The oldest apprentice finished with a smirk, causing Ven to sigh.

Roxas and Aqua could only chuckle at their antics until Xehanort cleared his throat. Everyone's attention was now focused on the elderly Keyblade Master.

"Well I must congratulate you on getting yourself such an excellent apprentice Eraqus, need I remind you the Mark of Mastery is still going on and there is still one more trial to complete. So I suggest that the time for celebration be after everything is over." He said calmly..

Eraqus could only nod as his old friend was right.

"As much as I wish to celebrate this joyous occasion, the Mark of Mastery comes first. We shall begin the final trial in a few moments, so get into your positions." He said while Xehanort began to walk back to the thrones. He then turned to both of the young blonds. "Roxas, Ventus If you have anything to say to Terra and Aqua you better make it quick." With that Eraqus began his trick to the stairs.

Ven looked at his fellow apprentices before smiling at them.

"Good luck you two, I'm rooting for the both of you." Ven said to the eldest apprentices before he went over to the viewing area.

Roxas managed to slip away from Aqua's grip before turning to face them. Before he could say anything Eraqus beat him to it.

"It is begin the final trial. Aqua, Terra, get to your positions. Roxas clear out of the way." The Keyblade Master said.

Roxas just sighed at that. Before he could head over to Ven, he felt someone put their hand on his shoulder. Turning to see who it was he saw that the hand belonged to Terra, who was smiling at him along with Aqua.

"If your worried that you did not saying anything to us, well don't be." Terra said.

"You along with Ven supporting the both of us is all we need for this." Aqua added in.

Roxas thought about it for a second, before answering back with a smile of his own.

"Aright then. If that is all then the next time I talk to you is after the exam. When you two are both Keyblade Masters." He said cause Terra to chuckle and Aqua to giggle a bit.

"Who knows, but I do know that the both of us look forward to talking to you after the exam. So just run over to Ven and go watch the exam." Terra said as he let go of Roxas. The young blond only nodded before he ran over to Ven.

"Hey Aqua, can I asked you something?" Terra asked after Roxas joined up with Ven.

"What is it?" She inquired before seeing Terra's outstretched out.

"Just incase only one of us becomes a Keyblade Master, no hard feelings incase the other doesn't make it." He said with a smile, before Aqua returned it and shook hands with him.

"Alright then. If one of us fails to become a Master, then there is always next year." Aqua said as they began to head back to the middle of the room.

"Well in that case then it is probably going to be difficult, because if I know Master then one of us will probably have to contend with either Ven or Roxas next year." Terra said getting Aqua to nod at that as they continued their walk in silence from

A few moments later. They were in their respective positions and Roxas immediately pieced together what the final trial was.

It was a trial by combat.

"When two powers of the same level clash, then the true nature of their hearts are revealed." Eraqus said before summoning his Keyblade. "Are you ready!"

"Yes Master!" Aqua and Terra responded while getting into their stances and summoning Keyblades.

"Then let the final trial commence!" Eraqus shouted before letting lose a streamer of light and the two began to clash.

It had been a few minutes since the final trial started and no one had lost any ground.

Terra and Aqua were matching each other blow for blow and spell for spell. It was truly a clash of equals.

While they kept their clash up, Roxas took sometime to ask Ven on details he didn't know of including some of the techniques and spells that he was unfamiliar with and the names of the apprentice's Keyblades.

Ven, knowing that his friend and now fellow apprentice was lacking most of the knowledge that they had learned was more then happy enough to oblige. He even asked some questions of his own, mainly like what was his friend's home world like. From the sounds of it, Twilight Town was a pretty cool place and he came up with an idea from hearing about the clock tower.

"Hey Roxas, one day do you think that all of use could go up to the clock tower and watch the sunset?" Ven inquired. It actually sounded like a pretty good idea for all of them to do. Just hanging out watching the sunset while eating sea salt ice cream. From the way Roxas had described his favorite thing to eat, it sounded delicious. Although Terra would probably suggest to put more salt then called for on his. He didn't like anything that tasted sweet.

Roxas thought about it for a moment, before shrugging in reply.

"I don't really see much of a problem with it, but you would have to ask Eraqus about your idea to see if it is okay with him." Roxas answered, getting a sigh from the other blond.

"I kind of figured you would say that, but is the most sensible option to do. I think that maybe I should ask him a few days after the exam." Ven said, getting another shrug from the Nobody.

"I'd say go for it, but I can't guarantee that Eraqus would agree with it." He said simply. Ven could only sigh as there was a good possibility that his Master would refuse.

Their conversation ended when while Terra and Aqua were dueling, she unleashed a salvo of bubbles at Terra faster then any kind of spell he had ever tried before. The eldest apprentice managed to dodge or block most of them, but he was hit quite a few times. Yet after Aqua ended her spell, Terra caught her off guard with a Strike Raid. He then caught his Keyblade and the two of them resumed their duel.

"Hey Ven, what kind of spell was Aqua using? I've never seen anything like that before." Roxas asked his fellow blond, astonished at how fast she kept launching those bubbles at Terra. He wondered if he could ask her to teach him that.

"Actually Roxas that wasn't a spell, but actually a Shotlock." Ven said, getting a confused look from Roxas.

"What's a Shotlock?" The younger blond inquired.

Remembering that his friend had probably never heard of one until now decided to explain.

"A Shotlock is a basic technique that compresses energy at the tip of your Keyblade. Then you aim it at you target so it doesn't fire randomly and let it go. It is actually a pretty strong technique and you can improve it by learning or making a strong Shotlock." Ven said, while seeing Roxas nodding at it.

'So it is like Sora's Ragnarok, except for it might be a Shotlock that Sora learned on his own.' Roxas thought. While he had knowledge on the technique, the Nobody never really had the chance to practice it as he had only learned it when he was still connected to Sora. Even then, it was one of his Somebody's most advance techniques and it had taken him to around his fight with Xaldin to actually perfect it.

So he figured it would be better to learn how preform a Shotlock before trying Ragnarok.

"So do you think you can show me how to use a Shotlock someday?" Roxas asked. Ven thought about it for a few moments before answering.

"Sure why not." He said, getting Roxas to smile.

"Thanks Ven." The Nobody said.

"No problem Roxas." Ven answered back.

Their conversation ended when Roxas felt a sudden burst of darkness in the room. At first he thought it was Xehanort's accomplice in the room again, but when he looked at the source he was surprised.

Terra had some darkness surrounding his hand. He noticed it and quickly dispelled it. Just in time to block another hit from Aqua.

Once he regained his composure, Roxas decided to get a read on the eldest apprentice's heart.

It was almost balanced with there being a bit more darkness then light, with the only oddity being the immense strength of his darkness. But it was kept in check by the light of his heart, which was almost as strong as the darkness within it.

"That is enough." Eraqus said, breaking the Nobody out of his musings.

Terra and Aqua stoped their Keyblades midswing and immediately dispelled them. They then proceeded to turn to their Keyblade Master, who was right next to Xehanort.

"We have seen the true nature of your hearts and now is the time to judge that either one of you have the Mark of Mastery. Xehanort and I will debate on the results, so until we come to a concensus you shall wait were you are." Eraqus said, before summoning up a barrier and began to converse with Xehanort.

It was completely silent for the next few minutes, with everyone wondering what the result was going to be. When it looked like they were done talking Eraqus dropped the barrier and everyone's attention was on him.

"We have deliberated and reached a decision. Terra, Aqua, you have both preformed commendably. However only Aqua has shown the Mark of Mastery." Eraqus said, surprising everyone in the room. "Terra, you have failed to keep the darkness within you sufficiently in check. But there is always next year. That is all." He said before turning his attention onto Aqua and Roxas. "Aqua as our newest Keyblade Master you are entitled to certain knowledge, so please wait here for further instruction. Roxas I wish to speak to you afterwards, so wait by the entrance until I'm done speaking with Aqua." He finished.

With that the Keyblade Masters began to exit the room, with Eraqus heading for the main entrance and Xehanort took the stairway next to the thrones.

While Ven ran up to comfort Terra, the Nobody kept his eyes trained on Xehanort.

He could tell that his is what Xehanort wanted, for Terra to fail the Mark of Mastery.

Even he, someone who was just starting to learn about being a Keyblade wielder, could tell that he deserved to be a Keyblade Master as much as Aqua. Sure he had a little problem with the darkness in his heart, but he could learn to control it easily.

'But now that I think about it, Xehanort probably only helped Eraqus solidify his decision.' Roxas thought as he began to see that Xehanort really didn't have to do much at all.

All he did was subtly manipulate Eraqus to not make Terra a Keyblade Master and that was it.

From what little he knew of Eraqus, the man was a valued the balance between the worlds and seemed to care for the apprentices as his own children. But the man held a great aversion of anything dealing with darkness.

Apparently the flicker of darkness that Terra produced seemed to prove a conflict with his views on to make him a Keyblade Master or not. He could see the brief conflict on the man's face before he made his announcement, but he had made his choice by only passing Aqua. Xehanort had only helped him make the choice.

But for what purpose, that is what had the Nobody worried.

He had already guessed that the elderly Keyblade Master used to orbs as a test for Eraqus's apprentices and later for himself. But was it for all of them or only one.

Still, Xehanort had something planned for them and it seems like he has taken an interest in the Nobody and has possibly added him into them.

That had only solidified his decision to avoid any kind of confrontation with Xehanort if he could.

But for now he would keep his guard up incase Xehanort or his accomplice tries anything soon.

Roxas then began to walk over to his now fellow apprentices and the newly appointed Keyblade Master. But by the time he was halfway across the room, Terra began to walk away dejectedly. Considering that he had failed the Mark of Mastery and that he seemed like he was distraught about the darkness in his heart, it was probably the best for him to have some time to himself for now.

Not a second later he noticed that Ven was walking past him looking a little downcast.

"Ven, were are you going?" He asked, getting the older blond's attention.

"I'm heading back to my room to give Terra a few minutes to think and to leave here before Master comes back and kicks us out of the room to talk with Aqua." Ven said before he began to leave to room.

Before Roxas could ask him anything else Ven had already left the room, leaving him and Aqua alone in the room.

Suddenly the screen pauses and you hear something cracking.

*That is where we stop for now. Next chapter will pretty much be just Roxas and Aqua talking more about Eraqus's apprentices reactions and a few other things along with an omake. Just don't expect it soon okay, I promise to realease it as soon as possible.*

*Anyway I got nothing else to say except I'll see you back here in this theater next.*

*Oh and if you have any suggestions on how the next chapter should go down, I'm to hear them.*

*So until next time. Ciao.*

The author waves as the screen fades to black.