Hey everybody, back with a new chapter. So last time the travels of light got a good glimpse of Ozma and Salmes backstory, and now they will discover more to the story, how will they take it in? Let us find out!
THREE YEARS! I have been doing this fic for three years now! Time flies by doesnt it? Now back when I was brainstorming thai fic, I was trying to think, of a good storyline, and one of the abandoned concepts was for it to take place during the groups days at Beacon, where RWBY and NPR would be captured and Jaune would team with sora, Donald, and goofy to rescue them. However the more I thought it over, the more I thought about the recent volumes. Volumes 4-6 had Jauen's struggle with depression over Pyrrha's death, and the more I thought into it, it made more sense for him to be more like this, as Pyrrha's death and Jauens hatred for Cinder, was more easier for him to be tempted by darkness.
And that is why I changed it up. Also another fact, the reason Ruby is one of the main party members is because I didn't want to have just Jaune be the centered focus (although you could argue that in this fic he is nearly at the center of attention…so I guess you can call me a hypocrite for it.)
Also, Sun was not going to be one of the main heroes in the original version, but I decided to throw him in to give him more screen time, and he is one of my favorites. Oswald, Ortensia, Max, and Stitch were thrown in after I read J-Toms' Kingdom Heart III: Army of Light which serves as an inspiration for this fic and my upcoming Kingdom Hearts: Dark Horizon fic, and I want the party to extend a bit, making a more unique group.
I personally didn't think it was going to take three years to do this, I was hoping to get this fic done in one year..but life had other plans and lots of stuff happened to me so yea. Now I will admit some things as we go on to the finale.
The second visit will still happen (except for Disney Castle and possibly Atlantis because I can't think of a good storyline that would be good for a second visit. Unless I come up with something) And the story will get darker from here on as we see Jaune struggling to keep his darkness in check, as well as Yang trying to resist temptation to use darkness herself.
Before we get into it, I just want to thank you guys, thanks for reading and liking thai fic, and thank you for sticking with it or 2 years…it means alot coming from me ?
And again, if I update slowly I apologize, I am working on drafts for future fics I really want to do, but I want to get though thai one first before doing anything else. I am working on drafts for Kingdom Omniverse HD, Ben 10: Steven Omniverse, Kingdom Hearts Dark Horizon, and some others I haven't gotten into yet but will at one point. As well as a rewrite of my ending to Ultimate Leid.
Again thank you all for following me and liking this fic and I will see that we get to the ending
This is why I got rid of the extra worlds and anime worlds, because I didn't want this plot to drag on as long as it would. I mean for crying out loud I have been doing this for three years and we still haven't even gotten to the second visits yet ... .and I was hoping to at least get to them by last fall ...well whatevs, right?
Anyway, let us all dive into more backstory of Ozma and Salem, shall we?
Again sorry for the late updates, as I said before, I have been busy working on future stories of mine. I want to do another one but I want to get through this story first.
Also this story is recommended for a Tv Tropes page, so if you guys want to do it, then go for it, I don't know how to, so if you want to see it I might need some help in figuring out how to do such a feat.
Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Disney, and Square Enix.
RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and creator Monty Oum (R.I.P.)
White Void
The group were all silent over what they had just seen..they have seen many things in their times…but never something like this. The Remnant teens didn't even know what to say at these revelations.
"I just….I don't even know what to say." Sora said with dread.
Oswald was shaking a bit as he held onto Ortensia, who was silent crying in his shoulder. "All of humanity…wiped out in an instant!" He felt real dread about that, and it showed that the gods were no pushovers.
"I'm sorry everyone." Merlin's voice said to them overhead. "If you wish for me to stop, then I shall do so."
Sora looked up. "There's more?" He asked.
"Yes…" Merlin said.
Everyone tuned to Ruby, she was the one who wanted some answers. Ruby was still in shock over what she had just witnessed, but if there was more…then she needed more answers. "Merlin..keep playing the story." She said to him,
"Ruby, are you sure?" Mickey asked with worry, and Ruby nodded her head.
"Your Majesty," Ruby began. "I am shocked at everything so far, I will admit that ... .but I need more answers to everything…sure we learned about Ozma and Salem…but I still need to know more about them…I just need to know."
Everyone looked at her with frowns, sure she needed some answers…but they were afraid that this might affect her. They also looked at Jaune, his eyes closed and his grip on his sword becoming tight. They were also very worried as to Jaune being affected by this.
Sora sighed and looked up. "Ok Merlin, continue." He said as the scene started back up. They were still in the same area, but now they saw Ozma himself laying on the floor, all of them surrounding him. "You know, he looks pretty nice in that outfit.
"I agree," Cloud said as he imagined himself wearing that type of clothing…nah, he liked his style better. Tifa on the other hand was blushing as she thought about Cloud wearing that outfit.
Ozma then got up and looked around at his surroundings. Where was he?What was this place? All he could do was walk around and look to see exactly where he was at. As he continued shi ealok, he heard someone calling to him.
"Ozma," Everyone recognized that voice and all of them (including Ozma) turned around to see the god of Light amongst them all, at first being in his dragon form, but then reverting back to his humanoid form.
The Travelers of Light all stood at him with awe, of course they were still a bit mad at him for what he did to Salem…they could not help but stare in awe at the sight of this powerful being in front of them all. Ozma himself was in awe, but also confused.
"W-where am I?" He asked.
The God of Light sighed a bit. "We are in between realms. I am afraid that a tragedy has fallen on your home, courtesy of my brother." He said as he looked down, even though his face was hard to read, there was some regret in his voice.
The others sorta felt bad..sorta. Like did the God of Light agree with eliminating humanity? Or was that the God of Darkness choice? Could he have stopped it? So many questions that needed to be answered.
"We have chosen to depart from this world." He said to Ozma. "and in our absence…I want to offer you a chance to return to it." He said to him,
"Wait, what?" Max asked, a bit shocked. First he wanted him dead to preserve a balance and now he wants to give him a second chance? None of them even knew why. Of course it could be that the God of Light wanted humanity to be given a second chance maybe? Only he had the answers, but it was still a bit confusing for them to have the God of Light restore Ozma.
Ozma himself was confused as well. The god told him that humanity was gone but the world remained, and that in due time, humanity would return to walk the face of the planet once again. This led to the group to ponder..was the God of Light going to restore humanity? If he was then they smiled at it. Because it was not their fault that they-well..it sorta was as Salem persuaded them…but still it didn't feel right for them to be killed off like cattle.
"However," The god said to him. "Without our presence, there will be a fracture of what once was." He said as he then conjured up four objects, one looked like a lamp that ruby and jaune recognized, the second one looked like a sword, the third looked like a staff, and the final one looked like a crown. "Creation, destruction, choice, and knowledge." He said. The staff was creation, the sword was destruction, the crown was choice, and the lantern was knowledge. "These four relics are based on the ideals that humanity was made of." The group all took a glance at these objects.
"My friends and I had that lantern," Ruby said with dread. "But I think the Organization has it now." She said.
"And what about the rest?" Sora asked.
"I…don't know, but something tells me that if the lantern was at Haven, then the others might be in the other combat academy as well." She said, "But the question is which ones have what?"
"And now," the god said, interrupting Ruby's answer. "I leave them behind with the hope that you will learn to remake yourselves." He said as the four objects disappeared. "Once these four relics are brought together, my brother and I will return to your world, and mankind will be judged." This made the group nervous a bit. "And if your kind has learned to live in peace and harmony with one another, we will spare you and will once more live amongst you and humanity will be whole again."
"I don't even want to know what happens if that is to fail." Cloud said with dread, with the others nodding in agreement.
"However," The God said. "If humanity is unchanged and you demand blessings from us, then mankind will be deemed unredeemable, and your world will be wiped out of existence."
This left the entire group to drop their jaws right on the floor in shock and horror. "WHAT?!" they shouted in unison with each other. So if they are still divided..then the gods will eliminate them all? That no, it can't be…it just cant be!
Ruby was shaking a bit, with the crap going on in their world right now….it was making her scared now. Sun was not doing any better, because of what is going on with the racism between humans and faunus…if the gods were serious about destroying the whole world…he just couldn't even think of it.
Ozma was himself shocked at this. Why was he chosen? Could he be able to do it? It was a pretty big dangerous game. Was he really up to the task?
"Until the time we return, and you complete your task." the god said. "You will reincarnate…but in a manner that ensures that you will never be alone."
"So that explains it." Ruby thought with shock. That explains why Ozpin can speak through Oscar…they are sharing the same body with each other…these revelations keep getting more and more interesting and a bit dangerous as well.
Ozma's shock was goe and met with a look that spoke of sadness. "I'm sorry, but the world just isn't the same and dear to me without her." He said with a frown. "With all due respect, I would rather like to return to the afterlife to be with Salem."
The group were a bit heartbroken at hearing this, but at the same time dreading it a bit, was he not aware of what she had gone through? Did he not know about her becoming immortal?
The God of Light shook his head. "You will not find her there unfortunately." He said, making Ozma raise an eyebrow. "Salem lives, but the woman you fell in love with and held dear to you in your memories is no more." He said with dread. But before Ozma could ask more questions, the god told him something. "Let me give you this warning." He said. "Where you seek comfort, you will find only pain." He said.
But Ozma was determined, if he was to try to save the world…then he had to do it, especially if Salem really was still alive…then everything would be better again. "Alright, I'll do it." He said to the god.
The god nodded. "Our creation rests in your hands." He said as he then began to vanish, but before he did, he said one final thing to him. "May your heart be your guiding key."
Mickey and Oswlad both gasped at those words. They heard that phrase before! Mickey heard it from Ansem the Wise before…how did the god know? So many questions…needing so many answers.
As the god vanished the scene changed once again. "And so Ozma was reborn." Merlin said to them all.
"Into Ozpin…" Ruby, Jaune, and Sun thought in unison.
Forest/Village
The group were now in a forest area, with them standing with a man with the same dark skin tone as before, but now he had short platinum blond hair, a white tank top, leather gloves and boots, and brown pants with a blue sash tied around his wait as well as a green pendant with a green jewel.
Everyone looked at him and were in awe at the sight, so this is the first incarnation huh? Interesting…but this was not the time because they all heard some screaming and turned around to see a village ablaze and many villagers running past them all.
"Where am i?" He asked in shock as he then heard some growling and looked to see a Beowolf swipe at a woman, who fell to the ground and was afraid as the Grimm was going to attack.
"NOT ON MY WATCH!" Sora shouted as he summoned his keyblade and ran towards the Grimm to defend the man, sure thai was a mere memory, but his heart told him to still save her.
Ozma looked shocked and confused, but then his eyes glowed a yellow aura before his confusion turned into one of determination as he then grabbed the sword from nearby and defended the woman. Delivering two slashes across the face, the Beowolf tried to hit him but he dodged and plunged the sword right in the Grimms stomach with a mighty shove.
"Dang…" The group thought in awe at seeing him defend the woman like that, it was pretty impressive to say the least. After he defeated Grimm, Ozma looked a bit..confused and shocked.
"Thank you, sir!" The man said as he approached the warrior. "What is your name?" He asked. But all that did was make Ozma confused as he threw the so3rd and pondered.
The group saw this and looked solemn. "He didn't know…" They all thought. But it raised a question in Ruby's mind…what was Ozpin's real name then?
The scene changed to them in another part of the town after the attack, where people were going about their lives.
"Ozma had woken in a world entirely different from what he once known, creatures called Faunus bore fangs and claws and were locked in cages.'' The group noticed the Faununs described as what Merlin said, being tied and locked up, the sight made their blood boil, but no one compared to Sun.
"Even back then…Faunus were discriminated against…" He thought in fury as he clenched his fist tightly. He hated this, he hated it alot. He felt a firm hand on his shoulder and he turned to see Leon giving him a sympathetic look. Sun sighed a bit and looked down, he felt another pat and saw Ruby and Jaune patting him on the shoulders and giving him sympathetic looks.
"And because the gods were no longer in the world and without their blessings, people could no longer wield magic like they were once able to." Merlin's voice said. To give the group credit, it did make sense, since they used magic against the gods, who gave them magic in the first place, it did make sense for the new age if humans did not wield the magic…less another uprising happened.
Speaking of…what happened to Salem? She couldn't have died since she was cursed…so where was she in this new period?
"However, no one knew botu magic except for himself..and a woman known simply as the witch."
Small House
The scene changed and the group found themselves in a forest at a small house. While the house didn't seem much perfect, the group were more curious about the one named the witch. Well only a f of them were but the rest knew better, for they knew that the witch was Salem.
"During the years of his travels, Ozma had heard whispers of people about a witch who commanded the dark powers in the wild among the many beasts who inhabited the area. Ozma conveyed that this witch was none other than his lost love…Salem."
The group weren surprised. A witch who can use magic, of course it was Salem, who else could wield magic in that new world that was revived by the light god? Ozma looked at the door and had a determined look.
"And he wanted to see…sut what she had become while he was gone." Ozma then walked up close to the house, eyeing it. Did he just go up and knock on the door? Or did he just ignore it? Did he just wait for the so-called witch to open up and walk out? But then, the door opened up and a figure walked right out of the house, it was Salem! And her apprentice didn't seem to change, but her outfit was now a dark black cloak.
"Kinda hot," Sun said aloud, and that resulted in him getting slapped in the back of the head by Ruby, who gave him an annoyed look.
"Sun, not the time." She said with annoyance.
"Sorry.." Sun said sheepishly.
When Salem saw Ozma, her eyes winded and so did his. "Whether we call it magic, or something stronger…in that moment, the two knew exactly who it was standing from the other." The words were proven when Ozma and Salme both walked towards each other, their smiles plastered on their faces as they clasped hands and looked at each other lovingly.
To be honest it made the group awed a bit, with Ortensia holding onto Oswald lovingly, and Tifa to wrap her arm around Cloud. Jaune looked and imagined himself standing before Pyrrha, with their gloved hands clasping, the image made Jaune inwardly groan in sadness.
Ruby then could have sworn that rather than Ozma and Salme, it was her and Jaune standing before each other, holding hands and giving each other living looks at each other. The sight made Ruby rub her eyes to make sure they were not playing tricks on each other, and it seems to be right since the image was back to Ozma and Salem. Ruby looked at Jaune and turned away with her face blushing "What is happening to me?" She asked inwardly.
But even those two weret enough. Sora thought he saw himself and Kairi standing before each other clasping hands. This made him gulp and look around to akme sure no one was noticing the blush forming on his face.
"So," Ozma said, getting their attention. "What do we do now?" He asked.
Salme smirked. "Whatever we like." She said, But this made the group tense up a bit. But there was another question going on in their heads. If there is a secret war going on between them…what happened to have caused it?
The scene changed to sometime later, where it showed the two of them sitting on the deck of their home conversing with each other. "As the two began to recount the events of their return, they kept their parts of the story to themselves. Salem, out of fear for Ozma rejecting him, blamed the gods for the end of the world. And Ozma, who was still unsure of where the truth lay, kept both his tasks and the relics a secret."
The group frowned a bit at this, of course they were still mad at Salem because she was the one who caused the end of humanity. Of course the gods should not have ended it…but Salem pretty much had an important role in it. For Ozma…it was a bit difficult, for how was he supposed to stop her…when he was still in love with her? Even if she had changed physically.
Then the two lovers went inside and the scene changed to them both drinking some tea. "Time had passed between the two and all seemed rather well for them, but Ozma's talk with the god of Light still lingered a bit in his mind. But he was able to find happiness, even if humanity was as divided, way more than it was before."
Salem looked into her cup and Ozma noticed and got worried. "Are you ok?" He asked.
Salem didn't look at him but nodded. "I was just thinking…" She said, "This world is godless, right?" Ozma raised an eyebrow, not really knowing where she was going with this, but a part of him suspected it though. "The humans have nobody to guide them." She said. "But maybe..that's all they need." She said to him,
Ozma raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" He asked her.
Salem looked into her cup and smirked a bit. "Well…maybe we could become the gods of the world." She said to him, "Our powers surpass many others here."
"Oh no, no, no, no!" Mickey said, shaking his head, if she was serious about him and her playing god then this was not going to end well for either of them. The others thought the same thing, it was bad enough for Salme to lead a rebellion against two powerful entities, but now she is suggesting that she and Ozma replace them? This is not the way!
"And our souls can transcend death." Salem said as she put her cup down and looked at Ozma. "We can remold the lands into whatever we wish to. We can create the paradise that the old gods failed to do." She said. Ozma looked away, not so sure about this plan, but then he felt a hand on his and turned to Salem smiling at him…and he smiled at her.
"The hearts of men-" Merlin's voice said.
"Are easily swayed." The rest of the group said in unison. They all shook their heads in disappointment at this.
"This is going to come back and bite them both in the ass…" Jaune said with dread, and the others agreed with him..this was not going to end well at all.
Village
The scene changed again and the group found themselves in the village once again, this time all of them being chased by a winged Grimm that resembled a large bird terrorizing them all.
"A Nevermore…" the Remnant teens said in dread. The others saw this creature and gulped nervously a bit. "Just how many types of Grimm were there? Besides the Thai bird and those wolves they saw a while ago.
Thyen the Nevermore screeched and flew down to attack some of the citizens, and as it did, it then began to twitch a bit as it suddenly found itself being contorted, and after a few seconds, it then contorted itself until it turned into dust. Who were the ones doing it? Well, the folk turned to see two figures in the sky looking down at them all, Salem and Ozma.
Ozma was now wearing a different outfit, one that consisted of a dark gray coat with black shoulder pads along with details in light blue and dark blue cuffs. Under the coat, he wore a dark blue dress shirt with light blue linings and details and donned white gloves on his hands, and he donned gray pants and black shoes.
The two figures flew together, hand in hand and looked down at the people, who were looking up with awe, and then bowed with respect to their saviors.
"They aren't gods…" Tifa muttered, her fists clenching. "They are frauds." Then the scene changes to another void, where they see that the status of Salem and Ozma were created, most definitely by the people who had begun to worship them.
"The two had gained a following of sorts." Merlin's voice said as the scene changed to a large castle. "And that following grew into a kingdom." The group were now inside the castle and saw a picture of Ozma and Salem together "And that blossomed into a family." Then the group saw Ozma and Salem together with four little girls, their daughters.
Ruby, Ortenisa, and Tifa cooed at the little ones, finding them adorable. The males smiled at the young scene. "So cute!" The three girls said in unison with smiles on their faces, but some of them frowned at the scene. For thai is such a happy thing to witness…how could it go crumbling?
The scene changed once again, this time they were in some sort of observation room, with Salem looking into an orb where it showed many people fighting and killing each other. The group were shocked, but even more shocked at Salem's face. She didn't seem to be bothered by the carnage, in fact…she looked a bit amused.
"Salem," Ozma spoke. "Are you sure we're doing the right thing?" He asked her.
The woman sighed a bit. "Darling, you said that we needed to bring humanity together, right? So in order to do that, we need to spread our word." Her fist then clenched a bit. "And destroy those who deny it."
The group immediately shook their heads at that. "That is not going to work!" Sora exclaimed with shock. "You're always going to have someone who will deny things, you can't force people into worshiping you!"
"Darkness.." Mickey said grimly. "Whatever that liquid did to her, it's amplifying the darkness in her heart." He was shaking…this was not going to go well at all.
Ozma weighed and then looked out the window. "What are we doing?" He asked-wait, was that his reflection speaking to him? It was! Ozma jumped back in shock for a moment, but the shock got him to realize..what was he doing? He was ordered by the god of Light to unite humanity, but acting like a god? Humans fighting and killing each other? This was not the way! Ozma looked at Salem, who was still looking into the crystal ball with a smile. "This is not what he asked of me." He said.
Salem then looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "What did you say?" She asked with curiosity, but before Ozma could answer, someone came in.
"Mother, father, look!" They all turned to see one of the daughters run into the room with a big smile on her face. She then opened her hands to reveal different colored specks of light circling around her.
"Magic!" The group said in unison and surprise, this young girl…she did magic! How did she do it? And how did she unlock it? Salem smiled and had her hands to her heart, happy that one of her daughters was able to pull off such a feat. But Ozma looked away, in deep thought and dread.
"It was a miracle," Merlin's voice said. "Their children can perform magic, unfortunately what should have been a joyous occasion was short lived." He said, and this made the group tense a bit…this was it, the part where Saem knows the truth.
The scene then changed to see the group now in the same room, with Ozma and Salem talking. "Ozma then told Saelm everything, about the real reason why he was brought back by the god of Light, the relics that lay scattered across the world, and the day of the final judgment he was told of."
During Ozma's talk, Salem was listening. But if one could look, she didn't seem worried at all, in fact…she didn't seem to care in the slightest. Same then chuckled a bit. "Don't you see?" she asked. "None of that matters anymore." Her smile then turned into a scowl. "Why should we waste time trying to redeem these humans, when we can replace them with what they could never be?" She asked him. "You and I are the only ones capable of using magic, as well as our daughters…we are the most powerful figures in the world, we are superior." She said as she extended a hand towards him.
The group were feeling tense at what she said, and also a bit shocked. Did she not hear him about the day of the gods destroying the world? Even if she and Ozma can't die due to their curses, their daughters would suffer as well. Does she not care at all? All they saw next ws Ozma giving her a short glare as he backed away slightly, making her look surprised.
The scene changed once again, but this time it was night time and the group saw Ozma leading the four daughters out of a room, where were they going?
"I guess he finally understands the situation…" Sora said. "But what about Salem?" He asked.
"Mommy?" they all looked to see Salem, standing far from them, her face looked at them all in shock. Ozma looked at her and gave a solemn frown as he shook his head. This has gone on far enough, and he could not do this anymore.
Salem looked at him with a face of shock and hurt. Why was he doing this? Why was he taking their daughters? Why was…he leaving her? The man who rescued her from her tower, the one she wanted to be with and was reunited with many years later, the one who bore her children and ruled with her. Salem's body shook with rage as a magic orb appeared in her hands and fired a red beam of magic at him, and Ozma, knowing the assault fired a beam of his own at her from his staff and it created a magic crossbeam.
The fight as shown by the others and they all had looks of shock on their faces. These two people, the people who fell in love, the people who got screwed over by gods…we're now fighting each other, and it was a pretty sad sight to see. It became more dangerous when their fight got more and more destructive, and they turned to see the daughters huddling together in fright.
"The kids!" Sora exclaimed as he ran over to get in front of them to shield them, and so did Donald, Goofy, Mickey, and Ruby. they knew thai was just a memory, but in their hearts they didn't want the kids to get hurt. As the fight gform more and more interesting, part of Mac got on the wall and it caused a fire, but Ozma and Salem were too deep in their fight to notice, but it got bigger and bigger, until…
BOOM
A big explosion had erupted, destroying the entire castle in pieces. The travelers were not hurt since thai was a memory, but they were very shocked by the display of this power.
"Such powerful magic…" Mickey said wi9th shock. But his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Ortensia screaming, they turned to see her covering her mouth and tears went down her face, and when they saw what she was looking at…their eyes indeed. The object they were looking at was a stuffed toy that belonged to one of the daughters, which was now crisp and burnt…the daughters did not survive the attack!
"GOD DAMMIT!" Cloud shouted in fury as he breathed too deep breathes, not even Tifa could calm him down. Young innocent kids, caught in the crossfire….this was not fair! Not fair at all!
They heard groaning and turned to see Ozma, on the ground and blood coming out of him, he was in pain…and it looked as if he was about ready to die. Salem on the other hand had instantly reformed and walked over to him, rage plastered on her face. She then stopped to see the burnt toy that belonged to her daughter, and her rage was lost for a moment to notice the toy. Her daughters, her beloved children were gone.
Salem then turned to Ozma, her rage intensifying. "You!" She exclaimed with rage. "YOU!" She yelled as she went over and angrily placed her foot on his chest, causing him more pain. "We finally had freedom!" she exclaimed. Mickey noticed dark mist radiating off of her and his fears were realized, darkness had consumed her.
Ozma, goring in pain. "This *cough* was not-"
Salem, angry at his deception, angry at her attempts to leave, angry at him for killing their children. Launched a fireball at him, killing him in an instant.
Dark Void
The group were now in a dark void, and they were not…well…happy to say the least.
"So this is how it happened…" Ruby muttered, not liking Thai anymore. "I just…I don't even know what to say." She said she then looked at Jaune, who was silent the whole time. Something in her was worried for him, what was he thinking? What did he feel about all of this? The endless possibilities were making her worried for the knight
"And thus began a lifelong, suffering cycle of death and rebirth for Ozma." The scene then showed many of Ozmas reincarnations, one was an old man limping, using the staff as a cane, then he turned into another man who was drunkenly walking. "Some of them were spent in mourning. And many others had attempted to forget the whole thing."
As they saw these many men who were reincarnated, the group felt some pity for him, to be stuck in an endless war for what seemed to last for centuries against his former love…it seems almost a fate worse than death itself.
But then they saw another reincarnation, a man with a dark skin tone, short dark hair, glasses, and wore a blue shirt, white pants,and black boots walking, unlike the drunkard, this one seemed confident. But the most shocking thing to Ruby was that he was carrying the familiar cane that Professor Ozpin carried around as well.
"Ozpin's cane!" Ruby and Jauen said in shock. This was it! This was Ozpin! Ozpin was Ozma all along! They saw Ozma with a new family, getting ready to eat, but was soon interrupted by an attack from a group of Beowolfs. Ozma looked at his wife and he knew what to do as he got he came and ran after the Grimm, the group looking onwards.
"As centuries went on," Merlin said. "Ozma learned the importance of living with the souls he was paired with, but Salem's presence lived on. If humanity were to stand a chance at being united, he had to destroy Salem." He said. Then the scene changed to see Ozmas new body, now a bit older with wrinkles and white hair working on the cane with a smile, with everyone watching him.
"What is he doing?" Ortensia asked.
Leon looked at the man and thought it over. "If I am correct, he is working on his weapon, and since he can reincarnate, he might be holding it for the next vessel to find." He said, and shi theory was proven true when Ozma put the cane in a cabinet, and then after a few moments, the group saw another man walk and take the cane, the man was much younger, had a lighter skin tone, and was wearing a nice purple suit.
White Void
The group were now in the white void with Ozma holding the lamp and staring at a massive blue woman. Her skin was light blue that was glowing, and giving off smoke. She lacked any human anatomy but had long pointy ears and long, flowing dark blue hair. She is shown to have dark blue in her sclerae and pupils, and a laughter shade of blue in her irises, her fingernails and toenails were afk blue and flowing down to her waist was a trail of smoke, similar to Hades
She didn't appear to b e wearing anything expect for a chaiend headdress, big hooped earrings, an extra earring in her right ear, a choker, cuffs on her wrists with chains dangling from them, a single bracelet on her forearm, anklets, and a bell of chains around her waist that ended in a large ring with three prongs. This figure? Jinn, the spirit within the Relic of Knowledge.
"Ok! No clothes!" Cloud said as he, Jaune, Sun, and even Leon were blushing slightly to the appraise of the spirit, Ruby saw Jaunes blush and she couldn't help but pout in jealousy, but at the same time, she looked at thai massive woman and wondered who she was? Tifa did the same with Cloud as she puffed a bit.
"My chest is bigger…" she muttered.
The woman you see is named Jinn, the spirit within the Relic of Knowledge." Merlin said. "She will appear if you simply call her name, and you may ask her a limit of three questions, but once they are asked, she will not be able to be used again for 100 years."
This made everyone look shocked. Three questions? And can only be used every 100 years? That was crazy! Ruby and Jaune made a quick mental note that if they got the relic back from the Organization, they had to be mindful of it and ask only important questions.
Ozma then looked up at Jinn. "Armed with Jinns knowledge, Ozma had thought he would be able to fulfill his promise to the god of Light. Ozma then began to approach her, with the others following suit.
"Where are the other relics?" Ozma asked.
"He asked her his question." Merlin said.
"What powers do they possess?"
"And even though she gave him the answers he needed."
Ozma then gave one final question to the spirit. "How do I destroy Salem?" He asked with determination.
"Unfortunately…not all of them were to his liking." Merlin said as Jinn loomed over him, and with a sympathetic tone she said two words.
"You can't." She said.
This made Ozma look shocked as he dropped the lamp and sank to his knees, with the others looking shocked as well. Finally the room changed once again
Ansem's Study
The group were finally back in the study, with Merlin appearing before them all, a sad, remorseful look on his face as he looked at them.
"I'm sorry." He said to them,
And we are done everyone
Sorry if it took longer than usual, dealing with lots of other crap, as well as trying to balance my writing with my work…it gets difficult after a while you know?
So yea…the heroes finally learned about the truth, Ozma and Salem…heavy stuff man, really heavy stuff.
Next chapter will be the Battle of 1,000 Heartless. Expect lots of emotion and drama and all that stuff, something I wanted to focus on since I brainstormed thai fic years ago.
Anyways, please don't forget to read and review. I am always happy to hear from you and happy to answer any questions you might have for me.
And once again happy two year anniversary! I know it's a few days late, but still!
See you all next time as we head into the Battle of 1000 Heartless.