Oh look, part 2 to that old fanfic I uploaded. This I hold higher in my standards but... It's not as good as I tend to write now, even though this was only written at the start of this year.
Chapter 1
The girl wondered across the plains with her green doll… searching endlessly for whatever she could find. The sky was turning grey and it looked like snow would begin to fall.
In this world where life can not be born, or destroyed, nor time flows. Why is it that she and I are here? What purpose do we serve here, if any? I’ve asked myself these questions many times over how long it’s been since I arrived here, but I have not found an answer.
“Those lights. The ones rising into the sky. Those are people happiness I think. People’s happiness from another world, similar to this one… Only, time flows and life can begin and end. I do not know why we are here, or how. But I’m glad I’m here with you, away from all of the darkness that other world has.”
It had been four months since the pizzeria incident at Freddy Fazbear’s pizza and since Roxas, Sora, and Axel burned it down to the ground. But even after those four months, no answers had been given onto what those creatures were. It seemed obvious that they were made out of the shadows, darkness perhaps, but how they got form is another question. Sora was still asleep in the hospital bed, not having woken up even after the time passed. The girl also came to visit him here often, never saying anything that could release information, she was hiding something for sure. He thought back to the day he met her, she came into the room looking for him.
“I’m looking for a… Roxas?”
It had surprised him, he felt like he had met her before, but couldn’t place where.
“Uh, yeah, I’m Roxas.”
He stood up from the bedside and walked over to her.
“What did you need?”
She shook her head and grabbed his hand, pulling him out of the room. They continued like this down the hall and out into the back of the hospital.
“You were one of the brothers to work at the restaurant, right?”
“Yeah, I am.”
She sighed in relief.
“Do you remember me?”
He tried to think, but her face didn’t bring any memories to mind. He shook his head.
“That’s fine, just know that I will continue to come and I’ll tell you when the time is ready.”
The girl pulled a small key necklace out of her pocket and placed it in his hand. She looked up at him and let go of his hand, walking off into the forest behind him.
A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.
A few hours had passed since he had arrived at the hospital, nobody else had come in to the room except the doctors to check on Sora’s condition. It was 5:03pm and he was already feeling tired. He was tempted to get up and leave, it’s not like he couldn’t stay here though, he just… didn’t want to. The sound of the door sliding open was heard, and he looked up to it, he saw the girl who had kept visiting day by day come in once again.
“Hello Roxas.”
She slid the door shut behind her.
“Hi. This is really getting old, not knowing your name.”
“Your necklace.”
“The one you gave me?”
“Yes, that one. Do you remember what it looks like?”
“You would probably think that you are now dead. You are not. But instead you have currently temporary been linked to a world where time does not flow, and life cannot be born or ended. An illusionary world you might say.”
He tilted his head.
“You are the first person to enter this world in a very long time, but only because I happened to summon you for a task. There are beings near you that hold great power in the darkness. Take this and destroy them.”
The girl handed him a key shaped object.
“Go…”
“It’s obvious it’s a key of some sort.”
“Go on…”
Images of him slashing dark creatures came to mind. Roxas was confused, he remembered them and running away, but not this blade he held.
Heartless… their bodies shall soon gain life of their own and act on their own course. Bodies with no hearts… Nobodies.
He finally got somewhere close to an answer. These creatures, were heartless and nobodies.
“The creatures, I remember you told me once, they were heartless and nobodies.”
She smiled.
“And the blade?”
Usually this blade would destroy their bodies and release the captured hearts within them… but right now, as you have noticed, they are only multiplying. Exponentially I might add.
But… this darkness lurking in the restaurant. This is the truth behind it, The Heartless.
“The restaurant was infested with the creatures. The dark nature I felt in it radiated from them. I’m trying to think, but the blade never had a name. You never told me it.”
“I shouldn’t have to ever tell you, once you realize the name, you should know the answer you seek.”
He felt angry with her, she hadn’t been cryptic at all before this, during that night she gave him everything he needed to know.
“You didn’t need to know the name then, it would’ve been dangerous.’
“Huh?”
“Just think back, and you’ll find it.”
“Why are you smiling? You’re about to die.”
“So are you…”
“No… I’m not. Heartless!”
He raised his blade above his head and the darkness from it swirled around him, surrounding him in a full dark shell. It was exactly him with all the features… but bigger and gave off an extremely dark aura.
“This. This is the darkness true form!”
‘Roxas… if you wish to survive, release the light within your blade just before his attack reaches you.’
‘Got it.’
The man attacked at him with the now completely black blade, Roxas raised his blade and shouted.
“Light! Lend me your power!”
Roxas felt like he was back in this moment. He could see the man in purple swinging his blade towards him, and in his own hand he saw the blade he held during that night. Nothing was moving around him, but he felt like he could hear a whisper.
Key…
Key……
Key………
Keyblade…
“Keyblade!”
Roxas shouted the name suddenly, balls of light from the floor swirled around him until they reached his hands and moving off of them into the air, creating an object as they did. The lights died out, and in Roxas’ hand was his keyblade.