Prologue

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His mind was filled with flashes offaded images that filled his body with pain and coldness, he couldsee a few other people within the images but he couldn't seem tofocus on how they looked before his mind recoiled at the pain settledaround his chest and he took a sharp breath. His whole body seemed topulse as he flung his eye open as if he had a nightmare. His bodyshook violently as he took a deep breath in and felt a wound pulsingas he closed his eye, as feeling slowly came back to his limbs.
'OhYeah, Roxas.... no... Sora got me with my own bolt.... damn...' Hethought as he felt his lips twitched a little as he found his wordswould not form on his lips. 'I wonder how long I've been here?' Hethought again as he stressed his wound when he sat up, the dust fromthe flooring clinging to the strange material of his coat. As heleaned over a little he opened his eye he found himself in apitch-black room only for the area to flash as his powers awoke, hecould mentally see the whole room though he was unsure what was pastthe windows. His whole body ached as he felt around in his pockets tofind anything to help him stop the blood oozing out of him, he sighedas he could only find a few bandages and slowly undid his coat,feeling around at the fairly small hole his bolt put in it and thetank-top under it, he let out a heavy exhale he had torn the fabricof his undershirt as it would have hurt more to try and take it off.He slowly fumbled with the gauze before hissing as he pushed thewhite material into himself, it took much longer than he liked to getthe wound in a condition for him to move around, add the carefulstitch work he had to do on the coat, and he unsure how long he hadbeen sitting on the smooth glossy floor.
Once he was all done, heslowly pushed himself up off the floor making the room echo with theclack of his boots. He eyed the room as he moved his way over towhere the door should be only to see it was a solid piece of wall."Hm... I guess I'm not in the castle..." He muttered beforesmirking at the fact he got his voice much fast the last time he'died'. He then started thinking as he checking a few of his powers,seeing he could stagger his steps to get across the room fasterbefore he got an idea. "I wonder..." He muttered before closinghis eye and thought on a few places that were in the real Castle ThatNever Was, it seemed this place was a mirror of it. "I wondering ifanyone..." He paused as his thoughts focused on someone that wouldbe able to help him with a few questions.
Xigbar's mind lockedonto one of the higher balconies on the castle, it was bathed indarkness but he could 'see' someone leaning over the railing as ifthey were trying to see something below them. The platinumblonde-haired man then looked back as he picked up the clacking ofthe sniper's boots thought he was unsure just who was behind him.Crystal blue eyes locked onto Xigbar's face as the sniper smirked athis friend. "Xigbar?"


Arthur's Notes: I have tired to write this story a few times but it took completing the third game to make things work for it. Let me know what you think of this.

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