Fractured Twilight {KH Fanfic/Boy Of Choice}

Chapter IV

Ember and Riku had burst into their guest home, immediately noticing Sora lazily resting on the couch all sprawled out. He was clearly relaxed until the duo came barging in. With the sudden noise Sora was startled and rolled off the couch, groaning quietly. He lifted his head up to see his friends towering above him.

"What's up?" Sora urgently asked as he scrambled to his feet.

Riku quickly explained the new information he received from Ember, causing Sora to blink his eyes rapidly in surprise as he soaked in everything. Sora crossed his arms and waddled in place as he was thinking about everything.

Riku stepped forward. "Do you know what this could mean? The Organization and Xehanort are not working together for some reason. Whoever has both Vanitas and Ventus could get their hands on that x-blade."

Sora slipped his fingers in his hair and tugged from stress. "Does that mean Vanitas is a victim now? Should we be saving him too?!"

Riku opened his mouth to speak but quickly closed it and withdrew his eager body. He crossed his arms along with Sora and both boys frowned, pausing as they thought about what to do next. Ember's eyes darted from Riku to Sora as the awkward silence occurred and grew more and more evident. Eventually Ember couldn't prevent herself from speaking;

"Maybe I'm not the best one to be giving advice right now but despite Vanitas being "King of Darkness" he did help me, and he was also locked up. Maybe your assumptions of him are wrong."

The boys both turned to look at her. "And what about the Organization traitors?" Sora asked. "Did you get their names by any chance...?"

"They introduced themselves as Axel and Roxas."

Sora almost jumped out of his shoes. With a loud gasp he darted to Ember and grabbed her shoulders, squeezing them tightly. "Seriously?!"

Ember lifted a confused eyebrow. "Um yeah. Axel is a tall red spikey haired dude and Roxas is like half his size. I can only assume you know them."

Sora didn't release his grip. "Uhh.. Roxas is my nobody."

It was Ember's turn to jump in surprise. "What?! How does that work?"

"Long story. Anyway, so Roxas is still alive huh? And Axel is helping..." Riku rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Sora finally released his grip on Ember, using his finger to rub his temples as he thought about the news. "I'm stressed. Ya think we can worry about this tomorrow?"

"Lots of serious news and you wanna go to bed." Riku scoffed.

"Absolutely!"

Collectively the three decided to retire for the night and discuss everything the next day. Ember couldn't prevent herself from collapsing onto the bed, her arms straight out beside her as she stared at the ceiling. So much happened in only 24 hours to the point Ember's head was splitting opened. Xemnas kidnapped her, Elrena willingly went with him, Ember was thrown into a cage, "The King of Darkness" helped her escape, two traitors from The Organization teleported her away, there are different worlds, Ember got to see space, and now she's learning that somehow all these people she's meeting and learning about are connected.

With a frustrated moan Ember grabbed fistfuls of hair and tugged harshly. Only for a moment did she think about home. When the flashbacks from the horror that was her life haunted her mind she was quick to dismiss the thoughts and forcefully shake her head.

"Whatever is going on here is stressful but home..." Ember whispered to herself. "Home wasn't better."

With a huff she took down her hair and settled into bed, pulling the covers up to her chin. She clenched the edge of the blankets harshly as the silence in the room was so loud her ears rang. With the unwanted flashbacks constantly playing over and over again in her head, she flipped over to her side and slammed the pillow over her head.