A Good Other

XII

There was unsettling silence for a small amount of time. That is until Sora began to complain that he was starving and that when were they going to make 'dinner'. Tifa jumped to the plate and told everyone that it was time for dinner at last. Or well, at least a late one.

You smiled as everyone slowly began to unravel and head to the back of the garage. Xion stood beside you, unsure of what to make of everything that was going on. She glanced toward you with a look. "Can we trust them?"

It surprised you, that Xion wasn't very trusting of these people. Granted that you seemed to have known only half of them but.. A story like that? You doubted that there was a reason to not trust them. Then again, the story seemed a little too crazy. Sighing, you stood there with Xion for a few quiet seconds.

This group, so many of the people you knew but then there was that nagging half that was telling you that you didn't know them. There was something too strange, too far away that you couldn't grasp the understanding.

"For now." You whispered, looking through your eyelashes to Xion. Her expression matched yours completely and there was a numb nod.

The two of you began to walk down the corridor, the darkness casted without any guiding light actually made you feel a little bit nervous. After all, just a couple of hours ago you were being chased through a blackout city by creatures of darkness. There was nothing in the world that made sense. You felt as if something was going to reach out and take you into the walls.

"I saw someone," You blurted out to Xion right before a massive open living room and kitchen combo. "I saw me." You could see yourself in Xion's blue eyes. They were wide and not full of fright as you expected. Instead there was surprise, the kind that you would see on someone not expecting that one person to show up at a family event.

Finishing the walk into the open concept living room and kitchen, Xion eyed everyone until the two of you could take a seat on a couch in a nook surrounded by three windows. You were able to see outside into the night sky, with the lights on you were able to understand that the blackout was resolved. Or at least that's what you were hoping.

"What did you like.. Are you sure that you saw you?" Xion mumbled the words, side eying everyone that was surrounding the kitchen and the tables, food was already being pushed out of the kitchen.

Sinking into the couch, you had full sight of everyone. So many happy faces, mixes of familiar ones and those of strangers. You were half hoping to see your own face again, just to make sure that you weren't crazy.

"I did, but there was something different." Heaving a sigh, careful to make sure to piece together every little bit of information back into place. The one thing that you couldn't get over was that the other you, had [colour] eyes even though that night, that moment, you had amber yellow ones. "My eyes weren't mine anymore, they were.. They had this amber colour to them." You breathed out, almost breathless. "But the other me, had [colour] ones. As if everything had been switched."

"There was darkness. I could feel it, those heartless wanted to connect me to something." You whispered, as if there was a realization coming upon you.

Xion frowned, sitting there curled up slightly. "It could have been a nobody. Have you thought of that?"

You had a confused look on your face, head tilted with arms crossed along your midsection. "A nobody?"

Nodding her head Xion attempted to ignore the increase of noise. "Nobodies are remnants of a body, where the heart was stolen by a heartless. If the will is strong enough, a Nobody is born. But some nobodies don't have strong enough connections to their original selves. So if they can find someone to hook onto, they can often take that person's form. Like a family member or best friend who knew you - their nobody took your form out of memory and connection."