Souls Of Time : A Kingdom Hearts Story

Chapter 39: Hearts End

Everyone walked through the portal into the new world. We appeared in the center. Once we were through the portal vanished behind us. We stood there and looked around at our surroundings. The sky was a golden yellow from the setting sun. Clouds hung closely together in the air. Massive rocks could be seen in the distance, surrounding us. There were Keyblades, stuck in the ground as far as I could see. The only thing left here was the sound of the wind, blowing the dust through the vacant desert. This is all that was left of Daybreak Town, a once proud and beautiful town, now just a solemn reminder of the war that ravaged here.

The only thing that was left behind is their blades, through time, becoming rusted and chipping away. The war had ripped apart the lands, and once that happened, all of the light left this world, leaving nothing left to grow. We all stared in silence. Hikari looked over to the others. I could tell we were all sharing the same pain we felt here.

"Nothing has changed since we were last here." Aqua looked up into the sky.

"It's so similar, back to that day we first faced Xehanort. But now things are different... I wish it didn't have to be like this." Ven lowered his head.

"There's all of us now, it's not just the three of you going against him." Kairi encouraged.

"Yeah, but still, there's thirteen of them, and only eleven of us. It's never going to be even, things will always be unbalanced." Riku mentioned.

"To think that everything began because I let Xehanort lie to me. He turned us against eachother... It's strange how he used to be our master, along with Eraqus. He made me kill him. He corrupted my mind, made me believe in the wrong thing... We trained under him for so long, how could we not have known his true plan all along?" Terra responded.

Aqua placed her hand on Terra's shoulder.

"That's twisted." Axel agreed.

"Master Eraqus..." Ven said to himself.

"No need to worry about the past, that's behind us now. We will make it this time, we are so much stronger together." Sora replied.

"It's almost unbelievable, to think that this is what Xehanort would do to every world... Yet, I don't understand, why does he choose this? What would he do once everything is over? This is not the way to keep the balance. This is not the way to use darkness." I spoke.

Then I heard a noise and a dark portal opened in front of us. The seekers of darkness were there. They all continued to keep their hoods up, hiding their appearance. Except, the big three were no where to be seen. Ansem, Xemnas, and of course Master Xehanort. They still have Vanitas. Young Xehanort stepped up, his hood was down. He was the one in charge of this party.

"You know nothing of the true power of darkness." He said, narrowing his eyes.

"Oh no, where's Xehanort." Axel mocked, putting his hands up to his face.

"Is he watching his own battle play out?" Hato questioned.

"He's a coward, afraid to face us because he might die." Hoshi spoke up.

"No, he's dealing with your, hmm, 'friend' right now. Won't be long now till he's done with him." A member said.

"Don't you know, we've been stringing you along the way, we've been leading you on the whole time." Another spoke.

"Each and every one of you fall to our lies of darkness so easily, every single time... Don't you see by now, there will never be peace. Yes, maybe just for a short fleeting moment, but in the end, everything will circle back again." One of them said.

"You can never completely stop us. We are a force to be reckoned with... We are a lingering darkness. It will never end, it will just rise up once again, when it is time." Another said.