My Kingdom Hearts Story: Apocalyptic War

Sarrin · February 10, 2017

Holy crap the tension

The Transcendent Key · February 10, 2017

Oh ho, so the Dark Elite were formed from the Supreme Elite using their bangles to guilt their powers, absorbing the darkness to use the light! What a clever thing you did here, my friend! This is definitely intriguing, and I love that the Supreme Elite met Terra, Aqua and Ventus's predecessors! Overall, great chapter! This is definitely a really good story, as to be expected by a good writer such as yourself!

KingdomHearts3 · February 11, 2017

Chapter 10: Nikitis

The Supreme Elite returned to Daybreak Town and discussed how things should change ever since they came across the Dark Elite. If they told the Foretellers, chaos would ensue and it would be a witch hunt and anyone who is suspected of being on the Dark Elite's side would be subject to "enhanced" interrogation or worse. So they kept it quiet and they decided to look for dark Keyblade warriors while also collecting lux. As these months passed, all that would be recorded in a sanctuary to their honor happened. They would also go to distant worlds that few had been able to go to. Since all worlds were one, these other places were so far away. Yet, the Supreme Elite were able to go to them. Few other Keyblade wielders of light were able to as well so rest assured, the Supreme Elite did not go alone. They actually decided to split up and head to these new lands. It was interesting as not many managed to reach these places and their time there was not long as it will be hard getting back.

Polemistis went to a land called Radiant Garden. He was standing outside what appears to be the Castle Gates. He had in mind these simple things: collect lux, kill any dark warriors, and get back to Daybreak Town meeting up with the rest of the Elite. He walked on and in the meanwhile took in the sights. While he was taking in the sights, he sees someone standing off to the side of the gates. They were leaning against the left side of the gateway. Polemistis felt uncomfortable because he sensed something ominous about this person so he just kept looking forward and kept walking. Just as he was about to cross through the gates, the figure spoke up.

"I see that you have come from Daybreak Town," they said. It was a male. Polemistis looked at him and all he saw was black clothing. The guy had his head down and arms cross. His hair was spiked up on top of his head. He looked up and Polemistis sees gold eyes on him. He looked like he was about in his mid teens. He had a smirk on his face as he looked at Polemistis.

"Yeah. What's it to you?" Polemistis responded sharply. The boy now stood up completely.

"Well, you are Polemistis, one of the Supreme Elite," he said. "You're trying to get in the Dark Elite's way even though they are making sure what happens in the Book comes to fruition. I can't let you stop them." He then raised his hand, summoned his Keyblade, and took a fighting stance. Polemistis did the same and the kid charged and they clashed. He was tough and he had meaning behind every strike. It was hand on hand for a while before they ended up in a stalemate. The boy was pushing hard against Polemistis.

"I've gotten to know the Dark Elite well," the kid said. "They've become good friends of mine and friends will always defend friends. After the war, once everything settles, it will just be us: the Dark Elite and those that serve them. We will have destiny take its course and then WE will come out on top! The light along with you will die!" He then swung at Polemistis's head and he ducked, but then he swung overhead down onto the kid and forced him to high block. That opened up his chest and so Polemistis kicked him in the stomach forcing the enemy back off and bent over catching his breath.

"So everyone should die for your benefit, is that right?" Polemistis asked. Then he lost it. "NO! WRONG ANSWER! No one will die because of your own dark intentions! I don't give two Keyblades who your friends with! Especially with MY COUNTERPART! I won't let any of you destroy the World!" The kid got up and immediately started attacking, but Polemistis was ready and they fought hand on hand once again. No magic used whatsoever for that would lessen the emotion and importance of this fight. They end up in a lock with blades pointing to the sky and pushing against each other. Polemistis parried his Keyblade forcing the boy to point his to the ground and then Polemistis slashed the kid across his abdomen opening a huge gash. The kid gasped and then fell onto his knees and then face down and died. His body dissipated into particles and his heart floated to the sky. His Keyblade disappeared in a dark cloud. Polemistis unsummoned his Keyblade and went into the Entry Way toward the town. There in the Central Square, he sees one Keyblade wielder battle a bunch of Darkballs and Possessors. He looked talented and showed off some skill. It was strange for Polemistis because as far away as this world is from Daybreak Town, Keyblade wielders would 99.9% of the time would not find and make it to such a place, but this one apparently did. He uses some impressive spells and attacks and clearly looks strong. Once all of the heartless were gone, Polemistis started walking towards the kid.

"Hey!" he called out. The kid turned around to face him. "I saw you fight all those heartless. That was awesome."

"Heh heh, thanks," the boy replied. "Just doing my duty. I'm Nikitis of Ursus by the way. What's your name?"

"I'm Polemistis of Leopardos," Polemistis answered. Nikitis gasped a little.

"You mean... THE Polemistis?" he asked. "Like the Supreme Elite Polemistis?"

"Yeah, that's me."

"Oh man." Nikitis went on one knee. "I couldn't be more honored to meet you."

"Hey, stand up," Polemistis said. "I'm just like anyone else: a Keyblade wielder and union member."

"No you aren't like everyone else," Nikitis responded standing up. "You four are the strongest Keyblade wielders that have ever lived. I bet you four can save the world." Polemistis had to swallow hard. His fate along with his friends came into mind. He couldn't tell Nikitis here or word would spread.

"We're trying," Polemistis said. "So how about we finish here quickly and then get back to Daybreak Town?" Nikitis nodded and they walked deeper into the town. They defeated any heartless that pop out quickly. Polemistis however has his eyes also looking for any dark warriors. When they get to the Castle Town, they find themselves surrounded by four dark warriors. Polemistis is ready while Nikitis is confused wondering who these people are.

"Gotcha!" one foe said. "Now we have to kill the rodents that walked into the trap."

"Who are these guys?!" Nikitis asked.

"These are dark Keyblade wielders," Polemistis replied. "They are trying to make what will happen in the Book come sooner." Nikitis summoned his Keyblade and took stance. The group attacked and Nikitis and Polemistis were forced to fight two on one. They held their own, but spells had to be used. They even used each other and attacked by flipping over each other and throwing the other toward enemies. It was like they knew what the other would do and it all flowed together. They then used a Faith attack and hit all of their enemies and then used Zantetsuken on all of them killing them without drawing blood. Their bodies disappeared as did their Keyblades. Nikitis then turned to Polemistis and unsummoned his Keyblade.

"Man, that was awesome," he said. "It felt like we flowed together, like we had something special."

"Yeah, me too," Polemistis said. They then opened a corridor and left for Daybreak Town and arrived in the Fountain Square. Fortunately, the rest of the Supreme Elite arrived only a moment after. They all gathered and Nikitis introduced himself and they got to know him well. Their time at the fountain was great and they had a good laugh too. Then, Nikitis got up from the fountain.

"Well, I should be heading out now," he said. "It was great meeting you all and getting to know you." The Supreme Elite nodded in reply.

"Hey, I was just thinking this," Nikitis said. "I was wondering if I could possibly become one of you. Yeah, I want to join the Supreme Elite." All of the Supreme Elite had their jaws drop at the request. They couldn't say anything nor know what to think. They didn't know what to feel.

"Uuummm..." Kyrios said. He then looked at his friends and they looked at each other.

"I think... we will think about it," Polemistis said.

"Of course. I mean you guys get the final say," Nikitis said. "I completely understand if you need time. I will head out and let you guys think. I had a great time with you guys." The Elites returned the favor and Nikitis walked off. The Elite waited until a bit for him to be out of range where he could hear them talk.

"Are you kidding me?" Aiton said with distress.

"You guys know what the answer is, right?" Kidemonas asked.

"You think just saying no will do us or even him any good?" Kyrios retorted. "If we tell him the truth, it will only make him want to stay with us. He will get ideas he can fight our fates and try to save us. That will cost him his life for sure."

"We have to try to break it to him and be sensitive," Polemistis said. "We can tell him the truth while persuading him to not try and stop it from happening."

"Polemistis, how can we escape it?" Aiton asked.

"I believe that we will have the last word," Polemistis replied. "Fate will not and is not the be all end all. We can find some loophole. I believe we can live on." The four of them then moved onto talking about the distant places they have visited. After that, they bid each other farewell until the next morning.

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Nikitis was walking back to his place when someone spoke to him.

"So you want to be a Supreme Elite eh?" he said. Nikitis looked toward a corner leading to another street. There he sees a dark looking figure standing by the corner leaning against it. He looks like Polemistis except all is dark about him.

"Who are you?" Nikitis asked.

"I'm the other side of Polemistis," he said walking toward Nikitis. "I guess you can connect the dots to this: if they are the Supreme Elite, who am I part of?"

"The Dark Elite," Nikitis answered. "I know because I sense you are all darkness. If you are the darkness of Polemistis's heart, then your friends are the darknesses of the rest of the Supreme Elite's hearts."

"Correct mon ami. The name's Polemos," Polemos said. "You really want to be one of the Supreme Elite eh? Well that won't happen."

"I don't think you get to decide if I will be one," Nikitis responded.

"No I'm not," Polemos said. "They are... and so is fate." Nikitis now got curious. "Yes, did you know that they are bound for a dark fate? They will all fall into the hands of darkness and darkness will overtake them all in different ways. Polemistis will fall into darkness, Kidemonas will become one will it, Aiton will have darkness destroy him, and Kyrios will take up a piece of a dark heart before death takes him."

"Why didn't they tell me?" Nikitis asked.

"You think they would actually want to tell you?"Polemos retorted "There is only room for four see. The Supreme Elite have all spots taken and no one is worthy to them to be their equal. Besides, they will be saving the world even if it costs them their lives. You think they want to share the glory with you? They don't want you to do anything stupid from saving them and spoiling their chance at glory."

"Wouldn't it be a chance to show unification between all unions though?" Nikitis asked.

"Heh, they could care less," Polemos smirked. "You think it will change fate? You're dreaming kid. As long as they are the ones with their names remembered, that's what matters to them."

"So what do I do?" Nikitis asked.

"Well, if I were you, save yourself," Polemos replied. "Go to Polemistis tomorrow before his friends show up, tell him what you think, then go on your way and join Master Ava."

"Master Ava?" Nikitis asked.

"You can handle a little darkness in your heart right?" Polemos replied. "You can become a Dandelion and then rebuild the world. Live on and avoid the war, forget the Supreme Elite, you won't need them. Besides, they'll be long gone. Think about it kid." Polemos disappeared into a dark corridor leaving Nikitis alone. Nikitis then walked into his quarters, up the stairs and into his bedroom. He thought a lot about what Polemos just told him and was already asked by Master Ava to consider being a Dandelion and after thinking for so long, he made his decision. He will become a Dandelion. Speaking of which, he hears a knock on his bedroom door. Walking in is Master Ava.

"Nikitis?" she said. "You okay?" The kid nodded. "So, have you made your decision?"

"Yes. Count me in," Nikitis said with determination.

Sarrin · February 11, 2017

Holllllllly craaaaaaaaaaap it got reeeaaaaalllll

The Transcendent Key · February 12, 2017

Huh, well I'll be darned! This Nikitis seems to be a wild card, and I'm betting that he'll try to do something to stop the fate of the Supreme Elite from happening! Oh, this is getting really good! I'm greatly looking forward to more!

KingdomHearts3 · February 17, 2017

Chapter 11: Rising Tension

Polemistis woke up the next day feeling refreshed. This time, he got a full night sleep with no dreams whatsoever. It was a dreamless night for him and he was happy it was. Nikitis came into mind though after only a few minutes and he realized that he needed to find him and tell him his answer. Then again, he has a feeling Nikitis probably came to know of the truth already. It wouldn't surprise him if Nikitis approaches him and says he knows already. Well, in the meantime, he had to get himself up and out the door. He steps outside of his quarters and pauses for a bit. He feels rather... tense. Why? He feels a tense aura in Daybreak Town. Even though it was a nice day with some clouds out, it still felt tense in the streets. Could this be a sign that war is approaching? He kept it in mind for now and went to the Fountain Square. He sat at the fountain for a while in the silence listening to the birds and other sounds of nature while listening to the running water. He stared into space and just went into contemplation. He didn't contemplate anything specifically, he just gathered his thoughts together.

"Polemistis!" a voice called to him. He looks up and to his right and sees Nikitis walking toward him.

"Nikitis," Polemistis said standing up. Nikitis had a grave expression on his face. Polemistis already had a feeling why. "Listen, I want you-"

"It's okay. I know already," Nikitis said interrupting. Polemistis froze and breathed in. He knew it.

"Yeeeaaaahhh..." he said putting his hand behind his head.

"So you four have dark fates awaiting you, right?" Nikitis asked. He didn't look at Polemistis eye to eye. Polemistis didn't blame him; the Ursus member was somber.

"Yeah, we do," replied Polemistis in the same demeanor. "I will fall to a dark realm, Kyrios will be taken by a dark master, Aiton will be destroyed, and Kidemonas will become one with darkness. We didn't want to tell you because-"

"You thought I would try and save you and, therefore, cost me my own life," Nikitis interrupted again finishing the thought. Polemistis merely nodded this time. Nikitis looked up at Polemistis. "I probably would have done something like that as I think about it. I was getting so hopeful about joining the Supreme Elite, I merely tossed aside any dangers there could be. I thought it would be a great symbol of all the Unions unifying together."

"I would loved to have had that," Polemistis said. "With us being associated with dark fates, it just cannot happen. You know what it would do to us if you lost your life trying to save us? We would never forgive ourselves. I don't want to feel that way in the last moments of my life and I want you to live on. Our lives are not important enough to where people need to sacrifice to save us. You understand?" Nikitis nodded quietly looking down again. He then breathed in and sighed and looked back up again.

"Well, I guess this is farewell then," he said holding out his hand. Polemistis grabbed it and held it. He smiled and nodded and they let go.

"May your heart be your guiding key," Polemistis said. Nikitis nodded, smiled a little, and then turned around and walked away. By the time he was out of sight, the rest of the Supreme Elite showed in in the square with Polemistis.

"Did you tell him?" Kyrios asked. Polemistis nodded.

"How did he take it?" Aiton asked.

"He was understanding and we left it on good terms," Polemistis replied.

"That's a relief," Kidemonas replied. "You what it would have felt like if we saw him die because he wanted to save us?"

"I explained all of that to him and he understood," Polemistis replied. "He'll be just fine."

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Nikitis was walking down the street with his gaze pointing right in front of him. He thought heavily about what Polemistis told him. He also thought about what Polemos told him as well. He started making connections and started getting thoughts into his head. He felt things he had not felt before. A mix of emotions was flying inside him all over.

"So he did indeed not want me to save him," Nikitis said out loud to himself. "That's why he didn't want me to join the Supreme Elite. That's why they all didn't want me to join. They wanted me to live on." Nikitis thought about it some more as he walked through the street. He stopped in the middle of an intersection. Few Keyblade wielders were walking through the streets and paid no attention to him. He put his fist to his heart and kept it there. He then looked up with determination and subconsciously made a promise to himself. He wants this promise to be passed down too.

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It has been about seven months since Polemistis started his duties as a union member of Leopardos and the Supreme Elite coming into existence. They have traveled to so many worlds in the Book and to some far away. They also befriended people from all unions. The Supreme Elite discussed these things together as they sat in the Fountain Square. The fountain kind of became their usual spot to talk together about where to go, how much lux to collect, basically just about everything... including their fates. In this case, they spoke about visiting only a few worlds from the Book and then staying in Daybreak Town. They went off to Olympus Coliseum, but this time ended up in the Underworld. There was not much happening and they only looked for the heartless that needed to be defeated and went on their way. They returned to Dwarf Woodlands and Beast's Castle as well speaking to no one and seeing no one. They already agreed that they are to do their business and return back home. With time being of the essence, they only have time to do what they need to do and no more.

Returning back to Daybreak Town, they walk into the Fountain Square and see two male Keyblade wielder arguing with each other. This makes the Supreme Elite freeze in place.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Polemistis asked. Chirithy appeared next to the Elite right after he asked that.

"It's been happening a lot more now," the spirit said. "Keyblade wielders from other unions are now starting to be paranoid of each other and they are now quarreling with each other, accusing the other of stealing lux." The two boys verbally fought for a little more and then they both summoned their Keyblades and took fighting stances. This made the Supreme Elite gasp.

"Oh no!" Chirithy exclaimed. Polemistis looked at his friends and they just stood their stunned. He rolled his eyes and summoned his Keyblade.

"For crying out loud, I'll do it," he said frustrated to himself barely audible.

"What?" his friends said in unison. Polemistis ran toward the two Keyblade wielders. They were about to strike at each other and start fighting when Polemistis raised his Keyblade blocking their strikes and then pushing off of the clash.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Polemistis yelled at both of them. The rest of the Elite and Chirithy running down to meet up.

"This Keyblade wielder here is stealing lux from our union!" the wielder to Polemistis's left accused.

"Me?! I believe you're the one stealing from OUR union!" the one to his right fired back.

"'Stealing lux'?! What kind of bull is that?!" Polemistis asked. "I've never heard of of such nonsense!"

"Alright, let's all just take it down a notch," Kyrios interjected and suggested. The Keyblade wielder to Polemistis's right then seemed to have noticed and recognized him. He was only focused on his opponent in front of him.

"Oh Polemistis," he said "I am glad you're here. This rival has been taking lux that we are supposed to collect. If you ask me, he's helping the darkness approach."

"Oh really?! You want to say that again?!" the other union member shouted. They were about to start fighting again and were about to take fighting stances.

"Start fighting again and I will put my blade through both of you!" Polemistis screamed. The both of them acquiesced to the threat. They know the Supreme Elite mean business. "Now, calm down both of you. There is no stealing of lux. We're all trying to save the light right? That's all that matters. Now, go... both of you." The two Keyblade wielders just stared at each other, unsummoned their Keyblades, and started walking away. Polemistis huffed in frustration.

"Unbelievable," he said aggravated.

"This was one of many occasions," Chirithy said. "They have usually been broken up by other Keyblade wielders, but thank goodness you four showed up or it would have been ugly."

"Thank you Chirithy," Aiton said. The spirit then disappeared in a poof. "Well now what? You know we could be confronted just like that you know."

"That would be that rare occasion," Kidemonas replied. "If you ask me, we need to start working faster because I felt a tense aura this morning."

"I did too," Polemistis said. "I felt the tension in the atmosphere. I think the arguments have become just another sign of the coming war."

"If that's the case, then we should do what Kidemonas suggested now," Kyrios said. They all agreed and spread out all over Daybreak Town and began collecting lux. It was the afternoon when they saw the argument happen and they collected for hours until at least five in the evening. The sun was starting to set and they Supreme Elite were with a big group of Keyblade wielders of all unions. It was lighter conversation and fun in nature. It was very much needed because the tense atmosphere was getting to the Supreme Elite a little. The union members were starting to leave one by one to head home when Polemistis noticed Master Gula walking toward them.

"Master Gula!" Polemistis called out with a smile. He pardoned himself from the group and ran to Master Gula.

"Polemistis," Gula replied with a nod. "What are you doing?"

"The Supreme Elite and I were just taking some time to ourselves and talking with some friends," Polemistis replied.

"Did you go out and collect lux?" Polemistis was a little confused.

"Why... yes master. We always do."

"I want you to collect more." Gula was starting to sound tense and sharp.

"We've been collecting them for five straight hours master," Polemistis reasoned.

"I need you to collect more!" Gula snapped stunning Polemistis and creating an awkward silence in the vicinity. It drew the attention of the group. The union members silently excused themselves and left the Supreme Elite and Foreteller alone. The rest of the Elite remained at the fountain as Polemistis and Gula spoke. Gula looked down, sighed, and shook his head.

"I'm sorry," he apologized. "I shouldn't have snapped. The Keyblade War approaching is getting to me."

"It's okay master," Polemistis replied. "I felt the tension since this morning. We realized the signs of the war coming and that's why we collected lux for five hours." Gula nodded and had a half smile.

"Thank you," he said. His half smile went away. "The stress of your fates has gotten to me as well, especially for you Polemistis." Polemistis put his arm around Gula's shoulders.

"Hey, the Supreme Elite discussed this together," Polemistis said. "I believe we can and will have the last say and avoid fate. I don't know what that entails, but we will be the ones that decide whether to submit or not. We will find a way to live on past the Keyblade War." Gula looked at Polemistis and smiled and patted Polemistis on the back.

"I hope the same thing too," he said. He then nodded to all of them and left in silence. The Supreme Elite were quiet for a bit and then looking at each other, without saying a word, they decide to punch out for the night and head home. Polemistis returned to his quarters and sat in his room for a while thinking. There was a lot to think about. War is nigh and the signs are visible and the Supreme Elite have to be ready.

The Transcendent Key · February 17, 2017

Ooh, tension is definitely rising! It seems that things are starting to come to the point where war is already inevitable, and the fate of the Supreme Elite will be most cruel! I knew that Nikitis would have wanted to try to help them avoid their fates! And well, the chapter in general was awesome! Great work!

KingdomHearts3 · February 18, 2017

Chapter 12: An Apocalyptic Aura

Polemistis was fighting in that wasteland amid the storm. He was fighting someone though he couldn't see who they are exactly. All he knows is his life is being threatened and so he strikes across the figures stomach and they fall. For another, he side kicks and then stabs. He got a moments rest before getting locked in battle again. He and this figure fought and the figure was going to slash Polemistis across the stomach, but he moved back just enough. However, the figure made a good sized cut and it started to bleed some. Polemistis then parried the figure's weapon and slashed him across his abdomen. He momentarily locked his Keyblade with another before getting his enemy in a head lock. Then he unwrapped his arm snapping the neck of the figure. Someone else swung at his left from his left and made a cut that began to bleed some. Polemistis stabbed in an uppercut motion and flipped the figure over onto its back. He then sees darkness pool around his feet and he falls as though a trap door opened up. He is faced down falling into darkness and while looking up toward the distant light, darkness overtakes quickly suffocating the life out of him.

Polemistis jumped up out of bed screaming. After having a dreamless night the previous night, this time, he wakes up in the middle of the night having an even worse nightmare than the last time. Chirithy was sleeping on the window sill and jumped to the ceiling and back when Polemistis screamed.

"My goodness!" the spirit exclaimed. "You scared the daylights out of me. Are you okay? What's wrong?" Polemistis stared into space breathing heavily he now had more of a sweat. He was now entering a panic and starting losing it.

"Bad, bad nightmare," Polemistis said as he is now heaving a little. "I was fighting in the war and getting hurt while killing these black, shadowed figures. Then, darkness pools around my feet and I fall like a trap door opened underneath me. I fell into the dark realm and while looking back up toward the light, darkness began surrounding me and suffocating me." Polemistis was about to have a breakdown until Chirithy came over to him and put itself in Polemistis's lap and gave the Elite a hug.

"It's okay, it's alright," the spirit said. "Calm down. Take deep breaths and calm down." Polemistis followed what Chirithy said and took deep breaths. He started feeling better now.

"You know what's coming," Chirithy said. "I'm sorry the nightmares plague you, but you have to remember what you said earlier. You will have the last word on whether you submit or not." Polemistis chuckled a bit and then hugged the spirit shedding a tear.

"I'll miss you," Polemistis said.

"Me too," Chirithy replied. Both of them then went back to sleep after Polemistis cleaned himself up. He felt a lot more comfortable now that he cleaned himself up a bit and with clean clothes. He went to sleep at peace and relaxed. The next day, he got up and got himself out the door. He only took a step outside when he gasped as he looked up and around. The atmosphere has now gotten darker. The sky is darker now too. This was a major red flag warning because the only way that the atmosphere could be this way is if war is that close. His instincts told him to look around town. He didn't know why, but felt it needed to be done. He went through the streets and they were quiet and unsettling. He was walking by one intersection and passed by a road that went down below a bridge. Looking that way, he gasped and froze. The bridge is gone and there is debris piled below where the bridge was on the street. The Elite moved slowly away and went to the Fountain Square. There he found Aiton there pacing back and forth. He looked up and relief came over him.

"Oh thank goodness you're here!" he said.

"I believe you are noticing what I am right?" Polemistis asked. "Have you noticed the atmosphere has looked... darker?"

"Tell me something I don't know," Aiton replied. Kidemonas and Kyrios came walking to the fountain together with much unease.

"This isn't good, not good at all," Kidemonas said.

"So, if you ask me, if anyone is still doubting we have more time, they're crazy," Kyrios said.

"I had a bad nightmare last night," Polemistis said. "It was worse than last time. We need to get moving... NOW!" The four of them once again decided to split up and gather lux while killing off any possible dark Keyblade wielders. They know there are probably some around and searching them out will be a tough task. Polemistis was collecting lux and defeating heartless at a faster rate than ever. He decided to go into the Moogle shop and take a look around. It took him only a couple seconds in the shop and already he sees a couple dark Keyblade wielders.

"HEY!" he shouted at them scaring them. They turn and then bolt heading upstairs. Polemistis ran after them and followed them through the warehouse and onto the rooftop. He chased them and cornered them. The two of them turned around and looked like they were worried and then became rather happy in a maniacal sense.

"Ha ha ha! Sucker!" one of them said.

"We managed to get you alone and now with the war almost here, it's time to say hello to death!" the other one exclaimed. They summoned their Keyblades as did Polemistis and they clashed. Polemistis had to fight two on one with these guys, but it was him who put the heat on these guys. He didn't want to take long and so he punched and kicked while using his Keyblade to fight. He kicked one enemy while being in a lock with another. They fought for a bit, but then Polemistis stabbed him and then flipped that opponent over while leaving his Keyblade in him. The other opponent that he kicked swung toward Polemistis and all he did was dodge. Finally, the opponent swung down overhead hard enough and Polemistis dodged just enough, punched the opponent in the ribs, and then resummoned his Keyblade and swung putting his blade into the abdomen of the enemy. He fell onto the roof dead and the bodies soon disappeared along with their Keyblades. He was about to leave when a dark corridor opened and out came Polemos. He looked infuriated.

"So, you four have been killing off my troops?" Polemos asked. "You've been killing off my friends? I see. I won't forgive that. I look forward to seeing you myself and killing you myself in the war. Better watch your back. You may end up with a blade put through it!" He then disappeared in a dark corridor. Polemistis kept his Keyblade in hand a went off to collect more lux. He was in the Boardwalk and just defeated some heartless and collected the lux when a union member confronted him.

"Hey! You!" he shouted. "Stealing our lux are you?!" Polemistis looked in his direction and raised an eyebrow.

"Oh you're Polemistis," the member said. "So, decided to steal lux and serve the darkness?"

"Me? Steal lux and serve darkness?" Polemistis retorted. "Are you kidding me? I am merely doing my job."

"Yeah right," the union member scoffed. "You're stealing lux for your union. Never thought one of the Supreme Elite would decide to side with darkness."

"You're out of your mind pal!" Polemistis protested.

"Am I?" the Keyblade wielder asked. "Then I would be just imagining seeing you collect so much lux. And for what? If you were serving the light, you wouldn't be taking it from other unions!"

"That's utter bull pal!" Polemistis snapped back.

"Whether you feel that it is or not doesn't matter," the member said. "Anyone that serves the darkness has only one fate and there is one consequence for traitors to the light." He then summoned his Keyblade and took stance. Polemistis was getting really angry now.

"Put that thing away," Polemistis demanded tensely. "I am not your enemy, I am your friend. Do NOT make me your enemy."

"Friend? Please, you were never my friend," the member replied. "Only Kidemonas was my friend. I got to say, I was very disappointed that he befriended the rest of you, so it looks like he needs to learn. I can't have him affiliated with someone like you that has turned to darkness."

"I'm warning you now pal, you take a swing at me and you'll regret it," Polemistis said through gritted teeth.

"Threaten me all you want, but you know your crimes," the member said. "Now warrior of darkness, I'll make you pay!" The union member then took a swing overhead down toward Polemistis and he quickly summoned his Keyblade and defended with a high block. They held it for a second and the Keyblade wielder attacked again. Polemistis merely blocked the strikes and swings. He did not want to hurt this Keyblade wielder and he does not want to shed a fellow Keyblade wielder's blood. The Keyblade wielder kept on attacking over and over and Polemistis calmly blocked all the attacks. He then parries one strike and with his free hand, he creates a shockwave that sends the Anguis member flying backwards. He fell onto the pavement and lost grip of his Keyblade. Polemistis stayed where he was and the union member slowly got back up.

"I am not your enemy, understand?" Polemistis said. "I restrained myself from killing you because I don't want to kill a fellow Keyblade wielder. I have the same goal as you and that is to protect the light and save it. Now, go home." The union member unsummoned his Keyblade and left the Boardwalk. Polemistis sighed and shook his head and unsummoned his Keyblade. This was exactly what Aiton warned them all about: they will be confronted the same way they say the quarrel unfold yesterday. Polemistis then went to the Fountain Square where his friends were. The rest of the Elite did their thing as well before and were about to discuss what the next step is when Polemistis broke what happened to him to them.

"I knew it would happen," Aiton said.

"So with an apocalyptic like aura around here now taking its toll, what's left?" Kidemonas asked.

"I don't know," Kyrios replied. "In fact, I am not sure what else we can do anymore." The four of them stood silently in thought for a bit when Master Ava came walking towards them.

"Supreme Elite!" she called. They turn and see her coming toward them.

"Master Ava," they all said in unison bowing.

"I think I know exactly how you all can avoid fate," she said with joy. "I want you all to join the Dandelions."

"The what?" Polemistis asked.

"The Dandelions," Ava replied. "They are a special group of Keyblade wielders from all unions that I choose to avoid fighting in the war. They will flee and go to a world far away. They will stay there and they will rebuild whatever is left behind by the war. I choose only those with the capability of tolerating a bit of darkness in their hearts."

"So for those you don't choose, they remain to fight and die?" Polemistis asked bluntly. It caught Ava off guard and she was a little more somber in tone.

"Yes, they will fight," she replied. "Unfortunately, there won't be a winner in the war. All that will become of it is ruin. It's unavoidable and I know you by now are powerless to stop it, but you can rebuild it and live on. So, will you join?" The Supreme Elite thought about it and then looked at each other seriously and somberly. They then nodded at each other.

"Master Ava," Polemistis began "we are gracious for the offer, but I just fought a Keyblade wielder who called me an enemy."

"Then he is a warrior of darkness," she interjected rather sharply.

"Whether he is or not doesn't matter," Polemistis said. "What matters is this, we Supreme Elite have befriended so many people and some of those are probably Dandelions. The rest are probably the ones that will remain and fight. To go and leave everyone behind while the apocalypse happens is something I could never live with nor could the rest of us. It would tear us apart thinking every day, every moment, we abandoned friends to die. Maybe we could have saved them before suffering our fates. I know one thing, we won't leave friends behind even if fate takes us. Well, that could be our sacrifice future generations could always remember. Besides, we will have the final say on fate and we will live on after the war." Master Ava had her mouth open in shock and then she looked like she was going to weep. She kept herself together though and nodded.

"I see," she replied. "Then I will be sure that your sacrifices and stories are remembered." She then bowed and then walked off quietly. The Supreme Elite were quiet themselves.

"I think we made the right choice," Polemistis said. His friends merely nodded. "Hey guys, let's make a promise for each other. No matter where we are, we will find a way to come back to each other." His friends nodded with more meaning now and they had a slight smile. Polemistis put his hand out in the middle of them and they put their hands on top of each others. In the meantime, they sat at the fountain and relaxed for a bit. Keyblade wielders came up to them and they sat down with them. There were lots of them and they stood and sat around and at the fountain. It was a great time even with a darker atmosphere.

"So Supreme Elite, are you all going to join the Dandelions?" one male asked.

"Yeah, we all are and are hoping you already joined," another male followed.

"Actually, we won't," Polemistis replied. Gasps rang out from all of the Dandelions.

"But... why?" a female asked.

"We thought about everyone we would leave behind," Polemistis replied. "We couldn't bear to abandon the rest to die horrible deaths. We decided we will fight with them so they don't die in such shame." The shock was apparent among the Dandelions. Some actually began to weep.

"But... we'll lose you," a female Dandelion said.

"No! You can't fight!" a male Dandelion shouted with a choked up voice and tears in his eye.

"Hey, it's okay," Polemistis consoled. "Besides, the four of us already have foretold dark fates awaiting us. We can't avoid them, but we can spend our last moments doing some good. Besides, we will have the last say on fate." Polemistis looked out at all the Dandelions. Some have tears in their eyes while others were a little more controlled of their emotions. Polemistis then put his hand to his heart.

"May your hearts be your guiding key," he said. The Dandelions put their fists to their hearts and nodded remembering these words as their best friends' last.

The Transcendent Key · February 18, 2017

Gahhh, it's coming! The foretold coming of fate! I cannot wait to see how this will eventually go down! Such emotion and tension, ahhh, so exciting! Amazing chapter, my friend! Keep up the great work!

Sarrin · February 23, 2017

This has been absolutely great to read so far keep it up cant wait to see whats next

KingdomHearts3 · February 24, 2017

Chapter 13: The Keyblade War

The Dandelions went up to the Supreme Elite and shook their hands and some even gave them hugs. This would be the last time they would ever see the Supreme Elite ever. They so wanted them to join the Dandelions, but understood that leaving behind all these people they called friends to die would eat them up from the inside and so they calmly and gracefully accepted the Supreme Elite's decision to fight. All the Dandelions left and so the Supreme Elite were left alone. It was the late afternoon and the sun was in the west getting ready to set. The Supreme Elite remained quiet as they sat together all of them looking into space. They couldn't really say anything at this point. What could they talk about? Their fates? Why? Nothing is going to change and they know everything they need to know. The war is coming and darkness will take them all. They will find a loophole of some sort; they have to find one. The minutes passed like hours and the four of them remained at the fountain. Then, Polemistis hears footsteps coming towards them. It's Master Gula.

"Master Gula," Polemistis said. The other Elites looked up at Gula.

"Supreme Elite, follow me," he said. Then started walking off past them. They looked at each other confused, but then shrugged their shoulders, got up, and followed Gula. They walked up the stairs, went through the Market, headed for the Clock Tower area and went inside an empty house. It was his private quarters. Gula walked inside first ahead of the Elite and then turned around to face them. The Supreme Elite stood a few steps inside the entrance and just looked at Gula.

"There is something you four need to know," he said grimly. "We Foretellers had learned of a traitor. That would be someone who betrays the light and all of us. I found a passage from a missing page of the Book of Prophecies called the Lost Page. I found this written in it: The one unable to forgive this distastefulness, who thought of fate with pessimism and lost sight of true strength... The one who will misread the truth and step forth into secrecy... This describes the identity of the traitor and it means that the traitor is the one who will end the world. There was someone that we had in mind, but ultimately couldn't stop them. We might have even messed up and missed the mark after all."

"So then, it seems like it was truly inevitable all along," Polemistis said. "Traitor huh? Maybe we could have hunted for them and defeated them ourselves. That would have surely have stopped the darkness from approaching."

"That's not all though," Gula said. Then, he went to sit in a chair and looked into space. "I told you all about the last passage of the Book foretelling the war, yes? Well, this is its sister. It read: And with that one swing, the bell that tolls for the end will sound and the final battle will begin at the destined time." The Supreme Elite merely nodded as they listened. Gula turned in his seat and faced them all.

"Master, you are telling us such sensitive details from the Book," Polemistis said. "Are you sure that it's okay to tell us such things?"

"As union members, no," Gula replied "but you four have fate written in that Book and you are the Supreme Elite so you should know. Besides, it does nothing telling you now. War is coming and there is nothing we can do about it." The Supreme Elite nodded in reply. Then, they all gasped. Ding... ding... ding... It was a bell... It was the clock tower... Polemistis immediately ran to the window and looked up at the clock: six o'clock.

"Ah, there it is," Gula said. Polemistis slowly went away from the window.

"The destined time..." Kyrios said.

"Indeed," Gula replied. "The time has come. Go, the two sides of light and dark are gathering now. You will fight dark warriors upon that battlefield. Anyone you face will be your enemy. The unions will be gathering together for the battle. I suggest you all return to your union." The Supreme Elite gave the Keyblade warriors salute and walked out of the room. Standing outside of the house, they looked up at the clock tower. It stopped ringing a little while ago and remains quiet. The sky is now darker than ever, but there is still some sunlight. The roads and streets now have much shadow painted all over them and everything has a dark feeling. They stood in the outdoors for a little bit.

"I guess this is goodbye... for the last time," Polemistis said.

"Yeah, I guess it is," Aiton replied.

"Huh, maybe we could have defeated that traitor," Kidemonas said.

"It wouldn't have made any difference," Kyrios said. "Besides, our counterparts were probably the traitors, but the Foretellers must have never found them. Well, it's too late now. Now, we have to return back to our own unions."

"Hey guys," Polemistis said "I want us to promise each other something. Even though we will be taken by fate, let's promise each other that we will return to each other one day and no matter where we are, we will find each other." Polemistis put his hand out smiling.

"I like that," Kyrios said and he put his hand on Polemistis's. Aiton and Kidemonas followed suit and put their hands on the pile too. Then, they gave each other hugs and Kidemonas, Aiton, and Kyrios all walked away into the darkness leaving Polemistis alone. Polemistis stared into space for a little bit and then went back into Gula's quarters.

"Master Gula?" he called. Gula was sitting on the chair still at the table. He merely looked up. "What about you? Where will you be?"

"I'll be fighting the darkness too," Gula said. "I will be fighting alongside the light in defeating the dark foes that await us. I probably won't survive this battle like you won't." Polemistis walked over to Gula, who stood up, and embraced him. Gula returned it at first gently, but then tightened it.

"The young boy I found on the street..." he said with a choked up voice. "Why must he suffer such cruel fate?"

"I will defy fate," Polemistis replied. "I promise I will. We all promised we will and we'll come back to each other one day." They embraced for a little longer and then let go.

"We gather in a few days," Gula said. "I suggest you try to get some sleep." Polemistis put his fist to his heart and bowed his head giving the warrior's salute. He then walked out of the quarters and went home. Gula stared out the door feeling such heaviness in his heart.

"Polemistis... Supreme Elite..." he said almost crying. "Forgive me... forgive us... We couldn't tell you the truth. One day, I hope you can forgive us."

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A few days later...

Different sides gathered together outside of Daybreak Town in the Badlands. Polemistis was with his own. Looking forward, he sees nothing, but the enemy. These are the warriors of darkness that he has been told would be fighting. He was with his fellow Keyblade wielders and was ready for this. He was ready to die along with his comrades or rather, suffer his fate so the deaths of his comrades is not in vain. The two sides summoned their Keyblades and got into stance. Then, they raised them up and charged toward each other and clashed. Polemistis stood with Keyblade in hand and did not move from his spot. He watched as the warfare erupted around him and saw Keyblades clashing. It felt like everything slowed down and the sounds faded some. He watched the war become ever so bloody and gory as Keyblade wielders got slashed and having big gashes opened, lost a limb or a head, and getting tripped up and be killed with a Keyblade swinging down on them like an execution. One Keyblade after another fell into the ground and one heart after another began floating upwards into the black, cloud-filled sky. Polemistis watched the horror unravel before him and then took a deep breath in and out. Just then, thunder and lightning erupted and rain came down. Polemistis merely looked into the sky and watched the storm begin. He then put his hand to his heart.

"May my heart be my guiding key," he said and then he looked at the war in front of him and ran forward. He just ran until someone saw him and took a swing at him. Polemistis blocked the strike, gave the guy an uppercut, and then stabbed him. The next foe got in close to Polemistis, but then learned the hard way as Polemistis put the enemy in a head lock and violently twisted his arm out of it pulling on the foe's jaw essentially breaking the enemy's neck. Another foe finished off an ally of of the light and then turned their attention toward him and swung at his head. Polemistis bent down and coffee grinder kicked him taking out his legs, stood back up, and swung his Keyblade down like an ax killing the enemy. The scream got to Polemistis a bit and chills went up and down his skin. However, he had to move on or his life would have been ended by someone else. He tried looking around for his friends, but they were nowhere to be seen as expected.

"I hope they haven't fallen to fate just yet," he said aloud to himself while pointing his Keyblade backwards and stabbing an enemy behind him that was about to attack him. He pulled his Keyblade out and started using some magic on enemies. He used all kinds of spells and even some new attacks that he had been waiting a while to use. They varied so wildly that describing all of them would take too long. He struck down and killed one enemy after another fighting as he was supposed to. A female this time swung at his head and he locked in combat with her. He held her in a stalemate.

"I'm sorry sweetheart," he said. "I'll be sure to make this painless." He then broke off of the stalemate and used Zantetsuken on her. She froze and then slowly went to the ground dead. No blood was drawn at all so this was a clean kill. Spells had been going off all over the place and the storm only got worse as the war fought on. Polemistis had parts of his clothes in tatters at the edges and he had a bit of dirt on the right side of his face. He fought and killed one foe after another making sure to keep his self imposed rule of a one-two kill. One was he must open them up and then two was he stabbed or slashed them. Fighting any longer than that would only increase his chances of dying at the hands of Keyblade wielders and therefore, fate never taking him. He wouldn't be able to live on either so he had to keep all battles short and to the point.

He soon came across a Keyblade wielder that looked pretty tough and slightly ominous. He was aggressive in swinging toward Polemistis. In a flash, the foe swung at Polemistis's head. Polemistis had to lean back, but he felt the edge of the blade go across his left cheek. He put his fingers to it and felt a cut begin to bleed. Polemistis responded by swinging overhead down on the foe and work his way forward from there. That didn't do any good and the foe swung at the Elite's body forcing him to jump back. He felt the blade hit his left side and he sees his shirt ripped open and on his bare skin, a decent sized cut that started bleeding. Polemistis got ticked now and started fighting aggressively this time using his spells and attacks. He made sure to use all the new ones to keep the enemy off balance and guessing. The foe guessed wrong once and swung at Polemistis's head, but the Elite parried it, turned around, and then stabbed the enemy in an uppercut motion. He then flipped the foe over onto his back and pulled the blood covered Keyblade out and panted for a few seconds.

Suddenly, Ultimate Apocalypse disappeared out of his hand like he unsummoned it. The thing is, he never wanted to do that. Just then, dark energy began swirling around him in small mists and then began to swirl around his feet. He knew immediately that his fate is taking place. The dark pool was like an anchor and he couldn't move from where he was. Suddenly, like a trap door opening, he fell into the pool and into darkness. He started floating down upside down head first into the dark realm. Looking back above him, he sees a light in the distance. That's where he just was. Darkness begins to overtake him.

"I will not let it end this way," he said. He then managed to summon his Keyblade again, though with some trouble, pointed it at where his heart is and stabbed himself. He then let the weapon go and it disappeared and his heart came out of his chest. By now, darkness is really starting to ensnare him. He sends his heart up to the light and watches it go and has a slight smile on his face.

"I will return to you all... I promise..." Polemistis said. He then closes his eyes smiling and darkness overtakes his body and destroys it.

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Kyrios fought everyone that dare to attack him and anyone that got in his way. He would make sure to fight so as to make everyone's sacrifice not be in vain. He was aware of the rain and storm that rage on. Even so, he decided to make his heart his guiding key swearing to the oath that all Keyblade wielders swore by. He made sure himself to keep all battle short and simple. He even kept a close on his surroundings so as to not be caught unaware. He looked all around and did not go forward so much. He somewhat stayed in the same area after he ran forward and charged into battle. Using the elements, he knocked away many warriors with his spells. One enemy was about to attack him, but he used Eclipse of the Moon and then slashed his back and then stabbed him in the back. Kyrios briefly looks to his right and a fire spell is heading right towards his face. He moves his head in the nick of time and the spell shoots past his head and lands in the ground exploding about seven feet behind him. He slightly covers himself and when he uncovers, he has some dirt on the left side of his face and on his left arm as well as a long thin cut on his forehead that turned red with blood. Kyrios fires a fire spell back in the direction it came from and sees a warrior get hit and sent backwards burning some.

The moment, a warrior is stabbing right at Kyrios, but he parries the stab off to the right, spins clockwise, and hits the enemy in the head with the hilt of his Keyblade. The enemy is knocked to the ground onto his stomach, but in deciding to put up a fight, he swings at Kyrios's feet while rolling onto his back. Kyrios jumps over and swings back down clashing with the enemy once again. They fight for a bit and then Kyrios disarms the foe and swings down like an ax on wood and puts his blade into the enemy's abdomen. The warrior screams in pain and then lies still shallowly breathing as he begins to die. Kyrios took his blade of Elemental Master out of the warrior and sees the whole edge of the blade covered in blood. He turns around and another foe runs toward him about ready to attack, but Kyrios used Thunder Barrage to pound the enemy and send them backwards a ways. They end up fighting another warrior briefly before getting their body slashed open. Kyrios lands and then sees a female warrior standing nearby facing him ready to fight.

"Sorry, but it has to be done Kyrios," she said. Clearly as one of the warriors of the dark, she had no choice and those of the darkness clearly knew the Supreme Elite well. They both begin fighting and each held their own. She was pretty skilled and it impressed Kyrios, but he had to end it immediately. She decided to lunge forward and stab him, but he dodged and then used Heaven's Sword against her. She was stunned and then slowly went to the ground and died.

"I'm sorry too, but it had to be done," Kyrios apologized. No blood was drawn so that made this less painful for him. He then find another dark warrior and so he runs toward him and in acrobatic fashion, does a butterfly kick, but grabbing around the head. The warrior was strong and stayed upright, so Kyrios used his momentum and swung himself around to get on the foe's shoulder while positioning his legs to lock and then twist the enemy's head breaking the neck. Kyrios then jumped off the limp body high above the fray and threw his Keyblade into the soil creating and explosion sending Keyblade bearers all over the place. Kyrios landed on his feet and resummoned his Keyblade.

Then, he looks up and searches for any of his friends. He expected to not find them, but hoped he would. As he was looking around, he sees a figure wearing a black coat. Everything now seems to slow down and the noise is channeled out. The figure Kyrios was looking at was the dark lord that was foretold to give him a piece of his heart. He was about to put Elemental Master in front of him when it disappeared like he unsummoned it. Darkness pooled around his feet making an anchor and keeping Kyrios in place. The figure then summons a Keyblade with an eye in it and waves his free hand over it. He then prepares the Keyblade and by pointing it up and then forward sending a pink orb toward Kyrios. It's a piece of his heart. Kyrios just stood there and waited for it unable to do anything. Then, the piece enters him and a stunned expression is written on his face. It's as if he got punched in the stomach and it feels tight too. The piece of the heart was taking his own over. The dark figure then disappeared into the battlefield undisturbed and untouched.

"N-no, I... won't... let it happen," Kyrios managed to say. Meanwhile, dark energy is coming out of him and floating around him. With trouble, he then summoned his own Keyblade and pointed it at where his heart is. He then stabs his chest and lets go of his Keyblade. It disappears as it appeared and his heart comes out of his chest and begins to float up toward the dark sky. Looking up, he smiles slightly.

"I will come back... to all of you..." he said and then the darkness takes him over completely and he grunts in pain and then he does not feel it anymore. He opens his eyes and they are gold and he then grins maniacally.

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Kidemonas has just struck down an enemy. He then looks around for more enemies and finds another one about ready to attack him. He fights them and then slashes them across the body putting them onto their knees and then slashes their throat. He didn't behead them, but merely just slit their throat killing them. He looked around wanting to know where his friends are.

"Guys, where are you?" he said to himself. I hope you all haven't fallen just yet. If you have, I will make sure to not leave you all behind." A Keyblade bearer then swung at his head forcing him to duck and when he got back up, he took out the legs forcing the enemy to land on his back and then swung down and beheaded the enemy. Another enemy swings overhead down at Kidemonas. The Elite turned his face away just enough, but the blade created a moderate sized gash on the right side of his head that went from his temple to his jaw. It began to bleed immediately, but not profusely. Kidemonas side kicked the enemy backwards and then used Strike Raid at the foe throwing his Keyblade into the abdomen of the enemy. The foe fell to the ground dead and Kidemonas resummoned his blood cover Keyblade. He then felt someone grab him from behind and put a Keyblade to his neck.

"Anything left to say before I kill you?" the foe said.

"Yeah, the joke's on you!" Kidemonas said and then he had his Keyblade disappear and in a split second, the Keyblade came from behind the both of them in a Strike Raid and went into the enemy's back making him scream. His grip on the Elite went limp and he fell over dead. Kidemonas pulled his weapon out of the foe and looked around once again. He started using his power of light to fight through the war in the midst of the dark and rainy storm. It was the only thing that could possibly pierce through the darkness all around him. He went through warrior after warrior using the power of light. If he could do anything, he could use light to fight the darkness.

When he went through the last warrior, Light's Redemption disappeared from his hand out of the blue. Kidemonas then looked up and around and sees dark energy floating around and coming down toward him. It then begins to enter him and he starts screaming in pain as the darkness enters him and creeps toward his heart.

"I will not... allow this!" he managed to shout out. He manages to summon his Keyblade again, points it at his heart, stabs his chest and releases his heart. His weapon disappears and his heart begins to float into the sky.

"I will not lose you," he said. "I will find you all and bring us together." He smiled for a little bit. Then, he screams in more pain as the darkness reaches where he once had a heart and forms a new, dark one. His hair changes to black from dirty blond and his eyes turn gold. His clothes turn black as well. The darkness completely takes over Kidemonas and he resummons his new Keyblade, Darkness's Victory. Looking out into the battlefield, he grins maniacally and goes off into battle.

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Aiton has managed to survive this far without fate or anyone killing him yet. Fighting reverse grip makes it better because it is such a rare skill and very few, if any, fight holding their Keyblade in reverse grip. Aiton is one of the lucky ones. However, luck won't save him from fate. So, he continues to fight anyway. With his speed, it only gives him an upper hand. Striking down a warrior, he looks around for his friends.

"What are the odds I'm the last one?" he said to himself. "I have a feeling I am. Oh guys, hang on for me if you can. I will follow all of you soon." He then stabs a Keyblade wielder behind him that was going to strike him. He used Unbound Power to unleash all the power he could. Another foe swung at him and Aiton made him miss, but then that foe in a flash swung again. Aiton blocked this time and was a bit amazed how there is someone else that has his speed. The Elite fought this enemy and used everything he knows. Obviously in this war, nothing is off limits. Although Aiton is fast, the foe kept up and countered and blocked every strike and slash Aiton through at him. It was even for a while before Aiton decided he had to make this bloody. He swung at the enemy's left knee and cut off the leg from the knee down. The foe screamed and fell onto his left side. As he was falling, Aiton slashed across the warrior's body creating a deep lethal gash that bled profusely. The warrior passed out on the ground and died there.

Aiton moved on from there and threw his Keyblade at an enemy and it stabbed the warrior. He then teleported to the now dead enemy and pulled his Keyblade out of foe and jumped into the air. He then fired a strong beam of light toward the ground and it created a large explosion taking out many enemies in the process. He lands back on the earth and looks around and sees a female ally being bullied by a dark foe; she was looking scared and worried as she fought him. Aiton threw his Keyblade at the enemy's head having it enter the side of it killing him instantly. The female ally nods in thanks and Aiton returns the nod. He resummons his Keyblade and is about to head off to fight some more.

Suddenly, Unbound Power disappeared from his hand unnaturally nor by his command. He then sees darkness floating around him and then it pools around his feet and begins to creep up his legs and cover him. He couldn't move from there and realized that fate has come.

"I will not submit to fate," he said determined. Then, he resummons his Keyblade, though it took him a second try to do so, points it at his heart and stabs his chest. He then lets go of his weapon, which disappears, and his heart exits his chest and floats into the sky.

"Now... I'm with you... guys..." he said with a slight smile. The darkness creeps up and covers him inch by inch and soon his face is covered. All of Aiton is covered in darkness and the black figure that is him is now writhing in pain as the darkness begins to tear him apart from the inside. He then screams and the darkness explodes all around leaving nothing behind.

Edited February 24, 2017 by KingdomHearts3

The Transcendent Key · February 24, 2017

Oh ho ho, the tragic air of it all! The blood, the gore, the chaos...the tragic poetry! You, my good sir, delivered on making us see the fate of the original Supreme Elite! What an enticing perspective on the Keyblade War, and what gruesome fates! Truly an amazing spectacle!

KingdomHearts3 · March 1, 2017

Part II

Chapter 14: The Bridge to Today
Ancient China, Zhou Dynasty, 750 B.C
      A Keyblade wielder from the Dandelions was walking through the wilderness in this new unknown world. It was nothing like he has ever seen. A faction of the Dandelions decided that they would find a world that is not of the Realm of Light. They knew there was something in the beyond. They most surely were right. Unfortunately, they all seemed to scatter when they arrived. Some were in groups, others were on their own. Even though it seemed like yesterday they were just escaping war and when it started, it apparently had been centuries in this world. What was this place called? Earth, that's right. The thing is, so much is unknown about the landscape and he is in the middle of wilderness among many mountains not knowing where he is. He continued his trek through the mountainous region keeping wary of where he is.
      He was walking through the terrain when he looks up and sees a small light come down from the sky. It was pinkish in color and round like an orb. He squinted to see what this light is. As it fell some more, he realized what this light is. It's a heart! The heart seemed to have gotten closer to him and he held out his hands and caught it as it slowly, but steadily, fell from above.
      "Areti," a voice said to him. It came from the heart. Areti gasped for he knew that voice.
      "Master Polemistis!" Areti exclaimed. "How can it be? I thought you were all doomed for fate?"
      "We made sure to avoid fate," Polemistis replied. "The others have spread out. Areti, take me up a mountain and lock me away so I can sleep."
      "Huh? But why?" Areti asked.
      "I will be awakened one day long after you are gone and dead," Polemistis explained. "I want the one to awaken me to be a Keyblade wielder and not any person. Do you remember the oath taken?"
      "Our oath master?" Areti asked.
      "No, your oath," Polemistis replied. "I came across you one day a few months after I became the Supreme Elite and I asked you to cut your palm with your Keyblade so it would draw blood. I did the same with mine and we grabbed each others hands. My blood is within yours running in your veins. I asked you to take an oath to be a conduit that will pass my blood down from you to the next generation and on so that my descendant will be in my image."
      "What about awaking you?" Areti asked.
      "You took an oath to assimilate to wherever world you enter," the voice replied. "The Keyblade chooses those with a complete piece of their heart that deems them worthy. You will become like the rest of the world, start a family, and through that way, pass down the piece to my descendant. It will split up, but it will unite itself once again and the descendant in my image will inherit it and become a Keyblade wielder. That is how he can unlock me and then will I awaken and return uniting myself with his heart. The others did the same thing with other Dandelions that have shown up in this world. Lock me away on a mountain near the mountains they will each be locked away on."
      "I understand master," Areti said. He then looked up at the mountains and decided to lock away Polemistis first and then lock away the rest of the Supreme Elite until the day their descendants will find them and awaken them.
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Ancient Japan, Kofun Period, 350 A.D
      The Emperor Nintoku was in his palace with his close advisers in his room and speaking to them about the current state of affairs. He discussed the current state of the people as well as relations with the next door neighbors in China and Korea, the kingdoms of Jin and Goguryeo respectively. Nintoku was also discussing the military and its current state. Things seem to be going well in the current state of Yamato in Japan.
      "Thank you," Nintoku said. "I now ask for time alone." The advisers bowed and then left the chambers of the emperor. He needed time to think about what he is trying to find and see if indeed they can find it.
      Suddenly, a messenger burst into the room. Nintoku turned around immediately and walked up to him.
      "Your majesty," he said "we found it." Nintoku's eyes widened and chills went up and down his skin.
      "Take me there immediately," he ordered. He was led to his carriage and was led to a dig site. There he got off his carriage and went down into the site. It was in the form of a cave. Walking inside, it grew dark, but then he came into light by torch. He walked with a couple other subjects that were hired to dig and they came into a room and in front of them is a keyhole.
      "I knew this world would have one," he said to himself inaudible to those with him. "Bring me my apprentice immediately!" They all bowed and went off to find the apprentice to the emperor. Then they came back with the boy who is the apprentice. He gasped when he saw the keyhole.
      "I want to be alone with him," the emperor said and everyone except the boy left. They gave the emperor a torch before they left so the room wasn't pitch dark.
      "Earth's keyhole," he said. "Many will want to look for it and unleash the power this world could possess. For centuries, Keyblade wielders have increased and contributed to the power this planet possesses. The Mark of Kye that still remains hidden to this day will unite all Keyblade bearers as one. The four masters that will bear that sigil will become worthy to unlock the power of Earth and make it their own." Nintoku then turns to his apprentice and summons his Keyblade, Royal Radiance.
      "Take this key and become the emperor of all Keyblade bearers," he said. "They are not united as one, but your empire stretches over all the Earth. You are the guardian of the keyhole. You will be the one to protect the power of Earth against the darkness that will want it for itself. Protect it with your life and pass down the power to your successor until the day he meets the four masters that bearer the Mark." The apprentice then nods in confidence ready to accept the duty and he takes the Keyblade.
      "Go forth... Keyblade emperor," Nintoku concluded.
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United States, today

It has been a year since my friends and I destroyed our counterparts, the Dark Elite. What a year it has been! We learned after our battle that people started discovering they possess the Keyblade. They were like sheep without a shepherd and so we decided we needed to teach them the ways of being a Keyblade wielder. So back near home in the northeast United States, we have a school built that can house up to fifty students. It's like a humongous, oversized mansion except it has a large throne room with four thrones that are shaped just like the ones in Land of Departure except they are dark brown. The windows allowed light to come in from above and off to the sides, but no artificial light was used. If it got too dark, there were four large torches in the different corners of the throne room. It was huge like the Land of Departure's throne room. The room had doors that led to the back where the courtyard is. It is open and large for fifty students. The school is on top of a hill. The trees were a bit down the hill, but none blocked the amazing view that one had over the landscape. The towns and small cities were in the distance, but we at the school were alone. Only one path led up the hill from a gate near a street at the bottom of the hill. The school was that large, it had a room the size of Ventus's in Land of Departure for each student. The place is three stories tall. Basically, this place is absolutely huge.

My friends and I would teach the students Monday through Friday all day. On Saturday, we would only teach the students in the later morning to early afternoon and give the rest of the day and Sunday off to do as they please. We suggested they could go home if they wanted to, but they developed such a loyalty to us that they called the school home and did not want to leave. We on the other hand went home Friday nights, returned Saturday mornings, and then returned home after teaching those days. Whenever we needed, we would ask Axeron, Soraxan, Derron, and Braxon to teach and watch over the students and never have they said no. We have become great friends now as we put the past behind us. In fact, they have become loyal to us and always were helpful. Sometimes, we would have a Foreteller come and teach the students as well as one or two of the seven lights. We haven't had any Mark of Mastery exams yet because it has only been a year and fully mastering the Keyblade yet. Maybe in another year for we already see some that are advanced more than others. In fact, they range in age as young as thirteen to as old as twenty five. Males and females were about equal in number as well. Our time with them has been amazing.

Outside of this, we have been all over the place. Our fame has grown only more and now that people know that we have two identities, it has been different. we are recognized no matter where. Luckily, we are usually given our privacy and left alone although people will give us a shout out and will wave to us. I mean, the craze over us has been unreal. We have seen posters (posters for crying out loud!) with our images on them. They have our names and have us in awesome poses. They are unbelievably done and we like them. There are even COSTUMES of us. Cosplay costumes have been made and people, teenagers and twenty year old's to be precise, have been buying them. We have been asked multiple times to come to Walt Disney World and be like the characters. We would walk throughout the parks and enjoy ourselves. we would even have meet and greets particularly in the Magic Kingdom. The lines were long and there were families of all kinds with kids of all ages from kindergarten to high school and even some college. There were even family reunions that we came across. We even had greets with high school students on their Disney trips. We were even requested to be interviewed by news organizations; sometimes all of us or one of us. Organizations like Fox News would request to have interviews with us. In fact, we were on every show on Fox News from Fox and Friends to Hannity one time. We were interviewed by video on CNN and NBC too. It made our names known around the country and the world.

Speaking of the country and the world, so much has changed. We just had an election and the new president has gotten to know Mickey, or King Mickey of Disney Town to be precise. The president and king established diplomatic, economic, and even defense relationships with each other. The nation of Lucis of Eos also got involved. King Noctis Lucis Caelum CXIV met the new president as well and established the same relationships as well. In fact, the United States of America, Kingdom of Lucis, and Disney Town established a tri nation pact in which each of these nations established trade, diplomatic relations, and a defense treaty. There are pictures of the two kings and the president at the White House in the Oval Office meeting each other. The president was tough with them when it came to negotiations, but great relationships have been made and the three nations have developed strong relationships. Other nations have taken notice and have attempted to create relations with Disney Town and Lucis, but Noctis made it clear that Lucis will only have relationships with the U.S and Mickey reaffirmed such a bond with contain the U.S, Lucis, and Disney Town. So much has changed and so much has happened in this past year and so much to look forward to in the future.

The Transcendent Key · March 1, 2017

Oh wow, what a great transition into the modern age! I especially loved how you made it so that we saw how the Supreme Elite made their way towards the ancestors of the current Supreme Elite! Destiny truly is never left to chance!

And well, everything seems to be in order, so that's fine and dandy! I wonder what'll happen next?

Sarrin · March 1, 2017

Just holy freaking crap man

KingdomHearts3 · March 6, 2017

Chapter 15: A New Challenge

My friends and I were at the school having a class with the students. We have been back from our time in Walt Disney World for a week. We were asked to do a meet and greet at the Magic Kingdom for a few hours in the morning, afternoon and evening with time in between and take part in the Festival of Fantasy Parade. We were on one of the floats with the characters waving and all excited. That was nice and now we are back north with the students and having our sessions with them.

There are different sessions: combat, attack, magic, terminology, and miscellaneous. The combat session is teaching them fighting and countering strikes and swings. This is done with the students paired up with each other. The magic session is teaching them spells and how to fire them and summon them. This is like target practice where we set up targets and teach the students to aim their spell and fire. It's always a work in progress for them. The attack session is teaching them how to use different attacks like the arcanums, raids, blitzes and all kinds of attacks. The terminology session is teaching them the names of creatures and enemies as well as names of attacks, spells, and Keyblades. The miscellaneous sessions are when we teach them about the mysterious elements of what we know. Basically, we teach them about the legends of the Keyblade War, Keyblade, Kingdom Hearts, and so many other mysterious things. We also tell them about our stories and what is happening now and contribute it to how as Keyblade wielders, they need to be ready always and their duties would include things like whatever we tell them. We may or may not have one of these as it depends on our moods.

We are watching the students pair up and fight in the middle of our combat session. It was a gorgeous late afternoon as the sun we just in the west. My friends and I had our arms folded and watched the students fight one on one with each other. We were observing how they fought in battle. We instructed that anyone who sees an opening to trip the other up and point their Keyblade at them declaring a match. Here and there, students would either get tripped up by their partner or do so themselves. We would go over to correct whatever they messed up and told them to do it again. They are dressed in clothes like my friends and I, but with less grandeur. The clothes also looked like they could be found in a store as well.

I was watching a fourteen year old boy named Max paired with a sixteen year old boy named Daniel. They were fighting together and neither looked like they were giving in. Of course they both looked like they have much to learn, but they are looking sharp and confident. Max had his Keyblade parried and he went to strike overhead and down while Daniel swung at his feet taking out his legs. Max fell onto his back with a thud and Daniel pointed his Keyblade at Max.

"Aw man!" Max exclaimed.

"Set and match," Daniel said with a smirk. Max huffed and stood back up.

"Max, you went to swing overhead and took too long," I pointed out and went to demonstrate using my Keyblade. "Instead of swinging overhead after a parry, just swing back across his head. That single extra moment cost you and every moment you aren't doing something makes you vulnerable."

"Yes master," Ma replied. The two of them then set themselves up for a match and went at it again.

"Master Polemistis? I have a question," a female voice called to me. I turn to see and it's another student Jessica with Madeline. They are both seventeen years old. I nodded and went over to them.

"So, Madeline went to strike at my legs and I blocked it," she explained "but I don't know what to do. My instinct was to push off and then swing across her body, but I don't know."

"Well that's not bad," I said and I then went and demonstrated. "You could do that. Another thing you could do is push off, turn around and then swing across at the head. It flows more and you don't have to pause for a moment to let your momentum carry you the other way."

"Thank you master," she said bowing and returning back to her match. I watched then some some other matches and asked if anyone needed help and they all assured they were okay. I asked my friends how things are going from their side of things. They held their thumbs up and then gave some advice to whomever they were watching. At the end, we decided to halt everyone and have everyone stand off to the side toward the building and facing away from it. We had the students then randomly pair up one on one at our discretion. We Elites discussed and then chose the first match.

"Wyatt and Ryan, you guys go first," Adrian called out. "After that, let's have Elena and Larena fight." Wyatt and Ryan went up and stood apart from each other on different sides. They took stance and waited for a command. They both had determination and focus in their eyes and faces. I was impressed by it and was excited to see what they would offer.

"Ready? Begin!" Shane commanded and the two guys ran toward each other and clashed. I felt the power in their strikes. No magic was used since this is still the combat session and we are practicing just hand on hand for now. Tomorrow we will have both hand on hand and magic. It was great what I saw. They both had a strong sense of will and I felt the other wanting it more than the other. I was curious to see who would come out on top. After about five minutes of fighting, Wyatt trips up Ryan and points his Keyblade at Ryan.

"So close!" Ryan shouted. Wyatt was panting and a smile grew on his face.

"Well done Wyatt!" Jack congratulated him. Wyatt helped Ryan up. Ryan had a smile on his face and they shook hands and gave each other a brief embrace.

"Wyatt, that was impressive of you," I said to him grabbing his attention. He had a smile as he panted. "I hope to see you grow more."

"Thank you master," Wyatt replied. Wyatt had white skin and dark brown hair. It was styled like mine: cut on the sides, but longer on top and the bangs and front portion spiked up. He had brown eyes and was about a few inches shorter than me. He is a built kid nineteen years old with plenty of muscle like myself and possesses a Keyblade that is found in the Keyblade Graveyard. It is shaped like mine, but has a square exterior blade, but round interior blade. It fits him and he is a talented Keyblade wielder with much potential. We went through the matches and it was late in the day. Since it's late spring, the sun sets later and even though it's five o'clock, the sun had a few hours of daylight left and was in the west. We Elite decided to wrap things up and ended the sessions for today sending them off to do their own thing. Some practiced, others socialized, and others some wanted to learn more about some of the mysteries we have taught them.

My family parked the car at the gate entrance. They wanted to visit and see how I am and what things are like. Mom, dad, and my sister walked up the path up the hill to the school. It was not a real steep hill, but it was a walk. They decided to go around to the back and see who if anyone is there. They take a look and find the students walking around and doing their own thing whether it is practicing or socializing. My family just stood at the edge of the courtyard and looked at everything amazed. Just then, an older male of about twenty two years of age was talking to some other students when he noticed my family.

"Huh? Who are you?" he asked them.

"We're Ben's family," mom replied. The students know my two identities so they already know who is being talked about. About nine other students started to gather around.

"Are you all Keyblade wielders?" the student asked.

"No," mom replied.

"Then you're not welcome here," the student said sounding a bit hostile.

"I believe we have a right to see our son," dad fired back firmly.

"People who aren't Keyblade wielders aren't welcome here," the male student said with much hostility. The other students started saying the same things and started pressing on against my family. Dad immediately got in front of mom and my sister out of protective instinct. I came out from the building after speaking with a student, look to my left, and see my family. Immediately, I am happy to see them and wondering what the commotion is.

"Mom! Dad!" I called to them and rushed to them. They saw me and their faces lit up and we hugged and kissed. The students stood still in their place. Then I turn to the students.

"What's all this about?" I asked.

"Master, these non Keyblade wielders were trespassing," one older male student told me.

"Mark, they are my family," I replied with authority and some aggravation. "They along with the other masters' families are entitled to show up."

"They aren't Keyblade wielders," Mark replied. "You told us that people who do not wield a Keyblade are to be driven away. This place can't have anyone show up."

"Our families are an exception," I said. "If we switched roles and it was your family, would you allow them to show up? Would you be okay with them visiting?"

"Yes master," Mark replied deflated.

"You may be right about the policy," I continued "but may I remind you that it was through our families that the Keyblade's power had been passed down to us. I suggest you give them the respect and honor they are due. Besides, aren't they the people I taught you to protect?"

"Yes master," all the students replied bowing. I sent them all away and they went inside to the throne room. I turned back to my family.

"Sorry about that," I said apologizing and my family and I started talking. They asked questions about what happens here and I took them to look around both the courtyard with the view of the valley and inside the school. They were amazed with everything. The students that noticed us bowed whenever we passed by and others gave the Keyblade warrior's salute. I said goodbye to my family and they went home.

The next day, we got to it in the morning with the magic. It was practicing spells and firing them. This was a trickier thing for some, but most had the spells down. It was teaching them more advanced material that took them time to get. I was observing the students practice when I hear behind me corridors open and close and look behind me and see two armor Keyblade wielders walking toward me. They gave the warrior's salute and I nodded in reply.

"Master Polemistis," one of them said "we just received word from Mr. Iger that trouble is brewing in the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World."

"We were just there a week ago," I complained. "Alright then. We'll go and see for ourselves." The warriors saluted and left in a light corridor. I still have the Mark of Kye so that glowed and when I touched it, it glowed more. I close my eyes and with my heart, I call out Keyblade wielders names since all Keyblade wielders submit to my authority now. I see a corridor open and out came Axeron, Soraxan, Derron, and Braxon, our subordinates and friends. They also requested to be our apprentices and we accepted. Seeing them made me smile and we embraced. My friends and I left the students to practice and also greeted the four.

"You summoned us master?" Axeron asked.

"Yes. I just got word trouble in Walt Disney World is brewing," I replied. "We will most likely end up having to be there a while and it might end up taking us down a road." My friends complained about being there just like I did when they heard this, but I reassured them. "I will need you guys to take over and run the place for us for a while."

"Yes Supreme Elite," Axeron replied. They all then gave the warrior's salute. I caught them up on what they are doing so they know where to pick up from and my friends and I went in a corridor and went to the Magic Kingdom.

We step out into the entrance to the park just past security and enter into the park. We are waved at and had shout outs and all we did was wave in return and smiled while looking around for the trouble. Well, we started walking past the Emporium on Main Street USA when heartless popped out and started scaring people. We summoned our Keyblades and got right to work to clear them out. Clearly, this is the trouble and so we decided to look through the park and clear out any heartless. We came across them eight times in large groups, but we managed and after clearing them out in Tomorrowland, we decided to give Main Street one more look. After defeating the few heartless left there, we are about to leave when I get a bad feeling and freeze.

"Ben? What's wrong?" Adrian asked concerned. Seeing me like this gets them concerned and worried.

"Bad feeling, dark presence," I said. I look down Main Street toward the train station and see four people walking our way. They were all in armor with faces covered.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the heroes," one said mockingly. "People of this land, pay attention!" The guests around stopped what they were doing and paid attention.

"We are here to tell you the truth," another armored individual said. "These four heroes are not what you think they are."

"That's right, they are murderers," a third individual said while looking at us. The guests mumbled to themselves in confusion. Meanwhile, my anger was rising slowly, but surely as did my friends.

"You see, their ancestors thought they were fighting darkness," a fourth explained. "The people their thought were of the darkness were their friends. During that Keyblade War, so many people they considered friends were killed by their ancestors. They fell one by one because of them." He pointed a finger at us. Now we are really getting angry. The people were still confused and talked louder this time.

"Yes, all they did was slaughter those they considered friends," the warrior who called us out said. "Now their descendants you see before you carry on such a horrible legacy and in the recent Keyblade War, they do the same again. They must be stopped and we will defeat them." They summoned their Keyblades and took stance. The people sounded skeptical and the enemies started chaos by firing spells at them and making the guests scream and run away.

"Disbelief will result in deathly consequences," the warrior said. "Now you four can face the cold taste of death."

"Shut up!" I shouted at them and we summoned our Keyblades and clashed with them. The match was even for a bit, but then we took control and started driving them back and end up in a lock.

"You'll regret insulting us!" I shouted at my enemy and then I punch and kick him a few times before swinging at his neck and slitting it. My friends slashed their enemy or stabbed them through a weak spot in their armor. All of them fell dead and their bodies dissolved into particles, their Keyblades disappeared in dark energy, and their hearts floated up to Kingdom Hearts. We unsummoned our Keyblades and panted some.

"We have some work to do," I said. It looks like this will be another challenge to unravel and defeat the darkness as it appears to be encroaching again.

The Transcendent Key · March 7, 2017

Excellent! Most excellent! I loved the in depth walkthrough on how the school where Ben and the others teach Keyblade Wielding works! I imagined it all playing out in my head as an awesome cutscene! Very well done! I can't wait for more!

KingdomHearts3 · March 12, 2017

Chapter 16: Old Friends

So now that it's clear there is once again a new enemy, we have to go and split up and head to the worlds. If there is this enemy in our world, it will probably be in other worlds too. So now that we have fixed the problem in the Magic Kingdom, we open a corridor for ourselves and go on to our world. I enter mine and end up in Halloween Town.

"I believe I haven't finished what I wanted to do here," I said to myself. Last time I was here, I had a bad experience and wanted to leave immediately. I never changed my clothing for this world and remained in my Elite clothing. I walked to the Town Square and see it's all quiet. I look around a bit and I see Sora in his Halloween gear.

"Sora!" I call to him. He turns and when he sees me, he smiles baring his fangs and runs up to me.

"Ben!" he exclaims as he approached me. "I'm glad your here. I was told of another threat popping up."

"Keyblade wielders of darkness?" I asked. Sora nodded. "I thought so. That was what I found in the Magic Kingdom. That's why we split up and here I am now."

"Hey, I have heard about Mickey and what he has done on Earth," Sora mentioned with a smile. "You have to show me around your world some day."

"I think I will once all of this is over," I replied. He already met my family and became well acquainted with them when we were all in the Magic Kingdom before I fought the Dark Elite with my friends. Hehas yet to see outside of Walt Disney World.

"So what do you want to do now?" he asked.

"We go through and find any of the same threat," I replied. "I want every warrior of darkness to have their head on a stake and you will be helping me."

"Cool. Lead the way," Sora replied. I used my magic to have dark energy cover me and my black coat is on me with the hood down. Sora noticed and he looked a little disappointed.

"Aw c'mon Ben!" he said. "You can do better than that! We're in Halloween Town! You can be scarier than that."

"Sorry. Scary isn't my thing," I replied.

"Even I'm scarier than you," he said.

"Oh you don't say?" I replied sarcastically. The last time I saw him in this world, he scared the crap out of me as he acted as though he was an actual vampire about to bite me.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" he protested clearly not understanding my reference. I merely rolled my eyes. "Whatever. Anyway, why don't you try something scarier?"

"Alright, here goes nothing," I replied. I thought about what I could be that's scary and so dark energy wrapped itself completely around me and when it cleared, I had black hair, gold eyes, and black clothing.

"Gahhh!" Sora screamed and jumped back. "Okay, I did not mean be Polemos! Try something a little less scary!" Well that reaction right there explained my dark counterpart completely. He was indeed scary and was vicious. He was pure darkness purer than Ronnie or Nick. So I thought about it again and this time I think I got something.

"Okay, how about this?" I asked and so dark energy wrapped itself around me again and now I am wearing the vampire clothing from Kingdom Hearts Unchained X. My face is as pale as a ghost and black eye make up and eye shadow is put around my eyes.

"Woah!" Sora said amazed with a smile. "That's perfect! I guess I rubbed off on you huh? Ha ha! Well? Smile for me!" I gave him a grin and he bent down to look at my teeth.

"There they are!" he said "Nice fangs!"

"Thanks," I replied smiling. "Shall we?" Sora nodded and we went to see Jack Skellington. We found him in Dr. Finkelstein's lab talking with the doc.

"Hey Jack!" Sora said. Skellington turned toward us. It's eerie seeing these two in real life, but I got used to it.

"Sora! So good to see you!" Jack said. "You brought Polemistis with you too! And he is such a fright to see. Such an honor to meet you." He bowed as he greeted me.

"Same to you," I replied. "Pleasure to meet you doctor."

"LIkewise young man," the doc replied. "How can we help you?"

"We have an issue," I explained. "See, there is a new enemy. It's dark Keyblade wielders and they are trying to undermine worlds so they could be taken over and sent into darkness."

"You know, we have been planning a massive Halloween event for a month now," Jack said "and we have noticed some unusually scary residents here. I have asked the mayor if he knew who they were and he had no clue. When the mayor tried to confront one, he was scared to the point that anything I try to scare him with, he would blow off." That must be a sign.

"Not only that, these rats have been causing trouble around here," Finkelstein followed. "You think you could find them and stop them?"

"Leave it to us," Sora said.

"I'll come too. I want to see just who these guys are," Jack said. Sora and I nodded and we headed out of the lab. There was nothing in the square so we headed for the Graveyard. There, we found a couple figures dressed up. One was dressed as a zombie and the other a savage vampire. They saw us and had crazed expressions on their faces.

"AH! Human!" the zombie said in a deep partially gurgled voice and was licking his lips. He was a male that looked like he was in his early twenties.

"Close, but not exactly," I replied.

"No, you are both boys... humans..." the vampire hissed. He looked like my age and had all spiked hair. He had skin a shade paler than mine and my skin in this costume is as pale as death. He also had blood dripping down the sides of his mouth and fangs that were a bit larger than mine. Both these guys were Keyblade wielders which somewhat surprised me.

"What do you think human tastes like?" the zombie asked licking his lips again.

"You may want their flesh," the vampire said "but I am curious about the blood that runs through them." He then hissed while baring his fangs. I raised my eyebrows and Sora got nervous.

"Uh Ben?" Sora said "I don't think our costumes are working."

"Clearly," I replied. "Now it appears that they look like found their meal and drink." We summoned our Keyblades and took stance and Jack got ready with his Halloween magic.

"Once we kill them, I will have my thirst quenched," the vampire hissed. "You then can have your meal."

"I'm all in for that!" the zombie replied and they summoned their Keyblades. Their Keyblades took on the attributes of each of them. The zombie had zombie attributes on his Keyblade and the vampire had vampire attributes on his. Both sides then clashed with me fighting the vampire and Sora fighting the zombie. It was pure hand on hand combat between the four of us. Jack helped create openings by using his magic. It helped and we were able to put our enemies on the defensive. They managed to hold up though and forced both sides into a stalemate. The vampire and I ended up in a lock trying to push against the other.

"I know what you have done Polemistis," the vampire hissed. "At your hands and the hands of the rest of you, blood was spilled; so much blood because of you killing those you called friends. How I wish I was there to gather it together so not a drop was lost. Because you have killed so many, your blood will be mine! I have wondered how rich the blood of the Elite is and now I will taste it soon." He then hissed again and went on the attack. He was more violent this time and truly after my blood. He wanted me dead and then he would bite me and drink my blood. I wish this was a dream, but it isn't. I fought all the more using magic at any chance I get.

I manage to disarm him and stab him in the chest putting my Keyblade through his heart. He was stunned and shock is expressed in his face.

"To kill a vampire, one must stab the heart," I said with a smile showing my fangs. I pull the blade out and yes, there was indeed blood on it. This proves these two guys are not true Halloween creatures, but rather, Keyblade wielders who took on the appearance and consciousness of them. I see Sora and Jack finishing up the zombie and Sora eventually stabbed the Keyblade wielder through the stomach and then pull it out of him. Both Keyblade wielders have their hands over their wounds and then fall to the ground dead. Their bodies dissipate and their Keyblades disappear in black energy. Their hearts float up into the dark sky and disappear.

"Well, that takes care of them," Sora said.

"I don't think we have found the root causes of these troublemakers," Jack said.

"You're right, I don't think so either," I said. We walked on and when we reach the Boneyard, we see a figure with its back turned toward us. It looks like they are cloaked. The three of us remain silent and just watch the figure. It turns around and we realized that it's a grim reaper. Underneath the hood, there is just a black void. It then raises a skeletal hand and summons its scythe.

"What kind of enemy is this?" Sora asked summoning his Keyblade again.

"Sora, I think this enemy is part of something larger," I replied. "I don't know who is the head of this fish, but we'll find out eventually." I summon my Keyblade and Sora and I charge. Jack is about to get involved, but we raised our hands and motioned him to stay back. The reaper was tough and strong. His scythe was huge and could take our heads off in one swing. Every time he did so, we ducked and tried to swing at the body- but there is nothing.

"Great! What do we do?!" Sora shouted as we blocked a swing.

"We'll have to use light!" I shouted in reply. "That's the only way this darkness is destroyed." We push off and gather light energy together and jump back far away from the reaper. Pointing our Keyblades to the sky, bolts of light come down and enter our Keyblades. We then point them at the reaper and fire huge beams of light at him. They join up and then consume the dark figure. Once the light disappears, the figure is left behind and he begins to dissipate in dark energy and disappear.

"We did it!" Sora exclaimed.

"I wonder what that was," I said.

"Well, whatever it was, we did it together!" he replied excited and he put his arm around my shoulders and smiled. I did the same and smiled. It was great to be with an old friend.

Edited March 13, 2017 by KingdomHearts3

The Transcendent Key · March 13, 2017

Awesome, back to Halloween Town! I loved that Ben took on a scarier appearance, and Sora was fanboying over it! And them working together along with Jack in order to defeat the Dark Keyblade Wielders was an awesome battle! Epic stuff! Great chapter as always man, I can't wait for more!

Sarrin · March 14, 2017

This has was a good read look forward to whats next

KingdomHearts3 · March 20, 2017

Chapter 17: Charged and Sentenced

Sora, Jack Skellington, and I went back to Dr. Finkelstein's lab and told him what happened and how we stopped the trouble brewing in the town. He was all giddy the problem had been solved.

"Why thank you boys!" he said "Now we can properly get ready for Halloween."

"This Halloween will be the best all because of you guys," Jack followed. "I am so grateful you were here."

"No problem," I replied. "It's what we do." Sora and I then said our goodbyes and then walked out of the lab into the square. We went to the Halloween Town Entrance and were about to leave town when we heard someone behind us.

"Trick or treat!" they said. Again? Can't they take a break? I merely rolled my eyes and looked at Sora. He looked as though he knew what I was thinking. We kept our backs toward them

"You want a treat? Here it is then," I said and then using my magic subtly, I turned my eyes and Sora's eyes blood red and had blood stream down from the sides of our mouths. We then turn around swiftly, looked at the three rascals and with maniacal looks in our eyes, we hissed at them. Lock had a pumpkin in hand and was about to thrown it until all three saw us and froze still screaming. The pumpkin exploded sending them backwards and then they turned and high-tailed it out of there.

"Run for your lives!" Barrel screamed.

"You said you would throw that at them when they turned!" Shock shouted at Lock.

"Yeah, but I didn't know we'd see real vampires instead!" Lock shouted back. "Just run!" They ran out of sight and Sora and I laughed as the magic I used on our faces disappeared and the blood red eyes and streams on our mouths reverted back and disappeared respectively.

"Those classic morons," I just said. "Well Sora, I think I need to get out of this. Don't need it anymore." Dark magic wrapped itself around me and I turned back to my Elite form. Sora remained in his vampire form.

"It's great being with such a good friend," I said and we put our arms around each other.

"I couldn't agree more," he replied. "Hey, I'm thirsty. Got anything to drink?" He started laughing.

"Hey! Watch it smart alec," I quipped back laughing too. It was a little ribbing. It felt good. We opened our own corridors, bade farewell until later when we would meet up again, and left Halloween Town. I wanted to head to an important world in my opinion. When I came out of the corridor, I found myself in Atlantis. I was standing at the port and saw all of the citizens go to and fro with their catches, boats, nets, and other things. The Atlanteans notice my presence there and word gets out and so they start calling out to me hello in Atlantean. I still find it strange that the language is not much different than the tongue Keyblade wielders of ancient times from as early as prehistoric times up to the Keyblade War. Makes me wonder because Atlantis was a civilization that, according to legend in my world, existed tens of thousands of years before the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. It makes me wonder and ask questions.

I changed into clothing that is common for an Atlantean boy my age and had a bit of the blue face paint on my right cheek. I my clothing was like the usual male Atlantean attire. I had no shirt, just a sky blue cloth with dark blue edge strapped from my right hip, went over my left shoulder, and then back to my right hip in my back. It was connected to my shorts, which were Kingdom Hearts blue with Atlantean blue letters and designs. There was some darker blue trimming along the edges. I had a gold strap just above my left ankle and a silver one above my right. There was blue paint in Atlantean design over my right shoulder. I looked down at myself seeing my muscular upper body and my lower body and thought I did a good job seeing as how I never wore Atlantean clothing before.

Now that I goggled at my attire for long enough, I went off to see Milo and Kida, the king and queen of Atlantis. I walk through the streets and end up seeing Shane in his Atlantean attire. I wave to get is attention and run up to him and we embrace. Letting go, I look at his clothes up and down.

"Wow, nice outfit," I said.

"You too muscle boy," he quipped. I chuckled a little bit and just flexed a little. Yes, my six pack, biceps and all upper body muscles are visible as day. Shane's clothes are like mine except he has two straps over his shoulder and he had light red on his clothes. He has Atlantean face paint across his eyes and some just above the center of his chest. We went on and before we knew it, we came across Jack and Adrian and caught up with them. Jack was bare chested and had face paint on the right side of his face and an Atlantean emblem on his left shoulder. His shorts went to the calves and were a balance of Atlantean blue, grey, and black with Atlantean sigils and letters on them. Adrian wore tunic like cloth and had a bit of face paint just below his eyes, but most of it was on his arms. His clothes were light and scarlet red with blue trimmings. We caught up to speed on what has happened on our journeys so far. Shane went to Radiant Garden, Adrian went to Wonderland, and Jack went outside of Olympus Coliseum to Mt. Olympus and Thebes. They all experienced the same things as I did.

"So you guys have also been constantly hearing these accusations as well," I said.

"Yeah, and every time, these people try to make us look bad," Adrian replied.

"Well, no one really has bought on and believed them," Shane said.

"At least not yet," Jack followed. "When people doubt, these dark Keyblade wielders attack them."

"Have you faced anything else dark?" I asked.

"Yeah, I strangely faced a swordsman that looked like Leon," Shane replied. "He called me out and told me that someone of the light like me needs to die. Well, it didn't go over well for him."

"I faced someone that was all dressed in black and had an obsession of black cards," Adrian replied. "He was rather strange and attacked me for not playing his 'game'. I guess he lost it after all."

"I faced a dark Greek warrior who called me a true villain of the gods," Jack said. "He said I should die as one especially because of the crimes I committed so long ago. I made sure that he dies as that so called villain."

"I guess we keep going still and try to think it as nothing more than regular enemies," I suggest. My friends nod and we go up to the castle to see the king and queen. We come to the door and the guards bow and then the doors open. We see Milo and Kida sitting at their throne and were talking with each other. They look in our direction and see us walk in.

"My goodness! The Supreme Elite are here!" Kida exclaimed. "It's so wonderful to see you all again!" She quickly got up and gave us all hugs. Milo got up too and was smiling.

"It's great to see you guys again," he said. The four of us bowed going on one knee.

"Your majesties," I said and then we stand up fully.

"So what brings you to Atlantis?" Kida asked.

"There are dark Keyblade wielders that have been going from one world to another," I explained. "They have been causing trouble and are trying to undermine the stability of worlds. This place is no exception."

"What about these dark creatures?" Milo asked. "Have they been caused by them?"

"No, they are not," I replied. "We can get rid of them easily as can the guards of Atlantis. However, these dark Keyblade warriors are somewhere here in this world and are lurking. I don't know where, but that's why we are here: to find and defeat them."

"Go! Get the guard to be on watch!" Kida ordered a guard. "Have them stationed everywhere and keep watch for anything suspicious!" She then turned her attention to us. "I'll help you defeat them." Milo was taken aback by the statement.

"Kida! You can't!" he said "I mean, you're the queen! What would happen if you were captured by these warriors?"

"I'll be alright," she assured. "I am the queen as you said and it's my responsibility to protect my people."

"Alright then. I'll try to keep an eye out as well and help myself," Milo said. He then had someone grab him an Atlantean sword and bring it to him. We all then left the castle and went into the streets of the city. We remained together because the last thing we need is to be split up and have half of us captured. As we walked through the streets, Kida and Milo pointed out different things and explained what they are. Basically, as we looked for any dark Keyblade warriors, Milo and Kida gave us a tour of the sites. It was pretty cool and we had Atlanteans call out to us all hello with some saying so in Atlantean and others in English. As we walked through the streets, we came across a few groups of heartless that took on the characteristics of this world. Some were crystalized and others just had the letters and facial paintings on them. There were at most a couple dozen and fighting them gave us an exercise, but nothing too extreme. We eventually made it to the dock and there we were confronted by six dark Keyblade warriors. There were three females and three males and all were as young looking as seventeen and as old as mid twenties. They were speaking in Atlantean when they called us out.

"Ah, it's the Supreme Elite and their majesties," the oldest male said in Atlantean.

"Who are you and what do you want?" I asked in Atlantean.

"We are merely people who are pointing out your crimes," the oldest female replied. "You four murdered many people long ago."

"They were enemies of darkness!" Adrian shouted.

"They were people you called friends," the male answered back calmly.

"You liar!" Jack shouted. "You people from the dark lie! We would not ever kill our friends!"

"Quit your lies or you'll regret it!" Shane threatened.

"Hmph, just as I expected from criminals," the female smirked.

"Same thing here," the male replied. "As punishment for your crimes, your sentences are death." The six of them summoned their Keyblades and then took stances. My friends and I summoned our Keyblades, Kida got her spear ready, and Milo got his sword ready as well. We took stances and then charged toward the group and they charged toward us. We clash with the group; I took on the oldest male and my friends, Kida, and Milo split up the other five and they all fought. It was tough because they had passion in their fight. They really believe killing us is the right thing to do? What is the truth if they truly believe our predecessors really have done what these people claim they did? I put the questions aside and we just fought. I used my attacks to open up my enemy and I had no desire whatsoever to make this last longer than it needs to. So I used Eclipse of the Moon to open him up and then I stabbed him through his back. He screamed and he stayed still breathing in heavily while blood is coming from his mouth.

"If you want the truth... the Foretellers will tell you," he said in plain English. I pulled my Keyblade out of him and he fell to the ground dead. My friends finished off their enemies and then killed the enemies Milo and Kida were fighting.

"It's over," Milo said panting.

"Thank you for your help," Kida said. "I will be sure to keep the guards watchful." We nodded and bade farewell and the royals left leaving my friends and I alone. I ended up thinking a lot about these accusations.

"Guys, I've been thinking a lot about these accusations," I said to them. "I felt meaning in that guy I fought. He seemed to have meant everything. He told me to go to the Foretellers to find out the truth."

"We were told the same thing in similar ways," Adrian said.

"I am rather concerned about these accusations too," Jack said.

"What do you want to to bud?" Shane asked. I paused for a while and then I looked at my friends.

"I think we need to go to the Mysterious Tower and talk with them," I said. I then reverted to my regular Elite form and touched the Mark of Kye on me. It glowed for a second.

"We will need the seven lights and our apprentices there too," I continued. My friends nodded and reverted back to their regular Elite forms. We opened a corridor and walked through going on our way to the Mysterious Tower to find out the truth.

Edited March 20, 2017 by KingdomHearts3

The Transcendent Key · March 20, 2017

Oh my God, it's happening! The Supreme Elite will find out the truth from the Foretellers! Oh, I bet that's not gonna be a pretty pleasant conversation! I can't wait to see what happens! Great chapter as always, man!

Atlantis, one of my favorite Disney films, and one I hope makes it as a world in Kingdom Hearts III!

Sarrin · March 21, 2017

This was really a great chapter, look forward to plenty more

KingdomHearts3 · March 26, 2017

Chapter 18: Master, Tell Me the Truth!

The four of us were all reverted to our Elite forms and walked into a corridor. These accusations of us being murderers and killing our friends from long ago really started to affect me. I thought about it as the four of us walked through the corridor.

"You have a lot on your mind," a familiar voice said. I look to my right and see Polemistis walking next to me.

"Hmph, yeah, I do," I reply somberly. "These accusations against me as well as you are getting to me a little. They are saying that you murdered people you called friends long ago. I try to deny it thinking you fought Keyblade wielders of darkness, but it's starting to get to me."

"Mhm. Well, I will reassure you then," Polemistis replied. "I did indeed fought Keyblade wielders of darkness then. Master Gula told us then that we will be fighting them in the fated land. Our fates were in a page hidden in the back covers of their books. It's amazing what you learn after you've been asleep for as long as I was." I merely chuckled at the last statement.

"You know, there are a few things I would like to tell you," he said. "After I set my heart free and left my body to fall to darkness and destroy it, my heart, or me if you will, left the Realm of Light and went into space. I was not sure where I would go, but I let my heart be my guiding key and it made its way to Earth. I saw how unusual of a world it was and how different and also how special. It was not yet touched by darkness, but behind me I could see that the darkness was indeed encroaching slowly yet noticeably. So going through the atmosphere of this world, I realized that I am in a different time period. I was not sure what time exactly, but I could tell hundreds upon hundreds of years have passed on the world while the Keyblade War felt like it began yesterday. I came down from the sky and saw nothing, but forest. I had to fall slowly and then I saw a Dandelion named Areti. I went to him and told him to hide me away so I can sleep. I told him to assimilate into this world and start his own life here. The reason why is because I came across him one day during my lux collecting and we got to know each other well. I told him then to cut the palm of his hand with his Keyblade to where blood would be drawn. I did the same thing and we grabbed hands. I told him the reason I wanted him to cut his hand is because the blood from me runs in him and he will pass down not only the blood of mine, but the power of the Keyblade all the way down to my descendant. He will look exactly like me and awaken me and then I will return."

"So that's why I am a Keyblade wielder naturally and why I look like you," I said. "What about my friends?"

"Well, we all did this one time when we happened to have split up for the day," Polemistis replied. It made sense as to why my friends and I look like our ancestors. Actually, we truly are our ancestors reborn and in the flesh while having identities of our own.

"So were there always four Supreme Elite?" I asked.

"Well what you saw in that chapel was not the whole story," Polemistis replied. "Yes there were four of us, but at one point, we almost had five." My eyes widened at the suggestion.

"Five?!" I exclaimed.

"Oh yes," Polemistis replied. "You know that we each came from different unions. Well, I came across a person in Radiant Garden named Nikitis. He was from the Ursus union. Yes, he was a great Keyblade wielder and had much potential. The five of us were one day hanging around in the Fountain Square of Daybreak Town and he had to leave, but before he left, he asked if he could join us as an Elite. We were stunned, that I could tell you, and had to think about it. Now this was long after the four of us found out our fates so we had to find out how to tell him the truth and say no. However, he figured it out and he seemed to understand. If he joined us, he would have tried to rescue us and lose his life or worse, have a whole separate fate written on the page. He joined the Dandelions in the end I assume. I wish that we could have said yes. It would have united all the unions and maybe dissipate the divisions we've had then, but we couldn't take him down with us in fate so what happened has become history." He then put his arm around my shoulders and smiled warmly. "Hey, I would say things worked out after all." I smiled and nodded. Looking at my friends, I see they too were talking to their ancestors too. I could tell it was the same content.

"Well Polemistis," I said "let's see what Master Gula and the Foretellers have to say about this. I am sure that they will say the same thing." I hoped they do so. No, what am I saying? Of course they will! I mean, Master Xehanort said it was a war between Keyblade wielders of light and darkness so Gula and the Foretellers will surely say the same thing. We kept on walking and we stepped out of the corridor onto the front lawn of the Mysterious Tower. There, the seven lights, our apprentices, and the Union members Ephemer and Skuld were all there. It surprised me to see the latter because it had been forever. We all greeted them and embraced some and shook the hands of others. I addressed Ephemer and Skuld.

"Well, long time no see!" I said. "Where have you guys been?"

"Well, it's been a little... crazy," Ephemer said. Skuld elbowed him slightly in that pause. I wondered what seemed to be the matter, but now wasn't the time so I put the thought away.

"Yeah, the Keyblade warriors thing has us running all over the place," Skuld followed up. "We have heard you four have been called criminals and we are your accomplices. We don't understand to be honest."

"Well, we'll find out soon enough," I replied. All of us went into the tower and went up the stairs up to Yen Sid's office. There, Yen Sid was at his desk and in the room as well were the Foretellers, Lea, Donald, and Goofy. The latter three came up to us Elite and greeted us and shook our hands. The Foretellers however stood by Yen Sid's desk and smiled warmly and nodded when we addressed them. Then, we all lined up with us Elite in front of the desk, the seven lights behind us and the apprentices in the back. Donald, Goofy, and Lea were off to our left side while the Foretellers were off to the sides of the desk lined up from left to right respectively: Ava, Ira, Gula, Invi, and Aced.

"Hello Master Yen Sid and Foretellers," the four of us said bowing. The masters nodded in acknowledgment.

"What brings you all here today?" Yen Sid asked. "Certainly it is not the threat that has arisen. I sense that you already have been dealing with it." We stand up fully and nod in reply.

"Sa bo nim, we came here to see you, but more importantly, the Foretellers as well," I started. I sensed my ancestors were standing beside me again as the masters nodded at them in acknowledgment. "You see, as we have been going around worlds and defeating this darkness, dark Keyblade wielders have been accusing us of being murderers."

"Please explain," Yen Sid said.

"Well, whenever we fight our enemy whomever it may be," I explain "we are accused of killing people we called friends during the Keyblade War." I am doing all the talking because Adrian whispered to me, as we went up the stairs, that he wants me to do the talking for he wanted to listen. "Our ancestors you see beside us in spirit have been accused of fighting and killing people they called friends during the Keyblade War. We believe these enemies are lying to us because Polemistis said Master Gula told them who they would be fighting and I remember Master Xehanort saying the war was fought between warriors of darkness and light." Yen Sid was nodding in thought while the Foretellers were white as ghosts and tense looking. A couple of them were looking down and off to the side into space.

"We came here wondering if it is indeed a lie that has gone around," I finished.

"I believe it is false testimony," Yen Sid said "but I would think the Foretellers here would know truly as I was not there in that ancient era." The four of us looked at the Foretellers and waited for an answer. There was nothing for a few seconds.

"Well? They are wrong, correct Master Gula?" I asked. Gula was one of the two looking down and off to the side. He said nothing for a few seconds and then opened his mouth.

"They may... be right..." he said. Gasps were heard from behind us. My friends were utterly stunned and became white as sheets while their mouths opened in shock. Immediately, I felt like I got hit in the stomach and I felt the blood leave my face. I was stunned at the response.

"W-w-what?" I stuttered. Gula managed to look at me. "What do you mean they are right?" Gula said nothing.

"Wait... you mean to tell us... that what they have said... it was all true?" Polemistis asked. Still no answer from the Foretellers. I began to lose it the more I thought about it.

"Master, tell me the truth!" I scream at Gula. He remains still, but then he breathes in and begins to speak.

"That war was not entirely a war between light and dark," he said.

"Our ancestors learned of a traitor one day and immediately got concerned about who it was," Ira explained. "They had to be sure who it could be and started investigating."

"Instead, they started quarreling amongst themselves," Ava said. "Aced was thought of to be the traitor and Ava, Invi, and Gula all turned against him. That turned out false."

"Gula possessed a lost page and tried to follow it finding the traitor," Aced said. "He thought it was Aced and tried to defeat him, but it became an ugly situation."

"By then they committed to merely trying to gather as much lux as possible," Invi followed up. "It was all they can do to buy time and delay what would be coming. Meanwhile, unions started becoming hostile toward each other."

"Soon, the bell that would toll for the start of war rang," Gula finished. "All the unions gathered together in the fated land and there, Keyblade wielders fought each other." I immediately began feeling light headed and started collapsing. My friends caught me and tried helping me up. I felt sick just hearing this. I managed to get back on my feet. My ancestors were looking shattered and looked down into space with shock written on their faces. I meanwhile began feeling anger and rage boiling up inside me.

"They did not tell you, Supreme Elite," Gula said also addressing my ancestors. "They couldn't tell you."

"Why didn't you tell us then?" I asked uneasily and keeping my anger from being noticed, although I did a poor job of doing so. Gula looked down in despair. I then looked at all the Foretellers and nodded.

"You all wanted to use us to clean up your mess that you refused to be accountable for and hoped we would never know the truth, didn't you?" I asked. They kept silent with the same gazes as before. I looked at each one of them waiting for an answer and yet I received none. Meanwhile, our ancestors returned back to us in sorrow and pain. I could feel it completely on top of mine. The silence in the air was heavy and thick as the entire room was in absolute disbelief. After not receiving an answer, I just looked down and shook my head.

"I have to go home," I said and began to turn to leave.

"Ben, wait!" Gula called and he went to grab my forearm, but just before his hand made contact with me, I snapped my arm up and in a grabbing motion, I began choking Gula and started raising him off of the floor. Everyone was now more aware and either said "no," "oh my gosh," and so on. I began breathing heavily and rage swelled up in me. I then slowly looked up at the Foreteller floating in the air having the life choked out of him.

"You betrayed me," I said with rage. "You all betrayed ALL OF US! You used as pawns so we could clean up the mess you created and never know that upon that barren soil, people DIED because of you!" I then let go of Gula and he fell to the floor onto all fours and start coughing and managed to stand back up looking at me the whole time.

"I never thought that the person that my ancestor," I said "no, that I called master would, along with the other masters, be the reason my ancestors died along with millions of other people. Never have I and my friends ever thought that Polemistis's, Kyrios's, Kidemonas's, and Aiton's lives would be cut short along with millions of others all because of five people." The Foretellers just looked down in shame. They were about to say something in defense, but then had nothing. I turned to leave and like the Red Sea parting, everyone behind my friends and I cleared a way and let us through. I walk out the door and down the stairs with my friends with the seven, union members, Lea, Donald, and Goofy following behind.

Our apprentices remained in the room with Yen Sid and the Foretellers. They were in thought at what they heard.

"So, it seems that you five betrayed them," Axeron said.

"You know you too are guilty of wronging them," Aced replied.

"We NEVER hid anything from them," Axeron replied. "We made our purposes quite clear. We realized our mistakes and asked for their forgiveness. We never lied to them and hid the truth from them. Can you all say the same?" The Foretellers looked down in despair as they cannot. The apprentices then walked out of the room leaving Yen Sid with the Foretellers.

My friends and I were outside in the front lawn looking into space stunned, confused, hurt, and angry.

"I don't know what to say..." Adrian said. He usually would give wisdom since he is the oldest among us, but him not knowing what to think really shows the gravity of the situation.

"I don't want to believe it," Shane said. "I really don't, but I do."

"So what does this mean for us?" Jack asked me.

"I don't know pal..." I replied.

"Hey, you shouldn't get so down," Sora said trying to comfort us. "I mean, your predecessors didn't know and you didn't either and probably for a good reason."

"Yeah, they didn't want to hurt you or betray you all in any way," Riku followed. I started nodding and slowly turned around. I am angry and hurt and this only flared it.

"Oh yes of course," I said in a sarcastic way. Now I completely faced him. "You would know that first hand of course. Isn't that right, TRAITOR?!" At saying "traitor," I snapped my right hand up and like what I did to Gula, I put my hand in a grabbing position and started choking Riku while raising him off the ground. Everyone had the same reaction as before.

"You would know what it's like to betray someone close to you, wouldn't you ANSEM?!" I shouted at Riku bringing up the time he betrayed Sora and his entire home and helped bring ruin to the worlds. Riku was grabbing his throat and struggling.

"No Ben please!" Sora pleaded. "Riku learned his mistakes! He paid me back by saving me from Master Xehanort and the Realm of LIght by locking himself in the Realm of Darkness! He did what he thought he deserved." I held Riku for a couple moments and then dropped him. He landed on all fours and gasped and coughed for air. He then got his breathing under control and stood up.

"Yes, I did betray Sora and Kairi," Riku said. "I did indeed become Ansem. I regret what I did then, but Sora kept looking for me when I came out of the Realm of Darkness and I learned from my mistakes. I apologized for what I did and paid him back by saving him during our Mark of Mastery test. The Foretellers didn't want to hurt you by telling you the truth."

"They should have told my ancestors then," I said. Riku couldn't reply as that was the consensus among them and they knew they couldn't deter me from my hurt.

"Master Polemistis," I heard someone call. I look and see Axeron, Soraxan, Derron, and Braxon walk toward us from the tower. "I understand that you all are hurt and rightfully hurt. So I want to tell you all this to remember: may your heart be your guiding key. Whatever you all decide to do now, we your apprentices will support you completely." They then give the warrior's salute. I weakly smile and nod. The four of them open a corridor and leave the world.

"I think we need to go home and need to each have alone time," I said. My friends all agreed on the idea and we each opened our own corridors and left the world.

The seven lights, Donald, Goofy, and Lea were now the ones left.

"Oooooohhhhhhh..." Goofy said.

"Aaaahhhhh..." Donald followed.

"I feel bad for them," Aqua said.

"What do we do now?" Ventus asked.

"Nothing perhaps," Mickey said. "We let them be until they are ready."

"Man, I gotta tell you," Lea said "I feel like we have been used as well in this whole thing."

"Maybe we were," Kairi said. "I think we all were used. I guess now it makes sense why they were so angry and hurt."

"What do you guys-" Terra said to Ephemer and Skuld, but he stopped seeing as how they aren't there anymore. Everyone started looking around.

"Oh great, they're gone," Terra said.

"Where do you think they went now?"Sora asked. No one answered as they have no clue where the union members went off to.

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Ephemer and Skuld went up floor after floor of the Emperor's Pillar past the catacombs and when they reached the roof, they go up to the throne with the armored Keyblade wielder there holding a Royal Radiance Keyblade.

"You're Majesty," Ephemer said and they both bowed. "The Supreme Elite have been told the truth." The armored emperor breathed in and out deeply.

"So it has begun already," he said.

"What now your Majesty?" Skuld asked.

"This is only the beginning," the emperor replied. "Things will now take their course as they have been set in motion. I have an overall idea of where it all could go, but as to how, I am not certain."

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Nox walked through the dark room up to the throne with the black coated Keyblade wielder holding the original No Name Keyblade.

"Master, they have been told the truth," he said. The figure chuckled.

"Perfect," he said. "Now we can begin at last to start making fate go forward. Go and make sure to have the kingdoms on Earth searched. Also, make sure to make allies on that world. And don't forget, make sure to keep them... busy." Nox nodded. Now he gets his chance to finally exact the revenge on the four of them he has so longed for.

"Are you ready Ronnie and Nick?" Nox said to the darkness. Ronnie and Nick stepped out into the dim light. They both had gold eyes and black highlighted hair with dark auras around them. They both smiled maniacally at the request.

"Yes Nox," they replied in unison.

The Transcendent Key · March 27, 2017

Oh God, this chapter was tense, and I could feel the hurt Ben and the others were feeling! If I had been told a truth like that, that would have probably been my reaction as well! And also, I liked the clever way you titled this chapter! A great reference to Birth By Sleep! And wow man, listening to the Case Of The Foretellers while reading this chapter definitely enhanced the overall experience for me! What amazing epicness! The way you connected events of the games with your own events is well done! Great work man, I can't wait for more!

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