Aqua
Realm of Darkness -> Roxas's Room, Castle That Never Was
Eternal Evening
Out of the frying pan...
((The GM informed me that this would be the result))
Man, the Heartless keep popping up! So far, they're relatively small fry like the small Shadows, the taller Neoshadows and the spherical Darkballs, but still. Gratuitous amounts of ice and lightning work wonders, however. They're still scary, though, but that's why I dispose of them as soon as possible from a distance.
A light! There's actually a light here that's not mine. Could it be...?
I move towards it, blue star-shaped Wayfinder in hand. Holding it and looking at it brings to mind more flashes of Aqua's memories, of friendships made during her journey, of times spent with her two closest friends, they who might as well be her brothers.
There was Cinderella, she who fulfilled her dream despite the harsh treatment from her step-family. There was Snow White, who had awoken from a poison-induced slumber. While it was actually a prince who saved her, she asked me to stay awhile, and while I had more worlds to visit, well, it would had been rude to refuse a gracious host. There was Zack, he who was saved from Hades by Terra. He got the fight he wanted, one where he could give it his all without the power of darkness, and go one step closer to being a hero. There was 626, Stitch, he who was earnest in trying to make friends, even constructing his own Wayfinder after seeing Terra's. He deserved that leniency from that Councilwoman. There was Peter Pan, the fun-loving one who played with the children as we went on, as they called it, an 'expatition', a treasure hunt. There are certainly many kinds of treasures, and for them, it wasn't in the form of gold nor silver. For me, it would be the bonds I share. There was Mickey, who fought with me against Vanitas, and who was by my side here, for a time. So that was how the Kingdom Key D was found... There were Donald and Goofy, who I met while bringing an unconscious Mickey to Yen Sid. However, it was only briefly since I had to go afterwards.
And then there were Terra and Ven... they can be silly at times, enthusiastically competing in this and that, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
I can... feel the bonds I've inherited from Aqua, like threads of light. If need be, I could call upon their power to aid me, something I'm familiar with as they're called Dimension Links, D-Links... but I can't sense Terra's. What happened? Is it because of Xehanort?
From memories of her time with Mickey, Aqua had seen the Door to Darkness, so KH1 already happened, and Xehanort is already split into his Heartless and Nobody, the former of which was defeated... to this day, she, I, have no regrets saving Riku from that Heartless ambush, even if it denied me, her, a chance to escape from here...
There, the light, it's much closer now, and it's in the form of a... wait, that looks like an oval-shaped portal. It reminds me of a Corridor of Darkness, except it's white instead of black, and I can feel the warm light emanating from it, like an oasis in the desert-
Wait, are those multiple really tall Darksides over there in the distance? ...Uh oh, I'd rather not fight those! Picking up my pace, I keep my Wayfinder and run, heading straight for the portal...
...
The light is rather blinding, forcing me to avert my gaze, but it then dies down, and now, I find myself... where am I? I look around. It's a rather plain-looking white bedroom, with a metallic texture to it. It looks as if someone overdid the minimalism and made the place rather boring-
Wait a minute, that headboard, that black emblem on it, a cross atop an upside-down heart, I'd recognize it anywhere! That's a Nobody emblem! That's not good, not good at all... and what I see out the window makes it even worse. Up in the night sky is a distinctly heart-shaped moon, and the only heart-shaped moon I know of is... Kingdom Hearts...
Oh god, this is the Castle That Never Was! I'm in an Organization member's bedroom! I'm so dead-
Wait, I see... seashells on the shelf? ...Oh no, I think I know now whose room I'm in. I remember Xion giving Roxas seashells, one per mission undertaken, while the latter was unconscious...
Oh god, I know Roxas is one of the nicer ones, but he's still part of Xemnas's group! He might tell on me if he finds me here, but if I exit this room, it wouldn't be safe either. This place is crawling with Nobodies, and I might run into an Organization member along the way. What should I do? The light I found was
Roxas's!
...Wait, this is The World That Never Was, which is between the Realms of Light and Darkness. That means I could get out using the Lanes Between... but while I have Eraqus's Keyblade Glider to travel on, the Lanes are unsafe to use without a means to protect myself from the darkness. Since this is Roxas's bedroom, I could borrow a Black Coat which gives me the protection I need. Opening the closet and trying on one, however... it's too small and tight for me. For it to work, it has to fit, but it doesn't. I return the coat, leaving it in the same place and state as I found it. Now what?
I pace about the room. I could try to use the Lanes without the Coat. I mean, I've already wandered the Realm of Darkness with only my light for protection, so it wouldn't be so different... right? But is it worth the risk?
...If I get the chance to, it'd be a good idea to pay Master Yen Sid a visit so that my heart can get a checkup. I mean, I've had such a prolonged exposure to darkness, and while I think I'm all right, a second opinion would be nice, just to be sure.
@Xalgeon
