Awaken
"Hmm, who could have predicted that outcome?" a figure asked as he watched a planet explode in a blinding flash of light within the palm of his hand, before, with a shrug, he closed his hand and ceased to view the experiment that had met its end. He then slowly turned in the never-ending darkness of space and, with a wave of his hand, opened up a new vision of a land of ponies, of friendship. Of Equestria.
With a flick of his wrist he conjured a far larger version of the land all around him, allowing him to completely view the ponies as the played, worked or simply interacted with one another. He knew not and cared not how long he watched them for, as time had long since lost it's meaning, but he was confused by the creatures: the ponies. It was only the cycling of day and night that allowed him to know that time was passing, so when he assumed a week had passed he pulled himself free from the vision and back into his starry darkness.
"How strange," he muttered into the unknown with a voice that had grown soft and quiet because of the lack of use, gently stroking his short beard that he did not remember growing. "Not a drop, not so much as a speck of the darkness in that land that has plagued all the other lands that I have viewed; that I have observed. These horses, ponies, beasts of burden...while they have the potential to be so much like the others, they do not act upon. Harmony and friendship is valued over money and war? Power? Stature? How strange."
With another flick of his wrist the images changed once again, this time to a purple alicorn who sat laughing with a number of other ponies as the pink one entertained them. He narrowed his eyes beneath a ragged and torn hood as he observed their actions, having to narrow his eyes even further as their light blinded him. "Such strong lights, hearts, emotions...far stronger than most I have seen. These six...they may hold the answers to the questions I seek. This land, for...time has continued to confuse, irritate, confound me, yet I know why. Because the darkness is not there. At least, it is not strong there. And these six are the key."
Then a light of his own exploded in his mind and if he could smile he would, but instead he settled for enjoying the idea as he reached out with a hand crafter of strange metal towards the stars. With one snip of his fingers he cut through the galaxy, knowing what he needed. "Key, unlock, discover...yes, in order to understand I must unlock the secret. And for that I need a key. A key to unlock hearts. Unlock light."
He spread his hands wide and a divine column of light appeared before him, showing him the spectral image of a boy with brown spikey hair. He observed the boy for a moment before shaking his head and whipping his hand to the side, bringing forth the image of another boy with blonde spikey hair.
"No, removing them would ruin the world, the place, the destiny," he muttered as he cycled through five more worthy beings with increasing frustration, an emotion that had been lost to him until now. And then came forth the image of a girl with black hair, a girl lost so deep in the darkness that she was all but forgotten. "Yes, she is perfect. No one mourns or remembers her, so no one shall miss her if gone. That way the world is not diverted yet I still get what I need."
Then he plunged his mechanical arm into the image, tearing through space and time before drawing his limb back with who he sought in tow. The girl with the black hair floated before him, her body covered in a blinding light that prevented him from seeing anything but her head. With a snap of his fingers her memories, which were surprisingly few of, coursed through his mind, getting a nod of understanding.
"I see. Quite the life, or lack of life this puppet had. Yet despite your wish for peace, my thirst for understanding comes first. So you will live again." As he said this a power flowed through him and into her, a power that he had summoned many a time before for this very task. He felt the concept of thought return to the puppet, the dreams filling her sleep and the memories of her life returning to her. With another snap of his fingers a black cloak and hood wrapped itself around her, returning her to how she was before she was slain.
"You were nothing to begin with, so bringing you back is nothing as well. It is ready. Live. Rise. Get up," he demanded as he placed his hand in the center of her chest, causing beams of light to burst forth from her eyes and mouth, filling her with life. "Time to awaken."
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The embrace of nothingness began to fade as Xion felt her consciousness, her being...her very soul return to her. The sensation of feeling returned to her next and through the haze of her thoughts she was vaguely aware that she was wearing her cloak, yet she couldn't feel what she was laying upon.
'Am I...alive?' her mind thought as she began to breath, yet her eyes remained closed incase this was just a passing moment. But after a time, she began to realize that this was not right. That something was different. 'No, I can't be alive. I...the battle with Roxas! He...struck me down and I...became a part of Sora. How can I-'
"Awaken."
The ancient and soft voice cast away all doubts the girl had about whether she had returned or not, causing her to summon all of her courage to open her eyes. Her breath was stolen away when she gazed upon millions of lights that shone in a darkness that was far brighter than what she was familiar with. The need to know what was going on outweighed her desire to continue staring at the stars, so with a grunt she pushed herself up to a sitting position...where she finally saw the being with the voice.
"Who...are you?" she asked him as her eyes glanced over his form. His face was hidden under a brown hood that looked ragged and torn, yet despite the hood being apart of a cloak similar to hers the rest of his body was not as hidden. Age and multiple tears allowed her to see through the cloak at the metallic legs and arm that made up the beings body, yet one arm was hidden beneath the garment. "Did you...bring me back?"
"I have need of you. Your abilities. Your key," the being said in a soft tone, yet Xion glanced at the being carefully as she slowly pushed herself up until she was standing. Xion then extended her hand, summoning the keyblade. The key shaped, silver blade with the golden hilt appeared at her command and she gripped the handle tightly as she gazed at the being with uncertainty.
"Who are you?" she asked again before looking down at her weapon. "And why do you need my key?"
"I am the instigator. Master. Maestro," the being replied as he slowly began to walk towards her, yet in an instant she flipped the keyblade around and pointed it right at the center of his chest, halting his advance. "I need you, your key, to unlock the secret. The hearts. Of these beings." He waved his hand behind him as he said this and revealed to her Equestria, the land of ponies. Despite having no idea what was going on, Xion couldn't help but stare at the strange horses and their land, almost gasping out loud when she saw the unicorns and pegasi.
"Find why the darkness does not take hold. Seek why their hearts are filled with light. Why Harmony and friendship can overcome loathing and greed," the Maestro demanded as he turned towards her, motioning for her to enter through the portal.
"But...how did you bring me back? I became a part of Sora. I gave up my...everything," she whispered with confusion as she recalled why she had fought Roxas in the first place.
"What is death to a being like me? Souls can be retrieved, bodies can be reforged and life can shine once again. And you were not supposed to be. So returning you to the nothingness you were was no effort at all," the Maestro responded with annoyance for the second time since he could recall. "If one has the knowledge to do so. That is what I seek puppet. Nobody. Xion. I seek the answer to what. What would cause the ponies to have such pure hearts. What would happen if their hearts and their world was unlocked? What would happen...if darkness were to take hold of their world? That is your task, puppet. To discover what would happen." Xion looked down at her blade for a moment before she glared up at the cloaked being, shifting her position so that she was holding the keyblade with both hands and at her side.
"No...I made peace with myself! I chose to fade into nothingness, to be a part of Sora! I will not be anybody's puppet anymore!" she roared before charging at the Maestro, leaping into the air and swinging her keyblade down at him. The Maestro lifted his hand and caught the blade with his metal hand, holding both Xion and the keyblade in the air with one arm.
"Violence. An pathetic excuse for an answer," the Maestro snarled as his other arm shot forth from beneath his cloak and slammed into the gut of Xion, hurling her backwards. She landed on her back against the darkness, where she shook with pain as she pushed herself back up. She glared at the Maestro to find that his right arm was far larger and more armored than his left, which still held her keyblade within his grasp.
"I resurrected you. Saved you. Returned your life and all I am asking is that you discover, learn, unlock the secrets of this land...of their hearts," the Maestro growled with blue light starting to shine from beneath his hood. "I even tampered with your memories a bit to numb the pain. The hurt. The loneliness." Xion's eyes narrowed as she extended her hand once again, willing the keyblade back into her grasp. The key vanished from Maestro's grip in a flash of light before reappearing in hers, allowing her to lean on it as she rose once again.
"I don't know why you want to unleash darkness upon their land, but I know that anyone who wishes to do such a thing can be nothing but evil," Xion growled as she took up her fighting stance once again. "I may not have been able to stop Xemnas, but I can stop you!" she cried as she lunged at Maestro again.
"Good? Evil? I am beyond such childish ideals," Maestro responded as he dodged each of her strikes before lashing out with his foot, though this time Xion was fast enough to block the blow with her blade. Yet the mechanical leg hit with enough force to send her sliding backwards. "All I care is knowledge, to learn, to see how events will play out if nothing or something is changed. You are that change."
Xion narrowed her eyes before she spun her keyblade before her, causing fire to dance along it's blade before with a roar she pointed her blade towards Maestro and hurled a burst of fire towards him. Despite being her strongest spell, the Maestro simply held out his hand and caught the fire within his grasp.
"Are you still blind, nobody? How can you hope to fight a foe that is not on the same field as you?" Maestro asked Xion, who responded by spinning around once to build up momentum before hurling her keyblade towards Maestro, catching the metallic figure off guard when the spinning keyblade struck him between the eyes. Xion held out her hand to retrieve her blade, but in a heartbeat Maestro was beside her and grabbed hold of her face with his larger hand. "It matters not to me whether you wish to go or not. You will go. And you will fight their darkness."
"And...why would I...do that?" Xion grunted as she reached for her blade again.
"Because if you are anything like the one they created you to be like, you will have no choice." And then everything went dark for Xion.
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The smell of springtime flowers was the first sensation that Xion awoke to, though it was quickly followed by a pounding pain that coursed through her skull. Her eyes snapped open and she quickly sat up, but the darkness of the previous room had been replaced by a large field of flowers. Her eyes glanced in every direction, but there was no sign of the Maestro anywhere.
'What was all of that? And where am I?' Xion thought through the pounding headaches as she rose up, looking around to try and see where she was. A large forest with flowered trees rustled in the wind behind her, but when she looked to her right her breath was stolen away once again by a massive city made entirely of shimmering crystal. "Whoa, that looks like Beast's Castle except...a hundred times more expensive. Am I in a different world now?"
She wasn't sure if she was going to get an answer or not, but she eventually decided that she just couldn't stand around and do nothing. So after taking in a breath to steel her confidence, she flipped her hood up and began to walk towards the kingdom in the distance.
'I'm not apart of the Organization anymore. And I'm definitely not taking orders from that Maestro creep,' Xion decided as she walked. 'I'm going to find out where the heck I am and what's going on...and then I'll worry about the rest later,' she thought, putting all her other thoughts away for the time being.
"Ugh, I should have just used the dark pathway to get there," she groaned twenty minutes later when she finally reached the crystal gates, leaning up against them with one arm as she struggled to breath. "Black coat on such a hot day was a really bad idea. Man I hope these ponies have drinks or I'm going to find out if a nobody can die of thirst." After regaining her breath she pressed both arms against the gate and pushed against it with all of her might. Yet the massive gates remained strong and did not budge an inch before her might.
"Is it locked?" she grumbled after giving up, wiping her bangs out of her eyes as she looked up at the towering gates while pouting. "Well guys, I'll have to let myself in." The key to the city appeared in her hands and she pointed the key right at the center of the doors, where a keyhole made of light appeared on the crystal doors. A beam of light shot from the end of her blade and through the keyhole. The sounds of the doors unlocking could be heard across the whole kingdom, but a smile crossed the girl's face as the doors swung open and allowed her into the city.
"And I thought the outside looked cool," she said with a whistle as she walked into the shining city, stunned by the sheer number of crystals that surrounded her. She dispelled her keyblade as she began to walk through the streets, awing at the fact that everything in the kingdom, ranging from the benches to the fountains and even the light posts, were made of crystal.
'But what am I supposed to do now?' she pondered when the dark thoughts began to take hold. 'I gave my very existence so that Sora could wake up, but now I'm back. Did Maestro take me out of Sora? Or did he actually reforge a new body for me? Does that mean...I'm free? Or does that mean I need to get back? Why do I have trouble remembering?' She shook free of her thoughts when she found that she had wandered into a huge marketplace, where her eyes went wide as she saw hundreds of crystalized ponies walking around and talking to each other.
"Oh my gosh. They're all so adorable!" she squeed as she began to jog through the market place, a smile of awe on her face as she looked from pony to pony. 'And they all have cute little marks on them! Aw, that one's a doctor while that one's a...race car driver?' Because of her cloak and the fact that she walked on two legs, a large number of the ponies stared at her with interest as she skipped by. Yet none of them were able to see beneath her hood, so none of them had any reason for alarm and most decided to pay the stranger no mind.
"Excuse me cloaked one, but you seem like a somepony that appreciates the strange and bizarre," a vendor spoke from her side when she walked by, gaining Xion's interest enough so that she walked over to see what he was selling. The stand held a number of interesting items, from shattered crystals to a number of strange berries and even a red and black horn on the end.
"What are you selling?" Xion asked, getting a laugh from the pony as he smiled at her.
"Ah, well Mademoiselle, these are all actual items from the battle of the Crystal Empire, where King Sombra was finally defeated once and for all by the Elements of Harmony," the pony boasted as he lifted the horn with his magic and levitated it to her, allowing Xion to hold the horn in her gloves with a puzzled expression.
'Elements of Harmony? Didn't that wacko say something about Harmony and friendship being more powerful than...what was it again?' While she was thinking the pony behind the stand tried to peek under her hood, but the moment he did so his eyes went wide and he leapt back in fear.
"M-monster! A monster of darkness!" he screamed, turning all of the ponies eyes towards her. Xion backed away from the pony as she looked around in confusion, not feeling an invisible force grab hold of her hood until it was yanked off of her head. The moment she was exposed everypony in the area gasped with fear as they gazed upon her.
"Wait a moment, I'm not a monster, I'm...a nobody," she whispered to herself as the ponies around her began to panic and run for their lives. She turned towards a mirror on the stand with confusion, only seeing herself in it's reflection. 'Why are they so scared? Maybe...because they have no connection to Sora or Roxas they don't see me, they only see...the puppet of darkness.'
She yelped as a spear tore by her head and impaled itself in the ground, forcing her to spin around to see that dozen of armed ponies had arrived and were all pointing their weapons at her. The moment the guards laid eyes on her face they all began to murmur to one another with confusion and fear.
"It...looks just like the darkness Sombra used," one muttered.
"Does that mean it's just like him?" another asked.
"It doesn't matter! You're coming with us creature!" the largest pony called out to her and in the next moment the ponies had surrounded Xion, all of their weapons pointed at her. "Depending on your answer depends if you get hurt or not."
"Friendship and Harmony huh? That guy was crazy," Xion muttered as the ponies closed in.
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Hmmm...I'll track for now, see where this goes...
Been waiting for this one, so excited.
GAH!! That's two stories you've recently released with that dreaded tragedy tag... I very much want to read, but that tag scares me... I'll track it while I try to decide if my weak heart can stand being crushed...
Hmmm.
I don't know what to expect. Won't read the Thor story because I get the feeling I'm not going to like how the princesses are treated (no offense to Onomonopia or his writing), but I absolutely enjoy Kingdom Hearts.
Here's to hoping it's not what I am dreading it might be.
Buuuuuuuuuuck!!!
Maestro is back and I get the feeling that this is near the start of his campaign of evil. I am happy to know that karma gets him. Unless this is set after he is defeated there.
Maestro is back.. SHIT!
Noooooo, Xion don't need none of Maestro's fuckery, just let her be happy
Looking at the comments now, should I read a previous story with this 'Maestro' character? Am I missing something?
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He's a villain of mine.
8129178 He's in every few stories after The War of Champions, don't remember which ones exactly though.
8129217 yay your back
8129217 my watch begins It shall not end until my death or the story is finished
8129217 So...that didn't answer my question. Do I need to read those stories or not to understand this?
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I can give you a quick rundown. He's obsessed with learning how a place would play out if things were changed, like a person was added to a world or if someone never existed at all. So he messes with them, most of the time for the worst.
8129271 Ah...okay, that makes sense. Thank you for explaining.
congrats on front page with both new stories
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Both stories? Wow
8129494 yep. lol i take notice when someone i follow hits the front page. though i did adouble take when both were there.
This scene still hits me home
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This game...
to completely view the ponies as the played
as time had long since lost it's meaning
her mind thought as she began to breath
causing fire to dance along it's blade before
only seeing herself in it's reflection
1. They.
2. Its.
3. Breathe.
4. Its.
5. Its.
Xion is now facing the same problem when she was first introduced. She has no 'identity' at the moment but this makes me wonder, will she 'gain her identity' the same way through the game? Or maybe... Hmm... Hard to say since now that I think of it, she's essentially a 'passive' changeling. Still, Xion is by far the best character in KH so far that deserves all the love she can get. And I now see the irony in that statement with comparison...
*Sees Xion's face in the cover pic*
Alright, let's see what you got here.
I've been wondering abut something ever sens i fond you story's. what is you plan with all of there story's do you plan on making on big crossover later on if so that word be interesting.
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I have an idea for a crossover later.
Can Xion even use the dark corridors anymore? Maestro would likely block any tries to use them to go off world. Using them to travel the land might work, though it would be dangerous for anyone else to use them: unprotected, the darkness of those paths would weigh on the heart.
As for proving she's not bad, she could summon her Keyblade: could a being of evil stand to use a power of light? And as for Xion's Keyblade: is it real or fake? Sure, it could open the gates of the Crystal Empire, but that power could be imitated. Xion could only use the Keyblade before because of her connection to Sora's heart, for the Keyblade needs a person with the right kind of heart for it to be used.
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Depending on your relation to Xion and how you're connected to her depends on how you see her. In the games, if you are a close friend of hers, you see the real her. Most just see a hood with darkness in it. Saix, one of the Organization, sees a puppet. Xemnas saw Sora, which she was kinda created from. And Xigbar saw Ventus, an old foe of his. At least, that's how I understand it.
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They never did it in the game, so I'd be speculating, but I assume it would be mostly darkness
Good beginning but it needs that good old traditional intro.
8131522 Recall what Xion is, and that every pony will see it differently. Recall that Xigbar didn't see Xion, or Sora's face, but rather Ventus'.
8132836 Sorry, all that must have happened while I was reading the chapter.
You know, when you start ranting about being beyond good and evil, that tends to be a pretty clear sign that you are well into the realm of Evil. However, it does make for an interesting ROB to set things off, so I can't wait to see where you go with this.
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Except, the keyblade itself is not inherently Light, and is in no way Good. Remember, a keyblade can bring despair and ruin as easily as hope and creation. All they require is a strong heart, and little care what they are used for. Keyblades don't 'kill' (destroy, transform, disperse ect) people. Keyblade bearers do.
8133124 there are three kinds of Keyblades that have been created by 'man', The Keyblades of Light, the Keyblades of Darkness, and the Keyblades of Heart. Though I guess you do have a point, since Darkness doesn't always mean evil just as Light doesn't always mean good. But again, a Keyblade of Light would never let itself be used by a person that's chosen Darkness over Light. Remember Riku and Sora. Granted, the writer might not delve too deeply into this, since it's not too important to the overall plot of this story.
What?! Maestro!? I thought he had gotten his butt handed to him by Mega Man and the Princesses!
This cannot bode well...
I am very excited about this. Xion like Roxas ended up with beyond the short end of the stick in Kingdom Hearts and I hated how afterwards it all revolved around Sora...Sora won't wake up if you don't give up your lives to revive him...blah blah...their had to be another way. Don't Xion and Roxas deserve a chance to be their own person rather then exist as sole extensions of Sora?
I am super eager to see what adventures she will get into. :) I also hope that instead of promptly running into the main 6 that Xion will instead run into other misunderstood characters like Lighting Dust (also got the short end of the stick, Dash did the tornado too), Trixie as well as Cheese Sandwich. :) I think those three would blend well with Xion. :)
Okay, so I'm assuming here, but it seems like this Maestro understands balance, and is baffled at how a world can survive with the scales so tilted, yet not be corrupted or destroyed.
It seems they want to see what will happen if the scales are tilted in the other direction, back towards balance.
Another assumption here is that Equestria has a balance of its own. A very precarious balance. A balance based on a slight notch in the scales that causes it to get caught. One that can be easily tipped, causing the scales to go wild.
8137827 Am I missing a prequel then?
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If I remember correctly, the others always saw her with her hood on, even when she took it off. Also, pure hearts? Nightmare Moon, Sombra, post reform Discord, Tirek, Chrysalis, Garble, Starlight, Trixie, Diamond Tiara, Lightning Dust, potentially Spike, and many more would've fallen into/have fallen into darkness by Kingdom Hearts standards. The only reason light prevails is because it has WMDs in the Tree of Harmony, Crystal Heart, and other hacks magic. Guess Maestro never watched the season 5 finale.