Keyhole
All of the ponies had offered to take Xion on a tour of their town, but after losing her keyblade and then her life, even though it was a short time, Xion decided that she could do with some alone time. It had been a long time since she had been truly alone, so the silence that accompanied her as she walked around the town early in the morning, devoid of any life aside from the birds in the air.
'This is a nice place. Perfectly peaceful. Devoid completely of darkness. I'm amazed that a place like this can exist, especially with the Heartless around,' Xion thought. She had her hands in her pockets and a thin smile on her face, tasting the clean air and enjoying the rays of the rising sun. But despite her pleasant mood, there was a dark thought in the back of Xion's mind. One that she had been trying to avoid since the previous night.
'It was nice of Twilight to let me stay at her castle. Actually had a peaceful nights sleep for the first time in forever,' Xion thought, stretching out her limbs. 'But that doesn't make these thoughts any harder to think about. Maestro, Saix and Roxas are still out there, planning something. I don't know what they could be planning, but I know it can't be good. It never is with Maestro or Saix.'
'But what can I do?' Xion asked herself as she came to the town square, where a large statue of a pony she didn't know dominated the center of it. She lifted her hand and gazed down at it, watching as light magic coursed through her fingers. 'I still have access to my magic, which is something. But I can't beat Saix with just magic. I definitely can't beat Roxas. Maestro would be suicide.'
The sounds of ponies starting to awaken reached Xion's ears and she quickly moved to the shadows where she couldn't be seen. She watched as the doors to the houses all around her began to open and the ponies that lived their began their days. Yet her heart filled with sadness when she saw the parents of foals walking out with their children, glancing at every shadow with fear filled eyes.
'That's right. The Heartless may not have attacked this town, but they affect they have had on this land is still present. Even if they never show up here, the ponies will always fear the shadows,' Xion realized. Her thoughts were confirmed when a pony glanced into the darkness and saw her, his eyes filling with terror before he raced away from her. 'If they were scared of beings like me before, then they'll be terrified of us now.'
She left her hiding place in the darkness and continued to move through the town, doing her best to stay out of sight. The previous night Twilight had told her that she would tell the ponies of the town about Xion the following day, but Xion had left the castle before Twilight had risen. She didn't feel like staying in such a large castle. it brought back memories.
An empty field on the outskirts of the town fitted her needs perfectly and the girl sat down amongst the flowers, sighing before she closed her eyes and enjoyed the cool breeze that blew over her. Her eyes cracked open and she looked down at her hands once more.
'I once told Riku that I wasn't just a fake, that I was real. And at the time, I thought I was. I thought my keyblade was too. But both of us were fakes, fakes created to do their jobs. And I never realized how true that was until now,' Xion thought as she extended her hand, willing her keyblade back to her once more. But while before she had at least been able to summon bits and pieces of her weapon, this time there wasn't so much as a flicker of light. A sigh escaped Xion's lips and she crossed her arms, turning her gaze towards the flowers.
"I'm not a fake. Not anymore. Thanks to Twilight and her friends...along with Sombra, I finally have my own real body. My own heart and emotions which are all mine. Heh, I got what everyone else in the Organization wanted so badly. All I had to do was be blasted apart by the Maestro. Guess that's one good thing to come out of this mess."
She then looked down at her hand once more and a frown crossed her face. "Chosen wielder of the keyblade. Only one that the keyblade has chosen can wield it. But I was never chosen by the keyblade. Roxas and Sora were. The only reason I could use it was because I was a copy of them. But now that I'm not a copy, now that I'm my own person, a true keyblade won't come to me. Only the remains of this fake one...the remains of the fake me."
"Guess it makes sense. A keyblade wielder needs to have a strong heart and needs to have held a true keyblade before. Fairly certain I don't have either of those," Xion said with another sigh, resting her head on her arms. She heard the sound of voices and glanced over to her side to see three fillies running off towards heaven knew where. She recognized the three of them from the fair, but they didn't see her sitting by herself.
What did slightly improve Xion's mood was that Applebloom had a small dog with her, one that had brown fur with white patches on its face, tail, chest and paws. The dog was barking excitedly and raced around the fillies with a speed that made the three fall off balance. They got up laughing and took off to wherever it was they were going, but the dog stopped in its tracks and tilted its ears around.
Against her better judgment Xion pursed her lips together and let out a small whistle, one that wouldn't have been heard by any but the dog. The dog spun its head to look to where the whistle had come from and immediately its eyes rested on Xion. It cocked its head to the side with curiosity before it came walking over to Xion, who giggled at the curious face of the dog.
Xion held out a hand for the dog to sniff and she did so, inching closer and closer to Xion with a hesitant approach. The dog sniffed her hand and instantly perked up, letting out few happy barks before she moved closer to Xion. Xion let out another giggle as the dog sat down next to her, looking up at Xion with expectant eyes.
"Aw how nice, you want to keep me company," Xion said happily. She had only taken care of one other dog before, and that was when she worked with the Organization, but she found that she couldn't help but love the adorable animals. She scratched the brown dog under her ears and instantly a dreamy expression crossed the dog's face. "Nice to see that some things are the same no matter what world or reality I go to. And you smell like apples! Do you belong to Applebloom?"
The dog let out a bark to show that Xion was correct, before her ears perked up at the sound of another being whistling for her. Xion looked up to see Applebloom looking around for her dog, whistling for her to come over. Xion removed her hand from the top of the dog's head and motioned for her to go to her owner, which the dog did so without a moments hesitation. Xion smiled as the dog tore towards Applebloom, tackling her in the side and licking the filly's face while Applebloom laughed.
"Look at them. Not a care in the world. Must be nice," Xion muttered aloud as Applebloom and her dog took off, vanishing from Xion's sight a moment later. Xion then looked down at her hands once more before she clenched them into fists, coming to a decisions. "It doesn't matter if I have the keyblade or not. I'm going to fight as best I can. I won't sit on the sidelines and let the others fight this battle. This is my fight. I'll be the one to fight it."
"Sounds good. But what will your magic do that ours can't?"
Xion looked behind her to see the princess of the sun walking towards her, a look upon her face that was both questioning what Xion had said and doubting it at the same time. "You told us that the only way to truly keep these Heartless defeated was to strike them down with a keyblade. Yet you seem to be lacking that weapon at the moment. Can your magic do what your keyblade did? Or are we going to have to find another way to defeat this dark threat?"
Xion chose not to answer. "Forgive me if I'm seeming blunt, but we have been fighting the Heartless since they arrived in this land and I have lost many of my subjects to their clutches," Celestia added on, her tone telling Xion that she was not happy about this. "And at the same time I was having to deal with this new crisis, I also hear word that Sombra has a new dark creature with a weapon the likes of which I had never seen before. A creature of the dark far more powerful than any I have fought."
"Well glad that word about me got something right," Xion replied in a cold tone, feeling the emotion disgust for the first time. "You have something to say to me, all knowing princess, then say it now."
"Hmph, I see some of Sombra has worn off on you. What I am saying...no, asking, is can you help us stop the Heartless for good without your keyblade?" Celestia asked in a no-nonsense tone. Xion looked at her hands once more as she thought about it, able to feel a wave of helplessness start to wash over her. But before it could take hold Xion gritted her teeth and shook her head, banishing the emotions from messing with her.
"I am willing and ready to do whatever it takes to bring down the Heartless, the Organization and anyone else who wants to harm this world. Or any other world for that matter," Xion snarled to Celestia. "I may not have the keyblade anymore, but I still know more about Heartless than anyone else in this land. I can help."
Celestia stared down at Xion with cold eyes for a long time, while Xion glared back up at Celestia with unflinching resolve. Then Celestia's eyes softened and a smile crossed her face. "Very good, Xion. I am glad that you feel that way," Celestia said with an approving nod, one that changed Xion's expression from one of determination to confusion. "Twilight and her friends told me what you have done for them and how you could be a valuable ally in the battle with the Heartless. But I was afraid that after losing your keyblade you would have lost the will or courage to fight. And if you had lost either, then I could not bring you to battle them in good conscious. That is why I had to make sure you were willing to continue the fight."
"And I passed your test?"
"You are every bit as courageous and strong as my ponies have said you are. I would be honored to have you fight with us," Celestia said with a small bow to Xion.
"So you're fine with telling me what to do and trusting that I'll actually work with you guys? Because from what I've heard about you, you normally shoot to destroy anything made of darkness the first chance you get," Xion stated, getting a smirk from the princess.
"I can see that you have been hanging around Sombra for far too long. Yes, generally whenever I have come into contact with a dark being I try to either destroy them or imprison them. But that is because up until I met you, every being of darkness that I have faced has been evil and tried to destroy my home. You can forgive me if I met their actions with a less than friendly approach."
"As for whether or not I can trust you...you have been attacked since the moment you've come to this land. You've been shunned by a good number of the ponies and have had no reason to aid us against the Heartless. Yet time and time again you risk your very being trying to protect us from a foe we cannot fight by ourselves. I would say that you have earned my trust, but that would be an understatement. The only doubt I had against you was that you are friends with Sombra, but seeing as he vanished my one doubt is gone."
"So all that is left to do is ask you, Xion. Would you be willing to fight alongside my ponies against the darkness that plagues this land? Will you help us try to find a way to stop this threat?" Celestia asked Xion.
"Of course."
"Excellent. Now I can trust you with this," Celestia began as her horn began to glow. Xion raised an eyebrow at the glowing horn, half expecting to be teleported, but instead of her being teleported a book was teleported right in front of her. Xion reached out and grabbed the book, instantly able to tell that it was ancient simply be feeling the cover. "Turn it to page three hundred and twenty four, please. It's marked for your convenience."
Xion flicked through the book, raising her eyebrows at some of the images that she glance by, before she came to a page that instantly caught her full attention. She couldn't read any of the ancient dialogue, but the image in the center of the page was more than enough to fill her in on what Celestia wanted her to look at. The image was of an ancient tree, one that seemed even older than the book itself, with a single keyhole in the center of it.
"I see you understand what this keyhole is for," Celestia said with a smile when she saw the look on Xion's face. "Yes, that is a book of strange and odd occurrences around the world. That is the locked keyhole. It has been around as long as Equestria itself and, despite hundreds of unicorns, geniuses and locksmiths trying, no pony has ever been able to open it. We figured that it was just going to remain locked all of our lives. Until you came along. You know what this is, don't you?"
"Yeah, at least I think I do. This is the keyhole to the heart of your world," Xion explained, yet just like with Sombra her "explanation" only drew a look of confusion from the princess. "Look, I'll keep it as simple as I can. Worlds, like the beings that live on them, have hearts. Don't question it, they just do. And each world has a keyhole that can be locked. Heartless travel from world to world trying to find these keyholes, as it allows them to get to the heart of each world."
"But a locked keyhole would keep them out for good? How about the Nobodies?" Celestia asked.
"I assume it would keep them out for good as well."
"I see. What happens if the Heartless get to the heart of a world?"
"Then that's it. The world is taken by darkness and destroyed. Very few survive this."
"That's...terrifying. We cannot let that happen," Celestia said.
"No. We can't.
"Last question. Will locking the keyhole get rid of the Heartless?" Celestia asked.
"Sadly, no. But it will remove one of the reasons for them being here. Heartless are drawn to Hearts, keyblade wielders and darkness. There is little darkness here and once we lock the keyhole to this world, they won't have that either. And once I leave..."
"You are planning to leave?" Celestia asked in disbelief, getting Xion to nod slowly. "Ah, I see...that is sad, but I understand why you are doing it. So there will always be Heartless here, huh?"
"Well...maybe not," Xion muttered, getting Celestia to glance at her with confusion. "See, the Heartless didn't come here like they normally did. Normally they take a corridor to get here, but Equestria's light is so bright that the corridor barely works here. I could barely get mine open and that was with Sombra's help. Maestro brought most of them here."
"So if we rid this world of Maestro and the Heartless, then perhaps we can get rid of them once and for all," Celestia muttered, a smile crossing her face. "Thank you Xion, your words have brought comfort to me for the first time in weeks. There is only one last problem. You do not have your keyblade, so how will we seal the keyhole?"
"It is simple. She will not."
Xion and Celestia spun their heads to see a vortex of darkness in the field across from them. Two beings stepped out of the dark corridor and both of them made Celestia and Xion narrow their eyes. One of them was Saix and he had his claymore gripped tight in his hands. The other was the cloaked boy, who stood behind Saix and glared at the both of them from beneath his hood.
"How did you find me, Saix?!" Xion snarled at Saix.
"The Maestro may have believed you to be dead, puppet, but I knew better. I felt that horns dark magic whisk your heart away from our battle. It took me a while, but I finally followed it here. And here you are, still a torn in my side," Saix said in a cold tone to Xion. Before Xion could respond Celestia thrust her horn into the air and fired a blast of light into the sky, one that detonated like a firework. "And pray tell, what was the point of that?"
"It was a call. A call to my friends that there is somepony here who shouldn't be," Celestia replied. A moment later six rays of rainbow slammed into the ground between the Nobodies and Xion, which slowly faded away to reveal Twilight and her friends all in their rainbow forms. "And they are here to remove you from the town limits. Hopefully, by force."
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Taste the rainbow!
Well, this is going to get good again.
Hoo boy...
TASTE THE RAINBOOM!
Xion wants to leave the world? That's a bummer, hopefully she'll changes her mind and understands that the Axel and Roxas she knew won't return to her, this other Roxas will always be only a copy of her friend from another reality. Whereas the Element Bearers are surely more than happy to accept her as their friend in Equestria.
And where did she got the idea that the Heartless wouldn't come to this world anymore if she left it? Heartless are drawn by strong hearts and the Element Bearers' Hearts are like bonfires for them.
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The Heartless are also incredibly drawn to a keyblade wielder. She might not have one anymore, but they'd still hunt her down.
but they affect they have had on this land is still present
not bring you to battle them in good conscious
"No. We can't.
And here you are, still a torn in my side
1. The.
2. Conscience.
3. Forgot your closing quotation mark.
4. Thorn.
I still want to see the Riku-Replica become an ally of Xion's
If Xion's getting her own Keyblade... I vote for the Starlight Keyblade. Echos to the Kingdom Key, but is still its own key. Kinda like Xion herself to Sora. still, let's see how things go.
I hoping the light of Friendship doesn't corrupt Xion, like all the pervious Keyblade Warriors that nearly created the Keyblade War.
something is going to happen to the keychains, that much is certain. If Xion gets her own key blade, Two become one would be the best chose. With it representing both light and dark, it is the perfect keyblade for Xion. I feel she will end up with both Oathkeeper and Oblivion as well.
What would be awesome is if Xion DOESN'T get a new Keyblade and ROXAS is the one to lock the world's heart.
Sure, it would be disappointing, but it would be cool to break away from what is expected!