"You've had no reason to distrust me. I am indeed Darkness, but that doesn't mean I am all that is evil with her. I am her desires, I am her fears, I am the her that she hid within herself. He is everything I am not. That doesn't mean I am evil. " The Darkness paused, finding herself too harsh now. "Dear. What I mean is. I am not bad. I am just Darkness, the thing that hides all pain and fear, or even happiness and joy. He... He is her brave. He is her willingness to protect, and her ferocity of a thousand suns. He is her anger and coldness, her stoic and harshness. So do not forget. Your darkness and I are very different."
"How dare you! I have done nothing wrong!" The petite darkness snarled. "I have helped her! We have saved her heart, revived her memories, and even gave her the ability to fight! I made sure that she could have a defensive keyblade. WE had made sure she was like one of the few role models in these ill times."
The petite darkness yawned. "Like would bring that back into the worlds when we have a baby of a wielder? Ha! You must be mad." She suavely walked over to Riku, sizing him up with her steady eyes. "You, however, was tainted by the filthy sludge. I apologize heartily." She then chose her next words about the x-blade carefully. "The X-Blade. It is a destructive war force... but so if just the Keyblade. All depends on the hands of the person using it. I want to us to possibly nibble on the power, do something that would make others other then brother Light fear me." Eden softened. but still trudged through the dark sludge, finding it harder to move.
"Want? It is Power. My brother will even agree. Right now, child, your King's key was the only thing we could do. We coaxed that little thing into protecting our wielder. To be quite honest, do you know what it does? It changes between three forms. There is the Base, Her. Then there is the Offensive, my brother of Light. And then guess what that other one was? Me. I am the defensive. Not all darkness is bad, sugar. You just hanged around with the bottom feeders. Like the kind in Australia. It's disgusting, I would never even think to walk through that." Eden froze as she heard of the X-Blade. "The most powerful destructive key. Vanitas and Ventus were going to be sacrificed to forge it and start another Keyblade War that would end everything..."
"Oh, hello Shadow. I'm this heart's New Darkness. Didn't you ever wonder what the keyhole did? Replaced her heart. Light and Darkness working together. Just the perfect thing for that special terrible wonderful X-Blade." The Darkness crooned at the little memory. "Darlin, that thing is beautiful when complete." Eden furrowed her brow, trying to figure out this voice within her, though at the same time focusing on her mission. "Huh, well, Australia is home to two people I respect and adore."
"You've known of this place? Did your other know if Australia?" Eden sounded monotonely bored, her eyes scanning the sludge of darkness pouring out. To find the sludge even thick up to her knees felt foreboding. Digusting. Truly. I knew that Darkness was better then this." A form emerged from under the stained glass of Eden's heart, not even bothering to acknowledge Riku as the feminine figure, small and petite, staring out through the eyes of the host.
"You will have to. Keyblades attract Heartless." Eden firmly spoke her last words for the time in Bolivia, and went over to the portal, stopping just before it to have a better glance at Gexln. "Well, lead the way."
Eden ran after Sora, putting a firm hand on his shoulder to stop the Wielder. "Don't be an idiot. Shadow would never forgive me if I let you go alone." She wouldn't let him go alone, and even if Valerie tended to get distracted, she would have to trust her, and Jeffery to keep each other on task. "Sora, I am sorry, but you aren't able to be a proper leader right now, and with Riku in me, I almost can't just watch and have each of you bicker. Valerie, Jeffery, escort Sora to the Gummi. Is that clear?"
Eden bit her lip. "I... I want someone to be with Sora. To protect him. Heartless are attracted to the Keyblade, regardless if the Keyhole is sealed." She felt like she still owed Riku, even due to her angst. " Lord knows I'll never be able to come back to Earth anyway." she mentally sighed. "To be a Wielder pretty much means I have to give up everything."
Eden nodded, stepping next to the portal. "I am most certainly going. I have some people I respect there, and I don't want the heartless returning. If anything, you two can just keep walking to the city, get to the Gummi on your own." Her eyes were cold, though her cause was bold.
"Well we can't do anything about it so we'll have to go back on foot!" Eden yelled, Riku's shift in mood, and her mood in general, not good. "The more whining, the less gets done." she growled.
"What experience? Two years? Honestly, Riku, you two weren't properly even trained! At least I can fight better then Kairi!" Eden growled a bit, finding herself a lot more skilled to fight, though strength wasn't a strong point.
Eden flinched. "The Mark of Mastery... Oh lord." She looked at Sora, internally panicking. "The Four of us. We're just wielders." "Riku, this is bad. I know the test, but still. But then... Oh we still have so much to do."
Eden shook her head. "They don't get it..." she mentally sighed. Didn't they realize that, yes, while they were ripped from their families, thrown into the fire, they may never come out of this mess? Especially her. Keyblades attracted Heartless, and she could risk the lives of her family for the sake of staying home. "Come on... Let's go. Go save the world and never return."
"We've been ripped from our homes for almost a year now..." Eden almost wanted to whimper at that, but though her eyes and throat burned, she held it back. Leaders don't cry. "Doesn't anyone here miss home? Valerie? Jeffery? Anyone?"
Eden groaned. "It'll take too long to walk back, really." It wasn't that she was tired, and earlier she had lied. Time was quite important to her. "Wait... How long have we been away from home? You said it was August, right?"
Eden shrugged. "Time isn't all that important." it was just an opinion, but still. "Is there any way to get to the gummi by calling it or something?"
"Well, If I did water magic, I would put out my flame, no?" Eden weakly chuckled, though it did not lift her spirits entirely. She sighed once more, looking to the skies.
"Oh... I see... Guess we're on even ground then. I dunno, the first 'magic' I did was when I was losing myself..." Eden bitterly kept that memory away. "Ah, sorry. Fire."
"So..." Eden pulled his worked up attention back to her, to keep the hormonal Wielder at ease. "I uh... Your name means sky! Yes um... Are you good with Air magic?"
