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KH The Dark Realm Original Edit Part 3

With that they parted company. X walked alone along the beach towards the cliffs and crags that loomed in the distance. Again he heard the forlorn tune Demyx was playing only this time it was different. It was as if he had wandered into another realm full of light and colors but still every thing was still save for the doleful song. X wondered what had happened to him only to find himself back on the moonlit beach shaking himself from what seemed to be a daydream. He then asked himself if that was his memory that he lost. As he trudged on he thought about what he had seen was it imagined, projected or remembered. From what Marluxia told him thoughts and perceptions wee easily manipulated with the proper means. Maybe someone else thought or remembered that or maybe it was his or rather his others memory. Maybe it was just him imagining things hoping for something to come back. By the time he reached the cliffs and began searching or rather walking around blindly it occurred to him that the Faction knew about as much about this place as he did. “Why did I join them? It’s not like I’m any better off now I just know some useless information. Perhaps they know something and aren’t telling me.†he thought more puzzled than ever. But it doesn’t make sense just to let him join and send him off to do in effect nothing. Maybe they narrowed down places to look and a Nobody like himself would sense of be in some way attuned with Kingdom Hearts. This seemed logical and so he put it out of his mind. At that moment he looked over the edge to see how high up he was. He was rather high from his view but he felt no fear as he couldn’t feel any emotions. As he continued looking about absent mindedly it occurred to him that maybe Larxene was either in his past or her other was in his past. He remembered how he saw that girl when ever he saw Larxene. It was possible if all the other things he heard were true. His ponderings led him back to the question he had been avoiding “Who am I?“ he puzzled over the few things that qualified as memories that he had and came to the conclusion that he was just another face in the crowd. He said to himself, “Seems as if I’ve always been a nobody, heh.†“Well not that I could expect anything else the odds are against me in this situation.†as he made one of his periodic checks over the sheer cliff edge he noticed something it was more of a presence he sensed than an object he saw. The presence froze him, he couldn’t think, he couldn’t breathe then he suddenly as if possessed dove off the edge into the crashing waves. When he struck the surface he entered not the ocean he had seen but another place entirely. Knocked unconscious from the force that dragged him down he silently fell. After an eternity of darkness he awoke on a ruined platform. He observed smashed images of what seemed to be a boy and a group of other beings. Somehow this place was familiar not in the sense that he had been there but in the sense that there was part of him in some way. He slowly and shakily got to his feet and looked out into the abyss surrounding him. There were thousands upon thousands of other platforms with ancient, decrepit old stained glass windows. A voice sounded or rather it somehow X just knew he was contacted.

KH The Dark Realm Original Edit Part 2

“Oh we’re here I’ll tell you more, later ‘kay.†They found themselves in an open field devoid of live as far as nobody could tell. But Demyx called out a series of seemingly random phrases which caused two more black coated figures to appear. They and Demyx removed their hoods revealing their faces. Demyx had blond hair and blue eyes from what Nobody could tell. There was a man and a girl the girl had blonde slicked back short hair and the man had relatively long shaggy pink hair. Which was Marluxia was impossible to tell.
After what seemed to be an exchange of pleasantries of some kind the three turned to Nobody and the pink haired man who seemed to be their leader stepped forward and said,†I am Marluxia the leader of Organization Thirteen.â€
“Oh come on Marluxia you and I both know the Organization no longer exists, Sora probably has disposed of all the others by now right?†said Demyx in a lighthearted tone.

“I suppose you are correct but the others are not part of our new organization we planned to take it and I still intend to.†Marluxia responded as if it was obvious.
“If I may interject--â€, began Nobody when Marluxia turned to him and gave him a glare that froze him mid-sentence.
“Pardon but who might you be.†Marluxia asked with mild interest in his tone.
“Well I don’t know who or what I am Demyx told me you may be able to explain my situation to meâ€, said Nobody nervously.
“Ah yes you are the unknown Demyx informed us of I expected you to be a little more imposingâ€, Marluxia said nonchalantly.
“Sorry for not living up to expectations, but I would like you to help me if you are willing and ableâ€, said Nobody.
“And what do you need us to do?†asked Marluxia.
“I want to know who I am and how I came to be hereâ€, said Nobody in what he hoped was a confident sounding tone. Marluxia was greatly co-operative and told Nobody all about Nobodies and the realm of darkness. He explained that the Nobodies like himself were bound to the dark and lost all their freedom when the key blade master killed them. Nobody understood most of the story but wasn’t told much about his situation, if he was a Nobody like the others, why did he not remember anything. Marluxia simply said it was an anomaly and he was certainly a Nobody like the others. At the end the Faction as Nobody called them decided his name would be X because all organization members’ names were anagrams of their original names with the addition of an X. X was, as such accepted into the Faction.
“Marluxia where do you get coats like that?†X inquired.
“These are like a symbol of brotherhood you receive on from another memberâ€, Marluxia explained.
“So can I have one nowâ€, said X,â€as I am part of your organization now right.â€
“Yes†Marluxia agreed holding out his hand. X took it and suddenly a dark covered him and formed into a coat.
X said,†This is a bit stuffyâ€, as he unzipped it, “Ah much better.†he then followed suit and removed his hood just as he did so he saw the blonde haired girl he remembered, he blinked in disbelief and in her place was the girl from the Faction. Marluxia laughed at X commenting on his unusual fashion statement and introduced the others by their names and titles.
“I am Graceful Assassin Marluxia, this is Melodious Nocturne Demyx, and this is the Savage Nymph Larxene.â€
“Nice to meet you “said X. The others followed suit and with that Marluxia told the others that they would have individual missions to do. They were apparently searching for a door to the light that would allow them to gain access to Kingdom Hearts the heart of all worlds there they could truly exist as whole being instead of the shadows they were forced to live as. Demyx was sent back to the beach head where he was originally looking for the door before X interrupted him. Larxene was sent to the far reaches of the great plain and Marluxia went into the deep mountains. X was assigned to help Demyx by searching the cliffs along the shoreline. As they were incapable of using corridors of the dark they had to travel on foot. X was still bothered by the fact he say that girl whenever he looked at Larxene. As he and Demyx moved along they began talking about what they would do if they got Kingdom Hearts.
“So we Nobodies have no hearts, right?†asked X.
“That’s right, but once we get Kingdom Hearts the heart of all worlds we can finally become complete.†Demyx answered.
“What’s so great about hearts anyways, the whole not feeling anything really doesn’t sound too bad.â€
“That’s the thing isn’t it we do have hearts just not on our person that’s why we need Kingdom Hearts.â€
“But, why do you want to be whole, feelings and emotions are just extra to be bothered with.â€
“I guess you could see it that way, but there are ups to emotions like happiness and those kinds of things, right.â€
“Well, I think it’s better, you can think clearer without the chains of a hearts emotions.â€
“Honestly it’s worse this way you remember feelings and emotions from you’re past but, not to experience them can be a bother in itself.â€
“Then as a Nobody. I’m blessed.â€
‘I wouldn’t go that far being forced to live as a half inspires this empty feeling and we exist as the most fleeting of shadows I think that it’d be better to have the kind of freedom a heart would give you the freedom of choice.â€
“Whatever you say I’m in it for the memories.â€
“Oh yeah, rather opportunistic of you preying on us like some kind of animal.â€
“Don’t get me wrong I just don’t know if I want a heart it could be problematic but I do want my memories I want to know who this other me was or maybe who they still are. Oh well it’s not my place t choose as a “fleeting shadow†anthat.â€
“Yeah yeah say what you want either way its good to have extra help whatever the reason.â€
“That’s good to knowâ€, said X as they arrived at the beach,†this is where we part ways it looks like.â€
“Yeah see ya later, to Kingdom Hearts right?â€

KH The Dark Realm The Original Edit Part 1

Darkness… I guess it’s time to get started. There lay a tall slight boy. He began to rise but, the boys head pounded as if he’d been hit by a tremendous blow. He got up and looked around. There was nothing. Actually what he perceived as nothing was just a dark beach with nothing on it worth mentioning. How did I get here he wondered, he thought back but realized there was no back. Where the last 15 maybe 17 years of his life should have been there was nothing just a blank. Well not even a blank its just he could not for anything remember who or what he was. His stream of thought went on so he figured that it was only events that he lost not linguistic abilities not that it mattered with no one to talk to for confirmation of this hypothesis. He decided to move and found that beyond the beachhead he stood on was a vast rocky waste. “Well I’ve naught better to do but take a look aboutâ€, he thought because he wouldn’t say such things as they are strange and also to say it to oneself makes it all the more strange. He began his ascent of the hill nearest him to get a better perspective. As many in this situation of not having all or any memories of his past he decided to make up something of an identity for himself. He said to himself obviously,†I must have been a brilliant tactician taking the high ground and such and to stay so collected must be unusually brave and thoughtful.†at this he grinned slightly. Then reevaluating his past conjectures he said,†that is far to extraordinary for a most likely average person like myself I can only imagine what I was and must build who I am.†“yes that sounds deep and meaningful if I get out or meet someone I must use that or maybe a paraphrased version as it makes most sense t me alone.†his thoughts were interrupted as he reached the crest of what he realized was a cliff not a mere hill. He looked left then right then left again and decided to try another way as this was one of ten rocky hills that intersected with the great ravine so it would stand to reason he should just walk around it as he had nothing else and he imagined it wasn’t his style to just give up and sit brooding on the beachhead. So he climbed down with somewhat more difficulty than his upward trip and jogged down about a mile or so making sure he saw more of his surroundings for a source of food or water as he realized he could at some point get hungry or thirsty and seawater would not be so quenching and rock and sand not so appetizing. He commented on what good shape he was in as he jogged. When he deemed himself a sufficient distance away from the ravine he began climbing. He reached the top in short order and saw with dismay the wastes that the hill lay upon not only stretched wide but unreasonably far. He told himself Rome wasn’t build in a day and went back down to check on the food and water situation as he was feeling oddly worried about starvation. As he was searching for something to eat and drink his mind began to wander, back to the great void of his past. He kept on sifting through the immense abyss that was his mind hoping for something anything suggesting he did in fact have a life at all. In his thoughts he came across only one thing a girl, or at least he was fairly sure it was a girl with blond no brown hair. He couldn’t decide which it was with his thoughts so garbled. At that moment it dawned upon him that he didn’t remember having a name. “Well of course I need a name,†he thought. He decided that he would let someone else name him if there was anyone else because he couldn’t think of a suitable name for himself. For the time he would introduce himself as Nobody. It was sort of true he had no identity or inkling to one he may have. So now that the matter of proper nouns was settled he could think more of the long forgotten food and water situation. He looked at the water and to his great surprise found no signs of aquatic life of any kind. True it was mostly shallow water but nothing at all seemed to him suspicious. Just as he debated with himself on whether or not he should look in the wastes or continue his search of the beach he heard something. It sounded like music, a sad gloomy tune but it did signify there were two things another person and possibly materials from which this instrument was made. He ran hoping to catch the individual playing the forlorn melody on what seemed to be a guitar or maybe another stringed instrument. The sound could easily be followed down the beach through the crashing of the waves. The boy continued on for what seemed like ages eventually stopping to rest thinking “how can I hear something so far away or am I going the wrong way or is the musician movingâ€, all these thoughts overwhelmed him and forced him to stop and listen harder to make sure he heard the music at all. It was still there and he realized that the music was coming from the waves themselves no the shore as he’d thought before. This perplexed the boy greatly. He scratched his head and decided that he was hearing things. But it still bothered him, like a ringing in his ears from a really load noise. Just as he was thinking of what to do next he heard a voice behind him. He turned and saw a man in a black coat playing an oddly shaped guitar-like device. The man was mumbling to himself blissfully unaware that he was being watched. His face was obscured by a hood but he still gave the impression of knowing which way he was going. “Hey!†yelled Nobody. The man jumped and dropped his instrument in surprise. It took him a moment to realize where the shout originated. When he did he picked up his instrument and walked over.
“What are you doing yelling at people out of nowhere like thatâ€, inquired the disgruntled musician.
“Well I was looking for the sound I heard and saw you so I wanted to talk.â€
“What about?
“Well I seem to have no idea where I am and why I’m here so I was hoping you may be able to help out with that and also food and shelter would be greatly appreciated.â€
“Huh? What do you mean food and shelter?â€
“I mean i'll die without it.â€
“Actually going back to your first question if you’re here then you must be dead already.â€
“What do you mean dead already?â€
“I mean this is the realm of darkness I think that this is where Nobodies like us end up.â€
“You don’t know who you are either.â€
“No that’s not what I meant. I forgot you lost your memories. I’ll show you around and maybe Marluxia will be able to explain this better than me. By the way my name is Demyx. And you are?â€
“I don’t have a name so I guess I’m just Nobody.â€
“Oh that’s what you call yourself, seriously you need to get a better name than that its confusing.†so Demyx took the utterly bewildered Nobody several miles inland and all the while tried to explain this new situation to Nobody.
“Okay first of all we need to get you a new name. So what kind of person are you.â€
“I don’t know what kind of person I am weren’t you listening to the part about not remembering anything about my past.â€
“Okay so then what kind of name would you like?â€
“I don’t know. You choose if you care so much.â€
“Well you should care as much your name tells a lot about you.â€
“No it does not.â€
“Oh sure it does. Don’t be mad.â€
“I’m not mad just I have better things to worry about than my name.â€
“I told you Marluxia will explain.â€
“And where may I ask is this Marluxia that will explain so much so well.â€
“He is a ways from here past the wastes but like I said no worries we’re already dead.â€
âut that how did you die Demyx?â€
“Some punk kid I fought in Hollow Bastion.â€
“A name would help and where is this Hollow Bastion.â€
“Sora his name is Sora. And Hollow Bastion is my hometown where I first joined the Organization.â€
“What Organization?â€