The Endless Dream & The Darkened Nightmare: A Birth By Sleep Story

Chapter 1: The Talk and The Fight​

In the old time, I wondered, 'Would this be my last battle before the calm, or, the last fight of a new storm?' I thought about what was my last dwelling in a practice fight against my friend, ah, how the time flew by when I felt so deprived of my youth. My youth and as such, every man grows old but his spirit lives on in the heart, I remembered that day, the second time I had met that man, the Enigmatic Soldier, Terra. It was exactly in the same spot where our first encounter had been, I had talked to him about youth but he thought of 'Hearts' to change my mind on the way I thought of and about youth. "Every youth must have strength to fight, every man and woman has a will to live...tell me, Terra, do you show power in destroying others, their lives as such?" I, Xehanort, had explained to Terra. I had been long lived for a fight with this 'Terra' twice I had heard so much about, not so much, he looked like he was in his mid-20's, to me anyway.

"I show, only to what my heart tells me, my heart tells me to follow and destroy the darkness within hearts...even yours, Xehanort, and that darkness will be destroyed before it destroys your own heart, I can not just stand idly by and watch as you corrupt your heart, taking away that light within your heart!" Terra had replied with an upward inflection in his voice.

Not only had I had heard his 'child-like' voice with a deepened structure within it, he was more of a child than a man. "You say, your heart tells you what to do, well...hearts, are entirely more than what you can feel...hearts are...no, they are entirely made of the dark...and..there is light strenghend within them..at the very core of it, and you say there is all darkness within all our hearts...how so?" I had asked, and not only noticed that Terra was not such boy, but, Terra had been made of musticular strength, he had the 'Keyblade' already in his hand as he had said to me while summoning it, this was only the second time I had seen his Excalibur Keyblade.

"Hearts are nothing...but of entirely made of pure darkness, nothing but light is made on the outer rim of their core...you know nothing and now nothing is what you shall become!" Terra had yelled to the sky, and then ran at me with full force. Luckily, my guardian, as I called him, had come to my aid just in time, blocking Terra's attack with the same force, not letting him through his strong defence.

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I'd like to make an announcement, if you take a look at the pic in my sig, that's where Xehanort and Terra's second encounter is (just only assuming folks) and that they talk and well, I'm only gonna make the story up as it goes, but I can tell you that I have made this story to Xehanort's side of BBS, very much, I'd like people to understand, I have not played the game, only seen images of what's been put up on. And to make things easier I've had some help from REBD on this as he is editor on the story to help things move a little more smoothly.

 

I'm going to make Chapter 2 a little longer than what people expect.

 

Chapter 2: The Village Of The Forgotten​

"Enggh...so, you choose to use Ven's brother to do your bidding again?! You're weak, summoning him at a time when you should fight me one-on-one, Xehanort!" Terra had called, I had not only looked at him with grief and a smirk on my face, I had not walked towards him, since of last time when he had almost tried taking off my hand.

"Terra...I only use him, because I am an old man, a man who has had more skill than you will ever need...and you show skill, yet, you use it relentlessly...how can you fight if you just go head-on in like that?" I had immediately said to him, starting to walk away from the scene of the two Keyblader's.

"You're not skilled, you're weak, no, beyond weak, because you summon Ven's brother and let him fight to his death...how can you use Sarox that way?!" Terra had questioned.

Not only did he say that name, the brothers name and my guardians last name he ever wanted to hear, but he had said it to aggravate me at the most, as much as Sarox had. "Terra," I had stopped by what he had said to me "I only use Ven's brother in times of need..and you..if you use Ven in battle...who's more heartless then?" I had asked Terra, starting to walk away again. Terra had begun to fight Sarox, not only being defeated by Ven's brother, twice, but also losing his pride yet again.

"Nugh...no...not-...not again...how can I win if I just go on and fight like most warriors do when they're beginners? How can I fight if I can't even beat Ven's brother...danget!" Terra had gritted, leaving himself in the dusty-wind, as I heard him over my shoulder.

I, not so far away from whence I had walked from and soon had left him to lie in the dust, all bloodied and defeated as my guardian had disappeared as well but not to where I was going. 'Should I ask where he goes everytime...probably not, it's best if he goes all on his own to wherever he wants.' I had thought. Eventually my will became as much as dust, a weak yet strong as steal dust "Good grief, why does it need to be so hot?" I questioned myself and the heat, walking through a desert was tired-some, wearing these kinds of clothes in a desert, I almost felt like throwing-up.

'Does the light always feel this hot in the heart?' I had thought to myself, only to realize I had walked into a small town, outside of the desert. As I entered, I had collapsed at the gate, I couldn't hardly breath, I was so very hot, so so dry, so very very thirsty, I felt like I could die right then and there, I was soon being dragged by someone, it seemed that that person did care, only I had yet to understand why, 'Maybe because I am an old man who is lost and weak of heat frustration, maybe because I am not that old yet...I guess I'll never know.' I pondered at this for quite some time, until I had passed out, I do not remember what happened to me a few hours when I passed out, but all I remember was being awoken by a woman and a young girl's voice.

I moved up quickly only to be put down by the two "You need rest, sir!" the woman had said, trying to hold me down, the girl did the same.

I had only moved up and stopped stirring so much, I finally said to them "I'm fine, just a little woozy, that's all that's wrong young misse-" I was cut off by the site of the young woman's beauty that I lost my train of thought. She stared at me, as she pushed me back down in the bed gently "Please, sir, stay a while, just until your strength returns." the young girl with reddish hair had said to me 'My word, these two must have no one to protect them, a single mother and a lonely daughter, how unfortunate.' I thought only to myself.

"Sir, may I ask where you come from?" the young girl asked, looking at me with a wide-grin on her face.

How could I refuse that delicate face, she had such youth that inspired me to say what I wanted "Of course my dear, I come from a different world, a world of both forgotten and forgiven people." I had replied back, smiling my smile, not my sinister smile I smiled at Terra, but a sweet and delicate smile that felt a warm to it. The young girl smiled the same, as the mother had looked away and told her daughter to go to her room, I was wondering why. "Um, madam, I don't mean to sound rude but, why did you send your daughter to her room?" I asked politely as I could with my voice.

"She's not my daughter...she's my sister, and we have names you know, my name is Autumn and my sister's is Grace," Autumn had replied most quickly "And the only reason I sent her to her room is because she doesn't need to hear of old folktales about people coming from other worlds and such non-sense." Autumn had finished, looking at me.

"But what I say is true, I do come from this world of forgotten and forgiven people...my clothes prove it...isn't that enough?" I inquired to her. As fate would have it, I still had my clothes on but it was faintly hot to me.

"O.K. then tell me...what is your name?" Autumn asked, looking at me hard and descriptive.

 

I'm already finished with Chapter 3, I'm fast :poketoungeb: lol
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Chapter 3: The Talk To Heart​

I just stared at her, not wanting to see what would happen if I even mentioned that name. I was trying to see if her expression would become most feared of my name, or, most angered by it "My name is Xehanort, Autumn, and I have not yet known of where I am in." I had said my name to her but she looked at me like I hadn't needed any help in a fight at all.

"Xehanort," Autumn muttered "I've known that name by a young boy named--ohhh, what was his name again? I know it started with a "V" ohhh, what was his name...uggh!" she had finished and I was about ready to get up and leave.

Autumn stood up, not ready for me to leave from her area anytime soon. I wanted to leave, but how could I, she'd just stop me, so I asked kindly to her "What did the young man say about me?" I asked, not looking at her, but to where my feet were underneath the sheets of the bed.

She only looked at the ceiling when I asked her, "Oh, he said quite a few things my sister wouldn't want to hear," She paused for a moment, and looked at the window in the bedroom, she then continued "He said that you were pure evil, bent on taking away all the light from the worlds, and taking away all the youth in our life." Autumn looked at me, and not only did I not glare at her from the corner of my eye, but I had also moved the sheets off of me and got up.

Autumn was no more than a child of seventeen to me and I was at my age of at least sixty-three, I was wiser, much wiser, and stronger than her but not as strong as Terra. I was taller than her but she was only a few centimeters shorter than I, but could look me in the eye without fear, knowing I was an old man, she would be wise not to fight me "I do not take away anything of the sort, he lies about what I do, if you believe everything everyone says, you might as well run away and not listen." I had easily lied to her, she just stood there, staring at me.

She kept staring at me, not only with a hard look but a cold chill in her voice "Now you listen here, Xehanort, I don't believe what that kid said, I only said what he said to me, and plus he didn't even ask if I knew you until now, but believe me, I'd never understand what you and him are or still fighting about in the first place!" Autumn moved and yelled in my face, looking and staring me in the eyes hard.

I had no intention of hearing what she had to say "Listen, if you don't believe him that's fine with me, but it's only because he might want to say that so others will harm me...I'm not a bad person...not intentionally or fully but, when people see me, they think I might harm them. I do not want them harmed nor hurt, Autumn...if they get in the way, they're putting their whole lives in danger of being hurt or worse...I never want them harmed...especially not in front of my own eyes." I had replied, folding my arms and looking away from her.

She had only stood there, dumbfounded, and not understanding of what I meant, a few minutes passed by and she finally said to me knowing what I meant by now "So...you don't like harming others or seeing them harmed in front of you, is that what you mean, Xehanort?" Autumn had questioned.
I still stood there, still looking away, and not once moving from where I stood when we stopped talking "That is what I mean..." I mumbled aloud, not only had my face became grim but I had also known she was happy that I wasn't a complete heartless fool.

 

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW chapter!!!!!
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Chapter 4: The Awaking Dream​

Yet apparently, this vision or 'dream' felt so real, almost made me gag on my throat. I had fallen asleep, passed out, and I was still being dragged off somewhere. "Gehh..." I breathed, as I opened my eyes a little "Ohn...what? What happened?" I had asked myself, the people who were dragging me were so scared of my voice, I had made them drop me in a shady allyway as they ran off "Ohhhnn...my head, it's killing me." I muttered as I started pulling myself up.​

I felt a blade on my back "Stay down or you're dead." the person said, it sounded much like a woman's voice. I stayed in the same spot until the blade was taken off my back "Now listen," it was the same person in my dream, Autumn, and she was wearing a brown cloth that covered her face, the only reason I could tell it was her, was because of her eyes. "If you listen to me, follow every word, old man, we won't have any problems now will we?" She questioned me with a small dagger to my throat.​

"No problems...at all." I had replied, looking away as the dagger was taken away from my throat.​

"Good, now just follow me and we'll be off somewhere else rather than Kilon." Autumn had said, pointing to the south gate.​

I had only nodded and followed her to the south gate, no arguing nor anything of the sort, but I did ask "Why do you wish to ask me for help...Autumn?" I looked at her.​

She looked at me and pulled out the dagger and the blade "How do you know my name? How?!" She demanded to know, seeing is how it was only a few months ago from the day we first met and she had already forgotten me.​

"I just do, and I'm wondering, do you have a sister?" I asked as she pulled her blades away and had wide-eyes at me.​

"My sister...she's dead, how do you know my sister?" She asked again as I looked at the sky and smirked as she held her blade at my chest "Answer me when I'm talking to you!" she demanded as she was angered by me knowing her and her sister.​

"Why do you need to know, I don't answer to poor people who hunt others for the enjoyment of it." I replied as I held my sides from happiness to see her squirm. My eyes were closed, and I was smiling evilily to see how she would react. "Tell me, Autumn, do you not know who I am?" I asked, looking at her now.​

She just turned her head away from me "We met once before...back when I was naive...and you were older...until now...you and I were only friends and guess what, thanks for teaching me how to fight, Xehanort!" She glared angrilly at me as she held her weapons in her hands in a fighting stance, ready to face me. ​

As I had stood there, not moving at the least, I began to feel like grasping something, something firm and powerful like a sword and a gun. "You really think you can win, I tought you everything I know, and you used my power in a way of how you felt...and you killed your sister in doing so, what do you have to say for yourself, Autumn?" I said, grasping my chest.​

"You don't know what was going through my mind, I blame you for taking away the only family I had, you'll pay right now!" Autumn screamed, as she went and ran at me with an amazon yell to boot, but, needless to say, she was blocked by Sarox.​

"Xehanort, sir, are you ok?" Sarox asked me, as I nodded with grin.​

"I'm fine, take care of this dirt for me, shall you?" I replied, waving my hand in a 'go ahead and destroy them' way.​

Sarox finished Autumn with only a few attacks and a little of magic to defeat her as he had left her lying there, in the sand "You are never to harm lord Xehanort again, if you do, you shall die by my hands, and if you even bother in trying to hurt him, it will be your last breath, good-bye." Sarox had said as he and I walked past her, right into the drifting sands of time and waterless wasteland.​

We walked past every being that crossed our paths, probably killed a few on our way, when Sarox suggested that we stop for a moment, I had agreed, but not for to long, just only a while. "So, where were you?" I asked, looking at Sarox.​

"I was at another world, master...and I learned how we can go to others like this one, by dark portals, sir." Sarox replied, not ashamed of it, but he was a little edgy when I asked.​

"Show me this "portal" you speak of, if you will." I asked in a saying way but what if Sarox really had found a way of summoning a portal that could take you somewhere, 'Was it even possible?' I had thought, not only had I muttered it with my lips, but my sense of adventure was growing thin.​

~Meanwhile~​

"Gaaaahhhhhh!!! That Xehanort ticks me to no end!" Ven yelled as he punched the rock wall with his fist, not only had Terra agreed but Aqua was as usual, quiet like a snake. "How is it possible? How does he know that we are always a step in front of him, but two steps waaay behind?????" Ven said and as usual, was starting to get on Aqua's nerves.​

"Ven, please, we're all tired from the fights we've had with Xehanort." Aqua said, looking away from him.​

"And as such, we might as well wait on what his next phase is, or whatever he is planning...right?" Terra mentioned, not only was he the leader, but a strong keyblader as well, probably stronger than that of his former teacher.​

"So...what to do, go and kick his butt?" Ven asked.​

"No, you're going to shut your mouth before I rip your lips off, Ven." Aqua replied as Ven just moved and backed away slowly from her.​

 

Weeeelll....

I'd have to say from Sora and Roxas, it's pretty much that...and it's pretty much Sora's name rearranged.

Sarox = change the A and O and get rid of the X and there you have Sora...it's pretty much the exact opposite for Roxas, and that'd be just changing the S and A to the end and changing them around, so yeah. Hey, when you can't think of anyone else, use the star character in KH.