Rumintaions of a Foreteller

Ava had been walking through that void for as long she could remember. She had given up on getting out a long time ago and had resolved that she could never see her friends again. She had also given up on any kind of hope of meeting anyone else here, at this Edge of Nonexistent . The place were all those who traveled to the Realm of Nothingness eventually come and fall into complete erasure. As she had been traveling the Realm she had learned everything about it, but how to escape still eluded her.

She was left all alone.

Until she sensed someone else had became trapped in this empty space. When she went to see them she had unknowingly passed straight through her visitor. He had nearly passed out from the strain and Ava had also learned to horrid truth.

She had been trapped in this void for centuries by this man, Ansem's timeframe.

From what little she could see though her efforts weren't in vain as Amsem had encountered and befriended a Keyblade Master not long ago, but she wondered what had happened to the rest of them. As what little Ansem heard from the master, Mickey was that Keyblade wielders were very rare in his era. But her main concern was something else she saw from the man.

The actions of his apprentices and most concretely Xehanort.

All six of them had were experimenting with the heart and the darkness within them. All of them had been turned to the darkness and had become Heartless and Nobodies. The Nobodies lead by Xehanort, who had stolen his master's name and banished him to this Realm after drowning the world of Radiant Garden in darkness and releasing the Heartless en mass onto the worlds that haven't been seen since her time.

The main trouble though was that while brief before he had turned into a Nobody, Xehanort was in possession of Luxu's Keyblade!

According to what she saw Xehanort was found without any memories right next to a Keyblade and some armor. Ansem was trying to use the experiments to help regain his memories before he shut them down.

Either way he must have retained some of them, or faked having amnesia. He had something planned and Ava didn't have a good feeling about it.

Still, from what she could sense Ansem had a strong darkness in his heart from what his apprentices had done to him. Not enough to control him or turn him into a Heartless, but enough to temporarily survive in the Realm of Nothingness.

When the man in question awoke, he was enraged. But after a while he had calmed down and both of them formed an acquaintanceship of sorts. Both had set out to try and find a way to escape from their imprisonment here. Both eventually learned how to create a corridor of their respective elements to get out, but the was a problem.

For her corridor, Ansem couldn't pass through because of his darkness. When she tried, she learned that she could go through, but she couldn't get out, but she saw what it was. It was her past! When Ava returned she told Ansem about this and came up with a theory.

She could create a corridor to the past and as per her...condition, she could theoretically pass through to the other side and be able to alter events to a certain degree as she was considered nothing. And sometimes nothing can become something with the passage of time. But due to several circumstances Ava couldn't cross to the other side alone. This had quashed her hopes, so they tried Ansem's method.

The Corridor of Darkness apparently worked for Ansem, not for her. Even then it was a one way trip out of the Realm of Nothingness into the Realm of Darkness.

Although he wouldn't admit it, but he was sad to leave her in this accursed place. He promised that he would find a way for him to get her out of the Realm of Nothingness. He had her after bidding her a final farewell.

So she had waited here for...well she didn't know how long, but the promise of getting out brought her hope after centuries of loneliness. She wasn't about to sit around waiting for him either. So she had trained herself and the ability to open her Corridor of Ages...what.

She thought it was a good name for them and she didn't have anyone to rebuke her so it stuck.

Anyway recently she had felt a massive breach and thought it was Ansem. But when she got there all that was left was a hoard of Dusks. It was a bit difficult with their shear numbers, but she managed to dispatch them. So she continued to wonder for who knows how much longer. While she was still filled with hope, she could tell that she was starting to fade from existence. The first sign was the color of her hood, but now it was her other colors and her strength as well. Ava didn't know how long she had, but hoped that Ansem would find a way out for her soon.

Then she felt someone breached into the realm and came onto the floating form of Roxas. As the Edge of Nonexistent was the most detached place here, the rules of the other realms including time were warped to a varying degree such as gravity and time. But what shocked her the most was his appearance.

'Ventus!' Ava thought at that, but she immediately dismissed the notion. For one she could tell that the Ventus-lookalike was a Nobody. The other was that she could tell that he wasn't exactly the Keyblade wielder she had chosen to become a Union leader within the Dandelions. But before she can get any answers, the former Foreteller had to get his attention before he faded away.

When she did, she couldn't help but giggle at his reaction. It reminded her of Gula before the Master disappeared...she quickly shook of the memories before continued with the plan. After he touched down onto the surface, she began to study him.

He looked like he had mostly trained himself from his stance, but she also noticed that he was gauging her as well. She could tell, that even if he was a bit sloppy that he was skilled Keyblade wielder from the constant training of students within both her Union and the Dandelions.

So when she approached him she decided to sample a year of his memories. That should be enough to get a good grasp of the Nobody. When she sampled his memories she was completely distraught at what Roxas had been through.

He was only a year old, but had been through more then most people in their entire lifetimes. She saw everything that he had ever experienced before. His time with the Organization, how he left, his fight with the young man named Riku, and his imprisonment within the Virtual Twilight Town. She was on the verge of crying after seeing him merge back with his Other, Sora and how he confronted him after seeing his best friend Axel sacrifice in front of him. And his last moments being him giving Sora his memories, the last proof of his individuality.

'How can anyone be that selfless with their own existance!' Ava honestly cared a lot for others, but Roxas although rightly selfish in some regards in wanting to be his own person took it to a whole new level. She quickly got herself in check after spilling a little of her thoughts to the Nobody in question.

The first was what Ansem did to him. She was quite angry at the man for using Roxas as a tool for his revenge. But was sad that he sacrificed himself to help stop Xehanort's Nobody, Xemnas plan for Kingdom Hearts and his regret of using the poor Nobody like that.

The second was the Organization XIII. She was honestly surprised to see so many humanoid Nobodies like Roxas. She could honestly say that if she had a chance to help them gain their hearts back, she would. The only Nobodies she had any troubles with would be Xemnas, Xigbar, and Saïx as for their actions and what they did to Roxas. That and the former two were manipulating the group for their own ends with Kingdom Hearts. She had a slight problem with Larxene, unable to comprehend how Roxas bonded with her, Vexen as he rubbed her the wrong way, and Demyx as he was too lazy. She wished she could've meet Axel and gotten to know the other members. But one thing had caught her off guard.

Marluxia.

She could tell that he was the Nobody of Lauriam. Ava had personally recruited and trained him into the Dandelions from her own Union. He was a polite boy, but she always thought there was something off about him. Still how did he survive after all this time? Either way he had formed a bond with Roxas and had died off early in his life.

The third was that he was missing a huge chunk of his memory. She couldn't put her finger on it, but it was something that was very important to him. The result of what happened must've cause him to forget it. So she hopped that it might be fixed and that it might clear up a few things.

Like how can he wield two Keyblades! No one even in her time could do it except for maybe the Master. It was simply unheard of. This alone made him tough to beat combining his pragmatism in combat.

The fourth was that not only that but she also had some other memories in that weren't entirely Roxas' s, she saw some of Sora's memories and how he faced Xehanort's Heartless, who stole Ansem's identity as his own. She saw his friendships with others especially Riku and Kairi. But there was also the fact Sora was mainly self taught in the art of the Keyblade, yet the boy proved despite the limited teachings of his era that he was an excellent Keyblade wielder.

Although she was almost done she could tell Roxas was the one. He reminded her of her fellow apprentices especially Gula back when he was younger. While still mainly untrained, he was an excellent fighter on his own. Although she couldn't train him for a while, she hoped that there was someone who could help him catch up on it. Beside being short tempered he would do. Ava hoped that they'll eventually become friends as well as have sea-salt ice cream.

He loves it more then Ansem ever did. He wouldn't stop talking about it when he got a chance.

'What's this?' Ava noticed what seemed to be a a note within his memories. She opened when she noticed that it had Ansem's sigil on it.

If you are reading this then you are either Ava or some other unfortunate soul in the Realm of Nothingness. If the latter then I suggest you leave that place immediately. If it is you Ava, then Roxas has drifted into the Realm and has fully merged with Sora. I hope you have saved him as you did with me. For he might be your only chance of ever escaping and settling what went wrong right. If not then hopefully the both of you can alter the events for a better outcome. But know this. You can never go back to your time, but you can stop something that might be worse then what happened with the Keyblade War. Inside is a memory that I couldn't find a place within Sora or know what to make of them. Just know it is over a decade from when I had this made so it might be a slightly bigger jump to get there. I hoped to get you out, but this is the only way. I have done things that in my revenge that had damaged the lives of those like Riku and Roxas. My mind is now clear on what I must do now to stop my wayward apprentice. Ava...my friend...please forgive this old fool for not giving you a proper apology, but sadly I can not. I must make amends for the chaos I had unknowingly unleashed onto the worlds. So all I can wish you is good luck to you and Roxas.

Goodbye Ava.

Ansem

'You old fool...' Luckily Roxas was thinking of other things as other wise he would have seen tears trail down Ava's mask. She had once again lost someone she knew and what had been her only hope of escaping for so long, but she knew that with Roxas's help that she could make a difference.

The note in her hand vanished and she gained the memory of someone she thought would be dead.

Ventus like Lauriam was somehow still alive. She couldn't help but gawk at how the two of them survived this long. But she also noticed something from the memory. It gave off the exact feeling of one of Sora's memories. So Sora must've shared a deep connection with Ventus.

And though Roxas was Sora's Nobody, he also had a connection with Ventus that so similar that he could've been his Nobody.

For the first time in forever she now had hope to be out of this place and maybe regain what she had lost on that terriable day. Along with help fulfill Roxas's dream. Still Ava had to convince him to accept .

After all he was probably her last hope.

(Chapter 2 end)

Mukuro7 here and...I got nothing to say except that I hoped that you enjoyed this chapter.

So until next chapter, ciao.