"Need my help? A moment ago you were going to rob me!" He said as I pulled my head down in embarrassment.

"Yeah, sorry about that we thought you had gone with the others." I said

"Others?"

"The whole town is missing." Lightning said.

"Rely? Then let me look into my globe to see If I can find them." He looked into his globe on the table. "There Is still somebody in town." Merlin said as I looked into it to see somebody in armour wandering the first district.

"Well I think they may know something." I said as I motioned to Lightning. "Merlin, can you keep Sarah safe?" I asked

"But of course but what are you planning?" He asked.

"Simple we are going to question them." I said as me and Lightning went out the door.

"Please be safe, sister" Sarah said as we closed the door. I just realized this is before the hole in the side of his house.

As we got to the second district we made a plan for how to catch this person. "Okay you fake having your sister being attacked by 'those monsters’ and then you lead them here where we ambush them.”She nodded as I walked backwards into a dark corridor. “Gotta make this convincing, just lead him to second district and I’ll take care of the rest.”

**

Let’s see here, back in Traverse Town. Heartless seem to have increased dramatically since we left. I wrote down in my personal notebook so I could report this back to the Council. I already finished my assignment, but I wanted to check up on the place.

The accessory shop was doing fine and the shop owner was gone for some reason. Come to think of it… I haven’t seen anyone around town at all? I know there was over three hundred people in town still before Gummi Town left… Something isn’t right here.

“Help!” A voice shouted as a girl came up to me. “You gotta help me! My sister is surrounded by those monsters!”

“Where?”

“In the second district.”

I summoned my Keyblade, Warfare, and headed off. I thought my Keyblade was weird, it’s blade was like a sword with three daggers at the tip, and the grip was like a bunch of scrap metal put together. I barged through the doors to second district, and there wasn't anyone I could see. “Maybe she’s in one of the ally’s?” I heard something appear behind me and before I could turn away I felt something hit the back my head.

**

“Good work Lightning.”

“Thanks.” She said as I picked up the mysterious person.

“Now let’s get him back to Merlin’s.” I said, taking the long way since a Dark Corridor might be risky.

As we got to Merlin’s house the person started to wake up ”Ugh, feels like training week again.” He muttered.

As I realized he was waking up I threw him on the ground and pulled out my Keyblade and pointed it to his head “Where Is everybody?” I asked.

“Wha?” He came out of his daze, and his expression was one of worry. “Crap.” He summoned his weapon but I kicked him in the face, causing him to unsummon it.

“Don’t even think about it.” I said as he looked like he was about to cry. “Great, now I feel like the bad guy here and we're dealing with missing people.” I said as Lightning looked at me with worry.

**

This is not good, I’ve got a crazy person with a Keyblade holding me hostage. I wasn’t even able to send out the SOS with how fast he hit me. This guy just screams trouble…

I need to escape somehow… I rubbed the area he kicked me with, and there was some blood from a cut. Blood… What was that technique Ufi taught me? Right! I made sure my cut stayed open and wide.

“What are you doing?” The man asked.

“Blood mist.” I sent a flood of magic to my cut, and a thick red mist soon clouded everywhere. I used this to my advantage and managed to find my way into third district. “That was risky.”

“Strike Raid” I heard the guy call out, I pulled out my Keyblade in time to block the attack. Man am I glad Leon was the one teaching me sword combat. “Stop!” He shouted as I rolled my eyes only to find myself back at the place where I woke up “No more games, where are Leon, Cid and the rest of the town?” He said. He’s looking for Gummi Town? “And don't try to escape,” he added, stomping on my hand “Or it comes off!” He pointed at my hand with his Keyblade.

I laughed. “Keyblades might be able to cut through stone and metal like paper, but they can’t be used to cut apart a person. What do you want with Gummi Town?” I asked.

“Gummi Town?” He asked, turning to the girl. “Whats Gummi town?”

“It's where the survivors of the world's lived until they disappeared.” She said.

“Okay now you're going to tell me where Cid and Leon are.”

Crap. “Daybreak Empire.” I said, hating myself.

“I have no clue where that is, you know Lightning?” He asked as she shock her head.

“Great. Well that's one mystery solved, now where did you get that Keyblade?”

“Council member Zeke. He let Gummi Town move to a world he knew that was nearly Genocide’d by Nobodies. Everyone that moved was given Keyblades and we’ve been training to rebuild and protect worlds. I’m a Scouter, we look into the worlds before soldiers go, name’s Simon.”

He face palmed “Of course it’s Zeke.” He mumbled as he shouted In frustration “How many people are there?”

“The entire population of Gummi Town, so around a hundred or more people.”

“So to many to just go in and slap his stupid face” He said.

“Council member Zeke saved us! Traverse town was too small for everyone who lost a world, home, family. We were left to live in a Heartless wasteland outside the walls of safety. Daybreak Empire has an artifact that keeps Heartless away.”

“And that's nice and everything, but had he left it alone a hero would have come and restored most of the worlds, now said hero is without the team that would have helped him.” He said as me and Lightning looked at him “Let's just say me and Zeke had knowledge of future events which he does not care for.”

“You mean the Chosen one?” I asked.

“If you want to call the goof ball that, sure.” he replied.

“Zeke said his world was good at Prophecies. He told us that a Keyblade wielding kid would appear, or might not. It all depends on the reflection.”

“Way to keep it vague zeke.” He said “Any way first ‘Cure’.” He said healing my wounds as Lightning looked at him. “look you take her and her sister to this empire of your because she is also part of this Gummi Town of yours and she needs a home, but tell Zeke that if this world falls to darkness because what he did not even Sephiroth and the Lingering Will combined will be strong enough to protect him” He threatened as a DTD opened behind him.

I looked at the girl… “I’ve never seen you in Gummi Town before.” I stated.

“That's because I haven’t been to Gummi Town, he was just mistaken. I just work with Leon to keep the town safe.”

“Still, this is worrying. When Gummi Town left, there were three hundred people here, ten of which who could fight very well. Where is everyone?”

“No clue. Maybe it will be a good idea to take some of your fighters and bring them here?” She asked.

“That’s the whole reason I came to check up on the place. The fighters were good. Council member Zeke will want to know about this immediately… Might not be a good idea to leave just yet though.” I summoned my Keyblade. “SOS code 9.” The Keyblade flashed white nine times. “Now, we wait.”

**

I opened the Dark Corridor In merlin’s place “Wait, this is not where I wanted to go.” I said as Merlin looked happy.

“Ah my boy I tried to call you before I found the rest of the town they fled due to this purple cloaked individual and the rest are here.” he said showing me what I guess was the Daybreak Empire.

“Well that good to know what it looks like, so I can find Zeke if I need to.” I said as he pulled out a box.

“I’ve forgot to give you this. I found it the other day and it has your name on it.” He said as I read it saying my real name.

“How did you know this was mine? I don’t even go by this name anymore?” I asked.

“Call it a wizards intuition.” He said as I opened the box and within, it held a second Kingdom Key and an Oblivion keychain with a letter saying,”Here is a little gift to you.” The gift wasn’t signed. But I believed I know who it was from.

“Thanks.” I said to Merlin and to somebody watching. I pulled my first keyblade out and took off the keychain for ‘Mark of a Hero’ and replaced it with the Oblivion Keychain and placed the ‘Mark of a hero’ keychain on the second keyblade before picking it up. I quickly left Merlin’s house and returned to Twilight’s treehouse, “Hi Twilight.” I said as I passed Twilight. “Hi Celestia.” I said, passing Celestia “Hi Luna.” I said, passing, ‘wait, what was those last two?’ I asked myself as I took a double take to see Celestia and Luna sitting there drinking tea.

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