It had been a week since I saw the foretellers, they were good kids. As I made my way down the stairs I suddenly felt very sleepy as I began to hear Twilight shout my name. I think it became fuzzy after I hit the floor. When I awoke, I was In Traverse town. “What happened?” I asked myself as I grabbed my head, as I opened my eyes I saw that I was out of the robe I put on this morning. “Great I can’t use the Dark Corridors.” I said to myself as I got up. “I should find Bartz.” I tried to summon my Keyblade, but after a moment It wouldn’t come to me. “What? ...Great! Just what I need, defenceless in Traverse Town.” I went to the door to second district. “Hello?” I called out, that was weird last time I was here there were at least heartless around, now nothing?

“Hello?” I called out. “Bartz, Terra, Vaan?” Where is everybody? I asked myself as I made it to the door to third district, when I got to the railing that separated the plaza I saw a man standing in front of a wall. “Finally, somebody that can help!” I jumped over the rails and walking up to the guy... but as I got closer a song began to play. “Isn’t that?” I asked as I got closer and the music got louder. “Rage of Sparta?” I asked to nobody as I approached the guy, some gauntlets began to appear on his wrists. “Wait, aren’t those the nemean cestus from god of war?” I said as The guy turned around and revealed himself to be me. He was in a red shirt and jeans.

“COME HERE!” He shouted as he winded up to punch me in the gut. Knowing what those things can do I started running towards Merlin’s place, hopefully he knew what was going on. As I got to the wall that separated his house from third district I began to start bangging on it, but to no avail, it wouldn’t open, but as the other me got closer a dream eater nightmare came up to him and attacked him.

“Okay... so nightmare’s are protecting me, good to know.” I said as I thought of something. I turned back to the door took a deep breath and said, “Fire!” A fire ball came out of my hands and onto the door, opening it just in time too as the other me, that I probably should name Kratos me, just finished off the nightmare and was running towards me.

Inside Merlin’s cave I took a breath as I hoped that he wouldn’t be able to get in. “Okay so here is my plan, I hide here and live in this cave eating disgusting fish forev.. Yeah not happening. I hate fish.” I said as a crack began to show in the wall. “He can break it down?! I gotta run!” I said, jumping on the moving rocks that as a kid I thought where turtles, as I got to the third turtle rock Kratos me busted down the wall and pulled out the Bow of Apollo and shot three arrows at me. “Protect!” I yelled, creating a shield around me.

“You can’t run forever.” He said, jumping from rock to rock.

‘Oh yes I can! I just need to get to the Bahamut and fly it out of here.’ I thought to myself as I entered Merlin’s house. “How do I get the elevator to go down?” I asked as I heard Kratos me come near the door. “Great, can’t get to the Bahamut.” I whispered as I hid under Merlin’s bed and after a short walk around the house, Kratos me left and after a few minutes I left from under the bed to find something I could defend myself with.

Entering third district…. I think I saw that the doors between first and third were broken? In the games it can’t open more like it won't close broken as the door was gone. Heading into the Item shop I saw Huey, Dewey and Louie worked in the first game, they weren’t here though. I looked around to see if there were any weapons I could use ‘hopefully this isn’t like a horror game where I can’t defend myself.’ I thought to myself as I scavenged for armor pieces and weapons.

Finding a shield and a wand to use I went back out into the streets where I found Kratos me standing there, ready to fight. “So you’ve come out of your hiding spot.” He said as he threw one of his Blades of Exile at me. Blocking with my shield I grabbed the Blade by its handle, trying to knock him over, but unfortunately he was stronger than me and instead pulled me down, bringing me into stomping distance, he stomped on my chest, causing me to cough up some blood. ‘This can’t be-’ I thought to myself as I was kicked into a corner, ending my train of thought before it was complete. Picking me up, he slammed the Blades of Exile together, turning them into the Blade of Olympus. “Aw crap.” I said as he just smirked.

“Those are pathetic last words.” He said as I remembered I had magic. Duh!

“No my last words are, “Stop!” he froze and I started to beat on his head with both the shield and the wand.

“Gah!” He screamed as time resumed for him, dropping me. I took his blade and jammed it into his guts before slamming the shield into his face, knocking him to the ground. I grabbed his Blades of Exile and I started stabbing his chest for a good minute till I was covered in blood when it was over. I heard gasping when I looked up I was in Ponyville again and the person I had stabbed was Celestia… A rush of fear and guilt passed through me. Before They could grab me I ran away, still no Keyblade, but I had the blades of Exile and something telling me to fight, so I turned around, seeing Twilight as she shouted. “You monster!” I threw my blade at he, it being on a chain it would come back to me as the blade hit her shield my boots began to change as I pulled out the claws of Hades and summoned a Cyclops to destroy the shield stunned. He uses the clawes to steal Twilight soul as her body collapsed on the ground and turns to ash, his right shoulder becomes covered in the golden Fleece as Rainbow dash and Applejack came out to fight me.

I pulled the Bow of Apollo and fired it at Rainbow dash who expertly dodged every arrow except one which shot her in the shoulder which I guess was keeping her flying, as she crashed into the ground Applejack came hin trying to kick me I pulled the Nemean Cestus and punched her right in the leg breaking it, I then pulled back the Blades of Exile to kill them just as Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity came to see me. Fluttershy was angry and asking why I did it which I wanted to tell her they attacked me, but Instead I pulled the Head of Helios blinding her to the neck snap that I gave her, next was pinkie pie who lost her hair fluff and was no longer bouncing around she to was a quick kill just like Fluttershy and last was Rarity who just ran from me but with the boots of Hermes she was easy to catch up and finish.

When I was all done with the main six and their bodies turned to ash I turned my attention to Luna. “So are you the real luna or this dream’s Luna?” I asked.

“Dream? You think this is a dream? ” She asked, insulted. “This is no dream you monster!” She said as I took a step forward.

“Me being in Twilight’s house one moment then finding myself in Traverse town without my cloak was not real!” I said taking another step forward as she took a step back. “Me being chased by my own reflection is not real?” I said taking another step. “The corpse of my fallen doppelganger turning into Celestia is not real?” I said taking another step and pulling out the Blade of Olympus. “The bodies of those I’ve just killed turning to ash is not real?” I said stabbing her in the chest. “You are not real.” I said as she turned to ash as royal guards started to surround me. “I know what you are.” I said as the guards looked confused and looked at each other. “You are the rage I keep with in myself!” I said as the guards started to fade into shadow.

“Well done Huxley you have found what the test is, but can you overcome it?” The Kratos me said, coming out of my body and facing me.

“I don’t know.” I said looking at my hands at all the ash that was on it.

“No one truly knows if they can beat their own darkness till they’ve tried.” He said as he began to fade. “Your next test is through here.” A bright door appeared before me.

**

I woke up in front of my old house, but I was a few feet off the ground. “What I asked.” as I floated towards a window. “Thats me?” I said before thinking. “Or is it my clone?” I asked as I floated through my wall into my old room I noticed a few things that were different; one, was that I had a computer in my room, which was weird seeing as last time I checked I had a laptop, and two was the date. It was twenty sixteen, four years after I had left. “This has to be the clone.” As I floated through the house I saw my mother working on her books and my cat, I guess my sister was with our dad in British Columbia, but this all made me realise on thing. “I wanna go home.” I said as I went to the floor, weeping like a child. “Why show me this?”

“Because you needed to realise the sadness that you keep to yourself.” A voice said as I looked around to see that the voice came from my mom. “Mom?”

“Not quite” She said. “I am the memory of her, now answer me this, where do you think you are right now?”

“Home?” I said through tears and sobs.

“Not quite this isn’t a memory of your home. This is your home, but later. Four years have passed since you’ve went to the other world and life has moved on. You have to accept this, no more hiding it son.” She said as I nodded.

“I just miss you and dad so much... There is nobody to talk to...” I said as I hugged her.

“Good bye son.” She said as my home disappeared and I was back in the white void.

“On to the final test.” The voice said as I wiped my tears away.

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