Chapter 18

It's so cold here.

Ali walks aimlessly through the darkness.

How long have I been here?

She watches as this dark place crumbles apart around her as she continues to walk forward. Shadows of her friends pop up around her.

You did this to us.

Why would you hurt us?

We were friends!

Why would you try to kill me!

The shadow of her father screamed and she started to cry.

"I wasn't me!"

Lair, if only you would have just listened you wouldn't be in the is place.

"SHUT UP!"

The shadows start to laugh and they disappear but their snide comments echo in Ali's head.

"What the hell is going on!" She screams and she falls to her knees.

Soon a heartless pops up and inches close to her.

"Great, I'm not in the mood to fight you things," she groaned and she made her keyblade appear, "don't come any closer."

The heartless stopped as if it understood her.

"This is getting weird," she shakes her head and starts to run. The voices start up again and start tearing down her sanity.

" I can't take this anymore!" she screams, " SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR A MINUTE!"

The voices continue if not louder than before.

A cool wind pass through and she shivers.

" I might have to get use this place. I'm gonna be here a long time," she sighs and she tucks her arms closer to her body and continues to walk ahead. The same heartless follows her far behind.

…

It feels like I've been here for months. The voices charge at me night after night. I can sleep I cant think. All I do know is that I regret ever being alive.

I can't believe I cause such pain to my closest friends and my father… I'm awful…. I deserve to be here.

"Ali!" a faint voice calls out

It must be a figment of my imagination, it almost sounded like…. Who does it sound like?

…

Ali has been walking for the longest time, in that time she has revisited each world she had ever gone too and cause chaos and destruction. Each time it causes her to spiral down farther into her darkest sub conscious, where Alyssa use to reside. She has no idea what happened to her darkness but she was thankful that she was gone. That way there wasn't another voice to cut her down unlike the others have.

It seems that the only company she had was a heartless that seemed to be attracted to her somehow. She wasn't sure why the creature followed her but it was nice to have something to talk to even though it couldn't respond back.

"ALI!" A voice called out seeming to be slightly closer but too far away to notice.

I must have been walking for a long time, there is nowhere else for me to walk. I wonder what I must do now…. I guess. (She looks up to the dark sky) I'll have to wait until something happens.

"Don't. give. up," a high-pitched voice squeaked.

I look around and there is no one except for the heartless that has been following me.

"I must be going nuts now. I think you actually talked," I laugh to myself and the heartless hopped in front of me and looked at me.

"That's because… I did," it says gently.

"How can you talk now of all times?"

"It… takes a lot… of energy. to talk," it responds and I bring my knees closer to me.

"What should I do?"

"Wait. Your father. Will comes."

"No, he won't, he hates my guts."

"He's not. That kind of man. He. Loves you very much."

"Then why isn't he here? HE told me he would find and save me. But he isn't, because he hates me!" I start to cry at the thought.

"but I. love you."

"HA! You're a heartless, you aren't even capable of feel love." I snap and the creature just shook its head.

"You are as blind as he is." It sighs.

"You're one to talk," I snap and it laughs at me.

"You really are clueless aren't you."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't know who I am?"

"Well no, you're a heartless."

"You look much like him."

"I get that a lot," I sniffle and wipe my nose.

"You've grown up to be such a beautiful woman." It coos

"What?" I snap, I sit on my knees and glare at the black creature.

"Alias…"

Soon a bright light blinds me as the heartless transforms into a beautiful woman with short brown hair and lavender colored eyes. She wore a light green halter summer dress that was short in the front and flowed back.

I stumble to me feet and get ready to fight. The woman stands up and looks kindly at me.

"What the hell?"

"Alias, my sweet little girl. You've grown up so much!" the woman cries as she stood before me.

"Who are you?" I ask with a confused look.

"How silly of me, to think you would know your own mother when you see her. You were only but a baby when we were taken away from each other so suddenly."

"Mom?" I snap back to reality and hold my guard.

"No! you're just a trick! Your dead! You died giving birth to me! That's what my father said!"

"My you do have his angry look down, I'll give you that." She laughs at me.

"Please dear there is no need to be hostile."

"Your right," I break down and let my keyblade disappear. I start to cry a little bit.

"I'm too weak. I'm done! I'm so done! I thought I could be strong like my dad but I'm not… I'm just not," I cry and I fall to my knees and cry into my hands.

"and that is why I am here. When I was expecting you. I could see your future. It was one of my abilities. I saw what would come about if you had succumbed to the darkness that lurked in you. So, I left and made sure I could watch you from the darkness and be here waiting for you. For this exact moment where we would me for the first time," she informed me as she sat on her knees in front of me and pulled me into a hug.

"ALI!" The voices got closer.

"Oh mom, I missed you so much. I may have never met you but I always had you in my heart."

"ALI!" the voice called out again.

"IF dad ever finds me, can you come home with us?" I ask and I look up at her. She takes her cleaning cloth and wipes my tears away.

"Of course, Alia," she smiles gently at me and she wraps me close to her body and I could feel her motherly warmth, soon all the harsh feelings I had. All the doubts that I had in my head vanished and I felt that a burden was lifted off my shoulders.

"ALIA!" another familiar voice called out.

"Dad?" I questioned as I look in the direction the voices where calling out from.

"DAD? MATT?"

"ALIA!" Riku called out as he and Matt made it to the beach.

"DAD!" I look at my mom and I sprint off towards dad.

"DAD! You found me (Riku kisses her multiple times) You really found me!" I cry in happiness and he hugs my tightly.

"Of course, I found you. I told you I would you brat," he sniffles and he steps away and looks down at me. He wipes my tears away before looking behind me at mom.

"Rose?" he was breathless, I turn to Matt and walk towards him, he was still the same age as me or at least looked like it. He pulls me into a bear hug and we watch my parent reunite.

"Rose? Is it really you?"

"Yes Riku, it's really me," she cries and my dad tackles Mom.

"I thought I had lost you too. Please don't do anything like that again," he whimpered as he shook for joy as my mom wrapped her arms around Dad's neck.

"I'm sorry but it was the only way that our daughter would be safe in both realms," she cried and he kissed her with such passion that it would make you blush in a movie.

Once they settled down they looked at me and Matt. We giggled and Dad blushed like crazy.

We walked over to my parents and Dad placed a hand on my shoulder.

A bright light appeared and another door opened.

"Let's go home," he said and looks at Matt and Mom.

We all smiled with tears in our eyes as we finally made our way back to the light…..

I was finally free….

From everything….

THE END