Oh, I just had to post this. It's Christmas time and I have up to Chapter 7 done. Why not?

So here's the sequel! If you haven't read Dearly Beloved yet, then go do it now. This is set during 358/2 Days, so if you haven't played the game, there may or may not be a few spoilers. And if you have, then know this: In this story, Xion does not exist. Putting her in would just complicate things a whole lot and I don't want to get into that. My OC will be replacing her, and so I don't want to hear a lot of talk about how inaccurate it is to the game. I've only played it and beaten it once, and I'm just trying to get the gist of it in here. Okay? Okay. Awesome!

PS. This is still a Riku X OC story, but he doesn't come in 'til a lot later. Right now it's more of a friendship story between Livia X Axel X Roxas. You'll understand, I'm sure. Read on, I hope you enjoy it! This one's more like a prelude into the story, if you're wondering why it's so short.

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Outside the gate of a tall, abandoned mansion stood a girl with flaming red hair that fell past her shoulders and in front of her clear, violet eyes. The golden rays of the setting sun cast a glow on her pale skin and the wind flowed in a gentle breeze around her. She stood, eyes vacant, something missing. She couldn't quite pinpoint it, nor could she formulate the words in her mind to ask herself why.

She heard footsteps approaching and her eyes slowly moved from their initial position from the ground to the figure standing before her. A tall, cloaked man towered above, staring down at her from the darkness of his hood. He seemed to be examining her and she didn't budge an inch.

Raising his arms, he lowered his hood to reveal a man with tanned skin and long, silver hair. His cat-like yellow eyes peered down at her and he smiled in a discomforting way.

"Do you know why you are here?" his deep voice rang in her ears.

She shook her head slightly.

"I can give you purpose," he continued. He waved his hand in the air and a series of letters appeared before them. They were translucent--just barely visible. They read:

L I V I A

He waved his hand again and a large X appeared with the jumble of letters. Before her eyes, the letters began to rearrange themselves until they finally settled into one position.

V I L I X A

"Vilixa," the man said, letting the name ring in the air as the letters vanished. "This is your new name. Your new identity. Come, join the Organization and find true power."

He raised his hand in the air and summoned a portal of swirling black smoke. The girl, now known as Vilixa, turned and shuffled towards it, not knowing what rested on the other side. Frankly, she didn't care.

She stepped in, followed behind by the man with the bizarre yellow eyes. Her feet rested on solid pavement and the portal closed behind them. She felt small droplets of water falling on her nose and looked up at the sky.

It was a pitch black moonless sky, and the rain fell continuously, clattering against the metal grates along the ground. The man prodded her slightly, commanding her to move. She kept walking and looked up to see a huge white and gray castle floating in mid-air not too far off.

"That will be your new home," the man said to her, as if he was reading her mind. "The Castle that Never Was."

She turned to the man and with a hoarse voice, she finally managed to ask, "Who...who..."

"I," the man responded, "am the creator of the Organization. Xemnas."

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