"There's a sense of unease filling the air." Harry whispered softly to Misfit as he wandered the Kingdom Hearts district.
The streets weren't as crowded as usual, putting him on edge a bit. Misfit cooed softly to his master, trying to ease him a bit.
The two quieted as they approached their destination, a large gated castle with a laboratory in the basement. "Let's hope Lenzo isn't busy with anything important." He passed through the gates and climbed the old steps to the door.
After knocking the hinges creaked as the door opened outward and Ansem the Wise poked his head out. "Ah Harry, good to see you again, where is your companion?"
"Blacky is covering for me back at the school, he seemed very reluctant for some reason." Ansem the Wise winced at that, knowing the older toon did not like doing such favours for people, Harry must be a special case. "What brings you to my labs? A Heart problem perhaps?" The pre-teen shook his head as the man moved aside to let him in.
"Actually, it's more of a Heartless problem." He held up Misfit, who squeaked at the look the other threw at him.
"I was wondering if you had any information about how different Heartless are formed? Or if Lenzo knows anything?" Ansem raised a brow in confusion at the question.
"You should know by now that Heartless are born from a person losing their heart, I taught you when you last came by."
"I know that, I was just wondering if you knew how different Heartless form, like how Misfit came to be, seeing as I still have my heart."
"Misfit is an oddity among his own kind, seeing he isn't really just anyone's Heartless." Harry looked confused at the older scientist.
"What do you mean by that? Who's Heartless could he be?" The boy thought the older was going a bit senile before he smiled grimly.
"I believe that's the Heartless of Blacky's younger brother, Fenrir."
"I hate this so much." Blacky deadpanned as he dragged his feet through the halls, once more disguised as Harry. Bendy snickered as his followed the toon-turned-boy from the shadows, mocking him at every turn.
'Humans are as annoying as they were centuries ago, haven't changed at all.' Most of the kids from Hufflepuff waved at him as he passed, getting a mental sigh from him.
'At least some of them are decent.' Not for the first time in his life he wished to be human once again, if only to enjoy the small things he normally thought of as dull. 'You never know what you miss until it's gone.' Blacky sighed loudly in annoyance, startling the people around him.
'Damn, I'm starting to sound like Merlin, someone shoot me now.' Bendy only cackled at his misfortune and begged the universe to make it worse for the toon. Apparently the universe does hate him as Cedric came bounding over with a letter in his hands.
"A first year Griffindor came up to me with a letter for you, says it's important and for your eyes only." Blacky really hoped it's not a bloody love confession or something, but he took the letter with a blank look and thanked the older male.
Cedric looked puzzled as he walked away, but the toon didn't seem to care as he carefully opened the letter. 'Please don't be a love confession, I'm much to tired to deal with one-oh, this is funny.' Blacky red over the words with a low chuckle, eyes dark in amusement.
'Harry's gonna be in for a surprise when he gets back, but for now I'm gonna enjoy this.' The rabbit folded the letter up and placed it in his cloak to hide it from nosey people, mainly Bendy who was looking at him for answers.
'Looks like this whole thing just got better, for me at least.'
"I didn't know Blacky had any siblings," Harry frowned at Ansem, not really understanding. The former nobody could only shake his head. "He does, did you think he wouldn't have one?"
"He never talks about his family, or his past."
"It's not for me to tell, but I can tell you the two brothers aren't on best terms with each other."
"Really? What happened?" Ansem debated on how much he could tell the boy, but opted to abridge the entire thing.
"Blacky's brother had gotten the two of them into some deep trouble with the higher ups, and were sent to The Pit to rot for eternity. You're the reason he's even alive at the moment." Harry's jaw dropped at that.
"And because you brought him to life, it awakened the things connected to him, including Misfit and your eyes." "My eyes?" "Blacky really should sit down and talk with you, your eyes are linked with him, making him your ancestor."
The boy fell to the ground, the reality hitting him like a ton of bricks.
"So the two of us are connected? Why didn't he tell me?" The hurt in the boy's voice made Ansem feel for him, knowing the boy had a history of being abused and alone, having someone related to him in some way not tell him must be painful.
But Ansem knows Blacky's not that cruel. "There might be a reason he hid it."
"Such as?"
"Blacky's been alone for longer then you have been Harry," Ansem wanted to set the boy straight before he rushed off to confront the toon.
"And he's been nothing more then a shadow before you came along so don't take that tone with him. How would you feel if you met another being that could potentially share the came blood as you?"
"I would be ecstatic to know that I'm not alone."
"Exactly, now imagine someone like Blacky, who's very different from you, would react to someone sharing his gift?" Harry gripped his chin in thought.
"He would be cautious." It hit him like a lighting bolt.
Ansem saw the boy's eyes widen in realization.
"Black would be very wary, seeing as the other person sharing his blood sent him to his prison." The scientist looked down at the boy.
"You see it now Harry? Blacky didn't keep this information from you to be cruel, he kept it because he wanted to make sure you weren't gonna end up like his brother and send him back to his hell."
Harry felt respect rise for the toon, he just wanted what was best for the pre-teen.
"Wow, I came by to learn anything on Misfit and I get some background on Blacky, crazy." Ansem chuckled as he patted the boy on the head.
"Yes, now I understand you wanted to see Lenzo? He's busy at the moment but I know Chip and Dale wanted to see you if you came by."
Harry nodded his head rapidly, excited to see the little chipmunks. He followed the man deeper into the house, Misfit clutched in his hands. The little Heartless cooed softly, feeling his master's excitement.
Unseen by both, the toon's eyes flashed red before fading away.
"What are you doing there Blacky?" Bendy asked the human toon, who was writing something in his notebook. "I'm planning, there's a war on the horizon and Harry might be in the middle of it all." The demon hissed softly at the mention of war.
"You know the other toons will not be pleased to learn such a thing, especially from you." Blacky grunted as he broke another pencil. "I already know the culprit, it's my job to keep him away from Harry for as long as possible." The hard look in his eyes kinda scared Bendy a bit.
"Even if it means dying again I'll protect that brat until he's ready to defeat him."
"What about this snake guy that's trying to kill him?"
"Old moldyshorts? I'll have an old friend of mine take care of him. Fenrir is more a threat then him." The toon titled his head, confused, as Blacky ripped a page from his notebook and stuff it into a envelope.
"Bigger threat? The guy got taken down easily by you, how much damage could he cause?" The letter vanished from his hands as Blacky turned to the toon.
"He wasn't at full power, plus he isn't below killing other toons and absorbing them to become more powerful, it's how he was so difficult to defeat centuries ago." He grinned grimly at his eyes faded to pure gold.
"Fenrir can't be killed by either humans or toons, only a being of both worlds can defeat him, that's where Harry comes in." Blacky looked up to the ceiling, grin growing.
"After all, he is my living legacy. The boy was made for greatness."
"You sound so sure of yourself, Harry is still so young."
"Yeah, and he's gone through more shit then any adult I knew. The boy has what it takes."
"I hope you're right about that, the fate of the world rests within his hands."
"I hope so too."