A theater flashes into exist nefore your eyes and the author sudden appears right next to you.

*Hey guys Hakurorofan7 here and I'd like to welcome you to Twilit Mages.*

*While I'm announcing this, I'm discontinuing the two other stories on this site besides From No One To Someone. My first story because I can't continue it and A Small Miscalculation since I decided that what I had planned was better fited into From No One To Someone.*

*Anyway I have been toying with this option for a while. After a while of thought I decided to write it and just posted this chapter on both of my accounts as a holiday gift. I'll admit this chapter could use some work and if someone would like to beta it, go ahead. I could use a second opinion on this.*

*Anyway, I came up with this idea after reading a few stories on the site and I have to give thanks to stories like A Heart in the Void, Nobody of Remnant, Nobody of Ever After High, and The Fox Scroll. The first three showed how well Roxas can adjust and make the best of any new world he finds himself in and the first one is actually the reason why I even got onto this site in the first place. Took me years to set up an account though. The last story actually was the inspiration for this story. I'd recommend any of the stories, but Im sad to say that the first one has been discontinued as of 2016 as far as I know.*

*Also before I forget, this story starts off on Day 357 shortly after Xion's defeat.*

*Well with that out of the way, I suggest that you take a seat, relax, put some music on and enjoy. I'll see you all at the end.*

With that the projector flares to light and the author takes a seat.

*Almost forgot the disclaimer.*

*I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I would also include Fairy Tail, but we won reach that for a bit.*

*With that done, it is time to begin.*

The screen turns white and story begins.

Last Hope

The World That Never Was, a world of perpetual darkness illuminated by the light of Kingdom Hearts. Like the Nobodies that live in this world convey that light as it is their only hopes to regain their hearts.

However one Nobody wasn't expressing that same hope that all others of his kind were experiencing. In fact he was glaring up at it.

In fact he wanted to destroy it, but right now he had something much more important to focus on.

"Roxas..." A barley conscious Xion groaned out from behind him.

"Don't worry Xion I got you." He said while adjusting her to make her feel at ease. That and to make sure that he didn't shatter her legs.

After his fight with her in Twilight Town earlier, he had immediately picked her up as she started to crystallize.

Despite her protests for him to just leave her and destroy Kingdom Hearts, they fell on deaf ears.

He couldn't just leave one of his best friends to just fade away, especially with every passing moment memories of her were starting to slip away.

It might have something to do with what Xemnas said, her being a Replica created from someone's memories.

But he couldn't care less.

Xenia fact he didn't care about anything else at all.

Not the Organization, not Kingdom Hearts, not about anything dealing with the Keyblade or Sora, and not about Roxas. The only thing he was focused on her now was about saving Xion.

In fact that singular focus was the only thing keeping his memories of her from slipping away at a rapid place.

So with that in mind he decided to visit Castle Oblivion to see if their was anything there to help her.

He immediately left once the crystallization increased rapidly.

So with that out of the way that left only one place, Vexen's old lab in the Castle That Never Was. It was abandoned after his death, but it was left mainly in disrepair days before it he left for Castle Oblivion.

What little he knew of it was because of Luxord. He was there as Vexen needed his assistance due to his ability to manipulate time. What little he was told was it was an experiment gone horribly wrong and had inadvertently brought a strong Heartless into the Castle. The battle between it, Vexen, and Luxord had wrecked the lab and was abandoned post haste.

But maybe it wasn't if those strange devices and whatever Xemnas did to Xion was of any indication. So that means that with it as operational once again or that they had another lab hidden somewhere.

He hoped that it was the first, because judging the crystal spikes starting to jute out of her legs, there wasn't that much time left.

So in order to move without being detected by the Organization and to avoid accidentally shattering Xion, he made the smart choice to stick to the empty alleyways of the World That Never Was and then make his way to the castle.

It was easier said then done as there was Neoshadows crawling all over the place.

The sheer amount of them here unnatural be even Heartless standards.

The Organization must've guessed that either he or Xion would've come back after their battle and probably had the Heartless out incase they turned traitor.

Unfortunately they forgot to account for two things.

The first was that both were coming back alive.

The second is they forgot that he still had command over the Samurai.

Speaking of which one of the few he had sent to scout out had just arrived. Meaning that they had just had found a safe path around the Neoshadows.

So with that, Roxas nodded at the Nobody and followed it.

The journey was quiet and uneventful just like he had hoped. The paths were away from any patrolling Heartless or Nobodies. However these path were taking more time then expected and Xion was about half crystallized by the time that he had reached the abyss below the castle.

"I guess I should have thought about how to enter the castle." Roxas sighed out as he handed Xion over to two Samurai as he tried to find a way in.

A minute lafter he couldn't find any entryway. He was about to give up on a just summon a Corridor of Darkness, when his Keyblade appeared in his hand.

He didn't have any time to ponder about it, as he immediately let go out of it when a beam of light shot out from it. The Keyblade however just stayed in place and continued to fire the beam until it reached the bottom of the castle.

Once it reached it, a translucent blue path spread out before him and the Keyblade clattered uselessly onto the ground.

"I didn't know that it could do that." Roxas said simply as he dispelled the Keyblade.

Looking at the path's destination, he saw that it had reached a small ruined patch at the castle's bottom.

An area that still wasn't completely repaired from the experiment.

Now a temporary entrance to him and a way to get into the lab hopefully undetected.

"Alright then, hand Xion to me and follow closely. Destroy any Nobody that comes our way, can't have them reporting to Xemnas." He said, getting the few Samurai around him to nod.

He was given back Xion who had slipped back into unconscious once again and began the trek up the trail.

He needed to hurry before they were noticed, because a trans bridge was boun to draw in alot of attention after all.

Riku was not having a good day.

First off he found out from Naminé and DiZ that Xion was taken by the Organization from right in front of the mansion.

Then he figured that Xion was defeated as his memories of her were starting to fade.

However that was when things went wrong.

The memories that Xion had been created of were returning to Sora.

However they were returning much slower then anticipated.

Looking back at the reason why, it was found out that Xion was still alive.

According to Naminé, she was still fading away at a gradual pace. However something was actively preventing her from disappearing completely.

That something was Roxas himself.

He was either knowing or unknowingly preventing her from fading and was trying to look for a way to save his friend.

While DiZ just scoffed at the very idea about a Nobody being friends or even know what that meant with the puppet, Riku was thinking differently something completely different.

Here was a Nobody who not only cared about his best friend to the point were he would willingly carry her through enemy territory on the off chance of saving her from fading away.

If that didn't prove that Roxas was Sora's Nobody, then he didn't know what will.

He had to admit that it will honestly be a shame for him to bring him back to Sora. The lengths that he was willing to go to Xion, someone he considered a best friend alone had earned him some respect from the silverette.

However he need to get to him first before the Organization destroyed him and all hope of awakening Sora was lost for good with Xion fading away.

So without even hesitating, he went to the World That Never Was in order to bring him back, unfortunately he had hit a snag in his plans.

A tidal wave that slammed into the wall next to him broke him out of his musings.

Riku barely had time to hold back a curse as he dove for cover as a volley of arrows and an odd lance or two slammed into the spot he previously was.

He barely had any time to scramble towards a hiding spot when his three attackers showed up.

"Damn it, looks like he got away again." Demyx sighed out.

"Of course he would if you suddenly threw a tidal wave at him like an imbecile!" Xaldin snapped at the younger Nobody while retrieving his lances.

Riku has the unfortunate luck of running into those two once he exited the Corridor. Apparently they were looking for either him or Roxas.

Maybe both.

Still he at least know that he could've handled any of them on his own, but they weren't alone as another had joined in their pursuit of him.

"Knock it off you two." Xigbar said as he scanned the area. "While I can agree that Demyx is an idiot."

"Hey!"

"It is more important to eliminate this imposter then to berate each other, he has been giving us the slip for nearly a year after all. So when you find a place that he could slip away take any chance you can to limit his options. We need to eliminate him now before he has a chance to go after Roxas." Xigbar said.

"And prey tell where is the traitor." Xaldin said.

"Last I knew Saïx was lying in wait for him." Xigbar said before looking up. "Though looks like the kiddo managed to sneak past him."

Following Xigbar's gaze, Riku saw what looked like a vanishing translucent bridge floating in midair.

Looks like Roxas had made it to the castle.

"How in the hell did he manage to sneak past Saïx. He had those streets crawling with Heartless along with himself." Demyx said.

"Simple, Roxas must've taken the backroads." Xigbar said. "No one thinks about the backroads so I had some Snipers placed among them just incase Roxas took the backroads. However none over reported back to me."

"Which means that he took them out. Still what would cause him to even develop such caution in the first place? That doesn't seem like how he would usually act." Xaldin said

"Maybe he has...what's her name?" Demyx said. "And why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?"

"Of course the Replica, it's the only possibility. But do you mind enlighten us on about these about missing memories?" Xaldin said while fixing Xigbar a small glare.

"With it's death, it's existence will be wiped clean from everyone's memories. A fate far worse then being a Nobody." Xigbar said, shocking Demyx and causing Riku to sigh.

He knew that, and it still hurt him to put Xion through that.

It was basically erasing her completely from existence, nothing will be left of her.

Erasing her was the only way to restore Sora's memories and despite of that she was still willing to do so. As she didn't want her own existence to destabilize Roxas's own.

She even wanted him and Naminé to keep an eye on him after she disappeared.

Sad to say, they couldn't keep that promise even if they would remember it.

They needed him in order to wake Sora up.

There was no other option.

"So she is doomed to an existence worse then being a Nobody when she wasn't even real in the first place, damn that's harsh." Demyx sighed out.

"For once we are in agreement. But it is a necessary sacrifice." Xaldin said.

"Still it's not fair though." Demyx said.

"Oh and what us not having hearts then. Without her sacrifice then we would be even further from regaining our hearts." Xigbar shot back.

"I know, but it just sounds wrong. Still whatever it takes to get our hearts backs, even if I don't like it that much. Besides I won't remember anything when she passes." Demyx said.

"Exactly. Now then you two go get the imposter, I'm going to get the kiddo and poppet and send Axel and Luxord your way." Xigbar said as he summoned a Corridor of Darkness, getting nods from the both of them.

This provided just the opportunity as Riku rushed at Xigbar and slammed the blunt side of Soul Eater into his head. The momentum sent them flying into corridor and exited out the other side into the castle.

Xigbar landed straight onto the floor and collapsed unconscious.

However Riku knew that he wouldn't be down for long and two more Corridors were opening up meaning the others were not that far behind.

So he made a mad dash towards where Roxas's and Xion's scent was originating from.

He needed to hurry and not just because of Sora.

No, because there was a scent that he recognized all to well approaching them and he dreaded what would happen if he laid his hands on Roxas.

"And once again nothing at all." Roxas sighed as he dumped another empty drawer onto the floor.

He and the Samurai have been going through Vexen's lab for anything to help Xion. But there was nothing here besides broken equipment and lots of notes.

The only sign that this lab was used recently was a broken tube with fluid at the bottom. This had to have been where Xemnas had messed with Xion.

Speaking of which, right now she was currently lying down in a circle indent in the floor with the remains of three crystalline pillars on the edges.

Digging through the notes, he discovered that was the exact same spot where the experiment had occurred. The sheer mechanics of it were lost over his head, but the only thing that he could understand was that it was used experiment with some sort of time magic aptly named time compression.

Whatever it was, the notes didn't said. But seeing the results go wrong it must be extremely devastating to use.

He would've moved her out of the circle from the sheer danger alone, but somehow it was slowing down the crystallization process.

He figured that if she wasn't in the circle then she would've been a crystal statue or gone by now.

Inside she was about half crystal with a spike or tow on her face and most of her left arm was now pure crystal.

Despite the blessing of the circle, she was quickly running out of time and there was nothing that he could do about it.

And judging by how the lab was a wreck, his hope for a cure was quickly diminishing.

A tap on his shoulder broke out of his musings and he turned to face the group of Samurai behind him, all of them.

Meaning there was nothing that there was nothing that he could do. Moving her now would only speed up the process and kill her faster and he couldn't well leave her alone in her condition.

That meant there was nothing he could do.

Seeing an overturned desk, he summoned his Keyblade and split it in half.

He was going to lose Xion, and there was nothing he could do about it!

She was going to disappear forever and now he can feel his memories of her slipping away.

He was going to lose the only one that he knew that had truly cared for him.

While he still cared about Axel, he still betrayed him by withholding the truth about Xion for so long. Luxord and Demyx might be friendly with him, but they were too devoted to the cause of the Organization and will be actively hunting him down in order to regain their hearts. Though they will be kinder then the rest. Marluxia, Larxene, and Zexion had been kind to him, but have dead for months. He couldn't get a good read on where to place Xigbar. The rest of the Organization mostly treated him with indifference.

She was there by his side throughout his short lifetime, and in the end she had fallen by it.

Exactly the way she wanted to be.

Looking at the peaceful expression etched onto her face as she was in a comatose state, he knew what to do.

He summoned a Corridor of Darkness near her.

There was no way to cure her, so he might as well take her to the one place that made sense to the both of them.

To the clock tower, to watch the sunset one last time with her.

At least she could fade away peacefully there.

"I'm sorry Xion, I couldn't do anything to help you. The only thing I can do is actually stay with you to the end. So that you will not be alone during your final moments." Roxas said, feeling something wet trail down his cheeks.

He didn't have time to ponder that or even get Xion, as the corridor closed in on itself.

"I'm afraid I can't allow you to leave." A voice said from behind him.

A voice that he dreaded hearing.

Roxas immediately summoned his Keyblade and pointed it at the intruder, cueing the Samurai to attack him.

Only two of them complied, the rest fled to preserve what little of their existence remained. Upon seeing this, Roxas casted a silent Fire to provide some back up.

However the two Samurai were quickly disposed of effortlessly, and the fireball immediately extinguished upon hitting a barrier.

"I knew that you would be return, but I never expect you to bring the Replica back after it has failed." Xemnas said emotionless as ever. "However it is good that you are back, Number XIII."

Roxas could only fix him a glare while tightening his grip on the Keyblade.

This was not going to end well.

The projector dies down as the chapter ends.

*Well I hope that you enjoyed this first is alot more to come next chapter and after that we'll get into the area concerning Fairy Tail. If you want an idea of what happens next, I included a small hint on what will happen.*

*Something you might miss if you don't look closely.*

*Anyway before we move onto something important, lets make one thing clear about the harem. I'm open to suggestions and the only confirmed one is Xion. So if you suggest anyone else, I'll take it under consideration.*

*The important stuff is that the timing of this story is not conicdental. I made this story's first chapter as a gift for all of my readers. Within the course of a year I've risen to heights in writing I only could have dreamed of. So thank you all for you support. The only things I ask is your continued support, some reviews, and possibly a tv tropes page for From No One To Someone.*

*The last one is not required, but it will be an awesome thing to have.*

*Anyway my next update for that story will be sometime in January, so I lnow that you all will be looking forward to that.*

*As I final note, I may in the future start my own story of A Heart in the Void...once I read up on Familiar of Zero of course. It's such a good story, that it is such a shame it is discontinued. So I might as well start it anew...when I get a chance of course.*

*If you guys have any questions let me know, and I will try to get back to you*

*So I just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and I'll see you all next year!*

The author waves goodbye as the theater slowly fades to black.