A World That Lost Its Light (Ansem/Invited)

[Akemi]

Using the Gummie Ship Minnie had given him, Akemi traveled through space. Thank goodness this thing had autopilot or Akemi would have crashed by now. Looking out into the window, the boy gazed upon the orbs of lights that were revealed to him to be worlds. Queen Minnie asked him to join her in helping her. Akemi accepted this request was given this ship in return. She say the good in him even though she knew that something was troubling him deep down. The boy couldn't tell her about his curse not yet but one day he will. With sigh, he made his way to the controls.

Looking at all the switches and buttons, his eyes looked at the radar and noticed that he was approaching a world. Already? He had only left the castle maybe half an hour ago. "Guess this is it..." He said to himself as he look up from the radar. This was going to be his first world that he would travel to and would have a choice. Normally those weird black ports popped up and sent him to random places but now, he had a ship. Walking over to the teleporter, Akemi was a bit nervous. He knew he couldn't just land this ship on the world, how was he going to hide a ship like this on a world without being noticed? With one last deep breath, Akemi stepped onto the pad as a bright light covered his body.

In seconds, the boy was standing in an ally. Wow, that was fast. Blinking a bit, he slowly walked out of the ally.The sky was dark and the sun was no where to be seen. Was this world under the control of darkness like what Minnie told him about? Looking around as he exited, he could have sworn he was back home. The structure of the buildings, the smell of the forests outside the massive stone walls, and feeling of the cool wind; this was almost like home. The only thing that was different was the races, the layout of the kingdom, and the very few people outside. Only humans and Genos lived on his world. However, the pointy-eared race here looked like Genos just missing the blue long hair and amber eyes. But what got him was why weren't there any people outside? It seemed like a massive kingdom so there should he a high population. The idea of this world control by evil was becoming stronger in his mind.

Nevertheless, Akemi had work to do and this was a perfect time to look around. The boy noticed a human walking by slowly. Summoning forth the courage, he tried to stop him. "Um...Excuse me sir." The human male stopped and looked at Akemi. He was about 5 foot 11 and was toned. his hair was brown and his eyes were blue. "Can I help?" He asked. Thank goodness, Akemi found a nice person. "Y-Yes...Sorry to trouble you but um...Do know the name of this place?" The male looked at him rather oddly and raised a brow. "Did...you hit your head or something?... He asked as he scratched his chin, "What are they teaching these kids these days...Your in southern part of San d'Oria." So, the name of the town is San d'Oria. An odd name but he wasn't from this world so he couldn't really judge.

"Thank you sir. But, do you think you can point me to a library maybe?" Akemi asked as he human male, once more, looked at him oddly. "...Sure, it over to the west of here...sorry but I got to get going." He said as he began to walk off. "T-Thank you sir for your help..." Akemi said as the man nodded to his thanks. With a name of the city and the location of a library, he was doing very well.

Heading west like the man told him, Akemi found the library. It was a rather large building. By looks of it, it was two stories and was somewhat empty. Walking up the steps and going inside, his thoughts about the place were true. It was a ghost town, well ghost library. Moving on, Akemi began to look around and found a book on the history of the world. It was titled, 'Vana'diel: World Blessed By Altana." Taking the book to a table, Akemi began to read. The book was filled with very detailed and fascinating tales but most of the information was unreadable due to how old the book was. It talked about how all the races were made, the ages of the nations, something called the Crystal War, and a brief entry on the current age. So, there were four nations on Vana'diel. The Kingdom of San d'Oria, the Federation of Windurst, the Republic of Bastok, and the Grand Duchy of Jeuno. Each nation with their own specific duty. However, this wasn't enough. Sure it was basic information but most of it was unreadable so only phrases and keywords could only be made out. Sighing out of frustration, Akemi left the library.

Feeling somewhat defeated, the boy made his way to city gates. Maybe seeing the environment of this world might help him relax plus would help with his research. Walking out of the city, Akemi was now in an area known as West Ronfaure. The area was a thick forest wilderness. From the dirt roads to the wild rabbits running around, this place reminded him of his home as well. Akemi walked into the forest as he sighed once more. Everything here was familiar but it wasn't his home world. The only thing missing was the people calling him a freak, monster, and other hurtful names. Sitting down on a rock, he looked at him hands. "...Am I really a monster?..." He asked himself aloud as he thought about the curse that fell upon the poor boy.

[[ sorry if this post is horrible, I'm super tired and I wanted to get this done. x.x ]]

[cccxlii]

So this was the place? Ansem crossed his arms over his chest. Not the location he would've chosen, but he supposed that it would be a bit more interesting than any other world, or town for that matter. Ansem blowed hot air out of his nostrils. He didn't exactly enjoy what he was about to do, but he more than understood the importance of it. It was just that all these warriors were gathered here, almost on a regular basis, and not to mention the army of the kingdom itself. Things like that always made it harder, but it did potentially increase the success rate of this particular mission.

Ansem paced himself, walking through the city streets. Normally he would disguise himself, while walking among the denizens of the world. But today, Ansem decided to make a little name for himself in his world. For the events that would transpire, he would surely become notorious and there would be no doubt that 'Heroes' from all over the globe would test their mettle on the Seeker of Darkness. The truth was that Ansem was searching for strong hearts, and he honestly believed that this was the best way to go about doing it.

Carrying his Soul Eater Spear, a large double-bladed weapon that resembled a set of wings belonging to a demon, Ansem approached a Mithra, who was likely on her way out of town."Excuse me" She turned to give him her full attention, but she turned just in time to be impaled by his spear. In that instant, she was felled, and her travel companion, an Elvaan, immediately came to her aid. But, he didn't even have the chance to reach his fallen comrade. Ansem turned and charged, using the ability of levitation to his full advantage.

Surprised by his sudden change in speed, the Elvaan stepped back, which was probably what saved him from Ansem's attack. The Heartless came from underneath, jabbing his spear upwards and into the Elvaan's head. He hit with full force, shattering part of his skull and sending the Elvaan tumbling backwards. He laid on the ground and spat blood, Ansem scoffed, he had actually meant to entirely run him through. It was at this point, that the entire plaza went into an uproar, and Ansem soon found himself surrounded by a variety of Adventurers.

Ansem left the Elvaan behind, instead focusing on a group of Humes that were trying to flank him. He slashed at the first Hume's arm, and he recoiled slightly before coming back down on Ansem with his own blade, which was swiftly parried. Now open for attack, Ansem slashed at the Hume's foot, which caused him to trip. Moving past him, Ansem floated towards a female Hume, but she and another Hume were made short work of. It wasn't long until Ansem was surrounded by a pile of bodies. Even the Guard came in to try and stop him, but they too, could not stand against Ansem's might.

The massacre continued in this fashion, as Ansem made his way from one district to the next, Heartless springing up wherever he went, from the bodies of the fallen. The town was under attack, crawling now with Heartless, the sounds of death and battle echoing through every alley and street, until finally they were carried to the outskirts of the town and Ronfaure itself.

[Akemi]

Akemi sighed as he looked up at the dark sky. This world was in trouble and yet, he wasn't able to find anything or why darkness was in control of this place. Moving his blue eyes from the sky to the ground, he noticed that the wildlife were still out and about. Smiling softly, this made him happy a bit. The animals were still happy and having fun while the world was in control of darkness. It gave the boy hope. Flash backs from his homeworld appeared in his mind. The times he spent in the forests of Halure. Akemi would sit under the tree and play his violin as the woodland creatures would come and listen to him. Birds would rest in the trees above him and the rabbits around rest next to him. Those were the best memories that he had from his world.

However, trip down memory lane was cut short by terror filled screams. "W-What's going on?!" He said as he stood up and looked toward San d'Oria. What was going on? The boy quickly took off to the west gate that lead into South San d'Oria. The moment he stepping through the gate and looked into the town, his eyes widened. Everyone was screaming, people running away from strange black creatures while some adventurers were fighting back. No, not again. This world was being attacked like his world. His body began to shake with fear. He couldn't let this world fall to the darkness more like his world. Fighting back his fear, Akemi drew his sword.

The boy rushed in to help as he saw a two Taru children about to be attacked by a Neo Shadow. Akemi slashed horizontally at the heartless as he burst into darkness. The Taru thanked Akemi and ran off. The boy smiled at the two as they got away. He was happy he was able to save someone but there was no time for a pat on the back, he had work to do. Looking around, he saw few Solider Heartless surrounding two female White Mage Humes. Akemi rushed the heartless from the behind as Elvaan Dragoon and Taru Red Mage attack from the front. The heartless didn't stand a chance against with might. "Help the fallen. Try to save as many people as you can along with the ones who can fight. The more people, the easier these things will fall." He told the group as they nodded. Akemi felt like he was in charge and for once, able to make a difference.

The group broke up, a white mage with each person while Akemi was by himself. Akemi wasn't going to let this world fall. The boy rushed out and began to attack the heartless, trying to save whoever he could and increasing his numbers. These creatures will fall and who or whatever is causing this mess.