Kingdom Hearts: Keys of Equestria

Chapter XXIX: Twelve Score, Divided by Six, Part I

Perspective: Roxas

"So, what made you want to join us?" I asked Axel while we walked through the End of The World, Sora, Riku, me, and Axel taking the front of the pack and watching for Heartless or Nobodies.

"Well, at first I thought that we were going to finally have hearts of our own, but after I realized just what Xemnas was planning, I came to the conclusion that this was wrong on every possible level. I decided to turn against Xemnas behind his back. Got it memorized?"

"Man, I missed that."

Wait, why is Sora still in his alicorn form?

"Sora, why aren't you in your human body? It's a lot more suited to combat, you know."

"You wanna know why, Roxas? In this body, I'm not as agile or durable, but I have unbelievable magical prowess while still keeping my natural strength."

"When did you get so... what's the word?"

"I think the word you're looking for is 'articulate'."

"Now I know why." I said, facepalming.

"Hey, if you can do that too, then why don't you? More powerful magic is worth being less durable in my eyes."

If you still had any. But you do have a point.

I focused a small amount of magic into my Keyblade. In mere seconds, I was walking on all fours without skipping a beat.

"You can do that too?" Axel asked me with confusion.

"Yeah! Since I was brought through Sora's heart after he gained this power, I can use it too!" I explained, fluttering lightly around him.

"Look out!" Sora called, using his Kingdom Key to deflect an attack from a black-cloaked figure. Another one flung a wide spread of cards at me and Axel, and was denied just as much. The last attack came in the form of a combination: six bolts of purple energy and three yellow and blue blades, all deflected by Riku. The figures levitated in the air while looking down at us. They all removed their hoods at the same time, revealing four horribly familiar people.

"Miss us?" Xigbar joked, twirling his arrowguns around his fingers.

"Axel, Sora, Roxas!" Demyx greeted us. "I haven't seen you guys in ages!"

"It hasn't been that long, Demyx. Time passes slowly, but not that slowly." Luxord told him plainly.

"I'm gonna have fun getting my revenge on you, deserters!" Larxene taunted, clearly directing her sentiment at me and Axel.

Another figure materialized between Luxord and Xigbar, floating out of a massive white rose.

"You get caught in traffic or somethin'?"

"No, Xigbar. I was simply held up by a few Heartless, nothing more."

"Hey," Demyx noted, "where's-"

"I believe you're looking for me." Zexion interrupted, spontaneously appearing behind him.

"AH! Zex, don't do that! You scared me half to death! That's just kinda creepy."

"My name is Zexion, not Zex, you childish imbecile."

"Play nice, boys!" Larxene demanded. "We have company."

"But he-"

"Silence!" Xemnas shouted, flying through a Corridor of Darkness.

"Xemnas!" Sora yelled. "It's time to end this!"

"Not just yet, my boy. First, you and your friends will go through a test to determine if you are worthy of facing me."

Xemnas flung his arms outward, sending a wave of energy across our group and separating us into pairs. I stood up and noticed that Twilight was laying on the ground next to me.

Wait, Axel was standing beside me just now. Why is she here?

"Roxas?" She confirmed, stumbling to her hooves, but falling straight back down. I ran to her side, holding her up with my foreleg.

"Are you okay?" I asked, showing true concern.

"I think so. That whole situation with Sunset completely drained me, even more than using the Elements."

"It's fine." I said cheerfully. I levitated my Oathkeeper over my head.

"Heal!" I commanded, causing a set of bells to ring over her head and signal a successful Curaga spell.

"Thanks, Roxas. I just... really... kind of..." At this point, she was showing all the signs I could notice; she was stuttering, avoiding eye contact, blushing heavily, and had that weird half-smile.

Well, this is just plain great.

"Really?"

I was being sarcastic.

"Let's just say that whatever happens, happens." My field of vision was immediately obscured by nothing but lavender, white, and a bit of deep purple. I gained my vision once more, and had apparently lost my voice in exchange.

"I-I-I-I-I-I... uh... I FORGOT TO SHAVE MY STOVE AND TURN OFF MY SHEEP!" I bolted away, only to end up faceplanting into the wall. Twilight stood over me and attempted to poke me into getting up.

"I do hope I didn't walk in on anything." Zexion said, literally stepping out of his lexicon.

"Zexion!" Twilight called, summoning her Keyblades. "Sunset told me what you did! We have business to settle, right here, right now."

"Fine." Zexion sighed. "I do hate fighting, but I hope you give me a good one." He disappeared back into his lexicon. It split into six copies, their pages wide open.

"It's already over!" He shouted, a copy of him flying out of each book and slamming into her from every direction. The moment I saw the real Zexion, I dashed forward. He attempted to hit me this time, but I defended myself by wrapping my telekinesis around his right arm, extending the field to all of his copies, then throwing them into each other and turning them back into one Zexion. Twilight lunged into the air and practically tore him to shreds with her own Keyblade and Sora's Spellbinder. To finish the assault, I began slashing at him with my Oathkeeper and Oblivion while she hammered him with Thundaga spells, then threw him to the ground. I teleported underneath him and thrust my Keyblades downward, causing four orbs of light to orbit around my body and explode. Zexion landed next to me with a sickening crack.

"Et jurant in aeternum desiderabat: et cor meum ad fidem, et falsa vocant, in quo vastabuntur omnes adversantes mihi, virtutibus. P. Misereatur tui Domine.

Lexicon imagine, veniat ad me et iudicium meum velut ferrum!" His lexicon began floating behind him, opening the way for a massive phantasmic lizard, its body flickering like fire with claws made from lightning bolts.

"This is bad. Let's get it over with." I told her, readying my Keyblades again.

"No." Twilight said, pushing me out of the way. "I have to do this myself. It's between me and him."

"Alright. Go all out. Don't hold anything back!"

"I don't plan to."

Twilight's eyes flashed white again as her Keyblades began floating at her sides. She began levitating herself into the air. Her speech went back to the same tone she had used during her battle with Sunset Shimmer.

"Vade, fallacis daemonis Tartara ima ad ubi et non invenietur!

Tenebrae et tormenta, haec nova fata!"

The ghostly lizard disappeared, leaving no traces behind. A small lizard and his lexicon floated into the air beside Zexion. With a blinding light, Zexion was now a lizard printed on the book's cover.