Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Sept 26, 2009 15:51:20 GMT -5
So it all began...
With a drop in the ocean.
How did this start? Even I can't reassemble my memories to pinpoint the exact moment that set off the chain reaction. And I was the one who felt closest to the one who caused all of this.
I'm not important, but if you must know I am Skarlia Kara Strife. About three years ago I would've been Skarlia Kara Eito. Why? My last name would have meant 'eight'. Eight as in VIII. Number VIII in the Organisation, that is.
I was happily married to Axel, the Flurry of Dancing Flames. But that's in the past now.
What changed?
He did.
Things had begun to settle down after Masina, the carrier of the last Princess's heart, had gone back to Evalaine, the princess, and given her back her heart. Evalaine had reawoken Masina, however. Everything seemed calm.
Organisation XIII was crumbling. They had practically no reason to continue existing. There was almost nothing left for them.
Demyx, Axel, Roxas and Zexion... they were the ones who had turned their backs on the Organisation and joined us. Masina had also been with them, turning away from Organisation XIII.
Some time after the wedding, Axel began to act different. He became distant and didn't explain why he would suddenly disappear.
I myself and everyone else grew worried about him and Masina, who had given half of Evalaine's heart to Axel so they were joined together. Axel seemed to shy away from the light and step backwards into the darkness.
Then came that day. I woke up and Axel was not beside me. I got ready and hurried downstairs and there was Axel. He glared at me and yelled at me, asking why I hadn't told him I was pregnant with his child. I told him I hadn't known and I hadn't been able to approach him because he kept running away.
That's when I knew this was not the same Axel anymore. He slammed a fist into my stomach and just by doing that killed the baby. He fled and I was too traumatised to follow.
He was gone for months and when I saw him again it was tthe dead of night. I cried out for him but then twelve hooded figures appeared behind him. The world came crashing down on me. Axel had created a new Organisation XIII.
He began to blast fire in all directions and the town was alight. He laughed harshly as I desperately tried to fight against the flames to get back to the others and warn them.
I wasn't fast enough. So many died in that fire, among them some of my friends. Namine, Vincent, Cid, Leon, Aerith, Tifa, Kairi...
Before Roxas died, Axel appeared beside him. Axel told Roxas he could join the Organisation and be saved. Roxas refused and was killed in the fire.
Axel had many desires that had suddenly appeared in his mind. Or had they always been there? He led the new Organisation XIII and killed many people and around the same time a deadly disease called the Cobalt Cancer appeared.
Some of my friends were killed by that too. Riku, Sora, Irik and Evalaine. The cancer usually killed in 24 hours, but if it didn't it spread to every cell in the body and eventually every cell self-destructed.
It has been three years since Axel left. The Cobalt Cancer and the Organisation have claimed so many lives. But for what cause?
There are many friends I haven't seen in a long time because I have joined a team called the Resistance that tries to fight against Organisation XIII, led by a tough man called Lyrin. Khali followed me there and we are close friends and we have to be. My uncle, Cloud, was captured some time ago and I don't know if he's alive or not, same goes for my childhood friend Enzeru. My aunt Ayla... I've not seen her for a long time. Rildax disappeared long ago, but I know he is helping people somewhere. My mother is out there too, but where she is I don't know. What about Masina and my father? Are they still alive?
How will things change? Or will they change?
It will all end...
With just one against the sun.
