Kingdom Hearts: Dissidia Prologus

"Oh I finally caught your attention," Morgan taunted Jenka. "Maybe next time you will learn not to ignore me," Morgan told Jenka with her hands on her hip. "What's the name of the CD again?" Morgan said just handling the CD all awkwardly.

"If you want back you have to catch me," Morgan said taking off.

The sound of curious sniffing fills the void, reminiscent of the many dogs that once roamed the streets searching for invisible trails left behind. Becoming so uncomfortably close as to raise the hairs on the back of one's neck, a semblance of consciousness begins returning to the quietly dreaming host.

My back... It's so cold... Where are my sheets...? Mama...?

The boy's eyes begin to open, revealing the vast open wasteland before him.

Oh no... No, no... The sun is out! When did I fall asleep!?

The sound of sniffing has now receded further away, but this doesn't stop Alward, the boy, from leaping into action. Adrenaline suddenly courses through his veins as he calls his mysterious axe into hand, as if it were a mere extention of himself. He flips around and yelps in unison with the predator a few feet away from him.

"Aaauuu!"

The source of the monstrous howl, much to Alward's confusion and relief, was no howling lobo or stray cat, but a boy. By all appearances little older than Alward himself, this other boy leans with an arched back, his ropey arms firmly planted on the ground as he sizes up Alward with keen eyes that glimmer with some hidden, animalistic intelligence. The feral boy wears only the skins of monsters, with a mix of striped and spotted hide composing his loin cloth and a thick green coat of fur draped over his shoulder. His blonde hair is messy and unkempt, spiked at the front with days of heavy exertion and not much bathing and in the back it's tied with loosely fashioned string into a rat tail.

"W-who are you!?" Alward asks, flailing the golden axe threateningly at the feral boy. "What do you want from us?"

"Uwau-au!" The boy barks. "I'm Gau!"

"That doesn't answer my second question..." Alward growls.

The boy called Gau returns a questioning gaze. "Gau smell familiar person. Gau come check smell, but Gau not find person. Instead, Gau find maniac with big shiny!"

"Maniac with...? Wait, you mean me?" Alward asks indignantly. "You're the one coming to our camp and... and smelling me!"

"What wrong with smelling?" Gau asks innocently. "You funny. Funny like Mr. Thou! Auuu!"

"Mister...? Argh, never mind!" Alward growls, abandoning any hope of reasoning with Gau.

"What's going on...?"

The young girl steps towards the quarelling boys, tiredly rubbing her eyes with one hand as she carries a sleeping baby snugly in her free arm.

"Erica..." Alward mutters, visibly relieved. "You two are safe."

"Who's that, Alward?" Erica asks softly, as if she were just being introduced to the neighbour kid.

"I'm Gau!" Gau replies immediately and excitedly, perhaps prideful of his ability to correctly deliver his simple introduction.

"Hello, Gau." Erica smiles. "I don't recognise you. Where are you from?"

"Erica!" Alward chastises his companion through gritted teeth. He glares at Gau. "This kid just came out of nowhere. Don't be so friendly!"

Erica looks at Gau, and then turns back to Alward. "He seems nice, Al. He's scared of you. Just put your shadow masher away."

Alward appraises Gau once more, noticing the feral boy's unmoving gaze and defensive stance. He then hesitantly looks at the weapon in his hand, realising his offense. The axe disappears, as if scattering into a dazzling flash of light.

"Aaauuu!" Gau howls, standing upright and stretching his back, revealing himself to be the tallest of the three children by a considerable margin for their youth. "Thanks! Gau not hurt you, honest!"

Alward frowns, but makes no protest. "She's right, though. Mobliz is the only village around without crossing the sea. Where did you come from?"

"Gau from here!"

"Here...?" Erica asks. "You mean the Veldt?"

"Here! Gau only human out here, until you and Mr. Maniac show up."

"I have a name, you know!"

"Maniac with big shiny!" Gau retorts.

"Doesn't it get lonely out here by yourself?" Erica looks at Gau. "You must have someone else."

Gau smiles. "Gau not lonely! Gau friend with monsters, and nice girl still come see Gau sometimes. You nice girl, too."

"So there is someone else!" Erica concludes happily.

"Yeah, and monsters!" Alward adds. "Don't forget about that! What if he's in league with those shadows!?"

Everyone goes quiet for a moment, although Gau projects more confusion than the dread displayed by Alward and Erica. The tension is cut immediately, as the baby in Erica's arms is roused from its slumber and begins softly whimpering before bursting into full on tears and screaming.

"You're upsetting baby Leo, Al..."

The boy sighs. "Gau, I need you to listen very carefully." He says, while his companion goes off gently rocking the growing infant and trying to soothe it. "The village up North, Mobliz. It was destroyed by strange monsters, small and wirey. Black as shadows, and with an evil grin. Where a person's heart might be, there's... There's just this void, like it's there to mock us. Do you know them? Did you see where they came from?"

"Aauu..." Gau growls, leaning back and pondering for a bit. "Gau know monsters. Gau not see anything like that."

"If you're lying..." Alward glares.

"Aauuu! Gau not lie! Honest, honest!"

"I was relaxing before you showed up! And that's a damned signature from the band's frontman!" Giving chase, Jenka wondered if it would've been easier for him to work out on a regular basis, instead of dealing with her harassment. Then again, she'd probably still do it, so it might be a moot point.

"Huff, feh, what the f***?" Breathing heavily, he stumbled towards her, arm outstretched. "G-give it back... Already..."

"Yeah, yeah, I had my earbuds too loud, I've already told you a thousand times I won't do it again. You need to stop pulling this s***. You've got class to go to, don't you? Go. You don't have time to waste like this," he said, turning away, caressing the album's case.

"Geez, get off me, I already told you I remember. You wouldn't stop f***ing bugging me. Anyway, class is important because it's class. You're in college for a reason. Now go already."

"Sure, sure. Get going." Turning away again, Jenka thought about getting a snack before getting back home, but remembered he had left his window open, and Morgan had given him a snack anyway. So he needed to rush, and wouldn't need to worry about eating.

The Next Day
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"Stupid test," Morgan bemoaned. "Usually, I am the first one done but this test for some reason," Morgan sighed. "Cheaters had to go and make the test hard and everything," Morgan continued. "Hope Jenka isn't too mad, I want to ask how he feels about me because recently I started developing feelings for him," Morgan thought to herself. "Still I know how he gets when I keep him waiting," Morgan sighed as she got outside of the building.

"Where is he did he forget?" Morgan said when she, exited the building. When Morgan saw that nobody was outside she went to go search for him. Morgan would eventually, find him but out wasn't what she expected. Morgan found a strange shadow like creatures with yellow eyes and antannes, and her close friend was laying there beaten and battered and not moving.

"What is this thing?" Morgan said slowly backing away from the shadow like creature. "What did it do to Jenka?" Morgan asked in horror. "What can I do?, How can I fight this thing?" Morgan said as she began to run. "I have to get help, I don't want to lose Jenka, somebody anybody help," Morgan said while looking to get help

Standing? Cyprian's legs crumpled beneath him as he was freed from his crystal prison. Why? What happened? The truth dawned on him as he could no longer sense Dahaka, the fal'Cie who branded him. What had transpired to cause such a thing? What was his focus, and why? Where was she?

He staggeredly stepped forward, out into the open, slowly making his way back towards the one spot where she would be.

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It took him two months, two months of pain, misery, and newfound power. He could adapt, learn, grow, and change. Was this what being a l'Cie meant? However, that two months came to an abrupt end as he reached his destination, their last home camp. She wasn't here. The camp had only even touched by time, nothing else. Yet, there it was, the spear, beaten and tarnished, lying just on the outskirts of the camp. She couldn't be dead, could she? No, he had gone too far, this couldn't be right. He looked into the sky as the first drops of rain began to fall. His fate was to become a Cie'th now. He had nothing to live for, and no focus that he knew of. His heart darkened as he sat there, allowing the tears of the sky to overtake his own, until a great presence materialized, calling to him. A towering figure, one of metal in the form of a giant, stood, a billowing garb covering its body and a metal plate atop its head. It pulled a long blade as Cyprian prepared his own. This was doom. Cyprian stood still and unflinchingly took the blow from the giant's katana. After all, there was nothing else to live for, no person to protect, no focus to fulfill. All he had left was to become a Cie'th, and by dying here, to this beast, would spare him from killing a traveler after he converts. After taking several more blows, the mechanical monster halted, only to continue using the back of its hand to swat at Cyprian. Even it took pity on him.