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Chapter 1 : A Short Story

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Xion emerged from the dark portal into an alley. 'It's super quiet...' Wasking out of the alley, she found day that the main square outside of the Collisuem was empty. 'Where is everyone?' She wondered. She decided to stroll around out in the open, searching for anything that seemed out of place in the ancient world, though her mind was elsewhere. 'Xemnas didn't really explain what an absent silhouette was. I know a silhouette is like a shadow, so the absence of a shadow? What could that look like? And a mysterious solider? Obviously they'll be in the Coliseum...' So lost in her own thoughts, she didn't realize she bumped into someone...furry, and she received an immediate, "Who the hell are you, girl?" Xion looked down to see Phil …show more content…

You don't even look like a fighter, no offense." Xion summoned her keyblade, twirling it around for affect. "No, but I can use the keyblade pretty well." "The keyblade?! Why didn't you just say so! That oversized key performs miracles I tell ya, here, I'll sign you up right now!" She followed Phil into the vestibule where he shifted through several stone tablets of registration forms. "...um...who is the person I'm fighting against? I want to know more about her." "Her name's Lightning, weird name I know, and she's got attitude. Wouldn't tell me where she was from anything, all she said was 'fighting's the only thing I know'. She's probably from Rome or something, they've got a bunch of weirdos." He etched something into a fresh stone tablet. "Which reminds me, where are you from, Xion?" 'Think quick, you can't let him know your true identity.' "I...I'm from Rome too!" "Yeah I thought so...aaaand how old are you?" "I don't know, I never thought about that." "Eh, you look about 14-15, let's go with 15." Finished with her registration, he stacked the stone tablet on top of a few others. "You're in, kid. Come on, let's go watch the match and see what you're up against." Phil pushed open the doors to the arena and they were met with a rush of cheers and applause coming from the audience. Now that the Coliseum was filled up with nearly all of Athens, it felt so much bigger than what she could've ever imagined. 'I'll be fighting with all these people

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