User blog:Galexgan/Kingdom Hearts: Child of the Sun, Part 1, Chapter 1+

Just a quick introduction before getting started. Hello I am Galexgan and you are about to delve into a Kingdom Hearts story like no other, my goal is to keep the child-like magic that Square-Enix and Disney have caught in their Kingdom Hearts games. This version of my story is an edited version to add more details, make each chapter longer, and include things that otherwise were left out in the original version. (Hence the + on the end like in the Kingdom Hearts+ games.) And now, without further adue,

Chapter 1+: Forgotten Memory
Galexgan's boots made a clicking sound as he went down the steps of The Castle That Never Was. He was deep in thought about todays mission that was assigned to him, now done with it, he let his thoughts wonder to how the organization could actually collect hearts without a Keyblade wielder. "I marvel at the mysteries of the heart! So profound is it's existence and yet those who have a heart take its power forgranted!" Galexgan announced aloud. With Xemnas' elimination just seven months ago and the castle empty, a new rag-tag group of Nobodies took control. They continued the old traditions of numbering and naming ceremonies and studied the old deceased member's journals for clues on how they might could achieve Kingdom Hearts. It seemed a hopeless thought and the more and more they delved into the Organization's history the more it seemed a lost cause. However they could not lose hope for getting their hearts back, else what would they do, who would they be? "Nobodies, nobodies, that's what they are and what they would always a be." Was what a few of the new members would say. "Ahh, but if only they would see! If they would only remain hopeful! We could become whole again! No longer misfits wanted by neither the light nor the dark! But able to make our own path!" Galexgan exclaimed as he continued to wander through the castle. "...Ah, but if only we could rid our new order of such fools... fools that would hinder the noble cause! There must be an inconspicous way to eliminate such a threat. A way to remove the members from the order without getting myself branded as the traitor..." He continued, he then sighed and tried to change his thoughts from such things but it would continue to go right back to the same thing.

"I should return to my quarters... some sleep may help rid these thoughts." Galexgan then proceeded to his chambers at a brisker pace, hoping, hoping, that he could find relief from the insanity he felt. For a being to have no emotions he could certainly express them well. Well enough that to him it almost felt like he had a heart to care. But almost wasn't reality, he could not experience emotions such as joy, happiness, love. Such things were impossible to beings of nothing. Now as there was no official member listed as Number 14, having been forgotten,the new leader of the organization had taken up the number as his mantle of superiority. Keeping his subjects under a constant watchful eye. He knew the animosity Galexgan felt towards some of the other members and found it an interesting show to watch... this was the only reason treason was allowed to wander the halls... HIS castle halls. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

After having some rest Galexgan opened a portal to go to the Organizations gathering spot.

"Today I am assigning each of the members to find more of their history when they had a heart. This may provide further clues to realizing our noble goal. You know your own history, so go to the world or worlds that you will need to go... Now be on your way and make haste. I grow tired of waiting for Kingdom Hearts!" The new Organization leader exclaimed. The gathered left the throne room that the meeting was held in via the Corridors of Darkness. Galexgan had left for the Olympus Coliseum, where the others went he would have no clue.

Upon reaching his destination Galexgan let out a sigh. "I begin to think the leader himself has become a nuisance to the Organization's goals... He just sits around bossing us. But who else would take up the mantle of leadership? I suppose we don't actually need a leader for the Organization to survive, we are supposed to beings of equal power and status, no matter when we joined. Hmph, well I have no need of these thoughts. Onward I go!" Galexgan mumbled to himself. He now took the time to look around at the familiar scenery, then proceeded to walk towards the arena door. "It's been a long time. I wonder if they still hold those tournaments? I used to be such a big fan... I remember that when I was younger, heroes from all over would come to fight here." Galexgan stated as he finally reached the door.

Reaching for the handle he took notice of a pair of little boys as they ran towards him with wooden swords in their hands. They stopped just short of where Galexgan was. Gale turned towards the boys and stared at them in silence. Finally one of them spoke up. "Hey! Are you gunna fight in the tournament?!" The first boy yelled. "Yeah? Where's your weapon?" The other continued. "You know Hercules can fight without one, maybe this guy fights like that too!" Replied the first. Galexgan then held his hand out away from him and summoned his polearm, Falcon. "Does this satisfy your curiosity?" Gale said. "Noo! So are you gonna fight?" The second boy asked. "... Maybe..." Was all Gale replied. "I must be off now. Goodbye." He finished. His polearm dissapeared and he then turned back to the door and entered. Leaving the boys standing there confused.

Once inside Galexgan immediatly notice a little goatman standing on a stool, looking at a sign on the wall. "Hey champ! You ready for little practice run today? I have a whole new set up waiting out there in the arena for you. Feel free to go give it a try." The goatman said. "Phil... That was your name... how are you? It's been so long." Gale replied. "Eh? Who's there?" Phil questioned and turned around. "You probably don't remember me eithe..." "Your right I don't, care to givvvvve... waiiiit a second... your face does seem familiar now... and that coat... hmm, now let me think a second. Where have I seen your face before?" Phil interrupted. "I used to be a past fighter in the tournaments... but the outfit is new." Galexgan replied. "Hmm... hold on... give me a second... don't tell me... you that kid I thought the Champ had sent to train a while back? Eh no... he had the same jacket but not the same face... hmm." Gale provided a few moments for Phil to rack his brain but it seemed there wasn't anything coming. Just as Gale was about to give up the goatman finally spoke up. "I've got it! You were that little tyke always coming to the tournaments. You were Herc's biggest fan it seemed. Always cheering him on. Then you grew up and joined the tournaments yourself. Where many failed you survived, you kept them heartless down and nobody could touch you. You seemed almost as good as the Champ himself... but then I remember a few years back there was an accident, your leg was broken from a fall but you were still persistent in fighting. You made it to the Semi-finals and were going to fight Hercules in the next round had you won it... but it seemed the Heartless was too fast for a broken leg, and fast as you were with that blade thingy of yours, it still didn't make much of a difference. You were beaten, I thought Hades took you to the Underworld... and yet... here you stand! Alive as can be it would seem. Whole and healthy!" Phil finally finished. "You have it correct. Although I wasn't a little tyke as you say when I first started coming here. I was of a decent age, not yet out of my childhood but old enough to go where I wanted to on my own. And I'm not whole... I'm missing something, something I need... I'm missing my heart Phil... I'm what's called a Nobody now... I'm nothing and yet, as you say I am alive, I exhist." Galexgan stated. "Missing your heart? A nobody? Hmm? Seems like you also have a few screws loose. Because who could take your heart, eh? You mean your heartbroken? Bet you could charm a few ladies, maybe be the one doing the heartbreaking. But get your own heartbroken, who would do such a thing to you Junior champ? And being called a nobody seems a little harsh, things must of really went down hill for you since the accident?" Phil said, a hint of amusement in his voice. "No Phil... that's not what I meant... that Heartless... it stole my heart. Phil..." "SO YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH A HEARTLESS?! That's the stangest thing I've ever heard!" "NO Phil. The Heartless, it's what they do. They consume your heart in darkness, a Nobody is the empty shell left behind... what I am... Phil I am without a heart, I am the left over body of my former self. I cannot feel emotions such as love or hapiness but through memories, and even then it's a hazy feeling and not truly ever felt. I cannot feel sadness either... Anger and hatred seem to be the only existing emotions left. Hatred for the Heartless." Galexgan finally said. Seeing that Phil wasn't understanding Galex asked him politely if there was a room he could stay in for a short while, Phil nodded and pointed in the direction the room was in. Galexgan heard Phil mumbling as he left the room, picking up the words "He's become a nut job after the fight too..." but after that Gale didn't hear anything.

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Galexgan released a yawn as he lay in the bed provided for him at the Coliseum. Thoughts of the day'sevents flooding his mind. Memories had beenstirredup that had long been dormant, untouched. Thoughts of how he became a Nobody... Thoughts of his life before he became a Nobody. Phil would never understand what he really meant by being a Nobody and that was ok with him.

These things crossed his mind all night, preventing him from sleeping. Every time he would close his eyes to get some rest he would toss and turn, incapable of finding a sufficient spot. Gale finally decided to get up and go for a walk in the night. But walking would prove no more usefull than attempting to sleep as he was being followed.

Sensing the presence of his stalker Galexgan turned around swiftly, summoning his weapon again and moving into a defensive stance. "Who's there!" Gale called out. After a few minutes of silence Gale began to suspect his mind was playing tricks on him and just as he began to let own his guard there was a brief spark of blue flame in the corner of his eye. He quickly put his guard back up. But the spark had dissapeared again. Being wise this time Galexgan stayed in this position for a longer period. It payed off, out of the corner of his eye again was a blue flame, this time larger, and growing larger still. It seemed to hover in midair, like a floating candle. Gale assumed it was a Heartless and kept his guard up. The Heartless would soon be upon him and Gale knew he was on losing ground if it turned out to be a strong Heartless.

You see, Galexgan's special power was to control the sun. He could store large amounts of solar energy and release it into shockwaves, or even enter into a berserk state. However the moon weakened him, scientifically it seemed as if it should give him the same power as the sun, posibly in a lower amount. But instead it cause him to be much, much, weaker. So much so that Galexgan wasn't allowed to do missions for the Organization in any world that was perpetually night. Such worlds as Halloween Town and even The World That Never Was, were off limits as mission zones to him.

Now returning to the approaching enemy. The flame had reached an extreme close and Gale knew that he needed to release some of his stored energy to provide light to see the Heartless, being also blinded in the dark. It took him just a second to release a small charge of the sun's energy from his hands but it was bright enough to light the area he had wandered into. The light fell onto his stalker and revealed a blue skinned man in a black shadowy robe with his head surrounded by blue fire in place of hair.

"Hades. I expected I would see you around here at some point. What do you want with me?" Galexgan asked the intruder. "Oh nothing really, I just made a deal with a low life tournament champion a few years back and I haven't exactly held up to my side of the bargain... and you should be one to know Hades always holds his end of the bargain wouldn't you." Hades replied. "I'm not sure I know what you mean." "Oh I think you do, Macho-man!" Stated Hades. By the time the words left his mouth Galexgan had a flash back of a deal he had made with Hades. The deal that had turned him into a Nobody. "It was you! It was you that left me this way, that created this being of Nothing." Galexgan said, hatred in his voice. "Um... no, no, not really. That would be your fault kiddo. You made the bargain and I held up to my end. You wanted strength to win any tournament you fought in until you got to fight "The Champ" Hercules, and you got it. Now about that other deal..." "Hold on Hades. You broke the deal, that strength went away prematurely, I lost the fight before Hercules and you know it. You didn't hold your end. I know who sent that Heartless to fight in the tournament." Gale interrupted. "Yeah, well, things happen kiddo. And anyways, why bring up old business, eh? Now I really have to get back to the one I came to you about..." "I won't make anymore deals with you Hades, in fact, I'll stop you from making anymore here and now!" Galexgan shouted, cutting off Hades speech once again.

Gale rushed at the god of the Underworld with his polearm. Attempting to stab right through him. Hades disspeared in a cloud of smoke and reappeared behind Gale. "I'll finish the bargain later. Why don't you come back tomorrow kid, when you've got a small chance of winning." Hades said, then vanished completely. Gale let out a cry of frustration and then headed back for his room with new things to think about.

Trivia
Did you know that...


 * ...Chapter 1+ actually consists of the original first three chapters of the story?
 * ...Olympus Coliseum has appeared in every Kingdom Hearts game and now makes it's appearence in Kingdom Hearts: Child of the Sun to help continue the tradition?