ACT I:
Chapter One: In the Shadows, There Lies the Forgotten Witch...
Namine, has the tinkering with the boy's dreams proven successful?
Hearing that voice made her cringe and wished that she was the one who got to leave this castle and explore the outside world. To know a world beyond the one that she was accustomed to, or rather brainwashed to accept. That would never happen. I'm a nobody, forever destined to walk in her shadow. Not that she preferred to be some tool to draw out the boy suspected to be the key-bearer. The very first one since Ventus. Under normal circumstances, she would love to be in the destined key-bearer's arms considering how heroic and sweet he's proven to her already. He loves his friend as much as anyone would devote to their family. If only he was like Benjamin...but he's a heartless tyrant who doesn't care about me.
It hurt her, to be lying to this sweet, caring teenager into thinking that he was destined to bear such a intricate weapon and deluding him into thinking that he would help save the world. More like help plunge it into darkness if the plans come to success. thought Namine, cursing herself upon watching the boy sleep peacefully in what appeared to be a palace from her orb. To wonder what damage she has done to him made the strain on her heart even worse, hearing him prior to entering the dream world that she created with her bare hands and when Roxas spoke to him on how he wished to be normal. I listened to him and still, I was heartless enough to lie to him. Putting him into this deep stasis and using his own memories against him, feeding him this nonsense when it was clear what his true purpose.
If only she knew the full details of her father's plan, but she knew enough to suspect them. Not that I'm able to do anything to stop this from happening. He was an ambitious man with much power and prestige associated with his position. Of course, it came with being Austria's archduke, and the various other titles that she rather not remind herself, as he made it loud and clear the last time. And if she wasn't going to answer his question concerning the success of his plans, she was going to hear it. Oh Jesus, what should I do now? At least if this goes wrong, at least you can escape and have him to yourself. I'm almost jealous, or I would had been if I didn't know what you were.
She heard the footsteps approaching her from behind and was nervous about this whole ordeal. Namine, I have asked you a question and you failed to respond with a proper answer. Namine couldn't help herself as she lost all control and began shivering as the man she was ashamed to call her father approached, now behind her and putting his dreaded arm, covered by those red robes, on her shoulder. "I now that you would never be able to comprehend my vision for a united, free world under one king. Yes, it's safe to assume that cruel reality but no matter, I shall make you understand once the boy obtains the key." How right he was with his assumption, Namine thought, but these sorts of exchanges were the norm for them. "Now I ask you again and this time I expect an answer unless you would prefer eating the scraps given at the prisons. Has your attempt to tinker with the dreams of the Lancaster boy been successful?"
She didn't want to answer, at least not at first as she saw the boy be surrounded by three kids. It must be his friends. thought Namine, sighing deeply as she witnessed the interaction between the four children. I wish I could be there instead of here. Even the life of what the nobles and her father considered street urchins was more liberating than a princess', especially having a heartless, power hungry monster for a father. But as Benjamin accepted his fate to become the key-bearer, perhaps I should accept mines and not resist. God wouldn't make me suffer if it didn't result in something good in the end for us all. Namine whispered a brief prayer and before he would have an excuse to become even angrier, she turned around and nodded her head. "I have succeeded in tampering with his dreams. He will bear the key by midnight."
Fin.
