Yes, it must be Beastie and the Nobody. Otherwise it's just another KH OC fic from me. (Even though Sora and Sabrina only would be a change of pace regardless.) 😅

And yes, it will also be its own oneshot and not added to Every step forward's main fic as an actual chapter.

Summary: In a canon divergent mini-series that will probably never end; Sabrina’s Nobody was tasked with fostering the rage in Antiform Sora in the days leading up to the Keyblade War. But now, thanks to Kairi, Sora has returned to his proper self. Through journal entries, Sora, Sabrina, and others relate just how much has changed- and what’s stayed the same. Every step forward brings you closer to home, after all.

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II: From Zero to-

It’s been a few days and I feel a bit better now. My head isn’t threatening to pound out of my skull, at least.

Donald and Goofy came to wake me up this morning. They said that Yen Sid wanted to see me- something about our next steps after the Mark of Mastery. Goofy even let it slip that Yen Sid was also going to talk to Kairi, Riku, and King Mickey about their next adventure so I immediately booked it to Yen Sid’s room.

I was still too late to meet them, or even get to say goodbye.

Turns out, Kairi is joining Axel in training under Merlin’s watch. King Mickey and Riku went to go save Aqua in the Realm of Darkness. And me? Well… I still need to learn the Power of Waking to help Ventus, Terra, Roxas, and Namine.

Which I lost the ability to do when I became that Heartless-thing.

Master Yen Sid recommended that we visit Herc. Hercules lost his strength in an effort to save Meg last time we saw him. He was able to get it back and probably even became stronger than before. With some luck, he might help me too.

There’s just one teeny-tiny problem before we head out.

The worlds’ gates have closed again.

Hmmph.

Summary: In a canon divergent mini-series that will probably never end; Sabrina’s Nobody was tasked with fostering the rage in Antiform Sora in the days leading up to the Keyblade War. But now, thanks to Kairi, Sora has returned to his proper self. Through journal entries, Sora, Sabrina, and others relate just how much has changed- and what’s stayed the same. Every step forward brings you closer to home, after all.

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I: Hurt

My head hurts.

Master Yen Sid is letting Donald, Goofy, and I use his tower to rest. They keep asking me how I feel. I don't feel any different, really, but they keep looking at me like SOMETHING is supposed to happen.

I guess I was in that kinda Heartless form for too long. The thing is, I don't remember much about that time. It was like I was asleep, but... angry. Always angry. And a voice... I remember a voice that kept telling me what to do. I... trusted that voice, even though it made me angrier sometimes.

I miss that voice now. It belonged to that Nobody that was there when Kairi woke me up. But who were they? She never gave us her name before leaving. Did I know her from somewhere else? Will we meet again? I… I don’t know.

Summary: In a canon divergent mini-series that will probably never end; Sabrina’s Nobody is told by Xemnas to keep watch on Antiform Sora in the days leading up to the Keyblade War. Through journal entries, the nihilistic Nobody relates how Antiform struggles to be between light and darkness, how they dodge the remaining members of the Guardians of Light, and how weirdly attached the two get over the course of several months.

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XXIX: Birth in Reverse

It’s happened.

Beastie is now Sora again. I will never hate the Princesses of Heart more than I do in this very moment. Kairi, of course, being the most offending member. She was the one who did it. Using her beginner prowess of Keyblade knowledge, Kairi managed to actually beat the darkness out of him.

Although, I suppose the term would be ‘weakened’ his darkness, then called forth the rest of his light. The result looked to be rather disorienting for him. He turned to me with ocean blue eyes, glittering with confusion and hurt.

And yet, he did not attack me.

No.

Sora protected me when the princess was more than ready to send me to the realm of darkness. He remembers the abuse- he said as much. But he remembers the protection. The connection. It was a moment that stunned us all. Even after all that time, the rage inside the beast festered, but at its core was Sora. Sora had always been there.

Not that I didn’t see it coming. In the beginning, I was practically betting on it.

But after seeing the transformation with my own eyes? Months and months of hiding, only to be undone within a second? To see the Beastie I knew become someone I do not…?

Is… is this what it’s like to have a heart?

It hurts.