IV

                                    

                                          


                          
You sucked on your teeth for a minute before crossing your arms over your chest. "Master Eraqus, I may have done the 'Rite', but I can't summon a keyblade." It was a couple of hours since Eraqus admitted that he had to train you how to use the keyblade. This just further fueled the fact you had no way of doing such a thing.
                          
Eraqus stood there, his own keyblade in hand. You admired it from afar, he was going through simple drills that may help summon a Blader, as you dubbed it, to summoning their weapon. "You can, [Name]. Doing the Dive isn't a symbol, if you've gone through it then you can summon a keyblade." He stated you couldn't see the wavering look in his eyes when his back was turned to you.
                          
There were things that you could do that he couldn't do in his position. You had to learn how to summon your Keyblade. Lest the two of you would be stuck in this domain forever. The next thing you knew was being thrown in your direction was a wooden sword. You couldn't help but huff and pout all at the same time. It was a toy sword, of course, you would be given one. You just looked up at Eraqus with the expression.
                          
He melted into a smile. "Believe or not, Terra had to use that for the longest time." Terra, Eraqus didn't speak too much about either of his original three apprentices. Given that you had only been awake for a few hours.
                          
Fidgeting with the piece of wood, you didn't realize that you had spoken until Eraqus picked up the question with his answers.

                          
"All three of them.. are somewhere in the Darkness. With other people."
                          
Walking toward the Keyblade master you stared up at him in shock. "W-Wait! There are other people in the darkness?" Eraqus nodded his head with a look on his face. You couldn't believe the idea that there were other people stuck in the darkness as you had been.
                          
The Darkness itself was so cold and lonesome. There was nothing and often times you could feel nothing but being cold even then it would turn into a numbing feeling. It was hard, thinking that there would be other people stuck in the darkness. Some people might be together or be all alone like you had been.
                          
Looking down at the ground, your eyes slowly traveled to the wooden sword in hand. "C'mon, I want to be able to summon a keyblade!" You chirped up, ignoring the gloom and doom chill that hung in the air. Jumping back a few times, you couldn't help but grin with excitement while Eraqus watched with a small smile on his face.
                          
It had been a long time since he had someone to train, whether he liked it or not, he had you now to train.
                          
After an additional two hours and a half, you were laying on the floor in the middle of the 'Throne Room' as you dubbed it. Drenched in sweat the coolness of the marble floor felt heavenly against your hot skin. [Colour] eyes danced along with other hues of orange and yellows while stain glass ruby red and forest emerald painted your body.
                          


                          
All the while the older master watched on with mild interest as a chuckle rumbled quietly in his chest. "There are some clothes in the closet of your room, there's a shower across the hall." Eraqus watched you struggle with the idea of even moving an inch from your location. You head popped up slightly with some strain to look at him as if he was kidding. Eraqus about to open his mouth again couldn't believe the new found energy as you took off out of the room and back toward your bedroom for a nice shower. Instead of saying anything else, Eraqus actually laughed and shook his head with a grin on his face.
                          
The Keyblade vanishing into sparkling light, Eraqus walked back toward the now pitch black orb. With a passing by hand, it lit up with Yen Sid on the other side of the orb. "The training is well, I presume?" Yen Sid called from the other side of the orb while Eraqus simply rubbed the back of his neck. "There are obvious signs of the Rite, but she's unable to summon it right this minute."