Herbert
After having a busy couple days of saving a world from darkness and the travel back to traverse town left Sapphire fatigued. With the jingling of keys in the door and the shuffling of paper bags filled with groceries Sapphire entered the surprisingly dark room making her way over to the kitchen. "Mom! Kids! I'm back and I got some groceries can someone come help!" She set the bags down on the counter flicking the lights on as she began to put the stuff away.
Kevin
*As the lights flickered on, Sapphire could see all of the kids seemed to be missing except for one, who was cowering in the corner. They screamed when the light turned on, trying to find any darkness to hide in.*
Herbert
Sapphire dropped what she was holding in hand which happened to be a jar of jam as it shattered on the ground. Fear, Anger, Worry and pure anxiety filled her as she rushed to child grabbing onto her. "Francine why are you screaming!?" She took a look around the empty room as the fear took hold of her as she stood up looking around where she was standing. "John!? Amelia?! Chris?! Maria!? Mom!?" She began to open closets in a frenzy. Looking under beds seeing nothing but the dust, looking into the cabinets that the kids could reach. "What happened while I was gone!?" She finally noted the coldness of the air as she grabbed Francine picking her up in her arms. She summoned Keyblade of Heart sweat dripping down her face despite the coldness her own eye's giving a hue of yellow as the darkness crept up.
Kevin
*The child would fight at first, not realizing what was going on.*

"No please! No more light! I don't want to be like the rest!"

*Looking around, Sapphire couldn't find anyone else in the house. She did notice what seemed to be a struggle that happened, the place being a mess.*
Herbert
Sapphire would hold tight onto Francine the child fought against her. "It's me! What do you mean like the rest!?" She gave a heavy sigh of defeat when she couldn't find the others or her mother. As she made her way towards one of the beds setting Francine down as she did her best to control her breathing. "It's me I'm not going to hurt you. I'll protect you but first please tell me everything that you can remember." She placed her keyblade down as she knelt down in front of the panicked child. "What are you talking about no more light?"
Kevin
"Sh-she came and... She first told us that it will be okay. Said we would be purified and safe from the darkness. Then she... She... Amelia...!"

*She began to freak out again. Then sapphire would hear a knock on the door before it opened.*

Tifa:"Hello?"
Herbert
Sapphire gave her a tight hug as she began to reassure her. "I'm here now and it's going to be okay, no one will hurt you while I'm here."

 She froze when she heard the door open and the unknown voice. Everything told her not to turn however in an instance she picked up the keyblade from the floor pointing it at Tifa with an unusual rage that was never shown flowing through her now golden eyes.

 She remained silent as she kept Francine behind her as if trying to conceal the child.
Kevin
Tifa:"Hey hey, i'm not a threat. I heard screaming and thought no one else was in here... No one else was supposed to be here after what happened... I came here earlier and helped the other children that were here. I didn't realize another was still here until I heard her through the door."
Herbert
Sapphire snapped her fingers as several daggers of darkness formed in front of her as she backed away keeping the small child behind her. "How can I trust you on that and that you weren't the one who kidnapped my kids and my mother." Hatred for this unknown woman glared through her eyes as a torrent.
Kevin
Tifa:"I can bring you to the rest of the children. We are nursing them in another hotel room. I can also answer questions about what is happening to them."

*Tifa put her guard up a little, not wanting to have to fight when the child would be in the crossfire.*
Herbert
Sapphire looked back at the child behind her as she promptly picked her up in her arms keeping keyblade in hand. The daggers faded away as if not having existed to begin with. "Fine, if this happens to be a trick I won't hesitate." 

She looked back at the room as she gave a heavy sigh it was a mess and one that she'll have to leave behind. "What happened?" She kept her tone sharp not hiding how she was feeling.
Kevin
Tifa:"They... A girl has been going around and forcing pure light into their hearts, causing them to go into a coma. After, she sealed their hearts to stop the darkness from escaping. If she doesn't undo it, or a solution isn't found soon, the kids may never wake up. A heart is normally made of both light and darkness. If you remove one, you fracture the heart and the person can possibly never wake up without something to help fill that fracture."
Herbert
Something inside Sapphire shattered it was as if all the emotions she held back came barreling at through her at once. It started off as a single tear rolling down her face before the full flood works happened. "I need to see them... Now" Her voice was shaky while doing her best to keep the sharp tone was giving the woman.
Kevin
*Tifa nods, bringing sapphire to the hotel room they kept the rest.*
Herbert
Walking into he room where the children was Sapphire would set Francine down before making her way to one of the beds. She would grab onto the small hand she would collapse onto the floor sobbing. "I'm sorry I wasn't here to protect you. If only I came back right away or not leave maybe I could've prevented all this." The hand was cold compared to hers as she clasped it tightly tears now falling onto the floor.

She would then look up wiping the tears away before looking back at the woman that brought her in. "Who did this. I need to know."
Kevin
*The characters all looked at each other, unsure about if they should say at first. But they would nod and Tifa would speak up*

Tifa:"We rather not tell random people, mainly because we are sure she doesn't actually mean harm, but is misguided. We all took watch over her before she left on her adventure, but she got captured and who knows what happened after that would have caused her to do this... You probably don't know her, but her name is Fiora."
Herbert
Sapphire began to chuckle in disbelief as she placed a palm on her hand. "Of course leave it to the girl that we helped rescue to repay the favor like this." Sapphire didn't care if she misguided or if she meant actual harm. The young girl messed with her family and the last connection to her lost world.

She took one last look at the children feeling hopeless and how to help them. "You said their hearts are filled with lights?" She began to think to herself but her mind was so scattered from everything that was going on.
Kevin
Tifa:"Wait, you know Fiora? Were you with that... Other group Dado mentioned? Storm Riders or something? And yes, filled with pure light."
Herbert
Sapphire continued to look at the children stroking the face of one of them as she brought out the Keyblade of Hearts. She recalled the words that echoed in her mind when it first appeared in hollow bastion. 'Princess of Darkness' She gave a defeated chuckle as she looked back at Tifa. "That's right I'm Sapphire, the newest member of the Storm Riders. I..." She sighed once more. "I have a better control of darkness than others, my keyblade is of darkness from what I understand." 

She recalls when she once lost control and gave in to the darkness and shuddered. "I once lost control and Fiora was there to witness it, however I managed to regain my control thanks to her powers."
Kevin
Tifa:"If her light was able to help you regain control of yourself, then perhaps your darkness can help her gain control of herself. Light and dark are two sides of the same coin, after all. These kids will lose the darkness within them, which may sound good. But the darkness is apart of their hearts, and without something to fill the void left by the missing darkness, they may never wake up."

*At that, Sapphire's keyblade pointed to a safe corner of the room and a dark corridor would open. She would then hear a voice.*

**"Princess of light... Princess of darkness. Both must be equal, or imbalance happens..."**
Herbert
Sapphire understood what it was she needed to do. She looked at Tifa giving a wry smile, "I'm sorry about earlier, these children are my only family left same with my mother." 

She began to walk towards the corridor feeling her heart seemingly align with the goals she has set for saving her family. "Please take care of them for me and if Fiora shows up, keep her away from them." 

After saying that Sapphire walked through the Corridor to wherever it would lead her to.
Kevin
Inside the room that housed the children and a certain woman's mother not a soul or should one say a heart could be found. The room would have been eerily quiet was it not for the flickering of lights, the sound of something wet dripping off the ceiling and walls. The air held a type of metallic scent common with Iron. However this was no blacksmith shop just an average hotel room, stained crimson in color. A young woman stood in the center of it all her once vibrant blue hair stained red, her bright vibrant outfit, soaked in the red liquid threatening to stain it as well. Gold eyes that held nary a light would be meet into the sickening reflection of a broken mirror, a twisted smile present along with a laugh now filling the room and empty halls. This was no heartless or sin eater attack, while animalistic in nature such a scene would not be present. However not a body could be seen or the once fragile whimpers of children as they were scared of the night. There once sworn protector turned into their worst nightmare and before they would let out a sound their lives would be cut short and quick.

Darkness if used in the wrongs hands could be devastating, however if Darkness gets ahold of someone who wishes to control it and use it to save others will soon find that the darkness they are using isn't their own but a much ancient and darker being. If only she wasn't chosen by such a wicked weapon perhaps she could have been that protector. Maybe she would have found safety with her friends as she used the darkness.
Clementina
Th woman spun around as if dancing to a sick tune in her head, she began to hum a song she would sing to the children. She would let out another laugh as well as dark chains would hold her true self. "Ah such a beautiful scene, I haven't created such a masterpiece in a long time, What beautiful reds that now stain this room." She would hold the keyblade of hearts it would pulse with power before fading away. The woman gave a heavy sigh as would fall to the ground. "Ah my time is over, perhaps my 'Gift' will be enough to give me full control."
Herbert
After some time has passed Sapphire would awake in the strange puddle, it felt very sticky suggesting she was out for a good couple hours. She couldn't recall what had happened, she was fighting her way into the hotel and then it went all black. She placed her corrupted hand to her head as a headache formed as she tried to remember what had happened. Her hair was stuck together as if she hasn't showered in days but she just showered this morning or was she out for that long again. That was when the smell hit her and she took a look around the room, her blue hued eyes now dilating in panic. "W-What happened!" She looked at her hands they were soaked in blood her outfit was covered in blood, she was covered in blood, the keyblade laid next to her it's black blade dripping red. 

She let out a scream, a blood curdling scream that would send anyone into developoing goose bumps. "No... NononoNoNoNoNONONO" She would begin to go into a panic looking around the room trying to find anyone alive. But no one was there this time, she was truly all alone and the last survivor of her world. "This can't be I didn't want to hurt them I wanted to save them!" Darkness began to form around her the more panic she became the more erratic it went. She grabbed her head as she fell to the ground on her knees. Darkness much darker than what was already surrounding the hotel erupted the room having been already destroyed once, was now in ruins the flickering lights fell to the ground, shattering next to her. The cabinets would fall off the wall erupting into splinters, beds now pushed firmly against the walls as the pressure would tear them apart. Anyone unlucky enough to be in the vicinity would feel as if their light was just ripped out of them and replaced with a deep melancholic darkness. "Why does this have to happen to me! Why couldn't I die along with them! Why must I suffer the pains of being left alive!"
Tracy
A dark portal opened up in the roof of the hotel room. Poking his head into it was a white-hooded individual. Slinking into the room, he fell and flip to his feet. 

Immediately a hand slipped to his side as his wound threatened to open up. Cid had gotten him good, but while completely healing injury was in his grasp, slow rolling it gave a nice power boost. That said, he hated the fact that his Unversed did not have steady hands.

Taking a moment to stand up, Kaz listened to the wailing in the room as he looked over the scene. When a surge of darkness spiked in the middle of Traverse Town, he only wanted to poke his head in and see who or what it was.

Sapphire was not the face he was suppose to see.

She should be something space distances away with the kid. She should not be in this devastated room with all of this carnage.

Did she do this?

Kaz had to make a very conscious effort not to step anywhere that would ruin his coat; the man would never get it cleaned if he did. He stopped behind the woman crying as she was the sole thing still... Standing in this room. Her crying was swiftly silenced as a hand lashed out to the back of neck.

"No more of that," He surveyed the room again, "I need to think about this."