Kingdom Hearts, Another Saviour
'Huh, where am I?' I wondered standing on a platform with a woman on it. 'It looks like it is stained glass. But it doesn't feel like it.'
Three podiums appeared in front of me, each with a floating item on them. 'A staff, a sword and a shield. I wonder if I have to choose one.'
I walked up to the podium with the staff when I heard a voice bellow 'He who chooses wisdom shall benefit the power inside them.'
'Wisdom eh, I could always use that.' I thought before picking up the staff.
'You have chosen wisdom as your preferred power. Now you must choose your weakness. Do you want to be physically weak and unable to do much physical damage or do you want to be frail and take lots of damage.' the voice told me.
"Give and take damage? What are you on about?" I asked. 'What does this voice mean?' I thought.
I walked over to the podium with the sword on it. 'I guess this stands for strength and the other stands for defense.' I thought. I then walked over to the shield and picked it up. 'So if I choose to be weak in defense, I can still make up for it in strength.'
"Very well, you shall be frail and will take much more damage than normal." the voice said.
'Meh doesn't matter.' I thought to myself.
After the voice spoke the floor underneath me disappeared and I started falling to another platform.
"AHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I fell. I landed on the platform to discover I hadn't died on impact.
"I'm gonna take that as a good thing." I said to myself.
Just then some black creatures surrounded me and tried to attack me. I tried to dodge them but I was too slow to get out the way. "Looks like I'm gonna have to do this the hard way." I said to myself.
I ran towards the creatures and started waving my staff at them. I managed to hit one right in the head and it vanished into a pool of darkness.
"Okay, this is getting creepy." I said. I continued fighting them off until I managed to destroy them all.
"Phew, glad that's over." I told myself. "Time to see if I can get out of this place."
I started walking around the platform before I felt the ground beneath me disappear.
"Not again!" I screamed as I started falling. I covered my face as I hit the platform only to realise something magical keeps stopping me from dying on impact. "I could get used to this" I said to myself.
As I got up from the floor I saw a large dark being rise up from the ground. "Oh great, another one of those creatures" I said as I went up to pick up my staff from the floor. "Oh crap, it's huge"
It started to attack so I jumped in the air to dodge it. Once I landed I started to hit its hands with my staff. I noticed it started staggering so I continued my onslaught against it. After I hit its hands it bent over where I started hitting its head with the staff. "Take this!" I screamed as I laid open a flurry of attacks on its head.
After my 70th attack I think, it bent over backwards and a large light came out its chest. "I'm guessing that's it." I said to myself.
As the creature fell to the ground I noticed it was sinking into the ground and a darkness was spreading around it. "Wait a second." I said while running to the edge of the platform. "Oh crap oh crap oh crap." I shouted knowing I wouldn't be able to escape it. "What do I do, what do I do?"
Eventually the darkness reached the edge of the platform and I started falling into it like quicksand.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" I shouted struggling to put off the inevitable. As I reached my neck in the darkness I gave up and closed my eyes.
"Burnie wake up. You drifted off again." a voice said. I opened my eyes and I was back on the islands. I looked about as I saw a girl standing above me. "You and Sora are no different you know that. We're supposed to be building the raft not sleeping, now get up you." she said.
"Yeah, yeah Kairi. I just had some crazy dream, I was on these platforms and then there were these podiums and I-." I said before Kairi interrupted.
"Sora had a similar dream; he was on those platforms too. I listened until Riku showed up. Now go get looking for those logs and mushrooms for the raft." she told me before wondering off somewhere.
"Now to get to these logs." I told myself while getting up from the cold wood in the tree.
I jumped off the small walkway and landed on the sand below.
"Yo Burnie you up for a quick brawl?" Wakka told me.
"Sure why not, I've got enough time to do that before I actually get to work." I told him before noticing Sora by the shore. "In fact, maybe another time Wakka."
"Damn, I was hoping I'd actually beat you this time." Wakka said, "I've been training for a while now."
"Maybe next time." I told him before walking over to Sora. "Are you actually gonna get up and do work or are you just gonna lie down and let me, Kairi and Riku do all the work?" I asked him.
"I didn't know you did work around here." He told me. "So did Kairi wake you up in the tree too?" he asked.
"Yeah, she did. She also told me you had a weird dream about being on a platform." I told him.
"Yeah, it was really weird, I don't know how I had it." he told me.
"You're not the only one who had that dream too y'know." I told him.
"You had it too?" He asked.
"Yeah, it was weird, I was told to pick from three items on three different podiums. I chose the staff. What about you?" I asked.
"I chose the sword and gave up the staff. What did you give up?" He said.
"The shield, I don't know what the voice meant though." I said.
"Hmm, ah well. Let's go find the stuff before Kairi gets mad." Sora said before running off.
'He's right there, I better find those logs before Kairi kills me but I have time to spare let's screw about for about half an hour' I thought.
"Hey Wakka looks like I'll have some time after all, so just a quick fight then?" I asked.
"Yeah, first to fall to the ground loses." Wakka said.
"So the usual then." I said.
"Yep." He said.
"Okay, let's do this." I said getting into my battle stance.
I ran straight towards Wakka while taking my wooden sword off my back. I tried going in for a quick combo but Wakka jumped backwards to dodge it.
"You have been practicing then." I said
"Damn right." He shouted.
He threw his ball at me but I hit it back with my sword. The ball hit him in the stomach and winded him for a few seconds. I took my chance and ran in for a quick but damaging combo.
"Ow, damn you've been practicing too." Wakka told me.
"Of course I have what do you expect?" I shouted back.
"Hmmph still as cocky as ever. TAKE THIS!" HE shouted throwing his ball the hardest he could.
I sidestepped out of the way and ran straight towards him. I unleashed a slow but damaging five hit combo which ended with Wakka on the floor.
"Damn, I can't believe I lost." Wakka said.
"I can." I said with a sarcastic tone.
"I hate you sometimes you know that." He told me.
"And that's why I'm so great." I told him. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have some more important things to attend to."
I went throughout the island and tried to look for the logs Kairi had told me to find. 'Looks like they're in this small cave. I wonder why I never took a look of this cave, probably didn't have enough time to.' I thought to myself.
I crawled into the cave to find Sora in there.
"Hey, what are you doing in here?" I asked him.
"Huh, oh what. Hey Burnie, I was just wondering what this door is for." He told me.
"Huh, you know this is the first time I've been in here and I've lived on these islands for around 10 years." I told him.
"I'm surprised you haven't been in here before. Me, Kairi and Riku used to go in here all the time." He said.
"Hmph, I never really noticed it much before." I laughed.
"Ha, so why are you in here now?" Sora asked.
"Looking for some of those damn logs." I answered. "You seen any?"
"I don't think so." He said as he looked around. "Nope, no logs in here."
"Great, more time spent wasted." I said. "I'll get going now." As I walked out I took a look at the walls in the cave. "Wow, I didn't even notice the drawings in here."
"Yeah me and Kairi drew them all ages ago." Sora said.
"Then I'm guessing you're the one who drew the picture of you giving the Papou Fruit to Kairi." I said
"Uh yeah well you see." He mumbled.
"Forget about it. I know you like her." I said.
"Hehe, thanks." He said with a slightly worried tone.
"I'm gonna get going now and attempt to find those damn logs." I said. "Also, do you know what's behind that door?" I asked.
"I have no idea, it's never been opened I think." he said.
"Hmph, figures." I said while leaving
As I got out the cave I saw Kairi standing there.
"Well, have you found everything yet or were you sleeping again?" She asked
"I haven't got everything yet but I'm looking for them." I said
"Hmph, go find those logs now." She said.
"Yeah, yeah." I said while walking off.
'Now where to now?' I thought. 'Hey, that rock is covering up something.' I walked up to it and pushed the rock out the way. 'And here they are, the last of the logs.' I thought as I went to pick them up.
"There you go Kairi." I said throwing them on the ground. "Now I'm gonna go back to the tree and sleep."
"Typical Burnie, Lazy as always." A voice said.
"Ha, come on Riku, you gotta do better than that." I said to him.
"At least you've finished your part of the job, still waiting on Sora to get those Mushrooms." He said
"Well you know Sora. He'll get the job done though. I know that as a fact." I told him.
"That's true." Riku laughed.
"Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna catch up on my sleep." I said before walking off to the tree.
I woke up a couple of hours later. "Damn, how long did I sleep?" I said to myself as I got up. I looked outside the tree and noticed it was only slightly going dark. "Not that long then."
I jumped out of the tree onto the beach below. 'I wonder where everyone is.' I thought to myself. I looked out and saw Sora, Kairi and Riku on the small island sitting on the tree.
"Hey guys. What's up?" I said walking across the bridge.
"Well look who decided to join us. You've been asleep for 3 hours now." Kairi said.
"Well, I needed some sleep." I said.
"That's all you do Burnie." Riku said.
"Yeah, yeah." I laughed while jumping onto the tree. "Can you believe it, we're only a few days from finished the raft then we can explore new worlds."
"Yeah I wonder what exciting places await us." Kairi said.
We sat by the tree for about an hour talking and looking into the sunset before deciding it was a good idea to return to the mainland.
The next day when I got to the island I realised I was the first there. "Great, normally I'm the last to arrive." I said. "What should I do while I wait?" I wondered to myself. "Oh yeah that's right have a nap."
I woke up to a voice and the sound of a boat hitting the docks. 'Looks like someone is here now.' I thought while getting up. 'Wait a second, it's way too dark. How long was I asleep this time?' I thought.
"KAIRI, RIKU, BURNIE, IS ANYONE THERE?" I heard Sora shout.
"Sora, up here." I shouted back.
"Burnie, have you seen Kairi or Riku?" He asked as I jumped down to the beach.
"No, not today." I replied.
"Damn, I came back as I saw this storm and was worried about the raft." Sora said.
"Wow, it looks like it could mess it up big." I said.
Just as we were talking the black creatures I saw in my dream appeared from the ground.
"Oh crap, it's those things from my dream." I said taking the wooden sword off my back.
"Get ready, they're coming to fight." Sora said before running ahead to fight one. "Why can't I hit it?" he shouted unable to hit one.
"I can't hit them either." I said while swinging my sword. "Looks like we're gonna have to run." I said to him.
"Seems so." He said. We ran towards the island we sat at yesterday. "Hey I think I see Riku on the island." Sora shouted back. "But Kairi isn't there."
"Great, maybe he can help us find her." I said running after Sora.
"Riku, where's Kairi I thought she was with you?" Sora said.
"The Door has opened." Riku said.
"What?" Me and Sora said simultaneously.
"The Door has opened. Now we can go to the outside world." Riku continued.
"What are you talking about? We have to find Kairi." Sora said.
"Kairi's coming with us! Once we step through, we might not be able to come back." Riku told us. "We may never see our parents again. There's no turning back. But this may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us. I'm not afraid of the darkness!"
"Riku..." Sora said.
Riku held his hand out towards us while a dark essence engulfed him. Sora tried to grab it but was pulled back by it. I tried to escape it but it had me in its grip too. Sora reached out to grab Riku's hand but he couldn't get it as we were engulfed by the darkness.
'Looks like this is it.' I thought to myself before a bright light shone through the darkness.
"Huh, the darkness, it's gone and so is Riku." Sora said. "W-what's this?" He said staring at a key-like weapon in his hand. "You've got one too." He told me.
I looked down at my hand and sure enough I did have one of those key-like weapons.
"Maybe they'll work against those creatures." Sora said.
"Maybe they just might." I said before running over and attacking a few creatures and they managed to be destroyed. "Looks like they do." I said to Sora before noticing a light come through the cave by the waterfall. "Hey, it looks like someone is in the cave. Could be Riku." I told him.
"Let's go check, I don't think those creatures can get us in there." He said.
We crawled into the cave and found Kairi in there but not Riku.
"Kairi!" Sora shouted.
"Sora..." she said softly before the door behind her opened up and let out a strong gust of wind. The wind blew Kairi forward and Sora tried to catch her but she vanished into thin air when she reached him.
"What the..?!" I said before the wind blew me and Sora out of the cave and I fell into unconscious.
When I woke up I saw that the islands had been destroyed. "Oh god, what happened here?" I said. I looked over and saw Sora lying on the floor. "SORA, WAKE UP!" I shouted at him.
"Huh, what happened?" He said waking up. "Woah, what happened?"
"I don't know, the islands have just been destroyed though." I told him. I looked around for a way to escape until a puddle of darkness rose up from the ground. "Not this again." I said.
"Go for the left hand, I'll go for the right hand." Sora said to me.
I jumped up to its hand and let loose a flurry of attacks while Sora did the same. "Looks like it's getting weaker." Sora shouted to me.
"Don't be too sure yet Sora, we still have to beat it first." I told him. I went in for another attack on its hand when it bent forward. "Looks like we should go for the head." I said while jumping into the air.
"I'll second that." Sora said while doing the same. We both began unleashing a devastating combination of attacks until the large creature got back up again.
"Looks like it can take more damage than we thought it could." I said to Sora.
"It doesn't look like it can take much more though." he replied.
I ran up to go for another combo and managed to stagger it. "Looks like it's done for." I said to Sora.
"It seems so." He told me. "I'm already liking this weapon."
"So am I. I could get used to it." I replied.
As the creature staggered backwards and off the small floating island Sora and I were on, a vacuum from the large storm cloud opened up and began to pull us into it. Sora managed to grab onto a tree hanging on the island while i managed to grab Sora's foot. "I can't hold on much longer." Sora said.
The vacuum kept getting stronger and Sora lost his grip on the tree. "SORA!" I screamed while going towards the vacuum. When I got closer to it I began to fade in and out of consciousness and became unconsciousness. If only I was prepared for what came next.