Trials of Love and Friendship by: Cere Knight



God! Have you ever had one of those days? Well today was one of 'em. Argh! I mean everyone is on my case about something! Well.anyway. Let's get this story started!!!!









The streets of Midgar were dark. Two figures quickly made their way to the sector gate. A small curse could be heard as one of the figures tripped. Traveling through the sectors was not what one would call a walk in the park. Ever since the Heartless arrived, only a few sectors were safe from them. This was not one of them. "Graceful, Celeste. Very graceful." The second figure joked. "It's dark!" Celeste grumbled. " F.Y.I Celeste. It's always dark!" her friend giggled. "Thank you for that valuable piece of information, Reily! I'll be sure to remember that the next time we're out here." Celeste replied sarcastically. Once they got to the gate, Reily reached into her pockets and pulled out her code key. She swiped it and the metallic gate slip open. They took one last look behind them before stepping through. A small click confirmed that the door had closed and locked. "Alright. Let's get outta here." Reily said stuffing the code key back in her pocket. "Again?" a voice huffed. The two whipped around to see a lion-like creature behind them. "Shhhh! Geeze Red! You scared us half to death!" Celeste sighed. "You're not gonna tell..are you?" Reily asked. Red glanced from Celeste to Reily. "No.not this time anyway." He sighed. "You're the best Red! We'll see ya later!" Reily exclaimed pulling Celeste with her. He turned to watch them go, then got up, and chuckled as he went to find Cloud.





Meanwhile, Some where between Halloween Town and Neverland. Sora, Donald, and Goofy were discussing their next move. "I think we should go to Transverse Town." Donald declared. "No. I think we should go to Hollow Bastion. We need to get some more information from Leon." Sora suggested. Donald shook his head, "No. Transverse Town." Goofy knew what would happen next. "No. Hollow Bastion." Sora growled. Goofy piloted the gummi ship through some rings before turning to look at his arguing friends. They were all too busy to notice the strange warp hole appear before their gummi ship. Goofy turned back to the controls just as they flew into the hole. "Gawrsh.Uhh..guys?" Goofy asked uncertainly, but Sora and Donald ignored him. "Guys." Goofy asked more insistent this time. "WHAT!?" They yelled. "We uhhh..sorta flew into a warp hole." Goofy explained. "Yeah.so?" Donald asked. "We're lost." Goofy replied. "Lost? How can we be lost? I mean we're near Halloween Town..Right?" Sora asked. Goofy slowly shook his head. "He's right, Sora. We're in another system. The computer doesn't recognize it." Donald explained. "Oh no." they groaned.



There was a flash of light and two figures found themselves in the middle of a deserted street. "Mickey? Do we have any idea where we are?" Riku asked. " That's the thing about portals. You never know where you'll end up." Mickey laughed nervously. "Well. We might as well look around." Riku said starting up the street. As they reached the top of the street, they could see the busier part of the city. Small groups of children raced after each other, while a few adults looked on. "Not exactly the prettiest of cities." Mickey whispered. Riku only nodded in agreement. Suddenly, two girls raced around a corner and ran straight at them. Riku quickly sidestepped out of the way and turned to see the girls plow straight into Mickey. The violet haired girl fell first causing her friend to trip over her and roll a few feet away. Riku rushed over and helped the violet haired girl up, "Are you okay?" he asked," How about you?" The blonde sat up. "Fine." They coughed. "We just got the wind knocked out of us." The violet haired girl explained." Sorry about that." The blonde apologized, helping Mickey up. " Hi. I'm Reily and this is Celeste." Reily introduced. Reily held out her hand and Riku shook it. Celeste watched as they both turned and blushed. 'Awwww! How cute. Love at first touch. This calls for a plan.' Celeste thought with an evil smile. "Mission accepted." She giggled



A figure sat in a dark room, his red eyes stared at the three figures on the screen. "Riku." He hissed. The screen blipped and changed. It now showed a red gummi ship. He watched as a warp hole appeared in front of it. "What? NO!" He exclaimed. The figure stood and snapped his fingers. A single Heartless appeared in front of him, chattering wildly. "I'm sorry master. I'm so sorry master Drek." It cried. "Silence beast!" Drek roared. The Heartless immediately quieted. " I want that destroyed." He said pointing to the red gummi ship on the screen. The Heartless studied the screen and nodded. "Yes master." It hissed as it vanished. Drek glared at the screen. "Sora." He growled and vanished into the darkness.

Scary! Well that's all I have for now but there'll be more later! Remember to review it's the polite thing to do! Bye!