Disclaimer: i do not own Kingdom Hearts nor the Kingdom Heart's characters. I do own Amanda and her gang.
Friendship was a key that could
almost unlock everything. Weither it was something as simple as a
door to love or the door to adventure, and we can't forget the door
to new enemies. Sometimes you wouldn't imagion how powerful it can be
when your looking death in the face. All that may sound sappy but who
can really help it when it comes to that subject. What's really funny
though is a heartless with friends. Oh, you think i'm talking about
that dumb blonde at school surrounded by a group of friends that
aren't really her friends and they are all preps, nah i'm not talking
about them. They are all just dumb sluts.
A door was opened not
to long ago, but trust me it wasn't friendship that opened it. Oh no,
what opened that door was the unconscience power inside the
heartless. The heartless that dreams. Heh, you might be asking
yourself, how can a heartless dream when it doesn't feel? Or possibly
your thinking that heartless are only controled and don't do anything
besides hang out in the darkness unless told. Ah, there is soo much
for everyone to truely learn about the heartless and those they can
hold captive while in a human form. Right, now with that kind of
introduction lets hear the story shall we?
Part
One
There she was, 16 and
walking out of the store on a warm summers night. A little past 9
o'clock but the moon was not yet totally out. 16, and she still had
to walk around the damned town. Amanda groaned at the thought that
her parents wouldn't let her get her permit until next year. She
peered down at the bag in her hand. They sent her out while it was
dark out for a loaf of bread, who really need a toasted cheese that
badly anyways? The fridge was full of food they could have eaten but
oh no! they had to send her out. That little daydreaming heartless,
oh yes she is the heartless you'll find out why later. Amanda's house
was 4 miles away from the store, what's worst is the whole four miles
was one main road and trees on both side. That's how its been her
whole life, surrounded by what seemed was a gaint neverending forest.
She even built 2 tree houses, one 2 miles from the store and the
other going the opposite way from the house two miles down. The
reason it was only two miles was cuz that was a long ass walk to be
carring piles of wood. She wouldn't have had to carry them if she had
just gotten her liceanse.
Amanda sighed and made her pace fasten.
You know what else was funny was, Amanda hardly ever saw any cars
from outside the townish place pass through the road. The road itself
was the only way out. Ah but seeing how far the town was from
civilization, didn't stop her from having the game called kingdom
hearts. No sir, that's what kept Amanda busy all the time. The poor
little caged bird had nothing better to do, and focased on
understanding everything about the kingdom hearts world and everyone
in it. Funny how she understood a lot more then Ansem ever did, well
both ansem's. You know Ansem the wise, forumerly known as Diz(Amanda
would sometimes call him ditz on accident), and the imposter ansem
also known as xehanhorts heartless. Ah there's that word again.
Amanda is nothing like a heartless from kingdom hearts, heh, if she
did then by god she would have torn the town apart and sought out for
the kingdom hearts universe if it could exist.
She had five main
goofy friends, Alex, Kira, Frank, Tom, and Erick. Funny thing was,
when Amanda goes to send a letter to Alex over the summer she would
always write his name as Axel. It was vise versa when she was gonna
talk about Axel. Pretty funny stuff when Alex finally realized who
Axel was and what happened to him. Kira was the goofy no brainers
athletic girl that just hung around to be close to the guys and not
be killed by Amanda should the day come she snap. Likely, no, but
Amanda does have her violent moments more then most. Frank, he's a
working type of guy. Always busy with work or being a lazy bum
sleeping all the time. Then there's Tom and Erick, both twins, and
basically the trouble of the town. You see 400 forks sticking out of
your lawn on halloween, guess who done it. The twins of course. You
see your car has been egged over night, the twins of course! Oh and
that teacher that got stuck at the school cuz there was convenintly
placed nails in their parking space and the breaks where cut. Guess
who did it? That's right Amanda, just kidding! Almost had you
there.
Amanda slowly climbed up the tree to her treehouse. She
might have placed a ladder if it didn't mean little kids coming and
using her spot. Amanda stopped short a foot from the doorway.She
threw the bag up and hoped the bread wouldn't come out of the bag.
She grabbed the landing by the front door and pulled her way up. That
was the only possible way you could get in, and if you weren't strong
enough, then that's a too bad. As she was able to lift her head above
the floor she looked directly in. Great, like usual the bread came
out and was inside the basket she placed on the branches on the other
side. She had gotten tired of having stuff fall out the back door so
as smart as she was, and after Franks suggestion, Amanda placed the
basket there as well as a pully contrapion. Amanda rolled on the
floor and into the house. Looking up to see her favorite chair taken
by an unfamilar face. She quickly jumped up to her feet.
"Hey!
what are you doing in my treehouse at this time of day."
"What
are you doing in your
treehouse at this time of night?" The teenaged voice said
smuggly.
"You would be wise not to play games with me
mister." Amanda slowly inched her way towards the person.
"I
could say the same for you." The teenaged boy stood up and was
more clearly seen in the moonlight. Lucky for Amanda she was used to
seeing in the dark. "I am sorry if i have frightened you. I am
mearly new around here and this small place seems to have caught my
eye. The names malvagità but you can call me
Lance."
"Lance-..."Amanda seemed lost for words.
She couldn't exactly tell the guy off seeing how he was new, but she
couldn't exactly be nice either not know who he was.
"I'm
Alex's cousin."
"Oh great another Organization member
is around. Well Lexaeus, it was nice metting you but i really gotta
get home right now." Amanda moved swiftly to the basket and
replaced the bread in the bag. While she was on the merge of running
out, Lance caught her arm.
"So your Amanda, Alex told me all
about you. It will be nice to have another player around unlike my
last home." Lance let go of her arm.
"Right and your
last home was where?"Amanda gave him a curtious
halfsmile.
"Farther from here then you could
imagion,sweetheart."
"Oh how wrong you are."Amanda
muttered under her breath and jumped down from the little house.
Landing on her feet and not looking back Amanda look a jogging pace
down the side of the road. It wasn't very long until her thoughs of
how foolish she was to catch up. Amanda slowed herself to a slow walk
and looked around. It shouldn't be too much longer now, Amanda
stopped herself and looked behind her. Too much longer until what?
She shook her head and assured herself that nothing was gonna happen.
Looking back ahead at the road, she jumped to the side as a hand
layed on her shoulder. Without looking to see who or what just did
that, Amanda ran at top speed into the forest.The clouds moved away
from the sky leaving the bright gray moon above. The forests thick
green vines hung about the trees, as if showing the invisable path
Amanda was running on. A voice called out from behind her. Poor
Amanda was to focased on getting the heck out of there and wasn't
able to understand the voice at all. A rocky cliff face appeared
darkly in the moonlight. There was no clearing what-so-ever. Amanda
didn't make it within 10 feet of the cliff.
"Would you stop
already!"Lances voice rang out as he pulled her back by her arm.
Neither of them had trouble reclaiming their breath. "You don't
wanna go any nearer to that cliff."
"Oh really?"Amandas
voice accedently gave a frustrated tone she wasn't actually feeling.
"And why is i don't wanna go near it?"
"Heh
there's a door. That doors the reason i'm here after all. Alex was
afraid you would open it."Lance finished and calmly let go of
Amanda's arm.
"A door."
"yes."
"In
a cliff."
"yes.
"What bullshit are you trying
to feeding me."
"Well it is true. Come by here
tomarrow. Me, and alex will be here to check it out."Without
another word Lance walked off the way they had came.
Part
Two
The next morning was fine
and well. Amanda was sleeping her lazy bum off and it was nearing 11
o'clock. Now normally she would already be up and kicking. Her father
would never let her sleep in, and that hadn't changed a bit. Well the
lock on the door did change a few things, but only how she was woken
up. Amanda could swear everytime he tried to wake up it was like a
monster was trying to tear down the door. Lucky for her today her dad
left the house earily. It's funny how the subconscience works.
Amanda's wouldn't ever let her forget stuff, and reminded her even in
her sleep. That's exactly what had woken her up too. Amanda was
dreaming of the cliff and fell off, which in real life she was
falling off her bed, causing her to wake up. Well if it really was
that simple.Amanda streched and banged her head on the nightstand
above her.She let out a sleepily "oww" and picked herself
up.
"Ah, what a night."Amanda left her blanket on the
ground and lazily walked downstaires to the kitchen. The kitchen with
literally nothing to eat, least that's what Amanda would say. First
she checked the cereal and chip drawls. Most of the food in there was
almost all gone and not enough to eat for breakfast. Next she checked
the refrigerator and freezer. She looked down to see 8 small pizzas,
and when she looked up she saw pizza bites. There really wasn't much
to choise from. Amanda got a bowl, the milk, and 3 different cereals.
She mixed lucky charms, captain crunch and fruit loops together and
that was her cereal. Her not awake breakfast that she would later
taste and nearly puke.
Amanda splashed cold water on her face
while she desided to stop inside the bathroom. She dabbed the water
off and looked up in the mirror. It was the image she had worked
little on but it was cute. Her brown, still bed poofed hair flung
about her uncontroled. Her garden green eyes that captured most
attension, and her pink rose lips. At the moment she was wearing
universe pajama pants and one of her normal day to day t-shirts. The
image of the cliff disturbed Amanda from looking in the mirror. She
was on the verge of walking out the front door when she remembered
two important things, coat, and real pants.
Amanda quickly
changed her pants and put on her coat. She stared at the very old and
dull katana that was leaning on her room wall. Amanda chuckled to
herself and shook her head. She walked down the stairs and looked at
the front door. Within an instant she was back up in her room
placeing the sword at her side and sliding downt he railing.Next
thing she new, she and Lance were both fighting each other with
swords with Alex yelling at them.
"Damnit you two!!! Do you
both not trust
anyone!!"Alex growled in frustration at the sight of his cousin
fighting one of his best friends.
"oh calm down-eeck!"Amanda
ducked down and rolled out of the way of Lances sword.
"Yeah
its just a fight between friends."Lance called and sidestepped
the stab Amanda tried to give him. The Two were too fairly matched.
Neither could land a blow on the other. That was until Lance slammed
Amanda into the cliff. Without realizing what she was doing her arm
outstretched towards lance and a dark orb blasted itself at him from
her hand.
"Holy shit!."Lance bearly had enough time to
duck down out of the way. The cliff started rumbling behind Amanda.
To shocked to move or realize what was happening behind her all she
could do is look down at her hand.
"Amanda get away from
there!"Alex yelled and hopelessly watched as a door appeared
behind Amanda. Lance ran after her. The doors opened up behind
Amanda. She turned back, and both Lance(who was rigth behind her at
this point) and Amanda was pulled into the darkness.
"What's
going on?" Amanda looked around and then up as she started to
see little white orbs fall from the sky. It looked like snow but it
just went right through her hand."Lance, I..."Amanda turned
back to see Lance on his knees holding his head in pain. Amanda
kneeled down to his side.
"Stay away from me, Heartless."
He pushed her harshy away and stood up holding his double edged sword
with both hands. His knuckles were white with the pressure. Amanda
looked up at him frightened. His sword seemed to be wrapped up with
the weavings of darkness and light, just like the area. The area
flashed a bright red. Amanda quickly regained her composer and
prepaired herself for a real fight this time.
"What's wrong
with you? Where are we?" Amanda's eyes widened a little before
she ran to the side to advoid Lance attacking her.
"You
opened the door. The door i was suppost to protect! I made a promise
and you had to go and screw it up!"He charged at her with his
sword high above his head. Shit, Amanda bearly was able to block his
attack from above. Double shit, the attack was more powerful then
Amanda had thought it was gonna be. It broke her old untempored sword
and nearly slashed Amanda herself. Now all she had to defend herself
was a useless weapon. Before Amanda could even begin to gather as
much speed as Lance, he was going to smash her left shoulder with the
next blow. As the sword bearly touched Amanda's shoulder the area
cried out and Lances sword broke into many pieces. The light from
above and the darkness from below were rumbling and starting to
clash.Amanda screamed as both she and Lance were pulled into the
darkness.
Part
three
When Amanda reopened her
eyes, she was in a place very much unlike her home. It was like a
barren wasteland. A wasteland with a lot of cliffs and platues.
Amanda pushed herself up from the ground. Lance was to her left and
not looking happy at all. Something odd happened then, Amanda rubbed
her eyes and looked back at him. Was that a keyblade? You can imagion
what Amanda's face looked liked when she realized it was real.
"Put
your hand out." Lance commanded. Amanda nodded stupidly and held
her hand out infront of her. For a moment she let her guard down
thinking nothing would happen. At that moment a dark portal opened
up. Amanda found herself on her butt, staring and holding a keyblade
of her own. She looked from her keyblade to his and back to
hers.
"Heh, mine's cooler." Amanda said with a goofy
grin.
"Follow me, i know where we are at." They both
started on their way towards the largest cliff. Amanda instantly
recongnized the unfinished castle.
"Hallow Bastion."
Amanda stated while taking in every inch of the area around
them.
"Don't be a smartass. It's Radient Garden, and when we
get there don't do anything rash or say anything."
"Your
the smart ass." She muttered and looked up at the be hole in the
cliff. They followed the spiraling stairs up. After that there ws a
gate, and then after that a hallway and more stares. If Amanda wasn't
so focased on the area she would have noticed that she was about to
mean the famous keyblader. They turned the corner that lead to
Merlin's house.
"Hey Lance your back earily! Got yourself a
girlfriend finally?" A voice called out and was followed by
laughter. Amanda looked ahead and stopped short in her tracks. She
was staring at two of the famous keybladers, Sora and Riku.
"Why
would i want to date a heartless?" Lance said and looked smuggly
at Amanda.
"If you call me that one more time i'm gonna kill
you."
"Heh, like to see you try. Besides i thought
heartless didn't have feelings," Lance smirked.
"Shouldn't
be to hard! After all you failed at gaurding a door! How hard could
it be?" Amanda said and returned the smirk
"What the door of shadows is open?" Sora
asked a little shocked. Lance turned his attension back to the
keybladers.
"Yeah a certain,"Lance pointed his thumb
back at Amanda. "Little miss heartless," Lance's smug look
was replaced again. "desided to go and open it."
"i'm
not even gonna argue." Amanda closed her eyes and placed a hand
on her neck. But wait if Sora and Riku are here then what about Ansem
and Roxas. This thought crossed Amanda's mind and she looked up. Only
one way to find out. "Ya know Lance you seemed like you wanted
it open. You knew i could open it and yet you lead me right to it,
and when you did you pissed me off. I bet you want kingdom hearts as
bad as those chasers!"
"You know about the chasers?!
You haven't even been here for 15 minutes!" Lance said while
staring at Amanda.
"Of course i know about the chasers what
do you take me for!"Amanda looked at him with a goofy grin and
as if she couldn't believe him. "Just because I haven't been to
another world doesn't mean i know everything about the kingdom hearts
universe!"
"I knew alex said you knew a lot you wasn't
suppost to but i didn't think would know about the chasers. I guess
even heartless have to
know something." At this remark Amanda summoned her heartless
keyblade and rested it on her shoulder.
"Oh please ax-lex
isn't here to stop me or you this time! I know a Nobody
like you can't really understand how much there is you don't know but
please try and be nice."
"Shut up!" Lance summoned
his keyblade. As soon as he took a step Amanda swong her keyblade
through the air. A dark beam exhalted from it the keyblade and
blasted lance into the house wall.
"So it does work in this
world..." Amanda gave Lance a gental smile. It was as if she was
mocking him.
"Theres no way you could have learned to use
the darkness to so fast."Lance quickly regained his fighting
stance. Both Amanda and Lance charged at each other. Sparks flew as
the two keyblades clashed. Within that instant, Amanda let go of her
keyblade and instantly blasted Lance again. She swiftly grabbed up
her keyblade and jumped back. Both Riku and Sora had their keyblades
drawn. They both stood infront of of Lance.
"Now i can see
why Ansem and Roxas will be around later."
"Ansem's
dead." Riku said with disguest.
"Oh no, Ansem's not
dead. He was defeated by sora yes, and you also in castle oblivion,
but you forgot something. You didn't finish him off when you had the
chance! You maybe not belong to the darkness anymore but that doesn't
mean ansem's still not around. Two things could have happened. Ansem
gathered enough strength from you and was able to leave your heart,
or something must have happened when xemnas was destroyed. Course
theres always the consept he is still in your heart and it would take
a simple slip up for him to be released. As for roxas, well i only
know of one way for him to be out and playing again."
"Stop
listening to her."Lance sat himself up holding his stomach.
"She's just trying to get you confused. You can't trust
her."
"Someone with some sense in them! Not that i like
the trying to confuse part, but at least you realized you can't trust
me unlike your cousin axel-alex. He sure was a slow thinker
sometimes."
"Your telling me he's the one that wanted
me to show you to the door." Amanda gave Lance a surprised look
as he stood up using the keyblade as a leaverage.
"Is that
so." Amanda could almost feel the darkness being drawn to her.
"Now that's very interesting." Amanda smiled and took
careful notice of Riku's look. She could tell he was noticing the
darkness. "Well i got work to do. I'll see you around sometime."
Amanda turned around and started to walk away.
"The hell
your going anywhere!" And that was exactly how Amanda got stuck
with the two famous keybladers. You would be amased how well they got
along. Our story picks up later on that day.
Part
4
The
four could be found at the wastelandish plain. Heartless were now out
and playing, or rather they would be out and playing if Amanda wasn't
destorying them as soon as they come out of their portals. That's
right, Amanda was fighting as much as she could. To be honost Lance
had gotten in her way so much she ended up blasting him out of the
battle area. Riku and Sora kept their distance after that one. If
anyone knew better they would say Lance would have learned his
lession when it came to talking about Amanda when she was right there
and armed. Sadly this was not the case.
"Damn, Heartless
girl, you would think that you had trouble with jealousy. After all
the fighting your doing to keep all the other heartless away."
Lance grinned stupidly. Amanda finished her sword beam attack a
little to harshly that time. It ended up destorying the heartless and
then continued on to cut through the rock cliff.
"Keep
talking like that and you'll find yourself just like the heartless."
Amanda said and ran forward to meet the next wave.
"I kinda
feel sorry for her."Sora stated while watching Amanda rip up the
new neoshadows. "After all she's pry gonna have the same problem
you did Riku."
"She chose her path she knows what she's
in for." Riku looked over at Amanda. Her keyblade was glowing a
bright red. "Hey! what are you do-" She swung the keyblade
through the air, and created a dark fire beam.
"Ah hell,
i'll never get it right with this thing..." Amanda turned back
to look at them. "You say something?"
"What' on
earth we're you trying to do?" Lance said through his
laughter.
"Well normally i can use my beam in darkness, fire
and light but..It seems not to be the case anymore." Amanda gave
Lance an awkward smile knowing in her heart that the fire beams power
would be tested on him first.
"A heartless
can only use darkness. If there was such a
way a that it could use more then we would be in deep
trouble."
"Give me three days and i bet you, i
can do it." The three boys looked
amongst themselfs. At that moment they either smiled, shook their
head or laughed a little. "Well i can!" Amanda huffed and
focased down at her keyblade. Darkness weaved its way around the
keyblade from her hands. It slowly changed color to a deep blood red
and then to a pinkish orange color.
"The most your gonna do
with that is set everything and anything on fire. Give it up
already." Lance was laughing even harder at Amanda.
"That
sounds fun." Amanda pointed the keyblade at Lance. "Burn
burn with the Pyro's Flame!" A large fireball shot from the
keyblade. To her surprize he deflected it with his keyblade. Those
two sure as hell didn't waste a minute. Amanda was running as fast as
she could and Lance was using all the powerful magic he could. One
thing Amanda learned that day was Lance had very good aim. She also
learned that there should always be a plan B other then run as
fucking fast as you can.
Escape was not to be found.Amanda nearly
went over the edge and into the crater that the castle was in. As
soon as she looked back Lance turned the corner and ran straight for
Amanda. She smiled at him like the idiot he was. When he got close
enough, she had ducked down and kicked his feet out from him. Thus
she pushed him over the edge, literally. Amanda ran away from the
scene, not wanting to know what he would do as soon as he got back up
again.
"Hey! where's Lance?" Sora called as Amanda ran
past him.
"He fell off a cliff!!" Amanda called over
her shoulder. Both Sora and Riku looked at each other, then
sighed.
"I bet he forgot about the cliff sephiroth used to
hang out around."
"Not even you would be that stupid,
Sora."
"Yeah guess your right." Sora rubbed his
neck, then it hit him. "Hey!!" Sora turned to face Riku
only to find him running in the direction of the town.
"You
go find Lance. I'll keep an eye on her for you." Riku called
while laughing.
Amanda had stopped at the big hole to catch her
breath. Riku was used to running, so he caught up easily with
her.
"So did you make him fall off or did he run off on his
own doing?" Riku said while laughing.
"Well it was his
own doing. He just charged and i dodged to the side, ya know ninja
like, and he fell off." Amanda caught her breath and laughed a
little.
"Ninja skills? The only remotely ninja like person I
know is Yuffie."
"Yes, well you don't know me yet."
Amanda grinned at him and ran off. This time she was headed towards
Ansem's study. She was gonna get everything she could from that
office room. Weither it be knowledge in the books, or about the
inbetween door, or maybe even about what's gonna happen to kingdom
hearts once all four doors are shut. Amanda laughed when riku was
running beside her with ease.
"Race you to the castle!"
Riku said while speeding up.
"No fair your used to this kind
of stuff!" Amanda's laughered died as she tried her best not to
fall to far behind. Without stopping or looking back to see if Amanda
was still within sight, Riku summoned his keyblade. It wasn't until
she turned the corner to the gaint plateform that she found out why.
Heartless had started to pop up. Riku was gonna follow the path and
go down to the teps to the door. That ment dealing with the
heartless. Amanda wanted to advoid using her power of darkness at all
cost. She jumped over the railing at the side and landed infront of
the door.
"Looks like I win, Keyblader!" Amanda called
and made way to her destination. She closed the door behind her and
walked through the little hallway. Little did Amanda realize she was
gonna be greated by a familar face. She turned around the corner and
looked to the side. There was three ways to get to the office, only
two presidented themselfs. "Ya, know i'm surprized i haven't
found any heartless in her, it's strange." She said to herself
and continued on her way ignoring the other hallway. Amanda looked
back and took out her sword.
"Hey!" Amanda looked back
infront of her and jumped, nearly taking off Alex's head in the
process. "Lucy you have some explaining to do." He said in
fake low and seriouse voice. Amanda held her free hand by her
heart.
"Damnit, how many fucking times have i fucking told
you not to fucking do that!" Amanda cursed at him while
regaining her composure.
"Gee if i was a heartless you would
have been dead meat, a hundred times over." Alex's grin was
short before he had his real seriosue face. "Now then, where's
Lance, and why the Hell did you opened the damned door!!!"
"Lance
fell off a cliff, and i didn't mean to open it, honost!" Amanda
smiled at Alex, he was cute when he was mad at her. Alex gave her a
very confused look.
"...How did my cousin fall over a
cliff?"
"Well you would think since he can't even do
gaurd duty of a single door that it wouldn't be that surprizing."
Amanda said partly sarcastic.
"Making friends?" Riku
said while he was right behind Amanda. She bit the bottom of her lip
and tried her best not to jump.
"Hello Riku, I'm Alex, i
believe you've heard of me."
"Lance's brother?"
"ah,
no. I'm his cousin." Alex said awkwardly. Amanda laughed a
little.
"If Lance was your brother then i would have killed
that knuckle head a long time ago. That or make him run himself over
a cliff ten million times." Amanda raced to the end of the
hallway.
"You know you two, you might get a long very well
if you would just talk."
"What's that suppost to
mean?"Alex snorted at the remark.
"Well my dearest
Axel you'll just have to find out." She purred and raced away.
She was laughing all the way, while she was weaving through the
hallways on the quickest way to the office.
To
Be continued
What happens next in our story is the main event
begining to take place. What will Amanda find in the office? What
will Lance do to her once he catches up? Can Amanda finish the bet
she made and use the light in three days time? How did alex make to
Hallow Bastion? Find out next time in chapter 2.
