"Pleased to meet you Leaf, as Our foxy Foreteller said, I'm Drayden." He said, holding out his hand to shake. "So Leaf, I want to know what are your veiws on Dragons?" He asked. Leaf shook Drayden's hand,
"Good to meet you too- Erm, Dragons?" Leaf asked, "They're cool I guess?"
"That all you think of them?"
"I mean, they're big, scaley, and breath fire... most of them anyway. Why do you ask?" Drayden gives Henry a curious look,
"No reason" he says.
"Boys, there will be time to talk later" interrupted Ava, "For now, let's focus on the world you will be visiting. We just lost the protector of this one,"
"Really? What happened?" Leaf asked.
"Simple accident in a fight with some heartless. We mourn this loss" Ava turns toward Drayden,
"Drayden, you and your brother grew up in a world of a similar environment, til it was lost in the darkness as well. The five and I have decided that we would allow you to become its new protectorate. And Leaf will now show you the way" Ava equips her keyblade, and cast open a new portal gate, "Go on you four" she says. Drayden and Henry nodded, and they went through the gate, including Sora.
"Leaf" Ava stopped him.
"Yes Ava?" He replied.
"I'm afraid that while although the last protector of this world was there for a very long time, they did not ever speak of finding the light"
"So you want me to find them?" Leaf asked. Ava nodded,
"Yes. But do not leave until Drayden has completed his training, understand?" Leaf gave a nod,
"Of course, Master Ava" She gave a soft smile,
"Then off with you, take good care"
"Alright, goodbye for now" Leaf waved. Him and Han stepped into the portal and were surrounded in a bright light.
"Wow, a world all my own, and I'm still a rookie." Drayden said, not noticing his physical change. "I want to get more experience before I settle into a world." He said. "Why would they spring a world on me so suddenly when I'm so low in My Keyblade Training?" Drayden asked, "And why do I feel the need to drink out of toi- whoa-oof!" He said tripping. " What happened?" He asked.
"Whoa, I'm a puppy cool!" Henry said in excitement. " He was a Golden Husky Mix, same as his brother.
"Drayden, can't you, you know...?" Henry asked.
"Oh yeah, forgot." Drayden said. " DRAGON UP!" He shouted, embers sparked at his paws but nothing further happened. "Okay, no If can't assume my true form, then the answer is No, this world isn't for me." Drayden said. The three turn to see Leaf stepped out of the portal, he had a new form as well.
"What?" Leaf asked, seeing them staring at him. He looked down at himself, "Ah!" He jumped up, "I'm a... a cat?" He was now a cat with short, black hair, with emerald eyes, "What's happened to us?" He asked. Chirithy appeared by Leaf's side.
"Hehe, like my new charm? It's fit to adjust your all's shape to fit in the world" they giggled.
"But... why animals? This looks like a human city" Drayden asked.
"Um... well, I dont have full control over it just yet so... Maybe this is just a side effect I couldn't control?"
"Can you change us back?" Asked Henry.
"I could try, but that's going to take awhile"
"Is your stupid "charm" the reason I can't use my powers?" Drayden barked.
"That... could also be true"
"Powers?" Leaf asked. Drayden looked at Leaf,
"Yes um-"
"Wait, where's Han?" Leaf said interruptingly, "Han!
"Bark" said a tiny voice. All of them looked around, "yip yip!" Leaf began scratching his ear,
"I think I have a flea" he took a look at his claw, "Wah-"
"Ruff" It was Han!
"He's a flea!" Gasped Sora.
"But why?" Leaf looked at Chirithy, they shrugged,
"Not in control of it"
"So why am I normal?" Sora asked.
"I think because you are already an animal, Han is only a spirit, he's only what Leaf here makes him to be, however, it seems this charm overwrites that magic as well"
"Okay, Chirithy tell the Foreteller's, that after we finish up here, I'd like a refund on the world I protect, I refuse to live in a world where my powers are neutralized." Drayden said. " I'm not me without my real powers." He finished.
"Now hold on there Drayden," Sora interrupted, "Chirithy said they would be able to get the charm under control eventually, maybe once they were able to remove the effects, you'll have your powers back?" He looked at Chirithy.
"Assuming the charm is the thing affecting your powers, yes" Chirithy nodded, "Just give me some time, I still feel some sort of energy from you, I believe you still have you're powers"
"Anyone gonna tell me what 'powers' we're talking about?" Leaf asked. They all looked at him.
"Depends, Leaf how open minded are you?" Drayden asked. "Also, Chirithy could you tell them I'm not ready to have my own world to protect just yet?" Drayden asked, "I'm still a rookie, and I want more experience before I get my own world to protect."
"You know he is right, Squeaky toy" Sora added, "What was Ava thinking just giving the kid his own world within a second of joining the Pack?" He asked.
"Well according to Ava, you have been in the Union for a week. And there have been younger protectors. Plus, you won't be alone until Leaf leaves you alone, and I'm sure he'll teach you the upmost ways of protecting the world. Right Leaf?" Chirithy asked.
"Yeah I- Uh- think that you'll be fine" Leaf said, "Still, I understand Drayden's side, they shouldn't even have kids as young as him fighting anyways
"Leaf..."
"We'll let's just get going on my training alright?" Drayden said.
"Alright but... Chirithy, how do I use my keyblade?" Asked Leaf.
"Just um... use your claws?" Leaf looked down, he flexed his claws,
"Ah! It feels just like holding one... I think?" Leaf crouched, and then jumped up in the air, "Fira!"
He swung, a small fire blasted out from his paws. He landed easily, "That was easy to understand, you try Drayden" Drayden got down, in a crouch. He did a lunge forward,
"Like that?" He said, giving a smile.
"Sure... I think?" Leaf said.
"And not a moment to soon." Henry said. As a group of Heartless started to rise from the ground.
"Hey freaks, Bite this!" Drayden pounced on one, and sank his teeth into it's throat. " Henry behind you!" Henry grabbed, a Heartless' Claw, and flipped it, then clawed it's face, making it vanish.
"Let's do this!" Leaf lunged at one and grabbed onto its face. With a swift strike, he clawed the heartless. It stumbled back, the shadow began to attack,
"Careful!" Sora dived in between and raised his shield, Sora parried and bashed the shadow, defeating it.
"Thanks" Leaf said. Sora nodded, and the two ran after the remaining heartless. The team quickly wiped out the other heartless.
"Phew" sighed Henry, "Looks like we got them all"
"Indeed it has" Sora added on.
"I'll admit, I feel a bit faster as a cat than I do as a human" Leaf began, "But, I prefer having aposable thumbs as well"
"At least my new form has some strength to it" Drayden crouched, wagging his tail playfully. He stopped and turned to Leaf, "So um... what's our first step uh... teacher?"
"Oh uh," Leaf said, "First... I suppose we will need a place to rest our heads, we can use it as the training grounds too!"
"True... alright, let's go guys!" said Drayden. The four of them began to climb up the building's side. Eventually reaching the roof.
"So what would be be the ideal place for a home of four animals?" Henry asked.
"Someplace without humans, we don't want any trouble with them" stated Leaf.
"Wow" Drayden gasped, "This place is so big..."
"Yeah... it's just like home..." Henry added. The view uptop showed that they were in a large city. The sound of cars, dogs barking, and construction vehicles filled the air.
"You all grew up in the city eh?" Leaf asked.
"That's us."
Suddenly a stray Heartless pounced on Henry pinning him. "Get the Hades off my little brother, you cockroach!" Drayden shouted in anger, then he felt it. " DRAGON UP!" This time it, Drayden's body morphed into a large shape. Dragon! Leaf said in his head. Drayden loomed over the Heartless. *FWOOSH* Drayden shot a fire blast clean through the Heartless making it squeal in pain, then vanish. "Henry you alright?" Drayden asked, as He morphed back.
"Yeah, but Drayden, you morphed." He said.
"You're... I did!" Drayden said hugging him, "Haha! I guess seeing you in trouble really kicked in"
"What... what was that?!" Leaf exclaimed.
"Huh?" Said Drayden, "Oh... right... I'm part dragon! Yay! Hehe..." he laughed nervously.
"Part dragon? How is that possible? You looked perfectly human before, can you do it again?"
"I can try..." Drayden took a deep breath, "Hnngh!" Drayden opened his eyes, nothing. "I... I can't do it... not in this form..."
"But you just did"
"Yeah but, that's because I was scared for Henry's life. I think it just really forced it...!" *Cough!* A little shrew of fire spat out from Drayden's breath, "Oh! I... I can still breath fire... sorta!" He gave another wheeze, the fire stayed little but it was visible.
"Nice, you're body is adjusting Drayden!" Sora cheered.
"Y-You really think so?" Drayden asked.
"It would appear so" Sora confirmed.
"So... is Henry part dragon too? Is Sora a Dragon?!" Leaf asked.
"Actually, I'm a wizard." Henry said. " I get it from Mom." He explained. " Drayden of course gets his power from Dad." Henry went on. Henry began sniffing the air,
"Hot dogs!" He yelled, "Who's hungry?" He began running off. Sora chased after him.
"Wait!" Leaf called, but it was too late, the others were already taking off after the hotdogs.
"So what do we do Drayden?" Henry asked, "We can't just steal them"
"Well, anybody got any munny?" Drayden asked. Everyone shook their heads.
"Well I'm hungry... besides, they can't blame a dog!" Henry stared at the hotdog stand. There was a fat cook attending to the food, serving a customer, "I'm making my move, I'll get us as much as I can" he ran off,
"Drayden! Wait!" Sora called. Drayden had almost reached the hotdog stand.
"BARK BARK!"
"Meow!" Drayden stopped as an orange blur darted in front of him, crawling up into the hotdog man.
"Ah! What the-?! Hey! Get outta my-" The man stumbled around, trying to catch whatever had crawled up his shirt. Drayden didn't know what was happening but quickly ran to grab a hotdog length, hanging off the cart. 'Gotcha' he said. That was when something hit him in the side. He tumbled over, "Ooof!" he gasped. Drayden got up and shook his head. He looked up to see a dog with brown and white fur, wearing a red scarf.
"Sorry pal, but these hotdogs are mine" He took off running down the street.
"Hey!" Drayden ran after him.
"Where is he going?" Henry asked.
"I don't know, c'mon, we got to go after him!" Sora said. The two went after Drayden.
"Get back here!" Drayden called out to the dog.
"Gotta catch me first pal" The dog jumped down into a construction site. He began hopping along the steel bars and large tubes being lifted up. Drayden had ease following his movement. Drayden was now chasing him on the rooftop of a house.
Suddenly, heartless appeared out of nowhere, forcing Drayden to come to a halt, but he couldn't stop himself from running into their attack.
"Aha!" Drayden screamed, he flew off the rooftop. He landed hard on the stone ground.
"Drayden!" Henry ran over to his side, "Are you okay?!" He nudged his side.
"Ugh... it hurts..." Drayden groaned.
"Oh no! What are we going to do?!" Henry cried.
"Calm down Henry, he's fine. Just a bit of a bruise" Sora explained, "C'mon, get up, you" Drayden slowly got up,
"No foolin you, huh?" Drayden laughed.
"Drayden! You had me scared!" He rammed Drayden's side.
"Ow ow! Sorry sorry!" Drayden said, "I am in a bit of a pain" He took a step forward, "Gah!" he flinched.
"We gotta find you a hospital" Sora said.
"I think a vet actually!" Henry corrected.
"No we don't" They all turned to see Leaf jump down. He walked over to Drayden, "You need to be more careful. There are heartless, and other dangers everywhere, there is no need to go risking your life to get some hotdogs!" He scolded. Drayden's ears drooped,
"Sorry, sir" he said quietly. He looked down at his feet. Leaf rolled his eyes,
"Just be more careful next time," he said, "Cura!" He roared. Drayden began to feel a lot better.
"Um... thanks" he said. Leaf smiled,
"Alright, now let's go. It's getting late and we need to find a a place for the night, and for the rest of our visit" he said. The others nodded, and they all began walking.
