Title: Kingdom light
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom hearts or any of the other worlds they will visit, but you know what to get me for Christmas now.
Gold: alright then, I'll be doing this commentary stuff from now on since this is my story and my sister scares me. I don't know how long Kingdom light will end up being but I know it will be long. I hope you stick with me because if nothing else, you can laugh at it.
Chapter 2: it's all gone
"Mr. Duck… sir… we found him in the yard. We don't want to hurt him, we just want to make sure he's okay," Keshia tried to explain, "our house was sucked up by this big black swirling hole."
He lowered his staff, "I'm sorry I just…" The ship lurched and everyone was flung against the far wall, the duck was squashed beneath four human bodies.
"Get off me!" He yelled, shoving everyone aside, "the gummy ship will be destroyed by the dark holes if we don't take off!"
He dove for the piloting area and hopped into the front seat, "wake up Sora! I can't fly this thing on my own!"
"Why not?" Marrissa asked.
"I broke my arm in the crash, I can't steer!" He yelled frustrated.
Tami shook the boy lightly but he didn't respond. She tried shoving him more roughly but he was out cold, "I can't wake him up, he won't open his eyes! What should I do?"
Keshia jumped in the seat beside him, "I'll help you, it can't be much different from the ship in those video games I have."
He shook his head, "oh no."
"It'll be fine," she said, sounding confident. Of course inside she was calling herself a crazy lunatic and trying to convince herself that just because she could never beat that god forsaken video game did not mean they were going to die.
"Alright but don't crash got it? I'll do the gas and gears you just steer. Up goes down and down goes up," he said, starting to push buttons.
"Why can't they just make it up goes up and down goes down? Why do they make things so complicated?" Keshia muttered, gripping the steering wheel so tight her hands were turning white.
Marrissa ushered the four dogs in the ship and into one of the rooms while Tami closed the door. The duck looked back, "what was that?"
"Nothing," Marrissa and Tami said in union.
He shrugged and went back to what he was doing, "brace Sora and Goofy for take off, the couches have seat belts."
"Who is Goofy?" Tami asked, positioning the boy, Sora, in the middle of the couch.
"He landed over near the bedrooms," he muttered, flipping a few switches.
Marrissa ran to the back and saw a… well… a dog type… man type… well she found something and it was breathing so she dragged him back to the middle room and strapped him onto the couch. Marrissa sat next to Goofy and Tami sat next to Sora to help steady them. Neither could be woken.
"Are you ready?" The duck asked.
"No," Keshia said but then the ship started to get a sinking feeling, "then again there's no time like the present!" He flipped one more switch and pushed a button, the ship shook and shot forward, making everyone awake clutch their seats. Keshia pressed down hard on the steering stick and they shot straight up into the air.
"Not so hard!" The duck cried, the gravity making several objects crash in the back rooms. She let go of the stick and tried to even out the ship.
"Good, now press down on the stick, lightly! And position us towards that star constellation," he instructed.
"But what about all those people down there? Our family!" Keshia cried uncertainly, from her position she could see that it wasn't just her street being engulfed by black holes. Everywhere they were appearing, swallowing cars, bicycles, buildings, and people.
"We can't carry them all in the ship, we have to get away from here," he insisted, pointing at the stars again. She pushed up on the stick, forgetting that would make them go down. Tami and Marrissa cried out surprised as Keshia fixed her positioning and headed for the stars, trying not to look down as their whole world was swallowed in the blackness.
The ride through space was unlike anything they could've imagined. To be passing by different stars they had never seen, the ship was so fast everything was blurred. Asteroids and space junk. Marrissa even saw a shooting star. Finally after twenty minutes of complete silence the duck punched in some numbers and got up, "it's on autopilot. You can let go of the stick now."
"Um… right… give me a minute I think my fingers are stuck," Keshia smiled.
He sighed, "at least she didn't kill us."
"I heard that."
He walked back to the four on the couch. Marrissa had unbuckled herself and was lying the dog-like thingy on the other couch. Tami was throwing stuff out of the first aid box in her search for the white bandage clothes. Yelling triumphantly when she found the roll she began wrapping it around the boys head.
"I'm Donald Duck, who are you?" The duck person asked, coming over and watching Tami wrap the boy up.
"My name is Tami," she replied, "any idea what is going on? In five minutes my life went from normal and boring to scary and life threatening. Just wondering how it happened."
Keshia and Marrissa walked over too. Donald sighed, "we were trying to save your world, but we were too late. While we were on our way down to the surface of your planet we were assaulted. With no one to pilot the ship and us to busy fighting it crashed," Donald glared at the ground, his hand forming into a fist, "we were virtually powerless against him, I don't even know how he got on our ship or who he was. After the ship began to plummet he disappeared."
"We rushed to stop the ship from crashing but it somehow got locked. Sora opened the door to try and use the magic of the keyblade to save us. It worked to an extent, he did save our lives, but he was thrown from the ship and Goofy and I were both injured in the crash."
"What is a keyblade?" Marrissa asked confused, "and what do you mean magic? Like that fire ball you shot at us?"
"The keyblade is…? Well the keyblade is the key that can close the keyhole of a world," Donald said, trying to explain, "it can also be used to battle heartless… heartless are… people without hearts, they crave the hearts of worlds… um…" Donald shook his head exasperated.
"It's okay Donald, we get it," Keshia told him, though it was still beyond confusing.
"So our world is… gone?" Marrissa whispered.
"I'm sorry… we couldn't save it…" Donald said, leaning down next to Sora.
Keshia tried to hold back tears as she thought of all she knew, the people she loved, mom, dad, and her hamster, all of them gone? The impact of his words came crushing down on her. She held herself then got up and ran into the closest room, shutting the door firmly behind her.
Marrissa sniffed, tears flowing, "so… what's wrong with your dog type man type thing friend over there?"
"I don't know," Donald said, sounding frustrated, "he hit his head so you'd think he'd be fine."
He walked over to him, "wake up Goofy! Wake up!"
Goofy didn't move. Donald growled in frustration, walking back over to Sora and Tami, "how is he doing?"
"I… I think he'll be okay… I'm not a doctor… he hit his head and I think his ribs are busted," Tami said, biting her lip.
Donald leaned down and put his staff over Sora's chest, muttering, "Cura." A faint green light emerged from his staff, enveloping Sora. His chest rose and his breathing steadied.
"Wow, is that magic? Did you heal him?" Marrissa asked excited.
"I can't do a very good cure spell with my arm like this but yes, I healed him a little," Donald said, putting away his staff.
Tami grabbed the roll of bandages, "here, I'll put a splint type thing on your arm."
"What? You don't even know what you're doing! Get away!" Donald yelled, backing against the far wall, almost running Marrissa over.
"It will take some pressure off of it at least so hold still and come here," Tami growled and got up, ready to pounce on him.
"No!" Donald said stubbornly.
That was it, Tami shot up from beside Sora and chased Donald around the room before she cornered him and was able to get a splint on. He grumbled sourly as he went back to the cockpit to try and position their course, "how am I supposed to fly this thing with a broken arm? And now with this thing I can't even move it, crazy child…"
"I'll help," Keshia said, walking out of the room, looking a lot happier.
"I said I wanted to fly it, not crash it," Donald muttered.
"It's my turn!" Marrissa said excited, a dangerous glint in her eye.
Donald's face twisted in fear, "no way! If I can't have Goofy or Sora I want someone with at least a little experience. This girl at least knows how steer now!"
"You don't have to look so scared," Marrissa muttered, sitting on the floor and rummaging through the first aid box.
"For one thing my name is Keshia, not 'that girl' for another thing my flying is not that bad," Keshia said firmly, putting her hands on her hips.
"What ever, so you're Keshia and you're Tami. What is you're name?" Donald asked as Keshia climbed into the other seat.
"Meina," Marrissa muttered, throwing a thing of bandages behind her and making Tami dodge it.
"Her name is Marrissa," Keshia corrected.
"Uh, okay," Donald shrugged, "we need to get to Traverse Town. Leon, Yuffie and Aerith should be able to help us."
"Who are they?" Tami asked, crawling out of range of Marrissa's items.
"Friends of ours, they've helped us a lot. They should be able to find a place to keep you three until your world can be restored, and they can help me take care of Sora and Goofy," Donald said, flipping some switches again.
"So our world can be restored? What does that mean?" Marrissa asked excited, allowing hope to crawl into her voice.
"Well, I hope it can be restored. We're dealing with a whole new enemy this will be completely different than Ansem, the bad guy we faced before. I don't know what will happen," Donald told them sadly, "ready for take off girl?"
"It's Keshia, and yes," she muttered.
He switched it to manual and directed Keshia toward what looked like a black hole, "this is a warp hole, it will take us straight there. Just keep the ship straight girl."
"My name is not 'girl' it's Kesh… Ahh!"
The warp hole tugged at the steering stick and threatened to throw the ship out. It took all of Keshia's strength to keep it inside. Finally the pressure was released and they exited the warp hole. Before them was a whole new world.