Day One: Part Two
The Mansion
A/N: Here's the second chapter! Thank you 'apoetcreatesmagic' for reviewing! I greatly appreciate it. Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. Squaresoft and Disney does. So there.
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They cautiously went toward the gate, which was open. "Are you sure that we should be barging in like this?" Roxas asked Naminé, who seemed to be filled with determination to get into the Mansion in the forest. "I mean, someone might live here…"
"No one does," she said matter-of-factly. She stopped for a moment to turn around. "Trust me." Her eyes were shining with excitement, and she raced ahead, and opened the doors. Roxas heard a gasp, and her blonde head poked out of the door. "Roxas, hurry up! You have to see this!"
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They were in a large hall, with dusty paintings lining the wall, cobwebs on the ceiling, and a stone-floor. There was a grand staircase leading upstairs, and two doors in the vast room they were in now. "Wow," Roxas breathed, his voice echoing off of the empty walls. It was a house of a wondrous past long forgotten and fallen into ruin. Naminé shone in her enthusiasm, running around like a small child who'd had too much sugar.
"It's perfect, Roxas, perfect!" she cried, spinning in a circle. She leaned down and swept her finger across the ground. When he saw the amount of dust that showed on her finger, he made a face. She just wiped her hands on her jeans. Noticing his reaction, she laughed. "So, it needs some work, but we have a place to live!" She scurried up the steps.
Roxas couldn't help but laugh. She was just so energetic, so… alive. So much happier than she's been only minutes ago. "ROXAS, GET OVER HERE!" He stopped laughing, ran up the stairs, and took a right.
"What's wrong, Nami-" He stopped mid-word, looking around in awe. He found himself in a room with hundreds of books. "Wow," Roxas said for the second time that day. However, Naminé was not in here. 'The echoes must have twisted where she is. Oh well, might as well explore…'
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Naminé and Roxas had missed each other. She had turned a left, and he turned a right. As a result, she went back downstairs, taking the door on the right. She found herself in a new hallway, with many different doorways. "This must have been the servant's quarters…" she said to herself. She opened up one of the doors, and found a kitchen, complete with a wood-powered stove, an icebox, a walk-in pantry (which happened to be empty), and a table with chairs. Everything looked unused for many years. The next room was a bedroom, with a wardrobe in the corner and a cot that was, when she had inspected it, in good condition. She searched around for bugs, but couldn't find one. 'Well, that's a blessing,' she thought. 'I won't have to worry about anything creeping on my leg, and won't have to kill anything.' She moved to the next room, which was almost identical to the previous one. 'Great! We'll have somewhere to sleep!' Naminé sat on the bed. 'This place…seems like it was waiting for us. Like something out of a dream…' She stared out into space. "Maybe this is just a dream…" she whispered.
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"Umm…Naminé? You in there?" Roxas had sat down next to her, trying to get her to respond. "You seem to be in your own little world. You okay?" He seemed concerned. She shook her head, as if to clear her mind, and smiled sweetly.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. So, where have you been?" she said, leaning up against the wall.
"Looking in the library that's upstairs." She perked her ears.
"Is that a fact?"
"Yeah, but you first. Where have you been? And why did you yell at me to come over to where you were?"
"Well…there was another room upstairs, to the left." She paused. "It was locked, and I was curious why. I wasn't sure if you'd be able to help me…but I don't think that you could."
"What's that supposed to mean!"
"I think that the door was sealed by magical means. We're not going to be able to open it unless it wants to be open." The teen in white shrugged. "That's my story. What's yours?"
"I was looking through the books and writings and stuff, looking for something that might explain where we are."
She looked at him with interest. "And did you find anything?"
"Yeah. We're in Twilight Town, which we already knew. The sun never sets or rises over the horizon…in a constant state of dawn and dusk."
"How poetic." She smiled at him, and then giggled. "Sorry, I had to say that."
"No, I don't mind. Actually, I got it straight out of a book. Heh." He laughed with her.
"Hey, Roxas?" Naminé said, all of a sudden serious.
"Yeah, Naminé?" Roxas answered, looking up at the cobwebs on the ceiling.
"Did you find anything...about us? About what we are?"
"…no," he said, looking sad. However, he brightened up a moment later. "But, hey! That's one huge library, and I haven't even come close to reading all of the things in there," he grinned. "It would take a lifetime!"
"Well, at least it will give you something to do." She yawned. "I'm going to hit the sack, night or not."
Roxas suddenly found himself very tired as well. "I'll go to sleep, too. See you in the morning…or tomorrow…or whatever the heck it is here!" He closed the door.
'Good night, Roxas,' Naminé smiled as she drifted to sleep. 'Good night…my friend.'
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A/N: There's the second chapter. Please review! Remember, NO FLAMES!
