"Hurry we've got to go now!" said Sora extending a hand to Cloud. "There's not much time!"
"Time for what?" Cloud questioned taking a step back. Cloud was hesitant. The last time he'd left his world, he barley made it back alive. Sora and the others looked desperate, they seemed to have worry written in their faces. The rock man moved forward.
"This the guy Sora?" he questioned in a gravelly voice.
"Yeah Ben, that's him." Sora said still extending his hand. "C'mon Cloud! We need you."
"Tell me what's going on!" Cloud yelled getting impatient.
"No time fer talk pal." The rock man said pounding his fist into his other hand. "Th'whole cosmos is comin to an end, and either you come with us right now, or we make you come with us right now."
Cloud raised his sword.
"Cloud! Let's move! Come on!" Sora persisted.
"Maybe once you explain the situ-" Cloud couldn't finish his sentence, the Rock man was nearly on him. Two massive fists slammed into the ground as Cloud ducked out of the way. He brought his sword around in front to strike the Rock behemoth in the side when suddenly the sound of steel on steel echoed through the crater. Sora's Keyblade slide across Cloud's sword, grinding sparks into the air.
"Enough of this! We don't have time!" Sora shouted "Streen!"
Cloud looked over at the gentleman with the Light-sword. He slowly raised his aging hand and with a gesture, what felt like an invisible fist struck Cloud in the face knocking him unconscious.
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As Cloud slowly awakened he began to hear the sound of rushing water, voices talking in the distance, and birds chirping close by. As he opened his eyes he was met with the light of mid day. He was lying on a comfortable bed in a room which was well lit by the light from outside. The walls were merely pillars exposing the outdoors, except for one on which was an opening into a grand hallway. The floor was smooth stone, and all around outside, trees and green grass could be seen. Also, Cloud could see the extension of the building he was in. It was quite large and magnificent in design. It was built like a beautiful palace, and the walls were lined with windows and vines, and every now and again, there jutted from the first floor a small outer seating area where one might talk or spend time alone with a lover.
Suddenly the far away voices grew closer, and Cloud could tell that someone was coming down the hall. He quickly glanced around for his sword, and saw that it was placed leaning against a wall. He grabbed it with haste and put his back against the wall where the door to the hallway was. Two men in shining armor walked through the doorway holding spears. Cloud came up behind and slammed the hilt of his sword onto one of the soldier's neck, causing him to fall to the ground unconscious. Before the other had time to fully turn and see Cloud, Cloud placed a kick directly into the soldier's side and proceeded to knock him out in the same fashion as the other. With both guards lying on the floor, Cloud stealthily crept from the room. He found himself in the grand hallway, which seemed to stretch in two directions forever. Arches and pillars proceeded along the entire passage, making it impossible to guess how many other hallways connected to this one. Cloud heard more armored footsteps coming from his left, so he darted to his right, sprinting down the hall with great speed. The pillars seemed to whiz by like lightning, and the passage seemed to never end. Without warning, Cloud slammed into a blue transparent wall that hadn't been there a second earlier. Rubbing his face, Cloud gently extended his hand to the wall and found that when he touched it, it rippled with energy.
"A force field?" Cloud said confused.
"Yes." A voice said coming from behind him.
Cloud turned and saw two foot soldiers that looked different from the ones he had dispatched in the room. They were covered from head to toe in white battle armor and wore helmets that covered their faces. They were holding some type of gun, a weapon far more advanced than the spears the other two guards were holding.
"Now hold it right there." One of the guards said lifting his hand to his helmet. He pushed something on the side of his helmet, which Cloud assumed was a radio transmitter device.
"We've found him, he's in the south-east corridor. If the reports on him are correct, I'm going to need a level seven dimensional at least to bring him in."
"No one's bringing me anywhere until I get some answers!" Cloud yelled running forward and taking out one of the soldiers with a swing of his sword.
"Now! Now! We need it now!" The other repeated into his com-link, just before being taken out by another of Cloud's swings. Suddenly a red laser hit to near where Cloud's foot was, then another, and another. Cloud looked up and saw more of the white armored soldiers rushing down the hall at him. He quickly picked up and swung his sword around in a circle stopping three lasers from hitting his body. He the took it and jabbed the hilt backwards as if to strike someone in the gut and held it there. Green energy began to build around his sword, charging and growing with intensity as more lasers shot passed him. With swift ferocity, he brought the now glowing sword over his head and slammed it to the ground causing a massive shockwave to ripple through the floor in the direction of the attacking storm-troopers. The first or second trooper saw the wave coming and sopped to turn around, but were only cut down by their own allies who were still blindly firing. In a matter of seconds the shockwave tore into the huddle of soldiers and sent them flying backwards, too stunned to hold onto their weapons. With a crash they sprawled to the floor, unable to get up.
"Someone tell me why I'm here!" Cloud yelled down the corridor exasperated.
"You're here because your needed." A familiar voice sounded behind him.
Cloud turned and saw that behind the force field stood Aragorn, King of Gondor.
"Aragorn?" Cloud said lowering his weapon.
"Yes Cloud." Aragorn said looking slightly disappointed. He raised his hand and placed it on a pad on the other side of the field, which seemed to shut it off. With the field lowered Aragorn took a step closer.
"Now if you done terrorizing our highly trained and expensive troops, you can follow me and get your answers." He walked passed Cloud like a King walking past a common servant and proceeded down the hallway with his cape billowing behind him. Cloud took another look around and reluctantly followed. After five minutes of silently following Aragorn through the hallways of what now appeared to be a far more massive complex than Cloud originally had thought, the King finally turned and faced Cloud.
"Before we continue into the next room, let me just say it's good to see you Cloud." He said placing his hand on Cloud's shoulder. "It's been a long time."
"Y-yeah." Cloud said feeling more at ease "But why am I here, what is all of this?"
"A question for the next room my friend." Aragorn said turning once again to a large door. "You cannot even begin to imagine what awaits us all." With the last words he reached forward and pushed open the large creaking wooden doors to reveal an enormous outer court which sat in the middle of a lush garden, with high seating all around the outside in which sat, people of all races and tongues. Cloud could see that many differed, not just in appearance and clothing, but some in species! Near the entrance were stone circles in the ground where people would stand when addressing the court. In the center of the court was a grand stone table which extended at least seven feet upward. Behind it Cloud assumed were large stone stools for people to sit on, because at the table there were seated 6 very regal looking people. Aragorn left Clouds side and took a place at the table as well just to the left of the center, but did not sit down.
"Now appearing; Cloud Strife!" Aragorn announced to the court "Hero of the Worlds!" this announcement was met with thunderous applause all around the court, which Cloud had not expected.
"And now Mr. Strife." Aragorn said looking down to where Cloud was standing. "May I present the high council of the new United Dimensional Alliance!" more applause could be heard from the seats. "I as you know am Aragorn, King of Gondor."
A beautiful woman then stood up as Aragon took his seat. She wore a dress fit for a queen and a golden crown embedded with jewels.
"I am Zelda, Princess of Hyrule, Twilight Age."
Next a large muscular man without a shirt on stood up. His hair was golden in color and his leggings were scaled like a fish. "I am Arthur, King of Atlantis, and representative of Earth 1 on this council."
After him a skinny gentleman with glasses stood. He wore flowing green robes and peculiar hat. "I am the King of the Earth Kingdom in my dimension, but I represent the 3 other nations that reside in my world as well on this council."
Now a wise looking young man wearing an outfit similar to that of the man who wielded the sword of blue light stood. His hair was faded blonde, and he looked as if he truly knew peace. "My name is Luke Skywalker, and I am no king, but am the Grand Master of the Jedi Council."
Next a very unusual council member stood. He was about three feet tall and had large round ears. Most of his body was pitch black except for his face, which was white. He spoke in a high pitched voice, but yet sounded very wise. "I am King Mickey of the Magic Kingdom. Sora has told me a lot about'ch Cloud!"
And finally the seventh member stood. He was seated at the center of the table and his hair was dark and long. He wore decorated steel armor and seemed very young. "And I, Hero of Worlds, am Caspian X, King of Narnia. However I am merely a placeholder of the real King, Aslan, who could not be here today. And now my friend, let us speak of will be."