Welcome readers to chapter 2that is all I have to say fore this note.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
-Larten
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Watching Sora sleep was alright, but unsatisfactory
It had been quite a while since the vampire needed to drink some blood, Yeah, being dead will do that to you. figuring he'd be alright inside the coffin, the vampire went to go hunting.
Little did he know he was wrong.
Hitting flitting speed, he dashed off to kill a fox or something close by.
Larten smiled, as he looked at his prey
He had found something he could get easily, it seemed a human had died near this location.
Hold on, something seems to be not right here, no puncture marks, or other signs of a struggle.
Did he or she lose their heart, or did they die of natural causes. Either way was alright with him, but it just left him wondering.
The vampire began to test the blood.
Hmm, the blood tastes good, Think I'll bottle it.
After gutting a fox with his nails, he drank the sweet mercury, then headed back to the coffin to find the boy under attack?
More of these dark things? Let's see how bad this situation is…
The vampire looked to see them about to touch the slumbering Keyblade wielder's chest.
"You won't be taking his heart on my watch"!
The vampire blocked the things hands, or tried to block them, but they just went through as if his nails passed through wasn't there, and continued towards the targets heart.
What? They should have went through? They did last time!
I wonder… was Sora's "Keyblade?" the reason for my being able to score those hits on the last ones? Whatever the answer to that question might be, stopping them is out for now. Can I wield the Keyblade myself?
"…"
"…"
"…"
Nope… looks like that one's a no go, since the thing keeps flying back to Sora.
The vampire sighed in frustration, there's nothing I can do!
As the shadowy things got closer, time began to slow down. What sorcery is this? How is time… Why do I hear music?
As the heartless was about to pluck out Sora's heart, a sword flew through the air, landing in Larten's hand.
What is this blade? How did it get here?
Hmm, the blade in question seems to have come from a mile away, the same place as the music I'm hearing, and who is the figure in the cloak and mask, and what instrument are they using? It does sound suspiciously like my tin-whistle from back when I did my time at the circ.
Looks like time's beginning to go back to normal speed. Whoever you are whom bought us some time, thanks, but next time if you could, at least show yourself?
Before the dark looking things could strike down Sora, Larten parried the attack with his new weapon, then did a upward thrust into the dark thing, not destroying it, but the blade did at least send the offending creature flying across the room. More though kept appearing, and if he let his guard down a second, Sora was dead. Time for a new approach. Before one of them could stab at Sora, Larten snapped his fingers, which seemed to distract their eyes, while he flitted in and pulled the keyblader out of the way.
To the heartless, it looked like he made Sora appear near him, which was what he wanted them to think.
He smiled to himself, let's see how well their eyes are…
As the vampire walked off, the figure stepped out of the shadows, his instrument in hand. We can just see the small patch of a insignia, but the only things we can pick out are the digits of a serial number… ? 937-215 Etched in between the numbers is a small distortion of a blade, at its tip, a line of incalculable runes that represented sculptures of historical art, in reality, these were events etched into the future, some are possibilities of things that could happen, things that might happen, and things not meant to be One of the runes faded out of existence, before popping into place with another rune, showing the cloaked figure what outcome he had created.
He smiled.
He would be sure to keep an eye on this timeline, for he and the vampire would meet up and become allies eventually. Until that time comes however, he'll just have to push events in the right direction, one individual encounter with a team member at a time, though they'll have to be careful not to give themselves away. One slip up, and time could collapse, and although it's bound to happen at some point soon, it won't happen if he interferes in a small way, one catastrophe at a time where outside help is critical. The sword and the freezing of that part of time was one of those moments. Larten will have a his sword a bit early, but to balance the tables for now, he doesn't know what exactly it is he's holding or how it works, sure, it can touch heartless now, but that's all the cloaked figure allowed it to do, thanks to prior knowledge of how the blade works, he made sure to shift it to a sword that could knock off course, but not kill them forthright, at least, not yet. Larten will figure out the secrets behind the Neo-vari eventually, but it won't be in this part of his adventure with Sora. Speeking of the key wielder in question, he's hoping Sora is leading the charge for now, as this is his world and it would be the best precaution for them both, soon they'll find their second and third in command, Metaknight, and Zero respectively, while the first will be easy to reach, the second is currently out of there reach along with the other 2 members, one of them a drift between 2 different universes, the other trapped behind the curse of his own power. He feels that outside intervention might be needed to solve the second problem, while the first problem can be fixed by the person in question walking through without resistance, and that problem, if the path of this timeline remains the way it needs to be, will be solved.
The cloaked figure sighed.
The next moment shouldn't happen for some time, and should it come sooner than expected? He could always send another member of the joint alliance between himself and another cloaked leader in to bring things back to balance without wrecking the reality.
Better get back to the ship before I'm apprehended". He thought.
The cloaked figure turned on his com, whispered something to whomever was listening, and in a flash of shimmering particles, was gone.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Back with Larten.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
The first thing that came to mind was making Sora disappear, but question was… how to do it?
Larten began pondering.
Hmm, if I were wanting to hide someone or something, where would I hide it?
The answer came to him.
Nowhere the eye could work with.
Putting the keyblader on his back, he crept quietly through the shadows until he found a theater. This would be fun!
Larten was a few miles from the theater, when more shadowy things began appearing.
he stopped to look back at his pursuers.
Hmm, let's see what I'm actually dealing with.
The vampire nit his eyebrows together.
The first one that appeared seems to be matching my flitting speed, which isn't good. I think I will ask Sora about these things later. The one that's coming is gaining on me fast, I have to do something quickly, but I want to see what it is, and its week point, if any.
Larten got a look at the shadowy creature.
Hmm, the thing seems to have the skeleton of a ant, a red kings crown with a white looking wig which flows down, is that a lions main? Wow, no wonder that thing seems to be keeping up, it must be modeled after a lion from another world! There's only 1 option, stop it in its tracks. Using his new weapon, he sent the Lion headed thing flying into a wall, killing it on contact.
Larten nodded pensively to himself.
There seems to be more out there, best keep going before I'm swarmed
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
"As Larten entered the theater, the doors slammed shut. Whatever is here doesn't want me to leave", he thought. We'll see about that.
Looking around he saw a dark figure on the stage.
Is that… A dark version of Sora?
Yes: it looks that way… He seems to look like his counterpart except for a more faded appearance. This won't be easy.
With a too quick for the eye to follow move, he opened a hat he picked up off a nearby chair, making Keyblade and wielder disappear inside.
The dark counterpart seeing this, probably thought the only way to his other was threw the vampire. He was right. With no time to waste, he attacked.
Larten blocked every one of his attacks he was using, then retaliated with a pommel strike which did nothing but go through him, the dark looking Sora kept attacking relentlessly, but Larten blocked and counter attacked with deadly sword attacks of his own. Dark Sora was not even fazed though, but Larten could tell he was slowing down.
I better end this quickly, or the dark Sora will have won", he thought.
When Larten feinted weakness, Dark Sora went to strike when he rolled away.
"Now for my next trick, a rabbit from a hat!" Larten pulled out Sora's Keyblade, and plunged it through the center of the dark counterpart, dissolving it into nothing.
The vampire pulled Sora from the hat as he awoke.
"Larten, What happened, and How did I get here?"
Larten sighed.
"I will explain the whole thing, but first what were those things, you owe me an explanation yourself.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
*Okay everyone, after a year and some time, this story will be going through some subtle modifications… what's that mean? Well… soon… you shall see more of this story! So I hope you enjoy the new updates I plan on making.