Chapter 2: Night of Fate
Sora and Ed finally arrived on the island, the whole while trying to figure out how Ed had morphed the paddles into giant wooden ladles. They, of course, found no solution.
Sora pulled the boat up to shore and tied it to the dock. A girl with funny shaped hair, who was sitting at the end of the deck, turned and noticed them.
"Oh! Hey, Sora!" Selphie greeted.
"Hey, Selphie," Sora replied, while pulling himself onto the deck, behind following Ed.
"Hey, are you that new guy, Ed? Kairi told me about you," Selphie asked.
"Yeah, I am. Wanna make something of it?" he asked, in a grumpy mood since he wasn't able to find out how to change things into ladles anymore.
"Is he any good at fighting, Sora?" Selphie asked, completely oblivious of Ed's comment.
"Um . . . actually, I don't know, are you?" Sora asked.
"I'd definately kick all yours guyses butts in a fight! I think . . ." Ed replied with confidence.
"Then, how about it?" Selphie asked with a disturbing gleam in her eye. "You two against me, Tidus, and Wakka?"
"Yeah!" Sora yelled excitedly. "Wait, what about you, Ed? You okay with that?" Sora asked, concerned.
"Of course! I could probably beat you all by myself, anyway!" Ed bragged.
"I'll get Wakka and Tidus!" Selphie told them while running off the dock searching for her friends.
"You sure you know how to fight?" Sora asked, a bit worried.
"Of course!" Ed boasted.
"You gonna use a weapon?"
Ed grinned and held up the giant ladle.
Later
"So you're that dude that everyone's talking about, mon!" Wakka exclaimed when he saw the boy that fit Kairi's description. "And you are pretty short, too!"
"Who you calling a microscopic midget who can't reach the jar of cookies on the top of the refrigerator?" Ed screamed as Sora held him back from ripping Wakka's head off.
"Look's like someone's sensitive about their height!" Tidus teased.
"I'LL TURN YOU ALL INTO FISH!" Ed screamed crazily.
"And you plan on doing that . . . how?" Wakka asked, confused.
"I don't know," Ed wondered. "It just seemed like something I should say."
"Okay, everyone! START!" Selphie screamed as everyone went lunging at their opponents.
It only took a minute for Ed to beat the three into a pulp.
"That's what you get for calling me short!" Ed screamed as he smacked Wakka over the head with his ladle.
"I guess you guys win," Tidus whined while rubbing his head.
"Woohoo! Yay!" Ed jumped around.
"I didn't even get to do anything," Sora complained.
That Night
"Man, today was fun!" Ed smiled as he lay on the extra matress on Sora's floor.
"Yeah," Sora agreed, laying on his bed. "Hey, you haven't met Riku yet."
"Really? What's he like?" Ed asked curiously.
"Well, he's a bit stuck up, jerkish, lonely, tadbit violent, kinda evil and acts like he's better than everyone else, but . . . he's my best friend!"
"Uh . . . sounds kinda masochastic to me, but whatever," Ed thought aloud.
They talked about Riku and the island for a little while more, until suddenly, Sora paused.
"Huh? What's wrong, Sora?" Ed asked.
"The island . . . it's . . c'mon, follow me," Sora demanded as he jumped out of bed.
"Where are we going?" Ed asked as he followed close behind.
Sora jumped in the boat. "We're going to the island. Something's wrong."
Ed didn't ask any questions on the boat trip, due to the solemn expressions on Sora's face. When they arrived, they both jumped out onto the deck.
The island started teeming with shadows. These shadows appeared to be creatures walking around.
One little shadow thing started crawling up Ed's leg. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE THINGS!" He yelled as he tried to shake it off. He sent it flying, but it seemed to be doing no damage.
"You ready to fight, Ed?" Sora asked, a little worried.
"YEAH!" Ed exclaimed as he jumped off the deck and into the sand as he started to attack all the little shadow creatures. Nothing happened. "Why don't you guys die all ready!" Ed screamed as beat them with his metal arm and leg. Still to no effect. "Grrrr . . . I'M GONNA TURN YOU ALL INTO LADLES!" Ed screamed as he clapped in the air and then grabbed one of the shadows by the head. Suddenly, it emitted a giant shine and the shadow creeature became a ladle.
"So that's how you do it," Ed said astonished, not sure it was really gonna work.
"Heh heh . . ." Ed grinned evilly and clapped his hands together.
About 5 minutes later, there were about 100 ladles laying on the ground.
"Look!" Sora yelled, pointing to the seperate island connected to the one they were on by a bridge. "It's Riku!"
The two ran up to the island to see Riku engulfed in darkness. "Riku!" Sora screamed.
"So that's Riku!" Ed noticed. Ed grinned, "Hi! I'm Ed!"
"Sora! Come with me! I've realized how to get off this island!" Riku screamed, completely ignoring Ed's greeting. "We have to go through the darkness! We can finally leave this world." Riku offered his hand to Sora. "I'm not afraid of the darkness!"
Sora reached for Riku's hand, only a few inches away. Ed ran right to Riku and stood right next to him. "'K, see ya, Sora!"
Sora pulled Ed back to where he was standing. "You idiot! I wasn't really gonna take his hand! I was just doing that so he didn't get mad at me later on! Who wants to travel through darkness?" Sora yelled.
"I heard that, you jerk!" Riku yelled as he disappeared in the darkness.
Sora sweatdropped. "Ed, you idiot."
"Sorry!" Ed grinned nervously.
Suddenly, a giant light glowed in the area around Ed's hand and a giant key was placed in it.
"The keyblade . . ." sounded through out the air.
"The keyblade," Ed said as he looked in awe at the giant key. "COOL! Do giant keys normally fall from the sky here?" Ed asked.
"Um . . . no. Not much," Sora answered.
Suddenly, a giant force lifted both Ed and Sora into the air. As they were lifted into the air, Destiny Islands bursted into a million pieces.
"My island!" Sora screamed as he extended an arm, as if he wanted to put all the pieces together again.
There was a sting in Ed's stomach, as if he knew what it felt like to lose your home. Faint memories of a house burning and a girl crying started to recover in his memory. But, where was that? Who was the girl? Ed wondered. He'd remember eventually, he thought as they were lifted into the sky and both started to fall asleep.
Afternoon at the hallway of a giant castle
The castle's head magician walked down the hall toward's the King's throne. He was a giant duck and he was also in a really bad mood. "That stupid dog, sleeping while I do all the work," the duck magician muttered to himself in a matter that was quite incoherent, but he talked like that all the time. It was very difficult for the common man to understand what he was saying. He turned and entered the king's throne room. 'Huh?' he wondered. The throne that was usually occupied by the king, was empty.
The duck ran to the throne, only to see a letter in place of the king. He ran out to the field, to alert the head of defense, Goofy.
Goofy was a giant, black dog. He lay on the field in a quiet slumber, like he always did at this time. The duck came and, too impatient to wake him up, zapped a lightning bolt on Goofy.
"YAHOO!" Goofy screamed as he jumped to his feet and danced around. "Oh, it's just you, Donald."
"The king's gone and he left this letter!" Donald screamed, waving his letter around.
"What's it say?" Goofy asked as Donald opened it up.
Dear Donald and Goofy,
As you all ready know, I have left. Mysterious things have been happening in all the worlds and it is my job to see what is going on. What I need you to do is go to Traverse Town and find the Keyblade bearer. He is a bit of a braggart, stuck-up, overconfident and has a bad temper. He is the one with key to unlock all the secrets of the world. When you bring him, follow him and bring him to me. You must try and find me, I will always be moving.
Sincerely,
King Mickey
After explaining everything and saying goodbye to all the members of the castle, the two left on their gummy ship to Traverse Town to find the key bearer.
THE END
A/N: What a cliffhanger!