Hi ho, people! Chapter 3 of the collab story is here. Let's not keep ya waiting, let's do this!
Chapter 3 : No one knows what happens in Transylvania
The trio fall out of the portal and landed in front of a draw bridge. The sky was cloudy with black clouds. The sun's warm glow never to peek through. The forest behind them was filled with dead trees and thunder rumbled.
"Now this is more like it." Sora commented.
Hallow smiles, "Thanks." Hallow flies over to the draw bridge and pulls a hidden lever, making the bridge drop down.
"Thanks to you too." Sora said as he started to walk across the bridge.
Kyla puts her hands behind her head and notices something. A boy flew to Hallow's giant mahogany double doors. His hair was as white and sparkly as snow. He wore a blue hoodie with frost on it and he held a crock stick.
Sora also notices the boy, "Who is that?" He said to himself.
Hallow notices the boy and freezes. "... Why the... Who is he?"
"Don't know. Time we find out." Sora said as he continued down the drawbridge to the giant double doors.
Hallow grabs the two hedgies and smiles evilly, "Let's give him a scare~" she flies to a window and they find themselves in a hall.
"Nice place. Anyways, how do you plan on scaring him?" Sora asked Hallow.
Hallow smiles at the hedgies, "I'm turning you two into my butler and maid." With a snap of her fingers. A swirl of smoke surrounded Kyla and Sora. They grew taller and their fur began to disappear. The smoke disappears and shows Sora and Kyla. Human in a butler outfit and maid uniform. Kyla's hair was long and brown. Her skin was as pale as her sandy muzzle. She blushed in the dress, "Seriously?!"
Sora had a slightly tanned skin color and has his spiky brown hair. He adjusts the tie on his neck, "So, we play pretend. How fun. I've been human before." He then looks at Kyla, which then he gets a faint blush. "Whoa. Nice."
Kyla blushes harder, "S-shut up!" Kyla pulls the rim of her dress under her knees, "I-I hate dresses!" Hallow laughs, "Don't worry, this will only last a few days." She snaps her fingers and turns their eyes red, "There. Now, you look like demons."
"All right." Sora simply said.
Hallow turns her figure into a shadow with glowing red eyes. "Now Kyla, answer the door and let our guest in." Hallow motions Sora to follow and flies upstairs, which Sora then follows her.
Kyla sighs and mopes. She takes a deep breath and looks lifeless as she turns to the door and opens it. "Hello, young master. We were expecting you." He looks at her, confused, "Me?" She nods, "Follow me." The boy enters and she leads him upstairs. She opens a door and they face Sora standing next to Hallow's shadow. Her whole body was hidden in the dark room. Only her red eyes shown. "Greetings," she said with a deep male voice.
"Welcome." Sora greeted in a British accent for some reason, and a good one at that.
"Please, take a seat." Kyla pulls a chair back. He hesitates, but sits down. Kyla then stands next to Hallow while Sora stayed silent as it plays out.
Hallow smiles, "My name is Hallow~ We have been expecting you Jack~" Hallow makes a tentacle zoom over to him and wraps around his person. He lifts him up and his eyes widened as he dropped his staff. Hallow makes him pass out. Kyla panics, "Hey! We're supposed to scare him! Not kill him!" Hallow sighs, "Relax, he's not dead. I knocked him out. We're keeping him for a few days."
"Why are we doing that?" Sora asked.
"I don't know. Something doesn't feel right." Sora said.
They run to find Hallow, "When they do, they find her exiting a room. She closes the door and bumps into the ex-hedgehogs. "Oh? What is it, poppets?"
"What are you planning?" Kyla said with a growl.
"Nothing. Why?"
"I don't know. Keeping him here for a couple of days, just saying because and leaving the room, that leads to more than just a simple prank." Sora said.
Sora and Kyla corner Hallow. She starts sweating nervously, "Y-you'll never understand..."
Sora raises an eyebrow, "Never understand what?"
Hallow turns her back on them and sadly walks down the hallway. She disappears behind a door and locks it.
"You think that we might have overdone it a bit?" Sora asked.
Kyla shrugged, "I... really don't know anymore."
Sora stood there, thinking.
Kyla sighed, "I don't know what your thinking, but I'm gonna search for our rooms, kay?"
"Sure." Sora agreed.
While Kyla went down the opposite end of the hallway, Sora decided to go talk with Hallow. He went down the hallway Hallow went and knocked on the door she went in, "Hallow, you all right?"
Silence fills the air, until her muffled voice yells, "What do you want, bogger?"
"Just saying sorry for earlier, guess we're just been on edge lately." Sora said.
"*sigh* It's alright. Can you two just roll with me? I'm not killing the guy if that's what your thinking."
"We didn't think of you killing him. Anyways, what now?"
"Go to bed."
"All right. Night, Hallow." He said as he left to where Kyla went.
Kyla turned and corridor and opened a large door. She found a king sized bed in the middle of the room with drapes. Sora walks up the hallway and Kyla asks, "Hey, you want this room?"
Sora thought about it for a sec, "You can take it."
Kyla arched a brow, "You sure?"
"Yeah. Besides, I might stay up all night anyways. It's a habit of mine."
Kyla sighs, "Fine." Kyla walks in and closes the door.
Sora then went downstairs and into the living room, went to sit on the couch. He leaned back and just sat there, looking up at the ceiling.
The sounds of thunder and lightning shakes the castle a little. "She was right, a storm was coming."
He leans back and crosses his legs. He sat there for awhile, thinking about things. He then rubs his nose a little and brushes his bangs back as the rain and thunder can be heard outside as he sat, looking over at the window. In the window, as the lighting flashed, a shadowed figure appears and it's red eye flashes.
"Uh oh..." Sora said to himself.
Sora jumped off the couch and ran to the window and slammed it open, making the shadow run away.
"Hey, wait!" Sora called out to the shadow, but it only continued to run off.
Sora jumped out and started chasing after it. Rain starts pouring down as he dodges trees and dead shrubs. The shadow then stops in the middle of the forest, with Sora stopping a few yards away.
"Who are you?" Sora called out to it.
The shadow laughed, "WhY yOu AsK, cHiLd?"
"I can't see your face and I never met you. Makes sense if I asked that question." Sora said.
"SeE mY fAcE?" The shadow laughs, "No OnE hAs EvEr SeEn My FaCe." The shadow turns. It was in the shape of a women, but it wasn't wearing any clothes. It's whole body was black, except it's right red eye and it's sharp smile.
"I can see why. You're like a physical manifestation of a shadow." Sora said.
"WhY yEs, I aM cAlLeD a ShAdOw DeMoN." It echoes, "My NaMe Is OmIgI."
Sora took out his Decisive Pumpkin keyblade, "I've heard of you and who you are after."
"Oh ReAlLy? WhAt Am I aFtEr?"
"Not what, who. And that is Kyla."
Omigi smirks, "I'm GuEsSiNg ShE tOlD yOu AbOuT mE. WeLl, YeS aNd No."
"How is it a yes and no?"
"I aM aCtUaLly SeArChInG fOr A cHiLd NaMeD CoSmIn HaLlOwS."
"Why are you looking for this specific child?"
Omigi smiles evilly then snaps her fingers, which she then disappears in a wisp.
"Hey!" Sora called out, but she was already gone. "Damn." He then puts away his keyblade and returns back to the house, entering inside through the open window and closed it once he was inside.
"What were you doing?" A female voice asked. Blue hues filled with sleepiness.
"I saw a shadow at the window and chased after it." Sora answered.
Kyla nods and rubs her right eye, "Ok..."
"Sorry to have woke ya." Sora said.
"It's *yawn* alright."
"But, there was something different about this shadow. It was the shadow demon, named Omigi."
Kyla froze, "... What?"
"Yep, it was her. However, she told me she was also after this child named Cosmin Hallows. Then, she disappeared like a wisp."
Kyla's left eye starts twitching.
"You OK, Kyla?"
Kyla clutches her fists and the Scorpio Opal sword appears. She walks over to the double doors and they open on their own. Her eyes get shadowed out by her bangs as she starts walking out.
"Well, looks like the shadow demon has trouble coming her way." Sora said as he headed after her.
Kyla slowly walked to the middle of the forest and yelled at the top of her lungs, "I KNOW YOU'RE HERE, OMIGI!" Kyla gets to a fighting stance, "COME OUT AND GET ME!" A wisp of shadows appears.
Sora took out his keyblade, this time it was Guardian Soul, as the wisp of shadows formed.
The shadows form Omigi, her red eye gleaming as rain pours harder on them. Omigi laughs, "WhY hElLo KyLa ThE hEdGeHoG, i BeT yOu MiSsEd Me."
"Hell no, you oil smug!" Kyla shouted at her.
Omigi laughs, "Oh? StIlL cAlLiNg Me ThAt? I bEt YoU mIsSeD mY aRmY tHe MoSt."
Shadows then started to pop up from the ground. All of them had eyes of different colors and they all looked like Kyla and Sora. They surrounded the two as Kyla and Sora go back-to-back. "You ready?" Kyla asked, not tearing her eyes away from the shadows.
Sora got in his battle stance and smirked, "Ready."
They both charge. Kyla slices a demon in half and stabbed another, followed up by cutting one head off and sliced another.
Sora swung, slicing two in half, jumped over one behind him and slices its head off. He then stabbed another and sliced its head off.
The shadows they just killed morph back together. Omigi smirks, "I gAvE tHeM a NeW fEaTuRe~"
"Ah, fuck you." Kyla cursed.
"What new feature?" Sora questioned.
"ThEy CaN rEgEnErAtE, lIkE mE. CoMpLeMeNtS oF EgGmAn."
"I now hate him more." Sora commented.
"I know." Kyla sweat dropped.
She and Sora then charges at Omigi, but only to faze right through her and they go crashing into trees. She laughs as she and her army disappears.
Sora got up to his feet, "I hate that trick. Kyla, you all right?"
Kyla covered her mouth as blood spewed out.
"Kyla!" He said as he crouched down next to her.
"I'm fine... I pushed myself to hard."
"Yeah, I got that impression."
Kyla then got to her feet, only for her knees to buckle.
"Need help?" Sora asked.
"No..." she starts walking towards the castle until she tumbles to the ground.
However, Sora quickly caught her before she had hit the ground. "You do need it."
Kyla vomits the red ooze again. "Silver..."
"Hm?" Sora said, confused.
Kyla eyes flutter shut and she grows limp.
Sora panicked, "Kyla? Damn, the pills!" He then picked her up bridal style and ran full speed, making it from the forest to her room in seconds. He then puts her on the bed and took the pills off the dresser. "Kyla, I got the pills."
Kyla didn't respond. Sora just took out... how many pills was it again? Dammit! He took out three and put them in her mouth. He cover her nose and rubbed her throat to help the pills go down.
Kyla's eyes slowly open, "... Silver... is that... you?"
Sora sighs in relief, "Sadly, no. Just me."
Kyla's eyes started to turn red.
"Uh..."
Kyla sits up quickly and vomits all over the bed, but it wasn't blood this time. Then, her arms and legs were starting to swell.
"What the..."
Kyla clutched her head in pain. Vomit spreading on the sheets.
Suddenly, an unknown voice started talking in Sora's head. "I'll tell you what to do: 1) You need a blood shot to stick in her chest. 2) You need water to drip on her eyes since they're dry. And 3) She is going to vomit the pills out soon, so drag her to a toilet."
"Thank you, voice in my head." Sora said to himself. He then took out a blood shot and sticked it in her chest. Then, he got some water from the bathroom and pour 3 or 4 drops on each of her eyes since they were dry. He then helped her up and carried over to a toliet, which she then vomited out the pills as well as some other things.
Kyla's forehead was leaning on the toilet. The vomiting stopped, but her head hurted like a bitch.
"God damn..." Sora said in his head.
Kyla rubbed her head, "Ugh... where the hell am I?"
"You're in a castle that belongs to Hallow." Sora answered.
"... Sora?" Kyla asked, "What... happened?"
"You passed out after a battle and you started throwing up blood. I quickly got you back here and gave you the pills you needed."
Kyla blinks, "Eh? How many pills did you give me?"
"Uh, I was panicking so, I accidentally gave you three instead of two... sorry."
"Did you read the bottle!? Three, the real side effects kick in, more than three, i'll be dead!"
"... I forgot. It was an accident, I was panicking, I couldn't think straight, it was a goddamn mistake! Take your pick, good night." He then walked out of the room to cool off.
Kyla just sat there. Dumbfounded. Ok, it was an accident, and she started to get mad at him for trying to save her. She sighs, gets up and tries to search for the brown haired butler.
Sora walked down the hallway, trying to cool off from his outburst. He then went downstairs and went in the living room again, this time laying down on the couch.
Kyla looked down the corridor and spots Sora. She sighs and turns back down the hall.
Sora looked up at the ceiling in sadness, thinking he should apologize to her. It wasn't her fault, yet it wasn't his either.
Kyla stops in the middle of the hall and runs back. She stops at the end and sees Sora. She crosses her arms and walks over to him.
Sora stayed silent as he heard footsteps come towards him.
Kyla stops behind the couch and sighs, "Look, I usually don't apologize, but I'm sorry. You were rushed. It's all my fault. I should've just stayed out of that fight..."
Sora was surprised at her apologizing. He then sat up, "It's alright. Too bad I don't know how to respond to that, but I just wanna say that I'm sorry as well. I shouldn't have yelled at ya."
"Its alright. I'm used to getting yelled at. Shadow yells at me sometimes. But Rage..." she grows quiet. She changes the subject, "How did you know what to do? You know, the shot and stuff."
"Well, that's the strangest thing. A unknown voice in my head told me. I can't explain it, it just happened."
Kyla arches a brow, "O... K? I thought Quintus was crazy but now."
"Oh no, he's crazier than me. He's unpredictable in his mind."
"Ah. Makes sense."
"Yeah. Wanna sit?"
Kyla shrugs, "Sure." She plops down next to him.
Sora sat there in silence for a few secs before asking, "So, you never explained to me how you got the Opal Sword."
"Eh? Oh, I... actually don't know. But I do know where I got all the others."
"You have more? What are they?"
"The twelve Zodiac Gem Guardian swords. You've already seen the Scorpio Opal and the Leo Peridot."
"2 out of 12, can't wait to see the rest."
"Yup. I'll show you one of them now if you like. Just ask what month you want."
"Uh, September."
Kyla stands up and holds out her hand, "Sapphire sword! Virgo!" A sword with a blue blade and a Virgo sign appears. She points the blade at Sora, "So what do you think?"
"That's awesome. So, your sword changes on which month you choose?"
Kyla nods, "And each one has a special ability. Also, I usually use the Scorpio Opal sword mostly. I was born in October so it's an easy one and don't use up my energy. When I summon others, my energy gets drained. But I wanna get the most powerful Zodiac sword."
"What is it? All the months combined?"
"Eh, something like that. It's called Drago Gold and Silver sword. It's like Excalibur. But it's a HUGE sword! Only the strongest Zodiac Gem Guardian can wield it." Kyla frowns and the sword disappears, "But... I'm... not that strong... I have no heart... I can't unlock it..." she clutches her fist.
"Heart or no heart, you can still unlock it. Getting stronger is one thing, but having the will to get it might be enough."
Kyla tilted a brow, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah. It was similar with my keyblade. I wasn't originally chosen to use it, but I earned it after a journey... too bad I can't remember the journey of how I truly got it."
Kyla laughs lowly, "Yeah. Same here."
"Of course like your sword, my keyblade can change its appearance as well as a different ability."
Kyla tilts a brow, "Who said my sword changes it's appearance?"
"Sorry, I meant its color, symbol and ability. My keyblade changes by what keychain I put on its hilt."
Kyla shook her head again, "Nope. They are all different swords. It would take a GREAT amount of energy to take them all out."
"Huh, it's a lot more complicated than I thought about that sword."
"You mean 'those swords'."
Yeah, those swords. Of course, it only increases my curiosity of it."
"Well, all I know, that twelve ancestors made them in Egypt. I've met only mine. And she's a dick."
"Wow. Well, one down, eleven to go. It's only a matter of time."
"Yup. But seriously, she lives in our time somehow and she's 5,017 years old. She don't get wrinkles."
"Her youth must be eternal. Impressive."
"Yeah. I guess." The clock chimes, saying it's seven o'clock.
"An all nighter. Wow."
Kyla nods. They both hear a door open and Hallow comes running down. "Oh pumpkins! Kyla! You need to get Jack up! I've seem to have over slept!" Kyla nods and runs upstairs as Hallow then turns into a shadow. "Sora, you come with me." Sora then follows Hallow.
Hallow leads them into the same room as yesterday. Hallow sits in her seat and Sora stands as dead still as possible. Kyla comes in with Jack and sets him to a seat. She then stands on the other side of Hallow. Hallow smiles evilly, "So~ Jackie~"
And cut! That's good for another chapter. So, we arrive in Transylvania for real this time and some interesting events has unfolded. What will happen next? Well, we'll answer your question when we see you in the next chapter, buh bye!