The small fragments of the dark, green grass, bloomed into small shrubs. Tall evergreen trees rose up, and the castle was like a tower, transformed into a weird, cylinder shape. With five, dark, teal colored, triangular roofs on top of different sections of the building. The biggest roof had stars and a crescent moon that was abright yellow. Kairi clasped her delicate hands together, as the wind picked up, blowing the strands of Kairi's auburn hair slightly, along with Riku's silver hair. They both walked up the many staircase that lead towards Master Yen Sid's office.
Kairi opened the door, allowing herself in. She quickly caught the Master's attention, Kairi quickly bowed politely towards the elder. "Hello," Kairi casually greeted. Riku greeted as well.
"Hello there Kairi, Riku. I see you have received King Mickey's letter."
Kairi nodded, "Sora already took off... But, Riku and I managed to make it here with the help of Naminé, just to let you know in case you were wondering. I just have a question, have Sora come by here yet?"
Master Yen Sid stared at Kairi, shaking his head slightly, indicating that he has not, "Sora did not come here, in fact, the threatening darkness has already gotten to Sora-"
"Wh-what do you mean?" Kairi asked frantically, she wrapped her slender arms around her waist.
"You see Kairi, Sora was able to control for the past couple of years. But, when one is turned into a heartless, and they turn back, the leftover darkness is slim. It rarely comes out. But, the control over the darkness is limited. One day, Sora is going flip. His innermost darkness will be reveal, and overcome him. He may not even be Sora anymore. He wont recognize you guys. He wont even recognize himself. Only the heartless that is controlling him. In fact, it has the ability to even make Sora kill himself, if that's what the darkness wants him to do. He will have no more control."
Kairi stared at the master with horrid eyes, the thought of Sora being gone forever was enough to make Kairi adamant in finding her psychopathic, beloved Sora. "How can we save him?" Kairi dared to ask, the words that slipped through her mouth were like a cold, frost. That was bitter against the hot heat.
"Well, there is a cure. But it is not like other cures, not the one you have been taught to do. It is a cure that can only used for emergencies only. The magic for this cure is not certain that it is going to work 100 percent." Yen Sid stood up from his chair, walking to one of his cabinets. He opened the brown, wooded cabinet, taking out a purple and blue color, mixed and swirling together as a gooey mixture. Much like a honey substance, that was put into a clean, narrow bottle, with a secure cap to keep it locked. "This is the cure. It may not get rid of his dark side, but it most defiantly keep him sane. There is only just a few of these that are existing. Please find Sora, and bring him back here. Where he can be treated and hopefully, the evil darkness of him will be released."
Kairi nodded in understanding, Riku and her began to walked away, with Riku heading out first.
"Kairi wait, there is something you, and only you must know," Master Yen Sid spoke up before Kairi left. Kairi turned around hesitantly, worried that something else will be chocking her down. "You're the Princess of Heart. A girl who's heart is made out pure light, you have a special gift Kairi. A young maiden gave you that gift some time long ago. And that gift grew more powerful than you and I can imagine. If that potion does not work, you must learn how to save Sora yourself. The power grows deep within your heart, and it will guide you. Only you shall know how to work it. No one else does, except for the other six others. Kairi... please be careful."
"But, how would I know when to it's time to use it? How do I know...how to even use it?" Kairi asked, pulling her full attention to the Master.
The Master smiled politely, walking over to the spindly Kairi. "You'll just know," the Master replied with a half grin. He grabbed Kairi's slim hands, giving her a small needle, with the same mixture from that bottle. "When you find Sora, I do not think he will be, who you think he was before. But this antidote will keep return him back to his normal state for a short amount of time. He won't be Sora forever, so that's why you must give it to him. Take him back to the tower when as soon as you do."
"I will," Kairi murmured. She placed the needle into her small, black side pocketbook.
"I have faith in you Princess. Please, bring back Sora. You're the only one who can."
Kairi nodded in understanding as the princess walked out of the tower.
"What was that for?" Riku asked, with one hand on a hip. Kairi had to force herself to not laugh at Riku's pose. He looked like a girl, and it wasn't helping much that he has shoulder-length hair was flowing smoothly with the wind.
"Nothing really. The Master just gave me a warning," Kairi smiled, as the lie slipped out of her mouth.
Okay Naminé, it seems to me that you know where Sora might be. Can you send us to him? Kairi asked inside her mind.
Naminé appeared out of Kairi, which only she can see. Naminé smiled, putting out a portal that could link to Sora. Kairi mentally thanked her, as Naminé faded slowly back into Kairi. Riku and Kairi both walked in, feeling cold drift confront them. Kairi looked around, trying to sense the sight. She has never seen a world quite like this before.
White.
Complete whiteness filled the ground that laid like feathers beneath her feet. She found it completely stupid of her of not bringing a jacket. She figured, that maybe there could be a store that sells jackets and winter items. Kairi blinked a couple of times, holding her fidget arms. The blistering cold wind picked up, blowing harsher than before. Snow began to flurry around like leaves, dancing with the wind. The cold substance landed on Kairi's already cold body. Which only made her shiver more.
Kairi couldn't understand why Sora, out of all places, be here? What was so special about this place? Sure, it looks somewhat familiar to Kairi, a warm feeling in her heart even. But in the middle of a cold winter, the last time she saw that boy he was wearing shorts. With short sleeves. Did he get a jacket from home? "Riku, there's an open store o-over there. M-maybe they h-have some cl-cl-clothes," Kairi breathed heavier. Her head began to throb. It wasn't the cold, it actually hurts. Kairi began to blink her eyes repeatedly as everything to her began to spin rapidly.
"Kairi!" Riku cried out, running towards her, as if on cue, Kairi collapsed. Only to be caught by Riku's bare arms. Kairi didn't care about the coldness, she just wanted the pain to stop. It was making her physically weak.
Naminé, what's...what's happening to me? Kairi mentally asked, as her head continued to throb.
You need to be careful, the darkness surrounding this place is making you weak. Your heart is trying gather enough strength. Don't over stress yourself. Just find a place to rest for now.
O-okay.
"Riku, I think the c-cold is g-getting to m-me now," Kairi saw her breath puff up in a foggy formation, as it faded into the crisp air.
"Right," Riku lifted Kairi over his back, as he walked over to the store. The warm air, toasted up Kairi quickly. However, she still felt sick and weak. She was feeling rather...lethargic. A little more than she was outside the shop.
"Excuse me, but do you have any spare jackets?" Kairi asked, looking around the clothing store. The man behind the counter stood quiet. "H-hello?"
"Yes...over there," the man deviously spoke, with a dark tone entering his voice. As his finger pointed to a rack of jackets. His fingernails however, were rather longer than what normal humans would have. Kairi reluctantly went over to the rack, picking out a white pull-over sweatshirt. The fleece inside it made Kairi smile. It felt soft, Riku picked his jacket, the two went to the counter. Handing their items to him. They paid for the clothing. And walked quickly out the store.
"Leaving so soon? You have forgotten your change," the man spoke up before the two could leave. Kairi, being the gentle bird she was, walked with Riku beside him, to receive the change back.
Riku grabbed the change from the man, as the man tightly squeezed Riku's hand. The man behind the counter shot his head up. His eyes a frightening yellow color. Kairi heart pounded tightly in her chest. As the man noticed her aura of light, that was invisible to everyone around her. The man jumped onto the counter, like a wild beast, and leaped for Kairi.
"Kairi run!" Riku shouted, Kairi shook her head out of her trance, running out of the store. She felt a sharp pain getting stronger by the second. As a claw like hand held onto her ankles, dragging her to the ground. Kairi thrust trying to the crazy man off of her, as he sunk his nails deep inside Kairi's shoulder. And just like that, Kairi went blank. Almost in an instant. As her eyes began to close shut.
Sora casually walked through the winter wonderland. He notices the changed of shifts in his body, the very time he set foot on this unknown world, he was feeling rather cold. And not even a minute afterwards, it was almost as if he was immune to the cold. Sora couldn't tell where he was, since everything was covered by a white blanket.
The snow beneath Sora's feet crumbled as he took steps. The dark gray clouds that covered the sky made Sora think back to before. Destiny Islands. Sora shook his head, continuing to walk.
The wind began to howl louder as Sora continued his journey. He mentally kicked inwardly at himself for crashing the gummi ship at an unknown world. Maybe...it wasn't all that new. Some parts actually seemed familiar. Like the market he passed by, back not too long ago. Sora looked around, contemplating his surroundings. He noticed a crouched down girl by a nearby shop.
Sora walked towards her, with a little bit of hesitation. He doesn't understand why, or what would anyone be doing in weather such as this one. Asides from him. "Um...hello?" Sora asked, tapping the girl on her shoulder. The girl was still crouched down. She didn't say anything back. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine," the girl told him, standing up. The girl faced him, her pinkish, strawberry bleached hair was tucked into her dirty white jacket that was zipped up to her collar bones. "I was just looking for something," the girl said, looking around the place. Sora peeked at the ground where he found the girl crouched down at, seeing a small hole that have been made.
"I can help you find it, it's not very wise to be out here this late at night...not to mention with the snow coming down."
"I can say the same to you," the girl's emotionless face retorted back. She crossed her arms staring at Sora with no shine to her lightly golden eyes. "No thank you, I can find it myself."
"You don't seem too sure-"
"How can you know if I'm sure or not. I'm telling you I can find it on my own, now leave. You're distracting me," the girl said, uncrossing her arms as she walked to a different spot.
"With all of this snow, it seems to me you're going to be here for a while," Sora stated the obvious. The girl flinched her head, giving Sora a challenging smirk. She cleared her voice, standing up once again, as she walked towards Sora.
"Well listen up, Keyblade Master," the girl kept on her smirk, "I want to duel with you. If you win, you can help me look for the thing I am looking for. If you lose, then you'll get dunk...into the river," the girl challenged.
"How do you know I wield the keyblade?" Sora asked.
"Leon and the gang talks about you all the time. All the rumors are spreading like wildfire here at Radiant Garden. They are all saying you're the King of the Realm of Light and Darkness. But I highly doubt that, so Sora, how 'bout it? Can you handle a small tussle?"
"Is that really necessarily? I am offering to help you willingly. Besides, you could freeze out here," Sora stared at the girl as if she was crazy.
"You're scared of losing, isn't it? And says the guy who is only wearing a messed up t-shirt, and some small rips in your pants..."
"It's not my fault my ship crashed, it's going to take a while to get it working again..." Sora mumbled the rest, the girl said a 'huh', clearly not understanding the words that came out of Sora's mouth, "alright Pinkie, it's a deal. But under one condition."
The girl stared at him with flaring eyes, that streaked with annoyance from her new nickname, "what is that?"
"Tell me your name," he said, as Sora held his hand out transporting his keyblade into his hands.
"Sure, I'll tell you my name," Sora smiled with excitement, "if you win." Pinkie giggled.
"Okay. Deal, but just to let you know, I'll go easy on you," Sora smirked, as Pinkie, summoned her keyblade. It was rather mystical to Sora. It was black, which seems to be Pinkie's favorite color by the looks of it. But with black, broken wings around the lightly golden handle...and a golden streak, almost like a vine, wrapping around the keyblade as it popped out into a blue butterfly. Sora had to admit, it was rather pretty.
"Okayyy! Don't hold back!" Pinkie exclaimed Sora, Sora was baffled as to how similar her voice was to Selphie's.
Memories came swarming back into Sora, memories of Selphie and Sora dueling each other. When they all played on the island across their home. Kairi...
"Are you alright?" Pinkie asked, snapping Sora out of his trance.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine," Sora took his position.
"Are you sure-"
"I'm fine, don't you want to duel or not?" Sora snapped.
"Sorry," Pinkie rolled her eyes, charging after Sora. Every hit she took, Sora dodged, however he must admit, she was a good fighter. Her moves were slick and smooth. Her fighting skills was on point. It seems to Sora that she must have been practicing. A lot.
"Oh come on you lazy bum! Seriously! Is that the best you can do?" Pinkie laughed, Sora stopped in his steps. His arms fell back allowing Pinkie to strike him, Sora fell back by the impact, hurling over as he let go of his keyblade.
"Come on, I didn't hit you that hard," Pinkie said boredly, Sora collapsed on top of his knees, as his body began to send agonizing pain everywhere.
Come on Sora, don't fight me. Antisora encouraged.
"Run..." Sora murmured, grunting in pain, "RUN!" Sora projected his voice to go louder. Pinkie looked at him as if he was a wild animal. Sora's skin was starting to change from pale to the opposite color of Pinkie's jacket.
"So-Sora," Pinkie stuttered, walking over to Sora putting her hand on his shoulder. Sora looked up scratching her face. Pinkie stumbled back. Staring at the now pitch black Sora. The only thing that wasn't black, was his yellow eyes, that sent chills down Pinkie's spin.
Pinkie brought her hand towards her cut, looking at her crimson fingers. It stung, she'll admit that. Pinkie stood up looking around. She felt her body being trampled. Her lightly golden eyes widen in fear as she stared at the psycho Sora that was holding her down.
Pinkie took her arms pushing Sora off, as she jumped to her feet running away from the crazy beast. She felt Sora's cold touch going through her clothes, as his grip tightened around her wrist, as he spun her into a wall. Pinkie clashed towards the wall, falling on top of wooden boxes. Pinkie quickly took off her jacket waiting for Sora to come closer again.
Sora smirked, crawling towards her like a wild beast, Pinkie threw her jacket over his head, kneeing him square in his covered face. As she summoned her keyblade, hitting the crazy Sora down to the floor.
It seems to her that nothing was hurting him. She was screwed. Pinkie decided to kick him again as Sora fell onto the floor only to get back. As he teared her jacket off his face seeing Pinkie running away for her life.
Pinkie breathed heavily, making her legs go fast than usual. She could feel her feet staggering a little as she ran faster. Pinkie jumped down the stairs, falling to her knees, as a new hole was made in Pinkie's black pants.
"Shit," Pinkie cursed to herself, feeling something sharp digging into her skin. Pinkie took her hands, grabbing out a large of piece of glass out of her knee. What kind of person leaves glass beneath snow? Blood began trickling down her leg as she tried to wipe away the blood, making sure it doesn't touch the snow. She felt her hand being pulled, as she was thrown like a rag doll onto a set of crates. Sora crawled over to her in an inhuman way, grabbing her throat.
Pinkie gasped for air, as she got both her hands and swung them in between Sora's arm to push them away from her throat. Pinkie punched Sora in his face, only to leave Sora angrier.
"Who the hell are you?" Pinkie dared to ask, as she held her pounding head that was throbbing.
"I'm glad you ask," Sora's voice was different than before, his voice was fiendish with an edge to it. "Please, call me Anti," Antisora smirked.
At that, Pinkie laughed, but it was almost as if it was hurting her, "Anti? Really? What kind of pathetic name is that? What are you? Some kind of Sora's dark side or something?"
"Precisely," Antisora grabbed hold Pinkie's head, slamming it against the wall.
Everything around Pinkie began to blur, she brought her hand up to her head, feeling the warm and gooey structure bedding her hand. Pinkie went out like a light.
Antisora just laughed, skipping away from the bleeding girl.
"You're welcome, Sora. You won, didn't think I was going to let you lose, did you?" Antisora smirked.
You're sick. Sora growled, wanting to punch himself so badly. However, even with Sora stuck inside, he was still weak. It was as if the darkness was eating him alive. As if, Sora was never even alive...
Sowwie for the late update ;-; I know, this chapter turned out to be really long, and I'm sorry about that :c
This chapter must have been awful, huh? Welllllll I hope you like it either way, thank you for reading :D