Metamorhosis
Hi! I'm alive! They're not gonna get us, hehee! Phew, chapter four allready!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, like I said in chappie one. The first flashback is neither a creation of my intelligent mind, but a translation of a scene in final mix by Thorfinn Tait that I found on a site named Ansems report. But Will is mine * hugzz him *
Will: what did you do last night? I could hear loud noises.
Riku: (faint blush) Oh, nothing.
Sora: I agree.
Me: We just played Tekken, and I kicked their butts!
Will: Hahaha, Riku's loosin' to a girl, and Sora too.
Me: shut up! You can't beat me either.
Will: make me.
Me and Riku: Oh, no, here we go again!
Me: Let's just start this fic...
Chapter four. A world without you.
Sora tossed himself around in his magical sleep.
The memories flew like a movie inside his head, some of them was amusing, some of them painful... They'd never gave him a moment of peace, except that tiny instance when Kairi had found the bottle (a year after he met Will) and he could communicate with her.
A new memory passed through his closed eyes.
* Flashback *
Sora, Goofy and Donald stood near an odd portal in Hollow Bastion. They discussed the portal with the princesses of heart.
"I wonder, could that gates appearance be a sign of something bad?" Cinderella said.
"From that gate that suddenly appeared, I can feel the power of darkness... No, not darkness. Something different... Maybe it's a power even more dangerous than darkness." Aurora (Sleeping beauty) said.
"On the other side of that gate... I have a bad feeling about this." Snowhite said.
"If it were the power of darkness, we would be able to hold it back a little. But, this is different. A power other than darkness... Light, darkness, and a third power..." Jasmine said
"A different feeling from darkness... Sora, take care!" Alice said.
Sora, Donald, Goofy and Beast walked through the portal, which disappeared after them, to find themselves in a large circular room. Behind them a shrouded form which seems to be fading in and out of existence appeared, following them.
Sora turned in time to see it almost upon him, gasped and fell back as it reached him. But it continued, walking straight through him. As it did so, Sora had a rapid flash of memories...
Sora stumbled back and fell to the ground as the figure continued past him. He turned to look at the now apparently solid figure, a man completely shrouded by a dark grey hooded coat with a long zip, and two drawstrings hanging from the collar.
The man stopped.
Sora got up " who are you?".
The man does not talk, the words simply appear in Sora's mind.
'Ah... It seems you are special too'
"Ansem..?" Goofy asked.
'That's a familiar sound...'
The strange man's black gloved hand opened and a strange, blue light filled with a lattice of hexagonal shapes began to fizzle in it.
'You look like him.'
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Sora said angrily.
Sora gasped as the man began to turn and he saw the energy. As the man turned he brought the Keyblade to his hand and with both hands he holded back the tremendous blue lightning-like energy that the strange figure aimed directly at him.
For a few seconds Sora strained against the energy, then he pushed it away. The reflected energy hit the ceiling, causing a shower of mortar and fine stone.
The shrouded man stood facing Sora. He seemed to be staring, thinking, but Sora could only see black within his low hood.
'Which means, you are not complete.'
Sora stood straight, with his Keyblade at the ready.
'Incomplete one...'
'That power...'
'Allow me to test your power.'
The hooded man attacked and after a hard time of fighting, the man finally seemed finished as Sora landed a heavy blow, causing the figure to be enveloped in a sphere of his lattice-etched blue energy. Stumbling backwards he clutched his chest... But he pushed the energy away with his hand! It dissipated in a wave of blue and black energy.
'...Truly fascinating.
This is going to be enjoyable.'
Sora stared at him in a puzzled manner "What're you talking about?"
He charged and leaped, Keyblade held high. But at the zenith of his leap, the world turned black and white for a split second, there was a buzzing sound and the man half-faded once more.
Sora landed behind the unknown man, having jumped straight through him. Behind him, the man seemed solid once more. Sora turned to him, annoyed.
'In your present state you probably cannot understand.'
The man half turned, looking down at Sora.
'In any case, the time when we can meet again will doubtless come.'
"Wait, who are you-" Sora gasped as the man disappeared before his eyes.
'I am...'
The man faded in again briefly, and then was gone. His invisible form rippled as he moved, subtly revealed his movement, walking away from Sora. But Sora continued to stare at the space where he vanished.
'A mere shell.'
* End flashback *
/Great. Everyone's talkin' in riddles to me/ Sora thought, and waited for the next memory.
Nothing....
He sighed and nuzzled the pillow. Pillow?!
/ I'm supposed to lie on a stone floor, not in a bed!/
He opened his eyes.
The sun shone down at him from a tall window, the walls were light blue and the furnitures were white. His body ached and he was giddy. He walked towards a full-sized mirror, to study himself. No, to study herself.
/At least I'm pretty/ she laughed sadly.
Her hair was still spiky, but it was long, very long. It had grown down to her waist. Her eyes were bigger, but the color was the same. She was wearing a white, comfortable dress with short sleeves. Her skin was still sunkissed, but she was very skinny. She looked at the calendar on the wall.
/ The 31th of June. It's been two years and eight months since last time I was conscious! Not a wonder that I'm so skinny/
The door opened "Ah, you awake" a female mouse said.
"Uh, sorry for sounding rude, but... where am I?" Sora spoke softly / ack! My voice! It's so light! It sounds like Aeriths voice.... uh, maybe a little deeper, but close to!/.
"Oh! My fault. You're in the Disney Castle" she said "the court wizard and the captain of the royal knights found you. My name is Minnie". /Disney Castle! That's Donalds and Goofys world!/
"I'm So-" "Poor child. You're so thin. Do you want something to eat?" Minnie cut him off.
/Poor child?! I'm seventeen, almost eighteen years old! I'm not a kid anymore!/ "No thanks, I'm not..." her stomach interrupted with a loud noise. She scratched the back of her head "hehe... I think I really am hungry..."
"I'll go get you some food. After your meal, the captain and the court wizard is going to visit you, so get dressed. There's clothes in the closet".
" 'kay" Sora said /maybe the wizard or the captain knows Goofy and Donald! The captain must know Goofy. He's a royal knight./ she quickly picked up some clothes from the closet, but suddenly, she stopped.
Her cheeks blushed in a color redder than a tomato /this is too embarrassing... I just can't look at myself naked!/ she shut her eyes tightly, and quickly got dressed.
Then she waited for someone to bring her food in.
~*~
* A flashback-ish dream*
Riku ran down the wooden bridge to Papou Island. A three year old girl stood on the papou branch. The air played with her white dress and her wet hair. Her eyes were closed and her head was tilted a bit in the pleasure she felt because of the wind. When she heard Riku, she jumped down, and turned around.
"Rikuu" the girl said, and ran towards him. She hugged him tight, and that was when Riku realized -he was only a few inches higher than her.
She cryed. He wrapped his arms around her, trying to comfort her and gently stroke her back.
"I'm sorry" the girl sobbed.
"For what?" Riku asked.
"For breaking your wooden sword" she said "but I've made a new one for you" she walked towards a bush and pulled out a big, wooden sword. Riku recognized the sword. It was the wooden sword he'd always used on Destiny Islands, a sword that was too heavy for a four year old boy to handle. She handed him the sword.
"Wow, it's heavy! I don't think I'm strong enough to use it. But it's nice" Riku said.
The girl frowned "You are the strongest person i know, Riku. And you're just as brave and courageous as a lion. If you just believe, then who knows what kind of hero you'll become?".
"If I'm going to be a hero, then you could be the damsel in distress, and I could protect you" Riku said to make the girl happy.
It worked. The girl bounced happily "You'll do that for me?".
"Yeah, 'course" Riku said and looked out at the ocean "a world without you... I just can't imagine that I could live without you".
"Riku? Could you teach me how to fight?" she asked.
"Girls don't fight " she shrugged off teasingly.
The girl stubbornly crossed her arms "then I don't wanna be a girl!" she announced "show me how to be a boy".
"First of all" he wiped her tears away with his thumb "boys do not cry. That's girly".
"Is Tidus a girl then?" she asked curiously.
Riku smirked and shrugged "dunno... maybe. Okay, let's start with the basic moves; to hit and then dodge...".
* End of the flashbackish dream *
Riku sighed. The dream had ended too soon. /who's that girl I keep dreaming about?/.
Although he was awake, he didn't open his eyes. He reached for his blindfold, and pulled it on. He made his way to the kitchen with a smirk on his lips.
"Well Riku! You're up early. I've made..." Kairi stopped.
"What's wrong?" Riku asked.
"Uhm.. you're wearing a blindfold..." Kairi said.
"Yeah... I know. So?" Riku said.
"Why?" she asked.
"I was locked in Kingdom hearts with king Mickey for a long time. Then Sora opened a warphole into this city. I was the first who went through the warp, and I'll never forget what happened to me... because it was the last thing I saw. The sunlight blinded me, and I shouted to the king that he should cover his eyes. I couldn't see anything, and I felt that the pain was going to kill me."
He reached for the box of cereal, but Kairi snapped the box out of his hands, and replaced it with a plate "what happened next?".
Riku sniffed at the food on the plate "mmm, smells nice. What is it?"
"Pancakes" she answered annoyed because of the change of topic "continue!"
Riku sighed "Mickey went outside to help me. At nightfall, he brought me to a doctor. He gave me some medicine and commanded me to keep wearing the blindfold. The medicine tastes like crap! Yuck" Riku said and ate the rest of his pancake.
* End of chapter four *
While I was writing this chapter, I'd found out that I've spelled something very wrong in chapter 2: A mere shield - oopsie, I meant: A mere shell... sorry folks. And: handle= handed. ^_^
Waah, I'm out of cocoa... so I'm drinking thea instead (with lots of shugaaar, of coursie * hiccup * *giggle *). I think it's my little sis' who took the last cup... she'll be punished for her evil deeds. Mwahaha-*cough cough *.
Sorry for taking so long, but I was in the capital today. It would've been fuun -IF my embarrassing grandmother wasn't with me all along. As I said before: like you care.
Riku (patting me on my head): You're quick at learnin'.
Me: Stop patting my head! Or else, I'll maybe turn a certain silverhaired person into a girl too.
Will: Sephiroth?
Me: No, you dork!
Sora (bounces around in my living room): I know! It's Ansem! Ansems's gonna be turned into a girl. Then I can finally put pink ribbons in his hair, like I've allway wanted! Hurray!^_^
Riku, Will and Me: Huh?!
Riku: Uhh, I don't think is was a good idea to turn Sora into a girl, Ellannor. His mind's totally screwed.
Me (sadly): I know *Sob *. Come 'ere Will. I'm surrounded by idiots and need to beat someone in Tekken (drags him into my room) See ya'll, oh and don't forget to review!
Hi! I'm alive! They're not gonna get us, hehee! Phew, chapter four allready!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, like I said in chappie one. The first flashback is neither a creation of my intelligent mind, but a translation of a scene in final mix by Thorfinn Tait that I found on a site named Ansems report. But Will is mine * hugzz him *
Will: what did you do last night? I could hear loud noises.
Riku: (faint blush) Oh, nothing.
Sora: I agree.
Me: We just played Tekken, and I kicked their butts!
Will: Hahaha, Riku's loosin' to a girl, and Sora too.
Me: shut up! You can't beat me either.
Will: make me.
Me and Riku: Oh, no, here we go again!
Me: Let's just start this fic...
Chapter four. A world without you.
Sora tossed himself around in his magical sleep.
The memories flew like a movie inside his head, some of them was amusing, some of them painful... They'd never gave him a moment of peace, except that tiny instance when Kairi had found the bottle (a year after he met Will) and he could communicate with her.
A new memory passed through his closed eyes.
* Flashback *
Sora, Goofy and Donald stood near an odd portal in Hollow Bastion. They discussed the portal with the princesses of heart.
"I wonder, could that gates appearance be a sign of something bad?" Cinderella said.
"From that gate that suddenly appeared, I can feel the power of darkness... No, not darkness. Something different... Maybe it's a power even more dangerous than darkness." Aurora (Sleeping beauty) said.
"On the other side of that gate... I have a bad feeling about this." Snowhite said.
"If it were the power of darkness, we would be able to hold it back a little. But, this is different. A power other than darkness... Light, darkness, and a third power..." Jasmine said
"A different feeling from darkness... Sora, take care!" Alice said.
Sora, Donald, Goofy and Beast walked through the portal, which disappeared after them, to find themselves in a large circular room. Behind them a shrouded form which seems to be fading in and out of existence appeared, following them.
Sora turned in time to see it almost upon him, gasped and fell back as it reached him. But it continued, walking straight through him. As it did so, Sora had a rapid flash of memories...
Sora stumbled back and fell to the ground as the figure continued past him. He turned to look at the now apparently solid figure, a man completely shrouded by a dark grey hooded coat with a long zip, and two drawstrings hanging from the collar.
The man stopped.
Sora got up " who are you?".
The man does not talk, the words simply appear in Sora's mind.
'Ah... It seems you are special too'
"Ansem..?" Goofy asked.
'That's a familiar sound...'
The strange man's black gloved hand opened and a strange, blue light filled with a lattice of hexagonal shapes began to fizzle in it.
'You look like him.'
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Sora said angrily.
Sora gasped as the man began to turn and he saw the energy. As the man turned he brought the Keyblade to his hand and with both hands he holded back the tremendous blue lightning-like energy that the strange figure aimed directly at him.
For a few seconds Sora strained against the energy, then he pushed it away. The reflected energy hit the ceiling, causing a shower of mortar and fine stone.
The shrouded man stood facing Sora. He seemed to be staring, thinking, but Sora could only see black within his low hood.
'Which means, you are not complete.'
Sora stood straight, with his Keyblade at the ready.
'Incomplete one...'
'That power...'
'Allow me to test your power.'
The hooded man attacked and after a hard time of fighting, the man finally seemed finished as Sora landed a heavy blow, causing the figure to be enveloped in a sphere of his lattice-etched blue energy. Stumbling backwards he clutched his chest... But he pushed the energy away with his hand! It dissipated in a wave of blue and black energy.
'...Truly fascinating.
This is going to be enjoyable.'
Sora stared at him in a puzzled manner "What're you talking about?"
He charged and leaped, Keyblade held high. But at the zenith of his leap, the world turned black and white for a split second, there was a buzzing sound and the man half-faded once more.
Sora landed behind the unknown man, having jumped straight through him. Behind him, the man seemed solid once more. Sora turned to him, annoyed.
'In your present state you probably cannot understand.'
The man half turned, looking down at Sora.
'In any case, the time when we can meet again will doubtless come.'
"Wait, who are you-" Sora gasped as the man disappeared before his eyes.
'I am...'
The man faded in again briefly, and then was gone. His invisible form rippled as he moved, subtly revealed his movement, walking away from Sora. But Sora continued to stare at the space where he vanished.
'A mere shell.'
* End flashback *
/Great. Everyone's talkin' in riddles to me/ Sora thought, and waited for the next memory.
Nothing....
He sighed and nuzzled the pillow. Pillow?!
/ I'm supposed to lie on a stone floor, not in a bed!/
He opened his eyes.
The sun shone down at him from a tall window, the walls were light blue and the furnitures were white. His body ached and he was giddy. He walked towards a full-sized mirror, to study himself. No, to study herself.
/At least I'm pretty/ she laughed sadly.
Her hair was still spiky, but it was long, very long. It had grown down to her waist. Her eyes were bigger, but the color was the same. She was wearing a white, comfortable dress with short sleeves. Her skin was still sunkissed, but she was very skinny. She looked at the calendar on the wall.
/ The 31th of June. It's been two years and eight months since last time I was conscious! Not a wonder that I'm so skinny/
The door opened "Ah, you awake" a female mouse said.
"Uh, sorry for sounding rude, but... where am I?" Sora spoke softly / ack! My voice! It's so light! It sounds like Aeriths voice.... uh, maybe a little deeper, but close to!/.
"Oh! My fault. You're in the Disney Castle" she said "the court wizard and the captain of the royal knights found you. My name is Minnie". /Disney Castle! That's Donalds and Goofys world!/
"I'm So-" "Poor child. You're so thin. Do you want something to eat?" Minnie cut him off.
/Poor child?! I'm seventeen, almost eighteen years old! I'm not a kid anymore!/ "No thanks, I'm not..." her stomach interrupted with a loud noise. She scratched the back of her head "hehe... I think I really am hungry..."
"I'll go get you some food. After your meal, the captain and the court wizard is going to visit you, so get dressed. There's clothes in the closet".
" 'kay" Sora said /maybe the wizard or the captain knows Goofy and Donald! The captain must know Goofy. He's a royal knight./ she quickly picked up some clothes from the closet, but suddenly, she stopped.
Her cheeks blushed in a color redder than a tomato /this is too embarrassing... I just can't look at myself naked!/ she shut her eyes tightly, and quickly got dressed.
Then she waited for someone to bring her food in.
~*~
* A flashback-ish dream*
Riku ran down the wooden bridge to Papou Island. A three year old girl stood on the papou branch. The air played with her white dress and her wet hair. Her eyes were closed and her head was tilted a bit in the pleasure she felt because of the wind. When she heard Riku, she jumped down, and turned around.
"Rikuu" the girl said, and ran towards him. She hugged him tight, and that was when Riku realized -he was only a few inches higher than her.
She cryed. He wrapped his arms around her, trying to comfort her and gently stroke her back.
"I'm sorry" the girl sobbed.
"For what?" Riku asked.
"For breaking your wooden sword" she said "but I've made a new one for you" she walked towards a bush and pulled out a big, wooden sword. Riku recognized the sword. It was the wooden sword he'd always used on Destiny Islands, a sword that was too heavy for a four year old boy to handle. She handed him the sword.
"Wow, it's heavy! I don't think I'm strong enough to use it. But it's nice" Riku said.
The girl frowned "You are the strongest person i know, Riku. And you're just as brave and courageous as a lion. If you just believe, then who knows what kind of hero you'll become?".
"If I'm going to be a hero, then you could be the damsel in distress, and I could protect you" Riku said to make the girl happy.
It worked. The girl bounced happily "You'll do that for me?".
"Yeah, 'course" Riku said and looked out at the ocean "a world without you... I just can't imagine that I could live without you".
"Riku? Could you teach me how to fight?" she asked.
"Girls don't fight " she shrugged off teasingly.
The girl stubbornly crossed her arms "then I don't wanna be a girl!" she announced "show me how to be a boy".
"First of all" he wiped her tears away with his thumb "boys do not cry. That's girly".
"Is Tidus a girl then?" she asked curiously.
Riku smirked and shrugged "dunno... maybe. Okay, let's start with the basic moves; to hit and then dodge...".
* End of the flashbackish dream *
Riku sighed. The dream had ended too soon. /who's that girl I keep dreaming about?/.
Although he was awake, he didn't open his eyes. He reached for his blindfold, and pulled it on. He made his way to the kitchen with a smirk on his lips.
"Well Riku! You're up early. I've made..." Kairi stopped.
"What's wrong?" Riku asked.
"Uhm.. you're wearing a blindfold..." Kairi said.
"Yeah... I know. So?" Riku said.
"Why?" she asked.
"I was locked in Kingdom hearts with king Mickey for a long time. Then Sora opened a warphole into this city. I was the first who went through the warp, and I'll never forget what happened to me... because it was the last thing I saw. The sunlight blinded me, and I shouted to the king that he should cover his eyes. I couldn't see anything, and I felt that the pain was going to kill me."
He reached for the box of cereal, but Kairi snapped the box out of his hands, and replaced it with a plate "what happened next?".
Riku sniffed at the food on the plate "mmm, smells nice. What is it?"
"Pancakes" she answered annoyed because of the change of topic "continue!"
Riku sighed "Mickey went outside to help me. At nightfall, he brought me to a doctor. He gave me some medicine and commanded me to keep wearing the blindfold. The medicine tastes like crap! Yuck" Riku said and ate the rest of his pancake.
* End of chapter four *
While I was writing this chapter, I'd found out that I've spelled something very wrong in chapter 2: A mere shield - oopsie, I meant: A mere shell... sorry folks. And: handle= handed. ^_^
Waah, I'm out of cocoa... so I'm drinking thea instead (with lots of shugaaar, of coursie * hiccup * *giggle *). I think it's my little sis' who took the last cup... she'll be punished for her evil deeds. Mwahaha-*cough cough *.
Sorry for taking so long, but I was in the capital today. It would've been fuun -IF my embarrassing grandmother wasn't with me all along. As I said before: like you care.
Riku (patting me on my head): You're quick at learnin'.
Me: Stop patting my head! Or else, I'll maybe turn a certain silverhaired person into a girl too.
Will: Sephiroth?
Me: No, you dork!
Sora (bounces around in my living room): I know! It's Ansem! Ansems's gonna be turned into a girl. Then I can finally put pink ribbons in his hair, like I've allway wanted! Hurray!^_^
Riku, Will and Me: Huh?!
Riku: Uhh, I don't think is was a good idea to turn Sora into a girl, Ellannor. His mind's totally screwed.
Me (sadly): I know *Sob *. Come 'ere Will. I'm surrounded by idiots and need to beat someone in Tekken (drags him into my room) See ya'll, oh and don't forget to review!