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A/N: sorry. i would have updated yesterday, but the site wouldn't let me upload the document, so, i'm sorry about that. Any way, here's the long awaited caputilo tres. Chapter 3
"Emily! Wake up! Emily!" Emily heard Shelby's voice calling out her name. She groaned as she opened her eyes. Her head was pounding, but she didn't feel feverishly cold anymore.
"Emily, Mama called. She asked if you were alright, and I told her you were getting better. I took your temperature an hour ago, and told Mama what it said. She says you're normal now. Oh, and Sora wants to know what you want for dinner." Shelby rambled off.
"I want aspirin." Emily said, messaging her temples in an attempt to make her head ache go away.
"I'll go tell him. Are you sure you don't want regular dinner?" Shelby asked, stopping at the door. Emily sighed and said, "I don't know. Soup."
"'kay." Shelby said, closing the door as she left. Emily sighed once more, and turned to look at her clock. Six o'clock. She thought. It was then that she remembered she still had to tell Sora and Kairi about her dream. She was about to leap out of bed when she thought, But what about Shelby. How am I supposed to get rid of her? If she were to overhear what I'm going to tell them… Then and idea popped into her head, and she decided to remain in her bed.
"Here's your asprinim Sissy." Shelby said, as she reentered the room.
"Aspirin." Emily corrected. Emily got out of bed slowly, took the aspirin from Shelby, and made a run for it.
"Wha-- Hey!" Shelby cried. Emily ran out the door, closed it, and locked it from the outside. Shelby ran to the door and started pounding on it.
"Hey! Let me out! What are you doing!?" She cried from behind the door.
"Sorry, Shell." Emily said, as she sprinted for the stairs. After she was about half way down, she grabbed the banister and leapt over it, creating a rather large boom on the wood floor.
"What was that?" Emily heard Sora shout from the kitchen. Emily practically ran into him as she sped into the kitchen.
"What the--- Emily!? What are you doing?" He asked after catching his balance. Emily caught her breath as she replied, "I have to tell you about my dream! You never gave me a chance earlier."
"Emily," Sora said in an unusually stern voice.
"No!" Emily cried. "Please, let me tell you!"
"Maybe we should listen to her, Sora." Kairi said, coming from the oven. Sora looked at her and sighed as he said, "Fine. Just, sit down or something, Em."
Emily sat down in one of the kitchen table chairs, followed by Sora and Kairi. Emily then delved into her dream, thinking it was odd that she could remember every detail, down to every last puddle. Most of the time, Emily couldn't remember what color shirt she was wearing in her dreams.
"So what do ya think?" Emily asked after finishing. Sora and Kairi just sat there.
"Em," Sora started. "I think--- you're going mad. First you start having strange dreams about some girl you don't even know, then you think you see Axel, then you see Xemnas in this dream, and now you think that that little girl is the being King Mickey talked about? I mean, come on Em. Face the facts. Maybe you're just seeing all this weird stuff because you want to. You got close to Axel when you stayed with him, you never got a chance to fight Xemnas, and you want to know who the being is. Maybe your mind is just playing tricks on you…?" he suggested.
Emily shook her head.
"I don't know, Sora. Everything seems pretty real to me." she said.
"It does seem strange though…" Kairi added. "I mean, what was the name of that one keyblader? The… receiver?" Sora nodded and Kairi continued. "Well, what if The Receiver receives messages from the being? Like in dreams. Maybe like the ones Emily is having...?" Sora and Emily starred at her for a few minutes.
"I don't know." Sora said. "Maybe we should wait for the King's next letter to come before we start jumping to conclusions." Kairi and Emily nodded.
"I guess you're right." Kairi sighed. Sora put on a goofy grin as he said, "What are you talking about? I'm always right!"
Emily and Kairi both shook their heads.
"Your soup'll be ready soon." Kairi said to Emily as she stood up and went back to the stove.
"Go back to bed. Just because you don't have a fever anymore doesn't mean you're not sick." Sora said, pointing to the staircase. Emily rolled her eyes and did as she was told. She figured she should do what he told her, seeing as he finally listened to her. When she reached the top of the stairs she heard a banging coming from her room.
"Oh my gosh!" she cried, remembering Shelby was still locked in the room.
"I'm coming Shell! Hold on!" she shouted as she fiddled with the lock.
It clicked and she opened the door. Shelby was sitting on the ground, her face tear stained and red.
"I'm so sorry. I won't do it again, okay?" Emily said, sitting on the floor with her sister.
"You're a meanie." Shelby replied, and crossed her arms.
"Hey. That's no way for a doctor to treat her patient, is it?" Emily asked, trying to get her sister to cheer up.
"It is when their patients are meanies!" Shelby shouted angrily. Emily began to pretend to sob.
"Oh!" She dramatically wailed. "My doctor is yelling at me! I guess I'll have to find a new doctor to treat me! Oh! Whatever shall I do?" Emily flopped on her bed, still pretending to sob.
Emily peeked at her sister, who she could tell was trying to stifle giggles. Emily continued, making it even more dramatic.
"Fine." Shelby said, trying to keep a straight face. "As your doctor, I order you to sleep. Or at least until dinner comes." Emily laughed.
"Yes doctor." Emily was rather glad to sleep, because her headache was now gone, and she could feel her eyelids beginning to droop.
Emily was falling through emptiness once more. Not again. She thought. She landed back in The World That Never Was. She sighed, knowing she was about to see something that had to do with this unknown girl. Her feet hit the wet ground, and she looked around. She had come back to the same alley where she had first encountered Xemnas speaking to the girl. Emily turned around and saw them once more. It seemed to Emily that not much time had passed since she last saw the two. Emily heard Xemnas comfort, well, try to comfort the girl.
"Yes, yes. That is expected. You are strong and do not yet understand how to control your powers." He said in what was supposed to be gentle voice.
"B--- but---" the girl stammered. Xemnas held a hand up to silence her.
"Hush. Now for a name for you. Would you like to pick it out?" he asked. The girl shook her head, either in fear, or refusal (Emily wasn't sure).
"Alright then." Xemnas said, putting a shaky hand to his face. He stood and seemed to ponder a name for quite a long time. Emily considered sitting down, but she realized her pants would get wet from the rain on the ground.
"Wait a minute." she said out loud. "This is a dream! I won't seriously get wet, will I?" She sat down against what her previous thoughts were.
"I've got it." Xemnas finally said, and from what Emily could see, an evil flash entered his amber eyes.
"From what I know of your previous name; yes, I will explain that later." Xemnas added, seeing the puzzled look on the girl's face. "I have rearranged the letters to spell out Diexsa."
"But there's no X in---" the girl now known as Diexsa was interrupted by Xemnas.
"Yes, yes, I know. The X gets added in for added--- mystery. Or at least that's what it used to be for." he explained.
"Now," he continued. "Let me explain what has happened to you."
Emily never got to hear Xemnas's story because her vision became distorted and everything around her began to twist and turn until it contorted itself into nothing. Emily felt herself once again, falling through the darkness.
Emily felt herself on her bed, and she felt very hot and sweaty again. She heard voices around her, but she could not open her eyes.
"I couldn't get her to stop!" came the sobbing voice of Shelby.
"Just calm down, Shell." Sora's voice said, reassuringly. "There you are. Is he coming?"
"Yea." answered Kairi's voice. Emily tried desperately to move, open her eyes, do something to show that she was fine. She wasn't sure how much longer she could take being underneith her blankets; she thought for sure she'd die of a heat stroke.
Who's coming? What's wrong with me!? Emily tried to shout, but her voice only rang in her head.
"She must've been sicker than we thought…" Kairi said, worryingly. Emily heard her door open, and another person entered the room.
"Did you knuckleheads even think to call a doctor?" it was Riku's voice this time.
"I'm the doctor!" Shelby protested.
"Sorry kiddo, but I don't think you qualify." was Riku's response.
"I guess we should've done that first, but we were so worried--- so--- so---" Kairi tried to search for the words.
"So you called me instead? Sorry guys, but I'm no good at--- doctor stuff." There was a long silence that followed. Emily wanted to know what was going on. Why couldn't she open her eyes, or give a sign that she was okay? And why wasn't Tidus there, too? He should have been told Emily was sick.
Emily tried with all of her strength to speak. Take the blankets off! But Emily realized that the shout was only inside her head. Then another thought entered her head. If only I could call--- Emily smiled internally when she felt the smooth handle of the key blade enter her hand. She heard the others gasp in surprise and hoped they took it as a sign that she was alright.
"Emmy died!" she heard Shelby begin crying hysterically.
"No--- I--- didn't." Emily heard herself say through gritted teeth. Emily felt full satisfaction in herself that she had managed to speak out loud at last. She tried again and said, "I'm dying. Take this blanket off of me." She soon felt the cool air hit her skin, and she began to feel better. Emily dismissed her key blade and pried her eyes open. The amount of light that entered them made her want to close them again, but she resisted the urge.
She sat up, but was pushed back down by Riku.
"Wha---" Emily said, confused.
"You should rest." he answered. "From what Sora and Kairi tell me, it sounds like you had a fit while you were sleeping." Emily looked around the room. She noticed that everyone's faces were white, or very pale.
"I had another dream." Emily said, eager to tell of her latest encounter with the girl--- or "Diexsa" as she was now known.
"Whatever it was, I'm sure it can wait." Riku told her. He turned to Sora and asked quietly, as though he didn't want Emily to hear, "Are you gonna tell your parents? Who knows, this could be serious..."
Sora looked over at Emily before saying, "I probably should." Emily gaped at him before jumping up and arguing, "No! What if Mom and Dad make me go to the doctor's!? What if I have to miss out on the new adventure!? I don't wanna let the King down!" Everyone was starring, but none of the looks were as hurtful looking as Shelby's.
"You're--- you guys are leaving--- again?" She asked, her little voice quavering.
"Nice one Em." Sora said, glaring at her. Emily mentally smacked herself in the forehead.
"Shelby," Sora started, but she interrupted him.
"No! Just--- go away!" And with that, Shelby ran out of the room and slammed the door. Sora sighed.
"Great." he said, as he followed Shelby's path.
"Emily---" Kairi said. Emily turned to look at her, the tears already welling up in her eyes. She would never forget the look her sister had given her.
"What if--- whatever you have--- what if it's serious? I think Sora's right. Your parents should know. I mean--- you've been having hallucinations that you think are dreams about the "being". It's--- you're scaring me Em. I know what I said before, but--- I just don't know..." Kairi left the room too, leaving Emily alone with Riku.
"You've--- been having dreams?" Riku asked, his face contorted into a look of high confusion. Emily sighed and replied, "Yes, do you want me to tell you about them? Or do you think I'm crazy too?"
"Go 'head and tell away. I wanna hear this." Riku said, sitting on Shelby's bed. Emily then delved into her dreams starting with the very first ones, all the way down to the one she just had.
"Diexsa. Interesting choice. I wonder what her name used to be… let's see. Take out the X and you're left with D, I, E, S, and A. I wonder what it used to spell?" Riku sat pondering his idea.
"What are you talking about?" Emily questioned, confused.
"The organization. They take a nobody's somebody name, and rearrange the letters in it to spell something else. And they add an X to it too." Riku explained. "Know any names that have the letters D, I, E, S, and A in them?" he asked.
Emily was sure she knew some, but she didn't want to think. Her head had started pounding again.
"So---" she asked, closing her eyes so the light wouldn't be so bright. "Do you believe me?"
"Well," Riku started. "With all the crazy things that have happened in the past, I'd say, yes. I believe you." Riku half laughed when he said the next part. "Hey, if giant animals can talk, who's to say that you can't have dreams about a "being"?"
"I suppose you're right." Emily sighed.
"What are you talking about?" Riku asked. Emily opened her eyes and looked at him.
"Huh?" she asked.
"I'm always right!" Riku said, wearing what looked like one of Sora's goofy grins.
"You sound just like Sora." Emily said, returning the grin back. Just then the door opened, and Sora and Kairi reentered the room.
"It's official." Sora said, in the most depressing voice Emily had ever heard him use.
"What is?" Emily asked, worried.
"Shelby hates us now." Sora answered.
"How so?" Emily questioned once more. Sora gave her a look before continuing. "Since, someone, let slip that we're probably going to go away again, Shelby refuses to talk to me."
"Maybe--- maybe she'll forget about it…?" Emily suggested, but she knew that in fact, her sister would probably never forget that moment.
"Yea. And pigs will fly." was Sora's response. Emily would have said that pigs probably could fly, but she knew that Sora was in one of his "serious" moods, and she didn't want to annoy him.
"Come on, man." Riku said, to Emily's surprise, in her defense. Sora was apparently surprised as well because he said, "What!?"
"Just---" Riku continued. "Just relax a little. It was an accident. Maybe it was destiny that Shelby found out. These are the - Destiny - Islands after all."
Sora sighed before replying, "I guess you're right. I feel horrible though. We were going to wait before telling our parents that we might be leaving again. But now that Shelby knows, she'll tell them if we don't."
"He's right. Shell's a blabber mouth." Emily added. The group sat in silence until Riku decided to break it.
"Hey! I've got an idea!"
"And what's that?" Sora asked.
"How about we all go to the island? Not just us four, but bring the others as well? What do ya say?" Riku asked.
"But--- I'm---" Emily stuttered.
"The sea air could make you feel better. It had amazing effects on my grandmother once..." Riku said.
"Okay," Emily replied, not so sure she believed him.
Before going, Emily decided that she should get some more rest, and when everyone had left her room, Riku stayed behind and asked Emily if it was alright if he told Kairi and Sora about Emily's latest dream. Emily told him it was okay with her because they would actually listen to him. After an hour or two, Sora woke Emily up and told her to get ready. When Emily questioned him about Shelby, Sora told her that their Aunt offered to take her. Emily grabbed everything she'd need, and headed downstairs, hoping that Riku was right in saying that the sea air would make her feel better. She was tired of waking up sweaty, and now she feared that she would wake up unable to move or communicate again, although she knew that her key blade would still come to her.
While walking past her dresser to do a quick hair check in the attached mirror, she noticed the watch necklace that stopped time was lying on it, covered in dust. She decided to bring it with her. She didn't know what made her do it, it was just a gut feeling she had. For some reason she felt as though it would be of some use later.
A/N: how was it? Any guesses as to what Diexsa's somebody name was? well, naturally you're not going to find out until the end of the story, but, that's life. anyway, leave questions, comments, and all that jazz in a review.