Killing Me Softly - - - Interlude
(A look at what else is happening away from our heroine!)
The World That Never Was.
Bleak and dismal... the rains that fell never ceased, though they were interspersed throughout the city. No people roamed the streets, no lights were on in any of the windows of the buildings, not even a tree, a hunk of grass or even a stray leaf from some plant could be seen.
The master and lord of all that was known as Kingdom Hearts stood at the top of Memory's Skyscraper, gazing out at the realm that was made solely for he and his followers, his Organization.
"Why do you vex me so, my lovely Heart?" Silver hair that spilled over broad shoulders hung in soft, shiny sheets as he looked up, up at the huge heart that glowed like a moon, like a narcotic. He couldn't rip his eyes away from it, at least, not until he saw something quite different happening.
Normally, the glittering pink hearts fluttered softly up to the bigger one, merging, making it stronger, but now... he saw something strange, out of the ordinary.
A large, glittering deep purple heart was floating up, though not heading for the large one like was normal... but instead, it headed right for him, bobbing lightly in front of him once it reached him. He tilted his head, inspecting this rare beauty closely, unaware that the distinctly different color signified something was very different about the heart.
Almost innocently, it circled him. He was honestly intrigued by this, since he'd seen no other heart act as this one was. It twinkled, a bright tinge of green evident in the sparkles. He leaned in closer, scarcely breathing. He was suddenly getting a rush of feeling being this near to the heart. He felt nearly giddy.
Suddenly, there was a flash of dark light and a high pitched screech of pain as two became one, though it was highly unwilling.
Destiny Island
A head of spiky chestnut hair was buried under his pillow, trying to catch a few more desperate Zzz's before he absolutely HAD to get up. He was tired still from the past year of chasing dead ends and ghosts, and now that he, Kairi and Riku were home, the only thing that was on Sora's mind was relaxing and re-energizing.
"SOOOORAAAA!!!!" A loud, feminine voice called out from his window, two heads sticking up over the sill, though one looked fairly disgruntled. "Sora! WAKE UP!" The redhead scowled at her first best friend, choosing to throw his stuffed papaou fruit at him in an effort to rouse him. "Guh, Riku...wake him up would you?"
"Let him sleep Kai... He's more than earned it." The silver haired teen rolled his aquamarine eyes as he tried to climb back down. Riku had only come along because Kairi had throughly thrashed him into an awakened state and MADE him go with her to get Sora.
"NomoreGummiShipspleasenthankyou?" The voice was muffled and Sora shifted in his bed for a moment, then Riku noticed a definite change in his best friend's sleeping pattern. He was starting to writhe around a bit and he knew he'd gone from happy to bad in about the span of ten seconds. "'thehellizat?" He muttered, then his back arched as if in pain and he let out a loud screech, one that at that moment was being echoed in the World That Never Was.
"Crap.. Sora!" Riku jumped into the room and ran over, trying to rouse the brunette. Luckily, he had only to wait a moment before crystalline blue eyes snapped wide open and Sora sat up in bed, looking wildly around.
"WhereamI?" He blinked rapidly, his eyes locking onto Kairi and Riku as soon as he noticed they were in the room with him.
"Destiny Islands, where else would you be right now, Sor?" Kairi looked him over, her violet eyes a bit concerned.
He shot her a withering glance, knowing there were more than a few places he could be right then, and at that moment, he was very glad he wasn't in that desolate city, because that scene he'd witnessed, that he'd FELT had scared the ever living Hell out of him. "It was so REAL..." He said quietly, looking over at Riku. "...and he looked like YOU."
Hallow Bastion
Cloud and Squall looked up from their stations, both grabbing up their blades as the alarms went off. Invaders... They'd had more and more issues with the Dusks and Heartless than usual especially with Sora back at the islands.
Quickly, they made their way down to where the disturbance was, and much to their surprise, it wasn't Nobodies or Heartless that had come this time.
A tightly formed circle with wand arms pointed straight out in every direction, both teens and adults were staring wide eyed at their new location. "Bloody Hell, Minnie, I don't think we're in London like we had aimed for." The black haired man said, looking around, finally spotting the two men with swords staring at them. "Take a picture, it lasts a lot longer."
"Squall, I--I'm not imagining this, am I?" Cloud blinked, unsure of just what the hell was happening.
"No idea, Strife. If you're imagining it, then I am too." The brunette swordsman walked forward, ignoring the wands. "Who are youl and why are you hear?"
"Great MERLIN, lookit th' sizea his SWORD!" The redheaded teenage girl to the right of the older lady exclaimed, staring at Cloud's First Tsuragi.
"Merlin? You KNOW Merlin?"
The girl lofted a brow, "KNOW Merlin? Great buggering barnacles no... He's the greatest wizard to have ever walked Earth though. He's been long gone for many many years,"
At that time, the white haired magician of Hallow Bastion came walking out, looking at the group of miscreants. "Did I hear someone say my name?"
"Merlin, we seem to have some knew visitors." Cloud looked at Merlin, then back at the others.
"W-wait... you called him...Merlin?"
"Well, yes. I always call people by their given name--" Cloud didn't get to finish his sentence seeing as it looked like someone had just hit the entire group with a Sleep spell.
"Oh, my... let's get them to my house, I can tend to injuries there." Merlin muttered, toddling off towards his house, leaving the two swordsmen to bring their guests along.