KINGDOM HEARTS
THE WANDERER
Moenia Of Umbra
It had not taken long for Cloud and the others to find the shadow train Xeron had spoken of. It was hard to miss. It was pitch black with odd symbols all over it, and it seemed to possess a sinister aura. Cloud boarded first with Zidane and Kuja
following closely. Almost instantly the train began to move.
"Hey Cloud, how old are you?" Zidane asked after they had settled in.
"Fifteen." Cloud replied.
"Fifteen, and your travelling between worlds fighting who knows what?! Damn, makes my teen years look boring." Kuja said.
"How old are you guys then?" Cloud asked.
"Twenty-one!" Zidane said.
"And your married?! My father would have had a heart attack if he knew anyone had married that young." Cloud said.
"I'm twenty-six. I am not married, nor will i ever be." Kuja said as he went through a fashion magazine which had appeared out of middair.
"Cool, how did you do that?" Zidane asked.
"I just thought how nice it would be to have a magazine to read, and here it is." Kuja said with a smirk.
"Ok then." Zidane said smiling, then a picture of Cloud in a dress appeared in his hands.
Cloud looked at it for a moment with a growing scowl on his face, and for once decided it would not be a bad idea to act on the homicidal urges he had been getting lately. He lunged at Zidane who yelled for help as he ducked and dodged.
"Kuja help!!!!" Zidane cried as he barely avoided a swipe of the enraged teen. Kuja could not help however, because he was laughing to hard.
"You will die a thousand painful deaths!!!!" Declared Cloud as his wing sprang from his back.
"AHHHHHGGGGGGGGGHHHAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" That was the sound Zidane made when Cloud did catch him, and wherever he happened to be at the time Sephiroth looked up and said "What in the hell was that!?"
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After he finished laughing, Kuja was happy to tell Zidane that he would have to fix his new wedgie without his help. It was about an hour after that that the scenery began to change. The sky turned dark as pitch black clouds filled the sky, a
sinister purple glow came over the horizong, and the train came to a stop in front of a huge castle that looked as if it had been abodoned years ago. (Imagine Ultimeacea's castle from FF8.)
"Creeeeeeepyyyyyyyy." Zidane sai making a scary face.
"Don't make me repeat my earlier actions." Cloud warned. Zidane wisely stopped what he was doing. Cloud threw open the door and stepped out into a feirce wind which made his cape flap wildly, and lightning cracked the sky.
"I sense an incredible power." Kuja said ominously as he looked around. Cloud felt it too, and he recognized the feel of it too. He had felt i when he had first sank into darkness.
"Sephiroth." Cloud said under his breath. He looked around but saw nothing. He walked forward and said "What is this place?"
"Look." Zidane said from the side. "A sign." He said pointing.
Kuja approaced the sing and read "Moenia Of Umbra: Those of the light be warned, for no fate of any desire awaits thee."
"Whats that mean?" Zidane asked as he scratched his head.
"it means that weilders of light who come here are likely going to die most horrible deaths." Kuja explained.
Cloud smirked and said "Then i guess you guys should wait here, i'll be back once i speak with this Morrdinn person."
Zidane nodded while Kuja said "Be careful, there is defenitely someone or something here of great evil."
"I'll be fine." Cloud sai as he stepped through the gates. Twisting steps lead him up several floors where he found winding hallways which were like a maze. He knew he was going the right way though, because the feeling he had been feeling
since they arrived was still here, the feeling of Sephiroth. Cloud could feel him here, and though he hadn't given it much thought he realized he would love nothing more than to cut the man down. He rounded a corner to find a wide ston bridge leading to what seemed to be the throneroom, and standing on this bridge was Sephiroth sword in hand.
"Good to see you, Cloud." Sephiroth slowly. Cloud breath caught in his throat.
"Why are you here?!" Cloud demanded in anger.
Sephiroth smirked as he said "I am here because you are here. I wish to see how you have progressed on the road to darkness. But that will have to wait."
"It will never happen!" Cloud interrupted "I am not like you, i am not of the darkness nor will i ever be!" Cloud snarled.
Sephiroth's smirk widened as he snapped his fingers, and Cloud's wing burst from his shoulder so suddenly that he fell to one knee. "I am afraid i must disagree." Sephiroth said mockingly. Cloud stood slowly, then let loose a cry of rage and
shot at Sephiroth swinging the Buster sword over his shoulder. Sephiroth smirked and sprang forward as well swinging his blade around in a feirce ark and the two blades met with a feirce clang. The ground cracked beneath there feet as they shoved against each other.
'Is that it?" Sephiroth asked, then with a sudden burst of strength he sent Cloud flying off his feet and crashing to the ground several feet back. "I am afraid we must postpone our duel for now, you have a meeting do you not?" Sephiroth asked
as he sheathed his blade.
Cloud slowly stood with a growl of anger, but reluctantly sheathed his own blade. Sephiroth turned and lead the youth inside. Inside an old man sat upon a tall throne, dressed in flowing red robes which completely his his figure. His eyes were milked over, and an aura of power surrounded him.
"Greetings, Cloud i beleive. One of the last shadow angels." Morrdinn said slowly in a feeble voice.
"What is a shadow angel?" Cloud asked, for that was all he wanted to know right now.
Morrdinn smiled slowly, as if it had been a long time since he had last done so. "They are the embodiments of vast amounts of darkness, usually freim birth. Sephiroth for example was born with his wing, he merely did not accept it until he was
an adult. Now that he has he is a truly powerful person, more powerful than most members of the order. I beleive you have the same potential." He explained slowly.
"But i never had this wing until i actively let darkness into my heart." Cloud said.
Mordinn nodded as he said "Indeed, i am confused by this as much as you. I would hazard a guess that at some point when you were very young you were exposed to darkness, and it manifested itself and slowly grew until you were ready to
use it."
Suddenly the door flew open and a mountain of a man, nine feet tall and built like a freight train, marched in holding Zidane under one arm, and Kuja under the other. "Morrdinn, i found these intruders lounging outside the gate." The hulk of a man
declared.
"It is alright Vosmar, they are our guests you may free them." Morrdinn said. Two thuds echoed through the room as Vosmar dropped his prisoners who promptly dusted themselves off. "now as for you three, you must be tired after your
encounter with Xerron. Feel free to spend the night in our guest rooms, Sephiroth will show you the way."
"Follow me." Sephiroth said as he walked towards one of the side doors. Cloud and the others followed.
