Well, I'm updating seriously slow! Sorry, it's just getting...confusing, I guess. I will try my best to continue, so here! "Chapter 7: Preparing"!
"Gosh, this job is getting annoying...," Riku mumbled to himself. He was walking through the hallways of the castle, which he learned was called Hollow Bastion. Ever since he made the agreement to Maleficent, Riku's been doing jobs he didn't even understand.
His first job kind of confused him. He had to kidnap this girl with blonde hair from a weird topsy-turvy place called Wonderland. I mean, isn't kidnapping a crime? As much as Riku wanted to find Sora and Kairi, he didn't want to resolve to crime. "But it isn't a crime, because it isn't kidnapping. It's retrieving," Maleficent stated. Yeah, yeah, whatever, Riku told himself.
The first job was kinda easy because, well, the residents were sort of busy. Riku couldn't really make out the people, although he could make out people who looked like cards, he went there during a fight. So all he could see were cards, but he didn't really see the other people fighting. So he took his chance and got the girl named Alice. She was hesitant at first to come with him, but she eventually did after some convincing.
He brought her to Maleficent the day he got her. When Maleficent saw Alice, he ordered Riku out of the room. He wanted to see what use she was, but the witch didn't allow him. "I give you work, and you follow. It's not any of your business what it's for," she told him. As angry Riku got from this remark, he still followed orders.
Ever since the day he got Alice, Riku hasn't seen her at all ever since he arrived at the castle. He just hung out in the room Maleficent gave him and explored the castle whenever free time was available. Which was all the time. He wondered when all this "work" would be done until he would see his friends.
"Uh, come on, I'm getting bored here!" he exclaimed from his room. Requests answered, Maleficent appeared at his door. Riku straightened up from his seat and stood up. He didn't know why he did it, but maybe it was instinct.
"You're work is almost done--," Maleficent began.
"I barely did anything. Just one job," Riku interrupted.
She just looked at him and continued talking, ignoring what he said. "Your work is almost done. I have...found one of your friends."
Riku widened his eyes and looked at Maleficent eagerly. "What! How! Where!" he said.
"You do know that even though you see them, you do not know how much they have changed. And even though you have found one of your friends, you still have to work for me. You are almost done, but not yet. But remember, it has been a long time since you have seen your friends; you don't know what has happened to them during your absence," the witch explained.
"Umm, okay? Then what should I know?" Riku asked.
"Do you know of the Keyblade?"
Riku glanced at her and narrowed his eyes. "'Keyblade'?" he asked.
"Yes, you will eventually know of this weapon. It has many purposes. You shall learn on your own what it does. That is all I should tell you for now," Maleficent answered. "Anyways, do you want to see your friend?"
"Of course I do!" Riku responded.
"Fine, let's go."
With a wave of her staff, Riku disappeared. Wait...She didn't tell me where I'm going!
