Chapter 6:
Arina's POV
A couple days after the meeting, I was finally done with Ienzo's new outfit. After hours of work it all came together. I must admit; he did look pretty attractive in it. He wore a white button-down shirt under a short black jacket with dark purple stripes on the short sleeves. A small chain hung from the collar of the jacket. I also made black pants that were dark purple from the knee down. They also had a couple pouches on them, which were perfect for carrying potions and his Lexicon.
Ienzo looked at himself in the mirror. He turned in different directions, checking the outfit. I held my breath as he looked at himself. He smiled at his reflection in the mirror and smiled warmly towards me.
"I must say, you did a wonderful job. It feels nice to be out of my old clothes, what did you do with them anyway?" He asked me.
"I cleaned up your pants a bit and added the purple fabric and pouches to it and cleaned up your shirt a bit," I replied, letting out my breath in a whistle.
Ienzo's smile faded into a frown. I opened my mouth to ask what was wrong, but he beat me to it.
"When you were telling us about your dream…what happened? You just stopped explaining and chanted that prophecy," He questioned me.
I sighed. "I can't remember any of my past. Even's been trying to dig into my mind and dig up my memories," I began explaining. "Sometimes I go into trances and dig up bit of memory. When I chanted that prophecy, I saw all of you and Ansem. Ansem was commanding an army of heartless and you were struggling to fight against them. And then Ansem attacked…" My voice trailed off.
"Then the vision ended, just like that," I finished.
Last night…
"The vision ended there? Why so suddenly?" Even asked me.
"I don't know. The last thing I remember is Ansem swinging a katana and I saw a flash of someone's face. I couldn't see who it was because I snapped out of it right there," I replied.
Even scribbled down what I said in a notebook. "For as long as we've been doing this, you've always remembered blurry imagines. Now, you describe a scence has never happened before. But why would you get a vision of a future event that might, or might not, take place?" He asked himself.
I put a hand under my chin. I started chanting that right as I began to describe what the two possible outcomes would be. My episode showed everyone fighting against those hybrids, and Ansem looked like he was delivering the finishing blow to someone. I may have not been able to see the figure's face so I couldn't tell which outcome it is. I gasped; could that there's another possible outcome?
"What if there's another outcome to the prophecy? Two lines of the prophecy were; when all is lost the seventh will either watch the others perish or perish themselves. When all hope is lost only the truth shall be spoken. My element wasn't listed in the six on the second line…so…"
"…You must be the seventh…" Even finished for me, both of us in complete utter shock.
I froze. I was the seventh. Ever since I first read this, years ago, I felt that I played a role in it. What I was had been so obvious the whole time! Everyone had these elements, except me! I shook in fear at one of the lines of the prophecy again. My two choices were to either watch everyone perish or die myself. I clenched my fists tightly as tears began to well up.
"No…I-I-I won't watch everyone die. I-I would f-fight w-with everyone and n-no matter what I w-" I stopped as I felt someone holding my hand. I looked beside me and saw Even sitting next to me.
"You may be right, Arianna. But I know you too well. You're not the type that would just watch her friends die so easily," He comforted. "Anyway…if you need help fighting I'll always be there," (Author: Arianna is Arina's real name. Arina is only a nickname).
"Yeah…you're just as crappy a fighter as me!" I laughed, wiping tears from my eyes.
"Hey! At least I don't turn bright red whenever you get within five feet of you!" Even came back.
"Oh, shut up!" I playfully shouted back, my face burning hot.
"You're blushing!" Even took note of.
"Oh fine! You got me!" I gave in, smiling.
Present time…
Just another memory to add the to memory book of Even and Arina. I smiled at that; we've always picked on each other like that. It was the little things I remember with Even that I love the most. I snapped out of my mixed thoughts when Ienzo asked me another question.
"Do you remember anything else from your vision?"
"No, but yesterday Even and I were talking and you figured out that I was the seventh. It might have also been trying to show us a future event that might or might not occur," I replied.
"That only makes sense because those are all of our elements, but what does it mean by; however a seventh will arise from the darkness within a heart?" Ienzo thought to himself.
I froze instantly. It was the one question I've been dreading. I would have to tell him everything. I opened my mouth to say something but before I could, a very breathless, Axel burst into the room. He was painting heavily and there was a look of shock in his teal eyes.
"Guys, get downstairs to lab now! Vexen's missing!" He told us quickly.
I rushed out of my room and ran past him. Missing? What could he mean by missing? True, I haven't seen him all morning. Maybe he overslept? I almost face palmed myself for that. What am I thinking? It's eleven AM and Even isn't really the type to sleep late. I opened the door to the lab and rushed down the stairs. I could only gasp in shock at the awful scene.
The room was a disaster. Broken bits of glass from beakers and bottles were all over the floor. The examination table was lying on it side and there were three deep cuts in the wall. Even's noted were scattered all over the floor, as if a monster had ran in and threw his notes all around in rage. I looked at the window on the other side of the room; the glass window was no more. It lay in broken pieces all over the floor. I could only stare at the scene as Axel and Ienzo rushed down.
"What happened? It looks like a twister hit here," Ienzo wondered.
"I don't know," Axel started. "I went to go tell Vexen that Xemnas wanted him. When I can down here it was like this!"
Ienzo examined the cuts in the stonewall. They were a couple inches deep and at least two feet long! Out of every creature I heard of, none could have made a scratch that deep. There are a couple heartless I know that couple that could probably do it, but they would barely be able to fit their hand through the window. Ienzo ran his finger along the scratch.
"Whatever did this drew blood. I've also picked up two scents in here; one is definitely Vexen's and the other is unknown," He told us, looking at his finger. "Whatever, or whoever, did this must have Vexen somewhere,"
"Do you have a clue where he is?" I asked, shaking.
"Come! We can follow the scent!" He exclaimed as he cautiously crawled out of the window.
I followed him outside with Axel behind me. Overnight, snow had fallen covering the landscape with a sheet of white. Axel and I followed Ienzo as he sniffed out Even. We also followed a trail of footprints that started at the window. The footprints were relatively small but small creases in the snow also tracked them along it, like the creature was dragging something.
After a while, we came to a clearing the middle of the small woods, which separated us from Twilight Town. A couple more footprints popped up and then all of them vanished.
"That's peculiar, another scent is here with the other two. But then they just, vanish," Ienzo reported.
"Do you know the third scent?" I wondered.
"I have the feeling I know who it is, but I can't name it," He replied.
"Who do you think it is?" I asked curiously.
Ienzo's eyes grew huge in shock. I opened my mouth to ask him what was wrong, but I knew who it was. Axel gave us the, "What? Who is it?" stare. If he kidnapped Even, then that means destiny is doing its work. The tides of fate have turned and now, we can't change the path of fate anymore. My destiny and Even's destinies are set.
"Ansem…Ansem has Even," I whispered in terror.
Risen gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawling and, oh, I reach for you
Well, I'm terrified of these four walls, these iron bars can't hold my soul in
And all I need is you, come please I'm fallin'
And, oh, I scream for you
Great I'm fallin', I'm fallin'…
Show me what it's like, to be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right, and I'll show you what I can be
And say it for me, say it to me, and I'll leave this life behind me
Say it it's worth savin' me
Heaven's gates won't open up for me
With these broken wings I'm fallin'
And all I see, is you
These city walls ain't got no love for me
I'm the ledge of the eighteen story
And all I scream for you, come please I'm callin'
And all I need, from you
Great I'm fallin', I'm fallin'
Savin' Me By Nickelback
Kingdom Hearts (C) Square Enix
Arina (C) Me
