A Mysterious Meeting and a Burnt Duck
Lights aura: Hey peoples! I am back with a shiny new chappie. Sorry I took so long but I was at the beach.
Rye, Roxas, and Audience: (is glaring)
Lights aura: Don't get mad at me. I'm trying my best. And if I were to have more reviews I might be able to update quicker. (wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Fireworks go off in the distance spelling the word hint)
Rye: I think she was trying to give us a hint.
Audience: Fireworks... so destructive... so pretty...
Roxas: Ooh the audience is creepy...
Disclaimer: Gah! Stupid disclaimer, how many times do I need to say that I do not own Kingdom Hearts? If I owned Kingdom Hearts I would be super rich and Rye would be a character... so there!
Maleficent groaned as she gazed at the scene that was in the crystal ball. Though her companions were silent from the shock at what they had just seen, she knew it would not last for long. Though she could not see them clearly in the dimly lit room, she knew they were all trying to assess the situation.
She sighed again as she whipped her black cloak around and gazed at the night sky briefly. And where was that darn heartless? He had just vanished without a word earlier that morning and hadn't been back since. He was the only one who wasn't incompetent around here and she desperately needed to talk with him.
Finally one of her companions broke the tense silence."That little squirt actually took down that Heartless! Who'd have thought it?" He seemed slightly amused with the predicament.
"Such is the power of the Keyblade. The child's strength is not his own," another voice replied. There was a slight hiss in his voice that reminded Maleficent of a snake.
"Why don't we turn them into Heartless? That'll settle things quick enough," said a raspy female voice.
"And the brat's friends... Swoggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the look of them," said another voice. The sound of metal scraping wood could be heard.
"You're no prize yourself," said yet another voice as he began to laugh.
"Shut up!" yelled the previous voice.
Maleficent had decided she had had enough. "Enough!" she yelled as she stepped into the light of a torch. The light casted an eerie glow on her greenish skin making her appear almost ghost-like. She could feel the others shrink back slightly. Maleficent couldn't help but grin. Power could be so intoxicating. "The Keyblade has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness? Or will the darkness swallow him up? Either way, he could be quite useful..."
A few minutes later, the other members had left, ready to carry out the means to set their plan into motion. Now alone, Maleficent sighed as she gazed into the crystal ball. She gave a slight laugh. They almost weren't the effort to destroy... almost.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the click of claws on stone from behind her. Maleficent didn't need to turn around to know who it was "Where have you been?"
"I had business elsewhere, my liege" the voice replied. The voice was young and had a slight growl to it.
Though Maleficent knew he was eluding the question, she decided to not pester him. She had more important matters to discuss. She turned around and was greeted by a pair of red eyes glowing from the darkness. "How long have you been here?"
"Long enough, I heard your conversation with the others" the voice replied.
"And what do you think of the new Keyblade master?" Maleficent asked.
"Just a little boy with a new toy" he replied.
Maleficent smiled, pleased to hear her thoughts confirmed. She slowly turned around and frowned at the crystal ball. "It is not the boy who concerns me. It is the girl. There seems to be a great power surrounding her. Do you know anything about the girl?"
"I... do not my liege" the heartless replied.
Maleficent heard the hesitancy in his voice. She whipped around and faced the heartless. "Is there something you are not telling me?"
"You know that I live to serve you my liege" the heartless replied.
Maleficent laughed. "Live to serve me? Hah. I know that if you weren't bound to our deal then you would have left a long time ago."
The heartless was silent for a few moments. "If I can take my leave my liege, I feel a little tired and need to rest." He began to walk away.
Since when does a heartless need rest? Maleficent thought to herself.
"This wouldn't have to do with that promise you made now would it?" Maleficent called.
The heartless did not reply as he continued to walk away.
Maleficent grinned as she turned back to her crystal ball. "Yes... I do believe this has everything to do with that promise..."
Rye sighed as she leaned against the railing and gazed out at the night sky. They were all now staying at the 2nd district hotel resting up for the journey they were going to make the next day. Even though Rye knew she should be resting, she was too excited about what lay ahead to sleep. I can't believe we will get to see other worlds! Maybe on one of them I will finally find out who I was.
"Couldn't sleep either?" said a familiar voice from behind her.
Rye grinned as Sora came to stand beside her. "I'm too excited for sleep! I can't believe we are going on an adventure and seeing other worlds!"
Sora nodded as he gazed out at the night sky. "It sounds like this is a dream come true for you."
Rye blushed. "Yeah, ever since I was little, I have always dreamed of going on some grand adventure. But that's not the main reason I'm excited..." she paused as she turn her gaze to Sora. "I hope that maybe...maybe I can find out who I was before I came to the island and who my parents were."
They lapsed into silence for a couple moments before Sora spoke. "Rye, no matter what happens, don't ever change."
Rye looked up in surprise. "W-What?"
Sora walked towards the door and flashed his trademark grin. "We should probably get to bed before somebody yells at us for staying up all night."
Rye nodded still in shock. "Ri-Right."
As she walked towards the hotel she felt a pair of eyes boring into her back. Rye whirled around quickly but saw nothing.
"Coming Rye?" Sora called.
Rye shook her head to clear her thoughts before turning towards Sora grinning. "Coming!" she yelled as she ran inside.
A pair of eyes watched as the girl and boy ran inside the hotel. It blinked once. Then it was gone.
"Where are those two?" Donald mumbled as Goofy and he examined the ship one last time. It was around 10:00 in the morning and Sora and Rye had still not arrived.
"There they are!" Goofy said cheerfully as the afore mentioned people rounded the corner. Donald nearly burst out laughing at sight of them for Rye was dragging Sora slowly towards the ship.
"Just five more minutes mommy!" Sora whined.
"For the tenth time, Sora, I am not your mommy!" Rye growled as she let go of him and turned to face Goofy and Donald.
"Is he always like this in the morning?" Donald asked amused.
Rye shook her head. "No, sometimes he's worse."
Jiminy jumped out of Goofy's pocket and stretched his legs. "Good morning everybody!"
"Who are you?" Rye asked curiously as the cricket gave a slight bow.
"With all the commotion going on yesterday, I was never properly introduced. The name is Jiminy Cricket and I shall be the one to chronicle your adventures."
"Aw... You are so cute! You can sit on my shoulder!" Rye exclaimed as she picked him up and placed him on her shoulder.
Jiminy took in his surroundings and nodded satisfied. "Thank you so much! This is a lot better and more comfortable view than I had in Goofy's pocket."
"Ahem, can we get back to why we are here?" Donald asked impatiently. Before anyone could speak he continued, pointing to a giant aircraft behind him. "Rye, Sora, this is the Gummy, our spaceship!" He paused to see their reactions.
Rye was staring, mouth gaping, at the Gummy Ship in awe. Sora was snoring.
Goofy poked Sora. "Umm, I think Sora is asleep again."
"Thank you Captain Obvious" Donald grumbled.
Goofy scratched his head puzzled. "But I thought I was Goofy?"
"I know what will wake him up" Rye said loudly stopping Donald from commenting. She walked around the corner. A couple of minutes later, she came back holding with both her hands a big bucket. She walked slowly careful not to spill what was inside. Grinning evilly, Rye dumped the water over Sora's head.
"Ah! I'm drowning!" Sora screamed as he jumped up and down frantically. When Sora woke up fully, he realized what had happened and glared at the other three who were rolling around on the ground laughing.
"Okay, back to business..." Donald said after they had settled down. "You two don't know how to do any magic so I have graciously decided to show you how to cast fire." He pulled out his wand. "Now all you have to do is point your weapon at the target. Concentrate real hard and say the word Fire! Watch me." Donald went through the steps and sent a ball of fire out of his wand. "Now you try."
Sora pulled out his Keyblade and pointed it out in front of him. "Fire!" Sora yelled as he sent a ball of fire hurling out of his Keyblade. "That was fun!" Sora said grinning.
"Ooh! Let me try!" Rye exclaimed as she pulled out the Heartstaff. She scrunched her eyes and pointed her Heartstaff in front of her. "Fire!" she exclaimed. She opened her eyes and was sad when she didn't see a ball of fire hurling from her Heartstaff. Instead she was greeted by the sound of Donald screaming at the top of his lungs.
"Fire! Fire! Put it out! Put it out!" he screamed as he ran around wildly, his tail feathers were burning. Seeing a nearby fountain, Donald dove into it. He breathed a sigh of relief as his feathers cooled down.
"Sorry" Rye mumbled as Sora tried to stifle a laugh.
Donald stood up and groaned at the sight of his singed feathers. "Thanks a lot Rye, you turned my feathers black."
"How bout we get on the Gummy ship now" Rye said quickly as she walked towards the ship. "Sora... Goofy... you coming?"
She turned around and saw Goofy staring at her funny. "Goofy? Are you okay?"
"I thought I was Captain Obvious" Goofy said confused.
Donald rolled his eyes. "Come on you big palooka!" he said as he dragged Goofy towards the ship.
From a nearby rooftop, Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie watched the others as they prepared the Gummy for takeoff.
"We should probably go say good bye to them" Aerith remarked.
"Hnn" Leon replied, lost in thought.
"What are you doing, Squall?" Yuffie asked.
"Thinking" Leon replied as he watched the Heartstaff slip out of Rye's grasp and float around the ship, as if it were examining it.
"Yeah, I know. You didn't correct me when I called you Squall," Yuffie commented.
Leon was silent of few moments. "It's not possible," he said to himself as he lowered his gaze.
"What's not possible?" Aerith asked curiously.
Leon ignored her as he looked up again. Now, Rye was chasing the Heartstaff around the ship. The Heartstaff dodged her attempts of catching it. He sighed. "I mean it was just an old story anyway, nothing more."
"What are you talking about?" Yuffie asked.
"It's not possible" Leon said, trying to reassure himself. Rye had now caught the Heartstaff and was stomping towards the ship. A little voice whispered in the back of his mind, "Or maybe it is."
Roxas: Ha! Ha! Rye set Donald's tail on fire!
Rye: Gah! Again I am thwarted from learning something important. The authoress can be so evil!
Lights aura: I have important news!
Rye: You're going to tell me what's going to happen to me in the fic.?
Audience: You're letting us go?
Roxas: You've won an unlimited supply of ice cream?
Lights aura: No... Actually I defeated Kingdom Hearts II! Whoot! (fireworks go off in distance)
Roxas: And what was your Gummy completion score?
Lights aura: I rather not talk about it...
Rye: She only got 4 percent
Roxas: Man, you stink (eats ice cream and falls on the floor laughing)
Lights aura: (glares at Roxas) This time, though I am going to do better.
Audience: (stares at fireworks) Fireworks... so destructive... so pretty...
Rye: Umm, why does the audience have an obsession with fireworks?
Lights aura: I don't know maybe it appeals to their violent nature.
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