Authors Note: Okay! Here's the next installment of Beat of My Heart as promised. Thanks so much to: Wormo the Green Lantern, M31Galaxy, Deadly Papegoja, and SpringBorn for reviewing! Kudos also to XIVAxsaiaXLuxordXIII for adding BOMH to their favorite stories list. And as always, thanks to those of who read but don't review. I heart you too! Now on with the story!!!
Disclaimer: I STILL don't own anything recognizable. Just my wonderful OCs
"I refuse to disclose any information until I get a lawyer. I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN! I HAVE RIGHTS!"
"Please, Miss., your yelling is disturbing the other patients. Now, if you don't tell us where Miss. Tannith is, I'm afraid we'll have to involve the police."
"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE, DOCTORS!" Jordan shrieked, kicking the doctor currently interrogating her in the shin before running out of the hospital, laughing like a maniac.
Meanwhile…
"Are we there yet?" Ryan whined
"No." Cassie snapped, gritting her teeth.
"How about now?"
"NO! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO!!!"
"Guys, can you yell quieter? I'm trying to sleep and I can hear you over top volume." Katy complained, gesturing to her Ipod
"Tell Ryan to stop being annoying!" Cassie moaned
"Ryan, stop being annoying."
"No. I don't wanna."
"See? It does nothing"
"You suck, Katy."
"I love you, too."
"SHUT UP AND DRIVE, CASS!"
"YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL ME TO SHUT UP, RY!"
"YELL QUIETER!"
"SHUT UP!" Ryan and Cassie yelled in unison.
It's gonna be a long trip…
Naminé sat by herself in the white room, trying to hold back tears. She was reaching her breaking point. A dark corridor opened behind her and Axel stepped out, a sadistic grin on his face.
"Does it hurt, Naminé? Watching your two childhood friends fight all because of you?"
Naminé said nothing
"You have my sympathies. From the heart." Axel continued with false sincerity
Naminé glared at him, but still remained silent. Nobodies didn't have hearts.
"Don't waste your time. We Nobodies can never hope to be somebodies." Axel finished, vanishing into a dork corridor, once more leaving Naminé alone.
Meanwhile…
"I don't get it. Riku and I—we both want the same thing. Both of us want to help Naminé out. How come we're fighting each other? I mean, Riku and I have fought about stuff in the past, but…" Sora trailed off
"Could be 'cause you care what happens to each other." Goofy suggested
"Hm…I really thought so, too, but…maybe Riku doesn't…"
"You can't give up! You're friends—tied together! Sora, Riku, and…and…"
Donald hesitated
"What was her name?" He asked Goofy
"Hm. It seems our memories are fading mighty fast. Sora we better hurry. I bet Riku will come around if you just talk to him."
"You're right…we three were never apart. Me, Riku and Naminé"
A few hours and several arguments later…
"We're here. Halle-freaking-lujah. Now lemme off this ship before I kill both of you." Cassie grumbled, still grinding her teeth together in annoyance.
Ryan bounded out of his seat with a happy yell and skipped off the ship, dragging a very tired Katy behind him.
"Stop, Ry! OW! Jeez! See my arm? It's ATTATCHED to the rest of me!" Katy whined, trying to roll her headphones around her Ipod with one hand and keep her arm from being torn off at the same time.
"Walk faster! They might have food in there! Or candy!" Ryan exclaimed
"CANDY!" Katy shrieked, breaking out of Ryan's grip and running at full speed towards the castle.
Cassie sighed and shook her head, thinking, wistfully about how easy things were 6 months ago. Right about now, The three of them plus Jordan would probably all be hanging out at Ryan's, ordering takeout and kicking each others asses at Call of Duty. Now they were on a different world, looking for directions to yet another world in order to save the entire universe from destruction…
Or something like that.
At that moment, guards came out of the castle gates and surrounded Katy and Ryan, effectively ending their happy frolicking.
"Who are you? What business do you have here?" The guard demanded, his weapon at Ryan's throat.
"Uh…hehe. You see, we were hoping…" Ryan stammered
"They're with me! Cassie called out, jogging over to her friends.
The guards face changed from suspicious to pleasantly surprised.
"Miss. Halliday! It's so nice to see you again!"
"Likewise. And I've said before, please call me Cassie."
"Well, Cassie, what brings you back to Disney Castle?"
"Is it possible for us to see the Queen? It's really important."
"Of course!" The guard said, cheerily
They were led through the vast castle courtyard, Katy and Ryan staring in awe at the giant topiaries that lined the grounds.
"Jeez, Cass. You've got connections." Ryan whispered, causing the other two girls to snicker.
They reached the throne room and Cassie assured the guards that they were fine goin in themselves.
Upon hearing the door open, Queen Minnie looked up and gasped at the three teenagers making their way across the still ridiculously long stretch of floor.
"Cassie? What in the world are you doing here? How did you get past the walls?" Minnie asked.
Cassie grinned
"I'm here because my best friend, Katy, the girl I told you about, just happens to be the Keyblade Master's Protector. Go figure, huh?"
Queen Minnie gasped again, looking over at Katy. After a few moments of silence she smiled;
"It's an honor to meet you Katy."
"Um..thanks…you too." Katy replied, looking at the ground
Her face was probably every shade of red right now.
"And you must be Ryan." The Queen stated, looking over at the third gob smacked teen.
"Uh…Y-yeah.. N-nice to m-meet you, Y-Your Majesty." Ryan stuttered, still looking around the huge room in awe.
"So Cassie… How did you manage to find your friends." Minnie asked, curiously
"It's a looooooooooong story, Majesty." Cassie answered
The Queen smiled
"I have time."
So Cassie launched into her epic tale, Katy and Ryan chiming in when necessary.
"So I got Demyx to tell me Sora's name and I woke up screaming bloody murder in the hospital. Then Cass, Ry, and I devised a foolproof plan to ditch Earth and find Sora…I kinda don't really know where he is. So we came here, hoping you'd have some idea." Katy finished all in one breath.
After taking a few seconds to process it all, Minnie smiled sadly.
"You've all been through so much, and I'm happy it all turned out well for you in the end--"
"I feel a "but" coming on." Ryan interjected, causing Cassie to slap him upside the head
"But…" The Queen continued "I'm afraid I don't have any idea where Sora could be. All I know is that it must be someplace where he can get to the other worlds, despite the walls surrounding them. Even he would not be able to pass through them. Only the Protector has that privilege."
The three teens exchanged disappointed looks.
"It's okay, we figured as much. Thank you anyway, Majesty." Cassie said, ruefully.
"Feel free to stay as long as you like." The Queen called after them.
Several hours after the whole fiasco, Katy was in her temporary room pacing back and forth. She had to get to Sora. He needed her help…she could feel it. If only there was someone who could help her…
As though fate was listening to her thoughts and took pity on her, a dark corridor opened behind her. Whirling around in surprise, she gasped as she was brought face-to-face with…
"Demyx?!"
"In the flesh, babe." The blonde answered, grinning
Katy narrowed her eyes
"I told you…don't call me babe."
Demyx rolled his eyes.
"So…what are you doing here?" Katy asked.
"Well, I figured that since I already broke the rules and helped you out once, I might as well do it again."
He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and gave it to her.
"If anyone asks…this is how you found Castle Oblivion."
"Castle Oblivion?" Katy asked
"Yep. That's where your boyfriend is."
Demyx opened up another dark corridor and gestured to it.
"Right through there."
Katy looked at him, suspiciously
"Why are you helping me?"
Demyx looked down at the floor and…was he blushing?!
"Look, just go…before I change my mind."
"Fine." Katy said, quickly grabbing a piece of paper and pen to write a quick explanation for Cassie and Ryan.
Leaving the note on the desk, she started for the dark corridor. Before she walked in, she turned back and gave Demyx a genuine smile.
"Thank you…for everything."
"No problem, babe."
Rolling her eyes at the babe comment Katy walked through the dark corridor, praying Demyx wasn't screwing her over.
Reaching the ninth floor exit, Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked around for Riku…but he wasn't there.
"Where'd Riku go?" Donald asked
"Guess he finally got tired of fightin' with ya." Goofy said
"I sure hope so…" Sora sighed
Their attention was deterred when a dark corridor opened and spit out a girl with long, lavender colored hair who was muttering profanities as she got up off the ground.
Sora's eyes widened
"Katy?!"
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