Chapter 10: Anastasia
Name: Anastasia
Age: 13
Location: Road to Dawn
Status: Princess of Darkness
"Which road do you choose the road of light or darkness?"
"Neither I choose the road in the middle. The road to Dawn."
That was the last thing Riku said to Diz only moments ago. You see Riku had a choice to make either light or darkness. Darkness he definitely didn't want to go back to he experience first hand and now when he looks back on the situation he realize that was a huge mistake. Light is what Riku wanted to choose mentally. He knew taking road to light will lead him to his friends, family and back home but he wasn't ready for it. Ansem shadow still lingers with in him and he wasn't ready to face everyone. So he chose the Road to Dawn a road where he could possibly be rid of the darkness. Riku walk the dawn path looking up at the night sky observing the stars. After all he been through he's glad that he wasn't facing this alone. He had the King by his side who prefer that Riku calls him Mickey. They were becoming good friends both supporting each other on this road.
"Riku you feel that?" Mickey said calm but stern.
Riku stop a foot in front of Mickey and look back at him. "Feel what?"
"With your keen scent of smell you don't scent that?" Mickey questioned.
Riku tilted his head up and took in a big sniff of air. Mickey was right it was faint but something is here or near here but what?
"Your right it's faint but their something." Riku stated.
"Oh, that must be my scent your sniffing. Isn't just lovely?" A young girls voice said.
Riku and Mickey summon their Keyblades and search around for the growing darkness that was approaching and fast. A corridor of darkness open up in front of them and the two were in their battle stances. A figure in a black cloak similar of that to the King and Riku's step out of the darkness. The figure had a womanly shape and probably slightly taller than Riku.
"Who are you?" Riku ask defensively.
"Oh, are ya'll friends of the Keyblade wielder Sora. Riku King Mickey?" The young girl ask.
Both Riku and Mickey were stunned. How does this girl know Sora or them? The dark scent coming from the girl was not at all familiar very unknown. The scent was also different then most darkness. Most of the time the darkness has a scent of greed, murderous, or despair. This scent was almost alluring. It was calm and humble very relaxing. This girl in the darkness was she at peace with herself?
"News in the Dark Realm travels fast. I've heard that Sora defeat Xehnort heartless as well as a few nobodies from Organization Xlll. Is that true?" The girl ask.
Riku look at the girl eyebrow arch. "Organization Xlll?"
"That must be the group of the members you beat earlier." Mickey suggested.
"I've also heard you team up with fiends in order to find the seven princesses and one of them was Maleficent, right?" The girl ask.
Riku didn't show it completely but he was stunned by all the information this girl had. How did she know all this? Was she spying on them or was someone else spying on them for her? Is she another member of this organization? These questions and others were running through his mind like...
"What do you want with Sora?" Riku said sternly.
"Nothing much really. I want you and you also King Mickey." The girl said sweetly pulling down her hood.
The girl was a teen younger then Riku and had bright blond hair roll into a bun. She had two chopsticks holding the bun one said sadistic and the other said youth. King Mickey gasp when he saw the girl stand in front.
"Anastasia!" Mickey said.
Riku looks back at Mickey puzzled. "You know her?"
"Anastasia is a princess of darkness." King Mickey said.
"What!" Riku said looking back at the girl.
"The world she once reside in was attack by warriors who had a strong hatred of darkness and justice for light. A mini war occurred but it resulted to the worlds destruction and the warriors down fall. After that no information was found and was assume that she deceased. This only happen a few years ago." Micky explain.
"A mini war you got to be kidden me? That war destroy everyone and separated me from my best friend, and you have the nerve and addasity to say that was a mini war?!" Anastasia was anger by the Kings words. That was the time she and her friends found the light and lost it forever. She was so young back then she had to fight and kill just to even manage as well as her friend.
"You haven't experience a real war Anastasia, you only had a taste at what war could do." King Mickey stated.
Anastasia glare at the mouse king, it took all she could to keep her composure. "Well let me know when a real war occurs! Let me know when everyone almost dies and a nearly destroy world isn't a real war!" A dark aura of pink and black form around her.
Riku and King Mickey both held their weapon's in front defensively as the aura of Anastasia darkness press against her.
"The world met its destruction and many live lost but it was never destroy." Mickey argue. "And over-"
"SHUT UP!" Anastasia cried.
Her once calm demeanor has vanished and replace with a very destructive and anger one. The once calm and alluring darkness was now fill with malice and revenge. Anastasia shot a blast at Riku but was easily deflect. She then flew into the air and slam her fist on the ground creating a powerful shock wave which knock both the King and Riku into the sky.
"Amazing." Riku said looking back at the ground with the pink and black shock waves running through.
Riku felt a alarming strong grip around his ankle. Anastasia had Riku in her grasp a wicked look in her eyes. "Now drop dead!" She raise Riku over her and through him to the ground. King Mickey have already land and look up to see a falling Riku.
"Riku!" King Mickey shouted concern.
The King was ready to save him but was through off balance by the pillars of rock that ascended and descend again and again due to another shock wave Anastasia produce. Riku landed on one of the pillars creating several cracks but all in all was still alive. King Mickey leapfrom the ppillarsthat ascend before deseced again reaching Riku's pillar the only one that now stood.
King Mickey raise his keyblade using light to heal Riku. "Are you okay?"
Riku slow began to stand on his on two feet but grip the back of his head from some pain that remain. "Y-yeah that just took me by surprise, she's a lot stronger then Lexaeus."
Anastasia hover near the pillar Riku and the King were on. "Oh is that the best you could do. It's not enough unlock the darkness and come forth."
Riku simply glare at the girl and held his keyblade in front. "I'll use my own strength, I will not relies on the darkness."
"Oh you don't want aid from the darkness." Anastasia smirk. "We'll see about this."
Anastasia hands glow pink and black, she held them in front of Riku and the King. She shot many spheres at them but both Riku and the King jump off the falling pillar as it began to crumble down. Riku landed but was slugged in the jaw by Anastasia, he stumbling back. The King shot a light orb at her but she side step and shot an dark aura at him. Riku deflect the aura an slash at her horizontal then upward sending her into the sky. He leap up and threw his keyblade striking her then calling the weapon back landing.
"Mickey!" Riku called.
Both Riku and Mickey were back to back shooting orbs of light and darkness at Anastasia striking her. Anastasia raise her hands in the air forming an pink diamond shape aura. The large aura form around Riku and the King trapping them.
"Knock them dead!" Anastasia called bring her hand down.
The diamonds crash into Riku and the King another set forming striking them once again bring them to their knees. Another set form around them but this time didn't strike and broke into many diamond shape pieces hovering around them. Riku and the King weakly stood bruise up and blood dripping down their arms and torso. King Mickey muster up some strength to heal both him and Riku closing the wounds and numbing some of the pain.
"Fire!" Anastasia held out her hand.
The pink diamonds shot lasers of dark auras at the keyblade wielders. Riku and the King made haste and deflected the aura constantly switching spots and getting hit every so often sweat pouring down their face until the diamonds were no more and their was just Anastasia.
"Your not bad but it's still not enough." Anastasia said.
Riku was breathing heavy also was King Mickey. So far the two of them were on defense barely landing any hits and the dark princess Anastasia was powerful and didn't seem to have broken much of a sweat.
"Riku-kun please open yourself and release the dark powers I really do want to see them." Anastasia said sweetly but in an taunting sort of way.
"Be quiet!" Riku dark aura surround him.
"Riku!" King Mickey said concern.
Riku's aura of darkness surround him much to Anastasia enjoyment. Riku's darkness completely cover him then faded awakening dark mode. "You wanted to see my dark powers right. I'll have you witness darkness you wouldn't believe." Riku smirk confidently raising his weapon.
"What a lame line." Anastasia smirk back raising her hand to release another round of her darkness.
"Oh." She heard.
Her eyes went wide, her heart skip a beat and she look to her side shock to see Riku who then swipe at her. Riku then began to warp from all angles rushing Anastasia repeatedly striking, stab his keyblade in the ground creating a column of light bringing her down. Anastasia stumble back as she try to avoid one of Riku's slashes. Anastasia leap back and summon dark auras shooting them at him. Riku dodge out of the way shooting dark firaga spells at Anastasia hitting it's target. Anastasia was now in the air summoning her diamonds again hovering around Riku as they shot dark auras at him. Riku deflect most of the attack but was shot into the air where Anastasia grab his ankle an slam him down on the ground creating a shock wave. Anastasia flew into the air after Riku stood back up weakly. She through another pink and black blast at the ground creating rock pillars that rise and fell. One has risen under Riku's feet and he took this chance to jump from pillar to pillar until he reach Anastasia. Once at the last pillar which was at Anastasia level near her he leap forward knocking her down with his keyblade creating a dark impulse. Anastasia hit the ground hard creating a crater, her body in much pain. The pillars she created has stop or crumble down. Anastasia sat half way up and Riku pointed his keyblade at her forehead.
"Game over." He said King Mickey running at his side.
Anastasia stared in fear then smirk. "I really didn't come here to fight. I just got piss off and distracted." The last sentence was to King Mickey who she glare at.
"Are you saying that because you lost?" Riku ask.
Anastasia look back at Riku and took an envelope out her pocket. "No it's true here." She gave the envelope to Riku then he took it.
Riku look at the envelope in his hand. "Whose it from?"
"It's from Diz." Anastasia answer.
Riku and the King were both a little taken back but not by this envelope, but this girl. She seem to know everything or at least majority of stuff about them. She even had a connection to Diz.
"Take it." Riku said extending his arm out to give her the envelope.
"Aren't you going to open it and read it? Theirs a letter inside." Anastasia question.
Riku eye the letter giving it some thought. He really didn't want to read this letter, he assume what he thought it was.
Anastasia study Riku for a moment then sigh. "Your boring. You don't have to read it now just give it some thought." She said as darkness began to form around her. "See ya later." And like that she was gone from the scene.
Riku and the King both look at the envelope. "What do you think he wants?" King Mickey ask.
Elsewhere
Within an Foyer in an Old Mansion the man none as Diz sat in a chair by a massive table that was broken in half by something unknown. He was planning something. Planning his next move on how to destroy the organization, he was hoping the letter he sent with Namine to fetch Riku and the King was successful. His thoughts was interrupted as a Corridor of Darkness appear near the double doors of the exit.
"Namine your back." Diz ask calm seeing a figure in a black cloak walk out. "Did the letter get to Riku and the King?"
The Corridor of Darkness closed and vanish. The figure in the black cloak remove her hood. Diz was shock to see who she was, it was not Namine nor a girl he ever met. He knew about her though from articles but the articles have been long deleted.
"So you must be Diz. Namine told me all about you." Anastasia said.
Diz stood up out of his seat in fear. "W-who are you and what happen to Namine."
"The girl is find, I sort of bump into her and ask if I can take this letter to this Riku and King Mickey. She even had the pleasure of telling all about them." Anastasia smiles.
"Are you a member from Organization Xlll?" Diz ask nervously and also curiously to the young girl. "I didn't think a princess of darkness could have a nobody?"
"Oh you know who I am that's good. May I sit here?" She ask walking to a seat at the opposite end from Diz at the smash table.
Diz study the girl as she took her seat anyway. The darkness he was feeling from her, the darkness she tried to hide was calm not hostile in any meaning of the word. Diz took his seat and watch the girl in front of him.
"You didn't answer the question earlier." Diz said trying to hide the uneasiness he felt with her being here.
"The girls find shes probably in her room. She told me were y'all were at." Anastasia answer playing with a few strands of her hair.
'That idiot.' Diz thought. "What is it that you want?" Diz ask.
Anastasia closed her eyes for a moment thinking on how to word this to him. "I want what you want?"
Diz smirk at this answer. How could this young immature girl possibly know what he wants. "Destruction of Organization Xlll and revenge?"
"No." Anastasia open her eyes, a tear rolling down her cheek and a innocent smile on her face. "An awaken Sora and..." More tears roll down Anastasia face. "Freedom."
Name: Anastasia
Age: 13
Location: Road to Dawn
Status: Princess of Darkness
An: Anastasia and the last princess are the only ones who are alive in this story. But if you want to see a continuation of this particular chapter you have to read Keeper of Darkness. Anyway whatever please review. Oh, and the other chapter with kairi is connected to anastatia in the keeper of darkness story.