Chapter 10: Mad Treant
As me and the Flood rushed into the forest, we saw Ven and Wayward Wind facing a giant Unversed! Though this one was a large contrast to the one me and Terra fought. It looked like a giant tree with the classic sad Unversed eyes, four large spiked roots for legs, and what looked like bells hanging off of its bushy green leaves.
"V! We have to get rid of this Unversed!" Ven cried, before noticing the one next to me. "Woah! There's one here too!"
"Don't worry Ven. This ones with me, see?" The Flood ran around me energetically to prove my point.
"Really? That's so cool!" Ven knelt down to the Unversed that stared back at him, twitching his limbs.
"Anyway, we've gotta take out this Unversed, right?" I reminded him as the Flood went back into my heart via its blue flames.
"Yeah!" Ven nodded as we faced the tree-like Unversed.
We both jumped towards it, I stretched my arm back and punched it whilst Ven slashed it, though it endured the hit! 'It must be sturdy!' I thought, just before it swung its branches at us, knocking us both back. 'And strong!' I stood up clutching my head.
"Alright...how about this!? Fire!" Ven shot a small fireball at it.
"Blizzard!" I shot a block of ice alongside it.
The Unversed easily predicted this though and jumped over it, and was now falling straight towards us! We both rolled out of the way before it landed, then we had to jump to avoid the shockwave it created.
I stretched my arm and grabbed onto its branches, pulling myself up and onto its leaves, which surprisignly were a stable footing. I quickly stretched my leg skyward. "Quick Blitz!" I brought my leg down on the monster, but it once again looked unaffected.
The Unversed slightly lurched, and I held on tight as it began shaking violently, I thought it was trying to shake me off, but it turned out it was throwing poisonous puddles around everywhere! "Oh no!" Ven gasped before covering his mouth to avoid breathing any fumes in. "Wind!" Holding WW up, a small twister swirled around Ven, blowing away the poison, and causing the Unversed to back away.
Suddenly its four roots stretched up above its head, and above me, ready to strike! 'Not good!' I jumped out of the way just as its roots fell, stopping before they hit their owners head, and returned to normal length.
"This thing is tough!" Ven stated as I landed next to him.
"But as long as we are cautious, we can still win!" I said, looking through the book Terra gave me to see4 its namne finally appear: Mad Treant.
What looked like fruit suddenly bloomed on its branches, and as it shook its body they all were scattered among us, as soon as they landed they exploded.
"Woahwoahwoah!" Both me and Ven jumped back frantically to avoid the bombs.
"Strike Raid!" Ven threw WW spinning at the tree, which hit and made it topple slightly onto its back roots, its front roots waving in the air. "Hah!" As soon as his Keyblade returned to him he jumped forward, but the Mad Treant stomped down, throwing Ven back.
"Sliding Scythe!" I slid across the ground with my arm outstretched, but it jumped over my attack, and backwards, ready to fall on me! 'Ah!' I braked by stamping down hard before jumping to avoid another shockwave.
"U-Link! Thornbite Thrash!" A Thornbite quickly appeared in front of me in a burst of blue flames and we both charged at the Mad Treant.
"Don't forget about us!" Wayward Wind called as he and Ven ran with us.
The tree monster plunged its roots into the ground, and suddenly they were erupting around us! We rolled and jumped as much as possible, but tow vines wrapped around Ven and lifted him up!
"Ven!" I called up to him, before I had to start dodging the remaining two vines. Me and the Thornbite finally reached the attacker himself and started slashing and whipping away at it, before it smacked us with its branches and threw us back.
As my Thornbite retreated, the two roots finally released Ven. "Fire!" He cast the spell again, and this time it actually made contact! The Unversed staggered back in pain on from the hit.
'Obviously it's weak to fire.' I thought. '...Wait, I just got 'that'!' I jumped into the air. "Shotlock: Flame Salvo!" I instantly began shooting fireballs at the Mad Treant that quickly set it ablaze. "Here I go!" I called as I fired one big fireball, hitting the Unversed head on, making it crash to the ground from the pain.
"Did we get it?" Ven asked as he ran over to join me.
Before I could answer the flames were blown away by the now very angry Unversed, stomping madly with a dark aura. "No..." Suddenly a root emerged from the ground and hit me in the chest. The wind was knocked out of me and I choked for air just as the root came crashing down on my head, smashing me into the ground.
"V!" Every part of me hurt as I struggled to my hands and knees, Ven looked forward in determination. "Command Style: Fever Pitch!" Ven gained a sky blue aura before charging at the Unversed, running around it at incredible speeds, dealing slash after slash.
The tree Unversed lowered its branches to use its leaves as a shield, but Ven continued his light speed attack. "Bring it!" As Ven used his finisher combo, the Mad Treant swung, knocking him away cancelling his Command Style.
More fruits bloomed on the branches, before launching them at us both. 'Oh...crumpets. I think that's a swear.' I thought, as the bombs fell on us.
But...I didn't feel an impact, and I think I felt something around my waist...someone was carrying me. I looked up to see Alylin with me and Ven under her arms. "Alylin, your here?"
"Of course." She smiled. "It's my job to watch over you guys, right?"
"I guess so." I nodded.
She put us both down. "Never saw me, right?"
"Right." I nodded, before she walked back into the shrubbery. "Heal!" I casted Cure, healing up Ven so he stood up.
"Ow, my head..." He groaned before shaking it clear. "V! Heal!" He cast Cure on me and my fatgiue and lingering pain instantly vanished. "What happened? D-Did someone help us?"
"Yeah...a friend." I nodded.
"What? Your keeping her secret?" Wayward Wind asked. "Who is she? Your girlfriend?"
Before I could ask what a 'girlfriend' was, we were interrupted by the sound of explosions, we looked forward to see the Mad Treant stomping angrily, throwing fruit bombs everywhere. "It's time to end this." Ven nodded.
"Right." I nodded, getting into a battle stance.
"Fire!" Both of us launched a small fireball, exploding on contact with the Unversed.
"U-Link! Wheel Master Whirl!" Wheel Master appeared behind me, and I climbed onto its sewing table, stretching and wrapping my arms around its needle arm and wheel arm, moving them. "I hope you don't mind if I use these." I asked before shooting a golden thread that binded the Mad Treant in place.
"Master Raid!" I threw the wheel forward similar to strike raid, crashing straight into the Mad Treant as Ven jumped above it.
"Flare Blitz!" WW ignited as Ven performed a heavy downward slash, the cut igniting across the Unversed as it exploded in dark flames, signifying its defat.
Wheel Master's wheel returned, and I unwarpped my arms from around its own arms and hopped off before it disappeared.
Information: V learned a new Shotlock: Flame Salvo!
Information: V has made a U-Link with Mad Treant!
Me and Ven finally ran out of the forest, out of breath from the fight. "Terraaaaaaaaaa!" Ven called, but to no response. "Aww."
"I'm sorry Ven, but Terra probably already left by now." I told him.
Ven sighed. "I know...I just...wanted to see him again..."
"You will, your hearts are connected by an unbreakable bond, even if they're strained, they're never broken." I reassured him.
Ven chuckled. "You always know the right thing to say V, thanks."
I shrugged. "I'm a Keyblade. I gotta help people."
Wayward Wind laughed. "Guess we gotta, huh?"
"Hm?" I looked at Ven to see he had picked up a bright red apple. We looked around to find an elderly woman in a dark cloak...that darkness in her heart...it can't be...
"Z!" I felt myself get pulled back as Ven walked over to her.
"Alylin! What are you doing!?" I whispered as I saw Ven hand the apple back to her. "That woman! She's!"
"I know, I was near you and Terra in the castle." She whispered back. "Listen, I know that the queen is bad news, but there are some things you can't mess with."
I watched Ven and the disguised Queen talking. "And this is one of those things?"
"Yep." She confirmed.
"...I have a question. Why are you helping me?"
"Well...it started out as a favour." She admitted. "But, after seeing you guys for a while, I decided I can't let you die, because your all good people."
"Wow...thank you." I said.
"No problem." She said. "I'll be there for you when I can okay?" I nodded as she disappeared once again, and I walked out to meet up with Ven, who looked disheartened.
"What's the matter, Ven?" I asked.
"It's just...what that lady said..." He sighed. "Terra couldn't have done that..."
"Listen Ven. Don't trust that woman. Me and Terra met her previously." He gasped slightly. "Her heart is blackened with jealousy...and I don't think any light can drive it away. So please...believe in Terra."
Ven looked down for a minute, before looking back up with a smile. "Your right! Terra's our friend! I'll believe in him. With all my heart!"
"That's the spirit!" I laughed. "So, are we moving on?"
Ven nodded, before he equipped his armour and opened a portal. He rode Wayward Wind through it whilst I followed on behind.
'I'm so happy...that I have so many people looking out for me...'
New chapter! That finishes off Dwarf Woodlands! Sorry it's so late, I've just been really busy with school" Damn school...
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